#i’ll sit in bed like this 🤡 all night

[meowzfordayz]

when you stay up late — tanjirou, kyojuro

Author’s Note: … sooo, who else is a night owl? 😅

when you stay up late — tanjirou, kyojuro

Kamado Tanjirou x Reader, Rengoku Kyojuro x Reader

Word Count: ~800

CW: none

Emergency Request Fulfilled: I think I’ve been exhausting my body a little tooo much, so parts of my arm and leg are beginning to hurt. I’ve also like, not been sleeping on time lately.. (cough 2am) 😭

So maybe (if you can) do a Drabble (or anything really) in which Tanjiro helps reader get some sleep on time? Maybe even help in keeping reader from exhausting her body so much?

Suggestion Fulfilled: How would Kyo react to finding his s/o up at an inhuman time late at night? What if she is playing videogames and stuffing her face with snacks or something? "my love, it's 2 in the morning!" "yes but this game is so good and I need answers!!" 😂 (def not what I've been doing)

AND AN EVEN BETTER ADDITION, what if he ends up sitting down next to her to stuff his face whilst watching the screen intently because, indeed, the game is very good and interesting and now HE needs answers? 😂😂😂

Has a couple tried and true methods for helping you sleep ~early

Or at least, sleep at all if he falls asleep first, and then wakes up hrs later to you still awake 😅

Tells you stories

They’re always made up, and always ~nonsensical, but the simple act of murmuring softly beside you till your eyes begin drooping is what matters most 🥺

For example:

“Once upon a time, there was a bottle of hot sauce. His name was Frank.” 🔥

“Tan, shouldn’t his name be RedHot, and his dad is Frank? Y’know, Frank’s RedHot?” 🧐

“You’re supposed to be relaxing, not logicafying my story.” ☹️

“Hmpf.”

 “Anyway, Frank’s best friend was an apple named Macintosh. 🍎 They went on many adventures together, from apple picking to hot wings sampling events. Their favorite festival was the applesauce and hot sauce festival where vendors from all over the land gathered to provide three days of sauces and fun.”

~at this point, you’ve fallen asleep~

Tanjirou doesn’t always know whether to feel proud or offended that you fall asleep so quickly

Like, is he that calming and soothing? 🥰

Orrr bOrInG?! 😭

Takes you on late night walks

Hear me out

Is going for a walk @ 2am a lil counterintuitive for going to sleep?

Yeeeah

BUT

If you’re already awake, and lying in bed isn’t helping, then a cute, moonlit walk couldn’t hurt any more 🌙

“You want to get up now?” you yawn, fixing an amused stare at Tanjirou’s bedhead

“Why not?” 😁

And altho you could technically think of plenty of this-is-why-not reasons, you shrug instead

“Okay!”

Within a block, you’re clinging to his arm, body feeling heavy and content 😴

And within two blocks, you’re whining cutely into his shoulder, “Taaanjiiirooouuu, m’sleeeeepy.” 🥱

11/10 you’re getting a piggyback ride home 🤗

More often than not, Kyojuro ends up getting roped into whatever’s keeping you up 🥴

Suffering through hw?

He’ll get his own notebook, snacks, and water (to share, ofc), and keep you company 🤓

“My love,” he whispers—after ~30 secs—stricken faced

“Hm, Kyo?” you hardly spare him a glance, trying (and failing) to make sense of your lecture notes

“I realize now why you are still studying at 3am. This is incomprehensible!” 😖

Nonetheless, he persists along w/ you, doing his best to hide his yawns, and insisting on 1 min cuddle breaks whenever you have an epiphany aka finally understand something

By the last cuddle break, you’re falling asleep in his arms, and he doesn’t do a thing to stop you 😌

(spiritually, he fell asleep hrs ago 😃)

Fixated on a video game?

Kyojuro trusts you when you tell him, “No worries babe, go to sleep, I’ll join you in a bit!” ☺️

He shouldn’t have 💀

Unless “a bit” always meant “sometime after 2am” 🤡

“Darling,” he rasps, blearily eyeing your focused position in front of your computer (that you haven’t moved from since he was last awake), “What time is it?” 😵‍💫

“Time to destroy this BOSS,” you exclaim, not missing a beat, nor shaken by his sudden consciousness 😎

“Do you think you have enough snacks?” he asks wryly, surroundings slowly but surely registering 🥨🧀🍫🍿🍪

“Nope,” you grin, “But you can still have some.”

“Why did the screen go black?” 🤨

“Because I died,” you huff, “You really ought to know these things.”

“And become a gremlin like you?” he chuckles, blankets tossed aside as he shuffles himself out of bed

“A WINNER, Kyo, I’m going to be a WINNER.” 😤

“Sure, especially when I have seen that black screen at least three times in the five minutes that I have been awake.” 😉

“Y’KNOW WHAT,” you shriek indignantly, pointing a playful finger at him, “Sit and watch, this game isn’t easy.” 😒

“Is it multiplayer?” 🫢

“No.” 😐

(yes, but no hell in way are you letting him join and show you up now — at least, not tonight)

“I can eat your snacks?” 😋

“As long as you promise to fetch more when they run out.”

And that’s how you and Kyo end up pulling an all nighter, eyes bloodshot, stomachs full, and very hydrated (bc water is apparently a snack too)

P.S. You eventually allow him to play w/ you (after you beat the game yourself)

P.P.S. Watching him struggle brings you immense satisfaction 🤠

P.P.P.S. “Kyo, you might break your record of deaths in a minute.” “Oh hush, I am just warming up!” ❤️‍🔥

#headcanons #modern au #kimetsu no yaiba #demon slayer #kamado tanjiro #kamado tanjirou #tanjiro x reader #tanjirou x reader #rengoku kyojuro #kyojuro x reader

[whirlwindimagines]

Hello! You're seriously one of the best writers for Trigun I've read! I'm super excited for future works!!! Would you be willing to write some angst? How about something like Knives continously pushing the reader away until the reader does truly disappear. You can decide how they disappear! But something introspective with Knives would be nice!

Anything for my number one fan 💙❄️💙❄️💙 CLOWN 🤡 I can’t believe you want to be down bad for Knives!!!!! Ignoring the fact I am too 🤡 I also can’t believe you read all my works get outta here 😭😭😭 song title is from Labour 😘 Also enjoy, I wasn’t sure where to go with this so open-ended it is! 

‘If our love died, would that be the worst thing?’

Millions Knives x Reader

You need to be the bigger person and let it go, you think to yourself as you know you're not going to let it go. Fighting with Knives wasn’t anything new, honestly, it’s been increasing lately. It’s more oh how the arguments went, he was dismissive at best and a childish asshole at worst and you were sick of it.

