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bluealmondpie · 4 years

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haikyuu!boyfriends~

and i am back with the pretty setter squad! it took me a long time to decide which character and then after that i had to fumble over how corrupted or innocent i wanted him to be. i ended up choosing innocent bc fluff. maybe i'll write the not so safe for work(?) stuff another time. (^_^;)

bf!tobio-chan

* shy boi. head empty only volleyball so is understandably confused about his reactions to you.

* what are these new feelings? he just has no clue. what even is love? does he even know what romance is??? what is a date?

* wants to spend time with you but doesn't know how to say it... awkward bean he is

* probably asks if u wanna play volleyball with him HAHAHAHA will want to teach you also. u know how mika got pissed at daishou? same feels

* hinata best wingman tbh

* hinata and sugawara best wingmen. first two to notice the feelings and totally helped set you guys up with lots of *wink wink hint hint* (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧ (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

* anyway when he finally realises he likes u he is a red, blubbering mess.

* what is a date? 可以吃的吗? (is it something to eat?) LOLOLOL

* anyway hinata at least got the point through to him that he should bring u to eat during a date and so..... he brought you two to a speciality milk shop smh

* ok the yogurts were good give him some credit

* anyway most of your dates r either food dates or wanna-come-watch-game-tape-with-me type of dates omg this boy. just what even is love only volleyball

* u will b bored. mika/daishou vibes

* travels around a lot for pro vb matches so be prepared for late night video calls and super early good morning texts (who tf wakes up at 430am kags pls. just bc hinata wakes up at 5am, u don't need to one up him for everything)

* he doesn't really care if u come to his matches or not. bc you will both end up watching the game tape at his apartment. it's not a choice he will watch it with or without u

* he will obsess over the details and replay all the bits he wants to see. will nudge u or narrate the good points and the bad points. minimally just nod in response

* not especially cuddly but when you're watching game tape tgt he likes it when you sit between his legs

* like will set his chin on your head and just watch the match and b engrossed it in while drinking milk (STILL? baby you're old enough to do power curry advertisements). he'll be really quiet tho (focused!!)

* basically u are a giant pillow when he is watching tv. occasionally will even hook his legs around u to pull u closer to him to hug.

* you don't actually have to watch the tv with him, he doesn't mind if you just do whatever as long as u stay his warm pillow

* if he is sleepy he will move his head to rest on your shoulder and snuggle his face into the crook of your neck. that's a sign to turn off the tv or pause the tape and move so he will actually go to bed

* he is ticklish. if u feel like u need attention u can tickle him and immediately he will react

* he is ticklish AND competitive, so u have to b prepared for revenge and a tickle battle to the death

* n e way other than that i don't really see much skinship in your relationship like he is not fond of PDA and not fond of anything more than handholding and if he can avoid it he will

* he does like to hold you by the waist. or ruffle your hair. but only in private

* fav place to kiss you? top of your head, or temple

* fav place to be kissed? if he's not expecting it he gets shy no matter where so go for it (｡•̀��-)✧

* has no idea what romance is, do u actually think he knows how to resolve arguments between u two? NO

* will ask hinata for help. bless his soul, hinata is best bro hinata gives him actually good advice!! unfortunately kags cannot replicate the ways of the sunshine child and so he has to look for someone else

* will never ask tsukki. tsukishima will also not answer, anyway.

* yamaguchi, lovely sweet baby, will give him good advice and even help to pick out flowers actually it was yachi who picked over his shoulder ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) what r these two up to

* yams will become his relationship advisor

* pls give yams lots of soggy fries as reward for saving your relationship

* when you're sick he will turn to suga for help bc suga is mom bc suga is domestic god and will make some porridge or soup for him to bring to u. all hail suga the kitchen god

* suga has given kags the recipe once but after the other first years had to rescue him from the resulting fire he never touched a stove again

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requests are open! (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

masterlist here (♡-♡)

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ah yes. i've been caught up in life recently and so have not had the time to post or write but i do have a long captains crack fic i've been working on LOL. it's very long. save me. i've also been really swamped at work recently so i just can't deal with life and any free time i get i will take a nap. my therapist does not approve but yet here we are with my poor self control and lack of motivation to get better. in other news i went to see the psychiatrist today for my meds and there was a cute med student who was asking the usual questions and i just blanked half the time cos he was cute

#haikyuu #haikyuu!!#hq!!#haikyuu headcanons #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu scenarios #haikyuu x reader #kageyama tobio #karasuno #haikyuu boyfriends #kageyama #hinata shouyo #hinata shoyo #sugawara kitchen god #kageyama x reader #kageyama tobio x reader

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ohayohimawari · 5 years

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Ask Me About Kakashi - Answer

I’m answering a two-part question about Kakashi that was left as a reply to my original post. @sweetestcreeper asked:

“Honestly, I really wanna know how he sleeps, like everyone has their own way… some sleep on their side, some has a weird shape, some sleep straight (not many). And I really wanna know if he is capable of flirting…”

I’m lucky that all of the questions I’ve received have been so darn good, and these two are no exception. Thank you for asking them! I’ve had a lot of fun thinking about how best to answer you.

You stated where you were in the series, and I will honor your request for no spoilers.

In the anime and manga, I always see Kakashi sleeping straight, on his back. There is one other episode in which he tries to sneak in a nap and even then, he is lying on his back, but with his arms on either side of his head. In fanart, he is often depicted sleeping on his side in the fetal position, or on his stomach with his arms wrapped around the pillow.

