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#i should really just go all in and make it an ot4
olderthannetfic · 2 months
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https://www.tumblr.com/olderthannetfic/739283879438991360/if-im-posting-a-fic-about-a-poly-pairing-is-it?source=share
You're absolutely right about poly ships, but in general with supporting ships I think "would people searching for JUST this pairing be interested?" is a good litmus test. That's often what I ask myself when trying to decide if a B-couple should be tagged as their own ship or should go in additional tags.
By the way, if a couple just shows up briefly or otherwise has a really small role such that people there for *JUST* that couple wouldn't be interested, PLEASE put it in additional tags rather than ship tags for the love of god! So many people don't seem to understand this is an option, and perhaps those kinds of people aren't the kind to read your blog, lol, but I still want to say it. Someone in the replies was talking about a poly fic that constantly updated with a bunch of chapters, clogging their ship tag where it's just two of the people in one of the poly ships, not a focus itself. My tag has like FOUR different regularly-updating, multi-chapter fics right now where it's tagged as "background ship" clogging it! I hate it so much. This is especially common and agonizing if you're in the fandom for one of the less-popular canon ships, since they're so often in the background of some more popular couple. I was in a fandom where an only-really-popular-as-support F/F canon couple was my OTP, and most of their tags was fics focusing on the more popular M/M and F/M couples where my OTP were there for like, maybe a paragraph at most. And people never tagged it in a way that made it clear if it was that or something that might genuinely feature them. Agony! I know you can use "otp: true" but I'm not averse to a good fic with multiple ships where my OTP actually matters in it!
On that note, I wonder if it's ever polite to maybe make a note of it in comments? I'd probably do that anonymously, but especially when you see people who are relatively new to AO3, I wonder if they just don't realize that that's what they should do in these cases. I wonder how many people just don't realize that "putting ships in the additional tags" is an option, and are thinking of tagging more in a Tumblr "indicate the ship is there so people who don't want to see it at all avoid" way than a "tags are for finding it if you WANT it" way.
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Yeah, for real.
In most of my fandoms, side ships shouldn't be tagged most of the time just because of the typical posting dynamics. Fics that really merit that b-plot ship tag are rare.
In other ones (BTS, I'm looking at you), there's shittons of fics featuring like three separate ships, all of which have significant page time even if one is the lead. Even the "rare" ships aren't that rare unless it's a specific OT4, so it's not that annoying to me when something else is in the ship tag.
But The Untamed? Get your damn juggernaut tag out of my rarepair so I can use otp:true!!!
And yes, tons of people think AO3 tags are for warning people away or for tagging every single ingredient, not for making a fic findable.
They are wrong and they should feel bad.
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kasienda · 4 months
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Spin the Bottle
Core Four OT4 - Read on Ao3
I had too much fun with this one! Please enjoy! ^_^
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Nathaniel’s family home is not as large or ostentatious as the Agreste family manor, but that only means Adrien feels more at ease. The space is wide and open, but still feels like a home rather than a museum. And all his friends are here for a party, which makes it even better. 
“Dude! You’re here!” Nino greets, holding out his hand.
“Wouldn’t miss it!” Adrien exclaims, clapping into Nino’s open fist. He may have used a bit of Plagg’s aid to make it, but he knows from bitter experience that no one will miss him until morning, so why shouldn’t he come? 
Nino ushers him inside. Rose and Marinette are helping Nathaniel pour snacks into large plastic bowls. The rest of the class - minus Chloe and Sabrina, plus Marc - are circled around Kim and Ivan who are locked in an arm wrestling match.
“Yay! Adrien! You made it!” Mylene says. Everyone else cheers in greeting. Adrien grins back. 
“Hey guys!”
Kim looks up then, and in that moment Ivan pounds Kim’s fist into the table. Kim throws a pout at Mylene. 
“Is it surprising that I’m here?” Adrien asks Nino quietly. 
“I’m not gonna lie, dude. I didn't want to get my hopes up.”
Adrien sighs.
Nino offers him a dazzling smile and Adrien only feels warm. “But I’m always really glad to see you.”
“Me too!” Adrien agrees.
“C’mon Agreste! Welcome to the party!” Kim says, his arms draping over his shoulders. “Want to go up against Ivan in arm wrestling? No one can beat him.”
Adrien isn’t sure that’s a good idea. Some of his miraculous enhanced strength seems to carry over whenever he’s wearing the ring and Adrien doesn’t want to accidentally hurt anyone. 
“No? Anyone up for a game of spin the bottle?”
“Spin the what?” Adrien asks.
“Oh, Agreste. You are so deprived,” Alix says. 
“Spin the bottle is a kissing game,” Max supplies. 
A kissing game? 
“I dunno, man,” Nino says, pinching his own shoulder. “I have a girlfriend. Not sure if I should be kissing anyone else.” 
Alya waves away his objection. “It’s a silly game! And I’m right here watching.” Then she pauses and turns back to Nino. “Assuming you’re okay with it?” 
“Uh… yeah, sure. Levels one and two?” 
She nods. 
Adrien has no idea what they’re talking about. How could there be levels to a kissing game? 
“Then sure! I’m down,” Nino agrees.
“What’s spin the bottle?” Adrien asks again. 
Rose giggled, patting the space next to her on the floor. “We sit in a circle with an empty bottle in the middle. Then we take turns spinning it, and then whoever it ends up pointing at we’re supposed to kiss!” She claps her hands together excitedly.
“You game, dude?” Nino asks.
“You ever been kissed?” Alya asks before Adrien can answer. 
Heat blooms across his face. “I have,” he says. It wasn’t technically a lie even though he didn’t remember either of his kisses with Ladybug. They happened. They count, right?
Alya smirks. “Great! We won’t go easy on you then.”
Adrien swallows down his nerves. Maybe he should have said he had never been kissed, but he has always wanted to know what a kiss felt like. Maybe this was an opportunity to find out. He takes a seat next to Nino.
The action earns him another cheer from his friends. Then everyone scrambles into motion to find a seat. Nathaniel places an empty soda bottle on the ground. Kim shoves it towards Adrien. 
“As the only spin the bottle virgin, you should go first, Agreste.” 
Adrien picks up the bottle awkwardly. “I just spin it?” 
Rose crawls forward. “Let me show you!” She lays the bottle on its side and twists it around the center, sending it into a spin. “Like this!” She stops it before it slows on its own and hands it back to him. 
Adrien spins the bottle. He swallows his nerves, or tries to - but his stomach squirms as the bottle’s nose whips around the circle from classmate to classmate. Who will fate choose for him? 
When the bottle cap comes to a stop dead center on Nino, Adrien’s both relieved and somehow more anxious. 
His first kiss - not his actual first kiss, but still kinda his first kiss - the first kiss he will remember, will be with someone he deeply cares about.
But Adrien also cares what Nino thinks of him, so what if he’s a terrible kisser?
Nino offers him a reassuring smile, and he relaxes. Adrien glances at Alya for permission, and she just shoos him towards Nino. 
Adrien turns to Nino, leaning closer. If his stomach had been squirming before, it now feels like a half dozen Kwamis have taken up residence in his gut. But Adrien doesn’t hesitate. He blocks out the presence of all of his friends watching, and instead focuses on Nino - like Nino is a stage partner in a photoshoot.
Except kissing Nino is nothing like a photoshoot. Nino isn’t some model Adrien barely knows. Nino’s his best friend, one of his favorite people in the whole world with the possible exception of Ladybug, and even then, Adrien’s not sure. And Nino’s lips are soft and warm. Then Nino gasps, and they’re breathing the same air. What would it feel like to explore Nino’s open mouth?
But the sudden whooping and whistles send Adrien scuttling backwards before the kiss can become anything more, frantically searching Nino’s face. 
“Woah there, Sunshine,” Alya says. “At least buy him dinner first.” 
Adrien’s gaze darts back and forth between Nino and Alya. Nino’s golden brown eyes are wide, but he’s noticeably not smiling. Alya looks like a wolf about to catch dinner and Adrien’s pretty sure he’s the prey.
“D-did I do something wrong?” 
“No!” Alya immediately reassures, shaking her head. “You just jumped straight to level three, which you’re totally allowed to do. Established couples do it all the time!” 
Adrien’s cheeks burn as he glances back at Nino who was pinching his own shoulder, suddenly not able to meet Adrien’s eyes. 
Has he messed up? He and Nino are definitely not an established couple and Nino and Alya agreed to levels one and two only before the game started. 
Adrien hopes not.
“What’s level one?” Adrien asks. 
“Usually we start with a hand kiss, and then a cheek kiss if you get the same person again. And then on the lips for the third time,” Alya says, grinning at him. 
“Any other rules I should know about?”
“Do you want to know what all the other levels—“ Max starts to ask.
“Nope!” Alix interrupts. “That’s it!”
Adrien turns back to the group, and very carefully does not look at Nino, who is sitting right next to him. 
Mylene goes next. The bottle lands on Rose, and Mylene gives her the smallest of pecks on her cheek.
Adrien’s face burns hotter at how stupid he was, but he resists the urge to bury his face in his hands. He risks another glance at Nino who immediately looks away. 
But Nino had clearly been looking at him. Adrien wishes he knew what that meant . 
Did Nino like the kiss? Is he wondering what it would have felt like to let the kiss last longer or go deeper like Adrien is? Or is Nino feeling super awkward and weird that his idiot best friend kissed him on the lips instead of his hand? 
Adrien knows what he’s hoping it means, which makes him doubt that could possibly be what Nino is thinking. 
Alix goes next, and the bottle points to Marc. Alix approaches, and holds their hand like it’s a treasure. “Marc! Though I’ve loved you more than I’ve loved anyone—“
Marc snorts. 
“—I know when our romance is hopeless. Please forgive me! My heart is not strong enough to offer more than this small token.” And she dramatically kisses Marc’s hand to the giggles of everyone looking on before returning to her spot in the circle.
Adrien sits up straighter when Marinette spins the bottle. He feels almost as nervous as he did when the bottle was spinning for him. He’s not sure where he wants the bottle to stop, but when it points to Nathaniel’s knee, Adrien feels strangely disappointed. 
Marinette moves, but she’s not even halfway across the circle, when Nathaniel holds up his hands. 
“Marinette, I uh… given our umm… history, I’d prefer if you were the one person who didn’t kiss me.” 
Adrien opens his mouth to object. Was Nathaniel seriously rejecting the just idea of Marinette in front of all her friends? Anyone would be lucky to—
But Marinette smiles at both Nathaniel and Marc whose hands are suddenly interlaced. “I understand completely. I’ll just spin again.” 
This time the bottle lands on Alya. 
Adrien is still a little disappointed, but it doesn’t twist his shoulders into knots the way it landing on Nathaniel had. He turns to watch the two girls with interest. Marinette and Alya exchange cheek kisses and then a peck on the lips with a playful “mwah!” before turning back to the group all smiles. 
Adrien is jealous of how comfortable they both seem with each other. Nino still will barely look at him.
Alya spins and the bottle lands on Kim. Adrien tenses, feeling oddly protective, though Alya is quick to deposit a kiss on Kim’s hand and it’s over before Adrien can make sense of his feelings.
He’s being ridiculous. Why would it matter if Alya kissed Kim anymore than it had that Adrien had kissed Nino? Like Alya said at the beginning, this is a game . And as Marinette just demoed, even during the game, boundaries would still be respected. 
He wishes he thought to ask Nino first if he was welcome. 
After they make it all around the circle, a second round starts.
Rose goes first this time. She literally squeals when the bottle lands on Juleka. She’s in Juleka’s lap immediately, her legs wrapping around Juleka’s waist. Their mouths are sliding against one another, revealing flashes of pink tongue between the tiny spaces between their lips. Then their hands . Rose’s fingers are tangled in Juleka’s hair, pulling her closer, while Juleka’s hands are squeezing into Rose’s thighs.
Adrien can’t look away.
“Oh my god!” Alix shouts, smacking the two with a pillow, which barely slows them down at all.  “Get in the closet already!”
“The closet?” Adrien echoes. 
“Level five is seven minutes in ‘heaven’ where you make out in the closet for seven minutes,” Max says. 
Rose giggles as Juleka leads her away. 
Then it’s Marinette’s turn again. Her bottle lands on him. Adrien has to remind himself to breathe. This is what he wanted during her first turn, he realizes. For Marinette to kiss him. He licks his lips. What kind of kiss will Marinette choose for him?
His excitement lasts right up until he looks at her. She’s white as a ghost, staring at him with wide blue, very much panicked, eyes. “I umm… I have to go to the bathroom!” 
She launches herself to her feet and runs. Adrien watches her retreat. 
“Girl!” Alya calls, running after her. “Get your cute butt back here!” 
The pleasant fluttering in his gut turns sour.
Sweet kind brave Marinette doesn’t even want to kiss his hand.
Did she dislike him that much? 
Alya chases Marinette into the kitchen.
She’s never completely understood what it is about Adrien that turns Marinette into a nervous basket case.
And Nino too apparently! She hadn’t missed how flustered Nino became after Adrien’s kiss. 
Though she likes it when Nino turns into a flustered mess. They’d have to talk about it obviously, but Alya isn’t even sure what she wants to say yet because she hadn’t wanted that kiss to end so quickly.
She shoves the thought aside. The point is Adrien is as kind and as patient as they come, and starved for love and friendship, both. If there’s anyone Marinette and Nino don’t need to worry about disappointing or accidentally pushing away, it’s Adrien! 
“Earth to Marinette,” Alya says when Marinette’s gaze remains distant. “I thought you would want to kiss Adrien.” 
Marinette’s forehead clunks against the refrigerator. “I do! Just not like that.” 
Alya arches an eyebrow. 
“It’s just if he’s going to kiss me I don’t want it to be because a bottle told him to. I want it to mean something! I want him to want to kiss me.” 
“Marinette, did you see his face?!”
Marinette turns to her with furrowed brows. “What do you mean?”
“He lit up when that bottle landed on him. He definitely wanted you to kiss him.” Not to mention that he visibly deflated when Marinette’s first turn landed on Nathaniel, but Marinette didn’t need to know that. 
“Or maybe he just figured out he likes being kissed,” Marinette said dryly. 
Alya grins. “You saw that, too?” 
“Does it upset you that he and Nino both seemed so bothered by it?” 
“No.” If anything she really really liked that they - especially Nino - were so bothered by it. She wanted to pounce on Nino right after. It’s not as often that she can push him into that shy flustered state anymore. She really likes him like that. 
“But we’re not talking about me! We’re talking about you and Adrien. How do you think running out like that made him feel?” 
Marinette buried her face in her hands. “I know! I know! He probably hates me.” 
Alya shook her head. “He definitely does not hate you.” 
Marinette likes Adrien because he’s so kind and understanding. Alya wishes Marinette would trust that.
“I really think that things would be a lot easier for you if you would tell him how you feel, but right now I’ll settle for you going back in there and giving that sweet boy who thinks you don’t like him , a tiny little kiss on the cheek.” 
Marinette shakes her head rapidly. “I want to! I know you’re right. But when I’m there looking at his stupidly perfect face I turn into all panic. I’m never going to be able to tell him! And because of that I’m always gonna be a crappy awful friend.” 
God grant her patience!
Alya wants a lot of things, several of which she may have just realized in the last ten minutes. What she would give to watch her boyfriend and his best friend really make out? Or better yet, her boyfriend and her best friend! 
Sadly, they’ll likely never go for that.
But more than any of that, Alya just wants all of them to be happy. 
“Marinette, Adrien is not going anywhere. He’s not that easy to scare away. He’s definitely confused right now, and maybe a little hurt, but just as he apologized to you the day you met him, you can apologize to him and I promise you, he will be all smiles.”
“You really think he’ll forgive me?” 
“I know he will! And a cheek kiss wouldn’t hurt.” 
Marinette smiles. “I can do that.” 
Alya smiles back. “I know you can!” 
And maybe if they kept playing, the bottle would grant a few of Alya’s wishes.
The chances are low with so many of them playing. Alya knows that, but a girl can dream. 
… 
Nino has never related so hard to a Marinette freakout. He is now painfully aware of how big a deal it is to kiss Adrien. 
He traces his lower lip, a tiny part of him wishing he hadn’t been so startled by Adrien’s actions so he could have savored it more. 
Except he can’t be thinking any of this! He has a girlfriend! He can’t be thinking about what it would feel like to kiss his best friend.
Except that he is thinking about it. He’s thinking about it a lot.
He’s so fucked. 
And when he glances over to see how Adrien is taking all this, his best friend is staring at the empty doorway, the personification of dejection. Everyone in the room is staring at Adrien with sympathetic frowns, which only causes Adrien to further cave in on himself. 
Nino taps his shoulder. “C’mon dude, let’s take a breather.”
