Day 3 @flufftober - “Wait you love me, I always have”
Shicca. Totally Canon divergent, maybe, idk lol just a quick ficlet.
Everything they set out to accomplish is complete and peace has been established throughout the cosmos. So, where do they go from here? Such questions continue to plague Shiki ever since they defeated all the villains, left mother, and returned to Rachel’s church on Miltz to celebrate. And tonight, a large ball is in full swing with all the friends and allies they’ve made in attendance, eating, drinking, and dancing the night away. Shiki couldn’t be more pleased.
When he left Granbell planet expecting to simply be Rebecca’s companion through her b-cubing adventures, neither foresaw fighting villains or leaping through time to save a universe. He also didn’t foresee… falling in love. Did he really know what love was when he first met Rebecca? Family love. Friendship love. Caring about others love. Those he understood. Romance? Nope. When the initial fuzzy feelings began, he had no idea what it meant.
But now he does.
With everyone enjoying theirselves, Shiki slips away to a balcony that overlooks the grounds of the opulent church. Now that the time functions are no more, the church will be disbanded and rebranded into something new in service of the cosmos. This means that Rebecca will be staying to help her family continue their mission of service.
As the Demon King, Shiki is also asked to continue the role of a protector in the intergalactic army, but has not yet responded. He sighs, and folds his arms on the railing, resting his chin on his forearms. He will always chose to protect, but he also doesn’t want to be separated from Rebecca or any of his friends for that matter.
Shiki hears footsteps and looks over to see Rebecca coming towards him.
“What are you doing here by yourself?” She questions. “Are you okay?”
Keeping his position resting on the balcony, “Yeah,” he smiles, “just thinking about some stuff.”
Rebecca joins him, resting her arms on the railing too. “Like what?”
“Just… tryin’ to decide what I want to do— you know, now that the mission’s over.”
“Ah,” Rebecca nods as she too looks out over the landscape. “I understand what you mean. Helping my mom is important to me, but part of me still feels like I’ll miss traveling.” She stands up straight and looks at Shiki. “Going on all the adventures and seeing all the places we’ve been together, it’s kinda sad for it to end.”
Shiki doesn’t respond immediately, simply staring out over the landscape to mull over her answer. It’s nice to know she feels similarly to him, and yet a shame. But does it have to end? He decides to throw caution to the wind. There’s only one way to make a decision, but he needs to know something first.
Shiki looks up to the sky as he speaks. “I’ll miss those too, but… have you ever… considered settling down and having what your parents have?”
“What my parents have? What do you mean?” She questions.
“You know, being married, having a kid…” Shiki stands up and faces Rebecca with a soft smile, “with the person you love.”
Rebecca’s face turns crimson. “Y-Yes, I have— I think every little girls dreams of that.”
He closes the two-step distance and takes her hand. “Me, too,” he smiles, “with you. One, maybe two kids. We could do a family show on your B-Cube channel, what do you say?”
Her eyes flash wide. “Wait! You love me?!”
“I always have.” Shiki chuckles. “I may not have always realized it, but now I do for sure. Rebecca, I’ve loved you since we met and want to spend the rest of our days growing old together.”
Moisture gathers as Rebecca’s eyes crinkle in a smile. “I love you, and wanna be with you too, Shiki.”
With that confirmation, Shiki swoops in and kisses Rebecca firmly while wrapping her in his arms. It takes her by surprise, but only nanoseconds to respond in-kind, sealing the pressure of their lips together in a heated exchange. Lingering seconds before releasing, he keeps physical contact by resting his forehead against hers. They stay like that relishing in the heat of the moment until a chorus of voices ring out in a mixture of ooh’s and ahh’s, hooting and congratulatory hollering startle them. They break apart and turn to the sounds to find the whole ballroom of guests staring at them.
Rachel and Connor are standing front and center, hand in hand, beaming. “We were wondering when you two would figure it out.”
Shiki and Rebecca’s cheeks bloom red as she protests the embarrassment. “MOM!”
Rachel chuckles as she and Conner walk up to the couple. She hugs her daughter. “I’m so blessed to have you here, and thankful you found someone special.”
Then Conner cuts in, placing a hand on Shiki’s shoulder. “I know ye’ll take good care of our Rebecca. We couldn’t have asked for a better son-in-law.”
The young couple exchange looks mixed of embarrassment, elation, and content before thanking her parents. Then suddenly, Shiki grins and scoops Rebecca up in a bridal carry. “Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have some future planning to discuss.”
“Discuss?” Rebecca squeaks from the surprise.
Shiki’s grin grows mischievously heated. “Discuss.” He repeats and takes to the air, heading for their quarters. Oh yes, they have much to talk about…
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Livery Watch 2024: Special Editions
Breaking News: Local woman still isn't done yelling about car liveries.
idk how many one-off liveries the teams are going to do this year, but in any case I love McLaren's livery for Japan, so if there's any more throughout this season I'll be updating this post as they appear!
McLaren - Japanese GP Vuse "Driven by Change" livery
I LOVED this when the promo images dropped at the start of the week. The livery was designed by Japanese artist MILTZ and is inspired by Edomoji (a style of Japanese calligraphy), the design reminds me a lot of The Great Wave off Kanagawa but I'm pretty sure because they just have a wave motif.
I absolutely love the splashes of blue and white, I wish they were on the black portion of the car instead because the livery would look so much brighter, but I still love how it looks on the car regardless.
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