I turned to the infinite knowledge of the internet where I searched sleeping positions and what they reveal about personalities. I literally lol’d at the results.

The position in which he is most often shown while sleeping is straight, on his back (see also: Kakashi gets the most sleep while hospitalized). This sleeping position is called (get this) The Soldier. But wait, there’s more. This sleeping position is associated with people that, “typically are quiet, reserved and hold both themselves and other people to high standards and strict moral codes.” Bullseye.

The napping position I described above occurred later in the series, after the Fourth Great Ninja War. That position is called The Stargazer, and according to my internet search, “They make their friends a priority and do anything in their power to help those they hold dear to them. People who sleep in this position tend to have a positive, ‘happy-go-lucky’ outlook on life.” Again, while I concede the second half of that personality description doesn’t exactly apply as well as the first, I think this is right on par with how Kakashi is portrayed at that point in the series. I like to think of him as being comfortable in his own skin at this stage of his life. He’s definitely more laid-back and certainly closer to “happy-go-lucky” than he ever was before.

As far as the fetal and tummy-time positions where I find a sleeping Kakashi in many fanart pieces… I think that can be explained by the fact that they are quite popular sleeping positions in general and not necessarily having anything to do with capturing his personality. In fact, the traits associated with those positions are further away from the mark:

Fetal: “Those who find comfort in this natural position can be described as having a hard shell: tough on the outside but a huge softy on the inside. They typically are shy when you meet them, then tend to open up and relax quickly.” I don’t recognize Kakashi in this description. I’ll grant the “tough on the outside” part, but that’s about it. The “tend to open up and relax quickly” is practically the opposite of what you can expect of the Copy Nin.

As for the other, what I called tummy-time, the almighty top search result calls The Freefaller. “Freefalling sleepers are bold and sociable on the outside, but typically don’t have the thick skin to deal with criticism or absurd situations.” I don’t think this fits Kakashi at all (don’t @ me, just my opinion).

But damn, does he look hot in that position. I certainly wouldn’t mind waking up to a view like that. So, artists: don’t pay any heed to these results and keep on keeping on with your sexy, sleepy Kakashi art. Please.

Speaking of sexy, if Kakashi ever did manage to acquire an OTP of his own, I think some part of him would have to be touching his lover while sleeping. I don’t mean he’d have to be all over them like an extreme spooner, subjecting his partner to the full force of his stanky, Kaka-morning-breath-no-jutsu. However, I see him resting the back of his hand against or draping an arm over his lover’s sleeping form. Also, I imagine him waking when said lover shifts in their sleep. He’d lift his head, peek at them with one eye and go back to sleep after making sure all is well and safe.

In order to get to the having-a-lover part, Kakashi would have to manage some modicum of flirtation, which brings me to the second part of your question.

I love this knucklehead to pieces, but my poor assassinating bean is one emotionally and socially stunted shinobi. However, Kakashi is aware of flattery and how to use it to his advantage. I’m thinking of a scene where he sweet-talks our dear Yams into buying his lunch; flaunting his mastery of this “ability” to his student, Naruto. In matters of the heart, rather than his wallet, I think the silver-haired prodigy of Konoha would be at a disadvantage. To make matters worse, he would know it too.

Kakashi would be an awkward flirt.

I’m actually writing a series that depicts a developing relationship between him and another high-ranking ninja dork. In that series, I explore this aspect of his character. In those stories, I imagine him as a nervous, old-fashioned date. He stammers his way through asking the object of his affections on a first date. He rambles on and on about his ninken-talking at great length about nothing-fueled by nerves and the desire to remain in their company. He shows up on time. He shaves and tries to tame his mane, efforts that are wasted because of his mask and cowlicks. He’s chivalrous; he behaves in a gentlemanly manner, without being condescending.

These little behaviors, the compliments he gives, all of the little gestures become romantic because of his earnest wish to do and say nice things to his lover, simply because he cares for them.

P.S. Here’s the link to the site I referred to for sleeping positions and personality traits.

XOXO

#kakashi asks #ohayohimawari answer #kakakshi

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athingofvikings · 6 years

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Summary: Everyone’s sick with the flu, and, as the least-sick one, Hiccup’s making chicken soup for his polycule. Pairings: Hiccup/Astrid/Heather/Eret Tags: Polyamory, caretaker fic, chicken soup, Modern AU, pure tooth-rotting polyamorous fluff, non-explicit sex jokes

Notes: After a friend of mine got some really vile comments for daring to write Hiccup as bisexual and in a relationship with Eret, I decided that I needed to write bi!Hiccup in solidarity. And then when my wife and I both were sick at the same time and I was buying the ingredients for chicken soup, this story idea was born.

Hiccup shuffled in, feeling sore and gross, the grocery bag obscenely heavy in his hands, and ran his sleeve across his red nose.

Carefully setting the bag down on the kitchen countertop, he went over the wall cabinets and got down the biggest stockpot they had. Setting it on the stove, he heard the sounds of coughing from elsewhere in the house and felt guilty. But he was going to fix that.

After filling the filtering jug’s top half with tap water, he started unpacking the grocery bag. Chicken thighs. Parsnips. Turnips. Carrots. Celery. Onions. Leeks. The biggest yam he could find. Fresh dill. Fresh parsley. Alphabet noodles.

