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pomnavi · 3 years

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Chapters: 2/?

Fandom: 血界戦線 | Kekkai Sensen | Blood Blockade Battlefront

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Klaus von Reinherz/Leonardo Watch

Characters: Leonardo Watch, Klaus von Reinherz, K.K. (Kekkai Sensen),

Tags: Christmas Presents, Sweaters, Knitting

Summary:

Leo wants to get Klaus a present for Christmas, but he’s not sure what to get him (and he’s woefully low on funds). Plus, would getting your (super hot) boss (that you may have a crush on) a present be coming on too strong? He’s not sure what to do, until K.K. gives him a great idea >:)

Chapter 1: Inception of a Bad Idea

Chapter 2: An Attempt was Made

Leo sat in his apartment the next day after work, browsing through the pattern books that KK had given him. There were a few books that were meant specifically for babies (understandable, given KK’s fawning over her children) but one book was marked with pink sticky note saying “This one is perfect!”. It was a book of patterns for “the boyfriend”, and KK had scrawled some hastily drawn hearts (on small sticky notes of course) next to a few items in the table of contents.

Leo smiled at her thoughtfulness. He was definitely going to make her something in return for the help.

He looked at the items that she’d marked down, but honestly some of them looked kind of… dorky. Like something a grandma would make for their adult grandson. Or a wife for a husband when they were already fifty years old. And that was definitely not the kind of sentiment Leo was trying to get across right now. (Maybe…. Someday….)

He sighed and put the book down, and then sorted through the other items in the paper bag that KK had handed him. There was an assortment of colorful yarn, most of them in pastel colors. He tried imagining Klaus wearing any of the colors as a hat, scarf, or mittens, and started cackling at the image. Klaus in pink mittens while he’s trying to take down a blood breed. Or a lavender infinity scarf while discussing something with a client. Or a mint green hat while coming in to work.

All of it seemed silly, but he had no doubt in his mind that if he earnestly made Klaus those presents, he would wear them no matter how bad they looked. Leo wanted to do his best to make something really nice that complimented Klaus.

He dug through all the different yarn skeins until he came upon a big skein of maroon. He instantly knew that it had to be this color. Klaus wore a lot of red so this would match perfectly!

He grabbed the pattern books again. He started flipping through the pages quickly, looking for a nice design. He happened upon a design for a sweater in the same book that KK hadn’t marked. It actually looked like something Klaus might wear, so Leo decided he was going to try it! He envisioned Klaus wearing it, and blushed a little.

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A few days later, Leo came in to work that day feeling peppier than usual. He felt motivated with his plan, and he was busy researching how to knit in the downtime between the crises that usually happened on a daily basis. He had brought some needles and a different color of yarn (a beautiful green/blue mix) in order to practice the stitches and make what was called a “swatch”.

It was earlier in the morning, and it seemed Klaus was busy that day on assignment. Steven was engrossed in his office work. Chain was nowhere to be found (as usual). Zed was in the backroom sleeping in his tank. Zapp was probably hungover. And Leo didn’t know where K.K. was, though he wished he did.

He plugged in his earbuds into his phone, with a video called “How to start knitting” pulled up. Timidly, he grabbed the needles and skein out of his backpack, making sure nobody was around to make fun of him.

Leo played the video, following the instructions and the beginning “swatch” as best he could. His hands slipped and dropped the yarn multiple times, but eventually he began to get a feel for the rhythm, zoning out while casting on stitches. He then continued onto the second row, feeling confident at how well it was going, as well as how easy it was. An hour passed, with Leo quietly knitting while listening to music.

At this point, he had completely forgotten how secretive he was supposed to be. Steven sighed at his remaining work and decided that it was just the perfect time for a coffee break. Gilbert was out too, so Steven made a pot and poured himself and Leo a cup. He was nothing if not a considerate boss… some of the time at least.

Steven grabbed both cups and made his way towards the couches in the center of the room. He saw Leo sitting on the couch, hands moving slowly but steadily, building up inches on his project with a smile on his face. “Hey kiddo, what’re you up to?”

Leo noticed Steven approaching out of the corner of his eye, and took out one of his earbuds. “I’m practicing knitting! You know, for the Secret Santa!” He grinned back at his boss.

