#like its a Lot but. whaat if. i do it and i finish

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whaaat. if. i finish this cardigan over the weekend

#text #personal #knitting #cardigan #listen im almost done with the first sleeve and it went so fast once i knew whats up #i can deffo knock out the second one with all the class adjacent things i have this week #and i did the shoulder seams already so i just gotta do up the sides #sew on sleeves #pick up and knit collar #weave in ends #like its a Lot but. whaat if. i do it and i finish

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JJ Maybank imagine: Passion and wild regret 3

you can read part 1 here, and part 2 here 

Sorry I’ve been away for a while, I’m back now and will hopefully be writing a lot more. 

please send in ideas/ requests you’d like to see❤️

I might start writing for more people.. I was thinking the other characters in the show, 5sos? Harry Styles? MGK? Peaky Blinders? let me know who’d you like to see next💙

warnings: Angst, fluff, pogues being pogues. 

all feedback is welcome, as long as it’s not mean or rude❤️

Its the long awaited finale.. Hope you enjoy Let me know what you thought and what you’d like to see next!

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You and JJ spent the whole day out on your boards, just the ocean and you guys. It had been a week since you and JJ drove off, and apparently no one has spoken to Kie since. Oh well, how could you trust her, how could anyone trust her? She had it coming, she can’t go around saying things like that about her supposed best friend. I mean how many other rumors had she spread in that time? What else has she told people? The trust level was low... even lower than low, It was through the floor at this rate, the trust was shattered, as if it was a china plate at a Greek wedding that she had just thrown at the wall. Fuck You Kiara, you thought in your head, fucking bitch. 

“Holy shit babe look at that wave” JJ dragged you out of your thoughts Pointing to an absolute killer wave that was heading your way. You locked eyes... “RACE YOU” you shouted at him, immediately paddling towards it, hoping to catch it on time, you caught it perfectly, riding it out to perfection, damn that felt good. You turned around to JJ who was watching you intently, sticking your tongue out and flopping into the water in order to get back onto your board. when you had pulled yourself back on, JJ immediately said about how it was getting late, and that you should start heading back to shore before it gets dark. Agreeing with him, you both start to paddle in, after reaching shore, you decide to head to the chateau to relax. 

Walking into the chateau, your fingers interlocked with JJs, boards under your arms, you're immediately struck with a sight you didn’t want to see.. That. Fucking. Bitch. J's hand squeezes yours as you’re now face to face with the girl you never wanted to see again. “what the fuck are you doing here? what the fuck is she doing here John B?” you look in between the two, not failing to notice pope silently in the corner.  “look, I think we need to work this out” Kiara had the audacity to say to you. you stood there in shock, not quite sure how to respond. what does she mean we? it’s herself she needs to sort out. All the boys are looking between the two of you, anxiously waiting for your response. You cock an eyebrow. “WE... Kiara? We?” you questioned, curious as to why she thought you were still the problem in this. “whaat?” Kiara asked confused as to why you were questioning her as she looked at everyone but you. “WE isn’t the issue, Kiara, it’s you. It’s your immense jealousy that clouds your vision so much you’re willing to tell your ‘closest friends’ that I cheated on my boyfriend. It’s you’re self entitlement that you believe you have the right to try and break me and JJ up just because you want him. It’s you’re complete and utter disregard towards the trust I put into our friendship, and how easily you’ve thrown that all away.How do I know what else you have and haven’t told them ay? How am I supposed to trust you again when for all I know you could’ve gone and told them all my secrets, and made some up along the way like you have already, and now tell me how WE are supposed to fix this? because as far as i’m concerned it’s YOU that’s done all the damage” you spit at her, fed up with her whole ‘i’m never at fault’ act. 

“I’M THE ONE AT FAULT?” she shouts a you, her loudness taking you  by surprise. you jolt back into JJs chest. shocked at her outburst. “UH YEAH YOU FUCKING ARE” you shouted back, not about to let her walk all over you like that. “HOW AM I THE ONE AT FAULT, WHEN YOU’RE THE ONE DOING ALL THOSE DRUGS AND SHIT, YOU’RE THE ONE FUCKING IT UP FOR YOURSELF.” she fired back. you didn’t know what to do. she was acting as if JJ had never smoked weed, or done drugs before, fuck he probably did them more then you. “ DO YOU EVEN HEAR YOURSELF RIGHT NOW? WHERE THE FUCK IS THIS ALL COMING FROM? YOU ARE AWARE JJ DOES ALMOST ALL THE DRUGS I DO, HIMSELF RIGHT? HOW THE FUCK WOULD THAT EFFECT OUR RELATIONSHIP?” you went red in the face after shouting. J holding your hand to show that he was there for you, and that he agreed with what you were saying. The whole of the chateau was grimly quiet, Pope and John B not saying a word in fear of setting one of you off. you picked back up from where you left off, more calmly this time after seeing Kies upset face. “Look Kie, I understand that you’re hurt, and that you wanted JJ, but you’ve got to let him go. He didn’t choose you-”you started “cause you’re a psycho crazy bitch” JJ muttered under his breath so only you and John B could hear it. You slapped his chest,  carrying on with what you were saying. “and while that hurts, you have to be ok with that, It was JJ’s decision to make, and no matter what lies you tell, it’s not going to change his mind. I’m sorry, but were happy, and you have to accept that and if you can’t then... I don’t know what to tell you ” you finished off you’re speech, hoping she understands. 

All of a sudden Pope started clapping for you from the corner of the room. John B and JJ joining soon after, then hugging you from behind. Your face flushed red at the congratulatory clap they were giving you, whether it was for what you said or being the bigger person, you weren’t sure. 

Kie nodded “I know it’s just... It hurts you know? To see you guys happy when it could’ve been me. I’m sorry, i see how bad what i did was, please forgive me? i’m so sorry” she said with tears in her eyes. You slowly nodded your head and went in for a hug, glad that everything was mainly sorted out.

You all spent the rest of the day chilling out at the chateau, drinking and laughing all together, JJs arm wrapped around your shoulder, with you’re head resting on his chest, the way it should be, Knowing in the back of your mind that while you’ve forgiven Kie, you may never forget, still unsure of whether you can trust her or not. But hoping that maybe one day, you’ll be able to. 

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So that was the end... How was it? 

sorry for the long wait ❤️

i hope that was alright, sorry if it was awful

request if you want, I’m open to other fandoms💙

oh yeah, i made a MASTERLIST

but yeah, cya.

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Crush: Donatello

He thinks he’s above having crushes, and in a way, he is. He’s above having crushes in the sense that it’s never simple infatuation. Unfortunately, this means that when he falls, he falls hard.

He’d known you for a while before feelings started to develop. You guys were pretty much inseparable!

Late nights shared between you two are common. Whether its staying up late with Donnie while he finishes a project, staying up late together to binge a new show, or even just sharing the room together: nights are the most active time for you both.

He absolutely denies the feelings once he starts to develop them.

“Whaat?? Leo, we’re literally just friends. We’re close. Just friends being friends. Nothing more. Don’t talk about this ever again.”

Leo keeps talking about it.

He knows Donnie’s repressing his feelings! The more Leo pesters him about it, the more flustered he gets.

Eventually, he does realize that maybe his feelings aren’t as platonic as he once thought.

You’re all playing Mortal Kombat together, taking turns to verse the winner. After you lose a battle, you get up to go grab a drink from the kitchen. As you’re getting up, you place a hand on Donnie’s shoulder, leaning down to ask him if he wants anything. He freezes up, and his voice gets caught in his throat. He just can’t stop looking at you.

“Donnie? You okay?” you ask. You give him a gentle, concerned look which snaps him back to reality.

“Sorry, I was thinking. I’ll take whatever you’re having.”

When you turn your back, all of his brothers are giving him the look. Mikey’s making kissy faces at him, Raph’s making heart hands, Leo’s over exaggerating the face Donnie was making.

He whacks the nearest brother with the controller. (It was Leo. It’s always Leo.)

From that day forward, he starts overanalyzing everything. His actions, your actions, everything.

‘Shit, was that awkward? Do they like me? Do they know I like them? Do they hate me? Was that cool? How can I impress them?’

His thoughts are running a mile a minute when he’s around you.

Likes to make you things!! He never gives anything to his brothers, but for you? He’ll pick up on anything. Mention a cool piece of tech? Hey, he just so happened to be working on recreating it. Thinking about making a cosplay? Cool, so was he! Maybe you could go together! Talking about food cravings? He can’t cook, but you don’t need to know that Mikey made it.

Gift-giving and time is his love language! He expresses his affection for you in this way, so if you do the same? He just falls deeper.

His search history is a hot mess.

“Does my crush like me?” “Does my crush like me back?” “How to stop having a crush.” “How to make my crush like me back” “What does it mean when your crush asks for a hug” “Cool gifts to give to your crush” “how to impress someone” “how to be nice to someone you like” “how to ask someone out”

He deletes it all immediately because he’s afraid someone’s going to snoop through his history.

He tries really hard not to cry when you tell him you’re proud of him. You just mean so much to him, and nobody ever really tells him that they’re proud of him, so hearing it from you? He gets super emotional.

You’re the only one he’s okay with touching. Sure, he’s freaking out internally, but he really enjoys it! If you tease him for being sweet, he’ll totally play it off as a body heat thing.

He loves listening to you talk. You’re the only person he won’t talk over during a conversation. His brothers are envious.

Loves to bounce ideas off of you too! You’ve been around him long enough to give him your true opinion on his work, and by now you know enough to actually give pointers on how to improve his concepts. He really values your opinion and expertise. Plus, he’ll take any chance he can to impress you.

He’s really afraid of confessing. He doesn’t want to lose the relationship you have now. He acts really confident, but he has a lot of personal issues! If he ever does confess, it’s not going to be intentional. If anything, it’ll just slip out while you two are alone.

Unless, you confess first.

He’ll think you’re joking at first. You really have to convince him that yes, you do like him like that.

Once he accepts it, his ego goes through the moon. Pray for his family, because he’s going to be insufferable for the next few months. He’s especially soft around you though!

#rottmnt x reader #rottmnt imagine #donatello x reader #tmnt donatello x reader #tmnt x reader #tmnt imagine

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Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi Volume 6 Intermission 1 - Another Worthy Opponent

T/N: Hey there Kakuriyo fan-fams, how are you doing so far? Anyway, here's the first intermission of the volume, as an o-make/bonus for everyone, before this month ends. Thank you for noticing this blog, I appreciate it very much. I wouldn’t know if this has notes though, my tumblr app is basically non-functional anymore so I just get surprised when I login. Anyways, I hope you have fun reading.

As always, I mostly didn’t translate some of the names of the ayakashi/youkai, as well as the proper nouns because uhm... They’re basically nouns. It’s like how some translated manga are done. It’s my style, I guess. Links to references at the end of the post.

Also if you like this translation, you can heart it, share the link, reblog, I just respectfully ask that DO NOT REPOST ELSEWHERE. This is my contribution to the scant English content of this fandom, and I worked really hard to finish this thing, it’s not like I just copy-pasted everything. I even had to build the kanji in Jisho one by one. Try it and you’ll see what I mean.

You can rave about this, rant about this, but if possible please link back to this page. If you’re unsure how to do that, just copy the web address of this page. If you’re on a blogsite just insert the web address as a hyperlink as a link back to here. Honestly if this light novel was officially-published in English, I wouldn’t even be doing this right now... And if it did, I’d take this offline to support the publishers and Yuuma-sensei. Creators support creators, is what I believe in.

As previously-mentioned in earlier chapters, if you stumbled upon this one, the two seasons of the anime covered volumes 1-5, so other than the extra details, you didn’t miss much stuff.  OK, this intermission is a fun and light chapter. Not much food though. I want some pizza lol

P104 I, Ginji, the Young Master of Tenjin-ya whom it was entrusted to, with regards to the Autumn Festival activites at the end of October, have finally accepted the fact that I couldn't think of anything else to include in the programme and this time I don't know what to do anymore. Odanna-sama suddenly called for me, and I immediately went while I was in the middle of work. "Really, Ranmaru is coming to Tenjin-ya?" "Yes. It's because Aoi succeeded in the matters at Orio-ya, he's coming here to pay back with rewards. He just accepted Byakuya's unreasonable payment demand as it was. If Aoi hears about it, she'll surely be horrified. Regarding that payment." "Hee hee. Even now, Aoi hasn't realized the magnitude of her doing the ceremony in Orio-ya, hasn't she?" According to Odanna-sama, the fruits of Aoi-san's rewards, after covering the losses and deficits due to Tenjin-ya's prolonged break, there's still probably enough to deduct for Aoi-san's bonus commision. Naturally, it seems that the remainders will be alloted to repay the debts. "Wah, is that true?" After reading out the detailed particulars, it caused even me to unconsciously react. P105 Byakuya-san, how on earth were you able to negotiate such sums? No, it's not that but, as even I was involved in the ceremony at Orio-ya many times and I understood why, Aoi-san going there for us, the achievements of what remained to be done were enormous. Surely, Ranmaru seemed to be aware that the reward was reasonable. "By the way, Odanna-sama. Yesterday, how was your date with Aoi-san? Although called as such, it probably wasn't one." "It's not like that. Aoi was worshipped by the mountain's Kaku-zaru, we conspired with the extermination of bandits... The plans to make the fruits all around us to make a heartwarming date progressed into a disaster, but thankfully we were able to gain some information. Moreover, Aoi made cooking seem fun. We acquired ingredients from the mountain that we rarely have, it was delightful. Aoi's obsession for cooking is probably her greatest cure." "Ah, ahaha. That's Aoi for you. Anyhow, in any case, I'm relieved that you were safe." Odanna-sama just said, "Yes, I guess," and smiled so happily. Sighing, his smile just looked so youthful. I just suddenly thought it was. "Alright Ginji, your brother is arriving very soon. It's a rare opportunity to meet up with him, you’re gonna be with him." "Really, is that fine?" "You're too formal with Byakuya and I. When you're not around, it becomes deathly quiet."

