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felikatze · 2 years

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s11 half season write up cuz i WILL NOT remember all my thoughts for another 15 eps and this season is divided in two anyway right? fire chapter, was it? anyway

don't tell me a break in tension after the last three seasons wasn't needed. it really was.

I reaaally like how this season started! If you've seen my previous write-ups, you know I like when a season immediatly starts on the action, but this time, i think a slow, low stakes start was perfect.

i enjoyed the silly shenanigans! fighting a chicken, doing odd jobs, all while the ninja are idiots. even once they start heading toward the tomb or fight giant beetles, there's no world-ending threat. they're doing this for shits n giggles. i like that

it reminds me of early s2, and i really love early s2. it's just silly! i like when this show is just silly.

on the low stakes note. I LOVE THE FILLER EPS. the one ep about the paperboys and the one about the news. how'd ninjago know i adore outsider pov stories? and in-universe media? i just really really love getting that outside look from non-main characters, and the effects of the entire series on the common citizen is wonderful. ofc paperboys are cutthroat extreme cyclists. have you seen the mailman? if you deliver ANYTHING in this environment you'll end up like that.

and the news episode is really funny. i want five more seasons of gayle gossip trying not to punch her coworkers actually. it's neat how you, as the viewer, can understand this random side character's frustration at getting shafted because she's a recurring character, and her rival is not. just because you've seen her so often in the thick of things over the seasons, you get it.

on the note of recurring characters. "hey, here's that one kid who broke his legs in s6," is not what i expected but. hey. it works. like at first i didnt get it but then he did the purple ninja thing and i went NINJA OF THE DAY NELSON FROM SKYBOUND?? HI!!! cool. yeah.

those two eps also had amazing gags. i keep thinking about people filming ads during an invasion of flaming snakes.

speaking of snakes. aspheera. she's so cool. i love her design. i love snakes in general. (riu and i have realized we may both adore snakes specifically because of ninjago, but i've always adored reptiles).

also skales shows up for an epsiode again. hi man. ily.

aspheera is FUN i personally didnt take her seriously much but she's got panache or whatever. she's fun to watch on-screen. she tends to the simple motivations side of things like the average ninjago villain, but i like her motivation. from both her behaviour and various stories told about her, we learn she's just kind of selfish and refuses to acknowledge her own wrongdoings, so everyone else must be wrong instead. Simple, but it works!

Her motivation actually contributes to the more low stakes feel of these episodes because she doesnt want world domination or whatever, that's all collateral. She just wants to get back at Wu specifically. mayyybe she wanted world domination in the past though. sure sounds like it.

speaking of wu! actually really liked him and his conflicts here. ever since s7, the show has been incredibly willing to acknowledge the flaws of wu's character and the consequences thereof. Here, it shows that Wu was young and foolish once, too. His deal with aspheera for his own curiosity reminds me of lloyd freeing the serpentine in s1. Like!! They were both just dumb kids!!

It's Inch Resting to have kid garmadon refusing to keep a promise be portrayed as the better option. nice reminder he wasnt always evil ykno.

i reaaaaally like the emphasized element of guilt to wu's character here. it gives the sense that he does this whole "wise mentor" shtick to prevent the ninja from making the same mistakes he did. his mistakes still haunt him! that's why he's so secretive about them!! he feels guilty and doesn't wanna talk about it!! (hits wu over the head) didnt s7 tell you keeping secrets about old enemies who will come back to kill or banish you is bad. teamwork motherfucker.

additionally in episode 15 it really feels like. wu you have some self destructive behaviour going on. he seems to value his own life much less than the ninja, because again, he feels guilt over his mistakes. as such he has no qualms risking it, which recontextualizes his behavior in s7 and makes it way more depressing.

wu is not the character i expected to write analysis on tbh.

for other characters, i already said i appreciate the ninja being idiots but

1) why is this season so mean to jay what the fuck did he do he's trying (i've acknowledged that jay is my favorite now and am no longer in denial

2) having pixal be the one to send wu to the never realm as she has a flashback to aspheera and the shot fades out to pixal dropping the staff and looking at her own hands in disgust. OOF. and then wu tells her the ninja cant come back with the tea and she basically banished them forever just as aspheera did zane. DOUBLE OFF.

pixal my girl. pats her on the head and gives her a hot choco for her nightmares.

iconique of her to have her own voice for text to speech on her tech though. that's kinda funny.

also how she swooped in with the mech and just punted aspheera. very cool. good pixal moments this season overall 1000/10 i always love more pixal

3) kai really got whammied. like MAN. one episode's running joke is kai's unconscious body getting ragdolled around. he has an self worth crisis only mitigated when a little kid almost dies. geez. that scene of kai trying to weld the mech together only to realize his mistake and get a blowtorch. fucking ouch. lloyd had an arc about how to exist without his powers and be more than just the green ninja in s9 but i dont think kai really like. got the same effect. he just stays grumpy about it until presumably getting his powers back after zane ices aspheera.

on that note the final battle against aspheera was do fucking cool. the whole tag-team shtick with everyone getting a turn on the scroll was awesome, what can i say. it looked sick. i would've loved it at 13 and i sure do love it now. my tastes haven't changed at all since then actually. also rip kai again. he had to sit out. man. kai already has mental problems. everyone on this show has so many problems.

like zane. geez zane my man. zane 🤝 wu, believing their lives to be more expendable than others. again him just whooping aspheera was sick but GEEEEZ s3 much. zane my man zane. cmon.

this is gonna be. fun

overall, enjoyed a more low-stakes adventure to calm down from the previous high stakes seasons, this season made me appreciate wu more, lots of silly moments i enjoyed. tis good

#feli speaks #ninjago posting #ya. i like this one #also big fuckin surpise the guy with a pythor icon loves snakes. who could've guessed. oh riu is gonna love aspheera i bet

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pegakitty · 1 year

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actually I wanna talk about the concept of the Shadow Clone real quick.

-canon anxiety disorder. reaaally bad anxiety. probably afraid of bugs.

-agender he/him, open to trying different styles of clothing

-nameless, but is called "Shadow 42X".

-Paints his stripes purple to stand out -NOT EXACTLY FERAL but...super shaky when it comes to meeting new people.

-Loves meat/savory foods

-likes to make jewelry, but isn't the greatest at it.

#shadow clone

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thesunicarusfellfor · 3 years

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The neither route was amazing! If you ever get ideas for it pls continue because i found it really interesting. You are a great writer.

Okay! This route actually made me very happy, but unfortunately, as much as I wanted to write it, I didn't know how exactly to do it? If that makes sense?

Context is HERE- The very end of the story is the Neither route.

TW: Anxiety, mentioned nightmares, mentioned Tubbo threatening Ranboo, guilt

I would also like to say that cuddling is platonic.

Left The Game (Plat!C!Ranboo x GN!Reader x Parental!C!Philza) Headcanon/Fic (Part 3???)

Ranboo Beloved joined the game.

(Y/n) (L/n) joined the game.

Michael Underscore-Beloved joined the game.

You and Ranboo tumbled out of the swirling portal and hit the ground with a hard thud, dirt and sand kicking up around you both upon impact.

Before you could comprehend what happened, a small squeal came from behind you and something slammed into your back, causing a groan to pull itself from your chest.

The monochrome male mumbled from beside you, his face practically buried in the grass which caused his words to be muffled.

His crown had rolled a few feet away, and his bags had opened as well, sending a few of his tools scattering, but everything seemed to be intact?

