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generalllimaginesss · 3 months

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Here’s a little piece based on Megan Moroney’s song Reasons to Stay.

Warnings: angsty bf! Jack, toxic relationship (you can usually tell if I’m depressed or not based on what I post lmao), but like this is really really toxic so don’t read if that’s a trigger for you. I think I made myself go crazy while rereading it.

Reasons to Stay

I asked Jesus for a sign

And today I haven’t cried

It’s only 2 p.m. but that beats yesterday

So I guess that’s a reason to stay

The status of having an NHL boyfriend was alluring to a lot of girls. The fame was something that always felt new, thousands of people, strangers, screaming the name that you hold near and dear to your heart. The money eased the fear of bills and gave a freedom the average person would never experience in their lifetime. The influence that you hold as a WAG always playing in the back of your mind anytime your finger hovered over a button to post a picture, wondering if the caption was classy enough to hold your status.

The truth is that looks can be deceiving. The girls that threw themselves at Jack made for a constant state of insecurities to pool in your brain, sloshing around anytime Jack was home late or turned his location off. The money bought things that made you smile, a Louis Vuitton here, a Mercedes there, but the feeling of being in debt to the man that let hate spew from his mouth anytime you accidentally stepped out of line pulled at your being, anxiety grasping at the freedom, one not capable of being present without the other.

Was it really freedom?

Was it the price of freedom?

Maybe.

Maybe the price was the amount of tears that flowed when he rejected an outfit for you to wear.

“You’re not leaving in that. I don’t date sluts and that makes you look like one,” his reasoning rang, slicing through your ears and bouncing around anytime you bought clothes.

Today was a good day, though.

He had kissed you goodbye, asking if you would be making dinner tonight.

He’d be home tonight, you thought, willing yourself to think positive and fighting against the urge to dwell on the fact that he had come home with a hickey the night prior. He insisted it was a hickey, but you weren’t too sure about that.

But he’s yours tonight, that’s all that matters. That keeps you going; the possibility that tomorrow he will be yours is your driving thought. So you went about your day as if the life you were living were a dream and that you were living the life as the girlfriend of a famous hockey player who made millions.

Maybe it’s normal to have to be small. Maybe you just have to compensate for the huge platform that he had. He had earned it after all.

Seriously, what did you do other than keep the house tidy and go to his games? That’s normal….right?

You just had to tell yourself that it would be ok. It would be harder and messier to leave than try to push through.

And when you’re drunk at 3 a.m.

You don’t call your ex-girlfriend

It’s been a couple months since you

Brought up her name.

So I guess that’s a reason to stay.

The guys had gone out after a win, guys only. No girlfriends or wives. That’s what Jack said, at least. They were celebrating the guys achievements, some records broken, and it was just for them.

That was fine with you. He had an amazing game: his second hatty of his career. He needed a night to let off some steam and just be a boy.

The picture of him and Nico with Jack’s ex looming in the background was just a coincidence, yeah? Jack said she was a puck bunny, so she’s probably just going from guy to guy.

As soon as he walked through the door, the smell of bourbon wafted through the air, attaching itself to every air molecule in the apartment and meeting you like a familiar friend. This wasn’t the first time he had come home in this state. It wasn’t even the 5th or 6th.

“You’re up,” Jack’s words were slower than normal, the effort to produce the words coherently proving to be more tasking than normal. He took in the view of you curled up in an Ugg blanket on the plush cushions of the couch, noticing the lines that the tears had been drawing for the past hour. He took note, but not responsibility. He told you where he was and what he was doing, no harm no foul.

“Just couldn’t go to sleep,” Your voice was weakened, something you despised about yourself. You used to view yourself as strong and independent. Sticking up for what was right was was something you took pride in, but being in a relationship with Jack had slowly chipped away at that, so nonchalantly that you were the skeleton of who you once were before you could do anything about it.

Jack’s balance teetered from the left to the right, making a ship at sea during a storm look like a walk through the park. He stumbled as he tried to take his shoes off, a cue that you learned meant you needed to help him.

He did so much for you, so would it really be awful to just help him out?

As you slipped one AirForce off, you took notice of the bruises that feathered his legs, probably from the intense game tonight.

You could feel courage bubble, coming to a boil before you made your next statement, “I noticed your ex in a picture that Nico posted…what’s that about?”

“Baby,” He slurred, attempting to tuck a strand of your hair behind your ear but pulling it instead, kissing your forehead after you winced at the tension. “You’re the only one that matters,” And with that he sucked you right back into his intoxicating blue eyes. They held a secret confession of his love for you. One that only you could see and he could feel.

But you don’t try like you used to

You don’t look at me the same

You used to say you’re sorry, now

Whiskey’s what you blame

How much can a heart take

‘Til it’s really your last chance

I’m a giver, but I’ve given all I can

We both know that I ain’t one to walk away

But I’m runnin’ out of reasons to stay

Things hadn’t always been like this.

Jack hadn’t always been like this.

He used to surprise you at work with two dozen roses, or wrote sweet love notes on sticky notes and stuck them to your vanity. He used to put in effort.

He used to want you.

What were you thinking, of course he still wanted you. He wouldn’t be in a relationship with you for the whole world to see if he didn’t want you, right?

He hadn’t bought flowers in a long time, though, and the sticky notes had slowly made their way to a drawer for safekeeping, none there to replace them. The vanity was bare, loneliness radiating from it every time you passed it, the feeling resonating in your soul.

It was as lonely as you.

Jack had come home drunk again last night, the smell of the liquor laced the words he shot at you with a poison that made them burn when they hit you. Everything that came out of his mouth felt like lashes against your skin.

“You’re so fucking boring, Y/N! You think you’re so perfect and you’re not! You think you’re better than everybody around you, but you’re not! You’re a fucking bitch, you cunt!”

He went on like that for at least an hour, going on and on about how he deserved better, how he could have anybody he wanted but settled for you.

It hurt even worse because it was so untrue. You battled with yourself for years because you compared yourself to those around you constantly. Jack knew this. He had been there for your breakdowns when your family had made you feel like a disappointment, or when you never thought you would be as pretty or talented as the other girls in the hockey scene.

Did he just forget this?

How were you going to smooth this over with him?

It felt like all you did was make excuses for him just to be able to live with him.

Why?

How did he completely change you? Wreck you? He had gutted out who you once were and left the bare beams that held you up. He had conditioned you to allow him chance after chance, no matter how bad he had fucked up.

And you just let him.

As the sun played a game of peekaboo through the curtains, you had made up your mind that you couldn’t justify the way he was treating you anymore. It was wrong.

The smell of bacon and eggs lured you into the kitchen to see him shirtless, standing over the stove as he busied himself with making breakfast. His back muscles flexed as he maneuvered about the stove. He looked perfect, as if he hadn’t verbally assaulted you and your character last night.

Before you could say anything, he had sensed that he was being watched, catching a glimpse of you as he turned his head slightly to the left.

“Morning. Didn’t wake you up, did I?” His voice was raspy, probably from partying for most of the night, but it sounded like he cared. It was refreshing.

“N-no. Um, I just felt like I should get up,” Reassuring him felt like an attempt to just keep the peace. Don’t say anything to set him off, don’t be combative. He’s cooking breakfast for you, so everything’s ok.

“Good. Hey, about last night…I’ll be honest I don’t remember what I said, but if it was bad it was just from me drinking too much. The boys may have gotten me to drink more than I normally do…” he trailed off as he plated the breakfast he had made for you, placing it on a placemat at the bar and pouring a cup of coffee for you, 3 creams and 2 sugars.

He remembered.

“Yeah, don’t worry about it,” You walked to the bar taking a seat.

The morning consisted of the two of you genuinely enjoying the presence of the other, catching up on what’s going on in each other’s lives and promising to not let it get this way anymore.

Before Jack left for practice, he had placed a kiss to your lips ever so gently, “I love you,” he whispered, his voice soft and sweet.

How was this the same Jack from last night?

You were sure that you had to be going crazy.

If I go find somebody new

I’d lose your mom and sister too

You know me and how much I hate change

So I guess that’s a reason to stay

And I ain’t perfect either, we all make mistakes

But that don’t change

The Michigan sunset was absolutely breathtaking. The orange and purple hues painting a picture so perfect that it could never be replicated on a canvas. The distant sounds of the guys on the lake could be heard in the distance, the chill of the wind carrying the hoots and hollers from the water to you and Ellen, sitting on the deck attached to the back of the house.

The smell of the deck and the sound of the hundreds of frogs from the water felt like a dream, one that you never wanted to wake up from.

“Jack would probably kill me if he heard me say this, but I really hope you two get married soon. I’d love to have you as my daughter, you know? These boys are a lot sometimes…” Ellen chuckled as she nodded to the boys in the distance.

The comment caught you off guard, a response in favor felt forced, but how were you supposed to tell her that her son was making your life a living hell?

“You’d have to take that up with him,” You smiled at her, not revealing the relationship that was slowly eating away at you.

“I promised to never pressure them to do something that they weren’t ready for, so I’ll let him choose the right time. I just know we all love you. Anytime the other two call home they always ask how you’re doing. I know they talk to Jack about you, too. We didn’t think he’d ever be ready to settle down with a girlfriend, much less one as amazing as you,” She went on, pulling her jacket tighter around her as the absence of the sun left goosebumps on her skin.

“It’s getting cold out here, let’s head inside and you can help me make dinner. I believe we have some wine if you’d like some,” She stood up and headed to the kitchen, waiting for you to follow suite, you smiled.

It was almost a sad smile, grateful that even though Jack wasn’t the man he should’ve been for you, his family loved you. They made you feel safe and loved. They were a safe haven from the toxic tendencies that Jack had taken up when the two of you were in New Jersey.

“I’d love that, Ellen.”

The sound of bare feet padding rapidly against the blades of grass that ran from the dock to the deck made you and Ellen turn your heads towards the window, watching on as Quinn, Luke, and Jack were racing towards the house.

Luke won, his long legs giving him an unfair advantage against his shorter counterparts. Quinn came in second as Jack has tripped over himself.

“What’s for dinner?” Luke panted, reaching for a water bottle out of the fridge and attempting to sit on the couch.

“You’ll find out after you change out of your wet swim trunks,” Ellen gave him a stern look, him raising his arms in defense as he left to go to his room for dry clothes.

You felt an arm snake around your waist, the smell of lake water and sunscreen following behind it. At first you jumped, worried that you had done something wrong.

He chuckled at the sudden movement, not realizing that he was the problem.

“Jumpy, are we?”

You smiled, trying to not cause an issue with him.

“Sorry. Wasn’t expecting you to be so cold,” You felt nasty as you lied through your teeth.

After a few minutes, he finally decided to retreat to the shower to wash the day off of him. You took in your surroundings while he was away.

Quinn and Luke played the Xbox while Ellen prepared the vegetables for dinner and Jim smoked the meat outside. You had been loving this family for years now. You and Ellen had become so close, easily somebody you loved as if she were your own mother.

Jack wouldn’t be the only person that you would have to let go of if you were to leave. As much as you loved his family, it was only natural for them to take his side, something that you understood and admired. You could only wish somebody would take up for you no matter what, and he had 4 people willing to do that for him.

You couldn’t imagine the thought of having to start over with somebody new, having to meet their parents for the first time and being disappointed that they weren’t Ellen and Jim. Being disappointed that their siblings wouldn’t pay the extra money when they accidentally forgot to keep your Snapchat streak going since it was almost 4 years long. Quinn and Luke texted you almost as often as they texted Jack. You were like their sister.

The thought of starting over was enough to have tears stinging at the corner of your eyes. Whatever Jack had done, you couldn’t expect him to be perfect. He’s human, after all. You’d stay if it meant you could keep the Hughes in your life.

I'm runnin' out of patience

Damn, I hate to say it

I'm runnin' out of patience and grace and at the end of the day

Findin' last resort reasons we're okay

Ain't a good reason to stay

“Jack you have purple bruises all on your fucking neck! How stupid do you think I am?!” You barked at him as he sat on the couch facing you.

“Stupid enough to think this is the first time this has happened,” His smug smirk and body language made you want to hurt him. You wanted to hurt him as bad as he’s hurt you for so long now.

“I hate you. I fucking hate you, Jack Hughes. You are the most disgusting person I have ever met and I hope your life becomes a living hell that you can never get out of,” The words came out calmly despite their harsh meaning. It was eerie, making the hairs on Jack’s neck stand up.

“Where do you think you’re going,” He watched as you made your way to the shared bedroom, hearing the sound of a suitcase zipper open.

He jumped up, heading straight for you, but froze as he watched you throw clothes into the suitcase. When that one became full you found another one to shove your clothes into, until the only things left were things you didn’t normally wear.

“What are you doing?” He spat, realizing that the grip he had on you was being relinquished.

“What does it fucking look like? I’m done. I’ve gone crazy trying to love you and I want out. I can’t do this anymore!” You tried to yell, but your throat constricted as it tried its best to sob. You refused to give him the satisfaction of seeing you like that, though. He had put you in this state of survival long enough.

“You’re going to regret this…” He trailed off, following you as you threw everything into your car.

“Maybe so, Jack. But I will never regret it as much as I regret falling in love with you. You are an awful person, and I hope everybody will see that one day,” You slammed the door shut and put the car in reverse.

As you made your way down the driveway and street, Jack’s figure became smaller and smaller. Nobody would ever make you feel this way ever again, and you felt sorry for whoever fell into the trap that is Jack Hughes after you.

HAHA IM SO SORRY!! Also this in no way reflects who Jack is in real life because I, obviously, don’t know him personally. This was so bad though, so I’m actually really sorry.

