#also Hoshi remains incredibly sexy

[johannstutt413]

(requested by anonymous)

“So...This is kind of awkward, isn’t it?” Swire swished a glass of whiskey between her fingers. “I’ve never seen you drink this much before.”

“She’d usually try and stop me.” Hoshiguma signaled for another stack, and the bartender dutifully refilled the pyramid of shot glasses in front of her.

The Feline shrugged. “She’d also know how when you’re in this kind of mood, and honestly? Kinda want to see what happens when you get drunk.”

“And tonight’s as good a night as any.” The Oni groaned. “Did she have to cut through my Hanya on top of everything else? I won’t have them watching me while I sleep tonight because they’re getting fixed by Vulcan. This sucks.”

“It’s weird to think she was the life of the party in our group, but I guess her getting flustered at everything we did or said gave us something to build off of, huh?”

Hoshi nodded with a sigh. “Yeah...Honestly, though? That cleared one thing up pretty good for me.”

“Oh, really?” She finally downed the shot in her hand. “And what’d that be?”

“Well, for the longest time, I was kinda torn, but I didn’t see what was right in front of me: Ch’en’s entire life is about duty, what she has to do to meet her expectations and get others around her to do the same. You, though? You know how to have fun, take a break from all the bullshit and just let loose...Yeah, there wasn’t ever really a choice, was there?”

Swire just stared at her as she talked. “You don’t...You’re sure you aren’t drunk or something already? Because if you’re talking about what I think you’re talking about-”

“It’s kinda lucky I didn’t make a move on her before now, honestly.” The Oni chuckled to herself. “Not like she would have said yes, anyway. She’s lonely, but she’d never admit that long enough to think about it. Still, that tail looked mighty strong for something that thin...”

“How long have you been thinking about this?”

She shrugged. “I’unno. A while. At least as long as I’ve known you, I think.”

“And you didn’t say something until now?!” The Feline smacked her glass on the bartop, and it shattered in her hand. “...Ow!”

“Why’re you so uppity right now? Come on, let’s go fix that up.” Hoshi left a few hundred LMD on the counter and sloshed off her barstool.

The money-cat nursed her wounded paw with her other hand. “I can feeeeel some of the glaaass got stuuuuck this suuuucks so muuuch.”

“You sing like a bird when you’re hurt. Here, let me see it.” She looked it over, holding Swire’s wrist for a moment before nodding to herself. “It’s all skin-deep. Nothing some medi-gel can’t stitch up.”

“That’s a relief. Um, Hoshi, are you going to give me my hand back?”

The Oni turned her eyes to the Feline’s, peering through them. “I’unno. You mind if I don’t?”

“...No?” It hadn't taken that much thought, but the answer surprised her more than anyone else. “But it’d be nice if you’d just come out and ask for what you want. Normally you’re way more dir-”

“Wanna go back to your place, fix your little scrape up, and let me squeeze you like one of those stuffed bunny dolls Closure sells so many of? That direct enough for ya?” She felt a stray drop of liquor on the corner of her lip and licked it off.

Swire nodded, shaking a little. “Y-yeah, loud and clear.”

“Good, now let’s-” The Feline wasn’t moving. “Look, the faster we get there, the faster your hand-”

“You have something on your face.” She hiccuped.

Hoshiguma considered just picking her up and taking her away like that, but it didn’t feel right somehow. Besides, she didn’t have a mirror; maybe there was something there. “Really?”

“I’ll get it.” And seemingly forgetting about the pain, the money-cat cupped the Oni’s face in her hands, stood on her toes, and tugged down to reduce the final distance between their lips to 0 for a moment. “...Heh. Now we can go back to my place~”

“Had to wait for the whiskey to hit your brain?” Now was the perfect time to sweep her off her feet, which Hoshi immediately did.

She shook her head. “No, it did that a whiiiiile ago. I just wantcha to know how I feel, even if I kinda don’t yet.”