P106

"Is... Is that so? I mean, yes, it is." Although Tenjin-ya and Orio-ya combined their strengths to get through difficulty, there's still a sense of tension. It's for this reason that there's still a business competition, anything that happens as a result of the rivalry, surely when imagining as such, it can lead to painful stories. No, but my worries are probably unnecessary. "Wahhhh! It's been a long time, Tenjin-ya! It's summer since we last came? Today we brought a lot of souvenir gifts-- Now where is Ojou-chan**? I want to have something to eat--" "Hattori, you're being too boisterous! Shut up--" "What the heck Ranmaru-- I just brought you here--" It seems that Hatori went along with Orio-ya's Ranmaru. Surely, due to their extreme inability to read the atmosphere, I wonder if they can fulfill their roles this time. Perhaps... Ranmaru has become like Odanna-sama, and probably doesn't like it when it gets quiet? "We appreciate you coming from so far a distance, respected Head of Orio-ya.** We welcome you." "Whaat. You're damn heartless to talk, Tenjin-ya's Master. But we want to immediately return the favor. For disturbing you lowlifes**, we apologize. Hey, Hatori." "Hey, hey" T/N: Hopefully, by this time it's easy to pinpoint out who's calling Aoi. If there's no honorrifics, it's Odanna-sama, or O-ryo. With -kun, it's Byakuya. With -san, it's Ginji, and everyone else lol Hatori calls her Miss=Ojou-chan yeah you probably get it now lol Yeah Ranmaru is technically not the master of Orio-ya's he's more or less the chief officer for operations, but he's still under Ougondouji-sama, the original founder of Tenjin-ya. Odanna-sama is more or less the chief executive officer or everything because Ougondouji-sama left Tenjin-ya in his care. Something like that. This part was explained in the anime too, before the start of the Orio-ya arc.

Also I didn’t choose to translate temee -  てめえ  for what it really is, I find it too harsh so I just went along with the more milder ones lolol Ranmaru is a potty mouth guys P107 Hatori-san pulled out his bag. It is totally wrapped in mystery, and our chief accountant Byakuya-san solemnly accepted it, and his sharp-sightedness was surely awakened by the contents. "Yes, it is good..." After that, the chief accountant and Odanna-sama, who do not exempt a lot of things other than this, stamped the magnificent receipt with Tenjin-ya's very important golden seal. "After this, we need to make a written report to Aoi-kun.  We also have to include her bonus commision with it." Byakuya-san's sour mood seemed to have lifted somehow. The large payment was deserved, and opening his fan, he leisurely looked up. "This is Aoi-san's first commision, isn't it? She'll be ecstatic--" Once she learns that the bonus has been given, she'll be very surprised. I could imagine her shocked face, and I could only laugh about it silently in my head. "Young-master, can you hand this over? That girl can finally embezzle a lot of ingredients--" "You can't say that.." Odanna-sama couldn't help but say it with a sarcastic laugh, and bizaarely showed it to Ranmaru and Hatori-san. The two looked at each other with a side-glance. P108 “Also, Tenjin-ya's Odanna-sama. Ougondouji-sama, did she came to Tenjin-ya sometime ago?" Ranmaru decided to cut off the conversation, and changed its direction. Odanna-sama immediately shook his head. "No... I wanted something returned to the girl, and I was thinking of getting in touch. I couldn't get the whereabouts of that person, that's why it wasn't easy." "Wanted something returned?" While sipping some of Tenjin-ya's tea, Hatori went "What could that be?" "The Tengu's Uchiwa Fan.** At present, that is Aoi's property, and Ougondouji-sama should bring it here." "Ah, that, yes, yes." It seemed that up until now, Hatori-san seemed to have forgotten about it, and asked Ranmaru about it with his gaze. His eyes read "Hey, what should I do?". Ranmaru kept quiet for a bit, and opened his mouth. "Ougondouji-sama, she said that she was going to the North-western Lands." "The North-western Lands?" Odanna-sama and Byakuya-san's facial expressions changed. The North-western Lands. It is also called the Land of Bun-mon, Scholarly Gates. In that knowledge gate metropolis, there are multitudes of academicians and doctors. Really, they send out so many civil officials, there are just so many politicians in charge of that place, even inside the Hachiyo's centers and nearby areas, that land is said to have strong political powers. T/N: OK, so this explains why Aoi didn't just use the uchiwa-fan to get rid of the bandits. The leafy fan wasn't returned yet. OK, so if you're wondering too, there you go. P109 "Likewise, that place hates anything-that-is-easy-to-understand." Byakuya-san nonchalantly said that in distaste. "Ahh. In Youto's imperial court, the political authority has swayed, it's under the territory of the Minister of the Right, Ieyasu. Anyhow, Ougondouji-sama traveling to the Northern Lands must be related to her calling out for something, but it doesn't seem likely that the Tanuki would easily get moved. She probably doesn't know how to handle that." Odanna-sama placed his hand on his jaw, and let out a long exhale. "It's connected to the Northern Lands. Two days ago, even I heard the stories of the people living the mountains of the Northern Lands. For a long time there, the Great Old Sage has been a go-between in ruling that region, but that person has been bedridden with an illness and no one has been elected to be the successor. It's because of that it seems, that the insurgent forces have increased." "That grandpa, he hasn't died yet?" Hatori's lack of reading the mood appropriately went out with just a few words, and Ranmaru stared at him sternly. Hatori just pretended to be ignorant by whistling.** "I daresay Ougondouji-sama went to the North-western Lands for the sake of resolving the chaotic situation in the north. There's also the issue of opening up a vacancy in the Hachiyo ranks. There's a chance for the aristocrats in the imperial court to increase their power and influence. Currently, owing to the Hachiyos' command, each of the eight districts's sovereignty were held together by each Hachiyo, but there have been calls to abolish the Hachiyo system, and the supremacy of the Central Government will become absolute, as more people will have to make the decisions." After Ranmaru finished talking, he huffed a bitter smile after thinking, and brushed up his hair. T/N: Hatori is such an adorable dumbass, srsly, I wanna be annoyed at him but he's a sweetheart inside, apart from flirting with anybody, I mean ANYBODY lololol Also Ranmaru is such a softie with Nobunaga, I just can't - gahaha you can't stop me you all P110 "Tenjin-ya's Odanna-sama, have you ever imagined that we will be talking together like this?" "Certainly. Surprisingly, your edges have been trimmed off and you're now softer**, Ranmaru." "Tch... Leave me alone!" "Gyahahahaha--" Hatori-san started laughing. After that even Odanna-sama did too, and the intense atmosphere was flipped over, and as everyone around started making playful faces, Byakuya-san cleared his throat and silently glared at Odanna-sama. Don't destroy your dignified attitude, was what I could read from his wordless plea. Even Odanna-sama considerably had a cold sweat vibe. "I give up, can we get over with the tiring conversation? If so, let's talk about more delightful things. Here's a joyous report from Orio-ya. As a matter of fact, our Young Master and Young Mistress have been engaged, somehow." "Really, aren't they Hideyoshi-san and Nene-san**?" Up until now my calmness levels have been fine, but because Hatori-san abruptly revealed an auspicious news from my old stomping grounds, I unconsciously reacted spite of myself. Hideyoshi-san is a goblin monkey Ayakashi, and his position in Orio-ya is Young Master. Nene-san is a fire rat Ayakashi, and is Orio-ya's Young Mistress. T/N: This literally was written like "your horns/corners have been taken out and you're now rounded" but again, probably a pun because maru=round and well, Ranmaru has MARU in it. Oh well. And yeah I ship fire rat girl and monkey boy lol canon shipping ftw P111 During the time we worked together in summer, I didn't feel that kind of atmosphere around them... I saw that Nene-san especially admired Ranmaru, but this awakening of one's love is probably an exceptional case. "But, isn't this development happening too fast?" I was stunned, in reality the time period that elapsed since the engagement happened was at most, two months. "That dumbass Hideyoshi is different, he's a late bloomer." "Whaa... But in your dreams you wouldn't say something like that to the dog you're raising, won't you Ranmaru?" While Ranmaru was smirking, the profound meaning in my words propped him up, and he thoughtlessly replied. "Nonetheless, I heard it from Nene-chan, who was the aggressive one!" "Really?!" What on earth is up with that two...? "That definitely happened, when the two went back to their hometown, during the break after the ceremony." "Oh well, since the beginning those two have been comrades in their old hometown, and having surpassed the ritual, likely they were drawn towards each other. But it was a good thing for Orio-ya.  If the connections between the managing staff gets stronger due to having more trust, then it's going to be more rock-solid." P112 Both Ranmaru and Hatori-san were receptive to the engagement of the two trustworthy management staff. Especially Ranmaru, his face may not show it but his speech and his demeanor shows that he's happy. Even I realized that. "Gahaha-- Well, I told Hideyoshi to mess about some more. But he seems earnest of only one way. Because he was raised in the countryside, he only knows that when you decide to get together with someone, then you get married. Even Nene-chan too, one way or another says that if it's Hideyoshi, then it's good. If it fits, then it must be suitable." "Not playing around is definitely the opposite of what you are, Hatori." "Geez, I think you're absolutely stabbing me. Leave me out of this, Odanna" Hatori-san just destroyed himself. But Odanna-sama was smiling, then he just dared to speak calmly. "Ah, I get that. From now on, it's wonderful that as employees they will be giving their best to gain happiness. But in Tenjin-ya's management staff, ever since Kikuno’s marriage, nobody has ever been married. Also, there's nobody who wants to...**" "..." Kikuno-san was Tenjin-ya's former Young Mistress, and was also doubtful about O-ryo being the current Young Mistress. It's a fact that ever since her marriage, there has been no other celebratory news from Tenjin-ya. Even hints, there's mostly nothing... Anyway, nobody was saying anything, and it got awfully quiet. "Speaking of someone, aren't you dumbasses instantly forgetting about that Shirou's granddaughter's marriage?" T/N: This is just funny AF, salty boi is salty lol but seriously if this ogre-boi just stopped messing around with Aoi maybe he's gonna be the next one to get hitched lololol well IDK what do you think y’all P113 ".. what?" Although Ranmaru pierced through and broke that silence, Odanna-sama's laughing face got frozen stiff. "If that was easy, shouldn't I be working this hard? But since I couldn't do just that, I am in trouble right now." Everyone in here went "ohhh..." and greatly understood what he meant. Guys, right now Aoi-san's thinking about that. It seems that the girl's personality and Odanna-sama's huge efforts can be easily understood in 10 minutes. "Ahahaha-- Odanna, you dumbass can't handle a young girl by yourself, that's an amusing story. It's hilarious--" "Well, that IS about Shirou's granddaughter. That Ojou-chan, no matter how often she falls, she just stands up again. Kakuriyo hasn't been more enlivened by that before." Ranmaru and Hatori-san kept hitting their knees as they laughed. Afterwards, for some time there was chatting about public news, as well as exchanging information about Kakuriyo's affairs, and apart from Orio-ya's payment contract, all sorts of souvenirs and presents were given out. Those were Orio-ya's pride, the famous products from the Southern Lands. Of course there was seafood, Kiseki beef that has a little fat and is famous with the ladies, mangoes that only grow in Kakuriyo's south, and other snacks like that. Lately there has been additional efforts in growing what is called an "avocado" and other fruits from Utsushiyo. P114 I think that with regards to Aoi-san, she'll be happy with these, but Odanna-sama and Byakuya-san seemed to be annoyed by it. "Lately, the topic of interest about Orio-ya is that your souvenirs and products have increased, and we're jealous." "Then Tenjin-ya has to quickly produce and release new products and souvenirs. People asking about old and ancient products are dwindling, you know. With regards to that aspect, Orio-ya has strength. Although we're still continuously on the road to improvement, it's because we're changing to become your worthy competitor." Byakuya-san whispered to me "Even if so..." "Young Master-dono, I have heard your plea that you haven't thought of what to prepare with regards to the Autumn Festival, have you formed any plans right now?" "About that, I think that what we usually have annually aren't interesting and fun. This year, we'll use agricultural produce of the Land of Ogre's gate, such as rice, sweet potato, and pumpkins**." "P... Pumpkins?" Odanna-sama's face became unusually disgusted. "About that.. Odanna-sama doesn't like the texture of pumpkins." "It's sweet, but can't you think of anything other than side dishes?" While we were seating together in the banquet, Odanna-sama, Byakuya-san and I were thinking about it a lot. T/N: Goodness Ginji, no wonder your catering business got whacked. I adore you but really... just hire Aoi in the creative department lol Also if she gets to make Odanna-sama eat pumpkin I really can't say so much about her now lol P115 There weren't any other things that he didn't like, and though Odanna-sama appears to be a flawless ogre, when there's boiled pumpkin I have seen that he casually places it on Byakuya-san's plate. "...Pumpkin, is it..?" "Ginji, why is your expression that of an evil fox's?" "It's not that, Odanna-sama. I just thought of something after a bit." "Ohhh, that's wonderful!" "Whooo.. Those are the words of our genius planning department manager, Young Master-dono. That is certainly going to be a fun plan!" What on earth, Odanna-sama and Byakuya-san were they hounding me for such a plan right after that. "That, uhm..." After the banquet we huddled in a circle and sneakily talked about the scheme. The three people in the management staff planned together in hushed voices, and silently laughed. Chiaki-san, the doorman in charge of footwears, after looking at the night scenery, went by and we must have made him say "Well, that's scary".

