#windfighter

[ssss-character-smackdown]

Windy did it first! Emil v Onni, always a tough race.

Emil’s words in the last picture is “I am free!” I wrote it too tiny so it’s hardly visible…

Emil and Onni fighting over who should be my favorite character from Stand Still Stay Silent

[windfighter]

Why Windfighter

The wind was dancing and she was dancing with it. Leaves whirling around her as she moved. Yamato leaned against the wall, watched her. She looked carefree, relaxed. What music was playing in her head, he wondered. The trees moved in the wind as well. Background dancers in whatever fantasy she was living in at the moment. Yamato crossed his arms over his chest. How long until she noticed him?

It was relaxing. Listening to the wind and watching her. She seemed at home where she was. In the world of her own music, the wind carrying her as she danced. So often this side would be hidden, pushed away in favor of the ice-cold murderer she viewed herself as. Wind, she claimed, wasn’t her element. The scene Yamato was watching spoke differently. He had never seen her dance with snow and ice in this way.

”Windy”, he said.

She froze and the magic was broken. Leaves fell to the ground. She quickly pulled her fingers through her hair, tried to make it less wild again. It never worked. Her shoulders tensed up.

”Why did you give me wind as element?” Yamato continued.

A question he had wondered but never asked. Windy tilted her head, looked at him. Looked at her feet and walked over to where Yamato was, sat down in the grass. Frost covered the grass as she walked across it. Yamato sat down next to her and she looked at the sky.

”I think… it was because I was desperate to fly away”, she said.

She had been 14. Had escaped the hell of the Factory, of the Digital World, and ended up in another hell in the human world, haunted by her own thoughts and punished for them by the family she had moved in with. Had discovered the world of fanfiction, had found the movies with Yamato’s adventures through the digital world. And she invented Windfighter. An evolution for Yamato, who fought using the powers of the wind.

”Why didn’t you?” Yamato asked.

The air grew colder around them. Yamato shivered, but didn’t say anything. It was… he liked seeing her use her powers casually. Not keeping them locked up inside like she had when they met the first time in the human world.

”It was the capital”, Windy whispered. ”Someone would have seen me, and they’d have taken me to the factories, studied me. Turned me back into a weapon.”

She laughed. Desperation.

”I’m not sure I would have been able to even if I wanted to. The elements are… different here.”

She had explained it a couple years earlier. Said they were thicker, stronger, more resistant. Unused to being bent, being ordered, being moved. Yamato hadn’t even pretended to understand. He leaned against his knees, listened to the wind. It was calmer now, no longer dancing like it had.

”I think…” he thought out loud.

Windy looked at him and the air got warmer again, the cold thawed by the heat of spring. After their latest adventure her powers were just… part of their lives. Normal. Yamato swallowed. He never believed in magic as a child and now this. Windy wouldn’t call it magic, but she didn’t have a better word for it either.

”I think”, he repeated, ”you should practice using your secondary element a bit more.”

For Iceangel, Windy’s evolution, air might be secondary, but for Windy, the person sitting next to him right now? He was pretty sure that if she could just think of herself as something other than Iceangel, the person she grew up as, then the air would listen to her every wish.

And let her finally fly away.

Windy laughed.

”I can’t”, she said. ”It knows what I am, and it won’t listen.”

But Yamato had seen them dancing, the air following her, carrying her, being carried by her. Each an extention of the other, part of them. He wished there was a way to make Windy see it as well.

”Yeah, maybe”, Yamato agreed.

Because it was better not to argue, even if they often did. Friendly banter, teasing. This wasn’t really the time for that.

”Did you know”, he said instead, ”that in some magic cultures ice is the combination of air and water?”

She shoved him to the ground, laughed. Yamato laughed as well.

”Are you saying I’m actually Waterangel?” Windy asked.

Smiling. Yamato sat up again. Shrugged and laughed.

”Maybe you could be. If you wanted to.”

”Hmm.”