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odxrilove · 1 year

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☆ VERNON BOYFRIEND HABITS

pairing: vernon x reader

genre: headcannons, fluff, established relationship

a/n: 5th part of the seventeen boyfriend habits series (requested) !! sent an ask to suggest the next member! ask to be on the taglist or fill out the form!

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☆ covers your lap with his jacket whenever you wear skirts or dresses

vernon isn’t the jealous type, he never ever even thought he would be that type. he lets you wear whatever you want, doesn't get angry at you for having guy friends and doesn’t even blink an eye when one of his band members greets you with an arm thrown over your shoulder. but the one time he felt a bit of jealousy creep up was when you two were going home by metro after a party and this guy sitting opposite of you two was eyeing your naked legs and short skirt continuously and with no shame. vernon nearly wanted to land a punch when the creepy guy licked his lips, but how could he when you looked at him with those pretty pleading eyes of yours. so your boyfriend only took off his jacket, covering your lap with the clothing, making sure you were as comfortable as possible as he kept an eye on the guy, glaring at him from time to time and holding you close to him in a protective manner. now, his jackets always cover your lap when you wear dresses or skirts, the warm material keeping you comfy.

☆ traces little hearts on your skin when his hand is on your thigh

vernon is always doing something with his hand, specifically his fingers. as a man with a passion for music, he always taps his fingers on whatever surface he can find. at first, it was a table or a counter, or a railing, or even his own phone sometimes. but now that you two started dating, he quickly caught himself using your thigh as surface, the skin soft under his finger tips. you didn’t mind any bit and redirected his hand to your thigh when he pulled back in embarrassment. you think it’s nice to feel the soft tapping of his fingers on your skin, even more so when he pats and squeezes your thigh right after as thank you. but you think that what you love the most about it is the little shapes he often draws when he’s thinking about something. he would sometimes stop in the middle of tapping and draw little hearts on your skin, and the first time he did it, shivers ran down your spine.

☆ always makes you listen to his music first

music is a very important aspect in vernon’s life. it’s his passion, his studies, his job, his career. vernon isn’t vernon without his music, it’s a well known fact. another fact is that you are a very important part of his life too. you’re his partner, one of his biggest supporters, the person he cherishes and wants to share his life with. it’s beautiful how grateful vernon is for you and he couldn’t think of any way he would be able to repay you for the years of support you’ve given him. so, in his mind, the least he could do is show you how much you inspire him, how much he loves you. you’re always the first one to hear his music, the first one he calls over to the studio when he’s finished writing or producing a song. the first time he made you listen to a new song of his, shyly placing his headphones on your head, he tried to explain the song was for you and you only, to thank you for staying by his side. to this day, that special song is still your most played by his.

☆ sharing earphones while walking and holding hands

like i mentioned before, music is very important for vernon. he couldn’t spend a day without listening to music, it’s like a drug to him. to fuel his very impressive but scary music obsession, he has a giant collection of headphones, earphones and walkmans. some are old, borderline prehistoric, some were gifts from when he was young and some are new; it’s a very diverse collection and he’s very proud of it. however, between all his headphones, earphones, walkmans and music players, vernon has one item he cherishes the most. it’s the most boring pair of earphones to exist, a simple white one with no buttons to change the volume or pause the song. it’s his favorite because it’s what you two use to listen to music while walking around the city, swinging your interlocked hands together back and forth on the beat. but it was also the earphones he wore when he first saw you, and it was the earphones that were in his pocket when you shared a first kiss.

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yuna542 · 1 year

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Connected (OT8 x reader)

Part 2 <-

Part 3

Pairing: Chan x Reader + hardcore Felix Fluff

Genre: Fluff

Warnings: big Fluff, Suggestive stuff

Word Count: 2.8k

Note: So I‘m getting into tumblr and learn every few seconds new stuff. Still confused btw. So here we go with an other Part. Have fun! Who doesn‘t love a good slow burn?

On your first day of your new job as the personal manager of Stray Kids, you didn't expect to be standing in front of the man you made out with last night in a club. But it soon becomes clear that the Stray Kids don't just want you as their manager.

Will this passionate arrangement end your career?

The months flew by and you had learned more in a very short time than ever before in your life.

It turned out that you had a hidden talent for the job. You were able to remember all the dates, appointments and important facts without any problems, got to know important contacts in no time and soon knew every detail about the history of Stray Kids.

In the first few months the guys helped you extremely to immerse yourself in the K-Pop world and even though it was very different from the media world in America, your experience helped immensely. Your contacts around the world were also an advantage for JYP Entertainment. Especially when it came to planning future projects and concerts abroad.

It didn't take long for a friendly relationship to develop between you and the kids. It was unavoidable, after all you were the same age and the boys were so charming that it couldn't leave anyone distant. They did not attach importance to a professional relationship and loved it just to have fun and tease each other all the time.

Each one had his own charm and you admired not only their talent, but also their enormous amount of work and drive they put into every little detail of their career.

You quickly realized that they were like brothers to each other as well, and especially through Chan, you got to know many stories from their trainee-days.

The night at the club has remained unmentioned ever since. As if it had never happened, but you couldn't stop the memories from playing like a movie in front of your inner eye when Chan came into your office with a warm smile, when he stretched out on the sofa in the studio, or when he kept looking at you to see if you liked his concepts for new songs.

To be honest, you had already become a huge fan of their music in the first few days and the fact that they produced everything themselves was even more impressive.

Chan still went out of his way to make you feel welcome and although it was your job to make sure everything went smoothly and without a hitch for the guys, it was him who was constantly concerned about your well-being.

It was Monday morning when you walked into your office with your eyes on the schedule for today. You set the Ipad down on your desk and sighed because of the huge amount of work, that heads in-front of you. The Comeback of Straykids was planned to take place in a few month and you would have to get a lot of thing done, before that could happen. When you lifted your eyes, you couldn't help but grin.

Like every morning, there was a steaming mug of coffee on your desk.

It had started when Felix had seemingly casually asked how you liked your coffee best.

Chan had been sitting at his laptop with thick headphones on his ears. Which is exactly why you were even more surprised when there had been a matcha latte macchiato on your table the next morning and Chan was the only one already in the building.

It was always like that. The leader was the first one in the studio early in the morning and usually the last one to leave. You were sure by now that he often didn't even go home at all.

Just as you took a sip of the hot coffee, a message popped up on your phone.

"The song is ready. Wanna hear it first?"

Immediately, you jumped up and ran to Chan in the studio. He was sitting in his chair and turned to you when you walked in.

He had a mug of black coffee in front of him as well, and smiled broadly when he saw the mug he bought you in your hand.

"Good morning, beautiful", he chirped.

"Morning, Channie. Already working?", you asked and he nodded sleepy.

"I also tried the one with matcha powder today because you're so excited about it“, he said as you dropped down on the sofa behind him.

"So?", you asked eagerly, clasping the warm cup with both hands.

Along the way, you slipped off your black pumps and pulled your legs up to get comfortable on the sofa. When it was just you and the boys, nothing felt like work and they had made sure you could completely relax in their presence.

It was nice to see that they trusted you too and were themselves when you are together.

Chan scrunched his nose and turned all the way around to face you.

"It tastes horrible. How can you drink that?"

You furrowed your eyebrows and pointed at his half-empty cup.

"That didn't stop you from drinking it!"

"Caffeine is caffeine.“

Chan leaned back and clasped his hands behind his head.

As he did, you looked at him properly for the first time today. His hair was curly and a complete mess. There were dark circles under his eyes and he looked exhausted.

Your eyes wandered over the empty ramen cups and water bottles that were all over his desk.

"Channie, have you been here all night again?", you asked cautiously, setting the cup down on the table.

He rubbed his eyes with the heels of his hands and yawned in confirmation.

"Jisung sent me his part yesterday and it took me all night to revise the track. But now it's finished."

Worried you pressed your lips together and sighed.

"I know! Don't look at me like that and don't say it! Please."

But you said it anyway:

"Chan, you need to sleep more and take a break too!"

„It's funny, that you say that“, he muttered when he had already turned back to his screen.

"Excuse me?", you asked, and he glanced over his shoulder.

"You didn't get out of your office until midnight last night. You think I wouldn‘t notice?"

"Are you stalking me, you creep?"

He couldn't hold back his laughter now and clicked on a file on his laptop.

"You wish. You would like that, huh?"

Now you had to laugh, too.

"Really charming."

He winked cheekily at you over his shoulder and his courser hovered over the play button for what seemed like an eternity now.

"What's on the schedule today?", he asked after a few seconds, and that's when you couldn't help but grab a pillow and throw it at his head.

"Stop stalling for time! If you don't show me the song right now, I'm going to kill you! Seriously Chris!“

He knew that if you said his name like that again he could not refuse you a single wish. Chan put the pillow in his lap and squinted his eyes as he finally started the song.

You couldn't understand why he always were so nervous before he showed you some of his work. He and the other guys were real geniuses when it came to creating music out of thin air.

The beat was fast but melodic and when the first rap part of Changbin started, you were already excited.

The hook was already catchy after the second repetition and every single line was again something special.

By the time the song was over, Chan had pressed the pillow against his face as if he couldn't stand your reaction.

It was cute that he seemed to care so much about your opinion, even though millions of people loved what he created.

Carefully, he lowered the pillow and looked at you in fear.

"What do you think?", he asked, and you leaned back on the couch.

"Please be honest!"

Briefly, you paused and looked at him. His hopeful face was so cute that you had to look at the floor to keep from staring.

"It's okay", you replied, crossing your arms unimpressed.

Chan looked like he was going to cry at any moment and gripped the pillow so tightly that his knuckles stood out white.

"Okay?", he repeated back to you, and you immediately felt sorry for him as he looked disappointedly at his screen, as if he could figure out the mistake that way.

"Maybe I should have arranged the first part differently.... If I..."

At that point, you couldn't take it anymore and started to bursted out laughing. Without understanding, he looked at you again.

"I'm just messing with you! This song is amazing. I want to hear it again."

Chan now looked completely confused and didn't quite realize what you were saying yet. He was clearly too tired and you felt guilty for playing with his emotions like that.

At least until the corners of his mouth lifted dangerously.

"You really are unbelievable...", he muttered and you tried to avoid grinning like an idiot.

"Are you serious? You like it?"

"Yes. This is really extremely good, Chan! Can we hear it again?"

"For you to play with my feelings like that..."

Now he finally seemed to believe you, but before you could get to safety, he had jumped up out of his chair and tossed the pillow aside. A challenging glint entered his eyes and you got goosebumps right away.

"What are you up to?", you asked, looking up at him in intimidation.

"You almost broke my heart! You'll get that back!", he said, grinning like a menace. Wide-eyed, you slid back, but he was already leaning over you, pinching your sides.

You tried to fight off his hands, but since you were way too ticklish and he was much stronger, you just squirmed under him giggling and already had tears in your eyes.

Seungmin had found out by accident that you were extremely ticklish when he had teased you and lightly pinched your side. You had let out a squeak that silenced even Han's torrent of words. Since then, Chan and Han especially liked to take advantage of that.

"Stop it, please!", you pleaded, chuckling and pressing your back harder into the back of the sofa, but Chan was clearly enjoying your suffering and grinning wickedly.

"Then apologize!" he said, pinching your side again.

You gasped with laughter and shook your head.

"No way!"

"Then I won't stop."

Desperately, you grabbed his wrist and actually managed to pull him off his feet with one tug. What you didn't consider was that he was now falling on top of you.

At the last moment he caught himself next to your head and you stared at each other, startled.

Your heart hammered wildly in your chest as now suddenly his lips hovered just a finger's width in front of yours, his body was tight against yours and you felt the fabric of his pants against your inner thighs.

His eyes also wandered aimlessly through your face until they lingered on your lips.

Your breath stopped and you had to think again about that night at the club when you both didn't know who the other was.

Your hand was still grabbing his wrist and even though he had been working all night, he smelled like soap and woodsy perfume.

"Chan“, was the only thing you managed to say as his breath bounced against your lips. A Deja-vu rolled over you and he probably felt the same way. His chest was pressed against yours, so you could feel his heartbeat racing.

Then suddenly the door handle was pushed down and you scattered apart as fast as startled pigeons.

Your heart was pounding in your ears and you tugged your skirt back into place, which had slipped all the way up your legs.

Changbin was standing in the middle of the room, looking back and forth between Chan and you in confusion because of the strange silence.

Chan, meanwhile, was sitting back in his chair, his face pale as if he had seen a ghost.

"Am I interrupting something?", Changbin asked, and you both shook your heads vehemently.

"No! Not at all!", you quickly said and grabbed your coffee to give your nervous hands something to do.

Shortly after Changbin, Jisung, Hyunjin and Jeongin also arrived, they listened to the finished song as well, meanwhile you remained silent, trying to find a explanation for what had almost happened just then.

If Changbin hadn't interrupted you, what would have happened? This time you had been sober, and yet it had just happened.

It wasn't supposed to happen. After all, you were working for Chan. JYP himself would kill each of you if they would know just a bit of what had happened and even more if they knew about the unholy thoughts wandering around your head.

At some point, you felt a hand brush your knee and looked into Hyunjin's worried eyes.

"Are you all right?", he asked quietly.

Briefly, you looked to Chan, who was discussing another song with Jisung and Jeongin. Your eyes met for a moment, but you quickly looked away and put on a carefree smile.

"It's all right, Jinnie! I'm just a little tired."

Hyunjin frowned and looked less than convinced. To reassure him, you put a hand on his and squeezed it gently.

Glancing at your phone, you stood up and that's when the conversation in the room fell silent.

"I need to get back to work. Chan will you send me the finished song so we can work on the concept?", you asked monotonously.