End of Intermission 1, Volume 6. Previous - Chapter 3   Next - Chapter 4

References:

Wonderful site for the youkai references

Other stuff I used to do this: Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (you can buy here, I’m not sponsored btw). I was about to buy the older edition but then the newer one came out 2013 so I bought that instead. Worth buying since I was able to find nearly all of the words I needed just by stroke pattern alone.

Merriam-Webster's Japanese-English Dictionary (the red-covered 1996 version is apparently out of print right now). This is what I have been using for a very long time, I bought it when I was still a fetus (yes I am old so what lol), and after so many years, when compared to newer editions, I still prefer this one since its entirety is Japanese-English, the English to Japanese gloss are just 16 pages tops, so you get more Japanese words for your buck. But that’s just my opinion, maybe other people prefer the Jap-En x En-Jap IDEK.

Basic online dictionary, Jisho. Knowledge of verb conjugations  and other words are necessary since not all have entries.

If you can read Japanese, you can buy the whole set in Amazon Japan, they’re shipping worldwide now, I think.

#kakuriyo no yadomeshi #kakuriyo no yadomeshi volume 6 #kakuriyo no yadomeshi volume 6 intermission 1 #kakuriyo no yadomeshi english fan translations #kakuriyo no yadomeshi volume 6 english fan translations #kakuriyo no yadomeshi light novel translations #kakuriyo no yadomeshi volume 6 intermission 1 english translations

[lunaarajewel]

Answering questions because I’m bored again

1. What have you eaten today? breakfast was oats with pb and banana, lunch was a zucchini stew, and then i had oats again for dinner because why not haha ><

2. Who was your last kiss with? Was it pleasant? it was sweet, felt a bit bittersweet because i said bye until next time

3. What color shoes did you last wear? black

4. Who has made you laugh the hardest in the last week? Myself

5. What is your favorite scent? Baked goods

6. What is your favorite season? Why? Spring and or early summer, it's so nice to smell all the flowers and to hear the birds again, to feel the warmth from the sun

7. Can you do a handstand or cartwheel? I can do a headstand on my forearms and a bad cartwheel xD

8. What color are your nails? currently blank!

9. If you had to get a tattoo on your face to save your life, what would it be? a moooon

10. What is something you find romantic? Hugs from behind when i least expect it

11. Are you happy? Yeah I'm doing really good, which is surprising because i haven't felt like that in a long time

12. Is there anything in particular making you happy or sad? The thing that is making me happy is probably my antidepressants but they have helped me to get hope again.

13. Dogs or Cats? Cats

15. Which do you prefer:a museum, a night club, the forest or a library? Ooooo difficult question because it depends!

15. What is your style? Hmm i'd describe it as a mix of cottagecore, steampunk, astrology, herbalism, witchy stuff

16. If you could be doing anything you like right now, what would it be? Travel to japan

17. Are you in a relationship or single? I'm dating but not an official relationship nope

18. What makes you attracted to the person you like right now? Their humor, the way they are so relaxed and careless

19. If you could replace your partner/best friend with a celebrity of your choice, would you? Who with? Whaat no i wouldn't do that

20. Are you holding on to something you need to let go of? If so then what? Some toxic behaviors/habits a bit!

21. How did you celebrate last Halloween? I listened to dark music a bit extra, watched nightmare before christmas and had some halloween candy

22. Have you recently made any big decisions? I started taking antidepressants!

23. Were you ever in a school play? Yes, when i was younger i was a princess i remember

24. What movie would you use to describe your life? aaa that's difficult, i haven't watched that many movies tbh!

25. Is there something you have dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it? Learning piano properly, but i've been busy with mental health stuff so i haven't been able to. But I've been planning on taking it more seriously lately

26. Complete this sentence, “I wish I had someone with whom I could share…” all of my thoughts without judgement

27. What are two things that irritate you about the same sex? (for some, not all) Jealousy, constant focus on showing off to guys

28. What are two things that irritate you about the opposite sex? (for some, not all) Bad at communicating, bad at understanding

29. What is the best thing that has happened to you this week? I started taking the steps to honestly change my life for the better

30. What is something that makes you sad when you think about it? How I treated my ex, he was actually really kind to me but I wasn't mentally stable so I couldn't communicate well to him. But I hope he's well! I only wish him the best.

31. How long was your longest relationship? a little over a year

32. Have you ever been in love? Oh yeah

33. Are you currently in love? A bit!

34. Why did your last relationship end? I ended it because I wasn't well enough, I needed some time alone to get back to myself.

35. What jewelry are you wearing right now, and where did you get it? A heart necklace i made, handmade bracelet from a market, 3 earrings from hm

36. When was the last time you cried and why? When i first took my antidepressants i burst out crying so its around 3 weeks ago i think

37. Name someone pretty. Uma thurman

38. What did you receive last Valentines Day? Japanese snacks

39. Do you get jealous easily? Nope

40. Have you ever been cheated on? Not that i know of

41. Do you trust your partner/best friend? Yes

42. Ever had detention? hahah yeah because i skipped class to buy piercing jewelry

43. Would you rather live in the countryside or the city? hmmm, difficult question. I think i'm that kinda person that likes to switch between the two

44. What do people call you? Luna since it's my name

45. What was the last book you read? "stjärnhimlen" (a book about stars)

46. How big of a nerd/dork are you? well i'm a nerd for moss e.e

47. What kind of music do you listen to? veryyy mixed, metal, rock, indie, alternative rock, jrock, instrumental, kpop, pop, rap

48. How tall are you? 163cm

49. Do you like kids? I don't mind them!

50. Favorite fruits? Banana, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, wild strawberry, persimmon

51. Do you wear jeans or sweats more? Sweats

52. What’s your earliest memory? In kindergarten i used to dance to Westlife music

53. Ever had a poem or song written about you or to you? Nope not that i know of

54. Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? behind

55. Do you have a collection of anything? Moon stuff

56. Do you save money or spend it? I try to save!

57. What would your dream house be like? Filled with things i've made and antique stuff as well

58. What top 5 things make you the angriest? Aaa i dont know, i try not to focus on those things

59. What top 5 things always brings a smile to your face? a good meal, plants, good music, animals, finishing something i made

60. You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do? I would help the dog

61. 72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid? Yeah i'd probably tell the ones closest to me that arent my family. then i'd just make the most of my time, i'd travel to japan for a week, france/germany for a week, a week with my family and last with the ones close to me outside of family. I would probably be a bit scared but i wouldn't try to focus on that fear too much, because well if theres nothing i can do about it then worrying about it will just stop me from enjoying the last of my days

62. Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart. A heart shape ❤️

63. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go? Japan!

64. Do you like the beach? It's okay, not my favorite place

65. Ever sleep on the couch or a bed with someone special? Yes

66. Do you have a middle name? If so what is it! I have two middle names, Ida and Johanna

67. Do you talk to yourself? Yes, because it helps me to understand my own thoughts and situations better

68. Describe your hair. Thin, blonde

69. What is the meaning of life. To enjoy it

70. What is your ideal partner like? Calming, feels like home, a bit spontaneous romantic, supporting, good listener and communicator

71. Do you want to get married? Yeah it would be cute

72. Do you want to have kids? A bit torn on that question, can't say no or yes

73. Like or dislike your family? A bit so so

74. Are you Chunky or Slim? Somewhere in between

75. Would you consider yourself smart? Yes in some ways

76. What would you change about your life? The place I live

77. Religious or Not? Nope

78. You’re drunk and yelling at hot guys/girls out of your car window, you’re with? I dont drink so no one!

79. You’re locked in a room with the last person you kissed, is that a problem? Nope

80. Does anyone regularly (other than family) tell you they love you? Nope, and my family doesn't say it either

81. If the person you wish to be with were with you, what would you be doing right now? Probably sleeping

82. So, the last person you kissed just happens to arrive at your door at 3AM; do you let them in? Yes but my mom wouldn't be too happy haha

83. Do you like when people play with your hair? yes it's nice sometimes

84. Do you like bubble baths? Nope, i don't really like baths so much

85. Have you ever been pulled over by a cop? Nope

86. Have you ever danced in the rain? Yes, with my old best friend

87. Do you trust anyone with your life? Yes the ones closest to me, not really my family though

88. What was your first thought when you woke up this morning? I wanna eat haha

89. If money wasn’t an issue, what top 10 places would you travel to? (You get to stay at each place for a week) Japan for 3 weeks, France, Germany, LA, Italy, Greece, Thailand, England

90. How was your day today? It was good! I made some stew for the week

91. Play an instrument? A bit of piano, some chords on guitar but thats it

92. Describe the what you think of the ocean. It's okay, if i go i usually prefer a smaller beach with few or no people

93. Do you believe in aliens or ghosts? Aliens but not like in movies, anything that is alive outside of our planet so anything even if it's an ant sized creature it's an alien to me. And as for ghosts i'm open to the idea of it but i haven't really invested much time in that topic!

94. Honestly, are things how you wanted them to be? Nope, but i believe they will be someday

95. Do you have a mean bitchy scary side? Not bitchy but a bit scary maybe

96. When are you vulnerable? When i'm deeply in love

97. How much free time do you have? A lot currently but i'm taking that time to relax

98. Do you like to go hiking? Never been!

99. Odd or Even Numbers? Even

100. Would you ever go sky diving, bungee jumping , cliff diving, wing suit gliding, parasailing, snorkeling, or other extreme activities? hmmm, i can't say for sure

#answered

[lemonsandstrawberries]

A Piece of Cheese for the Road

fandom: Stony (Steve x Tony)

universe: Avengers Academy mobile game (high school/college AU), has references to the game

summary: It is the last evening at the Avengers Academy and Steve needs a push to finish some unfinished things with a certain handsome genius. 

length: 2 644 words

a/n: today is the last day when Avengers Academy is still available to play and I never thought that closing a mobile game would affect me that much. sometimes the game was a pain and things were rushed, but there were also many pluses, like beautiful graphics and entertaining storylines and interactions MCU would never give us. this fic is my goodbye and I hope that AvAc universe won’t be forgotten!

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A Piece of Cheese for the Road

"This our last evening together. You know what it means, right?"

Tony made a dramatic pause, surrounded by other students of the Avengers Academy. He prolonged the moment and grabbed the handle of the fridge door, before opening it in a grand gesture and letting everyone feast their eyes on the treasures inside.

"Cheese for everyone!"

The crowd cheered, blocks and wheels of cheese being passed from student to student. It was the evening after graduation and tomorrow everyone would head home and their realities and there was a lot of cheese to eat before that.

Steve leaned over the bar area in the Club A, watching the commotion around Tony and his cheese fridge. He saw Clint biting into a block of cheddar, Lucky jumping around him and demanding a piece, Natasha smearing a piece of brie over a baguette, but the most entertaining was the trail of moving cheese blocks, as Scott used his small friends to get some of his favorite kinds for him, Hope and Cassie without having to fight between always hungry A-Bomb and Hulk. Luke and Jessica were playing pool, forming a team against Foggy and Matt, which honestly didn't surprise anyone anymore as Daredevil didn't have any limits. Not far from them Miss Marvel kept talking to Captain Marvel, and Steve caught some words like 'fanfiction', 'new ideas', 'otp', among many others, and Carol listened to Kamala, nodding her head in agreement. The dance floor was probably the most crowded, people coming and going to grab a drink or a snack, and the one person always present was Loki, dancing all the time, like he kept through the school year, all in rhythms played by DJ Vision and Viv. And at midnight Guardians of the Galaxy were supposed to give their last concert at the Club Galaxy. It was a good evening.

A good, very, very sad evening.

"Steve, you okay?" Bucky asked, stopping next to his friend, holding a package wrapped in silver tinfoil.

"Yeah," Steve smiled sadly. He remembered the day they got Bucky back from Hydra's school. His friend was finally safe and managed to find an outlet for his emotions in rather gloomy music. Speaking of which. "Shouldn't you get ready for your concert?" Steve asked, remembering that Bucky was supposed to play some new songs he and Adam Warlock had created in their 'Winter Warlock' band.

"I still have a minute before that," Bucky answered, leaning against the bar in the same manner as Steve. For a moment, they stood in complete silence, just taking in the atmosphere and watching their friends and teachers mingle. And still, Steve's eyes were always drawn to the cheese fridge and Tony, all dolled up in his business suit…

"What's that?" Steve asked, noticing the silver package Bucky was holding.

"Tony gave it to me," Bucky said, moving the package closer to his eyes so he could get a better look at it, and Steve felt some tug in his heart after hearing the name. "It is a Sainte-Maure de Touraine."

"He gave you cheese?" Steve laughed. Punching Hydra, fighting in the multiverse and knowledge about different types of cheese where what Steve would take with himself from the Academy.

"Not just any cheese," Bucky almost bragged, "it is soft goat cheese, rolled in wood ash. Tony said it matches my style. Maybe I will write a song about cheese," Bucky's voice dropped in thought.

Steve laughed and put a hand on Bucky's shoulder. "I will gladly listen to that, pal," he smiled.

"Hey, did anyone see Captain America?!"

Steve's heart beat faster. He turned around and locked his eyes with the person who was calling him. "Here?" he said, even rising his hand a bit.

"Oh!" Tony paused, lowering his sunglasses. "Sorry, not you! Meant Roberta!"

Captain America 2099. Not him.

"Didn't see her," Steve answered, trying to be neutral, despite some pain in his heart.

"Man, I hope she didn't leave yet. I have a nice piece of aged mimollete I think she will like-"

"I saw her and other 2099 people near the hot tub," Pepper said, holding her own piece of cheese, a rectangle shaped one and Steve could guess it was a piece of some expensive parmesan. Some students had to leave and earlier today Steve and Bucky said their goodbye to Peggy and other Bucky, and even if Steve wanted to ask Tony to stay, he wouldn't hold him back. After all, Roberta seemed like everything Tony ever wanted.

