#he then chased after Kaoru

[mymrsweirdnessshipperstuff-blog]

I feel like Kaoru would hit Kojiro with his fan closed sometimes, or draw on his face when he's sleeping on the couch using his calligraphy ink and brush

#He doesn't say anything tho he just covers his laugh or smile #with his mask or with his fan open #and lets say Kojiro didn't open the restaurant today #cuz like it's his day off or sumn #later that night at S #everyone just keeps staring at Kojiro #giving him weird looks #pointing at him #or just straight up laughing at him #Kojiro noticed and got confused #he wondered if there was something on his body or his face at the time #until he saw the ink stain on his fingertips #he went to the nearest car then looked at his reflection and that's when he saw #he then chased after Kaoru #matchablossom #Nando Kojiro #Sakurayashiki Kaoru #Joe x Cherry #Sk8 the infinity

[lovelyyandereaddictionpoint]

Hey if it’s not to much trouble, could I please get a tanjiro! Fem reader with yandere ouran high school host club? I just feel like the sunny personality and hard work would pair nicely.

Tanjiro Reader | Yandere Ouran Host Club 

Your smiles, your optimism, and your empathy make you a perfect guest at the Ouran Academy’s host club. Your sweetness is irresistible and your willingness to help just makes keeping you at the Host club all the better. Too bad you seem intent on chasing after one:

Tamaki Suoh

“W-whoa y-your strong!”

“Well thank you! I do a lot of training.”

Is amazed by how much power you have 

Over him and in general

Just the way you’re so willing to scoop him up when he dramatically pretends he can’t move

Not to mention you seem so ambitious

But for whatever reason you just won’t share

“Its kinda….yeah I think its best if I don’t talk about it.”

“B-b-but (Y/n)! I have to know everything!”

He couldn’t not know the love of his life’s personal struggles

While he could hire someone to find out its just more fun if he goes exploring stalking himself

Let’s just hope he doesn’t die on the way

Kyoya Ootori

You’re an elusive character he can’t help but fall in love with 

So sweet, so kind but there’s something more

Something fiery 

And through all his employee’s research he can find nothing

Only that your funded by the Ubayashiki group and that your sibling is a mute allergic to the sun

But he needs to know more

Like where those scars came from or why your so strong

“Well I guess there’s only one way to find out. Oh (Y/n) why don’t you travel with m-us to the Ootori resort?”

Hikaru Hitachin

Why were you so perfect?

He was just genuinely asking 

It was a little weird how you could tell him apart from his brother by smell 

but he wasn’t complaining when you can smell exactly what he’s feeling

And what he’s been through

“W-what are you doing here (Y/n)?”

“Well it smelt like some blood on you, are you hurt anywhere?”

“Ah uh yeah, right uhm here.”

He can’t help but want more of you

Your just so smart

Its hard to protect his place in your heart

But no worries that’s nothing money can’t fix right

Kaoru Hitachin

“Y’know you’re almost too perfect. Theres got to be something wrong with you.”

“Heheh maybe there is!”

You’re so sweet 

Everyone loves you and you listen to everyone

But who listens to you

What are you hiding

To be so strong, so powerful, so skilled 

He’d love to protect you at least once

He can be worthy of you

Just you wait and see

Takashi Morinozuka

“Ah you remind me of Nezukuro. Oh! That’s my sibling!”

He likes you 

A lot

Always responsible, always kind

Who wouldn’t love you

Which is what he tries to reason with when others pine for you

“Leave them alone.”

He doesn’t like hurting others 

Unless its for you

Mitskuni Haninozuka “Honey”

“(YYYY/NNNN)! I have some cake for you!” 

Not many are strong like you or as disciplined

But that doesn’t beat how sweet you are 

Sweeter than cake!

He just can’t get enough

But he’s an experienced fighter 

He knows the look of vengeful anger

Who IS IT?!

He’ll make sure they never breathe again.

#yandere ouran highschool host club #yandere ohshc #yandere ouran highschool #yandere x reader #yandere x you #lovelyyandereaddictionpoint #yanderexrea #yandere ohshc x reader #yandere ohsch #yandere tamaki suoh #yandere tamaki x reader #yandere tamaki #yandere kyoya ootori #yandere kyoya #yandere mori x reader #yandere takashi morinozuka #yandere honey x reader #yandere honey senpai #yandere kaoru #yandere hikaru hitachin #yandere kaoru hitachin #yandere

[yandere-writer-momo]

Yarem reaction to us kissing them in the check as gratitude and then ran away embarrassed

Don’t do that to them 😭😭

Katsumi would chase after you so he can give you more kisses. He loves physical affection. He adores hugs and pecks. Katsumi love language is physical touch.

Retsu would probably stand there for a solid 5 minutes to process that you gave him a kiss on the cheek. Then he’d touch the spot you kiss and blush a bit (he’s a cutie). He’d kiss your forehead later on in the day

Baki would blush and grab you before you run away so he can give your nose a kiss. He’s a bit shy as well

Jack would have to be sitting down for you to give him a kiss on the cheek. He’d be so shocked and once he comes back to reality, he’ll give chase. Jack loves a good chase. There’s something primal about him

Kaoru would be surprised but he’d grab your wrist before you can take off. Kaoru would then pull you into him so he can give you a proper smooch. It never ends with just kissing so it won’t be long till he whisks you away to somewhere a little more… private

Jun would grab you so fast and dip you down so he can trail his lips down your neck. His stubble would tickle the soft skin and the sweet nothings leaving his lips will leave goosebumps on your skin. This man is smoother than butter

Oliva would be so flustered but he’d also be so happy. “Now where do you think you’re going?” He’d give chase so he can cover you in kisses and give you proper royalty treatment

Doppo would be shocked to say the least if you kissed his cheek and took off. But he’d laugh with a big smile. Why were you so cute all the time?

#baki hanma #baki the grappler #baki son of ogre #baki x reader #baki the grappler x reader #yandere baki #yandere #yandere imagine #yandere fic #female reader #baki gaiden #baki dou #baki headcanons #grappler baki #baki kaoru hanayama #baki jack hanma #baki katsumi orochi #Baki Kaioh Retsu #doppo orochi #biscuit oliva #jun guevara baki #gender neutral reader

[dregs-leftovers-parsley]

trying to make a list of 70’s to early 80’s proto-yuri, if anyone knows about other works please lemme know so I can add them ^_^

I grabbed the summaries off of manga ookoku, except for umibe no cain and maya no souretsu, which are from Wikipedia and mangadex respectively

“aries no otometachi” (1973) - satonaka machiko

-Kubo Emiko and Mizuho Romi are two girls born under the Aries sign. Emiko is an earnest and innocent girl who grew up with gentle parents. On the other hand, Romi, who was raised by her fashion designer mother, has a fierce temper. Emiko admires Takashi from the equestrian club, but when she meets the strong and beautiful Romi, she gradually becomes attracted to her. Is this excitement... love?

“futaripocchi” (1971) - riyoko ikeda

-Kaoru, a poor girl and Reiko, the daughter of a wealthy family are on good terms and attend Aisei Girls' Academy together. These two, who had completely opposite upbringings and personalities, ended up becoming sisters when their parents remarried. Even as they rebel against each other and hurt each other, they gradually understand each other and deepen their bond, but eventually Reiko begins to develop romantic feelings for Kaoru. Attacked by the absurdities of society the beautiful sisters set off on a journey, just the two of them. 

“yureru soushun" (1973) - riyoko ikeda

-Mako, a well-liked girl who has excellent grades and is good at sports falls in love with Junko, a beautiful junior who is hated by all the female students at school. Mako is trapped by Junko's intense love and jealousy...!?

“hadashi no mei” (1974) - fukuhara hiroko

-May, a high school student, is an ordinary girl who admires Kido from the soccer club. While she was watching Kido as he practice in the schoolyard as usual, a ball suddenly flew into her face! Thanks to this, May was able to make contact with the boy she loves, but at the same time, Misaki, who was wandering around the school in casual clothes, calls out to her as "Maya."

“kurenai ni moyu” (1979) - fukuhara hiroko

-Suzuna* went to a shrine to see the double cherry blossoms in full bloom on her way home from school. However, she gets tangled up with the biker gang that was hanging out there and is about to be taken away when she is rescued by Sarasa*, who happens to be passing by. Suzuna is immediately captivated by the sight of this gallant knight on a motorcycle, with her swaying red hair and feminine gestures. After that, Suzuna and Sarasa hit it off, but as they continue to be chased by biker gang members, a major incident involving the two develops...!!

*names may be pronounced differently, i haven’t read it

“kanojotachi” (1982) - kashi michiyo

-On her first date with her boyfriend, Misono*, a second year high school student, meets Ryuko*, who looks like a beautiful young man. At the fashion show her boyfriend brought her to she sees Ryuko on stage as a model. Ryuko is a lesbian and is dating one of her brother’s friends, Susan. Misono becomes interested in Ryuko, and Ryuko is also attracted to Misono's purity, but...

*names may be pronounced differently, i haven’t read it

“ibutachi no heya” (1983) - nagahama sachiko 

 (no summary found)

“maya no souretsu” / “Maya’s Funeral Procession” (1972) - ichijo yukari

-A horror story, in which the main character and her family go to their summer house for vacation and people start dying one by one. The twist is that the main character, Reina, is falling in love with her mysterious neighbor, Maya. But who is Maya really, and how does she know so much about Reina's family?

“umibe no kain” (1980) - kimura minori

-One day, Sano*, a fashion designer who lives in a beach town, meets Nobuko*. Sano casually invites her to her home and gives her a ticket to an exhibition on the way home. At the exhibition, Sano feels as though she lost to a more popular designer, but Nobuko says she prefers her designs. On the way home, Nobuko confesses her troubles about not being able to dress femininely. Since she lives alone, they meet often and talk about various things. As Nobuko confides in and receives advice from Sano, she begins to develop feelings for her. 

*names may be pronounced differently, i haven’t read it

#yuri

[poetryandfluffycats]

Hi! Can I request an aftercare one shot with Kaoru comforting and taking care of a reader who ended up feeling down after the rush of emotions and such? <:

A/N: another request! i hope i did kaoru justice here, i love this silly playboy sm

Pairing: Kaoru Hakaze x fem!reader

Warnings: NSFW at start, overstimulation, nothing else as this is mainly just comfort bliss:)

Content: You ended up crying after an intense session with Kaoru and need comforting

Words: 939

Oneshot under cut!

Let me hold you

"A-ah! Kaoru!"

The room was filled with lewd slapping sounds and the sounds of your desperate moans. The wetness between your thighs only increased with each harsh thrust from the blond behind you. He had already coaxed two orgasms out of you and by the way he pounded into you, it looked like he was trying to make it three.

"Kaoru! Please!"

A low grunt came in reponse, your words seeming to spur him on as he continued to thrust at an erratic pace, clearly chasing his own release. Your mind was clouded with pleasure and emotion, tears beginning to leak out the corners of your eyes. You were so overwhelmed, overstimulated and so, so tired.

"Ah-! Kaoru- Love you s'much!" You managed to get out though sobs, your breath getting caught in your throat at one practically hard thrust.

"Come on, just one more... you're so good for me" Kaoru panted out, moving one hand down to circle your clit and the other to hold your leg up, angling himself to hit your g-spot each time. "C'mon baby, you can do it"

It was all too much. His words, the pleasure, the confusing and overwhelming emotions. All of it was enough to make you see stars as your third and final orgasm hit you. This was by far the most intense yet, making you twitch and spasm in his tight hold, your body going limp as you rode it out. Koaru groaned at the feeling of your walls clenching around him, giving a few more messy thrusts before finally finishing inside, his warm cum mixing with your juices.

For a moment, neither of you spoke, simply basking in post-orgasmic bliss and trying to catch your breath. You could feel the mess of his cum and your juices dripping down your thighs, creating a strange sticky sensation on the skin. Tears continued to run down your flushed cheeks, flowing more freely now that you had a chance to breathe. You buried your head into the mattress, trying to hide your crying, not wanting him to think he had done anything wrong.

"You did so well, baby" Kaoru praised as he pulled out, earning a small whine from you at the empty feeling. He placed a chaste kiss on your shoulder blade before laying next to you, pulling you into his chest and rubbing soft circles on your back. You hiccuped, nuzzling your face into his chest and allowing him to wrap his arms around you.

"...Baby? What are you crying for? Was I too rough?" He asked, tilting your head up to get a better look at your tear stained face.

"N-no, you were prefect I-" You croaked, struggling to get words out through your sobs.

"Take your time, I'm not going anywhere" Kaoru cooed, peppering kisses onto your wet cheeks and rubbing your back.

"I didn't mean to cry, it was just so much and-" You choked on your words again, leaning your head against his shoulder as the tears poured out of your eyes.

"Too much?" He questioned, moving his hand up to stroke your hair, massaging your scalp, "Was it the sex? (Name), you should have told me if you were uncomfortable..." Kaoru trailed off, his blue eyes looking into yours with concern.

"No! The sex was great, you were great! I-I just love you so much and I got overwhelmed and-"

"Shh, it's okay. I love you too, pretty girl. Let me hold you, it's all gonna be okay" He interrupted, pressing a soft peck to the tip of your nose and pulling you in closer.

You relaxed into his gentle hold, silently sobbing into his chest like a baby. Kaoru continued to mumble praises and words of comfort into your ear as you cuddled, slowly but surely calming you down. Eventually, your muffled sobs came to a stop and your tears dried up, leaving your eyes red and puffy. You felt safe here, like nothing else mattered.

The two of you stayed in the position, enjoying the warmth of the embrace, until Kaoru broke the silence.

"Do you want a bath love? To clean up?"

"Mmhm" You hummed in compliance, too tired to put in any effort.

"C'mere then"

With that, he wrapped his arms around your waist and scooped you up bridal style. You lazily wrapped your arms around his neck as he carried you into the bathroom, clinging onto him like a lifeline. He sat you down on the toilet seat as he filled the bathtub, making sure the temperate was just right and adding in some scented oils.

After the water had finished running, Kaoru pulled you into his arms again before lowering you into the tub, allowing you to get settled before slipping in behind you.

"Feeling any better?" He questioned, rubbing your shoulders gently.

"Mhm..." You closed your eyes and relaxed into his touch, feeling yourself dozing off.

"Tired?" Kaoru asked, giving you a quick peck on the cheek. You leaned further into his embrace and nodded, earning a chuckle from the man, "I must have really done a number on you then, huh?"

You opened your eyes to pout at him, earning another chuckle from him. "I'm only kidding, love. Go to sleep, you deserve it"

You let yourself close your eyes again and sink deep into his touch. Soon enough, the steady sound of his heartbeat and the soft splashing of the water around you sent you into a much needed sleep. Dreaming of nothing but the love of the man holding you in his arms.

#ensemble stars #ensemble stars oneshot #ensemble stars x reader #enstars #enstars x reader #oneshot #ensemble stars smut #kaoru hakaze #kaoru hakaze smut #kaoru hakaze x reader #undead x reader #undead enstars #undead

[whilereadingandwalking]

I’m still just getting my thoughts together on The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki Shikibu, translated by Edward G. Seidensticker, which was an epic that took me by surprise. Considered by many to be the first known novel, written in the early 11th century in Japan by a woman at court, this book is full of drama, wit, poetry, and messiness.

Genji is his father’s favorite. A beautiful, naturally charming prince, he is considered to be too good to be true—there was an idea that if too beautiful, you would be doomed to die early. His father is unable to name him crown prince due to court politics, and so he is a commoner at court, but one of tremendous influence. Genji is in love with love, and chases after women left and right—but is very serious about these affairs, making it a point not to abandon the women he seduces. It is a story of romance, intrigue, and growth.

One thing I was surprised by is the modern-feeling self-awareness of the text. Many analyses identify the 2nd protagonist, Kaoru, as possibly the first anti-hero, but I’d argue Genji is. Like many early mythic figures, he is loved by all but not without flaws. When he adopts (kidnaps) Lady Murasaki at a young age specifically to groom her into a future wife, the text does not shy away from how inappropriate it is. Characters disapprove, and the text is often cynical or wry about Genji’s choices. It does the same when Genji’s seductions turn coercive. It forgives Genji, but does excuse him, and that was something I did not expect from such an early text. This reflectiveness is part of what makes the book feel like a novel, rather than an epic poem of some kind.

#the tale of genji #murasaki shikibu #books in translation #classic literature #japanese literature #my book reviews #tale of genji

[thatanimewriter]

𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐏 - 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵!

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❝ 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞. ❞ ──   𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘻𝘶𝘬𝘢  𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝘹 𝘨𝘯. 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

you are the heir to a well-known doll company. ironically, you’re just as small as one. at ouran academy, you help out at the host club as a host yourself, creating dolls of your clients upon their request. though it seems it's not just the guests who admire your work...