You slurred a mess of words before spitting out the sand that had gathered up in your mouth, attempting to tell the tall male that you were alive.

At least somewhat.

You both knew that you three had to drag yourselves into Phil's house, but the travel was so exhausting. Sleeping in the dirt sounded so tempting...

A quiet whine sounded from the weight on your back, reminding you that Michael had also come into the server with you.

When Ranboo got up, he picked the zombie piglin up from where he sat on your back, allowing you to get up.

You both, plus Michael who was resting on Ranboo's hip, began to pick up everything that had dropped out of the portal with you.

Once everything was gathered up, you three wandered through the iron doors of Philza's home and looked around curiously.

Two cats, one named Pog and one named Champ, came up to you both, chirping and meowing eagerly before pausing suddenly. They most likely expected Phil...

Michael gave a loud squealing noise at the sight of the cats and squirmed out of Ranboo's hold, running over to pet the cats.

Ranboo set off to find food in the chests, scribbling in his memory book the entire time.

You, on the other hand, dug through your bags to find materials you had brought to make three beds. One yellow, one grey and the other (f/c).

Once you placed each of them beside each other, Michael eagerly hopped into the middle one (the yellow one), while Ranboo walked over with plates of steamed carrots and baked potatoes.

"Stressed?" He mumbled softly, watching you stare down at your wrist where the tattoo of a heart with deep grooves in the center rested. The exact place the three hearts tattoos were, "I-I know, it's going to be a little different... But... Maybe it's a good different! ...Please, eat something and then get some sleep. Phil will check on us in the morning, and you know how he can get..."

With a smile, he handed you the plate and a fork before sitting on the floor at the foot of the beds with his own plate. Luckily he had given Michael a golden apple before he had gone to look for food, so the child was quietly drifting off to sleep, "Do... You really think that running was the best option?" You whispered, taking a bite of the vegetables.

"I... What else could we have done?" He frowned, setting his crown beside him before taking a bite of his own food, "We couldn't fight them... and they were definitely not going to let you go so easily. Hell... Tubbo... My own fiance was threatening to kill me because I was talking to you and caring for your burns!" He hissed, tilting his head back with his eyes pinched shut tightly, trying so hard not to cry.

You quickly walked over and moved his plate so it rested on his bed and you wrapped your arms around him tightly. The enderman hybrid eagerly returned the hug, crying into your shoulder so the fabric of your clothes soaked up his tears, "Should... I have just... Accepted their love, and maybe learn to love them back? For everyone's sake?" You whispered, your voice wavering as you tried to keep your composure.

"Absolutely not!" He yanked himself back from your shoulder to give you a glare, "That relationship would not have been healthy whether you loved either of them or not! They would've kept you locked away like a prized possession, and they would've severely hurt anyone who tried to interact with you!"

"I- I know... But..." You glanced down, but Ranboo tilted your head upwards so you were looking at him, but you still avoided eye contact so it didn't make him uncomfortable, "Your... Your relationship..."

Ranboo sighed, "I know. But, I'd rather that he showed me his true colours and I divorced him again for that, rather than him manipulating someone into loving him... and putting everyone else in danger in response. Now. We have a lot to do tomorrow. Finish eating and get some sleep."

The next morning, Philza practically slammed open the iron doors to his own house, looking a tad bit out of breath and a bit frazzled.

Once he saw you, Michael and Ranboo curled up in a small cuddle pile on the three different coloured beds, he gave a loud sigh of relief and adjusted his striped bucket hat.

Thankfully, the father of Minecraft let you three sleep for a little while before waking you and Ranboo up around noon.

First, he gave you both spare elytra's and so you could keep up with his massive black avian wings.

Ranboo's turned into massive black and purple dragon wings, while yours turned into (f/c) (f/a) wings.

Phil showed you both the end realm and his Endlantis, which he gave Ranboo special water protection potions so he could swim through the waters as well.

This man basically treated you three as if you were his own children!

Taught you how to fly.

Taught you how to cook properly.

Everything!

And basically survive with bare minimums.

Once you both got better at flying, a few months later, Philza rEAAALLY wanted to take you to the massive project he called Nether Void.

"Ready, mates?" Philza walked over and ruffled the hair on both your and Ranboo's heads with a soft smile, somehow unbothered by the blistering heat of the hellscape, "Double check your potions, armour durability and food supply."

Ranboo mostly stopped wearing his crown because it had problems staying on when he flew and because it had a lot of memories tied to it, so he didn't want it damaged. He had also stopped wearing his tux, instead, he wore plain black pants and a white ruffled poet shirt with a purple short cape that had a golden trim and gold chains, which was a gift from Philza.

You on the other hand wore something similar but with a(n) (f/c) poet shirt and a(n) (f/c) and gold cape. Your cape was also a gift from the fatherly figure as well, and so was the (f/c) infinity scarf type fabric wrapped around your shoulder over your chest that helped you carry and protect Michael as you flew, "Yep, we're ready to go, Mr. Dadza Minecraft!" You gave him a mock salute with a smile as he laughed.

Ranboo checked on Michael who was nibbling on a golden apple before he helped put the zombie piglin child into your scarf carrier, "Yeah, everyone seems safe!" He chirped softly as he adjusted his cape to spread his wings, shaking them out a bit in the heat of the lava.

"Let's go!" You cheered softly once you made sure Michael was 100% secure and wouldn't fall out somehow, "Food is stocked up and in my bag, as well as Regen and Health pots, and a first aid kit and two extra totems."

Philza gave you a proud father smile and took off first, hovering in the air for a few seconds as he waited for both of you to catch up. Thankfully, he knew very well that you both likely would never be able to catch up to his skill in flying as he had been born with massive feathered wings hundreds of years ago. You and Ranboo had never been into the air until a few months ago. Once you both caught up, he took off and soared through the burning hot nether.

Phil loved telling you both the stories of the lands. The Blaze Empress who lived in the Quartress, the foolish Ender King...

You and Ranboo always listened to his stories with such eagerness, often asking him to retell the stories when you were having a bad day or just wanted to relax.

The elder male actually greatly enjoyed having two children to raise again, even if he didn't have the best track record with sane children.

When he did leave to go to the DreamSMP, he would always promise you both that he would be safe and NEVER left without saying goodbye, even if he was angry or upset with either one of you.

He never wants his last words to someone to be filled with anger or hatred.

Somedays he would go to the SMP, you and Ranboo would not leave the house, just out of fear that he wouldn't come back, or that Tubbo and Tommy would come out instead of Phil.

Both you and Ranboo were plagued by nightmares very often for the first few weeks and woke up in tears in the middle of the night.

As old as Phil was, he had absolutely no problems comforting either of you in the middle of the night, same with Ranboo.

"Here mates..." He whispered softly as he handed you a hot beverage and gave Ranboo a grass block, "You're safe here... I promise. I would have to allow either of them into the server, and that would never happen... Especially now that I know what kind of people my sons are..."

You sighed and put your hand on Ranboo's back as he sobbed into your shoulder, using the fabric of his shirt to dry his tears before they burned his skin, "I know... I know... There's just the overwhelming fear that suddenly I'll wake up and I'll be back in the SMP and-and..." You decided not to finish your sentence, nuzzling into Ranboo's hair to try and keep yourself calm.

"Last I checked... Techno scared them off from the Tundra... But I haven't been in Snowchester or near the Embassy enough to know what Tubbo and Tommy are doing. But Ghostbur said that Tubbo has gone absolutely nuts... And Sam had to steal the nukes so Tubbo wouldn't destroy anything else... He also said Tommy on the other hand hasn't done anything except visit Dream in prison constantly."

