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You Drive Me Crazy (But It Feels Alright)

Lee Jihoon (Woozi) x Female Reader

Genre: angst, fluff, smut, fake dating au, 90s au, ex-best friends au, and heavily based off the movie You Drive Me Crazy

Word Count: 15.2k (IM SO SORRY🙃 )

Warnings: language, mentions of terminal illness and death, bullying, drinking, drunken bad ideas, mentions of medicine, cheating, breakups, general college debauchery, making fun of furs in the fashion industry (used only to go with the 90s vibes), lots of feelings and oppressing them, jokes and conversations about sex, making out and kissing, and mentions of vomiting.

Smut Warnings: a little dry humping, semi public sex in a backyard treehouse? and protected sex (honestly the smut in this is pretty vanilla)

Rating: 18+

A/N: After forever, I’m excited to present this fic to you. I have never written anything this long before so once again I am sorry. Thank you to @beomcoups and @mingsolo for hosting the Now That’s 90’s! collab, as a 90s kid myself it was my pleasure to participate. Please go check out all the other amazing writers who joined as well!

Special thanks to Indi @playmetheclassics and Sammie @slightlymore for beta reading this monster for me. You guys are the best and I love you 💕 ~Bee

Network tags: @kbookshelf

With one last glance at your appearance in the mirror, you grabbed your bookbag from the chair in the corner of your room. You headed down the long curved staircase before opening the front door of the sorority house. 

You were almost going to be late, and to make matters worse, you came face-to-face with your enemy at the end of the driveway. Which wasn’t that unusual since he walked this way too, despite living further away, but you tried your best to avoid him anyway.

“Ew, what are you doing here?” Jihoon asks, walking past you at the driveway and lifting his lip in disgust.

“I live at the sorority, remember, asshole?” you spat, hating the fact that you had to walk in the same direction to get to campus. You two had been this way for a long time now, and it had become a habit to be prickly toward him. 

It hadn’t always been like that, though. In fact, you guys used to be best friends, completely inseparable. At least until his mom got sick when you were in junior high, and he started hanging out with some different people and getting into trouble. You then got in with the popular kids, and you and Jihoon have become enemies ever since. 

You two walked stiffly beside each other as you reached the edge of campus, and Jihoon’s friends appeared. Seokmin put him in a small headlock, and Seungkwan gave you a small smile while Wonwoo just shook his head. You actually knew his three best friends as well. You all used to hang out way back when. You smiled meekly back before arms wrapped around your shoulders, and your boyfriend, Johnny, had found you as well. 

“Hey, babe,” Johnny said, smacking a kiss near your ear. You resisted the urge to cringe. He was in the popular crowd too, a football player. While he wasn’t that bad and was easy on the eyes, he was boring, only caring about football and whatever party was next to attend. You missed having someone with a level of intelligence, someone you could debate things with like you used to do with Jihoon. It didn’t matter, though. You were enemies now, and nothing would change that. 

You made it through your first few classes, and you were having lunch in the courtyard with Johnny along with what you considered the entire popular crew, including your best friend, Jennie. You sat at a long table, eating a sandwich while everyone talked about the next football game and a party at Mingyu’s that was happening later. 

Across the courtyard, you spotted Jihoon in your line of vision, his girlfriend pushing him against the concrete wall, practically sucking his face off. You swallowed a bite of your sandwich, trying not to gag. Just as you turned away from the sight, Seungkwan was walking past. Before you could stop him, Johnny pretended to accidentally put his foot out in front of him. Seungkwan tripped over it, dropping the food he was carrying all over the ground and falling forward. The entire table erupted in laughter as Johnny retracted his foot like it had never been there. “Having trouble walking, Kwannie?” Johnny’s best friend, Mark heckled.

Seungkwan looked at Mark and Johnny with loathing. You got up, giving Johnny and Mark a glare. “What? We were only having some fun,” Johnny said innocently. You threw what was left of your food in the trash and walked over to Seungkwan. You stuck your hand out, letting him grab it and helped him up from the ground. 

“Thanks, Y/N. You know you didn’t have to,” he said.

“I know, Seungkwan, but it’s not like I hate you too,” you said softly.

“See you around,” he said, a sad smile on his face before he walked out of the courtyard.

Later that evening, you were getting ready for Mingyu’s party with Jennie because both she and Johnny insisted you had to appear. “So, our sorority ball is coming up…do you think Johnny is going to ask you soon?” Jennie asked.

“Yeah, I’m sure he’s going to. I mean, who else would I go with?” you said, brushing off her question. You were helping plan the entire thing, and he knew it was important, so there wasn’t any reason why he wouldn’t be asking you. 

She nodded, but her face said she was skeptical. “What about you? Has anyone asked you yet?” You turned the question around on her.

“No, but I’m sure Mingyu or Taeyong will ask. It’s not like I don’t have options,” she bragged, and you struggled to hide your contempt. While you were part of the popular crowd, Jennie had always been the most popular. Others were more drawn to her than you.

You escaped the rest of the conversation with Jennie when it was interrupted by a honking sound, indicating Johnny was there to pick the two of you up to go to the party. You both walked outside and as you approached his truck, you heard music blasting out of the open windows. Mark was in the front passenger seat while you and Jennie slipped in the back with Mark’s girlfriend, Miyeon.

Miyeon waved at you and you barely got your seatbelt on before the truck lurched forward, making its way down the road towards Mingyu’s house. “Who’s ready to dominate at pong tonight?” Mark bragged.

“Yeahhhhh,” Johnny enthused, reaching over to bump Mark’s fist with his. You rolled your eyes and looked over at Jennie. She just shrugged at you like it wasn’t as big of an annoyance as you were making it out to be.

The truck swung into the driveway of Mingyu’s house, and as Johnny cut the engine, it was replaced by the louder sounds of the house party. More music blasted from the back of the house where the pool was, and you could hear the sounds of splashing along with the hum of many people conversing at once. 

You followed behind Johnny as you weaved through the house, making your way to the kitchen for a drink. The large island was littered with many types of alcohol and random snacks. The signature punch bowl filled with some sort of pink liquid had also made its usual appearance, but you had made that mistake enough times and knew better enough to stay far away from it. 

You grabbed a red solo cup from the stack on the counter, making a mixed drink out of some random soda and liquor that sounded decent. It looked like Johnny had done the same and was pulling you by the hand to go out in the backyard where Mingyu and the rest of their buddies were. Jennie was already cozying up and dancing with some guy you didn’t recognize, likely from another university.

Meanwhile, Jihoon was on a date with his girlfriend, Shayla at a weird little bar across ton. Well, it was supposed to be a date, but all Jihoon had done was down beers while Shayla listened to some guy on the stage in front drone on about how real furs were being used in the fashion industry.

Jihoon hated how Shayla was looking at this guy, like he was the one single-handedly stopping the usage of real furs. Never mind the fact that she was on a date with Jihoon, her boyfriend. Jihoon scowled as he chugged beer after beer. 

He didn’t even notice how drunk he was until he got up and the room started spinning slightly. Stumbling over his chair, he looked over to find that Shayla had gone to the edge of the stage and was actively flirting with the fur guy. Jihoon needed to go to the bathroom and then he needed to get out of there. 

As he was washing his hands in the bathroom, he stared at his reflection in the mirror and realized he had started to sober up rather quickly, but he had ridden here with Shayla. Jihoon found the pay phone near the door of the bar. The opening and closing of the door created cold rushes of air, sobering him even more. He called one of his best friends, who also happened to be a designated driver for when the popular kids had parties. 

After feeding the pay phone the correct amount of coins and dialing the number, Wonwoo’s voice picked up after a few rings. “Jihoooonnnn, what’s up?” Wonwoo asked.

“Can you come get me from that stupid bar Shayla likes? I drank, and Shayla drove here,” Jihoon explained. 

“And you aren’t coming back with her?” Wonwoo questioned. Jihoon looked back toward the table he had been at with Shayla, only to find her making out with the fur dude.

“No, we broke up,” he said, bitterly. 

Wonwoo sighed. “Alright, I’ll come get you before we head to pick someone up at Mingyu’s party,” he said before hanging up. 

Jihoon hung up the line on his end and made a beeline back to where Shayla was. He tapped on her shoulder, breaking her from the make-out session, and immediately her face turned into one of someone who had been caught.

“We’re done, Shayla,” Jihoon said, rather dryly. He turned on his heel, not waiting for a reaction from her and walked out of the bar to wait for Wonwoo outside in the parking lot. 

When Jihoon was busy drowning in beers at the bar, you were also having an unfortunate turn of events. The party started out fine, you were having a good time dancing with Johnny and it progressed into being his partner for beer pong against Mark and Miyeon. 

Unfortunately, you and Johnny were losing. It started out okay, Johnny was being a bit of a gentleman and was drinking for you, but that was leaving him pretty smashed. It was Mark’s turn and he had gotten the ball in another cup, making Johnny drink yet another cup of beer. 

Johnny stumbled backward, spilling most of the contents of his cup on a girl who was walking behind him. It was like a scene from a movie, you watched as Johnny apologized to her and their eyes met each other’s. Anyone around could have seen the immediate connection. 

You originally tried to brush it off but with Johnny being as drunk as he was, it was apparent that something was bound to happen. Later, when you had come inside to use the bathroom, you would find Johnny and that girl sucking face right next to the bathroom door.

A screamed breakup and way too many drinks later, Jennie had called a designated driver to take you home. You sat on Mingyu’s front porch, sulking and watching the world spin when Wonwoo’s car pulled up. 

“Hey there, Y/N,” Wonwoo said, getting out of the driver's seat and approaching you on the porch. You gave him a nonchalant peace sign before noticing he had another passenger in the car. 

“Oh, great. That’s just the thing to top off my night, being stuck in a car with Jihoon while I’m drunk,” you said sarcastically, letting Wonwoo lead you down the steps and toward the car.

“I know, Y/N, but he called me too, and he is my friend as well. Try to bear with it, and you’ll be home soon enough,” Wonwoo said, knowing full well the relationship, or rather hate-ship, between you and Jihoon.

You rolled your eyes but slid into the seat next to Jihoon as Wonwoo shut the door after you. “Seriously, Wonwoo? This is who you needed to pick up from Mingyu’s party?” Jihoon’s annoyance was evident. Already tired from your rant, Wonwoo just gave him a hard stare in the rearview mirror. 

Leaving the party, the car was silent until Wonwoo brought up the reason for picking you up. “Y/N, you aren’t one to get that drunk at these parties. Jennie may have mentioned something happened..” 

You pulled your sweater around you and grumbled. “Johnny got too drunk, and after some weird drama connection shit, I found him and a girl from another university making out. He claims they ‘fell in love’,” you explained, using air quotes at the end. 

“So you broke up?” Jihoon’s question surprised you, but you were too tired and drunk to actively be rude to him

“Yeah, we broke up,” you confirmed.

“Seems to be the theme tonight,” Wonwoo mused from the front seat.

Confused, you looked over at Jihoon who was picking at his hands and looking at something particularly enthralling on the floor of the automobile. So, he and Shayla must have broken up as well. You felt that was interesting since they seemed attached at the hip, attached at the mouth too. Jihoon looked out the window now, and you saw a hurt in his eyes that he so seldom showed, but it was a familiar vulnerability that you remember from when you were kids. 

“We’re here, Y/N,” Wonwoo announced, and you realized he had pulled up in front of your sorority house. You didn’t know if it was the alcohol or being in an enclosed space with Jihoon that messed with your perception of time, but you were home quicker than you expected.

“Oh. Um, thanks, Wonwoo,” you mumbled, pushing the passenger door of the car open.

“Are you good? Can you get to the door okay?” Wonwoo asked.

“Yeah,” you responded, swinging your heavy-feeling feet out of the car before shutting the door a little harder than you meant to.

Jihoon watched as you stumbled down the walkway and nearly smacked yourself in the knee when you opened the front door of the sorority, a chuckle escaping him. “Was that a laugh I heard?” Wonwoo asked, turning around in his seat to scrutinize Jihoon’s expression.

“No…” Jihoon mumbled and cleared his throat. Wonwoo just shook his head, turned back to the front and pulled away from the sorority house to drop off his friend. 

“So, are you really that broken up about Shayla?” Wonwoo inquired, filling the five-minute drive with conversation.

“Honestly? Not really. I’m more upset about the way we broke up rather than the actual break up,” Jihoon explained, his hand running at his bangs in annoyance.

“Seriously. Out of everyone she could have kissed, it was some dumb activist guy at the bar. Now that you guys are over, I can say this, but Seok, Seungkwan, and I didn’t really think she fit with you. You deserve so much better,” Wonwoo ranted on Jihoon’s behalf.

The car had pulled up in Jihoon’s driveway while they were talking, and Jihoon slapped a hand on Wonwoo’s shoulder as he got up from the backseat. “Thanks, Woo. I know you guys didn’t care for her much, so now it’s ancient history,” Jihoon said, leaving Wonwoo alone in the car and making his way up his front porch steps.

He had barely gotten into the house and gone up the stairs to his room to flop onto his bed when the phone rang. “No, Seokmin. For the final time, we are not adding dancing suns to the music video edit,” Jihoon said into the phone automatically, not even bothering to say a greeting first.

“Uh, what?” you asked, confused.

Hearing your voice on the other line caused Jihoon to sit upright immediately. “Y/N? How did you get this number?” he questioned, surprised. 

“I remembered it..” you said, softly. As much as you hated Jihoon, your memories of your childhood remained, and that included his phone number. 

“Oh. So..why are you calling?” he asked, falling back onto his bed.

“I had an idea. What if...we dated each other?” You stated your idea, twirling the phone cord around your finger.

“What if we what? Y/N, you’re drunk,” Jihoon exclaimed.

“I'm not anymore, just hear me out. Not really dating but just pretending so that we could get what we wanted. I’d get to go to the sorority dance that I worked hard to plan and maintain my status while making Johnny jealous, and you’d get to show Shayla that she made a big mistake,” you blurted out your crazy idea.

“I don't know where you got this insane idea, but you should drink some water and take an ibuprofen for the nasty headache you’ll have in the morning,” he said, sighing.

“I’m serious, just think about it okay? Goodnight, Ji,” you said, his old nickname rolling off your tongue easily. 

Jihoon sighed again, “Good night, Y/N,” and he hung up the phone before falling asleep.

Your sleep was invaded by the sunlight shining in through your window, and as you opened your eyes, the splitting headache that resulted from last night's events made itself known. You sat up in bed slowly, pressing the palm of your hand against your eyes as if that would help when you remembered your phone call last night with Jihoon. He told you to drink water and take an ibuprofen.

You got up sluggishly and made your way to the bathroom, grabbing the cup that you left on the counter for when you got thirsty in the middle of the night. You filled it with water from the sink and found the ibuprofen bottle that was kept in the cabinet, spilling two pills into your palm. You popped them in your mouth and knocked them back, taking a drink of the water to swallow them. 

As you took a second drink of water for good measure, the rest of your conversation with Jihoon passed through your memories, and you spit water all over the mirror in front of you. You knew that you had been thinking how pretending to date each other would be an option, but you didn’t think you would actually ask him to do it. Apparently, drunken Y/N thought otherwise and had straight up called him and asked him to do it.

You smacked yourself in the forehead, making your head feel worse. “Well, it’s been said. And he didn’t agree to it yet, so let’s see what happens,” you murmured to yourself, resigned to the fact that it had indeed been said and maybe he wouldn’t go for it. No sense in being embarrassed about something you barely remember saying.

Which is why you didn’t expect to have Jihoon standing in front of you in the campus cafe on Monday morning saying, “I’ll do it,” causing you to spit your drink out for the second time in three days.

“You’ll what?” you asked, incredulous, as you wiped the coffee you sprayed all over the table in front of you. 

Jihoon sighed, not wanting to repeat himself. “I said, I’ll do it. Let’s fake date,” he repeated anyway, slowly to make his words heard. You blinked and just stared at him, absorbing what he just said. He stared back, his eyes boring into yours, and you saw no sign of his usual pettiness or jokes.

“Okay,” you finally breathed out, “but we should have some rules.”

“Agreed,” he said, sitting down next to you now.

“Okay….” you said, mulling over what those rules would actually be. “Alright, you’ll need a makeover. No one would believe we are together looking like…this,” you continued, gesturing at his overall self.

“Like what, Y/N?” Jihoon asked, even though he knew full well what you meant.

“We need to make it seem like you are someone I’d go for,” you said, trying to make your case.

“Fine, but I will not like it,” he replied with a glare, and you let out a little triumphant smile. “So then the other rule is that we have an easy out clause,” he said, offering a rule of his own.

“An easy out clause?” you questioned. 

“Yeah. So we can end the fake relationship at any time for any reason, and there won’t be any hard feelings. Other than the ones we already have for each other, of course,” Jihoon continued.

“Alright, an easy out clause,” you agreed. You let the awkward silence stew between the two of you for a bit before you spoke once more. “We both have classes until 4 pm today and then I have some work for the ball to do…are you free tomorrow night?”

“I think so, but why?” he asked, skeptically.

“So we can take care of the first rule, your makeover,” you replied.

Jihoon grimaced. “Okay, meet me in front of my house at 6 pm tomorrow,” he said, getting up and stuffing his hands in his pockets before leaving for his class. You attempted to finish what was left of your coffee and head off to your next class as well.

The next day at 6 pm, like promised, you were standing in front of a very familiar house from your childhood-Jihoon’s house. While you joined a sorority and lived on campus, Jihoon still lived here with his dad. Not only was it close to the university, but you figured some part of him didn’t want to leave his dad alone. 

You took a deep breath and walked up the front steps, ringing the doorbell. The door swung open, revealing Jihoon’s dad. “Well hello, Y/N. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you,” he said, opening the door further to let you step inside. 

“Hi Mr. Lee,” you said, standing in the foyer rather awkwardly. Honestly, the last time you stepped foot in this house was the day of Mrs. Lee’s funeral. It was also the last time you and Jihoon acted like friends.

“Ji should be down in a minute,” Mr Lee said, leaving you and going back into the kitchen. You looked down at your feet, rocking back and forth on your heels until you heard the creaking of the stairs. Jihoon looked like his usual self, wearing jeans and a band tee. You couldn’t help but smile. However, if the two of you dating were to seem real then he needed to fit in with the popular crowd. And that started with a look that aligned with that.

Jihoon cleared his throat, suddenly standing in front of you, and you realized you must have spaced out. “Ready?” he asked.

