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#I gotta edit a lot of my muses on here... or just delete them all
pcetstcrtured · 5 months
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okay so here’s the deal, i’m gonna be putting out a starter call on all my blogs. i know, i know, i owe a lot across all of them & there’s stuff people are still waiting on, & even newer things but … i gotta be honest my dudes - apart of the reason i haven’t been around is aside from just the busy-ness, every time i try to get online, my muse just goes caput the second i log in. so i’m gonna try this to see if it helps, even on the blogs i have barely written on. bc i just - i need to get some kind of flow going & i do wanna do stuff on all my blogs. so yeah i’m gonna try this & see if it helps. fingers crossed & all that. i really wanna be around my dudes
edit: i may also delete some older stuff tbh. i might just be going through my drafts & getting rid of anything i’m truly not feeling. i just wanna do what i can to feel like i wanna be on tumblr again
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goddamnmuses-a · 4 years
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You know what I totally just lied. I’m not feeling better now, I just tried to lie down and get some sleep but I can’t without getting some shit off my chest.  Imagine having like.. idek.. 5 people you actually speak to ooc from tumblr.  Just five. They’re not like all connected like a family, you just have five seperate friends, you’re not really part of a group. You’re kind of an outsider in that, you never get tagged as being mentioned or something in other peoples rps but you have your friends and you care about them and they seem to care about you.  You help them find a fc, you make edits, you plot, rp, you help them make a whole new oc and they help you with stuff too. Then one morning you wake up and your discord server is gone. Then you go to ask them why it’s gone and you can’t because they’ve blocked you. You only find out they blocked you because of something you rp’d (Still not 100% sure what exactly i guess triggered them) but honestly, unfollowing me would have been fine, just giving me some closure before blocking me would have been fine, but just being cut off without a word actually really hurt. I mean they practically single handedly brought one of my muses back from near removal and now idek. 
I’m sure this’ll make me lose followers even if it’s under the cut because the last one did but still.. I gotta just.. get some shit out there so i can rest. 
Roleplay for me has always been a kind of refuge from reality. It helped me deal with a lot of stuff but mostly with not feeling alone.  I’ve always felt like I was never anyones first choice. Apart from with one friend who ended up going to a different school and we lost touch.. and it was around that time I got into tumblr roleplay, i guess to fill that void. 
But now every time I talk to someone on tumblr and have this feeling of “I could be friends with this person for the rest of my life” like genuinely i’ve connected and care about them, they leave. I could write a whole list of url’s of muns I miss but now i find myself when i have a connection with someone, either clinging to them for dear life and probably putting them off me or I kind of.. shun them and try not to get attached because I know it won’t last. 
I think everyone is looking for a place they belong and I’m just worried that the place I belonged is long gone and everyone else has found new places and I’m just stuck. I’m also very tired and idek if this makes any sense or if it’s the ramblings of someone whos tired and pissed off at the world. 
Nothings going to change though, I’m still going to be here, churning my stuff out and I’m sure some people will see this and probably try to comfort me but it’s just gonna stay the same and i’ll be back to this eventually. I can almost predict who the next person that’ll leave me will be but now I’m just depressing myself. I need to sleep. 
Oh and this isn’t some tumblr “WHAT IF I JUST DELETED WOULD ANYONE EVEN CARE!?” thing that some people throw out. There’s no chance I’m deleting. I just don’t have any other outlet for this kind of stuff and i know I have to get it out somehow. 
I’m just gonna go to sleep now before i spout more crap. 
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todo-ho-ki · 4 years
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If It’s Convenient for You, pt. 4
HOLY FUCK tumblr deleted the original. I shouldn’t have tried to add a tag on mobile huh?
Well anyway, here is part 4 AGAIN. 