Ranboo gave a shaky sigh and glanced over at Michael, most likely extremely happy that he brought his child along so he didn't have to deal with a psychotic Tubbo... Hell, he didn't know what would've happened to his kid if he did leave him. The thought caused him to give a small sob and hide his face again, holding onto you tighter and practically pulling your smaller form into his lap, trying to silently promise you safety and using you to remind him that he wasn't alone.

"We... we can't thank you enough, Phil... Really... You taught us so many life skills, kept us safe and promised us a safe haven... Allowed us to your private server..." You whispered, before feeling the warm cup being taken from your hand before a hand replaced it.

"Honestly... It's the least I can do to protect you both... You two have become two children to me, and, while I haven't been able to raise you from children like Techno, Wil and Tommy..." He didn't continue his sentence, struggling to form sentences, but both you and Ranboo understood and were quick to yank him into your little cuddle pile/hug, the two of you eagerly hugging him.

"Thank you... Dadza..."

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aeempress · 3 years

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Apritello Express Evidences, part 3

Apritello, my dear friends, is really all hints, devil in details, little pieces that, in the end, become a huge picture.

I can't say that there are a lot of episodes with April and Donnie spending quality time together, no. But all episodes are important to understand how their relationship are involving, growing. If you have sharp eyes and think about all of this even a little bit, you will be surprised how gracefully their relationship changes and grows, how characters evolve.

Dear passengers, we're about to start. Mind the gap!

Episodes “The Gumbus” and “Mrs. Cuddles”.

I think it would be appropriate to analyze these episodes in bunch, because they have common situations of spooky supernatural stuff and reactions of characters to this.

When you watch these two eps in raw, it's easy to see how alike are reactions of Donnie and April in some scary, really odd situations.

Adrenaline ‘n’ reclessness

April is really into all spooky things in “The Gumbus”, she's not afraid of some creepy stuff and she's really brave girl who easily copes with stressful and life-threatening situations.

Donnie is incredibly calm and collected when alive doll talked to him.

But still, April was frightened about plush rabbit because it was really unexpected for girl, she wasn’t ready to realize that plush doll that she’d worked with is alive fear-eating monster who will hurt and intimidate to get their precious screams. But point remains: Donnie and April share crazy fearlessness, which turns into an adrenaline addiction.

And here I am, a science guy, who tell you: adrenaline is a big deal for our body. This hormone can even provoke an onset of romantic feelings. Chemistry and anatomy come to fill the gaps: when a person is afraid, their pulse quickens, a cocktail of hormones is releasing into the blood, which sharpen the senses and reflexes. It will create a strong emotional bound, that's important for maintaining romantic kind of feelings. The more impressions there are (even negative ones), the higher the chance that person will remember his|her partner, and want to see them again – the body gets hooked on adrenaline, like a drug.

That’s why D&A have so strong, unshakeable boundaries. They are so alike: their attitude to scary things, the way Donnie and April cope with them, the adrenaline addiction their share. They even express feelings the same way.

And one tiny detail: April and Donnie start the teasing Raph for his fear of mrs. Cuddles. So they become the first victims of plushie.

Friendly reminder: they were the 1st victims, and what’s happened with them we don’t know, because it wasn’t shown due to not ruin the atmosphere of suspense.

But we have a beautiful quote of mrs. Cuddles and this precious shot which explain everything

Raph: Where’s Donnie?

Cuddles: In a happy place where he’ll scream and I can grow forever and now you’re gonna join him!

In a happy place, huh? Tied up with April in Splinter’s bedroom, a really happy place. Hold a sec, are they -

And after that Donnie’s responding is killing me.

Donnie:[OS] I'm afraid of togetherness.

Yep. All normal here. We should continue.

"Operation Normal" even though doesn't show a lot of interactions between April and Donnie, however continues the general outline highlighting the topics that were mentioned earlier in the show.

Firstly, April's relationship with her classmates. We're able to see how poor her scholar life is in "Hypno Part Deux" and "The Purple Jacket". She has no "normal", human friends except some strange remora guy, more like acquaintance than friend, though. But still, having "be normal" kick she's fine with Donnie's weirdness ( Mikey is always beyond all normal comprehension, Raph goes weird while he's alone, without brothers, and his fear of miss Cuddles is no big deal to fam, Leo didn't show any weird stuff during the series, like, reeeeal weird, m'kay?).

Conversation between April and Donnie at pizza spot

Really interesting and smooth scene. We’ve got Donatello who stares at April while he’s waiting his favourite pizza, no big deal.

And his legs.

If a person is interested in you, during a conversation, they will put their right foot forward (a left-handed person is more likely to put their left foot forward) in order to close the distance between you. - Check.

being in company, peson will point the sock at the most pleasant interlocutor for them. - check.

April’s legs are ponted at Donnie. Checkmate.

Yeah, April is hanging out with Donatello and Leonardo, but the main focus of hers is on Donnie.

All these scene makes me think that Donnie, knowing about how badly sometimes April wants to be normal, is up to help her overcome this. Fight fire with fire: fill up her life with all of this weird, mystic stuff so it will be normal with time. Regular people go to pizza spot to spend some quality time together, so we have pizza restaraunt here, in Hidden City. Make all odd normal, and problem will solved.

Donnie really tries his best, look at his face. Dee’s fine with all this bizzare things what happens to April, he’s fine with her. But still he fails, because April’s concept of normalcy differs drom Donnie’s.

And again, for Donnie it’s not a problem at all. He’s always was at the opposite side of normalcy and it doesn’t matter for him if April is in the same boat with him. Cause, as I said, Don’s fine with that.

Second, how much Donnie knows about April.

- Scoff! Are you really still on this whole "I want things to be normal" kick?

- Yes, what big city girl doesn't have a kayak and has hazmat suit?

Interesting detail here: this line launches Donnie’s flashback (because the first scene is from “Purple Jacket”, it’s Dee’s episode, obviously). And Don, as far as I can tell, has in his flashback moments with April when she did something reaaally impressive. His face is way more louder than any words.

- Short answer: no. Long answer: nnooooooooo.

- Oh, no! You know how April freaks out around the cosplay wizards!

These tiny lines are containing a lot of background, stories, intimate conversations that April and Donnie share. This show always does the same trick: we never see a direct action, we are only able to see a result or statement of the result. But series do a great work telling us with such small and imperceptible gestures that their bonding at this point is mutual. Not only D tells April about his inventions, family and fam's issues he has and even his falls, mistakes and failures. April does the same thing, sharing with Donatello one of the most important things to her. Problem that really bothers her.

C'mon, he'd even memorized Sunita's name, though April messed up with this situation a bit. It seems Donnie memorizes facts about April - he remembered the wi-fi password from old April's work as we can see in "The Longest fight" (he could hack it easily, he's a genius, why he's been keeping in mind some piece information that useless for a year? It doesn't make any sense)

Oh, and that. Just a coincidence, I guess?

Just alike suits, no big deal. Plus, the whole family has it (and something tells me that guys have suits at the behest of Don, so probably April does). But Donnie and April has a lot in common like emotional expressions, reaction about some kind situations, fight style and even tastes in fashion.

Also, it seems like Donnie's been watching April for sometimes.

While Leo was hiding in trash can, to not catch anyone's eye rather than April. He definitely couldn't know who was passing by, but there was Donnie to observe from above. That's why he was hanging down the stairs when Leo spoke to April.