“Yeah, we should get going,” you said. He grabbed his car keys from the small table near the door before ushering you back through the front door and closing it behind him. He also opened the passenger door of the car for you, making you quirk an eyebrow at his actions. His only response was a shrug of the shoulders. 

After you were both settled in the car he asked, “So where to?”

“The mall,” you responded with an excited smile.

Jihoon groaned, “Are you trying to kill my reputation as a geek?” You blinked, surprised at his joking tone before letting out a giggle.

“Precisely,” you answered, laughing once more. Jihoon started the car, driving toward the demise of his geekdom, or at least the image of it.

After about fifteen minutes had passed, he pulled into the parking lot of the city mall, also known as the place where all the popular kids shopped and hung out. 

You walked into the large, store-filled building with Jihoon trailing behind you. Pausing at the entrance, you thought about what you needed to do first. “New outfits,” you pondered out loud. You looked over at Jihoon who was mashing his lips together and you grabbed the edge of his shirt, pulling him with you to the first clothing store.

You deposited him in the middle of the store, near the dressing rooms. Jihoon stood there almost in awe as you swirled around the store, picking up different combinations of pants and shirts to create outfits for him to try on. He was already exhausted, and he hadn’t even tried anything on yet.

After what felt like forever, you returned, holding up multiple outfits for him. He sighed, something he was doing a lot when he was with you. “The sooner you try them on, the sooner we can be done,” you said, trying to sound motivating. Lucky for you, he knew you were right and took the hangers of clothes from you. He trudged into the dressing room and shut the door behind him.

You made him come out after every outfit, much to his annoyance. You rather enjoyed it, clapping and smiling for most of the outfits. You were proud of yourself for picking things out that made him look the perfect mix of sophisticated and casual. You gathered all the outfits that worked and brought them up to the checkout counter, once again with Jihoon trailing behind you. 

Coming to stand next to you, Jihoon went to take his wallet out of his pocket, but you grabbed his wrist to stop him. “Don’t worry about it. It was my idea for the makeover,” you said, handing money to the cashier as she placed his new clothes in a bag. She handed the bag to you.

“Are you sure?” Jihoon asked.

“I’m sure,” you confirmed, handing the bag of clothes over to him. As you pulled your hand away, your stomach let out a few grumbles. 

He let out an amused snort and said, “This place has a food court, right?” You nodded, and your stomach grumbled some more. “Let’s get some food then.” 

You led the way toward the center of the mall, where all the food smells were coming from and a few minutes later, the two of you sat across from each other at a table with pieces of pizza in front of you. Another memory with Jihoon crossed your mind as you chewed a piece of the cheesy slice. “You remember the time Seungkwan’s mom specially bought that only cheese pizza for him at your birthday party and when he fell asleep early, we ate it all?” you asked, a smirk gracing your face as you remembered your childhood antics.

“He was so mad. He didn’t talk to us for like a week and then hid his pizza the next time there was a party,” Jihoon laughed. It grew silent again after that, not exactly an awkward silence but not a comfortable one either. You were nearly done with your pizza when Jihoon asked another question. “This makeover doesn’t include other things, like cutting my hair or something?” 

You looked up at him. You looked at his slightly shaggy black hair and his bangs that lightly brushed over his forehead. You didn’t know what possessed you, but you reached forward and grazed you fingered through the ends of his hair. Your eyes locked and instead of the growling it had done earlier, your stomach did flip flops. You panicked slightly and abruptly pulled your hand away.  “No, I don’t think we need to change anything else..” you said, looking down at the table.

Before things could get weirder, you two finished eating and left the mall with your mission accomplished. 

The car was quiet as it sat in the driveway of your sorority and Jihoon wondered why you hadn’t taken your seatbelt off to get out of the car yet. You were struggling, debating whether you wanted to tell him something that you had thought about telling him for ages. What better time than to say it now, a day when you spent the most time with him than you had in years? 

“Listen, Jihoon…” you started in a bit of a solemn tone. He turned to look at you. “When your mom got sick, I just didn’t know what to do or how to feel. Then at her funeral, I wasn’t sure how to comfort you or even if I could. And then you started getting in trouble at school and hanging out with other people. I’m just…I’m sorry.” 

Jihoon gave a wry smile after listening to your whole blurted speech. “It’s okay, I get it,” he said. “I didn’t know what to do or how to feel either, and then eventually we became…enemies sorta?” 

You nodded. “How about we be, uh, frenemies now, I guess?”

He snorted at that. “Frenemies,” he agreed.

Eventually, you took off your seatbelt and opened the car door. Before you fully shut it, you peeked your head in to remind Jihoon of your next plans. “Remember, we should be seen together at the football game tomorrow and then at the diner with my friends after.” 

He cringed but said, “Okay, see you tomorrow then,” and you shut the car door before watching him pull out of the driveway.

A few hours before the football game you mentioned to Jihoon that you were in the journalism room with Jennie, Miyeon, and a few other girls who were part of the ball planning committee. You were trying to finalize the theme so that you could get started on getting the decorations. The ball was held at the same place every year, so you didn’t have to worry about that, at least. Everyone was set on their own idea for the theme, and no one could come to a decision, making you massage your temples in frustration. 

You were really regretting not grabbing that coffee before this meeting when the very thing you wanted appeared in front of you. A iced coffee was sat in front of you and you looked up to find Jihoon, looking nonchalant with his hands in his pockets like always. “Thanks. How did you know I was here?” you asked, surprised.

He shrugged. “I was here working in the editing room on something with Seungkwan and Wonwoo and saw you were still here. I thought you could probably use the caffeine.” You squinted at him before slowly taking a drink of the coffee, wondering if he had some sort of other motive. Then he leaned forward and whispered in your ear, “I’m just trying to make it look like we didn’t, you know, suddenly go from hating each other to dating. So, just go with it.”

Of course, there it was. He couldn’t have really just thought to bring it to you for no reason at all other than just because. You were supposed to be fake dating starting today, so he needed to make it look true. 

Arguing between Jennie and Miyeon brought you back to reality, and you sighed. “Guys!” you snapped, making them both stop midargument. “Look, it’s almost time for the game and we should be there. Let’s try and come to an agreement by next week. If that’s not possible, then I’ll be making the final decision, by myself,” you said. Miyeon looked surprised at your unusual forcefulness while Jennie just looked, well annoyed. 

You grabbed what was left of the coffee Jihoon brought you and him by the arm. “We should get over to the stadium,” you said and left the room with the others, wondering what was up with you, or more importantly you and him. 

“Okay, chill,” Jihoon said, pulling his arm back from you once you were in the hall.

“Sorry,” you said, letting him pull his arm back. You looked up at him, finally noticing that he was also wearing one of the outfits you had picked out the day before. You smiled at him.

“What?” he asked, wondering why the heck you were smiling at him like a weirdo in the middle of the hallway.

“I didn’t think you would be wearing the clothes yet,” you responded.

“I thought that was the deal? Now come on, let’s watch some stupid game and start this dating thing in front of your friends.” Jihoon grabbed your hand, leading you down the hall and out the door to head to the football stadium. Why was your heart feeling funny?

An hour later, Jihoon was sitting next to you in the bleachers complaining in your ear about how “all a football game is, is an excuse for dudes to touch other dudes' butts.” You rolled your eyes but couldn’t help but laugh. 

“Go, Fight, Win!” A chant had started in the stadium and was gaining more people with it. After about the third round of the chant, you joined, smirking at Jihoon. He looked at you chanting with your other friends that sat nearby and shook his head. You nudged him, smiling like a maniac. 

Rolling his eyes, he finally joined with a monotone, “Go, Fight, Win!” and a half-hazard fist pump in the air. Then something happened. Watching the game, feeling the excitement of the crowd, and seeing you sitting next to him, enjoying yourself; he thought maybe this wasn’t so bad, fun even. Next thing he knew, as the chant ended he was taking turns shouting insults at the refs with Mark and high-fiving him. 

You looked at him. It was peculiar. All that fuss and now he was fitting in like he had been a part of the group from the beginning. You couldn’t help but think that it could have been this way all along, as if you and Jihoon never had been enemies. 

After the game, you and Jihoon made an official new couple appearance at the diner your friends often frequented after games. You had barely sat down in the group booth with your food when Jennie pounced. “So after seeing you two together twice today, I need to ask. Are you two like a thing now?” she asked, pointing between the two of you. You nodded. Jennie gave a look of distaste. “How on earth did that happen?” 

“So, remember the night at Mingyu’s party when Johnny and I broke up and I got drunk, you called me a designated driver? Well, Jihoon had also called Wonwoo and was in the car too. It just sort of happened?” you explained. None of that was technically wrong at all, that was what happened. You just left out the part about the drunken phone call later and you know, the fact that it was fake. 

Jennie looked over at Jihoon, who had his mouth full of fries. “Yeah, pretty much,” Jihoon confirmed with his mouth full and Jennie gave a slightly disgusted look. Seeming satisfied with that answer, Jennie left it alone and conversation flowed around the table. Mark, Mingyu, and Jihoon were debating things about a video game and you found yourself smiling once again at the fact that they seemed to be getting along well.

Yet, your smile fell when you looked at the other side of the table to see Johnny and his new girlfriend making out. You didn’t know why, but tears were gathering at the corners of your eyes. “I’ll be right back, bathroom,” you mumbled. Jihoon heard the tone in your voice and the sheen in your eyes and was pulled from his video game conversation. He immediately saw what likely upset you, and decided he needed to do something about it when you came back.

In the bathroom, you splashed water on your face and hoped that would help regain your composure. You took a few deep breaths and made sure there was no trace of your sudden tear-up before heading back out to the table. As you sat back down next to Jihoon, he asked “Everything okay, babe?” He wrapped an arm over your shoulders pulling you close to him and placed a peck on your forehead. 

Babe? Your brain malfunctioned and you were frozen at Jihoon’s side. “Y/N….” he hissed in your ear and you broke from your stupor. “Oh, sorry. Yes, I’m good,” you answered. He must be doing this for show, to make it really look like you were dating and to make Johnny jealous, right? It had to be that, of course.

“So, you’re friends with DD Wonwoo, right?” Mark was asking Jihoon now.

“Yeah, we are friends. And it’s Wonwoo, not DD Wonwoo. Just Wonwoo,” he answered and you could hear irritation starting in his voice.

“Cool, you think he’d be down to be the designated driver for all our parties? We’ll pay.” Jihoon’s body tensed at the question.

“Okayyyyy,” you said the minute Mark finished his sentence, getting up and pulling Jihoon out of the booth with you. “It’s getting late and I’m tired. We’ll see you guys later,” you rushed out before dragging Jihoon out of the diner with you and leaving what was left of your food on the table.

“What the hell was that? Wonwoo has probably saved the lives of half those people in there and what? They just want to continue getting drunk off their rockers and think throwing money at him is compensation for that?” Jihoon was fuming. He was pacing back and forth in the parking lot, tugging his hand through his hair. 

“Jihoon…” you started. 

“Who do they think they are? Do they have no integrity? Did they trade their brains for being popular?” He continued to rant.

“Jihoon!” you said again, sharper this time.

“What?!” he shouted and you flinched slightly.

You didn’t know why, but you felt the urge to comfort him and calm him down. And to apologize even. You came up next to him, brushing his hand with yours, and said, “I’m sorry.” Jihoon’s breathing calmed down and his eyes met yours. “Endure it for me, please? I promise you and Wonwoo can do something mean to him the next time he’s drunk, okay?” you said. 

Jihoon cracked a smile at that. “Fine…” he responded and stalked over to the car so he could get the two of you back home.

You and Jihoon had made appearances at a few other things during the week, but as Friday approached there was actually one you were looking forward to the most. It was starting to get warmer, which meant some days were spent soaking up the sun at the river.

The ball’s committee had also taken your previous threat about choosing the theme on your own seriously and had finally come to a consensus. The theme was Moments in Time and you were looking forward to downtime with your friends before having to plan more for the ball. Maybe you were looking forward to downtime with Jihoon too. 

This time you were all riding with Mingyu in his jeep, floats and picnic supplies strapped to the utility bar on top of the vehicle. He had come to pick you up with everyone else in the car but Jihoon and he would be picked up last. Which meant that when Mingyu honked at Jihoon’s house, the only seat left in the car was in the backseat, squished in the middle next to you.

Squeezing in next to you, you became immediately aware of his bare legs pressing against your own. He was in the swim trunks you had picked out for him and a t-shirt, already prepared for the day's activities. “Ouch,” you said as he accidentally pinched your arm between him and the seat. 

“I’m sorry, is this better?” Jihoon asked, moving his arm over your shoulders so that you could settle next to him. 

You swallowed down the butterflies that were now becoming a common occurrence when you were with him. You were still doing everything you could to ignore them. It was just the proximity and situation making you feel that way. You didn’t actually like him. At least, that’s what you kept telling yourself. 

You didn’t dare speak words out loud, afraid it would come out garbled or as a squeak. You just nodded in response, the warming of your cheeks still threatening to give you away. Throughout the entire drive to the river, you were painfully aware of how much his body was touching yours.

When Mingyu pulled into the parking lot of the River Park, you nearly flung yourself out of the car causing both Jihoon and Jennie to look at you like you were insane. As the others got out of the car, you moved your attention to retrieving your things from the back. You grabbed your bag, which held a swim towel, sunscreen, and a few snacks.

More bags were grabbed, leaving the trunk area empty while Mark and Mingyu worked on getting the other things down from the rack on the roof. You waited until everything had been taken before walking down the path that led to the larger bank of the river. The area was a little rocky but many of the rocks were big enough to lay blankets and towels on. 

You spotted one big enough for multiple people to spread out on and it was also close enough to the river itself, which would make it easy to get in and out of the water. It was decided the girls would take the spot you found and the boys would hang out on the next one over. You spread your towel out, setting your bag near the front and slipping your sandals off on the other end to weigh it down before settling down on it in a cross-legged position.

Jennie and Miyeon put their things out next to you, while Jihoon was helping Mark and Mingyu set their chairs out on the other rock. You leaned backward on your hands, enjoying the sun on your face while chatting about things every once in a while with Jennie and Miyeon. You had tuned them out a little when Miyeon started talking about Mark’s sexual habits, comparing them with things Jennie’s many partners had done. Not only did you not want to know those things about Mark, but you didn’t really have anything to contribute since you and Jihoon obviously weren't on that level.

“Y/N? What about you and Jihoon?” Miyeon asked, bringing your attention back to the conversation. 

“Well….it’s a secret,” you answered, trying to be as elusive as possible so you didn’t have to try and come up with more lies than needed.

“Oh, come on, Y/N,” Jennie goaded. “You cleaned Jihoon up so nicely, I'm sure you’ve had a piece of that.”

You looked at your best friend in annoyance. “Jihoon is a private person, I’d rather not discuss our sex life,” you responded. Miyeon seemed to understand but the look on Jennie’s face was like she took your response as a challenge.

The boys were having a similar conversation over at their rock, with Mingyu bragging about his latest endeavors. Jihoon didn’t really understand the need to boast about the subject as if it were a competition. “But what about Y/N, though?” Mingyu asked, looking over at Jihoon.

“What about her?” Jihoon questioned.

“She’s hot. You’d be stupid not to get a little ‘something, something’ while dating her,” Mingyu continued.

Jihoon narrowed his eyes, “Even if I have, Y/N has feelings too and I’m not going to divulge her sex life without her permission.” 

“Okay, dude. I was just trying to make conversation,” Mingyu surrendered, putting his hands up as a white flag. 

Mark took that as a sign for him and Mingyu to grab some floaties and go hang out in the river. Jihoon had brought his walkman and slipped on the headphones, going into his own little music world. Miyeon and Jennie had grown quiet now and were tanning behind you.

After scooting forward on your towel, you stuck your feet in the cool river water and let yourself relax a bit. You looked over to find Mark and Mingyu having a war on the floaties, both trying to push the other off and into the water. You shook your head at their antics and moved your feet back and forth in the water, creating a calming effect for yourself.

You weren’t sure how long you were all hanging out there but eventually Mingyu mentioned that you should all get home and you started packing things up. You looked over to find Jihoon gone from his previous spot.

Your eyes wandered around the river bank area and you finally spotted him, playing with two younger kids. “Oh noooo, you got me,” you heard him exclaim in mock upset. The two kids were squirting him with water from the super soakers they each had, both giggling the more exaggerated Jihoon sounded. 

He moved, chasing them around and getting revenge with his own super soaker. You couldn’t help but smile at the pure joy you saw on his face as he played with them. He looked so at ease with them. You thought that maybe you really were starting to fall for him, but if you were then you couldn’t keep up this fake dating ruse. You promptly shook the thoughts from your head. 

“Come on Captain Kangaroo, our ride is leaving,” you shouted across the bank. He looked up at your voice and shot you a devastatingly adorable smile that showed off his dimples. He gave the water gun back to the kids and he ruffled their hair, telling them he had fun. 

He jogged to where you were, saying “Okay, let’s get going.” He picked up his things from the rock he and the boys were on earlier and the two of you headed back up the path to Mingyu’s jeep. All the items you had brought had been put back in the trunk and everyone was just waiting for you and Jihoon so you could head back home. You two were squished against each other again, in a similar position as on the way there. However, you weren’t paying attention to that part as much now that the scene of him playing with the kids earlier kept replaying in your head. Before you knew it, you all had been dropped off at your respective residences and it was time to settle down for the evening. 

Jihoon had just walked in the door when his dad appeared holding the house phone. “Ah, good timing. Jihoon just came in, Seungkwan. Here,” he said, holding the phone out for Jihoon to take. 

“Hey, Kwan. What’s up?” Jihoon said into the phone, bringing it up the stairs to his room with him. 

“The Pixies are playing at the bar tomorrow night. Come with Seokmin, Wonwoo, and I,” Seungkwan said.

“I don’t know. I think one of Y/N’s friends is having a party that we are supposed to go to.”

Seungkwan sighed heavily. “I wasn’t going to bring this up, but you’ve changed. You used to hang out with us, you know, your best friends, all the time and now you're always with Y/N and her group of populars. Are we not good enough for you anymore, Jihoon?” 

“Jesus, Seungkwan. No, I haven’t changed. I don’t like hanging out with them, I’m just there to make Y/N happy and somewhat get along with them.” Jihoon explained, annoyance tingeing his voice. 

“Whatever you say,” Seungkwan gave a flippant response.

“Tell you what, I’ll talk to Y/N and see if we can come with you guys to the concert instead. Okay?” Jihoon compromised.