Chan nodded curtly.

"Sure."

The tension in the air was thick and the others looked back and forth between you two in confusion. Then you left the room and, to your good fortune, your phone rang.

Thanks to talking to the choreographer about the new dances for the comeback, you were able to distract yourself for quite a while.

Later that day, there was a knock on your door. You looked up from the email you were writing to one of the makeup artists who was up for selection to come on tour with the kids.

Felix waved in greeting, putting a smile right on your face.

"Hey," he said, standing in front of the table.

"Hey, Lix," you mumbled tiredly, brushing the hair out of your face.

"Hyunjin told me you behaved a little weird earlier. Are you okay?"

You closed your eyes for a moment and smiled. Hyunjin and Felix could both sense from miles away when something was wrong. It was always remarkable how observant they both were of the people surrounding them.

"I'm just tired."

"Then take a break! We ordered food and we all want to relax together in the practice room. Come on, it'll be fun!"

"I know what you're trying to do. But I really have a lot to do."

"You're always making sure I don't overwork myself and that it doesn't get too much for me. Now I want to take care of you. You need a break too!"

When you made no move to get up, he came around the table and took your hands in his. Gently he pulled you to your feet and wrapped his arms around your waist to hug you tightly.

Oddly enough, that was exactly what you had needed just then. Felix's body heat and pleasant scent allowed you to breathe a sigh of relief at that moment, and you no longer felt as crushed as you had all day.

He rested his chin on your shoulder as you returned the hug and wrapped your arms around his neck.

"You don't have to say what's wrong. We just want you to feel better“, he murmured empathetically, stroking his hands over your back. His touch was so intimate, yet full of respect, that it took your breath away. As before with Chan, you simply felt comfortable in Felix's arms. As you break away from him with a heavy sigh, you continue to keep your arms wrapped around his neck. He also continues to hold you by the waist and only through this you feel upright again. His eyes look warmly at you and a gentle smile spreads across your lips.

"Thank you, Lixie. I needed that."

"I know."

His empathy was from another world. It was comfortable to be so close to him, tightly pressed at each other and your faces just a hand's width apart. His eyes began to roam over your face as his hands stroked up your sides a little.

"You're very important to me...to us“, he said in his deep voice, which immediately caused a flutter in your stomach.

In response, you gave him a kiss on the cheek, which made him freeze. It had happened simply because you could not express in words your gratitude for him. It was just a quick kiss, but Felix's body was suddenly tense. He had to swallow as his gaze wandered down and caught at your cleavage. He quickly stared at your face, caught, and his cheeks turned rosy. With a clearing of his throat, he carefully let go of you.

"Are you coming with me?"

With a warm feeling in your stomach, you finally nodded.

"Only if there's sushi!"

Relieved, he laughed and took your hand.

"Anything you want.“

His fingers intertwined with yours and he pulled you with him.

->Part 4

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Hi! Can you please write headcanons for BTS members where they overhear that a txt member has a crush on their crush? They get jealous and insecure because reader is close to their age, so they don't confess because of this reason but tries to distance reader from them. Thank you ❤️ ❤️

BTS Getting Jealous of Readers Relationship with TXT

{A/N;Hellloooo, so for context, reader is an idol and has a flirty relationship with the member. I'm assuming you mean that the reader is close to TXT's ages, so I'll guess around like 2000? For Jin and Yoongi it'd be weird to go any younger than that imo so the set age is like 2000/01 for all members. Some of these are confessions, some aren't. Like I said, age ranges are tricky so idk, like for the maknae line it was fine because they'd be only 3-5 years younger (if its 2000) so it's not a problem. Hope you enjoy :)}

*Honestly, the rest are mid, just skip to JK for some drama*

Jin;

Jin had met you backstage at an award show

You immediately became friendly

This was further amplified by the fact that you needed up being on a few of the same variety shows

So Jin had thought that everything was going well

Problem was that you were a bit younger than him

8 years to be exact

So he thought it was kind of weird at first to be anything more than friends with you

Your company had ended up being bought by HYBE

So Jin had started to run into you around the building a lot more often

But that also meant that you'd be around other groups a lot more often

This included TXT

You had filmed a promotional dance challenge with TXT for your comeback and had become pretty friendly with Soobin

Jin didn't think anything of it and to him he SHOULDN'T care, right?

So he forgot about it for awhile

But then one day BTS and TXT sat down together

(idk where just go with it lol)

And you know...everyone starts to gossip

And Hoseok was like, "So...you guys got anyone special in mind???"

And TXT being in the presence of their seniors are like "😳"

But the Yeonjun being himself, blabs

"Soobin thinks Y/n is hot"

Now Jin

Jinnnnnnnn

Why would he have beef with a dude 8 years younger than him?

But you know he's thinking in his head, "Pfffpt, as if he has a chance"

And his face on the outside is like this, "🥸", but on the inside he's a bit of a combination of, "🤬&😨"

But as I said, he knew that you'd #1; Probably be more comfortable with someone like Soobin and #2; Be safer getting a relationship exposed with someone like Soobin because you're the same age and it would probably be 5% less of a scandal.

So, he kinda watched from the background for a few weeks

Noticed how you acted around Soobin and noticed that you seemed happy with him

But you noticed that Jin had become distant

You'd see him around and he'd find a way to get out of having a conversation with you

So one day, you confronted him

"Did I do something wrong?", you asked him one day as you passed each other in the hallway.

Jin stopped walking and turned around to face you. He looked at you for a minute, silent, not knowing what to say.

He hadn't expected you to notice the change in behavior

It broke his heart to distance himself from you but he didn't now how to get over his feelings for you.

"No, it's just..."

"What Jin?"

"I've been going through some things lately, it's nothing personal"

He just couldn't do it.

Yoongi:

You had been an idol under BigHit

The first few years, the two of you didn't interact much

Most likely because you were 7 years younger than him and there was no reason to talk to you for quite a long time

But recently, Yoongi had approached you

Mainly because he had heard a song that you had produced and wanted to compliment you on your work

You became friendly and had actually been invited to his studio a few times

(which many know is a huge honor)

If Yoongi was being completely honest, he had developed a bit of a crush on you

You had a lot in common; both produced music, worked at the same company, had the same profession, etc...

But like already stated, there was just a little problem

You were way younger than him

(and we've seen the way he acts around people younger than him, he acts like a grandpa lmao)

So, he had every intention of keeping it platonic.

But then, after filming the Suchwita episode with TXT

After filming, Yoongi was jokingly asking a very drunk Yeonjun a lot of questions

And Taehyun was teasing Yeonjun about basically anything

And then Taehyun accidentally mentioned your name

And Yoongi was like, 'What about Y/n?'

And Taehyun was like 'Tehehehe, he likes Y/n'

And Yeonjun was all blush-y and passed out so he wasn't even denying it

And Yoongi was kinda jealous not gonna lie

So he played it off well and sent them off

And he checked his phone, saw that he had a text from you

And you know how you can clear messages, lmao, that's what he did

He knew that you and him probably wouldn't work

And similar to Jin, he was too afraid of the backlash to an age gap if it ever came out that the two of you were dating

So he needed some distance.

Hoseok:

Hobi had become very protective over you since you had meet back in 2018

You had debuted the year before and had nervously approached him backstage and told him how big of a fan you were of BTS

And Hobi just thought that you were so cute

So you had become friends

But honestly...flirty friends

He had his suspicions that you liked him

And he liked you

But he never really knew of a way to express any of his feelings

You were a bit younger than him, and speaking in seniority terms, his group was older than yours

So to him, it was a tricky slope to navigate

Well...until now

Hoseok had been in the practice room with Yeonjun (sorry but like anyone in TXT younger than Beomgyu is just awkward to write about lmao, like imagine Hobi (1994) beefing with Heuning Kai (2002) )

Anyways....

Hoseok was having one of those heart to heart type things with Yeonjun and Yeonjun had actually mentioned you out of the blue.

And Hobi (loving to talk about you cuz like we said, there was something there) was like , "Do tell :))))"

So Yeonjun was like, "Well, I know you and Y/n are close and I was wondering if you could give her my number?"

And Hoseok was like,"Why? For a work-related thing?"

And Yeonjun explained how he was interested in you.

So Hoseok did give him your number (he couldn't come up with an excuse not to), but right after he came up with an excuse that he had to leave.

And he rushed over to your dorm.

And he was knocking frantically, and you opened it all confused

And BOOM

Grabs your face and kisses you.

Start of a power couple.

Namjoon:

So apparently Joon is an extrovert??

Yeah he's an ENFP

I was shocked to find that out a few months ago

Anyways

Extroverts love to party and all that jazz

And you know how idols have album release parties, etc...

Well, that's how you met

At an album release for someone else

But you bumped into each other at a table and you laughed and apologized and by the end of the night had exchanged numbers

Well, since then, you two had spent a lot of time together

But you had also been in the midst of a comeback recently

And while promoting, you met TXT at one of the comeback showcase thingies (idk Inkigayo or something sorry I can't think of the name)

And your managers were like "Omg you should film a dance challenge with *yep you guessed it* Yeonjun!!!"

{A/N; IKKK, Yeonjun is breaking a lot of hearts I guess I'm sorry}

And you and Yeonjun became good friends too after that

Namjoon saw the video and thought it was cute, but didn't think much of it

As TXT and BTS are label mates as you know *fighting🫶*

But then one day he was walking down the hallway past a dance studio room and overheard the TXT members talking about you

So Namjoon being nosey hid outside of the door where they couldn't see him and listened in

"Yeonjun, you should take Y/n out on a date", Beomgyu said as everyone laughed

Namjoon felt like going and unliking the video he saw of the two of you, he was so jealous {A/N; LMAO, that line sounds so dumb, but it made me laugh as I wrote it so I'm keeping it in😭}

He snapped out of his jealous rage and headed back to his studio.

Trying to be rational, Would the two of you even work? You are a bit younger than, you're only year younger than Yeonjun, would you be better off with someone like him?

But when he arrived and closed the door as he walked in, he looked over at his desk and saw you.

There you were, sitting in his chair, smiling up at him

"Joonie!!!!, I texted you but you didn't text back", you said as you got up to greet him.

But before you could pull him into a hug, Namjoon bent down and pulled you into a kiss.

Jimin:

Jimin had always been a supportive label mate

To TXT and your group

Actually, Jimin kind of had his suspicions that you liked him

Mainly because every time he would see you, your group mates would nudge you and giggle.

He thought it was cute, but actually after getting to know you, he had developed some feelings for you

Neither of you would confess though

Yeah, you were 5 yeas younger, and that's what kind of held Jimin back

And in return, Jimin was five years older, so you would never make the first move.

But what if an event pushed him to?

Like I said, TXT, BTS, & your group were all label mates

So, you knew BTS, which obviously meant that you knew your other label mate

So on that side of the pond, you were very friendly with Beomgyu.

And just like with Jimin, you were oblivious

Avianyuh? What do you mean oblivious?

Well...Beomgyu liked you too

LOVE TRIANGLE

I'm just kidding

Now the one person who did know about Jimin's feelings for you was Jungkook

Who was very friendly with TXT

And one day, Jungkook calls Jimin and he's like, "Hyung...you have some competition"

And Jimin's all confused so Jungkook explains that Beomgyu mentioned that he liked you

And Jimin is like, "Oh shit", because he knows that the two of you are friendly

So he immediately heads out the door to your apartment and he calls you and is like, "I have something important to tell you, can you meet me outside"

So when he gets there, you're standing near the entrance to your apartment

And he starts with this long speech, 'Y/n, we've known each other for awhile and I think that there's something between us and-"

You cut him off with a kiss

#BigHitpowercouple

Taehyung:

Taehyung isn't about competition

I actually see TAehyung as being a very forward person

Like, I know I keep writing all of these requests for crushes and shit, but honestly with Taehyung I don't see him being one for crushes.

Like I think if he wants you, then he'll just confess

So this will be brief

He's probably been friends with you for awhile

But he kind of develops feelings for you

And one day, probably like Jin, he'll be sitting down with the TXT members

And one of them (probably Yeonjun idk) mentions that he thinks you're cute.

And Taehyung is straight up like, "Oh I think she has a boyfriend, sorry"

And then the next time he sees you, he confesses

And you're like, "Where'd all this come from"

And he's honest

"One of the TXT members was talking about you and it got me thinking..."

👏Kim Taehyung everybody👏

Jungkook:

He gives me drama queen vibes

Like he loves the chase of a relationship

Unlike Taehyung, I think he loves having a crush

Blabbing to his friends about her

Having his members tease him about it

Plus he's the youngest (so for me this is less weird and I can start some beeeeef)

You two are four years apart

Not bad, but ehhhhh some people could side eye idk how judgmental people are lmao

I think more people would be bothered about the fact that you were a fourth gen idol and he was third

So like, the public views him as more experienced than you

But you know how I said that I think JK enjoys having crushes

Well, I also think he's very hard on himself

And BigHit has protected him a lot from public scrutiny so I think a relationship where you two aren't the exact some age would maybe ruffle a few feathers

So he hasn't really made any moves on you

And a tiny part of him is afraid of getting rejected

So for now, it's some harmless, shameless flirting

Won't hurt anyone, right?

Well, trying to not crush on someone, but continuing to flirt with them can cause some problems

And TXT and Jungkook are close

So one day, Jungkook was talking with Soobin and blah blah blah, Soobin ends up saying he thinks you're hot

And JK is like, "Ummmm, why?"

And Soobin is low-key offended for you because he gets the impression that Jungkook was calling you ugly

*I told you there'd be beef*

And Jungkook is like, "Idk out of all the people, why her", now what he really means is; I like her, so why do you have to crush on MY crush?

