#wwmoments 500 event

[myelocin]

REQ #1 & #2

Synopsis: 

req #1 @xavestory​ | Catching the last train home and seeing your muse seated across you while the pages on your sketchbook calls for you to mirror the reflections in his irises. 

 req #2 @mrs-kuroojinguji​ | Sixteen hour flights to a new city with a photographer who has an eye for sunsets and people may have its perks. 

Characters: Sakusa Kiyoomi, Kuroo Tetsurou, You

a/n: This is the first two requests of Stories in Passing!  Three more in a separate post will be posted sometime tonight!

[ Sakusa Kiyoomi | For Xave, ] | Platform 2 of  JR Line, Miyagi Station

The perks of taking a train to the lesser populated side of town had as much perks as taking the last train scheduled for that day. For one, rush hour both in the mornings and evenings meant that you wouldn’t have to compete for seats or give up yours for a senior citizen. Second, or perhaps, your more favorable reason was that you were able the extra hour of commute both to and from work to catch some much needed down time and sketch.

Your sketchbook had taken permanent residence in your work bag at this point. There was something about the constant flip between the train’s motion stopping and starting that feels like it’s still constantly on the go despite the stops. And people were in a sense, the most beautiful when they were relaxed. Or at least you think so.

If someone were to flip through the pages of your sketch book, they’d see the faces of strangers staring back at them. The little girl who dozed off on her mom’s arm last week, the profile of a man standing by the door, and now—the stranger who’s occupying the seat across yours.

Even as you were standing on the platform you were automatically drawn to him. Despite the mask, he was irrefutably gorgeous. Sharp eyes, perfectly curled hair that fell on his eyes just right, and two moles that looked perfectly in place right above his eyebrow. As soon as he took a seat and nodded in your direction when your eyes crossed, your hands itched to sketch the living art in front of you.

The hour passed by a lot faster than you had anticipated with your stop being the next. You’re standing in front of the door waiting for the train to slow in to a stop when you notice him stand up and follow you out.

You’ve made it about twenty steps away from the train and the platform and into the elevator before the really good looking stranger looks at your sketchbook and then up at you.

“Artist?” he asks, and you can already feel your face warming up at the baritone of his voice. You nod, then grip your sketchbook closer to you.

“Can I see how you drew me?” he asks again, after some silence and instantly you pale as you turn to gawk at him.

“Excuse me?” you manage to sputter out.

And again, despite half of his face covered his mask—the intensity of his eyes as it bares down on you has you scrambling to look at anywhere but him. You hear him chuckle when you sprint out of the elevator as soon as the doors open.

Cursing yourself, you take a few deep breaths thinking of what to say before turning back to face him. Though, to be frank you didn’t expect him to still be standing in front of you, one arm in his pocket and the other holding the strap of his backpack.

“So,” he begins, beating you to starting the explanation you know you don’t have, “if I buy you dinner will you finally show me?”

Your mouth drops and you stare at him. “Sorry,” you begin, “what?”

He sighs in a way that has you even more confused, then reaches up to pull his mask down. “I said if I buy you dinner will you finally show me? I know you draw people when you’re in the train, just surprised that you finally picked me this time.”

You’re still staring, or rather, gawking, at his face up until he smirks in your direction and turns, saying, “I’ll take that as a yes since you’re not exactly saying no either. See you tomorrow, Xave.”

If possible, your mouth drops even further as your cheeks turn even redder when you realize he must have read the signature you sign near the edge of your sketches. Has he noticed you that long?

Your cheeks continue to stay red even as you turn and walk home. It’s when you’re some blocks away that you finally let yourself think about how beautiful that man really looked. The contours of his nose as sharp as the edges of his eyes, lips stretched to the most perfect grin and his eyes—dark and analytic as he stared straight at yours.

You smile; your hands itch to sketch his face again.

-

xave’s sketch is the reference to this!

[ Kuroo Tetsurou | For Ana, ] | Jakarta - London, 7:18 PM

When people stare, there’s sort of a social etiquette one usually adheres to and that is at least trying to not make it obvious.

Not in this case, though.

Waiting for your flight was usually enjoyable for you. People watching, for one was interesting; by the time you’ve checked in you could already gouge out at least ten stories of people either parting or reuniting. Then, it was the constant feeling of just being in motion; a solid destination in mind too.

Plus, the smell of coffee just constantly around the air easily became one of your favorite comforts you associated with airports. There was truly nothing better to perk you up for a long flight ahead than the smell of caramel on coffee and swirls of whip cream kissing your lips.

But this—or rather, the guy just blatantly staring at you felt odd.

He didn’t look like he was necessarily out to get you, but he just stared straight at you in a way that seemed too analytic for “just” people watching. At this point, you’ve probably shifted your body with a complete 90 degree angle just to face away from him, but you could still feel his gaze burn on the back of your head so you sigh. A quick glance at your watch told you that there’s only twenty minutes away until boarding.