── 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘧𝘧, 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵! 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵

𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 + 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

you'd expect libraries to be quiet. not at ouran. haruhi fujioka, a first-year high school and scholarship student, wandered the halls of the rich school dressed in less than rich clothes, talking to her mother in heaven in her thoughts. pausing at an abandoned music room, she eyed the sign out the front before opening the door in hope of finding a place to study peacefully.

how wrong haruhi was...

roses came flying out the door in a whirlwind and a symphony of male voices reached her ears not long after.

'welcome,' they greeted calmly, positioned in a strange assemblage that made them look as if they were in a modelling magazine instead of an empty music room.

────── 〔✿〕──────

“only those with excellent social standing and those from filthy rich families are lucky enough to spend their time here at the elite private school, ouran academy. the ouran host club is where the school's handsomest boys with too much time on their hands, entertain young ladies who also have way too much time on their hands. just think of it as ouran academy's elegant playground for the super-rich and beautiful,” a purple-eyed boy explained to a shocked haruhi.

“this is a host club?” haruhi asked timidly, backing up against the door.

“oh, wow, it's a boy,” a pair of twins noted.

a tall boy with glasses was next to join the conversation. “hikaru, kaoru, i believe this young man is in the same class as you, isn't he?”

“yeah, but he's shy,” the twins complained in unison, turning to face the boy with glasses. “he doesn't act very sociably so we don't know much about him.” in response to the twin's findings, the boy with glasses smirked and shrugged, a light bulb going off in his head.

“well, that wasn't very polite,” he said. “welcome to the ouran host club, mr honour student.”

the purple-eyed boy's interest piqued at the revelation. “what? you must be haruhi fujioka! you're the exceptional honour student we've heard about.” at the mention of her name, she stopped struggling.

“how did you know my name?” she inquired uncomfortably, turning her head to face the group.

hearing the commotion, you emerged from the storage cupboard, “you're infamous,” you stated.

“it's not every day a commoner gains entrance into our academy,” the boy with glasses finished. “you must have an audacious nerve to work hard enough to fight your way into this school as an honour student, mr fujioka.”

“kyoya..." you muttered, disappointed by his rude phrasing.

“well, uh, thank you, i guess," haruhi responded, visibly defeated by kyoya's blunt words.

“you're welcome!” the purple-eyed boy draped an arm around her shoulders, pulling her into his side. “you're a hero to other poor people, fujioka. you've shown the world that even a poor person can excel at an elite private academy!” haruhi shuffled away awkwardly; this did not stop the boy at all. “it must be hard for you to constantly be looked down upon by others,” he continued, following haruhi around flamboyantly.

“i think you're taking this poor thing too far, tamaki," you commented as you watched tamaki chase after haruhi.

“spurned, neglected, but that doesn't matter now, long live the poor! we welcome you, poor man, to our world... of beauty!”

“i'm out of here..." haruhi muttered, heading for the door.

this time, the smallest of the bunch ran forward and grabbed haruhi by the arm. “hey! come back here, haru-chan! you must be like a superhero or something, that's so cool!”

“i'm not a hero, i'm an honour student.” by now, haruhi had had enough of the host club. then it dawned on her... “and who are you calling haru-chan?!”

upset and scared by the sudden outburst, the small student ran away. “[name]!” he whined, clinging to your torso. you wrapped your arms around him and at that moment, haruhi realised you weren't much taller than the boy. maybe 5′0 at the most.

“mitsukuni.” a deep voice called and the small boy turned at the sound of his name.

“takashi!” you sighed at honey's enthusiasm and released him, allowing him to hang by the taller host.

“i never would've imagined the famous scholar...would be so openly gay,” tamaki said aloud. haruhi's discomfort at this comment made you realise the honour student was in fact a female. “so, tell me what kind of guys you're into. do you like the strong silent type?”

at the mention of his 'brand', mori turned to face haruhi.

“the boy lolita?”

honey wiped his tears away.

“how about the mischievous type?”

the twins struck a pose back to back.

“or the cool type?” kyoya glanced at haruhi with a straight face.

haruhi stuttered at the situation and staggered back slightly. “uh, i, uh, i-i-it's not like that, i was just looking for a quiet place to study!”

tamaki pulled haruhi's chin up to face him, “or maybe...you're into a guy like me. what do you say?” haruhi jumped back to escape his grasp, banging into a wooden pedestal with a vase on it. realising her mistake, she turned around and tried to grab the handle. at the same time, you rushed forward and tried to catch the vase before it hit the ground. the smash rung in everyone's ears.

hikaru and kaoru groaned in unison, “we were going to feature that renaissance vase in an upcoming school auction,” hikaru complained.

“now you've done it, commoner, the bidding on that vase was supposed to start at 8 million yen!" kaoru explained.

“what?! 8 million yen?!" haruhi exclaimed, “how many thousand yen is that? how many thousands are in a million?” she wondered to herself. “uh, I'm gonna have to pay you back...”

you winced, “with what money?” you asked gently, “from the looks of it, you're having trouble affording the uniform...”

“what's with that grubby outfit you've got on, anyway?" kaoru asked.

“well, what do you think we should do, tamaki?" you picked up some shards of the vase, cutting your finger lightly on the edge of one, your brows furrowing slightly at the sharp pain.

tamaki sat down in a chair and crossed one leg over the other. “there's a famous saying you may have heard, fujioka." he pointed a finger at her, “when in rome, you should do as the romans do. since you have no money, you can pay with your body. that means starting today, you're the host club's dog.”

while haruhi was in a state of shock, honey jabbed her arm. “poke, poke?” haruhi's body flopped to the ground, only mildly surprising the club members.

────── 〔✿〕──────

you sat at your table, engrossed in your work as you waited for your guests to arrive. your tools were laid out neatly on the table and the blank doll slowly came to life as you painted a face onto it.

“[name]!” some girls called as they walked past your table. you smiled at them, gently waving.

“hey, how are you?” you asked.

“i'm good, but we wanted to know how you manage to make the doll look so realistic,” a girl inquired, the remaining girls nodding in agreement.

“oh, you kind of just get better the more you do it. classic practice makes perfect, you know?” the girls' eyes widened and comments about your talent floated around the club area. “oh geez...” you mumbled, noticing tamaki going off to haruhi about tips on how to be a host and why host clubs are important. “excuse me, ladies.”

────── 〔✿〕──────

“are you sure it's really ok for me to keep this uniform?” haruhi wondered, pulling the curtain back as she revealed the transformation she had undergone.

“cute! you're as pretty as a girl! adorable!” tamaki cooed, much to your amusement.

“haru-chan, you look so cute!” honey exclaimed.

“if we had known that's how you really look,” hikaru began.

“we would've helped you out sooner,” kaoru finished.

“who knows, maybe he'll draw in some customers,” kyoya stated.

“you know, that's just what I was thinking,” tamaki replied. “our errand boy is moving up the ranks. starting today, you are an official member of the host club!” haruhi looked at the small crowd around her. “i will personally train you to be a first-rate host.”

“if you can get 100 customers to request your service, we will completely forget about your 8 million yen debt,” you offered calmly.

“a host?” haruhi asked, obviously shocked.

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now that haruhi was part of the host club, you had added waiting staff. you dropped by haruhi's area more often than the rest to get haruhi used to the atmosphere of being in the host club. you could clearly tell she was uncomfortable being around these girls, but quickly realised how easily it came to her when she began telling her customers about her mother.

“why is he so popular?” tamaki mumbled.

“he's a natural,” you answered.

“no training needed,” the twins noted in sync.

“have you forgotten about me?” the girl sitting beside tamaki asked haughtily.

“oh no, sorry, princess,” tamaki said. “i'm just a little bit concerned about our newest host.”

“well, that's obvious, tamaki. you sure have been keeping an eye on him,” she continued.

“of course, i have to. i'm training him to be a gentleman like me.” tamaki snapped his fingers. “haruhi, come here for a minute,” he instructed, gesturing for her to come over to his table.

“what's up?” haruhi asked.

“i'd like you to meet someone. this is my regular guest, princess ayanokoji," he introduced.

“miss, it's a pleasure to meet you.” at haruhi's greeting, tamaki stood up, spinning haruhi in circles.

“that was so cute!” he began, continuing his onslaught of compliments as you eyed princess ayanokoji. she was surprised by tamaki's sudden display of emotion.

“um, tamaki..." she said, trying to catch his attention. for her own selfish reasons or to save haruhi, no one knew.

“mori-senpai! help me!” haruhi pleaded. as quick as possible, mori - or as you lovingly liked to call him, takashi - stood and lifted haruhi out of tamaki's arms. as he held her in the air, his cheeks dusted with a light blush, realising haruhi is in fact female.

“mori-senpai? you really didn't have to go that far," tamaki commented sheepishly. you began taking the empty tableware away, noticing the cold stare princess ayanokoji was giving haruhi before turning it onto you.

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haruhi began digging around in the pond, which didn't go unnoticed by you and tamaki. the longer she looked, the more inclined they felt to help. the sound of splashes made haruhi look up from her searching.

“h-hey, you don't have to do that, you'll get wet,” haruhi said, looking at the pair joining her in the search for her lunch money.

“a little water never hurt anyone,” you said, running your hands along the floor of the pond.

“besides, people are always telling me that i'm dripping with good looks,” tamaki added. “hang on a second.” he rose to full height, holding out a wallet, “this what you're looking for?”

“what's the matter? you're staring off into space,” you noted.

tamaki moved closer to haruhi, holding out the wallet to her. “you're not falling for me, are you?” he teased.

haruhi tensed at the comment, snatching her wallet from his hands, “no way!”

“how did your bag end up in the pond, anyway?” tamaki wondered.

“well, uh, i guess i accidentally dropped it out the window at some point.”

you looked at the window, noticing the figure of tamaki's regular guest. you frowned and quickly left the yard.

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a sudden crash turned everyone's attention onto haruhi and princess ayanokoji.

“no, haruhi! leave me alone! somebody help, he just attacked me!” the princess screamed. “someone do something! teach this commoner a lesson!” she demanded. you looked at the twins and nodded. they each took a jug full of water and poured it onto the pair on the floor. “why did you do that?" she asked. as tamaki helped her up, you began to clean the mess, letting out a small yelp of pain when a shard of glass reopened the cut on your hand from when haruhi broke the vase, alerting a 6′4 giant. “do something, tamaki. haruhi just assaulted me," ayanokoji whined.

“i'm disappointed in you,” tamaki stated. “you threw his bag into the pond, didn't you?”

“you don't know that,” she replied quickly. “do you have any proof that I did?”

“you know, you're a beautiful girl, but you aren't classy enough to be our guest, dear. if there's one thing i know, haruhi is not that kind of a man,” tamaki said firmly.

“why, tamaki? you idiot!" ayanokoji ran out of the music room in a fit.

“hm, now how am i going to punish you? because it is your fault, after all.” haruhi stared at tamaki from the ground. “your quota is now 1,000!” still soaking in the new information, tamaki held his hand out for haruhi, “come on, i've got high expectations for you, my little rookie.”

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you held up a paper bag, “this is the only spare uniform we have.”

“sorry, but it's better than a wet one, right?” kyoya said.

“thanks a lot, you guys, i'm gonna go change,” haruhi informed.

as she left the room, mori approached you, holding out his hand in an attempt to get you to show him the cut, which you understood. “it doesn't hurt that bad,” you said, holding your hand out. he inspected it briefly, leaving to get a bandage to cover it until club was over. “thanks, takashi.”

“yeah.”

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“haruhi, here you go. i brought you some towels,” tamaki said, opening the curtain to hand them to her. haruhi turned around, her white buttoned shirt half off and the singlet she wore underneath her uniform showing. tamaki loosened his grip on the curtain, letting it fall shut once more. “haruhi?”

“yeah?”

“so... you're a girl?”

“biologically speaking, yeah,” haruhi replied, opening the curtain to reveal herself in the girls uniform, driving tamaki nuts as he began to scream incoherently. “listen, senpai, i don't really care if you guys recognise me as a boy or a girl. in my opinion, it's more important for a person to be recognised for who they are rather than for what sex they are.”

“well, isn't this an interesting development,” kyoya noted.

“oh, yeah," the twins responded.

“uh, you know, i have to say, senpai, i thought you were pretty cool earlier,” haruhi commented, causing a bright red blush to spread across tamaki's face.

“now, i could be wrong, but i think we may be witnessing the beginnings of love, here,” kyoya said to you, earning a nod in response.

“being a host and getting fussed over by a bunch of girls might not be that bad. i wonder how i can pull it off...” haruhi wondered aloud to herself. “i've got it! i'll just call everyone 'dude' and 'bro', now,” she said, laughing at her newfound revelation.

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“you know, you look good in the girls uniform despite how tacky it is," you complimented.

haruhi laughed at the comment, “thanks, but i don't look as good in either uniform as you.” you stuttered out a thank you before gently denying it. “you do, though, right?” haruhi turned to the closest members, mori and honey, who nodded in agreement with small smiles on their faces, making you even more embarrassed.

maybe there would be good things that came out of smashing an expensive vase...

#ohshc #morinozuka takashi #ouran high school host club #ohshc x reader #morinozuka takashi x reader #ouran high school host club x reader #ohshc imagines #morinozuka takashi imagines #ouran high school host club imagines #- 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

[cold-heart-warm-writings]

Taking the Host Club to a Chuck E Cheese

AN: I just watched John Oliver do a special on Chuck E Cheese , it was HILARIOUS, and *boom* inspiration. Also, I’m only imagining the Chuck E Cheese from MY childhood, late 90′s early 2000′s. 

Haruhi: “Is this food even edible?” Haruhi would be annoyed that you wasted her afternoon that she had planned to get caught up on house chores. Even when you or the Host Club offered to pay for everything, she was still not impressed. She played a few of the arcade games, and eventually revealed the last time she had been to a Chuck E Cheese was when a kid in her class had a birthday party at one. She and her parents all went, and she remembered having a good time. Haruhi was somehow given everyone’s tickets. She picked out a stuffed animal for a neighbor kid who recently broke his arm. She would not go back again nor recommend.

Kaoru: He snuck backstage and somehow managed to get the animatronics to sing songs not appropriate for children. He also spent a ridiculous amount of time taking pictures and making memes to send in his, Hikaru’s, and Haruhi’s group chat. He would not go back again nor recommend.

Honey: Honey enjoyed manipulating the staff members into thinking he was a kid so he could get away with being a little shit. He snuck extra food (that Mori took away), he cheated at games, ran through the climbing playground and knocked kids over, and boo-ed the robots Kaoru messed with. All of Honey’s rat knowledge comes from Ratatouille and Chuck E Cheese.  He would not go back again nor recommend.

Hikaru: He paid the kid in the Chuck E Cheese costume 2 weeks’ worth of salary to borrow the costume. Hikaru almost backed out after smelling it, but knew the prank would be worth it. Spent the next two hours terrorizing small children, and chasing them around. He was disappointed when he discovered that his amount of terrorizing the children was actually less than what the restaurant actually manages to do simply by existing. He would not go back again nor recommend.

Mori: A nervous wreck. The eyes of the robots are following him, and he is not a fan. Mori also kept on losing Honey, and he was stressed Honey was going to get lost in the rat palace. Plus, the person in the rat costume freaked him out. This image of Chuck gave him nightmares. He would not go back again nor recommend.

Kyoya: Would NOT go in. Are you kidding me? He would look the place up, see THIS picture, or any picture to be honest, and not even deign you with a response. He is a rich boy, and you want him to eat food cooked and served by a RAT? Hell no. Plus, there would be so many goddamn running and screaming children. Absolutely not. He would make your broke ass pay for his therapy bills having to experience this child’s rat casino. He would not go back again nor recommend.

Tamaki: One of the said running and screaming children. He would be pulling everyone all around, challenging them to games, trying to win prizes, absolutely determined to win whatever the latest grand prize was, even though he could probably just go to the store and buy 100 of them. Whoever is chaperoning him, please don’t let him eat the pizza. Anything prepackaged is fine, but nothing that is “cooked” at the establishment. He would not go back again nor recommend.

#is ratatouilee/reme even a rat #arent they mice #idk #ohshc #ouran #ouran host club #ouran high school host club #haruhi #haruhi fujioka #kaoru hitachiin #Mitskuni Haninozuka #hikaru hitachiin #takashi morinozuka #Kyoya #Kyoya Ootori #tamaki #tamaki suoh #the pictures i found arent even that bad of ones but i got tired of looking whelp

[herri-writes]

Frozen in Time

Chapter 2: Under the Deep Blue Sea

Izumi Sena x Reader (F) (!!)

Synopsis: After a reunion in the office, fate kept making their paths crossed and connecting, much to the photographers' dismay that it ended up with her in a circle meeting with someone.

Note: I am far too gone at this point. My priorities is Antique Legends Mika and acads. This fic is next in line. Sht got delayed bc I felt sick due to red week.

Kaoru being bitchless is real. Bro is already maidenless while being a shy mf towards Anzu/Player *Evil cackling*. DW Kaoru, there's Rei for your coping mechanism in being bitchless.