But Soobin still thinks JK is just being a major dick

And Jungkook is now feeling like HE has competition

Kook loves competition, but he hates losing

So, he goes home

And now he's all bothered

And then the next day, he sees YOU with SOOBIN

And you're giggling and Soobin's looking at you all loved up

And JK wants to punch him

And then you see Jungkook and wave him over

And Soobin is giving JK a death glare, and JK's giving him back one

And now you're looking between the two of them and you're just confused

So JK is like, "Y/n, can I speak to you for a moment?", and as he asks, he isn't even looking at you, he's looking at Soobin

And son you follow him down the hall and Kook presses you up against a wall

And he gets all up in your face you're like, "😳"

And he starts asking you all of these questions

"Are you into him?", "How could you not tell me you were dating him?"

And now you're REALLY confused

"I'm not dating Soobin, what're you talking about?", you say.

"You aren't? But, but he's all over you", Jungkook asks.

"Wait a minute, even if I was...why would you care?", you ask him, crossing your arms.

Well shit, now he's outed himself

"I, uh, just wanted to know, that's all..."

"...that's all?"

"Do you want to go out with me", he said, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly.

"Took you long enough", you said as you walked away.

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borathae · 2 years

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↳ Index [Day 11 - Nippleplay]

Pairing: aaol!couple

Kinks: mommy kink, nipple clamps, nippleplay, nipple orgasm, body worship, praise, loving dirty talk

Wordcount: 4.8k

a/n: i wanna give him the world :( you guys, i would kill for aaol!googie :( i also won’t apologise for the domestic fluff at the beginning, this is the only way to enjoy the aaol!couple. Enjoy besties ❤

Jungkook has been hurrying around the apartment since lunch. First he was busy cleaning the kitchen after cooking the most delicious meal for you, then he was busy vacuuming and sweeping the floors and now he is busy dusting every single surface in your penthouse.

Now, such occurrences are not worth reporting on normal days as Jungkook is a very clean person and having him clean the penthouse on his weekends is no unusual happening.

This one is different however, because ever since Jungkook started dusting your place, there is this slight jingling sound accompanying him. Like those of little bells. And you can’t, for the love of you, figure out what the hell is causing the sound.

He isn’t wearing any jewellery nor one of his collars. His shirt is a casual white t-shirt reaching him over his butt, but there is not a single bell attached to it. And you know for a fact that his pants are normal black sports shorts. Maybe a little tight around the thighs, but huge thighs normally don’t sound like little bells with each movement they make.

Jungkook is currently dusting the television as you chill on the chaise lounge. He hums to himself, producing those weird jingling sounds each time he moves around. You sneak a glance at him. His hair looks normal too, no hair clips or ties which could make the sound.

Jungkook turns around, having finished the television and making his way to you to dust the art display next to you.

He feels your eyes on him, looking at you to flash you a cute grin. He looks away afterwards, humming his favourite song as he swirls the duster over the big vase. The jingling is almost unbearable in your ears.

Jungkook straightens up again, moving on to wipe the little side table where you placed your cup of coffee. He lifts it for you, wiping the surface.

Ring. Ring. Ring.

All you can concentrate on is the sound. Where the hell is it coming from?

Jungkook places the cup back down, squatting down to wipe the lower surface of the table.

Ring. Ring! Ring!

“Okay seriously”, you break the silence.

Jungkook lifts his head, studying your face.

“What’s wrong?”

“Why are you jingling?” you ask him.

“What do you mean?”

“You’re jingling. Like little bells. Why are you making that sound?” you ask him, placing your feet on the floor so you can bend over and reach for him. You touch his shoulders and neck first, feeling it up vigorously.

Jungkook chuckles, moving back in a way that would give him a cute double chin.

“What are you doing?” he asks, gawking at your hands.

“Why are you making bell sounds? What are you wearing?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about”, he says, getting to his feet and forcing your hands to slip from his body.

“Kook”, you try to fetch for him but he dances out of your reach, swinging his hips smoothly and moving his hands to an imaginary rhythm. His eyes are sparkling mischievously, his lips are curled into a cute grin. The jingling continues.

“What are you wearing?” you ask in a laugh, getting to your feet to hurry to him.

Jungkook dodges you with a skilful swirl, giggling to himself as he watches you stumble.

“Hey”, you whip around, “don’t dodge me”, you say, stomping to him.

Jungkook fetches your hands before you can grab him, using your momentum to twirl you until you land in his arm, making you squeak as he does it.

“Jeon Jungkook, don’t do that!” you whine.

“Mwuah”, Jungkook merely kisses your lips, making a cute sound. He pulls back, eyes racing between yours and nose scrunching up in a cute bunny smile.

You lick your lips, blinking at him in complete flabberghastedness.

He sways your bodies from side to side with his arms around your waist and his hips pressed against yours.

“Hah”, you let out, lowering your eyes shyly, “you stupid noodle”, you mumble, nudging his chest.

“Hehe”, he lets out, kissing your cheek before breaking away from you to continue cleaning. The jingling still continues however, making you chase him.

You wrap your arms around him from the back, earning yourself a surprised squeak which turns into a giggle and Jungkook trying to squirm away from you.

“Why are you jingling? Tell me”, you insist, rubbing his tummy.

“What are you doing?” he laughs, writhing in your arms, “tickles. What are you doing, that tickles.”

“Where is the bell?” you murmur, running your hands down to his hips and back to his butt.

“Ah!” he gasps, squeezing his butt cheeks together now that he has your hand between them. He twirls around, grabbing your hands, “Mommy”, he says in a warning voice, sending you a shocked look, “what are you doing?”

“Are you wearing your tail?”

“What do you mean?”

“Your bunny tail? The fluff, are you wearing it?”

“No of course not”, Jungkook says in a laugh, jingling as he does.

“Bunny please tell me what you’re wearing”, you whine.

Jungkook wiggles out of your grasp.

You watch him with confused eyes as he hooks his fingers in his shirt and then pulls it up his torso. His chest is revealed to your eyes and with it the two nipple clamps currently sitting around his nipples. And down his shirt goes again, giving you no time to truly register what just happened.

“I’ll never tell you”, he says and then turns to run away upstairs, jingling like crazy as he does.

“Did he just-“, you mumble, looking at the upstairs terrace from where Jungkook is grinning down at you, hands gripping the railing as he rocks back and forth on his tiptoes.

You take one step and Jungkook gasps, jumping away from the railing in case you were going to start running and he had to flee.

“Come here young man”, you call out and hurry to the stairs.

Jungkook squeals, turning on his heels to run away. His laughter is echoing through the entire penthouse, mixing with your own cackles and calls of his name.

You catch up with Jungkook when he is trying to open the terrace door. He looks over his shoulder with big eyes, fumbling with the doorknob.

"Wait, give me a chance. The, the lock's stuck", he squeals happily.

“Come here this instant”, you tell him, taking big steps to him.

“Wait please, wait w-what do you wanna- ah!” Jungkook squeaks, laughing like a madman as you swoop him off his feet just to throw him over your shoulder, “what are you doing?” he cackles.

“I’m kidnapping your cute ass”, you say, giving his butt a little spank before strutting off with him.

Jungkook lets you kidnap him gladly, staring at the upside down penthouse and laughing until his tummy hurts.

“You’re so silly, oh my god”, he coughs out between laughs, making you grin fondly.

You set him down in the playroom, doing it so he is facing the big leather couch you have in there. You mostly use this couch for post play cuddles and the occasional fiery scene when passion gets too strong between you and him. Today you set him down in front of it, kneeling down on it and running your hands up and down his arms.

Like this you are face to face, giggling and chuckling as you gaze into each other’s eyes.

"That was so much fun", he says, cheeks rosy and eyes sparkly.

"Yeah, so much", you agree, "god Bunny, you’re so pretty”, you praise, caressing his torso.

“That feels good, Mommy”, Jungkook answers you, writhing shyly.

“Heh”, you grin, “can Mommy see it again, baby? Mhm?”

Jungkook hesitates, looking at you with big, shy eyes.

“Please?” you try with a pout, kneading his waist softly.

“Yeah okay”, he says cutely, hooking his fingers in his shirt to pull it off his torso. He throws it on the floor, presenting himself with his arms in perfect position by his side.

You run your eyes over his naked torso. His tummy is a little red where your shoulder dug into it, but it doesn’t look as if it hurts.

You touch it softly, soothing the spot nonetheless. Jungkook tenses his muscles, watching your hand with sparkling eyes. He loves it so much when you feel up his body.

“Such a pretty Bunny”, you say, walking your fingertips up his tummy until you feel the swell of his underboob. You cup his tits, eyes flitting between the delicate nipple clamps. Sterling silver with black rubber tips for comfort. Jungkook tightened them quite a lot, resulting in his pretty nipples to be oh so swollen and stiff. And right from the clamps two little bells are tangling.

You give his boobs one squeeze for good measure, dropping them afterwards to instead flick your fingers against the little bells. Jungkook gasps, gazing at your face in anticipation of your reaction.

You are smiling, eyes soft in adoration, “so that’s what was jingling all the time”, you say, making the bells jingle. The sound makes you chuckle, eyes flitting up to meet Jungkook’s.

“Do you like them?” he asks.

“Very”, you say, tracing the bells with your fingertips. They are so warm from Jungkook’s body heat, “they are so pretty. Is there a reason why you're wearing them?” you ask.

“Sometimes when, when I clean I wear something”, he confesses.

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Sometimes when I clean I wear a toy because I like the feeling”, he says with rosy cheeks.

“Well, that is news to me”, you say, “what kind of toys are we talking about here?”

“Plugs and cock rings and sometimes clamps”, Jungkook says, breath hitching in his throat as you are playing with the bells and that give his nipples a soft tug.

“And why have I never heard anything of that before?”

“Because I keep it a secret. I take the toy out, clean it and put it away again after I finished”, he whispers, cheeks heating up vigorously when your eyes meet.

“A secret”, you say and smirk.

Jungkook gulps, nodding his head shyly.

“How long has this been going on?”

“Some time, maybe months?”

“Huh”, you click your tongue, twisting the bells gently, “so you're telling me that for months, you’ve been walking around with a toy on you while you were cleaning only to take it off again so I wouldn’t notice?”

Jungkook nods his head, sighing softly because of the twist. He feels the tingles down to his toes, making him press his legs together.

You look back at his nipples.

“Such a naughty little boy”, you say, connecting your fingertips with his swollen nipples. The clamps are squeezing them so nicely that you can touch right where he is the most sensitive.

Jungkook moans sweetly, chest heaving up in a deep gasp for air. He feels the touch so well, shivering with his entire body.

“So why did you pick out those cute little bells today? Did you wanna be caught?”

“No actually, I thought that only I could hear them”, he confesses, making you chuckle.

“I see. You’re so cute, Bunny. You know that, don’t you?”

“I think, yeah”, he mumbles, “Mommy your touch is so nice”, he adds and moans softly.

“Your nipples are really swollen, no wonder it’s nice.”

“They’re sensitive”, he says, chasing your touch in a little squirm.

“They are? Can Mommy play with them for a little?”

“Yes Mommy, you can”, he allows you, nodding his head vigorously.

“Thank you, lovebug”, you say, closing the distance between you and him to kiss his neck.

Jungkook tilts his head to the side in reaction, waiting for your kisses with closed eyes and a fluttering heart. He reaches for your waist when it comes, squeezing it between his strong fingers and moaning your name with his sweet voice.

“You know, if you weren’t so goddamn cute, I’d punish your naughty little butt for keeping such a secret from me”, you whisper against the shell of his ear, making Jungkook whimper, “but goddamn, you are so fucking cute, all I wanna do is make you moan for me.”

“That, that makes my knees weak, Mommy”, Jungkook confesses and giggles quietly.

“Poor baby, is standing hard for you?”

“Yeah”, he whispers, resting his cheek on your shoulder, “it’s a little hard”, he adds as he nuzzles his nose into your neck and gives your waist a soft squeeze.

He feels so warm and snuggly and soft in your arms, making you rest your head against his’ and trace his spine as your heart flutters in your chest. He also smells so, so good. Like peach blossoms and vanilla with a faint hint of his argan oil shampoo.

“Should we think of a solution together, mhm Bunny?”

“Maybe I could, uhm, I could rest between your legs, Mommy”, he suggests, making you smile.

“Good job, love. That is exactly what I was thinking too”, you praise him, making him squirm happily from the praise. You give his butt a soft pat, “let go and let me rest back, yeah?”

“Yeah okay”, Jungkook mumbles, breaking the hug to let you lie down on the sofa.

Your back is supported by pillows, head resting comfortably and body relaxed. You open your legs for him, patting your tummy to signal him that it is now safe to lie down.

Jungkook follows happily, climbing atop the couch just to lie down between your legs. He giggles as you wrap your limbs around him, attacking his neck with tickling kisses and nibbles.

You feel your entire world light up each time Jungkook laughs. If somebody told you that you could only listen to one sound for the rest of your life, you would choose Jungkook’s laugh. He is so beautiful when he is happy.

“Mhm, my baby”, you murmur, finishing off your love attack by smelling his skin. Jungkook relaxes into you, legs opening as far as the position allows and head falling against your shoulder.

“You smell so good, Bunny”, you whisper.

“Thank you”, he says, voice filled with slight pride. He loves smelling good for you.

“Now relax my love, I’ll take such great care of you”, you say, resting your head against him.

You start off by hooking your legs around his' to make sure he stays open. Like this your feet are touching the inside of his thighs, making his skin burn up in sensitivity. Jungkook loves it so much when you make sure that he stays open for you.