“Fine, let me know later,” Seungkwan conceded.

“Okay, bye.” Jihoon hung up the phone and rubbed his hands over his face. He didn’t think he was changing at all. He wasn’t fitting in with that crowd, was he? He was only pretending so that you two could fake date, right? 

Jihoon picked the cordless phone back up from the bed where he flung it after saying goodbye to Seungwan and dialed your number.

“Hello?” your voice sounded from the other end.

“Hey,” Jihoon said.

“Jihoon? You usually don’t call me first,” you mentioned.

“I know, but I wanted to ask you something.”

“Okay…” you responded, a little confused.

“I know we are supposed to go to another party tomorrow but do you think we could do something with my friends instead? I feel like we only do things with your friends,” he complained.

You let out a rush of air. “Okay,” you agreed.

“Okay?” Jihoon asked, surprised you agreed that easily.

“Yeah, you’re right. And it seems weird for a couple to hang out with only one group of friends. Plus, they used to be my friends too…” you trailed off.

“Alright, then there’s a band we follow playing at a bar we go to. Seungkwan invited us and both Wonwoo and Seokmin will be there too. I can come get you at 5 pm tomorrow,” he told you.

“Sounds good. Hey, today was kind of nice wasn’t it?” you asked, a smile on your face as you remembered.

“Yeah, it was kind of nice,” Jihoon admitted and you both hung up the phone.

Even though it was a Saturday afternoon, Jihoon found himself on campus in the broadcasting room. Seungkwan and Wonwoo were there earlier too but Jihoon wanted to finish editing the music video they had been working on. They had gone to get lunch and would be back later. 

It wasn’t that he was in a real hurry to finish it exactly, but he tended to immerse himself in his projects when he felt unsettled about something. He wasn’t even sure what he was specifically feeling weird about. Was it the fact that he really seemed to be getting along with your friends? Or was it that his heart seemed to speed up every time he caught your eyes yesterday?

All that could be heard in the room was the clicking of the mouse as he edited, thoughts swirling in his head. He was so distracted that he didn’t even realize that Wonwoo and Seungkwan had come back and that it was three hours later. He was brought back to reality as Seungkwan snapped his fingers in front of his face, literally snapping him out of whatever trance he was in. “Hellooooo, Jihoon,” Seungwan said, trying to get his attention. 

“Oh, sorry, Kwan,” Jihoon responded and turned around in the computer chair he was sitting in. 

“We should probably leave so we can all get ready for the concert tonight with Seok,” Wonwoo mentioned.

“Did you ask your girlfriend? Are you coming?” Seungkwan asked with a hint of bitterness.

“Actually, yeah. Y/N was kind of excited about it, so we’ll be there,” Jihoon said, ignoring Seungkwan’s tone.

Rather than getting into another heated discussion about whether Jihoon was acting like himself or not, Seungkwan and Wonwoo left and so did Jihoon after finishing the last bit of video editing. He went back home to get ready in another outfit you had chosen that day at the mall before going to pick you up. A few hours later, he was waiting in the car outside your dorm like he had multiple times before.

Jihoon drummed his fingers on the steering wheel along with the beat of the song that was on the radio as he waited for you. He was pretty into it and didn’t see when you had come out of the house. You grinned as you slowly approached the car. Jihoon had been into music when you were younger and it was nice to know he truly hadn’t changed much despite everything that happened. “Okay drummer boy, I’m here. We should leave,” you said, making him jump slightly at your voice before he unlocked the passenger side for you to get in.

“So what band are we going to see?” you asked when Jihoon had pulled out onto the road that would take you to the bar.

“The Pixies. Wonwoo found them one time when he was DD’ing and went to pick Seokmin up at the bar one time. They showed Seungkwan and me the next time they played and we liked them too, so we try to catch them every time they play there.” Jihoon explained and you could tell how much he liked the band.

“Hmm, okay. Well I’m excited to hang out with you guys, to see Seungkwan, and to get to know Wonwoo and Seokmin even more,” you said and you really were. You wanted to catch a glimpse of what Jihoon had been like for the period of time you didn’t know him. He hummed in acknowledgment. It was quiet for a few minutes before you spoke again. “Hey, do I..look okay? I’ve actually never been to this kind of thing before..” you asked, feeling a little nervous.

Jihoon looked a little surprised, but then again seeing a girl punk rock band at a hole-in-the-wall bar was not exactly your scene. Eventually, he scanned your outfit, taking in the dark jeans and nice shirt you were wearing. “Yeah, you look nice,” he responded. He was probably just being polite but you noticed he was also wearing something similar, making you wonder why you spent so much time trying to find the right outfit in the first place. 

He pulled into the parking lot of the bar and parked next to a car that was familiar to you at this point, Wonwoo’s. You followed behind him as he walked into the bar and scanned the area for his friends. “Jihoon! Y/N!” you heard someone shout over the band that was already playing. You walked with Jihoon to where Seungkwan had shouted from, in the middle of a crowd standing somewhat near the stage. It got louder the closer you got to where Seungkwan, Seokmin, and Wonwoo were.

“Hey, boys!” you greeted them over the music. 

“Hey, Y/N,” Seungkwan said when you got closer. Wonwoo gave a small wave and Seokmin flashed a smile.

“I’m going to grab some drinks from the bar. Want anything?” Jihoon asked you all.

“Martini for me, please,” Seungkwan said.

“Suprise me,” came Seokmin’s response.

“I’m driving, of course, so just club soda?” Wonwoo asked.

Jihoon looked over at you, waiting for your order. “Rum and coke?” you asked. Jihoon did not expect that from you. He figured you’d want something more fancy like Seungkwan wanted.

“Okay, be back soon then,” Jihoon said and he disappeared into the crowd.

You turned your attention to the stage in front of you that had since grown quiet, guessing that the band that was playing when you walked in was the opener for who you were really here to see. You were making small talk with the three boys while waiting for the main event and for Jihoon to come back. As you had noticed before, Wonwoo was quiet but funny and had quite a knack for video editing. Seokmin was bright, adding a lightness to their group. You talked with Seungkwan about your junior high days when you, Jihoon, and he made up a trio. You remembered those days fondly and definitely noticed how wary Seungkwan was when talking about that part of your shared past.

Before you could address that, the crowd started cheering and colored lights were starting to shine on the stage as a group of girls came on stage with their instruments. They looked amazing. The girl in front had her hair teased in a high pony and wore silver pants that matched the glittering tank top of the girl drummer behind her. She picked up a guitar and started playing a riff that must have been from one of their well-known songs, judging by the howling in the crowd. As the song continued to play, you realized you liked it. The punk aspect was not something you would not have normally picked, but it made you feel something.

Jihoon was still waiting for your drinks over at the bar and was turned around to watch the stage. His eyes were automatically drawn to where you were, finding you with your eyes glued to the stage and complete joy written on your face. He watched as you got closer to the stage, starting to jump up and down with the music. He honestly couldn’t take his eyes off of you. “Here you go,” the bartender said from behind him, setting the drinks on the bar top. Jihoon grabbed them all, balancing them in his hands and set off back into the crowd with an amused smile on his lips.

He wove back through all the people, stopping to give his friends their drinks before moving forward in the crowd to where you were standing. The song was finishing as he reached you and you screamed and clapped for the band, making Jihoon laugh at how much you were actually enjoying this. He tapped you on the shoulder and you turned, the look on your face probably the happiest he had seen recently.

“Your drink,” Jihoon said, passing the glass to you.

“Thank you,” you said, taking it from him and giving it a light sip before turning your attention to the next song. You began bouncing up and down to the beat of the new song, as much as you could without spilling your drink. Jihoon thought you were cute like this. 

He stood there enjoying the music with you, his own drink in hand until you heard Wonwoo let out an “Ah, shit,” somewhere behind you. 

“What’s wrong?” Jihoon questioned. 

“She’s here,” Wonwoo responded.

“Who?” you asked, confused. 

You followed Jihoon’s line of sight before you spotted who and he spoke her name. “Shayla.” She had a guy hanging off her, which you could only assume was the one she cheated on Jihoon with. You watched as they acted all lovey-dovey, making Jihoon look positively miserable. Her eyes crossed paths with Jihoon and you could only think of one thing to do, you kissed him. 

You made out with him to be exact, tongue and all. You couldn’t bear how hurt he looked, couldn’t stand the fact that Shayla was looking at him like she still cared. Jihoon didn’t know how he should respond other than to let you continue kissing him. You kept sneaking peeks at Shayla out of the corner of your eye as you kept making out with him. Eventually, Shayla looked away with a bit of a sneer and pulled her boy toy to another area of the bar. 

You pulled away from Jihoon and said, “Sorry, I was just returning the favor.” He had rescued you in a similar way, albeit a tamer way, that night at the dinner when your ex was there. You took it a little further than intended but you were just making it even, weren’t you? 

“Uh, thanks?” Jihoon responded, a light blush warming his cheeks and he rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. This was not a reaction you expected from him or even one you thought he could have. It was actually pretty adorable. You tried not to think about it. You didn’t see it because you were too focused on the boy you weren’t supposed to like, but Wonwoo and Seungwan shared a look. 

“They are about to play the next song,” you said, trying to redirect attention back to the band and the stage. Jihoon only nodded, not knowing what else to say after that. You let the music take away thoughts of whatever feelings you might be starting to have for your fake boyfriend and by the time the concert was over, you had buried them deep in your mind once again.

In the parking lot of the bar, you said goodbye to Seungkwan, Wonwoo, and Seokmin before you got in the car with Jihoon to go home. It was a little awkward again before Jihoon turned the radio on. (You Drive Me) Crazy by Britney Spears came on and he groaned before he reached over to change the station. “Aw come on, Ji. Leave it there,” you whined before starting to sing along to the song. He grimaced at you but pulled his hand away from the dash, leaving the song on. “You drive me craaaazzzyyy, I just can’t sleep!” you sang loudly and badly on purpose. You poked your elbow into Jihoon’s side, trying to get him to sing with you as you continued with the lyrics.

After a few harder nudges Jihoon belted out, “Baby, thinking of you keeps me up all night”. You gasped, putting your hand over your mouth. You didn’t think you’d actually get him to sing it with you. He continued driving with the two of you singing the rest of the song and giggling like maniacs, Jihoon showing a smile genuine enough that the dimples you only saw one other time appeared. You found yourself having fun more often with Jihoon and spending time with him was beginning to feel more and more natural, like you never parted ways to begin with.

Once again, you found yourself in the journalism room working on things for the ball. More specifically, the decorations. This time you were by yourself, there was yet another party happening tonight and the others left you so they could get Jennie’s house ready since she was hosting this time. Honestly, you didn’t mind and felt like you could get more things done without Jennie’s constant nitpicking. 

You were looking at a few different options for string lights when someone you didn’t expect to see walked in. Shayla. “Um, Mrs. Rathburn asked me to bring you the posters you had printed from the big office printer,” she said, showing the large posters she held in her arms.

“Oh, thanks for bringing them. You can set them over there,” you responded, gesturing toward the bigger table next to you. Shayla set them where you indicated and started toward the door but hesitated, turning back around. She looked like she wanted to say something to you. “Was there anything else?” you prompted.

She pondered for a moment before saying,” He seems happier with you.” You were sure what to say when she continued. “He never wanted to go places with me, never wanted to stop by the lab to see me, not the way he does with you.” 

The way she said it struck a chord with you. You knew she was a medical science major and worked in the chem lab a lot but it didn’t occur to you before and obviously, she didn’t know either. “He didn’t tell you about his mother, did he?” you asked. The confused look on Shayla’s face confirmed your suspicions. “His mother died when we were younger…of cancer. So you can imagine why he wouldn’t want to be around medicine and labs.”

Now she had a shocked look on her face, mixed with something like pity. “I didn’t know. Well, I hope he continues to be happy with you,” she said as she turned back around and walked out of the room. For once, you felt a little sorry for Shayla but fake or not, Jihoon was with you now. You sighed and got up from the chair you were sitting in, pulling the posters closer to you so you could examine them to make sure they had been printed properly. They looked good and you were glad that nothing was wrong with them. 

A few minutes later, Jihoon walked through the same classroom door that Shayla walked out of. “Hey, how's it going in here?” he asked casually. 

You shrugged, “It’s going. But, what are you doing here? You didn’t bring me coffee this time.” You grinned, enjoying being able to give him a hard time now without it turning into a big deal. 

“Wow, see if I ever bring you coffee again..” he teased back. “Anyway, I was working with Seungkwan on some AV stuff for the school news show and thought I’d stop by. It was strange though, I passed by Shayla in the hall and she was acting oddly nice to me.” 

“Huh, weird,” you said. There was no way you were going to tell him that you told her about his mother. He must have had a reason for not telling her, although some part of you was relieved he hadn’t.

“So, how do you feel about having dinner at my house before we go to Jennie’s party? My dad invited you. I think he’s noticed how close we’ve gotten again,” he asked, looking a little sheepish.

“I’d like that,” you responded, the corners of your lips turning up at the thought of Mr. Lee making Jihoon ask you over. You gathered all the things you were working on, organizing them so they made sense when you went to work on them again and left the room to go home with Jihoon.

You had really only been just inside of the door of Jihoon’s house since you reconnected. It felt weird going past the dining room threshold as you followed him into the kitchen, even though as a child you had been in every room in the house. It was a reminder of how things truly had changed after his mom died. 

Yet, the sight of Mr. Lee in the kitchen and the familiar smell of his famous Yangnyeom chicken transported you right back to those times when you and Jihoon would get called in for dinner when you had been playing outside or doing homework together. Mr. Lee turned around after plating the chicken. “Glad you could join us, Y/N! I had to practically beg Jihoon to ask you,” he beamed, walking into the dining room to set the large plate on the table.

“Thank you for inviting me Mr. Lee,” you said, politely as you took a seat in one of the chairs at the dining table. 

“At least I didn’t have to drag you two inside from the treehouse,” he said with a laugh and you found it ironic that he remembered that as well. 

Your eyes shifted to sliding doors on the other side of the dining room, looking out into the backyard to see if the treehouse still existed. “It’s still there..” you murmured as you made out the familiar wood walls poking out the only large tree still in the yard.

“Of course it is! Jihoon kept it up all these years and made sure no nail or board came out of place,” Mr. Lee exclaimed rather proudly. You looked over at Jihoon who was doing his best not to look at you. You thought it would have been destroyed by now. Jihoon’s actions lately were already confusing, but the fact that he had preserved the treehouse all this time confused you even more. 

The rest of dinner went well, it was comforting that it felt almost the same as it did when you were young. Well, minus a major person, but you tried your best not to think about that. You and Jihoon were helping Mr. Lee clean up when he glanced at the clock on the wall. “We should think about heading to the party now,” he said.

“I got the rest of this. You crazy kids go have fun at the party,” Mr. Lee said, basically telling the two of you to skedaddle already.

“Don’t wait up,” Jihoon joked, following you out of the kitchen and back into the front room.

Since you were busy enough today, you chose an outfit when you got ready this morning that would translate well from everyday to party. It’s not like you were the host or like it was that special of an event, plus you were willing to bet something would be spilled on it by the end of the night anyway. 

“Let me change into something more suitable and I’ll be right back,” Jihoon said to you. You nodded and sat on the bottom of the stairs to wait for him. Five minutes later, he came down the stairs looking effortless and amazing at the same time. Once again, making it hard for you to ignore the ever-annoying butterflies that filled your stomach. 

“Let’s get going, we don’t want to be late,” you mumbled, turning your attention back to the front door.

The party was already in full swing when you arrived and you narrowly avoided being mowed over by Mingyu and Mark playing some sort of drunk game involving a soccer ball the minute you and Jihoon walked into Jennie’s house. You took Jihoon’s hand in yours as you wove through people, telling yourself it was so that you didn’t lose him in the crowd but you couldn’t help but feel like they fit together.

You made your way into the center of the house where more things seemed to be going on when you caught the sound of the familiar voices of your friends in the backyard. Jennie was already drunk, laughing loudly as she swayed her hips to the music blasting from speakers on either side of the yard. “There you guys areeeeeeee,” Jennie exclaimed, her words sounding slightly slurred which gave a bit of an indication of how much alcohol she’d had so far. 

You stifled a laugh as Miyeon gave you a look that essentially said “help me” as she lightly sipped on the drink she had while keeping an eye on Jennie. Mark suddenly appeared, without Mingyu this time. “Yoooo, Jihoon. Come be my partner, Mingyu got too drunk and I need someone who actually has hand-eye coordination,” he said, trying to rope Jihoon into whatever hair-brained game they had been playing. 

Mark dragged him off before he could protest, leaving you with just the girls. “You know, I wasn’t sure about Jihoon in the beginning, but the makeover he had really suits him well. If you weren’t dating him, I would be all over that,” Jennie babbled, the multiple drinks in her system acting like an unwanted truth serum. You felt a hint of animosity toward her, and you had to keep telling yourself that you shouldn’t be. You weren’t dating for real, but in principle, it was since nobody else knew that. 

To make it easier to resist the urge to strangle Jennie, you excused yourself and went to get a drink from the bar on the other side of the patio that you assumed Jennie paid to be there. Walking up to the bartender, you ordered something that tasted good but wouldn’t get you blasted immediately. A few seconds wait and you thanked the bartender, taking your drink from him. You turned around, maybe to go find where Mark dragged Jihoon off to when you found yourself face to face with your ex.

“Oh, Y/N. I was actually looking for you,” Johnny said. He was just passing by but he was clearly looking for someone. You, apparently. 

“Um, okay…didn’t you come with your new girlfriend?” you asked, confused as to why he was looking for you when he seemed so infatuated with the girl the last time you had seen him.

“Well, that’s kind of why I was looking for you. Let’s find a quieter place to talk,” he motioned to some chairs that sat out off the side of the patio where fewer people were milling around. You sat down in one and he sat in the one across from you.

“So, what did you want to talk about?” you questioned, not exactly interested but he did specifically seek you out.

“I know you are with Jihoon now, but I was wondering if I could take you to the dance?” Johnny asked, with what he thought might be a convincing smile on his face. You choked on your drink. He couldn’t be serious. The very thing you had wanted before everything got messy and he was asking you now?

“But what about your girlfriend?” you inquired.

“She broke up with me, said she found someone new,” he shrugged. You snorted. Ironic wasn’t it? She broke up with him for nearly the same reason he broke up with you.