It was hard for Izumi to admit but he had a crush on you back in his childhood. Even though he clinged at Makoto often, Arashi teased him for being too blushy when you're near Izumi. Since your attention is Arashi often, you didn't notice nor realize that Izumi is also there all along but you always did whenever you had photoshoots with him together.

Now that he knew that you're that modeling agency's little princess, he remembered how you acted towards someone you're close with. He knew how you made his attention turn to yours when he wanted to be with Makoto all the time. But since Makoto's attention is on you, it'll be Arashi's opportunity to pester and annoy Izumi once she gets the chance.

"(Name), face the camera." You smiled and faced the camera while you sat on the grass cutely just as the photographer, your uncle, called your name. As you smiled and faced the camera, a flash came out and captured the adorable moment in his eyes. "Heh, you look cute in this picture. I'll tell my wife about this."

"Uncle, you can't just brag to Auntie every time you take a picture of me~" You pouted and crossed your arms. He patted your head as he messed up with your hair and teased you. "Aw~ is the little princess pouting~?" "Quit it!"

Izumi gazed at you and the photographer from afar while sitting on the bench and drank his water. Arashi on the other hand sighed and leaned on the bench's backrest and groaned, "Boooooring~"

"Shut up, Naru. You're soooo~ annoying when you complain." He closed the bottle with the cap and put it beside him. Arashi rolled his eyes when she saw Izumi staring at you and smirked a little. "Seems like Izumi has a crush."

"I don't." He blankly replied and she quickly retorted, "You're denying. You're staring at her."

"I'm not staring at her and I'm not denying."

"You are denying it."

"I'm not."

"You are."

"I'm not." Arashi grinned and gave him a smug look at his answer.

"You aren't."

"I am." Izumi became surprised at the answer he blurted out and winced. "You played dirty!"

Arashi giggled and she let out a mischievous glint in her eyes. She jumped off from the bench and shouted out, "Big Brother Akiomi! Izumi has a crush!" Arashi called her senior and ran off to where he was. Izumi chased her and shouted, "I don't! Naru, how many times do I need to repeat that? You're so~ annoying!"

You turned your head to see Arashi laughing while running away from Izumi, who is chasing and yelling at her. You curiously blinked and blatantly ignored them while turning your attention back to the camera on your hand.

Makoto walked beside you and sat down and looked at the camera. The more you pressed the button, the more he saw pictures of you, Izumi, Arashi, and Makoto together.

The two young models began to feel tired after all of that running. Izumi sat beside Makoto while Arashi sat beside you, looking at the pictures on the camera with you.

"Makko, we look cute in this one. Don't you think so?" You showed the picture to Makoto and he nodded.

It's a picture of you, Arashi, Makoto, and Izumi sitting beside each other on the bench and Akiomi standing behind the four of you, behind the bench. In the picture, you held Arashi's arm and clinged on it while shyly facing the camera and she leaned closer to you and smirked at Izumi as she held your hand on her arm. Makoto only sat there, behaving while smiling as he faced the camera but Izumi clinged on him like a clingy child and pouted while looking at Arashi. Akiomi on the other hand leaned close as he rested his arms on the bench’s backrest and stood there, acting like a big brother to the four young child models.

Makoto chuckled nervously and scratched his cheek with his finger. "But Big Brother Izumi is clinging on me... while you..."

"I know, but it doesn't matter," You replied as his voice faltered. "It doesn't matter if you face the camera or not as long as it's a memory to remember once the camera took a photo in the memory that stays in your mind until you grow up."

"Even if it's blurry or a mess because you moved or something moved and made you not take a photo of that memory anymore, it's still a memory." You said and his eyes sparkled. "So this one is already a memory?"

You nodded as you hummed and answered, "Yeah!" You remembered something you wanted to do in the future and beamed, "I want to take pictures of different kinds of memories when I grow up someday while I'm modeling and posing for the camera. It's better to not waste a single second not making a memory to remember, you know?"

"Then we'll grow up together and make more memories with the others!" He lit up in agreement and you nodded. Your eyes began to sparkle and smiled brightly.

Izumi saw how your eyes shined and sparkled when you told him your resolve. He began to like the way your eyes shined and how you smiled that his lips curved to a smile, making Arashi snicker.

But that resolve didn't last when he heard that you'll leave the city the day after. It also means that you'll never be able to make more memories with them as you grow up. You did grow up but you couldn't see them anymore as you are far away from them.

Izumi woke up from his sleep at his dream, which is a nostalgic memory of his childhood. He sat up on his bed and was surprised that he woke up minutes before his alarm rings. He moved closer to the side of the bed and got up on his feet to prepare himself for the day.

Minutes later, your alarm clock beeps that you slammed your fist to turn it off and pushed it off your bedside cabinet. "Five more minutes..." You groaned and slept more.

Nyaitsu jumped off his cat basket and climbed onto your bed. He crawled on you until he walked on your back but fell on the bed as you shifted your body to lie down on your back. Nyaitsu jumped on your chest and sat on it and meows to wake you up. Since his meows weren't heard, he planted his paws on your face and kneaded your cheeks. 

You stirred in your sleep and opened your eyes. The first thing your eyes saw after you opened it is Nyaitsu hovering above your face. You smiled at the kitten's actions and patted his head and his back. "Good morning to you too, you silly cat."

You sat up and stretched yourself awake. You left the bed and got up to your feet, preparing for your morning meeting with Knights as their photographer. You exited your room and prepared breakfast for you and your fellow apartment mates. You put the bread in the toaster and made coffee from the coffee machine, enough for three.

To avoid any sacreligious attempts in traditions, you scooped out a few cups of rice from its container and poured it on the pot, enough for three stomachs for the morning and washed it on the sink with running water. You turned off the faucet and poured the rice water slowly and never wasted a single grain of rice. You turned on the faucet once again and filled up the pot with the right amount of water and turned it off. You wiped the excess water on the outside part of the pot with a dry towel and put the pot on the rice cooker and closed the lid as it automatically cooked on its own.

You took a pan out of the counter cabinet and flipped it with your dominant hand and placed it carefully on the stove. You added oil and heated it up before it goes moderately hot, hot enough to cook three eggs and six strips of bacon. 

You opened the fridge and took out three eggs from the egg tray and a pack of bacon from the freezer and opened it. You then gradually added the eggs on the pan after cracking the shell open, followed by the bacon on the sides and nudged them with a spatula. The bread jumped out of the toaster and landed safely on the plate as you caught it on time.

The scent of eggs and bacon filled up the air from the kitchen. The aroma seeped through the bedroom of your two other companions in their own bedroom, waking them up for the new, busy day.

You turned off the stove and scooped the eggs and bacon with the spatula and placed it on a plate. You took Nyaitsu's bowl on the counter and poured milk on his bowl and placed it on the counter. The kitten jumped on the counter and drank his milk for the day.

Just in time, the coffee finished blending and the pitcher was nearly full. You let out a carton of milk and pour milk in each cup on the desired amount for each coffee drinker in the apartment, followed by pouring hot coffee in the cup until it reaches the neck of each cup.

You took three bowls for the rice from the kitchen cabinet and opened the rice cooker as it finished cooking, ready to be eaten and give energy to its consumer. You fill the bowl with rice using a spoon to scoop it out and put it on the bowl on its desired amount for each person.

You prepared the table and placed a table mat on one side and two on the other, followed by a bowl of rice for each person and a hot cup of coffee as an energizer on the top right side and chopsticks on the right side of the bowl.

A yawn was heard in the living room and loud thud on the couch. "Mornin'..."

"Good morning." You greeted back and saw your cousin lying down on the couch. Your eyes shone a glint of mischief and you snickered.

"Aren't you supposed to be at the office at this hour?" You began to grin as you told her a lie that made your cousin shoot her eyes wide awake and rushed to the table and sat on her seat and thanked the food. 

She quickly ate and nearly choked herself and drank water. After she's done with her breakfast, she left the table after thanking the food once again and rushed to the bathroom to clean herself and to her bedroom to change into her work clothes.

You heard her bedroom door slammed open and rushing footsteps heading its way to the front door. "I'm leaving!" She exclaimed as she opened the door and realized when she looked at her watch. A cackle escaped your throat all the way to your mouth when she realized that she's too early before her leaving hours. You snorted and snickered, "You seem so stupid when you're rushing."

"Shut up!" She closed the door and returned to the table, drinking her coffee, annoyed. You smirked, "That's what you get from what you did to me yesterday~" You sat on your chair at the table and thanked the food before eating.

At the same time, inside Starmony Dorm, Izumi ate the breakfast Niki made for everyone and ate alone in the dining area. He drank his miso soup from his cup and rice with his chopsticks. He seriously ate that his presence alone scared everyone.

All except one.

"Senaaaaa!" Leo exclaimed in the early hours of the morning that he nearly spat out the miso soup he just sipped from his bowl or choked on the rice that he just chewed.

"Leo, it's too early," Izumi reminded him after he gulped down his food and continued to eat. "Aren't you going to eat?"

"Not when I asked Ritsu to prepare your personal favorite~" Leo revealed a bento box with various kinds, including the shrimps as the main attraction for the silver-haired idol.

"I'll take it out for lunch." Izumi said and he completely finished his meal and took his tray and left the table. Leo sighed and pouted as he sat on the chair, propped his elbows on the table and leaned on both of his hands. He sighed out and looked at Izumi, worried.

Last night, whenever no one was looking, he caught Izumi glancing at something with a sad look. It wasn't shown on his face but his eyes said it all and how he constantly sighs by exhaling air out of his nose. Whenever the topic is about the junior photographer, (Name), he remained quiet and ignored everyone and it was different from how he acted back then in his Yumenosaki Academy days as a student.

Leo's brow twitched while he watched Izumi placed the bowls and utensils in the dishwasher and placed the tray on the stack with a sad look in his eyes. Izumi's lips are formed on a thin line and his brows furrowed. The composer sighed and never hesitate to ask him one question that could make the model's facade falter.

"Is this about (Name) again?" A glass shattering was heard in the kitchen and Leo's eyes let out a glint when he guessed it right. "Don't forget that we'll meet her at the meeting later."

An idol passed by and turned their head when they heard glass shattering as it fell. "Senior Sena? Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"Leo..." Izumi turned around to face Leo from the kitchen as he glared. "Don't you have other matters to attend to...?"

Leo answered, "I'll be at the meeting later, Sena."

Izumi stormed out of the kitchen and took the neatly wrapped bento box off the table and left the dorm, fuming in anger.

Tsukasa sighed as he took a broom and a dustpan to clean the glass off the floor to avoid any accidents. He sighed as he swept the glass and looked at Leo, "You know, it's really wrong to cross the line, Leo."

"I know but I didn't mean to trigger him..." Leo sighed and slumped on the table, stressed because he stepped on a landmine named Izumi Sena.

You arrived at Ensemble Square on time and gulped down, nervous for what's about to come. You didn't bring Nyaitsu with you because you know that he'll disturb and distract anyone for the whole meeting. You fumbled your pocket, not used to the feeling of Nyaitsu not sleeping in your coat pocket. You could only sigh and try to inhale and calm yourself down as you entered the main entrance and stood at the lobby.

You sat on one of the benches lined up at the center of the lobby and waited. You were messaged by Arashi that someone will pick you up at the lobby and escort you to New Dimension agency's office. You felt glad that you have connections within Ensemble Square, even if it's someone from your past that you haven't met for a long time.

You waited for that person to pick you up and listened to the music with your earphones and hummed.

Your phone buzzed and you saw Arashi's contact name and she sent you a message, a notification showing on your screen.

My Queen

(Name), is your escort there yet?

He's coming there in a few minutes. Stay there.

You unlocked your phone and replied to her message.

Little Princess: Why? Who's picking me up?

My Queen: Can't say until he comes to the lobby.

Little Princess: He? Who's the "He"?

After a few seconds, Arashi didn't reply back. You felt nervous that you don't know who's picking you up and taking you to the agency office in Ensemble Square. Your phone buzzed that you nearly jumped out of your seat and looked at the message she gave you.

My Queen: Probably ur crush;)

You narrowed your eyes as you tried to decode what she meant and typed back, not dealing with her humor today.

Little Princess: Where did your proper typing go? Out of the window?

My Queen: Just wait, princess. Your beloved knight will be there to get you and take you to our castle>;)

Little Princess: Haha very funny, Rashi.

You rolled your eyes at the classic joke. Well, that can't be helped because it's a Knights thing. Arashi once told you in the message that they used that as an endearment towards their fans by addressing them in the status they wanted them to call as their loyal knights. You smiled when she said that. Now you know that it's often used in their songs, touching their fans with their lyrics.

You hoped that Arashi would come here to pick you up soon. You continued to listen to the song playing in your earphones and waited patiently.

At that moment, someone entered the main entrance and stopped at the lobby. His phone buzzed as he reached the lobby and fished out his phone from his pocket and the first thing he saw was the Knights' group chat at Hold Hands popped up on his notification screen. He raised his brow when he saw Tsukasa messaging his seniors, followed by Arashi telling the others that they chatted at the wrong group chat.

Knights | Operation: Photographer

Tsukasa: Where's Senior Sena? Is he there yet?

Arashi: Tsukasa, wrong chat.

Ritsu: Naru, it's not like he'll see it. Is (Name) there yet?

Arashi: For goodness' sake, Ritsu.

He deadpanned as he saw his name and yours in one notification and sighed. He looked up from his phone and saw you at the seats, sitting there and waiting for someone. He wanted to walk closer but he couldn't. He wanted to leave but he stayed there, staring at you from afar.

You turn your head to see who's at the lobby and your eyes widen to see that Izumi is there looking at you from the entrance. You stood up and checked your phone and Arashi messaged you that Izumi will pick you up at the lobby, followed by a winking emoji.

You returned your gaze on him and you saw him looking at his phone and sighed before putting it back in his pocket and walked towards you. You stood there and froze on the spot as he walked closer. He stood there, a few steps away from you and said, "I'm here to pick you up."

Surprised, you blinked twice and nodded. You took off your earphones and put them in your coat pocket. Izumi saw you nod and walked ahead of you and you followed behind him as he escorted you to New Dimension's office.

Izumi stopped at the elevator and pressed a button, making you stop behind him. He waited for the elevator doors to open and crossed his arms, leaning his weight on one leg and the other tapped its foot while waiting. You fiddled your leather strap with your fingers and waited for the doors to open.

As the elevator let out a ring, the doors opened. Izumi turned to face you and said, "Ladies first." You nodded and entered the elevator first, followed by him and pressed a button to close the doors and pressed seven to go up to the seventh floor. You felt the lift carrying you and Izumi up towards the destination and waited.

The whole ride felt awkward as you stood beside Izumi while you looked down on the floor and waited for the lift to stop. You closed your eyes and held your breath, waiting for that one small ring once again.

Izumi glanced at you, looking at you with a blank expression. He saw how you held the camera like your life depends on it. Of course, a photographer is not a photographer without a camera and it's the most important item in their occupation. He wanted to say something or reach you but in the end, he still did nothing.

You close your eyes until the elevator stops. Your body shook and lost your balance. You held your camera tightly on your hands as you tripped on your feet and tumbled backwards. Izumi saw this and immediately caught you in his arms to prevent you from falling to the floor and held you closer to his chest. You slowly opened your eyes when you didn't feel your back hitting the floor and the first thing you saw was Izumi, whose face is close to yours.

To you, it felt like time stopped when your gaze met his and locked. Your face is close to his in proximity that you could feel his breath touching your lips. You gulped down at the way he held you in his strong embrace and held your breath.

The elevator bell rang and the doors opened. Outside of the elevator, Arashi and Ritsu are revealed and the two knights gasped at the sight in front of them. Ritsu fished out his phone out of his pocket and took a picture before running away from the scandalous crime scene. Meanwhile Arashi, whose arms were once crossed, her dominant hand moved to cover her smirking lips with her fingers and snickered.

Izumi held you back up and asked you, "Are you alright?" You nodded and backed away, exiting the elevator, followed by Izumi who stood there beside you and placed a hand on his hip. He asked another question and looked at you. "You better be careful next time. You're not used to elevators?"

You wanted to nod but you shook your head instead and stood behind Arashi and hid away from Izumi.

"(Name), are you being shy again?" Arashi chuckled and patted your head. Izumi looked at Arashi, dead in the eyes. What did he do to make you shy away from him?

"Rashi... w-we should head to the conference room..." You tugged her sleeve and she nodded. "Right, right..." She turned her head to face Izumi and said, "We should go. She has other things to do after the meeting." She said and walked away with you in tow.

As the three of you were close to the NewDi conference room, Arashi looked at you and saw how shy you seemed. A light bulb popped out of her head and lit up when she thought of something to make you less nervous since it's your first meeting with Knights as their photographer for the project.

"(Name), do you want me to carry you?" Arashi asked you and you blushed a little and waved your hands in front of her. "Rashi, you don't need to."