Word Count: 2.4k
Pairing: BakugoXReader
Warnings: swearing, blood/mild violence
@chims-kookies I had to re-edit so I’m not sure if you’re still tagged OOPS
Part 1   Part 2   Part 3        Part 5   Part 6
When you awoke Saturday morning, the sky was clear and bright, rays of sunlight pouring into your room at the perfect angle. Finally a day off! Now you could relax and work on your audition piece. You felt light as a feather hopping out of bed, immediately grabbing headphones and twirling around. You expertly compiled a list of viable options before turning to look out the window.
"Holy shit." The clock on your desk read 7pm."Guess I should feed myself."
You dug around in your pile of neglected clothes, looking for anything that would constitute acceptable clothing.
The only things left in your pile were a turtleneck and...a short ass skirt.
Reluctanly, you donned the garb.
"Wow!" You exclaimed sarcastically.  "I've always wanted to look like I'm on Scooby-Doo!"
You were quite expertly paying homage to Velma. Except her sweater probably left a little more to the imagination than your thin fabric.
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You drove aimlessly for a while. Now that there was no focus on anything in particular, the only thought consuming you was Bakguo standing at your register, domineering but calm.
A breath hitched in your throat for a moment and your tongue felt swollen, a clear memory of a sweet smell rolling off of him.  A little ironic, honestly, considering he was the saltiest bitch you'd ever met.
Calm down asshole. He's just a dude. A really, really, REALLY gorgeous dude. That you happen to keep seeing everywhere so you can't get his pretty face out of your stupid thoughts even though he's done literally nothing to earn your trust or respect because being a hero doesn't inherently mean he's worth his weight in gold-
Your internal monologue came to an abrupt end as you hit shuffle and let the music take over again. It was the only silence you were getting from that blonde-haired asshat.
It was really something you hated about yourself: your ability to not even know someone but suddenly be drowning in them. Every time you got an idea in your head, every time someone did something even remotely good in any way, you were jumping at the chance to fantasize.
What did they laugh at?  Could they be sweet? Funny? Loving? How soft is their hair? Their lips..? Any question you had you could daydream the answer to with no problem. And daydream you did.
The setting sun was kissing the horizon as you prattled down the highway. You were a good ways out in the countryside, so a commute gave you time to clear your head. But it wasn't clearing anything.
All you could imagine was him standing just a little closer, a smile aimed at you instead of a sneer, a hand sneaking around your waist.
Your car was parked.
You didn't really remember turning into a parking lot, glassy eyes looking up at the restaurant sign in front of you.
The glimmer of the "TAKOYAKI SUPREME" sign pulled you out of your daze, if only a little.
"I have gotta stop doing that before I crash and die. Well, maybe if I die I won't have to deal with this, you mused, a finger pressed to your chin. You continued to mutter to yourself, slinking into the restaurant and staring spacily at the menu.
"I literally don't even like takoyaki." Your arms crossed as you struggled to search for a menu item that didn't make you want to throw up.
You were also great at going with the flow, and just dealing with whatever unpleasant situation you found yourself in. Hope was running out as you reached the end of the menu, shrinking down a little.
But suddenly there was a tingle up your spine. And not in a good way. You didn't dare move now. All of the haze was gone and much like a few nights ago, adrenaline coursed. But this time, you really would've preferred to have Kirishima and Bakugo hiding somewhere behind you.
The door opened and a breeze blew in, carrying the sound of a slow, calculated voice.
"That's the one." It sounded like they were standing right next to you; goosebumps accompanied the chill over the atmosphere. It wasn't clear whether or not they were alluding to you, but your gut feeling said to be anywhere else.
They were both dressed in all black, tall and looming.
Did they follow you here? It's not like you would've noticed. You were too busy imagining a face that definitely wasn't going to walk you to your car now.
As long as I can get to my keys-fuck!
You felt around aimlessly in your pockets, the horror of realizing you locked them in the car taking hold.
Just walk out calmly. There's nothing saying they're here for you.
You tried to tell yourself that, but every hair on your body was standing up and your heart was racing. These guys were bad news.
The wind picked up as you stepped outside. No one followed. But your keys were locked in your car and there was no quick getaway now.
