#bc im a slow ass writer who gets ideas but takes 50 yrs to actually start writing

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sweet tooth

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fandom: zankyou no terror

pairing: mishima lisa/nine/twelve (i guess)

summary: Lisa lands a job, but doesn't trust in her own abilities. Luckily, she has Nine and Twelve on her side.

a/n: this has been a headcanon of mine for a long time, so enjoy! :) haven't written in a while bc of finishing up my senior yr and graduation. but ahhhhhh, i'm starting college in just a few weeks guys! D:

“I can’t wait to eat all these yummy cookies, Mommy!” the little girl said just as Lisa rang up the purchases.

As the young mother handed money over to Lisa, she smiled down at her child. “Then let’s go, dear. Wave goodbye to the nice young lady.”

With a wave to Lisa, the girl said, “Bye! Thanks for the cookies!”

Lisa smiled, waving in return. “Thank you for shopping at Sweet Tooth, enjoy the rest of your day!” Once the two had turned their backs on her and walked away, she took a step back from the counter and exhaled.

Even with a child present, interacting with customers was taxing. How pathetic could she be?

She hoped none of the customers—sitting at the tables, enjoying their food and time with family—would be watching her exterior crumble for just a second. She needed that second to compose herself.

Surprisingly, it was her third day working at the bakery. In the days before her job orientation and officially starting at Sweet Tooth (heck, even when she had received the news that she had been hired), she had been convinced that she would be fired within a day. Though it seemed that they were two days overdue, she figured the place would keep her for the rest of the week and then, let her go.

After all, she considered that even if she had been such a terrible employee that they had to kick her out, it’d be too cruel of them to do it right away. They were probably just being mindful of her feelings, letting her play just a little more at being a Sweet Tooth employee.

No, no, no.

She mentally slapped herself for bringing herself down.

Lisa knew she had to work on her self-confidence, but, of course given her natural timidity and that this was her first job, it was difficult. She wanted to become a better worker, but her shortcomings constantly loomed over her as a reminder.

In an attempt to cheer up, she pointed out to herself that this time, even though her voice had been a bit shaky when she was speaking to the woman and her child, she didn’t stumble over her words and fall off a bottomless cliff. Practicing with Nine and Twelve did seem to be paying off at least.

The pocket of her work uniform buzzed, pulling her out of her thoughts. She put a hand over her pocket and remembered her phone. Though she wasn’t supposed to be on it during her shifts, she snuck a peek at it anyway.

The screen lit up again with messages from the group chat.

twelve: hey SWEETie!

twelve: (ಡ艸ಡ)

twelve: get it?

twelve: bc u work at a bakery (ಡ艸ಡ)

twelve: anywayyyy

twelve: don’t be nervous! (≧∇≦)/

Before she knew it, a smile had managed to uplift the corners of her mouth. Twelve didn’t even have to be there to know she needed some comfort, almost like he was a psychic or something.

twelve: that’s good! Keep smiling like that (≧∇≦)/

nine: That was creepy… (=_=)

twelve: (≧∇≦)/

Impossible, how did he know that she was smiling? The thought of him as a psychic was supposed to be a joke.

At the sound of the bell jingling from the entrance, Lisa’s jaw dropped as she looked up to see Nine and Twelve waltzing into the bakery. She hadn’t expected their appearance at all, but as quickly as she was shocked, she found it a pleasant surprise. She instantly felt like she actually belonged with them around.

“Hi Lisa!” Twelve practically shouted, making the other customers turn around to stare and glare. “Woooow, it smells so good in here!”

“Obviously. Do you even know where we are?” Nine retorted.

“What are you two doing here?” Lisa asked.  

Twelve answered, “Why… we came to see you of course! We’ve supported you from home. Then we decided it was time to pay this place a visit and support you here. Are we not allowed to?”

“O-of course you guys are allowed to.”

“Good.” Twelve crossed his arms and grinned. “Hold on…” He held up a finger. “I hear my name being called...” He then wandered off toward the display cases like a little kid attracted to the sight of action figures. Lisa and Nine watched as he pressed his face up to the glass, visibly drooling at the sight of the fluffy, glorious cakes.

“How are you doing?” Nine asked Lisa when Twelve had moved on to ogle and drool over the brownies, cookies, pies, and other heavenly creations.

“I’m fine,” Lisa said quietly, content in her tone. “With you guys here, I’m fine.”

“Well,” Nine cleared his throat, “even if we’re not here physically… just know that we’re always with you. Remember that.”

In response, Lisa beamed, appreciating his effort to remind her of their endless support.