“Oh? For who?” Steven slyly asked. He placed the cup in front of Leo on the table, and Leo carefully put away his work before picking it up.

“You know I can’t tell you that haha.” He sipped at the coffee. Not as delicious as Gilbert’s, but still a decent strong brew. Perfect for the impromptu all-nighter that they sometimes had to pull for Libra work.

“Well, you can’t say I didn’t try to figure out who got me! I’m scared if it’s K.K. though” Steven said, imagining the worst possible present the sniper could get him. Leo smiled fondly.

“I don’t think K.K. would give you a bad present though, she’s really nice! She even gave me the idea and supplies for my present.”

Steven raised his brow at that. “Leo, that’s because K.K. practically thinks of you as her own child. That woman would kill me where I stand without a second thought if she thought she had a passable reason for it.”

Leo struggled to hold down his snort while he was drinking his coffee, failing spectacularly and spilling a little on his jacket. He reached into his backpack for some stray napkins.

“Anyways, I got Klaus for my secret santa giftee and-“

“Wait, that’s not possible! I got-“ Leo realized his mistake and shut up, but it was too late.

“Bingo!” Steven smirked like the cat that ate the canary. “Hmnn…I see, you got Klaus huh? Must have been K.K. and Gilbert’s doing.” The older man left the conversation at that, having finished his coffee, and returned back to his work.

Leo could see a knowing smile on Steven’s face, but couldn’t figure out what the expression meant. After finishing his break, Leo went back to working on his swatch, only to be interrupted by Zapp barging into the office like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

“Hey pube-head! You’re coming with me, we got shit that needs doing.”

#Kekkai Sensen #Sweater Curse #otp: KuraLeo #Klaus von Reinherz #Leonardo Watch #fanfiction #Blood Blockade Battlefront #navi writes

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flydotnet · 5 years

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An Ignis's Perspective on Love, ft. Ai and Flame

Here’s my modest lil’ part for Secret Santa! I got @thetrainticketanime (and of course Tumblr won’t let me tag, of course), so I hope you’ll like it! (if someone can tag them for me it’d be cool k thx)

Summary: Ai thinks it'd be fun to matchmake Takeru with his childhood friend but Flame thinks it's a bad idea. There begins a long dialogue between two AIs to determine whether or not they should go through with that plan.

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

Wordcount: 1.2K words

Event hosted by @yugiohsecretsantaevent

AO3 version available here.

“No. That’s a terrible idea,” Flame says with the flattest tone he can take.

Ai pouts at his friend’s lack of approval of his genius idea that would revolution the world yet again. Flame isn’t fun to be around, he’s never about going for risky and fun ideas. The most reckless he’s ever done was to go on a Ferris wheel! Talk about someone who isn’t about fun… Whatever, he’ll convince him to do something real cool for once. He just needs to sound convincing and charismatic. It’s no big deal for an advanced A.I. like he is!

“But, like, if we do that, that means someone will be watching over Takeru! That’s not something you want?”

“…Hmm…” Flame rubs the bottom of his face with his fingers, almost like one of those yellow faces he sees on Kusanagi’s computer sometimes in a folder called “meme shit” (in all little letters), suddenly more interested. “What makes you think that?”

“Like, if Kiku dates Takeru, that means she’ll parent him everywhere they go, right? Then that means there’s always gonna be someone and you won’t have to watch him over all the time! Doesn’t that sound super cool?!”

“It sounds like it could be a decent idea… would it not come from you.”

Urgh, that guy! Always being a killjoy on main like that!

“What’s the issue if it comes from me?! If it’s a good idea, then it’s a good idea!! I’m sure even Yusaku would say so!”

“Yusaku would shut you down, wouldn’t he?”

Ai pouts again. This is almost slander, he swears to the fabled Egyptian card gods.

“I just wanna have fun… Love looks so cool in animes! But I don’t see Yusaku date, like, anyone ever aside from Kusanagi so… Yeah. Takeru looks like he could be the protagonist who falls in love with a pretty girl and gets on adventures with her!

“You’ve watched too much shojos, Ai.”

“What? It’s not because he plays card games that he can’t go on romantic adventures with his princess and you!”