Shakily, you pulled on the door handle, hoping that maybe for once you left the door open.
Goddammit. My phone's in there too! How the fuck am I gonna get out of this one?
You looked longingly at the seat, never wishing you were a set of keys more than at this moment.
It's either pick the lock or break the window. And probably my hand.
Movement from the inside. One of the guys dressed in black was standing now. It could've just been a coincidence, but the sinking feeling wasn't going away. He walked towards the door.
Just fucking break it! Don't worry about the pain!
But you couldn't make your body move. You were frozen stiff as the door opened. Even if you wanted to turn around, you wouldn't have.
"Hey doll face. You need some help?" It almost sounded sincere and if you hadn't had a knack for sniffing out predators, it would've been convincing.
"No."
"Really? Cuz it looks like you're locked out of your car."
"I am." The only hope was that he couldn't see you shaking violently.
"A lady shouldn't be out here in this cold. You should go back inside." There was something in his tone that was unsettling. You could feel him leering at you greedily.
The fuck does he want? Not money. He would've just robbed me. There aren't a lot of other options besides kill me and kidnap me. But why me? Just keep your cool for now, Shouna. Breathe.
"I will be fine."
"You're shaking." You could feel him slowly walking closer. Closer. Way too close. He was way too close.
"I said I don't need any fucking help from you," you growled, finally finding the will to turn around. He jerked back a bit at the ferocity in your tone.
His hands are in his pockets. I don't like where this is going.
"Get. Away," you warned. The wind swirled up again, howling now.
His face went from feigned concern to intense confession. There was a malicious grin plastered across his face, almost inhuman.
"Fine. If you don't wanna play along, then I got no choice." He giggled as he pulled a knife out of his pocket.
You eyed the small knife carefully.
He can't kill me with that. He's trying to scare me with that thing. Calm down! You literally went to school for this exact kind of thing!
You knew, though, that there was a big difference between technical and practical application, and your hands didn't stop shaking. The cold was becoming unbearable, slashing at your face and legs. Your heart didn't stop beating a million miles a minute.
Your wide eyes met his nefarious ones as he spoke his next words, "come with me or die."
Your heart was beating faster than it ever had before, hands and knees shaking, eyes clouding with fear. There was nowhere for you to go, no place to run to. How had nobody noticed? Everyone inside was going about their lives like some girl wasn't about to get assaulted in a parking lot.
Keep it cool. If he was here to kill you he would've done it already.
You wished so badly to hear some whispering in the wind right about now. There wasn't a single hero in sight. There wasn't a single person in sight. Those guys were popping up everywhere you were for days and all of a sudden they were nowhere to be found?
"You won't kill me," you dared.
"Quit stalling!" His hand wrapped around your wrist tightly as he tried to pull you towards the knife. "I won't kill you, but I will hurt you."
You were twisting and kicking and doing anything to avoid feeling the knife driving into you, landing a well-placed kick below the belt.  It bought you enough time to get out of his grip and in your adrenaline-filled rush, you smashed your window out, ignoring the bright red streams down your arm and glass in your fingers.
You grabbed the key and tried to open the car door. But he pulled you by the shoulders instead.
"I don't think so!"
He braced his legs against yours and pulled your arms behind you, leaving one hand free to press the cold metal to your neck.
"Now listen to me, you have one chance to just go back inside and do what we say. Or you're gonna have to figure out how to look pretty covered in blood!" His whisper was intense in your ear, pushed through clenched teeth.
"Fuck you."
A small cut on your neck. A small pain but a lot of blood. You grunted in reaction to the metal, so cold it was hot. You were starting to get lightheaded.
"Don't make me ask again."
"You didn't ask the first time."
This time there was a deep, blinding pain as he plunged the knife into the side of your thigh. It seemed like your screams fell on deaf ears. The lightheaded feeling got worse as your vision became clouded around the edges.  
"I told you not to fuck around."
He pushed you into your car and you didn't even know bodies could bounce off of things like that. He left you stunned on the ground, mouth hung open in shock. You couldn't yell anymore, the adrenaline was taking over and you could hardly feel anything but a dull ache in your leg.