Not being able to sleep was also making these worse, you don’t even remember the last time you for a full night's rest. Knives coming in at any and all odd hours to wake up to work to continue with his plans. You knew it was important to him, it should be important to you too, but not at 3 am. You wish you go back to the early days when you were blinded by your love and commitment to knives.

You might have been a naive fool back then, but you were happy at least. And now you were starting to have doubts the closer and closer Knives got to his goals you were wavering and you don’t know what to do if Knives figured you out.

Being afraid of Knives was new to, fuck you didn’t know what to do. You were torn, because as fucked up as it all was you still loved him. How pathetic, your door opens with a slam and it startles you more than it should. Sitting up your eyes meet Knives pale blue ones, his eyes always seemed to glow in the dark.

“Come here.” His tone doesn’t leave room for arguments, but you feel like pushing it, him this thing you have. “I need to sleep, just because you don’t doesn’t mean I’ll magically be capable without it” you lay back down with a huff, heart racing as his footsteps approaches the side of the bed. 

He reaches for you grabbing you by the wrist and pulling you up, and it brings you to tears at how gentle his grip is even though his eyes are furious. “I wasn’t asking, I am not impressed by your latest tantrums.” 

You scoff you try to pull your arm back, but he tightens his grip, it’s not painful but you don’t know what will happen if you keep pushing. You know Knives was prone to violence, but he has never struck you. He probably wanted to, but Knives was complicated some days he couldn’t stand touching you the human you. And then some days he couldn’t leave you alone demanding your attention.

“My tantrums?” You hiss, you step into his face getting chest to chest with him, “if anyone been throwing a tantrum lately it’s you, I don’t want to fight with you Knives I’m tired. Why don’t you stay?” The more you talk the more the fight drains out of you. 

He drops your wrist, “if you won’t be of use then I have no reason for you.” He says it coldly and it hurts more than it should, “fine.” You reply, stepping back and sitting on the bed. “Goodnight, Knives.” He doesn’t reply as he turns and leaves, leaving you to yourself. 

Getting back under the covers, you force yourself not to cry. You’d deal with this in the morning, forcing yourself to sleep.

Morning comes quickly, you lay there for a while pondering what you should do next. You have no desire in talking to Knives, so you figure you’ll just work the day away. Knives will find you when he wants you, frowning at the thought. What were you a loyal dog waiting for their master's return?  

With that thought you force yourself from the bed and out of the room, leaving your mind perfectly blank as you continue throughout the day. Every once in a while, the memory of last night will play in your mind but you push it aside. You don’t see knives today, or the next, or even the next. 

He must be ignoring you, hating to admit you missed him. Fine if he didn’t want to talk to you, then you would seek him out instead. Marching through the halls with a purpose, you know exactly where he’ll be, already hearing the keys of a piano. He is still playing when you enter the large room, moving forward to stand beside him. 

Waiting for him to finish you speak, “I’ve always loved listening to you play, it’s been a while huh?” He doesn’t reply, and you frown reaching out a hand towards him you call out his name, and he turns quickly gripping your wrist.

“Why are you here.” So that’s how he wants to be, you sigh, “I just wanted to check up on you, we haven’t spoken– “ 

His grip tightens, and your breath hitches as he does his grip near painful, he stands narrowing his eyes at you, “whatever pathetic human emotions you are trying to convey don’t. You have become nothing but an obstacle to my endeavors.” 

You can only stare wide eyes, there is something different this time about the way he speaks to you, and your blood runs hot with anger. So, after everything, this is what Knives has come to? “Seriously? An obstacle? Is that all I am to you? After everything! All I’ve done for you it just means nothing.” 

Knives shoves you back harshly, and you stumble falling back and catching yourself on your elbows, he looks down at you as he speaks, “You are nothing to me, a means to an end.” You hate that the tears come, you hate that he’s breaking your heart and he doesn’t even care. Quickly getting to your feet the argument catches in your throat.

Fine 

You were done, this was the breaking point you needed out if that meant by his hand or yours. They would never let you escape, no not with you knew you needed to be clever, the weak and pathetic human Knives thought you were. Those who deserted the cause were met with death, you knew that yet you were not afraid.

“I’m sorry that you feel that way, I won’t bother you again.” You can’t meet his gaze; Knives doesn’t say anything just scoffs turning his back to you. As if on autopilot you reach out a hand to him, but bring it back grasping your shirt over your heart instead. 

You leave and do not look back. 

Time is not something that Knives bothers keeping track of, day and night does not matter to him. And yet he knows the passing of time has been slow without you by his side. You’ll come crawling back, it was in your human nature to not leave well enough alone.

Knives presses the keys of the piano, not playing a tune but little melodies. His mind keeps drifting to you, he knew you liked to watch him play, in a moment of weakness he had asked if you wanted to to learn how to play.

And he hates the way your eyes lit up at his words, he hated more how you made him feel in that moment, but what he hated the most is the feeling of missing you. You who was just a human, nothing but a spark in his life that would sizzle out to nothing, and he would continue on as if nothing happened. 

Slamming his hands on the piano keys he stands; he turns heading towards your room. He doesn’t need you, he doesn’t. Knives just wants to… well he doesn’t know what he wants and that frustrates him to no end. 

Opening the door with our knocking, his pale eyes dart around the room you’re not here. Walking toward the bed he placed a hand on the sheets, they are cold you haven’t been here for a while. How strange considering your constant complaints about needing sleep. 

He leaves to continue his search but isn’t able to find a trace of you. He’s not concerned, he isn’t. But he’s searched the whole damn place and nothing like you’ve ever even existed. And for some reason that scares him, more than he wants to admit. 

Then he hears the rumors, you fled in the night and didn’t look back. How you probably didn’t get far, no deserter does. The first emotion was anger, at you for leaving, for betraying him. It was the emotion he held on to the longest, then he needed to act. You haven’t been found yet, and when you were he didn’t want you killed. No, he needed you back here so he could deal with you himself.

That’s what he kept telling himself at least, the more nothing came of the search the more desperate he felt for you, now you really have turned into a distraction. He can’t afford to spend his time looking for you, he knows he has more important things to be doing. 

Knives forces himself to focus on his goals, pushing you to the back of his mind and this works for a while. But when he’s alone, or can’t seem to concentrate his mind always drifts to you and he hates you for it because after everything deep down he knows he feels something for you. 