It’s not the first time Donnie dress up as old lady to monitor April’s day.

Leo: Why do you always make us dress up as old ladies? Donnie: №1: confort, №2: to blend in as we monitor April’s day for max normalcy.

3. Even when D took away this cosplay wizard, he's still keeping eye on her.

Oh no, you don’t. Grandmas here!

Donatello changes his foe to save April exactly. He fought all evening with Brutus, but when April slightly gets in danger, Donnie just attacked anyone who has intention to hurt her and ruin her evening.

Is that a flying turtle in an old purple dress?

April, who all evening was trying to look “normal”, hiding her real friends because they are mutant turtles and pretending that nothing unusual happens here, finally gives up when Sunita mentioned Donnie. Even though new April’s friend has asked her before about Leo.

His eyes.

Donnie is really impressed but what he saw, and the reason - April O'Neil.

The episode "Warren & Hypno, sitting in a Tree" is another incredible piece of whole picture.

Turtle tank is decorated for April birthday in purplish scheme, definetely Donatello's work.

Dee's nonverbal speech.

• He seems more interested and softer than usual looking at April. It's easy to say comparing him with brothers. Mikey is in anticipation of fun mode, Leo relaxed and show his "whatever it will be fun" attitude, Raph is listening carefully, but still, Donnie could just turn his head in April's vouce direction, not a whole body.

• Warren felt Don's gaze while talked with April, so worm made the remark. Pay attention to the construction of the frame of neighboring scenes. The second frame is April's perspective. And Don is looking namely at her.

Indignation. Disappointment. Spark, storm, madness (i love this russian meme, sorry not sorry)

• Donnie seems sincerely sorry for this situation with April's b-day. And again, this soft gaze and "Raph, shut the shell up, your nonsense is upsetting her"-eyes.

• Donatello is kind of person, who’s avoiding a proper confrontation, so he rarely stands up for someone. He were remaining silent, when Raphael tried to cheer April in the most radiculous way, but when Hypno tried to play with April’s feelings, Donnie blew it.

He’s obviously in wrath as D emote that expressively. Yeah, he had much on his plate at April’s birthday, but it’s her b-day on the line, not his pride.

Warren used April, playing with her fan feelings. Her idol betrayed her, she was locked up in a cage, and now we have Hypno who wants to use her again by pitting and pushing for her compassion, because, it’s obvious - boys would do everything she said.

And Donnie tries to keep Hypno away from her, protect her feelings from another betrayal.

As he’s already stated - “For you, anything”.

The show always tells us: if you wanna trigger Don, bring April in.

Hypno tried to turn this thing around, Leo did the same in “Al be back”.

If Hypno-tamus did that accidentally as he found out that April O’ Neil is a birthday girl, so her wishes that day were laws, Leo did it on purpuse.

Leo is good at manupulating and pulling some strings, plus he knows his twin as back of his hand. That’s why Leo mentioned April in the end as she was always the most powerful argument, the reason and motive for Donnie. At second he’s even panicked, but remained calm. He almost blew up his coolheaded image because of one certain girl in yellow.

• Donnie is really happy to present Warren's arm to April. He even holds it like a rare, priceless treasure. D is really proud of himself right now: he saved the day, after all. The emotional reaction of hers is exactly what Donnie wants to get. And then, his final pose, while April is on 9th cloud from happiness - that's really territorial gesture, D claims his supremacy and confidence, telling "See? That's my happy birthday girl".

Leapfrog with a composition

Donnie and April are more and more eager to be together in the frame. Composition’s boners, m’kay.

Special ride for April

Yeah, Donnie used to offer his battleshell to give April a special ride. It even has a seat and handlebars for her comfort. She can control the flight as well as Donatello, they are like co-pilots. But he never carried her on his back before.

Usually, April is carried by Raphael, on his neck/shoulder, and she’s fine with it. Raph is strong enough to carry her without any difficulties or slowing down.

It’s not Donnie’s weak to carry her - no, he strong enough to carry his battleshell with a lot stuff in it everyday, Don can carry Splints on his shoulder without any apparent difficulty. He strong enough to hold the weight of his battleshell+April. Oh, c’mon, D assembled the Turtle tank only by himself and this for sure requires a lot of physical strength in order to engage in auto mechanics. Try lifting the wheel with tyre, and you'll see what I mean. Of course, there is a jack, but it will not solve all the problems. Don could use hydraulics and Archimedes ' laws, but I'm sure he did most of it with his own hands. Lifting and carrying, all by himself.

Not the strengh what’s matter but another point.

The sequence where Donnie carries April on his back doesn’t last long, it’s pretty easy to miss, while Raph openly do that with April on him.

Plus April’s gaze: she’s staring right at us with her “ninja-eyes” as if they were caught in the middle of something. The duration and length of the sequence, the way it is made all of this arouse certain thoughts.

It’s like nobody should see this. Too personal. To be more specific - too close and intimate?

Donnie stated a few times that he’s not into togetherness, tactile interaction and phisical side of contacts. Although he's fine with his brothers, don't forget that April is a girl. Even if she feels like part of family, she’s not his relative. She’s not his sister.

Some people tend to avoid physical contact with the objects of their interest. And this behaviour fits in Don’s character. He’s anxious type with a lot of psychological and emotional issues. Yeah, he tries to cover it up, built a shell to protect himself, behave as confident extravert but he’s nothing like that. Sometimes D tends to distance himself from his family, to hide in his shell, and we've seen that throughout the show.

Don hangs by his phone quite often, he addicted to this as his comfort zone, his peaceful cave, where everything is much easier,

Don pretends he’s so busy with his science stuff to ward off his brothers (ep. Mind Meld),

Don went to the lab to work on his projects, while he could hang out with April and the brothers (ep. Mrs. Cuddles). And he left for what? To work on self-cleaning tooth pick, or the titan bust of himself? It’s seems like lame excuse to be alone. He’s definetely an intovert, who sometimes needs some space and time with himself.

All his cocky behaviour is showing off to hide insecure, diffident and vulnerable creature, softshell purple turtle. Yeah, Donnie has confidence in what he’s great in: tech, science stuff, where he’s only one is capable of. But if someone steps on his domain or doubts his authority, his true colours exposed.

And, once again, “Mind meld” is a great evidence of that. Would callous, unsumpathetic guy without heart have a wall with pictures of his fellows? I’m afraid not. Donnie has a soft, caring heart.

There’s an alley of his the dearest moments, because photos - are always memory, precious moments we want to keep.

1 - from “Minotaur Maze”. Don loves good pizza, loves his brothers, and they have a little adventure together. Yeah, this photo isn’t on champ wall, but still.

2 - from “Mascot melee”. Important day for bros as they show themselves to people at daylight to rescue Raph and their operation to buy a new robe for his father. It’s their joint brothers dance, and D is loving to dance, remember? Definetely special occasion.

3 - from “Mascot melee”. Splints was really glad to receive a gift from boys. And Donatello, as we know, is always eager to achive for pop’s approval. This for sure must be in his precious moments collection.

5, 7 - from “Donnie’s gifts”. He even keeps a dorky photo, which Raph uses as profile pic at Donnie’s number.

8, 9 - “Down with the sickness”. It was funny to survive all the 7 stages to achive what boys wanted. They failed, but still.

10 - from “Al be back”. Who knows that Splints is so good at singing?

4, 6 - from “The Fast and the Furriest”. Strange choice, cuz, you know, photos ten seconds before his collision with April bat?