-

And of course, it’s just your luck when the grandmother who was supposedly seated next to you switches seats with the man across the aisle.

“Hey,” he greets and you offer a tight smile at best. Great, you think, almost a sixteen hour flight next to the dude who can’t stop staring.

He’s quiet for a majority of the time. A majority. The minority was the conversations he slips in between meals and lulls in the atmosphere. Kuroo Tetsurou, twenty six years old and works for the Japan Volleyball Association as his career, but has a habit of people watching and photography from time to time.

“Does this mean you take photos of random people?” you joke, and he lets out a laugh that you catch is quite endearing as a response.

“No, no—“ Tetsurou explains, laughing again. “Not in the creepy way I swear.”

You’re look at him in between bites of your dinner and nod for him to continue. He smiles at your cue and continues, “People are interesting.”

“Maybe it’s because I was a captain back then or that observing people now is my job, but keeping that observation in candid photographs is pretty cool,” Tetsurou finishes and you take note he has a glazed look over his eyes; like he’s far away.

He’s quick to snap out when he notices you still staring so he smiles, laughing, and looks down at his dinner. “At least, I think so.”

“You have a point,” you tell him. He nods, looking out at the window beside your seat and directs his smile there.

“Wanna switch seats? Sun’s about to go down and I think you might wanna take a photo of the view.” you ask and he’s quick to shake his head. “It’s okay, the view here is nice too.”

You smile and nod your head not realizing he meant that he was looking at you.

-

It’s about thirteen hours later when you’re finally stretching and standing by the arrival area with your suitcase in tow in line at a starbucks. Tetsurou, the stranger in passing peeked his head in the entrance and shot you a smile as he spotted you.

“Morning,” you wave, smiling.

He returns your smile and that’s when you notice him fidgeting with the strap of his backpack.

“I, uh—“ he starts avoiding to look straight at you. “I was taking photos of the sunset earlier and you happened to be in one of the shots by accident, I swear. I can dele—“

You cut him off with a nudge to his shoulder and a laugh. “Let me see.”

He stands next to you while you scroll through the images. You have to admit, though, he definitely had an eye for color. The skies over Jakarta looked like a different kind of beautiful especially in the photos you happened to turn and shoot him a smile.

“Not to be creepy,” Tetsurou starts and you snicker. “—that’s exactly what a creepy guy would say,” you cut him off as a retort.

“On a scale of one to ten, this photo of you would be a hundred.”

You laugh at his comment and tug your suitcase, walking forward to the counter. “Guess I have to buy you coffee as payment?”

Tetsurou’s eyes gleam when you shoot him another smile, then his hands itch to click the shutter of his camera.

“As long as I get your number too, Ana.”

 -

[myelocin]

Wordswithinmoments 500 event! :D | Stories in Passing

STATUS: CLOSED(currently at 30/30)

edit: as of 17:28 08/21/20 this event is now closed :D last req dropped in was for kageyama

What is happening?

  This will be a mini drabble series! The idea for Stories in Passing is from my love of the feeling you get when you’re just “on-the-go” I wanna share that with everyone!

Who can join?

  Anyone!! Though I’ll only be taking 30 reqs max for quality control! These are ~300- ~500 wc drabbles and I’ll be posting them five every 1-2 days to avoid spam! (they will be posted in the order they come in).

  It will be stated in this post whether the event is still open or closed though, so please take note of the status above before you send your req in! :D

What is it?

Stories in Passing is a mini drabble series that depicts and emphasizes the fleeting feeling of connection you make with someone when you’re on your way somewhere. Whether that be the person you sit next to on the trains, the seat across your aisle on the plane, bus, or literally even just your walk to the grocery store. I’ve always thought how many stories could have been written with those who merely passed by each other at the train station. This is a mini series dedicated to that—and of course, to you.

More or less the beginnings of how a stranger becomes someone of a familiar fixture in your life!

What do I send in my ask?

Send in (1) a character of your choice, (2) a little bit about yourself (can be anything!), and (3) what your favorite time of the day is!

When will it be posted?

I’ll be posting 2-5 drabbles every one-two days (depends how fast I can write them, so please bear w me ;w;)  in one post and you will be tagged if you’re off anon! If you’re on anon (which is completely okay!) just make sure you tell me your name or emoji or smth so you can find it when I post yours! :)

((edit: this is alot more time consuming than I realized but I’ll be posting as much as I can! ;w; thank you for understanding)) ((you may navigate through my blog using the tag #stories in passing to check if yours is out!))

The posting will start tomorrow!