This is bad and he knows it, he has to let it go so he will for now.

a/n: @hermitagecats Love you! <3

#million knives x you #million knives x reader #million knives #nai x reader #nai trigun #trigun #trigun stampede imagine #trigun stampede x reader #trigun stampede #trigun x reader #trigun stampede headcanons #trigun x you

[count-alucard-tepes]

Hello, have you already written? S/O is tired and has retreated to sleep. after she slept off, she woke up in someone else's bed and noticed Op Men (who had a crush on him) sleeping next to her. 😳

sorry for bad English writing

Haha I love this and it’s all good, love, you’re alright 💕 so I’ll do the OP hotties reaction to the S/O😆

Kizaru ✨: *looks over at her as he’s reading the newspaper and smiles* “…good morning, beautiful…shall we have pancakes for breakfast?”

Akainu🌋: *notices S/O and blushes as he quickly gets out of the room almost immediately while trying to put a shirt on*

Ryokugyu 🌱: *smirks a little* “…if you wanted to cuddle, love…no need to sneak in…I’m all yours”

Fujitora 🐅: *literally isn’t moving because he’s so embarrassed that they must have heard him snoring or something*

Sir Crocodile 🐊: *sitting in the arm chair at the balcony in his silk robe and smoking a cigar with a smirk* “…are you staying for breakfast?”

Doflamingo Donquixote 🦩: *is butt naked and smirking* “…oh my…it must be my birthday to get such a surprise”

Benn Beckman 🔫: *raises a brow* “…sorry, love…but how’d you get in here?”

Katakuri Charlotte 🍡: *blushing and hiding under the covers*

Killer🔪: *internally screaming*

Kaido🐉: *is still out cold to even notice*

King 👑: *huffs and glares at them* “…out…right now!”

Queen👑: *smiles and leans against his arm* “…well hello there, baby cakes…had a good sleep?”

Izou🔫🔫: *raises a brow but goes and makes some tea before bringing it for them* “…hope you like tea, sweetheart”

Dragon D Monkey 🐉🐒: *pulls the covers over them and smiles* “…slept well?”

Oven Charlotte 🍞: *staring at the ceiling* “…well…this is awkward…do you…like croissants?”

Buggy🤡: *blushing uncontrollably* “…hi…who…are you?”

Marco the Phoenix 🦅: *gets his glasses and smirk* “…did…I invite you last night?”

Eustass Kidd🤘🎸: “…score”

Rosinantè Donquixote aka Cora-San💕: *excited scream because there’s a girl/boy in his bed*

Who’s Who ❤️‍🔥👹: *smirks and strokes their hair* “…well hello there, kitten”

Gecko Moria🦇: *eyes widen* “…are you a lost test subject?”

Iceburg💜: *snatched the covers from them* “…how’d you get in here?”

Gild Tesoro⚜️🏅: *smiles and raises a brow* “…rise and shine, sweetheart…now tell me…what’s your name?”

Rob Lucci🐆: *yawns and cuddles into S/O, he loves to sleep in*

#one piece #sir crocodile #one piece akainu #akainu sakazuki #crocodile one piece #donquixote doflamingo #one piece kizaru #king one piece #killer one piece #rosinante donquixote #aramaki ryokugyu #one piece fujitora #fujitora issho #benn beckman #katakuri charlotte #katakuri one piece #izou one piece #kaido one piece #queen one piece #monkey d dragon #eustass captain kidd #Charlotte oven #marco the phoenix #buggy the clown #gecko moria #iceburg one piece #gild tesoro #Rob lucci #borsalino kizaru #who’s who one piece

[sitp-recs]

Hidden Gems by @fw00shy

I’ll never stop screaming about the masterpiece that is Phoenix in the Fire - not on this list but one of my top five favourite short fics ever - but when it comes to Fwoosh, suddenly I can’t find the words to covey the way her writing cuts me raw and deep. She’s hands down one of the most talented, daring and resourceful writers I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been around for a very long time. A master of short form, her unique and bold style steal my attention right away, her sharp dialogue and unbeatable world building make me sit straighter and forget whatever’s going on around me, her impeccable prose with perfectly chosen and well-placed words takes my breath away, her tender angst makes my heart break for pining Harry, her deliciously explicit, self-indulgent smut make me sweat like a whore in the church 🥵

As if that wasn’t enough, fwooshy’s range is really impressive and she always manages to deliver a long-lasting blow with any genre, any rating and any length, but especially under 3k. Her creative mind, vibrant characters and powerful writing deserve way more recognition and that’s why everyone should go check her catalogue right now. I’ll help you out and share a short selection of goodies below - I could have chosen any 10 fics at random but I wanted to include a little bit of everything, even tropes that aren’t really my jam (hello MCD!)…. unless they’re written by her, lol 🤡 this is actually my second reclist for Fwooshy so I tried to diversify a bit, you can find the previous one here. Happy Monday with these delicious short treats!

Drarry:

Silence on the Seventh Floor (T, 970 words) - such a creative and heartbreaking drabble, love this pain-in-the-ass ghost!Draco and smitten Harry, my heart ached so much for them. Cw MCD

Draco haunted the seventh-floor corridor of Hogwarts. A Third Year found him up there one night, knocking the frames together as though trying to shake something out of them. She reported it straight to Headmaster Potter, who passed her a Cockroach Cluster and sent her off to bed with a promise to handle it.

Basement Level 9 (M, 2k) - poignant and disturbing short story with dark!Draco and a resigned Harry who loves him, plus excellent dialogue and a brilliant Ron puzzling the pieces together, ugh so good 😔🤌🏼

Draco was behind the bomb that blew up Level 10, though they didn't talk about it.

You Either Fuck or You Get Fucked (E, 2k) - the ultimate enemies to lovers PWP with scorching hate sex, crude dirty talk and top notch banter, sharp and witty! I’m obsessed with this confident Harry and their sexy push and pull, thought I’d combust on site 🔥

"That's not how fucking works. Fucking's…" Draco waved a hand in the air. "You either fuck or you get fucked." "Sure," Harry said. He took out a Sickle. "Toss for it?" Read my rec here.

10:47 am (T, 2.3k) - this series of short yet immersive slice-of-life vignettes are wonderfully original with vibrant multiple POV and such distinct character voices. One of the fics that best showcase Fwoosh’s genius writing

Scenes of lives lived out in front of an open balcony window.