Dumping the filtered water into the stock pot and refilling it, he tiredly considered the ingredients for the… fourth? time since entering the grocery store. Had he forgotten anything? No…

Getting out the cutting board, knife, vegetable peeler, and cheesecloth, he set to work, the old routine of making chicken soup doable even through his own bleary haze and sniffles. But he, at least, was ambulatory.

He skinned and deboned the thighs, and tossed the bones and chicken skin into cheesecloth bags; they’d simmer in the steadily-filling pot to give flavor. The rest of the meat, though, was chopped into chunks and dropped into the water directly; that was for eating.

Next was the vegetables; peel and dice, with the peels and such going into another cheesecloth bag for flavor, with the rest of the veggie going in as cubes for eating. Hiccup had finished peeling the parsnips and turnips when he heard shuffling feet and turned to look.

Eret came into the kitchen, his faux-fur bathrobe huddled around himself, his dragon slippers barely clearing the floor as he took little shuffling steps. Dark circles around his eyes communicated his exhaustion, while little sniffles came from his red nose.

“What are you doing up?” Hiccup asked his boyfriend blearily. “You should be in bed.”

Eret moaned and continued to walk in closer. “So should you.”

Hiccup picked up a carrot and started to peel it. “I’m at least mobile. You look like a draugr.”

“Braiinnnss…” Eret intoned and they both chuckled. “But, no,” he said. “Give me a job. Please.”

Hiccup raised an eyebrow. “Bed.”

“Noooo… don’t make me go back…” Eret protested in a low whine. “Astrid won’t stop stealing the covers, and Heather is moaning about how much she hates this and keeps heat-vampiring me. And her hands are like ice.”

Hiccup considered for a moment; their girlfriends were the worst patients, after all. Astrid had tried to do her usual morning stretches and exercises, and the resulting goose-egg on her head when she’d fallen over hadn’t improved her mood at all. And Heather, normally as healthy as a horse, was even worse.

“Fine.” Hiccup rolled his eyes and put the peeled carrot onto the cutting board next to the other root vegetables. Handing the peeler over to Eret, he said, “I need another three carrots, two onions, and that yam peeled. Save the peels and put them in here.” He indicated the cheesecloth bag. “I’ll start dicing.”

“Thanks, Hic,” Eret said gratefully, and gave him a clumsy and tired peck on the cheek before setting to work.

As Hiccup started dicing the veggies, he said, “So, how are you feeling, ‘ret?”

Eret turned and gave him a bleery-eyed look that was somehow still deadpan. “About how you did four days ago.”

“Well, I did say that you looked like the walking undead,” Hiccup bantered.

Eret shivered, even though the kitchen was warm and humid from the twenty-liter pot full of simmering liquid. “Urgh. Chills, muscle aches, fatigue, congestion, my eyes feel like they’re going to pop out and go rolling across the floor from the pressure in my head, fatigue, joint aches, and did I mention the fatigue?” he listed off like nurse-orderly he was training to be.

“Well, it’s a virus,” Hiccup said consolingly. “So, like you told me, bed rest and plenty of fluids.”

Eret scowled as he clumsily peeled the carrot. “No fair being fair.”

“How does that work exactly?”

“You’re not supposed to quote my own advice back to me,” Eret said petulantly. “Especially since you were the plague carrier for this.”

Hiccup winced as he started dicing one of the turnips. “I said I was sorry.”

“I know, I know. And it’s not your fault, Hic,” Eret said tiredly. “I just feel crappy.”

“And it looks like you got chewed up and spat out,” Hiccup offered helpfully. “So you’re getting it from both ends.”

Eret gave him another tired, deadpan look and, for a moment, looked like he was about to toss him the cleaned carrot, but put it down on the cutting board firmly instead. “One day, that mouth is going to get you in trouble, Hic.”

Hiccup smirked. “I thought you liked my mouth, ‘Ret?”

Eret scowled and picked up another carrot—and then took a pointed crunchy bite out of it.

“Eh, what’s cookin’, Doc?” Hiccup said in his best Bugs Bunny impression.

Eret’s scowl grew humorously exaggerated and then he bowed his head. “Stop picking on the unarmed guy in the battle of wits.”

“Oh, come on,” Hiccup teased. “You hold your own. I bet that you could say nothing stupid if you managed it.”

There was a pause, and then Eret said cheerfully, “Nothing stupid.”

They both laughed and continued to prep the soup. In short order, Hiccup dumped in the last of the diced vegetables into the pot before filling the cheesecloth bags with the last of the peels, roots, skin, bones and herbs and tied them shut. Tossing them into the pot, he set the stove to simmer, and put the lid on. “Call it about an hour.”

“Good, ‘cause I am starving,” Eret said tiredly. He bent over the pot and lifted the lid before taking a deep sniff. “But, damn, it smells good already. And, hey, I can smell it.”

Behind him, Hiccup scoffed cheerfully. “I know that feeling, yep. One nostril, okay. Two nostrils, and it’s like the Mines of Moria,” he said as he busied himself with the kettle.

“‘Drums… drums in the deep… they are coming…’” Eret intoned, and took another deep, greedy sniff of the cooking soup. “Oh, this is going to be good.”

“Yep. But for now…” Hiccup turned, came up behind Eret, and placed his hands on his shoulders. “March,” he ordered firmly, and started to gently push Eret in the direction of the bedroom.