Windy looked to the sky.

”Maybe”, she said.

The wind picked up again, whirled around them and continued towards the lake. Yamato wondered if she noticed.

”I haven’t even reached my champion-evolution yet”, Windy laughed. ”Who knows what happens when I go ultimate. Or mega.”

A shiver ran down Yamato’s spine. What would happen? He wasn’t sure they wanted to know. He stood up.

”Who knows”, he said. ”Better to practice your water-magic before that, so you’re prepared.”

Windy laughed again, looked towards the lake. Smiled, but it was a different smile. Haunted, in a way, but still genuine.

”Maybe I will”, she said.

Stood up and started walking to the lake. Yamato leaned against the wall again, watched her as she left. He hoped he hadn’t doomed them all.

[sitp-recs]

Hi! I love kingsman and i saw your kingsman recs and ive read all of the fics you've recommended! I dont know if this is okay, but do you perhaps have more kingsman recs? Its completely okay if you won't/can't give recs. Love your recommendations (⁠灬⁠º⁠‿⁠º⁠灬⁠)⁠♡

Hello friend! I’m so happy you enjoyed that little list. I checked my old bookmarks for additional recs, but please keep in mind that I haven’t read Kingsman in a loooong time so none of these are recent. Hope that’s ok :)

Feel a Little Warmer by blacktofade (E, 3k)

Eggsy has never been much good at coping around Christmas time. Harry helps take his mind off it.

The New Age by DivineProjectZero (T, 3k)

It starts with being cursed. No, scratch that. It starts with a garden and a serpent. And no, it goes a little differently from what you’d think.

Considerably Less Cannibalism by lizard_witch (E, 6k)

It is a real, physical struggle to not stare like a dogger while Harry shrugs off his jacket and undoes his collar, sets his signet ring aside. He has detailed, minutely detailed, fantasies about unbuttoning that fucking collar. At least he’s not wearing the holster right now, or Eggsy’d be sprung already. “It’s time you learned the fine art of the straight razor shave.”

the things we steal (it was only a kiss) by DivineProjectZero (E, 6k)

Eggsy whips around to find Harry Hart standing right behind him, holding a martini glass and just as gorgeous as Eggsy last saw him, three years and two months ago.

into the wails of your windfight by fideliant (E, 8k)

It takes a mission gone wrong for Eggsy to find out that even in real life, the dead don't always stay dead. Sometimes the movies get that part right, it would seem.

Handler by Galahard (E, 12k)

It seemed obvious to Eggsy that he'd be the next Galahad after he successfully offed Valentine. When an agent forces Merlin to stick to the test and refuses to let go of the fact that Eggsy didn't pass, Eggsy finds himself in a different position at Kingsman than he'd originally planned.

A Gentleman's Guide to Popping One's Cherry by callay (E, 12k)

Eggsy squirms under Harry's hands. “Stop being a gentleman and fuck me.” “Eggsy,” says Harry in a low voice. “I’m going to be a gentleman and fuck you.”

our vintage misery by fideliant (E, 23k)

On a difficulty scale of one to saving the world, love shouldn't be this far off the charts.

down dark tides the glory slides by fideliant (E, 24k)

You only ever truly hurt the ones you love.

dig in your fingers by kirkaut (E, 43k)

The lack of a silver suppository has set Eggsy upon a certain path. The way that Eggsy looks, dripping wet and half naked, sets Harry on another.

Patience and Sheer Determination by blacktofade (E, 47k)

Harry goes undercover to infiltrate the circle of a corrupt overlord and is given Eggsy, a young prostitute, as a token of goodwill. Harry has to live with Eggsy and keep him safe, while maintaining his cover.

Legends & Legatees by Fahye (E, 52k)

"You want to make sure I jump when I'm told?" he demands. "It'd better be you doing the telling, Harry."

