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#Oh God here I go again on my naruto bullshit
eddiemoonson · 1 year
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*whispering* Itachi Uchiha deserves to be spoiled and pleasured like the pretty princess he is.
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bangtan7butnotonly · 2 months
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ACOTAR Completely Fell Off After Book Two
- A popular opinion
I've said it before and I'll say it again, book five is unmitigated bullshit. Everyone's personality got fucked except Nes and Cas. Like, come on, Feyre becomes a nobody, Rhys becomes an asshole, Amren attempts to convince Rhys to take over the fucking world, and Mor in implied to be jealous of Nesta. What??? She's jealous that Nes is hooking up with Cassian??? Why? On so many levels that makes no sense, and Maas never goes anywhere with it.
Book one was strong, book one could function as a stand-alone. Book two was also strong, if and only if book three was strong too and delivered on the expectations, loose ends, and unanswered questions book two had left us with. Spoiler alert, it didn't.
The King of Hybern is a shallow, one-dimensional antagonist. I've met Disney villains with more justification, Marvel villains with more backstory. Naruto gave me better antagonists than ACOTAR. Rhys does some questionable shit in this book. Amren dying and then undying with no explanation takes all the meaning and weight out of her sacrifice (and look what she went on to do in book five, get her personality completely overlooked for five minutes of tension. Stay dead, girlie) The list could go on forever.
I think we all know what happened here. Maas had no idea what to do with her story beyond book two. Book one, solid. Book two, solid, but leaves book three with some work to do. Book three, does none of that work, bs. Book four, it's 200 pages and doesn't count, filler. Book five, unmitigated directionless bullshit. Wtf was happening with that human queen??? Nothing that happened in the “main plot” of that book made any sense (whether we're diving in and taking this as their lives that they're living or as Maas's fictional narrative) the only good part was Nesta and the girls.
Anyway, so concludes my rant. I love the Court of Dreams to death, but they deserved a better author and a better story.
OH! And wt actual f is going to happen in this alleged book six???? Like, book five's ending felt like closure. Please god tell me this is not going to be an Elaine x Azriel switching POV like book five🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 The only thing worse would be if it was a timeskip and Nyx is our MC. I would actually burn the book.
OHHH! I also hate that Nesta and Cassian are mates. I really thought Feyre and Rhys would be destined love, soulmates, an example of how beautiful it is when the bond works out, Nes and Cas would be love without the mating bond, and no less valid or beautiful, and Elaine would be finding her mate and choosing not to take him, and also choosing not to take the other suiter. I thought Elaine would end up either with Greysen or with some rando from Velaris (if rando, then off page. The series would end with her single and happy)
Anyway, yeah✌🏼
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shikadainara · 1 year
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In my Mariah Carey voice ✨It’s Tiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmmeeeeeeee✨ - 🦑
P.S.- I’m really hoping you got the reference. If not type in YouTube it’s time & put Mariah Carey and watch the video where she was a witch lol. It should be like 15-30 seconds lol. Anyways it’s Boruto time.
RIIIIGHT see i remembered the other day "oh it is almost That Time Of The Month(™) again, huh" but i forgot again because you see i work retail and If You Look At The Calendar You Can Tell I Am Fighting For MyFucking Life Out Here!!!! thank you and mariah carey as well for the reminder once again <3
okay so first off i don't like that the title is "a girls' sanctuary" since when have women done anything in this series
naruto saying "i think i understand..." OKAY GOOD FOR YOU BUT I DON'T!!
oh my god this is such a wall of text my eyes instantly glazed over i swear to god
shikamaru saying "as a parent myself," BITCH WHEN HAVE YOU EVER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT YOUR SON EVEN EXISTS IN THIS MANGA!??!?!?!
dear santa all i want for christmas is for ikemoto to learn to not jail all of the composition these rectangular prisons. HOW HAS HE NOT LEARNED BY NOW AAAAAAAAA
"the true cause... was those damn ohtsutsuki..." YEAH NO SHIT!!!! zzzzzZZZzzz honk shoo etc etc
oh my fucking god. not b*ruto himself asking if he's supposed to be a heartthrob or whatever the FUCK is the point of this scene have i ever mentioned i hate this fucking manga
EIDA IS SIXTEEN ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
man every time s*mire appears on panel my eyes roll to the back of my head like a tinsy part of me feels like okay MAYBE it's not fair of me to judge her character like that and expect that she'll only be used for ship bait fucking bullshit. but. also. LMFAO after all of the psychic damage this series has caused me i do notttt trust like that
oh. hi shikadai sweetheart. i forgot last chapter already established that he is gay happy for him 🏳️‍🌈!!!!
why... why was shikamaru okay with letting him go along though what the fuck...
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OKAY! NOT SURE WHAT THE FUCK THIS ALL IS ABOUT!!! good thing canon can be whatever i pick and choose for it to be <3 bye shikadai
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW I DON'T LIKE LOOKING AT THIS THIS FEELS REALLY FUCKING UNCOMFORTABLE WHAT THE FUCKKKKKK MAYBE THIS WOULD"VE BEEN... FINE???? IF IT WASN"T IKEMOTO BUT I DOn'T TRUST LIKE THAT
still waiting for shikamaru to explain all of this bullshit to his wife i would love to see how that goes.
AGAIN MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY IS?!?!?!?? WHO IS THIS MANGA FUCKING FOR WHO ASKED FOR THIS!??!?!?!???!?
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phoenixyfriend · 3 years
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ok. karin vs anakin's genome being 50% the Force. go
Jesus fuck, okay. Uh, fair warning, I know very little about this subject, so it’s 90% bullshit. I am in no way qualified to talk about biology past the high school level.
Anakin's sixteen. He's part of a set of Jedi assigned to a weird mission regarding making contact with an isolated planet of near-humans with superpowers but no space travel. He doesn’t really have a Job here and now, he’s just there as Obi-Wan’s plus-one. There's an underlying plot about Sidious trying to acquire people from Ninja Land, but none of the Jedi are fully aware of it. Mostly they're distracted by all the ninjas and their bitching.
They call it the Shinobi Planet, because nobody can agree on a name for the planet when they ask and the last major international alliance was named after the shinobi profession, right? Good enough, you can change it later when you idiots can agree on literally anything, oh my god. The Samurai are very offended and it's a whole thing.
Anakin wanders a lot. He runs into various strange people and is mostly polite because, listen, half his friends are distinctly not human. When your immediate circle includes nautolans and besalisks and twi’leks and whatever the fuck Yoda is, you’re not gonna blink at a Hoshigaki or... uh... okay that kid just turned into a giant fox, is anybody gonna--no? That’s normal? Just him? Cool, cool, cool.
There’s a kage summit involved in the negotiations going on. IDK what’s being negotiated, probably something to get the ninjas to set up a singular spaceport so there’s somewhere to land WITHOUT ships being regularly shot down by village defense systems powered by that massive flaming purple skeleton warrior or the girl who punched down a mountain or the.. the literal desert? There’s a guy that can control the desert? Is there any way of keeping him away from Anakin?
(Gaara’s tickled pink that the reason someone wants to stay away from him has nothing to do with fear or respect for authority, and everything to do with ‘he is also from the desert and fucking hates it, so he’s staying away from the sand powers,’ because it’s very novel and kind of funny.)
ANYWAY where was I. Uh. Right, kage summit, lots of villages, they invite smaller villages to pitch in, but nobody ever ever ever wants Orochimaru anywhere near this situation, for hopefully obvious reasons, so Otogakure sends Karin.
Really, who else was it gonna be? Suigetsu? You want Suigetsu representing you on an interstellar political field? You want Juugo before he’s stabilized? You want Sasuke, master of ruining kage summits? You want these idiots representing you at the big kids’ table?
They send Karin. She’s a bitch with a temper, but at least she’s not as big of a political risk as... literally anyone else from the snakepit.
Anyway, Anakin wanders around, meeting people, trying foods, showing off when asked for demonstrations. He doesn’t have an Entire Protocol Droid, but he did cobble together a little floating helper that can do translations for him. Assume all translations are accurate and being done by the little helper bot. Bot’s name is G1-0T. Anakin calls it Glot.
He runs into Karin at one point, who’s not super into the whole situation, but at least Anakin’s interesting. She’s not interested in him, because he’s sixteen and she’s like... mid-twenties. And his hair is stupid. But! All these force-sensitive people feel weird to her, because sensor stuff, and it’s not chakra but it’s... something. Anakin is, of course, the weirdest.
(There are non-sensitives in the envoy, so she knows it’s not just a space thing.)
She strikes up a conversation about it, because hey, she hasn’t made it this far to not lean into... you know, being the kind of person who barges ahead with Weird Questions that might lead into fun science stuff.
Anakin is like. Well. This woman’s very strange, but it’s not like there’s anything against talking about midichlorians to random people. It’s easy enough to look up in the core. Not everyone knows about them, but it’s not a secret or anything.
“Wow,” Karin says, though not in so many words, “that sounds incredibly strange, and actually a lot like it functions completely differently from chakra, though maybe it intersects with nature chakra somehow. Can I take a blood sample?”
Anakin doesn’t want to give a blood sample to a stranger. Karin isn’t stupid enough to try to steal one. She’s seen what this Force Stuff can do, and this kid’s got a lot of it. She hasn’t got enough information on hand about it to know if he’d notice.
“How about I let you look at the blood of a guy that can turn into water?” Karin asks, because she’s not going to let him look at her blood. “I’ve got it with me.”
“...why?” Anakin asks, reasonably disturbed.
“He owes me,” she says, and does not elaborate.
“What, there’s nothing weird about your blood to share?” Anakin demands, like the ornery little bastard he is.
“People took my blood against my will for over a decade,” Karin says, with the kind of smile that threatens a stabbing. This is not secret information. Her healing factor is in the bingo book. Plenty of people still want her dead. “Nobody gets my blood except me.”
Anakin has no idea what to do with that answer. Most people wouldn’t know what to do with that answer. It’s not exactly a standard answer.
“So there is something weird about your--e chu ta what the fuck are those scars?”
Karin looks at her arm. She looks back at him. She raises an eyebrow.
“What do you think they are?”
He stares a little longer, and then very carefully does not say anything as she pushes her sleeve back down.
“So can I look at your blood?” she asks again.
“Uh--”
“You can look at mine under a microscope,” she wheedles. “You can’t take any, though.”
Anakin... does eventually agree. Eventually.
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There is a very angry redhead yelling at a machine, and Anakin does not know what to do.
“Is something wr--”
“What the fuck is your blood?” she demands. “It’s glowing in ultraviolet. It burned the dye up. I tried to sequence your genome--”
“Woah, I did not agree to that.”
“--and look at this. Look at this!”
“I don’t know how to read your graphs. None of this is a language I know.”
“It’s garbage,” she hisses at him. Glot takes a few moments to process it. “Look at this. This is supposed to--fuck, where’s the Jiraiya file, he’s standard--this is what it’s supposed to look like for most humans with chakra. And this is a civilian, and a few bloodline users--”
“Do you just carry these around with you?”
“Shut up, you don’t exist. You have--you have more in common with summons than people. I ran a blood test on one of your human diplomats, the ones that aren’t monks--”
“When did they agree to that?”
“They didn’t, I’m just sneaky.”
“I should tell Obi-W--”
“STAY THERE, I’M NOT DONE YELLING YET. Do you see this? Do you see this shit? This is the one and only time I’ve managed to perform any kind of analysis on a bijuu. They don’t usually have blood. Shukaku is sand. Matatabi is literally just fire. This was almost impossible to make happen, but I did it because I’m a dedicated biomedical resea--”
“Because you’re unhinged.”
“--rcher, and you know what? You know what I’ve found?”
“What?”
“Your blood looks like you’re half demon,” she says, grabbing him by the shoulders and shaking, a little wild-eyed and clearly pissed at him. “Half of it’s human! Half of it looks like the non-physical chakra manifestations that were torn-apart remnants of a godlike demon. The fuckers can’t die. They also can’t breed. They don’t have reproductive organs! This isn’t just demon-tainted like a jinchuuriki, I’ve got that analyzed--”
“Why?”
“Because my cousin’s a moron, don’t change the subject. You--you shouldn’t exist. Your blood is stupid. Fuck, is this what I’d find if I analyzed the Sage of the Six Paths?”
“The what?”
She ignores him, frowning at papers. “Is--I need to call Haruno, she might still have some of Kaguya’s blood dried on her old gloves from the war, I know she kept those as a souvenir from the whole ‘punched a god’ thing.”
“I’m sorry, the what?”
“There was a thing a few years back, godlike alien demon princess who got sealed into a moon by her sons a thousand years ago, but her immortal sentient goo child brought her back with a giant tree that consumed all the tailed beasts-the flaming fox you saw earlier is one of them--and then used a giant eyeball to reflect off the moon to put everyone in a hallucination at the same time so she could eat our life-forces,” Karin dismisses. “It’s not important.”
“There is--what?”
Jedi see many things. Many of those things are very strange.
This is a little much even for Anakin.
“It’s over, if you want the actual details, talk to my idiot cousin,” she huffs. “But now I need to run comparisons between the actual nonsense that is your entire existence and the actual nonsense that is my cousin’s existence, and maybe Sasuke’s... fuck this is going to be a mess, I’m going to have to cross-reference all the clans with bloodlines we know are derived from Kaguya, she’s the only angle we have on gods like that, unless... maybe there’s still some black Zetsu goo somewhere... Orochimaru must have kept a sample...”
“Uh, can I--can I go? I’m not comfortable here.”
“I need to find Naruto so he can call the Sage of the Six Paths out of the afterlife so I can see if I can get blood from a ghost to compare to yours.”
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backtobackbakubabe · 3 years
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Speak Easy Part 3
Bakugo x Reader
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Reader has a siren quirk and has spent the past several years of her life as a captive being experimented on by “heroes” Now that she’s out she needs protection and safe place to heal. Who will be the one to put her pieces back together?
Words with 'this' is dialogue written in her journal rather than said out loud and and words with ~this~ is dialogue said in sign language rather than out loud.
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Dabi had laid you down gently in the back seat of his car, taking off his jacket to lay over you. You wanted to fall asleep you really did. But the consistent pain coming from your hip was enough to keep you awake, but not enough for you to pass out. You hugged the jacket around you that smelled like smoke and coffee.
You don’t know much time passed but eventually you were being pulled from the backseat. He picked you up bridal style and made his way to the house, “Look at you. We’re not even married, and you already have me carrying you over the threshold.”
When you didn’t react to his little joke he sighed, “Wow tough crowd, okay.”
He walked straight to the couch and put you down before immediately jogging to the kitchen to grab some first aid supplies… amongst other things.
He came back and sat on the table that was in front on the couch and maneuvered you so your injured hip was accessible to him. “Okay this is going to sting for a little bit, but I’m going to need you to stay still until I’m done.” Without any more warning then that he poured what smelled like vodka on the wound.
It stung like a bitch, causing you to dig your nails into the cushion of the couch and grit your teeth so hard you were surprised they didn’t crack.
He started to wipe it down with some kind of cloth. Cleaning all the dried blood and sweat from you. You were practically panting now trying to breathe through the sharp pain. “That’s it. Keep breathing. Good girl. I’m almost done.” He taped a bandage over it before pulling your hoodie back down. “There. Good as new.”
He helped you sit up a little so he could give you a glass of water, which you were incredibly thankful for. “Alright… so I have all the good stuff. Anything you could want really.” He pulled out several bottles of pills.
You didn’t know what was in those bottles, but you knew you didn’t want any. You’ve had enough drugged out days to last a lifetime. So as much as you knew it’d help with the pain, you didn’t want it. You just met Dabi less than twelve hours ago. You didn’t know what kind of bullshit he’d pull once you went under.
You shook your head no and pointed to the bottle of vodka. You may not want pills, but a shot wouldn’t kill you.
He chuckled, “Okay tough guy. Whatever you say.” He walked back to the kitchen and returned with two of the biggest shot glasses you had ever seen. “Let’s get this party started huh?” He poured two shots and handed one to you. “To life off the grid.”
You both threw your shots back. He with no reaction, you however immediately started coughing.
His hand rubbed a circle on your back, “Look at you. Took it like a champ. Didn’t even need a chaser.” He poured another shot for himself and brought it up to his lips but stopped when he saw you looking at him. “What? You didn’t think I’d give you more than one, did you? Oh no, no, no. With how tiny you are? Not to mention your tolerance has probably gone to shit. I think one is plenty for now.”
Well jokes on him. Just because you seem weak doesn’t mean you are. He’s not going to tell you how much you can and can’t drink. You scooted to the edge of the couch, wincing a little as you did. You scooped up the bottle of vodka and took a swig straight from the bottle.
You saw something flash behind his eyes, but he immediately hid it behind a playful smirk, “I don’t know if you’re a badass or a brat. Only time will tell. But I’ll have you know that in my house… My word is law. I’m just trying to help you after all.” He tore the bottle from your hands before securing the lid, giving it an extra hard squeeze to keep you from opening it again. “But because this is your first night here, and you’re hurt, and I really am a nice guy. I’ll let it slide this once…. So? You still want some ice cream?”
You nodded as you reached for your notebook but was alarmed when you couldn’t find it. You could already feel the light feeling of a buzz taking over, but you refused to let Dabi know he was right about your tolerance.
“What’s up? What are you looking for?” You made a gesture with your hands as if you were writing something down. “Ah, right. The handy dandy notebook. It’s probably in the car. I’ll go grab it.” He took a few steps away before coming back to grab the bottle of vodka, mumbling something about how he refuses to clean up your puke.
You took this time while he was away to get a better look at the place. It was very minimalistic. Lots of greys, whites, and blacks. The couch felt just as expensive as the giant tv on the wall looked. From what you could see of the kitchen, it looked nice. The shiny appliances were either kept impeccably clean, or never used. Was this his house? It hardly looked lived in.
“Alright got the notebook. How about you pick something to watch while I scoop some ice cream. What do you want? One for Vanilla, two for chocolate, three for cookies and cream.”
You held up three fingers. You were amazed at how well he was adjusting to communicating with you already. He had just accepted that you weren’t talking and went with it.
“Cookies and cream huh? I thought you’d be more of a fan of vanilla.” He chuckled. “The remot is on the side table next to you. The TV is rigged so you can basically watch whatever you want. Just type it into the search bar.”
You picked up the remote and quickly started scanning through channels. Your finger accidentally brushed the microphone button and you froze at the loud beeping noise that signaled it was listening.
Dabi had made his way over with two bowls both with cookies and cream. He saw the face you made at the remote before taking it from you and replacing it with a bowl of ice cream. “Hey none of that pouty shit. It’s not cute. This is temporary, you’ll be talking again in no time.”
He looked at the screen, “Okay one for anime, two for live action.” You held up one finger. “Okay, One for thriller, two for action, three for comedy. Four for romance.” You held up two fingers. “Oh, thank god I really thought you were going to pick romance. Okay I’m going to scroll through them, just tap my shoulder when you want me to stop.”
He scrolled for a while before you stopped him at Naruto. “Ah a classic. Good pick. Now get comfy. I have a feeling you’re gonna pass out before the first episode is even over.”
Sure enough, soon after finishing your bowl of ice cream you felt your eye lids drooping. A part of you was still nervous to fall asleep. But seeing as you just had a wild 24 hours… there was no way in hell you were fighting sleep for long.
“You ready for bed yet?” You sleepily nodded your head and started to slide down so you could lay down on the couch. “Oh no you don’t.” He scooped you up and headed down a hallway. He entered a rather large room with a bathroom attached and tossed you onto the bed causing the wound in your hip to throb. “Okay welcome to you room, this your bed, that is your bathroom. I will be right across the hall. I’d say yell if you need something but… well you know. So… try to not need me. Have a good night.”
You grabbed his wrist before he could get far, “What don’t tell me you’re like afraid of the dark or something.” He turned around to see your blushing face as you pointed to the bathroom and then to yourself. “Ooooooh, okay. Right. So, is this like a you need to pee situation? Or did you like… want to shower? Not that I’m against helping you take a shower…” He smirked at you.
You rolled your eyes and held up one finger. “Okay, okay, but you will eventually have to shower. But I guess we can figure that out tomorrow.” There was a wicked gleam in his eye that could only be compared to a child who was plotting on how to steal a cookie from the cookie jar.
He had been pretty patient while waiting for you to finish going to the bathroom, but he was still just as rough as he tossed you back onto the bed. “Alright, so, to reiterate, I’m right across the hall. Try to not need me. Good night.”
You sank into the bed the second the door closed behind him. You were alone. You were free and you were alone. Twenty-four hours ago, you had been strapped to a bed with shock collar on. You curled into a ball and cried. You wanted this to be the last time you felt sorry for yourself, so you wanted to get it all out now. Tomorrow was the first day of your new life and you didn’t plan on wasting a single second of it.
It didn’t take long for you to cry yourself to sleep considering how exhausted you were. What would have surprised you however was the fact that Dabi was sitting just outside the door listening to you muffled sobs, clenching his fists in rage.
It wasn’t until he heard you screaming that he realized he had fallen asleep there. On his feet in seconds he ran into your room. What he saw shook him a little bit. You had kicked all of the blankets off the bed. Soaked in sweat and tears. Your body was jerking around so hard it looked painful. You were having a nightmare, likely due to PTSD.
Shit what did he do? He’s no stranger to bad dreams, but he also knows he could make it worse if he doesn’t do this right. “Hey y/n. Y/N! I need you to wake up honey. It’s just a dream. You’re safe. Y/n. Y/N! Come on now follow my voice. Wake up for me yeah? You’re okay, I promise.” He reached out and as lightly as he possibly could touched your cheek.
You were burning up. He cursed as he tried to peel your soaked hoodie off of you. He started to shake your shoulder a little harder. But all that did was make you panic and thrash around. So he grabbed you and held you to him. “God Damnit Y/n. Wake up!”
He felt the tension leave your body only for a moment before you started to try and push him off of you.
He immediately dropped his arms and pushed away from you. “Hey you’re okay. It’s just me. Remember your hero pals saved you yesterday and now we’re roomies.” He could see the confusion in your eyes start to fade as you woke up. “Believe me I understand. I’d be scared too if I woke up in a weird place with my ugly mug lookin at you.”
He reached for your journal and tried to hand it to you. “You want to talk about it?”
You shook your head and hugged your knees to your chest. He nodded and put the journal back on the nightstand. “That’s okay. You don’t have to…” He wasn’t very good at this part. Talking about emotions and shit. “Yeah so uh… I can get you a different shirt.” He could see the goosebumps already raising on your arms. Now that the panic and adrenaline had subsided you were damp and cold. “And I can get a warm bath going if you want? He looked at the clock. It’s 5:30, which in ungodly early for me, but if you’re up I guess we can go ahead and start the day… How does that sound?”
You refused to look him in the eye and settled for a shrug of your shoulders, letting your knees drop from your chest. He could see straight through your tank top and was pleasantly surprised to find that under that baggie hoodie you had some nice tits.