Nino hauls Adrien to his feet and juts his chin at Alix over Adrien’s shoulder, who takes a hint immediately. “Mylene! It’s your turn!” 
They don’t go that far, Nathaniel’s house does have a small outdoor terrace, so they can at least put a door between them and the group even if that door is made of glass. 
“You okay, mec?” 
Adrien shrugs. “Yeah? If she doesn’t want to kiss me, that’s fine. I just… I just wish I knew what I did wrong.” 
“What makes you think you did anything wrong?” 
“Nino! She literally ran away. She didn’t even want to kiss my hand.” 
That’s not the problem. Marinette definitely wants to kiss Adrien.
But Nino can’t say that. 
“Maybe she has a reason.” 
“Like what?!”
Nino wishes he could explain. “You’d have to ask her, mec.”
Adrien sighs. And then looks at him. “Are we okay?”
Nino swallows, and glances down into his hands, heat burning in his face. “Of course, we’re okay.”
More than okay. Except maybe Nino really wants Adrien to kiss him again, but he definitely can’t act on that impulse. 
Because he has a gorgeous and amazing girlfriend and he absolutely doesn’t want to mess that up.
“Do you think we’re not okay?” Nino asks. 
Adrien rubs the back of his neck. “I just- I hope I didn’t make things weird. I’m sorry. I should have asked if you were okay with me kissing you. I thought that was the game.” 
“It is the game. The not explaining the rules fully thing is something every one of us has gone through the first time we played. It’s always a question of will the person chicken out or go straight for it.”
“Really?” Adrien sounds so hopeful that Nino wants to laugh at himself. He really shouldn’t have been surprised that Adrien kissed him. Adrien has always wanted to have the genuine party experience. 
“Really! Just in our situation it usually goes the other way.” 
“Our situation?” 
“Two dudes who are pretty solidly platonic?” 
Maybe not as platonic on his end as Nino had previously assumed, but that was a crisis for another day. 
“Was it weird?”
Nino’s ears and cheeks burn. “Umm… not to me. But I’m uh… not straight.” 
He can feel Adrien’s eyes widen to the size of saucers, though he doesn’t look up. 
“Oh. I uh… don’t think I am either.”
Oh god. That made everything so much better. 
And so much worse at the same time.
“Thanks for telling me,” Nino says, because what else can he say? 
“Yeah, you too.” 
“You feeling better, mec?” Nino shoulder bumps him. 
Adrien smiles. “Yeah, I am. Thanks.” 
“Ready to head back inside?” 
Adrien nods. Alya and Marinette are already there sitting next to each other with their arms looped together, and their fingers interlaced.
Nino licks his lips at the sight. If Nino says Alya is allowed to kiss her best friend, would she grant him the same boon? 
Gah! What is he thinking? That’s not how relationships worked. 
Alya smiles at him, and something in Nino’s chest loosens. He sits down and Adrien catches his gaze, and he’s smiling, and the warmth in Nino’s chest only spreads.
Oh, he’s well and truly fucked.
Marinette’s vaguely aware that Mylene and Ivan are taking a turn in the closet and Marc is about ready to throw the bottle out the window for refusing to land on Nathaniel. 
Alix is not even playing anymore, but whatever she’s doing, she can’t stop laughing. 
But Marinette’s attention is focused completely on the two boys outside. The fact that Nino and Adrien are outside, separate from everyone else, when Adrien had been so excited about just being at a party at all, is evidence enough that Alya’s right. Adrien is hurt. 
And it’s her fault. She’s the one that hurt him by running.
Alya’s arm hand loops through her own, and some of the tension in Marinette’s shoulders bleeds out, and she can breathe again.
She doesn’t know what it is about Alya, but Alya grounds her in much the same way Chat Noir does. Marinette has a tendency to float away and spiral and lose herself, and Alya has a way of yanking her back to reality, but also of catching her so that the landing is always soft. 
She grants Alya a beaming smile, hoping that some of her gratitude and appreciation shines through. Alya squeezes her hand.
The door slides open and Marinette’s gaze whips to Adrien immediately. He’s smiling and seems at ease. But when he sits down, he chooses the spot that’s further from her, the spot that places Nino between them. 
Which, fair. 
But she can’t stand it. 
She scrambles around Nino, throws her arms around Adrien’s shoulders and kisses him on the cheek. 
He presses a hand to his face where she kissed him, and turns to her with wide eyes. 
“I’m sorry I ran,” she whispers. It’s all she can manage before she retreats back to the safety of Alya’s hold. 
But Adrien is smiling again. 
Unfortunately when it’s Alya’s turn, she has to untangle herself from Marinette. 
In some cruel or amazing twist of fate, the bottle lands on Adrien. 
Alya shoots her a mischievous grin. Marinette knows that look, and it’s not good. Abort abort abort. 
Nino is in no better shape than she is at this pairing, Marinette distantly notes, but she can’t pay much attention to Nino, not when Alya is leaning so intimately into Adrien’s space, whispering something she can’t hear into his ear. 
Adrien nods. 
Alya grins and then she’s cradling Adrien’s face in her hands. Marinette forgets to breathe as Alya leans forward slowly, until there’s no more space. Their lips slide against one another—
Marinette’s nails dig into her knee.
—parting ever so slightly. The contact lingers, like a perfect moment frozen in time. 
Marinette bites down on her own lip. 
She’s not jealous. 
She’s insanely turned on. She likes watching Adrien and Alya kiss. She likes it waaay more than she should. 
And she is jealous, she realizes. But she’s jealous of Adrien. 
She wants to be held so carefully in Alya’s hands. 
Alya pulls away slowly. Adrien though doesn’t move. His eyes remain closed, totally blissed out. Alya grins, and turns triumphantly to Marinette. 
That’s how it’s done, she seems to say. She made it look so easy.
Marinette wishes she had half her courage. 
But Alya’s gaze doesn’t linger with Marinette. Instead, her attention turns to Nino who is also wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open. Marinette has never related to him more in her life. Alya’s grin only grows. Adrien finally blinks his eyes open. 
Alix cackles. “I think all four of you might benefit from a turn in the closet!” 
Marinette’s face is on fire. 
“W-what?” Adrien stammers.
Nino is still speechless. 
But Alya, Alya hums in agreement. 
Every inch of Marinette’s body is tingling. She can’t talk, but she can’t sit still either. And so she runs. 
Again. 
This time Alya doesn’t follow. Her friend’s laughter follows her though. 
She retreats to the bathroom, breathing hard. She tries to take a breath to calm her racing heart. She splashes water on her face and it doesn’t really help. 
The door bursts open and it’s Nino standing in the doorway, looking just as startled as she feels. 
“H-hey,” she says. “I… uh…” and she turns back to the mirror, unable to look at him.
“I’m s-sorry,” he stammers, backing away.
“N-no, it’s fy mault.” And she’s stuttering around Nino now.
She buries her fire-hot face in her hands. This is all Alix’s fault. She had Marinette thinking about kissing Nino now, as if Marinette needed a whole new person to be an absolute disaster around.
The problem is, it’s not hard to imagine. She had been overjoyed to know Nino was crushing on Alya all the way back at the zoo because she knew he was patient and just fun to be around even if she hadn’t known him that well then. 
She knew him better now, and that image doesn’t bother her at all. The idea of all four of them? 
She peaks through her fingers at him. 
He bursts into laughter. And a second later she joins him. She laughs so hard she doubles over clutching at her sides. It feels a touch hysterical, but it’s helping. 
Nino collapses down next to her a second later and she’s laughing so hard it hurts. And he’s laughing so hard he almost tips over, but she manages to steady him. 
Eventually their laughter subsides, and they sit beside each other on the bathroom floor. 
“D-did you want to talk?” Marinette eventually asks. 
He shakes his head. “No, I just… I ran in here because I needed to be able to breathe.” 
“Oh my god! I know! They’re both torturing us.” 
“Alya’s doing it on purpose.”
Marinette groans, burying her face in her hands all over again. “Which means she’s not gonna stop.”
“Definitely not.”
“How are we gonna survive?” 
Nino barked a laugh. “We’re not. We’re fucked.”
“At least we’re fucked together.” 
Nino laughed again and held out a fist. She met it easily, grinning.
She could think of worse than being tortured by Alya side by side with Nino and maybe hopefully Adrien too. 
… 
Adrien stares at the bottle that’s pointing at him, afraid to see Alya’s reaction. He starts when she puts a hand on his shoulder, but when she catches his gaze she’s smiling gently with so much patience.
She leans toward him. “I’m gonna kiss you for real,” she whispers. “You okay with that?” 
He nods dumbly just relieved that she’s still there - that she wants to kiss him. 
And kissing Alya is a very different experience than kissing Nino. Her hands on his face are warm and gentle. She’s the one who leans forward, the one who presses her lips to his. She’s softer, but more confident. Her lips part, and instead of pulling away as he had with Nino, he reciprocates. Her tongue slides across his lower lip, and electricity shoots down his spine to his toes.
When she pulls away, he doesn’t move. He’s dizzy, and he doesn’t want the sensation to end. 
Was every kiss this mind blowing? 
He pulls away staring at Alya in shock, but her attention is on Nino who is definitely staring at them both in slack jawed astonishment. 
And Adrien’s gut twists again, not sure where he stands with either of them at the moment, and nervous about how his kisses with each might be impacting their relationship. 
And then Marinette runs again. Nino lasts only thirty seconds longer, and Adrien fights to keep breathing. He had wanted to come to this party so bad, and now it feels like he’s messing everything up. His eyes are burning. 
But this time, Alya squeezes his hand and he relaxes. 
“It’s not what you think,” she tells him. “They’re just being stupid.” 
“They’re not stupid,” he defends. Marinette is brilliant and inspiring. He could watch her for days and never get bored. And Nino is just solid, grounding in a way that always makes Adrien feel like he is always enough. 
She laughs. She definitely does not agree with him, but she also doesn’t argue. 
Spin the Bottle seems to be a bust at this point. With Marinette and Nino gone, the group breaks apart. Nathaniel and Marc soon have their heads together over a notebook. Rose and Juleka are still making out in the corner. Mylene is on Ivan’s lap on a couch. Alix and Max are talking excitedly about something on his computer. Kim is nowhere to be seen. 
He and Alya are effectively alone in the sense that no one is really paying attention to them, though they’re the only ones who haven’t moved from the original circle. 
“Why did you kiss me like that?” he asks.
She grins. “I had lots of reasons.”
“Care to share?” 
“Not yet, but I hope soon.”
He sighs. He tries so hard to respect other people’s boundaries, but he’s so tired of being in the dark all of the time. He does appreciate that Alya is direct about it though. She doesn’t try to evade or dance around the fact that she’s holding information back from him. And he believes her when she says she wants to tell him, so he doesn’t push. 
“Are you okay that I kissed Nino earlier?” he asks instead.
“I’d be a total hypocrite if I wasn’t.”
Adrien frowns. “That doesn’t answer the question.”
She grins again. “Let’s just say I was a lot more okay with it than I thought I would be, and maybe that’s part of why I wanted to kiss you too.”
“Please don’t use me as a way to get revenge on my best friend,” he pleads.
She laughs again. “I promise you I was not trying to hurt him. And I don’t think I did, but you’re right. He and I should probably talk. Are you okay if I go find him?” 
He nods, though it’s not completely true. He doesn’t feel like he’s on the verge of panic anymore, so he doesn’t need Alya to stay. 
But when she’s gone, he’s alone with his thoughts. Thoughts he very much doesn’t know what to do with. 
He’s in love with Ladybug! He’s certain of it, but this crazy game is making him realize that he has other feelings as well.
Feelings for his friends that he’s not supposed to have.
He wanted Marinette to kiss him. Hell, he still wants Marinette to kiss him, but he’s not always sure she even sees him as a friend, let alone something more. So trying something there doesn’t seem worth the risk. But he wants it anyway even though he now realizes he has feelings for Nino and Alya as well. 
But he’s not allowed to have feelings for his best friend and he’s definitely not allowed to have feelings for his best friend’s girlfriend.
What is wrong with him? 
...
Nino’s not sure what shifted, but Marinette seems calmer now. She’s smiling and he can’t help but mirror the expression. He always liked her smile. 
A soft tap on the door stops his thoughts in their tracks, and Alya pokes her head around the door. 
“There you both are!” 
Marinette’s hands cover her face again, but Nino can still see the blush blooming under her hands.
“Hey girl, do you mind if I steal your spot to talk to Nino alone for a moment?” 
Marinette’s head bobs up and down with far too much enthusiasm. And as she disappears, Nino wonders if he should envy how easily she escaped Alya’s gaze. 
But the second the door is closed, Alya pounces on him. He barely catches her. Her mouth is on his, hot and urgent, her tongue demanding entrance, and he’s only too happy to grant her request. 
But he’s confused. He thought she would be upset. Not that he’s complaining. 
Her lips travel to his ear, and his neck. Oh yeah, he’s definitely not complaining. 
But he’s still very confused. 
“Babe! What the hell?”
“I’ve literally been wanting to jump you,” she tells him between kisses, “since Adrien kissed you.” 
For some reason this upsets him, and he pushes her off him. “This isn’t some game, Alya.” 
She frowns, settling backwards on her heels, but her hands stay on his shoulders. “I didn’t say it was?”
He takes off his glasses and rubs at his eyes. “I just… I’m kinda messed up right now because I think I like him, like him. And I don’t want to mess this,” He gestured between the two of them, “up. And I don’t want to mess him and I up either, but I can’t stop thinking about it now. And now, you treating that kiss like it’s just some kind of turn on or toy thing for you to get me all riled up.” 
Her hold on him loosens, but she doesn’t let go. Instead she’s rubbing soothing patterns on his shoulders. 
“Nino, it’s okay. Adrien is super sweet, and totally hot. And you care about each other immensely. Of course, you have feelings!”
Nino’s brows pinch together. “And you don’t have a problem with that?”
“I personally think it’s totally normal to have a bit of a gay crush on your best friend,” she says.
His eyes blow open. “Holy shit! You have a thing for Marinette!”
She clamps a hand over his mouth, as she glances frantically towards the closed door. “Shh! Nino! She’s not ready to hear that!” 
“I thought this was about you riling me up, but this is about her too, isn’t it?”
Alya doesn’t say anything. 
“How long have you felt this way?” he asks.
She bites her lip. “A long time. Longer than us.”
“I see.” 
“Nino! It’s not like that! I don’t have a favorite. I’ve known I was poly for a long time, but I didn’t think that you were and Marinette was never interested, and I thought I had made peace with all of that.”
But today apparently had been testing all of their limits. 
“Babe, why did you kiss Adrien like that?” he asks, but he thinks he already knows the answer. 
“You kissed him first!” 
“He kissed me! And that didn’t answer the question.” 
She looks up at him. “Because I wanted you to know what it felt like to watch two people you love, love each other.” 
He’s not sure he really got to appreciate that feeling in the moment. He had been too busy freaking out about his feelings for Adrien and if Alya would be upset.
“You’ve never told Marinette how you feel.” 
“She’s not remotely interested. She’s always had tunnel vision for Adrien.” 
Having watched her melt down after Alya kissed Adrien firsthand, he’s not so sure of that now. 
“You’re a hypocrite.”
She scowls. “What do you mean?” 
“You tell Marinette to confess every day. You’ve told me that you wish she would just be honest about her feelings and even if Adrien is somehow an idiot and turns her down she’ll still be freer. All of that applies to you. So why haven’t you confessed?” 
“Well one, I’m dating you.” 
It was a cop out. “That’s not in the way anymore.”
“Nino! It’s different when you’re best friends. Her friendship is precious and amazing and not less than romance. I don’t want to ruin that. ”
He nods. “Yeah. Totally. Makes complete sense. But I think that what you tell Marinette all the time is still true. That you will be freer if you are honest with her about your feelings.”
Alya suddenly grins. “Tell you what. I will confess to Marinette if you confess to Adrien.”
“Fuck. I walked into that one.” 
Alya laughs. “Yeah, you did.” 
He loves her laugh. It’s loud and real just like she is. She’s never as gorgeous as she is when she’s laughing her head off. He pulls her back into his arms and kisses her hard.
She breaks away, giggling. “What was that for?” 
He shakes his head in amusement. She tackled him first. He was just following through. 
“For luck,” he tells her. He doesn’t know for sure which way Marinette swings, but he knows that Alya doesn’t need any luck. 
But he might. 
Alya follows Nino out of the bathroom, and sure enough, Marinette is in the kitchen having never made it all the way back to the main living area. Nino nods at her and winks at Marinette before he leaves them both without a word.
Alya faces Marinette who is not meeting her eyes. 
Had Marinette overheard her conversation with Nino? Does it matter if she’s planning on telling her right now anyway?
“Hey,” Alya greets softly, looping her arm through Marinette’s exactly as she had earlier during the game. “Are we okay?”  