He picked you up and slung you over his shoulder.
"You stupid girl! Now you'll have to wait out here. You're covered in blood." There was nothing you could do as he walked into the alleyway with you.
"Wait here."
As if I have a choice, asshole.
He tossed you roughly to the ground. The cool air was the only thing keeping your stomach from turning as you leaned your head back against the cold metal gate.
I have my keys. If I can just get to my car before they come back, I can get out of here. But I can't get up. I'll pass out, at least.
You took a few gulps of air. "I have to get up," You groaned. "I have to get to my car."
You started crawling. You weren't really in any condition to drive, but there wasn't much choice. Crawling was proving to be too slow.
"Right," you muttered. "Right leg first." You pushed yourself up and put your right leg up, prepared to bear the weight. As you pushed up, the dark swirls began to make themselves known again. You reached hastily for the fence, nearly falling backward.
The knots in the fence grazed across your stab wound and it took everything you had to stifle the scream.
I have to get the adrenaline pumping again. I have to do something to numb the pain.
"Fuck," your breath was raggedy and erratic. "Shit. I have to go. Don't think. Don't think about it. Just do it. Just go!" You pushed off your right leg and upon landing on your left, the pain from the stab rang out against every muscle in your leg. But you weren't going to let it buckle. You were going to get out of here and let the adrenaline do the work.
It was almost a good plan. A sigh of relief burst from you as your car came into view again. But you turned your head to the door. Which was a mistake.
Your ankle twisted with the uneven surface of the asphalt, knocking you to the ground. You slid a good distance and rolled to a halt, literally just a few steps from the car.
Goddammit! Get up! Get UP!
You spent a moment yelling at yourself to move. The blood from your stab wound was pouring down your leg and your neck was pulsing.
I have to get out of here. I can't wait to see what they have planned for me. You kept having to push the thought of Bakugo showing up in the nick of time out of your head.
The door opened and the man from earlier walked up to you slowly, smirking. "You thought you were gonna run away huh? That's precious. Though I must commend how far you made it. Running on a bad leg is no fun." He kneeled down over you. "You're going to regret this,"he hissed.
All you could hear was your ragged breath hitching in your throat as he pulled out the knife again.
Fuck! What the hell am I supposed to do now?
Suddenly you heard a huge blast go off in close proximity. Your heart raced. You could only think of one reason you'd hear an explosion. The man looked in the direction of the blast and you looked up, having noticed a shadow looming on the roof.
Holy shit I've never hoped that an asshole was here more than I do now. Please for the love of god be Bakugo.
The moonlight was bright and it was easy for you to make out blonde hair and a smile filled with bloodlust cross the shadowy face above.
"Hmm,"you hummed gently, closing your eyes. "He's here." The relief washed over you.  There was no way this dude was a match for Bakugo.
"Oi, asshat."
The man turned suddenly. It was clear he recognized Bakugo too.
"I think it'd be best if you leave the girl alone."
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Bonsoir! General psa, for the sake of making it look cleaner & better on my blog: this blog is currently being REVAMPED! The muses I’ve wanted to delete have already been deleted and a few more might be put into hiatus! Threads with those muses will, of course, be dropped, but I will try to contact all my thread partners personally in the following days. I am going on an unfollowing spree as well! People I’ve never interacted with even after being in a mutual with them for ages, and people who post content I’m generally uncomfortable with, please don’t see this as a personal offence against you, because it’s for me and you got nothing to do with it! Seriously! I might re-do my muse’s about pages and just get rid of all the fancy stuff because honestly, it’s a pain every time. I will be focusing more, MUCH more on plotting from now on, to give my muses the development I feel they deserve. I will be focusing also a lot more on writing and a lot less on faceclaims! And last but not least
HIATUS ANNOUNCEMENT!