Big Hands (E, 4.5k) - Victorian AU with pianist rivals, yes please!!!! Incredible world building, delightful and on point humour, unbelievable ust, that basic hand kink we all deserve AND a piano sex scene as a treat, this is rich and sexy and the atmosphere is irresistible

Draco Malfoy is a pianist who's just moved to Paris. Harry Potter, his new roommate, has the biggest hands he's ever seen. Draco is immediately obsessed. Read my rec here.

in a rambling way (T, 7.5k) - probably the softest Fwoosh fic I’ve read so far, a gorgeous and wistful break up make up with lots of pining Harry, camping shenanigans and peak road trip romance. A must read!

Ron knocked Hermione up, and now Harry's got to figure out how to clone himself so that his friends don't split up fighting over him. Falling for Draco again was never part of the plan.

Rare pairs:

In the Mood (E, 367 words) - the hottest 367 words you’ll read today, delicious established Dron feat. rough sex and feral possessive Ron hoho me gusta!

“I saw you with Harry today," Ron says. "In the Ministry cafeteria."

Money (M, 1k) - my favorite Ginsy treat out there, hot af and with an impressive amount of character and story for a short fic. Superb Pansy + superb Ginny POV, I want them both to ruin me (and then each other) pls and thank

Pansy looks like money. Ginny's letting her call the shots.

Laundry Day (E, 1.8k) - I’ve been in a Ginny/Hermione phase lately and this neighbours AU PWP is s total banger! Laundry room snogging, confident buff Gin and shy horny Hermione, excellent dynamics and really hot smut

Hermione was afraid of Ginny, because Ginny made her wet.

They Bought A Sports Bar (T, 2.2k) - another compelling femslash because yes, Fwoosh can write pretty much any ship. A fascinating take on Cho and amazing dialogue, love her subtle dynamics with this patient Ginny, and the idea of a sports bar is brilliant!

Ginny buys a sports bar (run-down biker pub, really) and ropes Cho into helping out. They're just business partners, so why does everyone else think they're more?

#hidden gems s2

[britishcupoftea]

Summer in the lighthouse part 2

y’all I fished the second part out from my notes app 🤡 let’s make a fool of myself again. I wanted to also say yea no I realise I didn’t write part 3 and idk how long this part is so 😤 you get what your given. Try not to die of cringe please 🙏🙏🙏

Chapter 2- simple things

I woke about 9am, properly this time, as in I couldn’t go back to sleep. The sun shine through my thin curtains and illuminated my room, all of a sudden the shock a sheer sunlight had put things into perspective. So far, I had caught feelings for a girl… maybe, actually thought about reading a book, landed extremely awkwardly on top of the girl, shared a bed with a girl and barely got any sleep. Wow this was gonna be one crazy summer if it carries on like this. That morning I was drunk with exhaustion, the night had really taken a toll on my head. At about 10:30, i wobbly walked down the stairs  for breakfast. I shoved a couple slices of bread into the toaster and slumped into a chair at the table: when I sat down I noticed a sticky note stuck to the patterned table cloth. ‘Gone out for fishing back at 4 the girls are at home -Maddie xx’

Thank god, I was too tired to do anything today. After a few minutes my toast popped and I rummaged through the cupboards till I found some butter. I am one of those strange people that oddly like 1 spread, jam or peanut butter, marmite, Nutella it just doesn’t do it for me. I like plain and simple things… ha if only Leah was plain and simple. There I go again, linking everyone to Leah like an utter idiot, what was wrong with me. The toast gave me the strength to make the huge climb back up the stairs. From there I changed into new clothes, a pair of sweatpants and a lose black shirt. Then I noticed the book that sat in the centre of my desk ‘the man who hunted gods’, uhh was this meant  to be here? Had Leah left it from me? Curiosity lead my hands forwards and I took the book, it black cover was smooth against my palms, not creased or crinkled. Sitting back down onto my bed and leading against the wall, I opened the book and flicked froward to the first page… ‘3 weeks, 3 weeks, was that enough time to prepare? What if I lost him forever? What if I couldn’t make it? No my brother would fight till the very end. I remember him as clear as daylight…’ I read my eyes darting from word to word. I must have lost my self in that book for a damn long time because when I looked up to my desktop alarm clock, it said 2:34. Wow that passed fast, I was about 2 chapters from the end of the book and I was nearly screaming with frustration and excitement. I had never know a book could be so good, I’m sort of glad I gave into my stupid emotions or I wouldn’t have read this. Reading, that’s something I must add to my list of things I enjoy. Mostly I enjoyed the simple things like just sitting there or eating but now I could add reading to my small list of things I enjoyed. Searching through my mind, I found my mental list of things I enjoyed and added reading onto the bottom. Just above reading was cricket , I remember adding it last summer when I was sent off to a cricket camp and I found that I actually quite liked the sport. I had even made some friends there, Archie and Jacob were my favourite of the bunch. It was still an hour and 20 minutes till Janes and Maddie were meant  to be back at the house, and apparently Leah and Darcy were supposed to be home so I went to check on them.

First I checked on Darcy, I still have no idea why, perhaps because she was younger and less responsible so she might well have died in the night or something, when I came down the stairs into her room, she had looked up from the floor where she was braiding her long brown hair. “Hey George, ur finally up, want to help me with something?” Uhh help with what I wondered… “uh I’ll help but it depends on what I’m helping with” I said casually. Walking a couple steps into her room, it was quite like Leah’s but inside of many bookshelves, the walls were lined with posters and trash and clothes were plied in most corners. “Braiding my hair obviously, come and sit down.” Darcy beaconed  me over to where she sat on the floor and trying to to seem impolite, I came and kneeled behind her. I can’t remember where I learnt to plate hair from but it was hell of a lot useful right now; i picked her hair up that was laying on her shoulders and split it into three clumps. “You do know how to braid hair right? Or you’re gonna make my hair look like a mess.” Darcy said, trying to keep her head still as she talked. “Yea I do, and I don’t think it’s gonna look too bad.” I responded back as I exaggerated on the bad part. Darcy huffed and sat still as I began to braid her hair. About half way down, pulled forward and looked up at me, almost tugging the hair from my hands. “Your quite cute you know.” She said it in a matter of fact way that made me a bit uncomfortable.

I didn’t know what to say.. I’m sure nothing bad would happen because it’s not like I had to stay here for 3 months over summer break or anything. “umm thanks I guess but stop staring at me or it will ruin the plate.” Then she straightened up and let me carry on plating her hair in peace, once I had finished I held out my hand for a hair band and she popped on into my hand that had a note attached to it. It read ‘your very cute ;) can’t believe your staying for 3 months’. I furrowed my eyebrows together and ripped the note off and crinkled it up. Then before I tied the end of the braid, I threw the paper towards the bin and funnily enough it landed right in. “Good at throwing things too” muttered Darcy. I was quite annoyed at this point and i tugged her hair back and tied the ends. “There done” I was grumpy and didn’t care to hide it, she was 13 for gods sake.