“Yeah, no. But the core idea isn’t too bad, I suppose…” Flame is still hesitant, but at least, he’s starting to consider the idea.

Ai’s eyes draw crescents as soon as he hears this. This is beginning to work, isn’t it? This is merely the beginning, the first card he summons! His Battle Phase starts now! He can’t fail when he’s on the good path to success!

“Plus, they’re childhood friends, so it’s easy! We’ll just have to tinker here and there, maybe write some texts that aren’t really from them and tada! They’ll be sweethearts!”

“I don’t think you get what love is, Ai. We’re AIs, not humans.”

“Oh, so that’s how you wanna play it…” He smirks internally (as he doesn’t have a mouth, that’s a default of design on their creator’s part), thinking about how much his idea will blow his friend out of the water. “Then, what’s that between Earth and Aqua? Aren’t they, like, totally in love?”

That gets Flame quiet for a few seconds as he thinks of it. It’d have been easier to have a program to know that instantly, but the creator has forgotten about that feature too. Too bad.

“I hate to admit this, but you’ve got a point there. We could ask them for some advice… I’d rather ask you than your skewed vision.” Ai is about to say something but gets interrupted before he can do so. “And your fling with Roboppy doesn’t count, before you ask.”

“Why you gotta be like that?” He rambles under his breath instead.

“I’m just trying to figure out the best outcome of this, and this means not listening to much of your ideas. For each good one you get, we receive a hundred bad ones with the next stupider than the last.”

“Now that’s just mean… It’s just that you never consider them entirely!”

“As I said, I’m just trying to prevent you from doing stupid things that would put us in embarrassing, avoidable situations. Nothing more, nothing less. But I should ask Earth and Aqua about this dating thing… They may know if this is the right thing to do.”

Heh. No-fun Flame has missed the point entirely. He wishes he could be surprised at this, but when it involves enjoying themselves, then that wretched Fire elemental can’t get a grip. It’s always up to Ai to find something fun to do because Aqua is too serious for this, Earth is too serious for this, Windy is… Windy and Lighting is… Let’s just say that his sense of fun would probably lead to someone getting deleted from existence, so it’s better if they don’t ask him. Even just thinking about it sends shivers down his spine.

“How were you planning to do that in the first place anyway?” Flame asks as he sends something to Earth. “Send them amusing videos while pretending to be the other one?”

“That sounds like a good idea!”

“You’ve got to be kidding me…” He mutters under his non-existent breath.

“But I was thinking of convincing them to spend some time together, with no one else, and do stuff like watch a movie together, or walk around together, or play card games together…”

“How romantic.”

“I know, right?! Then they’d maybe think of doing it more often, and after some time they’d be together, they’d get married and they’d have tiny humans together!”

“Those are called children, Ai, and do I need to remind you they are only sixteen? Nobody gets married at sixteen.”

“Then maybe you’ve got a better suggestion, huh?!”

“Not by myself,” Flame once again responds with the upmost seriousness, “but Earth and Aqua may have some. Even then, Ignis customs are different from humans, so I wouldn’t trust our judgement too much.”

“Gee, you sound like Earth when you’re like this! And, huh, what about… Being together on a Ferris wheel?”

This gets a big reaction out of the red Ignis, a shimmer appearing in his eyes as soon as he hears this. Ah, touché! He knew he had a weakness for Ferris wheels ever since he went on one when they reunited at Yusaku’s high school. Plus, he also saw that in another anime, so that must mean this is what teenagers are into.

“Now we’re talking… I’m going to ask Aqua about it, then tell Takeru about it… See? This is the one good idea you’ve had all day, and will have all day.”

“So you see that I’m a genius…” Oh. “What did you mean by that?!”

There is amusement in Flame’s voice. “I don’t see what you mean.”

“Yeah, yeah, as if…”

Being Cupid is harder than he thought, especially with Flame… Maybe he should ask Kusanagi to do it with him next time for Yusaku, it could be a fun way to meet new people and have fun too. But nothing is going to stop Ai on his quest for matchmaking his friends together!

Nothing!

#vrains #ygo secret santa #my writing #thetrainticketanime #y'all i love ai so much he's so funny to write #this is also pretty ooc woops

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