"Ah, Pep, I can always count on you to know everything around here!" Tony brightened. Pepper did work as a school administrator all this time and was irreplaceable. He almost turned around and walked away, when Pepper grabbed him under his arm and twirled around with him.

"Don't you have something to do first?" Pepper said sharply, almost as if disciplining Tony.

"Um, right," Tony admitted, looking away and seemingly distressed. He reached into a paper bag he had been holding which Steve just noticed and took out a medium wheel of cheese covered in red wax and handed it to Steve. "This is for you, something to remember me," he said, smiling and Steve took the offered piece with a stunned look on his face. "It is baby gouda. Mild, soft and boring. Just like you," the friendly smile changed into a pleased grin as Tony delivered his final remark to Steve.

"Gee, thanks, Tony," Steve said, rolling his eyes.

"Welcome! Now, excuse me," Tony wriggled out from Pepper's hold and disappeared among partying students.

"Sorry for him," Pepper turned to Steve with an apologetic look on her face.

"It is fine, Pepper," Steve laughed. As odd as it sounded, he would miss being teased by the snarky genius. He would miss...

"Oooh, I see you got your cheese!" Janet squeezed past Pepper. She was holding a half-eaten piece of colby jack cheese, cheese with two colors, giving it a marble-like look. It wasn't the most expensive kind of cheese, but it was tasty and creamy and brought a lot of joy. Just like Janet. "What are you going to do now?!" she demanded answers in her usual overenthusiastic way.

"Eat it on a cracker?" Steve asked back, unsure what kind of question Jan was expecting. His answer made even Bucky sigh. "What?"

"Hopeless. I have to get ready for my concert," Bucky commented, waving over to get Adam's attention and walking away. Both girls stayed and eyed Steve critically.

"What?" he asked, feeling on edge. "Whaat?"

Pepper and Janet exchanged looks. They had to do everything around here.

"Just go and talk to Tony," Pepper said in her office voice.

"But-"

"Just go!" Janet wasn't that understanding and gave Steve a push, sending him stumbling on his way. He turned around, shooting a confused look at the girls, and saw Jan giving him an encouraging thumbs up and Pepper waving at him to move it. Not understanding and having a wheel of gouda as his only companion, Steve started to navigate through the crowd.

Finding Tony wasn't easy. He passed many students, almost everyone holding a piece of cheese hand-picked and personally delivered by Tony Stark and soon Steve decided to follow the cheese trail, finding the paths Tony had taken. Finally, he found him, near the blasting range and handing T'Challa a piece of Beaufort d’ete, known as the prince of gruyere’ cheeses. Seemed fitting for royalty.

Steve stopped in a distance from them and waited for the talk to finish. T'Challa and Tony shook their hands, and Steve had a feeling that it won't be the last time Wakanda and Stark Industries crossed their paths before both took their separate ways and Tony turned, pausing upon seeing Steve on his path.

"Hey," Steve smiled insecurely, his voice warm and low.

"Hey," Tony repeated, walking and closing the distance. It was quiet around them, the air a bit cold and a starry sky above them. Almost perfect. Almost.

"Thanks for the cheese," Steve said, motioning to the piece of gouda in his hand.

"You already thanked me, old man," Tony said, his characteristic smirk back on his face.

"I know, but - uh, can we talk for a bit?" Steve asked, unsure what he was doing.

Tony looked at him, the smirk disappearing, replaced with surprise before a smile took its place. Steve liked Tony's smiling face better. "Sure. Just a bit though, I have more cheese to give," he said, walking with Steve to the stone bench. It was pretty cold and Steve took off his denim jacket and laid down for Tony to sit on.

"Seriously, Cap?" Tony asked, sliding his sunglasses down considering such gesture completely unnecessary.

Steve only smiled. "Don't want you to catch a cold," he said, and Tony let out a small, irritated huff, but sat down, Steve following. He looked at Tony's profile and pulled his eyebrows together in confusion. "Why are you still wearing sunglasses?"

"Oh, it was pretty bright at the party and my eyes hurt from working and looking at holographic screens. But I guess I can take them off now," Tony said, taking the sunglasses and putting into the front pocket of his suit. "So, what did you want to talk about?" he asked, turning to face Steve and Steve's breath stopped as he looked into the brown eyes, in the warmest, most welcoming shade of brown ever imaginable. He always knew Tony's eye color but it was probably the first time he was seeing them so close. Almost hypnotic. When Tony blinked, Steve realized that the other student was still waiting for an answer.

"Um, what do you plan to do after the graduation?" Steve asked, genuinely curious.

"I don't know yet," Tony smiled lightly, "probably return to Stark Industries for a while to sort things out. Oh, and I and Jan have this plan, but it is still in the making, so don't tell anyone, okay?"

Steve smiled and nodded, seeing an excited spark in Tony's eyes and hearing his voice rising in pitch as whenever Tony got enthusiastic about something. Adorable.

"We are thinking about setting up a foundation to help kids become superheroes. I have my lab, Jan has her sense of style and there are a lot of people out there who could be heroes, but don't have the right means. I think we could make a difference," Tony explained, a happy smile not leaving his face. Steve listened, feeling his heart swelling with love. He always knew that Tony was generous, but this was a new level.

"That's a great idea, Tony," Steve smiled back, honestly thinking so.

"Of course it is, like all my ideas," and the old Tony Stark was back, and oddly, Steve didn't mind. "What about you? What are Captain America's plans for the future?"

"I wish I would know," Steve sighed, "there is no Hydra left for me to punch," it was supposed to be a sincere complaint, yet Tony laughed like if Steve told a joke.

"If that makes you better, you can punch me," Tony offered with a grin.

"I don't want to punch you, Tony," Steve quickly said, sounding irritated and mellowing down the next second. "Sometimes I wish that we had spent more times on getting to know each other instead of fighting," he sighed again, looking down at his feet.

Tony hummed. There was a lot of conflict between them on numerous occasions but it was also what kept things interesting. "I will have to discuss it with Jan, but if you have no other plans, you could join us. We could use someone with military training and a solid, moral spine. Unless…" Tony's voice dropped down, some sadness hearable, "unless you rather go back."

Steve didn't understand. He looked at Tony, and Tony turned away the second he did so.

"Go back where?"

"Back to your times. To Aunt Pegg- to Peggy and the other Bucky. The portal didn't close yet."

Maybe it was an idea. To hide back in the 20th century, to live his life how it was supposed to be. Just knowing what he knew now, could he go back?

Steve shook his head. "It is not my place anymore," he said, accepting the truth.

"Right. Your place is here."

"Or at least I like to think so," Steve smiled, looking at the sky above them. So many stars.

Tony glanced over at Steve. He bit his lip, wanting to ask something but holding back. He didn't want to make things more complicated and painful.

"You okay?" Steve asked, noticing with the corner of his eye that Tony shivered.

"Yeah," Tony breathed out, wrapping arms around himself. "Just cold."

"Come here," not thinking much, Steve wrapped an arm around Tony and drew him closer. Tony blinked in surprise, but soon leaned into the super soldier, taking in the warmth. Cozy. And Steve smelled good. And Tony really didn't want to lose this. And it was their last evening together. And what the heck.

"Steve…"

"Hm?" Steve's breath stopped, when Tony tipped his head up, his lips pressing to Steve's tight ones in a brief kiss which lasted too short for Steve to properly react. And when Tony drew away, it was the most horrible thing.

"Oh man, I am sorry," Tony went into a chatterbox mode, clearly distressed, "did I read this all wrong? Because I thought we were having a moment and you needed some encouragement and-"

"Tony, shush," Steve ordered, only to put both hands on Tony's cheeks and kissed him properly. Slowly. Soft. Lasting. Only the two of them kissing under the stars.

"FINALLY!"

Or not.

Tony and Steve drew apart and saw half of the academy crowding behind the blasting range, the most noticeable Jan, who was yelling at Peter Parker to take photos and looking as almost crying, and both Tony and Steve got blinded time after time by the flash.

"The heck- get out of here!" Steve yelled, waving his hand as if trying to chase everyone away. Meanwhile, Tony took out his sunglasses and clearly started posing. Those photos would go to a school yearbook for sure. When the crowd got back to the main party, chatting and laughing on their way, Steve still seemed irritated with everyone sneaking up on them like that. Tony didn't mind, laughing and going in for more kisses, finally having permission to do something he wanted for a very long time.

"We should go back. I want to hear the Guardians playing. Also, I scheduled a surprise firework show," Tony grinned, not faltering when Steve sent him a harsh look.

"Did you discuss it with Director Fury?"

"It wouldn't be a surprise if I discussed it with him," Tony stood up, kissing Steve for the last time. For now. They had like three years of kissing to catch up on. "And I still have some cheese to give away. Do you think Loki will hate me for giving him velveeta? That guy is super hard to please anyway."

Speaking of cheese...

"Tony, why did you give me gouda?" Steve asked, remembering that this whole commotion started after Tony gave him his gift.

Tony paused in surprise. "Because it is my favorite cheese. And the best one for grilled cheese sandwiches," he explained simply.

Steve slowly smiled, finally making a connection. "And you love grilled cheese sandwiches."

"I do love them," Tony confirmed, smiling brighter and more beautiful than the starry sky above them. "Let's go, I want to see you dance Charleston for the last time," Tony urged.

Steve laughed and followed Tony, having some other dance in mind. After all, he and Tony had to make up for the lost time, and hopefully, they would have all the time to spend together very soon.

#stony #avengers academy #avac #steve rogers #tony stark #Bucky Barnes #pepper potts #janet van dyne #various avac characters mentioned #also references to the game #fanfic #fanfiction #goodbye game #thanks for keeping me entertained #and frustrated sometimes too

[osakaso5]

Riku Nanase Sakura Message Rabbit TV Part 3: Sakura Message

Part 1 | Part 2

Mitsuki Izumi: An ID♥LiSH Night With You! Tonight's Sakura Message special is finally nearing its end!

Nagi Rokuya: The grand finale!

Riku Nanase: I'm the seventh in line, Riku Nanase!

Yamato Nikaido: We've been waiting for this.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Yeah, we have.

Iori Izumi: Seeing as how you're the last, I'm sure your picture must look good, Nanase-san.

Riku Nanase: Wha... What!? Why are you all trying to make me nervous right now..!?

Mitsuki Izumi: You look so happy that we want to tease you a little...

Sogo Osaka: ...Sorry, Riku-kun. I think I have to agree with Mitsuki-san and the others this time...

Riku Nanase: Even you, Sogo-san..!?

Yamato Nikaido: Oh, Sou. Learned to read the room, have you?

Sogo Osaka: I've been practicing.

Iori Izumi: ...It's surprising to have Osaka-san join in on this, though...

Nagi Rokuya: You have learned the ways of variety, Sogo!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Pretty sure there's lots of other stuff he should be learning...

Yamato Nikaido: Now, now. It's fine. Though this means Ichi's going to have to shoulder the burden of being the serious one all by himself now.

Iori Izumi: Why don't you shoulder that burden instead, Nikaido-san? You're very serious yourself, despite pretending otherwise.

Yamato Nikaido: Huh..?

Riku Nanase: Ah! You're talking about that, right! How Yamato-san's sheet music for Sakura Message was all worn out..!

Nagi Rokuya: Yamato, I never knew you cared so much for this song..!

Sogo Osaka: Mitsuki-san's sheet music was in quite the condition too, wasn't it?

Mitsuki Izumi: Aah! Sogo, you don't need to tell them that..! It's embarrassing..!

Yamato Nikaido: ...Maybe I don't want Sou to get better at variety, after all...

Tamaki Yotsuba: See, I told you!

Sogo Osaka: Huh... Did I make a mistake somewhere..?

Nagi Rokuya: No. You did not. That was a nice pass, Sogo.

Nagi Rokuya: The embarrassed expressions of these two are of the highest rarity!

Iori Izumi: Don't compare Nii-san to a card from one of your mobile games.

Mitsuki Izumi: ...U-uh, anyway, Riku makes a really unusual face in this PV!

Riku Nanase: Ehehe! That's right!

Riku Nanase: Sakura Message is such a mature and calm song that I tried to act that way, too.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Yeah. You were making like, a soft face.

Riku Nanase: Yeah! You get it too, Tamaki!? I wanted to show the same kind of softness that Sogo-san does!

Tamaki Yotsuba: I don't get that part.

Sogo Osaka: Huh..!?

Tamaki Yotsuba: So-chan's not soft.

Riku Nanase: Whaat!? You really think so?

Yamato Nikaido: Your thoughts, Sou?

Sogo Osaka: Please don't ask me...

Mitsuki Izumi: Well then Tamaki, why don't you give everyone who's just tuned in an explanation of this project!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Me? Sure.

Riku Nanase: Whoa! Please do!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Uuhh, we all took off shots of each other, and now we're showing them to you guys.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Mikki took Rikkun's off shot, right?

Mitsuki Izumi: Yep! It was me!

Riku Nanase: Mitsuki!

Mitsuki Izumi: I think I managed to take a picture that really captures the essence of our Riku here!

Iori Izumi: As one would expect.

Riku Nanase: Iori! I'm the one who had his picture taken! Give me some praise, too!

Iori Izumi: Excuse me? Why should I...

Riku Nanase: Because you praised Mitsuki!

Iori Izumi: Tha... Well, it is the kind of picture that can be expected of you...

Nagi Rokuya: Iori, that is hardly praise at all. Are you this dishonest in the company of ladies, as well?