"Come on, it's been years since I last did that to you~" She made grabby hands to tease you. Out of instinct, you grabbed her wrists and raised it up in the air. You two stopped walking and the both of you stayed in that position. Due to your gap in strength, she escaped your grasp and attempted to grab you by your waist. As she successfully caught you, she hoisted you up in the air and spun around like a parent carrying their child to see them smile and put you down on the floor.

"Rashi..." You laughed and giggled as she put you down on the floor and she hugged you and gave you a small squeeze.

"I can't help it. I missed this." Arashi chuckled and nuzzled her cheek on yours.

From being timid to laughing like a child. Your smile can brighten one's day. It can also turn one's cold aura to warmth. Heat is more stronger when made contact with the cold and it quickly spreads.

Your smile affected Izumi so much that he let out a small smile. It melted his cold heart but he knows that your smile was made by someone who is close to your heart that he glanced away, avoiding your smile. Izumi entered the conference room, hiding away his softened yet sad gaze with his cold glare once more.

Before Izumi entered the conference room, three other members of the same unit saw how Izumi looked away when he saw you smiling at Arashi. Ritsu yawned and Tsukasa sighed. Meanwhile Leo puffed out his cheeks and scoffed.

"See?! That's what I meant when I said Sena seemed sad whenever (Name) is involved!" Leo groaned and exclaimed as he sat on the couch and threw his hands to show the entire scenario to Ritsu and Tsukasa.

"So our Frost Knight's getting colder or warmer?" Ritsu asked and Leo answered, "Probably both. He's cold whenever (Name) isn't around and becomes warm when (Name) is around."

"Probably because of the fact that she's Izumi's childhood crush." Ritsu chimed in and stood up and lied down on the other couch in front of them. "Naru once told that to me once back then at practice last time."

"He what?" Tsukasa looked at Ritsu, taken aback at what the vampire stated. "Naru's words. Not mine." Ritsu yawned and replied before napping for the day.

As Izumi entered the conference room, everyone minded their own business in their own way. Leo composed on the floor, Ritsu napping on the couch, and Tsukasa looking at the papers given to him from a folder. Izumi looked at everyone in the room and gave them a look that he thought that everything seemed suspicious but none of them mind it at all. Actually, they felt his gaze as their movements stuttered and continued to ignore him.

Everyone in the room heard laughter from the outside and turned their heads to look at where the laughter came from.

"You're mean..." You pouted at Arashi and she only chuckled. "I'm doing what I can to make my princess happy~" You rolled your eyes at her statement and walked ahead as she opened the door for you to enter the conference room. "After you, my lady."

You smiled at her and said, "I appreciate your kind gesture, my dear knight." You curtsied and entered the room, followed by Arashi who closed the door and took your hand as she escorted you to the seats and sat beside you.

Tsukasa cleared his throat and spoke, "Now that everyone is here," He then turned to face you and continued, "We'll begin the meeting with our photographer for this collaboration project, Picture Perfect, with (Name) of YMSK Modeling Agency."

"P-Please to meet you..." You stuttered as you replied and you felt Arashi's hand on yours. You look up to see her amethyst orbs staring back at you as she softly smiles and rubs her thumb on your hand, calming you down.

You cleared your throat and spoke up, "Please meet you everyone. I believe that we met two days ago with I, as a junior photographer, who is under my senior's guidance. Since Suou mentioned my name, then there is no need for more details to be stated after the introduction."

He then passed the papers given to him by the vice president of the agency to you and read it quietly. It's a list of schedules and general information of every Knights member in detail and your schedule being the first one in the sheets of paper given to you. You blinked your eyes twice to see if your mind was hallucinating and shook your head but your eyes never lied to you today.

"Are you sure I'm supposed to have this...?" You asked Tsukasa and he nodded and answered, "Well, according to the information of the collaboration project, you'll be with us for a year starting this spring so you need those and it's important."

"I see..." You murmured and read the general information profile of each Knights member before the schedule. Arashi patted your shoulder and reassured you. "It's okay, (Name). How about this? You'll hang out with us Knights once we have the time. And oh, I want to introduce you to my circle. We always have shopping dates~"

"Including mine, too." Ritsu yawned and lay down on his side, his head leaning on his hand on the couch. "I can introduce you to my circle too and have tea together at the garden. In exchange, you'll be my pillow."

You nervously chuckled at Ritsu's condition and looked back to reading the profiles. Your gaze fell on Izumi's profile and gulped. It includes his occupation, his height, age, what unit he is in, and his preferences in general, which is his likes and dislikes.

Your gaze shifted to the handwritten information as it caught your gaze and you thought that it is not a part of the profile. The handwriting is a little messy but rushed and you stared at it, deeply.

Likes: That one junior photographer

You look up to face Tsukasa and you see him waking Ritsu up. Arashi leaned close to read the information profile and she snickered. She knew that it's someone's handwriting which is oh so familiar to her. She glanced at the sleeping knight and smirked.

"Did someone write on Mr. Sena's profile...?" You asked as you looked around to everyone. There was no response until Izumi took his profile in your hand and returned it to you. He blankly looked at you and crossed his arms. "So? What about it?"

What about it?

What about it...?

You were about to ask him when he immediately replied, "That's not my handwriting so you can ignore that." Izumi continued and returned to his seat. 

You blinked and nodded and returned your attention to your schedule on hand and read it. Your eye twitched when you saw Izumi's name being the first one to be seen on your schedule for this day, right after your free hour, which lasts until noon, after lunch break. He has time to meet with his friends at the circle he joined after your free time. You held your sigh, thinking that you'll be stuck with him for the rest of the day.

'Of all idols...' You held your sigh and hid your face behind the papers. "Looking forward to cooperating with you in this project, Mr. Sena..."

After the meeting, you sighed out, sipping tea on the couch while missing Nyaitsu's presence but you had to leave him behind because of work purposes. You're not working at the modeling agency right now and you're at a different workplace, where pets aren't allowed at all. 

Out of habit, you kept touching your coat pocket where Nyaitsu slept often and you let out a weak groan as you held your camera and looked at the pictures of the sweet kitty being left behind in your aunt's office. You really missed him, that you wanted to touch and pet him all day, that it brought you to the verge of tears and sipped your tea in silence.

"What's got you sighing, rookie?"

You nearly spat your tea that you gulped it down and choked and coughed as a result. You felt a soft pat on your back and a voice calming you down. "Hey, calm down. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

You look up to see Izumi looking at you, worried. That same feeling where time stopped came back once again the moment your gaze locked with his.

The cold gaze you often saw shifted to soft, warm gaze out of worry. Those eyes, the ones that have the perfect color of the blue sea, could make you drown if you dived in— the very same eyes that looked at yours made you feel that you might sink, drown, and die. It's so deep that you could barely reach the surface and fade in the depths of the deep dark blue sea.

Though that frozen time was of a short moment, you held your breath and closed your lips shut. You gulped down that lingering nervous feeling inside you down to your throat. You immediately looked away and nodded.

"I-I'm fine. No need to worry." You didn't turn to face him and still look away, avoiding him.

He sat beside you on the couch and asked you a question. "I heard that you became a photographer after you left the modeling agency." You nodded at his question. "And I heard that you're also an alumnus of Yumenosaki Academy." You nodded again.

You turned to face him and asked a question, "I heard that you kidnapped Makko at DDD, am I right?" Izumi tilted his head and asked, "Who's Makko?"

"Makoto Yuuki." Izumi paled and he winced, "I thought those news only stayed at the Idol Course..."

"Well, darn, Broadcasting Committee has a lot of ways of obtaining information." You blankly answered and shifted your attention to the camera and looked at the recent pictures you took.

He asked you another question, "Do you hate me that you always run away whenever I'm near you?"

You nearly dropped your camera at his question and you fell silent. You breathed in and out and turned your head to face him. "It's not that I'm scared... It's just because I messed up something..."

Izumi raised his brow and looked at you. You showed him a picture of Izumi on your camera and it's the accidental picture you took when he passed by at the seaside.

"So you were scared to show up because of that?" Izumi asked and smirked, "You never changed at all, (Name). You always took accidental shots and it seemed good to the eye whenever you did that."

"What do you mean by that?" You tilted your head and he answered, "Remember when you adjusted the camera's lens and pointed it to me when we're kids? When I turned to face you, that was when the flash came out. But when I look at the picture you took, it seemed like it was frozen in time. The picture didn't seem blurry at all when I moved or when your hands shook due to the camera being heavy because you're just a kid back then."

Your mouth opened slightly agape when he reminded you of the past. A blush dusted on your cheeks as you saw him smiling at the memory.

"Zumi, don't move..." You said as you held the camera and adjusted the picture quality with the lens and slightly pressed the shutter to focus.

"Hah? Why are you facing that camera on me—" Just as Izumi turned his head to face you, the flash came out of the camera. You panicked when he retorted that you pressed the shutter and the camera was too heavy for you to hold. "Ah, sorry!"

Izumi walked closer to your side and looked at the picture you just took. His eyes widened in surprise and in curiosity. He grinned and said, "Whoa. I didn't expect that it'll be a good picture, (Name)."

"Heh, how could I forget that? It happens all the time whenever you hold your uncle's camera." He snickered, making you flush in embarrassment. You gripped the camera on hand firmly and didn't say a word while reminiscing about the past. "Mr. Sena..."

He only chuckled and smiled. He patted your head and grinned as he muttered, "Sorry, I can't help it when it's you, (Name)..."

You looked at him and you were amazed at his smile. The smile he showed you is different from the one he used on stage and on TV shows.

His cold gaze became soft like the spring breeze. His sharp brows softened, making his gaze seem gentle to one's eyes. His lips curved into a soft smile, a smile that one will use when they look at something they love and treasure wholeheartedly and unconditionally. Your heart palpitated at the sight of his smile right in front of you. You wanted to move but the feeling of his hand on your hand made you melt into his touch and close your eyes as you leaned on his touch.

"Mr. Sena... mind letting me go...?" You murmured. You felt like you're getting soft like a cat, like how Nyaitsu will be like when he was petted by you. If you are a cat, you would purr and lean on their touch while they pet you and gently scratch your chin, the back of your ear, on your head, or rub their hand on your back. Izumi could practically see you as one when you softened at his touch.

"You really never change at all, (Name)..." He muttered as he removed his hand off of you and smiled.

"Aww~" You hear someone cooing and you turn your head to see who it is. It's Arashi holding up her phone and taking a picture of you and Izumi for the whole time. You deadpanned at your childhood friend and you saw the composer composing a song with his music sheets and a pen on the table. Ritsu grinned as he rested his head on his arms on the table and snickered, "We saw everything, Secchan. Don't deny it, okay?"

Izumi deadpanned and scoffed and turned away from you. "Whatever..."

"Fufu, Izumi, you seemed like you wanted to hug her when you petted her. So cute~" Arashi squealed as she cooed at how adorable the sight is to her. She covered her lips with her fingers and chuckled while holding her laughter.

The blush grew on your face and you shied away as you drank your tea from the can. Ritsu snickered when he saw the blush crept up to your cheeks and teased, "Secchan, go comfort your princess. She's all flustered now."

"Your Princess?!" You were red at this point that you brought Tsukasa's hair to shame. Izumi glared at Ritsu and clicked his tongue. "Let her be."

But not for long, Arashi sat closer to you and looked at you with a glint of mischief in her eyes. Her amethyst orbs look at you with intent, in a sly way. She leaned closer and engulfed you to a hug, holding you captive in her embrace.

"Ra— Arashi— Ms. Narukami?!" You stuttered as you tried to say her name when you addressed her at work. She whispered into your ear and said, "Let me tease him indirectly with you, okay?" If you saw her winking, then there's probably a star popping out as she winked.

Then, she began to pepper your face with kisses as she squeezed you tight. Your eyes widen because from the public view, it'll seem as scandalous but who can deny Arashi's affection when she is the sweetest being known in the world, rotting you from the core as she gave you diabetes due to how sweet she is.

"M-Ms. Narukami...?!" You are melting at this point. She is turning you into a putty in her hands. You began to ask yourself what she was implying and who she was indirectly teasing with.

"Naru, you're being unprofessional right now," Izumi crossed his arms and looked at her, nearly annoyed as he kept his serious expression on his face. But Arashi is still doing it and she gave him a smug look as she looked up and began to rock her body with you in her embrace. "Aww~ Can't I give your princess affection? I'm sorry, I can't help it because she seemed like she needed it~"

"I'm sorry but whose princess…?!" You exclaimed and blushed at the nickname Arashi gave you. This is the second time they called you Izumi's princess. You heard her chuckle that it made you jolt.

She then leaned closer to your ear as she asked you, "Am I right, (Name)?" You know you're not looking at her but you can see her half-lidded eyes and her mischievous grin from the back of your mind and that scared you as she looked at you darkly. You blinked twice and your lip twitched at her expression right now. Her voice sounds like she's telling you not to say or answer anything other than "yes". You could only nod and she squeezed you tight in response while nuzzling her cheek on the back of your head.

Izumi and Tsukasa just sighed. Arashi smirked and asked, "Jealous? Why not try doing this to her?" 

Tsukasa's cheeks were dusted with pink and Izumi scoffed, "I'd rather die." Izumi rolled his eyes and glanced at you for a moment. The way your face is covered by lipstick marks and how you blushed made it seem cute for one to see that Izumi nearly snapped. He begins to think of himself in Arashi's situation right now. He gritted his teeth and looked away.

"Suuchan, Naru's not talking to you, remember...?" Ritsu snickered at the blush on Tsukasa's face and grinned. 

"I-I know that." The young leader cleared his throat and looked away. Ritsu's grin widened and asked him, "Don't tell me you have a crush on our photographer here?"

Tsukasa's pink blush turned red, matching his hair. "I don't—" "Yeah, yeah, you have a crush on Anzu, aren't you?" Just as Ritsu ignored Tsukasa's denial, unfortunately, his blush grew the more he thought of you and him together.

Tsukasa Suou, the young leader of Knights, began to blush as he put his own hair to shame as his blush grew more red because the photographer named (Name).

"Senior Ritsu!" Tsukasa shouted at Ritsu but the vampire knight just napped, ignoring the garnet's words of denial. He clenched his fists as he glared and grimaced at Ritsu but he didn't want to catch a certain ginger's attention and turn away.

"Ahahahahahaha! Sena, you're blushing!" Leo laughed and let out a music book. "Thanks for the inspiration, Sena. You and (Name)'s flushed faces give me inspiration." He then began to compose a song in silence while watching his favorite love triangle trio being chaotic in front of him. 

The three other knights looked at the three of you. Arashi embraced you firmly in her embrace, looking smug as she looked at Izumi, who was glaring at Arashi and deep in her soul. His glare could bring a blizzard as gaze became colder and colder while you who seemed to be in a predicament in the midst of the borderline of warmth and coldness.

"Is a love triangle unfolding right in front of us?! Inspiration is overflowing!" Leo exclaimed as he laughed again and continued to write at another set of pages in his music book. "I'll name this... The Queen's Princess and The Icy Cold Knight!"

'Why am I being surrounded by them...?' You thought while you surrendered in Arashi's overwhelming affection and Izumi's cold stare. You glanced at the others, staring at you. Great, you've made yourself an audience. You grimaced and suffered internally in this war between Izumi and Arashi.

You've remembered that you always went to AOUMI back in your high school days after school or on summer vacation. You had no idea that this is one of the places that the circle Izumi is in has a meeting here— probably the 13th reason why your cousin always goes here even if she disliked going to places with aquariums.

A long, distressed groan left your throat as you walked your way towards AOUMI Aquarium's entrance. This time, you were scheduled to attend OCEANS' circle with someone at AOUMI Aquarium in the afternoon after 1. The task given to you is to take a photo of every circle meeting that every Knights member is in and you sighed.

Currently, you were being dragged with someone. Someone like...

"Stop falling behind. You'll be late for the circle photoshoot." An annoyed sigh left the model's lips as he pulled you by your wrist until the two of you arrived in front of AOUMI Aquarium's main entrance. "Aren't you supposed to get to know each unit member of Knights with this? So, please cooperate. You're so~ annoying, you know that?"

Yeah, now you know who it is.

Izumi dragged you all the way from Ensemble Square to AOUMI's entrance the moment he knew that you were fifteen minutes close to leave for Izumi and OCEANS photoshoot. All the way there, he huffed out a sigh whenever he mentioned that you're late on the schedule. The reason why you're late is because of Ritsu, who napped on your lap after Arashi left you alone with Ritsu and Izumi. 

"Sakuma— I mean, Ritsu, can you let go of me...?" You called the sleeping vampire knight and poked his cheek to stir him awake. As expected of Ritsu, there is no response from him. You sighed and attempted to gently shake his shoulders but the next attempt was futile. He is still asleep.

"Ritsu, can you please wake up? I am running late for Mr. Sena's circle meeting..." You shook his shoulders once again but there was no response. You sighed out once again and gave up.