“Once upon a time, all I ever wanted was for you to take me to the ball I planned. But you know what? I’m not the same person as I was all those months ago and I’m with Jihoon now. Go find some other poor sucker to go with you because I won’t,” you responded and you knew it was true. You weren’t the same person anymore. You could care less about being popular. All you cared about was being yourself. And being with Jihoon.

Johnny looked stunned, “Damn, Jihoon is a lucky guy.” You felt that was your cue to leave and you had to go to the bathroom anyway. So you left Johnny there and went inside to search for the restroom. You walked back into the house through the sliding door and were headed down the hall when you saw it, saw them. 

Jennie was talking with Jihoon when suddenly you saw her lips meet his. You didn’t know what was happening and your face crumpled. Immediately, you knew that the feelings you were trying to suppress for Jihoon couldn’t be covered up anymore. Jennie broke free of the kiss with a smirk, turning Jihoon around by his shoulders so that his eyes would meet yours. “Bitch,” you murmured, a sob trying to break free from your chest.

Jihoon’s eyes widened as they met yours. “Y/N, wait!” he shouted, a pleading tone bleeding into it. You didn’t want to hear it. This whole thing was fake anyway. You ignored him and stormed out the front door, not caring where you were going. You just needed out of there. Jennie’s house wasn’t that close to the dorm, but it didn’t matter. You wanted to walk anyway.

You did eventually make it back to the dorm, you didn’t know how long it took you and you didn’t care. Everything was ruined and you felt the most pathetic that you had ever been. You retreated to your room and the warmth of your bed, wanting to never leave it. You should have never come up with this idea if you knew it would turn out this way. You weren’t supposed to fall for your ex-best friend, your enemy.

Jihoon was also miserable, perhaps on a different and newfound level. He thought he was in a bad way when he broke up with Shayla, but it was nothing like the way he felt after Jennie tricked him. Nothing like the way his heart cracked when he saw your face and the way your chin trembled when you saw the kiss and nothing like when he called out to you, only for you to ignore him and walk out the door. 

He thought he might have loved Shayla when they were together, but he was so wrong. He loved you and it took losing you to finally realize it, to admit it to himself. He didn’t know what he was supposed to do now, but the most immediate solution was to numb the pain. He knew Wonwoo would come get him anyway, and so he drank. He drank a lot. Likely more than he ever had.

He drank so much that he didn’t even know how time moved forward and transported him to where he was now, outside, throwing his guts up in Jennie’s front garden. He must have called Wonwoo at some point, he most certainly didn’t remember doing it but Wonwoo was suddenly standing there in the yard, waiting to see if Jihoon’s stomach was done forcing out whatever contents were left. 

Wonwoo didn’t have much sympathy for his friend at this point. “How does it feel Jihoon? Being part of the popular crowd?” he mocked. 

“Shut up, Wonwoo,” Jihoon croaked, slowly getting up from his kneeling position in the grass to slowly tread toward Wonwoo’s car. Jihoon all but melted into the backseat once the two of them were both in the car, his head already starting to pound. 

“You really screwed up, you know,” Wonwoo said, once the car was on the way to Jihoon’s house. 

“How do you know what happened?” Jihoon mumbled the question

“You know how fast news travels around here,” he responded.

“Considering everyone was at the party, I’m not surprised.” Wonwoo slammed on the brakes, making Jihoon fall forward and smack his nose on the seat in front of him. “Ow, what the hell Wonwoo?!” he yelped, hands moving to his face to touch his now tender nose.

“Everybody was NOT there, Jihoon! Seungkwan and I weren’t there, Seokmin wasn’t there, so no, everybody was not at the party,” Wonwoo nearly growled. 

“Okay, sheesh. Everybody was not there,” Jihoon conceded, given his growing headache and the fact that Wonwoo so rarely yelled. 

“Get out,” Wonwoo said and Jihoon was about to protest when he looked out of the window to see that they had actually stopped outside his house. “Call me when you’ve decided to return back to being the friend I know.” 

Jihoon couldn’t respond, he didn’t have a decent answer for that. He just got out of the car, went into the house, and flopped face-first onto his bed. He did know that Wonwoo was right though, he royally fucked up. The only thing he could think about was talking to you, to see if there was a way to convince you of what truly happened with Jennie. 

He rolled back to his side, reaching his arm out to grab the phone from the nightstand. He didn’t know how late it was but prayed you’d still answer the phone. He punched in your number and waited as it rang and rang. He was just about to give up when a tired “hello?” answered. 

“Please let me explain,” Jihoon said, immediately. 

You sighed. “It doesn’t matter. It was crazy to think we could fake it this long, this is our easy out,” you responded, trying to keep your voice from breaking and giving you away. 

“What about the dance? That was the main goal of this whole thing,” he said. Jihoon knew that wasn’t why he wanted to keep this ruse going but it was all he could think to try.

“I’ll figure something out. Or maybe I won’t go at all. Let’s just go back to how things were before.” Tears were starting to slip down your cheeks now and you hung up the phone before Jihoon could hear the sob that left your chest.

After the party, days and weeks continued on but you and Jihoon were not the same. Jihoon spaced out often, going about his days in a trance. He even ignored Shaya’s renewed and constant advances on him. He didn’t want anyone else but you. Wonwoo had seen how depressed Jihoon was and took pity on him, letting everything that happened between the two of them that night go. You threw yourself into ball planning which was ironic considering you likely wouldn’t even be attending anymore and Jihoon spent more time editing in the broadcasting room, only being pulled out by his friends. 

You had all but stopped hanging out with all your “friends”, only working with them for the ball because you had to. Everything felt like a blur. You had confronted Jennie shortly after the night of the party, her only excuse being “I was doing you a favor.” Maybe in some way she really was, just not in the way she intended. Your relationship with Jihoon may have started out as a fake one but now your feelings were real and you needed to stop before they destroyed you both.

When the night of the ball came around, you found yourself in your dorm room with no date and crying once again. The dress you had picked out long ago to match the tux you had helped Jihoon pick out was hung on the back of your door, mocking you. Maybe you should go by yourself, it would be weird if the planner herself didn’t attend. You brushed the tears from your cheeks and shook your head. That was enough of that, crying and feeling sorry for yourself wouldn’t change anything.

Then your phone rang. “Hello?” you answered.

“Y/N? Hi,” spoke a voice that was vaguely familiar but not one you’d heard over the phone.

“Seungkwan?” you questioned.

“Yeah, it’s Seungkwan. Listen, I know you probably don’t have a date to the ball anymore and I think it would be a shame if you couldn’t go. You deserve to see your event finished so, how about I take you?” Seungkwan said.

For the first time since the night of the party, a genuine smile crossed your face. Seungkwan had always been the sweetest person you’d known, even after you all had parted ways as kids. “I’d like that,” you responded.

“Okay, cool. I can come pick you up in an hour. Will that be enough time to get ready?” he asked 

“Sure, see you soon,” you said, hanging up the phone and scrambling to start getting ready. That gave you an answer to your earlier thoughts of just going to the ball by yourself. You were much happier going with Seungkwan, someone you knew you’d have some fun with. You pulled your dress from where you had been glaring at it earlier, glad that it was no longer going to waste. You grabbed shoes that went with it from your closet and got ready as efficiently as you could.

You were smoothing out the bottom of your dress and making sure the last strands of your hair were in place when one of your dorm mates called up the stairs to let you know Seungkwan was there. You picked up the light sweater and small purse you had set out on a chair and walked down the stairs to meet Seungkwan. 

He smiled as he spotted you and said, “You look great.”

“Thanks. You don’t look so bad yourself,” you said back. His simple black tuxedo made him look handsome. You reached the bottom of the stairs and he pulled something out from behind his back, showing it to you.

“It was short notice, but this is for you,” Seungkwan said, holding out a pretty wrist corsage. 

You let out a pleased laugh and held out your wrist so that he could slip it on, the white rose simple but pretty. “Thank you, that was sweet of you.” 

“Of course, I can't let my best girl feel left out,” he said with a chuckle. 

Immediately you were thankful for at least one good thing that came out of all of this. You had a good friend in Seungkwan once again. “Let’s go,” you said and you headed to the dance.

Walking in the doors of the venue you rented, you took in everything. Seungkwan was right, you shouldn’t miss how everything you planned had come together. From the centerpieces on the tables to the twinkle lights winding around the beams in the ceiling, everything you had imagined and planned out. It looked perfect. There was only one thing missing, but there was nothing you could do about that anymore.

You and Seungkwan sat down for a little while at one of the tables, talking about different things and people watching before he asked you to dance. He got up from his seat, holding out his hand for you to take. You took it and he led you to the dance floor. Stopping at an empty spot toward the edge, he placed his hands on your back and you wrapped your arms around his neck. You began swaying to the music the DJ was playing. It was nice and comfortable but of course, it was only platonic with Seungkwan.

“Jihoon really likes you, you know,” he said eventually. You sighed, knowing this topic would come up eventually. Seungkwan cared about both of you. “And I know you like him too.” He continued, recounting how bleak the two of you had been in the past weeks.

“I know Seungkwan, but everything is all messed up now,” you said. 

“Well, now is your chance to fix it,” he suddenly said, looking up at something or rather someone.

“What?” you asked, confused.

“May I cut in?” A voice asked from behind you. You let out a small gasp. Jihoon?

Seungkwan’s hands left your back and he pressed a light kiss to your cheek, leaving you and Jihoon on the dance floor. You looked at Jihoon. He was wearing the tuxedo you picked out to match your dress and looked as handsome as ever. He approached you, gently placing his hands around your waist and you let your hands rest at the nape of his neck. Your fingers lightly brushed at the ends of his shaggy hair that you liked so much.

You danced a bit to the slow song that was on before you broke the tension between the two of you. “Why are you here, Jihoon?” you asked.

“Because I missed you. God, I missed you so much,” he blurted, pulling you closer to him. Your heart panged at his words. You missed him too and you knew that you didn’t want to pretend your feelings for him didn’t exist. 

“I missed you too,” you murmured.

“I’m so sorry about what happened with Jennie. I swear she tricked me but that’s not what matters. I like you, Y/N. I think I’ve always liked you, before everything got so messed up.” He was on a roll now, telling you all that was on his mind and everything he should have told you from the beginning when you both agreed to that stupid fake dating plan.

Your face broke out into a grin. “I like you, too.” Jihoon must have been holding his breath, because he let out a rush of air in relief at your response. “I asked Jennie why she did what she did and she told me she was doing us a favor. I guess in some way, she really did.”

Then Jihoon reached out a hand to cup your cheek, his eyes looking into yours before he leaned forward to press his lips against yours. There were no fireworks, but something much better as you kissed him back. Warmth. A warmth that radiated through your entire body and you couldn’t have imagined anything better. 

You broke away after a few minutes, becoming aware that several eyes were on the two of you. Specifically the eyes of Jennie, Johnny, Mark, Miyeon, and a few of the others. “Who are we making jealous now, Jihoon?” you laughed.

“Everyone,” was his response and he kissed you again, making everything around you disappear. 

“Wanna get out of here?” you asked.

“I have just the place in mind,” he answered, cheekily and the two of you left hand in hand.

After the dance, you came bursting through the gate to Jihoon’s backyard, giggling like you were little kids again. The only difference was now Jihoon kept pausing to kiss you every few minutes as he led you to the treehouse. He pulled you with him up the ladder and into the familiar house. Except that instead of just the pillows and the small table that you remember being there before, there were blankets and lit candles set out in the corners.

“Did you plan this?” you asked, suspicious.

“I had hoped?” he responded, innocently. 

You shook your head, “You’re lucky I like you.”

“I am very lucky.”

“If I knew you were going to be this cheesy-” He cut you off with another kiss and led you over to the blankets that were laid out in the middle of the wooden floor. He sat down, pulling you to sit with him. He initiated a make-out session that began innocently but was now starting to get heated. He leaned backward, laying back against the blankets and making you lay on top of him.

His kisses moved to your jaw and to your collarbone making you let out a gasp and thread your hands through his dark locks. All the pent-up feelings and chemistry that had built up between you was finally reaching a breaking point, in your childhood hangout no less. Your hands made work with his clothes, taking off his jacket and working on the buttons of his shirt. He pulled the straps of your dress down your shoulders when you finally managed to rid him of the annoying button-down.

To make it easier for him, you straightened your back so he could pull the entire thing up and over your head. You were left in just your underwear and Jihoon paused to look at you before taking off his dress pants. “You are gorgeous,” he whispered, pressing light kisses to your shoulders. You closed your eyes, reveling in the feeling of being loved on by him.

Soon you both had been rid of all remaining garments, leaving you completely naked and hands roaming each other's bodies. Jihoon’s length pressed against your thighs, making you moan at the skin contact and buck against him. He hissed in pleasure and bit his lip, the action increasing the arousal at your core. He moved to grind his head against your sensitive nub and you let out a whine. 

After a few minutes of that, you couldn’t stand it anymore. You needed him inside you. “Jihoon…” you breathed out.

“Yes?” he asked.

“Please,” you whimpered.

He reached over to his discarded pants to get the little foil packet from the pocket. He opened it and slid the condom over his cock with a hiss. He steaded your hips and ran his length through your folds a few times before he slowly slid into you, letting you adjust to his size.

“Fuck,” he let out a groan as your heat engulfed him. He began moving slowly within you. Your sacred childhood treehouse was now filled with lewd slaps of skin against skin and moans filled with pleasure. You established a rhythm that had you both slowly chasing your highs together. Your moans had turned to mewls as the coil in the pit of your stomach was stretching to its limit. 

“I’m close, Ji,” you whimpered. The use of Jihoon’s nickname drove him to the edge as well and he pumped into you that much harder. The coil snapped and you orgasmed, hard enough that your thighs shook. Your walls contracting around him made Jihoon hit his high as well. His hips stilled and he let out a groan, emptying his seed into the condom.

He slowly pulled out of you and you both collapsed next to each other on the blankets with heaving breaths. After a few minutes and your breathing had returned to normal, Jihoon turned to look at you, his head resting on his shoulder. “So, frienemies?” he asked with a chuckle. 

You reached out and smacked him in the chest. “Jihoon!”

“Ouch, I’m kidding. I know we are more than that. So much more than that,” he said, tugging you closer to him and leaving a kiss on your forehead. 

“Yes, absolutely more than that,” you agreed. Jihoon drove you crazy, but you came to the conclusion that you didn’t want it any other way.

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[peachjagiya]

Fri(end)s had SUCH radio potential. And it has gotten some play (Organic King) but if BH had actually pushed it for radio play, it could have been dominating.

I could even see the gimmick of playing him and JK back to back or in the same segment.

Ok lil secret about me: I have been doing radio in the UK as a side hustle since I was 15 so just under 30 years, god I'm ancient. Note: I do primarily behind the scenes stuff now. So I love radio discussion.

I gotta say I was BAFFLED but also unsurprised. I was really excited when I heard it because I was like ok yeah Layover was so niche, so jazzy but this is RADIO-Y.

The current hits stations (Capital, Radio 1 in the UK) should have been picking it up. A high profile artist with a fully English song (which unfortunately matters 🙄) that isn't like an overtly niche genre? It should really be there!

I don't think I'd have expected it to go to the A or B playlist, honestly. A playlist is usually reserved for like a couple of the HUGEST songs. Regular play during the day, once every couple of hours though it varies station to station. B playlist would be maybe three times a day.

I am not certain but Seven peaked at 3 in the UK charts and I think it was B playlist on Radio 1. Again, not entirely sure.

C playlist is likely once a day and that's where I'd expect Friends to go.

But it's currently not on Radio 1 or Capital playlists at all. 🙃

The trouble is current hits radio stations want to play what's popular and not what could be popular with support. There's no taking a chance on a great song anymore. Radio used to set the trends, now they follow them according to what's popular on tiktok. It's kind of sad.

Also kind of terrible marketing by the radio stations?! Everyone knows ARMY supports people who support us. I think they're fools not to play music with such high profiles and dedicated fanbase.

I think there's a reason and I think it's racism. Kpop artists fight a battle to be seen as anything other than kpop. I can only speak about the UK but I was literally in a store the other day trying to check prices on Face album and it took me ten minutes to realise Jimin wasn't under J. He was literally just under K-pop. As were BTS themselves. Like all of kpop was one artist! When they're fighting that kind of silliness, the songs aren't being judged on quality or voice or genre. They're just kpop and that's a niche radio isn't investing in despite kpop being made up of many genres and styles. Korean isn't a genre, UK music industry 😐

That said, Jungkook did pretty well with a peak in the top ten for all three singles from Golden. So how come he got decent play? I think that might come down to the very commercial sound - absolutely not a critique, I love it - of his music.

But I also think Tae is fighting more internal issues of general nonsense from his label. Basically it's an uphill struggle and I'm so proud of what he has achieved despite those issues. 💜

Ooh I loved answering this. Thank you, anon! 💜

#v solo #bts radio discussion #my asks

[bunniesnuggie]

~Eddie as a caregiver~

cg!eddie munson x little!(gn)reader

summary: general headcanons of our baby cow bf as our caregiver

some more cg! eddie headcanons because we all need it right now

as i said before eddie is very artsy and he will color with you

he has “grown up” dnd coloring books, but he totally lets you help him color them, he doesn’t care if you go outside the lines or use mismatched colors. his baby cakes made it :) he a special one that he uses just for himself

btw he calls you baby cakes

idk i saw it on this donut thing the other day and my brain was like - eddie -

always puts your comfort over his. always.

everyone talks about wearing is jacket, which is a given. but if you slip out in public while wearing platforms/heels/big people shoes etc. he’s slipping off his boots, pulling out extra socks and putting them on you

oh yeah he’s got a “baby bag” for you

just a little backpack of your choosing that you both switch between carrying. he carry’s it for you when you get tired of it 🫠 it’s small so it only holds the necessities; small stufffie, socks, stash away paci, and head phones for sensory reasons :)

heard someone say that he’s wear pink nail polish to match reader and y e s

his nails used to alway be black and chipping but now they always match yours or are color you picked. he also lets you draw little designs on them and god forbid someone says something about them

i will die on my eddie is protective hill

he almost never lets you out of his site in little space. he has to know where every bump, scrape and bruise come from. if you like me and you bruise easy or are super clumsy - poor boy, he’s wrapping you bubble wrap and strapping a hockey helmet on you 🫠

gets genuinely invested in your shows and movies

one of the reason why he such a good caregiver is he genuinely enjoys it, he enjoys taking care of you of course, but he also loves to play with you and hangout with you. so if you have no little friends it’s ok, eddie is kinda like a kid too :)

he does not care about the “gross” things that you and your body do

you got a runny nose? he’s lightly pinching the tip of it to wipe away the snot. drooling all over his shoulder because you passed out while cuddling? absolutely fine, his favorite thing. you have troubles with bladder control or anything? “angel look, they make the cute pull ups in your size”. if pull-ups or diapers aren’t your thing, he gets you special waterproof sheets and makes sure he always takes you potty before bed. he will wipe you and help you wash your hands. probably would ask to help change your period products if you use them. he . does. not . care

eddie loves to try to win you stuffies at the local fair, will spend hours trying and so much money he could’ve just bought you one

steve ends up trying the basketball one and winning you a huge stuffed dragon and eddie gets all butt hurt until you name it after his dnd character, after that he’s all :D “my baby named their dragon after me”

getting happy meals in his van

you always sit in the back, in a special seat that eddie decked out to feel like a car seat. it’s got little arm rests as well as cup holders and he somehow added extra belts to keep you super safe. he always drives safer with you regardless if you’re regressed or not.

loves when you take care of him in littlespace

one of his favorite memories is coming home after the events in the upside down and having you comfort and care for him so diligently (i have a small fic about this self plug ). or the rare occasion where he gets a cold and you go all doc mcstuffins on him. band aids everywhere, why bandaids for a cold? he doesn’t ask. thermometer that you don’t know how to read, blankeys, stuffies, and a stethoscope he has no idea came from. (should i make this a full story bc i can keep going 🙃)

A/N : i love headcanons so much because something so simple really makes the character more complex :) buuut i’m terrible at making them short and concise

also do we like the little scenarios with the headcanons or is just the idea / headcanon alone better???

ps: i’m working on like three fics / one shots i still don’t know the difference rn and then i’ll get the edited and out to you guys :) and as always just let me know if you’d like to be added to my tag list!