While I work on this place, I need a break from it. I need to be able to get on here, ignore my dash, just do what I gotta do, and then bounce. I doubt this will even reach a week in length, but to be absolutely certain, I’ll announce it anyway. Absolutely feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding our threads or if you’re wanting to interact with me, because I might try to continue what plotting I had begun. Any sign of guilt-tripping will be blocked. As harsh as it may sound, I’m tired. Stay funky, m’dudes. Edit: if this will lead to me feeling the need to move blogs entirely, I'll post another PSA.
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ltsaint-a · 4 years
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IMPORTANT
i.  this is a roleplay blog for SHAUNDI of SAINTS ROW. she very much follows canon but is also very headcanon based as well.
ii.  any mention of shaundi from saints row 2 or even just past shaundi in saints row 4 will be tagged with FUN SHAUNDI.
iii.  the only trigger that will come up on this blog is in reference to her drug habits back in saints row 2. if there is mention, it will be tagged accordingly: DRUG MENTION /
BASICS
i.   this is basically going to cover the basics. keep in mind, i do have a job and i will be going back to school soon for my bachelor’s degree. with that being said, i don’t spend all of my time on this blog or on tumblr as it is. my time is divided up to where i see it fits best. 
ii.   i really, REALLY,  really, try and stay out of drama. it does nobody any good and honestly it ruins the whole writing experience for me. i’ve been on tumblr long enough to see the rise and fall of roleplaying and i don’t wish to see my writing career on this website come to a screeching halt. keep it away from me and we’ll be alright. 
iii.   do not send me hate. do not send the people i write with hate. just don’t do it.
iv.   i queue all of my replies and i usually have one reply post a day in order to keep up with everything. i work during the week and don’t have a lot of time to write during the week so queuing my replies allow me to keep everything under control and help me not to become too overwhelmed.
v.   I USE SMALL FOR MY FORMATTING, AND DOUBLE SPACED. if that’s not your style, then i would suggest possibly not following me. this is how i like to write my replies and asks, i like the way it looks and small font has always helped me to write more than i normally would. i’ve been using small font since my gaiaonline days and that’s not going to change anytime soon.
FOLLOWING & UNFOLLOWING
i.   this is a MUTUALS ONLY blog. now, you’re probably sitting there like “but eris, what does that mean?” and i’m here to tell you. if you follow me and i choose to follow you back, that means we are mutuals. it means you have every right to respond to my open starters & to like my starter calls. 
ii.   I DO NOT FOLLOW MINORS, NOR DO I WISH ANY TO FOLLOW ME. sorry, but i gotta look out for myself. while my blog doesn’t feature smut and i normally don’t write any, there is the occasional nsfw on my blog. along with that, i do post stuff that is 18+ in general due to the nature of the muses i tend to write. i wanna keep you all protected so i would ask that you don’t follow me.
iii.   as for who i choose to follow, it’s all based on whether i find that our characters will write well together. if i don’t see any way for me to have my characters  interact with your character, then sadly, i won’t give you a follow back. i’m pretty chill though when it comes to following and pretty much follow everyone back. 
v.   now for the dreaded rule about unfollowing. what will bring me to unfollow you? this is something i’m still very lenient on because i’m big on the whole “it’s your blog, do what you want” but if i see you posting a lot of drama and like really excessive ooc, i will sadly unfollow your blog. i like to keep my dash clean so i can easily navigate it.
vi.   let’s talk about softblocking. if i wish to break mutuals with you, i am going to softblock you because i only feel that it’s right. i don’t want people to get confused because i know a lot of people sometimes don’t check their followers to see who is still mutuals with them. along with that, i will utilize softblocking if you start to post stuff i don’t agree.. it’s better that way, i promise. 