You touch the hem of his shorts, tracing it with your fingertips just once before finally touching his skin. Goosebumps pebble on his lower tummy instantly, a soft sigh meets your ears.

You can’t see it, but you know for a fact that Jungkook has his eyes closed. He always has when you touch him. Jungkook’s such a sensory receiver that closing his eyes is such a natural process of being touched. That is why you have to specifically order him to keep his eyes open when you want him to show you his pretty eyes. Today you don’t mind that his eyes are closed. On the contrary, you want him to be able to relax and fully enjoy what you do to him.

You trace his abs, starting at his lowest and slowly working your way up to his highest. Jungkook tenses and relaxes them each time you touch a new spot.

“So defined”, you praise, “I've got such a strong, pretty Bunny as mine.”

Jungkook giggles, squirming in your arms.

“Wow Bunny, did you workout recently? Your tummy feels so, so strong.”

“Mommy stop”, he whines, turning his head to nudge you with his nose, “do you really think so?”

“Of course I do. You’re my strong Bunny”, you say, kissing his lips.

Jungkook mumbles your name, kissing you back eagerly. He even goes as far as to reach up and cup your cheek, making you pull back with a chuckle.

“So eager”, you tease.

“Sorry, I get really happy when you praise me”, he mumbles, lowering his hand back to his own thigh.

“That's alright”, you assure him, continuing your touches.

Jungkook closes his eyes and relaxes back into you. He is tingling all over. He really loves being your Bunny so much. You are so gentle and loving and Jungkook feels so incredibly beautiful when he is with you. He also loves that despite his confession, you didn’t decide to punish him. Jungkook loves punishments, but what he loves even more is being pampered. And this right now, feels incredible.

You trace his pecs, fighting the strong urge to simply cup and squish. Truly, Jungkook’s tits are magnificent. For such a petite guy he is carrying the hugest honkers around. That’s how you like to call them and it always makes him laugh.

“Your honkers”, Jungkook whispers, snickering to himself.

You chuckle, “you're right. My big honkers”, you say, gathering them just to squish them right under his nipples.

“Do you like them?” he asks, hoping for another praise

“I love them, my bunnybaby”, you say, making him squirm happily.

You release them just to dance your fingernails around his nipples.

“A-ah”, Jungkook gasps, arching his back. He shivers so much, his skin feels so electric. It is covered in goosebumps, nipples looking even harder between the clamps. You have to touch them.

Jungkook moans loudly, squirming rather aggressively. Even his hands slip from his thighs to touch your own instead, palms just slightly clammy.

“So swollen”, you rasp, “and so sensitive? Mhm?”

“Sensitive”, Jungkook whispers, tensing each time you roll your fingers.

With one expert move you loosened the clamps around his nipples, taking them off carefully.

“Oh my god”, Jungkook whimpers, reaching up just to rub his own chest.

“Does it hurt?” you ask him, discarding the clamps by your side as you watch his hands knead and massage his own tits.

“Not a lot. It’s really ah”, he squirms, “I feel it so well.”

"Right there, mhm?" you ask him, tracing the slightly bruised spots on the side of his nipples. They aren’t truly bruised, more than they are very squeezed and tender from the clamps. They feel hot under your fingertips and you could have sworn you felt his heartbeat skip a beat in them.

“Oh god, Mommy”, Jungkook moans, hands falling back onto your thighs to squeeze them.

“It must be that spot. So reactive”, you rasp, taking them between your thumb and pointer finger to massage them.

Jungkook squirms once again, legs opening even more and back arching into your touch. A sweet moan slips past his parted lips, his eyes race behind his closed lids as he is trying to make sense of how good it feels.

Because it feels incredible. So goddamn incredible. Jungkook swears he never had more sensitive nipples than he does right now. Those clamps were so, so tight and now he could scream from how sensitive they are. Your body heat feels three times more intense on his skin and your touch, which is of incredible tender nature, feels as if you are rubbing him vigorously because of how sensitive he is. Jungkook swears he never felt like this before. So charged and so dizzy and so good just from getting his nipples touched.

“You're squirming so much. Is it nice for you, Bunny?” you whisper against his neck.

“I feel dizzy”, he croaks, “Mommy, you make me feel so dizzy”, he almost squeals, laughing and moaning at the same time as he once again squirms.

“You're so cute, Bunny”, you coo, melting in fondness.

You could have given him a little punishment for being secretive. But you are happy that you didn’t. Jungkook is so goddamn adorable when you pamper him. Besides, he didn’t really break any rules, he was just a sneaky little man. You never had the rule of no touching without permission as you found it rather silly and you prefer Jungkook being able to masturbate when he feels like it instead of having him be touched starved on most days as this works way better for both of you and makes both of you happier.

Not that he is ever touch starved with you, you are making sure of that day by day.

You drop his nipples just to rub them instead. Slow, precise circles with just enough pressure to force those sweet sensations deep into his fibers.

“Please don’t stop”, Jungkook begs shakily, panting rapidly.

“Never”, you promise him, leaving a soft kiss atop his shoulder, “you're such a good boy, Bunny. Always such a good boy.”

“Mommy”, he whimpers, nipples hardening from your praise, “oh god, it feels so good.”

“I know love, they're so, so hard”, you say and pinch them just to roll them between your fingers.

Jungkook gasps and moans, babbling in his smallest voice that it feels so good. His fingers are running up and down your thighs, kneading the flesh each time it gets too much and he needs support in one of his shivers. His hips are squirming and from where you are sitting, you can see how swollen his cock is in his shorts. The bulge is so huge, looking so untouched.

“Is your cock hard, Bunny?” you ask him.

“Yeah…feels so good”, he answers you, “please don’t stop, please.”

“God Bunny, you drive me insane. You’re such a good boy”, you rasp, pulling him tighter to you. You bury your face in his neck, lips against his skin and head dizzy from his scent. He smells so good. Pleasure always gives him those warm notes in his scent and you are so goddamn addicted to them.

“Mommy please don’t stop”, he whimpers.

“Never Bunny, love touching your nipples”, you lull, making sure he knows of your honesty by twisting them once before rubbing your fingers over them in skilled circles.

Jungkook moans as if you just sank down on his cock, arching his back the same way as well.

“Good boy, such a good boy”, you praise, keeping up the tempo while your lips become busy with kissing his neck.

Jungkook sobs softly, rolling his head to the side to give you better access. He is chasing air with his hips, heart racing in his chest. He feels that touch everywhere. He is so overwhelmed.

“Why does this feel so good?” he mewls, writhing in your arms.

“What do you mean?”

“It's so intense. I, I feel it everywhere”, he says and sobs softly, “Mommy, I feel it in my cock”, he whines, bucking his hips up.

“You do? Oh babybunny, you’re such a good boy. I wanna eat you up”, you say, wrapping your arms around him just to hug him close. You nibble on his neck, kissing it like crazy.

“Please”, Jungkook begs, wrapping his fingers around your wrist to pull your hands back to his nipples, “don’t stop, Mommy.”

He makes you chuckle. You connect your fingers back with his nipples, rubbing them quickly.

“Like this, mhm?”

“Yeah, please please. Please don’t stop. Please”, he begs, taking gasping breaths. He feels so hot. He is burning up. Getting swallowed by hot flames. This is so good. Too much almost. All he ever needed today and more. So much more. He doesn’t want this to stop. Ever. It feels so good.

Jungkook moans in gratefulness, fucking the air with smooth rolls of his hips. It forces his back to rub against your pussy and turn you into a mess. He is so warm against you, grinding right against the best spots.

“Fuck Bunny, you drive me mental”, you rasp, “you love how I play with your cute nipples, hm?”

“Yes, yes, yes”, he chants, nodding his head vigorously.

“Such a good boy, I’m so proud of you Bunny.”

“I think I'm gonna cum Mommy”, Jungkook confesses and sobs cutely.

“What? Really?”

“Yes”, he mewls, arching his back, “Mommy, please! Mommy, aah.”

“Urgh baby”, you growl, nuzzling closer, “you drive me insane. Fuck, you’re such a good boy. Let go whenever you feel like it, Mommy's here to catch you.”

You take his nipples between your fingers again, massaging them deeply and forcing Jungkook to squeak out his prettiest moan.

“It's okay, baby, it’s okay. I'm right here”, you assure him, eyes squeezed shut because of how good he makes you feel. Jungkook is squirming so much, grinding against your clit. That mixed with the sheer excitement of making him cum by mere nippleplay, truly gives you such a rush of pleasure.

“Mom-mommy”, Jungkook sobs, “please, please, please.”

“It's okay. I'm right here. Can you hear me?”

“Y-yeah..”

“Good boy, such a good boy. Now listen to me. I'm right here, Bunny. You’re such a good boy, don’t worry I'm right here.”

Jungkook swears he could burst into the hottest tears right now. He is so overwhelmed and weak and a little scared too. His nipples have never been that sensitive before. It feels as if you are playing with his cock or prostate, that’s how intense your touch feels. And it scares him a little because it’s so much, so to have you promise him that you are right here with him, feels as if you are wrapping him up in the softest blanket of comfort and warmth.

“I'm right here Bunny. Mommy's right here, my love”, you whisper, making Jungkook float on the warmest and fluffiest cloud of safe pleasure.

Jungkook sobs in happiness. He is so safe. You are here with him and that means all this overwhelming pleasure can’t hurt him. You are here with him. Right here.

“Oh god”, Jungkook croaks and feels how he breaks into a million pieces. It starts off in his nipples. Hot and explosive, just like his normal orgasms feel like. The sensation shoots through his body, making his cock throb and twitch and squirt as if you played with him for hours.

Jungkook swears he actually loses his soul in that high. He can’t believe how good it feels.

“Good boy”, he hears you croak far, far away and then he swears he feels you shake behind him. He doesn’t quite know if he is imagining it or not because he is so, so far gone.

He stays far away even after his high stopped shaking his body, panting heavily and shivering in exhaustion.

You are holding him oh so tightly, caressing his tummy and sides while your lips kiss his neck and shoulder slowly.

“Good boy”, you whisper, dizzy from your own high. Watching Jungkook lose himself so incredibly much was all you needed to break right with him. Now his body squeezing against your pussy feels just that tiny bit maddening. He is so warm and the pressure is so intense.

“You're my good boy”, you lull, “fuck baby, I’m so done for”, you confess, laughing softly. You lift your head when Jungkook doesn’t react, studying his face in worry.

He is staring at the ceiling with glassy eyes and furrowed brows.

“Jungkook, what's wrong?” you ask him, touching his cheek.

“I can't believe that I orgasmed with my nipples”, he whispers, voice raspy, “did this actually just happen?”

“It did, yeah”, you say, dancing the back of your hand up and down his soft cheek.

“Wow”, Jungkook lets out and shifts his gaze to you, “wow”, he repeats with urgency in his voice, making you chuckle.

“Didn’t think you had it in you, did you?”

“No, of course not”, Jungkook shakes his head, “I, I thought this was a myth.”

“Mhm just like anal orgasms were a myth to you, right?”

“Mommy”, Jungkook pouts, “don’t bring this up. This was ages ago and, and I didn’t know better”, he whines loudly.

“Gosh, I’m sorry”, you snicker, smooching his rosy cheek, “I'm sorry, Bunny.”

“Hmpf, so mean. You’re so mean sometimes”, he mumbles.

“I'm mean?” you chuckle, “do I have to remind you that you kept such a huge secret from me? If somebody's mean then it's your sneaky butt for not including me sooner.”

Jungkook breaks into giggles, turning in your arms to rub himself against you as he attacks your neck with kisses.

“Okay you’re right”, he says and snickers, “I'm sorry, Mommy. Are you mad at me?”

“No of course not. You know I’m only teasing”, you assure him, wrapping him up in your arms.

Like this you can kiss each other with no ounce of space between your bodies. Jungkook caresses your tummy while you play with his hair.

The kiss breaks solely because you wanted to look at each other.

“Do you still have to punish me?” he asks, fluttering his lashes.

“Is this your not so subtle way to ask for a spanking?”

He giggles, hiding his face in your boobs, “no?” he says, cracking you up.

“You stupid noodle, you. God come here, I’ll never let you go again”, you say, wrapping your limbs around him as tightly as possible.

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beautifulpersonpeach · 8 months

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Hi Peach! Sorry if this is a weird ask, but can you please explain why you bias the rapline? What is it about them that makes you like them? I understand could be many known and unknown factors for why, so maybe just tell one? Your post for RM recently made me wonder. Thank you.

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They are the best at what they do.

Whatever it is they choose to do that is solely their work, I know I'm guaranteed to be listening to the best possible iteration of it. All three of them - Yoongi, Hoseok, and Namjoon - are easily some of the best musicians alive. In my opinion. Like, I just cannot hear the music they make and not stan. I engaged with BTS first and foremost for the music, and don't have it in me to ignore skill like what they've shown since debut.

(He knows he's got the prettiest dragon eyes)

One of the biggest reasons BTS is the biggest group in the world today is because of the peerless ability of their rapline. The best rappers and performers in k-pop are in BTS. BTS holds some of the top songwriters, producers, and choreographers within their group, and you find all three within the rapline. They fundamentally understand the assignment.

Take for example, a song like HUH?! and the brilliance that is SOPE's verses. Drill is a very tricky genre because the instrumentation and grim lyrical delivery are supposed to be equally weighted. And despite the numerous attempts by Korean artists to master it, less than a handful have and only after several tries. But Yoongi and Hoseok's first song in this style immediately is one of the best I've heard, period. One reason is because SOPE immediately show an understanding of one key feature in Drill: balance.