Marinette’s head shoots up. “Why wouldn’t we be okay?” 
“Well, I thought you might be upset that I kissed Adrien. I feel like maybe I should have checked with you first?”
Marinette blushes. “I figured you were just trying to inspire me.” 
“Did it work?” 
“Umm… it was definitely inspiring.” Marinette’s cheeks are red as she looks down into her hands.
Alya’s heart flips in her chest. Dare she hope this isn’t as hopeless as she fears? She licks her lips. 
Marinette frowns and grabs her hand. “Did you think I would be mad?” 
Maybe she had thought that was a possibility beforehand, but Alya knew afterwards that she wasn’t. “No… I…” and she trails off. 
“Alya?” Marinette’s voice trembles.
Alya shakes herself. She needs to pull herself together. This is Marinette . Marinette will never hold this against her.
“I never understood why you have such a hard time talking to Adrien. I mean, I knew that it was hard. Obviously in that you struggled with it, but I didn’t understand why you were so afraid . Adrien’s the nicest person on the planet, so even if he wasn’t somehow interested, which for the record, I think he is—“
Marinette shakes her head and Alya wants to shake her. 
“—he would never ever be mean about it. But I think I get it now because there’s something that I’ve never told you because I was afraid.” 
“You don’t have to tell me anything,” Marinette says, squeezing her hands. “Best friends don’t always have to tell each other everything.”
“Nino said I was a hypocrite for not telling you this and he’s right.” 
“Oh no! Did you and Nino fight?” 
“No! Nino and I are fine. I never told you this because I am absolutely terrified you won’t want me in your life anymore.”
Marinette laughs. “Alya, there’s nothing on this earth that you could do, be or say that would make me wish you gone.”
Alya forces herself to smile. She knows that, she believes it. And yet, she’s still scared her feelings could make things weird. She wants Marinette to come to her, to gush about boys, and ask for advice. 
Will she still do that, if she knows Alya loves her too? 
“What is it?” Marinette asks. 
“I’m in love with you, Marinette.” 
When Nino walks back into the main room, Adrien is in the corner with Max, Alix, and Kim. Max and Adrien are playing the latest version of his fighting game, which is inconvenient because Nino really wants to talk to him now while he still has Alya’s encouragement in his head. But he’s so nervous that interrupting seems impossible, and he’s hovering to the side of the group like an idiot. Even Alix and Kim are throwing him funny looks. 
Maybe he just can’t do this. 
But then Adrien glances at him out of the corner of his eyes, smiles that blinding smile, and Nino’s stomach drops in a fluttering mess. He has to do this because Alya is right. However Adrien responds, Nino needs to get this out or it will drive him slowly insane. 
Max groans, signaling the end of the match. Kim claps him consolingly on the shoulder and Alix cheers, clearly having just won a bet. 
“That was super close though,” Adrien says graciously. “I think you’ll get me soon.”
Max nods. “We’re definitely more closely matched. I appreciate you not going easy on me.” 
“Wouldn’t want to diminish your accomplishment in any way.” Then he turns his attention to Nino and holds out the controller. “You want a turn?” 
Nino shakes his head, stuffing his hands into his pockets so he can’t fidget. “Can I actually talk to you?” He points behind them with his thumb. “Maybe out on the balcony again?” 
Adrien smiles, but Nino can see the sudden tension in his shoulders. “Of course.” 
Kim makes a weird kissy face at Nino over Max’s shoulder. And Nino tries not to react, but he tucks his head into his shoulders like a turtle trying to hide in his shell. His neck and face are hot. Kim laughs, but at least it cuts off abruptly when Alix punches him in the arm. 
“Hey!” Kim complains, rubbing his arm.
“Leave them alone!” she hisses.
Nino is relieved when the sliding glass door closes, so he can’t hear the interaction. But that lasts all of two seconds because now Adrien is looking at him, waiting for whatever Nino wants to say, and Nino knows Adrien well enough to guess that Adrien’s bracing himself for the worst news ever. 
Which means Nino needs to buck up and be brave. 
“So you know how I said I wasn’t straight?” Nino blurts out.
Adrien lifts his head up and Nino can breathe just a bit easier. “Yeah?” 
“Well, that kiss, mec.” Nino adjusts his hat and risks a glance at his best friend. “I think it awakened some things. And if you’re game, I would k-kinda like to see where that could go?” His voice is pitched too high, and Nino wants to hide, but the hard part is done, and so he makes himself sit still. 
Well, mostly still. Nino doesn’t know how to be completely still. 
“What about Alya?” 
Nino relaxes at that objection. Adrien isn’t saying that he’s not interested. “She’s on board. In fact, if you’re into it, I suspect she’d date you as well, but we didn’t talk about that.” 
“And that’s allowed?” Adrien asks. His brows are furrowed so tight and it’s cute. 
“I mean, if you and I are okay with it and she’s okay with it, does it matter what anyone else says?” 
“I uh… guess not.” 
“But there’s no pressure here either!” Nino backpedals. “My having feelings doesn’t mean anything has to change. Just because Alya and I are poly, doesn’t mean that you have to be. And you don’t have to date us both, though if you dated her and not me, I’m not gonna lie, I’d be super jealous.”
“Nino?” 
“Yeah?” 
“Can we slow down please?” 
“You’re in love with me?” Marinette echoes. She heard it, but she can’t believe it. 
Alya has coached her through the most ridiculous anxious spirals, has seen her in her bathrobe rambling with her hair in nets at her most insane, and has chastised her when she was beyond petty. 
Alya has seen her at her worst. 
And Alya loves her? 
It’s so crazy her brain refuses to accept it. 
Alya nods. “Have been for a long time. And I want you to know I’m not at all sure where you would like to go from here if anywhere, but I wanted you to know. I don’t want to keep things from you.”
But if it is true, It’s the most amazing precious thing! She woke up this morning expecting a treat, and woke up with a whole cake! 
“Nino?” she squeaks.
“I love him, too. I’m poly. And I know you’re in love with Adrien. You know I’ve been rooting for the two of you since forever. Like I said, I just wanted you to know. And I guess I wanted to show you that even if you don’t get the answer you’re hoping for after a confession, that things can still be okay.” 
Marinette’s grabs Alya’s arm that is already looped through hers. Alya thought she was going to say no! 
But it’s too amazing. Marinette doesn’t want to say no.
“No,” Marinette says. 
“No?” Alya echoes, stiffening under Marinette’s arm. 
Marinette grip tightens around Alya. “No! No! I don’t mean no!! I mean– Alyaaaa!” she whines, burying her face against Alya’s arm.
Alya laughs. “I must be doing pretty well if you’ve lost the power of speech!” 
Marinette nods. 
And Alya untangles herself and holds Marinette by both her elbows, and suddenly Alya’s dark eyes are filling up Marinette’s entire field of vision. 
“Marinette, may I kiss you?” 
Marinette nods again. And now Alya’s hands ride up her arms to either side of her face, and Marinette basks in the feeling of being held in Alya’s embrace.
And then Alya’s lips are on hers, and Marinette forgets how to breathe. She’s kissed Chat before under battlefield conditions. Hell! She’s kissed Alya before! But it was never like this. Never with Alya pouring all of herself into it. 
Alya is warmth and safety. And she’s fire and courage. And Marinette never wants the moment to end. 
Alya pulls away first. 
Marinette doesn’t want to move. This was how Adrien felt earlier. She knows it. This is what it means to be blissed out. She can’t imagine anything better. 
“Now, I just want you to know, I don’t want you settling. I’m not kissing you again until you’ve confessed to Adrien.” 
Marinette’s eyes blink open.
“But Alyaaaaa!”
“Can we slow down please?” Adrien asks.
“Yeah, mec! Of course! I’ll just shut up now! And you can say whatever you need to.” 
Adrien laughs. Every inch of his body is buzzing. Like, he’s floating so high that his feet may never touch ground again. He has no idea what to say, but he knows he needs to say something.
“I think I’m game.” 
“You think?” Nino echoes. “You don’t have to tell me what you think I want to hear.”
“And I’m not! I just— Nino, that was effectively my first kiss,” Adrien admits. 
“What?! But you said–”
“I know! And I have, but it was under an akuma’s influence and I don’t remember it.”
“You could have said something.” 
Adrien rubs the back of his neck. He’s not good at speaking up. Not like Nino, Alya, or Marinette. “I just… when it landed on you I felt so relieved because I knew that my first kiss was going to be with someone that I cared about and who cared about me.”
And should have that alone told him something? 
Nino’s smile softens. “I’m glad.”
“And I definitely felt something, too. I wanted more, but everyone was watching. And I wasn’t sure if all kisses were like that? Because when Alya kissed me–”  
“Oh my god! I know!” 
“–I saw stars. But you’re saying she’s interested too? So maybe not all kisses are like that, and I’m just really lucky that the first two people I remember kissing are people that I have feelings for.” 
Adrien knows he’s the one rambling, but Nino only listens. 
“So umm… yeah. I’m game.” Adrien holds out his hand. 
Nino stares at it. “Yeah?” Nino’s voice cracks on the word, and he has to clear his throat. 
“Yeah,” Adrien says again. 
Nino takes his hand, their fingers interlace and it’s wild how natural it feels, how comforting the warmth of Nino’s hand is in his own.
“I want to do what you said,” Adrien says, “explore where we could go. And it’s not just because I want to make-out! Though that sounds amazing, too!” 
Nino laughs. 
“But a relationship with you? That sounds like a dream. How could I ever turn that down?”
Nino’s gaze drops. “Dude! I—“ His voice cracks again. 
Adrien squeezes his hand reassuringly.
But Nino stands suddenly, and yanks Adrien a meter to the side, where they’re not standing in front of a glass door.
Their second kiss is even better than the first. It leaves Adrien wanting more.
Good thing Nino is his boyfriend now and there will hopefully be so many more opportunities for more.  
… 
The party continues like Marinette whole world hasn’t been thrown out of orbit. The pizza arrives, her friends eat and play Just Dance and Mecha Strike. And Marinette’s losing. 
Badly. 
She just can’t sit still, and she can’t think long enough to finish a slice of pizza, let alone pull off the complicated combos needed to send Alix’s avatar into next week. 
Marinette’s just so happy and so nervous, and her face has to be permanently stained red at this point. Everytime Alya touches her, everytime Nino laughs, everytime Adrien’s delighted smile meets her gaze, she explodes from her seat. 
She grabs another slice of pizza even though she hasn’t finished the first just to have an excuse to be out of her seat, and pours a cup of soda. She backs up and bumps into a solid warm body immediately. 
“Woah there!” Adrien says, his hands hovering over her arms obviously ready to catch her should she stumble. 
She only sees green. The green of spring grass and emeralds.
“Marinette?” he asks, his brows furrowed in concern. “Are you okay?” 
Her cheeks burn hotter. “Y-you’re fine! I mean, me! I’m fine!” 
He grins back at her and she feels warm. “I’m glad.” 
“A-Adrien?” 
“Yeah?” 
“About earlier, when I ran away?”
“Which time?” 
And god, she’s run from him twice today! Could she be more of a disaster? 
“I… umm… the first time.” She pushes a errant lock of hair behind her ear and licks her lips. “I wanted to explain.” 
“It’s okay, Marinette. You’re allowed to not want to kiss me, you know.” 
“But that’s not it at all!” 
“Then what is it?”
She swallows. She’s going to do this even if she messes up every word because Alya believed in her — because of Alya could risk everything to go after what she wanted, Marinette will too. And Alya if Alya can love her at her worst, maybe Adrien can love her at her most bizarre. 
“I’ve wanted to kiss you since the day we met. I just… I also wanted it to be special, you know?”
Her teeth press down into her lower lip, and she risks a glance up at him. 
And suddenly she can’t breathe.
Adrien isn’t sure he heard her right. 
She’s wanted to kiss him, wanted it to be special? 
For that long? 
He always thought he was doing something wrong, but she had just been nervous? Because she liked him?! 
A laugh bubbles out of him. 
Clearly the stars have aligned today.
Or at least he hopes so. 
“Marinette, what do you think of the idea of loving more than one person?” he asks.
“I… I don’t totally know,” she says, biting down on her lip. “From where I’m sitting, I really really want it to be a thing.”
Oh, this day cannot get any better. 
He reaches for her hand, which she takes. “Is it special enough if I kiss you now?” 
Her cheeks turn a delightful shade of pink. She nods, but he’s too lost in her eyes that are shining like stars to move. 
She moves first. 
And he learns that he’s been wrong on several counts. 
One, from his rapidly growing experience every kiss can be life changingly mind blowing. 
And this particular day can and will keep getting better. 
The party isn’t even close to over, but Alya asks if they want to bail early and they all agree. She lives only a few blocks away, and they probably need to spend some time, just the four of them together. 
Today has been a lot. 
But definitely the best kind of a lot, she thinks as they all four walk side by side. Adrien and Marinette are in the middle, their fingers just barely touching, but still interlaced. Nino is on Adrien’s other side, and her boyfriend cannot stop smiling. 
Alya has seen Nino excited and giddy when listening to a song. She’s seen him silly and flustered after she kissed him for the first time, but she’s never seen him quite like this, beaming like he just won the lottery. 
She’s never seen Marinette so calm and relaxed. She’s so glad that Marientte finally managed to confess, and she’s beyond touched that it was her own confession that finally goaded Marinette into action.
And she’s never seen Adrien so real. He’s joking and being silly, and just laughing. It’s a gorgeous sound. 
And she’s so happy for herself, too. That she doesn’t have to fantasize and wonder, she doesn’t have to settle. 
She gets to have all of this. All of them. 
She thought a day like this could never happen. 
“Alya! What’s wrong?”
Alya shakes her head, dabbing at her eyes. 
“I’m just happy.” 
Marinette beams at her. 
“I know! I don’t think I’ve ever felt so… loved.” 
Nino laughs. “It looks good on you.” 
It looked good on all of them. 
Because it’s perfect.
Right up until Alya has to let go of Marinette’s hand to unlock the front door. And instead of cuddling right back up to Marinette like she wants to, she ducks into the apartment trying to see if anyone is home. 
While she has no intention of keeping her unconventional relationship a secret, she prefers the chance to talk to all her partners for at least one whole conversation before she has to explain it to anyone else. 
Luckily, the whole place is dark. 
“Looks like we have the place to ourselves! Make yourselves at home! I’ll get drinks! Adrien, want to help me?” 
“Of course!” he agrees, his and Marinette’s hands slowly untangling, until they can’t reach as they part ways. 
“Why Adrien?” Marinette pouts.  
Alya laughs. “Because I need to talk to him! We’ll be out in two minutes.” 
He follows her into the kitchen. “What’s up?” 
“I just wanted to tell you all the reasons I kissed you today now that I’m not revealing any secrets.” 
He grins. “Please go on.” 
She hands him two cans of soda from the fridge. 
“One, I wanted to drive Nino nuts, but I swear in a good way.” 
Adrien laughs. 
“Two, I wanted to show Marinette that it wasn’t that hard. And that things could still be okay after the fact.” 
“Better than okay!” he adds. 
“Three, you are hot and I’m not blind.” She grabs another two cans of soda. 
He laughs again, and Alya really likes the sound. She looks right up at him. 
“And last, you were hurting earlier when Marinette ran, and I don’t know… I wanted you to know what it was like to be wanted.” 
“I…” he visibly swallows. “I don’t know what to say. Thank you.” 
She grins. “You're welcome! Now, come on!”
Alya freezes in the threshold. 
Nino has a hand on Marinette’s shoulder. He throws a silly grin at her and she sucks in a breath. He knows exactly what he’s doing. 
“So I don’t know how you feel about me compared to them,” Nino says to Marinette. 
Marinette blushes, and glances toward Alya who is staring at them both, still unmoving.
“But I have it on good authority that if we kissed, it would drive Alya wild,” Nino stage whispers. 
Adrien chokes on a laugh from behind her. 
Marinette nods enthusiastically. “She would deserve it after knowingly torturing us all day!” 
They turn towards each other. Marinette has to stand on her toes, and Nino leans down, and their lips meet. 
Alya’s throat feels dry. 
Adrien whistles in clear approval, and then the three of them dissolve into giggles. 
But Alya has to swallow several times before she finds her voice. “Not gonna lie. I have thought about this before and I didn’t think it would ever happen.”
Marinette holds her hand out, and Alya lets herself be pulled into their embrace. Adrien is only a few seconds behind. 
“Does it live up to your fantasies?” Marinette asks. 
“It’s even better. All thanks to Spin the Bottle! We’re gonna have to thank Kim for pushing it.” 
“And to think, Marinette didn’t think a Spin the Bottle kiss could be special,” Adrien teases.
“Shut up!” she protests, her cheeks turning pink. Alya kisses the closest one.