INTERACTION
i.   once again, MUTUALS ONLY. only people that i follow back will i interact with. meaning only those people are allowed to like my starter calls, only they can reblog open starters, etc. if you’re a non - mutual and you try, you will be ignored and if this happens multiple times, i will soft block you.
ii.   I LIKE TO START OFF SMALL WITH MY STARTERS AND THEN EVENTUALLY BUILD UP AS WE PROGRESS THE THREAD ALONG so don’t be alarmed if i start off with just a paragraph in our starter. unless i’m already comfortable writing with you and i know how we vibe, we’re going to start off slow because i want to get a feel for how our characters mesh and how we, as partners, will write together. you’ll end up noticing an increase in content as we continue to write because now i know what i’m working with.
iii.   asks are always the biggest thing. Basically, non - mutuals can send asks but only if they are sentence starters / sentence memes, any sorta “tell me how i’m doing” memes or the like. I WON’T ANSWER UNSOLICITED RP ASKS FROM NON - MUTUALS.  they’ll get ignored or deleted. this is more for my sanity and the fact that in the past, i’ve had non - mutuals hound me about stuff like this and i’d rather just not let that anxiety overwhelms me again. if you are a non - mutual and send me sentence memes and the like, please know it won’t go further than the answered ask.
SHIPPING
i.   i ship based on chemistry for the most part and i am up for shipping with multiple characters. please do not try and force your character upon mine. that’s grounds for immediate removal from my blog and it’s like really uncomfortable as it is. 
ii.   as for shipping, everything will be set in it’s own little universe. meaning no ships shall overlap unless you’re totally cool with that. i love to incorporate my character’s past and their relationships wherever i can but if it makes you comfortable to have no mention of prior relationships in any of my character’s lives, we can separate them.
MISCELLANEOUS
i.   all of the icons that are featured on this blog were made by me. meaning i took the time out of my day to sit in photoshop and edit them. same for any graphics & photosets i decide to post to this blog. i spent the time making said items so i don’t take too kindly to theft. 
ii.   please try and have fun while writing with me. i don’t care if you take a million years, i don’t care if you take two seconds. all i care about is that you enjoy what we’re writing. 
iii.   you are always allowed to message me via IM and discord is available to those i have begun to feel comfortable with. i’m pretty easy going so don’t be shy. 
iv. seriously though, have fun.
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bleusarcellewrites · 7 years
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That's How You Know
So, happy late bday, Kim, like, a milenial late, but ey, better late than ever, imma right? eeeeey. I love you, tiny. I really really really hope you like this and I don’t break your heart like your first gift.....yeh.
Anyways, Shallura centric with mentions of Klance and Hunay and broganes.
Ps. Sorry for typos, bad grammar or stuff, ya know. Also, Allura and Shiro being awkard af bc I’m all for that shit. 
Ps.2 Read under the cut.
EDIT: i didn’t even tagged you wtf, honestly, @coralreefskim
Disclaimer: Voltron doesn’t belong to me. 
As far as Shiro is concerned: he’s an only child,
Because he’s going to kill his little brother.
Shiro stomps hard against the hall’s floor as he heads towards the last door on the right. He has walked down this hall a lot of times over the last four years, being the place where his squad and him came to have their weekly movie night.
Lance’s apartment has always been their meeting point, but, for half a year now, it had become Lance and Keith’s, seeing how much time his little brother spent at his boyfriend’s apartment rather than their own.
Which is exactly why he’s marching down to Lance’s apartment, because he knows the lil’shit he has of a brother will be there and he’s going to regret deleting the last season of Game of Thrones before Shiro had a chance to see it just to record his crappy 90’s conspiracy theories.
As soon as the familiar mahogany door is in front of him, Shiro holds up his prosthetic and knocks, maybe with a little too much force than usual, and taps his foot against the floor in impatience, grumbling under his breath as he waits for an answer.
He hears the door lock click and as soon as there’s enough space in between, Shiro is quick to raise his hand, finger pointed in accusation at the person behind the door, mouth wide open ready for a screaming match -
“Um?”
When he realizes that it’s neither Lance or Keith who is behind the door and it’s an entirely different person who he’s currently trespassing on their personal bubble, his finger a little too close to the bridge of their nose.
Bright deep blue eyes meet his own gray ones and suddenly Shiro forgets why he came here. Brother? What brother? Game of Thrones? Whatever, everyone dies anyways.