He liked his lips and lucky for him, you were too busy avoiding eye contact that you didn’t even notice. “Alright well I tried being nice in giving you an option so now I’m telling you. You’re taking a bath.” He picked you up and walked towards the bathroom. “I’ll get the water going. Do you think you can manage making it from the toilet to the tub without me?”
Again, you shrugged which was quickly becoming one of his biggest pet peeves. He groaned, “One for yes, two for no. No more fucking shrugging.”
You nodded and held up one finger. “Alright, that wasn’t that hard was it?”
Without waiting for an answer he knew he wasn’t going to get he started the water and left you to it.
He went out to the car to grab the backpack the mini might kid had packed for you. Then into his room to grab you a clean shirt. He was going to leave the items outside the bathroom door until he heard a thump followed by a groan.
“Y/n? Did you fall down?” A very long pause later and you hit the side of the tub once. “Okay do you need help getting up?” Another long pause before you hit the side twice. “Are you sure?” He desperately wanted you to say no. Not to sound like a perv, but he’d love to get a quick peek at you.
Two hits on the tub sounded. “Okay, I’m coming in.” He opened the door almost too quickly. There you were sitting on the floor, back against the tub, completely naked. He had expected you to try and hide yourself from view, but was shocked when you practically reached for him, baring your entire chest for him to drink in.
He stopped for a moment before picking you up. “I’m not going to pick you up like I usually do. Instead I’m going to help you stand, and hold you while you try to get in yourself. We gotta start working on those legs.” You looked nervous but nodded anyways.
He hooked his hands under your armpits and pulled against him in standing position. His pinkies barley brushing the outside of your breasts and even that little bit drove him crazy. But he contained himself. The last thing he needed was you randomly activating your quirk and figuring out what a horn dog he is.
You weakly attempted to raise your right leg high enough to get into the tub. You were almost there, you almost had it. “That’s it, you’re doing so well. Just a little more, come on you can do it.” Whether you knew it or not, your ass was pushing back into Dabi’s crotch and he wasn’t going to make it much longer. So he lifted you a little higher making it easier for you to step in. “OKAY, I think one leg is good enough progress for now.” He sat the rest of you in gently before quickly turning away calling over his shoulder, “Alright, I’ll be back in… ten minutes to help you back out.”
You waited until he was gone to let a small giggle out. It honestly took you by surprise. It was the first time you had made a noise that wasn’t out of pain in a while. But just remembering the blush of his cheeks when you reached for him was enough to have you smile to yourself.
Before all of this happened to you were no stranger to being naked. In fact, you loved it. Maybe it was some weird side effect of your quirk. But you loved being naked, being intimate, having sex. To you there was no better bliss. You craved it. Your quirk allowed you all the control you could ever want, but there was something so intoxicating about giving that control over completely to someone else. To be praised, to be worshipped, to be adored.
Well at least that was the way you were before. Before you weren’t allowed to touch anyone, or look at them, or… speak to them. What if you were different now? What if being controlled for so long, being forced to do things against your will… what if it changed you?
The thought made you sad. You briefly considered testing the waters with Dabi, but quickly shook that from your head. And it wasn’t even the fact he was a villain, as much as you hate to admit it, you’d slept with villains before. But could you even consider him a villain anymore. You could see what Todoroki had meant by saying he was neither hero nor villain.
No, the biggest reason you needed to keep your hands off Dabi is because he was nice enough to take you in. You don’t need to jeopardize your safety just to curb your cravings.
You quickly scrubbed your body clean and did your best to wash your hair, but it was a nightmare. Your hair was crazy long now and the knots and tangles were just impossible to get through. You wined in frustration as your fingers yet again got stuck.
“You know I could always shave your head, I’m sure you could pull it off.” You stuck your tongue out at him as he handed you a brush. “Better watch who you’re sticking that tongue out at.” He hesitated, “Arms up, time to get out.”
You felt like a child, but you obeyed without protest. Earning you a “good girl” that sent shivers down your spine. “Hm? Do you like it when I praise you?”
You shrugged and avoided eye contact and you could feel the growl rip through is chest. “What did I say about fucking shrugging?”
You bit your lip and pulled yourself closer to him so he couldn’t see your blushing face.
Like a sack of potatoes, you were tossed onto to the bed. He tossed you a pair of clean underwear and one of his shirts that would easily come down to your knees. Once you were dressed, he roughly pulled you to the edge of the bed and sat between your legs.
Your heart rate spiked, and you let out an excited gasp. His hand smoothed up your thigh, “Relax, I’m just putting a new bandage on your hip. Don’t get so excited.” He examined the shallow wound and you winced. It took everything in him not to place a kiss right over your wound. He’d made that mark on you. It would definitely scar and as twisted as it sounded… he liked that.
He started to tape the new bandage down. One of his hands rubbed the inside of your thigh, while the other made sure the bandage was secure. God he just wanted to bite into the soft flesh in front of him. He took a deep breath to steady himself, but he was absolutely not prepared for… was you winding your fingers through his white locks.
“Y/n… what?” Your fingers tightened causing him to groan and let lose. He started to kiss the meaty part of your thigh, biting ever few kisses drawing sweet sounds from your lips that made him wonder what your voice sounded like. He made his way up to your hip and kissed right above the bandage before licking up from you belly button and up your sternum, pushing your shirt… well his shirt up as he went. He grabbed one of your tits in one hand while he sucked on the other nipple. Your hips bucked up as his hand traveled south. As soon as his hand started to sneak past your underwear something in you snapped.
You couldn’t do this. Not now. Something wasn’t right. You felt trapped under his body weight, you couldn’t breathe. Too much, you weren’t ready.
You pushed at his hand and whined until finally he got the message. He stopped and looked at your confused eyes, “Shit… I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have done that. I-I guess I misread that one.” He pulled your shirt back down and knelt in front on you on the bed. “I guess we should set some rules huh?”
Rules… rules… follow the rules.
You yanked your gaze down to stare at your hands that you had folded in your lap. Don’t look, don’t talk, don’t touch.
He reached for one of your hands, but you yanked it back shaking your head. “Hey look at me.” You continued to stare into your lap. He swore under his breath, “Please… look at me. I need to know what I did or said that freaked you out so bad. This is what I mean when I said we need rules-“ You flinched. “Oh is the word rules?”
You started to shrug before you remembered he wouldn’t like that. You lifted a shaky hand and picked up your journal and handed it to him open to the first page. You snuck a glance at his expression as he read over them. His face was expressionless as he read over your list of rules. “Hm… sounds kinky.”
He looked around for something to write with before coming to sit next to you, making sure to give you plenty of space. “Okay so how about instead we have laws?” You gave a quick shrug before nodding in agreement. He narrowed his eyes at you, “And law number one. No fucking shrugging.”
He handed the pen to you, “You’re turn. Write something down.” You gave him a questioning look, “Don’t worry about it, if I don’t like it, I’ll just draw a line through it. We’re brainstorming here.”
You wrote down “No drugs.” You heard him groan but he nodded anyways.
“Okay fine but then you have to make eye contact when talking to me. Doesn’t matter if it’s verbal or not.”
You went on like that for a while until you had a new set of “laws”
You had agreed to workouts in the pool to get your strength back up and he agreed to try and learn sign language with you.
The last law he added however was “I will not initiate the sexy time without written or verbal consent.”
You rolled your eyes and went to push him away but he dodged you easily enough. He quickly stood up throwing you over his shoulder. “Alright enough of that. We have a long day ahead of us.”
You helped him make breakfast while he explained that this house was one of many that he owned under different aliases. This one was the most secluded and had the best security system.
You were still picking at your pancakes when he sat next to you at the kitchen island bringing a laptop with him. “I’m not helping you down from here until you eat every last bite. Law number 7- Eat three full meals a day. Need to put some meet on those bones.”
He pulled up a website that had a video queued up that said introduction to sign language. “Okay before we get going 1 for tea, 2 for coffee.”
Your eyes lit up as you held up 2 fingers and scurried to grab your journal. ‘Can you put some milk in it?’ It had been so long since you had coffee and the thought had you bouncing with excitement.
He read it and gave you a thumbs up. “Go ahead and start the video, I’m just over here.”
And that’s how you set into your routine. Every day you’d sleep in until you decided to get up. Eat a big breakfast. Work on sign language. Eat Lunch. Do some kind of workout in the pool. Relax and watch TV. Eat dinner. Take a bath. Go to bed.
You did this every day for the past two weeks and you could already tell a difference. You and Dabi had learned a few basics in sign. Only a few words, but it was a start. But Dabi’s favorite part was helping you walk.
Not that he didn’t like carrying you, but this was just as much fun. He’d hold you under the armpits from behind and he’d let you stand on his feet like a child. You still couldn’t walk on your own, but you were so close. Every day you felt stronger and you knew it was only a matter of time.
Today marks sixteen days that you had been here. You watched as Dabi cleaned up the rest of breakfast. You frowned as you thought about how much he did for you and how little you gave in return. You hadn’t noticed him walk over to you until his hand was lifting your chin to look at him. “Pool time?”
You nodded and signed back ~Pool time~. You reached your arms up to be picked up and he easily complied, no worse than a trained dog.
“You’ve gained weight. I can tell.”
You looked horrified as you slapped his shoulder. ~rude~
He chuckled, “Hey don’t get all huffy about it. It’s a good thing. You were way too skinny before. You looked like a strong breeze would blow you over and break all of your bones.” He stopped at the edge of the pool giving you a wicked look. “Now you’re starting to look healthy again. Healthy enough for me to do this and not feel bad about it.”
He tossed you into the pool, clothes and all. You sputtered to the surface but didn’t have to struggle long before he was behind you leading you to the shallow end. “You’re fine. Almost there, don’t be so dramatic.”
He led you to the wall you usually hold on to for your exercises and let you go. You growled as you flipped him off. Idiot doesn’t need to know sign language to understand that one.
You pulled your wet shirt off and tossed it over to one of the lounge chairs. Leaving you in just a bra and underwear, which is how you normally did these exercises. Dabi had requested the heroes send a bathing suit in the next care package, but it hadn’t arrived yet.
He reached around your middle section and pulled you away from the wall after you had done a couple sets of squats and leg kicks. “Okay now lets see how you do without the wall.” He turned you around to face him and slowly backed away only holding your elbows now. “Okay now lets take a lap around the shallow end shall we?”
At first your steps were more like tiny shuffles. “It’s gonna take us all damn day if you don’t start taking bigger steps. Come on you can do it. Pick those feet up!”
You gave him a harsh glare. He knew you couldn’t fight back right now because your hands were too busy gripping his arms for support.
You started taking larger steps and then larger ones and then eventually you had made it almost all the way around. Dabi stepped back and completely. “Okay just a few more steps. I think you can do them on you own. Come on baby girl. Just a few steps. You can do it.”
You nodded enthusiastically, of course you could. It was just a few steps. You could do this. You reached your hands out to the side and took your first step by yourself. Your eyes lit up at the feeling. Sure, it was only in the pool, but that was progress! “That’s it! Good girl, keep going!” You reached for him as you took another step, followed by another and another and then suddenly he was picking you up. “Hell yeah! Atta girl! Good job. I think that earned you some kind of reward.” He gave the top of your head a quick kiss as he started to carry you out of the pool.
Your head was singing with his praises, and your body was buzzing with adrenaline after crossing such a huge milestone. He carried you to his room where he pulled out another shirt for you to wear. “Okay so about that rewar-“
He was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell. His eyes went dark. No one was supposed to know where this place was. He quickly picked you up and sprinted to the office. There was a secret false wall panel that led to a saferoom. He had told you of its existence in case he ever needed to hide you, but you hadn’t actually seen it. He was in the process of opening up the wall when a familiar flash of blonde hair showed on the security monitor. You pinched his shoulder and pointed.
He looked at what you were pointing at and groaned. “What the fuck is he doing here?”
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pfft-yikes · 3 years
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I can't find the anon button so i volunteer as tribute-- top shino vs. bottom shino? Shino trying kinks with s/o? thank you monarch, mighty delicious bones.
I’m back with a request that has been sitting in my drafts for quite sometime now! Sorry about that @boneeating--baastard ;;
Anyways, this will be pretty long: I hope the length helps makes up for my horrendous post gappage ^^;;
*tw!*
- if harder kinks/BDSM aren’t your thing or make you uncomfy, I would skip this particular prompt. Enjoy!
Top!Shino - NSFW
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Shino is very quiet mostly because he gets interrupted or ignored all the fucking time, so it made you wonder if things would be like a silent in the streets freaky in the sheets sort of thing
It’s definitely that and then some ♪
When you first started dating, obviously he wasn't gonna flat out go "Sweetheart, I need you to understand that I'm kinky husband material and will make you beg for me to touch you"
In fact, saying such a sentence would be quite embarrassing
He didn't want to push that on you though, or scare you with kinks he likes or wanted to try
However, this changed one night
You were staying over at his place during his off day; you'd already slept together before so it wasn't a big deal or anything
One thing led to another and next thing you know, you're both going at it
Something seemed different though, with both of you. Maybe you never noticed it before, but
..was Shino holding back.?
I mean to be quite honest, you’d gladly do it whenever Shino wanted to, however he wanted to
Y-You just never openly said this
And another thing; you're way too turned on right now, more than usual
Oh n o
✨ Ovulation ✨
You've never done it when you were ovulating!! You really didn't want your inner sluttiness to come out, Jesus ChriST-
..B-But..I want more..
You tried your best to hold back, but all of a sudden you find yourself staring Shino in the eye, wriggling around
"S-Shino.."
??
"..D-Do me more..Fuck me so hard that my pussy memorizes your shape..p-please?"
??!
"..I won't hold back anymore, then."
All of a sudden he slams himself into you, sending jolts down your spine
You can't help but turn into a moaning mess in front of him, scrambling to grab whatever you could on the bed
He grabs your small wrists with one of his big hands and pins them above your head
He lifts one of your legs up and places it on his shoulder, pushing himself deeper inside you
"..Tell me what you want. I know you have ideas in that cute head of yours."
"P-Pull my hair..c-choke me.. I'll do anything you want..I want more.."
He stares at you and caresses your face, running his thumb over your cheek, then your lip
"Is that really what you want?"
You lick his thumb and look up at him;
"Yes, sir."
Shino.exe has stopped working
He moves his hand to your neck, careful to lightly squeeze your arteries and not your throat
He feels your pussy throb and squeeze him harder, making him groan
"You're so eager. Cute."
He flips you over and pins your arms behind your back with one hand while grabbing your hair with the other
"Arch your back for me, sweetheart. I want you to feel everything."
He pounds you deep, making your legs shake
You had to have came at least 4 times now
Shino starts groaning more, and you feel his dick twitch inside you
"P-Please cum inside me..I want it so bad.."
"You really want me to take the condom off and do that? What an interesting request."
"I'm on birth control.. Please..?"
"Please what?"
"P-Please, sir?"
"How naughty."
He kisses your back while he slips himself back into you, raw this time
"Mm, fuck.."
He feels amazing inside; his dick is so warm.. Why didn't you get on birth control sooner?
His thrusts get faster and harder, putting you over the edge once more
He cums inside you, filling your hole up until it spills out
You thought that was it, that it was satisfying enough to stop
But you both sensed it wasn’t.
All of a sudden Shino picks you up off the bed and slams his hands on top of yours against the wall
Without missing a beat, he slowly pushes himself into you while licking your ear
“Let’s see how well your birth control works, darling. Keep your hands on the wall.”
Shino firmly plants one hand on the small of your back and gently reached around and placed his other hand’s fingers in your mouth
He starts picking up the pace, going deeper and deeper
Your head feels so light; it feels so good it’s dizzying
Shino notices how shaky your legs are and mentally captures this moment, chuckling a bit to himself
He turns you around to face him, and lifts you up, tucking his arms under your knees
He kisses you so deeply that the kiss itself could make you cum at any moment
You wrap your arms around him as he slams you down onto his dick, both of you getting close
Shino groans in your ear, pushing you to the edge
He feels your walls convulsing, and releases more hot liquid deep inside you
He carries you to the bed: you lay there shaking, while he holds you and plants small kisses on your hands
"Shino?"
Oh god she hated it
"..Hm?"
"..C-Can we try bondage next time? I-I have other ideas too, i-if you want to try them.."
Heart eyes for yOoOoOuU-
"Of course. Let's help you to the shower for now."
Bottom!Shino - NSFW
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You two have been getting more comfortable with each other, both in bed and in general ever since you guys stopped holding back
There’s been a lot of experimenting throughout the last few months, just as promised
In fact, Shino probably knows you better than yourself in some ways now
You learned a lot about him as well in the process too; however
It’s still a bit difficult to read him, he’s very good at keeping a poker face;;
There is..s-something you could try, if he’s okay with it of course..
E-Even if it’s embarrassing for you, it’s for a good cause!! Understanding how to read your significant other is important for a healthy relationship!
The weekend rolls around, and you mentally prepare yourself for what you’re about to do on your way to his place
Shino opens the door before you even knock
“Oh, hello Shino! Did I make you wait too long?”
“Of course not, I just knew you would be here soon because of my bugs. Come in.”*
*This is a half truth; in actuality he was simply really excited to see you after that bullshit mission with Naruto and Kiba and couldn’t sit still
You go inside, give Shino a hug and quick peck on the cheek, and say hello to his contained bugs
They were really happy to see you
You spent the afternoon chatting about what’s new, and listening to him vent about being stuck with the two idiots again during his last mission
After helping him in the kitchen with dinner, you decide that now is as good a time as any to prep for spending the night
“Shino, I’m going to go take a quick shower, okay?”
“Sure, I’ll be checking on my beetles.”
...She was acting fidgety when she was grabbing a change of clothes from the dresser.*
Yes, you have your own drawer of clothes at his house uwu*
He glances towards the drawer in question
But..I don’t want to mess with her things. Hm...
The water just stopped, so I’ll just wait until she comes back.
While Shino contemplated why you were acting sus as fuck in the bedroom, you were trying to calm down before you finished drying your hair
Feeling a bit nervous, you walk out of the bathroom sporting a simple oversized t-shirt and some baggy shorts
Shino looks at you, and gives you a kiss on the back of your hand when you sit down on the bed next to him
Oh thank God, he doesn’t suspect anything
“You seem anxious.”
So that was a fucking lie-
“I-I’m not really-..I-I mean, it’s just that-”
...
“I was wondering if..m-maybe we could- you know..d-do it.?”
“..? Of course we can. I wouldn’t refuse.”
Shino gently lifted your chin and gave you a simple kiss, slowly deepening it
You could feel yourself getting dizzy, but remembering what you had planned brought you back to your senses
You gently lean on top of him, pushing him back onto the bed
You look at him, and nervously say
“C-Can..can we try something different.? I kind of want it to be a surprise, so.. I-I guess what I mean to say is, d-do you trust me?”
Shino gives you a small smile and nods
“Of course.”
“O-Okay then; please, t-tell me if anything is uncomfortable, or if you want to stop, alright?”
“Mhm.”
With that, you grab his hands and start kissing him once more, slowly moving his hands above his head
You take his shirt off, and right after his arms get free from his clothes-
-you proceed to tie his hands together with a pre-knotted silk.
.
.
.
“...So..This is why you’ve been anxious.”
“W-Well, that’s..part of it..
What does she mean “part” of it?
You take your baggy clothes off, revealing black lingerie you hid in your bag, then straddle your tied up partner
“Oh. I..didn’t expect that.”
Drats, he’s still composed as hell! Time to start kicking things up a notch
Shino was not, in fact, composed at all
At least not internally; his heart couldn’t handle this sort of pleasant view
He didn’t think you would take this sort of initiative
You proceeded to leave hickeys all over his neck and chest; he’s always so covered up that it’s not like anyone besides you would see them anyways
You kissed your way down his stomach, and felt how hard he was
You pull down his pants and eagerly caress his dick, planting a small kiss on the head
Looking up at him, you drag your tongue up his shaft and swirl it around the head, slowly taking it in your mouth and sucking
She did not just do that-
While I’m tied up.
You noticed how he seemed to want to buck his hips the deeper you took him in your mouth
You looked up and noticed him turning a light shade of pink
You wondered if you could..
All of a sudden, Shino flinches
!? Did she just..s-start deepthroating me.?
He couldn’t help it; Shino brought his tied hands down and grabbed your head, thrusting his hips against your mouth
You heard his breathing get shaky, and all of a sudden you felt his hot load in the back of your throat
“! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to-”
Shino looks down to see his girlfriend with tears streaming down her face, staring at him while she swallows what’s left of his cum
“Y-You..”
“Hey, Shino..”
You crawl on top of him, rubbing your pussy on his dick
“..Cum for me more..”
Oh my god, she’s completely turned on. It’s like she’s a totally different person..
You lean back and slip him inside you
You let out a moan, and you feel him throb inside you
Oh..he must like hearing me moan
You started to slowly pump yourself up and down
He started thrusting himself into you, wanting to pick up speed
..but you kind of felt like being a brat ✨
You stopped, then started grinding, swiveling your pelvis in circles
He seemed..irritated?
“So, you decided to tease me..”
All of a sudden you feel yourself fall backwards, and find Shino hunched over on top of you
Looking at the silk around his hands, he seems to have wanted to pry himself free a few times..it’s kind of..c-cute..
He kisses your neck, nipping you here and there out of frustration for not being able to grab you
You turn yourself around, pushing your ass against him in this huddled doggy position you both found yourself in
You can feel how warm he is, and notice how much his dick is twitching; you’re more than positive he wants to stick it back in
You slowly push yourself back onto his dick, mewling at the sensation
You can hear Shino release his breath above you, as if he was holding it
Noticing that his hands are right in front of your face, you grab the silk-
And pull his weight forward while you thrust your hips back
“Hn..! W-What..”
Did he just kinda moan??? ✨
You start quickening your pace, causing the man looming over your body to swell inside you
You slow down, and crawl out from under him, leaving his dick agitated
“Leaning over for so long probably isn’t very comfortable when you’re restrained like that, right?”
Shino sits up, a bit confused about what the fuck you’re talking about; He honestly wasn’t even thinking about it because of how good you felt
“I..suppose.”
You crawl over to him and wiggle yourself between his arms, straddling his lap
“This is better, don’t you think? Now I can kiss you all I want!”
“..marriage..”
“Hm? Did you say something Shino?”
“No. This is nice; I get to look at your cute facial expressions while you’re in my arms. I like it.”
..h-he still finds ways to embarrass me even in these situations;;
Shino chuckles to himself, seeing you turn a bit red
He leans forward and presses his lips to yours, progressively making it heavier and hotter
Without even realizing it, you find yourselves grinding on each other, you both getting slicker the longer it goes
You finally lift yourself up, and push yourself onto his throbbing dick
You both pant out of relief, and ease yourselves into a steady pace
You don’t even care about the fact that he’s thrusting himself into you, that you aren’t in as much control anymore
You both just really need to feel each other
“I can’t..resist anymore..Sorry, sweetheart.”