Twelve came running back to them, nearly jumping right over the counter as he seemed to draw elaborate art in the air. “Lisa! I want that, that, that, that, that, that... and that. Oh, and that. Aaaaand that. Ok, I’m done.” He squinted at the menu behind her. “Ooh, wait, that sounds delicious! A large Javalanche, please.”

“Twelve…” Twelve held up a hand to shush Nine before he could finish.

Lisa chuckled and got their orders before ringing them up.

“Put an extra straw,” Twelve said as Lisa handed over the drink.

“Who’s the third straw for?” she inquired.

“You, silly. Nine, find a table.” To Lisa, he said, “Eat with us.”

“I can’t… I wish I could, but I’m the only one working right now.”

“Lisa?” Lisa turned to find her coworker, Mr. Shibazaki, a long-time employee who had always been nice to her since she started out. He had somehow arrived for his shift and made it behind the counter without her noticing. “Who is this? A friend?”

“Yeah.”

“Hello, I’m Twelve.” He reached out to shake the older man’s hand. “Nice to meet you.”

“Twelve? What an interesting name. I’m Mr. Shibazaki, Lisa’s coworker.”

A quick glance at the clock told Lisa something was strange here. “You’re early for your shift, aren’t you?” she pointed out.

“I am? My watch says it’s three-thirty...” The adult inspected said watch, making sure that he was reading the time correctly.

Laughter exploded out of Twelve. “Sorry,” he wiped at his eyes, “but your watch is wrong. It’s two-thirty.”

Lisa had to hold back a giggle. It was cruel to laugh at the elder’s mistake, however it was a bit funny.

“Crap. Damn watch has been messing up lately.” Mr. Shibazaki sighed in defeat. “Well… why don’t I take your shift? Go eat with your friends. You deserve it for working so diligently these past few days.”

“Oh, that won’t be necessary Mr.—”

“No, I’m serious. Go.”

“Wh-what? But—”

“Go.”

She stared at him in disbelief for a few seconds. “Really? Are… are you sure?’

He nodded his head.

“Thank you, Mr. Shibazaki! I owe you one.” Lisa left the counter and joined Twelve. They started to walk toward the table Nine was sitting at.

“Hey, try this Javalanche.” Lisa let Twelve put a straw to her lips, and she took a sip, experiencing an avalanche of chocolatey goodness. “Oops, Nine looks mad. I think he wanted to try it first. Too bad I already had a few sips when you and Mr. Shibazaki were talking.” Twelve snorted. “It’s so good though!”

“Yeah, it is good,” she said. “Everything’s good here.”

A giddiness in the pit of her stomach made her feel as if she could conquer anything in the world, even the inevitable demise of her time at Sweet Tooth (which definitely wasn’t going to happen).

#mine #znt #zankyou no terror #terror in resonance #mishima lisa #nine #twelve #arata kokonoe #touji hisami #this was sposed to be a drabble but TURNED OUT TO BE FOUR PAGES #catch me in a 100 yrs #still writing znt fics :P #bc im a slow ass writer who gets ideas but takes 50 yrs to actually start writing #lisa works at a bakery & cafe #i didnt write it explicitly but she does

[crafiet]

1-50 of the writers ask thingy, tell me everything :D

D:

1 : What age-group do you write?adult! ive always written characters my age or a few years older

2 : What genre do you write?sff, mostly fantasy

3 : Do you outline according to big ideas or small details?hmmm, i guess small details? when i get an idea, i get an idea for single scenes or pieces of dialogue or a certain character, so i piece together an outline from that. but i have trouble with a overarching plot lol

4 : Which do you prefer–line-editing or plot-revisions?line-editing, i love editing. revisions suck bc it takes me 10,000 yrs to come up with an idea and now i have to replace it with another??? blasphemous

5 : Do you write better with or without deadlines?ive written my whole life without deadlines except for when i tried nano last year and failed. so without i guess, but then i dont have anything to convince me to write more lmao

6 : What would be the biggest compliment you could hope to receive on your current WIP?idk probably that its someones favourite book, or to see fanart *.*

7 : How long is your current WIP?26,305 words, its a rewrite heh

8 : What author would you be most excited to be compared to?hummmmmm,,,idk when people call new fantasy books “the next game of thrones” it sounds so fake lol but idk who my favourite author is...