[themculibrary]

Aliens Masterlist 2

part one

bend around the wind (ao3) - Scyllaya loki/tony E, 403k

Summary: A few months after the battle of New York the God Loki appears back on Stark Tower under chaotic circumstances. This time however he is on the run. Tony Stark gets caught up in the crossfire and is taken along with the Aesir. Can the two of them ever make truce in order to get away? And even if they do, how does one escape from such a dark corner of the universe, when they are so very far away from the Nine Realms, that not even Loki knows the way back home. But first, they need to survive.

Bucky Barnes: Alien (ao3) - orphan_account steve/bucky E, 3k

Summary: Bucky Barnes is an alien sent with his team to study human sex. With Steve Rogers, he gets more than he bargained for. AKA: I wrote this entire fic while listening to Katy Perry's "E.T.", please don't judge me

Crash and learn (ao3) - Windfighter G, 792

Summary: Tony dreams about going into space. He builds a suit that's supposed to take him there but it fails. Space however soon comes crashing down in front of his house.

Crashlanding into Love (ao3) - Reioka bucky/steve/tony M, 7k

Summary: Tony is fleeing from Hydra when he crashes into X3CW, one of the most feared planets in the system. He might get eaten by the planet's inhabitants, but it would still be better than being caught by Hydra with the broken reactor core he'd been sent to retrieve.

Except the planet's inhabitants don't seem to want to eat him. Or hurt him at all. He doesn't really understand what that means and he doesn't really want to ask.

Factory Regress (ao3) - SucculentHyena steve/bucky T, 54k

Summary: A crashed ship, a mysterious device, and some unfortunate circumstances.

free floating in space (ao3) - vassalady steve/tony E, 40k

Summary: Tony runs a small salvaging business in the backwater territory of Outer Centaurus. When scavenging a long abandoned space station leads to an unexpected find, it begins a long journey for Tony, Steve, and the rest of the Iron Bird crew as they stand on the edge of war.

Identification Code: Unidentified (ao3) - plinys jemma/skye T, 2k

Summary: "See I grew up here, on Terra, so technically that makes me Terran.” [otherwise known as a star trek au]

Impact (ao3) - SuperAnarchy steve/bucky E, 9k

Summary: Out of all the things that could have happened to Steve living in these woods, running towards a spaceship wouldn’t have been his first bet. Maybe running from a serial killer, or welcoming a crazy hitchhiker into his house… but running towards a spaceship? Never in his wildest dreams.

I See the Universe in Your Eyes (ao3) - MiniRaven steve/tony T, 1k

Summary: An alien lands on Earth and Steve is part of the military team assigned to meet them. He expects it will be either a peaceful encounter and completely uneventful, or a invitation to intergalactic war. What he doesn't expect is to be swept away by the beauty of the universe.

journeyman (ao3) - orphan_account bucky/steve/tony M, 5k

Summary: /Old man/Tony thinks, resigned. /This could be my sea. Space, the final frontier./

Steve thinks as hard as he can: come home.

/Not like anyone’s waiting for me back on earth, anyways./

Steve puts his fist through a wall.

[alternately: Tony wanders through space while Steve and Bucky listen to his thoughts]

Like A Dying Star (ao3) - plinys jemma/skye, leo/grant, leo/antoine T, 14k

Summary: The 084 is known throughout the galaxy as a weapon of mass destruction, but when she happens to crash land on earth and get picked up by a scientist, known as Jemma Simmons, she learns that there is more to life than just being a living weapon.

north of gravity (head up in the stratosphere) (ao3) - geckoholic clint/kate T, 4k

Summary: The Hawkeyes pretend to be married. In space. Because aliens, and also Natasha.

Starman: XXX (ao3) - grapehyasynth leo/jemma E, 7k

Summary: Fitz has thoroughly enjoyed Jemma's instruction on kissing. Now they're ready for something more. (Ready-ish.)

The trials and tribulations of teaching a humanoid alien (Fitz) about sex.

sunrise in exile (ao3) - Ragdoll (Keshka) tony/stephen E, 384k (WIP)

Summary: Tony does the math and realizes their best chance to save the universe is by… not confronting Thanos on his own turf.