“Spin the Bottle kisses can obviously be life changing,” Nino says, his fingers threading through hers. 
“Did Marinette just tell Adrien to shut up?” Alya asks. “Maybe?” Marinette squeaks.
Alya grins. “I’m so proud.” 
Bonus:
Adrien’s never been this comfortable in his whole life. It’s almost overwhelming. Marinette’s head lay in his lap, while he leaned on Nino’s shoulder with Alya on Nino’s other side. He’s not sure how they got here all together like this, but he’s never going to let go now. 
“So are we exclusive?” Marinette asks, her fingers tracing patterns on the back of his hand.
“Why do you ask?” Alya grins, clearly amused. 
“I just kinda wanted to see if I could add Chat Noir.”
Adrien chokes. “Ch-Chat Noir?” he splutters.
“What? Is that crazy?” Marinette asks. 
“He does look hot in that catsuit.” Nino comments and Adrien’s ears burn. 
“I’m down for Chat Noir, Ladybug, and Carapace,” Alya interjects. 
Marinette glares at her. “I think you’re forgetting someone.” 
“Who?” 
“Rena Rouge!” 
“Oh! Yeah, sure,” she agrees readily. 
They all turn to him expectantly, and Adrien doesn’t know what to say. It sounds amazing and it sounds like way too much, and it also seems impossible. “What are the chances all four of them would be down for that?” 
Marinette glances at Alya and Nino before her gaze flips back to him. “Higher than you might think.” 
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You getting Death threats from 'fans' - Hyung Line
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: S/N- Ship name, it only pops up once but like its still important information- You're in a group with 4 other people under JYP. There is a face claim used in one or two of them, if you don't like it you can reimagine it. JYP allowed you to be public about your relationship because the Stray Kids dating ban was already lifted and you were dating before your group debuted.  
AUTHOR NOTE: So it kinda feel like this is more Hate then getting actual death threats from them. Theres like mentions of being told to k*ll yourself and like one actual death threat tho. I hope it's not too bad T_T I just want it to be gooood. I was also listening to my girl group playlist while writing this so I've been vibingggg. These are all a little longer because I have no life and I love to write endlessly. But
WARNINGS: Death threats, self harm, m/n being told to k*ll himself, cussing
FEMALE ALINGED PLEASE DNI <3
Bang Chan
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He was sitting in his studio on vlive filming another episode of Chans Room. Jisung, M/ns best friend who had joined him earlier, looked up from his phone telling him that M/n was gonna be here in a few minutes. M/n also being a trainee under JYP made it easier to see his idol boyfriend. He had recently been put into a group that was very close to debuting but was receiving quite a bit of hate for always being seen around Stray Kids and being too close to Jisung and Chan. Neither his group, AXIZ, nor Stray Kids knew about the hate that M/n was receiving as he kept it to himself. None of the members had ever seen a rude comment or post about him seeing as he was always quick to delete them or their managers distracted them, that was until M/n walked into the studio. “M/n!”, Jisung said from his spot on the couch. “Hi guys”, said boy walked over giving Jisung a high five and Chan a kiss on the cheek before sitting down. A good 30 minutes went by of the 3 of them laughing and joking around with each other and Stay. M/n looked at his phone which had the vlive open so he could see comments and seemed to notice that the veiwer count was going up really fast suddenly making him a bit nervous. Chan noticed that some of the new people coming in were XYs and said hi to M/n’s groups' fandom. While scrolling through the comments M/n started finding more and more hate directed towards him and less nice comments and questions, he only hoped that the other 2 boys didn't notice. They had stopped messing around with tracks and decided to just answer questions and interact with both fandoms some minutes later.
M/nSuckz25: M/n you should kys
CHanLover97: M/n better leave chan alone or ill kill him myself instead
XYForLife: AXIS would be so much better without him lol
AXIS_FanAccount: OT4 honestly….
Chan had seen these comments stick out to him through all the thousands begging for his attention. “Wait. Hold on,” he said looking at the camera looking dead serious. Jisung and M/n looked up at him from where they were playing a game together. “I don’t know why all of a sudden there's so much hate in the comments but that's not okay and the fact that you guys call yourselves Stays and XYs but are telling M/n to kill himself is fucking not acceptable”, Chan was lowkey pissed at this point and M/n was panicking cause he never planned for anyone to find out. Jisung noticed and being the caring friend he is was also pissed at the fandoms. He took m/n out of the room to help calm him down while chan continued to go off of Stays and XYs. And boy was he doing that “M/n is the most amazing, kind, beautiful, and talented person I've ever met. He tries so hard and worked to earn the spot in AXIS that he has. I will always love and be with him so sorry to break any hopes you had of getting rid of him. Giving people death threats and telling them to kill themself is never acceptable. I'm very disappointed in all of you because no one even tried to defend him at all. I'm ending this here and I don't think ill be doing another one for a while.” Chan ended the live and then went to comfort his boyfriend. A couple days later JYP released a statement saying that the debut of AXIS was to be postponed until further notice seeing as other members and JYP himself were very upset with the fandoms and to give M/n some time.
Lee Know
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Lee knows being the tsundere ish person he is probably found out by himself when you weren't around and wasn't too happy about it. Minho was scrolling through Instagram on his secret personal account liking some of M/ns photos and a few edits of AXIS that he had found. He got a notification that you're group account had just posted, he had nothing better to do went to go look at it. He saw a picture of the whole group laughing and sitting on the floor in one of the many practice rooms in the JYP building. He smiled as you looked so happy sitting and talking with your members, he definitely couldn't wait until they debuted and he could shower his boyfriend in more love and support than he already does. He was going to go comment something stupid and funny like he usually does on the group posts but stops when he looked at them taking a little minute to read some of them.
AXISOT4: 5 is an odd number for AXIS and honestly they should just get rid of M/n and make it better 
M/nHater: M/n is so horrible and doesn't deserve to be in AXIS honestly. Maybe he should cut a little deeper tonight lmao 
TeaPotGurl: The reason M/ns always wears long sleeves and pants is probably that he cuts. Not deep enough apparently XD
SKZFangirl: Hey M/n Wrist check?
IloveLeeMinho: M/n just kill yourself or someone will most definitely do it for you 
To say that Minho was pissed would be a huge understatement. He was fucking livid. He switched over to the group stray kids account making a post. 
TheRealStrayKids
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Hey, Stay. This right here is the most beautiful and amazing person I've ever met and I'm asking Stays to go give him some love. The amount of hate that has been in the comments of his and AXIS's official posts is horrible. Telling someone to kill themself or giving them death threats is never okay and I'm disappointed in the XYs and Stays that have been giving him hate. Stop it. - Lee Minho 
M/ns#1Fan: #StopM/nHate
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LinoxM/n: :( he doesn't deserve any of this hate 
StayXY: I don't understand why people would hate on him I mean look at his beautiful smile
After posting that he quickly got dressed in sweatpants and his shoes before exiting his dorm in a hurry quickly telling his members that he’d be back later. He speeds to the AXIS dorm where he knows M/n will be. Minho knocks on the door and it is immediately opened by Juno the leader of AXIS. “Oh Minho I'm glad you’re here, M/n won't leave his room, and he's been crying since earlier this morning when the group photos were posted.” Minho nodded hurriedly, “Yeah I saw the comments and came immediately”. “Well come in, he's in his room and I'm sure he'll be more than happy for you to here with him through this.” Although it took Minho a little while to convince M/n to open the door and let him in when he finally did, Lee know made sure to give M/n his hoodie and spend the rest of the night cuddling him and trying to make him feel better while the rest of AXIS (especially the Hyung line) addressed the hate towards their youngest. 
Changbin Seo
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The whole group of Stray Kids was sitting in one of the practices rooms messing around on vlive. Some of them were dancing, others were joking and talking to the Stays, and a few were sitting on their phones. Changbin and Seungmin were sitting on one of the couches watching everyone mess around and scrolling. The lovely pig bunny boy was smiling looking through the pictures of M/n saved on his phone when he got a notification from the AXIS VLive account. 
[AXIS] starting live - Axis: Maknae line live! <3
He quickly connected his headphones clicking on the notification. He smiled wider when he saw the big smiles of M/n and Xiao as they said hello to all the XYs and people in the live. The stays noticed that his smile got bigger and a lot of people commented and cooed at him. “ ‘Changbin looks so happy and it's adorable’ ”, Felix looked back at him after reading that and smiled looking back at the camera, “yeah M/n probably texted him, they're so cute together”. Changbin was watching the live with Seungmin looking over his shoulder every once in a while. M/n and Xiao were playing around showing each other the tricks they can do and the different levels of flexibility they have. They were inside of one of the practice rooms not too far from the one skz is in. Eventually, they got tired and sat down to joke around and talk with their fandom. Changbin was smiling watching how happy M/n looked playing and talking with his fellow Manake. “I honestly don't know what I would've done if me and M/n didn't makeup back then.”, Xiao said smiling with his arm around M/n and messing up his hair. After he said that there were a lot of comments of confusion on what he meant by that so they decided to explain what happened. M/n swatted his Hyung by a few months' hand away before speaking, “When we were tiny little trainees like 2 years ago, me and Xiao used to butt heads a lot. We didn't get along and we used to make side comments to try to piss each other off whenever we had classes together.” They both laughed before Xiao started speaking, “The little brat used to piss me off a lot, he has a weird way of showing admiration and he jokes around a lot.” M/n swats his arm, “The big conflict we had was really over something stupid-” Xiao looked at him, “The last cookie was not stupid! I wanted it!” “I hadn't gotten one yet! And I bought you a better cookie afterward to apologize!”, M/n pouts looking at him. Changbin and Seungmin laughed at the adorable interaction between the two, Changbin had given him one of his headphones a little while after he noticed he was watching it in silence. After they had told the story the comments of the live blew up in reactions, some good but most bad. As they were reading the comments, Suengmin realized that most of the bad ones were directed at M/n. Eventually the two maknaes started to read the comments again. 
XiaoFangirl: Xiao and M/n got into an argument? It was probably M/n's fault cause Xiao is perfect.
AXIS4: Wow M/n was getting into arguments with the group before debut.
M/nsucks: That just proves he doesn't deserve to be in the group
AuthorIsOutOfNameIdeas: honesty he should just go back to cutting like he did when we were in middle school
CreativityZero: He should skip the cutting and just kill himself all together lol
M/n read these and got really quiet looking to the side. Xiao realized this and got really upset, turning the comments off. “If you guys can't say anything nice about M/n then you won't be able to comment at all. First of all we are human and we are gonna argue over little things sometimes. The argument was equally both of our faults and that was 2 years ago, the way we as a group interact has changed! M/n is and always will be the thing that holds this group together without him there would be no AXIS.”, Xiao was pissed and wanted to end the live but their manager wanted them to be on until a certain time. “Come on M/n, we can practice'', Xiao grabs M/n's arm and pulls him up and to the middle of the room. In the Skz practice room there is a visibly angry changbin and upset suengmin. The rest of the live they danced around and practiced but everyone could see that M/n wasn't all there. After it was over the amount of time that their manager wanted them to be live for Xiao was quick to come over to the camera out of breath and signing off. “Sorry but this will be the end of the live, i don't know when the next Makane live will be but it will probably not be in 2 days as scheduled.” Xiao was honestly annoyed and sorta pissed off at the fans but tried his best to keep a smile on his face. Xiao waved M/n, who was previously standing in front of the mirror still marking choreo, over to say goodbye even though he didn't want to. M/n quickly said goodbye with a fake bright smile and a wave before going back to the mirrors to continue working on the choreography. The live then ended with Xiao waving and M/n dancing in the background. Changbin got off the vlive app and texted M/n that he wants to see him when the SKZ live ends. For the rest of the live Changbin was seen angry as hell sloached with his arms crossed. Some stays made a comment on how hot he looked and the others kinda laughed it off and changed the topic when they saw how mad he was and the look Suengmin was giving them. 
*time skip because Changbins part is too long*
When the Stray kids' live finally ended Changbin was quick to grab his stuff and run to the practice room 3ish doors down from the one he was in, leaving Seungmin to explain to their leader and other members what had happened. When he bursted into the room he saw a very tired and very sweaty M/n who had gotten very spooked when Changbin came in suddenly while he was practicing. Changbin took one look at M/n and didn't say anything, just opening his arms for him. M/n didn't hesitate to run straight into his boyfriend's strong comforting arms. M/n started to cry and breakdown after over an hour of holding it all in and overworking himself. Changbin just held him and let him cry before picking him up and taking him over to the couches where he gave him all the comfort, love and reassurance M/n could ever need. Changbin spent the rest of the day and night in the AXIS dorm with M/n. The next day there were many posts and articles about the situation and JYP was quick to do something about it, giving AXIS a break to help M/n and say multiple things about the ongoing hate.
Hwang Hyunjin
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Similar to Lee Know, M/n wasn’t present when the lovely Drama Llama found out about the hatred towards him. The hate has come from both XYs and Stays, and has been happening for the past few months. M/n never told anyone about all the hate not wanting to worry his members or upset the members of Stray Kids plus his boyfriend. He had planned to keep it a secret from them all as long as he could. Well that was until Hyunjin had found out about it by himself during one of his personal lives. Hyunjin was reading comments and answering, having fun as he usually does when someone asks about M/n. “ ‘How's you and M/n going?’ Oh! We’re doing good! He treats me so well and I love him so much!”, he smiles at the camera and a lot of stays cooed at how big his smile was and the amount of love you could see in his eyes. Hyunjin was going on telling some random story about M/n that he found cute and some of the wholesome stays were awwing along with him. He had finished his little story with a smile on his face reading the comments. He was answering more questions when a certain one stuck out to him.
S/NEndgame: How do you feel about all the hate M/n has been getting? 
Hyunjin looked at the camera very confused. “M/nnie is getting hate? Why didn't I know? Noone has told me and I haven't seen it!”, he got more and more upset the more he spoke. One stay had sent a link to a short video that someone made talking about the hate towards M/n. In said video there was a clip from one of M/n’s personal lives, where someone had asked why neither of groups had said anything about the hate or hinted towards knowing, they also added a side comment and said it probably because they hate M/n as well anyways. M/n’s response to that was, “They haven't said anything about it because they don't know. I delete all comments before the members can see them, don't ever bring it up, and the only people that know are my manager and Stray Kids’ Manager and they work together with me to make sure they don't find out so it's all good!”, M/n managed to say all that with a smile on his face and that was even more sad. It then skipped to another clip where a worried fan had asked why he didn't tell any of them especially Hyunjin, he responded with another smile “I don't want to worry all of my members when we’re so close to debut and that’ll just push us farther back, and Stray Kids has so many other things to worry about, I also don't wanna stress out Hyunjin I love him too much to do that to him! Not even JYP himself knows. I don't want to be a bother, I can deal with it”. By the end of the 3 minute video Hyunjin was slightly crying and very upset. He asked the Stays if they had known about this and the answer to him was alarming. A small percent of  Stays said that they didn't  know, another small percent did know but promised M/n never to tell but the other half of the Stays they had a different opinion. Comments upon comments fled into the small space of the phone screen, he could only catch and read so many of them but he knew the majority of them were hate towards M/n. 
FuckM/n: honestly he deserves the hate, it's not like he's actually talented.
IveTruelyRunOutOfNames: its said that M/n has started cutting again
ButtLicker23: hopefully he cuts deep enough to bleed out and die
Hater45: he should just leave the group and go die somewhere, no one would even care
Hyunjin started crying more by the time he read those comments and the hundreds of ones just like it. His first thought was to immediately check on his boyfriend and ask him thousands of questions. He knew though that the first thing he’d have to do was deal with this situation first. He looked at the camera with tears streaming down his face. “Why would you guys say that about M/n! He is amazing and talented and so handsome! I love him more than anything in the world! He is the reason I perform so well for you guys, the reason I learned to love myself so much, and the reason I am as happy as I am every single day! The fact that you would say that about any person is absolutely horrible! But you have the nerve to talk bad and wish death on the love of my life and talk about the anxiety and struggle he has been facing for the past few years! I truly don't understand how you could say that about anyone. But you have the nerve to hate on him and wish him more self-harm and then turn around and say I'm your bias?!” Hyunjin shook his head, willing himself to stop crying. “That's horrible, I dislike that very much. Either you guys apologize to him or stop calling yourself a stay. I can guarantee that the rest of Stray Kids and AXIS feel this way as well. I'm signing off now, don't expect another live or any bubble messages any time soon.” Hyunjin turned the live off and then ran out of his room down the hall into AXIS’ dorm straight into M/n's room. The other members thought nothing of it with this being sorta normal. M/n turned to the door when he saw him and smiled “hi baby!”. Hyunjin walked straight over to him and pulled his hoodie sleeve up looking at the various cuts sadly and starting to cry again. “Why didn't you tell me about this and the hate!” M/n looked away ashamed and shocked that he found out, “I didn't want to be a bother or a burden on you” Hyunjin immediately looked up at him kissing all over his face and down his neck and arms to accentuate every word he said, “Doll You Will Never Be A Burden Nor A Bother To me Ever” After placing one final kiss to his arms, the rest of the day was spent with the tall blonde patching up his boyfriends arms properly and clinging to him with the promise that they'd tell their CEO and both respective groups first thing in the morning about the issue on hand. 