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[mikka-minns]

"Blessed Curses" chapter 1

An AU by me. In advance, i apologize if its a bit messy. Also, there Will be kuai x hanzo implied/hinted in one of the next chapters (probably third), so i guess i should warn you. This chapter will focus on Kuai and his "origin" + his friendship with Tomas. Its written in Kuai's perspective, even what is in the brackets. There is also a personal headcanon of mine about Kuai that i hope some poeple notice (its just me projecting again! Yay! 🙃)

Tagging @infernoinvictus and @dinainwater cuz yall inspired me to actualy write this instead of just thinking about it. Love ya! ❤️

Also TW: mentiones of abuse and child negelect

The Ones who will pass on his powers. His legacy. The Ones that will bring honor to his clan.

The grandmaster's sons. His pride and joy.

That is a fantasy. But it was real... All until i ruined it.

My father was a grandmaster of the lin kuei. He possesed cryomancy, the ability to control ice. It was a power passed down for generations. For centuries. Once, there were many people who had it. But not anymore. Now, it is only our family. Our bloodline. And we should continue to pass it down no matter what.

That is.... My brother should pass it down... As i cannot.

My brother developed his abilities at a yound age. He started training right away, even though he was too young, even for our clan's standard.

I, however, started training and then puberty before i got my powers. I Also started young, not as young as my brother, but young. It was Expected that i too would become a cryomancer soon enough.

But.... That didnt happend.

The older he grew, the less time could my brother spend with me. He was nine years older than me. By the time i started, he was already going on supervised missions.

All i wanted was to be like my brother. To be with him, by his side. Father couldnt be there for us. All we had was each other. But it soon changed when a boy my age joined us. He was about a year older than me. Closer to my age than my brother's. He was adopted by my father after his family was killed by the guards. He seemed to resent the whole clan. Everyone except.... Me. We were the only children there and so we understood each other quite well. I found out his name was Tomas. I was the first person he told his name. The first person he spoke to, actualy. Until then, we all Thought he was deaf or mute.

What Was unexpected was that that Tomas Also had an ability. But his wasnt genetic. He could control and turn into smoke. We found out when he had a panic attack for the first time, around a month after he was taken in. He was partialy a cloud of Smoke and partialy a human. He barely calmed down and turned his powers off.

What realy scared everyone was that his powers came from a demon named Enenra. Everyone but me. It amused me greatly.

After his ability,his curse, was revieled, Tomas  was proclaimed as a "cursed child". Aperantly, his "family" that was killed, wasnt his family, but the cult member that tried to sacrifise him to the demon. Once that didnt work and the demon possesed him and.... Became his Protector, they tried to sell him to the lin kuei. But instead, they got what they deserved.

I said "Protector" because it seems that Enenra only awakend when it felt Tom (my nickname for him. I love giving nicknames)needed protection from something or Someone. That was the reason why he was never outright attacked or executed for his "curse".

I was his only friend and he was mine. But our father tried to separate us. He Thought i would gain a bad reputation by being close to him, even tho he too was his son. My brother. I wouldnt let that happend. My first brother got taken away from me for no good reason, i wouldnt let Them take my new one away. They couldnt convinced me to let him go. Whatever reason they gave me, it was never enough. "He is cursed" so what? "He is dangerous" only when he is in danger. "He will cannot be controled" GREAT! Neither can i. If anything, i was more of a trouble maker so they should've told him to stay away from me.

"He will hurt you" like the whole clan doesnt already.... Only Tomas didnt hurt. So.... Check mate.

It seemed that however everyone felt about something, i felt the opposite. I never wanted to do something if there was no good reason for it. Sometimes, the older members would tell me that i could never become an important figure in the clan if i associated with people like Tomas, but it didnt bother me. My position in the clan was WAY less important than my relationships with people i cared about.

Everyone, even my other brother, was trying to convince me to drop the emotions and focus on my training and "what mattered" until they decide that i was Also something.... Not normal.

That was the day i finaly got my powers. But those werent the powers everyone was expecting. True, some People were sure i will never have cryomancy, but even they couldnt predict this.

I had pyromancy. The ability to control fire. It happend sudenly when i was fourteen. I was hanging out with Tomas. We were talking about something (i still cant remember what) when i felt something in my chest. It was a weird feeling that i've never felt before. Now, it seems that i felt.... Nostalgic. In that moment, my whole body was covered in flames. I was so happy.... For some reason. Truth be told, i was always attracted by fire. The little flames on the candles. The fire on which food was cooked in the kitchen. The big flames that i only dreamt of when i was young even tho i have never seen them in real life. Fire was so colorful. So free. So.... Warm... Something that wasnt common in Artica, where we lived.

To my suprise, nobody except Tom was happy for me. No one was proud of my powers. I thought that i would be special. No one else had fire abilities. At that time, i didnt even know it was possible to have them, i didnt know they had a name. The only person that had similar powers was Tomas, so it excited me that we had something similar.

But that was the same thing that the clan was afraid of.

"He is cursed!" an old clan member yelled as he saw me walk into the temple, still burning.

"See! He was around the cursed child and now he is cursed as well!" another one proclaimed. Quite proud.

My father only stared at me. Terrified. The closer i tried to get to him, thinking he would be proud, he only got further away. The next thing i remember, i was frozen. Not by my father, but by Bi han... My older brother.

I woke up in my Bed. No one was in the room with me, but i could hear many voices right outside.

"Let me in! He needs me!" that was Tomas, no doubt about it.

"Stay away! You caused it! Grandmaster, allow us to-"

"Let him in." my father demanded.

Tom flew right in and hugged me. His eyes were red and puffy... He was crying... This was the first time i was ever hugged....

Soon after, my father walked in. He looked at me.

He wanted to say something, but he didnt. He left Tomas and me alone to calm down.

Later that week, when i was able to get out of my room, he told me to stay away from any type of fire and to never, ever, use my powers. From that day on, i hated fire, warmth and everything related to it. It made my life a living hell! I was deemed deserving of any kind of disrespect and abuse the clan would put on me. "The lin kuei who cant become the honor of the clan, must become it's burden! " as if anyone in the clan was honorable.

Both Tomas and i were forbiden from using our powers. That didnt stop Tom, cuz it didnt stop Enenra. I dont hate Tomas, or his powers or even Enenra. I knew they werent truly a curse. Enenra might be a demon, but it was more honorable, more caring than anyone in our cruel clan. There was a reason why it let Tomas live instead of taking him over completely. There was a reason why it awoke only when he was in danger.

I could not say the same for myself. I dont use my powers. They were a curse. The only way to control fire was to learn to do it, and even that was Almost Impossible. The only Ones born with it... Are demons from the netherrealm..... Some would say that i was actualy a demon child and that i was a replacement for grandmasters real son who was take to the netherrealm. Some even called me a "changeling". My powers were seen as a punishment from gods. An "unfair" punishment. I know that, since i saw Enenra as something good, i should have seen my powers as somthing positive as well, but i couldn't. I just couldn’t. My powers.... my curse, was a punishment. I was a punishment.

The one thing that brought me comfort were Tom's words "Were there is smoke, there is fire. We may not share blood, but we are brothers. I will always be by your side, Kuai Liang, dont forget that!" and i never did.

And i continued not to use them until my father's sudden death, when Bi han became the grandmaster. He ordered me to train my powers and master them as soon as i could. I did. It felt... Good. But i still could not complitely feel positive about them after all they caused me. All the pain, shame... They were uncontrolable at first, which made us all think that they realy are just danger, but Bi han said its because i didnt use them. Because i was scared of them and didnt trust them. He was right, it seems.

He also ordered that whoever speaks negatively of me and Tomas and our abilities will be punished. But that couldnt take back what Was already said... And done.

#mortal kombat #kuai liang #Scorpion #Tomas vrbada #Smoke #Bi han #Sub zero #Mortal kombat AU #TW abuse #tw mentions of abuse #tw child neglect #child abuse tw #Lin kuei #Im sorry for the cheesy usage of the two lines from the game. I needed to do that for my own well being #There is also a reference to one of my fav shows so i hope you get that

[thithesandofferings]

Yo yo yo you willing to write yandere Dragon Ball stuff? I absolutely adored the things you wrote for it before, especially with Cell. Anyway I could ask for something similar with Android 17? Maybe also 16? Sorry if I’m bothering you and thank you in advance!

Now see- you're gonna get me in trouble. I'm supposed to be invisible in this fandom 😂 but I can say no to this cause 🙃 @witchofcustom

Sidenote, this slightly got out of hand but🤷

Part 1

Part 2

Def NSFW 18+ MDNI: Yandere. panty stealer Android 17. Coercion. Corruption. Bully Androids but in different font.

Android 17

General consensus of Android 17 is that he's mean. And you're right- he is. Such a bully. Goes out of his way to torment you, but you shouldn't egg him on. With those bratty comments and innocent eyes- it does things to him. Things he's not supposed to feel. You're not making it any easier when tease him just by breathing, and sometimes you bend down while he's staring and you giggle. Fuck that's humiliating because who are you? Nothing but a stupid little human, makes him want to make you cry. And he does. Pushes you. Insults you at any chance- really tries to make your life as hard as possible. What can he say, it makes him feel better. Somedays...staring isn't enough. But he's entitled right? So you're doing this to him- that means he can have your panties right? No he's not going to ask, why should he? He owns you, even if you don't know it. Fucks his first furiously with them, knowing that the damp spot will dry soon so he has to hurry. Wants to see your stench mesh with his. Yea, he'll give them back. He likes to see the shocked horror on your face when he hands them to you still damp and sticky from his come. The extra layer of possessiveness in his tone when he hands them back leads a notable shiver down your back as you run away. Though, a moment of clarity hits him when he hears a breathy sound coming from your locked doors. You're trying to be quiet when he walks in, watching as you grind down on the same undies he gave you minutes before. Maybe later he'll apologize for the door...and maybe the headboard too. Not the neighbors though, he tried to quiet you by stuffing your mouth with the used fabric, but maybe he was fucking you too good to tone down the screams. Either way- he's never letting you live this down.

Android 16

Android 16 reassures you he's not who you think he is. That his size is scary but he's not. That he likes birds and nature and...pretty things. What he doesn't tell you is how much he likes pretty things. Especially you. That he follows you home, just so he can watch you sleep. So he can watch you eat and breathe and...other things. And maybe it's not in his nature as he says, but it's so easy for you to let your walls down for, he can't help but use it to his advantage. To ask you to help him do simple human things. How to eat and dress and say hello to others. Pretend that he is beguiling and helpless as a baby bird. Until he starts to ask you things that you know aren't appropriate. Small things. Rubbing his hair, then his chest, then his cock. Wants to know how humans feels good and wants you to show him because he trust you. You want to say no, but there's a minute shift in his eyes that are gone and seconds and it makes you shiver when you grab his length. When he wins a practice match and he has you under him, you're startled by the grinding. Huffing as you try to get up only to have your wrist tighten in that look come back in his eyes. You feel guilty when you feel yourself warm up and clench, but he's so big and warm and your mind can only associate him with comfort. Pretty thing you are, he thinks especially when he asks if he can put it in. Knowing you're ready. But you're an embarrassed beauty and stutter out "j-just the tip- we're not supposed to". And of course he quiets your worries and agrees to just the tip. Knowing there's no way he's stopping until you take it all. Until you're sobbing for it. For more. And then you'll be all his. Did he ever mention he was a collector of pretty things?

#dbz #dbz x reader #android 17 #android 16 #android 17 x reader #android 16 x reader #thithesandofferings

[esta-elavaris]

Venting beneath the cut so I can build a bridge and get over it xoxo

Just found out my unhinged (derogatory) aunt has a bunch of time off work coming up, so she'll be here for 12 hours a day doing everything she can to pick a fight with me, including detailing every single way she thinks I'm going wrong in life (it's a long list), telling me I'm wasting my time with my writing and being delusional (she's never read a thing I've written), and just generally being a cunt. She's actually insane. I went to a party when I first moved here, had one glass of wine, and she started a rumour that I'm an alcoholic that still brings on rumours in the family the two times per year I drink.

She uses the abusive alcoholic I was abused by growing up as evidence for her argument, because it's "in the genetics", which makes me fucking sick.

Like in one conversation she will, in the span of 60 seconds, flip from "you're not even mentally ill, you fake it just to be lazy and weak" to "you're not getting any better, you clearly need to change your medication" (I literally did not want to be a live 5 years ago bestie I've gotten a lot better) depending on what argument suits her at that precise second.

Last time it got so bad that my grandfather, who never gets involved in arguments beyond sighing and shaking his head, actually lost it at her - shouting at her that she's looking for trouble and if she's going to behave like that she can fuck off home. But I can't even bank on that because it all just depends on whether they want to actually get involved or sit back and pretend I'm somehow in the wrong because I won't cause nuclear drama for everybody the same way she will, so I'm the safe bet there.

It's just fucking exhausting man, and I'm very open on here about how self doubt is the biggest thing I struggle with in terms of trying to make a career of this writing thing - like novel work is so slow because every other sentence my brain is just a constant stream of "this is terrible nobody will want to publish this you've wasted years of your life writing this thing" and it's absolutely a me issue and I have external evidence that it's not the case, but it's just something I'll be grappling with until it's actually done and a literary agent wants to take it on.

So like, hearing her BS on top of that is just not easy, it's exhausting, and I'm genuinely considering switching to a nocturnal schedule this weekend in the run-up to her being here just so I don't have to see her at all. In my old city, I used to break out in stress rashes all over my face the day she was set to turn up when she visited.

And if I just go out all week to avoid her, she will use it as an opportunity to root through my belongings 🙃 it's happened before.

#ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #ok vent over i'm fine

[sergeantnarwhalwrites]

Happy WBW! In honor of the pain bestowed upon me by the Blood Goddess 🙃, what is your world like in relation to sicknesses, injuries, and other afflictions? Feel free to discuss the medical system or how jobs/institutions respond, or even how individual characters feel!

Happy WBW! Oof I hope you feel better! I'll have my character's tell you all about it.

Robots & Gardens

Donnie: Mute and one of the few cyborgs roaming around meaning they have a substantial amount of high tech/robotic prosthetics.

"There are a lot of ways to work with my ability to vocalize. I'm appreciative. I'd never let them even attempt to 'fix' my muteness. But it gets costly fast. All of my stuff does. I have resorted mostly to sound cues and typing. It's way more than I'm willing to pay for my machinery to read my sign language. And it kinda sucks too, it's so damn slow. With the constant maintenance I need on my prosthetics I've found myself... In a lot of trouble." Donnie gestures to himself, "I'm actually pretty well off. But even I have to push off a couple of maintenances. Either out of exhaustion or unwillingness to give away half of my check to make sure my brain hasn't been chewed on my metal. They do an amazing job at making me feel like a machine." He crossed his arms, "I hate it."

Digits: Also has prosthetics. Incorrectly fitted ones that have caused further damage.

"I got into a work accident. And these pieces of shit is all my job could cover. Couple days later they dropped the model for being faulty. Unreliable. Clunky." Digits grimaced flexing her fingers in thought, "They make my arms go limp. My shoulders will like seize up. Sometimes it's a couple minutes. One time it lasted for a couple days. I usually can't feel anything in my arms when it happens. But pain will linger when it's done. But I also don't have the privilege to just get these swapped out." She paused again and cussed, "My arms would probably have to go. I can't trust just anybody with that. Without Donnie and Hollis and a couple of my construction buddies. I'd be fucked."

Peace: Honestly the way she can move her joints. I wouldn't be surprised if bro is damn their hypermobile. I just haven't fully looked into what that all entails

"I dislocate my arms all the time. Elbows, shoulders, wrists. I haven't thought to have it looked into. Why get looked down on when I can just ignore it? It usually helps me out anyway."

Hollis: Has bad eyes. Needs prescription glasses/lenses. Especially when working on more elaborate things like Digit's hands. In a way she's a medic since she's kinda known around for helping people out with their prosthetics.

"It sucks seeing people walk in with damaged prosthetics. Especially ones I remember drafting, occasionally pushing them to the trash. But it's all they got so I do my best with what they have. Sometimes I can't do much. I've got an older pair of teched glasses and some lenses. The lenses burn. And they make my eyes look blue. It's weird but I haven't had the time to try to hunt for a new pair," Hollis sighed exasperated, "More and more people have been finding me lately. Maybe that's a good thing. But sometimes it's straight up horrific. Seeing people crawl in with mangled prosthetics from working their day jobs."

Fucked at Five

Julie: Is missing an eye. She has a prosthetic for general appearances but doesn't always wear it. Her remaining eye is not perfect either. She's got pretty bad vision.