And yeah, he HAS April’s photo here. And at this pic it’s April, and April alone,without his brothers.

Don’s a real softie, see?

And avoiding physical contact is a way to protect Donnie’s already shattered self-esteem. To not cause any doubts in front of girl which he’s interested in. That’s possible reason why we did not receive any heartwarming hugs in “The Purple Jacket”.

But Donnie carries April, because it’s her birthday. On the one hand, the girl claims that her b-day is cursed, and Donnie could, by any chance, do something nice for her, and on the other hand - any request of the bithday girl - is the law, as we could see earlier.

Gift for birthday girl

There is no Donnie in the scene after Draxum throw off Warren's arm. While Raph comfort April about her birthday, Donnie was looking for it to present it to April.

He knows the best what is the most precious gift for her. Warren Stone, her idol, goat of making news; she have been in Stoneheads fanclub for 9 years. Also, it seems that Donnie is the one of turtles, who collected info about this worm.

Also, he stopped immediately when April stepped between them and show no disappointing (remind you about Donnie's sadistic science guy nature). The reason is April.

And another cute detail: their glasses are the same form.

Another episode "Mystic library" has slightly touched D&A interaction. But were talking about Apritello, it's all hints but quality.

When Mayham trapped in the mirror and Raph, Leo and Mikey obviously are not coping, April decides to call Donnie to clear situation up.

Donnie, mister "I ruin everything", she's going to call for help. I repeat this. April calls for help Mr. Science to solve mystic problems with her pet. MYSTIC PET.

And he AGREES.

Turtles dissuade their friend from calling Donatello but after a while, April returns with Donnie, and sees the bathroom in ruins.

I'm gonna clear this moment.

1. April haven’t called Donnie.

2. Some time later she returns with Dee.

3. Our girl is pretty shocked to see her bathroom in ruins, argo she didn't see/hear Raph chose to solve problem with smashing.

It must mean only ine thing: April went for Donnie by herself. We don't know where was he, we don't know what the reason April brought Donnie with her by herself, 'cause we know that if she call Dee, he will definitely get to her immediately.

Something is definetely off.

By the way, April changed Don’s profile pic.Yeah, the first one is very informative since Donnie is a turtle and he’s purple and he has bandana. Seems like April have done it by herself, editing the photo of real turtle. She didn't put a lot of effort into this, this image doesn't show her real attitude towards Don. But second is more personality-tinged. Sleeping Donatello in all his gear - this detail can tell us about only one thing - he was photographed when he fell asleep after his sleepless night(s) working hard at something - is something she can catch or receive by boys (namely speaking, it’s Leo, according to Ben Schwartz stated in an interview, that if Leo had an Instagram account, that 60 to 70% of his photos would be his brothers caught sleeping or slipping on things). And still. April has a dorky and little embarrassing pic of Donatello and this is... Interesting and cute?

This profile pic remind me about ROTTMNT: Sound off! (2nd issue)

The next station is “The Purple Game”.

Another episode in which the interaction of the characters is small in timing, but great in content.

And once again: they have a lot in common. I’d never tired of repeating this thing ‘cause the series do the same trick, showing one thing from different points of view. April and April shares the same taste in games, the same attitude, the same mojo.

But the most important thing here is how D&A interacrions are shown in this episode. Unlike other episodes, the interaction here is indirect, is provided by gaming.

Their customized avatars reflects their personality. I mean, the colour schemes (though Donatello has never shown any interest in yellow, he used it for customization of his persona), the way their avatars looking. Game even refering to Sherlock_Corn as “she”, albeit it’s impossible to refer to her avatar in female pronoun. Because, you know, design and nickname?

And the in-game interaction of the avatars resembles D&A irl relationships. Bootyyyshaker 9000 don’t like togetherness, he’s looking like Donnie’s expectation of himself (cool and tough guy, as D sees himself in his own dreams)

Their dialogue

Actually. Actually, Donnie and April are not able to hear each other as game has no voice chat, but their lines make an perfect dialogue nevertheless.

April:Bootyshaker9000? Donnie?

Donnie:April? You’re the last person I need to destroy to achive rank №1!

April:Ditto!

Both:There can only be one!

Donnie said the cheat combination, so April would know for sure what he is supposed to do, but she has no idea.

So, once again: their sync is incredible.

And can we talk about that?

April’s attack

As it seems, attacks may be customized by players. Bootyyshaker has attack that refers at Donatello main feature - superior intellect.

And this attack isn’t effective, because REAL April O’Neil has a resist towards it. She has known D for years, she knows what he’s capable of, she’s aware of his nerd side. April’s immune to it, so Sherlock_Corn is.

Sherlock_corn has a default attack - kernel cannon. It’s nod to her nickname: kernel, corn, the same book. But her second atteck is something reflecting her personalitiy. Plus, April is aware of Donnie’s “fear” of togetherness. All’s fair in love and war, right?

April took a lot of BS9000 hp by her “friendly hugs”. And, by the way, his sweet reaction for hugs.

So:

The selection of the final opponent. It might be literally anyone, but we wouldn’t be able to see Dee’s obsession in that case. Yeah, he’s already had a demon possesion ™, but it was too easy to him to win. No challenge. No “kill or be killed”, “It’s me or you” mojo. He needed some tough gamer for challenging, to develop his character, push him too far. And April, actually, is an excellent choice to reveal the character of certain purple turtle.To expose his true colours. And April do a great job: they know each other, so battle will be spicy, they are both compepitors, they are so alike, so it would be intersting to watch Donatello vs April. And it will, ‘cause In-game April and In-game Don is somewhat different than them usual.

April is Don’s slayer for sure. She’s good at gaming, her last attack was almost fatal for him. So he had to to cheated on her.

Captain Cuddlecakes. Yes, she know about his afraid of togetherness. And there’s lovey-dovey attack animation with this cuddling and Donatello’s persona behaves like him. And it was SPECIAL RUN, so... I haven’t the foggiest why. Cute detail, I mean.

Just look at it. Isn’t it cute?(at least we got their hugs somewhere... kinda. kinda.)

“Snow Day“, albeit being family episode, shows a lot about D&A relationship through “family war”.

First of all, the same taste in films.

Donnie’s already shown the same attitude to fashion, scary things as Cap O'Neil, April shares the same gamer’s mojo as Donatello, but now? We have Donnie and April that are loving the same movie.

For love of purple supernovas, of all the Jupiter Jim’s movies (and there are more than 60 of them), that's a convinient coincidence, they like the same movie.

It stated in series several times that Dee is fond of Atomic Lass. He had crush on her when he was child, he admires her by all his heart, so it will make sense if films with this character he would be his favourite. It’s logical, isn’t it?

Atomic Lass, even if she is part of JJ-universe, however, isn't in every movie. Leo described "JJ: Pluto vacation IV" and there is no sights of Atomic Lass. Like, at all.

Nevertheless, April’s claimed that “PV-4” is the best movie of the time, and Don agrees.

April:What the whaaaat? Hold up, Skip. “Jupiter Jim Pluto Vacation 4″ is the best JJ movie of all time.

Donnie:Ranked, by us, just now. So it’s basically official, no arguing.

And they do this thing again. Reflecting each other. Facial expressions, intonations, poses and etc. Haven’t I mentiones that? Mirroring is natural way to build communication. People, who communicate enthusiastically, who have sympathy to each other, feelings of certain nature, unconsciously copy each other's poses.