You feel Shino grab hold of your hips; you forgot that the silk hardly made an impact on your size differences
Then without warning, he slams himself deep into you, causing you to dig your nails into his back
You can’t help but cling onto him, grabbing a fist full of his hair
Shino groans into your neck, sucking and biting your skin
He feels you cum, your legs shaking
The sensation of your walls squeezing his dick is too much; his cum is so hot it feels like you’re melting on the inside
He came so much that it’s practically dripping out of you
You untie his hands, and he instantly holds you close to him.
“I’m surprised.”
“About?”
“You taking this sort of initiative. I didn’t expect it.”
“But you found out I was up to something before I even did anything, silly.”
“I didn’t know you’d do this though. But it was cute. I like seeing another side of you.”
With that, you both goof off and cuddle for a while; bath time can wait just a bit longer
I hope you guys enjoyed it! I might put up a poll to see which character out of my requests to do next, I don’t want to put out too many of the same character at once;;
Until next time! ✨
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pinkhairedlily · 3 years
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Chapter 11 - Student Council President Sakura / Graduation Chapter
SCPS AO3 | PREVIOUS CHAPTER
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They held a run-through of the graduation ceremony on the last day of class and technically the last day of the trio’s high school life. Unlike their first general assembly, Uchiha Sasuke was to deliver the graduation speech but not without great sulking from Haruno Sakura who landed a close second despite ranking first in their final exams.
And obviously, not without Sasuke trying to give up his speech privileges by campaigning instead for Sakura.
In the end, all three of them were granted speech slots – one for Sasuke as valedictorian, Sakura as student representative, and Naruto as the school’s first national MVP. It was this debacle that led the three of them to brainstorm in an empty AVR after the dry run.
“Done!” Sakura yelled like the diligent student she was. “Let me look at yours!”
Sasuke presented her a blank paper while saying, “It’s all prepared in my head”, and Naruto showed her his baseball doodles.
“Oh God, you’re all so hopeless.”
Then the electricity suddenly got cut off in the AVR. Sakura expected the boys to screech in surprise and cling to each other, but she only heard silence in the dark. She jumped in her seat when the doors opened with a loud bang, a confetti splash, and the lights coming back to life.
Sasuke and Naruto were still in front of her, holding two bouquets of irises and yellow roses. Behind them were the old and new student council members with other students holding a large banner saying Thank you, Student Council President Sakura!
She started to leave her seat to come to them, but they gestured for her to stay on her seat. In front of the room, the large monitor beeped and showed a compilation of videos.
Sukehiro Aoi, an alumni and currently an intern in an animation studio. “Hello, Ms. Pres. You once asked the body to submit a publication material for an event of the student council, and I sent mine through a dummy email with no expectations of winning. I wasn’t comfortable with the public seeing my art. I was afraid of the unsolicited remarks so sending it anonymously gave me some relief. You chose it however, and you knew how big a credit was to an artist. I was really scared when you were able to hunt me down just by my watermark, but my name in the info blast caught the attention of a school board member and referred me to this animation studio. It was the littlest thing, but you handed me my dream.”
Watanabe Kota was a year below them. He has a small frame, round thick glasses, and battled with face acne. “Ms. Pres! People never had much confidence in my physical appearance, so I don’t know what you saw in me when you asked me to take over the school radio. But here we are – we’re airing daily and we even produce documentaries and radio programs. Thank you for seeing what I didn’t.”
Ito Amanaya, a typical jock in the football team, muscular and came across as intimidating, but he had the gentlest cadence. “I was bullied by the same group that bullied your dynamic duo. When you ran them off, you also saved my life. Thank you, Haruno.”
Kimura Shinze, a classmate in third year, beautiful, popular, and the captain of the cheering squad. “Hope you’re having a great day, Ms. Pres. Remember that time when the class was guessing who were our crushes and I blurted out that it was a girl, you told me thank you for telling us. That was…a big deal to me. Thank you for that gesture.”
Himurata Aoi, president of the koto club. “Sakura, I know you had many people come up and confessed to you so when I did try, I was glad that you didn’t give me a bullshit reason like you’re not into girls. You turned me down because you have someone you already love. I am thankful for your honesty.”
The biology teacher, Takahashi Kande. “Student council, thank you for your mental health program. As a single father to twins, I don’t have the luxury of time to sit in a couch and sort out my issues. To be able to do that in my workplace during breaks is a heaven-sent gift. You saved me and my family. Thank you.”
Many more messages came on, from a classmate she lent spare change to, from a staff she helped clean, from countless students who she wasn’t aware she gave kindness to.
“Why….” She asked breathlessly.
“You’ve been beating yourself lately. We thought you needed some reminding,” Sasuke muttered, under his breath, the bouquet still in his hands. “You left some pretty big footprints, Ms. Pres.
“You might not have noticed,” Naruto jested. “But this is always innate and natural to you, isn’t it?”
“Why did you bother so much?” She was reduced to tears.
“It was Naruto’s idea.”
“Huh? You did all the compiling though!”
“Shut up, it was me,” yelled the current president.
“Thank you, everyone.”
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It was a weekend, but Sasuke requested Sakura and Naruto to meet him at the school gates. He only gave the time and place, and he knew well enough that they would be there – no questions asked.
They stood there, minutes earlier than planned, a first but nothing more unusual than homebody Sasuke asking them to go out on a weekend. Sakura wore an oversized rust shirt over a pair of muted cotton blue trousers tied with a brown leather belt and tan fisherman sandals, her long hair kept in one single braid at the back. Naruto probably expected a fancy lunch with his outfit – black silky long sleeves over gray pants and black loafers.
Sasuke, high on impulsive decisions, wore bright colors, a complete departure from his usual neutrals; mustard vest over a deep violet polo, baggy pants, off white converse, and a white fanny pack. “Well, we’re mostly dressed for comfort, except for that idiot beside you.”
“What do you mean dressed for comfort? I borrowed these loafers from my vice-captain and my feet aren’t used to them,” Naruto whined. “Besides, aren’t you taking us out to a five-star meal, Mr. Valedictorian?”
“Wow, what a way to show off.” Sakura pursed her lips in annoyance. “Don’t worry Naruto, I got your next café order.”
“Ah no. It was just something we heard from the grape vine.” Naruto scratched his head and carefully glanced at Sasuke. “Grumpy got his trust fund today.”
In bated breaths, they waited for him to respond with a scowl or a retort, but he just nodded. “Come on, we’ll miss the train.”
They traveled for three stations and disembarked on the fourth, Sasuke sandwiched in between the two, his shoulders pillows again to their heads and yet such burdens were light as cotton. The surfacing emotions since last week were taking hold of him, but he needed to pull through somehow because breaking down while commuting was one thing he did not really see doing.
“Word just got in. The house was turned over this morning,” Itachi told him over the phone.
“Impeccable timing when I’m also moving abroad next week.” Sasuke pulled out his Bleachers vinyl and anticipated another lonesome lull for the night.
“Do you miss the cream puffs?”
“Nothing comes close.”
“Hmm. I’ll pay for the rental fee of your car.”
In Itachi’s defense, while he was an afficionado of escapism, he also knew how to read between the lines. “Watch me get a Mercedes-Benz.”
“I have a good driving playlist.” This only meant math rock, and Sasuke wanted something to scream his lungs too.
“Don’t need one.”
“Treat your friends to dinner, okay? Gotta go.”
“We’re walking?!” Naruto almost limped out of the train. Sasuke took one look at his heels and saw that they were bruised red. He took off his converse and socks and gave them to him.
Sakura whipped out a small first-aid kit and covered the rash on Naruto’s heels. “Hey don’t look at me like that. Brought it just in case we’re going on a day survival tour. A camping would be nice too.”
“Did you scrub your feet, idiot?”
“You think so low of me grumpy. Of course – last week!”
With Naruto now comfortable, the three resumed walking on the unfamiliar residential area. Sasuke gestured for them to enter a bamboo forest on the far side of the main road. Hidden in the shadows of the clumped stalks were a small opening, the growth hampered and ground rid of grasses and weeds; many people have also chosen this shortcut, walked through the forest, did a little nature bathing, and emerged behind the bakery, still there, still standing, still operating.
Sasuke tapped on the large glass window cum counter on the front and bought three sets of cream puffs.
“Oh, it’s you,” the old baker greeted. “You brought your friends over? You always buy one set.”
Sasuke offered her a smile, briefly glancing to his periphery where Sakura was fussing with Naruto’s feet, and nodded as he accepted the paper bag. “It’s on the house, kid.”
“You brought us to stalk someone’s house?” Sakura dug in one paper bag, bit the puff in one bite, and with full mouth, she sighed. “This is heaven.”
“It’s our old family house, before the accident that is.” Sasuke also took out one puff and munched on it, ruminating on the sight before him, a two-story house with an imposing façade, his mom’s climbing hydrangea gone and cut by the new owners, beds of roses and daisies already withered, but the wisteria tree on the vacant lot beside continued to grow and shade what he supposed were the children’s rooms. It was in his third bite that he saw the tomato fruits he planted, alive and full with harvest. “Do you think my parents know?”
Naruto slid an arm across his shoulder and grinned sheepishly. “Then they would be happy ghosts or maybe they would voluntarily move away to give the new owners the opportunity to make it a happy a home like yours.
“What part are you gonna miss?” Sakura asked, halfway through her set of puffs.
“The sight of the wisteria before I sleep and after I wake up, and the sunlight in my parents’ room. My dad liked to make these suncatchers for my mom. The play of light was a good morning greeting, she said.”
“What’s your funniest memory?” Naruto sat on the grass, uncaring for the stains that would taint his good pair of pants.
“It was probably Christmas when I was seven, and Itachi had this big idea to bake a cake, but he swapped the sugar for the salt and we were wondering why it wouldn’t make a custard. Our parents still ate it, saying it was a very salty version of dark chocolate cake.”
“It was a good home,” Sakura patted the space between her and Naruto and Sasuke sat down cross-legged too, dipping his hand on the paper bag with the last cream puff.
“It was a good home,” Sasuke agreed as he bit into the last vestige of his family memory. He was suckling the powdered sugar off his fingers when he realized he was already crying, and the two were downright sobbing on his either side.
Such an embarrassing sight to see; he wondered what would the new owners feel if they looked out their windows this instant and saw three teenagers breaking down on the road across. It was honestly stupid and laughable to a point, considering how funny it was for grief to become lighter when someone else cried with him.
Naruto was sniffling so much that he had to offer his handkerchief to him. “I forgot to tell you guys. Hinata confessed to me during the cultural festival.”
“Oh my god. What did you say?” Sakura took a tissue out of her bag and dabbed her eyes. She flashed an apologetic look to Sasuke who already offered his hanky to Naruto’s fluids.
“Ah, what else? I had to reject her.” Naruto sneezed on Sasuke’s handkerchief again. “I told her I was in love with someone else.” He slyly glanced at his raven-haired friend and pursed his lips which Sakura quickly caught.
“Who is it?”
“Sasuke also likes someone.”
“Shut your mouth, blondie. Point is already moot. Besides, we’ve already been rejected.”
“Who are these people and why don’t I know them?” Sakura genuinely looked offended. “I could have vetted them!”
“Exactly why it was fortunate you didn’t meet them,” Sasuke said as an excuse though he pegged Sakura for not being that naïve. She, thankfully, let it go and gathered their trash. She dropped the bomb as she was brushing the grass blades from her trousers. “My parents are divorcing. Such a travesty not to have them show up on graduation day, and I thought I did a great job.”
The two, ever so sure, held onto her hands in case she was trembling again.
“Let’s get that five-star dinner,” Sasuke suggested, “and we need to rent a Mercedes-Benz.”
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Graduation Day
“Let’s welcome to the stage, class valedictorian, Uchiha Sasuke.” Kakashi was the officiating faculty today so she expected difficulty going through the event, but for some reason, he slipped into her mental back burner, no longer taking up room in her active consciousness. That was a good step, she smiled to herself. Her smile became wider as Sasuke got up the stage.
His fans club’s cheers were heard outside the auditorium, and the graduating class chuckled at the quick interruption. He cleared his throat and started his piece.
“Please get it on record that I was coerced to do this speech. Then again, I also had a hand on the turn of events that led me here today, in front of you. And it’s a little too on the nose, but I came to high school with a clear set of goals – have high grades and lead an uninteresting life. I accomplished the first one rather easily, and it’s a good metric for the future that’s upon us right now. Good grades land us good colleges. Good colleges land us good jobs. Good jobs land us good life.
But it’s not the sole benchmark as I have learned lately. You see, my second goal really missed the mark. Good life can also mean good friends, fun experiences, a caring environment, a complete family. If you ticked off each one, then that’s very notable. You have the four-leaf clover, and it’s a rare blessing. I only ticked off three, but that goes without any regret. If you only have one silver lining in your high school memory, then that makes us all the more human. And if there’s none, there is still is still a whole stretch of possibilities we can discover to find one. Thank you for your kind attention.”
Sakura was pretty sure she heard several sniffles across the student body. “The bastard delivered a good speech,” she muttered to herself.
“We would like to welcome our first national MVP, Uzumaki Naruto.”
Outside, the school band played the cheering anthem for his last national games. The cheerleaders also did a routine in tribute to him. That made him well up when he got to the podium.
“Wait oh my god, I’m tearing up so much.”
Sasuke grunted loudly and went back the stage to hand him a handkerchief which Naruto quickly used to wipe his snot.
“Thanks Sasuke. How can Kakashi-sensei let me follow after that rousing speech, and before Sakura too. It’s kinda evil.”
Laughter broke out.
“Well, this one’s a bare minimum. I didn’t have any goals or expectations, unlike genius grumpy over there. I just wanted to live my life like an ordinary boy. Someone said that how you spend your day is how you live your life so I did just that – ate ramen, slept in class because I am a growing kid, and played each arcade game until I won them. I also believe in serendipitous – thanks Sakura for this word, for the spelling and meaning – serendipitous coincidences. I just pitched and batted for former captain Haru one afternoon and now we landed in the national finals. I had loneliness for a friend, but now I’ve got all of you. And you know what else, the magic of working together. We wouldn’t have stepped foot in the nationals if it weren’t for your collective help. When we work towards a common goal, that also gives us common happiness, right? It’s infectious, a bouncing energy that gets thrown around and still makes it one piece. So wherever you will be after this, believe it!”
When Kakashi called her name next, she thought she was deaf, the noise around her collapsed in muted decibels. It took a minute before her fellow classmates shook her and motioned for her to quickly come up the stairs. Her silver-haired teacher looked so concerned in the shadows, but for what it was worth, she was civil and calm enough (at least in the matters concerning him) to nod at him in quiet exchange of assurance.
It was because she saw both of her parents at the side with a bouquet of roses. She struggled with the paper she brought with her although she had it memorized in her head; she even went through it flawlessly for three times last night. Tears blurred the words and the mere shock of the sight of their togetherness disabled her mental function to string coherent thoughts. She also started hyperventilating, her breaths coming faster than what her lungs could pump.
Then she felt Kakashi’s hand on her shoulder, a steady presence, and it reeled her back to reality. He tapped the mic and the feedback echoed. “Ah, Ms. Haruno had some technical issues. Again, let’s welcome former student council president, Sakura.”
Sasuke and Naruto in the front were almost standing, but she flashed them a smile as if to say she was okay now. “Hello, good day to our honorable guests and graduates. I think it’s safe to say that Sasuke and Naruto provided really good words of advice. So I have nothing more to offer, but to share my gratitude. Everyone was saying the student council did a good job in its programs, but it was actually the lot of you who made this possible – from your activity suggestions to participation and feedback. After all, you were the makers of your memories.
Earlier last week, my councilmates and friends reminded me how small actions go a long way – a smile, a wave across the hallway, a short exchange of good morning and see you soon, and I thought, aren’t we all just an accumulation of these small, little things? As such, it was what you think your insignificant moments were that pushed us to deliver you the best. It was the passing comment, the top-of-your-head tips, the interlude stories we hear during lunch breaks that allowed us to give you grand gestures and memories we hoped were worth keeping. And if we could start to use that perspective as well in our lives then maybe the uncertainties of a future wouldn’t be so heavy on us. We will face tomorrow with a lightness in being.
In behalf of the student council, thank you for allowing us to serve you.”
She bowed at a level where her torso was almost aligned at her hips, and she was confused with the lack of reaction. Sakura sighed, mulling over the deficiencies in her speech, but she straightened her back to a sight of a standing ovation and a thundering applause.
Then, she let her tears fall.
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“Why would you let Kakashi-sensei take the pic?” Sakura hissed at them.
“Just this one time, Sakura!” Naruto grinned.
“Sakura, you’re out of the frame,” Kakashi remarked. “Okay good. Say cheese.”
In spite of her recent heartbreak with him, she permitted herself to bask in fleeting cordiality. “Cheese.”
“Grumpyyyyyy.”
“Idiot blondie.”
Kakashi took three more shots and handed the camera to the trio. He almost turned away when Sakura caught his sleeve.
“Just one more,” she said. “With you.”
Sakura shifted to the front, almost kneeling with the camera angled for a selfie, her two friends beside her looking equally annoyed as the other, and Kakashi behind them, his hands on either head, smiling with his deceptively charming beauty mark.
It was the last picture of their high school life.
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The three were rushing through the airport crowd fifteen minutes before the immigration closes gates.
“Here!” Sakura slid a folder on the large pocket on Sasuke’s bag. “It includes your passport, your flight details, your valid IDs, your itinerary, and letters from us! Don’t forget our Friday video calls!”
“I can’t see. These tears are bullies,” Naruto said through tears. He was continuously wiping his eyes with his sleeve.
“And If I don’t get on my flight because you made us eat ramen for one last time and the orders took too long, I’m gonna have you cursed by a witch and a shaman!” Sasuke growled. The guards were starting to close the gates when a sobbing Naruto sprinted and basically tackled the guards on the floor.
“Sasuke come on, hurry up!”
“Drink your vitamins! And if you miss cream puffs, I’ll teach you how to make them.” Sakura was trying hard to keep pace with Sasuke’s brisk walking, but she ended up breathless anyway.
The three of them finally reached the immigration entrance, and Naruto was profusely apologizing to the guards for the interruption. Sasuke showed his documents, wheezing as they looked at it. They gave him a thumbs up and opened the gates.
The two were already slumped at the floor, waving without words, and exhausted from the clock race. Sasuke was almost through when he remembered something he forgot. He muttered a quick sorry, ran through the opening, and hugged his two friends.
“I’ll miss you.”
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makeste · 3 years
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I will NEVER forget when I was first watching bnha s3 and Shigaraki was asking Bakugou to join them and I literally said out loud to myself "oh god this is the Sasuke leaves the village moment oh NO" and like my whole life flashed before my eyes. And then Bakugou DIDNT and I then 180'd on Bakugou almost immediately (I hadn't really liked him up to that point). Especially then when Aizawa says "Bakugou would never" to the press I felt like I was CALLED OUT by Horikoshi specifically it was AMAZING
@firstofa mentioned in the tags of their reblog that there was a joint interview with Horikoshi and Kishimoto in which Horikoshi more or less admitted that Bakugou and Deku’s relationship was a SasuNaru fix-it, so I immediately went “!!” and went googling to see if that was true lol. and lo and behold I actually did find an interview that the two of them did back in 2015, which was translated/summarized this past June on twitter here.
he doesn’t actually say outright that it’s a SasuNaru fix-it, but I thought this part of it was very telling:
The interviewer asks what Horikoshi thought of Naruto and Sasuke's rivalry, and Horikoshi says it was frustrating. Horikoshi says he really liked the "Valley of the End" and thought that would be the end of the series.
“frustrating”, lol. yeah I’ll say. AND he thought the Valley of the End (a.k.a. the big fight that Naruto and Sasuke have right before the timeskip, for anyone who’s not familiar with the series) was going to be the end of the series, meaning that like so many of us, he was expecting Naruto to win the fight and bring Sasuke back home again.
and so yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and say this more or less confirms that least part of Bakugou and Deku’s relationship came about from Horikoshi’s desire to write a non-frustrating version of the Naruto and Sasuke rivalry. like you said, with the “kidnapped Bakugou” plot especially, if you’ve read Naruto there is basically no way to NOT immediately make that connection to the “Sasuke leaves Konoha” arc. it’s clear as day. Horikoshi really went “AND THAT’S HOW IT’S DONE” and dropped the mic, and then All Might and Aizawa came back and picked up the mic so they could talk about how Bakugou was actually a good kid who was going to become a great hero, thank you very much.
and after doing some more reflecting about all this, I’m starting to think this might be why I have so much faith in Horikoshi’s ability to write Bakugou and Deku’s character arcs, and faith that those arcs will be fulfilling and satisfying. few things fill me with more confidence in a writer than hearing that they also get frustrated by the same things that I find frustrating. and so I may not be 100% sure about where he’s going to take their relationship from here, but I DO know with near-certainty what he is NOT going to do. this man gets fed up with the exact same miscommunication bullshit tropes that we do lol. and so god help him but his characters are going to get their heads out of their asses and communicate with each other, and never double back on their hard-earned character development. and it’s just so, so refreshing not to have to worry about that, and I will never stop appreciating it.
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mexicancat-girl · 4 years
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Ok guys, I can't take it, I’m seriously at my limit here.
Uraraka vs Bakuboi was a sham of a fight and none of it makes any goddamn sense.
Uraraka deserved her win, for multiple reasons.
Shout out to @bnhasalt, who’s post reminded me how indignantly furious this arc makes me.
More under the cut over both how salty I am, and how Uraraka losing against Explodo Kills makes absolutely no sense, even narratively.
(Warning ahead for a discussion on sexism, misogyny, forced fanservice, the blatant favoritism towards That One Specific Character even if unearned in the narrative, and the general incompetence on how to write female characters.
I call B/kugo “Bakuboi” in this analysis bc I don’t want to write his Actual Name out and have it pop up in his character tags. Also, heads up, I’m sorry for how messy and long this rant is )
First, can I just say that Horikoshi is uhhhh Bad at writing female characters?
Which I’m sure many female fans already have an inkling about, but goddamn is it never more obvious than in the Sports Festival Arc. Because hey, at least the female characters are THERE and PARTICIPATING and have their own time to shine! This ISN’T one of those arcs that just stars THE BOYS, so that MUST mean this arc is equal opportunity! Right...?
God, I wish. I wish...
See, the girls are the minority of the Sports Fest in general. It shouldn’t be this way. And quite frankly, the fact that the classes (and UA in general) isn’t closer to being a 50/50 gender split also makes no sense, considering all children are raised in a society that values heroism EQUALLY and almost half the population is male and half female.
But, okay, let’s say I actually believe in the most illogical character ratio imagineable of there being a 2 boy to 1 girl, like this is another round of Naruto But It’s Superheroes So It’s Different I Swear.