So he steals a wizard and a spider and a space ship. And he runs.

(Three humans and an A.I in space, the alien friendships they make along the way, and discovering how science and magic might coexist in a universe where they can be one and the same.)

the story of her life (ao3) - whatlighttasteslike (waitingforeleven) leo/jemma T, 43k

Summary: If you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you change things? Maybe I’d say what I feel more often.

When alien spacecrafts arrive in twelve major cities around the world, linguist Jemma Simmons is recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Coulson to join his team in identifying why the shuttles landed on Earth. Assigned to work with engineer Leopold Fitz, the pair are tasked with learning to communicate with the alien species inhabiting the shuttles. But when mysterious dreams suddenly begin to cloud Jemma's mind, she'll soon learn her true role in this mission and the repercussions of learning a language out of this world.

 A FitzSimmons Arrival AU

The Very Air (ao3) - MomentumDeferred T, 7k

Summary: Matt was supposed to be his rock. Brave and immobile. Something to hold onto while the world collapsed all around them.

It wasn't supposed to be like this. It wasn't fair. It wasn't fair. Why were they left behind? What unimaginable sin had they committed to deserve this?

this is how I destroyed you (ao3) - brandywine421 frank/matt M, 14k

Summary: The Defenders were efficient and streamlined when Frank turned up on their turf and he knows Jones or Knight would have killed him on sight if Red hadn't stepped in.

Karen Page may be dust, but her belief in Frank earned him a spot at the Devil's side.

He's still not sure what earned him the spot in the Devil's bed but he's not going to waste the one good thing to happen to him since the end of the world.

You Are My Lucky Star (ao3) - superheroresin steve/bucky E, 39k

Summary: Final Report of the survey starship Hermes, Captain reporting. The other members of the crew, Dugan, Falsworth, Jones, Dernier, Morita are dead. Agent Peggy Carter survived, uninjured. Second Officer James Barnes remains in cryosleep due to life-threatening injuries. Cargo and ship destroyed. Our client, Johann Schmidt, executive curation officer for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation endangered the ship and crew while covertly attempting to smuggle a creature he referred to as The Hydra during our operation. Schmidt perished in his efforts. We should reach the Frontier in about 6 weeks. With a little luck, the Network will pick us up.

This is Steven Grant Rogers, one of three survivors of the Hermes, signing off.

[skrankku]

oh, oh, for the palette challenge, could I request an Emil in Broken?

Me: oh this challenge looks fun! *reblogs*

*1 day later*

Me: Wait

Me: I use traditional media

Sooo yeah here's an Emil in approximately the same palette!

[the-halemaster]

Me at @windfighter‘s Halloween pumpkin that is currently closed off.

Excited for what is in here!

(insert that Let Me In meme, but tumblr won’t let me lol)

[worldsentwined]

for the three sentence fic promt, sigrun and tuuri, library?

“I don’t really see the point,” Sigrun says, pacing down the aisles like she’s checking for trolls hiding between shelves, ���Why would someone need a whole room full of books?”

Tuuri shakes her head, smile wistful as she reaches for a dusty tome. There’s a whole world between these pages; for most of her life, it was the only one she had access to. 

[abprallen]

Sigrun for Windy <3

[chaorelance]

yeah this nightmare is just really tight, but doable.

[muerodelata]

SSSS Inktober day 30: Salt... this was his first real meal in quarantine... can you hear the internal screaming? @wavewright62

[artfighter]

[windfighter]

Was reminded of this old story thanks to a kind commenter today and it made me laugh re-reading it, so sharing it here for old fandom's sake <3

[moonkeypro]

Achat du jour en manga fr. #windfighters #greenmechanic @christophecointault @yamishinofficial @glenatmanga @ki_oon_editions #mangafrancais https://www.instagram.com/p/CCeBba4hUkX/?igshid=12nu3jfmgrvug

[ran-orimoto]

It was hard for me to resist to @windfighter Kouji + snakes train. I was listening to Enya’s and Jenkins’ “Adiemus” when I sketched this 🤣. Just a messy sketch to celebrate the beginning of a new phase of mine, during which a new flow of energy will come to me by sketchdumping Kouji x extreme animals.