Julie pulls her eyelid down, swiftly removing her prosthetic, "I refuse to lose my only prosthetic. So I don't wear it often. The medical care that's available out here is actually pretty good. It's just a bit of a strain on the stuff we do have. It seems like we're always running low on something. But maybe that's just my timing. One of the first people I met here made my prosthetic. So a lot of the medical people are pretty specialized, it's almost scary. The bonus is no one breathing down your neck if you don't have anything to give."

Saz: Had to do general health checks while still in the human cities. Because of her involvement in sports and the typical morpher check ups.

"You know it's really hard to bite back that you're a morpher. But I've gotten really used to lying about it. Or just not getting help from others when I am injured or sick. It's just safer that way. You want help in a human city. Don't be a morpher or have good connections," Saz stated shrugging a little.

#writeblr #ask games #wbw #thanks again for the ask!

[br1ghtestlight]

It's currently 2:30 in the morning and I have a very important question for my favorite favorite bobs burger blog...

Any mickey headcannons? 🙃

THANK YOU FOR ASKING SORRY IM SO LATE ANSWERING THIS LOL i was very busy and didn't have time to write anything <\3 mickey is so funny i love his character sm

his parents were both kinda terrible people and criminals so he was involved with that stuff from a young age, he really isn't a bad person but he never had a choice so he just kinda fell into that lifestyle but bob and linda definitely helped him find something better he could do with his life even if it wasnt long-term, he liked doing actual honest work for a change :)

he likes living at the trailer park with all the other carnies and working with them at wonder wharf bcuz they're all also criminals and he doesn't feel insecure or like theyre judging him/think theyre better than him, he feels like society looks down on him most of the time and he usually takes it in stride but it does hurt sometimes

related to that he LOVES louise gene and tina so genuinely, he loves that they don't judge him and that they like spending time with him and think he's fun and he kinda considers them the nieces he never had, louise probably convinced him to come to her school for career day once and she got in trouble with mr frond bcuz apparently bankrobbing isnt a "real career" (she disagrees) but mr frond talks to him and he agrees to come back and give the kids a scared straight assembly where he talks abt being a criminal and prison and how much it sucks

he's bisexual This isn't relevant to anything just my understanding of his character. he had a friends with benefits kinda relationship with rodney before he went to prison but they were never officially dating

just like with the one-eyed snakes louise very consistently threatens ppl by saying she's friends with an actual criminal who robbed a bank at gunpoint and he'll kill them if she asks him to, mickey would not kill anyone or hurt a child but if somebody is being a bully he'll agree to pretend to threaten them and basically act like a super edgy criminal to scare them (he's a terrible actor tbh)

^^ mickey was bullied when he was a kid bcuz of his generally anxious pathetic vibes so he will always stand up to the kids bullies, its like a personal thing for him he wants to be the person that he wishes he had for the kids

most of the people who live in the carnie trailer park don't have any actual family or loved ones in their lives so they celebrate holidays like christmas and thanksgiving together :) mickey joins them sometimes but he has also been invited to spend christmas thanksgiving etc etc with the belcher family and he always accepts, bob also offered to cook dinner for the entire trailer park one thanksgiving it was SO GOOD and the first homemade meal a lot of them ever had, bcuz of that he has at least 50 hardened criminals ready to fight and die for him (and also mickey <3)

mickey sneaks the kids free cotton candy and prizes whenever they go to wonder wharf when he's working also sometimes tickets for the rides, he is trying to be a better person but in his opinion there's nothing morally wrong with giving kids free candy bcuz the fischoeders are so rich and he loves the kids a lot he's like their cool fun uncle (one of many!!!!!)

#mickey is great 10/10 best character in the seri3s #just a weird little guy #ask #bob's burgers #headcanons

[purplerose244]

My thoughts on the rest of Crystalized!!!

So... I'm obviously extremely late to the party 😅

I kinda fell out of the fandom and the show, which is a bit sad since I've been a long time fan since the Masters of Spinjitzu era, but I do wanna finish it. Especially since more stuff is coming this way as well between Dragon Rising and that new LEGO Dreamzzz! BACK TO THE LEGO RABBIT HOLE I GO! 😵‍💫😵‍💫

I watched the season until episode 12 so they way I left it was Lloyd being kidnapped (AGAIN), the guys are criminals, there's an evil organization made of the villains of Ninjago and Harumi is back. So, troubles

Now, I think I got a couple of spoilers, although I'm not 100% sure. I know everything is well at the end because of course it is, I know Garmadon comes back which I really wanna see, the Overlord is back because of course it's the flipping last season after all and I think Haruki gets... redemption? 🤨

I thought her dying the way her parents did because of her own actions was enough but eh, what do I know 😅😅 Not a fan of this but who knows, maybe it's gonna be good!

Don't think people care about these thoughts, but I like putting them down so eh 🙃

I'm back to Ninjago!! 😍

NOTES

I might be a little salty in these, there are things I like about this last season but others I think are annoying. I feel like it's inevitable given how long Ninjago went on and in general it's going good. Still, this is me half happy half complaining 🙃 Of course these are only my opinions

That being said THE WEEKEND WHIP REMIXES ARE THE BEST THING EVER AND THIS ONE IS NO EXCEPTION

Okay I'm pointing out a lot of little things but those are just from my pov. And perhaps people that started to watch from the new seasons of Ninjago will not see these issues I instead have, so I understand how it might be only me

I WILL SCREAM ABOUT STUFF I DON'T LIKE HERE NONETHELESS

Also I don't like Lloyd x Harumi, so there's gonna be salt about that. Sorry 😅

I've liked the episodes going for the finale better than the ones at the beginning so there's that!

A SINISTER SHADOW

THE FLIPPING SPIDER SONG AAAAHHH

I do know your story Harumi I've been watching Ninjago for more than 10 years nothing will surprise me over how- AH YOU SURVIVED WTF

Overlord I'm guessing?

YOU DID NOT CALL GARMADON A POOR CHAMPION YOU FOOL

Wait the Overlord can just... resurrect people? That sounds weird for the Lord of Darkness, but okay

Wait so she learned nothing? I thought the whole point of the end of Hunted was that she saw that even with the best intentions people get hurt, and despite her wanting the best she almost caused a family to go through what she did... GUESS NOT

AAAHHH CALLED IT hi Overlord

Ah, she knows he's a ticking bomb, at least she's not stupid and doesn't accept the deal

Never mind, dang it Harumi

I see what the vengestone was for, and where it came from of course. Shintaro is always a delight to see though

"Do you think I'm unprepared for the ninja?" Dude you were barely a challenge, I feel like they were too prepared for what they encountered 🤣

I like the "of course", like she didn't trust that king for a second 😂😂

Now the weapons are important again? I'm a bit confused but I guess it makes sense to use them before the end, although I feel like they lost a bit of the hype they had at the very beginning (they don't even shine all pretty anymore 😢😢)

WHOOPS LLOYD STILL GOT A CRUSH I DO NOT LIKE THIS AT ALL

Wait Lloyd looked for her??? Whoa

GIRL YOU LEFT YOU CAN'T BE MAD AT HIM FOR NOT LOOKING HARD ENOUGH YOU'RE JUST BEING DIFFICULT

LLOYD YOU DESERVE NOTHING OF WHAT SHE DID TO YOU THIS IS NOT OKAY

Okay I don't like the ship but I feel like it will happen... whatever 🙄

This also bothers me, the newest seasons showed that somehow the moment the guys lose their powers they are done. THAT'S NOT IT. Give me struggles, give me some normal fighting! They are ninja aside from elemental masters!!

So I wouldn't say I'm salty about this, but Lloyd's been kidnapped a whole lot and it's kinda old at this point 😅 He's the Green Ninja yet somehow this is how it ends, but oh well, he does always escape

Kinda the meme anyway

Harumi, Lloyd might be gullible, but he's not disillusioned like you. This will bite you eventuallt and I can't wait for that

THE SPIDERS DESIGN

Ooookay, the spider is Harumi's symbol, is this about the actual plan of the Overlord?

NOT THE MECHA SPIDER I STILL GOT NIGHTMARES OF THAT THING GETTING OUT OF ZANE'S CHEST 😱😱

Stop destroying the bounty please 😭

YOU STOPPED THE MAILMAN NOOO I WANTED TO SEE NINJAGO'S RULER! 😢

Daaaaamn, Wu is piiiiiiissed

Imagine being this cocky threatening the guy that is straight up the son of the god that made Ninjago itself. Had it not been for the laws of this land, Wu would've slaughtered you

Also despite being against what the ninja are doing he still protects them, that's our sensei!

BEST GIRLS REUNITED

Ah

For a moment I thought engineer Jay had returned and was getting excited, but he's just into trains. Super cute still but... I miss my favourite engineer 😢

I'm guessing that will be helpful later

Lloyd is still so sweet with her, she really doesn't deserve any of it

Weak? Remind me Harumi, who lost control of a powerful warlord and died by the consequences of her own actions? I'll tell you, it is not the guy who DESERVES BETTER THAN YOU

YOU WERE LITERALLY THE VILLAIN AND YOU DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN POOR CHOICES HARUMI

STOP ACCUSING OTHERS AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

Ah, she does not want innocents to get hurt... could've fooled me 🙄

This is the oni part, I think Lloyd will go through that... which also confuses me. Like. Why always Lloyd? Can't it be Wu? Wu's oni side should be stronger...

Also after Mystake we know not all onis are bad so we went through it already... but I guess we forgot about her

NOT ME THOUGH 😭😭😭

... Harumi... please tell me you're not planning to kill the ninja again

You tried already. Several times. IT. DOES. NOT. STICK. You think you're hot [redacted] and can kill them just like that but you just can't. And you'll see how flipping idiotic you're being

AAHH HATE SPIDERS

Yep, that tram is useful, called it

NOT THE LEGO TEARS PLEASE I'M WEAK TO THAT but also we literally went through this at the end of Sons of Garmadon. In way larger scale and more dramatic scale. This bothers a bit me, it's basically a redo with spider thingies. It's not as thrilling

Of course they're not dead

Harumi your plan is so flawed and you're too arrogant to see it

ONI POWER ONI POWER ONI POWER

Again, we saw that oni can be good, so this feels a bit weak as an effort to turn Lloyd bad. You think this is the first time he fought against darkness?

Idk I feel a bit disappointed by some stuff, but the new season don't take Hunted into account so I guess that's fair

THE FALL OF THE MONASTERY

Of course, cause that thing just can't help but be destroyed at some point, luck as good as the bounty's 😅

But seriously, we saw Harumi trying to break Lloyd by killing her friends. Even when he thought they were gone he didn't give up. I just don't understand why doing it again just for the kicks, it feels lazy

Gotta say, buried underground is scary

Cole's been deeper indeed, any mention of the amazing Cole season is welcomed 😍

Okay but seeing both Nya and Pixal in samurai costumes is so good, look at them looking awesome 🤩🤩

EEEE WE GOT VISITORS

LOL Wuser is still pretty good

FIGHTING SCENES FIGHTING SCENES FIGHTING SCENES LOOK AT THEN GO

The latest seasons lost a bit in some stuff but they gain so much through the fighting sequences, I have to admit they are probably better than the earlier season. So fluid and good 🥰🥰

SKYLOR SKYLOR SKYLOR

COME ON WU SHOW US ONCE AND FOR ALL WHY YOU'RE THE MASTER

Please I lost faith in you lately please restore it aaaaand you're going down. Great. I'm not saying you had them but... dang it

SHMOL PIXAL BOTS

I REPEAT

SHMOL PIXAL BOTS

MINIPIX MINIPIX MINIPIX 💜💜💜

"You didn't think I build everything on my own." "Actually, until now... yes." This is so fair, Pixal is so great it made perfect sense. She became such a pillar for the team we can't do without 😍

Preventing never works on Ninjago, it never worked once

WHY THE STUPID SPIDER THINGIES

NO

NO ABSOLUTELY NOT YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT A GIRL THAT WAS A PRINCESS CAN MAKE BETTER ROBOTS THAN THE ROBOT DAUGHTER OF THE GUY THAT MADE ALL TECHNOLOGY IN NINJAGO

THIS IS MAKES NO SENSE AAAAAAAA-

Pff, okay, the fact the the Nunchaku of Lightning don't work without lighting made me laugh 😂

MiniPix to the rescue!

Okay how did a robot not identify a corpse? She got sensors and stuff!

... I feel like we're playing too much on the "oh no they're dead!" troupe over here. Like, idk, it feels silly after the majestic angst of Seabound to throw it in just because

YEP THERE SHE IS

Rescue mission for the ninja? NYA MISSION AS SAMURAI X AGAIN 😍

I got complains on this one but honestly it's not even that bad. A bit lazy in my opinion, but I enjoyed the fight and wanna see Samurai X back 🤩

DARKNESS WITHIN

I'm guessing this is about either Lloyd or the Overlord...

Okay you literally trapped him in three different ways so far, are you into this stuff or you like seeing him get free every time Harumi? YOU CONFUSE ME 😵‍💫

I miss the dragons guarding the weapons, they wouldn't have let that happen 😢

Sure sure, I believe you Harumi over how Lloyd's friends are dead, because somehow you're so convinced you killed all these people with a plan you worked on in, what, couple of years? You didn't make it with the plan of a revenge starting since you were little, how is this better?

I gotta stop complaining about Harumi's motivations, I love her as a villain but her comeback is so weird for me honestly

YOU DID THIS SPEECH BEFORE DANG IT THIS IS SOG ALL OVER AGAIN 😡😡

STOP USING THE SAME STUFF 😡

Ah, back at my boys thank goodness

This is giving me claustrophobia and I don't even have it 😅

JAY MOMENT

Okay that little oh no we're gonna die moment kinda got to me a little more (I love my boys so much), but again I feel like they're overusing it

NYA I LOVE YOU 🩶🩶🩶

Is the new old base the old samurai x cave? Should still be there right?

CALLED IT!!! CALLED IT!!!

I DO LOVE A GOOD THROW BACK!!!

PIXAAAAAANE!!! 💜🤍💜🤍

KAILOOOOOOR!!! ❤️🧡❤️🧡 Still don't know if they're gonna have a moment? Seems pretty scarse so far...

MINIPIX7 💕💕

Again with Harumi's delusions. Also she should really stop summoning stuff 😅

Okay, gotta admit, seeing the Overlord once again does give me the shivers 🤩 I wish we had more focus on that, but maybe from now on we'll see more stuff!

THE OVERLORD IS BACK AFTER MORE THAN TEN SEASONS BABY

THE COMING OF THE KING

Is the king the Overlord? I'm guessing?

I don't believe it either Lloyd, it's been so flipping long since this guy was here 😂

How is defeating him every time failing? Does the victory count only when he's completely dead? Idk, also they didn't really explain how he returned

NEED MORE FOCUS PEOPLE THIS IS THE OVERLORD DANG IT

I don't think I like this form though 😅 The Overlord is notorious for not having a face or a mouth, this kinda ruins my image of him. The Golden Master was superior, even the very first one was better, menacing

Cute purple outfits 😂😂 Lloyd really was raised by the sassy ninja

Harumi got no golden weapon? Bummer 😈

... why is this rock fortress reminding me of something? Is it Chima? I can't place it, but it is pretty cool

Why are people asking Lloyd to change side? Like, do they think he's gonna change his mind if asked enough times?

SECRET CHOICE NUMBER THREE

HOW WAS IT THAT EASY???? SERIOUSLY OVERLORD PUT SOME EFFORT

Eeehhhyyyy The Quiet One is back!

I really don't understand Harumi, I don't want to inderstand her. Is this her redemption arc? I just don't... see what changed, exactly

At least Skylor took her time to redemption and you could understand being connected to a father that was a criminal, Harumi is showing stuff in, like, three episodes. Which is one and a half old episode length

Still don't see the new Overlord as menacing. Mmmmm 😠

"Last time I checked, ninja can't fly!" You did not check very well, they flew until perfectly well until season 8 😂

... wait wasn't this place filled with vengestone? How is energy working now?

WHATEVER LLOYD IS FINALLY SHOWING WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF AND I'M HAPPY GO HONEY SHOW THEM THE FLIPPING GREEN NINJA!!! 💚💚💚

Why using the shuriken when you got an actual gun 😂😂😂

OMG WAS THAT A CALLBACK FROM THE FLIPPING PILOTS?? How you shouldn't make the golden weapons collide as they generate an explosion? If it's true then THANK YOU I LOVE IT FINALLY 🤩🤩

Eeeehhhhh Harumi knows 👌👌

Huh, I guess she really does want to reason with him... STILL WEIRD

He actually survived several times falling from way higher... but silly me remembering times the ninja were stronger 😓

What. That's it?

I WANTED A DRAGON OR A POWER DANG IT YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE AT LEAST TRY TO SOFTEN THE FALL WITH SOMETHING

That was so anticlimatic...

LOL this season is all about doing all the crime possible 😂😂

I do love that they kept this "if one of us is in danger we're ready for anything" mentality of them. Still a family.

Despite my complains I can still see why I fell in love with this show 💜

RETURN TO PRIMEVAL'S EYE

Memories of an amazing season, I think Songs of Garmadon shock the heck out of all of us. What a season 😍

I'm starting to realizing this is the last season 😭 I know there is that Dragon Rising thing, and yes everything with dragons in it makes it awesome, but it feels like another era is ending like whem March of the Oni came out

LOL I haven't watched Ninjago in a while yet I still get emotional, it really is one of the shows I'm closest to 💕💕

CRIME TIME

They're not working at Borg Tower anymore I'm dying 😂😂😂 That place gives major PTSD to whoever goes there

Eeeyyyy golden ninja suits!

LOL whenever they try to do actual ninja work they always get discovered, it's kind of beautiful in a way 😗

Awwww Wu finally decided to say freak the law I'm a martial art master!!!

It's like old times! One master, four ninja and a samurai!! Awesome!!!

Harumi being all flirty is kinda really weird, I really can't trust her YEP THERE IT IS DANG IT LLOYD FOCUS

Ah, the old quicksand gag

Pfff okay Lloyd being very done with her feels very very good 😂😂

Lloyd will loose cause he's gullible, but Harumi will loose because she's arrogant. I kinda wanna see her surprised to see the ninja since she seemed so convinced they were dead 😂

Lloyd should really drop that girl off

WHERE ARE THE NINJA PLEASE

YES YES YES!!! SUCK IT HARUMI!!! YOU KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! YOU CAN'T KILL ANYONE IN A WAY THAT MATTERS!!! SEATHE WITH ANGER!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈

(Ahem. Sorry)

These minions really are not the smartest of the bunch. And they were main villains in the last seasons 😅

Why are you smiling Harumi, half of your plan didn't even work 😂 It's sad really, she feels like a spoiled brat to me now... AND LLOYD STOP TRYING TO SAVE HER DANG IT SHE'S GONE

I DON'T WANT HER REDEMPTION I WANT HER BACK INTO THE DEPARTED REALM

... wait, if she is redeemed, will the Overlord bring her back into the Departed Realm since he brought her to life?