You gently pinched Ritsu's cheek and as a result, he stirred in his sleep and wrapped your waist with his arms and held you close in his nap. You deeply inhaled and held your breath, close to wake him up out loud.

You are so close to snapping when you tried to shake Ritsu awake but Izumi carried you away from Ritsu just as he tried to wake the sleeping vampire, pissed for making you and Izumi late. Izumi carried you out of the break room in his arms, carrying you like a princess being protected by a knight. Since he saw a damsel in absolute distress, he couldn't help but to do so.

The moment you stepped inside the main entrance with Izumi, you bit your lip when you nearly forgot to wear your facemask. You often did this to hide your identity out to the public eye and to avoid unwanted attention. Also, you felt glad that you were known as the junior photographer of YMSK Modeling Agency and not as (Name). A chill went up to your spine when you remembered a memory that you oh so not wanted to remember and shook it off.

Just as you and Izumi entered the main entrance, you fished out your face mask from your pants pocket and quickly put it on. Izumi glanced and looked behind him, seeing you wearing a face mask on. He wanted to question it but he just shrugged it off and looked for his fellow circle members, who were waiting for him at the front desk at the lobby.

"Isn't that...?" A familiar blonde looked at you and Izumi from the side of the counter and he grimaced when he recognized you. "Geh...! It's (Name)..." The corner of his lip twitched and he nervously laughed. "Apologies, I-I have to go to the restroom..."

"Kaoru? Where are you 'heading' to?" A slow, wave-like tone asked Kaoru, who was about to leave and the blonde jolted, not knowing that he'll get caught with his former club president of Marine Life Club and his fellow OCEANS circle member, Kanata Shinkai of RYUSETAI. Kanata then continued to ask him, "Izumi is already 'here', you know...?"

The four other OCEANS circle members turned their heads to see you and Izumi walking closer to them. While their attention is on the model and the photographer, Kaoru disappeared from thin air, taking UNDEAD's name quite far to literal context.

Just as Izumi looked to see if everyone in OCEANS was here, he raised his brow in confusion and asked them, "Where is Kao? I thought he's excited to meet (Name)."

"Lord Hakaze is..." Souma glanced to see if Kaoru is behind him but to his surprise, the blonde is no longer there. Kanata answered, "Kaoru went to the 'comfort room'. He seemed a bit 'suspicious' today." He paused for a moment and continued as he shifted his gaze on you, "I think it's because of this 'photographer' here~"

"P-Please to meet you all. I'm (Name), Knights' photographer for the Picture Perfect Collaboration." You bowed and introduced yourself as a greeting and Kanata sloppily smiled. "Nice to 'meet' you, (Name). Welcome to AOUMI Aquarium. Puka puka~" He greeted back and he began to slowly sway his body as he waved his arms, acting like a jellyfish swimming underwater.

A smile was formed on your lips but it was hidden behind the mask and yet your eyes showed that you like this kind of unique greeting given to you. Suddenly, an exclaimed question was heard from someone you knew in the past, that made your eye twitch.

"A-Anzu?! What brings you here...?" You turn your head to see Kaoru talking to Anzu and he seemed to be... nervous? You fell silent, confused at how the huge flirt and infamous playboy of Yumenosaki Academy suddenly became a nervous wreck. You blurted out a question, "What happened to that guy...?"

Izumi turned his attention to you and answered, "Kao tried to change himself after Repayment Fes but it seemed like he started to act like a total idiot when Anzu was in the same room as him. He's trying to change from his past self but his constant flirtings towards that certain person is making him look stupid while being a stuttering and flustered mess." You couldn't help but to blink thrice out of pure surprise, taken aback at the huge change of the Kaoru of the past and the Kaoru of the present. You wryly smiled and thanked Izumi for the answer and looked back to Anzu and Kaoru.

You thought their conversation would last until Anzu turned her gaze at you and waved her hand to say "hi". Meanwhile Kaoru, the moment he looked at where Anzu's attention went to, he paled when his gaze fell on to your shy figure. Out of instinct, probably a habit of yours, you hid behind Izumi's back.

Checking to see if he's still looking in your direction, you peeked from Izumi's back to see if Kaoru is still looking at you. Just as you saw that he's still looking at you, shocked because a person from the past, his fellow alumnus from his previous Alma Mater is right here in the same place he is in, you quickly hid behind Izumi and became more timid than you always were.

For the first time in Izumi's life ever since the day of the collaboration project, you came closer to him of all people. He knows that if you chose to hide behind someone, it's always someone you're close with but him seeing you like this made his heart squeeze and internally screamed at how cute you looked. But he could imagine Makoto as you in this situation but it went worse when he looked behind him, seeing you hide behind his back like a cornered mouse.

From the distance, at one of the passages to the lobby of the aquarium, three pairs of eyes were taken aback that their jaw dropped, also aghast at the sight before them.

Tsukasa's words remained stuck at the tip of his tongue and he gulped. "Whoa, did Ms. (Name) just...?" He hid his mouth behind his hand, stunned at the sight.

Ritsu, who is wide awake after his momentary nap and is more awake when he sees you hid behind Izumi. "W-Wow..." He couldn't help but to be speechless as his eyes widened in surprise and snicker. 

"Well, it seems like we don't need to give Izumi a good push after this." Arashi on the other hand, recovered herself from shock and sipped the smoothie she bought at her date with Mika at Pretty 5's circle activity and recorded the whole scene with her phone. 

"Where is Tsukippi when we need him? He really needs to see this..." Ritsu sighed. Meanwhile, the composer in question is absent due to his fountain of inspiration overflowing and he has to remain stuck inside his dorm room.

The garnet haired knight sighed, "We have no other choice but to have his status as M.I.A. because his INSPIRATIONS is actually overflowing out of him, thanks to Ms. (Name) and Senior Sena..." He then facepalmed and looked back at OCEANS, who stood there, also surprised.

"Senacchi," Kaoru called the silver-haired knight's attention and continued after the long pause. "She's Knights' photographer?"

"And also Izumi's future girlfriend." Arashi continued Izumi's words under her breath and snickered.

Izumi nodded in response and answered, "And she's here to take pictures of every Knights member in their circle meetings, which is her current task this week." The others in OCEANS nodded at his answer and looked at you, who is clinging behind Izumi with your hands on his coat.

"You know, Senior Sena, you two seem like you're dating." Adonis couldn't help but to point out a certain thing between you and Izumi.

You leaned closer to him to hide your blush and your grip on his coat tightened. Izumi's face is dusted with pink on his cheeks that he huffed out and rolled his eyes in response. "Now, all of you, aren't we too late on the schedule? Let's just go." He said and he turned around to face you and held your shoulders and gently pushed you as you both walked away from them, avoiding further comments to be given to you and Izumi.

"Okay, it seems like Senpai didn't score a (Name) point today and Izumi is winning." Arashi commented and sipped her smoothie, near empty. She smirked and said, "Looks like it's an aquarium date but there's multiple potential third wheels."

"Nah, make it a fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh." Ritsu then grinned as he laid his eyes on Kanata, Adonis, Souma, Kaoru, and Anzu, who came along with you for the project. Ritsu then grimaced as he laid his eyes on Anzu. "Can't she just stay away for a moment? I need to see Izumi and (Name) together."

Arashi chuckled and answered, "Probably later. Let's just wait until they reach the souvenir shop. It'll be cute. I'm pretty sure of it."

The day with OCEANS went smoothly as expected. You took a few shots of Izumi talking to circle members while the rest of them are all solo pictures of him. Every time your lens faced Izumi, you felt a gaze behind you that you became paranoid, making you frozen in place.

But, during all of that, you couldn't help but to admire how beautiful the aquarium is. Though it's one of the well-known entertainment spots, it felt like the water healed you while admiring the fishes and other sea creatures swimming in the blue waters. The ocean world is still full of mysteries but seeing it in person makes your heart at ease.

Before everything else, Anzu gave you a brochure about the contents of the whole aquarium, including a map. You fish out the old brochure you have with you since last year and check every detail on the map. You were not surprised that things have changed in the area so you accepted the new brochure and kept the old one in your bag. The more time passes by, the more things change all around you so it's not a surprise.

You visited this aquarium often back in the good old days as a Yumenosaki student and you haven't realized what made you feel attached to this place ever since the day you took a step inside the building for the very first time in your life. Your frequent visits once started at that one quiet summer, sometime around after Tanabata Festival.

"Come on! It'll be fun, I promise!" A person from the idol course tried to convince you to come to AOUMI Aquarium with him. You raised your brow and asked him, "Why are you so persistent on taking me there to the aquarium, Hakaze?"

"I don't know anyone else who to invite with. Kanata gave me these tickets to the aquarium and there's two of these so I can't just waste it because of his kindness." He answered, then he begged you as he folded his hands and bowed his head. "So please, go to the aquarium with me tomorrow morning. Just for once. Does nine in the morning seem good? Nine-thirty? Ten o'clock?" You sighed after he begged you to go out with him.

You massaged your forehead and inhaled deeply and answered, "Fine... Meet me at the entrance at nine-thirty." 

Kaoru grinned in response and said, "Alright~ It's a date, then." You irked at the word "date" that you snapped and glared at him. "It is not a date, Hakaze."

The next day, you waited for Kaoru to show up while looking at your wristwatch. It's five minutes close to nine-thirty so you are pretty early from the agreed meeting time.

You grimaced when you thought about why you agreed to go out with Yumenosaki academy's infamous playboy. Somehow, you couldn't help but to let out a distressed sigh when he thought of coming to you and asked you to go out on a date with him.

'It's just a one-time date, self. It'll end once the sun sets...' You thought as you still waited for Kaoru. Speak of the devil, he's finally here, wearing casual clothes, fit for the autumn season. He wore a white cotton shirt and blue denim pants and black converse shoes. His name may translate into fresh breeze but the summer breeze blew his blonde, mullet hair gently, slowly waving from the wind.

"Did I make you wait, pretty?" Kaoru smiled as he looked at you. He looked at your outfit for the day, which is a white summer dress, paired with a blue denim tote bag. For your footwear, you wore brown slippers, fitting for the casual summer wear in the city.

You scoffed, "Isn't this the wrong time for an aquarium date in the summer, Hakaze?" You crossed your arms as you asked him. He chuckled and answered, "It's the right time for the date, (Name). There is a dolphin show at the grand pool at the outdoor area of the aquarium later. Of course, we have to stay close to each other so that you won't get lost in the area."

You narrowed your eyes at him and glared. Surely you know that he'll be sticking closer to you and wrap an arm on your shoulder or on your waist. You hissed, "I am not letting you lay a finger on me, Hakaze."

"Wow, that's some scary glare you got." He chuckled but you could see that he began to pale at the sight before him. Much deserved for the person who forced you to go on a date with him.

You rolled your eyes and turned away. "See you in never, Hakaze," And entered the aquarium as you waved your hand, holding your ticket and leaving him behind. You went to the front desk and gave your ticket in exchange for a brochure, containing a map and the contents of the aquarium's area. You let out a distressed sigh as you wandered around the aquarium alone, without Kaoru with you.

Distracting yourself from the memory, you shifted your gaze to look at the circle members but it only stayed at Izumi as his figure alone caught your attention. You couldn't help but to raise your camera to your head and face the lens on Izumi and click the shutter. You always take quick shots and this shot made your heart skip multiple beats.

The deep blue waters emitted from the aquariums' lights made his hair shine from the light, making stand out from your perspective. His icy blue eyes matched the color of the water, making you compare the hues of his irises to the waters of the blue sea. You shifted your gaze back to the actual scene in your point of view and back to the picture on your camera. 

Somehow, it made you think you fell for him more but you shook your head when you focused on the task at hand. You know that he is beautiful in all angles and it makes you have a full-hearted crush on him but you always roll your eyes whenever you ignore it and shrug it off.

Stage one: Denial. Welcome to the denial stage, dearie. Congratulations on denying your crush on Izumi Sena. You have two options: Pine over him or open out your feelings to him. Pick your poison. The effects will be less lethal when consumed but the consequences will be dangerous.

"Are you done admiring?" Izumi asked you and he smirked. "I know I'm beautiful but don't stand there idly. Let's continue to go around." Izumi walked off and you followed behind him, sighing because he somehow read your mind. You hoped that he didn't read your expression about your tiny crush towards him that grew overtime.

Meanwhile, back at Starmony Dorm, Leo continued to compose a song about the cold knight and the shy princess. While composing, he pouted like a child and scoffed, "I felt jealous... I hope (Name) will trip if she's too clingy at Sena..."

You let out a small sneeze, almost like a kitten sneeze. Your sneeze caught someone's attention and he turned his head to face you. He noticed that you didn't wear your coat. It was left behind when Ritsu clinged on you like a cat that you had no other choice but to strip it off of you when you escaped from his clingy embrace.

The idol in question wore your coat and let out a smug smirk. "Sorry not sorry (Name)..."

"Are you cold?" Izumi asked you and you shook your head. It's rare for you to sneeze when you're healthy like a plant, getting enough water and sunlight. "I'm not. Let's keep walking." You sniffed and rubbed your nose and walked ahead.

A hand on your shoulder stopped you from walking when you froze. You turn around to see who stopped you but it's just Izumi, who took off his coat that hung on his shoulders and placed it on yours, making you wear it, partially. A blush dusted your cheeks and for the umpteenth time, you thanked your mask for covering the lower half of your face.

"When it's too cold for you, don't force yourself and tolerate it. You'll get sick if you do so." Izumi said as he patted your shoulders after he adjusted his coat on you. "You don't want to get sick while working, don't you?"

His cold gaze became warm but his face remained serious. In terms of proximity, he is nearly close but far enough to give you space. If you could recall your first "date" with Kaoru, this is way too different. You are frozen, not because of this side of him being all warm in presence and gaze alone but because your idol crush, Izumi Sena, nagged at you like a worried mother while being affectionate to you in the most comforting way possible.

His gentle touch on your shoulders made you feel warm and fuzzy all over while covering your body with his coat and adjusting it for you, keeping you warm from the cold temperature from the air conditioning in the building. Somehow, his coat did make you feel more warmer the more your blush grew from an innocent pink to a flustered red.

You remembered how his actions contrasts to his snarky, cold, and intimidating behavior which is actually gentle, warm, and protective. His soft touch, his firm yet gentle hold, his protective embrace contrasts to his cold gaze and intimidating aura. You felt like a cat, wanting more of that warmth as you craved for it. You realize your thoughts that you shook it off and shy away.

You're so shy to face him that you quickly turn away from Izumi to hide your blush, that was creeping up to your face all the way to your ear. Steam probably began to come out of your ears when you felt it hot from the blush. You held your fist close to your chest to calm your palpitating heart, that is beating fast and loud.

"L-Let's just go. We don't want to keep them hanging around in the same place..." You briskly walked away after you said that to Izumi. Honestly, you wanted to bury yourself alive for being too shy towards him right now. Since you're acting all flustered towards him, the urge to bury yourself increases.

A small, shaky sigh exited past your lips as you walked past the other OCEANS circle members. Question marks popped out of their head in confusion while Kaoru's jaw dropped open. To him, it seems like Izumi is getting maidens while the blonde remains maidenless until the day he dies. At this point, Kaoru already knew that your heart was stolen by Izumi at first glance.

Izumi on the other hand, is stunned when you suddenly walk away all flustered. There is probably something he never knew about you ever since you first met him at the seaside back then.

It is obvious that Izumi couldn't hold his feelings longer, now that his long time abandoned feelings towards you now resurfaced, making it obvious towards Arashi, who has known him since childhood. As dense as an oil in an heterogeneous demonstration experiment, you never realized any of these small changes of Izumi's behavior and actions towards you from the others. You, on the other hand, never noticed it. You wondered if it's just the same Izumi you once remembered in the past and let it slide.

Arashi's grin widened while she hid behind the pillar. "My, my, seems like Izumi is close to realizing Princess' feelings towards him," She snickered and covered her lips to hide her grin while letting out a dark, mischievous aura that seeped out of her. "This'll be fun if he knew about this. I wonder how he'd react if he did know about it."

"But you know that it'll affect their career if Izumi knew, remember?" Tsukasa pointed out a fact about something that'll result in a taboo known in the entertainment industry. Ritsu yawned and answered, "But Secchan will reject her feelings in the end, of course."

Tsukasa couldn't help but to facepalm and quietly groan out, "You know, that will affect our progress in this COLLABORATION once it happens, remember? Let's just... leave them alone. If one of them begins to pine for the other, then let's just tolerate them by listening to their confessions out while hearing their lovesick sighs."

Arashi and Ritsu nodded at Tsukasa's suggestion and grinned as they faced each other. Both are looking forward to yours and Izumi's pining.

Back to the OCEANS circle members (plus you and Anzu). The group passed through the jellyfish section, where various jellyfishes float in the water like small clouds as they formed as clusters. Since the room is slightly dim, they began to glow.