Iori Izumi: That doesn't have anything to do with the topic at hand..!

Mitsuki Izumi: Alright, stop bullying my little brother! ...Well then, let's reveal Riku's off shot!  

Riku Nanase: Yeah! Go ahead!

IDOLiSH7 Members: Oooh!

Sogo Osaka: It's cute. Perfect for Riku-kun.

Yamato Nikaido: Yep. It definitely gives Riku vibes.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Totally Rikkun.

Riku Nanase: ...Are you guys praising me..!?

Nagi Rokuya: Riku, I shall give you a crash course on the art of winking.

Riku Nanase: Huh!? Really!?

Tamaki Yotsuba: No fair! I want a crash course, too!

Nagi Rokuya: OH! Very well. I shall teach you as well, Tamaki.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Awesome.

Iori Izumi: Where is this conversation going...

Riku Nanase: Iori, do you feel like giving me a proper compliment yet?

Iori Izumi: Yes, yes... Nanase-san, you're sooo amazing. What a wink.

Yamato Nikaido: What led you to take this kind of picture, Mitsu?

Mitsuki Izumi: I'm glad you asked! ...But I didn't do anything special, really.

Riku Nanase: Mitsuki talked to me about all kinds of stuff! For example, the sheet music I mentioned earlier.

Yamato Nikaido: So it was you...

Mitsuki Izumi: N-now now! At least I took a great picture because of it, right Sogo?

Sogo Osaka: Huh!? O-of course!

Mitsuki Izumi: Right? I'm glad I got such a good finishing shot!

Mitsuki Izumi: I guess lastly we should ask Riku what he thinks about Sakura Message.

Mitsuki Izumi: The show's almost over! Riku, wrap things up nicely for us!

Riku Nanase: Okay..!

Riku Nanase: Um... I talked a lot about this song with our members.

Riku Nanase: And I think it's a song that'll cheer everyone up.

Riku Nanase: The kind of song that'll gently push you ahead when you can't bring yourself to take a step forward..!

Riku Nanase: I wonder how you felt about it. I hope you'll tell me later!

Riku Nanase: ...An ID♥LiSH Night With You! I hope you enjoyed our Sakura Message special!

Riku Nanase: Well then, everyone...

Everyone: See you again later! 

End of Part 3.

Translator’s notes..? 

next up, nagi’s i7 roman rabbit chats! 

#idolish7 #riku nanase #sakura message #translation #i7 #rabbit tv

[adiyaathi]

Screenwriter meme: Vijay Sethupathi, nayan, Dulquer, nazriya

time for some made-up movies

song: shakkalakka baby - mudhalvan[tF DO I DO WITH THIS; shuffle is a terrible cause im never satisfied]

ok so expect the clichést of clichés:

a buddy cop comedy + a vigilante™ + ROMANCE D U H 

but who are the cops? you ask? 

dq and nayanthara

dulquer? he’s a sergeant/inspector 

lowkey a hoe [ofc why wouldn’t he be]; literally the exact opposite of his buddy; everyone loves him, he’s super cute, biggest Flirt™, has a girl (or guy) like every month

(his roommate sometimes has questions because dq tries to play so hard like he’s not just bringing a guy into his room)

“what no we’re friends?? yenna man solra nee, we’re going to eat cheetos and watch netflix whaat bro”

his roommate’s like ‘im not that old, i know what netflix and chill is’

*dq winks*

roommate: ‘… you know what, as long as i don’t hear anything’

speaking of his roommate

it’s vijay sethupathi, lifelong bachelor™ because of terrible Love Experiences

is also a psych and criminology professor in the university nearby

like think Young Mysterious Prof and always wears a white shirt, a tie, and black slacks [every single d a y]

is 200% done with everything 200% of the time

it took his students half a semester to get him to smile at them

they warmed up to him after dq crashed their class once [he just wanted to meme]

he was forced to guest lecture as punishment and got roasted the whole time; prof sethupathi and dq became widely known as chief and lil chief 

he’s a [not really] secret big softie for his students now tho; gives everyone all the advice they’d ever need

dq bribes him to consult for his cases sometimes when he’s stuck

sethupathi hasn’t been paid in biriyani for like the last four but it’s not really about the biriyani at this point; he’s too weak for dq

the most recent case tho, dq promises is worth it

a series of heists that leave behind nothing but a publicly posted éxposé on the victim; the og case-dealers weren’t creative enough to name the suspect so they’ve been dubbed the ‘Editor’

until now they were businessmen, or socialites and were easily covered up 

but the most recent one has blown up beyond their control; one of the deans at sethupathi’s uni had been exposed for corruption and tampering with admissions, and a challenge left behind to catch them before the next one

sethupathi: ‘ugh i hated him anyway so what’

dq pulls out a letter from the chairman

sethupathi: pffft chairman thaatha listens to me

dq points at one word: “you get 2 months off TO SPEND IT WITH ME”

*sethupathi almost falls off chair*: HE’S SPEEDING UP MY TENURE PROCESS

dq: and you get 2 months off

sethupathi’s holed himself up into dq’s office within the first week and dq’s like bro the 2 months was with me not my stuff but ok also don’t touch my nintendo switch also you have to meet the rest of the team we’re all working on this together; huh you’ll actually get along really well with my partner-in-non-crime

*sethupathi chucks an empty folder at dq’s head*

speaking of his partner-in-non-crime: nayanthara bro remember nayanthara? 

she’s queen of kollywood the special crimes department

super bad-ass and literally no one knows anything about her backstory unless she says something

[and she tends to surprise tf out of them when she does– like she went to med school for two years? when the hell was that? sHE DID BHARATNATYAM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL? the SAME NAYANTHARA WHO’S CARRIES A KNIFE NEXT TO HER GUN ANd STASHES AN AXE AT HER DESK]

softie on the inside; tough as hell on the outside

is perpetually competing with local sergeant Rajendar and his partner Yogi Babu for to see who solves the most number of cases in a quarter tho [thanks again to DQ]

[Yogi Babu’s was DQ’s partner but they can’t be put on the same case anymore without doing something stupid. we don’t speak of Operation Makeout Stakeout]

she’s prepping for the case and walks into DQ’s office with files to ask him about stuff and walks in to see him leaning back in the chair with his feet on the desk 

and Sethupathi working at the crime wall. The Sethupathi. The same one from high school to college. The same one who Did That [do i mean Romance BackstoryTM you bet your ass i do]

this case just got a whole lot trickier. 

because nayanthara knows the suspect. and sethupathi does too. just not as the suspect. 

cause the suspect? it’s nazriya? her lil sister. 

what’s nazriya supposed to be doin? WILDING IN COLLEGE WHILE SHE FINISHES UP HER MASTERS like she told her sister she was 

when she’s not finishing up her papers for communication and investigative journalism, she’s supposed to be at a bar with friends or just out 

she even complained last week about getting carded even tho she’s like 23

thinks it has to do with her pink streaked hair [its cause she’s short]

nayanthara used to worry about letting her out alone, what with her prosthetic leg

but no she finds out her sister moonlights as the Editor 

how does she know? she caught her after the second heist because she was stupid enough to hide the neon green spray cans under her sister’s bed

has she said or done anything about it no; because nazriya doesn’t know she knows and hopefully there’s a way out

BUT NOT WITH SETHUPATHI AROUND TO DISTRACT HER

long story short: it keeps spiraling because suddenly nazriya offers to shadow her promising ‘free help’ on the case so that she can do her investigative journo project and guarantees she can help stop the heists from continuing [nayanthara: ya cause you’re the one doing it *scoffs*] at this point her lil sis is just screwing with her because she KNOWS she knows what she does but does she knows she knows she knows? plus how does she deal with cute prof sethupathi and suddenly dq’s tripping over his feet cause guess who hasn’t seen a girl like nazriya before and nayantharA’S TRYING TO GET HER SISTER TO STOP but who knows what’ll happen. *eyes nazriya to let us know what the last heist is gonna be*

#ask and... i’m not creative #south indian cinema #screenwriting #julie's writing #fan cast #vennilave #ask meme #ask anything #idek where this is going #but hopefully its wild enough #WHERE THE HELL DID THIS STORY GO IDK I WAS WRITING TO OMUCH SO I HADTO STOP #can you tell nayanthara's a revamped rosa diaz because she'd MAKE A GOOD ONE #im finally posting this sorry sandi #i hope you like it??? what am i even doing #it took too long to post this but uni swamped me in like less than a week #so have this trash-ass drabble????? is it a drabble

[hobidreams]

Ahhh, gosh pressure/headaches are the worst 😥 i also really hate that. I hope it'll be gone soon and you get to rest your eyes/head huhu, i know how painful that is too as I also get those from time to time. Its hard also bc when headaches attack feels like you can't do anything at all, it sucks so much!! 😓 hope you'd feel better! Pls go away headaches! Also, be careful in the gym 💟

Ahh!! I've been contemplating to watch Love is Blind JPN, is it worth watching? i guess imma put it on my list then! Thanks! That's a lot of animes! Which one's your fave so far?Haven't watched one in a long time but maybe i'll think about watching one if i get the feels of it these days haha 😂

Lately i've been watching kdramas/one jdrama and a few tv shows that's on my list that I wanted to finish. So far i've finished After Life (not a kdrama), Itaewon Class (lot of thoughts haha), Vincenzo (which im still so shocked that i really like), All of us are dead (looot of thoughts too haha). I have a lot more unfinished 😂 I can't with myself haha. I wanna finish One Day at a Time and Ted Lasso. But also, I just started with It's Okay to Not be Okay, Inspector Koo, San nen A gumi (Mr. Hiiragi's homeroom) and Abbott Elementary! Jeez that's a lot! Sorry 😂😅 i can't with me haha this is getting crazy haha

Oh, and also Ali Wong's Don Wong, stand-up com special which was released yesterday haha.

Kept complaining about watching a lot but damn it, its just when a good show comes you can't stop haha. Also even if its not that good, you just wanna know the ending too. Do you do this too or do you just stop watching/reading those you don't like?

Yes yes, i also like chips and fries! Um, the best! You do do flavors or just plain salt? I love potatoes in general, any form- they're all sexy and delicious to me 😂 Also! Whaat yes! I used to eat Senbei rice crackers too, when I was a kid!! I almost forgot about that! Didn't even remember the name til you linked the photo, thanks! It's the best and brings a lot of memories! 💕 also i could eat some pork buns too right now haha. Hmm lately, since i think i'm gonna get my period--i've been craving chocolates, like pastries/icecream haha. I've been craving some crispy chicken burgers/chicken tenders for a while now, since several months ago but still haven't eaten one yet which is just ugh😂 i know its not a "big" problem but haha. It's crazy bc i get really hungry at 3ams (at times, still awake at that hour haha) and it's all i can think about 😅 oh, i just remember how good custard buns too. Haha

Awwh, that's such a sweet tradition! That's so nice! It feels so nice to have someone you could celebrate these things with someone!💟 Sigh, yea, pandemic took so much from us 😔 i wish you two could meet up soon when it's safer there in your area! But yes better to be safe first 🥺 Me, i'm probably just gonna go watch their show like Bon Voyage (only watched s01 too so) or Run BTS just for fun and all haha.

Happy Valentine's day to you and your bf too (and your loves in life)! Hope you get to celebrate! 💕 Wishing you better days ahead and more good stuff to come! Take care, too!! 💟💟

-🧇

thank u for caring 😭💞 i feel loved!!!! ive got a prescription for new glasses and they should arrive sometime this week so i hope that it'll fix the problem soon.

my favorite anime of that bunch is probably Lovely Complex!! i fell head over heels for the kansai ben so every time i see a character with the accent, i just swoooon 🤣🌹 oooh yes i heard so many good things about those dramas but im terrible at following whats trendy so i always end up watching things 1-2 years after theyre popular LOL i really wanted to watch It's Okay to Not be Okay so i think i will do that soon.

OMG thank you for telling me about ali wong!!! netflix hasnt been giving me that advertisement so i had no idea she had another special. im 100% gonna be watching it. love her sm.

i tend to keep watching if im close to the end?? tbh im not that picky so i'll probably finish a show if i start it. sometimes ill just google the end tho hahah.

YES POTATOES ARE SO SEXY. flavored chips are my fave. i really love Ruffles All Dressed and Miss Vickies Sweet Chili, but ive also been on a Munchies kick lately hahaha. also apple chips. are those still chips? 🤣 im also near my time of the month i think so ive been eating everything and anything. you deserve to treat yourself :'))) go get your chicken!!

omg .. dont even remind me of Bon Voyage LMAO i bought the first season and have watched only 3 eps... i literally keep forgetting bc i bought it on vlive and i never go on that website 😭

#<3 <3 <3 #rain reply #🧇 anon #i will answer ur other ask soon 😍 bc i have Thoughts about LIB hahaha

[luucarii]

With a Dash of Gin - Ch9

Ehh, its not too late to post a chapter... right??

Read on Ao3

Finals week came in full swing and despite how stressful Shuichi was making it out to be, Kokichi wasn’t worried. Sure, the study session from last night helped but he was confident enough without it. What Kokichi was, at both the mornings and afternoons of each day of the week, was flustered. It was becoming a regular occurrence and he hated it. It wasn’t like him at all.

Damn that Rantaro.

Kokichi woke every morning of that week greeted to an encouraging text message from the curly haired smug boy. They all had the slight teasing Rantaro was known for yet also the sort of “big brother” feel which made sense considering he was the older brother in his family.

“Good morning! Hope you slept well. Time for your first exam, are you ready? I’m sure you’ll do great. You’ve got this sort of smart—albeit a little arrogant—sort of look to you. I can’t really explain it but I like it a lot. Good luck, text me when you get out!”