(You can see and smell and feel the massive pools of rizz wafting off him through the screen)

Contrasted to many other hip hop styles, in drill the violence is explicitly the point of the song, the instrumentation mimics a gun-down, and the way you’re supposed to show it is to allow the sparse but gritty beat breathe alongside lyrics that promise nothing but pain, violence and death. Said as matter of factly as possible. And my God the way Hobi did that on HUH?! gave me chills. Yoongi meanwhile just hacked away with no hesitation or concern like the animal he is.

It’s an excellent song that can hold its own against works by many American rappers, and SOPE made it. HUH?! is in the ranking of my top 20 tracks released in 2023, across all genres.

Snooze still makes constant rotation, Dawn, Amygdala, Haegeum, D-DAY, Life Goes On... I'm still streaming Yoongi’s album from top to bottom. Same with On the Street, Rush Hour, and Jack in the Box, same deal with Indigo and sometimes Sexy Nukim and Joon's other collabs. Like, these guys make music I actually look forward to listening to everyday, music that when it comes up on shuffle, a smile comes on my face.

With the BTS rapline, I just feel so certain and assured that the product will be of outstanding quality, practically every time.

I mean, the D-DAY tour still feels like a fever dream. It was the first solo tour by a BTS member, Yoongi's this time, and nearly every reviewer and professional critic has called it one of the best concert experiences they've had this decade. And anyone who themselves attended his concerts, can attest to this being true for them. Because the fact is, Min Yoongi is a consummate performer and one of the best storytellers of his generation.

(He just looks like someone who got a personal cosign from Ryuichi Sakamoto)

These guys are just good. It's like there's a fire within them to express themselves so thoroughly through their craft. There's other things about them that I relate enough to, to feel so drawn to them that I bias them, but that right there is one reason.

#bts rapline #yoongi #min yoongi #hoseok #jung hoseok #namjoon #kim namjoon #bts #rapline bias

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Groundhog Day Musical, West End 2023

after six years i finally saw my favourite musical of all time in person 🥰🥰 so here is my write up of the staging, lyric changes, general commentary etc.

it's worth noting that i imagine the staging is more similar to its original west end run than the broadway version, but i didn't see it back then and couldn't find any footage so I'll just be comparing to the broadway ver. it will also all be based off of the One west end performance i saw and One broadway performance that was filmed cus yk live theatre and all that. i'm also only one person so this def won't be comprehensive. if there's anything you particularly want to know that i haven't mentioned please ask!!

for major overarching changes, there was no turntable which significantly affected the staging, especially for songs like night will come. it's also a much smaller space and much more condensed cast than on broadway.

anyway without further ado lets go woodchuck chuckers 😎 in chronological order

the opening video is completely changed. rather than showing phil interacting w his producer, it just shows his forecast segment in full. he explains more about what groundhog day is as a holiday and that this is his fourth year attending. also includes the line 'we can't all have good weather because we're not all good people'. banner along the bottom read 'up next music: white wine in the snow' as a little tim minchin ref :)

only one person sang the 'i was born on a punxutawney dawn' opening section of there will be sun, pretty sure it was buster. lot of solos for the rest of the song as well but not specific townspeople i think

everyone came out of the mist as in broadway version, but everyone was dressed in the top hat costume. they stood a line across the stage and took a group selfie w a selfie stick

phil turns off the radio after 'that's right woodchuck chuckers, it's groundhog day' so there's none of the subsequent lyrics/banter. i'm also 90% sure the radio recording was from the soundtrack

FIRST LYRIC CHANGE. there's an extra line in day one that goes 'their dumb superstitions and vacuous chat, their total unawareness of the fact their trapped, perhaps you don't miss it if you don't know you lack it, I'm sure there was a pack of xanax in this jacket' (EDIT - thank you for the correction @jackhkeynes )

^not a huge fan of this change tbh but only bc the original rhythm is one of my favourite parts of the song.

there's no hallway in the b&b, the kitchen set is the back end of the bedroom set. this means jonathan is downstairs the kitchen rather than meeting phil in the hallway, so the scene ends up as him, phil, and mrs lancaster. the tourist couple do not come in (or exist), mrs lancaster says the popsicle line.

there's a couple of extra new jokes in the dialogue. lmk if you want to know specifics lol

since mrs lancaster comes straight into this scene they skip the 'think i'll lose it all together' little bit of music

all the dancers are part of the marching band and they all join for the selfie with phil

phil getting hit in the head by the groundhog guy is because the hot dog guy (here played by one of the newsies i saw LOL) yells 'GO PHIL!!!' every time so the groundhog turns around to wave

buster uses an alt melody for his announcement - 'prognostication' goes down rather than up for the last note

they get punxsy phil out on the 'this brown log' line, so they skip the 'the finest specimen you will find' section

nancy sings the 'kinda both but not quite either' line over buster, which i actually really like because she does it in this really peppy cheerleader :DDD way that adds to her being a Prop. she even has pompoms.

wilbur in this version is sooooo good he's a lot more physical and really leans into his megaphone

when phil comes back from the blizzard rita seems a lot more genuinely concerned about him than just laughing

she accidentally orders her drink with a 'tryst' before 'kiss' and finally 'twist'

NEW LYRICS in day two - since there's no radio chatter in this version, after 'how many days is this holiday?' phil sings '[something] clearly failed to mention the owner showing signs of early onset dementia, one groundhog day is surely more than enough, even hicks must get sick of this stuff'

rest of the song continues as normal, again rita seems more concerned about phil, shouts 'maybe i can help!' when he leaves the diner

she then sings her diary section quite differently, like alt melody AND alt rhythm, she seems flustered

actually she also has a lot more variation between days than a lot of the townspeople, like she's more responsive to phil acting differently

LYRIC CHANGE in stuck - 'rhino foreskin' is now 'monkey foreskin'. lyric changes that push me dangerously close to googling 'do rhinos have foreskin' (EDIT - tim apparently said this was because white rhinos went extinct so it made him sad - thank u anon!)

the enema takes place behind a screen, a bit like the silhouette technique used for the shower in hope

at the end of stuck when everyone lists their thing again (karma/toxins/etc), phil says no!! after each one until alcohol and then he goes 'oh thank god'

nothing hugely notable to say for nobody cares, just that it skipped over some of the dialogue at the beginning just to make the scene tighter. i will say that ralph and gus are Exceptional in this version

the staging is mostly the same, except jack and wilbur get their own little cars to follow the truck in :)

in philandering, phil tells nancy he's a war correspondant rather than working for the nyt

again the dialogue throughout the song is a lot more streamlined

the little pillow fight section is replaced by a party in phil's room where you just see everyone going in and out of the door that's set up like when he slept w nancy. he gets his big fur coat from a coke dealer.

in one day, rita doesn't comment on phil's choice of drink, so there's nothing about 'frou frou lady drinks', she just orders right after him and the day restarts

not a new thing but. i forgot about the soixante neuf line and it made me choke

rita and phil sit on a bench to the side of the stage after the snowball fight, not on the floor

joelle's voice is extremely pretty in this ver:) I think the harmony may be slightly different?

LYRIC CHANGE. in arguably the most bizarre lyric change, jonathan is no longer addicted to fried chicken takeaway, but rather camembert. which you may notice does not rhyme with 'day'. the full line is: 'one day, i swear, i'll kick my addiction to camembert. my doctor said one day my heart will stop beatin', if i don't ease off this cheese eatin'.' (EDIT - changed due to this track being played by a black actor, though the one i saw was white - thank you anon!)

the diner waitress doesn't exist in this cut down cast, so it's debbie who can't sing. fred is very supportive :)

something cool they do in lieu of the turntable is for Larry's repeated 'ok phil we're on in 5...' they have multiple larrys, similar to the body doubling in hope, who keep running up to phil and fading away

ACT TWO

the act opens slightly differently - since nancy is kind of part of the marching band in this ver (tho not in full uniform), it opens with a quick section of who is that! who is that? emerging from his burrow -. nancy sings her 'kinda both but not quite either' line, and then drops one of her pompoms on 'until we hear it from old punxsutawney -' and then as she goes to pick it up that music stops and playing nancy begins

LOVE that it cuts off just before 'phil' bc it has the same effect as even choosing to open w playing nancy anyway. she was an incredible nancy as well she's not got many credits yet but oh my god? this was so striking and moving irl and it's already one of my favourite choices of the show

there's a lot more use of Red Lighting when phil kills phil. rip.

staging for hope is almost exactly the same, but minus turntable, so it doesn't have the part where lots of Not Phils are dying simultaneously, just the three main deaths

the scene where phil exposits about everyone in the diner goes jeff -> debbie -> freddie. there's a great exchange that goes 'you're welcome jeff.' / 'do you two know each other?' / 'no???' / 'that's jeff.'

also phil doesn't insist debbie wants a diamond (since she ends up w a doorknob anyway), he just goes CLOSE THE DEAL FREDDIE!!!

since this version establishes this is phil's fourth year covering ghd and debbie and fred met on ghd four years ago, there's a pretty good reason why they're such big fans of him :)

not a difference but the 'i'll never have a birthday' line always hits so hard

if i had my time again is THE single most different song between versions. the musical arrangement is quite different to my ear, different harmonies, and there's alt melodies and rhythms as well as some extra lyrics

as i have already seen noted on tumblr, 'and one dude when i was bored' has been upgraded to SOME dudes. also rita goes 'sure..!' she's like ok u bi bitch. also they're still on the benches at this point but she's jumped onto his.

even when they are on the move there's none of the stuff w the townspeople hounding phil for photos/autographs, they're just hanging out

the section where phil 'shows Rita his hometown' has actually been moved to near the end of the show, so they just get on the tilt-a-whirl immediately. also they share a car rather than having separate ones.

the staging for this part was so beautiful it actually made me cry lol. w strings of lights coming down

LYRIC CHANGE - 'i daily eat a dozen donuts' is now 'i eat a dozen donuts every day'

FURTHERMORE, the second 'why' is actually directed at rita's 'i would learn piano', and she replies by singing 'why?? I'd just give everything a try' and then their 'these revolving rides' section is a completely different tune going into a brand new ending where she's lying on his bed and he has a balloon, with:

NEW LYRICS - rita: 'go to all the parties that i missed, kiss all the boys i was too afraid to kiss (why am i not surprised you have a list?), try to have more days that end like.. this :)'

the next couple of scenes play out as in the bway ver

the order of vignettes leading up to and in night will come are switched - phil brings jenson the thermos of soup on the second day and takes him to the hospital on the third day as the song begins, with the scene w the nurse taking place after the first verse

obviously the staging is quite different without the turntable, ned wanders about between verses and then stands still/sits to sing

ned has a lot more of an 'annoying' exaggerated nasally voice in this ver

in his post-song broadcast, phil pronounces 'phi' like 'fee' instead of 'fie'

in philanthropy, phil saves jonathan from choking rather than the tourist, which does end up feeling a bit random since he also gives mrs lancaster a new coffee pot in this song iirc so along with the sheriff and debbie it's established he's solving the problems from 'one day', and jonathan is clearly Not choking on camembert lmao

the singer at the party at the end is debbie!!!

during seeing you, when phil takes rita up to the observation deck, she calls it 'romantic' sarcastically after the toilets/garbage/etc, and then That's when he points out the duck pond, school etc, and she says it's like he's showing her his hometown

MORNING OF FEBRUARY 3RD EVEN MORE DEVASTATING FROM THIRD ROW OF STALLS.

ending is the broadway one, watching the sunrise :) except it's just phil and rita and no one else

so yeah IT FUCKED andy karl I would die for you. as i say lmk if you have any other questions and i will do my best :)

#groundhog day musical #ghd musical #groundhog day 2023 #groundhog day west end #andy karl #groundhog Day

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Of the many attractive girls who hung around the Casbah, one in particular caught John's eye. She was an elfin blonde with a tense, wounded look, whom he nicknamed Bubbles, for lack of a proper introduction and because it so unsuited her. In fact, all the guys had noticed her watching them. While not a beautiful girl, she was catlike and intense, in a mysterious kind of way. She also was eager to meet them. "It must have been all over my face that I fancied John," recalls Bubbles, whose real name is Dot Rhone, "but once it became clear he had a girlfriend, I lost interest." Instead, she approached Paul with game determination, pretending to be faint in order to get him outside, where they could be by themselves.

Once alone, an "immediate attraction" developed between them. Paul discovered in Dot a person who hardly fit the profile of the other girls at the Casbah. She had grown up in a better section of Liverpool called Childwell, around the corner from Brian Epstein, the Beatles' future manager. But "it might have been two different worlds," Dot says, her humble situation being anything unlike Epstein's glaringly "posh" circumstances. "I didn't have a normal childhood. My dad was an alcoholic; he never hung on to any money. And the only reason we lived in that neighborhood was because a sickly aunt left the house to my mother." A year younger than Paul, Dot had gone to Liverpool Institute High School, "the girls' school across the road from the Inny", but had left in June, taking a clerk's job at the Dale Street branch of District Bank in order to support her family. Paul, she believes, was attracted by how needy and impressionable she was, which put her under his sway; she found him "adorably handsome, opinionated," and loaded with confidence. "He came from the first family I'd ever known that cared about each other so much," Dot says. "Everyone would gather around the piano, while Jim played songs like 'You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby', and sometimes [he] would sing with Paul and Mike." At a deeper level, they undoubtedly recognized the loneliness in each other's lives, each absent a parent - in her case because of addiction. [...]

As 1959 drew to a close, the boys spent more time with girlfriends than with one another. John and Cynthia, according to friends closest to the couple, were "besotted with each other". For his part, Paul stopped playing the field and settled down with Dot Rhone. As a couple, they had an appealingly unthreatening air. They discovered each other to be solicitous and sensual, gentle and clumsy, with Paul at times taking on a paternal and sympathetic role. Once, at a friend's house, Dot happened to mention that she'd been standing all day and he began to massage her feet, stroking them as though they were precious pets. And yet, at the time the gesture felt almost preposterous.