"Jellyfishes who live near the daylight zone and at the twilight zone are bioluminescent. Examples of these bioluminescent jellyfish are the Moon Jellyfish. Some species of moon jellyfish are capable of bioluminescence, producing light through a chemical reaction in their bodies. This light is used for a variety of purposes, including attracting mates, deterring predators, and attracting prey." You read the fact about the jellyfishes in the brochure and your eyes sparkled. 

You shifted your gaze to the view of moon jellyfish swimming under the water, with the glass revealing the whole display. 'What a new discovery...!' You brought out your camera and made sure the flash was off. You pressed the shutter and took a picture of the beautiful sight in front of you.

You live your whole life by the land and at the city that you always went to the seaside to admire the blue crystallized waters, changing colors as the sun rises and falls to the horizon. You always love the sea but it pains you that you could only stay on land. 

You wished that when you can live for yourself, you'll live by the sea, admiring the sea breeze, carrying the sea's salty scent, brush your feet by the brushing waves, listening to it crashing and susurrates to the sea and back to the land. It is your greatest dream and you will make it come true with your own hands to the most of your abilities.

But at the same time, the waves scared you that you feared going to the water. The ocean is vast and wide, also deep. You feared that you'd drown once the waves washed you away from the shore. 

You always dreamed of yourself, under the surface, sinking down to the depths, desperate to call but the waters muffled your cries. Fear washed over you as you flail your arms and legs under the water, desperate to see the sky that was shown above the surface. 

The you in your dream suffered from the cold water, making you suffocate from the water entering your system and from hypothermia. Your eyes are dull and skin paler than a paper. You lost your life as you sank deeper into the deep, dark depths of the ocean.

Then, the deep, blue waters in your dreams made you remember his eyes. The more you gaze deeply, the more you sink deeper. You were scared to look at him or face him. And yet, those arms that held you and embraced you made you feel like he dragged you out of your despair under the waters' surface. You were saved, by him and him alone.But those arms that hold you close to an embrace, the hands that gently touched you, treated you like a princess or a friend made you think otherwise. Those hands of his reached you from the depths and pulled you back to the surface, saving you from the suffering you've lasted.

"A-Anzu," You turned your head and called the producer. "Can you hold my camera for me?"

"Of course." She replied. You gave your camera to her. You placed it on her hands and put the strap around her neck, letting it hang loose. You smiled and thanked her, "Thank you, Anzu." You return to the tank where the jellyfishes are and admire them. 

The sea is indeed full of wonders that you couldn't help but be amazed by the sight. You gently placed your hand on the glass tank as your eyes glinted in amazement and your mouth slightly agape. You took off your mask from your face and continued to admire the beauty of the sea jellies floating under the water. A soft smile forms on your lips as you exhale out, breathless at the sight.

Unknown to you, a click coming out of the camera was heard as you were in a trance, your mind in a fleeting reverie was broken when the click was heard. You blinked your eyes, sending you back to reality. You slowly turn your head to see Izumi with a camera on hand, the lens facing you as the camera hides his face. You could see the smile on his lips when he lowered the camera down to see you, now looking at him.

"I can finally see why you look more beautiful with a smile on your face, (Name)," He complimented you with a soft smile on his face. His cold gaze was no longer there. His gaze radiating with gentle warmth, matching his sincere smile.

You do know all too well that once your gaze is locked with his, the time stops. And for the first time, your heart palpitated at his smile alone. His compliments made your heart flutter. "What's making you shy away from that smile of yours when you tend to avoid one's gaze or hide behind the mask?"

"I love seeing you smile. So please, will you smile more often... for me?"

A blush grew on your cheeks as he complimented your smile and asked you to smile more often for him. You turn your head and shyly look away, while hiding your stutters inside your throat as you cover your mouth with your hand. For the first time in your life, you heard those words that are full of genuinity and kindness, not the ones you often heard in photoshoots when you're being taken a photo of.

And for the first time, Izumi is the first person to tell you those words out of pure kindness.

"Th-Thank you, Mr. Sena..."

After the whole photoshoot tour around the aquarium's indoor area, the group arrived at the souvenir shop, the last and final destination before ending the day. Kaoru felt so tired that he sat on the bench near the souvenir shop with Souma comforting him and Adonis gave the brunette a bottle of water to drink.

"It seems like Rei's stamina loss rubbed off on me..." Kaoru sighed, earning a sneeze from the self-proclaimed vampire in RhythLin office, concerning his glasses-clad companion.

Your eyes widen at the sight of the merchandise lined up on the shelves from the outside of the souvenir shop. Your eyes sparkled at the sight, almost beating the sparkling lives of Trickstar. You shake your head to remove the temptation and look around to see Izumi is nearby and see if he's still holding your camera. You paled when you didn't see him around and nearly panicked.

A tap was felt on your shoulder that you jolted. You immediately turn to face who tapped your shoulder and it's just Izumi, holding your camera in his hand.

"Something wrong?" He asked and your hand shakily pointed at the camera on his hand.

"Ah, right. Apologies," He placed it on your hands, ready to hold your camera and hang the strap on your neck. You thanked him and immediately zoomed away to take pictures quickly since Izumi is near his fellow companions in the circle, starting from the circle members resting by the bench to taking solo shots of them.

After taking pictures for a moment, you saw Izumi entering the souvenir shop. You tilted your head in confusion and discreetly trailed behind him.

Anzu caught a glimpse of you entering the souvenir shop and went to the entrance to check on you and see what you were doing. Just as she peeked from, her eyes stared and widened in surprise. The producer couldn't help but to blink at the sight and shook it off when Kanata leaned behind Anzu and peeked on what caught the producer's attention at the souvenir shop. A smile formed on his lips and watched at the sight before them.

At the plushies section, you secretly took a picture of Izumi looking at the plushies that took the form of marine creatures, mostly on cephalopods and marine mammals, especially dolphins and whales. While you're taking a picture of him, she couldn't help but to wonder what made Izumi so deep in thought while looking at the plushies he had on hand.

Izumi wandered by the shelves where the plushies are and pondered, 'I wonder what does (Name) like...?' He thought as he looked at the dolphin plush sitting on the shelf. He took it and held it in his hand and reminded him of something, 'Kao once mentioned that she went to the dolphin show here last year at summer constantly that time...'

'Wait. Why am I thinking of (Name)'s interest in sea creatures?! This is not you, Izumi!' He shook his head and looked back at the plush on his hand. 'Somehow, dolphins remind me of her back then... Playful, talented, obedient, and eye-catching. Right now...'

Izumi returned the dolphin plush to the shelf and glanced at the octopi plushies beside the whale plushies. He let out a small smile and whispered, "She's pretty and shy and aloof."

Somehow, while taking a picture and observing him quietly, you began thinking of giving him something, like a keychain or a phone charm but you know that he is not interested in such items. Until your mind thought of giving a plush that reminded you of him but you honestly don't know what kind or shape or form you would give to him as a gift or a mark of gratitude.

'Is a jellyfish plushie a good gift for him?' You thought as you subconsciously went to the other side of the plushie shelves' marine sea jellies section, opposite to where Izumi is. 'What about a whale...?'

You shook your head and moved on to the next plush near you. "What is shiny and silvery like...?" You muttered under your breath until you saw a gray dolphin plushie, with a pearl on its snout, showing like it's playing it. 

'I think I found one...' You thought as you picked up the dolphin plush and hugged it and nuzzled your face on the soft plush. You let out a joyful hum when you feel how soft the plush is on your arms. It's so soft like a marshmallow or a fluffy pillow. A contented sigh leaves your system as you indulge yourself with the plush toy in your arms.

You felt someone looking at you and you turned your head where it came from. Your cheeks were dusted with a shy blush as you saw Izumi holding a phone on one hand while the other holding an octopus plush with the color coincidentally matching his eyes that is blue.

A blush crept up to your cheeks as you hid your face behind the plush. Flustered, you shy away and stutter out, "Y-You didn't see anything...!" You then turn away, avoiding his gaze. He replied, "I don't. Really." You prayed to Mother Earth to take you alive and become one with the soil.

Unknown to you, he took a picture of you with his phone. He couldn't help but to take a picture of you when you're hugging that plush. It's cute, he thought. He put his phone back in his pocket and followed you to the counter to purchase the octopus plush he had on hand.

'I felt like I wanted to perish...' You thought as you scurried away and went to the counter to pay for the plush. You placed the plush on the counter and purchased it just as you gave your money to the cashier on the exact price of the plush. You took the paper bag on the counter and exited the souvenir shop.

You walked your way towards Anzu's side and let out an anxious, shaky sigh. Your sigh startled the producer and asked you, "Are you alright? You seem to be in distress."

"I am not a damsel in distress..." You retorted and sighed out, "I'm just... in a rush..."

The producer saw how you have blue, red, and white on your face that it concerns her. If you're wearing your face mask, then she could only see blue and red. She shrugged it off and nodded as she hummed in confusion to your strange behavior.

She looked behind you and saw Izumi walking out of the shop with a paper bag in hand, carrying from the handle. Seeing that the time of the circle meeting is coming to a close, she asked out, "It seems like we're done for the day. Is there anything else you wanted to do before leaving the aquarium?"

You looked at Kaoru who nervously looked away from Anzu and shook her head, Souma holding a small turtle plush on hand, also shaking his head, Adonis holding a bottle of water for himself since he gave the rest of the bottles of water to the others and answered no, and Kanata shook his head and answered, "It seems like there is 'nothing' else we could do here since we're all done going 'around' inside the aquarium." Everyone nodded at Kanata's reply and all left the aquarium to return to Ensemble Square.

The moment everyone exited the aquarium's doors, they were greeted by the twilight sky. They all didn't realize that it's finally dark outside that they spent too much time together in the aquarium's indoor grounds. Everyone then chatted about their day and what happened the day before as various reactions were done by each person.

"Anzu, do you remember that time when Senior Hakaze—"

"Adonis, let's not talk about me right now..."

"Well I remember when Kao—"

"Senacchi, don't."

As you listened to their conversation, you couldn't help but to smile. Seeing that Izumi made friends with someone other than Knights and Makoto. You could remember that he always clinged on Makoto often and never forget the fact that Izumi kidnapped Makoto once on the day of DDD, making the whole unit disqualified in the event.

Shaking that aside, you can see that he changed from his personality but his cold demeanor became warm the longer he spent time with Knights. That thought alone made your smile widen and made you remember that you forgot to put your face mask on. You put your face mask out from your pants' pocket and wear it on your face.

Distracting yourself from your thoughts, your gaze shifted to the city lights as you walked on the path. The night life in the city is so bright, just like the lives that were often held at Ensemble Square. You couldn't help but to let out a quiet smile curved on your lips.

Your momental trance lasted short when an arm pulled you and dragged you beside him. "Don't get too close to the side street. You'll get hurt." You then realized that Izumi pulled you to the opposite side away from the street and close to him. His arm wrapped around your shoulder and held you protectively.

You were flushed due to the proximity between you and Izumi that your breath became visible as you breathe. You two kept walking, close to each other while Izumi kept you warm from the spring's cold weather. "I-Izumi, aren't you too close?" You stuttered and he turned his head to look at you. He warmly smiled, "So you finally said my name. I've been waiting for you to call me that."

"I— I mean..." Your voice faltered as you kept locked gazes with him. Izumi's arm on your shoulder is firm, firm enough for you to back away from him. And yet, you didn't. "You mean, what?" He let out a small smirk and you looked away.

"L-Let's just go..." You walk ahead, releasing yourself from his hold and he follows you behind. He put his free hand in his pocket while his other hand held his paper bag and smiled as he saw you walking ahead from everyone. You hugged your paper bag close to you and pressed the lower half of your face as you hid your pout behind it.

Kaoru gritted his teeth and shed tears as he clenched his fist, feeling proud for his best friend for making a move on the girl he met after a long time. Kanata can only think of two seahorses in love when he sees you two close to each other. Souma's eyes glinted in astonishment when Izumi pulled you closer to him, as if he's protecting you from harm. Adonis and Anzu only smiled.

You began to summarize the events that occurred today from the Ensemble Square to the aquarium and back. Firstly, you thought about what happened to Ensemble Square, starting from the part where he escorted you from the lobby all the way to the 7th floor of ES building and saved you from your lightweight fall when the elevator stopped. Next, he gave a pat on your head and his aura became warm, warm enough for you to feel as he put aside his cold demeanor towards you. 

For the events that occurred between the two of you at the aquarium, it started when he offered you his coat against your will but he did that to keep you warm. Next, he took a picture of you when you smiled at the moon jellyfishes at the jellyfish exhibit. And lastly, he acted like the gentleman he is by pulling you away from getting close to the street. What's next? Walking you back to your home? You wouldn't know.

Too flustered and shy to let anyone close to you, you briskly walked away from the group. Seeing that you walked fast and a few steps away from everyone, Izumi followed you as he walked behind you including Anzu, making sure you won't fall or break anything on you.

"(Name), wait for us!"

"(Name), don't run off like that! You'll hurt yourself!"

The other three members of Knights gave up on spying on you and Izumi when all of you rested near the souvenir shop. All of them returned to Starmony Dorm and called the composer to form a meeting with him at the common room.

Serious in the face, they all formed a conclusion as they looked at each other, each holding a whiteboard in their hands.

Tsukasa looked at his seniors holding a small whiteboard in hand and uttered, "Everyone ready?" The rest of them nodded as they held their own whiteboards.

"Now!" At his signal, they all flipped their own whiteboards to reveal their answers.

"Let's watch over the two while their relationship progresses."

"More inspiration to write."

"New tea to spill to FLAVOR."

"Leave them alone."

At this point, one of them gave up as they let out an exasperated sigh.

W/N:

Bro is too gorgeous that I use Taylor Swift's gorgeous in every fic possible... (Including my Valentine's Day Hiiro fic). Might as well as use Enchanted next time... *sigh*

Taglist: @thelocal-idiot​

#ensemble stars x reader #enstars x reader #izumi sena x reader #sena izumi x reader #written by herri

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Marine Bio Headcanons

Mental illness held me in a vice grip because I cannot stop thinking about the marine biology club. interacting. OCEANS is a little family and you cannot tell me otherwise-

General Headcanons:

Kaoru likes pulling on the ribbon that holds Souma's hair up to tease him. If only every time he did it, he wouldn't have his nose nearly cut off by Souma's sword.

No matter how many times any of them towel him down, Kanata will be completely drenched the next minute.

When Souma isn't looking, Kaoru switches his homescreen to a goofy picture the group took at an aquarium in sea creature onesies and random aquarium merch.

Souma gripes at him for it before setting it back to an Akatsuki group pic but Kaoru notices that when the phone flashes with a notif later that Souma set the picture as his lock screen.

Kanata never yells but when he gets mad, the aura is absolutely menacing and everyone hurries to cheer him up.

Kanata likes showing Souma sea creatures the most (alongside Shinobu) because Souma responds with a childlike excitement and wonder, his eyes sparkling as he itches to name the next one he sees. He often thinks about how to bring up to Kuro and Keito that he wants to steal their child.

Kaoru likes nuzzling his head against dolphins like those trainers.

Kanata saw this and wanted to try and Kaoru moved aside thinking Kanata was going to nuzzle the dolphin. Instead, Kanata dived towards Kaoru and bumped their foreheads together, laughing.

Izumi is terrified of frogs and when Shinobu's chasing them, he often ends up running as well.

Shinobu was so scared to pet a dolphin but when Kanata guided his hand to its head, he now didn't want to leave it and the other three had to drag him out of the water.

Marine Bio Club (! era):

Kanata doesn't like parting with the sea creatures. Once Kaoru and Souma noticed that it was getting dark and tried to get Kanata to go home but he kept pouting, hugging various fish tanks as Karou and Souma have to pry him off.

Kanata likes initiating group hugs between the three of them and Souma and Kaoru try to stay the furthest away from each other.

Kaoru usually sputter something like, "Ew, I don't want to be near a man." And Souma replies, "Well, I don't want to be near a disgrace to society." Before they fight too much, Kanata just knocks their head together.

Kaoru liked jokingly asking Souma to make him a bento like Souma does for Adonis (Adonis does not stop talking about Souma during club meetups and Kaoru initially pays attention if only to make fun of them).

Souma thinks he's serious and vehemently refuses. This only makes Kaoru curious and when Souma's still stubborn about it, he claims that he can just steal some of Adonis' lunch to which Souma threatens to cut his head off like the ingrate he is.

Kanata likes taking the creatures out for 'walks' where he just picks up a bunch of them and piles them on his head and shoulders and just walks across the school grounds. Souma and Kaoru are running after him with as many fish tanks they can physically carry with them yelling at him to put them back.

Souma does not make Kaoru food but instead reluctantly offers to teach him how to make some of the dishes he uses. Kaoru uses them pretty frequently actually and in turn picked out a seafood recipe specifically that he knew and taught it to Souma, which the latter was extremely happy about!!