“What… nooo…” Eret protested playfully as Hiccup gently manhandled him back to the bedroom. Inside, their girlfriends were jointly wrapped up in every blanket in the house, shivering despite the air being blood-warm and humid to the point that there was thick condensation on the windows.

Heather peeked up over the blanket-cocoon and visibly—and evilly—brightened. “Oh, good. Astrid, wake up, the blood-snack is back.”

“My body heat! Mine!” Eret fired back in a petulant tone as Astrid made a sleepy questioning noise.

“For now,” Heather replied with a tired grin as Astrid yawned.

Hiccup took the red hot water bottle that he’d filled while Eret was sniffing the soup out from under his arm and tossed it to her. “Here, I brought you a blood-bag to drain instead.”

Heather grabbed it; it quickly vanished under the covers, and Heather made a grateful sigh. “You just saved your life, Hiccup.”

“I know. I’m too young to be an icicle!” Hiccup said with a grin, and they laughed.

Astrid, yawning, perked up under the covers where she was cuddled with Heather and sniffed greedily at the air. “Is that chicken soup I smell?”

Hiccup nodded. “Yep. It’ll be ready in about an hour.” He gently shoved Eret onto the bed and then, with difficulty, managed to free a couple of blankets from the cocoon around Astrid and Heather to cover him. “You three rest. I’m going to go start the water for the noodles.”

Eret mumbled something into the pillow, and then yelped as Heather and Astrid shifted under the blankets to pull him into the cuddle.

After returning to the kitchen, Hiccup got out a second pot and filled it with water. Humming, he tossed in a small spoon of salt and started the heat. Then he paused and considered for a moment before turning to raid the fridge for ingredients for dumplings.

The small doughy lumps were just about finished cooking in the second pot when Hiccup heard the shower start, and Heather wandered in, looking even paler and more drained than usual.

“Hey love,” he said. “How are you feeling?”

“Thirsty,” she said with a slight rasp to her voice.

Hiccup nodded. “Water, tea, coffee or cola?”

“Cola. I’m hoping the carbonation will help with some of this gunk in my throat,” she said, and coughed into her elbow before taking a seat at the breakfast bar.

Hiccup turned to the fridge and got out a bottle of Coke. Pouring a measure into a glass, he handed it to her, and she took it gratefully.

“So, who is in the shower?” he asked.

“Both of them; saves water, you know?” Heather said with a slight smirk.

“Don’t tell me that they’re actually going to try to—”

“No, no. Or at least, they said they weren’t. I think it’s more ‘We’re tired and sore, and can help wash this sick-sweat off of each other,’ and Eret being afraid that Ast will fall down again.”

Hiccup grimaced. “That’s fair. And what about you?”

“Oh, I’m probably going to kidnap you to do the same with me when they’re done,” Heather said, and took a drink of her cola. Swallowing, she grimaced. “The only reason I didn’t join them is because Eret needs the room to work on keeping her standing.”

Hiccup nodded. “Sounds good to me. How does the throat feel now?”

“Like I gargled sandpaper,” Heather said. “So, who gave you this cold in the first place?”

“Tuffnut, I think,” Hiccup said, plucking the finished dumplings out of the pot with a slotted spoon and tossing them into the soup.

“Think Ruff will mind if I murder him slowly?”

“She got it too and would probably join in, but knowing Tuff, he might enjoy it.”

“Dammit, you’re right. Recreational murder is off the table,” Heather said with a humorous scowl. She took another hard swallow of her cola, and the skin around her eyes tightened in slight pain that he remembered all too well.

“Soup is coming. That’ll help your throat,” he said caringly.

“Mmmh,” she murmured, and took another sip.

There was a soft meow, and Toothless hopped up into Heather’s lap and promptly stretched himself out. She laughed hoarsely and started to scratch his back.

The shower stopped a little while after Hiccup turned the stovetop burners off and had drained the noodles; two more bowls of soup were waiting for Eret and Astrid when they emerged in their bathrobes, both of them looking drained and sore but at least clean and revived by the shower.

Astrid settled on top of the stool next to Heather, and swayed slightly; both Heather and Eret leaned in to steady her. She scowled and braced her hands on the countertop. “I’m all right…”

“Yeah, sure,” Eret said sarcastically. “No falling over.”

“But the floor looks so comfy…” Astrid deadpanned, and carefully picked up her soup-spoon.

Hiccup grinned, and they set to eating. Slurping sounds and trying to get their noodles to spell naughty words ensued for a bit—Astrid won by diligently picking out her favorite sex act letter by letter and arranging it on the rim of the soup bowl—while Eret took a carrot and two dumplings and arranged them suggestively in his bowl.

The other three of them shared a look, and their spoons all dove for his bowl. Hiccup got the carrot while each of the girls got a dumpling, and Eret howled in laughing protest.

“That’s not sanitary!” he said through tears of laughter as his three partners ate their prizes.

Astrid scoffed as Hiccup amused himself by keeping the carrot between his lips. “Eret, we already share fluids all around, and we’re already all sick. What else could happen?”

“Well, Hiccup could choke if he keeps playing with that carrot dic—stick,” Eret said with a wink.

Hiccup pursed his lips around the carrot and, with a waggle of his eyebrows that sent them all laughing and clutching their sides, he smartly sucked the carrot in the rest of the way.