Direct reflection and close contact have a strong effect. This is used between lovers, people with close relationships or interested in each other.

And you can see that during not only episode, but through the whole series.

Poses, gestures, facial expressions they share constantly. Even if they are apart, they are mirroring each other, showing their bound. Because Apritello is not always about sitting close, holding hands and blushing. Apritello is about staying together even if they are not. It’s about solid foundation, about synergy, about chemistry Donnie and April share. And all of these are not always so obvious and clear, evident. But so realistic nevertheless.

And that’s why they splitted off the fam - they are too close and alike.

I stated it before but DonniexApril team is way more effective than Donniexbrothers team. Donatello and April are equal, worth each other. They are comfortable with each other, their teamwork is amazing.

They are always near, close to each other for the entire episode. Stand up for each other, side by side. They have no need to do team-building, because their sincronization is incredible. April works well together with Donnie, their skills compliment each other.

I love that April in a first place look at Donnie to check is everything alright.

And a cherry on top?

This inviting gesture. Donnie just watched all along how his brothers and April try to throw some cold water on this situation (khem, it slipped). But when April call him with this inviting gesture, he’d like to help.

In other words, he was waitng when April requests for his help.

Composition’s boners

Sometimes it happens during the show, but this episode beat hte score at this point. I say only one word: physics. Or, more precisely, the force of attraction. Or, maybe Mayham.

... Anyway.

Fitting in the type

April can play not so nice against her enemies, she got steady hand and meanness, merciless and reclessness. She’s passionate and kinda badass, sassy - in a positive way, she’s baddest girl who can kick your butt if you mess with her, and she really good at this.

She has a fire, and Donnie likes that. Dee never stated that directly but miss O’Neil impressed him so many times and in different way so it’s kinda pretty obvious.

Just look how Donatello reacted the way April took Raph down a peg. Her actions are elegant, relaxed but really sly. She almost dare Raph to put his flag on top only to bring him down to Earth in really painful way. She destroyed Bros’ team so easily just by waiting a bit and by calling Mayham.

She’s definetely got some pepper.

Pretty cute but baddest, don’t you think?

And Donnie was impressed for sure, he admitted it - “That is fun for me”. He don’t even stand a chance, c’mon: she’s smarass and elegant, she can be mean and cute at the same time.

Even though that’s it for season 1 analysis (the last series is more appropriate to review as part of 2nd season, plus it was a reaally big post, I need some time)

You can refresh this whole situation in the car 1 and the car 2 or follow the hashtag #apritello express as you please. It’s a pleasure of mine, keep in touch :)

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threeleggedcrow · 2 years

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Poppy, honey, roses

thanks for the ask chef 🕺

poppy - favorite pastel color?

i reaaally like pastel purple, green and brown <3 they're so comforting

honey - favorite term of endearment?

depends? receiving or giving? i like to call people dear, dearest, love etc. and i loooove being called those things too. but i also like to be called darling, princess, sunshine, starlight and stiff like that;; they make me go SOFT

roses - what flower do you find most beautiful?

dahlias, roses and orchids <3

#ask games

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Hiii I’m sorry if this is really annoying and feel free to say no ofccc but is there any chance you could gif that part of the lights up mv where he’s on the bike and his shirt is flowing in the wind and it’s just ✨freedom✨ for a header? but if possible with a pink or purple colouring? 😳 I’m really sorry if this is too difficult and like I said you don’t have to!! I just saw you said you might be able to gif some headers if people asked okay love you bye djdskfn

Hiii, ok so I tried my best (those scenes are truly a nightmare sjkhgdf - actually the whole video is, but I'll put them under a cut for you and give you a mediafire link too since I think if you just right click save from here it might reduce the size again (i have no idea) and if you want the little torn off paper looking thing at the bottom at any colour so it kind of blends in with the rest of your blog let me know bc it's the easiest thing to add lol. ANYWAY i'm sorry i reaaally wish it was a nicer scene but as I said I tried my best 😭 you don't need to credit me if you use them, just don't claim them as your own/ repost it as a gif please 💖

here's the mediafire link. ftr this is literally what it looks like unedited 😭 asdsad what was the reason !

#anonymous #i hope you like them !#answered

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muffinrecord · 3 years

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Backgrounds I’ll Miss

I reaaally loved this background. Not just because of the event, but I loved the greens, I liked the faint rainbow at the edges, and it always reminded me of when the game came out and how much fun I had.

So far JP hasn’t rerun an event more than twice, and since Happier Heights was already done twice... I don’t have hopes of getting this one anymore. I’m going to miss having it.

I really liked the music for this one.

I LOVED the loud music for this one too, and the color scheme. This event only ran once on JP though, so hopefully we can get it again one day :)

This one was really fun to pair with different characters, like Kako or Touka.

This one has such a relaxed, peaceful energy and I wish I could have it again.

This one is straight up beautiful. Some backgrounds feel weird for characters, but this one felt like anyone could belong on it. I live close by the ocean and this one reminds me of my childhood. Good serotonin.

I mentioned that I love space, so naturally I love this one too. It feels very serene.

We got a different version of this one on JP, but I’ll miss the pink/purple vibe of this one. I wish we could get it again.

This isn’t a background I ever used, but I’ll still miss having it. I like backgrounds with different music. Sometimes you just want a small change.

SPEAKING OF DIFFERENT MUSIC, THIS ONE WAS SUCH A JAM I LOVED IT

This one never fails to be hilarious to me. Like where even are we??? What is my character standing on?? I love it. It reminds me of the Wally raid, which was SO fun. Good vibes.

This one was fucking perfect, especially with Kirika. I liked the reddit thing where people would pair up characters with otherwise-normal-but-in-this-situation-hilarious-quotes, like Ui going “I love the smell!” on a skyline of fire.

This background really feels like the experience of NA summed up. God I’ll miss it.

#Muffin Record #Magia Record #Long Post #End of NA

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macklives · 5 years

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session 60 end

god thats it

ive literally gone through the 5 stages of fucking confusion and anger and shock over this whole session

we didnt even go through that many pages it was just a lot of dialogue, honestly

anyways

we saw GA. and we saw AT. and we found shit out and it got gay and idk.

but technically, despite the fact that ik theres more characters to come, we’ve seen everyone we’ve ever talked to and im going absolutely feral about it

i like GA a lot tho, i think she’s my favourite troll. she’s great. she looks amazing and she’s like... a gothic sapphic queen i guess. considering i think she likes rose which UGH WOW pls let this be gay, andrew. i dont think i could do queerbating any longer in media. bc that was indeed flirting. i know what flirting looks like. im a lesbian. i flirt with people. takes them a while to notice and the friendzone is indeed CHEAP but thats what being a lesbian is all about.

i hope to god this means rose also reciprocates. bc fucking hell, i can kinda see them together. its cute. its so cute. that was cute. stop it, andrew.

and then, in the other corner, we have our.. special AT, who just.. he does meth i think

now DERSE. derse is the purple planet. wow, what a reveal after i had to sit through that whole entire shit show of a rap. even with boots’n’cats playing in the background. actually, yknow what, i think that made it even worse. he talked about riding his horns and then dicks, idk. also pretty gay.

god is that why his horns are like those of a bull? bc he’s a taurus and all. or represents taurus? or are they just reaaally passionate about their signs? are they all into astrology? i bet you 100% theyre just apart of some astrological cult. anyways, that also means their horns are their signs as well, considering GA has that weird whoodiedoop or whatever considering she’s a virgo or into virgos or maybe a virgin or whatever the fuck. idk how to explain it over text.

oh my god if she’s virgo and gay, we’re one the same

anyways im done. thats it. my mind cant do this shit anymore and i have no idea why im loving it so much but i blame you all

#homestuck #homestuck liveblog #hs60 #hs60 end

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golden-redhead · 5 years

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Oumota Week 2019 - Day #4 || Fake Dating

Summary: Kaito tries to do the right thing. It backfires. Kind of.