For someone who was so repulsed by males in his "I hate men, I'm not gay!" era, Kaoru shows a lot of physical affection towards these two, usually pinching Souma's cheek or ruffling and patting Kanata's head. Towards the latter half of the I era, he starts leaning his head on both when pointing or looking at things.

Kaoru accompanies Adonis to Akatsuki performances insisting that he's being a very good senior to his precious underclassman. He's really just curious about Souma's performances.

Souma doesn't believe that Kaoru goes to his performances because the man was suble about it, and says so when Kaoru mentions it in the clubroom later. Kaoru then makes it a mission to be the absolute loudest member in the audience. Keito and Kuro notice him and raise an eyebrow and Adonis is confused but is happy that Kaoru is supporting Souma so he just happily shakes the glowstick. At the end of the performance, Souma throws his fan towards the audience, square at Kaoru's face. Kaoru then threatens to keep it and they argue after the live. The next day after an UNDEAD live, Souma (who went to watch Adonis), Souma reluctantly compliments Kaoru on his performance as well.

Kanata likes patting Kaoru and Souma on the head- 1. to diffuse arguments between the two and 2. ever since Chiaki taught him what a headpat was, he's been obsessed with doing it to everyone.

Kaoru, at first, doesn't appreciate being touched by a man of all things, but he warms up to, and finds a lot of comfort in being patted on the head. Souma always likes being praised and he strives to get pet on the head. Jealousy over such praise often end up in more subdued passive aggressive arguments between the two and Kanata just uses both hands to tap them on the head, coddling them.

Kaoru likes staying as long as possible in the clubroom because he doesn't want to go home.

When Souma catches him, he says that he's doing it so that the fish aren't lonely. Souma doesn't believe that one bit but he argues that he can keep the fish company and stays there. Kanata joins in because he wants to stay with the fishies too. This isn't the last impromptu sleepover they'll ever have and by the sixth one, Kaoru is joking they should have matching onsies. Kanata's eyes sparkles and they literally cannot turn back. Souma gets a turtle onesie, Kaoru gets a dolphin one and Kanata gets a jellyfish one Souma and Kaoru bury their onesies in the back of their closets praying that it will never see the light of day outside the clubroom..

Once Kaoru's sister asked him to style her hair for a special occasion. Not really knowing anyone with longer hair than him, he asks Souma to style his hair as practice and Souma threatens to cut Kaoru's own with his sword.

Souma actually relents ,during an impromptu sleepover, when he figures out the reasoning and Kaoru feels like he's treading over a mine field as he braids Souma's hair. Kanata wanted to join in so he braid Kaoru's hair in little plaits and Souma ties Kanata's now short hair in a ponytail that sprouts from the top of his head.

Shinobu visited the marine bio club once and Souma showed him Kamegorou (the lil turtle!!!).

The turtle crawled on Shinobu, causing him to panic, but when Souma told him that Kamegorou like him, Shinobu didn't feel like getting the turtle off and made it a mission to not disturb it as much as possible. He almost left the room with Kamegorou still perched on his head.

Izumi, when he visited the marine bio club, just wanted to see what Kaoru found so interesting about it. When learning the tanks were open, he warns everyone to not let his clothes get wet.

Kaoru, who had his hands deep into a tank wading his arms around, then playfully flicks water at Izumi, and Izumi proceeds to ask Souma to borrow his sword.

OCEANS (!! era):

Souma spends a lot of time in the marine bio room in the school looking after the sea creatures. Shinobu helps him out because he feels an obligation to.

They spend the whole time gushing about turtles and frogs and have a competition to see who can name the most creatures.

Kaoru used to just soak in a lot of the info his mom rambled about during her work as a marine biologist.

Therefore, when they see a creature in an exhibit, he randomly decides to infodump on the animal. Izumi and Kanata are the only ones who know where such info comes from, so they listen intently. Souma and Shinobu just stare, confused, before turning to name the creature "Peppy" or something.

Kanata is fascinated by penguins.

They all went to the zoo and it took one momentary blink for the group to lose Kanata. Souma freaks when he catches sight of Kanata all the way down in the penguin pen, waddling his arms around alongside them. Shinobu is the first to voice his concern for his unitmate, albeit loudly. Kaoru's concerned, but the only sentiment he can let out is that it would be embarrassing to kicked out of a zoo of all places. Bystanders end up catching a glimpse of three teenagers scaling down a wall (they were trying to be discreet but Shinobu and Souma's yelling made it anything but) while Izumi is standing by the railing stuck in between calling out to them in concern and pretending he does. not know who they are. (He refused to ruin his clothes and Kaoru simply had to question that if he had clothes he didn't want to ruin, why did he bring them to the z o o ? )

Shinobu and Izumi catch wind of the onesies.

Kanata stated it pretty openly actually, sending the other two in a panic.

Shinobu, to their surprise, was very enthusiastic about it, wanting a frog onesie for himself.

Kanata happily got it for him and before Izumi could voice that he did not need one, Kaoru ordered him a penguin onesie.

Kanata wanted to wear them together but Kaoru figured that three people who graduated should not break into the school and stay there all night.

So they wear it on late nights in the aquarium and stay as long as it closes. (Sometimes they fall asleep on the floor and each other and get woken up by security, yikes)

Kaoru loves having another junior to tease so he likes messing with Shinobu as he did with Souma the year before (not that he would ever stop).

Shinobu doesn't know what's going on but he's not sure he likes it. Souma's always one to shove him away from Kaoru, shaking his head (no death threats this time tho!)

Shinobu once saw Kaoru surfing and praised his cool ninja-like moves.

When Shinobu lamented that he couldn't anything nearly as neat as surf as Kaoru did, Kaoru asked Shinobu to show him his ninja tricks which Shinobu happily obliged and now he regularly shows them to Kaoru.

Izumi had an intense fear of touching sea creatures at first.

The four of them, when they realised his hesitance, chanted around him in a circle to cheer him on to touch a baby seal at an exhibit. He eventually did and now he has a soft spots for baby seals.

Kanata is very proud of his junior unitmate for sharing his interest in the sea and spares no time in patting his head. Shinobu is happy that he is praised and the two have a stronger bond over the ocean. Kanata is very proud of his child :>

A dolphin, once at an exhibit, grabbed one of Izumi's loose jacket sleeves (This is why you actually wear your coat!) and wouldn't let it go.

After a brutal tug of war, Izumi lost. And was tugged into the water, leaving Kaoru hysterical, Shinobu concerned, and Souma trying to stop Kanata from jumping in alongside him.

Souma and Kaoru tag team to make a picnic for them on one of their aquarium visits.

Shinobu jumps into the kitchen wanting to help out, and he does with various ingredients and grabbing things for the two, but ends up clutching to the twos' arms when he's in front of an open flame (He's still scarred from Tetora's wreckless cooking bye). Izumi was about to help but all his nagging and comments about exact measurings and flavourings made Kaoru shoo him out the kitchen. Kanata's just there melting into the table, wondering when he can see the fishies (and eat them).

Shinobu convinced Souma to play hide and seek with him during aquarium visits.

Somehow, it ends up with the other three spending two hours trying to find them.

Marine Bio Club is one of my favourite groups ever for 7 years you guys don't understand oughdkhgfkh Izumi and Shinobu are such a perfect addition too!! I love this group and HappyEl has barely given us any content on the entire group but this is how they interact and nobody can tell me otherwise <3

More Enstars Headcanons:

Class 3-A || Class 3-B || Valkyrie Photoshoot || How the ES!! Boys Text {StarPro Edition}

#enstars #enstars headcanons #headcanons #kanata shinkai #kaoru hakaze #shinobu sengoku #izumi sena #souma kanzaki #my belvoedsdsf i love this group so much #<3 #sketchie's fandom archives

[randoimago]

Hi! I'm so sorry but I simply couldn't restrain myself from requesting Alphabet Headcanons that way - letters D, I, L, F for Iwai, Sojiro and Yoshida please! :D Thx!

Alphabet Headcanons

Fandom: Persona 5

Character(s): Munehisa Iwai, Sojiro Sakura, Yoshida

Type of Request: Headcanons

Note(s): No problem at all! Here you go <33 And you are very funny for the letters you chose, anon (although Sojiro and Yoshida should've had G instead of D --)

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

Iwai

Honestly, he hasn't really given much thought to settling down. Probably wouldn't mind it if he met the right person, but he's pretty content with his life right now. Not to mention, Kaoru is his priority, even if the kid is growing up pretty fast.

He isn't really one to cook a lot, most of what he gets is takeout or something from a konbini. Cleaning is something he's a lot better at. He's not a huge fan of doing laundry though just because he remembers how tedious that was back in his Yakuza days, but he still doesn't mind.

Sojiro

Sojiro has thought about settling down in the past, but that was with Wakaba. Those days have passed and he tries not to dwell on it too much. Right now, he's just enjoying life and taking care of Futaba. Like with Iwai, if the right person comes along then he wouldn't mind settling down, but he's also content where he is.

Ha, is Sojiro good at cooking? If Le Blanc has anything to say about it and his customers, yeah he's pretty good at cooking. Even if curry is his specialty, he can also make other dishes that he'd love you to try. Sojiro is also good at cleaning. Doing the dishes are his specialty as well. He's been a single dad for a while so he's had to do a quite a bit of other forms of cleaning as well.

Yoshida

I mean, he's an old man. His days of being in his prime are ending. Retiring from his political life and settling down is something that he'd like. If he can find someone that would take him despite the fact he's an old man and his rather busy political career, then he wouldn't mind settling down.

Yoshida can make some dishes, but with how busy he is, it's easier to just go out to eat or get takeout. He does enjoy cleaning though. It's a nice relaxing thing that helps him wind down a bit. His knees and back aren't what they used to be though so having to bend down or other things while cleaning is a bit of a chore for him.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

Iwai probably doesn't say it until he's 100% certain about his feelings. Only when he's sure that he wants to commit completely to you and this relationship is when he'd drop that word.

I can see Sojiro using that word when it comes to things you do ("I love how much of a dork you are" etc), but saying the big three words will take a bit from him. Just because he also wants to be sure about his feelings, but he does confess faster than Iwai would.

Yoshida says those words after a few serious dates with you when he knows his feelings are very strong. He's getting old, he doesn't want to hold back how he feels.

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

Iwai isn't the best around children, or at least he thinks he isn't. But for some reason, kids like him. Maybe it's because older kids think it's cool that he owns a model gun shop (even though he's chased many of them away) and younger kids see him as a protector. Iwai doesn't mind kids (he does have Kaoru), but having more children isn't really something on his mind.

Sojiro likes to be a cool grandpa uncle when it comes to kids. I feel like he prefers younger kids because they're adorable and he can tell all the cheesy jokes and stories and they'll look at him in awe. He's also dealt with enough mouthy teenagers (Joker, Futaba). He feels like he's getting too old for more kids, but he does find them cute.

Yoshida does enjoy kids. He tells them stories and likes to hear them talk. He chose his career so he can help give the younger generations hope and a good future so he does enjoy seeing kids happy. Probably wouldn't have kids of his own just because he's so old. Isn't opposed to adoption, however. Wouldn't mind adopting an older kid either, there's a lot of teens that should have a happy family too.

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

Iwai

He doesn't mind commitment if that's what you want. He wouldn't really think about marriage unless you mentioned it though. You two are close and he loves you, but he doesn't really think about needing to put a ring on your finger since you both are pretty much married without anything official.

So legally getting married is something that he doesn't really think about doing unless you want to. Kaoru might pressure him about at least getting a ring for you, but Iwai doesn't need the big ceremony.

Sojiro

He jokes about being a ladies man and wanting to be single to be in his gray fox era (which has definitely passed). But he does very much commit himself to you. He already acts like a doting husband with making sure to cook for you constantly, giving you kisses before you leave and when you come back, things like that. Marriage is definitely on his mind once you've been together for a while and Futaba has already given her blessing.

Would definitely ask you about your own opinion towards marriage though. While he would love to go pick out a ring with you, he wants to make sure that it's something you want too.

Yoshida

He would love to get married, but it really depends on his partner. He's getting older and while he wants to find the one to live the rest of his life with, he also doesn't want to propose too fast or have them stuck with someone that's not going to be able to give them everything they want in a relationship.

That said, if you agree, then he'll propose to you on one of your anniversaries. Probably waits at least a year for you two to be together before he does ask the question.

Taglists: @reo-the-leo

#Anonymous #persona 5 x reader #iwai x reader #munehisa iwai x reader #yoshida x reader #toranosuke yoshida x reader #sojiro sakura x reader #sojiro x reader

[ghoulishfrk]

PAIRING — WARNINGS — WORD COUNT!

〘 Hikaru x Reader | None! | ~ 0.8k words 〙

MASTERLIST !! PINNED POST 🎧💿

ੈ ✮ ˳ Lulus Notes :: Repost from my og account. I don’t remember if this was requested by anon or a specific person 😭 Haruhi is referred to with they/them pronouns

His eyes then drifted to a student not too far from them. He hadn't spoken to them a lot, but he knew they were very quiet. They always preferred to stay by themselves in a corner. He was curious to know if it was because they scared everyone away like Nekozawa-senpai or if they were just shy. Either way, they had grabbed Hikaru's attention and he wanted to know more about them.

Finally, the hell rang, finishing the boring class and letting the students free of having to hear their teacher drone out any longer. Hikaru and Kaoru stood and stretched at the same time, they always were in sync, some weird twin thing probably. Hikaru then turned to where the quiet student was and looked as they packed their bag to leave. They seemed to be taking their time, probably wanting to be last to leave.

Walking up to the student's desk, Hikaru placed his hand on their desk and leaned on it, staring down at the still-sat person. The student immediately became stiff, seemingly frozen as they stared back at him. Hikaru then gave them a mischievous smile, making their face suddenly warm up.

"Now who could you be?" He asked them, a teasing tone to his voice. The student kept still, face still warm as they started at the older Hitachin twin. They couldn't deny they were attractive and that they were charming. They could tell the older one was more mischievous than his younger counterpart. The way he stared at them made them freeze up in place and forget how to respond. They felt like they'd forgotten how to breathe once he'd set his eyes on them.

"Who are you talking to Hikaru?" Kaoru said, looking at his twin. Hikaru usually told him if he was going to make a prank on someone so they'd do it together, the fact he didn't say anything meant Hikaru wasn't planning anything like that.

"Just with cutie over here" The older twin replied. (Y/N)'s face somehow got even warmer at the pet name. They were suddenly scared they'd forget how to breathe and would die on the spot. That'd be so embarrassing!

"Leave them alone Hikaru," Haruhi suddenly cut in, "You're obviously making them uncomfortable." Uncomfortable wasn't really the right word, they were more flustered. "Plus, we have to go the host club soon, Tamaki isn't gonna shut up if we're late." The honorary student said as they put on their bag, leaving the classroom shortly after.

"You're no fun Haruhi" The twins did in sync. "But, they're right anyways," Kaoru said by himself. "I'd rather not get chewed out by Tamaki today." Kaoru then took his bag, going after Haruhi. "C'mon Hikaru, let's go."

"Alright," Hikaru replied, taking his own bag, "I'm coming." He then left the quiet student by themselves. (Y/N) seemed to immediately break from their petrified state when they saw the twin leaving. "Wait!" They exclaimed before he could leave the room. Hikaru turned his head at them, making a sound of acknowledgment while looking at them.

"(Y/N), my name is (Y/N)." They finally replied. Hikaru then smirked at them, a mischievous glint in his eyes. "(Y/N), hope to see you soon cutie." He winked at them, leaving them behind in the classroom to chase after his twin.

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[yandere-writer-momo]

I’m currently foaming at the mouth for some Karou Emperor Penguin Harpy x Adelie Penguin Harpy Reader Headcannons (I watched that video and it was absolutely cute, especially the babies, I love baby animals 🥹🥰)

Please feed us Seymour (If you don’t get that reference, it’s 1986 Little Shop of Horrors)

I’m currently giggling and kicking my feet thinking about Child Kaoru as a Baby Penguin 🤭

I feel like my harpy (and fantasy Au’s in general) fascinates the masses. So I can write them real quick.

Yandere Baki Head Canon

Hanayama Kaoru x Older! Reader (Harpy AU)

……………………………………….

Emperor Penguin Hanayama

He was a foolish young chick. He wandered off a lot and picked fights with other penguins since he was much larger than the others, which left him to be respected and feared among his peers

A shame he thought he could take on a giant petrel alone. The older harpy left him covered in deep wounds and probably would have ended his life if you hadn’t appeared… a small Adélie penguin. You fearlessly threw your small body between the petrel and him, which in turn made the petrel flee (no harpy in these frozen wastelands would take on an adelie)

When you turned to check on him, it’s the first time Kaoru ever felt his heart flutter. You were his savior… his future mate. You must care about him if you stepped in to save his life!