... BE REDEEMED HARUMI 😃

CRYSTASTROPHE

Okay, I got a visual, I'm guessing full on Ninjago filled with crystals, if not only the army of the Overlord

For what purpose though?

Aaahhh, Harumi is in troubleeeee 😏

Finally the actual Ovelord doing some stuff! Step back Harumi, let the boss handle this! I WANT THE OVERLORD TO SHOW HIS WORTH AS A VILLAIN!!!

The Overlord really likes having his own army, he always got one

THEY SAID THE THING! NINJA-GOOOO!!

OH GOSH CRYSTAL ZOMBIE WHY DO THIS ACTUALLY LOOK KINDA SCARY?!? 😱 Also the Overlord is back with the corruption thing, he really likes doing that as well! Such consistency! 👌

To his credit it almost worked the first time, why changing what works?

Heeey Gale Gossip!

... IS GARMADON LIVING WITH VINNIE?!?

Omg the shippers must had gone wild 😂💕

Yes! Please Nya ask about how the Overlord came back! I wanna know!

...

... Wu

Wu why

Why?!

WHY?!?

THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD US A LONG TIME AGO 😭😭😭 ... it is such a meme in Ninjago so I'll say it, I'm kinda happy it's here 😂

SERIOUSLY WU WHAT IN THE WORLD STOP HIDING STUFF!!!

Yeeeee Antonia and Nelson!!

Andreasen Avenue? 😏 I see you Tommy, thank you for staying until now in Ninjago! Despite my complains this is a good season, and I'm hopeful for a huge finale! Thanks for your work! 😊😊😊

Whoa, Jay using the hammer? BLASPHEMY I SAY 😂😂

So let's pretend I don't know Garmadon lives here with Vinnie 😂

BACK TO GARMY AND SON BABY

Gotta be honest this really excites me, I think we all wanted them to have a reunion. I definitely want a Garmy redemption!

More than Harumi's coff coff

MOVING ON

CHRISTOFERN

... what?

Okay I got no idea, is it a name?

... a plant? What?

Vinny just vacuumed, omg is this seriously a marriage situation?

Heeeey! Garmy tale!

Dude you saved people before, you just don't remember about those times! You were the best dad despite being an evil guy! You were a sensei! 😭😭😭

Pfff Vinnie of NGTV News the wise guy, why not 😂

LOL double hands shake debacle

Garmadon trying to be good, this is not what I was expecting when I thought of Garmadon returning 😅 It's kind of fun, but did he ever remember his son or wife though? He's still just an oni?

Aaahhh the plant's name is Christofern! Is this a new child for him?

Ah. Right. Forgot Harumi was kind of Emperor Garmadon's daughter... PLEASE LET LLOYD HAVE SOME PEACE

Another reason why Harumi doesn't deserve redemption, SHE is the reason Garmadon came back and his bond with Lloyd was shuttered! 😭😭😭

SHE. DOESN'T. DESERVE. REDEMPTION.

NOO CHRISTOFERN!!! Such a short life 😅

HEEEEY GARMADON IS BACK EVERYONE LOOK AT HIM GO!!!

Ha, they fixed his oni side, you look a bit better this way than from March of the Oni I must say 😅

Ooohhh Lloyd going through the oni route? Again WHY NOT WU???

A LESSON IN ANGER

I don't want Lloyd to become a weird oni as well 😭😭 Can't he be a dragon instead? I think I saw there's gonna be a dragon form too, PLEASE THAT ONE IS BETTER!

NOPE DON'T LIKE THAT IMAGE

STOP PLAYING WITH MY HEART

Meanwhile more fighting happening that the ninja can't win... SCARED

Is this the new name? Sam X cave? Lol

We're going through the story of the creation of Ninjago again? This is kinda cool

WU YOU'RE ALSO PART ONI STOP WHY DON'T YOU DO IT INSTEAD OF DROPPING EVERYTHING ON YOUR NEPHEW AS USUAL DANG IT 😡😡😡

Sensei Garmadon kinda back?

LOL spinning is an important part? Somehow for this show it makes sense

So we are talking Dragon Form already! Why forgetting all he was taught if that might help him get to the dragon?

DRAGON BETTER THAN ONI 👌👌

Oh, Misako is still there? She's not being useless somewhere? Huh

Hey, mayor... forgot about him honestly

Heeeyyy the new ninja! The jerks! Getting their butts kicked, it's almost like they never fought actual evil before!

... that also felt very good 😂

Garmadon you're making me hate you and I don't want that 😭 You used to be such a patient and wonderful teacher dang it, now you only know hate and it kills me a bit honestly 😢😢😢

HEY PIXAL BEST GIRL SAVING THE DAY YET AGAIN!!!

Yeeee this will come back huh 😵

Still feels the oni form is a bad idea in general but eh... wait what about the dragon one? Did we forget?

WU YOU HAVE TO TELL US IF YOU THINK WE WILL LOSE AAAAAAAA-

BRAVE BUT FOOLISH

I DO NOT LIKE THIS PREMISES

Yeeee Kai said FIYAAAA 🔥

Ronin on our side again? I flipping love how he's costantly the bad guy then good guy then bad guy then whatever 😅

Heeeyyy the golden armor is back!

DANG IT GARMADON RIGHT IN THE FEELS 🥺 I see Christofern is a metaphor of some sort? Garmadon is learning how to take care of someone so one days it will... forgive him?

STILL HOPE FOR THE GARMADONS TO BE A FAMILY AGAIN YES!!!

Nya is basically saying that Lloyd is a very sturdy boy, I flipping love how much of a big sister she is to Lloyd 💕

Aww Nya misses the water 💧

Okay I said it already but I truly cannot take that weird new form of the Overlord seriously. It's just not doing it for me. Not bad, just not right

... wait is Christofern a metaphor for Harumi too? BETTER NOT BE

LLOYD STOP TRYING TO BRING HER ON OUR SIDE I DO NOT WANT HER

Zane

ZANE NO

STOP TRYING TO DIE DANG IT YOU WERE DOING SO WELL YOU SELF SACRIFICAL DUMB NINDROID 😱😱😱

Look at Wu go!!!

LOOK AT WU FALL!!!

Daaaaang them crystals all around... AND THE BOUNTY GOES DOWN AGAIN OF COURSE NO SURPRISE THERE

THIS WAS ACTUALLY COOL! 🤩

QUITTIN TIME

What? No, Ninja never quit! You never quit that's the first rule! Don't you dare!

Are those Nelson and Antonia?

Is this a Wu episode?

Looool last time was Kai, this time is Wu, too many people drowning lately. Probably Seabound's fault

Dang Tonia and Nels saving heroes left and right! Awesome!

NO NO NOT NYA 😱😱

NOW I'M WORRIED

COME ON SWEETIE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO REAWAKEN HER WATER POWER RIGHT NOW! DO NOT GET CORRUPTED AGAIN SWEETIE! NOT LIKE AT THE END OF SEASON 2! 😱😱😱😱😱

HOW DARE YOU THINK THESE TWO ARE NOT A GOOD COMBINATION!!!! 😡😡😡

YES GIRL!! YOU STILL GOT IT!!

Slowly

JAYA GOT IT EVERYONE! THE SHIP LIVES STILL AND WILL KEEP DOING IT! 🩶💙🩶💙🩶💙🩶💙

These delivery boys are too good

"I'm not about to lead a group of children against the embodiment of darkness!" "That never stopped you before!" OMG HE ACTUALLY SAID IT OUT LOUD BUUURN

Wow, Wu quitting, that's actually sad

YES PLEASE CALL BACK BENTHOMAAR I LOVE THAT BEST SHARK BOY

Wow, Wu isn't quitting... that lasted, like, a full couple of minutes 🤣

HONORARY NINJA!!!!!!!!!

THIS WAS SO NICE!!!

THE RETURN OF THE ICE EMPEROR

Oh... OH

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ZANE WAS OKAY WELL GUESS NOT

WHAT HAPPENED?!? 😱😱😱

LOYD DON'T DIE TOO aww Garmy is trying to help him AAHHH LLOYD IS STILL VERY MUCH HURT Garmy was right they weren't ready LLOYD IS ALSO RIGHT AT BEING MAD AT THIS MAN

You want a list of what you did Garmadon? It's... actually quite long. Like really long 😅

Not the cop again! Are you flipping serious right now? The commitment is wow but the needs to understand the situation...

CRYSTAL SERPENTINES!!!

Ah. Misako. Hi I guess 😅

A prophecy again? These prophecies are so flipping weird I swear

PIX BEST GIRL 💜

Ah, Zane... fell apart. The head is the only ice emperor part. I genuinely thought this was going to be more epic

You non frozen fool 🤣🤣

Awwww I melt every time Pix and Zane say I love you to each other 💜🤍💜🤍

RONIN WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SWITCHING SIDES ISTG I LOVE YOU SO MUCH FOR SOME REASON YOU NEUTRAL LOVABLE JERK 🥰

Fugidove seriously went "insert inspirational speech here"

Awww Fugidove is a mama's boy

CYRUS HI!!! 🤩🤩

Dang it Cyrus you introverted nerd your old abuser just came back and you didn't even notice... PTSD RISING

SAVE HAVEN

This sounds weirdly comforting

KAI BABY DON'T DIE ON ME EVEN IF THE SHOW FORGOT ABOUT YOU I DIDN'T YOU'RE STILL MY FAVE!!! ❤️❤️❤️

LOL I bet these scenes made the lava shippers very happy 🖤❤️🖤❤️

SKYLOR BEST GIRL!!!

"Hiya Hot Shot." DUDE THE WINK. KAI IS SUCH A LUCKY MAN

STILL LOVE KAILOR ❤️🧡❤️🧡

Pythor really likes to be the henchman of the obligatory villain huh

Kai with a plan, huh, dangerous...

Aww I remember Jake! He helped Kai with his confidence before! I like the little one, Kai fan, relatable 👊

Serpentine library! Cool! I miss Skales, I haven't seen him in forever!

Oh, we're talking fears huh. Back to season 11 we saw Nya's fear of being normal (she lost her water powers), Zane's fear to be only a machine (the cold ice emperor) and Lloyd being like Garmadon. Which is understandable especially in light of remembering a father that wasn't completely taken by the dark side

Knew Garmy was gonna bring up Christofern after being questioned if he cared for someone, but since it seems to be a metaphor for Lloyd... I wonder... 🥺

HUGS! HUGS FOR EVERYONE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY! 💜💜💜

This was actually kinda beautiful, maybe my favourite one so far

COMPATIBLE

OH YOU JUST KNOW THERE IS SOME DEEP PIXANE COMING UP!!!

YEP YEP YEP 💜🤍💜🤍

I feel like the titles aren't very focused on the specific episodes, more like random moments that do happen in between. I don't hate the thing, but it does make me imagine the episode going a certain way when it is not. Eh

KAI AND SKYLOR MAKING NOODLES TOGETHER LOOK AT THEM ❤️🧡❤️🧡

Okay, she did indeed grow between noodles... but she also owned the noodle plane. Feels like they could've straight up told that, but I'm probably being too critical

KAI YOU IDIOT HOW IS THAT A GOOD CONFESSION??🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

It's a bit weird to me, Kai flirts with people but he was also super awkward with Skylor, which I'm not seeing. He would still make a fool of himself, OBVIOUSLY, but without trying to be smooth 😂

LOL Skylor is totally right at being mad, although it also feels like this being us fans that didn't see her in ages

But yes Kai did go through some stuff... ouch flame, you think you're smooth but you're the hugest mess to ever exist on Ninjago aren't you?

I like this, they should definitely have a talk when things get a bit less frantic, she wants him to call her and have time to spend together and Kai definitely needs some time without stress and to dedicate some time to this amazing girl!

Felt pretty real! Thumbs up!

COME ON NYA GO FOR IT!!!! 🩶🩶🩶

YES BRING PRINCESS VANIA OVER HERE BEST GIRLS REUNION EVERYONE!! 💛

Vinnie the wise guy saving the day!

RACER SEVEN IS BACK!!

I mean

BLAZEY H. SPEED IS BACK!!

I mean

BLAZEY HYPER SPEED IS BACK!!

Definitely best girls reunion. Included MechaDove (honorary member)

DANG IT ZANE STOP ALMOST DYING EVERY TIME! Wait no a coma WAIT A COMA NO ZANEEEEE 😱😱😱

Pixal don't make me cry 😢

SHE MENTIONED REBOOTED NOW I'M DEFINITELY CRYING 😭😭

WTF THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL

And Zane Julien escapes death once again!

(Again overusing the death thing but this one was pretty enough, I approve)

BEAUTIFUL LOOK AT ALL THE SHIPS!!!

IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING BETTER TOWARDS THE END I HAVE HOPE FOR A GREAT FINALE EVERYONE! 😊

DISTRESS CALLS

Getting to Benthomaar?

I'm with Lloyd honestly, you can't face something like this without allies

... I feel like we're just throwing Mystake's memory out of the window and pretend we didn't meet at least one oni capable to care at least a bit... I REMEMBER HER OKAY I DO SHE WAS COOL 😭😭😭

LOL it's only fair Kai and Skylor don't get together right away, looking and Pixane and Jaya that took years to get where they are it would be unfair 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think Kelly's voice got much softer than before, it's so soothing 🥰

GO BLAZEY GO!!!

YES GARMY GETS AT LEAST A SINGLE EXTREMELY PRECIOUS COMPLASSION POINT AND LLOYD APPROVES!

I BELIEVE IN YOU GARMADON!

Flipping love Blazey

Aww Lloyd and Garmy talking a bit, this is the most progress I've seen since MotO

AWW LOOK AT KAI TEACHING! ❤️

So the allies will all come despite what it looks like, okay? Okay 😂

LLOYD AND GARMADON ARE FINALLY GETTING SOMEWHERE OH PLEASE END THE SEASON ON A GOOD NOTE

I'm guessing they're trying to make it like the bond they have in the Lego Ninjago Movie, which isn't bad, but I miss how absurdly sweet it was their bond before. AAAAHHHH I BELIEVE IN YOU!!! 🥺🥺

AN ISSUE OF TRUST

Whoops, now what?

Destroyed Ninjago... again... seriously it's not the worst I've seen so far

Awwww look at Pixal and Kai hugging! Their bond is so underrated, I've loved it since the chasing scene in Rebooted! Too bad that's all we're getting, but this is nice 💜❤️💜❤️

HUGS HUGS I LOVE HOW MUCH AFFECTION THERE IS WITH THEM

It's not really that weird that Ronin is on our side, sometimes he just feels like joining the heroes, for the thrill 😎

YOU

YOU DID NOT

YOU DID NOT JUST TELL ME THAT THE FLIPPING WEEKENDING WHIP IS THE KEY TO ACHIEVE THE FLIPPING DRAGON FORM ALRIGHT THAT DOES IT I LOVE THIS SO MUCH 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

It's so stupid I love it 😂😂😂

Of course it's not that easy, but I will cherish this moment forever lol

Okay we got three episodes, no way we got the Harumi redemption, right? It would make no sense with this little time

...

YOU

YOU FOLD IT

YOU FLIPPING FOLD IT

THE FOLD

I HATE THIS SHOW I LOVE THIS SHOW I HATE THIS SHOW I LOVE THIS SHOW AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Aww everyone wanted to come with Lloyd love this family love this family

AWW PIXAL AND LLOYD'S BOND IS ALSO SO OVERRATED I MEAN LOOK AT THEM BEING CLOSE!!! They were a delight at the beginning of SoG, that hug was everything 💚💜💚💜

Garmy you can't expect then to trust you like it's nothing...

Interesting seeing Harumi's old team of mercenaries against her

JAY MOMENT JAY MOMENT

"Thanks for nothing, Jay." That honestly applies to so much of Ninjago, I love you so much Jay 😂😂

Okay I changed my mind, Garmadon's oni mouth is still weird 😅

Better? Yes. Weird still? Absolutely.

ALMOST AT THE END GETTING HYPE!!!

DRAGON FORM

SECOND TO LAST EPISODE AND WE GOT THE DRAGON FORM EVERYONE!!!

I got hopes, Prime Empire and Seabound ended with bangs even with only two episodes left 👊👊

Finally Overlord do some stuff!

Seriously Lloyd? Still trying to turn her? If she really turns now I'll be upset honestly

IT'S A GARMADONS FIGHT EVERYONE!!

Soooo... allies when?

YES YES YES I KNEW PEOPLE WERE GONNA COME SOON!!!

BENTHOMAAR BEST BOY IS HERE!

SKALES IS BAAAAAAAAACK!!!

PEOPLE FROM PRIME EMPIRE!!!

MAYA AND RAY!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LOOK AT THEM GO DRAGON LIKE NINJAAAAA

THESE LOOK SO COOL!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Eeehhh Dareth billboard! He did not appear in the fight... poor brown ninja

SHURIKEN OF ICE ARE BACK!

Lloyd called him father 😢😢😢

Wait what. WAIT WHAT. THE FLIPPING OVERLORD WAS BEHIND ALL THAT STUFF?! ALL THOSE LITTLE PLOTS?!? YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT EXPLAIN IT PLEASE!

This feels like a bit of escape for Harumi's redemption arc

Yep, there it is

She is now, on the good side

Hurraaaaay...

*huge sigh*

EXCUSE YOU YOU DID NOT JUST CALL THE WATER GODDESS A GIRL IN A COSTUME 😡😡😡😡

OMG ED EDNA AND LOU ARE THERE AS WELL AMAZING!!!

YES THE DUNGEON TRIO!!!

LOOK AT ALL THE GOLDEN WEAPONS BACK I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL AT SEEING THEM ALL BACK AGAIN LIKE THIS!!!

This is a tribute to the new era of Ninjago, so it makes sense they focus on all the people that came through it

It's really nice

COLE VANIA HUG (I don't know if I ship them but best friend 🖤💛🖤💛

KAILOR AND PIXANE HUG!!!! 💜🤍💜🤍❤️🧡❤️🧡

So... the side fight is won? Weird that it's over before the main one

Corrupting the powers? We're getting some angst coming up soon? We'll see how it goes because IT'S THE END!!!