PSA I will give him justice with decent drawings. I promise you, people LOL. I want to give Junpei’s heartattacks.

[themculibrary]

Flowery/Plants Fic Titles Masterlist

part two

A Hint of Rose (ao3) - CallipygianGoldfish steve/bucky T, 6k

Summary: Steve needs chocolate, Bucky provides chocolate. And copious amounts of caffeine, which might be the only reason Steve keeps coming back. Whatever the reason, Bucky's going to try and not let his runaway tongue completely ruin this, because somehow, this one feels different... In the meantime, however, he just needs to keep Stark from poisoning everybody.

All The Leaves Are Brown (And the sky is gray) (ao3) - AvocadoLove steve/bucky, pepper/tony T, 17k

Summary: The Winter Soldier's mission is nearly complete. Howard and Maria Stark are dead, leaving him to dispatch their four-year-old child. One quick twist of the neck is all it will take, but the Soldier finds he cannot do it.

So instead of killing Tony Stark, the Winter Soldier takes him away to raise as his own.

Blessings of the Bluebells (ao3) - AsteriaBellRose tony/stephen T, 1k

Summary: Bluebells represent eternal love. It is a deep love for your significant other that transcends time. The bluebell flowers blessed the love life of Tony Stark and Stephen Strange from their first meeting to their deaths.

bloomed (ao3) - bisamwilson sam/bucky G, 3k

Summary: “I don’t want to marry you,” James says, and Sam tries not to let it wound his pride.

Delivering Flowers & Deflowering (ao3) - Fake_Ruby sharon/natasha T, 1k

Summary: Pride Month Prompts Day 5: flowers

Desert Rose (ao3) - Golden_Asp bucky/tony E, 8k

Summary: Deputy Tony Stark has been chasing the nameless thief across the country for two years. He has a collection of hand carved wooden flowers that the man left for him in banks that he robbed. Outside a small Nevada boomtown, he finally catches up to his thief and Tony decides he's never going back to New York.

Garden Party (ao3) - vextant G, 1k

Summary: Steve finds Bruce's secret project.

Gardens of Asgard (ao3) - hermionesmydawg, kjanddean steve/bucky E, 11k

Summary: They were warned numerous times - don't veer off the path in the Gardens of Asgard.

Of course, Steve Rogers heeds the advice of no one. Ever.

Gladiolus (ao3) - orphan_account tony/stephen G, 1k

Summary: “Tell me, Tony, do you know what the Gladiolus flower symbolizes?”

Tony glances up from his drink with an arched eyebrow. “A gladi-what?”

“A Gladiolus,” Stephen states. His back is facing Tony as he stares out into the night sky through Tony’s penthouse window. He rocks back and forth on his feet, before he takes his right hand and waves it, revealing a long stem with several purple flowers stacked on top of each other. “Do you know what it stands for?”

Guns and Roses (ao3) - nomical clint/phil G, 2k

Summary: A bad op results in Clint getting shot and Phil revealing his knowledge on the language of flowers. No one is surprised about either of these things.

Pink Camellias (ao3) - Styx_in_the_mud bruce/tony G, 348

Summary: Pink Camellias- Longing for You

Rose of Jericho (ao3) - tarot_card bucky/tony G, 1k

Summary: Given their relationship began using flowers, Bucky figured it was only appropriate to use a flower to move it a step further.

Somewhere That's Green (ao3) - circ_bamboo bruce/betty E, 5k

Summary: Bruce expected an evening at the theater to contain excitement and drama--but somehow he'd expected it all to stay on the stage.