Waking up to a message from Rantaro was sure to put a smile on Kokichi’s face no doubt, but when it was both making him smile and flustered enough to have Shuichi asking what was wrong, that’s when Kokichi drew the line. It made his heart do cartwheels in his chest and the unfamiliar feeling left his head spinning.

If anything, Rantaro’s messages made focusing on finals difficult. Kokichi couldn’t stop thinking about them and he made sure to loudly voice his opinions to Rantaro after he got out of class through a loud phone call with a few snarky comments and fake annoyances.

Rantaro would respond with a chuckle and say he would make it up to him once finals were over. 

(“Yeah, you owe me a whoooole bunch of drinks for distracting me during testing!”)

It was strange to Kokichi, having someone as supportive as he was. If not for him, Kokichi would’ve ended up hanging out with Rantaro to ignore the group’s study session that Sunday. Granted they were still getting to know each other so Kokichi figured for the first few weeks Rantaro would just try to be overly nice. The sweet messages were just an added bonus it seemed.

Rantaro caught Kokichi’s attention much longer than his previous crushes, no doubt about it.

By the time Saturday rolled around, Kokichi was mentally exhausted and he really hoped Rantaro would actually consider buying him a few drinks. Not only as an excuse for another date but just to taste it again and maybe get tipsy (not drunk, oh hell no after last time) enough to just have Rantaro take him home and sleep it off. When Rantaro texted him that night, asking him to come after the crowd was thinning out, unfortunately at two in the morning, Kokichi couldn’t say no.

Shuichi had drowsily questioned Kokichi for going out so late but Kokichi reassured him with a chuckle. Shuichi was too tired to argue with him and Kokichi could swear he passed out after a half-assed mumble. 

The summer air was cool against Kokichi’s skin as he made his way down the sidewalk. The streets were somewhat empty save for the few cars passing by every once and a while and each house seemed to have their lights off for the night.

One thing he liked about Rantaro’s job was that the bar he tended was close to a ten (fifteen if he was feeling particularly slow with the nice weather) minute walk from campus. Although there was a curfew in place, Kokichi had already made mental notes of the cameras and security officers around the school. Getting out was virtually no problem for him and he always had Shuichi, god forbid anything happened. Most of the security guards took a quick liking to Shuichi after learning of his major in criminology (and how he’d commonly talk to a few of them for random tidbits and tips for his future as a detective) so they typically turned a blind eye to anything bad he happened to involve him in, which was rare in it of itself. Kokichi found it downright hilarious how the guards would talk of upholding honor and bunch of other stupid shit and yet they’d let some nerdy kid and his friends get away with petty things that would usually earn them a warning at best. 

It was just one of those perks Shuichi had that Kokichi would sometimes leech onto. He knew he shouldn’t but at the point where Kokichi was at the moment he really didn’t have much of a choice. The dorm room they shared was because of Shuichi, the small part-time job Kokichi typically had during the autumn and winter months was because of Shuichi, half the things Kokichi owned and cherished were because of Shuichi. Shuichi provided basically everything Kokichi needed to survive somewhat on his own after what happened with his mom and sister.

Although Kokichi always said it jokingly around him, Shuichi was his savior.

It was always annoying for Kokichi’s mind to grace the subject, especially when he was in the midst of walking to meet with Rantaro. It left him with the guilt of his debt to Shuichi settled in his stomach and he didn’t want to start off a date with a sour attitude. With a quick exhale and stretch of his back, Kokichi turned the corner to stop in front of the bar.

Through the windows he could see it was beginning to clean out. The tables were empty and only less than a dozen people sat at the bar finishing up whatever they were drinking. From the inside, Kokichi saw Rantaro and the same white haired tender from last time writing off checks before they began to slowly clean up the place.

Kokichi stepped inside and was greeted with a smile from Rantaro while the white haired bartender raised his eyebrows and seemed to remember him from last week. Kokichi took an empty seat and tapped lightly at the table with his fingers. He watched Rantaro work, skillfully taking empty glasses off the table and leaving them in the sink to wash while also managing to finish scribbling down bills and collecting payments from tipsy customers. The white haired tender, which Kokichi wasn’t bothered to pay too much attention to listen in for his name, was somewhat clumsy but he served his customers with the friendliest of smiles.

It didn’t take long for the few stragglers to finally pay for their drinks, stumble out of the bar and Kokichi was left alone in the bar with the two boys. The white haired boy was working on wiping down the tables and chairs while Rantaro was washing the dishes and making small conversation with Kokichi.

“Sorry for calling you so late. I hope I didn’t wake you.” Rantaro turned his head eyeing Kokichi’s expression. He was trying to find any hint of drowsiness, Kokichi could tell. Maybe it was just his default as the older brother but Kokichi noticed Rantaro would always try looking for the little cues to see if something was off.

That was a problem, but nothing Kokichi couldn’t handle.

Kokichi shook his head and grinned, “nah, it’s fine. I was wiiide awake. And I can’t say no to someone who owes me!”

“I didn’t think my messages would affect you that much.” Rantaro grabbed a nearby rag to wipe his hands dry and turned around. He chuckled, “I was just being honest.”

Kokichi pouted and stretched out his arms, “no what you were being was an insufferable tease. Praising me like I’m some little kid.”

“But you did do good on your exams, right?” 

“Grades don’t come out until after the semester ends. Get off my back Ranty.” Kokichi rolled his eyes and sighed. 

“I’m used to ‘Taro’ but ‘Ranty’s’ a new one. Since when did you have a nickname for me anyway?” Rantaro snickered and heard his coworker chuckle in the background.

“Whaat? You don’t have one for me? Aww, I thought you liked me Ranty!” Kokichi dragged out his sentence with a whine.

Rantaro smiled but couldn’t bring himself to argue with him. Kokichi giggled to himself in satisfaction seeing as he won the conversation. Rantaro walked to the back room and came out a few seconds later with a broom and dustpan. The chairs were raised up onto the tables leaving the floor open for a cleaning. The white haired worker seemed to be distracted as he stared aimlessly out the window until Rantaro called out to him.

“No need to stay in longer than you have to. Go home, I’ll clean up.”

He turned back and his eyes lit up a bit, “are you sure, Rantaro?”

Rantaro reassured him with a smile and the boy nodded before rushing to the back room to grab his stuff. He thanked Rantaro once more before stepping out of the bar, the lingering jingle of the bell being the last trace of him. He turned the corner and Kokichi lost sight of him.

“Oh I see your plan.” Kokichi hummed to himself and narrowed his eyes, “you just wanted to be alone with little ‘ol me.”

“Can you blame me? We haven’t had a one on one date yet. With no one around I mean.” Rantaro shrugged his shoulders but could tell Kokichi was already thinking of a million different endings to tonight.

As Kokichi leaned forward hands forming a bridge under his chin, his voice dropped low and laughed teasingly. “So what’s Rantaro planning on doing with me?”

#aarisfics #With a Dash of Gin #oumami #danganronpa v3 #kokichi ouma #amami rantarou

[ionlyknow1truth-blog]

Snoke, the real villain of the trilogy and Kylo, his victim lackey

The purpose of this post is as stated in the title. It is not meant to justify Kylo's actions, it is meant to delve deeper into some of the Why's of his actions (there are many). With that out of the way let's dive in.

When I first read The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster a lot of important key moments stood out to me that I had either missed in the movie, or that had been cut from the movie altogether. I say 'key' moments because they go much deeper than what is seen on the surface, and the actions of each person makes much more sense when viewed in the light of this. One of these scenes is the very first time we see Kylo and Snoke convening together in the creepy meeting room. They are still hunting for the droid which got away, and Hux has just been reprimanded by Snoke. And then we have this,

'When next Snoke spoke there was an intimacy in his voice, a familiarity that stood in sharp contrast to the commanding tone he used with Hux.

"I've never had a student with such promise - before you."

Ren straightened. "It is your teachings that make me strong, Supreme Leader."

Snoke demurred. "It is far more than that. It is from where you are from. What you are made of. The dark side - and the light. The finest sculptor cannot fashion a masterpiece from poor materials. He must have something pure, something strong, something unbreakable, with which to work. I have - you." He paused, reminiscing.'

This is called Love Bombing. It's what every successful cult leader uses to acquire and keep his followers. It's stroking the follower's ego, insisting they are doing good on their own, while at the same time subtly taking that statement back by insinuating that the follower would not be where they are now without said leader, or as Snoke puts it, 'the finest sculptor' i.e. himself.

His voice changes drastically once he's done with Hux, speaking to Kylo with intimacy, as though he truly cares for him. Notice that Kylo 'straightens' when Snoke compliments him. Kylo wants Snoke to be proud of him, while his immediate response is to give full credit to Snoke. He's been trained well. This is brainwashing 101 in progress.

Snoke is just getting warmed up with his repeated indoctrination, something that becomes clear, the more we observe Kylo, that has been pounded into him for quite some time. Pay close attention to what Snoke tells him, a mantra Kylo has had drilled into him time and time again,

"Kylo Ren, I watched the Galactic Empire rise, and then fall. The gullible prattle on about the triumph of truth and justice, of individualism and free will. As if such things were solid and real instead of simple subjective judgments...."

Snoke is not finished but I want to stop here for just a second to analyze what Snoke is saying. He lumps truth and justice with being gullible and subjective judgments. That's actually contrary to truth and justice. It's a blatant lie, but Kylo is blind to this. He also adds to these 'simple subjective judgments' individualism and free will, as though those things are dangerous and wrong. He's basically saying, 'follow me without question and you will not be a gullible simple fool like so many others.' This instills in a person that they are very lucky not to be like the average person, simple fools; that they are in turn uniquely special and therefore better than everyone else because they are one of the few who know the 'real truth'. It also frightens them into complete and unquestioned obedience. Who wants to be a gullible fool? This is actually some pretty heavy stuff going on here. And Snoke is not finished yet,

"...The historians have it all wrong. It was neither poor strategy nor ignorance that brought down the Empire. You know well what did."

Ren nodded once. "Sentiment."

"Yes. Such a simple thing. Such a foolish error of judgement. A momentary lapse in an otherwise exemplary life. Had Lord Vader not succumbed to emotion at the crucial moment -had the father killed the son - the empire would have prevailed. And there would be no threat of Skywalker's return today."

Now, I think we all know it was compassion that moved Luke to save his father and vise versa. That is actually what is stated in RoTJ. Compassion was the operating factor.

When Snoke prompts Kylo to tell him what it was that destroyed the Empire, Kylo automatically replies Sentiment. There are two things here I want to talk about. First, what Snoke just did is called 'conditioning'. Conditioning is training or accustoming (someone or something) to behave in a certain way or to accept certain circumstances. Kylo has done both. His response is an immediate programmed one. He's accepted these teachings and his circumstances, or at the very least he believes he has.

Notice how wily Snoke is: "Such a foolish error of judgement. A momentary lapse in an otherwise exemplary life." What he's really saying is, 'You are not foolish, you are an exemplary life, if you follow my teachings and not give in to sentiment.' This is extreme manipulation.

The second thing I want to talk about is compassion and sentiment. Here are some definitions from different dictionaries for the word sentiment:

•the tendency to be swayed by feelings rather than by reason.

•mawkish tenderness

(Mawkish: sentimental in a sickly or feeble way).

•a romantic or nostalgic feeling verging on sentimentality.

•a thought influenced by or proceeding from feeling or emotion.

•exaggerated and self-indulgent feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.

And here are some definitions for compassion:

•a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.

•pity inclining one to help or be merciful.

•sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it.

Wikipedia has this to say,

Sentiment 'is the literary device which is used to induce an emotional response disproportionate to the situation, and thus to substitute heightened and generally unthinking feeling for normal ethical and intellectual judgment.'

Compassion 'motivates people to go out of their way to help the physical, spiritual, or emotional pains of another and themselves. Compassion is often regarded as having sensitivity, an emotional aspect to suffering, though when based on cerebral notions such as fairness, justice, and interdependence, it may be considered rational in nature and its application understood as an activity based on sound judgment.'

See the differences between the two? Sentiment is equated with selfishness and often based off of nostalgia. It is acted upon with irrational thought, while compassion is genuinely caring and wanting to help another, with a rational mindset. BIG difference.

Luke had compassion for his father, not sentiment. He acted out of selflessness, and was ultimately willing to die because he did not want to harm or kill his father. It wasn't irrational thought that made him do this. It wasn't a wistful sentiment that caused him to confront his father. It was because he genuinely cared about him and he acted on that feeling knowing full well it could cost him. It was a rational decision. Luke was willing to forfeit himself if there was the slightest possibility his father could be saved. That's the opposite of selfish thoughtless emotion.

Nor was it sentiment that caused Vader to intervene on behalf of his son and save his life. In an amazing turn of events, we see Luke's compassion melting the hardened heart of a formidable villain who in turn gives his life up for his son. Luke was willing to lay his life down rather than destroy his father, and that act is what 'broke the curse' and compelled Vader to save his son. There was nothing self indulgent or feeble in either of their actions. Yet Snoke tells Kylo it was sentiment that caused Vader to fall, and the entire Empire fell because of that. He goes on in this same passage to tell Kylo that Han is on the Millennium Falcon with the droid, and it will be his greatest test ever. What he is saying to Kylo without having to actually say the words is this: 'If you kill your father you will not be foolish. The fate of the First Order rests on what you do concerning your father. Will you make the same mistake Vader did over simple and irrational and selfish emotions?' He primed Kylo for this 'test' with his dramatic and deceptive speech.