AUTHORS NOTE: By the length of some of these you can clearly tell who my bias is and when my writer's block had finally left me T~T but This took me way longer to write than I'd like to admit. But it's finally done and I can post for the first time in awhile, i'm sorry this took so long but with school, thousands of doctor appointments and the drama I ended up getting caught in the middle of I had like no free time to write T_T and then my personal computer broke so now I’m stuck writing on my school computer all the time but I promise as soon as I come back from spring break I will find a good posting schedule.
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asukaskerian · 6 months
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🌀Post the fic summary for a fic you haven't written/published yet. It can be hypothetical or something you really plan on releasing...
🌧️Share something angsty from your WIP.
🌀 this is the suburban ot4 summary that reads like a stupid book blurb but it's all i have atm :
Ichigo and Orihime were high school sweethearts and now they're a respectable young married couple with a suburban house and a child. They are sweet and loving and supportive and there is nothing missing in their life. Nope! Nothing.
Nelliel and Grimmjow sure as hell aren't married, and never mind being respectable in any way, but they managed to breed somehow so they're gonna have to deal with that. As soon as they manage to deal with being jobless and evicted.
Surely that pair of naive normies they had a pretty bad run-in with as teenagers are not going to be of any help, though... Wait... Huh. 
Oh.
🌧️ same fic!
Before they know it, it's the weekend. Nelliel and Grimmjow haven't been kicked out yet.
It's coming, she knows better than to think it's not, but so far nobody has brought it up again. 
"Because Princess is scared of confrontation and Hubby's coddling her," Grimmjow mutters. Nelliel scowls, but can't really refute that. She doesn't know them enough, for one thing.
"Or maybe they're just nice," she tries anyway, on principle.
He arches his eyebrow, and doesn't say 'isn't that what I just said?', but she hears it anyway. 
But he doesn't say it. 
Her shoulders slump; the fight goes out of her. "We can't count on that lasting," she mumbles, but really, she has no better idea than to keep being friendly and a good guest. It makes her feel less guilty, but only so much. 
"Who the fuck is counting on it?" Grimmjow shoots back, and sits at the other end of the futon, his back three-quarters turned away and just as slumped. 
He's about to go out and look for a job once again. Nelliel went out yesterday and the day before that to look into administrative solutions, financial aids, social services, but today's a Saturday. None of that will be open, and anyway they're missing so much damn paperwork; it'll take months at best to sort out. 
So far their best option is to play model guests and pray. 
"Worst thing is I like them," she can't help admitting. They're so damn sweet. It'd be easier if she had to put it on, if she didn't have to care that they're going to run out of pity at some point.
She's expecting a snappy retort, or an eyeroll, or a "I really don't", but Grimmjow doesn't say anything, just stands up all at once and goes looking for a fresher shirt. Her chest squeezes with -- something unpleasant, frustrated and off-balance, like she's being ignored. Abandoned. 
"Grim--"
"I know that."
His voice is so rough, it sounds like it should hurt his throat.
"I'm fucking trying, alright? Ain't gonna ruin this for you."
He's not looking at her, just digging into his suitcase with every muscle tight, twitchy movements like a leashed beast.
She has no idea how to sort that out. She just -- why does he keep missing the point, why does he make it sound like he's martyring himself, god, she fucking hates it. She stands, too, fists clenched. Watches his shoulders tense, watches him fail to turn to face her.
She works on her breathing. She's better than this; than always sniping. She wants to be, she knows she is, can be, it's so pleasant and, and normal to hang out with Orihime, like she was never a half-gaijin orphan dragged straight down to the underbelly of society, clinging as hard as she could to what should be. Like they're just two office ladies giggling over the coffee machine, two neighbors with matching little houses trading hair care tips and career advice. 
She wants to be calm, and fair, and happy.
Grimmjow pisses her off so much some days and the worst thing is, she knows it's a habit she has fallen into, taking things he says just a shade worse than he meant them because sometimes he does mean even worse than that. He's a foul-mouthed bastard who revels in stalking around scaring the normies, who takes people's disapproval as a reason to make them disapprove more, so she always expects it of him.
Now he exists like an animal in a trap, all desperate energy with nowhere to go and despair creeping in, and she did it; she trapped him.
"If it's going to be ruined," she says eventually, after several answers have come to her mind and been released, "then it was going to be ruined anyway. It's still a reprieve. You won't..." 
'You won't be the cause of it,' she almost says, but they both know she can't say that and mean it, so she swallows it back. 
"If I were alone it might last a few more days, but that's the same end result." She shrugs.
He's trying. She should... 
She feels kind of like shit that a part of her is surprised at how hard he's trying. She knows him well enough, she hoped enough, but another part is used to their old rhythms. There's something savagely free and so noble inside him that she wants to tear out of the defensiveness and the cynicism it's buried under. So they get together like a car crash; there are tender moments in the dark, little slices of terribly aching vulnerability, and then it builds up; she pushes him too much, too far out of his comfort zone and they break up. 
The break-up sex is always amazing. Then she's angry at herself for a while. Tells herself it's the last time she takes him back. Tells herself she was nosy and judgmental; no wonder he bailed. Tells herself next time she'll be more understanding, more patient. Tells herself he's not interested in getting over his shit and she shouldn't date projects. 
Tell herself it'll just be a hookup. 
And then he's wild and fun; neither of them ever says sorry, but they don't leave the party when the other one shows up, and then the next party they fuck, and then the next fuck they spend the night. Breaking up like a pressure valve before it gets too much, unsalvageable; not a real ending.
But they're not breaking up now. 
She wants to build him up, drag him back and away from the looming implosion; she doesn't know how. 
"... I'm going."
She wants to tell him good luck but that's going to sound doubtful, like he needs it. She wants to say she knows he can do it, he's smart and has plenty of skills; he'll hear it like a lie, or like a binding expectation. She wants...
She wants a hug.
She dredges up a smile into her voice, watching him walk through the door. "I'll massage your feet when you come back, yeah?"
He pauses in the corridor, glances over his shoulder, gives a faint, unexpected chuckle. "Oh, I'm gonna hold you to that."
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silvyslayer42 · 9 months
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ok so (explanations under the cut)
in order of worst to best we have-
F - satosai. get out of my face, satosai.
full disclosure though- i used to really like satosai, but then i grew as a person and part of that is realizing satosai is painful amounts of overrated and mid (im joking obviously, though i do truthfully dislike it, no shade to you if you do. plus i still look at ship content of it sometimes because it’s there in mass amounts and they’re cute sometimes). also some satosai fans are so annoyingggg (you know the ones) and will go after other saiki ships and be like “anyways satosai better” and i do genuinely think you’re annoying and should get off of my page if you do that.
E - kuboyasu x teruhashi. it goes in E tier for “Eh?” because i do not get it
i have nothing to say about them, to the point that it’s not even funny. this is like, a very sober crackship to me. im sure someone who does really like this ship could sell me on it but it hasn’t happened yet. i see this ship around sometimes and just get so confused. i do not see the chemistry
D - kubosai. even more confusing than the last one in some ways but i kind of see the charm of it.
again though, nothing much to say. they work aesthetically, like—the bones of a good ship are here, but there’s no meat to tear into. in their canon/close to canon versions i cannot see it at all (probably because i like other ships with both of them a lot more), but in a good fic or au i do very much indulge in the BAMF x BAMF content. yeah idk what else to say, they’re so low on here because i just do not think about them as a romantic pairing or seek it out. i don’t know why it’s so popular (unless there’s some solo chapter with them as a duo that ive never seen)
C - imuteru, hii x satou, and makoku (with one u). yeah, I know, C tier for “Contreversial Take” i suppose.
OK LET ME EXPLAIN OFFICER-
imuteru used to be higher up on the list, but then terusai took over my body and soul, and i just can’t really see them together anymore. whenever i think of imuteru i think of unrequited imuteru on imu’s end and that makes me sad :( for some reason this same effect didn’t happen with teruchiyo or mikoteru but that might be that those two have other ships with the characters aswell idk
satou x hii would be further up because i do really like them together and i think the whole luck balancing thing is super cute, i just don’t think about them enough to put them higher. yes, your boos are understandable, and your tomato throwing. someday i’ll decide to read a fic about them and it’ll probably become B tier idk
.. ok now you REALLY HAVE TO HEAR ME OUT. makoto x kusuo could be so funny. this is a true crackship, and one laced with the absolutely most fatal drug cocktail you’ve ever seen. in a world where makoto isn’t literally a walking incest joke and is just a protective and pretty idiot it slaps so hard. kokomi would hate it, kuusuke would hate it, his parents would be questioning how kusuo managed to bag a famous actor without mind control. it is utter chaos and so so much better for it. i think they should be more popular and it’s probably my worst saiki k take. still, putting them any higher is basically saiki k fandom sacrilege atp so.
B - nendou x saiko, mikosai (+mikoteru and teruchiyo which weren’t on the tierlist for some reason), kaisai, and yumekai. now we’re getting somewhere. i quite like all of these.
nendou x saiko is just very fun to me. idiot for idiot but it’s in the romcom rich guy who doesn’t know shit meets guy who doesn’t know shit either. silly x tries to be serious but can’t really pull it off. i think they can both mutually make each others lives better + their interactions in canon were great. i wish they were more popular
oh boy mikosai!! oh boy, mikosai… mikosai is the first sight of my polyship i like to call “psychicshipping” which is where i ship all of the PK psychickers together romantically as a weird kind of OT4. i have so much to say on mikosai and a lot of thoughts about them, and i do genuinely like them as a pairing a lot, BUT. it ranks lower than the other psychicships because the fandom put a bad taste in my mouth with it. often, i see a lot of people hating on terusai in favor of mikosai or saying that mikosai is somehow more valid and im like “?”. it often feels like mikosai is the het saiki ship for teruhashi haters, which SUCKS because i do see the vision. like, THIS:
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this is great, yk? they look good together and the dynamic is great, but the way the fandom treats and characterizes them is not even close to how they should be, at least to me it’s not. this image sums up my feelings on them pretty well:
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closing thoughts: i should be the only one allowed to ship mikosai because only i understand them NEXT
mikoteru + teruchiyo bonus round because i like them too and they deserve to be here: these ships are both great in my professional opinion, but their paragraphs get combined because i don’t have a lot of vested interest in them specifically despite really liking them. I think teruhashi’s problems could all be fixed if she had at least one girlfriend (preferably more) and that is my only thoughts really. i get very happy when i see people making ship content for either of these, please make more yuri content with teruhashi now thank you !!
kaisai!! this was the first saiki k ship i read a fic for and the first ship i enjoyed. it’s very nostalgic to me because of that. to me they give “greasy gamer who could be blown over by a ghost of wind boyfriend who likes getting himself into trouble x stoic but secretly sweet boyfriend who subtly protects him” which is a rare and overlooked dynamic i think, and something you can’t really get from kubokai. kubokai might still be better but that doesn’t mean kaidou doesn’t have two hands now does it? closing thoughts: i think they’re very cute and need more people to see that, romantically or platonically.
yumekai. i think they should’ve been canon in the end idc idc. i might like other ships with these two more but that does not mean i won’t acknowledge how much i like them. they are honestly one of the best het ships in the entire fandom and need more recognition!! they can be angsty mutual pinning. they can be toothrottingly fluffy. they can be so infuriatingly stupid (they are always stupid but shush). they can be the incarnation of young love. they can and should grow old together. the only reason they aren’t higher up is because, like i said before, i like other ships with either of them so much already so there’s not enough room in my heart for them 😞
A - mikosuka (plus aikechi and torikechi bonus rounds that will both be getting their own paragraphs this time), saikechi, torisai, kubokai, and nendou x hairo. OH YEAH BABYY! all of these are solid and the fandom hasn’t ruined them, in fact all of the stuff ive seen of them slaps. 10/10
mikosuka. please be more popular aaa!! the only reason it’s not is because of how much toritsuka got done dirty in canon for the “pervert character” trope- and how much the fandom just despises him. they’re hilarious in a “married couple who do nothing but fight all the time but everyone can tell they love each other anyways” way to me, not to mention how they’re also a part of psychicshipping. i do think they work better as part of a polycule with saiki to center them, but i saw a post about how aiura could’ve been mistaken and toritsuka might’ve actually been hinted as her soulmate and it’s been a majority of my thoughts since. i think they should get married after a long journey of selfdiscovery for them both where at the end of it they decide they both like life better with each other. i think they should stay in a “will they won’t they” like idiot love interests in a bad but popular tv show forever. i live laugh love mikosuka. i think they both deserve better (mostly aiura but toritsuka too in some ways). closing thoughts: brain running wild all the time 24/7 for these guys forever and ever.
aikechi. i hadn’t really thought about them before making contact with @/no-psi-nan’s posts about them but now my eyes are OPENED!! honestly before that i just saw them in the polypsychiccule as connected via their mutual love for saiki but not with each other directly, but now they are so much more than that to me. he’s the right amount of calm to nicely contrast her passionate fire in a way that the other two just aren’t. they are the pinacle of competent 4 competent while still being idiots in their own ways. aiura shows a picture of him to someone and says “this is my loser pissboy husband. i love him so much”
torikechi. i started liking them in a similar way that i started liking aikechi but the vibes with them are so very different than aikechi. compared to toritsuka, akechi is the cool one and that is crazy 2 me. really really dumb x only a little bit dumb but extremely unhinged in other ways. akechi can finally talk at someone who and be halfway listened to without annoying the other person because of toritsuka being used to ghosts randomly appearing to talk to him all the time and he is ecstatic. toritsuka is just happy to be here and also very confused tbh.
saikechi. what’s there not to like about saikechi tbh. a lot of canon backing and the childhood friends trope? peak. the potential that this ship has for angst and hurt/comfort is sososo good gahhh!! akechi being torn up about saiki leaving and saiki feeling guilty. saiki thinking that he’s done something horrible and not expecting forgiveness, but receiving it anyway :((( aaaaa!!! “you really shouldn’t forgive me. you should hate me” x “i already forgave you, and how could i ever hate you when i love you so much?”. like??? hello??? they make me cry. they make me so happy. they can help each other heal and become better. they could even make each other worse if you play your cards right (you’d be evil for it tho). closing thoughts: screaming crying shaking sobbing throwing up clawing the ground and punching my pillow because of how much i care about them
torisai. they are so funny lmao. also they complete the psychicshipping love square
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(^the psychicshipping love square. pink line between names means those two characters are dating, in love, married, etc.) so ofc i love them. as mentioned, i think they’re very funny (a common trait of a lot of the ships i like) and i think saiki could fix him (/j). not much to say since they are my head empty ship but yeah i like me some torisai
kubokai. do i even need to explain?? like torisai there’s not much i really feel i need to say about them but like. who doesn’t like kubokai? these two could not go an episode without doing something gay and we love them for that. not to mention the piles upon piles of content for them. closing thoughts: ofc i like kubokai, who doesn’t like kubokai?
nendou x hairo. HELL YEAH BABYY!! <- my reaction when i see a post about them. underrated as hell, just like how these two are as characters. they’re my sillies. the silliest gay couple ever. aso shuichi agrees trust me. also that chapter where they got mistaken for a couple was so fucking funny. it’s a shame like no one knows about it since it’s basically softcore in some parts so it didn’t get animated
S - terusai and aichiyo. MY FAVS! i eat breathe and live on this. i have a current pintrest board of these ships because i love them so much.
aichiyo. give me more aichiyo content, NOW. aichiyo is seriously my favorite aiura ship, and i look it up on this godforsaken website, and you know what i find? LIKE THREE POSTS. THREE. THATS BASICALLY NOTHINGGG. and there’s not really a lot of fics ive found about them either (if you have recommendations i want them. please). that episode where they interacted was so gay it outshined nearly everything else. like- they’re so in love!! *shakes you* listen to me damnit!! they love each other!! they’re just so adorable i don’t know what you want me to say. look at them LOOK AT THEMMMM
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(^made by @/wowneh_toon on twitter) closing thoughts: they make me feral
terusai (ending with this one instead of going in order because they are my number one favs out of any saiki k ship to have ever been concocted). AAAAAHH!!!!!! I LOVE THESE TWO SO MUCHH!!!! terusai is the kind of ship that grows on you the longer you’re a fan of the show, and now it’s my straight up comfort ship. anyone who disagrees is WRONG this whole fandom is WRONG and im not afraid to say that. if you don’t like them at least queerplatonically i think your takes are immature and stupid and im blocking you. terusai is perfect for a fluffy future au where teruhashi is the breadwinner and saiki is her housewife. infinity/10 best romance ever written no complaints. there’s so many terusai moments and chapters (remember when teruhashi was about to confess to him as kuriko and he was blushing???like??? how could anyone see that shit and still think he genuinely hates her… i know i sound so mean here but idc im so so tired of this fandom and the absolute DISRESPECT terusai goes through on a daily basis) thank you aso shuichi for gifting the world with teruhashi and terusai. closing thoughts: i love them and if you don’t i do NOT want to hear about it. id fight the whole fandom over them if i had to im not kidding.