All he can focus on is those big eyes that are staring at him...with a hint of indignation and annoyance, yep, right, okay then, time to apologize.
“Um!” That’s not how one should start with when attempting to apologize, but he’s trying, “I’m sorry! I’m really sorry, I thought you were Klance - I mean! Keith! Or Lance! I thought you were one of them, and I was looking for my brother, but you’re not my brother because, of course, you don’t have a - Oh kay then, yes, so , um, you're not them, and I’m really sorry about that abrupted ...scene I guess? I don’t usually do that, but you see, it was Game of Thrones so he had to pay -”
Shiro has chill, he swears to God he's the chilled one in his family, but no one can blame him when he loses said chill because there's suddenly a Goddess in front of him, okay?
How about if he runs? Would that make this less awkward?
He doesn’t have time to decide because suddenly, the gorgeous stranger in front of him gasps and he swears her eyes sparkle as they focus on his arm prosthetic.
“Is that a prosthetic? That’s a stupid question, of course it is! Oh, my! Look at this detail, this is amazing! I have never seen technology so advanced except in our laboratory, how did you managed to get this prototype? How was the physical therapy sessions? This is quite outstanding.”
Shiro blinks, face still flushed and mouth dry.
“Uh…” he lets out dumbly and it’s enough to make the woman jump in realization, her blue eyes widening.
“Oh, oh my gosh, I’m terribly sorry, I didn’t meant to uh, I just - I’m really sorry! I just - I’m a Doctor and I just started to make a new prototype for a mechanic prosthetic along with my father back at the hospital and - not that I’m excused just for that fact but uh - I just wanted to assured you I’m not a creep or a morbid person and - Oh, quiznak,  I’m - Uh...”
She trails off unsure, lower lip getting caught between her teeth and - Ok, Shiro should really look away now.
...Ok, so, he stares a little bit more.
He doesn’t mind in the least the topic revolving around his prosthetic; it’s been a couple of years since his accident and he has healed and grow since then. His past and disability doesn't define him, he has learn that, and he lived by that.
But it’s not like he’s about to tell her that; his awkwardness had to be shared, okay? He has rights as a human being and letting other people to share the awkwardness was part of those rights.
The silence expands itself and Shiro’s starting to think that this is a good time for space cats to try and invade Earth just so he could get out of this mess.
But then the dark skinned goddess princess in front of him - because, honestly, what else could she be - claps her hands with determination before she moves around him, careful to not touch skin and somehow they end up switching places; Shiro blinks in confusion as his feet hit the wooden floor of the apartment and stares as the still unknown woman shifts on her feet outside the apartment.
“Yeah, ok, so, um, just stay there and - uh, hang on -” She says hurriedly, grabbing the handle of the door to close it carefully before she closes it entirely, leaving Shiro behind with an empty apartment.
Not two seconds later and then there’s a knock on the door. Shiro immediately opens it and then there’s the woman, smiling bright and wide at him and holding out her hand.
“Hi, I’m Allura Altea, I’m Lance’s cousin and I promise not to make this awkward again.”
That’s all it takes for Shiro to think she’s the one.
Their first date took place two weeks later right after Shiro finally got the courage to ask Allura out.
Shiro wants to emphasize that by ‘courage’ he means that his little brother quite literally kicked him in the butt towards Allura during one of Lance’s parties and shouted loud enough about how Shiro wanted to woo Allura with his charm like he wrote in his diary.
It’s a fucking journal, Keith, learn the difference.
At the end, he couldn’t really kill Keith, again, after that scene because Allura had laughed. She laughed and shook her head in disbelief before asking Shiro to expand his idea on his journal and his future plans.
Shiro was more than happy to share.
Now, they stand here: a thursday night on the small but comfortable terrace of Coran’s bakery, the dim lights hanging from the green flora around the walls giving the entire place a more romantic atmosphere.