We all know that there is going to be an emphasis on Izuku, since he’s the protagonist and he wants to make All Might proud during the Sports Festival.
Pre-Festival, there’s the reveal that Uraraka wants to do her best, with her main motivation of becoming a hero to give her parents a good life. Iida also wants to make his own family proud, specifically his brother, because of his family legacy. 
Since these three are a trio, you’d think they’d all get some time to shine, right? Since they’re Izuku’s friends? And Izuku considers them his equals?
Yeah, no. Wrong.
This arc is dominated by Izuku, Shoto, and Bakuboi. That becomes clear very quickly. 
I knew I shouldn’t expect much, since these three are powerhouses and also the most popular characters of the entire franchise (just look at the popularity polls) but still. I’d thought at least Uraraka would get a chance to shine! Since we get some character development and motivation revealed from her!
But the female characters in general get done so dirty this arc, despite it being first set up as a perfect arc to let the girls have just as much opportunity to participate as their male peers.
The most significant part of the female characters all getting an ‘equal time to shine’ is when He Who Must Not Be Mentioned and Kaminari trick the girls into dressing as scantily-clad cheerleaders. Which is both Tiring and Unncessary.
(This scheme also shouldn’t have worked because Momo is Vice Rep and she is an intelligent girl, top of her class. She would be smart enough to go to a teacher and actually double-check to see if Class 1-A girls really needed to cheer in the activities portion of the Sports Festival. 
But noooo, Horikoshi can’t pass up a chance for FANSERVICE and forcing his underaged female characters to be uncomfortable for The Funnies! Thanks! I hate it!)
The female characters that move onto the final round of the Sports Festival, and thusly have the most attention, are: Uraraka, Mei Hatsume from Support, Momo, Mina, and Shiozaki from 1-B.
Wow, I sure wish these girls could like...show their worth. And maybe NOT get steamrolled and easily tossed aside in their matches because they’re facing Boys and Boys Have Strong Offense-based Quirks, That’s The Rules Folks.
(Before you come at me, I know that isn’t a rule that applies to every single male character in the series, but the strongest and offense-based Quirks tend to go to the male characters, while the female characters tend to get more support-based Quirks. It’s both sexist, but also an inherent trend in media in general. Please Just Let Women Punch Shit To Smithereens And Control The Elements.)
Yes, Mina and Shiozaki won their first rounds easily! And that’s great to see! But then we turn right around, and they're eliminated just as quickly in their second matches! Without even a fighting chance!
Good God, Shiozaki is literally PUSHED OUT OF THE RING. That’s it, that’s how she lost. Same thing with Momo in her match! And Mei straight-up forfeits because her character is based more on advertising her inventions/babies, so she doesn’t even fight.
So essentially, the female characters are shucked away if they’re not used to make the male characters look good, or there for fanservice, or there to show a shallow form of ~feminism~ so Horikoshi can pat himself on the back and say “See! Girls strong! I can write girls!”
And now we get to the meat of things: Uraraka.
Oh, poor Uraraka. Out of all the female characters, your potential was the greatest, and also the most squandered...
As a reminder, at the start of the arc, Uraraka speaks with both Izuku and Iida about how she wants to do well in the Sports Fest. They all promise to do their best. Izuku’s friends admit that they want to face him in later matches, because they want to be his equals.
Uraraka wanted to stand on the same level as Izuku and Iida, but she's the only one that doesn't move on past her first match!
And man, what an absolute bogus match it is.
Is it emotional? Yeah. Did I tear up when I watched it? Sure, every single time! But that's more because Uraraka is one of my favorite characters and I feel empathy for her and thought she deserved better.
The match gets to me because I also hate how Bakuboi is so fucking entitled and gets everything handed to him on a silver platter.
Bakuboi himself is written as, essentially, a Gary Stu. He always wins. ALWAYS. And even when he ‘loses’, he still manages to beat his opponents to the point that they need to be hospitalized (see Izuku vs Kacchan pt 1) or he makes his losses ALL ABOUT HIMSELF by twisting logic to fit his own narrative.
Remember how Bakuboi won against Todoroki in the final match? And was so pissed at him he was ready to Physically Assault Todoroki for him not being able to Get Over His Trauma to go 100% during their match? And even though Bakuboi LITERALLY won the entire Sports Festival, he’s so entitled that he demands a rematch because he feels like he “didn’t actually win”?
Not wanting a rematch for Todoroki’s sake, because Todoroki has been through a rough time and Bakuboi overheard Todo’s Tragic Abusive Backstory. Oh no, that would make too much sense and show too much character growth, we can’t have that! Bakuboi, even when winning the Sports Festival, demanded a rematch because he wanted to beat the shit out of Todoroki AGAIN to assert his dominance.
You see, Bakuboi is always rewarded in the narrative. Even when he loses it’s not seen as his fault. He’s never really punished for it, and he never learns any lessons from his losses.
Ah, and let’s not forget, Katsuki Bakuboi has the Best And Strongest Quirk Ever. Strong enough to even do the impossible and work to his advantage when it shouldn’t!
Like how he SOMEHOW manages to ‘beat the odds’ by breaking the laws of physics to win in Round 2. He manages to PUNCH THROUGH A QUIRK THAT CREATES A SOLID WALL from 1-B’s Tsuburaba in order to get back his team’s headband and move on to Round 3.
Or hey, his finishing move, Howlitzer Impact? Doesn’t make any sense either. It shouldn’t work as a...cyclone? Tornado? Drill thing? 
Look, the logistics of it shouldn’t work. Yes, this is anime, but do you HONESTLY think that a teenager YEETING himself in a fast spiral will somehow accomplish anything more than spreading out some explosions in a circle around him? You honestly think any other character would be able to pull that bullshit off WITHOUT upchucking their entire lunch?
But because it’s Bakuboi, it works somehow. Because Bakuboi’s Quirk is The Shining Beacon Of Quirks. 
Drawbacks? Sure, he SUPPOSEDLY has them. They’re noted in his character profile and everything. But very rarely do those supposed “drawbacks” ever actually come into play and actually, like, stop him. Or slow him down. Or, yknow, ACTUALLY WORK LIKE DRAWBACKS ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK.
Because apparently, human limits don’t exist for Katsuki fucking Bakuboi, nope, not at all!
One of Bakuboi’s "drawbacks" is supposed to be that he can't overexert himself or he can fuck up his wrists/his forearms will start to ache. 
Cool cool cool, except...This rarely slows him down or effects him at all. 
It’s actually astounding he hasn’t given himself Carpel Tunnel, because that would be a natural consequence to over-using his Quirk. Hell, he should be fucking up his arms almost as much as Izuku does to his own arms with a destructive Quirk like OFA! Explosions are dangerous and cause massive destruction, and that should be fucking up his arms SOMEHOW!
But, nope. Bakuboi is as fresh as a goddamn daisy. He can Never Have A Weakness.
(Another drawback is cold weather/Winter season is supposed to weaken his Quirk. Makes sense, since heat would help him produce more nitroglycerin sweat, and the cold would make it hard to sweat. But that sure as hell didn’t stop him during the Joint Training Arc in the future, and he didn’t struggle whatsoever to almost singlehandedly win that for his team.)
Not ONCE does Bakuboi’s Quirk ever effect him negatively and forces him to weaken! He keeps using his Quirk like it's nothing!!
And that’s the crux of the entire problem with Uraraka vs Bakuboi’s match.
Bakuboi apparently has “drawbacks” and “limits”, but he keeps somehow managing to break them without a sweat (ha) and without consequence, essentially PULLING WINS OUT OF HIS ASS.
Bakuboi was using his Quirk LITERALLY NONSTOP during Round 1, and kept using it to throw himself around in Round 2. Logically, he should’ve fucked his arms up and been at the very least SLOWED DOWN by the third round of the Sports Fest because he went past what were SUPPOSED to be his Quirk’s canonical limitations and logic!
It would've taught Bakuboi that he can't fucking steamroll through all his problems! He has limits! There are consequences to over using his Quirk! He’s a human being and he doesn’t have endless stamina like some sort of God!
Hell, every other character has these limits very clearly shown and outlined with their Quirks! Uraraka throws up when she over-uses Zero Gravity. Shoto, before using his fire side, would get frostbite. Iida’s Engines will stall after using Recipro Burst.
The other characters have limitations to their Quirks that slows them down, shows consequences for their actions, but Bakuboi NEVER HAS ANY.
THIS is why he’s a Gary Stu. THIS is why he won his match against Uraraka.
Not because of any logic. Because HIS QUIRK HAS NO FLAWS. And on top of that, THE NARRATIVE KEEPS REWARDING HIM, EVEN WHEN HE HASN’T EARNED IT.
Bakuboi SHOULD have been weakened from using his Quirk non-stop. Bakuboi SHOULD NOT have managed to pull out that “one final big explosion” that ruined Uraraka’s final attack.
Bakuboi was literally hissing about his arms hurting earlier, before their match started. And Uraraka forced him to use his Quirk so much that she managed to amass a ton of debris to knock him out and win the match. HIS EXPLOSIONS SHOULD HAVE SPUTTERED OUT, AND NOT SAVED HIM WITH THAT LAST-SECOND ASSPULL.
Like, I’m preeeeetty sure the entire reason Horikoshi wrote Uraraka vs Bakuboi in the first place was because he was attempting at writing Feminism.
See, Bakuboi Hates Everyone Equally, he’s not a violent misogynist for beating up Uraraka! It’s a Match, he Respects Women And Sees Them As Equals! The Crowd of Pro Heroes are the ones being Misogynistic and Judging The Match Early!
And look at Uraraka, she’s a Strong Woman! She keeps getting back up! That’s the Shonen Spirit! And she’s smart, too! Look at her amazing plan to win--
Oh, wait. Wait, nope. She didn’t win at all! :) Because our shining beacon of perfection Katsuki Bakuboi never loses!! :)) Look at all her hopes and dreams being blown to literal smithereens, because of Bakuboi’s ass pull, even though he shouldn’t have had enough time, sweat, and strength to muster up that last explosion!!! :)))
Can ya’ll feel my incandescent fury right now?
Because Horikoshi can NEVER write Bakuboi losing, Uraraka COULDN’T HAVE WON, even if her winning makes THE MOST LOGICAL SENSE.
This scene was supposed to show Uraraka’s strength. But it feels like Uraraka is being literally spit in her face, for even DARING to TRY to win against Katsuki fucking Bakuboi.
How much more impactful would Uraraka’s breakdown have been, if she had moved onto the Second Round with Izuku and Iida? How she would feel ashamed that she couldn’t keep up with them, with how Powerful their Quirks are? Especially after seeing Izuku and Todoroki’s amazing match, and seen how destructive and close a match it had been?
How DEVASTATED she would have felt, beating BAKUBOI--one of the strongest of their class!--and then STILL managing to lose the Sports Festival?
That would have been SO much more interesting! And even SADDER!! C’mon!
Uraraka SHOULD have won her match! It would’ve provided both character development for herself, and for Bakuboi! Bakuboi would realize he has limits to his body and Quirk, and realize not to underestimate his opponents! Uraraka would realize that she’s strong in spite of her Quirk not being necessarily combat-oriented, but still has a long way to go in being a Pro Hero!
But, nooooo. We can’t have CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, can we? We ESPECIALLY can’t have THE FEMALE CHARACTERS IMPACTING THE PLOT IN SOME WAY, either! Or--what’s this? FEMALE CHARACTERS ACTUALLY HAVING THE SPOTLIGHT FOR ONCE? Perish the thought!
The only good parts about this godforsaken arc are 1) Mei Hatsume 2) Hitoshi Shinso and 3) Izuku vs Todoroki fight and Todoroki’s Tragic Backstory Reveal. Everything else is hit-or-miss, if not completely hot garbage.
Anyways, thanks for coming to my TED Talk, and for reading this entire thing! Four for you, reader. You go, reader.
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romanianwilkinson · 3 years
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MORE DISCORD SERVER SENTENCE STARTERS
A collection of quotes from my Discord server with friends. Feel free to change pronouns/wording as desired. CONTENT WARNING(S) FOR: Suggestive, crude, gore, absolutely cursed. [ PART 1 ]
“ Can your father send us child support? Same answer. ”
“ NO GENDER, ONLY LEGION. ”
* Bed rocking, aggressive bike horn noises *
“ [NAME], you are a fucking blight upon my sanity. ”
“ Is being super gay an advanced war tactic? ”
“ Look you have to tell me if this slapping will bring about the eldritch truth, or it's enslapment. ”
“ Fucking, this is still on the most mundane side of your fetishes. ”
“ New law of science. If an autopsy turns into an orgy you did something wrong. ”
“ I AM NEMISIS, DESTROYER OF THE JACK-O-LANTERN. ”
“ If we have a quiz tomorrow, the questions will be: 1) how to burst a mosquito, 2) how to tear your gut, and 3) what will the aliens look like. ”
“ I'm cat girl adjacent. ”
“ Make sure to vaccinate your computer, [NAME]! ”
“ SNOW IS JUST WATER YOU CAN BEAT UP AND BULLY. ”
“ A zombie goth. A zoth. ”
“ Slaughter’s good. I like slaughter. ”
“ They know your sins. ”
“ Why so many loose beans? ”
“ I want him to try it, SPECIFICALLY for the cyberbullying. ”
“ Today I leave y’all an Immensely Cursed Artefact. ”
“ Not the knowledge I was expecting tonight, but glad to have learned it anyhow. ”
“ It’s, unfortunately, not the worst thing that’s been turned into smut fic. ”
“ Poor organless [NAME]. ”
“ Help, I'm only seeing glowing weakpoints on you... This isn’t sexy at all! ”
“ Whelp, time to make everyone MILFs and DILFs then! ”
“ Ok, nothing is getting ‘ misted ’ in horny jail. ”
“ YES, FEED THE TOAST TO [NAME]! ”
“ The only bones I have are teeth. I’m like a snail in that regard. ”
“ This is just SCP Containment Breach: Horny Edition. ”
“ And what's at the bottom of the stairs? Another baby gate. ”
“ That’s what I’m banking on. The arrogance. ”
“ How much XP fucking a demon gives you is important adventuring stuff? ”
“ This is honestly the weirdest form of lust I've ever felt from someone. ”
“ I am holding your face metaphorically when I say this for emphasis. ”
“ My rage runs cold. ” “ Yeah, so does your liver, and it fucking sucks. ”
“ We have many flavors. They are all red. ”
“ I still lose my shit over those gushers like... What kind of psychological warfare was that? ”
“ ... So you WON'T tell me a bedtime story? ”
“ Look, I'll just be my own MILF. ”
“ Listen, she's not stereotypically pretty, but she's pretty in a way where she balances elegance and grotesqueness and that is like top tier pretty. ”
“ So THAT'S where the stick went. ”
“ Ooooh how I wish it would rain down... gays on me ♫ ”
“ FUCK, I CAN FAIL AT THINGS NOW? THIS IS BULLSHIT! ”
“ I wanna put the war god in the jar! For no reason! Just pranks! ”
“ I don't... think monsters come in straight? ”
“ Thankfully, I have enough titty to compensate for everyone else's lack of titty. ”
“ WE DESCENDED INTO BITING EACH OTHER ONCE AGAIN. As it is the standard state of existence for us. ”
“ What is execution, if not legal murder? ”
“ I almost forgot that most drugs are illegal. ”
“ [NAME] could bust into my room right now and say ‘ Hey, I'm drafting you into my demon army ’ and I'd simply hop into her arms. ”
“ For you, you know I would do much more than grind you into a paste and spread you far and wide! ”
“ ... We have graduated from Feral Anger to De-escalation Mode. The fridge may not be knocked over, after all. ”
“ THE TEXT ITSELF IS GAY, NO UNDERLYING TONE IS NECESSARY. ”
“ I know you’re small. You got that scrambling energy. ”
“ No shirts, no shoes, only gays? ”
“[NAME], I'm booked to terrorize you with visions of Christmas Future tonight. Just giving you a heads-up. ”
“ It's not a callout post, if you're just stating facts. ”
“ Therapy is a motion-based predator. ”
“ Please think of me but in a sexy way. ”
“ There is a sexy way to think of you? ”
“ YOU WHAT OUTTA HER MOUTH??? ”
“ Sometimes, it's okay to eat your friends when they insult you. ”
“ The twink has breached containment. ”
“ YOUR JUDGEMENT CANNOT STOP MY NOCTURNAL LIFESTYLE. ”
“ [NAME] is surprisingly malicious. ”
“ ... I am convinced [NAME] is on mind control shrooms. ”
“ You fool, he’s echolocating. ”
“ Snap him over my knee like a fuckin Slim Jim. ”
“ Hank Hill Ass Havin Twink. ”
“ Pff- as if I don't know how to handle a cursed sword. I'm a professional here! ”
“ OH NO. THE SMILIE OF SUFFERING. ”
“It’s Twink Hunting Season and [NAME] is a goddamn trophy buck.”
“ You put those cursed words back in your mouth or so help me. ”
“ Losing a thumb will do that to you. ”
“ GIVE ME DARKNESS. GIVE ME SNACKS. GIVE ME WIFI. ”
“ Got no clue, let me go ask the only one I know that hasn't tried to kill me. ”
“ This. This is why I drink when nobody's looking. ”
“ Hey... want to fly closer to the sun there, Icarus? ”
“ I'm burdened with just enough Naruto lore to be dangerous. ”
“ PUNCH! THAT! ASS! ”
“ That reminds me, I should Beanpost again. ”
“ I have no soul, only void. I feel NOTHING for tormenting friends. ”
“ That’s a lie, you are LYING. You love this and I know you love it. ”
“ We have subjugated the tiddy. ”
“ This is the carbon requirement for human transmutation. ”
“ I mean. Vampire fucker rights though. ”
“ At least take him on a date before you ask him to elope with you! ”
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crystallized-shadow · 3 years
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Chapters: 1 Part: 6 of Forces of Natura Rating: T Relationships: Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama/Uzumaki Mito, Senju Itama/Uchiha Izuna/Uchiha Kagami Word Count: 2059 Summary: As winter draws to an end, Tobirama knows it's only a matter of time before Hashirama shows up.
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“You know Hashirama will search for me,” Tobirama mutters towards the end of his season, “and with his control I won’t be able to hide our magic any longer.”
“I knew they would find us sooner or later,” Madara yawns, cuddling closer to his winter’s side, while he was back to full power now winter had always made him sleepy, “thank you for hiding us this long.”
“Anything for you my summer,” Tobirama chuckles, lightly digging his fingers into Madara’s scalp and getting a rumbling purr from the older god. “How do you want to break the news to them?”
“In the most dramatic way possible, duh.”
Tobirama can’t help but chuckle, it would seem all this time still hadn’t improved Madara’ sense of humor. “And what, pray tell, did you have in mind?”
“Let them think I’m some abusive asshole and see who tries to kill me first?” Madara suggests, shifting in Tobirama’s arms so he can stare into the ruby red eyes of his eternal partner.
“What is it with you fire related gods and trying to kill each other?” Tobirama huffs, the barest hint of a smile ghosting his lips when Madara laughs; it was good to hear his summer sound so free after all he’d been through.
“Battle burns in our blood.”
“Shall we take bets on who strikes first?” Tobirama asks instead of trying to refute that claim, it would be futile and he already knew he’d agree to anything Madara asked. “Hashirama is my choice.”
“Most likely,” Madara agrees before a devious smirk graces his devastatingly handsome face, “unless of course he rallies all the gods, then it will be Izuna the moment he sees the mark on my neck.”
Tobirama has to admit Madara has a valid point, all of the humans who possessed the stolen fire magic had borne Madara’s symbol until he had reclaimed his powers. “You realize they’re going to be pissed once they find out the truth.”
“And?” Madara challenges with a raised eyebrow, “they’re going to be pissed either way, so let’s have some fun!”
“I’m going to regret this, but let's hear it.”
“I’ll just need you to act like a meek little snowflake, scared of my obviously superior magic-”
“I’m going to smother you with a pillow.”
“-and cower in my presence. Maybe bloody you up a bit too, really set the scene.”
“And what’s in it for me if I go along with this ridiculous idea of yours?”
“That should be obvious,” Madara scoffs, ignoring the eyeroll that comment gets, “you’ll get to fuck me in our den until you’re sated.”
Now that was quite the offer, the transition into spring always caused a violent spike in his libido that had Madara limping for the first month of the new season. To offer up his body, without leading Tobirama on a frustrating chase first, was too tempting to pass up. “How can I say no to that offer?”
“You can’t.”
~~~
Tobirama senses his brother approaching long before the spring god makes it to the mortal plane; he’s not surprised to feel the other gods with Hashirama either, obviously Mother Nature wanted to make his feelings known. Poking his lip, just to make sure the cut is still bleeding, Tobirama settles more comfortably against his restraints. Madara could claim whatever bullshit reason he wanted, Tobirama knew the summer god just wanted an excuse to chain him up.
“Tobirama!” Hashirama exclaims, bursting into the living room without much grace, making the winter god roll his eyes; Hashirama was going to get hurt one of these days if he kept doing that.
“What are you doing here!?” Tobirama hisses instead, making sure his eyes are wide with fear and his voice trembles just enough that the others will notice.
“We came to rescue you Tobi-nii!” Itama declares, frowning at his brother’s battered form; it was clear the winter god had been suffering and whatever human had dared do this would pay dearly.
“You have to go!” Tobirama shoots back, his eyes darting around like he’s looking for something, “hurry! Before he gets back!”
“Tobira…” Hashirama mutters, his heart breaking at the sight of his precious otouto so broken down.
“What’s all the racket pet?” A voice mutters from further in the house, and none of the gods miss the way Tobirama goes absolutely rigid in terror as a human walks through the door beside him.
“Nothing Master,” Tobirama mutters in a meek voice, biting the inside of his cheek to stop from laughing at the spike of anger in Hashirama’s magic; his anija was still too gullible. He can’t help but mentally roll his eyes at Madara’s outfit of choice, the yukata is draped just loosely enough that his ‘stolen’ mark is clearly visible. Predictably Izuna’s eyes hone in on it instantly.
“Where did you get that!?” He demands, stepping forward and the air around him shimmers, “answer me you bastard!!”
“This thing?” Madara asks, a careless gesture to the bright red sigil on the base of his neck, “it’s proof of my clan's blessing from some ancient god; supposedly my ancestor earned an elemental god’s favor.”
Why don’t you just bluntly declare you killed his brother? Tobirama thinks, ducking his head in apparent fear to hide the unimpressed look he knows is on his face. It was hardly a fair bet when Madara goaded Izuna like that. Sure enough, Izuna’s screech of unadulterated rage shatters the windows as he lunges for Madara.
Madara can’t help but laugh as he dodges the sloppy swipe of fiery claws; it would seem Izuna still let his rage get the better of him. The summer god makes sure to keep his moves within a human’s ability, finally allowing Izuna to grab him by the throat and slam him into the wall.
“You will pay for what your family did to my brother!” Izuna snarls, plunging a fire coated hand into Madara’s stomach so the bastard would die slowly.