Astrid was turning bright red as she tried to breathe, Heather wasn’t much better, and Eret was trying so hard to keep a straight face, but failing miserably. Hiccup waited patiently, smirking the whole time, until they had calmed down, and then deadpanned, “Oh, come on, ‘Ret. You know my gag reflex is better than that.”

Astrid fell out of her chair and barely caught herself on the countertop as she howled with laughter, and Eret cackled. Heather started to cough alarmingly, staring daggers at Hiccup, even as tears of laughter came from her eyes. Heather’s daggers switched targets, though, as Astrid said, through her wheezing laughter, “But babe, this isn’t cream of chicken soup!”

As they laughed, Hiccup felt something brush his leg, and looked down, to see Stormfly and Toothless sitting there expectantly. With a grin, he pulled open the cheesecloth bag with the bones and skin in it and slit it open. Pulling out the chicken skin, he first checked it to make sure that no bones had gotten embedded in it and then diced it up. Putting it in a bowl, he carefully knelt, still dizzy from his own recovering flu, and placed it on the floor.

The two fuzzballs, one black and one gray-calico, dove for the bowl and started to chow down instantly.

He stood back up to find his three partners looking at him with exaggerated expressions of innocence.

“What?”

Heather, Eret and Astrid looked at each other and then looked back at him, still looking like a group of children with bulging cheeks pretending that they didn’t know why the cookie jar was empty.

He looked down at his bowl and burst out laughing; sitting in the remains of his soup, there was a massive carrot with two whole onions on either side of it, with a thatch of cooked dill at the top.

“Hmm, what an interesting garnish!” he said and plucked the carrot out of the bowl. “Not wilted at all!”

They all laughed, and he set the vegetables aside. Refilling their bowls, they moved to the living room and slumped onto the couch. After some discussion, they settled on The Fellowship Of The Ring, and started to watch as they ate. By the time Eret dragged out the blankets from the bedroom around the time of the Council of Elrond, they’d polished off half the pot, and were cuddling on the couch, warm and replete, with Hiccup sandwiched between Astrid and Heather, unable to move. Eret tucked them all in, settling in on Heather’s side.

By the time the credits rolled, Hiccup was the only one still fully awake, with Astrid snoozing on his shoulder and Heather burrowed into Eret’s side with her legs in Hiccup’s lap, and Eret was slumped back, his head lolling about limply.

With a happy sigh, Hiccup reached out and snagged the remote; powering off the television, he closed his eyes and leaned over onto Astrid. He still owed Heather that shower from before, but that could wait. Right now, he was full of soup and love, and the thought of moving for anything short of a critical bladder emergency simply wasn’t up for consideration. Even sick with the flu, they brought joy to each other, and he wouldn’t trade it for anything.

#httyd fanfic #ficlet #hiccup/astrid/heather/eret

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kirisaki-daichi-scenarios · 6 years

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Could I request kiridai + haizaki when their s/o calls them in the middle of the night waking them up asking them to come over because she's upset, please? 💕 Ty! (love your blog n writing + kiridai omg)

the more people that love these shitheads, the better

Hara Kazuya

chances are he probably hadn’t gone to bed yet

pretends to be super sleepy at first

though everyone knows midnight is when he starts buzzing + wanting to do stuff

asks “you okay?”, realises it’s a stupid question when he hears you crying

there as quick as he can

Hanamiya Makoto

“what happened? anyone i need to beat up on the way?”

pretty chill about being woken up and sneaks out the house without much bother

(would have told his mother where he’s going but doesn’t want to wake her up)

all this is for a price though

once you’re feeling better, he wants to have all the information involved

Haizaki Shougo

v groggy and kinda annoyed morning voice

doesn’t really want to leave the house

you ask whether it would be okay for you to go to his house as you need the company right now

haizaki knows for sure it’s probably not safe for you to be on the streets at midnight

makes his way over as soon as possible (planning on sleeping though)

Yamazaki Hiroshi

“i’ll be right there!”

literally runs to your place at the speed of light

once made a pact with himself that he couldn’t let anything upset you

now on a mission to make sure you smile + get back to sleep so you’re not too tired in the morning

mother yams

Seto Kentaro

mildly pissed at first

(he’s always very grumpy when he wakes up - esp when he hasn’t had as much sleep as he’d like)

nevertheless, gets up as soon as you start crying

you tried to hide it but the boi knows

figures he can just comfort you then go to sleep with you

Furuhashi Kojiro

doesn’t really sleep much to begin with but still hates his nights being interrupted

“do you really need me?”

whether or not he decides to bother, depends really on how bad you’re feeling

if he doesn’t think it’s that bad, he’ll just text you self care tips and get back to whatever he was doing

however if he thinks you may possibly do harm to yourself, he’ll be there

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ellymackay · 4 years

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Can Prebiotics Help you Increase Deep and REM Sleep in Stressful Times?

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To say these are stressful days is a radical understatement. We’re all under near constant stress. Many people are finding it difficult to manage their worry, fear, and anxiety—and finding it especially tough to get a good night’s sleep. I’m communicating with my patients remotely these days, and I’m hearing from so many of them about waking at 3 a.m. with a mind full of worried thoughts, or being too stressed out to fall asleep at all.

Amid all this unprecedented stress, some new research on prebiotics caught my eye. I’m always interested in the link between sleep health and gut health. Especially right now, in light of the stress we’re all facing, this new research seems particularly worth talking about.