Eventually Paul's attention grew relentless, almost disparaging. His simple gregariousness turned uncompromising and willful. Paul was immensely charming, but there was a darker side. He had a need - Dot believes a compulsion - to control every situation. As John had done with Cynthia, he began to pick out her clothes, redesign her makeup. Dot remembers how much it pleased Paul to stand beside her and study her appearance, then, in a roundabout way, critique the way she looked - and suggest how to improve upon it. On one occasion, he insisted that she have her hair done and produced money to pay for it. Not wanting to displease him, Dot went off to the beauty parlor. "Unfortunately, they did [my hair] in a terrible-looking beehive", she says. "Paul was furious when he saw it. He told me to go home and not to call him until it grew out again."

She detected other changes in Paul that proved equally disagreeable. He had an almost stuffy, explosive air of self-importance, with his simple superiority, cool poise, and weatherproof rightness. He scorned any sign of self-confidence in her. And Dot, pricked by love, submitted. As a rule, she did not impose her will on him, certainly never when they were among friends. She would sit quietly and smile tensely for entire evening at the Jacaranda while Paul and John discussed music. If Paul glared, she would freeze like a rabbit. "We weren't allowed to open our mouths", Dot says of her and Cynthia's attendance at these nightly discussions. "They'd talk all night, and we just listened."

The Beatles: The Biography, Bob Spitz (2005)

#the dot quotes are from an author interview in 1998 #poor dot!#also v interesting that this is how she saw it looking back...#give me all the terrible teenage paul content tbh #dot rhone #paul mccartney

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MILGRAM 1st Anniversary Stream Translation Part 1

Translated by @/JuriTea_ and @/CatDraft0307 29 Pages, 7200 words.

🎴 Host 🔸Takuya Yamanaka (Scenario writer)

🎴 Guest Voice Actors 🔸Amami Yurina (Es) 🔸Horie Shun (Haruka) 🔸Aimi (Kotoko)

🎴 Translation begins 10 minutes in the Stream.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Ever since this has been published, there hasn’t been much on Kotoko.

🔸Horie (Haruka): That’s true, Kotoko is one of the last.

🔸Yamanaka: It’s tough being the 10th.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Exactly!

🔸Horie (Haruka): Even I personally don’t really know much about what kind of person Kotoko is, and not really clear on what she had done, so I’m excited to find out.

🔸Yamanaka: It’s a long spanning game. I’m sure there are people who are increasingly shocked as the Milgram stories are released charater by character. We can only wonder about Kotoko, who is the last.

🔸Everyone: Please look forward to it!

🔸Yamanaka: We’ve received a lot of comments, we have around 2000 viewers already.

🔸Amami (Es): Hello~ I mean, Good evening~

🔸Yamanaka: We’ll be addressing the comments as well

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): There are a lot of fans from overseas

🔸Yamanaka: There are! We have a lot of comments from our overseas fans

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): There are shout outs for Kotoko

🔸Yamanaka: Kotoko, what are the two of you holding?

🎴Jackalope Bunny Plush Talk

🔸Yamanaka (Around 11.59): Let’s go over a recap of what’s been happening on Milgram so far. Please see the first slide.

🔸Yamanaka: The project Milgram started one year ago, on 04/27/2020. Viewer participatory/interactive music project. All songs are produced by DECO*27, world building and scenario by Yamanaka Takuya, and music video by OTOIRO.

🔸Yamanaka: The viewers become prison warden Es, and speculate the sins of the 10 “murderers” to pass judgment whether to forgive/not forgive. The story progresses based on the results of the judgment.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): I’m sure all of you (viewers) were excited when this was announced, but we were also super excited when we received offers to join this project.

🔸Es/Horie (Haruka): We were!

🔸Yamanaka: You probably couldn’t make sense of any of it just from the documents right?

🔸Horie (Haruka): Still, it tickled my otaku-heart, like to forgive or not to forgive, or the fact that everyone has committed some sort of sin.

🔸Amami (Es): The world building is phenomenal

🔸Yamanaka: We listed out everything the characters did in the documents when we sent them to you, so it must be not be easy to voice act while hiding that knowledge.

🔸Everyone: True, you have a point.

🔸Yamanaka: And now we’re faced with the super difficult challenge of being asked all sorts of questions on live, and not allowed to disclose any spoilers.

🔸Amami (Es): We’re pretty limited on what we’re allowed to disclose.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Especially Kotoko-san.

🔸Yamanaka: Kotoko-san is still a complete enigma.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): You guys know nothing about her yet, right?

🔸Yamanaka: Only that she’s cool.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): I know everything though.

🔸Horie (Haruka): What’s wrong with you?

🔸Yamanaka: It’s fun to look at all the speculations when you know everything already.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Yup. Speculations are fun to read

🔸Everyone: Yup.

🔸Yamanaka: There’s a lot of clues scattered throughout the MVs, and I get startled sometimes when I read all the speculations.

🔸Horie (Haruka): There are a lot of them that are on the right track.

🔸Amami (Es): I think to myself “that’s so close!” as I read all the theories in the comments. There’s also a lot of comments in English from overseas fans, but unfortunately I’m bad at English so I don’t understand. I do feel immense passion though, I truly thank everyone for the comments!

🔸Yamanaka: When we designed the characters and their sins, we tried to design them in a way that is open for interpretation depending on how each viewer feels, and encourage differences in opinions. For example, some sins may be legally wrong, or something that you can’t forgive emotionally, and some may be interpreted differently due to cultural differences and different upbringings. So we encourage people from all walks of life to participate, to increase the diversity and depth in the results.

🔸Yamanaka: Next I want to ask… Do you have a prisoner that you’re interested in other than your own character?

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Ohh…

🔸Horie (Haruka): What a difficult question.

🔸Amami (Es): I’d like to know from you two.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Umm.. you know…?

🔸Amami (Es): Yes, I know everything. laughs

🔸Horie (Haruka)/Aimi (Kotoko): contemplates

🔸Amami (Es): It’s alright, Milgram has everything

🔸Yamanaka: That’s right… from emotion to law to ethics to your tastes/preferences/kink (TN: 性癖 Not sexual. A lot more innocent in Japanese).

🔸Amami (Es): An abundance.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Ummm I felt the pressure from Yamanaka-san earlier to like Amane-chan, but I’m kind of scared of Amane-chan… I mean, it’s not limited to Amane-chan, but there are a lot of characters that look like they have a line that I shouldn’t cross. I feel like if I stepped over that line, there’s no going back… and everyone has that line. Honestly it’s hard to find a bias.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Bias, huh. When it comes to finding a bias, I mean, everyone is kind of… weird.

🔸Amami (Es): So who do you like?

🔸Horie (Haruka): Well if we are talking looks, I like Amane-chan.

🔸Amami (Es): Thank you.

🔸Horie (Haruka): But it’s a difficult question.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): I’m actually interested in Haruka a lot. Horie-san’s songs are so good. I get into a lot of things through songs, so when I first heard them, I thought “Wow, what a voice” and it left a strong impression on me.

🔸Amami (Es): It’s very delicate.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Weren’t we so nervous?

🔸Amami (Es): Yes!

🔸Horie (Haruka): You were the first and I was the second - now I’m first - being the first person to create such music content made me so nervous. Plus, Undercover was so well done, so I was extra nervous going after you.

🔸Yamanaka: We gathered voice actors who can sing well from all times and places.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): All times and places laughs

🔸Everyone: Thank you.

🔸Es/Kotoko/Haruka? (TN: everyone is talking at the same time and it’s all jumbled T_T): I want to taste the betrayal/betrayal is part of the fun

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Even if you like their looks, maybe you’ll be like “oh no, I can’t support that anymore!” later on, or the opposite might be true too.

🔸Yamanaka: It happens in real life too, right? Some people turn out completely different from their first impressions.

🔸Horie (Haruka): It happens.

🔸Yamanaka: Just like Horie kun said, first impressions may change, and they might betray you, but if you gather the courage and make them your bias regardless, you can enjoy the impact from the change in character.

🎴 UNDERCOVER by Es

🔸Yamanaka: Next slide please. The first song is from the warden who oversees the prisoners, Es, “Undercover”. How did you feel when you received the documents for Undercover and was asked to sing?

🔸Amami (Es): I love Deco27-san’s songs, and the song was packed with Deco27-san’s worldview, so I was really really happy when I was asked to sing this song. I was looking forward to the recording every single day

🔸Yamanaka: As you know I write the scenarios and Deco-san uploads the music. When I hear the music from Deco-san, I am astounded every time. Especially when I heard the intro for Undercover, I was like, “Ah, this is amazing, this is the beginning”

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Have you sang as a boy before this?

🔸Amami (Es): No, I haven’t. I didn’t have much experience with music contents. To me, Es is my magnum opus. But I’ve always wanted to sing in this kind of voice, so this allowed me to achieve a lot of my dreams, as we speak.

🔸Horie (Haruka): I like Undercover so much, that I just spam the link to actors who aren’t even involved in Milgram.

🔸Amami (Es): Thank you lol

🔸Yamanaka: I’ve had the opportunity to listen to Amami-san’s voice before, so Deco-san and I knew what to expect

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): It’s amazing that you’re able to pick such a perfect fit

🔸Amami (Es): Thank you.

🔸Yamanaka: It’s fun to do a role you’ve never done before right?

🔸Amami (Es): Yes, thank you for the opportunity.

🔸Yamanaka: So Undercover was released on 5/15, then followed by the prisoners’ songs. Next slide please… oh sorry I made a mistake. Here we have an intriguing scene, we have Es, warden, and scattered boxes… this scene feeds everyone’s imagination.

🔸Haruka/Others: The number of the boxes also trigger intrigue.

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s take a look at the next slide… It’s the chorus. In the choruses, we can see the fearful faces of the prisoners come together gradually. Next slide please.

🔸Horie (Haruka): This looks kind of scary when you take a closer look.

🔸Amami (Es): There’s a lot of comments asking about what’s going on in this scene.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): True, it’s hard to tell what’s going on here

🔸Yamanaka: What do you think? It seems like there’s a lot being done to Es.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Everyone speculates about the prisoners and whether to forgive or not, but the speculation already starts here.

🔸Yamanaka: I started this project wanting to enjoy the speculation with the viewers, but the depth and speed that everyone forms their speculations far exceeds my expectation… I’m a little startled. So that’s how Milgram began, and the first song from a prisoner is this. Next slide please.

🎴 Weakness by Haruka

🔸Aimi (Kotoko)/Amami (Es): Ah, here it goes

🔸Yamanaka: What do you think? It’s about you..

🔸Horie (Haruka): Um… What should I do?! Is what I thought. I thought it was very difficult from the documents I received. I’ve had the opportunity to sing a lot of character songs that are catchy and melodious, but it was my first time working on a more serious and full-fledged song made by Deco*27. There’s a lot of falsettos and the key was pretty high.

🔸Amami (Es): It’s very high isn’t it?

🔸Horie (Haruka): I haven’t had much opportunity to sing these kind of songs so I was nervous and excited as I recorded it.

🔸Yamanaka: Haruka was very fun.

🔸Amami (Es): Is that so?

🔸Yamanaka: Even the voice recordings were super fun.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Regardless whether it was voice recordings or the song, Yamanaka-san told me to make it nauseating.

🔸Yamanaka: I don’t care if no one likes Haruka, just make it as nauseating as possible

🔸Horie (Haruka): That’s what he told me! There was a part of me that wanted to make Haruka a popular and likable character, but I was told to expel all impure thoughts and intentions

🔸Yamanaka: It didn’t matter if Haruka couldn’t get a single view – that’s how much I emphasized on just building the character.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Even with that, I saw a lot of comments saying they’ll support Haruka for life.

🔸Yamanaka: There’s the reality in a character that has been finessed.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): The chorus is very memorable… I always end up singing it at home.

🔸Horie (Haruka): People who start by liking him are probably those who like to make life difficult for themselves.

🔸Yamanaka: Are you sure you want to say that? There’s one right beside you.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Oh right lol!

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Umm… I guess you’re right. Oh, and you got to do a cover for Two Breaths Walking, I’m very envious.

🔸Horie (Haruka): I think it was my generation. When I was a student, it’s a song that was played over the speakers at school during lunch. It’s that kind of song. (TN: in Japan, the school would play various music/songs during lunch hour through the school PA system)

🔸Yamanaka: You’re in that generation?

🔸Amami (Es): That was our youth.

🔸Yamanaka: I feel a generation gap. I’m the same age as Deco-san, so those type of songs wouldn’t play during lunch for us. Let’s take a look at the MV. Here we have Haruka, we used a collage-multimedia style MV.

🔸Amami (Es): It looks unsettling.

🔸Yamanaka: It’s a change from the anime-style Undercover.

🔸Amami (Es): Can I ask a question? I’ve been reading the comments and there’s a lot of questions around whether if the Haruka seen here is actually Haruka, or his sibling.

🔸Yamanaka: I can’t answer that. Next please.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Oh no it moved on.

🔸Amami (Es): I really want to know!

🔸Yamanaka: Yes, I understand many of you want to know, but I can’t tell you anything at the current stage, so we’ll just have to speculate.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Only suspicion.

🔸Yamanaka: Next slide please. The last scene.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko?): ah, it’s precious

🔸Horie (Haruka): Which emotion?

🔸Yamanaka: Which emotion does this represent?

🔸Amami (Es): I wonder which?