Read on AO3.

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It’s a day like any other typical day, the sun shining over people’s heads, trees throwing long shadows over the pavement, birds twittering charmingly and everything seems to go just as it’s supposed to do. That is, of course, until Momota enters a coffee shop he had a habit of visiting after his classes when he was in a desperate need of some caffeine in his system and all and any traces of normalcy go out of the window with the speed of a soaring bullet.

He pushes the door of the coffee shop open, breathing in the rich scent of freshly ground coffee and sweet pastries which were lined up behind the glass. He taps his shoulder bag where it rests against his hip, feeling the hard covers of his books poking out through the thick material. Nothing like studying in his favorite coffee shop. He had approximately three hours before he had to leave for his training session with Shuichi and Harumaki and with finals quickly approaching he had no time to waste.

He heads for the counter, not sparing even a single glance at the menu, knowing exactly what he wants based off the many times he’s been here before. He’s about to order but just as he opens his mouth to do so, he gets distracted by the hushed voices of two girls huddled behind the counter, partly obscured by the display of muffins and decorative mugs with motivational slogans that sound just like something out of Momota’s endless stock of inspirational speeches reserved for his sidekicks and anyone who would listen.

“Poor guy,” one of them shakes her head solemnly, the long ponytail bouncing around her shoulders with every shake. “He’s been here for over an hour now…”

“I know,” the other girl sighs in agreement, biting her lip with visible distress. “I feel so bad for him. This is so unfair. I wish we could do something, you know.”

She looks sympathetically over Momota’s shoulder, staring at someone behind his back. Curious, he turns his head, following her gaze over the heads of all the other customers seated in the small coffee shop until at last it lands on a suspiciously familiar nest of dark, nearly black hair, tainted with little specks of purple at the tips.

“Oh,” he exhales, eyes going round and wide when the sight finally registers. “You’ve got to be kidding me…”

Kokichi Ouma got… stood up?

Momota’s brows screw in a surprised scowl as his brain goes into an overdrive, trying to make some sense out of the scene before him.

It’s somewhat bizarre to see Ouma in a non-school habitat, his clown-like costume replaced by a black shirt adorned with little white buttons that makes him look uncharacteristically fancy when compared to his everyday clothes. He occupies a small round table and steals occasional glances at the wall hanging on the wall opposite of him and at the door, his childlike face pulled in a frown that looks weirdly out of place on him. Or maybe Momota is just too used to his shit-eating grins.

He and Ouma never really got along well but it doesn’t change the fact that he still feels a painful tug at his heart when he thinks about how shitty it must feel to get stood up in a public place by some asshole with no common courtesy or manners.

The girls at the counter continue to talk but their voices fade into an indistinguishable murmur as he tries to process this new piece of information.

No matter what there was between him and Ouma, the guy certainly didn’t deserve to be stood up like that. As much as Maki insisted that the little gremlin has no heart to speak of Momota finds this theory very unlikely, especially from the scientific point of view.

Besides, Ouma or not, he’s a hero.

He’s Kaito Momota, Luminary of the Stars! He won’t let anyone be pitied like that.

With a new-found resolve, he turns to the two girls and beams at them, interrupting their discussion as if he’s been a part of it from the start, not even bothering to pretend he hasn’t been eavesdropping.

“Oh, this guy?” he asks with pretend nonchalance, gesturing to Ouma with his thumb, his voice booming over the quiet noise of the conversations and machines of the coffee shop, startling both girls. “I’m with him.”

One of the girls stares at him with something that could only be described as stunned scepticism, visibly taken aback by the sudden interruption, but the other girl’s eyes grow wide and she turns to stare at him, hopeful. “Eh? Really?”

“Really,” Momota beams at her, “I am a bit late ‘cause I had to help my grandparents but I’m here now.”

The girl seems to be so overwhelmed with happiness that she bounces in place and clasps her hands happily, forgetting herself momentarily.

“Oh, thank goodness,” she lets out a small giggle and then seems to remember that she’s talking to a customer. “Ah, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t… I don’t…I’m so sorry, it’s none of my business,” she stammers, a bright blush flaming her cheeks as she raises her eyes, looking at him bashfully.

Momota waves his hand dismissively, smiling at her encouragingly. “Nah, don’t worry about that.”

“It’s just… I was stood up once,” she confesses quietly, her voice dropping to a quiet hush, barely above a whisper. Her face scrunches up in discomfort at the memory. “I… I never want to go through something like that. So when I saw your date I felt really sorry for him. I even thought about bringing him some cake. On the house, of course.”

Momota almost protests when she refers to Ouma as his date but manages to bite his tongue in time, masking the grimace of pain with a shaky smile, one that the girl hesitantly reciprocates.

“No worries,” he reassures her confidently. “It just means your heart is in the right place!”

The waitress fidgets nervously, blushing harder. She reminds him of Shuichi from their early days at the Academy.

“Oh… Um, if you say so?”

“Anyways, I’ll just have some coffee and then I’m gonna join him.”

He places his order and moments later he marches through the length of the coffee shop, mug in hand and a grin plastered on his face.

“Hey,” he greets Ouma unceremoniously once he finally reaches his table and then plops on the chair across from Ouma without waiting for a response. With one quick glance to confirm that no one’s listening, he leans in closer, voice dropping conspiratorially: “Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. The girls at the counter said you got stood up, so I told them I’m with you. No need to thank me.”

Now, Momota knew that technically Ouma never asked for his help but he still feels perfectly justified when instead of expressing his undying gratitude, Ouma lets out a loud overly dramatic sigh and drums his fingers on the table, nose wrinkling in irritation.

“Of course Momota-chan would ruin my plans,” he complains grumpily, shooting him the dirtiest glare and slumping in his chair with a deep pout.

“Uh…” Momota blinks at him dumbly. “What?”

“Nothing, Momota-chan. You’ve done enough.”

“What the hell, dude? I’m doing you a favour here!”

“My hero,” replies Ouma dryly.

Momota huffs through his nose, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning against the small plastic chair that squeaks beneath his weight in response.

“Seriously, what’s your deal? I just tried to be a nice fucking person.”

“Your favour means no dessert for me,” Ouma sniffs loudly, wiping his nose in the long sleeves of his shirt, an action that makes Momota shudder in disgust. “And I was reaaally looking forward to it, too!”

The astronaut’s frown deepens, lips pressed together in a thin line. “The hell are you talking about?”

“I wanted that dessert, Momota-chan!” wails Ouma, slamming his small fists against the table. Briefly, Momota thinks that it’s hard to take him seriously when he acts like a child throwing a goddamn tantrum over a piece of cake that’s probably not even as good as it looks on the promotional picture.

And then it finally clicks.

“Wait...” he starts carefully, the realization dawning on him slowly. He directs an incredulous stare at Ouma. “Wait, so what you’re trying to say is that you pretended to be stood up on just to make those girls at the counter feel sorry for you and get… a free cake?!”

Ouma pouts, jerking his head in a quick nod.