Madara just chuckles as he calmly places his hand over Izuna’s core and pushes a hint of his magic into his brother. The effect is instant and Izuna drops to his knees with a startled cry, a hand clutching uselessly at his chest as his system filters out the incompatible magic. While Madara and Izuna drew their power from the sun, the greatest fire source, Madara's had always been more potent and potentially dangerous to Izuna if he did like he’d just done. “I see you haven’t changed Izuna.” Madara comments, smirking as the drought god glares up at him, only for his eyes to widen in shock.
“How do you know my name?” He demands in barely more than a whisper, shock washing away his anger.
Madara just chuckles as the sigil on his neck glows brightly, spreading out into very familiar runes as he lets his human facade fade away.
“Aniki!!” Izuna sobs, tears evaporating as quickly as they fall from his eyes. Madara’s usually hard eyes soften and Izuna can’t stop himself from lunging into his brother’s waiting arms. “You came back!!”
“Of course I did,” Madara scoffs, holding Izuna close as the younger god trembles in his arms, sobs still wracking through his body.
“Oh thank the sage,” Tobirama mutters, easily shattering his supposed bonds as he stands up, his injuries melting away.
“Tobira…?” Hashirama mutters, looking between the two gods, his brain struggling to process the sight of Madara alive and well. “I don’t understand…”
“Madara reincarnated,” Tobirama explains with a shrug, walking over to his brother in an effort not to invade Izuna's reunion with Madara. “I found him before it was time and forced the reawakening sooner.”
“I didn’t realize that was possible,” Mito states, watching Madara sharply as Hashirama yanks his brother into a hug, “but it does appear he’s completely back.”
“Madara?” Kagami mutters, finally venturing forward to his mentor’s side, “you’re back.”
“Of course I am Spitfire,” Madara chuckles, pulling Kagami into the hug as well, “did you really think I would stay away?”
“You died,” Kagami sobs, burying his face in Madara’s chest, “and everything changed!”
“I’m sorry little one,” Madara mutters, running his fingers through Kagami’s hair reassuringly, “I won’t do it again.”
“You better not,” Izuna huffs, clinging closer to his aniki, happy to have the older god back, “I’d have to hurt the snowflake if you did.”
“Be nice Izu,” Kagami scolds, his tone watery, “Tobirama has been training me.”
“Oh?” Madara hums with a raised eyebrow, looking over the young god’s head to meet Tobirama’s eyes.
“He couldn’t control his magic,” Tobirama shrugs, dislodging Hashirama, “and that desert you call a brother was useless, so I took over.”
“Why you-!” Izuna snarls, only to be cut off when Hashirama barrels into them, crushing all three fire gods to his chest.
“Madara!” Hashirama sobs, burying his face in Madara’s wispy hair, “I thought I’d never see you again!!”
“Let go of me you oaf,” Madara grunts, struggling to breath through a face-full of hair and flowers.
“No!” Hashirama protests, clinging harder as Izuna and Kagami manage to slip free of his grasp, “I’m never letting you out of my sight again!”
“Knock it off you plant-brained mother hen!” Madara growls, flaring his magic when vines suddenly start wrapping around him in response to Hashirama’s distress. The vines instantly catch fire, along with the ones in Hashirama’s hair, causing the Spring God to jump back with a yelp.
“Hashi-nii,” Itama sighs, quickly dousing his older brother with a downpour.
“Lets all just calm down,” Mito suggests, “as this is Hashirama’s equinox and I doubt any of us want to deal with that mess.”
Everyone shudders at the thought of what an overly emotional Hashirama could do with perfect control over his powers.
“So, Summer, Winter, care to explain?” Hashirama asks with a frown, not liking that his best friend and his brother have been keeping secrets from him.
“Like I said, Madara reincarnated and I forced the reawakening sooner than it should have happened.”
“You owe us more of an explanation than that Snowflake,” Izuna growls, glaring at the older god.
“Izuna,” Madara sighs, catching Tobirama’s hand in his before his eternal partner can try and attack the drought god. Madara shakes his head before he glances over the gods that had come to ‘rescue’ Tobirama. “The family I was born into, the Uchihas, were the ones that originally trapped me and stole my powers. On Tobirama’s solstice they tried to sacrifice me again, but he ended them.”
“How did you know some random human was Madara?” Kagami asks, knowing he wouldn’t have been able to recognize his shishou as a human.
“I’ve always been very attuned to Madara’s presence, when he came of age for a human, I sensed a spark of his original magic. Knowing it shouldn’t be possible for Madara to have reincarnated yet, I kept an eye on the human and when I found him trying to summon a familiar I made sure he summoned me instead.”
“You changed that sigil!?” Madara demands, glaring at his partner, “and when did you plan on telling me that!?”
“Hush,” Tobirama chuckles, kissing the irate summer god, before he looks at his brother, “you actually tried to kill him not so long ago.”
“I did?” Hashirama mutters, before his eyes widen slightly. He had thought that human looked familiar, but he only just now realized it was the one he’d tried to kill while searching for his brother. “But that was some time ago, why haven’t you two come home?”
“I had to wait for the winter solstice to reclaim my lost powers,” Madara says, glancing away from his oldest friend.
“I nearly lost Madara again,” Tobirama practically growls, “and I didn’t feel like sharing him with you yet.”
“I can see how such an event would drive you to isolate your mate to protect him,” Mito comments, knowing she would have reacted the same way if someone had killed her Spring.
“You just wanted to fuck with us,” Izuna guess, glaring at his brother when Madara smirks.
“It wouldn’t have been any fun to just show up.”
“You’re a bastard Shishou,” Kagami states and the sincerity of the comment makes everyone laugh.
“Let’s go home,” Hashirama says, dragging Madara and Tobirama with him before they can protest.
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sakurasasuke · 4 years
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neighbors (part 2)
word count: 2190
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Sasuke got out of his last class for the day, ready to head back home. It was currently 4:50 pm, and he was walking with his friends, heading outside of the campus. They had invited him over for drinks, but Sasuke declined.
“What? What are you doing later? Come on, Sasuke!” Naruto said. Sasuke sighed.
“I told you I can’t. I have somewhere to be later.” Sasuke said.
“Where the fuck would you go on a Friday night?” Neji asks.
“None of your business.” Sasuke says. These guys were as annoying as always.
“You’ve got a date, don’t you?” Shikamaru asks, smirking. Sasuke glares at him.
“It’s not a date.” Sasuke shrugs.
“Well, look at Sasuke. Going on dates.” Kiba puts an arm around Sasuke’s shoulders. “Our boy’s all grown up.” Kiba teases, earning a laugh from the other boys.
“I told you it’s not a date. Now get off.” Sasuke says, and Kiba removes his arm.
“How come you never told us you got a girlfriend?” Choji asks. Sasuke sighs.
“I don’t have a girlfriend. And I don’t have a date later. I’m just having dinner with this girl.” Sasuke explained, earning suspicious looks from the guys.
“Having dinner with a girl. Isn’t that a date?” Sai asks, making Kiba howl in laughter.
“You know what?” Sasuke says, giving the guys a finger. They were talking outside of their college campus, which happened to be across another school.
“What school does she go to?” Shino asks. Sasuke shrugs, looking across the street. That’s when he saw Sakura, talking with her friends. She was hiding her face behind a book, blushing. Her eyes met Sasuke’s, and she looked away. Sasuke smiled.
“Sasuke!” Lee gently hits the black-haired boy on his arm. “What are you staring at?”
“Nothing.” He turns back to look at his friends. “Look, thanks for the invite. I’ll try to go. Just text me or something. I’ll probably be late though.” Sasuke says, staring at them. But everyone seemed to be looking behind Sasuke, making him furrow his brows. “What’s wrong? Is there a killer behind me?” He jokes, making Kiba laugh.
“See for yourself.” Shikamaru says. Sasuke turns around and sees Sakura behind him, hands behind her back, blushing.
“Sakura! Hi.” Sasuke says, his demeanor changing. His friends all look at him with curiosity.
“Hey, Sasuke.” Sakura says. She looks at the boys behind Sasuke, giving them a small wave. “Hi.”
“Sakura! It’s been so long!” Naruto moves towards Sakura, grinning. Sakura smiles, giving Naruto a hug. Sasuke didn’t know why, but he suddenly felt a pang of jealousy.
“Hey, Naruto! Long time no see.” She says. Naruto chuckles, rubbing the back of his head.
“You two know each other?” Sasuke asks, shocked. Sakura nods.
“We were classmates in middle school.” Naruto says, putting his arm around Sakura’s shoulders.
“Oh, that’s cool.” Sasuke says. “Uh, anyway. Sakura, what brings you here?” Sasuke asks.
“I saw you here with your friends. And I thought, why not walk back to the apartment together.” Sakura says. Then she widens her eyes. “B-But you don’t have to! If you don’t want to! I-It was just a thought!” Sakura says. Sasuke smiles.
“Sure. We can head back together.” Sasuke says.
“Sasuke, why don’t you introduce us to your friend?” Sai asks. Sakura blushes, and Naruto smiles.
“I’ll do it! Sakura, this is Sai. That’s Neji. Choji, Shino, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Lee. Everyone, this is Sakura.” Naruto says. The boys smile and wave, and Sakura does the same.
“Sakura. Are you hanging out with Sasuke later?” Lee asks, making Sasuke glare at him. Sakura blushes.
“Yeah. We’re going to have dinner together.” Sakura says, and all the boys try to hide their smiles, except Kiba who was dying of laughter.
“Well, that’s enough! Wanna go, Sakura?” Sasuke asks, smiling at her. She looks up at him and nods.
“Sure. Nice meeting you guys!” Sakura says. “And it was nice seeing you again, Naruto!” Sakura gives Naruto another hug. Sasuke felt that pang of jealousy again.
“We should hang out soon. Just ask for my number from Sasuke.” Naruto smiles, and Sakura nods.
“See you later, losers.” Sasuke says.
“Have fun on your date!” Naruto yells, making Sasuke and Sakura blush.
“It’s not a date!” Sakura and Sasuke say in unison, making them both blush even more. They can hear Sasuke’s friends laugh, and they walk away in silence, both not knowing what to say.
“Your friends seem pretty fun.” Sakura says, breaking the silence a few minutes later. Sasuke hums.
“I guess. But they’re idiots.” Sasuke says and Sakura giggles. Sasuke glances at her and smiles to himself. Her pink hair was down, her cheeks a slight pink, and her pink lips were slightly parted.
“Ow!” Sasuke exclaims as he runs into a pole, forehead hitting the cold metal.
“Are you okay?” Sakura asks, trying to hold back the urge to laugh. Sasuke rubs his forehead, embarrassed. “You should watch where you’re going, Sasuke.”
“Yeah. I know. Sorry, I was spacing out.” Sasuke says. Sakura reaches up to gently touch his forehead, making Sasuke blush.
“I don’t think it’ll bruise. Just be sure to put some ice on it.” Sakura says. It was at that moment that Sakura realized how close they were. Their faces were inches apart, their noses almost touching. Sakura widens her eyes and pulls away, blushing. “Sorry! I didn’t mean to touch you without your permission.” Sakura says, looking down at her feet. Sasuke chuckles and gently pats her head, not wanting to overstep his boundaries.
“It’s alright. No harm done. So, do we head to dinner now, or do we still go back to the apartment?” Sasuke asks. Sakura looks up, her hair slightly covering her face. Sasuke wanted to brush her hair out of her face, and caress her cheeks.
“W-We can eat now, if you want. So that you can still hang out with your friends after dinner.” Sakura says.
“How’d you know that I’m meeting with my friends later?” Sasuke asks. Sakura giggles.
“Well, you said ‘see you later, losers’ when we left.” Sakura imitates Sasuke’s voice, making the black-haired boy chuckle. “Anyway, where do you wanna eat?” Sakura asks.
“Anywhere is fine. I’m not picky.” Sasuke says. Sakura nods and hums, thinking.
“Ah, we could go to that Italian restaurant by the apartment. Is that okay?” Sakura asks, and Sasuke nods.
“Sure. Let’s go.” The pinkette and black-haired boy walk in silence, comfortable in each other’s presence. Even though they had just met, it already felt like they knew each other for quite a while.
They arrive at the restaurant, which was fancier than they expected. The waitress looked at the two, who were wearing casual clothes. Unlike the other restaurant goers who were in fancy dresses and tuxes.
“Table for two?” The waitress asks, plastering on a fake smile. Sakura smiles and nods, and they follow the waitress. She leads them to their table, and they sit down. There were stares coming from the other customers, which made Sakura feel uneasy. “Here’s the menu. I’ll be back in a few to get your orders.” The waitress says. Sakura looks up to see that the waitress was looking at Sasuke, giving him a wink. She then walks away, and Sakura looks at the menu.
“Oh my god, everything’s so expensive.” Sakura says. Sasuke hums in agreement.
“I can pay for my own meal.” Sasuke offers. Sakura looks at him, and shakes her head.
“No. I said I would pay for dinner. And I will. Please, choose anything, Sasuke.” Sakura says. There was silence between them now. The waitress comes back, looking fresh. She had retouched her makeup, and put on perfume – way too much for Sakura and Sasuke’s liking. Sakura smirked, knowing that she was trying to get Sasuke’s attention.
“Hello. Are you ready to order?” The waitress asks, who was looking at Sasuke the whole time.
“Yes. I would like the spaghetti. With coke.” Sakura says, but the waitress doesn’t seem to be listening to her. Sasuke looks at the waitress.
“Miss, I believe she told you what she’d like. But you didn’t listen.” Sasuke says, and the waitress blushes.
“Sorry, sir. Could you repeat that again, ma’am?” The waitress looks at Sakura, giving her a fake smile.
“Spaghetti and coke.” Sakura says, tired of playing nice. The waitress nods.
“And for you, sir?”
“I’ll have the lasagna. And we’d also like to ask for some water.” Sasuke says, giving the waitress a heart-stopping smile. Sakura watched the whole interaction, suddenly feeling disheartened. Was he flirting with someone else, right in front of her? Or was he just being too nice? They weren’t even dating, so why was Sakura feeling like this? Sakura was lost in her thoughts until Sasuke called her, gently putting his hand over hers on the table.
“Sakura?” Sasuke asks, his voice soft. Sakura blushes, looking down at Sasuke’s hand.
“Sorry. I was spacing out. Were you saying something?” Sakura asks. Sasuke removes his hand and smiles.
“I didn’t know that you were in the college across mine. So, you’re a med student? That’s a med school, right?” Sasuke asked, starting a conversation. Sakura smiled and nodded.
“I’m in premed. Currently taking nursing.” Sakura explains, and Sasuke nods.
“Cool. Future doctor. I’ll come to you for checkups, okay?” Sasuke teases and Sakura blushes.
“If I survive the rest of med school, then sure.” Sakura says. Sasuke smiles.
“So, I didn’t know you knew Naruto.” Sasuke states.
“Well, I didn’t know you knew him either. He’s a really funny dude. He got in trouble a lot in middle school.” Sakura says, smiling.
“Well, he still gets into trouble now.” Sasuke says and Sakura giggles. Sasuke’s heart flutters hearing Sakura.
“He’ll never change. But that’s what’s so fun about him. He likes to speak his mind and doesn’t take bullshit from people.” Sakura says and Sasuke nods in agreement. “So, what are you studying?” Sakura asks, changing the topic.
“Architecture. But it’s more like architorture.” Sasuke says and Sakura laughs.
“I didn’t think you were an architecture student. I thought you would be in criminology or something.” Sakura says and Sasuke raises an eyebrow.
“Oh? Why criminology?”
“I don’t know. You kinda seem like one at first glance, I guess. But I-I’m not judging you or anything!” Sakura says, cheeks slightly turning pink and Sasuke chuckles.
“It’s fine. Honestly, I thought of taking criminology. But my mom didn’t want it. So. I’m stuck in architecture. And I suck at memorizing terms and stuff, so medicine is not for me.” Sasuke says and Sakura smiles.
“Well, I suck at drawing. And math, kinda. So, architecture, engineering, stuff like that… That’s not for me.” Sakura explains. Sasuke nods. “Oh, could I get Naruto’s number?” Sakura asks.
“Uh, yeah. Wait a sec.” Sasuke grabs his phone, opening his contacts. He clicks Naruto’s name, and hands the phone over to Sakura. Sakura takes the phone, their fingers touching. She saves Naruto’s number in her phone and hands back Sasuke’s phone to him. Their fingers touch again, making Sakura blush.
“Thanks.” Sakura says. Sasuke was about to reply when the waitress comes back, food in hand.
“Hello. Here is your meal.” The waitress gently sets down their food on their table. “Enjoy.” She walks away, leaving the two in silence.
“Let’s eat!” Sakura says, smiling at Sasuke. Sasuke smiles back and nods.
“Yes, let’s.”
They eat in a comfortable silence, the chatter of the other customers in the background. They finish eating, and Sakura asks for the check, which the waitress hands over.
“I’m broke now.” Sakura says, sighing as she pays in cash. Sasuke chuckles. “We can go now. They can keep the change.” She says, grabbing her bag. Sasuke stands up and grabs his stuff as well. Once they’re out of the restaurant, the cold evening breeze brushes past them, and Sakura smiles to herself.
“Oh, I can hold your bag for you if you want.” Sasuke says, turning to look at Sakura. Sakura shakes her head.
“It’s fine, Sasuke. It’s not that heavy anyways. Thank you though.” Sakura smiles and Sasuke pouts. Sakura tries her best to not pinch Sasuke’s cheeks and call him cute. They walk back to the apartment side-by-side, making small talk.
“You can go on ahead, Sakura.” Sasuke says once they’re in front of the building. “I still have to go and see those idiots.”
“Yeah, sure! Have fun, Sasuke.” She says smiling. Sasuke smiles back.
“Thanks for dinner. I had a great time. Do you wanna do it again sometime?” He asks. Sakura smirked. Sasuke wasn’t so subtle.
“Are you asking me on a date?” Sakura teases and Sasuke widens his eyes, looking away.
“N-No! I didn’t mean it like that!” Sasuke defends himself and Sakura giggles. She places a hand on his shoulders, giving it a small squeeze.
“I was just teasing, Sasuke.” She says, smiling. “I’d love to have dinner again.” She says, removing her hand from his arm. “Text me when you get home, okay?” She says, giving Sasuke a wink as she walks away.
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unloved-cadillac · 3 years
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Leather Jackets and Glasses Three
Y/n L/n, the leader of the notorious gang called The Scouts. Placed in Rose high, Y/n is in her senior year but things take a turn when she starts getting interested in a certain boy named, Levi Ackerman. Follow the journey of heartbreak, betrayal and love between two people who were destined to be together.  
CHAPTER THREE:
It was Monday and the day was just about to end. One more period and I could go home and sleep. I hated Mondays. But I guess, the days became a bit more bearable since I had someone to look forward to. I just finished English and was heading down to my locker to fetch my French books. So when I walk, I pass Levi’s locker. As I turned into the Galway I see Reiner. His back is facing me, but I knew that hair anywhere. The problem was, he was towering over Levi. I sneak up and catch a few words that Reiner’s disgusting mouth.
-You better stay away from her. She’s mine.
-I don’t know why you’re talking about.
-Don’t give me that bullshit. I saw you two on Friday. Stop trying. She’s not gonna go for someone like you. She needs a man.
Alright that was it.
-I’m sure you aren’t talking about yourself Reiner. You’re not even half the man Levi is.
I say. Reiner turns around and looks at me. Levi widens his eyes when he sees me. I lock eyes with Levi.
-Hi Levi.
-H-hey Y/n.
-Reiner, you’re being an asshole. A bigger one than you already are.
-Aw come on, babe. I know you want me. This short stack doesn’t have a chance with you.
-And neither do you. I don’t want you. Who fooled you?
-You’re just playing hard to get.
-Oh really?
I cross my arms and kick him in his balls. He falls down and screams.
-I’m sure you wanted that.
I tell him. I walk up to Levi and grab his hand.
-Want to get outta here?
He blushes but looks confused.
-We still have one more period.
-Oh come on, Levi. Bunking one period won’t hurt. Please?
I do my best puppy eyes and he gives in. I smile and take him to my car.
-Where are we going?
Levi asks me as he buckles himself in. I put the car into reverse and drive.
-I have no clue.
It was true. I had no idea where we were going. But I didn’t feel weird about it. And it looked like he didn’t either. It took me a while to register but I was literally alone with him. Driving to God knows where and there was no tension. It felt...right. After driving for a couple of minutes he turns to me.
-Y/n?
I hum in response.
-Are you going to prom?
I tense up. Oh shit. I think I know where this is going.
-uhm...yeah. I am. You?
I say. He smiles a bit.
-I am. I was wondering...would..would you like..t-to go...with me?
I widen my eyes and look at him. But a quick glance, cause you know, gotta drive.
-I was going to ask you properly. But, you know.
He says and laughs nervously.
He was going to ask me. Wow. I smile to myself. Sorry, guys. Looks like I’m going to prom.
-Levi, I would love to go to prom with you.
I tell him and smile. He smiles too. We drive for a while and I ended up at this cliff. I parked the car and we saw the sun start to set.
-Listen, Levi. I’m sorry about Reiner. He is such an asshole.
I apologize to him. I put my head on my hands which were on the steering wheel. Levi doesn’t say anything and I start to get a bit worried so I pick up my head and look at him. Levi was looking at me.
-L-Levi? You okay?
Did I just...I just stuttered. This boy.
-Yeah. I’m fine. It’s just...why haven’t we spoken before?
I got a bit taken back from his question. Mostly because I didn’t know how to answer it. Why didn’t we speak? Was it my ego? Was it because I never acknowledged him before?
-I..I don’t know. I just...I had my set of friends and I thought I didn’t need anyone else. What about you? Why haven’t you spoken to me?
I ask as I rest my face in my hands. He looks out at the sun and back to me.
-I guess..I wasn’t really good at speaking with girls. Apart from Hange and Isabel, I never could. I did try once and that backfired.
-What happened?
He chuckles
-Well it’s a funny story. See I liked this girl. Petra, I’m sure you know her.
-A bitch but go on.
He smiles.
-Yeah. So she started to speak to me one day, out of the blue, and I kinda got attached to her. But when I tried speaking to her out of class she straight up ignored me. Like I only existed in class. So, I went up to her by her locker because she forgot her lip..gloss? Is it? Yeah, she left it and I tapped her shoulder and said,”Hey. You left this” and she said,”Why did you take it!? You nerd.” And threw her water on me.
I widen my eyes in shock.
-What the hell is wrong with her!? I could kill her right now.
-Oh god. Please don’t. Knowing you, you probably would.
I laugh. I mean, I really laugh. Levi laughs with me. We laughed for a while until I look at the time.
-Holy shit. It’s half past 4? How long have we been laughing??
I turn to Levi who laughs.
-A while I guess.
-Ugh I’m so tired.