By the time I was done with Darcy, it was 3 and I made my way back up the stairs and into Leah’s room. I looked round for her, and saw her standing next to the cupboard, a pair of denim shorts in her hands… uh oh… she had the shorts in her hands.. no on her… “GEORGE!” She shouted, and turned away from me tugging her shorts on and pulling her shirt out from where it had tucked into the shorts. I span away from her and looked straight at the wall, a pink flush filling my checks. Oh my god.. I am so dumb! STUPID! I almost wanted to shout it. From behind me I heard the cupboard slam shut, at least I was only looking at her face and hands and well basically all her top half. “Sorry, sorry I’m so sorry” I mumbled, still facing the wall. “Could have knocked! And you can turn around now for your information” said Leah a bit angrily. I slowly turned around, relief washing over my blush, she was wearing a oversized white button down shirt and a shirt pair of denim shorts. Her hair tied back into a messy bun, the good kind of bun, not the hungry hobo person, the cute curious girl. Wow she was gorgeous. Damn it George, snap out of it.

“I came to check on you..” I muttered, fumbling over my words in my flusteredness. (I don’t care what y’all think that’s a word now) Leah gave me a disapproving glare that I almost shrank back from, and I was almost tempted to throw one back at her. “I don’t need you to check on me”. I narrowed my eyes at her as she said it, as if I was inspecting her for some unseen injuring that I knew she was hiding. My concern was greeted with a roll of her eyes and a vague gesture. Lead said, “Well I haven’t died yet unfortunately.” The words laced in sarcasm. I was so ready to go home. “I finished your book”

EW WHAT IS THIS UNFATHOMABLE CRINGE! That is enough. Also this is all I wrote up too 😭 I’ll write some more if y’all want to curl up and die from cringe again. Sorry if I killed you💀🙏 goodbye

#creative writing #writers on tumblr #fanfic #books #short story #lighthouse

[goldenxddeonu]

enhypen’s reaction to you calling them by their first name !

Genre: fluff

Warnings: small amount of cursing and mentions of scratches

Requested by @mikimiki23

Heeseung

“ Heeseung what are we gonna have for dinner I’m hungryyy”

“What did you say? 😀”

Dead ass forgot the fact you said that you’re hungry and focused on what you called him

“I said heeseung I’m hungry” rolling your eyes cuz tf your hungry 🙄

He gets on his knees to get to your level (if your taller than him he puts his hands on your shoulder so your at his level) and says “ you wanna repeat that for me?”

Your brain goes &@“!!!);));&@&/$-)/$:&@/@

“ No sir. 🗣”

“ ew no don’t call me sir”

“ then what? Heeseung?” You say teasing

“ noooo..maybe bambi?” He says with his eyes sparkling into yours

Your heart malfunctions

“Okii Bambi whadaya wanna order :]”

He pulls you into an suffocating hug and and says “aaaaa what I’m gonna do without you “

Jay

You’ve always liked jays shoe collection, and he had a couple pairs you wanted for your own. You were planning on getting a pair but in your size

“Hey jeongseong, what’s the website you got these boots off of?”

My man had to give himself a second to take in what he heard👹

“Uh who tf is that?” He said thinking that if he asked you that you would realize what you just said

You being dense 🤡 just said “ who the hell is here but you and has the name jeongseong?”

He gave you a sassy look 💅🏻

You got off the bed, so you could stand in front of him and return the sass

When you did he just tackled you back on the bed and into a hug and just said “ I’ll get them for you since I already know your size”

Jake

Summer was coming up and you knew you would be bored, so the idea of starting a garden in the backyard was a perfect way t send time with Jake and keep you busy

“ Hey Jaehyun, do you wanna help me grow a garden this summer :]”

👁👁

“wot. Do I have something on my face?”

🦗🦗

Doesn’t wanna make it a big deal Bc he thinks it’ll make you feel bad so he just giggles his way out of the silence he made

Your sitting there like 🧍🏻‍♀️

He took your hand and started to play with them, playing with the rings he gifted you on your anniversary

He looked up at you and said smiling from ear to ear “ ofc I do”

You patted his head

And he just full on ✨plopped✨ into your lap

Sunghoon

it was a boring and quiet Sunday afternoon and you were scrolling through tiktok

And you saw this one dance that seemed like it matched sunghoon so you decided to ask him if he could learn it with you

“ hey sunghoon if your not busy do u wanna learn this dance with me?”

Sunghoon rn: 😐

You: 🧍🏻‍♀️🚗

“Um I’m sorry did I say something wrong??” You genuinely were nervous

He just started cackling and u were there like 😃

He pulled your wrist with the phone in it open to the tiktok to see what dance you’re talking abt

“ you wanna explain what just happened?”

“ no 😛”

You guys didn’t end up learning it Bc he kept laughing at the past situation

Sunoo

He was spending the night at yours and he brought a whole bunch of skin care products for you two to use

He brought out one of those jade rollers

“ I don’t know how to use them, can you do it for me sunoo?”

He was about to put it on your face until he heard you say it

Sunoo rn : 😃

Literally looked like someone paused him

“ you didn’t just say what I think you did”

“ what did I say?”

You genuinely seemed like you didn’t know what you did so wrong and he felt bad part 2

So he went back into rolling your face and just scoffed here and there

And every once in awhile he let out a “ tch..Sunoo” while rolling his eyes

Jungwon

You guys were cleaning out his closet and in the back was a pair of roller skates

You never learned how to skate and wanted to so you asked him if he cud teach you

“ jungwon oOooo I never knew you skated!! Could you teach me?”

Blushy bb

“ huh?..oh..OH skating yeah ofc I could teach you!”

You spent the rest of the day learning and let’s say you have scratches all over each your knees

He made it his mission to place a bandaid on each one and place a tiny kith on each one

Jsjwjejeirjdnfjdjdjdjrhfh

Niki

You saw this couple bake a cake on YouTube and now your determined to make one with Niki

You heard him coming towards your room so you called his name

“ riki I wanna ask you something cmereee!!”

He does that thing where he slowly turns his neck and pops his eyeballs out KSJDNDJ I HOPE YALL KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT

“ what did you call me?” He says with a psychotic look while smiling in the doorway

“ Riki...?”