“You deprived me of my dessert so now you have to pay the highest price. I’ve already contacted my assassins and they are getting ready for an ambush as we speak. I’d say bye to my loved ones if I was you. Oh, wait,” he pauses for a second, eyes growing theatrically wide as if he’s just realized something and then he giggles gleefully, batting his eyelashes at his classmate flirtatiously. “You have no loved ones. Wow, tough life, Momo-chan.”

Momota throws his arms out into the air in a giving up gesture, a deep scowl etched on his features. “Fine! I’ll buy you that damn dessert, geez.”

The tears vanish from Ouma’s eyes as if they were never there and he tilts his head to the side, blinking at Momota innocently.

“Ooohh? Momota-chan will buy me a cake?”

“Yes, Mo-mo-ta-kun will buy you a cake! If that’s what it takes to shut you up then I’m gonna get you that stupid cake.” Momota reaches for his wallet and wrestles it out from his bag and then strides to the counter without another word. Minutes later he’s back with his order, a considerable piece of strawberry cheesecake, mousse flowing down the delicate cake, little strawberries perched on top of it.

With a smug expression he puts it right before Ouma. “Happy now?”

Ouma’s eyes gleam on the other side of the small round table, transfixed on the sugary treat before him as if it’s some kind of insatiable rarity and not one of the most common cakes that you can buy at literally every corner. He reaches out for the dessert greedily, pulling the small plate closer impatiently. With an almost devout caution he cuts into the cake using his fork. However, before he could bite into it, he squints at Momota suspiciously, pointing an accusatory finger at him.

“How can I know that you didn’t poison it?”

“Oh, for god’s sake,” Momota snaps at him, no longer in the mood to entertain Ouma’s nonsense. “Eat the goddamn cake, you asshole!”

“Nishishi, now I know that you poisoned it,” informs him Ouma cheerfully and finally takes a bite, shoving it into his awaiting mouth with so much force that Momota winces at the sound of his teeth clinking against the fork. He swallows it all at once, too, a pleased expression dawning over his face. Momota’s pretty sure he didn’t even taste it.

“So?” he asks after a moment, letting Ouma take another bite and eyeing him curiously. ”How is it?”

Ouma’s busy stuffing his mouth with more cake but he pauses to look up at him, swallowing the piece already in his mouth and smacking his lips obnoxiously. He gives him a small shrug.

“Eh. Could have been better.”

“What?! Come on, you are practically gonna choke if you keep up eating like that and you tell me that it could have been better?”

“That’s exactly what I said, Momota-chan,” observes Ouma, amused.

Momota grits his teeth and without thinking reaches out to grab Ouma’s arm, fingers wrapping around his thin wrist.

“Hey! Eww, Momota-chan, keep your dirty gross hands away from me.”

Ouma’s protests fall on deaf ears. Momota simply pulls his hand closer over the table and directs his fork to his mouth, stealing a bite of his cake.

“Hmm,” muses Momota, swallowing, the sugary taste spilling over his tongue. Maybe a bit too sweet, he decides eventually, but it’s not bad.

Not bad at all.

“You’re just acting like a little shit, it’s really goo— Uh. Ouma? What is it?”

He stops mid-sentence when he catches sight of Ouma’s expression, his dusted with an angry blush pink cheeks and glassy, unblinking eyes, staring at Momota in mute surprise.

“Ouma?”

Before he could respond, a new voice chimes in.

“Um… excuse me?”

Momota raises his gaze only to see the girl from before.

“I’m so sorry for interrupting, I just wanted to say that you’re a lovely couple,” declares the girl, pulling the tray closer to her chest and averting her gaze shyly.

“Oh?” Asks Ouma sweetly, finally snapping out of whatever trance he was under seconds before her arrival and raising one of his eyebrows in a perfect arch. There’s a dangerous glint in his eyes and when he reaches out his arm over the table to intertwine their fingers together, Momota briefly realizes that he’s never been more scared in his life. “We are, aren’t we?”

The girl nods her head enthusiastically.

“Again, I’m sorry for disturbing you. I hope you enjoyed our cake? I’ve seen you share it.”

Ouma flashes her a brilliant smile, the one Momota’s seen way too many people fall for before, blissfully unaware that beneath his inconspicuous mask lies a ruthless monster that’ll stop at nothing to get whatever he wants.

“Oh, it was absolutely delightful,” his voice drips sugar. “Best cake we ever had, isn’t that right, Momota-chan?”

Momota fidgets in his seat. “Uh.. yeah, sure. What he said.”

“I’m glad to hear that. Enjoy your cake.”

The girl graces them with one last warm smile, bowing quickly before she hurries back to the counter.

“Momota-chan really is cruel.”

Momota scowls, crossing his arms over his chest, feeling defensive. “The hell are you talking about, dude?”

“Lying to this poor girl,” Ouma licks his fork, cleaning it from the traces of cake frosting. “I bet it’d break her heart if she knew we’re not a thing.”

“Oh, shut up. I really hope you at least enjoyed that damn cake ‘cuz I definitely didn’t sign up for that.”

“Eh, I told ya already. It’s fine. A free one still would have been better, though.”

“Oh my… oh my GOD! Are you seriously still gonna b—What the hell is wrong with you, dude? I paid for it!”

Ouma nods his head vigorously, planting his hands at the back of his head and sending Momota a shit-eating grin that never fails to make his blood boil. He doesn’t know why he even still bothers with coffee when he can always count on Ouma raising his blood pressure. “Exactly! I don’t need anything paid by Momo-chan’s dirty money.”

“Great ‘cause I’m not planning to spend even a cent more on you, ever!”

“Then I guess I can keep it, right?” questions Ouma, pulling something out from under the table. ”Maybe Momota-chan isn’t as useless as I thought.”

It takes him a second too long to realize that what he’s waving before his eyes tauntingly is his own wallet.

“What th—? When did ya—?! You just said you don’t want my dirty money!”

Ouma bares his teeth in a smile that looks way too predatory for Momota’s liking.

“You know, you should be more careful, Momota-chan. It’s irresponsible to just leave your wallet like that in the open, someone could take it.”

“You little—!”

“Oh my, look at the time!” Ouma makes a show of stealing a look at his watch-less wrist. “Gotta go! Buh-bye!”

And with that Ouma bolts out of the coffee shop, leaving Momota staring at the empty space occupied by the purple gremlin barely a few seconds ago. It takes a few more seconds for his brain to catch up and then he jumps to his feet and rushes after him, nearly colliding with Akamatsu and Harukawa who enter the coffee shop at the same time, his roaring voice startling some of the customers, heads lifting in search of the source of the noise.

“Woah, careful ther—Wait, wasn’t that Momota-kun?” Akamatsu blinks after his quickly moving away figure, startled by their near collision.

Harukawa shrugs simply in a typical Harukawa fashion, not even sparing a single glance at Akamatsu and heading straight to the counter, asking for the blackest coffee they have to offer.

“And I think I saw Ouma-kun…” continues Akamatsu, still staring at the door and gnawing at her lip nervously. “I hope they aren’t doing anything stupid. Again.”

“Let them be stupid,” murmurs Harukawa, reaching for her wallet. “That’s what they do. You want cake with that coffee?”

“Ah… I suppose you’re right,” agrees Akamatsu, turning to smile at her. “And yes, thank you.”

They both settle down in the far corner of the coffee shop to enjoy a quiet moment while halfway across the town a very breathless trainee astronaut finally catches up with a midget supreme leader and pins him against the wall only to find out that he lost his wallet during the chase.

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