*note: your asks will be kept in my askbox until i post yours! so i’m not ignoring anyone they’re all there ;w;

[myelocin]

hi i just wanna make a quick post to thank you for allowing me to reach 500!!!

this blog has been such a safe space for me & everyone i interacted with here has been incredible!!!! to all the anons and everyone alike who leave me messages, reblogs, replies, likes, or just reading my words in general,,,, i just wanna extend my gratitude to you! i can’t explain how much it really makes my day (　-̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥᷄◞ω◟-̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥᷅ )

thank you for reading the crumbs of my heart

( ͒ ඉ .̫ ඉ ͒)

note: i will be doing an event tomorrow or wednesday for this since i’m still brainstorming some ideas of what to do. but if you have any ideas of what you’d like, please don’t hesitate to let me know!

[myelocin]

i got the first & second batch slots already filled but there are the drabble event is still open! :D send in yours if you wanna participate 🥰

you can read about it here ! :D

note: to those who sent them in,, i have your asks in my inbox but i’ll post them when yours is out! thank u sm for the descriptions and the congratulations!!! i’m feeling v soft rn :’D

[myelocin]

aaaa congrats on 500 🥺🥺 cant wait to see more people read & appreciate your works ＼(≧▽≦)／ //d

hi bb!! thank u sm for dropping by and telling me! i think your ask got cut off ;^; if you send in a req for stories in passing,, so you can send it again if you want :) i hope your day/night is going splendid!! ily!

[myelocin]

congrats on 500!!!!!!

THANK U DEI ;w; my first friend in this entire hq rollercoaster cksmndndbdhddb thank u for introducing the butter video and turkish arthur to me ;w; i love n appreciate u sm ˁ̡̡̡∗⁎⃙ ̫⁎⃙ˀ̡̡̡ ̩˳♡⃝

[myelocin]

Congrats on 500 lovely!! You deserve the entire world 💞

thank you so much (　-̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥᷄◞ω◟-̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥᷅ ) my heart is so full rn cnsnxndjnd i hope your day/night is going amazing!! please smile plenty today 🥺❤️

[myelocin]

CONGRATS ON REACHING 500 NICOLE U DESERVE IT!!! LOVE U!!! XX

LENA!!!! the co founder of the sky obsession inc.

ˁ̡̡̡∗⁎⃙ ̫⁎⃙ˀ̡̡̡ ̩˳♡⃝ thank u sm for existing you are such a joy to talk to cjsnjdsnsh ily ily ;w; i wish i could send u three gallons of choccy milk to prove my luv for u but alas pls settle for now with my heart

[myelocin]

SISSYYYYY CONGRATS ON 500 BABYYYYY ❤️❤️❤️❤️ THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU’VE DONE FOR ME YOU’RE NOT ONLY AN AWESOME WRITER BUT ALSO FRIEND 💕💕💜💜 ILYSM NICCCC ✨✨✨

ANA WHO NOW IS MY SISTER!!!! OUR FRIENDSHIP HAPPENED SO FAST BUT IM SO GLAD IT STAYED CMMSKZNSJSSB

i can’t even begin to explain how much i appreciate u & xave bc i’ll start crying amxnmsndndndn ILY ILY ILY ( ͒ ඉ .̫ ඉ ͒)

[myelocin]

Congrats on 500 Miss Nicole🥳🥳🥳 have a good day,,,, since urs just started 😌. Ily muah 😘🦝🐾🐾❤️ — 💪🥭

ms pp!! thank u 🥺 i hope ur night is going well since apparently it’s night now cjndjxnsjs ilysm thank u for being here since day 1 and suffering w me when i thought redefining you was just gonna be a oneshot,,,

lmao we thought

[myelocin]

wohoo congrats on 500!! おめでどう🎊🎊🥳

aaaaaa!!!! ありがとうございます！！　(ฅ`ω´ฅ) i always see you in my notifs and it makes me smile sm???? thank u for being such a ray of sun!!!! ily ily ;w;

[myelocin]

hey !! congrats on 500! ✨✨✨

thank you so much!! ˁ̡̡̡∗⁎⃙ ̫⁎⃙ˀ̡̡̡ ̩˳♡⃝

[myelocin]

Congratulations for hitting 500 nicole!! You are an amazing writer, and i am excited for the works that you are going to produce from this point onwards ^^ keep up the good work!!!!!!!

nina!! thank you 🥺 i’m so excited for yours too!!! i hope you’re staying happy n keeping hydrated & that u get that jollibee fix soon 😤❤️ ily!!! thank u for always popping in and giving me smiles ;w;

[myelocin]

congrats on 500 ‼️‼️ you deserve it sm 🥺💓 — cool anon

COOL ANON HIIIIII!!!! i hope you’re doing well!!! and thank you so much!! aaaaaa (ฅ`ω´ฅ)