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder conducted a fascinating study that shows how prebiotics can lower stress and help sleep, through feeding beneficial bacteria that lives in the gut microbiome. This study isn’t the first evidence of the value of prebiotics to sleep, but it is an important new piece of research that supports the connection between prebiotics, a flourishing, healthy microbiome, and healthy sleep.

What is a prebiotic?

Before we dig into this latest research, let’s get quickly acquainted with prebiotics. You’ve likely heard of probiotics–even if you’re not exactly sure what they are. Let’s take care of that. Probiotics are microorganisms that are friendly to the microbiome, the community of trillions of microorganisms that live throughout the body, with the largest grouping in the intestines.

This vast, ever-changing collection of microorganisms that make up the gut microbiome house a nervous system (the gut is now often referred to as a “second brain”). The gut microbiome produces and regulates hormones, as well as influencing immune function, digestion, metabolism, mood and stress. The health of the gut microbiome has vast effects on whole body health, and our risk for chronic diseases from diabetes to heart disease to cancer. I’ll talk more about the microbiome in a minute—and for a refresher, you can read some of my previous writing on the microbiome, here and here.

We get probiotics when we eat and drink fermented foods, from yogurt to sauerkraut, kefir and kombucha. And there are also a slew of probiotic supplements available—here’s a quick primer on how to choose a probiotic. Probiotics are great for the health of the microbiome, helping to maintain a healthy composition of beneficial bacteria in the body.

Prebiotics are actually food for probiotics and the other beneficial microorganisms that live within the microbiome. Prebiotics are compounds within food, which cannot be digested by the body. Instead, they feed and spur the reproduction of the tiny, good-for-you organisms living in your gut.

Prebiotics are present in foods that are high in fiber and resistant starches (starches that aren’t broken down by digestion). Some of the most prebiotic-rich foods include.

Whole grains, such as barley, rolled oats, whole wheat and wheat bran

Onions

Asparagus

Leeks

Garlic

Banana

Artichoke

Apples

Flaxseed

Yams

Chicory root (this you can get in granules, and add to your cooking, or to drinks—including your morning coffee)

Prebiotics are also found in supplement form. Here’s a guide to some of the most well reviewed prebiotics by consumers, along with some tips for selecting a prebiotic supplement.

Prebiotics increase deep sleep and help control stress

Stress is a well-known disruptor to sleep. And research into the microbiome has demonstrated that the conditions of the microbiome can affect both stress and sleep, via the close and constant interaction between the gut microbiome and the brain.

What does this gut-brain communication axis look like? Research from the past decade has shown that the microbiome and the brain interact through at least three different paths:

An immune system pathway, where both the brain and the gut microbiome influence activity of immune cells, and affect one another in turn.

An endocrine system pathway, where both the brain and gut regulate production and release of hormones and neurotransmitters, including cortisol, serotonin, melatonin, GABA, dopamine and many others.

A nervous system pathway, where the body’s vagus nerve acts as a direct line of communication between the brain and the gut microbiome. In addition, microorganisms from the gut can travel the vagus nerve into the central nervous system, where they can directly affect brain activity, including sleep patterns and stress responses.

In this latest research, scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder investigated how prebiotics influence the composition of the gut microbiome—by composition, I mean the makeup of different types of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. They also wanted to assess how prebiotics could affect stress and sleep, through their influence over the microbiome.

Scientists conducted their study in young male rats, feeding 1 of 2 groups food with prebiotics, and the other group food without prebiotics. After 5 weeks, rats in both groups were exposed to stress. Scientists found the prebiotic food eaters suffered less of the negative effects of stress on the microbiome.

Scientists also found that the prebiotic rats spent more time in deep, slow wave sleep after being on the gut-microbe-friendly diet. After their exposure to stress, the rats who ate a prebiotic diet spent more time in REM sleep. REM is a critical sleep stage for mental restoration, and helpful in the processing of emotionally-charged thoughts and in the recovery from stress.

This latest scientific discovery builds on earlier research, some of which comes from the same group of researchers, who have been studying the effects of prebiotics on stress and sleep, via the microbiome, for several years. In 2017, they published a study that echoes much of what is in the latest round of research:

Prebiotics aid sleep in part by creating a buffer against the negative impact of stress, by keeping the microbiome diverse and flourishing with beneficial bacteria, during stressful episodes.

Prebiotics appear to increase amounts of slow-wave sleep—the deepest form of non-REM sleep—and to increase amounts of REM in the wake of exposure to stress.

The newest study uncovered more information about the specific ways that prebiotics appear to blunt the stress response and improve sleep. Specifically, they identified changes to certain forms of microbial life—known as metabolites—changes that appear to reduce the brain’s stress response and to increase slow-wave and REM sleep.

This is an important step forward in understanding the relationship of prebiotics to sleep, which may bring us closer to prebiotic therapies that target these specific microbial changes, in order to boost sleep and lower stress.

So, how can you take advantage of the benefits of prebiotics? Eat fiber rich foods, including plenty of fruits, vegetables and whole grains! Even in our current social isolation, with less access to those farmer’s market vegetables, you’ve probably got prebiotic foods in your pantry—I’m talking about things like canned artichokes, rolled oats, whole grain bread. When you are able to get to the market for the fresh stuff, take my list of prebiotics above with you. And don’t forget frozen and canned vegetables as useful supplements right now to perishable fresh produce.

Other news about sleep and the microbiome

I’ve written before about sleep’s complex, dynamic relationship with the body’s microbiome. New research is coming in all the time, showing the connection between sleep health and gut health—a connection that runs in both directions.