ROOTH

LET'S GO FINALE LET'S GO!! I WASN'T CONVINCED AT THE VERY BEGINNING BUT NOW I'M OPTIMISTIC AND I WANNA BE WOWED CRYSTALIZED!!! 💪💪💪

Aww Garmadon really is trying his best to protect his son

OH NOT AGAIN DANG IT GARMY

He can't be dead like that, right?

OOOOOHHHHHH THERE'S THE ONI LLOYD FORM AND IT IS GOLDEN TOO!! LET HIM HAVE IT HONEY!!

Oh honey is still scared 🥺🥺

So we're destroying the golden weapons? Shame on you, after Kai put them together so nicely!

Idk this feels a bit easy, the Golden Weapons were supposed to be destroyed in a specific volcano to make the super weapon. And since when they explode when together? They make a boom, never exploded from what I remember

But I'm not 100% sure on this one honestly, so I'll just say that I'll miss these weapons... since we're losing them... AGAIN

CALM DOWN ME I'M BEING TOO CRITICAL AGAIN

ZANE MAKING ME CRY AGAIN 🤍

NOT FRIENDS BUT BROTHERS too bad they didn't say that but it was really nice of them to do this 😭😭😭

NINJA CRYSTAL ZOMBIES

THE MULTI DRAGON IS BACK?!?!?? Wait no is it a different dragon? This makes me a bit confused but DRAGOOOON!!! 😍😍😍

IT'S END OF SEASON 2 ALL OVER AGAIN!

So is Lloyd not getting a dragon form?

... is that it?

It felt... a bit easy

YEP GARMADON IS ALIVE KNEW IT seriously, again, too many almost dead situation here I don't believe it anymore

And the oni form was not the right way. And Garmy is being bad again

Is this really how their bond is gonna end?

Anyway VICTORYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

HUUUUUUUUG 💜💜💜

GLARES TO HARUMI ALL THE GLARES SHE DESERVES ALL THE FLIPPING GLARES IN THE WORLD

STOP DEFENDING HER DANG IT I GUESS THIS IS HOW IT ENDS I HATE IT

WAIT THEY LOST THEIR POWERS?!?!?

The dragon is... their powers? And no mention to their beloved multi dragon? Not even a little bit? Like, they made it look exactly like it, it's a bit sad

Oh, they'll return later? Again?... okay?

Yeeeep Ninjago always need to be rebuild at the very end 😂

I see Garmadon has a long way to go still, but it looks like he really wants to learn how to be better so there's that

DARETH YES HI!!! 🤎🤎🤎

I love you brown ninja!

Song time? Huh, song time!

Kai still being an idiot but Skylor likes him for how he is, I'm sure they can figure it out eventually 🧡❤️🧡❤️

Or Kai and Cole have a chance still lol

Was that a policeman? HARUMI IN PRISON OH YES PLEACE I'M BEGGING YOU LET HER FACE SOME CONSEQUENCES SHE CAN'T FEEL ENTITLED FOR WHAT SHE DID AND FORGIVEN ONLY BECAUSE SHE HATED THE WRONG GUY AAAAAAA-

Yeah. Their bond will be build slowly, I believe Garmadon and Lloyd will be fine

This ending feels... way more emotional than it should be 😂 The ending was okay, it's good, but I feel like there was some stuff left behind just because

The song is beautiful though 😊

Idk, I had fun, but I also had problems with this season. Also... are the ninja not gonna talk about the crimes they committed anymore? All good? Or how Harumi ruined an entire family and apparently it was the wrong thing to do and did not apologize

I don't think I'll ever be okay with this redemption arc of her, but that's okay too. Still a villain for me 😈

I guess there's that though, the end of the second era of Ninjago 😊

Still feels Masters of Spinjitzu was superior, but there is greatness in this one as well and there are moments I truly loved

Wow, what a rush! I'm glad I got back to it! I think this is it for a while, although I might look into Dragon Rising eventually! For now, thank you Ninjago, for being such a precious show to me 💕💕💕💕

#felt like going back home #everything changed #but still comforting #thanks ninjago #to the next era #ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago crystalized #crystalized #ninjago spoilers #spoilers #kai smith #nya smith #lloyd garmadon #zane julien #cole brookstone #jay walker #lord garmadon #garmadon #master wu #pixal borg #skylor chen #harumi #ninjago harumi

[robuttsinyourthighs]

Sup nerds. How's life? Been a while since my last sort of life update.

RECAP?

My nearly 22 year old ancient eldritch being, Mouzer, passed away June 15th 2022, I adopted a 6 month old gremlin and named her Sprinkle (the R is silent unless she's in trouble) on June 27th because I haven't NOT had a kitty to love since I was 12, finally got my depression and ADD diagnosed, and when checking on my general blood ingredients (you know, iron and B12 and all those other things that Edward Elric needed to make human soup) my doctor was like "Uhhh you got Rheumatoid Arthritis" 😎💉

So now I'm in constant but various states of pain throughout my body. Usually feels like I've sprained a wrist or have tennis elbow.

Fun fact: Did you know you can get arthritis pain in your jaw? 🙃 Because I certainly didn't until I DID...

So that's me. Now I'm fighting off debt from a build up multiple shitty things happening from 2018 until now that culminated in an unsecured loan to get rid of an auto loan and medical debt, a new auto loan when the original car went to shit, car sales tax, property taxes, buying things for a business that isn't fully off the ground, and moving multiple times.

Surprisingly things are looking up as I have finally qualified for some type of debt relief program rather than another loan.

Lately I've been feeling inspired to come up with more plot for older fics so I'm trying to get ideas saved so I don't lose them later. Fingers crossed things continue to turn upward

[do-you-have-a-flag]

i’m listening to podcasts to sort of begin revising my knowledge of the french revolution because despite studying it in highschool i was 

1. too limited in my ability to contextualise due to my age 

2. being taught a very specific scope of time and didn’t have that much in the way of preceding or following events around the revolution. 

3. had the heavy workload paired with studying under a teacher who was so awful i ended up skipping every class except the first and last of the week and would go study in the library instead (i wasn’t allowed to do this i got in trouble for it but i was already getting in trouble for forgetting things in my locker or being late with homework or how i took notes ect ect ect so whatever) and ended up developing such bad anxiety i still struggle with it to this DAY so like 🙃

And god from like two podcasts and a couple youtube explainers i’ve already picked up on wildly differing opinions on how certain events went down and the personalities of key figures and i wouldn’t even say the political leanings of the people summarising are particularly contrary to each-other they just interpreted based on their sources differently 

god this is so fun i love all the new info i am getting in between the broad strokes i remember, i’m really enjoying all the extra context too and i’m definitely gonna do some more specific reading once i’m done with the main long format podcast i’m listening to at the moment

it also is gonna be a good opportunity to finally crack open the book on napoleon i have later, since we didn’t really study that era at all in school, and i can start to really pull together a timeline of the random historical events i have some general knowledge of and get more specific 

idk idk i love casual learning and history has always been a topic i enjoyed it’s just hard to know how to start navigating it from a non academic standpoint

[msookyspooky]

I'm sorry too! I didn't know that (: this was being used as sarcastic. I know that people enjoy shifting, I also used to enjoy it. I don't have a problem with people who shift but I just find it triggering now.

I'm sorry that you have had hateful people after mentioning shifting. You enjoy it and that's really all that matters!

You weren't rude! You had a reason to say that! You aren't in the wrong, I'll just scroll, I understand that it takes more time for you to tag it and no time for me to ignore it. I didn't mean that by unreality. Unreality just means a concept that disconnected from reality, e.g. AI-generated content, religion that involves interacting with the divine, shifting, weirdcore and reality checking.

Remember to be kind to yourself, take as much time as you need. There is no right or wrong way to grieve, do what you feel is right and there will always be people to support you. Talk to people if you need to, you deserve to be heard. I'm really sorry.

Oh no, sweetheart! I really appreciate you being this forgiving and kind but I definitely jumped the gun and misjudged your ask. I still appreciate you being so understanding and kind, I really do. I genuinely have tears in my eyes writing this bc that kind gesture of explaining to me means more to me rn then you'll know

Yes, I've seen it sm on Tiktok mainly of ppl on desktop using :) in place of this 🙃 in sarcastic comments and I completely understand now what you mean by unreality when you put it that way!! Thank you for explaining that bc I naturally thought unreality + :) was like "It's not real get your head examined 🙃" which was an actual hate anon I got the first time I mentioned shifting. I don't even shift tbh but I still can't believe the hate towards the concept! So I was having a shitty day and usually just delete the ask but yours popped up and I took it the wrong way and I'm still sorry for that 💔

Thank you again and it is no trouble tagging at all!! I'll mark it as both shifting and unreality (Especially since you explained it in a way that is definitely not hating the ideology of it) in all posts talking about it from now on.

Thank you again and have wonderful day darlin, so sorry for the misunderstanding 🖤🖤🖤

[squeebers]

I don’t usually post. I’m a serial lurker. But I’m temporarily changing my ways and jumping on here to defend Kinn because it’s important to me that everyone gives our beautiful mafia king a little more credit.

Kinn is smart. And observant. And, as we’ve seen, he can be cold-blooded and ruthless. He may have become the heir by default but he hasn’t stayed alive and in the game by being a moron in the mafia world or in life in general. (His interactions with Porsche aside as Porsche is his exception in just about every way.) Kinn became so hard and cruel because of what he went through with Tawan. It was his one mistake. There is absolutely no way he would let this guy—who is quite clearly full of shit—come in and play him again. He may not know the why of it yet, but he knows Tawan is trying to set Porsche up to look like the mole, and he 100% knows that Porsche was spying on Tawan simply out of jealousy. I think Kinn revels in Porsche’s jealousy a little too. Think about it. Kinn and Porsche JUST talked about Kinn’s past with Tawan. And Porsche displayed jealousy even then when he had Kinn not only get rid of the old picture of Kinn and Tawan, but he made him crumple it up first too. Up until then, Kinn had been the only one displaying jealousy. (A LOT of jealousy 🙃) So he gets off on seeing it coming from Porsche for a change.

Kinn has a plan to not only out Tawan and whoever is behind his reappearance but also to uncover the mole. Tawan used Kinn in the past. Now Kinn is fully planning on returning the favor. He plays along for most of the episode, making both the viewers and Tawan think that Kinn is falling under Tawan’s spell again. We didn’t see the “evidence” that Tawan had and Kinn doesn’t trust anything that guy says or does. But again, he needs to make Tawan believe he trusts him. You can really see the truth in Kinn’s eyes during the meeting scene where the other bodyguards are taking Porsche away and Porsche is practically begging Kinn to believe he’s innocent (Apo conveys Porsche’s confusion, heartbreak, and disappointment so well here 😍). Kinn was trying hard to convey something (maybe a “trust me”?) to Porsche through all that intense eye contact (bravo Mile on another amazing performance) and you can see the sadness in his gaze when he realizes Porsche isn’t understanding. Kinn can’t say it out loud for so many reasons. He needs Tawan to believe he’s still that gullible young guy who fell in love and let himself be played. He needs the mole to think he’s that easy to fool. And he can’t show any favoritism toward Porsche (at least not in front of others right now) because it would ruin his plans and his authority with the other bodyguards.

I can understand people faulting Kinn for not sharing his plan with Porsche but I completely get why he didn’t. Porsche is not good at hiding his emotions and true feelings. He acts on impulse ALL THE TIME and it gets him in trouble almost every time too. Kinn is protecting Porsche even though that means he’s temporarily hurting him. And himself, by extension. He knows he’s got some groveling to do in the future but deep down he believes that his relationship with Porsche is strong enough to withstand the momentary glitch. He just has to get through this farce that he started with Tawan first.

I will say I am nervous to see how Kinn’s plans and assurances in Porsche change after Porsche escapes next week. Does he escape with Vegas or does he only use Vegas to escape and then he goes off on his own? Anyway this is much longer than I intended it to be. Sorry for the ramble. I just don’t see enough people on Kinn’s “side” after the episode. Not that I don’t want people to be on Porsche’s “side” too because, let’s face it, that baby deserves all the good things in the world. Agh I hope this made sense. I can’t believe this show is so good that it made me actually write a post.

#kinnporsche #kinn theerapanyakul #porsche pachara #mileapo

[arleniansdoodles]

As an avid sunshine x grumpy connoisseur (both rokantic and platonic) i so understand the mc-sean thing. Its just so fun to write and read!

N e ways could you perhaps share your thoughs on The Olds (Jinfeng, Sifu and co.)? Pretty please?

Ooh I’d be more than happy to share my thoughts about the oldies! Regarding the Wood and Water Guardians, I don’t have a lot of headcanons about them except for creating OCs as their surviving relatives post-massacre 😅 So I’ll stick with Sifu, Sean’s father, and Jinfeng for now XD

Starting with Jinfeng, I didn’t know her backstory at the time of writing my fic (nor do I have the game, so I couldn’t check for myself), so I created one for her - only to realize much later that her backstory is written on a wall in the Tower 🙃 Basically, she was born to an impoverished family (which I’d already assumed) as the eldest of four sisters, only to lose her family and right arm in a terrible criminal attack. Following that, she relocates to the city, trains, and becomes the first female Sifu in that region, teaching poor families, women, and girls how to fight, etc.

I’ve kept all that as the basis and just added my headcanons on top loll Before the attack, little Jinfeng is sent to a kung-fu school so she can learn how to defend her younger sisters. And it’s there that she finds Sifu and Sean’s father, and becomes their little sister – not just as a fellow student, but in a more familial way XD She becomes the sunshiney one while Sifu is the voice of reason and Sean’s father is grumpy loll I’d say they’re kinda like the older generation version of Yang-Sean-MC, which presents quite a few parallels between Jinfeng and fem!MC.

Following the attack, Sifu and Sean’s father avenge Jinfeng by dealing with her attackers, though Sifu is affected enough by the experience that he vows to take the Wude path; on the other hand, Sean’s father has no problem beating people up loll And afterward, they support Jinfeng as she heals, and they all train and grow up together! 😁

Regarding Sifu and Sean’s father, I imagine they lived in a similar region as Jinfeng as kids – Sifu was probably better off; meanwhile, Sean’s father was in the roughest neighbourhood and developed a rough personality because of it, which is later passed down to Sean. I’d say Sifu was the most level-headed of the trio (though he’d still get in some trouble as a kid hahaa); he’s the “middle sibling” and the most conscious about the virtues in kung-fu. Sean’s father was protective of Sifu and Jinfeng as a kid, given that he’s the eldest; but he’s probably the reason they got in rough (or dangerous) situations in the first place loll 😅

In their adult era, I like to think that Sifu and Sean’s father are pretty smart when they’re separate, but when you put them together, they gotta share one braincell while Jinfeng gets the other to herself 😂 I even had this crack idea about putting the three in an escape room; Sifu would climb out the window (or search for the key if there’s no window), Sean’s father would break the door down, and Jinfeng would force them to solve the room lmaoo

I think having Jinfeng as their little sister adds to the betrayal later when she works with Yang to take down the Guardians. By that point, she likely had some disagreements with Sifu and Sean’s father about the talismans, but they didn’t realize how far she was willing to go to do it. I do think she truly believed what she did was for the best – she wanted to prevent others from suffering what she did as a child – but at the same time, I imagine she had to bury her guilt and grief so deeply that she wouldn’t feel it anymore.

I also headcanon that she’s kept her conspiracy board up for eight years because she regularly goes down to the Rift to look at Sifu and Sean’s father’s portraits, since she has no other mementos of them (which is something I’ve added to my extended Sifu fic XD)

And that’s the summary of my thoughts! I did start a mini-comic about Jinfeng last year, but it’s been sitting in my drafts forever and I don’t know if I’ll ever return to it 😭But anyway, thank you so much for your ask, anon!! I always love a chance to ramble about my ideas lololl (and feel free to share yours too, if you’d like! 😊💗)

#sunshine x grumpy is definitely mc and sean #and i love it loll #coming up with new ways for mc to make sean open up emotionally is quite a fun challenge! XDD #asks #anon asks #sifu #sifu game #fanfiction #my fanfiction #writing #my writing

[rubyperic-09]

It was a shitshow of a day. I went to the pool with my family, which was mainly fine. But i kept getting in trouble for having headphones on in the car. Like, mind you, i am blocking you and shit out so i don't fucking die! ...Anyway, I literally got yelled at for taking more than five minutes to stack the dishwasher. I am partway through the fanfic 'I looked into myself like a case with you.' by @bandteeshirts (ihavetoomuchfreetime). It dives further into Nick's past trauma and stuff, and it made me realize how much i relate to him, and how shit his past experience is. Like, he has divorced parents, a dad who barely tries and overdoes it when he makes an effort, only referencing the things from younger childhood; He has an asshole of a brother who is homophobic as fuck, his buttons are easy to push and all generally lead to the same result😭💔. he is protective of people he loves, he is quite an anxious person, and he gets made fun of for being queer in an environment that doesn't generally accept LGBT+ people🏳‍🌈😭💔🥺, but he has found his people that accept him in that group.❤

Yes, i am aware that this is just the circumstances in this particular fanfic, but it is pretty dang similar to my life, mine just has Charlie's mental health issues and his mother. I love this fanfic and strongly advise reading it, and the fanfic that leads up to it 'i bent at the waist and bawled for you', on Archive of our own. all credits go to @bandteeshirts (ihavetoomuchfreetime) (Ao3) @yesterdaysteeshirts (tumblr). ❤❤

I was feeling depresso espresso💔, so i put on sad music and have just sat in an anxiety bubble for the last 4 hours. LMAO pretty much my life story anyway😭. I'm singing at this tomorrow, and Tuesday, and Wednesday, and my voice us gradually leaving my throat 😬. Oh Well, can't always be amazing to the outside world. Also, I broke up with my girlfriend because she was about as crazy as they come, like double darcy, but she can be annoyingly snidey about academics and you can never be good enough for her 🙄, so ...I broke up with her, but i made sure she didn't feel too bad about herself 🙃, just basically told her i didn't like her like that (we are only in year 8 btw). Oh well, i guess she just isn't who i thought she was. 😔💔

Love you all, enjoy your week/month/year/life, i guess. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ You're all worth everything!! believe in yourselves and put effort into things you love.

bye👋💗

#lifeupdate🤣💔😭🏳‍🌈💗😬