He runs from the doorway and belly flops on to you in your bed

“RIKIII I CANT BREATHE”

Acts innocent while your suffering

“ 😇 so what did you wanna ask me?😇” he says with his legs kicking back and forth while your under him

#enhypen scenarios #enhypen x reader #enhypen soft layouts #enhypen imagines #jay x reader #sunoo x reader #niki x reader #jake x reader #heesung x reader #sunghoon x reader #jungwon x reader

[evergardenwall]

Omg please be safe!!!!! And please keep me updated, if you don't mind/have the energy!!! And if you need to talk about it, I've had covid myself (and as you know, my mom passed away from it), so I'll understand. Also please make sure you're getting plenty of rest and fluids!!!

remi 🥺

thank you so much; i’ll do my best to stay safe. i’m really worried for my grandparents, though; i know we have the immense chance to all be vaccinated (including the booster) and hopefully it won’t be serious if they do catch it, but... yeah.

we have been irresponsible and could’ve avoided the risk by taking a test earlier, but my mom was convinced it couldn’t be covid, i rarely go out and spend a lot of time on my own in my room, and i avoided being too touchy with them — we put distance between us both when eating meals and when sitting on the couch/chairs in the living toom while they were at our place, but we still were unmasked (except when we were in the car driving them back to their place), and my grandma slept in my room (in a bed opposite to mine and we aerated, but still...) so ye :| lots of stupidity in this story. my mom didn’t insist on us wearing masks the rest of the time, and i didn’t dare to insist on wearing mine more because i didn’t want to upset her, which was was so stupid of me. like. genuinely. why did i do that. why did i let my guard down when this was THE most important moment and people to be careful with. i don’t have any excuse here, i became a part of the problem 🙃 i’m really praying they didn’t contract it from being around me and the rest of my family, but. god. i had a responsibility and i didn’t honor it

as for my current state — i’ve mostly been feeling feverish and sleepless. i’ve started dealing with that kind of insomnia that makes you collapse at 9pm, then wake up at 4am unable to fall back asleep at the same time I’ve started being feverish (which is. extremely annoying) EVERY. NIGHT. for nine days now. i feel like i have a cold that decided to last longer than usual and deprive me from getting a good night’s sleep... since i started getting these symptoms on the 9 and 10th of april, i assumed it was because of when i walked in the cold rain only wearing a denim jacket the day before and then in the sun for hours without a hat the following day, but nope lmao. just a good ol’ rona 🤡

i also lost a bit of my appetite + my eyes are dry and sore, but i didn’t experience any smell or taste loss; i’m just. really tired and the fact it’s the presidential elections in France rn and i’m checking the news more often than usual probs doesn’t help much with my mood BUT! i started feeling better than in the beginning of the week; recovery seems to be coming ahead. thank you so, so much for checking in with me, and reminding me to drink, too. i’m going to do this right now 😭

#replies #remi

[kiyoors]

under the moonlight

canon verse!, friends to lovers! armin x reader

I am soft for armin, angel baby boi

word count: 2.2k

warnings: skinny dipping! (heh), slights mentions of nudity but nothing sexual, a minuscule spec of angst,, but overall this is fluff, and a dash of crack as well

a/n: you know, this was supposed to be a silly little skinny dipping, under 1k armin drabble but here we are, at 2.2k words. the absolute clownery🤡

You hummed contently as you watched Armin’s sleeping figure. The boy was curled up into himself on his side, blanket covering only one of his legs, and gripping a pillow close to his chest. Soft snores filled the room, following the pace of his rising and falling chest. He had recently cut off his hair, the undercut making him seem older; he was still as innocent as ever, though. Your sweet angel. 

Gently, you placed a hand on his shoulder, shaking him lightly, “Armin,” you whispered, “wake up.” After a couple more pats to his shoulder, he sucked in a breath, finally awake. 

Softly, as to not startle him, you move your hand from his shoulder to lightly drag your fingers along his scalp, “hi.”

Armin is still too out of it to speak, but he knows you’re somehow next to him, in his room (which he thought he had locked the door to), running your fingers through his hair,, there’s worse things to wake up to, he thinks.

Your fingers work his hair for a couple more minutes, waiting for him to finish waking up, you bring your hand to graze his cheek. As much as Armin doesn’t want this moment to end, he clears his throat to speak, “____? wha-what are you doing here?” 

You bite your lip to hide the smile edging on your lips at how cute and disoriented he sounds, “let myself in,” you muse, “Sorry to wake you, but i want you to see something.”

He’s now fully awake, as he sits himself up on his bed, words peaking his interest, “what’s so important that you had to break into my room in the middle of the night and wake me up for?” Even though his words seem blunt, there’s no bite behind them. he knows by this point that you like teasing him, he’s just doing it back.

“c’mon, aren’t i a great sight to wake up to ‘min?” 

He should be used to your cheeky comments by now, but he can never fight the blush that ensues after, whenever you say stuff like this, stuff that is true, but he can’t bring himself to admit. 

“s-shut up. if bothering me is all you want, let me go back to sleep.”

You grin at that, “promise i’ll make it worth your time, ‘Min.” you wink for added effect. 

Armin sighs, because he knows he can’t win against you, doesn’t want to win; if it’ll make you happy, he’d gladly walk to the ends of the earth for you. He doesn’t need to tell you that for you to know, though. It’s the way he can’t say no to you that has your heart beating for the man in front of you, because you’d do the same for him. 

“Fine.” 

You smile and cheer and even do a little wiggle dance that Armin is sure you’re not even aware of that you do, but he finds it so fucking endearing, it makes whatever this is worth it, you’re always worth it. 

Standing up from the side of his bed, a flurry of excited words spills from your lips, ones that Armin is too busy admiring to fully listen to, “Get changed and meet me at the stables-“

“tHE STABLES!?” 

“pLEASE ARMIN!!” 

The boy chuckles and sighs again, pretending to be irritated instead of enamored, “fine, fine; this better be good.”

Grinning, you plant a quick kiss to his cheek, leaving as fast as it happened with a fleeting, “hurry!” and “it will!” and you’re off.

A stupid smile is on Armins lips; you haven’t even taken him to wherever you were going to yet and he was already having the time of his life.

_________

Almost an hour later, you and Armin find yourselves at the beach. And Armin then understands why you were so eager to go: there’s a full moon tonight. You’re able to see it above the ocean, being haphazardly reflected across the waves, with the stars shining just as brightly around it. Armin thinks the sight is almost as beautiful as you are admiring it. 

Gently, as if to not break you away from the moon’s spell, he takes a hold of your hand, soothingly rubbing his thumb along your skin. 