A study from late last year found that sleeping poorly was linked to less diversity in gut microbes—and the better your sleep, the more diverse your microbiome is likely to be.

Remember, in the latest research we’re looking at, more diversity in gut microbes helped to lessen stress and improve sleep. That is the two-way street between gut health and sleep health in action. In addition to poor sleep, reduced diversity of the microbiome is also linked to a range of health issues, including mood disorders anxiety and depression, immune system dysfunction and autoimmune disorders.

Severe sleep apnea has been linked to reduced diversity of microorganisms in the nasal microbiome, in recent research. That’s right, microbiome is not confined to our intestines, though that’s where the largest community of microorganisms are. A less diverse composition of the nasal microbiome can increase inflammation, which affects the severity of sleep apnea, including via inflammation of the airway. There’s other recent research showing that obstructive sleep apnea in kids is associated with changes to the oral microbiome.

Both the quality and the quantity of sleep can impact the health of the microbiome. A 2019 study found that an additional 60 minutes of waking after falling asleep (which is a measure of both sleep quantity and sleep quality) was linked with a 26% reduction in the diversity of gut microbes. That’s after controlling for other factors that can affect microbiotic composition, including your dietary intake of fiber and fat, physical activity, and body-mass index. The study also found greater levels of daytime sleepiness linked to lower microbiotic diversity, and less sleepiness linked to more diversity.

Brand new research in mice revealed a link between a specific microbe—called Odoribacter—and sleep abnormalities.This suggests we’re likely to learn more about specific microorganisms residing in the gut microbiome having distinct effects on sleep.

How do you maintain a healthy microbiome?

Consuming both probiotic and prebiotic foods and supplements play a big part in keeping the gut microbiome healthy, diverse and supportive of sleep. The prebiotic foods I’ve talked about above contain fibers and resistant starches that won’t be broken down by the digestive system, but instead will go on to feed the healthy microbiotic life in the gut. The same whole food, fiber-rich diet is also great for sleep.

Exercise boosts levels of beneficial bacteria. That’s the takeaway from a growing body of research. Keep moving, and you enhance both gut health and the quality of your sleep.

Limiting sugar is good for the gut. Sugar consumption can wreck a good night’s sleep. It also increases the presence of gut microbes that are linked to elevated insulin in the body. (A less healthy gut microbiome raises risk for type 2 diabetes.) Both natural and artificial sugars have negative impacts on gut health, with research suggesting that artificial sweeteners are particularly harmful to the health of the microbiome.

We all need as much resilience against stress, and as much high-quality sleep, as we can get right now. Paying attention to prebiotics in your diet is one way to help with that.

Sweet Dreams,

Michael J. Breus, PhD, DABSM

The Sleep Doctor

www.thesleepdoctor.com

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Lutteo x Gastina one shot. So the team of Jam & Roller is in Cancún for the finale of Rodafest, the roller skating competition. They're all staying at the hotel where the event takes place. This is what happens after the finale. This is just generally a lot of Lutteo and Gastina fluff with some Gastteo and Nilu and mentions of Simbar. I put in some humor, a very angry Juliana, and a very shirtless Matteo. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Luna slowly opened her eyes. She was really tired. Yesterday had been crazy. The team of Jam & Roller had won Rodafest. They had celebrated with the entire team. After that everyone had gone back to their rooms to catch some sleep. Well, everyone except for two girls. Luna and Nina had snuck off to Matteo and Gastón's room in the middle of the night. It had been hard for Luna to convince Nina, but she had done it eventually. They had watched a movie, talked, and laughed until early in the morning.

The guys had chosen to watch a horror movie on purpose. Matteo had put his arm around Luna and had said "I'll protect you Chica Delivery." Luna had just rolled her eyes, but secretly she had loved it. Gastón had also taken the opportunity to put his arms around Nina. Even though he had tried to hide it, Luna had seen how widely Gastón would smile everytime Nina buried her head into his chest. After that, Matteo had decided to act out a scene from the movie in which the guy saves the girl from drowning. The irony. Nina and Gastón were still cuddled up on Gastón's bed and were laughing at Matteo's acting skills. "I'll save you Chica Delivery, don't worry!" He jumped onto the bed as if he jumped into the water. Because of the instant movement Luna and Matteo rolled off the bed and landed on top of each other, only a small space that kept their lips from touching. Gastón and Nina had tears in their eyes of laughter. Matteo looked into Luna's eyes and grinned. Before Luna could react he put his lips on hers. Luna felt embarrassed that they were kissing while their best friends were watching, but at the same time she didn't care. The whole world could end and she wouldn't care. Gastón looked at Nina and pouted as if saying "I want some love too." Nina gave him a quick peck on the lips. Gastón didn't seem statisfied, but settled for it. And so the night went on. Matteo and Luna kept bickering and doing all kinds of crazy stuff, from chasing each other around the room, to acting out movie scenes. Nina and Gastón were just cuddling all the time and laughing at their friends.

At one point Matteo put on a slow song. He grabbed Luna and the two started dancing. Gastón stuck out his hand for Nina to grab, inviting her to dance. She took his hand and slowly got up. Gastón put his arms around Nina's waist, she put hers on his shoulders. They started swinging along to the song. They were both smiling, their bodies pressed closely against each other. Their foreheads and noses touching the entire time.