What is really ballsy is he puts the safety of the entire First Order on Kylo's shoulders!! Whaat?? With such a burden, is it any wonder he killed Han? He's been brainwashed to believe the First Order alone has everyone's best interests in mind, that they are right and lawful and good, while his father is a lying murdering thief. Yes, those are heavy statements I'm not going to get into here because that's a whole other topic. But it's what he's been programmed to believe. He is being told here that killing Han is not murder, it is right and necessary, and it is for the good of the First Order, and by extension the entire universe itself. We see then, why it is that Kylo falls. He listens to the wise leader, the One who 'knows what is best', and carries out the deed. Snoke is the modus operandi, and Kylo Ren is his victim lackey.

#tfa novelization #meta #Kylo ren and Snoke #Kylo Ren

[ohmygraysonsthighs]

Stick and Poke

A/N: holy beejezus!!! thank you all again for all the support you’ve been showing my writing I love all y'all. if you don’t know what a stick and poke is it’ll be explained in the story type thing idk what to call it lmao. sO like always I hope this isn’t too shitty!!

You and your boyfriend sat on the couch watching some old movie that was on. It was any old Saturday afternoon, but you were both content. As you began to pay less and less attention to the movie, you scanned Grayson’s face, tracing his jawline, poking his cheekbones, etc.

“Whaat are you doing.” Grayson mumbled, eyes trained on the screen as your pointer finger poked the shell of his ear.

“I’m bored.”

“Just watch the movie.” You huffed and snuggled closer to his buff body. He grabbed one of your hands as the other started tracing his thigh tattoo.

“I like this one. Pretty colors. How many tattoos do you have?” You questioned.

“Ah. A good amount.”

“Do you want more?”

“Probably.”

You pondered. “Can I give you one?”

“What?”

“Can I give you a tattoo? Like a stick and poke?”

“A stick and who?”

You rolled your eyes. “A stick and poke. You go through all these procedures to make sure you sterilize and clean a sewing or whatever needle, tie some thread around the base, tape it to a pencil, clean the area of skin you want it on, put a little Vaseline over that, dip your needle in a permanent ink, and bam! Do it yourself tattoo.” You smiled up at him and he gave you a quizzical look.

“How do you know how to do this? What if it’s not safe?”

“It’s pretty safe and I have a few you big goof. You ever seen this little guy,” you pointed to the small Saturn on the side of your pinky “he’s a stick and poke.”

“How bad does it hurt?”

“Worse than a regular tattoo. You’re literally poking the holes repeatedly into your skin with a needle, and you have to go over it a few times for it to show up. But it’s completely bearable!” You said, hoping to convince him. It’d be more interesting than the movie flashing on the television.

“I don’t know. Sounds kinda sketchy.”

“C'mon! It’ll be fun!” You pleaded with your eyes and you knew he’d give in.

“Fine. I’m picking the design though.”

“Aw, Gray, you trust me! Exactly the support needed in a relationship, love it. Now get up big boy, we gotta go to the craft store.” You slapped his thick thigh and he followed you up.

Upon returning from your local craft store, in your bag were sewing needles, thread, wooden pencils (“How on earth do you not keep wooden pencils in your home?”), and ink. The rest of the stuff needed to accomplish the stick and poke was already in the Dolan household. You did everything you had to to create a clean area and prepared the needle. Currently you and Grayson sat on the floor of his living room as you sterilized the spot he wanted (his upper right calf) and drew the design of his choice (a small ‘surfs up’ emoji-looking hand).

“You sure you’re ready?” You asked, blotting the Vaseline over where you were going to puncture his skin.

“Bro you’re the one that convinced me to do this, why are you making me second guess this?”

“Habit I guess,” you chuckled as you slapped the Vaseline-slick area, “alright, let’s do tha thang!” You joked and Grayson rolled his eyes. “Ew.”

Gray watched you as you steadied the needle over where it was going to first pierce. And then you poked an ink filled hole. And again. And again. To get your face closer to the area for better precision, you lay on your stomach across his lap.

“Ow Y/N. Ow Y/N. Ow Y/N.” Grayson complained. “This hurts a lot worse than I was expecting why would you ever want to do this.”

“For the experience I guess. And because there was no way in hell my mom was letting me get a real tattoo.” You said shrugging, all while continuing your work. The first layer was finished and any ink left on the surface of his skin was wiped off. It was pretty splotchy and not opaque at all, of course, so you applied more Vaseline to the section for layer two.

“Stop doing that. It’s making the ink bleed and I can’t see the pattern.” You said, referring to his hand that was stretching the skin, attempting to relieve the pain.

“Well where am I supposed to put my h-.” Grayson stopped mid sentence and brought both hands down on your ass cheeks, making you let out a yelp. “This is a lot better actually.” He said, squeezing and massaging both cheeks.

“Grayson!”

“What? You said not to stretch the skin and I’m not. Well, not my skin anyways. Plus I like touching your butt,” He slapped your ass, “it jiggles very nicely.” You gave him a stern look and he returned a toothy smile. Shaking your head, you returned to the task at hand. About 15 minutes later, you finished and wiped the last layer, revealing to Grayson the masterpiece.

“Wow. That’s actually really good. How do you have the patience to make and repeat all those little dots? You should be a tattoo artist.” He stated.

“I don’t know. You’re welcome by the way. And you said it was sketchy.” You said, shoving him.

“Yeah, yeah. Alright, your turn.”

“What?”

“I said, your turn.”

“No I heard you. You think you’re gonna give me one?”

“Yes, definitely. You convinced me to do this so now I have to return the favor. So teach me how to do that little thing with a new needle.” You looked at him as if he had just said the moon was turning purple and contemplated if it was worth fighting against. It wasn’t, and you sagged your shoulders in defeat.

“Fine.” You dragged. He gave another toothy smiled and you mimicked one back as he gave you a quick kiss on the lips.

“I get to pick out the design and where it is, right?” You asked after he’d finished making the makeshift tattoo gun.

“Nope.”

“Garyyyyy why I had a perfect one picked out. I was gonna do a lil 'rock on’ hand.” You pouted.

“We can do that one next. But I have the perfect idea for the first one that I’m giving you.”

“And that is?”

“A little 'G’ on the inside of your left thigh. That way, when I’m eating you out I can always be reminded of who that pussy belongs to.” He smirked as you looked at him with wide eyes. Well shit Gary you didn’t need to do me like that.

“Hm. I uh, I like the way you think.” You said as the goosebumps in your arms settled down.

“You always do.” He gestured you to lay down and he snuck up between your legs, spreading them. You got goosebumps all over again because of how close he was to your most intimate area (nothing new), but that was not the current task at hand. Gray went through the same procedures as you did with him, always checking if he was doing anything wrong (of course he wasn’t, has that boy ever done anything wrong).

“Okee, I’m going in.” He chuckled and his hot breath sent a little something to your core.

“Don’t breathe too heavily. You’re making me wet and the last thing I wanna be as your poking holes into my skin is horny.” He made eye contact with you, his eyes noticeably a little darker. He nodded as you gulped.

He punctured the first hole and repeated. This hurt a lot worse than any of the other stick and pokes you’ve gotten because of how sensitive the area was.

“Grayson. Grayson this really hurts.” You whined.

“It’s ok baby. Be good for daddy.” He mumbled as he was in deep concentration.

“You’re too kinky for this shit.”

“You right.” The first layer was over and he began the second layer.

“Fucking- it’s not hurting any less.” You groaned.

“Grab something.” Your hands traveled down to his head and grabbed his luscious brunette locks. “Mmm I love it when you grab my hair.” He hummed. He rubbed the inside of your other thigh with his thumb as he finished the second, then third, then fourth, then finally sixth layer. Grayson kissed the inside of your thigh and popped his head up.

“Ok, done! You can look now.” You took a peek at the surprisingly opaque and somewhat neat 'G’ that has now made its home on your inner left thigh. It was kinda hot honestly. You looked up at Grayson, pride shinning through his eyes and you couldn’t help but smile.

“Very impressive for your first one.”

“Thank you madame.” He bowed.

“Ya know, I don’t think I can walk much because my thighs will rub together and that’ll hurt like a bitch.” You said matter of factly.

“Well, I guess we’ll just have to be keeping your legs wide open a lot more often now.”

A/N: hi again so a couple things I wanted to say. first of all, I intentionally put Gary I thought it’d be funny. second of all, I’m sorry how short it is compared to my other (two lmao) stuff but I DID write a smut part to this I just didn’t add it because idk but if you want to read it or want it to be posted LET ME KNOW!! k thank you for reading ly!!

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[iamtaekooked]

BTS reaction to s/o asking for a butt massage

Anon asked: Bts reaction you asking for a butt massage lol”

A/N: To be very honest I think all of them will be a bit awkward specially if its initial phases of a relationship, so thats the route I took with this. Hope thats okay. Enjoy and happy reading 

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MASTERLIST

Jin

He would be quite taken aback. Shocked and surprised because he wouldn’t know why you were asking for a massage out of nowhere, and that too on your ass. 

“Jin, can you help me?” you asked him groaning. “Sure. Whats up?” he replied.  “Can you massage my butt. It hurts..” you trailed off. “Whaat?” he almost yelled. “W—what do you mean?” he fumbled over his words. “Relax will you? I am asking it in a completely non sexual way” you groaned into your pillow. “Its.. “ he thought for a moment. “Okay fine. If you say so” he agreed eventually.

Yoongi

Yoongi wouldn’t have a problem in giving you a massage. He wouldn’t care too much about it but problem is he might be too lazy, and also because he is way too cool to stuff like that in his opinion.

You slipped and fell on your butt. So when you came home you wanted nothing more than for your boyfriend to give you a massage. “Yoongs, I fell and now my butt hurts. Can you give me a massage?” you raised your eyebrows in question. “Are you okay?” he sighed. You nodded but the fall did hurt you. “Can’t you do it yourself?” he asked.  You shook your head. “The things I have to do for you makes me question my sanity sometimes and evaluate why I am with you” he rolled his eyes. You clapped your hands like a little kid and grabbed the opportunity before he changes his mind.

Namjoon

Like Yoongi, Namjoon wouldn’t mind. He would immediately agree because he knew you asked for a reason and he didn’t want to disappoint you by refusing. Although he would find it a tad bit awkward I think.

When you asked him if he could massage your butt he chuckled. “Why all of a sudden?” he questioned. Upon hearing no response from you he agreed, feeling a bit awkward that you asked for massage on your butt out all other body parts. “I think this is the part where I have to pretend this isn’t just a bit awkward. Right babe?” he said as he placed his hands slightly above your waist. “You will be fine Namjoon. Trust yourself” you said in a half sleepy state as you laid down.

Hoseok

Awkward.  Totally and completely awkward. I really don’t see this going any other way except for awkwardness.  *cue j-nope*

“Uhhh.. ummm what did you say again?” he asked for the 2nd time since you asked him to massage your butt. “That is a very weird request. I can massage your back, no problem. But its.. awkward….” He trailed off. “Non-sexual  Hopie. Get your mind out of the gutter” you muttered. “Yah! I don’t mean sexually either but I mean come on it’s your butt and just for that reason it’s a bit sexual.” he finished explaining. “You can’t help your gf/bf who is in pain?” you tried to blackmail him. “You cant do that y/n. That’s not fair” he cried. But eventually he did give in and do what you requested but he complained the entire time. (to clarify I dont think he will be that extreme with his reaction as it is in the gif but something similar)

Jimin

He would be a shy bean. He wouldn’t be able to stop laughing or blushing because of your request.  I think he would do it but he would try to get out it if he could.

His eyes widened and he laughed when you asked him to massage your butt. “What?” he screamed as his cheeks started getting hot and pink. “I said can you please give me a massage on my butt” you repeated yourself. “Why me?” he asked in nervousness. You rolled your eyes. “Because maybe you are my boyfriend?” you deadpanned. “I didn’t sign up for this” he murmured earning a glare from you. “Okay okay. I’ll do it” he laughed and put his hands up in surrender. While he massaged you he had to try and control himself because he couldn’t get over how awkward it was and he was internally thanking the heavens that you didn’t ask for a boob massage instead.

Taehyung

I imagine him being very confused initially because the request came very unexpectedly. He wouldn’t believe you were serious and laugh. But when he would realize you were serious he would grab your butt and massage it.

“Nice joke y/n” he said when you put forth the request. “I am very serious Taehyung” you replied. His smile vanished from his face. “For real? You really want me to?” he checked to make sure. You nodded.  He stood in silence for a few moments, contemplating.  “If that’s my baby wants then I can’t say no” he smiled his special boxy smile. “Feel better?” he asked as he massaged your very sore butt. You hummed in contentment which made him chuckle. “I deserve a lot of kisses and cuddles for this” he said to himself, but he intended for you to hear which you did. But you decided to ignore him and focus on the massage.

Jungkook

Most likely to be the most awkward and scared guy when asked to give a butt massage. He would absolutely refuse to do it because it’s simply very awkward. He might even fake cry for added effect.

He blinked a few times in disbelief when you asked him. “Wait.. did I hear you right?  Did you just ask me to.. you know..” he couldn’t even complete the sentence. He was completely embarrassed. “Kookie I am not asking you to have sex with me” you said very monotonously. His eyes widened and his jaw dropped. “I-“ he paused and cleared his throat “ cant.. touch your butt. Do you seriously think I am that kind of boyfriend that can do that for you?” he finished his sentence. “This is wrong. I am telling the hyungs. I am still a child” he cried the fakest tears you have ever seen in your life.

**forgive any spelling mistakes**

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[starryevening]

2018 Resolutions

yep gotta do this again. 

Life & Living 

Socializing 

So u actually made really big strides on this...somehow. I’m rlly proud of progress and want you to keep up the good work. Do more. Good start now do more. 

Network 

wow this is hard. Try your best to start figuring out and managing professional connections as well as friendships. Don’t befriend people sheerly for professional reasons cause that’s dumb but try not to feel afraid to reach out and talk to people you look up to who are in industry stuff!  