phew that was a lot of writing. i hope you enjoyed my ramblings because all of these came from deep within my heart. also my opinions are all cosmic truths so if you disagree then i guess we’ll just have to both live with you being wrong 🤷
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Hey! First of all let me start by saying that I LOVE your writing (one shots? Im not familiar with fanfic terms lol), everytime I see you answering an ask and is under read more? Fuck yeah! Im eating well tonight!!! (That being said dont feel obligated to answer this like that lol)
I was just thinking about Water 7 (because us Usopp girlies/gender neutral/ are never leaving that arc down) and the fact that after getting beat up Usopp is shown to have bandages all over his body, but later when he heals he doesnt seem to have any scars, and in the sense of the show it makes sense, but 👀 i feel theres lots of angst potential for him to have some scarring from his time against the Franky Family, after all Chopper only treated him at first, the rest of the wounds care was done by Usopp. I feel theres great Usopp angst potential in seeing these scars as shameful because they keep reminding him of his actions in water 7, Franky angst because every time he sees those scars he remembers a beat up Usopp, hell angst for the whole crew remembering their darkest time as a crew
And if we want to make it ZoLuSanUso (because of course were going to!!) angst of their little breakup arc and how they couldnt protect usopp at that moment 😭
Aaah I’m so happy you enjoy my writing! I honestly hadn’t planned on writing anything for this fandom because whenever I enter a new fandom I prefer posting art and even though I enjoy writing a little here and there much like my art/fandom art in general they are just snippets of a larger story lol. Which is something you can get away with drawing but not writing. I wish I could write a full fledged slowburn for the ot4 god that would be the dream but executing something like that well is a lot of work and I’m weak of spirit I’m afraid😩 that being said I did write a little something inspired by my latest ot4 drawing(and isn’t that a beautiful circle being inspired to draw and being inspired to write by your own drawing as you draw lol) I just need to edit it and I’ll post it tomorrow(and yeah they’re called oneshots😊) just seeing your nice message inspired me to work on it some more so that’s why it took me a bit to answer(also it takes me longer to see asks because I have notifications turned off lol)
And ah water 7 best arc and anyone who says otherwise is just weak. The first and only time we saw interpersonal conflict that mattered where everyone was so wrong and also right. Sorta wishing we get the same level intercrew conflict in elbaf but with the way the story is going it’s not likely but I can dream. anyways water 7. God the thought of them already dating during that arc is so angsty even for Me. While lu/sopp and san/uso sides are already heartbreaking on their own (and lu/san! he literally kicked him in the face and told him to watch his mouth😭 honestly I don’t think Sanji would forgiven Luffy or Zoro if Usopp really left the crew there’s no way for things to be normal after all that or even Usopp for going through with it tbh) but ugh just zo/sopp is so much worse. Just having to hear him say that they should leave him if he doesn’t apologize even though Usopp wasn’t the only one at fault no you know what even if he was entirely at fault hearing that would not be okay. To hear someone you love say that would be heartbreaking😭. From then on you even after you patch things up you would be constantly watching yourself trying not to be too much trouble or make any mistakes. I have fallen down a ravenous hole I need to get UP. So yeah I don’t like to think about them dating before w7 because it all becomes a little too terrible and I would just die but I shall indulge you just a bit.
But yeah Luffy waking up sweats in the middle to make sure Usopp’s still there. Zoro would be just be touching Usopp and finding all these scars that never used to be there and get a bad taste in his mouth. I think if Sanji hears any of the other two raise their voice he’ll just have flashbacks and go into protective mode even though they are his boyfriends too and he’s supposed to also love them and he can’t have favorites but there’s no way to erase the past and what happened. So Sanji will just feel that much more terrible and unworthy (he never used to feel deserving before but now it’s just compounded three fold). Water 7 has left a lot of scars.
They may not all be physical but they’re so much worse. They’re going to be forever hunted by past mistakes of how they almost lost him because they were stupid and not there when he needed them most and as a result they’re going to overcompensate and become overprotective which just leads to Usopp feeling even more useless. It’s a vicious cycle until something finally gives and they have another fight where all their stupid insecurities come to light and they mend things. They try to be better moving forward but they’re just humans and there’s no way they can just fix things overnight. But they try and that’s all that matters.
I don’t think Franky will ever forget what happened and what he had to someone that has become so precious to him. And the fact that Usopp forgave him so easily just makes it so much worse. It’s easier to deal with anger because then you can at least apologize and work to earn their forgiveness. But no he does not get that. Instead he has to see the person he hurt look up to him and admire him and love him which just makes all the shitty things he did so much worse. And to have left permanent scarring because of what he has done oh boy. To have a constant reminder of just how terrible you can be. Yeah he won’t ever forget it. And no amount of good he does will ever erase those scars so how could he possibly forgive himself.
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cherrypeaking · 11 months
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five steps — part 1 — denial, karaoke with taehyun (hueningkai x fem!reader, additional platonic!ot4 x fem!reader)
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INTRO RIGHT HERE | NEXT
wc: 2.4k words
summary: hueningkai’s idea had intrigued everyone. and that was how you ended up, this monday, going to a karaoke bar with taehyun.
genre: hurt/comfort, angst, some fluff, smut in the last part of the fic, MINORS DNI!!
content warning: the reader uses she/her pronouns, has attachment issues and very low self esteem, gets delusional. intrusive thoughts, swearing
a/n: opening sequence as a song is used, but txt aren’t idols in this story!! also whether you can sing or not doesn’t really matter, hyuka is just so in love with everything that you do :’) i really hope you enjoy ><
big big thank you to both @1004tyun and @shampgyu for always being there for me and checking all my snippets and encouraging me 🥹🩷 i love you both so much!!
taglist: @mazeinthemoon (if you want to be added you can ask me through my inbox or messages 🥹)
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Beep. Beep. Beep.
A groan escaped your lips, you did not want to wake up. The first thing your gut told you to do was lazily raise your arm and tap on whatever was letting out the beeping sound of your alarm.
One tap, two taps… The third tap was when you finally heard silence again and let a sigh out of relief.
I can see you in my memories, dance with me, dance with me, dance with me.
Your eyes abruptly opened widely.
“Who on earth is calling me at this time?!” you grumbled, trying your hardest to get ahold of your cell phone before your ringtone would stop playing.
A big yawn left your mouth as you narrowed your eyes, checking the time displayed on your phone’s screen.
10:30 AM.
You immediately saw — and should’ve guessed by the ringtone — that Taehyun was the one calling you.
“Hi?” you picked up.
“Hi, Y/N! You’re free today right?” His question was a little unexpected.
You had taken the week off, you were supposed to go on a short vacation with your boyfriend.
Seems like you can just go fuck yourself right? Haha. So funny! He left! Woohoo!
“Y/N?” Taehyun’s voice startled you a little.
It was complicated to stay completely there with your friend, because you kept being bombarded with intrusive thoughts of you and your boyfriend.
Nevertheless, you tried your hardest to be responsive with Taehyun.
“Sorry uhm. Yes, you’re right, I’m free the entire week!”
Then, Taehyun cheered a bit, making your jaw tense.
It wasn’t really in character for him to be so enthusiastic about potentially spending time with you.
Kai being excited to hang out with you? A likely scenario.
Taehyun on the other hand, was closer to Kai than he was to you. At least, that was the impression you had of him.
“Why are you asking me that though?” you heard the boy hum a bit.
“Do you like singing?” he didn’t answer your question, which confused you even more.
“If screaming my favorite songs and hoping for the best is considered singing then yes I guess you could say that.” you weren’t sure what it was about that boy making your sarcasm levels rise, but you were pretty happy with that answer.
He seemed to have appreciated it as well, since you could hear him giggle.
“Y/N! How about we go to a karaoke bar today? Hm?” Your eyes widened in shock.
Why did that sound so exciting?
“I’d love to…” you replied softly, feeling your cheeks hurt because you were starting to smile so wide.
“Excellent! I’ll come pick you up at 4PM okay? Make sure to be on your best day, we are gonna have so much fun!” You had never heard Taehyun be so excited before, but the emotions he was conveying through his voice were so contagious.
I’m really excited. I’m not going to be alone.
Once again, you smiled and got off the bed right away, thinking about the kind of outfit you should wear for the day.
You had to start off this new Monday, the first day of the week, with your breakfast, a staple — a bowl of your favorite cereal…
While you were munching on those sweet foods, images flashed through your mind, completely out of your control.
Your boyfriend and you. You were wearing the prettiest skirt, you could envision it — it was actually your favorite one to wear when you were hanging out with him.
The two of you were holding hands, smiling at each other.
‘My butterfly…’ as he loved to call you… ‘I will love you till eternity… you’re the reason I am happy in this life…’ his words always seemed surreal yet brought you so much comfort.
Maybe it wasn’t over just yet?
Right?
Maybe this was all just a misunderstanding…
I can see you in my memories, dance with me, dance with me, dance with me.
Your ringtone snapped you out of your reverie.
“Taehyun?” you picked up again, wondering why the boy was calling you back so soon.
“Hey Y/N, how are you?” His question surprised you.
You were wondering if, according to Taehyun, you did sound fine, when you two first called.
“I’m good, and you? Is there something wrong?”
Please don’t cancel, please don’t cancel, please don’t cancel.
I don’t want to be alone, I don’t want to be alone, I don’t want to be alone, I don’t want to be alone.
You couldn’t hide it from yourself that you were worried that Taehyun would be canceling your plans for today.
“I wanted to pick you up earlier if that’s okay with you? I’m already done with my workout routine…” You cooed in awe, knowing how dedicated that man was to working out.
And his offer to pick you up earlier than planned made you even happier.
“I’d love it! Thank you so much…” You were overjoyed, and Taehyun sounded as if he felt the same.
You hung up, smiling brighter than ever at the idea of the day ahead of you.
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“Here we are! How does it look?” your eyes would be filled with hearts if you were in an anime, from how fun it looked to be there.
Taehyun reserved a spot for the two of you. It had a couch, a little table with a menu, a remote and a TV screen, connected to a microphone.
You sat down on the couch, gazing over the menu quickly.
“Oooh nice, they have desserts too, not just drinks!” you exclaimed, showing the menu to Taehyun who awed, being more interested in the microphone and how it worked.
In the end, Taehyun got himself some whiskey, being a heavyweight, while you ordered a cookie and a cocktail, not wanting yourself to get drunk.
“Okay, I got this down. Do you wanna start?” You felt heat spread across your cheeks as he handed the microphone over to you.
You nodded with a little gulp.
“What song are you going to sing?” the boy asked you and the answer was so obvious that you just looked back at him.
“Opening Sequence. That’s my favorite song.” His eyes widened.
The melody of the piano started, and you felt a slight tug at your chest from anxiety.
Taehyun had never heard you sing. What if he didn’t like it? Plus, that was the song he had recommended to you so long ago.
Lyrics started to escape your mouth naturally since you knew the song by heart.
Images began flowing back into your mind.
‘Pumpkin? My sweetheart… aren’t you the best thing that has happened to me in my life?’ your boyfriend’s words echoed through your brain.
You could see him, petting your hair as you two shared a milkshake at a cafe together.
“I can see you in my memories, dance with me, dance with me, dance with me.” you kept on singing, tears welling up in your eyes.
The emotions you felt as you were singing, ever so softly, because your strength had gone when he left too, were so painful.
It felt as if someone had taken away your happiness. It felt as if your heart had been ripped out of your chest.
Flashbacks felt so real.
Your boyfriend and you, kissing, only when you waited for the streets to be less crowded.
The mic left your hands without you even noticing, and it was only when a different — this time masculine — voice was singing your favorite song, that you almost woke up from the daydream you were having.
“Stay for me, stay for me, stay for me, I can’t get used to it, used to it, used to it.” You faced Taehyun who sang so emotionally.
He had never allowed you to hear him sing. Or maybe you had never taken the time to listen to him, to go out with him… your boyfriend always being your number one priority.
“This song is great, hm?” Taehyun looked over to you when he was done.
You blinked, still immersed into the world of Taehyun’s voice.
“You never let me listen to you sing…” you blurted out, finishing your sentence in a pout.
Taehyun was taken aback, starting to scratch the nape of his neck.
“Y/N… I just never got the opportunity to show you…” what he said made your heart pinch.
What could he possibly mean?
“But… I would’ve loved hearing you sing… you sing so well…” you reaffirmed your position with a fragile smile.
Taehyun winced, thinking it was time to get what he felt off his chest.
“Thank you so much Y/N… Unfortunately, I felt like… I didn’t really get time to hang out with you ever since you dated your guy… Hueningkai himself didn’t get that many chances to see you for a while…” His words felt like daggers, ever so sharp, specifically when you heard him say your best friend’s name.
Taehyun wasn’t someone who minced his words, and even then, you knew he was trying to hold himself back from being completely blunt.
“I’m sorry…” you looked down, feeling ashamed.
However, the boy tapped your shoulder to get your attention again.
You lifted your head up, although you were teary eyed.
“Y/N, it’s okay. Let’s just not think about it. I’m glad we are having some bonding time right now.” Taehyun asserted, making you smile…
Thoughts regarding your boyfriend were still disturbing you very much. However, Taehyun being there with you, singing his heart out, made you feel less lonely.
It was as though you could finally be distracted from all the pain, thanks to him.
You still felt guilty for not having paid enough attention to him — to any of your friends even — and understand better why he never felt that close to you. You had never managed to give him the time he needed to become a good friend of yours.
Hopefully, today was the beginning of a great long lasting friendship between the two of you.
“Come on Y/N! It’s your turn!” Taehyun called out for you.
“Okay let me choose another one!” you exclaimed back to him.
Both of you chose a variety of songs to sing for the whole afternoon, till the night settled.
Although it seemed to be starting on a sad note, Taehyun and you sang many other songs and had so much fun.
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The boy had driven you back home and when you reached the door of your apartment, you looked at Taehyun with a grateful smile on your face.
“Thank you so much for today, Taehyun…” you said, quietly.
Something you didn’t expect from the said boy was that he suddenly got close – so close.
Then you felt a pair of soft lips caress your forehead for a few seconds.
An explosion of emotions burst inside of your whole body.
What was that? And why am I feeling so… good?
Your eyes darted towards Taehyun, who was smiling.
“Y/N… thank you…” he replied, making your heart jump.
You suddenly started asking yourself things you never thought you would ever, while looking at him, eyes shaky as ever from shock.
Is he the one? Maybe Taehyun’s been my one and only all along and I just refused to see it…
Questions were spiraling all over your head.
You bade each other goodbye, in your case not less perturbed by the scene.
Maybe we are going to date? Maybe we are going to marry? Oh gosh… maybe even have children!
Your cheeks were on flames, having you struggle with even unlocking the door of your apartment.
Happiness was filling your entire being as mental images started showing up into your brain.
Taehyun and you, at the altar; you were looking at each other so lovingly. He swore to you that he would never leave you, that you two would be the happiest couple there was in the universe.
You were ecstatic, euphoric.
A buzzing sound coming from your phone interrupted your train of erratic thoughts. You shook your head, feeling as if you were going crazy for even having – and enjoying – such scenarios.
“Y/N! I tried calling you, how are you?” when you got ahold of your phone again you saw a message from Kai.
A smile crept upon your face immediately.
“I’m good, and you? You would never guess this! Taehyun and I went to karaoke today! I’m sorry I wasn’t on my phone till now so I didn’t see your call nor your messages…” you replied, being granted an instant response from the boy.
“So nice! He must’ve been blessed with your voice haha.”
Kai’s message made you feel warmth in your chest that you couldn’t describe.
It’s like… he always focuses on the positive things happening to me… I don’t deserve him…
On top of that, Taehyun had not really told you anything about your singing. You knew he sang as a hobby, and he sang well for sure, but he never told you whether you did too.
“Stop haha! You’re the only one who thinks that, Taehyun didn’t care.”
Nonetheless, his message stayed deep in your mind. Part of you had suddenly wanted for Taehyun to also like your voice and say it to your face.
“It’s okay! I do.”
Two emotions of yours followed. A heat wave through your entire body, then a sudden ping of intense fear reached for your heart, which was beating so fast.