I lean back. I look over to Levi and an idea pops in my head.
-Wanna drive?
He whips his head to look at me.
-Uh..if it’s ok with you. You do look tired.
I smile and open the driver’s door and hop out and Levi does the same. We pass each other and switch seats. We get comfortable and I ask Levi.
-Can I have your number?
-Ugh, Y/n! I was going to ask first!
He chuckles. Damn. I love it when he laughs.
-Loser’s weepers. Come on. Tell me.
I pull out my phone and he tells me his number. I instantly message him and his phone dings. He pulls it out and looks at the message.
-Glasses? Seriously?
-Yeah. Why aren’t you wearing them by the way?
-Oh I only need them to read. 
-You look cute with them.
He blushes, again. 
-Shall we leave?
-We shall.
Levi drives us back to town and drives to his home first.
-My mom is gonna flip.
-Oh shit. Yeah I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have just dragged you out of school.
-Are you kidding me? After years of being “the good boy” I finally did something wrong. And it’s all thanks to you, Y/n.
He glances to me.
-But still, I don’t think your mom would like you to hang around me. I’m a bad influence.
I say as I look out the window. It’s true. Many parents had told their children to stay away from me. They think they’re slick when the whisper but I hear everything.
-Oh shut up. You’re not.
Levi suddenly says. See, if it were anyone else who told me that, their teeth would be knocked out, but I didn’t feel the need to punch him. I just...accepted it. Like he was telling the truth. The drive back was nice. The sun had just set and the sky was painted a beautiful orange. We make it into a neighborhood where all the posh people lived. I didn’t expect Levi to come from here.
-Whoa you live here?
I ask, surprised.
-Yeah. Mom is a real estate agent so it’s good pay for her. Don’t let this fool you though. This neighborhood is filled with stuck up bitches who look down on everyone and everything. I should know because when we moved in here a couple of years back, we didn’t have that many furniture or stuff. So it was just a big old empty house. Many of our neighbors gave us sympathy and some told us,”Why don’t you just move back to where you came from? It surely must be easier.” And now look, Mom owns most of this place and people never dared to underestimate us again.
Levi tells me. Wow. I never knew. Levi was a hard worker. You could tell. He always gave his 100% on everything he did. We pull up to this amazing big house on the inside of the neighborhood. He pulls into the driveway and turns off the car. We stay quiet for a bit.
-Do you want to come in?
Levi asks me.
-Huh? Oh no. I don’t belong here. I’d just be intruding.
Levi scoffs.
-Oh please don’t make me laugh. Come on. Farlan is here and I think Isabel too. Stay for a bit.
He says sincerely. I look at him in awe. He really doesn’t care does he? He doesn’t even care I might rob him.
-Well...aren’t you afraid I might rob you or something?
-Rob me? Why would you do that?
-I don’t know. You probably got a lot of nice stuff in there.
-Well, then I give you permission to take anything you want. Just not my tea. Or my cleaning stuff.
I quirk my eyebrow at him. Tea? Cleaning stuff? Goofball.
-I guess...a few minutes won’t hurt.
Levi smiles.
-Great. Come on.
He opens the door and we jump out. Even the air here smells...clean. I let Levi lead the way and we enter his house. I take of my shoes and my Naruto socks are on display. Levi looks down and laughs.
-Nice socks.
-Thanks.
-Mom! I’m home!
He shouts as he turns on the lights.
-Levi Ackerman, where the hell have you be- oh hello there.
His mom comes to us. She looks just like Levi. The jet black hair, hers being longer, her iron blue eyes. She looks at me and smiles.
-Levi, since when do you bring pretty girls home?
-Mom. This is Y/n, a friend of mine. Y/n this is my mom, Kuchel Ackerman.
-Hi, Mrs Ackerman. It’s very nice to meet you.
-Oh honey, please call me Kuchel. And Levi..
She pinches his ears.
-Why are you home so late? I was worried sick when you didn’t come home with Farlan.
-Sorry. I just went for a drive. Nothing to worry about.
-Still. At least tell me where you are so I don’t have to worry like that.
-I will. Oh and Mom, Y/n is staying for dinner.
-Wha-What? No. I’m not. I said a few minutes. I should leave.
-Oh, Y/n. Stay for dinner. I made Levi’s favorite. Chicken curry with rice.
Oh shit that’s my favorite too.
-Oh. Well I guess...
-Not guess. Will. I’m gonna go take a quick shower I’ll be back in 5.
He tells me. I smile and he leaves. I go into the lounge to see Farlan with a sleeping Isabel laying on his lap.
-Y/n?
I wave at him.
-Come sit.
I sit on the sofa and watch TV. Dr Phil is on.
-Dr Phil, huh?
-Yeah. It’s Izzy’s favorite show but as you can see
He motions to her
-Fast asleep.
I chuckle.
-Oh y/n? Thank you for telling me about the car garage. He redid the whole thing and it’s not making that weird sound anymore. Got a free paint job too.
-Oh. Sure thing Farlan. If you need anything else let me know, okay?
-There is one more thing.
I turn to face him.
-Levi is pretty shy, so go easy on him.
I blush.
-Oh. Oh sure thing Farlan.
I avoid his gaze and look back at the tv. I can see from the corner of my eye he is smiling. Idiot.
-Alright, kids. Dinner’s ready.
Kuchel comes and tells us. I wake up and Farlan wakes up Isabel.
-Izzy, honey. Food.
She instantly wakes up and is full of energy. How the fu-
-Oh! Y/N! Yay, Levi- bro finally asked you to come for dinner. I’m so happy.
She smiles and grabs my arm. I smile back. So Levi has been talking to them about me? Cute. We go to the dining room and Kuchel sets up the table.
-Oh, Kuchel, do you need some help?
I offer.
-Oh, thank you, dear. If you don’t mind, can you get the rice from the kitchen?
I nod and make my way to the kitchen. I find the rice and pick it up and make my way back to the dining room. I see Levi coming down with a towel while drying his hair. I set the rice down and Isabel motions to me.
-Come sit by me, Y/n!
I smile and walk past Levi. Holy hell. Whatever soap he used smells amazing. I guess he picked up on that and smirked. Shy my ass. I sit by Isabel and she looks at me.
-I like your hair. It’s very pretty.
I widen my eyes. I have never been called that before. I blush and thank her softly. Levi sits across me and we all start eating.
-So, Y/n. What courses do you do in school?
-I do physics, maths and French.
-Oh that’s nice. So you must be pretty smart.
-Haha well, physics is getting pretty hard. Not that Levi would agree.
I say and look at him.
-I 100% agree with you. But don’t worry. Just push through it. It’s your final year so better give it all you got and that’s the best you can do.
That’s the most inspiring thing anyone has ever told me. Not even my mother told me that.
-And if you do have any trouble I’m sure Levi would be happy to help you.
She tells me. I smile and look at my food. Levi kicks my foot and I look up. He doesn’t look at me though, which makes me confused. I take another bite of my food and oh my god.
-Kuchel, this is the best chicken curry I’ve ever had.
I compliment her. Kuchel smiles.
-Aw thank you, Y/n. Would you like some more?
She asks me. Well, since I haven’t had a home cooked meal in a couple of years, since I’ve been surviving on take out and ramen, it’s best just to savor this.
-Yes please.
She takes my plate and dishes out more. I eat it all. This probably was the best meal I have ever had.
-Y/n. Are you going to prom?
Farlan asks me. I stop eating and look at him. I chew slowly and smile. Since my mouth is full, I nod.
-Oh that’s great. With who?
This little- he knows exactly who I’m going with.
-Levi.
I say. Kuchel widens her eyes.
-Levi! How did you not tell me??
-I asked her today, Mother.
He says as he takes another bite of food.
-Well, Y/n. If you need a dress or someone to get your hair done, I know a couple of people willing to help. Just shout and I’ll get it done.
My heart softens at her sincerity. How can this woman be so kind to someone she doesn’t even know?
-I will. Thank you.
I flash my voice cracking a bit. I feel like I’m gonna cry.
-Uhm, Kuchel, may I use your bathroom?
I say sniffing a bit. I catch Levi’s eye and him furrows his eyebrows like in a way to ask,”What’s wrong?”
-What happened, Y/n? Too spicy?
Isabel jokes. I smile at her.
-Oh sure. It’s up the stairs, down the hall, to the right.
-Thank you.
I wake up and go to the bathroom. I go and lock the door. Fuck. I feel like I’m having a panic attack. I have no idea why though. Is it because this is what it’s like to be loved by a mother? I let a few tears fall and wash my face. I look in the mirror and see my face, eyes red. I can’t go out like this. I look around to see the window. But it’s too small for me to jump through and by the looks of it, there’s no roof or anything below for me to jump down on. I rinse my face with cold water once again, and calm myself down.
I’ll leave. I’m sure they won’t mind.
I unlock the door and make my way downstairs. I sit back at the table and wait a couple of minutes. But it looks like the Gods are kind of on my side because I get a message from my father.
Where are you? It’s getting late. Come home.
Fuck.
-Uhm, I’m sorry to leave so early but it looks like my dad is worried about me.
-Oh, sure honey. No problem. Let me pack some food for you.
-Oh it’s no big deal.
-I insist. Wait 5 minutes. I’ll be right back.
Kuchel leaves to pack my food and I say goodbye to Farlan and Isabel and Levi escorts me to my car.
-Do you have to leave?
Levi asks me.
-Yeah. My dad is gonna freak out. Thank you for inviting me into your home, Levi.
-I should be thanking you. Today was great. I hope we can do it again sometime.
I smile and Kuchel comes out with a Tupperware of food.
-Hey you go, Y/n. Thank you for dropping Levi off.
-It’s no problem, Kuchel. Thank you for the food.
She brings me in for a hug and it catches me off guard. Is this a mother’s love? I pull away and hop into my car. They wave me off and I get outta there to face my father.
*In Levi’s Room*
Knock knock
-Come in.
Farlan enters Levi’s room. Levi is busy with homework.
-Hey man.
-Hey.
Farlan lays down on his bed.
-Feet off the bed.
Levi says without even looking back. Farlan laughs and puts his feet down.
-Izzy gone home?
-Yeah. She left a couple of minutes ago. So..
Farlan sits up. Levi turns to look at his brother.
-You and Y/n, huh?
Levi blushes and looks away.
-No.
He says. He wasn’t sure, but one thing he knew was that he was slowly falling in love with her. She’s not at all what he had expected her to be. She was calm with him. Not speaking over him, laughing. Or maybe he was looking too much into things.
-Oh come on, Levi. I’ve seen the way she looks at you. Plus, you’re taking her to prom! How cool is that!? You can make a move on her.
Farlan winks.
-Do you really have to make it seem so lewd? I’m not even sure if she was being serious.
-Levi. I love you and everything but you really are stupid.
Levi picks up his head and looks at Farlan.
-She told our mother she’s going with you. Why would she lie to her?
Farlan does have a point. If Y/n didn’t want to go with him she could’ve just said no. But she didn’t.
-Yeah. I guess you’re right.
-See? But you don’t have to worry. Prom isn’t for another 4 months so you have plenty of time to figure out what you need to do. Goodnight, Levi.
-Yeah. Goodnight, Farlan.
Levi washes up and lays down on his bed. Maybe this was a start of something new...
Here is Chapter Three. Feel free to message if you want to be added to my taglist.
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hi-epervier · 4 years
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I’m in a writing funk. Have a Naruto/Sasuke + make-up thingy while I wrestle with my muse. 
There was a washroom, at the end of a corridor on the third floor of the school's science building, that went up in flames back in the 80's. They had renovated it since, but it retained a certain je-ne-sais-quoi that made one instantly ill at ease the moment they stepped past its treshold. Word had it between students that it was haunted, by Bloody Mary, or kids who hadn't managed to escape the fire, or something else entirely, depending of the version of the story you listened to. And, it was a boys washroom. One that smelled.
That washroom's entrance door creaked open.
'I'M TAKING A SHIT!' Naruto bellowed, hoping the interloper would hurry up and scram already, like the previous ones did.
He'd holed himself up in there specifically so that no one would bother him. So why the hell did it have so much trafic?!
Naruto listened for clues of what was going on, sagging in relief when he heard the door close.
Yet, just as he was bringing the brush to his face again, footsteps made themselves heard in the heavy silence.
Naruto bit back a groan. Great. Just his luck. They hadn't left.
And they were approaching, rather than retreating.
Whoever it was (one person, light steps, the presumed dude taking his sweet fucking time, like this was a stroll through the gardens or something) strode forward and past the first stalls, pushing doors open as he went.
Slowly, a pair of checkered sneakers came into view in the space visible under the locked door of Naruto's stall, and lingered there. Naruto glowered at them, trying to make them go away with the force of his mind alone. He slav squatted on the toilet seat, feet up high, so that shouldn't be a problem unless the asshat bent down and peeped under the door, but, still.
The sneakers and black jeans connected to them shifted, slightly to the right, (no!), then away, towards the urinals on the far wall of the room. Yes! Naruto thought frantically. Fuck off! Get lost!
Then, the sneackers angled themselves toward him again, the door handle gave, shitfing down, leaving Naruto plenty of time to feel a brick drop in his stomach when he realized that the lock was at the horizontal. He'd forgotten to turn it up!
Whatever protest he might have conjured stayed stuck in his throat as the door opened a few inches.
The dude (because it was a dude) looked every bit as much of a shithead as every other time they'd met, and was glaring down his stuck-up nose at Naruto.
Naruto gave him the finger.
'What.' Sniffle. 'Come to watch, creep?' He shoved his forearm under his runny nose, leaving a streak of snot on the sleeve of his lucky jacket, but who even cared at this point. That other shit had gotten into the corner of his eye, and it stung like a bitch.
The boy didn't react. He just hovered there, watching Naruto like a fucking statue, so, never breaking eye contact, Naruto lifted a buttcheek from where it rested on the closed toilet seat, and gave a big old fart.
Fraganced, too. One of his better ones, if he said so himself, and Naruto was a connoisseur.
The boy grimaced, but didn't run for the hills.
Why wasn't he leaving?
'Like to watch little boys on the toilet, eh, Uchiha freak-o? Does your mommy know?'
The boy finally moved, only to step inside the stall and lock himself up with Naruto in it.
Suddenly, Naruto wasn't so sure about this anymore.
'What the hell?!'
'Give that here,' Uchiha said, his voice gravelly. Whether from disuse or smoking or puberty was anyone's guess. Though perhaps not the smoking: Uchiha's teeth were all freakily white and clean, like the photoshopped models in the magazines he'd spied Sakura's bossy friend reading.
His stupid hair was always so perfectly styled and soft-looking, and his skin so clear, and his make-up thingy so sharp. Meanwhile, no god nor gel bottle could make Naruto's hair do anything else than stick up every which way, and girl stuff like hair pins made him look like a clown. It wasn't fair.
Uchiha held out a hand, palm up. Following his gaze, Naruto looked to himself, pausing on the small rectangular box he was craddling to his chest.
'Like hell!' he snarled. 'This is mine, go find your own!'
'I don't want to steal your stupid palette, you idiot.'
'Then what the fuck do you want?!'
'Give me that and find out.'
That! That right here! That's why Naruto couldn't stand the guy! (Well, one of the many reasons, anyway). The nerve of that guy, like he thought he was better than the rest of them or something! Like, like he couldn't be assed to make friends, like they were wasting his time! Well, though luck. Naruto had seen past his bullshit, he was nothing special!
'Sometime this year.'
'Fuck you!' Naruto hissed. 'Why the fuck would I do that? So you can laugh at me?!' Something dawned on him. 'You can't tell people about this! Not anyone! I'll kill you if you do! I-I-It isn't mine! Well, it is, but it's not for me! I-I'm not a girl!'
'Naruto.'
'It's for my cousin!'
'Idiot. Does it look like I'm laughing?'
Uh.
Naruto lifted a hand to his painted face. That's right. Somehow the fact that he looked like a fucking raccoon had managed to slip his mind for a hot minute.
'Well... no. B-But that doesn't mean anything, with a freak like you! I bet you don't even know how to smile, you... you... vampire!'
'Original,' Uchiha drawled, 'and inaccurate as ever. I assume you're referring to the iteration of the mytho dating back to the nineteenth century, which matches my skin tone, and let me guess, you're saying my eyes look lifeless? Internalized racism isn't a becoming look on you, you know that? Especially given your own heritage, but I guess what they say about blonds really is right after all, don't you agree?'
'Err...' said Naruto, who had switched off at 'inaccurate' and hadn't recovered since. 'W-whatever! It's true! And your big words don't scare me!'
Sure, Konoha High's dress code was lax, but Uchiha made it look like it was nonexistent, with his strange emo getup. It was unfair how he always got away with it. And people kept riding Naruto's ass about orange! Orange was a great color! The best color!
'Whatever,' Uchiha said, unlocking the door.
Naruto gaped at him, aghast.
'What are you doing?!'
'You're wasting my time.'
'You can't do that!' Naruto squacked, waggling a scandalized finger at the other boy. 'You can't barge in on people, and just... just... leave!'
Uchiha turned back to face him. 'No?'
'No!'
'Hm.' Uchiha held out his hand again.
Naruto stared at it, suspicion warring with curiosity for first place at the forefront of his mind.
'...Fine!' he decided at last. 'Fine. Whatever. Fine.' He shoved the palette into Uchiha's hand.
Uchiha inspected it, and snorted.
'What? You said you wouldn't laugh! What is it? Why are you laughing?!'
'Nothing. Brush.'
Oh. Right.
Naruto handed over the brush.
'Remover?'
Uh?
'Figures,' Uchiha grumbled, stuffing the make-up in his pocket.
And just like that, he left.
'Hey!'
Oh God, he'd just offered his mom's favorite palette on a silver plater to a fucking thief! He knew he couldn't trust this guy, he should have listened to his instincts! Kushina was going to skin him alive!
Wait.
Running water?
Naruto poked his head through the door. Sure enough, there Uchiha was near the single sink, picking up paper towels and putting them under the trickling water. Their gazes met in the mirror. It had a long gash near the lower corner.
'What are you doing?'
Uchiha ignored him. Several seconds later, the bastard walked back into the stall, pushing past a flabbergasted Naruto and telling him to 'sit'. In his confusion, Naruto obeyed, plopping down his ass on the toilet seat.
'Buy remover,' Uchiha ordered. Then, he set to work.
He started with the eyes, dabbing water against the corners of each of Naruto's irritated eyes, cleaning up the lashes with care once Naruto caught up and closed his eyelids. Next, he moved on to the area right over them, soaking up rivulets of soiled water with the paper before they had a chance of falling in Naruto's eyes. Sheet after sheet of paper got discarded as he worked his way around Naruto's mess, each coming off as brightly orange as the last, and with every bit of powder he removed, Naruto felt himself relax. It was... soft.
Weird, and soft. And wet. But soft. But weird.
And then the other boy used yet another paper towel to dry him up, and all at once it was over.
'Thanks,' Naruto mumbled in the silence.
Uchiha gave a short shrug.
'So,' Naruto spoke up, 'Er, so, I'll just... go!' He jumped to his feet. '...Thank you. I guess.'
Man, two thank yous. Kushina would be marking the day on the calendar if she could see this.
'Where are you going?'
Naruto stopped dead in his tracks.
'I. Somewhere?'
Uchiha looked at him as though Naruto had just grown a second head.
'Didn't you want some make-up?'
It felt a bit dumb lying about it now, so: 'I guess? But it can wait, so, um.' He could pester Uchiha into giving him back his palette later. Probably.
But as the boy peered at him with the first thing approaching hesitation to grace his face in all the time Naruto had had the displeasure of knowing him, it dawned on Naruto that perhaps Uchiha had meant to put it on him himself.
'Did you...?'
'Shut up,' Uchiha snapped, color tinting his cheeks. 'Get your ass back here!'
This time, when Uchiha grabbed his chin to manhandle him into position, there was nothing soft about his grip. Naruto must have hallucinated things earlier. He was fucking brutal!
'Hey, watch it!'
'Hold that,' Uchiha sniped back, fishing out the palette with his free hand and waiting impatiently until Naruto opened his fist to accept it. Uchiha worked open the latch, a frown creasing his brow while he considered the small array of orange-adjacent hues. Finally, he settled on a less saturated shade, swatching some of it on the back of Naruto's hand, ignoring the protest that 'that's the shittiest one!', and, seemingly satisfied, gathered more on the brush to put on Naruto's face.
'Close your eye.'
He worked in quick, light vertical strokes that tickled, squeezing on Naruto's cheeks when the later shifted; flitting from one eye to the other, back and forth again.
At some point, the washroom door swinged on its hinges.
'FUCK OFF!' Uchiha snarled, utterly vicious, his voice breaking near the end. The intruders hadn't finished scampering away like the devil was on their tail that Uchiha was already moving on to a vibrant copper, Naruto's sniggers drowned out by the door banging shut.
Uchiha ducked his head, the tiniest hint of a smile ghosting over his profile.
From there on, the atmosphere shifted to an amicable silence. The grip on Naruto's chin relaxed, and no more words were uttered.
He was starting to get drowsy when all movement of the brush stopped. Uchiha took a step back, frowning at his handiwork.
'Is it all gross?' Naruto joked. By now he'd started suspecting that Uchiha was one of those people with a perpetual case of resting bitch face.
'You're gross,' the boy replied, picking up the eyeshadow palette and letting Naruto see for himself in its pocket mirror. 'I guess it's not totally horrible on you.'
Naruto squinted at his reflection.
'Wow,' was all he could say.
'Calm down, Narcissus.'
Naruto knew that one. 'Yeah, well, that guy was super hot, and so am I! Thanks, dude.'
He accepted the palette Uchiha was handing him back.
'It won't stay on long.' Uchiha warned. 'Normally you should at least put on a proper base first.'
'Er, yeah.'
'...Just google it, dumbass.'
With that, he was gone.
Naruto shook his head at the boy's retreating back. What a weirdo.
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Fate and Choices (ch.07)
Summary: When Naruto discovered who was going to be his soulmate, he jumped straight at this opportunity, looking forward to spending the rest of his life with his better half. Sasuke well…he was less eager in this regard though. NaruSasu. Soulmates tattoos. Explicit.
Warning: NaruSasu anal sex, blow job.
Chapter 06
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He was definitely receiving some glowering in the train because of his constant leg shaking. Sighing, he adjusted on his seat, settling his leg down. Minutes later, his leg restarted shaking, and there were newer sets of eyes throwing silent judgements towards him, so he stood up, scratching his blond head.
He dearly hoped that what he had planned for this date would go well. He didn’t fill much in the itinerary, just enough so Sasuke wouldn’t get bored. While he was taking big breaths to calm his beating heart, he strode to the shopping mall’s entrance, 10 minutes earlier than appointed. Blinking, he recognized Sasuke’s back from afar, so he poked his shoulder. “Hey, you’re here already.”