Allura had complained at first, an embarrassed flush on her cheeks at her Uncle’s tactics and wink when they had arrived, but Shiro had waived the teasing off, offering a wink back to the mustached man and whispering a quick ‘thank you’ before guiding Allura to their table.
It takes a while but then the sun sets, the terrace get brighter and Shiro can only stare fondly as Allura keeps talking, eyes wide with excitement and arms flying around vividly at every word coming out of her mouth.
He’s entranced and he doesn't want to look away but his phone beeps besides him, letting him know it’s a quarter before midnight.
He voices his new discovery and he’s met with a confused arched eyebrow and a soft gasp.
"What? Already?"
Those gotta be his new favorite words.
Shiro chuckles softly, shaking his head in amusement as Allura takes out her own phone to confirm his statement.
"I can't believe five hours have passed already," she muses in wonder, blinking owlishly before flashing him a bright smile. "Time flies, huh?"
With her by his side? He’s starting to realize that.
That’s how Shiro knows she’s the one.
Hunay’s wedding - because apparently now ship names were a thing in their squad and they are never letting him live it down - had been beautiful and Shiro is not afraid to admit that he had been low-key sobbing during the vows.
Shiro lost track of the squad soon after Lance delivered his best man’s speech. He could still see Pidge, though, dancing on the dance floor with her brother, who is also his best friend, laughing as Matt twirls his little sister around with a happy grin, his leg prosthetic doing nothing to prevent him from having fun.
He doesn’t want to even imagine where Lance and Keith are; knowing the two of them, they were probably being teenagers in the backroom instead of two adults with aerodynamic degrees.
“They are actually cuddling,” Allura says calmly suddendly joining him, as if she had read his thoughts, before intertwining their fingers together, her touch warm and secure against his flesh hand, “I passed them just a few minutes ago, both of them laying on the sand with the sunset behind them. Quite romantic, if I say so myself.”
“They are in Hawaii, the least they could do is appreciate the beautiful view of the sunset.” Shiro jokes, and Allura nudging him with her shoulder.
“I believe that seeing one of the people you love the most on this Earth being happy beats watching a sunset in Hawaii, dear.” Allura says playfully but her eyes to meet his and the intensity and emotion in her gaze makes his breath hitch.
‘Maybe so,’ Shiro thinks as he smiles down at her fondly, ‘but I don’t need a sunset when I see my everyday sunrise in you.’
Allura mirrors his smile before she sighs contently, resting her head on his shoulder and staying quiet for a few seconds, just enjoying each other’s company before Shiro drops a kiss on top of her head.
“Hey, dance with me?” He whispers softly before he yelps out in surprise when Allura flashes him a grin and tugs his hand ,running towards the dance floor.
At her smile and the sunset glow around her frame, Shiro decides she’s the one.
It takes him exactly two years and one week to tell her his thoughts.
Not because he was unsure or doubtful about his own beliefs and feelings, far from it; it was because love takes time, and while he had known from the start that he was going to spend the rest of his life with Allura, that didn’t mean he had to rush things.
Falling in love with Allura had been like anything he has experienced before. It had been abrupt and yet soft, fast and yet slow. It had been a rush of emotions quickly followed by a wave of comfort and familiarity that Shiro can’t help but think that this is not the first time living this.
That’s why, as he kneels in front of the woman he loves, the very same woman he had meet two years ago just because he wanted to kill his brother over a silly tv show, he tells her.
He tells her his thoughts, his feelings, his promises and his plans. He whispers his love, his hopes and his desires.
He reassure her, right there, under the stars and on the edge of their city, that there’s no one else in the entire universe for him, no one else out there that can make him smile, laugh or sing at three in the morning while dancing barefoot in their living apartment because -
“You’re the one,” Allura finishes for him out loud, tears falling down her eyes and her free hand, the one that’s not wrapped around Shiro’s, pressed against her chest, “You’re the one, Takashi.”
It might be night around them at the moment, but the moment Allura smiles can’ts help but think,
‘There’s my sunrise.’
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