You had been coming to this spot ever since you and the scouts had been able to kill off most of the titans on the island. It was your reward, you thought, to be able to freely gaze at the expanse of blue under the moonlight, with not a trouble or care on your mind but the boy next to you. 

You grip Armin’s hand a little tighter as you inch your way closer to the shore, cool saltwater meeting your bare feet. Who would have thought something like this could exist? You had never known the freedom and exhilaration of the ocean waves, and yet, the moment your squad had stumbled upon it, you knew it felt familiar, it felt like Armin. 

Not only were his eyes the same startling blue of the ocean, but the glee you felt when met with a cool wave was the same kind of delight you felt when teasing Armin, when playfully kissing his cheek, and when you caught him starting at you from across the room and you gave him a wink and a smile. He was the ocean in the way that its waves could gently, steadily, sway you from your feet, letting yourself be carried to wherever it was, as long as it was with him, and knowing that you’d be safe, that you’d be lightheaded and giddy for whatever it was that came next. It was as if his heart beat matched the steadiness of the waves; the initial inward pull of them, only to then be brought back to yourself smiling, that’s what Armin felt like. 

You smile at your interlocked hands, looking up after to see that the man in question was already smiling at you. 

As much as you make Armin shy, he makes you feel just as nervous; you’re just better at hiding it. You cheekily swing you hip towards his, earning a laugh from the boy, as you inch closer to him, burrowing at his side. You both remain silent for a couple of more minutes, basking in each other’s presence and the moon, the cool waves at your feet seem to soothe your nerves at being so close to him. Because that’s how you and Armin worked: he was the soothing to your little spitfire, you were the flame that sent tingles all through his body, by a single touch. You were each other’s breaths of fresh air. 

“it looks really beautiful,” you hear him mutter beside you, giving your shoulders a gentle squeeze. 

“i knew you’d like it, ‘Min.”

Armin chuckles again, “i definitely do, more so with you,” he lets his words hang in the air before turning back to regard the scene in front of him, “thank you; this was definitely worth losing sleep over.” 

You smile at his words. 

There was still one more thing you had brought Armin to do tonight, which just so happened to be the basis of this whole spontaneous adventure begin with. Letting go of his hand, you shyly step away from him, “t-turn around, and don’t look until I say so,” you instruct. Armin lifts an eyebrow at you as he complies to your requests. 

“and close your eyes, too!” You hastily add as you begin to strip yourself of your clothing. You see, the main reason you had brought Armin to the ocean.. was to skinny dip. You figured, not only would you be crossing it off of your bucket list, but Armin’s flustered state and flushed cheeks would be so worth it. Or, at least you thought it would be; it seemed like a good idea a couple of hours ago, when you were first waking the boy up; now, you felt as if you were about to combust.

Leaving your clothes in a pile on the dry sand, you waddle into the icy water. Unlike Armin, you think, the ocean can sometimes be cold and harsh. You’re shivering, and you’re halfway into being fully covered by the water when Armin calls out your name, his eyes are still closed, his hands covering them, “are you going in the water!?” 

You’re giddy and keep going further out until the waves are up to your collarbones. Suddenly, you’re laughing and Armin removes his hands from his eyes and GAWKS at your clothes on the sand, then he finds your figure in the water and the look on his face, eyes wide as saucers and mouth agape, makes your initial nerves, everything, worth it: It’s Armin and the sea, of course its worth it. 

Armin calls out your full name, “Are you NAKED.” 

You can’t stop laughing, you’re having the time of your life, tormenting poor Armin. You can see his flustered state from where you are, he is having an internal crisis, and you’re laughing your ass off because you love this fool. 

“Come on in, Armin! No clothes allowed, though!!” You manage to breathe out in between laughs, “dont leave me all alone” 

You are such a little shit, Armin thinks. He is sure he will die tonight, set aflame by you and your self-entitled ass thinking you’re hilarious being out NAKED at SEA and wanting HIM to JOIN YOU. 

His brain is mush and he can’t fully register what he is doing until he yells out at you, “cover your eyes, and DONT look.” You have him wrapped around your finger; you cheer. 

It’s only moments later that you hear Armin waddling towards you, feeling his presence close to you, you turn to him, eyes still closed, “ya decent?”

You just know Armin is giving you the most exasperated look ever to be recorded in history. He sighs as you crack open an eye, seeing the water coming up to his chest. At this, Armin flicks your forehead, “so this was your plan all along?”

You have the biggest grin he’s seen on you as you nod, “for the most part, yeah”

As much as Armin wants to be annoyed at you, your smile is too contagious to him, and soon, he’s grinning right along with you. 

He has to get back at you somehow, so he flicks some water at you, you easily block it, though, and he’s too busy looking at you and your pretty wet hair to care, “I can’t believe you woke me up to go skinny dipping.”

“hEY! You were just getting all sappy earlier about just how great and worth it this all was,” you swim closer, poking him in the chest. 

He swiftly takes a hold of your finger, pulling your body closer to his, but not touching, “that was BEFORE we got naked.”

You can’t help but laugh again, he had a blush that went along his cheeks, nose and ears, even tinging some of his neck pink, “it’s a once in a life time experience, ‘Min, not many can say they went skinny dipping with me, at night, in the ocean, on a full moon.”

“not many?” Armin repeats, his initial mock annoyance turning into slight self-consciousness. 

You want to hit yourself upside the head for making him upset, even though he doesn’t really show it, you know he is starting to second guess this whole thing. 

Gently, you inch your way closer to him, the ocean waves working in your favor, as they seem to bring you two together, pushing you closer, “hey,” you softly cup his rosy cheek, “it’s just you, 'Min, you’re the only one i’d want to do this with, the only one I ever will.” 

As you say this, the ocean seems to adjust itself to fit the both of you together: there’s a particularly sturdy wave that rolls onto your back, pushing you onto Armin, chest to chest. You freeze as you let Armin decide what happens next; if he’s too uncomfortable he’ll probably (gently) push you away, but it’s a second, alternate route that the blonde takes. Softly, timidly, he brings his hands to your naked waist, resting them there, as he buts his forehead against yours. “you're the only one i’d do this with too, ___,” he brings you closer against his body, the warmth of his chest and limbs a sharp contrast to the cool ocean water, “also, you’re kind of the only one crazy enough to come up with this.” He gives you a toothy grin, and you know your Armin is back. 

It happens all to quickly, and there are too many sensations for your brain to keep track of them all, but you feel Armin’s soft lips on yours, his warm hands tracing patterns onto your skin, and the rough waves crashing around you. The kiss is shy but steady, just like Armin is, and your head is spinning from it all. There’s a soft smile gracing his lips. 