However, unlike the feeling you had experienced with Taehyun when he kissed your forehead, Kai’s message had left you with uncontrollable anxiety.
What is happening to me? Am I going completely insane?
Out of nowhere, the image of Kai and you holding hands flashed through your mind. Instead of feeling happy, you were terrified.
Moreover, Kai’s hold on your hand gradually loosened up, to the point where you weren’t linked anymore.
That night, you went to sleep in complete denial, not wanting to witness the image of Kai leaving you. Taehyun made his way into your head so easily that you decided to completely surrender to what your brain was suggesting you to think about.
Taehyun…
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venusvity · 1 year
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꒰ ৎ୭ ꒱ . . MOST POPULAR VENUS x DEEPDIVE SHIPS !
DeepDive and VENUS are Angelico entertainment's most profitable artists, raking in over an alleged $150 million in profits. A common way Angelico capitalizes on their success is by pairing them together either for group collaborations or pairing two members of the groups together. While most of the girls have been paired up with nearly every DeepDive, more pairs are more popular than others. Here are the top OT4 Venus x DeepDive ships!
⊹ . ♡ ۫ . JISUNG x AKI - JIKI
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Jisung and Aki are known as the "parents" of their groups, earning them the "mom and dad" title. They weren't originally a promoted pair until fans began commenting on how well they got along during a variety show both DeepDive and Venus appeared on. Since then, they are one of the more promoted duos, mainly appearing on variety and/or reality shows together. They have yet to release any music together despite fans asking for a unit debut.
FAN FAVORITE MOMENT !
Jisung takes a bite of his buldak ramen, shaking his long hair out of his face as he tries to enjoy his meal. He and Aki are on a reality program, eating outside on the grass with the hosts and other guests. The editing is more than enough and sound effects are abundant. Aki looks up from her food when Jisung makes a small grunt when he has to push his hair out of his face again. She puts her chopsticks down to crawl behind the boy. Jisung doesn't look up from his bowl, eating as if he hasn't eaten all day which is probably true.
Aki pulls his hair back, fingers raking through the silky black locks to tie it up with a pretty purple hairband. The hosts who sit across from them, look at each other in shock before one of them points at them like they just did a flip. "They're casual! Do you two do this often?" The deep-voiced host asks loudly, making Aki laugh. Jisung looks up from his bowl with a boisterous laugh, nodding.
"She always does my hair," Jisung shares, "It only looks so nice because of her."
Aki beams as she crawls back to her spot, taking her bowl into her lap, and stirring the ramen inside it with her chopsticks.
"I love his hair," Aki tells the hosts with a nod, "All boys should have long hair.
⊹ . ♡ ۫ . BAEBI x FINN - 2ACES
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Finn and Yoonah are both the centers of their groups. It was no surprise to anyone when they were the first Deepdive x Venus subunit to debut. Their unit, called AFTERPARTY, debuted in 2020 with the song "Troublemaker" which was received well by the general public though there were complaints on how friendly the pair seemed to be. They are the most touchy duo, fueling shippers and theories that they are secretly dating despite both of them adamantly denying that they're dating. They aren't seen together as much as they used to be but they still appear on each other's Instagram stories.
FAN FAVORITE MOMENT !
Yoonah and Finn practice their choreography which has always been on the mature side. They get plenty of comments about it from netzens every time they promote but nothing ever changes. Yoonah counts off the beats in groups of sevens. They're recording on an iPhone that is propped up on a chair for a vlog, it's clearly spotted in the dance room mirror they're practicing in front of.
Finn stands in front of Yoonah, half his face covered by a black facemask. Yoonah slides out from behind him, ending up beside him with her back towards the mirror. Her hair in a messy ponytail that swings when she turns her head around to look at Finn through the mirror, dawning a matching black facemask.
"So when I slide out, you're going to put your hand on my ass–"
"On your ass?" Finn repeats in shock, stepping out of place and out of his serious practice mode. His reaction makes Yoonah laugh, stepping out of position to face him still laughing as Finn looks back and forth from Yoonah's reflection to her really standing in front of him.
"I'll move my hips to the beat when you do it and it'll look-"
"Why do they want my hand on your ass?" Finn questions, laughing at himself now. Yoonah laughs harder at his confusion, hitting his chest playfully before wrapping her arms around him in a hug. Finn loosely wraps his arms around her, still stunned at the direction the choreography was going. He blinks at their reflection before shaking his head.
"On stage? They want us to do that on stage?" It's outrageous to Finn but Yoonah looks used to it. Finn shakes his head in disbelief again, patting the top of Yoonah's head. "They're whoring us out."
The clip cuts with a TV static sound effect to a stage performance of the duo, performing their song "Troublemaker" on music shows. It's the same move they practiced, Yoonah sliding out from behind Finn but his hand never touches her ass, only hovering over it if even that. In some clips, his hand rests on her back while she swings her hips to the beat.
⊹ . ♡ ۫ . CHLOE x BLUE - CLUE
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Their relationship is so brand-friendly it's not even funny. They acted together in an Angelico-produced web drama once and the public just cannot let them go. It's clear their relationship is strictly business as they're never seen together outside of schedules which only makes fans like them more for some reason. It's also clear they irritate the hell out of each other, resulting in a lot of compilations of the pair being annoyed with each other.
FAN FAVORITE MOMENT !
The video is shot by a fansite as Chloe and Blue step out to get their pictures taken. They're emcees for Mcountdown, dressed in coordinating purple outfits.
Chloe points to the spot to her right for Blue to stand next to her but he looks at her confused, annoyed even, saying something the camera clearly can't pick up. Chloe looks up at him like he's stupid, brows knit and jaw slightly ajar as she points more aggressively to her right, saying something that looks harsh.
Blue rolls his eyes, turning towards the flashing cameras. In an instant, both of them put on award-winning smiles and poses for the camera, causing the crowd to laugh as if the whole ordeal was a planned bit. Chloe waves sweetly to her fansites before putting half a heart up, expecting Blue to finish the other half. Blue is too busy waving to his fansites to notice, causing Chloe to drop her smile and glare at the boy that towered over her.
In his own time, he notices her heart, chuckling to himself as he makes the other half of the heart, smiling brightly to the cameras. It's cute, they're a cute-looking pair. Chloe drops her hand before bowing, waving bye to the crowd which prompts Blue to do the same.
Blue puts his arm out for Chloe to take, a bit they've done since they've been paired together, but Chloe pretends not to see the gesture walking briskly back into the Mcountdown studio.
⊹ . ♡ ۫ . JIAH x JACOB - DOUBLE J
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Like Aki and Jisung, Jiah and Jacob, affectionately called double J, don't have any official content together. They are mainly seen together on their social media and sometimes they will feature in each others' vlogs. Though the pair have not had any official activities together, Jacob has produced a few songs for Jiah and Jiah has admitted to recording a few demos for songs Jacob has written and produced. They're admittedly very close and have a very tight bond.
FAN FAVORITE MOMENT !
Jiah adjusts her camera to get both her and Jacob in frame. They're clearly in his studio by how dim the lights are and the various Wanna One posters on the wall. Jiah looks at the camera before shooting up a peace sign, smiling as she puts a to-go box in front of them.
"Jacob and I got mochis," Jiah says with a nod as she opens the box, letting Jacob take the first powdery treat from the box.
"I got them. Jiah didn't want to pay for them."
"Don't tell them that. Shut up," She tells him half-heartedly, laughing as she takes a mochi from the box, showing it to the camera before taking a bite. They eat in silence for a few beats, both of them giving thousand-yard stares as they chew before Jiah abruptly turns her head back toward his wall.
"So weird you were in Wanna One," Jiah says as she swallows her bite. Jacob looks at the posters with an uninterested grunt, taking another bite of his almost-finished mochi. "What was your favorite song?" Jiah asks, turning back towards Jacob who puts his hand in the box to get another mochi but freezes when the question is asked.
There's a silence in the room that has Jiah looking back and forth between him and the camera, waiting for an answer. When Jacob swallows the last of the food in his mouth, he laughs a bit, shrugging his broad shoulders.
"I'll be honest...I don't remember any of them," Jacob tells her with a nervous laugh that makes Jiah crack up, hitting his arm as the two of them fall into a fit of laughter. Jacob's head falls on Jiah's shoulder before lifting quickly, shrugging his shoulders again.
"When they–When they called me! For 2021 MAMA I was like "Burn it up? What song is that?" Like I don't remember anything from that group, Klara. I don't remember being there." His confession only makes them laugh harder, Jiah's head falling on the table slowly with a dull thud that makes the camera shake a bit before falling over. The screen is black but their laughs can still be heard.
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mihrsuri · 4 days
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Numair, Ozorne & Thayet for the ask game!
My NOTP for them: Ozorne circa Immortals Era. Step away from that man Emperor Mage, I don’t care if you are still in love with him. On the other hand there is so much love there - it’s not healthy love (it’s possessive, abusive and ultimately destroys Ozorne but it’s still there)
My BROTP for them: Numair and Kel have such lovely interactions - though not very many of them but it’s so sweet. And Numair and Onua best friendship.
My OTP for them: I love Numair/Daine and I’m also like UGH about it which is a weird place to be but there we go (I think newer editions have aged Daine up and Numair down which does make a difference). Also Ozorne/Numair/Varice in an AU where Ozorne and Varice ran with him.
My second choice pairing for them: Listen the Numair-Thayet-Jon (and Alanna and George) OT4 is so so great (I’d add in a few more people here as well honestly. Like the addition of Raoul-Buri-Gary-Cynthia say)
My fluffy pairing for them: Numair/Daine and also like, definitely Numair/Jon/Thayet/Alanna/George honestly. Plus also Varice/Ozorne/Numair in the time before Ozorne goes full possessive dick on everyone.
My angsty pairing for them: Ozorne/Numair/Varice. AAAGH THE TRAGEDY IT SLAYS ME (I am rereading Tempests and Slaughter and like they love each other so much and it could have turned out differently and AAAAGH).
My favorite poly ship for them: The found family OT4.
My weirdest pairing for them: Maybe the OT4. To me this makes sense, but also this is me. The other thought is that, listen Roger of Conte travelling to Carthak and getting creepily into a young Arram (which he does not know about because Roger gets distracted by his and Chioké hate fucking but also he doesn’t get distracted because he’s thinking about Arram the entire time :shudders:)
My intrigued-by pairing for them: If I ever did a crossover type thing I absolutely believe in my soul that one of the Doctors and Numair would have a thing.
Ozorne
• My NOTP for them: Ozorne/Becoming Emperor. Should not have happened. Someone please rescue the vet student who wants to vibe with birds from this entire thing.
• My BROTP for them: Listen if Prince Stiloit had had more scope/time/hadn’t been murdered by Fucking Chioké I really think it might have made a difference
• My OTP for them: It is actually Ozorne/Numair/Varice in a world where things turn out differently. I think they were good for him (which I’m sure Numair struggled with the idea that he couldn’t save people from Ozorne or Ozorne from himself but they/he did make a difference. It just…got too much).
• My second choice pairing for them: Ozorne/Someone Get This Child An Adult Who Can And Will Help Them Please. (Also my OTP)
• My fluffy pairing for them: Ozorne/Numair/Varice, spymaster ozorne verse. They are so so so happy.
• My angsty pairing for them: Ozorne/Numair/Varice, canon edition.
• My favorite poly ship for them: Ozarrice
• My weirdest pairing for them: Somewhere in my head, there’s a world where Thayet and her two oldest children were bought to Carthak with Numair and unfortunately Numair/Thayet/Ozorne happened.
My intrigued-by pairing for them: There was something going on with Ozorne/Chioké and it’s Nothing Good. Or alternately Ozorne/Tristan which was also Nothing Good (Tristan is always aware that he’s never going to be loved/will always be a very distant second to Arram and Varice and it’s not helping anything)
Thayet
• My NOTP for them: I’m not sure that I have one (though now that I thought about it - Roger/Jon/Thayet UGH).
• My BROTP for them: Alanna and Thayet’s friendship helped save my life I am not even kidding.
• My OTP for them: Jon/Thayet my beloved beloved OTP. I truly believe they love each other so much - enough to carry on after either of them dies. Enough to work through things. I think they are soulmates and all of that.
• My second choice pairing for them: I actually kind of don’t have one. Maybe the poly ship below.
• My fluffy pairing for them: Jon/Thayet
• My angsty pairing for them: I really don’t think I have one.
• My favorite poly ship for them: Numair/Thayet/Jon/Alanna/George/Daine
• My weirdest pairing for them: The poly ship. Or okay, this isn’t exactly a ship but there’s the Ozorne/Numair/Thayet AU.
My intrigued-by pairing for them: Listen the Thayet/Varice/Ozorne/Numair/Jon in a spymaster ozorne AU.
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sadfragilegirl · 3 months
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I was trying to defend Ravi but... All what I got is just disappointments, hatred and wanted me to stop telling me to show the real truth about his scandal.
It made me very upset that I wanted to vent. I felt hurt and traumatized as a Kpop fan with Autism. Ravi is my comfort and makes me feeling safe but why does anyone trying to hurt my comfort?
And it made me think that I'm losing all hope right now.
I really tried to defend Ravi but they want to get myself be defeated and telling me that I should stop being a fan of VIXX and Ravi anymore.
I feel like...I wanted to hug Ravi again...even tighter this time... Can't you see that he's been a LOT going through while everyone sending hate and death threats and people rather put into blame to Ravi and believing the lies?! I am very mad and disappointed in you who hurt Ravi, who ridiculed Ravi or anything bad happened to Ravi.
Yes, he made mistakes and such like that but IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD SEND HATE!
Look at it now... After Ravi left VIXX months ago, KBS decided to edit out Ravi's appearance on 2 Days 1 Night season 4 and not to show reruns on episodes that shows Ravi AND turning Ravi's WeVerse accounts into an archive.
If you can't believe me to share the real truth about RAVI's military scandal...so be it. It's your loss and not mine.
This year 2024, I don't want to see ANOTHER heartbreak and losing the things that made me happy EVER AGAIN! Ravi is one of the few things that comforts me. Don't EVER think that you're going to interfere with me.
And as always, DO NOT INTERACT if you're a OT5/OT4/OT3 VIXX supporter/STARLIGHT, RAVI anti, EXO-Ls, Wheein fans and ZEROSEs who are hating Ravi because I am so sick and tired of all this bullshit.
JUST. LET. ME. FUCKING. LIVE. AND. YOU. MUST. ACCEPT. THAT. I. WILL. ALWAYS. LOVE. AND. DEFEND. RAVI.
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truly-morgan · 8 months
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[OT4, Juniors all getting together]
Junior Quartet | Mo Dao Zu Shi 23-03-2021
[#mdzsjuniors - ot4]
What if Jin Ling and Lan Sizhui started dating post-canon after some nervous pining, keeping their relationship a secret from the other half of the quartet.
Then, after some time, jl ends up asking lsz if he really loves him, because of the way he looks at ljy he has this something in his eyes. After some nervous turning around the subject, lsz finally admits he does /also/ love ljy, the same way he does jl. but lsz doesn't dare tell him, because he's sure ljy doesn't feel the same.
jl ends up telling him he doesn't mind sharing if it make him happier. Especially since it is clear ljy is also pining for lsz, but had noticed their little "secret" relationship and didn't dare step in. Turns out lsz is happily surprised and gets himself a second boyfriend, jl and ljy slowly develop their own brand of love.
So they now start this new poly couple, rather happy with how thing seems to work. But now that they are often only the three of them most of the time, they feel like they are missing someone all the time.
Then they realise that maybe, they didn't see oyzz as just a friend. They also feel a bit guilty for having left him so much to the side as they were trying to make this whole new thing work. lsz is the one to come up to oyzz to talk about it to him, as the two others didn't know how to bring it up to him. 
oyzz doesn't really know what to answer to this, as he never really thought about it in the past. He /does/ have a little something for lsz tho "now that he's thinking about it", but doesn't know if he should join them. He does, and things turn out even better than before. 
They are back to being the juniors quartet, but this time as lovers, even though most obviously don't know. Some days a more difficult, sometimes communication is hard, but they would rather not give it up for anything in the world, they absolutely like it the way it is. 
I also wonder how the parents would all react.
I'd see jc going "Really jl, /another/ boyfriend? I suppose at least this time he's not a plan, shouldn't be too troublesome". Yet he doesn't try to break them off anyway, as he would rather see his nephew happy than sad because he tried to break them off.
wn is over the moon that lsz is surrounded by so many people who love him that much. Although even this sweet cinnamon bun has warned one time that they shouldn't dare to break his heart. All three hurriedly agreed. 
lwj would be the silently supportive dad, ready to listen and give advice despite easy relationships not being his department. All he can wish for is for none of them to suddenly disappear on him for 13 years.
wwx isn't sure at first how come baby a-yuan is collecting this many boyfriends, but is just as supportive, ready to help them out. He's the dad ready to bring up the most embarrassing thing simply because he's trying his best to help his son out. If he can make sure lsz is not as lost as he was, then it would be this already won. 