Sunflowers for the sun in my life (ao3) - Windfighter steve/tony T, 1k

Summary: Tony works under Nick in a flower shop. It's great, especially when Hot Stuff comes in and Tony gets an opportunity to train his flirting skills.

The Garden (ao3) - amidtheflowers, Sigridhr carol/darcy T, 2k

Summary: Carol suspected Darcy was up to something, but she could never have imagined it would be quite this lovely.

thigmotropism (ao3) - owlinaminor bruce/thor T, 1k

Summary: Thor pokes the top of the plant again. This time, he exerts more force, so that the stalk bends down and springs back at him, sending a thorn directly into his index finger.

He’s in love.

Tulips (ao3) - WaywardKeener harley/peter G, 1k

Summary: Harley is getting a flower and a note from a secret admirer.

When the Red Spider Lilies Bloom (ao3) - ourladyofwoe fandral/loki G, 3k

Summary: Fandral and Loki send each other flowers. From Fandral courting the young prince to Loki returning his feelings, even their goodbyes.

[yuhi-san]

A day in Italy

@windfighter i did it, one story to add yay

Title: A day in Italy

Fandom: Digimon Frontier

Characters: Kouichi Kimura, Kouji Minamoto, J.p Shibayama, Tommy Himi, Zoe Orimoto, Takuya Kanbara

Wordcount: 2222

Link to AO3

Summary: During their vacation in Italy, the gang takes a day trip. Kouichi is not having a great time on the boat at first, but gets better. J.p reflects on a few things.

„I can’t believe this is happening,“ Kouichi moans from where he is hanging over the railing. He is an absolute picture of misery. Kouji hovers slightly to his right, looking rather concerned. In the years J.P has known him, he has gotten pretty good at reading Koujis expression. The barely there twitch of his lips suggests he thinks the situation is objectively funny, but the notion is overrode by the concern for his brother.

Personally, J.P enjoys the swaying motion of the boat but clearly Kouichis doesn’t feel the same way.

It had taken them quite some planning to make sure they could all be here in Italy at the same time. Between their studies, Koujis own travel and Takuyas schedule with his team it has been no easy task. They had wanted to use the time in Italy to see some stuff together, which was what lead them to be here on this boat, on the way to some small not so touristy island. The owner of the small yacht is a guy named Marcello and his fiancée Isabella. Apparently he was the cousin of the sister in law of the nephew of a guy who used to be one of Takuyas teammates roommate. J.p has genuinely no idea if that’s just how Italians are or if Takuya got something mixed up there. For a guy that has been living here for over a year, his Italian is still pretty bad outside of the things he needs on daily basis.

Then again Takuya has an unique ability to communicate via charades, which he has demonstrated multiple times in the past days. It’s actually quite impressive.

“Hey, if you are that miserable, I’m sure we can ask them to turn around,” Kouji says. After a beat he adds: “Well, Zoe can.”

Over the hour they have been on the boat, Kouichi had gradually gone from a bit queasy to full on seasick. Still he halfheartedly waves his brother off. “It’s fine, I’ll manage.” Kouichi assures them. “Besides, even if we turn around, I will still be miserable for an hour and we don’t get to see the island either.”

That’s a fair point but knowing Kouichi, J.P is fairly certain he also really doesn’t want to inconvenience anyone. He shakes his head a little at that. Just then Tommy comes up to them with a small bottle of water. With a reassuring smile he hands it to Kouichi, who takes it before sinking down to sit on the ground and lean against the railing. Kouji crouches next to him.

J.P remembers when he first met Kouji and then Kouichi. The boys had resembled each other like two peas in a pot as it was, even back then. During their last few months of high school where Kouji too had cut his hair short, it had been difficult even for them to tell the two apart by mere looks alone. It had really been their voice and mannerism alone that gave them away. Now it was a little easier, especially when they were together. Kouichis hair was as short as ever but Koujis had grown out again, just enough to be tied back once more. He was also noticeably more tanned these days, likely from the nearly three months he spent traveling Brazil before coming here.