“Gotcha.” The Oni let her eyes wander openly now that they had things settled. “Well, I read you loud and clear...”

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The next morning, Swire noticed a few things in rapid succession: she hadn’t put on her pajamas last night, she’d fallen asleep on her couch - correction, on Hoshiguma, who was on her couch and also pajama-less - and from the little bit she remembered from last night...Apparently, this was going to be happening more than once.

Why was even just the thought of that enough to make her grin?

‘Y’know, I bet Ch’en would kill us for skipping out on work, but since she’s not here…’ The Feline talked herself into calling in sick as she stayed near-motionless except for the impossible-to-stop purring, her head comfortably sandwiched between two peaks while cradled in the Oni-Curve Valley. She felt like a puzzle piece that finally found where it fit.

An unknowable amount of time later, Hoshi’s breathing changed, but she similarly didn’t move. “G’morning,”she half-muttered, half-yawned.

“It sure is.” Swire sighed. “We don’t have to go to work today, do we?”

“Hmm...Nope. Doctor said we’re s’posed to take some time and breathe.” Saying that, she squeezed her arms a little tighter around her couchmate.

The purring intensified. “Good~ I’ll just work extra-hard tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow?” Hoshiguma sighed. “Maybe you’re more like her than I-”

“Only so I can spend more time with you. This is sooo nice, I don’t want the wonder to fade so quick, you know?”

The Oni thought for a moment before sliding Swire closer to her face. “C’mere for a second.”

“But I’m already h-” Smooch. “-heheh. You need something?”

“A lot more than I thought I did. For right now, though? I don’t want to think about tomorrow, or work, or Ch’en, or Lungmen, or anything, except you and me. Is that reasonable?”

The Feline giggled. “You’re asking the wrong girl about that, Hoshi.”

“Am I, now?” Smooch. Hoshi was already coming to like that option. “Then you don’t mind my being a little unreasonable for now? While we still have today?”

“While we still have today?...We might as well enjoy it to the fullest.” And so saying, Swire settled her head between the couch and the Oni’s neck, promising herself to do just that.

#arknights #arknights fic #hoshiguma (arknights) #swire (arknights) #the new OTP of Lungmen now that Ch'en has gone off to do her own thing #because if i know anything about soft fluffy catgirls #it's that they know when to stick around #also Hoshi remains incredibly sexy #just in case you somehow forgot who is writing these fics

[sanstropfremir]

What’s your favorite use of props in kpop choreos? Some of mine are the couch in Seventeen’s Pretty U, Dongkiz Lupin (love the way they worked the transition from stick to handkerchief into the choreo), Afterschool’s First Love, Dreamcatcher You and I (similar to Lupin but what can I say I’m big of fan with how Dani twirled that stick), also anytime anyone uses suspenders (Seventeen Aja Nice, Dia Mr. Potter, that one Girls Day song). There’s probably a lot more but those are the ones that come to mind. Honorable mentions: Afterschool Bang cause the drums aren’t actually apart of the dance but that shits still hella impressive and apparently it took them like 6 months to learn it. Also Dreamcatcher Deja Vu but only the outfits with the super long sleeves cause they worked so well with the choreo and seemed like parts of it were designed with the sleeves in mind

oh i love these fun questions!! you covered a few of the ones i was going to say already, namely lupin, first love, and bang. unwittingly you accidentally stumbled into the age old debate of when something is a costume and when something is a prop (and costume props all together) but i'm not going to get into that because it's just silly theatre semantics about who gets blamed when someone misplaces the umbrella. i'm generally grouping them here by 'if the item was intentionally worked into the choreography' as opposed to 'this is a costume choreo' and 'this is a props choreo' because that's too complicated for a tumblr post. anyways. there's actually been a surprising amount of prop work in choreos recently, idk what's going on but i'm not complaining! this was so fun to go hunting for stuff; i think i got a bit carried away but whatever. i sorted them into categories because i'm that kind of weird but here's a not totally comprehensive list!