I cannot tell what oyzz dad would say, but if he were to not be supportive of his son, oyzz is made quickly aware that he already has a new family ready to support him whatever happens with him (my hurt/comfort ass don't like oyzz dad, so it would probably not be a good react) but oyzz is better off with all these other cultivators ready to support him than him anyway.
They lived happily ever after and we forget that jl is the jll sect leader (am not thinking angst tonight okay, shoo shoo).
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massharp1971 · 1 year
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This was planned for Romancing McShep, but it accidently became also OT4 so I don't reckon it fits either the McShep or the not-McShep criteria. Hope people enjoy it anyway. Thanks @logicgunn for the beta 💜🖤💜 Tagged eplicit but it really isn't that smutty, it's kind of sweet I think?
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“Okay, Sheppard, your bi-curiosity is deafening me. How about we settle the question for you and move on with our lives, hmmm?”
John’s heart does a little jump of hope, but then stumbles. When Rodney came out to John as bi, he’d asked John, blunt as ever, if guys did it for John sexually, and John had answered an honest no. Rodney had barrelled onward with the conversation, not giving John a chance to explain any more. Because he would have, could have said:
Nobody does it for me sexually, exactly. 
He’s almost sure he could have said it to Rodney, given the chance, even if he’s never said it to anyone else. Not even Nancy, although she knew. When the moment came that her own enthusiasm for sex with John faltered, leaving John with nothing to work with, they’d gone cold so quickly John still shivered to think about it.
He loved Nancy as much the day they parted as the day they wedded. He just didn’t work the way guys were supposed to work. It bugged him, not that he should be different but that the world was so wedded to there being only one story. 
Every now and then John would become… attached, enamoured maybe, with someone. There hadn’t been many. Kyle Fraser had been his best friend when he was thirteen through fifteen, and they’d lived inside each other’s bubbles, constantly touching, close enough to breathe the same air, and then suddenly Kyle was friends with someone else and John had no idea at all what had happened, except he knew his heart was broken. 
There was nobody after that until Nancy. John finally had – or thought he had – some sort of a sexual awakening, because when Nancy wanted John, well, John wanted her back, and it was good – so good. Until it was suddenly gone, and John’s heart was broken again.
His last sexual experience was Mara; not his first one-night stand after Nancy. It makes John feel a little less lost to know if a woman throws herself at him hard enough, John can respond appropriately, and enjoy the outcome. DADT is the only reason he doesn’t do the same with guys. He starts to live up to his undeserved “Kirk” reputation. The real comparison there is the unrequited and obvious crush on the Science Officer in blue. 
John’s already anticipating the loss of whatever this magic is between him and Rodney, because he’s never going to be what Rodney wants, and he’s at least half certain Rodney just sees him as some hot-looking bones to jump, a friends-with-benefits, easy thing, and John’s feelings for McKay are not easy.
“Look, you know I’m a bit of a slut,” Rodney says to him, “so it’s simple – we fuck, you decide if you like it, if you do maybe we can fuck some more?”
He’s so damn casual about it, and John knows he’s putting his heart on the line, but he can’t escape the underlying draw of Rodney wanting him. Even if Rodney has everything all wrong – it isn’t bi-curiosity at work between them, it’s a longing of a different kind.
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polarpolarpolarx · 11 months
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Hello, sorry for taking your time, please answer when you want to!! I just want to share my feelings...
Im new to the Bigbang fandom, i discovered them in February 2023... At first i liked TOP (of course) but when i started to discover their personalities, i suddenly was charmed by Seungri. Before getting into the fandom, first thing i did is reading basic info about the group, so before knowing Seungri better, i knew that he had huge scandal in 2019. It didnt stop me digging deeper about Bigbang. I watched variety shows and interviews they did and their performances and i just fell in love with Seungri. Hes so funny, charismatic and charming guy. And hes voice is incredible. When i heard his part in songs and him talking for the first time, i thought "wow he has such a beautiful voice". I liked his voice much more than TOPs (i thought TOPs voice is weird and wasnt sure i like it or not), but i stopped myself liking Seungri from the start because of all the mess that happened in 2019. But. My feelings. Their uncontrollable.
I fell in love with Seungri and i feel sad because I cant talk with anybody about it. Im afraid i would get critisized liking him, so I avoid any Bigbang fans. But I cant help loving him. I wish i dicovered Bigbang so much so much earlier
Hahaha loling at "At first i liked TOP"🤣🤣! But yes hello! Welcome! I'm so sorry you feel that you have to avoid BigBang fans, but unfortunately know all too well where you're coming from; I honestly enjoy liking them more when I'm removed from the fanbase, it's more freeing not to see everyone's doody opinions on every. single. thing! Not to mention no one can take a joke!
But regarding Seungri, I feel you about being hesitant to like him. I'm a newer fan as well and before I read up on the 2019 debacle felt like I had to dislike him just from a moral standpoint. Didn't take long to discover how much of a farce his role in the "burning sun scandal" was (it's a mislabel to even title it that...); personally the more I learned about BigBang I was just like... this guy? Seungri? Really? The guy who can't even hide his own phone and dms on I Live Alone? It didn't line up, maybe because it didn't line up. It's really too bad some fans put their own biases and agenda above basic morality and a man's innocence, deciding instead to support the smear campaign and bury the real issues like the corruption and lack of women's rights in South Korea under the rug. But such are the sheep. (Sorry for going off on it, I just... I will forever get passionate about that whole thing/similar issues.)
Anyway, you should know that there are a lot of Seungri fans, they just mostly hang out on twitter; unfortunately here on tumblr a bit of an ot4(3?) cult has formed who likes to harass and bully off any ot5s as soon as they appear. There are a few of us here, too, though! ( @topsodapop makes a lot of gifs, and has been gifing the recent Seungri content as well.) But I'd head to twitter if what you're looking for is a large community to love on Seungri/talk about Seungri on the daily with, it's just too dead here at the moment, for any BigBang content, really. Makes me that much more appreciative you took the time to send this message aha🥰🥰🥰! Always makes me happy seeing the Seungri fans, you have excellent taste and should be proud💙❤️‍🔥.
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Monthly word count - october
TOTAL: 2 804 ... wow. :| POSTED IN PROGRESS -ichigo/grimm&fraccion ABO (220 words) -bleach suburban ot4 (2 584 words) upside, i managed to plot out more of the madatobiizu ABO, so it's not gonna stay stuck the second i figure out how it starts. downside, i just. can't make myself sit down and write. it seems unless somebody's sitting on me and reminding me every other second that they're waiting for more then it just doesn't happen. and since i don't wanna spam people i've been offering less and less! and i've just not even wanted to get on the computer at all recently. it's annoying as fuck that i'm so out of touch with my highs and lows because the big symptom is being more "meh, who cares" than usual. ugh. UGH.
-- grimmichi ABO (mostly snippets here and there) -- He almost takes an arrow to the face. Black Zangetsu uses the distraction to zip off to the other end of the cliff, proving he can haul ass when he feels inclined. Around and around the gulley they go, dodging and slashing. He doesn't use his arrows again, but Grimmjow isn't too annoyed. He saw what they did to Mayuri and he's -- he's so hot he's dizzy with it, cunt pulsing all the way through his hips; his legs wobble the one time and Zangetsu notices. Fucking embarrassing. But then he slows down, like he's *taking pity*, so Grimmjow goes for it.   -- bleach suburban ot4 -- Problem number two is the way something in his guts jumps to attention every time one of their guests pretends to flirt, as a joke, because it's *so unlikely* it's *funny,* Kurosaki, get your mind out of the fucking gutter. He already knew they were -- visually appealing. But he's never been the kind to make a move on someone based on nothing but a pretty face. But he knows them now. "What would your husband say if he saw us like this," Grimmjow intones as he helps Orihime get a bowl down from the highest shelf, lips quirked up in fond mockery. Orihime giggles. He's looking down at her and his voice isn't pitched to make extra-sure Ichigo knows he's the butt of the joke. It's Orihime he's teasing, not her husband. It feels... Ichigo doesn't have a cuckolding kink, he reminds himself firmly. ... He doesn't think he does, but he doesn't know what else to call it. "Himeeee the zipper got stuck!" Nelliel makes her way down the stairs in one of Orihime's old maternity dresses. It's a calf-length, pleated thing in lavender and pink and it should clash with her teal hair, but -- yeah, it looks good. Orihime rushes over to fiddle with the back of her dress. Ichigo pretends he's not watching, pretends he's not stupidly disappointed when she only lowers the zipper a couple inches and the dress stays right where it is, draped demurely on Nel's shoulders, cupping her breasts with loving bustier-like support, and right underneath flaring out in long pleats over her belly. "Mm, you're really good at getting me out of my clothes," Nel snickers. "You look so much prettier without them!" Orihime manages somehow to reply, eyelashes demurely lowered and blushing so hard her neck flushes too. Ichigo *doesn't have a cuckolding kink.* Nope. Nopenopenope.
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transjarlaxle · 6 months
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same questions i did for kaine but for WHOEVER YOU WANT :D !! general > 1, 2, 3, 9. story specific > 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12. romance > 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11
wahahsjshh i am going to answer these for Etienne thank you so much <3
Etienne, tiefling ranger, worm-free brain but still with so many issues. god bless
from these <3
General
1.Where can your Tav be recruited?  Are they first encountered on the Nautiloid, or in the Nautiloid crash region? Or are they not recruitable until a later act?
etienne is found in the emerald grove, trying desperately to maintain the peace between the tieflings and the druids. he's been working as a guide for travelers in the region for a few years, and fell in with the tieflings a few weeks before. he started working with halsin alongside his illithid research when they made it to the grove, and honestly he's part of the reason the tieflings hadn't left yet - he's committed to the issue, and halsin's safe return. he's recruitable alongside halsin after he's rescued and the tieflings move on!
2. Do the other companions have special comments or reactions upon recruiting your Tav?
astarion likely has something to say about how reliable a ranger is going to be on their journey, especially one of his size - hells, his arms are the size of his head.
3. Does your Tav have any comments or advice when you recruit other companions?
not necessarily, given how late he's recruited - he might mention that halsin speaks highly of jaheira, if she's recruited.
9. Does your Tav have any escalating conflicts with one of the other companions, like Lae’zel and Shadowheart’s knife-fight?
stealing content from his ot4 sandbox situation - he doesn't take kindly to astarion feeding from the player, especially if he's romanced, and he will start shit over it, but he can be talked down eventually.
Story Specific
2. How do they advise the player character on Raphael?
"I'm sure you don't need reminding, but it bears repeating - never trust a devil. You'll never draw a winning hand with this one."
7. What can they be found doing at the tiefling/goblin party?
He's standing nearby Halsin, watching over the tieflings. He's a little attached.
8. Do they have comments on who the Player Character chooses to spend the night with? 
He doesn't aside from a very genuine reminder to get some actual rest - they've a long journey ahead, and should remain focused.
10. How do they react if the PC licks the dead spider in the Gauntlet of Shar?
"If you start feeling sick, don't come crying to me. Foolish."
11. What do they say if the PC tries to force them to go up on stage with Dribbles the Clown?
"You can't possibly be serious. You are, aren't you? Unbelievable."
12. Is it possible for your Tav to be kidnapped and replaced by Orin?  How is Orin's deception revealed?  How do they react to the PC rescuing them in the Temple of Bhaal?
i think he wouldn't be a kidnapping victim :thinking: no matter which way i spin it it just doesn't make sense in my head, especially since halsin is an option.
Romance
1.Is your Tav a romanceable character?  Are there any specific requirements to romancing them?
he is! he's less gated than halsin, the more sort of in-depth half of that particular situation
5. Does the romance have different branching paths, or just one route to take?
etienne only exists as one side of the etienne/halsin coin in my head, so the different paths are really just in that sense - it's possible to romance etienne without also romancing halsin, and vice versa, but it's also possible to romance both, together.
6. How do they react to the player character breaking up with them, or choosing another character over them?
"Oh - have I done something?...I see. Well, I can't say I'm not disappointed. But, you know, wherever the winds carry you."
if it's for someone else: "If you want to explore other relationships, you know I have no desire to keep you all to myself." if the player is adamant: "Fine, then. I hope they treasure you."
7. What questions can Zethino ask the PC about Tav in the Love Test? 
If Etienne were an animal what would he be? (A: a mountain lion)
How does Etienne want to be remembered? (A: for his ability to keep others safe)
What is Etienne's greatest desire? (A: to move on from his shadowed past)
9. How do they react if the PC has sex with Mizora? The Emperor?  Haarlep?
He likely has no reaction to the emperor, since he's wormless, and wouldn't know unless the player told him, and he wouldn't mind. he disapproves of mizora and haarlep just by virtue of them being devils, and only wants to make sure the player is okay, and doesn't regret it.
10. Will they join in with the PC and the Drow Twins, or no?
he surely will :) he's a little trepidatious, at first, but gets into it quickly, especially if halsin is there.
11. What are Tav’s plans for the future?  Do they propose to the PC, or is marriage not something they’re interested in?
he will not propose, and he cannot be proposed to - he makes it clear that, no matter if he regains his memories or not, he is committed to what he sees as his duty - to act as a guide for those who need it, and he will not settle down in any sense of the word. he expresses a hope that the player will stay with him, at least for a time, but will understand if they choose not to.
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deus-ex-mona · 1 year
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the anon who asked about your odd ships. now I wanna know EVERY take you mentioned but in case that gets very long / you don't want to talk about everything, I'm most curious about the canon ship you can't stand, that notp, and that poly ship. Though if you have the time I'd rather know all the takes 🤣
ask and you shall ✨receive✨~
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dropping a cut here for length~~ because m a n did just those three questions get long sorry~~~~
the canon ship i can’t stand:
aside from the obvious (akechi x his m*t* s**t*), i don’t like the harucouple. i find their story pretty bland tbh, and i just find miou plain unlikeable.
questionable 10cm anime aside (‘cuz seriously, what was up with miou in that anime? she found out that chiaki died [from unrelated causes] after he saved her from drowning, and then proceeded to blame herself for his death??? even though akechi was like “ay girl his death ain’t your fault, so chill ok?” she just went ahead and made chiaki’s death all about herself, distanced herself from haruki with no explanation, then slapped him when he got all depressed and had an existential crisis that came about because she ignored him? like whaaaaat) the fact that miou is just too dang passive is pretty annoying. m
like, what’s up with that “zutto matteru yo, haruki-kun” nonsense? why is she expecting haruki to be the only one to put in effort to see her? take some initiative, girlllllllllllllll close that 10cm yourself dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he’s going to study abroad in the us of a, he has no time to hop on a plane to zip back just to see you. if you have the time to find him (like during your summer vacation), and if the opportunity presents itself (like, if your friends happen to get tickets for a trip to the ‘states and are gracious enough to give one of said tickets to you), go to see him yourself, dammit!!!!!!
and! the fact that they just picked up right where they left off 7 years later is pretty dumb. people change over time, you know? the person you thought you liked in high school may have very well grown up to become an adult that you barely recognise, much less still have feelings for. so the fact that they just??? got right together after those 7 years with absolutely minimal contact??? is just????? what???????????
so yeah. that canon ship i can’t stand is harumiou. stock shoujo romance ships confuse me h e l p
aside from that, yuko x her french husband ig, bc she needs therapy, not a man. prioritise your kids, yuko, not yourself. you’re a parent, so act like one, dammit!!!!
that notp:
every single aizo ship aside from lxl, daizo (as a crackship), and aiyui (read: ft4 yui, for the crack potential only), bc i really can’t see him with any girl (or any other guy for the matter, really). aiyuu forever, y’know—
also, hiyomona bc episode 6 of the [redacted] anime still makes my skin crawl. why would you ship mona with someone who says “you’re so cute, no wonder why the guy tried to assault you” h e lp. i used to think that hiyomona was kinda cute, but now it just. gives me the heebies sorryyyyyyyyyyy
that poly ship:
keikarenariken!!!!! the fast food quartet is just so cute together y’know~~~~? kei and ken even bounce off each other really nicely (cries in heart no chikai novel i totally didn’t forget about), and arikaren are just plain cute!!!!! ken and karen have nice interactions with each other, in a sense… soooo… they’re all just so precious and cute and i think they should all hold hands and feed each other extra salty french fries
and for another poly ship, kotahinakoyuryou! yukki deserves to have 3 gardening-loving lovers y o u g e t m e ? flower shop ot4, anyone? i just think the four of them should be girlfriends (yes, even kotaro) and weave each other flower crowns~~~~~~
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