9 : What do you struggle most with as a writer?writing

10 : Do you brain-storm story ideas alone or with others?mostly alone but YOU, ASH, help sometimes. its good to get an objective ear

11 : Do you base your characters off of real people?nah lol, im not good at characters

12 : Is your writing space clean or cluttered?clean

13 : Do you write character-driven or plot-driven stories?plot-driven. my writing is extremely fast paced, and i dont tend to like reading character-driven works

14 : Do you have a favorite writing-related quote?ive answered this in previous ask. the 'drunk on writing’ one by ray bradbury

15 : If you transport your original characters into another author’s world, which world would you choose?everyone else’s worlds are so harsh lol maybe id put them in atla so they can fuck around w bending

16 : Would your story work better as a movie or tv show? Why?miniseries ﾟ*｡(･∀･)ﾟ*｡ but it would lend itself to a movie yeah

17 : Do you make soundtracks for each story?nah, lazy ass

18 : If you could assign your story one song, what would it be?unbecoming by starset

19 : Would you rather live in your characters’ world, or have your characters come live in our world?honestly? i wanna escape capitalism and wield a sword

20 : What book would you love to see adapted for the big or small screen?zero world by jason m hough!!!! its a pretty big book i think a movie duology or a tv show would work!

21 : Do you finish most of the stories you start?no

22 : Has your own writing ever made you cry?no lol 

23 : Are you proud or anxious to show off your writing?anxious cz im bad

24 : When did you start considering yourself a writer?i meannnnnnnn do i even now thoooooo

25 : What books are must-reads in your genre?sff is so broad, read whatever tf u want

26 : What would you like to see more of in your genre?diversity, not just in race gender sexuality but in fucking plots like damn give me something w a twist

27 : Where do you get inspiration from?real life, books, movies

28 : On a scale of 1-10, how much do you stress about choosing character names?about a 2, i just search on a generator until i find one i like im not a stickler for names nd i dont usually have placeholder names or anything

29 : Do you tend to underwrite or overwrite in a first draft?chronic underwriter hence the only 20k words

30 : Does writing calm you down or stress you out?calm me down, i have no control over my own life so its good to have complete control over my oc’s lives. i dont tend to have the ‘characters run away from me’ thing, but probably bc i dont see it like that lol

31 : What trope do you actually like?ride-or-die, charas who are knowledgeable and badass from the beginning, i hate following the character learning to do something lmao im impatient

32 : Do you give your side-characters extensive backstories?depends on the side character, every character is fleshed out to an extent but i dont do a massive family tree or anything

33 : Do you flesh-out characters before you write, or let their personalities develop over time?i tend to create characters before plot so i would say i know them pretty well before starting but i do let them develop naturally within the story without forcing them into any box

34 : Describe your old writing in one word.tryhard

35 : Is it more fun to write villains or heroes?mmm both have their merits, i went through a phase where i loved villains but a warped heroes journey or a morally grey/anti-hero can be super good too

36 : Do you write with a black and white sense of morality?nah, murky

37 : What’s one piece of advice you would give to new writers?try anything. anything it doesnt matter if ur nervous or you ‘dont write in that genre’ or you dont even like that genre. its good to train yourself and go out of your comfort zone, makes u a better writer imo. also dont read this and think ‘im not writing an entire historical romance novel bc i hate it’ i mean just one shots. a paragraph or two. try out writing prompts, it really flexes ur skillsalso dont feel like everything u have to write will be published, thats what i mean by try out little paragraphs or prompts. let go of this idea that any of this work will see the light of day [unless u rly want it to] and just have fun, go wild, go crazy, go stupid

38 : What’s one piece of writing advice you try–but fail–to follow?its mostly those ones that help u have cleaner, more beautiful writing. i write really beige-like and its hard to be poetic or flowery

39 : How important is positive reinforcement to you as a writer?probably super important

40 : What would you ask your favorite author if given one question?when ur next book out

41 : Do you find it distracting to read while you’re writing a first draft?nah

42 : Do critiques motivate or discourage you?ive never really had many, so i would say discourage bc i dont have a thick skin with my writing

43 : Do you tend to write protagonists like yourself or unlike yourself?unlike myself, i like to write bold, confident characters and im not that lol escapism much

44 : How do you decide what story idea to work on?whichever interests me the most at the moment, i can jump between projects easily so i dont have a problem 

45 : Do you find it harder or easier to write when you’re stressed out?harder, i cant look at my writing if im stressed else ill absolutely hate it and might do something drastic like delete it all lol

46 : What Hogwarts house would your protagonist(s) be in?ary is slytherincyri is ravenclawash is gryffindorcaena is slytherin [i dont know how to spell the house names]

47 : Where do you see yourself as a writer in five years?still writing id hope

48 : Would you ever co-write?nah

49 : Are you a fast and rushed writer or a slow and deliberate writer?i used to be fast and rushed bc i was so impatient i just wanted to see the end product but i realised that i really love being in the world of my wips as long as possible so i draw it out and really mull everything over

50 : Would you rather be remembered for your fantastic world-building or your lifelike characters?both lol? i do love worldbuilding but i think characters make a greater impact

#writing #answered-ask #cloudybookash