Be better on Deadlines

literally one of your biggest professional and personal life flaws. whaat the fuck. dude work on this. time. Management!!! try different tools and methods to assist in starting to improve this.

Health

Maintenance 

Hey so you have something called health insurance right now, and that’s not always going to be a thing, and you have a Lot wrong with you. Go get your first physical in 4+ years. Maybe go to the dentist for the first time. Eye doctor? yeah do it. 

Eat better

I know ur ass better enough than to try and totally eliminate foods you love but limit them, make them a treat. freshman year you had sweets and junk 1 time a week! Do that !! u don't have to cut the shit out entirely. just work on any self control.

ya gotta loose some weight. This is…a really common one for a lot of ppl and you always make some variant comment on it. But this year I need you to actually lose weight bcs unlike years in the past- u’ve…put on more than a few. You’re now the heaviest you’ve ever been and its pretty obvious as to why Improve this in small steps that are genuinely realistic even for your disgusting lack of self control

cook more.

Exercise / Get strong

Move your shit fuck body. You’re going to have to due to your practicum ( having to walk to and from it is good! baby steps! ) I’d like you to start walking more places, walk to your psych appointments and other places too.

maybe try to get a little buff. ur weak. flabby. find ways to work out. 

Therapy & Medication

So you started on medication-and that is genuinely great and you've noticed an improvement. However you’re not consistent. You keep not taking your medication on time, and need to go back in for check in appointments. Good progress, work on the consistency. 

You’ve sort of started getting forlorn with the whole therapy thing. You haven’t really vibed with any therapists you’ve met in awhile. I want you to try just at least one more therapist this year. Not gonna push it beyond that though. Just feel that some issues you deal with are not ones manageable by medication alone. 

Art Related 

Portfolio Work

Pretend you’re actually graduating and try to start making more portfolio pieces. Add a couple of new finished illustrations, longer comics or even animations to your portfolio. 

Manage Social Media

It’s a hot mess. Find ways to post more often, more authentically and mange what you use and how you use it. 

Observational Drawing

as always!! Maybe try keeping a separate sketchbook for it. 

Senior Project

haha...yeah thats a thing. You have to do that this year anyway but try to start planning it soon. Ideate, make it pretty make it big make it something you care about more than just for just a grade. Last shot to make something cool take advantage of whatever resources you currently have to make it good and a nice portfolio piece. And preferably-fun. 

#personal #2018 #resolution #new years #new year #new years resolution

[princeyoosung]

Spoilers/venting

Don't reblog this. I'm emotionally unstable lol

SO I'm finishing day 8 and I'm drain. Dude, the thing is, it's not even because of V, it's because of Saeran. I'm a bit dissapointed at this. But that'll explain it once I finish the route. Anyways...

I'm getting closer to the day, and by that I mean when saeran dies and I'm. Not handling this well. I suffer when my favs die, a lot of them. Have die. And this feels just like when V died. Idk man, I'm sad. I'm too old for this. Cheritz is throwing at me all OF this and I was not expecting any of it lmao like it’s the route for V, why there's so much angsty content of saeran??? ����😭 and they are killing him on a GOOD END wHY. After ALL HE WENT through THIS IS SECRET ENDING 1 ALL. OVER AGAIN but WITH SAERAN. I DONT WANT HIM TO DIE ON A GOOD END, CHERITZ BETTER BE PREPARING A ROUTE WHERE EVERYBODY IS HAPPY AND ALIVE I DONT WANT ANYBODY DYING.

And I'm so tired of the fandom. It's so toxic rn . Like it's the worsg time to be a saeran fan lol I miss those times when nobody cared about him, it was so peaceful just a few good fans, no drama, no people trying to excuse his bad behaviour because we knew why he was like that and most of us wanted him to be healthy and happy and that was it. now it’s like “oh sweety, hes not manipulating the mc, he loves her and it’s not an unhealthy relationship blabla” or like oh we get its unhealthy but mentally ill people deserve love too” lmao i know that lol and nobody is saying otherwise 

 like i get it, im happy there’s so much content and damn it ill be   getting that bad end just to have more content but like idk, it’s so tiring seein all of these posts trying to say he’s not doing these bad things when he is ¿??? and seeing other part of the fandom who hates him and calls him a “little bitch” and hates on his fans  complain on HIS tag and dont even have the tumblr etiquette LMAO to write those stuff of an anti tag idk  i didnt sign up for this. i knew this route would bring toxic crap but i wasnt expecting this...like...for saeran.

like i know some saeran fans are like..idk...i know there are rotten apples everywhere but i thought i had block them all lol but now there are more and im like whaat. where did you come from? lol anyways, im tired. and sick, i got sick too, this damn weather.

#mine

[crbrickey]

Casey’s Kids...

5 years ago I started on a journey that I had no idea I needed or how it would end. It was 2014 and the Poker boom was ending. This is important because the previous 8 years of my life was consumed with poker. Some weeks I would play it 5 different nights, now I was lucky to find a place with good people to play it once a week. So to say the least, my calendar was wide open. With nothing to do, I was starting to fall into a rut. 

Thankfully, Cory Rush and Kyle Willis started talking about playing softball. Having been involved in sports all my life, I was interested. This is one of the life lessons. Even though I was physically unable to play sports, I had spent my life being involved in them none the less. In middle and in high school I was manager of both football and basketball teams, upon graduating high school, afterwards I spent 3 summers coaching AAU and MAYB basketball before interning at Wichita State athletics and 3 different departments. But since graduating college, I had done nothing in sports. Definitely a void in my life. So I ran with the idea and volunteered to put a team together. 

This took a lot of work and a little luck. I scoured facebooks and other softball sites for people looking to join a team. I even posted an ad on Craigslist. I was determined to make a team. Yaaayyy I did it! Then upon signing up, I was told the league was full but they had room in co-ed. Well crap! There is no way I know enough females that would be interested in softball. Thankfully, one of the guys that I found-Leon, offered to find us girls. And like that, 3 days later we were entered into co-ed rec softball. 

This is just the beginning of the journey. Our first season- summer of 2014, was a disaster. Many a Fridays I spent all afternoon trying to find enough replacements to fill up a team for the night. Thankfully, Candice and Leon had enough connections that we never had to forfeit. But we were bad! Somehow we did manage 2 wins that season but I knew I couldn’t sustain a team like this. This is when I decided to start using my new connections and made a team that I felt would be more competitive and more likely to show up. At this point, I had to not invite Leon back to the team. This sounds bad, but we’ll circle around. 

Fall ball that year was starting to get better. Were we competitive? Not really-but at least I only had to find usually one sub a week as opposed to 3. But during these 2 seasons, I really started to make connections and people were starting to ask to be part of my team. 

2015 all year (spring, summer and fall) was the same. We started doing some tournaments and networking more. 2015 was a fun year but I still had to be honest with myself, I wasn’t happy. It’s not an insult to anybody, everybody was great. I loved that team. But I'm competitive but not crazy competitive. What I mean by this, if I was going to play softball, I wanted to play softball. If I wanted to drink, I would go to a bar. I had fun hanging out with everybody but the competitive side of me hated losing because half my team would rather drink than play. So I started internal discussions with myself on what I could do. 

Thanks to all of my network, by the time 2016 came around, I was able to put out a competitiveish co-ed team. I had a couple girls--Angie and Sandy who were absolute beasts. And my guy pool was getting deep. I had to start turning away guys who wanted to play. Finally, it dawned on me, do 2 leagues. Men’s and co-ed. Before I knew it, I was running 2 teams. Now we’re going to take s quick break to teach a very valuable business lesson. 

Prior to 2016, my team had been the Grand Salamis. But after a discussion Sarah Kennedy suggested we rebrand the team Casey’s Kids. At he time it wasn’t thrilled, but everybody loved it so it was sold. Anyways, the business lesson.. with the new branding, we needed new jerseys. So I went my shirt guy. He had made 2 other jerseys for us previously and I felt good about his business. I made a big order as I needed jerseys for co-ed’s and men’s. Made the order and decided like an idiot-- to pay the whole bill instead of the half that was required. Needless to say, he went out of business and I never got our jerseys or the money back. My naiveness cost me $450. But I always admit my mistakes so I still refunded all my players. They trusted me with their money so I had to come thru. Since I couldn’t get jerseys I knew I had to repay them and I did. So important lesson, never pay the whole bill until delivery of the product. I knew that but I trusted the dude. Lesson learned now though. 

By the end of 2016, I was really starting to get burned out. Honestly, I knew whaat I had to do. I had to drop co-ed. 2 reasons-- 1. every week I had to find replacements. I sleep in late so my window to find subs was smaller than it would be for most. I couldn’t spend 4 hours every Friday on Facebook looking for subs. B. Competitiveness. I’m not trying to bad talk anybody, I enjoyed our parking lot gatherings, but the competitor in me wanted a team who wanted to win as bad as I did. Now, I’m not saying I have too win in order to be happy. I grew up in Ark City, I got use to losing, so I’m alright with that. But what I am not alright with is laughing and drinking while we get beat by double digits. 

After some soul searching and talking to some of my more connected players--Cory Skov, Braylan Nussbaum and Kelly Webster, I was convinced I could make a men’s league team that had the same principals as I did. But before I would go all in, I was willing to give co-ed one more chance. But the end of spring ball, I was finally washing my hands of co-ed. It just wasn’t making me happy. So that summer I put together a team with a lot of help from the 3 before mentioned players. I finally felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Even though it was my team, others like the mentioned, would help me find subs if we needed. I finally had guys who wanted to win. Now 2017 was a year to get my footing. Wichita softball does a real bad job of separating rec and competitive. You might think you're rec, which we were, but due to no separation-- you get to play competitive teams. We could beat and hang with half the league, but the other half would embarrass us. 

Now we enter 2018. I am now determined to build a true contender. Spring ball was a disaster, I was still trying to recover from my sickness in March, and we had so many rainouts. We played all the way into summer. With all this going on, I able to take care of myself because I knew my players would take care of themselves, and they did. Whenever you have as many rainouts as we did, you can expect quite a few players missing make up games. With this came the opportunity to find new players. These new players would mesh right away and were asking if they could play summer ball with us. For the first time in Men’s I had too many players. It is a nice problem to have. Not only did I have too many, I now had great players. Now summer league we finished 14-2, with only 2 losses coming to the team that won the league. Unfortunately, both times we played them, we were severely undermanned as I was still having health issues and missed quite a bit of the season. When I miss, Rush has to miss as well. I was finally happy with my softball product. But then I had to make the toughest decision I have made when dealing with softball. I knew I had to take fall ball off so I could focus on my health and more importantly Spinraza treatments. It was hard to do this because I didn't want to lose my team. 

This brings me to today. By the time January rolled around, I had both Braylan and Stewart asking me if I was going to do softball again. I was really starting to get my strength back so I said if we can get enough guys--heck yeah! And just like that-- everybody that had played with me sometime the year before, was back again. We even added a couple of guys. It really touches my heart that this team and all these great players --who I'm sure were asked by others-- wanted to wait and play for me. This team is special, let me introduce you to everybody. 

Left to right. Cody Knuth, Braylan Nussbaum, Sean Zuniga, Tane Murphy, Stewart Jordan Hoover, Cory Rush, Josh Tucker, Alex Cavender, Kelly Webster, Lyle Powers and Brandon McBeth. Not pictured is Cory Skov and Vincent DeLaurentis. We will also be picking up Andrew Tapia, Ryan Westmoreland, Danny Rodriguez, Zac Villalpando and Brad Perkins for Summer Ball. With this group we are going back to 2 leagues. Friday and Sundays. To say the least my weekend starting in June will be booked. I wouldn’t have it any other way. 

Now the jerseys I have had a lot of comments on how good they look. The credit goes to Braylan all the way. After my dealings back in 2016, I haven’t had the courage to try and order jerseys again. Thankfully, Braylan stepped up. He knew a guy who could do it and Braylan designed them and got them made. I know people not even on the team have asked about them. If you want to order one, let Braylan or I know and I’ll see what we can do. 

Now, another circle back, the team name. When Sarah came up with it, I know it was out of respect and I really do appreciate it but being a disabled individual, sometimes I get unwanted attention or respect. What I mean by this- I want to be just one of the guys. Not necessarily the inspiration. For those of you not in this position will think that sounds like a jerk thing to say, I’m not trying to be a jerk, I totally understand the respect and I appreciate that. Its just sometimes how I feel. Now that I got that off my chest, I am so thankful for this name now. I truly feel this is my team. We are now a family. We all get along with each other. In between games we are all together hanging out, not going our separate ways. This makes me so proud to call this group my kids lol. I don’t know how that works for Lyle since he’s way older than me, sorry-- I had to. 

Before I end this, I want to reiterate the 3 life lessons. 1. The simple one, don’t make payment until you receive the goods. B. Don’t be afraid of chasing your happiness. I knew I wasn't happy when it started so I made the right moves to get me there. Along the way I might have made a few people upset and for that I am truly sorry. Now I'm not saying forget everyone else, do you-- no, you should always be nice to others but sometimes you have to worry about your own feelings too and make adjustments. Just try to do it in a honorable way and be sure to apologize if feelings are hurt. III. Family. Its the greatest thing we have. They’re the ones that will be there the most when you need them. Don’t be afraid to have multiple families. I do. I have 3 and I love them all. Thank you guys for becoming part of my family. I can’t wait to win our first championship this summer. No pressure lol. 

I’ll be back next with who knows. Hopefully my Avs can bounce back and win the next 3 games. Everyone have a good first weekend of May and don't forget to watch the Kentucky Derby.