“Why didn’t you tell us you get sea sick?” Tommy asks. At that Kouichi looks up, still quite green in the face.

“I didn’t know I would”, he whines, something J.P doesn’t think he ever heard him do before. “It’s dumb.”

“Hey, I’m sure it happens to a lot of people”, J.P says then. He has given Kouichi some space until now, to a big part because he was waiting for the inevitable scenario where he would empty his stomach. That hasn’t happened yet.

Kouichi uncaps the bottle and slowly takes a couple of tiny sips. Eventually he sighs heavily and closes his eyes. With his head leaned back and face turned up towards the sun he says:

“I know. But I have been flying. Literally. Jumped off crazy heights, been technically to space and was on a downright insane train roller coaster and other stuff. And I was absolutely fine. It seems so silly to get sick from a few waves.”

He sounds still queasy but otherwise talks like this is just some silly stories. Kouichi is actually pretty easy to read and see through. When he feels insecure about something or doesn’t want to bring up a thing, either because he does not want to inconvenience others or feels guilty about it, he will hesitate just a little. Talk a little more quietly, a little less fluently. Sometimes, though rarely, it still happens when Duskmon or his accident come up, even now.

Now though it’s just an odd little thing he notices and points out, no further thought to it.

Kouji on the other hand is a different story.

Even now he can be hard to read at times and unless you know what to look for, you won’t notice his tells at all. But J.P has been Kojis friend for years, so of course he notices the way he tenses when Kouichi mentions ‘other stuff’. It’s a blink and you’ll miss it thing, really, the way Kouiji goes unnaturally still for just a second. Glances away just as quick, then seems to catch himself and settle right back into his previous mood of slight concern and sympathy.

“Yeah well, I don’t think you can compare that,” he says. “After all we were Digimon for most of it. Pretty sure our human bodies wouldn’t have been able to handle that so easily.”

“Or at all,” J.p adds. He knows though, they didn’t come back quite the way they went in. It was more than just the experience that changed them mentally.

Even though Marcello and Isabella are in the front of the boat with Takuya and Zoe, they all automatically lowered their voices when talking about the Digiworld. Not that either of their Italian friends would understand a word.

“Also I bet even some Digimon get seasick. Imagine that centaurmon weirdo on a boat,” Tommy says. It makes J.p laugh to think about and both Kouji and Kouichi snort. The later however gets immediately greener to the face again.

“And you are sure you don’t need a bucket?”

 Zoe and Isabella come up to them shortly after. Kouichi has his legs pulled close and rests his arms and head on them. Kouji gently rubs his back. He’s still pretty sea sick but seems a little less miserable than before. Maybe his stomach is settling.

“Your friend alright?” Isabella ask. She speaks a little English, which helps since most of them also know some degree of it by now.

Kouichi looks up to give her a shaky smile and a weak thumbs up.

Isabella isn’t at all convinced. Unsurprising, really. She looks like she came right from a page of a lingerie catalogue. Very pretty with big, dark eyes and long curly hair. She is an Instagram model, something her and Zoe had bonded over quickly.

“Marcello said he would slow down the boat some. It will take us longer that way but maybe that is easier to stomach for you”, Zoe tells them, looking at Kouichi with sympathy.

“I’m sorry for the trouble.”

Zoe turns to Isabella, saying something J.P can’t understand with his very limited knowledge of Italian. Her eyes get wide and she looks at Kouichi.

“Oh no! No worries! Sometimes people are sick. I am very afraid on plane. It’s okay”, she assures him in a thick Italian accent.

The slower speed helps Kouichi feel a little better at least. Or maybe he is just getting used to it. Takuya comes to join up with them too after a few minutes. He does bring a bucked Marcello had in the cleaning supplies, just in case.

Once they finally dock and get off the boat, Kouichi feels pretty relieved. Kouji helps him to his feet and off the boat since his legs feel like jelly. J.P can tell that he is a little embarrassed from the way he flushes.