Apparently they lost track of time because they had all fallen asleep. Gastón and Nina were all cuddled up on Gastón's bed. Nina was laying on her side and Gastón was laying behind her. He had wrapped his arms around her waist. Luna's head was resting on Matteo's bare chest. The thought made her blush. Then she realized that she was wearing Matteo's shirt, and she blushed even harder. She was probably cold last night. Then Luna had a strange feeling. A feeling like she forgot something, which happened quite a lot. Quickly Luna looked at the clock standing on the nightstand. 11:00. Luna squinted her eyes to see if she was reading it right. Eleven o'clock. They had missed breakfast. Juliana had told everyone to gather in the lobby after breakfast. From there they'd head to the airport. Luna panicked. She looked at Matteo. He looked so peaceful whilst sleeping. That peace was ruined pretty fast because of her yelling and pushing against his arm. "Guys wake up! Wake up!" She could hear her friends groaning and saw them waking up slowly. "It's 11:00 o'clock we need to go down to the lobby now! Everybody's probably worried sick! Juliana's going to kill us!" Luna's voice sounded through the room. Nina was the first one to react. She shot up. Her make-up was smudged and her hair was messed up.

"What time is it?" She asked. "Eleven o'clock! We were supposed to gather at 10:30!" Nina cursed. Gastón was the next one to react.

"What's going on?" He asked sleepy.

"We're gonna be late!" Nina said as she jumped out of bed. It took a few seconds before Gastón realized what she was talking about. His eyes went wide. He got up as fast as he could.

“Shit! Matteo, wake up!" Gastón yelled at his best friend, who was still sleeping peacefully. God, this guy slept deep. Luna started shaking Matteo in the hope to wake him up.

"He needs a little convincing." Gastón said. He threw his pillow against Matteo's head. "Wake up you idiot!" Matteo shot up.

“What was that for?" He asked.

"We're late!" Luna said for what seemed like the thousandth time that morning. Despite the situation, Luna was trying really hard not to laugh. Although maybe it was the situation she was laughing about. A rush of adrenaline went through her. Last night had been great. She had enjoyed every second of it. She didn't care what would happen to them. That was, until she heard someone knocking on the door. It was agressive knocking, as if the person standing in front of the door was really angry. Then she heard Juliana's voice.

"If that door doesn't open in five seconds you're all going to be in so much more trouble than you already are!" Gastón and Matteo looked at each other. They gestured for Nina and Luna go hide in the bathroom. That they were late was bad, but that they were late because Luna and Nina had sneaked out and fallen asleep in Matteo and Gastón's room was even worse. More than worse, it was terrible. Seen Matteo wasn't wearing a shirt, Gastón got up to open the door. Matteo quickly grabbed a shirt that was laying on a chair. Gastón opened the door and a furious Juliana walked in. "You're late." She simply said. The boys tried coming up with an excuse.

"Yeah we overslept. I'm sorry." Matteo said.

"We'll be down in five." Gastón added. Juliana wasn't buying it. She looked at Matteo and then back to Gastón. Her eyes were cold. It gave the boys chills.

"Girls," Juliana said. "I know you're in here. Come out before your punishment gets even worse." Matteo and Gastón looked at each other, as if they were thinking the same thing at the same time. Shit. Slowly the bathroom door opened, and a sleepy Luna wearing Matteo's shirt and a blushing Nina came out. Juliana looked at them. "You two broke the rules by sneaking out of your room." She said.

“Please, don't blame them. It was our idea." Matteo interrupted. Gastón nodded in agreement. Juliana cast them a warning glance.

"In that case I should punish all four of you. But first, I'll call your parents." The four teens looked as if they had seen a ghost. What would their parents think? They'd be grounded for weeks. "You'll hear what your punishments are later." Juliana said. With that she walked to the door. She turned around one more time. "Oh and I'll see you all packed up and ready to go in half an hour." She gestured for them to hurry up and left. The teens let out a long sigh at the same time, as if they had been holding their breath all this time. They were all quiet for a moment, but then they all broke out in laughter. None of them said anything. It was just the four of them laughing. Slowly Gastón pulled Nina in for a hug and Matteo did the same with Luna. It eventually turned into a big group hug. They didn't want for this moment to end. They loved this feeling. The feeling of freedom and genuine happiness they had because they were spending time with the people they loved most.

After they got ready and packed up, they headed towards the lobby. Down there Juliana and the others were waiting for them. Everyone had probably heard about their whereabouts and seen the looks on their faces they were all thinking the same thing. Simón's face was unreadable. Was he bothered that Luna spend the night in Matteo's room? Or was he secretly laughing because he had snuck off to Ámbar's room last night too but hadn't been caught? Nico and Pedro were looking uncomfortable. Ramiro was smiling widely and repeating the word "typical" under his breath. Jim and Yam were giggling and couldn't wait to flood their friends with questions. Jazmín was trying to film them for Fab & Chic and asking them all kinds of questions, which they didn't anwser, obviously. Delfi was just shaking her head. Even Ámbar looked amused by the situation. Matteo patted Gastón on the back. The two of them looked at Luna and Nina. People could think whatever they wanted to think, and believe whatever they wanted to believe. Only the four of them knew what really happened last night, and they'd like to keep it that way. Even though it wasn't much, it was a special moment between the four of them.

#soy luna #lutteo #gastina #i finally did it #my fav best friends #core four #i hope you like it!!

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