Craning his head closer, Naruto noticed a moleskine on Sasuke’s lap, some random sketch of a crowd drawn on it. Sasuke shut it, putting on his pocket as he turned around with a nod of acknowledgement. “Just arrived too. Where are we going?”
“Watch a Kurosawa movie, Dreams. The coolest part of it is that a real orchestra will play the instrumental parts! When I read the news I thought you might like it.” He added, rubbing the back of his neck.
“This definitely sounds very interesting, but it’s not going to bore you though?”
“Which is why we’re going to an arcade after that.” Naruto grinned when Sasuke rolled his eyes with a half smile. “Hey, by the way, I saw some drawings in your notebook. Looks pretty cool. Can I see?”
Sighing, Sasuke placed the moleskine on his hand. “It’s nothing really.”
“Nothing…no way.” Naruto flipped through pages, with varied sketches of people, some plants, a cat and even a detailed face from an old man, shades portraying his weary expression with wrinkles. “Man, you’re always such a genius it’s infuriating. They look really good! You learned in college?”
“Hn, took some art classes. It’s a nice hobby now, to pass my time.” Sasuke put his moleskine back when Naruto returned to him.
“Hmmmmm, I can imagine you going to draw some nude models, and even some girls would offer private classes like ‘draw me like one of your french girls’. I should have taken some art classes too!” 
“Moron. What about you? Any interesting extracurricular class you did while in college?”
Naruto thought for a while and replied. “Soccer, I played defense. We even organized going to college tournaments sometimes, brought some cheerleading and all that. Mostly for fun, and I still meet my old team from time to time to play.”
“In Tokyo?” Sasuke muttered incredulous. "Good luck finding a place like that."
Naruto laughed, conceding the point. "We found some indoor futsal courts, it's better than nothing."
“True. Figured you’d be the typical jock once you’re in college. At least you put your endless stamina to good use.” Sasuke smirked.
Naruto showed his tongue in response, though before Sasuke could come up with a sarcastic assessment, the movie theater’s lights dimmed and they focused on the movie. The movie was more boring than he expected, but Sasuke was enthused towards it so Naruto let it slide. Nevertheless, he made sure he’d win the competition in the basketball throwing arcade, because the bastard called him a jock so he better play this part after all. The date finished on a high note with a pleasant dinner and kisses as a side dish, Naruto was practically floating on the way home.
The following dates were equally as nice. This budding relationship with Sasuke was…an interesting process. It was like merging new facets of Sasuke since they didn’t maintain contact in crucial years, but in many other aspects, he was still the same Sasuke he knew since he was a kid. Naruto was also sure that Sasuke was going through this same process with him, which kept their dates engaging and comforting at the same time. 
The only annoying part was the lack of physical contact. They would only kiss when there was a dark alley at some corner of the street, or when they booked an individual room at the restaurant, but it was short and mostly chaste so frankly it was getting frustrating for Naruto.
Things were so much easier when they were young and stupid, skipping some classes so they could go to the school’s rooftop, or go to Sasuke’s bedroom whenever his parents weren’t home to do what their impulses dictated. He even offered Sasuke to go to his apartment but the latter just dismissed him, citing he was tired or whatever. Bah.
Sasuke could feel Naruto’s impatience emanating whenever they were alone on their dates. Even when he kissed his dumbass, whenever he pulled back Naruto would grunt or whine how short it was, and he’d be lying if he said he didn’t want to increase the duration of these kisses, getting lost in their passion, letting his hands caress Naruto’s back.
Then Naruto had the brilliant idea of going to some western style bar, claiming that it had the best handmade sake of all Japan and Sasuke had to try it. The moment they entered the establishment, he took a long look in the environment.
“Small tables for couples, dim lit room…you just dragged me here so we can make out, didn’t you?”
He smirked when the tanned face went engine red and Naruto sputtered. “W-what, no. C’mon you asshole, I’m really serious about the sake I was talking about, I thought you might like it.”
Sasuke hummed, the sardonic smile still in place. They sat at the appointed table, a fixed gaze thrown towards his dumbass boyfriend while Naruto mumbled their order. He glowered at the amused face Sasuke showed, kicking him on the knee and had the sadist joy of seeing the haughty look dissolving to a glare.
The silky sound of cello caught their attention, with the soft follow of piano and drums as the band played a jazz improv. With their faces closer, Naruto took all his time to observe Sasuke focused on listening to the music. His fingers wound up to part the dark fringes and put it behind the ear so he could see Sasuke’s sharp eyes, then he cupped the pale cheek. 
Sasuke fixed his gaze back at him, letting the thumb caress his skin, both unaware that the waitress smoothly put their drinks on the table, bowing out in a second. He muttered, lips curling upwards. “So you did drag me just so you can kiss me all night long.”
Naruto rolled his eyes, smiling. “Part of the reason, maybe.”
He gradually approached, holding his face in place until they closed the gap, softly at first, but increased in intensity each time their mouths glided and parted. One of Sasuke’s hand gripped his hip, pulling him closer so Naruto could taste him better, their own drinks forgotten.
Naruto jumped when he felt something vibrating, Sasuke detached his lips with a wet smack, picking his smartphone with a short glance and ignored the call, sliding their mouths once again with a ragged moan. The smartphone was vibrating once again quite insistently so Sasuke released with one last lick, clearing his throat. “Sorry, must be pretty urgent.”
“Yeah, it’s okay.” Naruto placed his hand over Sasuke’s, brushing over it while he took the call.
He couldn’t really understand the whole conversation, with the piano increasing its tempo and some cheers from the audience, but he could see Sasuke’s previous annoyed expression turning into a concerned one. Sasuke disentangled his fingers and patted Naruto’s head, muttering close to his ear that he needed to go to the toilet so he could have a quieter conversation. The blond man drank his mojito mildly peeved, the kisses were going so fine before this interruption. Sasuke soon returned, picking up his things. 
“Sorry, I think I can’t stay very long.” He picked the sake cup, gulping half of it. “You’re right, it is quite tasty. But after I finish this, we gotta go.”
“Well, that’s…that’s too bad, what happened?”
“One of my college friends, I need to help her relocate to another town because her soulmate found her.”
“Whoa⏤! Seriously? That sounds pretty dangerous. Oh hey, I can call my aunt, she can pull some strings to help your friend if you want.” Naruto interjected, also grabbing his wallet, ready to go.
Sasuke blinked, then nodded. “I’d appreciate that, thanks.”
“Yeah, it’s no trouble.” Naruto called the waitress to pay their bill. “What happened to the poor girl, is her soulmate some yakuza or something like that?”
“No, but he has a history of abusing her. Actually…she was the first one really blatant case about how the Soulmate system failed her, because she’s transgender and she’s paired with a an idiotic transphobe.”
Naruto grimaced, scratching his head. “Wow…I don’t even know what I should say in this case. What about police and lawyers, they didn’t help?”
Sasuke scoffed, souring his expression. “The society in general is biased with the soulmate system, and you know that. Everywhere we went, the moment they knew she was fleeing from her soulmate they thought she was just prolonging the inevitable, that one day he’d see her ways and accept her for who she truly is.”
“And…did he?”
“No, he’s a son of bitch who believes that God above gave him this mission to teach her what is truly correct, so she should go back to her original gender. Fucking bullshit, and everyone that it’s not part of our circle of friends told that it’s her fate to show him otherwise, to help him grow and whatever more excuses that makes me want to vomit.”
“Well…but you know, I don’t know her very well, but maybe fate does⏤” Naruto clamped his mouth shut when he met furious dark grey eyes, his rage was so palpable that he could see even in the dark room.
“See?! That’s what I meant that this system sucks! Instead of doing any rational deliberation to reach a fair conclusion, people prefer doing this victim blaming. If she wants to open his eyes or change his mind should be her decision, and her decision only. No one should force her to do some bullshit epic quest just because they have matching tattoos.”
Huffing, he waited for the usual onslaught of excuses and half-assed explanations but Naruto just stared back with wide eyes. He then crossed his arms in contemplation.
Feeling a little unsettled from this lack of response, Sasuke lashed out. “What?”
Naruto did a double take from his hostility, but muttered. “No, I just thought⏤you’re right. I was being insensitive. I’m just trying to remember about it, like all the times in the past I may have done or said something insensitive like that. I’ll try to be more careful in the future.” 
Oh. Sagging his shoulders, Sasuke said in a more neutral tone. “Sure. Thanks for listening to me.”
“Uh no. Thanks for showing me that I was wrong. Give me her name though, so I can ask around a way to help her out.” Naruto grinned and Sasuke could feel a load coming out from his back.
“Thank you.” The bill arrived so Sasuke picked up with a smirk. “I’ll pay this time.”
As they were going back to the subway, after much pestering and cajoling, Naruto managed to convince Sasuke to introduce him to his college friends one day. Sasuke accepted, as long as he could trade with seeing Naruto in the shortest shorts while playing soccer. The rest of their conversation was filled with teasing quips and the usual bantering.
⏤.⏤  
How odd. For the past month since his older brother went to the Netherlands, he’d call almost every day to help him out managing their company, and to update all the latest news. However, as time passed on, there were some days he didn’t chime in, claiming he was busy, and the gaps between each call would get wider till Itachi didn’t talk to him for a week. There were some occasional convos through messages but his brother was becoming as cryptic as ever.
Frowning, Sasuke figured it was time to call him instead. The first call was ignored. So was the second. He waited an hour and called again. After the 5th time, Itachi decided to answer him, his voice airy and dazed.
“Ah, if it isn’t my wayward otouto-kun⏤”
Sasuke had to point out the obvious. “Wait, you’re the one who vanished for a week⏤”
“Anyways. How are you going with your dates with Naruto-kun?”
“Nii-san, I actually wanted to talk about something relevant…”
“Right, which are probably regarding some tedious subjects.” Itachi responded. “So at least humor me a bit before we go to that part.”
Sasuke rolled his eyes, sighing. “It’s been running very smoothly.”
“Why are you talking as if Naruto-kun is some sort of car?”
“Nii-san…” Sasuke warned.
“Right right. Go on.”
“So…it’s been nice, I’m enjoying his company.” It was almost like they went back to their teenage days, but with many added bonuses. 
His older brother noticed his contemplative tone, and muttered. “You don’t sound so sure though.” 
Sasuke sighed again. It’s just that, the fact that he was having so much fun going on those dates with Naruto was sometimes…unsettling. That maybe the soulmate system was right after all, finding his perfect lifetime partner that fit him perfectly. 
He said, staring at the ceiling. “Sometimes I’m just surprised how accepting Naruto can be. You know my stance about the soulmate system, and you know how I’m against it right?”
“Sure, and then?”
“I guess in all the latest years, whenever I engage in any debate with anyone, I’d meet a lot of resistance. Sometimes people would just shut me down, wanting me to stop the conversation. But I kept forgetting that Naruto really listens to people and is willing to change if he’s persuaded enough.”
“That’s great, isn’t it?” 
“Yes…it’s just…what if all of these is all fabrication from the Soulmate system, that makes Naruto more accommodating to me? What if⏤”
“You’re not seriously believing such a ludicrous idea?” Itachi exhaled loudly, shaking his head.
“I don’t know how much it manipulates both of us, how genuine it is.”
“This tattoo on your hand makes you paranoid and overthink like ‘oh, but maybe…’ and it’d be kind of amusing seeing your skirting around like some lost lamb, if only it wasn’t as tragic too. Have you ever considered that if it weren’t the fact that Naruto-kun is your soulmate, you’d just be thankful that you’re dating a thoughtful, open-minded man who is willing to change his opinion no matter how many curved balls you throw in his direction?”
Sasuke relaxed the grip on his cellphone, turbulent heartbeats calming down due to his older brother’s reassuring voice. “...well.”
“Then make your life simpler otouto-kun.” Itachi insisted. “Just be thankful and happy that you’re dating someone like that and you’re looking forward to seeing how your relationship with him will unfold.”
“…hn.”  
“Let’s all agree with one thing, you’re not exactly an easy person to deal with and you should be thankful that Naruto-kun is the chosen victim of your choice.”
Sasuke scowled, then grumbled. “Naruto is not that perfect either.”
“Oh, pray tell me, why?”
“He got all sulky and refused to talk with me for more than a week just because I told him and I slept with some guys while I was in college.”
Itachi scoffed. “Otouto-kun, I am definitely not going to take your side.”
“You guys are all traitors. You, Neji, Naruto…”
“You made the bed, now you have to lay on it. Hm. Maybe literally.”
“We were supposed to talk about serious issues right.” Sasuke growled.
“Hm. And what would that be?”
Sasuke took a deep breath, dropping all the light mood aside. “Have you talked to our father lately?”
He heard some shuffling coming from the receiver, a small groan as Itachi answered. “No, I haven’t been talking with him since our last meeting. Why?”
“It’s nothing. It’s just that…he used to ask for a weekly financial report but he hadn’t done that lately.”
“Because the company is longer his.” Itachi interjected.
“Yes, true.” Sasuke thinned his lips. “It’s just that he’s been very quiet, I guess I’m worried now. Aside from work, he doesn’t have many friends and kept contact mostly with us, his family. And considering mom divorced him…”
“I guess you’re right. Have you sent him a message?”
Sasuke gave out an awkward grunt. “It’s weird sending him a message without a specific topic.”
“True.” Itachi agreed with a short chuckle. “Alright, I’ll try to contact him and you’ll talk with mom, ok?”
“Deal.” Sasuke conceded, relaxing his shoulders. “Talking about finance reports, you haven’t sent me this week yet and I really need it to show to one of our sponsors.”
There was a silence. 
“Nii-san? You hearing me?” Sasuke frowned, putting his voice closer to the speaker.
“Hmm. Oh, I see. Today is Wednesday, I should have sent the report yesterday right.”
“…right…” Sasuke muttered back, his confusion increasing when Itachi returned to the dreamy airy tone from the beginning.
“It’s incredible how time flies when you find happiness otouto-kun. I cannot believe that it’s Wednesday already. How marvellous is this, having no such thing as time constraining us.”
“Uh…Nii-san, the report…?” Sasuke was getting ready to call 911 because his older brother was acting very out of character.
“I forgot.”   
This time the silence came from Sasuke’s side out of sheer shock. “You forgot.”
“Yes.” Itachi confirmed in earnest. “Shisui-san and I went to Switzerland and all these gorgeous alpine mountains, that beautiful atmosphere that…”
“You forgot.” Sasuke muttered, realization dawning on his head. “Wait, did you talk with Takashi-sama and Nakamura-sama this Monday?”
“I rescheduled their meeting.”
“Ok, rescheduled to when?”
Itachi cleared his throat.
Sasuke felt a migraine coming up. He sighed. “Nii-san. Nii-san. Uchiha Itachi, you have a company to take care of. You have to work. Daily, might I add, in case you have forgotten.”
“Meyer.”
“What?”
“Itachi Meyer, will be my full name. Or maybe Itachi Meyer Uchiha, it does ring really nicely, don’t you think?”
Sasuke rubbed his eyebrows together, groaning. “Okay, your head is clearly all over the clouds, so I beg of you, at least, do some basic things like…talk to some of our sponsors. Show that you’re sound and alive.” 
“Oh, I’m definitely alive.”
Sasuke cringed, shaking his head from the incoming images. “I’m surrounded by fools, that’s what I am.”
“I really can’t wrap up my mind how on Earth I delayed this for so long. The act of consummating our love Sasuke, just the act⏤” 
“I don’t want to know.” He seriously don't want to hear his sibling's sex exploits, he wanted to die.
Itachi ignored him. “Just the act…was almost like some sort of religious experience.”
“I seriously don’t want to know and I don’t know why you’re still talking.”
“Ah otouto-kun, when I⏤” Sasuke hung up. Not one second later, Itachi called again. “As I was saying, when I⏤” Sasuke hung up again and ignored the following calls, putting on silence.
Unfortunately Itachi barreled him with thousands of messages, from all sorts of social media, complaints about how unjust he was, how he should let Itachi freely express how much he loved his soulmate, even baited Sasuke asking about numbers in their stock market.
He then saw that Naruto was calling him, and listened to a very confused tone coming from the blond man. “Ooookay, your brother called me. Something like he’s really sorry that I’m your soulmate and how heartless you are and he asked for you to call him or else. Whatever that means.”
“Nii-san found his soulmate, spent some weeks with him and apparently this is more than enough to lose every brain cell he has available. Does falling in love have such catastrophic results? He used to be the smartest man on Earth. Now I don’t even recognize this idiot that has the voice and the same name as my supposed older brother that I used to admire.”
Naruto laughed. “Oh, c’mon, he’s in a honeymoon phase, just let him. Unfortunately we didn’t have that right? We jumped straight to angry sex.”
“Hn. Ah yes, the fated day about our first time, that it ended up with me topping you.”
“What? No, the fuck. I topped you.”
"You have a terrible memory, usuratonkachi, obviously I topped you first."
“You’re such a liar. Fine, back when your family went on a long vacation and there were only me and you in the house, I topped you mostly.”
“Sure, mostly. Not the first.”
“Because you were all nervous and I didn’t want to hurt you! So I have to show you how to take a dick like a champ.”
“In other words, I. Did. First.” Sasuke smirked.
“‘Cuz I was considerate, you asshole! It doesn’t count! I was almost there!” 
“You can twist how much you want about the tale of events, but you can’t change history.” 
Sasuke heard a string of mumbles and cursing from Naruto until he huffed loudly. “Alright, I don’t know why am I even wasting my time talking to you when I gotta work.”
“Oh, fleeing, the cowardice ch⏤”
“BYE.”
Sasuke chuckled when the call was cut off, his mood improving exponentially. His older brother’s words resonated in his mind; Naruto was an attentive man. He really needed to start letting his walls down.
⏤.⏤  
“Hey Sasuke. I’ve been thinking.”
They were getting back from a L’arc en Ciel show they both enjoyed, the energy settling down after such intense music. Sasuke just grunted back, a cue for Naruto to continue his line of thought.
“So you have good reasons to be against the Soulmate system right? Why did you help your older brother create a system that helps someone to find his soulmate then?”
Sasuke took a moment in contemplation and replied. “Well, first of all, Nii-san is the idealistic one, he wanted to use our clan’s powers to reach everyone in hopes it’d alleviate their suffering. I’m in this because even if I disagree with this system, I can’t stop people from searching for it. The least I could do is ensure that they wouldn’t fall in a trap.”
“Oh yeah, the fact that you guys would research if they have any criminal record and mental health history.”
“Yes, and if we found anything like it, we would warn our client beforehand.” He exhaled a tired breath. “Unfortunately most people would still go through this ordeal nevertheless.”
“Well, curiosity always gets the best of everyone. But it’s not like they all end up meeting their soulmate.” Naruto shrugged untroubled.
Sasuke nodded, studying him minutely and revealed. “To be honest, it’s giving me good money too. And I wanted to invest some of it to build a NGO to help people who have trouble with their soulmate and let their voices be heard for once.”
Naruto absorbed this explanation and brightened up, patting his shoulder. “That’s an awesome idea! I really hope you’ll be able to fulfill it.”
Sasuke felt his lips tugging upwards, crinkling his eyes. “Actually, I already founded with my mother, we planned that she’ll get in touch with the victims while I handle the rest. I just have to put everything in motion.”
“Well, if you need someone to promote your idea and spread the word I can help you out.” Naruto supplied, pointing to himself.
Sasuke snorted in disbelief. “Neji told me your salary, my organization can’t afford someone this expensive off the bat.”
“I’ll do it for free till you get enough sponsors.” 
That made Sasuke stop on his track, eyes narrowing. “You’re not doing this just to appease me, are you?”
Naruto rolled his eyes. “Seriously? I’d never do this just to kiss some ass, I thought you knew me better. I really think it’s a good idea and I’m aboard.”
Sasuke was understandably bewildered, no one aside his college friends wanted to help him out in this cause and Naruto just accepted this easily. “Why?”
Naruto glanced back, furrowing his eyebrows and formulated his thoughts better. “Like I’ve said, you really showed a different point of view, something I never noticed before. And I think since I have this ability to promote a good idea, so people like your trans friend would finally have some help, I should do it then. Change the society for the better.”
“I guess I’m just impressed, most people are much more resistant to seeing the soulmate’s system flaws than you.”
“I was resistant at first, for sure. I thought that back then, you ignored me only because of how your parents’ relationship was handled. However, you did give me valid explanations, valid examples to show that it’s not a perfect system. I do believe our relationship is going pretty good so far, Sasuke.” Naruto smiled and Sasuke felt his heartbeat increasing. “But now I’m not going to generalize and believe that everyone with their soulmates has something similar to this. And to those who unfortunately fell into a toxic situation, I want to help them out.”
While there was no word exchanged except the calm steps echoing in the deserted street, Sasuke gazed at Naruto in awe, almost as if he was looking at his childhood friend for the first time in his life. Reflecting and relieved that for once, after many years, he was glad that Naruto was his chosen one. He stopped when they arrived in his building, mumbling his voice raspy. “Well, I live here.”
“Oh!” Naruto exclaimed. “Aw, that’s too bad, I wanted to talk with you more.”
Swallowing, Sasuke said. “You can go with me, to my apartment.”
Naruto.exe stopped working.
“It’s just an invitation, nothing more.” Sasuke grumbled, practically seeing all the dirty thoughts emerging from Naruto’s head.
“…sure, yeah. Uh-huh.” Naruto rubbed the back of his neck, grinning widely. Sasuke grabbed his hand with a sigh, as he unlocked the security system. Naruto just let Sasuke drag him with a permanent beam, squeezing his hand as emphasis while blue eyes glowed in glee.
Sasuke’s apartment was roughly the same size as Naruto’s, with minimalistic design and some traditional Japanese decoration sprinkled here and there. Before Sasuke could go to his kitchen to get some water, his cellphone chimed.
“It’s my friend, the trans one. She promised she would call me once she finished moving to another town. I’ll take the call really fast. Feel free to look around, but don’t break anything, you hear me?” Sasuke warned.
“Yeah yeah. So much faith on me.” Naruto shooed him, so with a last glare, Sasuke went to his bedroom.
Naruto noticed that instead of a bigger bedroom like his, there was an extra space for an office. He turned on the lights, impressed by the array of books, mostly classical literature, some about marketing, others regarding the Soulmate system. He let his fingers slide through each spine, picking one title or another, but putting back just as quickly. One tall book caught his attention, placed in a corner. It was larger in size but thinner in number of pages, black leathered cover. Curious, Naruto opened the book.
It was a drawing of him.
His heart jumped to his throat, so Naruto carefully turned another page, revealing another sketch of him, but in another angle, this time looking thoughtful. Another page, another drawing depicting him. The lines were rough and unsure, but he could definitely recognize himself in those pictures. As he was leafing through those drawings, details were added, with more depth and added expression confirming that all of these sketches were of himself looking in teenage years. He halted, staring at his grinning face doodled on the creamy paper.
“Good news, she’s safe and sound in anoth⏤” Sasuke widened his eyes, yanking his sketchbook out of Naruto’s hands and slammed shut. 