For how different the two brothers are, both have some trouble asking for help, even now.

They take a little break for Kouichi to feel better now on steady ground and Zoe reminds everyone to use their sunscreen. Takuya and Marcello are engaged in a mixture of charades and taboo. It's funny to watch and Tommy and J.p make it a game of their own to guess what they are trying to communicate.

Once they set out for their walk, they chat with each other and figure out how to communicate without Zoe always translating. It’s a lot more fun than expected. Eventually Kouji makes a jab at Takuya for how horrendous his Italian is after a year and with those two it of course becomes a small argument. This is not one Takuya can win, though. Kouji is pretty fluent in English these days and he clearly picked up chunks of stuff in many other languages, too, though Italian isn’t really part of it.

“I’m just glad they won’t start brawling anymore,” Tommy says with fond exasperation. “Probably.”

Eventually they reach a nice little beach where they eat their packed lunch before they enjoy the sand and the sea. They swim in the water a bit, play some volleyball. Kouji and Takuya get in a friendly wrestling match in the water and Tommy helps Zoe and Isabella look for shells and cool rocks. J.P floats on a matrass, enjoying the view.

It was a great afternoon. At some point Kouji, Kouichi, J.P and the girls had settled back in the shade to relax while the others were playing volleyball again with some other people. It lasts until Kouichi offhandedly remarks that Kouji has started to get into photography.

“Oh of course!” Zoe exclaims excitedly. She has her tells, too, and J.P knows them very well. The spark in her eyes tells him she has an idea and it’s not one she will budge on. While Zoe talks to Isabella, she is far more animated with her hands once she launches into Italian. Kouji gives her an uncertain look.

They all follow each other’s social media, Koujis includes. Although he post even less than Kouichi does and usually it's just pictures of landscapes or animals with little to no commentary. But they are some pretty amazing pictures, J.P has to admit.

In the end Kouji gets dragged away by the girls who insist he should do a small photoshoot with them. No matter what he says, he stands no chance against the two women.

“Zoe, Zoe. I take pictures of animals and trees, this is not the same.” This is very awkward, gets left unsaid. He looks at his brother, clearly hoping for some kind of help but Kouichi does just encourage the idea.

So Kouji gets dragged off by the two excited women, looking helpless and swamped in a way J.P has never seen him before. It’s kinda hilarious.

Part of J.P is a little jealous about it too. Kouji doesn’t even try for it but still ends up with the attention of two model level women. That’s not how any of this works, though. He knows that now. He got so much better with other people, made friends on a real level after the adventure in the digiworld but even then he still had some issues with overstepping boundaries. Especially in that way. Being stupidly jealous and having a hard time understanding when he was pushy. He’s getting better at that, though, he knows.

After all their adventure didn’t magically fix their less pleasant traits. They all still had to work on themselves. To become the best version of themselves they knew they could be. These days J.P felt pretty good about who he is and who he will become.

He glances at Kouichi next to him who has sprawled on his towel.

“Still recovering from the boat ride?”

“Hm. It’s fine. But I might take a nap. It’s nice in the shade,” Kouichi replies, looking content. That sure is an idea J.P can get behind.

“So think the trip was worth it, despite the boat ride?”

“Yeah,” he breaths out. After a few moments of just the distant sound of people and the water, he continues. “I’m glad we got to take this trip together. It’s nice to just travel together again. I think I missed that a little.” Kouichi sounds almost too sincere for how light the talk had been just a few seconds ago. There is a melancholic but content smile on his face.

That too is something J.P gets. He flops back as well, looking up at the leaves of the tree that provided them with the shade. “It would be nice to do that again. You know, without all the worries,” he admits then. Kouichi hums in agreement and they fall silent for a while again.

“But I think,” he says after a while, “here in this world I prefer the weekend trips.”

“Preferably ones without a boat?”

“Preferably ones without a boat.”