chaireo

shinee - good evening: obviously has iconic chaireo and it's my favourite choreo of all time (fave choreos post where i wax poetic about it)

vixx - my valentine: the best sexy chaireo

2pm - adtoy: underappreciated in her time but also why did they make baby 2pm do this (i know they weren't babies but it suits post-enlistment 2pm soooo much better)

sf9 - trauma: should have had more chaireo but it does use the chairs in a not-chair way, so it gets creativity points.

furniture in general

got7 - poison: one of the early examples of pandemic steadicam, and bonus points for the fun handkerchieft midair swap

blitzers - hop in: big first year theatre kid energy

hoshi - spider: honestly i'm not sure if this migrates from prop choreography into architectural choreography but no one is going to argue semantics other than maybe me

oneus - black mirror: just an insane choreo in general; it's debatably a hat choreo and not a mirror choreo, but i remember the mirrors more than the hats for some reason.

ateez - take me home: they had no reason to make the choreo for this fuck so hard but they did. impatiently waiting for the day i can see it in high def.

sunmi - gashina: table.

mic stands/canes/umbrellas

shinee - dream girl: again, an icon. the stage i linked is the one where one of the mic stands breaks and they cover it SO flawlessly good luck trying to pick out them covering it up

exo - artificial love: whoreography (minus kyungsoo)

vixx - voodoo doll: which i think still remains the only choreo where the members stab each other

tan - du du du: uses both costuming and a prop!

knk - rain: this is my actual fave prop choreography because the integration is sooooooooo good. everything about it is incredible and whoever at mcountdown had the galaxy brain idea for the lasers do you want to make out. not sorry i buried the lead in here but i like categories better than lists.

fabric/ropes/elastics

taemin - door: is it furniture? is it ropes? who knows at this point

taemin - criminal: taemin bondage again

shinee - tell me what to do: ......taemin bondage again...?

boyfriend - witch: good luck getting 'cos your body goes boom bara boom' out of your head now!

tvxq - something: a fun convergence of ropes AND mics!

onlyoneof - suit dance: uses both their suit jackets and handkerchiefs!

trendz - villain: some surprisingly complicated sequences and i bet you at least one of these boys fell on their face in rehearsal

onlyoneof - libido: the vastly overlooked point about this choreo is that the costume designer jury-rigged a RETRACTABLE TAPE SYSTEM AND STRAPPED IT TO THEIR HANDS

misc items

tvxq - catch me: i don't even know. i couldn't tell you how someone came up with this but it fucks.

oneus - luna: my favourite choreo from 2021.

toppdogg - arario: has more props than you would expect there to be and they are suprisingly well integrated

vixx - shangri la: to be completely honest i don't actually like the choreography of shangri la that much, but people are probably gonna get mad at me if i don't include it here so...... (here's my 2021 fave choreos list if you want details on the luna v shangri la debate)

super junior - burn the floor: the-person-you-dislike-unfortunately-made-some-points.jpg

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speed - what u: this shit is bananas.

nct dream - chewing gum: why did you make 15yros do this sm. why.

#kpop questions #kpop dance #i've missed like so many but i have to stop at some point #i LOVE prop choreos #i also could have included tail (there's a chair) and bambi (hat) #truly there have been so many prop choreos this year i didnt even include woodz waiting or elast dark dream #or ANY of kingdom's choreographies they LOVEEEEE props #their debut choreo has a fuckin SWORD in the intro #teen top's lovefool has a whole ass living room if i remember right #there's a whole bunch of jpn releases with props: i think cix has one. nu'est has one #i think cross gene has a choreo where they have light up swords??? #OH MY GOD MISS A HUSH. IM FUCKING STUPID #anyways yea yea i know these are 99% bg choreos i said this wasn't comprehensive #text #answers #if anyone has any more weird questions like this pls send them i love doing this kind of stuff