Naruto’s jaw was still agape, managing to form a sentence. “Uh. Your drawings?”
Sasuke tamped the urge to throw it through the window, absolutely denying its existence.
The blond man continued in an attempt to ease the situation, mumbling. “They look…really good.” 
Sasuke tightened his fingers on the edges, eyes straying to the ground.
Biting his lower lip, Naruto scratched his head. “Are they…”
“Yes.”
“…oh.”
Sasuke appeared very reluctant to say any other word, torn in between ripping those pages apart or just putting it back on the shelf. Naruto couldn’t also meet his eyes, and after many uncomfortable minutes, he decided it’d be better if he left the room.
“I couldn’t get you out of my head.”
At this sudden revelation, Naruto swiveled his head around, peering towards his soulmate.
“At first I thought; it couldn’t be helped, we were practically attached to the hip since we were kids. Then it just kept getting worse. And worse. So much worse.” Sasuke croaked out, voice tired and heavy. “There wasn’t a day I wouldn’t picture you in my head and wonder how you were doing and there wasn’t one night where I would sleep before remembering your face.”
Naruto’s hands soon reached to touch his face, brushing the alabaster skin lovingly. “Sasuke…”
However, he picked those hands and stirred away. “This obsession wasn’t getting any healthier, so one of my friends suggested that I could practice sketching to release some stress, that’s all. I just…some days, when it was really unbearable, I guess I just drew you so I can expunge your image out of my mind.” 
Naruto cupped his cheeks once again, soulful blue eyes raw and vulnerable that made his own heart ache in response.
When he opened his mouth, Sasuke hissed. “Don’t. Say. Anything.”
Naruto rested his forehead onto his, whispering. “Why can’t I? I missed you too, just so fucking much. Every single day, just wishing that⏤” He sighed, connecting the last dots at last. “That’s why you never contacted me, even blocked me out. You kept reading about bad cases about soulmates and you were afraid you were going to be next. That the fact that you missed me is caused by some power coming from the soulmate system.”
“What if it is?”
“Why are you so sure it’d be?”
“Why not?” Sasuke growled, blinking away incoming of tears. “All these years, every day before you reappeared in my life I kept thinking about you. It’s unnatural and the only reason it’d happen it’s because of this system.”
Naruto shook his head, voice pleading. “What about our feelings Sasuke? They don’t count?”
“I don’t⏤” Sasuke swallowed the bile on his throat, grumbling. “Just our emotions, it wouldn’t make sense.”
“Feelings don’t make sense Sasuke. Love…” Naruto saw a small flinch at the corner of his eye but pressed on. “Doesn’t make sense. You’re trying to rationalize, quantify it, because by using logic it gives the security you need, and I get it. I really do. But there’s no way this⏤” His mouth reached the trembled lips into a loving kiss and he muttered. “Is just caused because we’re soulmates. You know I’m right.”
Sasuke couldn’t utter any response back, feeling cornered, the book cabinet digging painfully on his back while Naruto’s warm body radiated close to his own. When those tempting lips grazed on his own, he insisted.
“No, stop.” He needed to organize his muddled mind, and he didn’t want distraction, especially since Naruto’s kisses always felt like home.
Naruto paused, his hands still holding his face though his lips so close to Sasuke that he could almost lick it.
When his sketchbook fell to the ground with a dull thud, Sasuke could feel his last resolve crumbling away, fingers tangling on the golden hair.  “You know that’s not fair.” 
And just like that, this simple contact gave clarity to all the chaos brewing in his core that it almost made him light-headed. Their mouths interlocked perfectly, giving a surge of exhilaration when Naruto moaned low on his throat, tilting his head for another long kiss that even swayed his body backwards.
Sasuke sat precariously in one of the shelves, his legs widening to accommodate Naruto’s body, while his lips just hungered to taste more. Naruto detached for a second with Sasuke’s mouth following after, groaning in displeasure. Half-lidded blue eyes gazed onto his, wordless communication exchanged in an infinite second, before Naruto dove in once again, capturing his thin lips for another heart-stopping kiss.
He felt hands caressing his chest, gliding down to his stomach. Naruto’s fingers ghosted over his crotch, almost as if he was unsure whether he should do this. Sasuke buckled forward, fully touching his hand over his hardening dick. Through this confirmation, Naruto continued to kiss him, hand rubbing on the clothed cock over and over, scratching and feeling the long rod on his palm. 
Sasuke released his lips, yanking out the orange shirt as his lover returned in kind. Breathing heavily, he let Naruto unzip his jeans, hands fondling his ass while Naruto let his nose nuzzle on the silk boxers, darkened eyes staring towards him as the devilish tongue licked the base. Oh God, he missed this so much…his senses were overloading, hypersensitive to his lover’s touch.
When Naruto pushed his jeans and boxers down, lips encasing on the head of his cock, Sasuke keened, body curling around the blond head. Naruto didn’t waste one second teasing him, mouth bobbing up and down, tightening in the exact spots that flooded this pleasure into him. Skilled hands rolled his balls, throat vibrating from Naruto’s moan, eyes locked while he continued to swallow his cock. 
Sasuke stared wide-eyed, fingers gripping on the golden strands of hair. There was always something erotically mesmerizing seeing Naruto’s head between his legs, full lips wrapping around his cock. His tongue traced over the vein and ridges, pressing on the foreskin and sucking the pre-cum gathered on the slit. He picked up speed while he tightened around his hard-on, Sasuke’s senses were going haywire being engulfed inside that hot and wet mouth.
Out of nowhere, Naruto stepped back.
Sasuke screamed, feeling murderous. “You dumbass⏤!”
“I gotta find any kind of lube or something like that. I’ll be right back.” Naruto dropped a swift kiss, exiting the room. Sasuke could not believe that this moron actually left him hanging like that. He followed behind, eyes fixed on that round ass (that for some infuriating reason was still clothed). He was still hard and Naruto was scrambling through all the kitchen cabinet and top shelves, so Sasuke slapped his ass. 
“Ow!” Naruto turned around with a scowl, and felt a cold sensation on his hand. He noticed he had a small bottle of olive oil, Sasuke pulled him closer to ignite another urgent kiss, sitting on the counter.
With one hand holding his creamy thighs, Naruto then gripped his hard-on, sliding through the shaft, a warm breath teasing over his sensitive head. He felt long fingers clutching his golden hair, tilting upwards to see fiery dark eyes. Without breaking their stares for a second, Naruto licked the slit, tapping around the edges before taking his cock, taking a dark perversion how Sasuke face contorted in hazy pleasure, engulfing more of the whole length with each push and pull. 
Naruto somehow managed to cover his fingers with olive oil, placing it back on the table. He pulled Sasuke downwards to expose better the entrance, one digit entering and meeting resistance. He let his thumb rub the perineum, massaging gently till Sasuke was getting used to his touch. It’s been so long he had done this, letting these fingers invade in him and inciting him to let out a long moan. The first knuckle moved past the tight ring, he clenched around it in reflex before wielding his body to relax.
Naruto continued to tap inside, curling and twisting patiently, his mouth occasionally playing with his cock, slurping around the reddened head as the finger breached inside completely. He began brushing on the prostate, eliciting goosebumps all over Sasuke’s skin, making him gasp in surprise. His moans were growing in volume and length while his lover continued to stimulate his prostate and perineum, finger thrusting in an increasing pace, another one joining in.
Sasuke screamed once Naruto’s mouth engulfed his cock, fingers still spearing in his entrance at a blurry speed. At some point he realized that Naruto wanted to drive him to completion with just anal stimulation, however Sasuke craved for so much more. 
He gasped, heels digging on the shoulders. “Naruto⏤!”
Blue eyes blinked from wanton fire, dick dislodging from his mouth. He glanced back at Sasuke, before straying his gaze to the ground, clearing his throat. “Um…but I gotta go buy some condoms.”
Sasuke stared back bewildered, before knitting his eyebrows in indignant fury. “What the fuck Naruto, I’m fucking clean.”
The blond man groaned, knowing that this wasn’t going to be an easy conversation. “I’m just going through safety methods to avoid diseases, you were the one who slept with other guys.”
Sasuke curled his hands into a fist, resisting the urge to knock his teeth out. He didn’t curb the bitter tone in his voice though. “I only did it in my first year, in the first months, all with protection because I’m not fucking dumb. And even after that I did a very thorough medical exam so sorry if I have to dig through mountains of dusty files to show you whatever the fuck you want to satisfy your stupid jealousy.”
Somehow this confession felt very off-place that Naruto even forgot that they were in the middle of foreplay. He tilted his head to one side mumbling. "Why did you have sex with some guys only in your first months?”
“Does that matter?” Sasuke growled.
“You could definitely have a harem in your disposal, seeing that you're well…you could have one different guy every night, so why?"
Sasuke grumbled very loudly, staring at his wilting erection and really wishing Naruto could go back to what really interested him. "It's nothing, and thanks for painting me as some sort of man-whore who wants to sleep around given any chance."
"I was just saying as an example.” Naruto insisted, curiosity piqued. “You're hot Sasuke, and I know I'm lucky that you chose me to date you. So why?" 
"I was picky, let's move on." Sasuke captured Naruto’s lips with his teeth, indulging in another deep kiss where he hoped it’d occupy his dumbass’ mind.
Naruto didn’t take the bait, muttering between smacks of lips. "To the point that you'd only⏤"
"I thought we were having sex, dumbass." His dick deserved a medal now, how the fuck did it manage not to go soft after all these intermissions?
Naruto blinked. "Right, but I'm curious." 
Huffing, Sasuke raised his eyes heavenward, feeling a sudden chill on his nubile body, all the previous erotic estimulation gone now. Naruto kissed him softly, almost as an apology before he asked again.
“I’m curious.”
“I told you it’s nothing.” Sasuke growled, his hands itching to just grab the blond head and make Naruto deep-throat his cock.
“If it’s nothing, where’s the issue about you telling me?”
“I swear to God you absolute moron, my dick is right here, waiting for you⏤”
Naruto shook his head, exhaling tiredly. He admitted in a quiet voice. “I just⏤are those guys that special that you’d restrict yourself with only them or⏤”
Sasuke was almost at his wit's end, exclaiming. “Naruto, are you really going with the jealous boyfriend bullshit, I swear to God…”
“I’m sorry, I⏤” Naruto shuffled uncomfortably, looking guilty. “I’m not that mature knowing that you had other guys in the past. I don’t think I want to hear how you were romantically involved with someone el⏤”  
“I wasn’t involved with anyone, it was just one-night stands. I swear.” Sasuke assured, adding with a hard kiss on his lips.
Gradually, fingers reached to cup his face, Naruto murmured unsure. “Well, then…why⏤”  
Sasuke gazed upon his lover’s azure eyes, a shade of hesitancy and distress. Confessing his last secret would crumble the last barrier he had built all over the years against his soulmate but…Naruto deserved this. Inhaling, Sasuke shut his eyes, declaring.
“I missed you. Okay?”
Naruto focused his vision on Sasuke, his emotions being mixed between confusion and elation.
Sasuke pressed on. “I missed you, and I needed to forget you badly. No matter what. I thought that it would work but…” He heaved loudly, glaring to the ground and grumbled. “Well, that’s why I settled by drawing your fucking dumbass face.”
Naruto just gawked back, his brain taking time to compute and absorb all this new information. As the silence kept stretching Sasuke snapped. “What?”
But those stupid wide blue eyes only stared back at him before, much to his indignation, Naruto let out a bark of laughter. That moronic dumbass, he expected that Naruto would at least look relieved.
“What?!” Sasuke snarled.
“No it’s just that…” Naruto chuckled again, grinning. “I keep forgetting your very weird and twisted ways to show affection.”
That’s it, he should have settled jerking himself off instead of getting involved with this moron. Sasuke clobbered over the blond head. “You dumbass, I don’t even understand why I’m attracted to you stupid aaaaah⏤!!!” He screamed when a thick cock impaled him out of nowhere, buried to the hilt.
Naruto started thrusting in that tight hole, a feral smirk adorning his face. Lips reached to a fleeting connection, breaths accelerating as Sasuke clutched their bodies closer with his arms, growling. “A little warning usuratonkachi.”
Naruto chuckled, whispering wicked words. “But you like some burn, don’t you?”
Frowning, Sasuke silenced him with another kiss, letting this ecstasy pile up as Naruto continued to thrust inside him. He enjoyed reigniting these lost sensations, the hot member stretching him wide, but still snuggled tight that he could feel the bumps and ridges every time this cock plunged in.
Naruto was taking his time in getting reacquainted to his body, like a musician tuning his instrument he hadn’t used in a while. He replayed all the familiar spots, exploring them once again and heightening in this sinful composition that made Sasuke writhe and moan helplessly. 
There was absolutely no comparison to all previous sex trysts he had done with other men. All the uninterested touches, mechanical movements were just some bleak, monocolor passage of time that put him off in an instant. 
Sex with Naruto was always an extraordinary, almost time-bending event that consumed his soul completely. Seconds flew by but also stretched indeterminate when he drowned in this ecstasy, myriad of colors flashing through his eyes while their bodies were locked together.
Naruto pulled away only till the tip was in, before thrusting deep inside Sasuke with a groan, savoring how his lover shivered in response. Mouths meshed together, fervent, passionate and greedy, tasting the unique flavor of his lover.
Sasuke managed to wheeze out. “Bedroom…” He let out an uncharacteristic yelp, his arms clutching on the broad back when Naruto held him by his buttocks, cock burying even deeper in his hole. He moaned when hips thrust several times, but Naruto shuffled in the general direction of his bed, bodies linked yet.
Two more stumbles here and there, Naruto managed to throw him to bed, laughing. “Oh, thank God your bedroom is nearby, I’m actually not that strong ya know.” Sasuke just kissed him, too used to his shenanigans.
In a wild second, Sasuke wished he’d kiss those smiling lips for the rest of his life. His brain panicked though, reminding him how a flawed system linked them together. Fortunately this negative thought didn’t linger, with their mouths matching, overlapping and gliding together in a swimming giddiness. 
Sasuke turned around with the intention to be taken behind but a hand halted him, making his eyes focused back on Naruto’s smile.
“Hey…I wanted to see you.” He muttered, giving another kiss in reassurance. 
Sasuke’s upper body faced forward, his legs settling to one side though. While he was holding his cock with one hand, Naruto aimed and began penetrating him once again. There wasn’t one moment their mutual gazes would waver, blue eyes stared affectionately towards dark grey ones, as Naruto picked up speed while Sasuke rolled his hips to match this rhythm.
He was tilting closer, almost as if he craved to be completely merged into Sasuke’s that, at some point, he laid down next to Sasuke, one tanned hand cradled his head, another one caressed his face. Sasuke’s right leg was wrapped around Naruto’s hip, tanned left leg thrown over his body, Sasuke’s fingers clenching tightly to bring impossibly close to him, limbs tangled till he could not see where was the end or beginning of their bodies. Once Naruto tilted his hips to restart his thrusts, Sasuke’s whole vision was fixated in this exquisite face, full of intense hunger and warm tenderness. Every inch of his skin was covered by his lover’s body, cock pulsating inside him repeatedly. 
He felt so full.
Those overwhelming emotions settled in his heart, igniting bright embers that threatened to throw him over the edge. Naruto then curled his hand around his cock, pumping it while his lips tried for another kiss, though it just bumped while they were both breathing faster, thrusts increasing till it lost all pacing as they both reached their orgasm.
Sasuke cried out, shuddering while his cum drizzled on Naruto’s hand, soiling the sheets. Two more plunges Naruto locked in, hugging Sasuke tightly while he released inside him. They heaved for long minutes from aftershocks, their eyes focused on each other nonetheless.
Once he settled enough, Naruto was first to kiss Sasuke’s forehead, yawning and shutting his eyes, arms enveloped around his body.
And in this miraculous second, instead of being bombarded by second thoughts or reluctance, Sasuke succumbed to his desires, cheek nuzzling the blond hair as he also called the night.
Chapter 08
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AN: Hooray for butt-sex! I gotta be honest, I just created this whole fic to write this sex scene. I hope you guys will like it lmao. (and please review)
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Defeating an overwhelming antagonist…again..:
A problem with any ongoing story is the need for escalation. Every conflict need to be greater than the previous and while there are a number of different ways to do this (I’m partial to an emotional element as opposed to greater risk), the easiest is simply to up-the-ante.
  The Star Wars prequels went from a single planet to the entire galaxy; superheroes frequently go from the villain of the week to saving everything; romance such as Kimi ni Todoke (which I’ve written about previously) starts with the lead trying to talk make connections and ends on trying to keep their friends, partner and life goal.
  Every genre will have different requirements. Heck, if pornography has ongoing stories then they’d have the same problem, although don’t count on me figuring out how to deal with it. More participants? Dunno.
 I personally love a good action story and it can be dumb like Dragon Ball, goofy like Gintama or serious like Bleach, and I deliberately named manga as examples as that’s the area I’ve chosen to write about today. Why manga? Well in my experience the scale of escalation tends to be somewhat more extreme and far simpler.
  I think I’d like to also write about escalation in other genres such as romance, slice-of-life and sure, comedy, and how they might, and often do, intermingle. But for now I’m gonna talk about the action genre’s Overwhelming Antagonist.
  Again.
  Sorry.
 I’m going to provide three examples this time, all manga that I loved (at one time at least) and while I’ve only just finished one of them, another has recently had a confirmation for its finale being animated. Going from bad to good: Bleach, Naruto, and Gintama.
 So we’re starting with Bleach. Hmm, what do you need to know to understand this? Well after writing this out once already I figured all you actually need to know is why the antagonist sucks.
  The antagonist in question is- uhh, f*ck it. His name is “Yhwach”, but screw figuring out the pronunciation for that, I’m calling him Deus (even though this will influence the SEO of this article, but whatever). Deus is quite possibly the worst example I can think of for a bad antagonist. His unique superpower, The Almighty, is to know everything that will happen, that can happen, and to freakin’ overwrite any future he doesn’t like!
  Like seriously! I can only think of one power that is harder to overcome and that’s the one that’s been floating around online about controlling probability. It’s the epitome of bullshit, and the overwriting-futures-he-doesn’t-like bit only comes out after he should have lost, and that’s what bothers me the most.
  If he had lost right there, it would have been a very satisfying end brought about from the hero’s, Ichigo Kurosaki’s, efforts, working alongside allies and previous antagonists and with some actual tactics; satisfying despite the nonsense of literally everything else in the arc until that point (contradicting established lore and generally making no goddamn sense-). Instead he whips out this Diabolus ex Machina (the villainous Deus ex Machina) so that something the writer included earlier (but hadn’t really established) could finish him off instead.
  This is all quite terrible, but what makes it so egregious is that Bleach had two, two, separate and very much ideal chances to end, but kept going. But basically Deus simply chose not to die, rewriting reality to do so, but couldn’t overwrite his actual loss? Care to explain that to us, upcoming anime?
 SECOND! Naruto.
  Naruto is also pretty interesting to me because I didn’t enjoy it at all for like, 50 episodes (and still watched it? why?) but it eventually became my favourite manga (for a time anyway). Me and my friends were worried about how well it was possible for a 15 year-long story to end, especially after that Bleach debacle, and we sort of didn’t want it to end just to avoid the inevitable tragedy.
  But it was good!
  I know that many people don’t like it, and for some of it I can understand why. The big bad was Madara Uchiha- scratch that (the author did), the antagonist is the up-until-now unknown Kaguya. Yeah, she hadn’t really been established, or even mentioned, up until she appeared and yeah, that was a problem. I think the reason why I gave it a pass was that her appearance was also connected to the origin of the culture of that world and was really quite fascinating, so I let it slide.
  Oh, and I liked her design. That goes a long way.
  Anyway, after a long and drawn out fight against the established (multiple times as-it-were) villain Madara, Kaguya is reincarnated through what can be summarised as the end result of Madara’s hubris and becomes the threat. She is an odd antagonist for an action manga, and not just because she’s a woman.
  Kaguya isn’t strong in the same way as all the other characters, punching and shooting lighting and such, but instead she’s powerful like a deity. She drags the heroes through dimensions and such while still getting her bearings, and I’m pretty sure she is defeated while still half asleep.
  Kaguya’s sudden appearance is the bad, so what’s the good?
  The heroes, our titular Naruto Uzumaki and his best bud the brutal murderer Sasuke Uchiha were, through some situation, gifted a power that they were using to try and seal Madara away like an evil genie, but this sealing power works just as well for Kaguya (if I remember correctly then that’s why she needed to be reincarnated in the first place).
  It all works on established lore and isn’t a stretch in any way.
 And finally, Gintama.
I really would not have expected this from a manga filled with so many scatological jokes that any metaphor would just bring unwanted images to mind, and whose very title is a dick joke.
  The antagonist here is Utsuro, an honest-to-god immortal. Over a thousand years old, heals from anything, dead inside (according to him “utsuro” means hollow), all Utsuro wants to do is destroy everything. I know, what a 2D character, right?
  Actually no. Being immortal, Utsuro has gone through the whole loneliness thing that stories about immortals tend to include, only he’s also had to deal with persecution on top of that. He may heal but he still feels it when his village burns him alive, or stabs him, or locks him away in a prison where he starves until the lock rusts away… the author doesn’t give him the typical “oh woe is me” flashback, but gives us plenty of reason to empathise with him.
  So fighting an immortal, and without the superpowers of the previous two entries, how does our hero Gintoki Sakata defeat him? That requires a bit of a history lesson; history in the manga.
  How many of you know of the Life-stream from Final Fantasy 7? That seems like a solid analogy. It is mentioned a number of times that the planets (plural as Gintama is a sci-fi) have some energy called Altana and while its uses aren’t really explored, we do know that one effect of it is that some people are born of it (also not really explained; planet sex? virgin birth?) and that these people are immortal as long as they have access to this energy, and that right there is the crutch of things.
 One of our leads is an alien whose mother was one of these immortals who left her planet and slowly died because the Altana of another planet won’t help. Utsuro is actually almost killed off of Earth and retreats back- oh, but if he’s only vulnerable away from the Altana then how else can he be beaten?
  In the end it comes down to a couple of factors, both of which are established previously; the time he almost dies, it’s because someone rams a foreign Altana crystal into his chest and our heroes go into battle equipped with these. Secondly, using characters and lore set up and forgotten a long, long time ago, the flow of this Altana is regulated by a small group who, with great difficultly, are able to staunch the energy during the fight.
  With small amounts of the harmful Altana being absorbed into his body through super-healing and no access to his literal life-force, Utsuro is able to be defeated and this is why Gintama is king. Gintama literally used what seemed like throwaway, not at all serious storylines and thoroughly established lore to exploit a weakness in this immortal.
 Compare this with Deus from earlier who has no such weakness and the only thing that can apparently defeat him not only hasn’t been set up, but should have been foreseen and avoided because that’s his power! That’s literally what he does! But Utsuro has this flaw and time was taken to establish a way to take advantage of it.
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