Hanayama revels in your care as you assist him back to his colony. He snuggles his body close to yours as you usher him back. He is practically glued to your side

Hanayama won’t let a single penguin insult you for your arrival. Nor will he let anyone try to take you as their mate. He’s decided you’re going to be his

Hanayama chases away all competition and he’s even willing to fight to stay by your side. He doesn’t care that he’s younger. He doesn’t care that you don’t see him as more than just a little sibling, he won’t mate unless it’s with you

The older he gets, there’s no questioning how massive he is compared to the others. He’s intimidating with his various scars. Some from the petrel and others from various battles he’s been in (such as fighting off a rival colony that killed his father). Hanayama is not to be trifled with

And he forced you to stay in his colony with his own power and the various members of his colony. You’re referred to as “the boss’s wife.”

Expect to be dazzled with various pebbles and shells. Hanayama hunts the biggest fish for you and he’s made you the most brilliant of nests. He only collects the very best for you. The size difference doesn’t matter to him

You’re at a point in your life where you know you need to mate or you’ll end up without chicks… so you have no choice but to accept Hanayama’s overbearing affection. He’s practically over the moon when you say yes

Expect him to be with you as much as he physically can. He will be the very best mate and he would never leave you for another… after all, he knows adelies mate for life

#baki the grappler #baki hanma #baki son of ogre #baki x reader #baki the grappler x reader #yandere baki #yandere fic #yandere imagine #yandere #female reader #baki dou #baki headcanons #grappler baki #baki #baki kaoru hanayama #kaoru hanayama #baki AU #fantasy AU #harpy AU #Yandere harpy #bakithegrappler #male reader #yandere hanayama kaoru #hanayama kaoru #hanayama kaoru x reader #possessive yandere #delusional yandere

[tokusaatsus]

WHY YOU BREAK UP

ft. akehoshi subaru, hakaze kaoru, mikejima madara

© tokusaatsus 2022

warnings: angst. that’s it

To ‘protect’ you.

Look. Subaru isn’t stupid, okay.

He knows love isn’t some magical cure-all like it is in fairytales. It doesn’t fix everything: it doesn’t make all your problems magically go away, it doesn’t make your family whole again, it doesn’t make you stop being sad inside. Even though he really, really, really wants to believe that everything will work out, that your love could be enough, he’s practical enough to know it won’t.

He hasn’t believed that lie since he was 7 years old.

(There’s a reason why romance is such a taboo topic in the idol world.)

If anyone found out, if the information somehow escaped… You have a stable life right now. You could go on to bigger things, chase your dreams. That’s what he stands for as an idol! Someone to tell you to follow your heart, to cheer you on from that stage. He can’t be a hypocrite about this. He can’t ruin your life like that–not even if you would offer yourself up to be ruined on a silver platter. What if you ended up like his mother, scorned and treated like a pariah?

And it might be selfish, but he has his own problems to worry about.

Trickstar, for one thing.

His biggest dream is to stand on that shining stage as an idol, like his father before him. He can do that now–he can do that better–because he has his friends. He has Trickstar. He has Hokke, Sari, Ukki, Anzu. He can’t give them up. He can’t. If Trickstar was disbanded…

He knows that they would support him no matter what. They already have, when they were trying to convince him to confess to you, knowing you’d accept even when he didn’t. They wouldn’t want him to do this, they’d want him to be happy, like he is with you–even at the cost of their unit. Still, he can’t bear to see them all fall apart because his stupid heart couldn’t control itself.

This’ll be better for you in the end, he tries to convince himself.

Teenagers fall out of love all the time, this won’t be any different. You’ll have a good life. This way, he can give you the chance to fall in love again, to find someone whose love won’t damn you the way his would.

He has commitment issues

See, Kaoru likes to think he’s changed since his Yumenosaki days where he was that worthless, good-for-nothing playboy disgrace. He likes to think he’s gotten better. He’s not so averse to the idea of getting close to a guy anymore (he sure fought those demons!) and he’s become more reliable. Rei-kun said so himself.

But if there’s one thing he hasn’t been able to shake off, it’s his urge to run.

When faced with a situation, base human urges offer you 2 options: fight or flight. And he’s decently familiar with both of them–after all, he’s had the (mis?)fortune of being stuck with people whose prominent course of action is fight.

Moricchi, for example. He pushes and pushes and pushes. He doesn’t back down, ever. Fighting all the way. It’s admirable, when it isn’t annoying. Or Wan-chan, who’s all bark but won’t hesitate to bite.

The thing that sets him apart from them all, though, is that he likes to run.

There’s a pattern you can follow.

It started young. He runs from his problems: his family at the root, which slowly weaved its way into everything else. His aversion to guys. His refusal to put in effort. To show the real him. He ran from his sister, his brother, Anzu-chan, Rei-kun. He runs and runs and runs, lies slipping from his tongue like milk and honey because you cannot see the real Hakaze Kaoru, the one who yearns for love and companionship but will not let himself show, lest you see all of him and decide he is not worth your time.

(He desperately wants to be worth your time.)

So, yeah. He runs. But he’s never been able to run from you.

You don’t push, which is something he appreciates. You never push. You seem to have a knack for knowing when something is too raw to prod at, no matter how long the wound has been exposed to the elements.

And he wants you to look at him and see him and decide you still want him anyways but he knows the chances of that happening are close to zero. Really, there’s no point in you giving him all of yourself if he can’t do the same in return. And with all his idol work, does he really have time for romance? He might as well break it off now, before he becomes a full-fledged idol.

(Okay, look, you don’t have to tell him, he knows he’s running away. But is it really running away if he’s doing it for you too?)

(Yes. It is.)

(But it’s fine. It’s not like you’re in love with him or anything. In the end, the only person he’ll be hurting is himself.)

He thinks he doesn’t deserve you

Sometimes, Madara wonders what he did in a past life to be able to have you in this one. It must have been something incredible, like saving a country or 10 or a 100. There’s no way any God would have decided to smile down upon him otherwise.

But either way, he isn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

He has you right now, and he’s going to cherish you for as long as he can. He knows you love him. He loves you too. He always has, he always will. He thinks he may have been born to love you. Even long after he has died and his body is turned to ash and his bones have rotted in the Earth, his soul will still know yours–the scent of your shampoo, the colour of your eyes, the curve of your lips.

It doesn’t stop the creeping thoughts. They weave through his thoughts, choking him with their snarled vines. Tangling in between the spaces of his heart, poisoning the place where his love for you resides.

You have your whole life ahead of you. You could get a good job, fall in love, get married. You could be happy. You could live your life the way it was meant to be lived. Instead, you’re stuck. Stuck with him.

He knows you don’t see loving him as a chore–the way you brighten when he’s around directly contrasts that statement. And he might be out of the country more often than not, but that doesn’t stop him from hearing the things people say about the two of you.

Have you heard? That scary guy from MaM is dating Y/N. Do you think he forced them into it or something? There’s no way anyone in their right mind would agree to date him otherwise!

Is he dragging you down somehow? Is he ruining you the way he’s ruined everything else?

He might just be overthinking, but he doesn’t want to believe there might be a future where you end up resenting him. He doesn’t know if he could handle you shunning him the way everyone else he’s ever loved has. He should just cut his losses right now. It would be more beneficial anyways. For the both of you.

He won’t have to worry about someone hurting you to get back at him, and your life won’t be destroyed via association with him. It’s a win-win situation, honestly, and also the cleanest exit strategy ever. He’d be a fool not to take it!

But he supposes he was a fool for giving his heart away to you in the first place…

notes!

WC: 1.2k words

reze txt LOOK I WROTE!! bro i agonised over this for over 2 weeks and now that it's done it feels??? kinda lacklustre??? but ykw it’s fine it’s wtv i just wrote 2k words of impromptu chara studies turned into x reader ficlets and it’s all angst. um. enjoy? mwahhh

#✒️...scribbles! #akehoshi subaru x reader #hakaze kaoru x reader #mikejima madara x reader #enstars x reader #akehoshi subaru #hakaze kaoru #mikejima madara #trickstar #undead #MaM #enstars

[shoheiakagi]

How do each of the boys get together with their girls in the band au? Is it sudden or just a kind of natural getting together? Do they make it public or hide it from their fans?

Y’know, i think the boys wouldn’t really mind making their relationships public (although Kusanagi would probably have their heads cause there goes like 45% of their fandom who were extremely delusional about them). But they have to keep it private for their girls’ sake, since fans are more tough on female idols for dating since it’s a threat to their delusions

Dewa/Miyako:

I hate to say this, but we got a woman chasing a man with this couple 🤦‍♀️ Its not that Miyako is desperate to get Dewa’s attention. she just hates how he forms his initial judgement on her based on her idol persona, and isn’t willing to get to know her because of that. Dewa doesn’t really want anything to do with some rich girl who paid her way into the music industry, and thinks Miyako lack depth as a person. As someone who’s used to getting whatever she wants with no issue, she finds herself trying to soften up this delinquent who looks down at her for using her privilege to her advantage. They finally get together when Dewa eases up on Miyako and realizes that despite her being spoiled rotten, she genuinely cares about others and that she is a lot smarter than he gives her credit for. He will never reveal this out loud, but he does find himself mesmerized by Miyako’s looks and laugh when she’s not paying attention.

Chitose/Izumi:

Chitose and Izumi are the second couple to get together, but unlike Shohei and Sakuno, they strictly remain as friends with benefits, ignoring any lingering feelings they may have. they’re pretty quick to get in bed together, since izumi’s initial hostility quickly fades away, along with her loyalty to maria. they get revealed in the messiest way possible, at least for a female idol like izumi. the paparazzi gets an anonymous tip, which leads them to secretly camp around chitose’s apartment for a week. izumi was careless and managed to get caught entering and leaving chitose’s apartment during multiple nights. with her leaving chitose’s apparent in the same outfit she wore hours earlier, it was pretty obvious what they were doing (the messy hair and smudged makeup didnt help either). izumi gets more backlash than chitose. not only is she a pop idol with a delusional fanbase who wanted to believe that she was innocent and single, but people were quick to realize that she’s fucking the same guy who broke her friend’s heart 😬

Bandou/Kaoru:

Its a slowburn 300k enemies to lovers fic with these two. Bandou makes it known that he would get with any of the other girls, but not Kaoru. If anything, I can see Bandou crushing on another member while he kept bickering with Kaoru, which adds some potential angst here! But like a lot of the pairs here, they both end up becoming friends before even thinking of any potential relationship. After all the countless arguments and insults, they both are a little awkward at first, averting eye contact, giving each other random compliments, and just being decent people. Once they get out of their awkward phase, they’re quick to bicker again, but this time its more friendly jokes. Bandou tries to get Kaoru to set him up with other girls (including some of her members), and Kaoru would purposely set him up on blind dates with some ugly or extremely shallow girls she happens to know. Its only when bandou goes on a serious date with a pretty girl he gets along with, Kaoru starts to feel a type of way. At first she shrugs it off when he’s cancelling their hang outs to go on dates, cause shes used to them failing miserably and him coming back to her so that he can vent. but when he starts ditching her all the time, she gets pissed and yells at him for ignoring their friendship. But even when he gives her enough time, she still feels weird whenever the topic of that new girl comes up. Meanwhile, bandou is confused. He finally found a pretty girl that likes him and his weird personality! But something feels off, and he can’t help but feel that he’s missing someone. Only when she gets an aggressive confidence boost from yata, does kaoru try intervening between bandou and his new girl, obnoxiously playing the “girl best friend” card. Kaoru is the one who makes the call in the relationship, so similar to dewa and miyako, their relationship is kept private

Shohei/Sakuno:

While they are the first to get together, they didn’t get into a relationship right away. It starts off with a mutual attraction at first sight, to shouhei chasing after sakuno as she tries to stay away, to them falling into a situationship and becoming friends with benefits, to finally getting into a relationship. Before their relationship gets exposed, some fans notice small hints such as sakuno wearing an oversized jacket on a night out with her girlfriends that look a little too similar to the iconic jacket shouhei wore to an award show. or how they seem to have been at the same place, but different times, according to their instagram posts. some people even notice from their ig posts that they even seem to hang with the same group of people. But none of these were made to a big deal by anyone other than those who shipped them and would over analyze their every move. They wanted to remain private, but were forced to go public to remove some steam from Chitose and Izumi.

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[suiseisyojo]

Hiii! I was wondering if you could do number 39 + Rei for the kissing prompts :3. I absolutely love your writing style!

〈gn!reader x sakuma rei ✟〉

a/n: despite the prompt sounding more angsty, i really wanted some rei fluff ^q^ but there is some angst regardless, but it ends happily i promise!

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39. Kissing tears from the other’s face.

Standing in front of a beloved coffin, the lid shut tightly, you sucked in a deep breath. With your cheeks scorching hot, you babbled, “Sakuma-senpai, I… I really like you!”

You knew he wasn’t present—Kaoru told you he was busy with the twins somewhere—so you pounced on the opportunity to practice your confession to the older boy. The simulation in your head wasn’t enough anymore, you needed to physically test yourself out.

Suddenly, a creaking noise surged through the air and your face blanched as you witnessed the coffin lid steadily move open. “I’m afraid I don’t share your sentiment,” Rei began, ascending from within, “I need someone to stay by my side, and I won’t let you—”

Agony gnawed at your heart, festering an overwhelming desire to run. How could he say it so cruelly? It was one thing to reject you, but to say it so scornfully was horrible. You didn’t think Rei was this type of person.

“You’re the worst, Sakuma-senpai! I’m never helping UNDEAD ever again!” you wailed with as much spite as you could muster in your stupor of hurt.

“—leave… me…?” Rei finished his tangent in congruence with you hucking a box of tomato juice at his coffin, uncaring in the moment that it popped open and splattered across the top. And without wanting to see his face for another second, your legs carried you out of there at breakneck speed.

Rei was discombobulated by your declarations. Why were you suddenly unhappy with him so much? First you barge into the music room and tell him you don’t like him, then when he elucidates he refuses to share your stance, since he loves you, you storm off——

Oh no.

Is it possible this old grandpa misheard you? Rei’s suppose to have hellishly sharp ears, how could he have messed things up this badly? He needed to catch up to you, to unravel the miscommunication, before the bond between the two of you became irreparably severed.

Luckily for Rei, he could still hear the faint clamor of dashing footsteps vibrate through the hallways and he desperately chased after the sound. He saw a flash of your uniform fluttering around a corner, and he called after you, “[First Name]! I’m sorry, can you please stop?”

Gyrating around into a new linear hallway meant you needed a quick escape, and even Rei knew you would choose one of the vacant classrooms to dive into. Every classroom door he opened, he paused to listen; you would surely be panting from the adrenaline, he surmised.

Rei heard a quiet sob from within the fourth classroom he attempted, and he softly stepped inside and shut the door behind him for makeshift privacy. The first place Rei decided to check was the teacher’s desk, since it was the perfect crevice to hide away into.

And there you were, legs tucked and folded into yourself as you stuffed your face into your knees. “[First Name], look…” Rei started off languid and slow, gauging for your reaction, as he bent down to his knees.

You were trembling, clutching onto yourself tauter to stave off another wave of emotion. You looked so helpless and lost, it divided his own heart. “What is it, Sakuma-senpai?” you snapped, refusing to look up and open your eyes.

“Do you hate this old man?”

Rei’s benign voice dripped with soreness and a genuine need to know. It made you feel even worse about everything. “... Of course I don’t. I might really come to hate you if you keep being mean to me, though,” your quavering voice answered.

Flinching at the sensation of Rei’s cold fingers brushing along your hair, you couldn’t stop yourself in time and lifted your heavy head up—the lucid tear streaks cascading down your cheeks glimmering in the faint moonlight shining in.

“Is it me you hate me, Sakuma-senpai?” Transfixed on his wounded expression, you knew in that moment he was truly remorseful about the way he spoke earlier. But still, you had to ask as you gaped at him.

Tenderly, Rei leaned forward towards you and his lips made contact with your salty-tasting cheeks. “No, I’m quite infatuated with you, you see,” Rei whispered, giving your tears more kisses, “So much so that my aged heart couldn’t believe you’d ever love me back.”

“Then, is that why you said such horrible things to me?” You almost wanted to squirm away from him out of disbelief this was happening. His lips were shockingly chaste and warm, they felt heavenly against the ache you retained.

“I thought you were telling me you disliked me. That’s why I said I didn’t feel the same way,” Rei explained, heaving a breathy chuckle when your eyes went wide in confusion, “I like you too, [First Name]. I’m sorry things turned out this way when I’m supposed to be more experienced.”

You giggled. It was short and sweet, but the harmony of relief and blithe tangled within the tones was enough to alight Rei’s heart with a rush of euphoria. “I know you make blunders all the time, it comes with old age,” you said whilst slowly unwinding your legs and leaning forward to wrap your arms around Rei. “I’m sorry I said the things I did, too. A-And for the juice box…”

Gracefully scooping you up into his arms, Rei pressed your foreheads together. “We’ll get our little puppy to clean it up for us♪ For now, I’d like to get you cleaned up again.”

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