In this moment, the world seems perfect: it’s just you and Armin, under the moonlight. 

a/n: id love to hear your thoughts!! 

#its the way that none of my ocs are ever in an actual relationship and its all just pinning #am I projecting??? #perhaps #but aNywAY #i hope you guys like it !! :) #im actually really happy with how this turned out #armin x reader #armin arlet x reader #armin arlert #armin arlet imagines #armin arlet fluff #snk armin #aot armin #armin aot #armin attack on titan #attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #shingeki no kyoujin fanfiction #jess writes!☆*:.｡. o

[sweetswesf]

I finished the project…then I took 2 weeks off. I tried to make progress with the React Tutorial…and I did. I am not happy with where I am technically so I did not allow myself to fully break as I wanted to, but I did have balance. I did not do a single day like I wanted: wake up at 5:30 AM, workout, eat shower, start working on the tutorial at 9 AM, take breaks every hour, end work at 5 PM, do algorithms for 2 hours, do night routine at 8, be in bed for sleep at 9:30 PM. Instead, my days were mostly like this: wake up at 7:40 AM, watch YouTube videos, eat at 8:30, workout at 10, laze around the city exploring places I’ve already explored a million times, get back home around noon, laze in bed and procrastinate until 2, sit in my work chair attempting to work and hit a stride for like 2 hours, work for about 4 hours, do a half-assed night routine most nights, sleep by 11:30…sometimes as late as 1:30 AN. Do it all over the next day. Pinterest was distracting. The shaderoom was distracting. The Breakfast Club. I thought a lot about my mother and how she just has decided not to be in my life. She hasn’t reached out in over a ½ a year, and every time I do, she shows no emotion nor interest in seeing me. I thought about how my dad continues to treat me bad but EXPECTS me to just accept and forgive him every time. I got back on Bumble yesterday. I struggle with knowing if it’s time to start dating again or if it’s just another form of trying to procrastinate or find fulfillment. I’ve taken a LONG hiatus from it and have never done dating right…I kept telling myself I’ll meet them from a friend, but that has never happened and I am doing myself a disservice by just waiting. The apps are a safe level of present vs persue. I am not okay with going full in on pursuit. I still believe in a lot of traditional gender roles and believe the persuing is up to the man. I also have more standards and less tolerant of BS. I’m more confident in myself and am no longer putting men of my race on a pedestal as I have been for so long. They stopped doing so for us a long time ago and many of us are just now realizing that 🙃. 🤡🤡🤡

One thing I did accomplish during this “break” was get a job outside of my current one. Y’all know I have been in pursuit of a software engineering position at my company for a while, and becoming a data analyst, engineering Ops analyst, bootcamp student, bootcamp grad, SWE apprentice, and SWE intern were all a part of that and required a lot of hunting, applying and interviewing, so I haven’t been sitting on my hands for the past 6 years, but this is the FIRST time in 6 years I’ve received a job offer outside of my company. This was HUGE for me.

They are an extremely smaller company, like literally almost 100x, and the interview was SIGNIFICANTLY easier than any interview I have had for a SWE role. Like so easy, I felt they were desperate for people. And I am not being cocky AT ALL! I’m the 1st to tell you I’ve got a LOT to work on…My apprenticeship interview was more difficult than it. They also can only give me what I am making in base salary now. They’re not public, so the stock options might as well be Monopoly money. They treated me so well though and it felt so good to FINALLY accomplish a goal I have had for a long time. I didn’t even prep for it. In fact, I was so sure I wasn’t excited to interview yet that the initial technical exam was the first algo I had done in almost 6 months! I am still going to interview as I didn't apply any of the comp sci theory prep I have been trying to complete before taking interviews for companies I am excited for again.

It DOES feel great having a back-up though. It takes a little bit of stress off me. Am I ready to go back to work tomorrow? I don’t know. My manager also announced she’s taking the next 2 weeks off. That will be a whole month damn there with no face time with her. Whatever…

I got the offer after I volunteered to talk to college and high school students aspiring to have careers very soon. It was great to reflect on where I was at one point and where I am now. I doubted doing it at first because I knew it would take me away from my studies, but I also feel like you can’t get certain things UNTIL you give. Volunteering and doing this also felt good. A colleague I met there who was also volunteering was cute and it felt good to flirt. I was confident. It inspired me to eventually get back on the dating apps. So although it wasn’t tutorial work, it did help towards my goals I think. And people said I inspired them. It was valuable.

One other positive about this break was that I learned that rewriting my website like I want may be sooner around the corner than I thought. Despite how long this tutorial is taking it IS working and I AM learning the WHY behind things. I know it’s an awesome skill that will pay off. If I had a solid month I could maybe knock it out. That time is a luxury I am afraid to ask for at my job right now though, even if it would make me better.

Also! Another positive: my dream job hit me up! I didn’t even reach out! I’m just let down every time I have to tell them to wait because I’m not ready yet…if only I could get out of my own way.

I know for a fact that I am nervous about returning. I don’t know if I feel refreshed. I also didn’t finish the tutorial, but even if I did nothing but work these past 2 weeks, I’d be unhealthy, both mentally and physically. It felt good to workout at a gym and not an outdoor track and hit the sauna: a luxury I almost never let myself take advantage of because of the time it takes to do everything. Working out well truly takes 2 hours: 2-5 min warmup, 40 min of weights, 10-15 of cardio, 10-15 of stretching, 15-20 of sauna. Not to mention the ~hour transportation to & fro.

I know I’ll be working hard until I break again in late June for Essence Fest. Reminding myself though to take it one day at a time, don’t worry about the future, and to work hard. I’m not alone. God’s always with me.

For a second there, I almost took the new job offer since it is 100% remote. I miss New York…but I know that that’s just not the best step right now. I need to make this work. I need to stay in it instead of being so flighty.

Life in SF is getting so expensive. I haven’t been saving as much. Food is so damn expensive that I am considering going back in the office for the free lunch there! It may be a good idea too to just stretch my legs, get in a regular routine, have eyes on me which will hopefully help me focus through the day more…who knows.

I’m currently sitting in front of a lake, steps away from one of my first apartments I lived in when I moved here. I remember how naiive I was. And I am reminded of how far I have come. I am not where I want to be but I am proud and grateful for where I am. Gratitude kept coming up this break. I kept seeing it. I hope y’all stay blessed and well taken care of out there…even if the only person taking care of you IS YOU! I love you. You matter. NEVER give up on what you believe in.

#black culture #silicon valley #python #women in tech #c++ #women in stem #software #tech #san francisco #coding #software engineering