🔸Yamanaka: I hope everyone can enjoy speculating which is it.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): It’s so heartbreaking.

🎴 Umbilical by Yuno

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s move on to the next song. Yuno’s Umbilical was release on July 17th. The change in musical style after Haruka’s Survival of the Fittest (TN: the Japanese title of Haruka’s song Weakness) must have been a surprise.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko?): It’s very different.

🔸Horie (Haruka): I thought the style would be consistent with Weakness.

🔸Amami (Es): Me too.

🔸Yamanaka: People wonder what would come after Undercover and Weakness, and then we’re hit with this.

🔸Horie (Haruka): It took me by surprise.

🔸Yamanaka: we’re receiving a lot of comments that Yuno is cute.

🔸Amami (Es): Yuno-chan is so popular. When I search Milgram on Twitter, I see how immense Yuno-chan’s popularity is. I want to rest on her lap for 1000 yen too.

🔸Yamanaka: 1000 is cheap.

🔸Amami (Es): For real. Please, I beg you!

🔸Horie (Haruka): Who are you begging?

🔸Yamanaka: She’s begging Yuno-chan.

🔸Yamanaka: Yuno chan is pretty prickly in the dramas… She’s not an easy person to deal with and it’s demonstrated well through the great acting.

🔸Horie (Haruka): That’s true, Aisaka-kun’s way of acting and singing captures Yuno’s essence exquisitely… I can’t get into more details, but really shows Yuno’s vibe.

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s take a look at the MV

🔸Everyone: so cute! I love the colors.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Um this scene… you’ve heard it from Yamanaka-san already right? This scene really traumatized me.

🔸Aimi(?): Trauma?

🔸Horie (Haruka): Yes… traumatic.

🔸Yamanaka: Next please! Here we have デイのシーン? (TN: I couldn’t really catch what scene he’s referring to. He says Day Scene, but idk what a day scene is?)

🔸Amami (Es): this is nice, the karaoke screen at the back is a cover song.

🔸Yamanaka: Yes, there are easter eggs.

🔸Amami (Es): I want her to come Karaoke with me~

🔸Yamanaka: After the project took off, eventually the MVs will come out. But when I first wrote the story and Deco san composed, then I’m like, ah, so this is how (the story) is portrayed. I’ve had a lot of moments like that. I think it will build up to an exciting result one prose at a time. Next slide please. Yuno-chan falling.

🔸Horie (Haruka): She’s falling.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): She’s wearing an undershirt. No peeking at her tummy.

🔸Yamanaka: I like that. Usually people would wear it.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): True, usually people wear an undershirt but in 2D world usually you get to peek at their tummy.

🔸Yamanaka: I’m the type who want to make them wear undershirts.

🔸Horie (Haruka): you prefer realistic portrayals. Old man’s peculiar taste.

🔸Yamanaka: that’s a bit, um…

🔸Amami (Es): Please stop that lol.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Please stop that? LOL.

🎴 Bring it On / Jihen Jotou by Futa

🔸Yamanaka: What we have next is very different once again.

🔸Everyone: AHHHHH Fuuta… wahh….

🔸Amami (Es): Amazing!

🔸Horie (Haruka): Lounsbery-san is a genius, for real.

🔸Yamanaka: He’s really given his all for us.

🔸Amami (Es): His growling is top notch

🔸Horie (Haruka): Like where is that voice coming from?

🔸Yamanaka: We really had him give his all.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): It sounds like it would strain his throat.

🔸Horie (Haruka): What was this throat like after it was done?

🔸Yamanaka: He’s really tough. We told him, “we’re good with this take” but he’ll ask us if he can do another take.

🔸Horie (Haruka): He’s so cool.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko)/Amami (Es): So dependable

🔸Yamanaka: I was amazed by the musical range of Milgram.

🔸Amami (Es): Why is Futa wearing a mask?

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s move on to the next slide!

🔸Horie (Haruka): Even that’s classified?

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): It’s an arcade.

🔸Yamanaka: My only choice is to deny all questions. It’s so sad.

🔸Yamanaka: In this scene we get a peek into Futa’s daily life.

🔸Horie (Haruka): He seems so left out.

🔸Everyone: LOL not fitting in.

🔸Horie (Haruka): They’re together, but…

🔸Yamanaka: Next slide please

🔸Amami (Es): This is so awesome!

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Very awesome!

🔸Amami (Es): It’s so unique to portray an MV like a game.

🔸Yamanaka: This MV is like a peek into his mind/how he sees the world in his mind, it lets us see how he sees his own sin. It really demonstrates Otoiro-san’s techniques and creativity.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Could there be a meaning to the number 1014?

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s move on to the next slide.

🔸Horie (Haruka): I want to know what the 1014 means.

🔸Yamanaka: This scene shows us that Futa has this side to him as well.

🔸Amami (Es): He’s been coming off strong/confident up until now, but this scene suddenly shows uncertainty/anxiety and makes people wonder.

🔸Yamanaka: Futa is usually full of himself, but he has a weaker side, and this shows that people are multifaceted.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): There’s a gap in personality.

🔸Amami (Es): True, everyone is head over heels for this gap.

🔸Yamanaka: True, Futa-kun is loved.

🔸Amami (Es): Cocky characters receive all the love.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Ultimately, they’re adorable.

🔸Horie (Haruka): And yet, he wasn’t forgiven.

🔸Yamanaka: It’s really a test of whether you can still think they’re cute or cool once you find out the truth about them.

🎴 Afterpain by Mu

🔸Yamanaka: We have a problematic person coming up as well… next slide please. Mu-chan.

🔸Everyone: Ahhh…. She’s here.

🔸Amami (Es)/Aimi (Kotoko?): A pretty girl.

🔸Horie (Haruka): So ephemeral. Her voice is really clear.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko?): Her voice is the best.

🔸Amami (Es): She really sounds ephemeral.

🔸Yamanaka: I agree. The clarity of her voice and (the clarity/ephemeralness) of her character really matches well. I can say this for everyone, but Kouri-san’s singing is so good.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): She’s really good! She can sing any kind of songs.

🔸Yamanaka: That’s true. She’s really good at getting the pitches right.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): She’s a genius at giving the right nuances.

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s take a look at the next slide.

🔸Amami (Es): Thumbnail!

🔸Yamanaka: Mu-chan had a lot of specific scenes.

🔸Amami (Es): True, she had scenes that were expressed in direct/literal ways.

🔸Yamanaka: Her character is also pretty different between her MV and her drama, and how you interpret her character really changes depending on how far you pursue this character.

🔸Amami (Es): That’s true… the comments from the people who heard her drama part are mostly confused, like “What should I do with this (information)?”

🔸Yamanaka: Even in the real world, for example a news story about a murder, you’d have very different opinions depending on if you just read the headline, vs when you watch the whole thing, vs when you do more research on the person.

🔸Amami (Es): yes, the information keeps getting updated.

🔸Yamanaka: The interpretation completely changes depending on people’s interest levels

🔸Yamanaka: Next slide please.

🔸Yamanaka: Who is this?

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Who?

🔸Yamanaka: I wonder who?

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): It’s an obviously different face, drawn in a such a clear shot.

🔸Yamanaka: Yes… for the other characters, everyone other than themselves are drawn rather abstractly.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Yeah, even for Haruka, the other characters were rather scribbly.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Yeah we couldn’t see their faces.

🔸Yamanaka: I wonder we’ll find out who she is eventually…?

🔸Amami (Es): Aww, eventually…!

🔸Yamanaka: I like this part.. Next slide please.

🔸Amami (Es): Ahh, it’s here, the scene in question.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Judging by the results we know this scene, but it’s hard to tell which one is which (TN: I’m assuming she means which one is initiating the killing). Only these two know.

🔸Yamanaka: Mu-chan said it herself; it’s true that she committed murder, but you wouldn’t understand unless if you’ve been in her shoes.

🔸Amami (Es): It’s drawn pretty directly here, but she was forgiven. “Not forgive” was the majority until near the end of the vote, but ultimately “forgive” won at the end. I wonder if the wardens have had a change of heart.

🔸Horie (Haruka): “I forgave her, even though I didn’t want to” I’ve been seen these in the comments.

🔸Yamanaka: It feels like real society, where you have people who know the complete story currently available through both the drama and song, trying to convince people who only listened to the song to listen to the entire story before forgiving her.

🎴 Throw Down by Shidou

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s move onto the next song. Shidou-san.

🔸Aimi (or Amami): The one in charge of sexiness.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): He’s so stylish.

🔸Yamanaka: Throw Down, in terms of musical range, is rather unexpected for Shidou.

🔸Amami (Es): It’s so good.

🔸Yamanaka: He’s so cool.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): The way he sings is also sexy.

🔸Yamanaka: This song makes me feel mellow.

🔸Amami (Es): Yes.. but initially, he was singing one octave lower right?

🔸Yamanaka: yes… We practically had him retake it until it fit Shidou’s image. We spent as much time as we could on the vocals.

🔸Horie (Haruka): whose proposal was it to raise an octave?

🔸Yamanaka: Originally we were doing it in this key, because we were focused on Shidou’s image and to make sure it suits Shidou’s appearance, so we were like let's do it in this octave. But ultimately, we said, let’s raise an octave. There were a lot of trial and error.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Shugo-san is amazing for being able to keep up with all of that.

🔸Yamanaka: Yes… it’s a unique case, but we recorded the voice (lines), then the song, and we did retakes of the voice stocks to match results of the song.

🔸Amami (Es): Ehh, really?!

🔸Yamanaka: Yeah.. Shidou’s a complex person so there were a lot of trial and error.

🔸Yamanaka: Let's take a look at a shot from the MV.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Ah, so good! His gaze.

🔸Horie (Haruka): He’s beautiful.

🔸Amami (Es): His skin is so clear.

🔸Horie (Haruka): He has such fair skin.

🔸Amami (Es): there are no bad people among people who part their hair at the middle.

🔸Yamanaka: I don’t think that’s true.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Really? I think there are plenty lol.

🔸Yamanaka: The two beauty marks under his eyes are sexy.

🔸Amami (Es): It’s too sexy that they are a pair.

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s take a look at the next slide

🔸Yamanaka: We get to learn about what kind of person Shidou is in real life for the most part.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): His profession is clear.

🔸Amami (Es): Like a doctor, most likely.

🔸Yamanaka: It’s a difficult job, so there’s probably a lot going on.

🔸Amami (Es): it’s a job that affects human lives.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): there’s a comment saying they want to listen to the lower octave song.

🔸Amami (Es): I want to listen too.

🔸Yamanaka: sorry… for being the only ones who had heard it.

🔸Yamanaka: Shidou-san’s drama and interrogation also causes confusion on what kind of person he is. He’s that type of person, so I hope you’ll watch over him from now too. Next slide please.

🔸Amami (Es): This place collapses right?

🔸Yamanaka: yes. He’s making human shapes from flower arrangements in the MV, and ultimately it collapses at the end.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): He was in a white coat just now, but now he’s in a black shirt. The color scheme changed completely.

🔸Yamanaka: Yes.. when I saw the MV from Otoiro-san, I felt that expressions were portrayed in very intricate ways. I hope they are viewed many times.

🔸Amami (Es): it’s very detailed.

🔸Yamanaka: I’m being told that the way I brush past questions with a chuckle is scary.. I’m sorry for that. That’s my only option.

🔸Amami (Es): Ah true, there’s a lot that you can’t disclose.

🔸Yamanaka: I don’t mind telling it all though, just spoil everything.

🔸Amami (Es): Still, we’ll just keep asking you questions regardless.

🔸Yamanaka: Okay. I’ll say “I can’t answer any of that.”

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): We know what to expect now.

#milgram #milgram translation #milgramtranslations #anniversary #1st anniversary #ミルグラム1周年 #ミルグラムファンアート #Youtube

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fanfic-inator795 · 6 months

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Man, like- Chip Whistler isn't even my favorite BCG character (Bill, Vasquez, Remy, Cricket and Tilly all outrank him by a wiiiiide margin) but the way the BCGs writers have developed Chip's whole arc really is fascinating in a morbid way - like a car crash you can't look away from.

Just like how the show - even if Chip's most intimidating moments - never forgets to still also show him as the loser he truly is, the show also never forgets to emphasize that EVERYTHING that has gone wrong for him is his own damn fault, regardless of how tragic it is.

(continue reading for a full look at Chip's arc and how I think it'll end)

I feel like whether or not Chip acknowledges this fault is going to be the catalyst as to whether or not he gets a second third FOURTH FIFTH chance, gets arrested or even gets killed off for realsies like the classic Disney Villains.

To get any sort of somewhat-happy ending, Chip would have to not only take responsibility for ALL his mistakes and crimes, vow to be better AND actually put in the work to be better, but he'd also has to acknowledge that the thing that started it all - chipping his tooth on fake produce - was something that he can ONLY blame himself for. And judging by the latest ep, this isn't just a matter of shifting blame but also a matter of finally realizing and accepting this self-inflicted mistake.

Go back to the scene with the 'Bean' family, which not only paints its fake!Cricket as the worst, least sympathetic and shallowest version of Real!Cricket, but afterwards Chip emphasizes that "(that boy) was so mean and I didn't even do anything to him", referring to fake!Cricket but obviously thinking about Real!Cricket in his mind.

But the thing about Cricket is that for as much as the kid can be reckless and make mistakes, he does put in the effort to make things right - often only needing a slight nudge from Tilly, Bill or his own conscious to fix his mistakes. The episode "Supermarket Scandal" is no exception to this. He realizes his mistake, fixes things, and even sacrifices his giant wad of cash. What's more, when Chip tries the fake produce (which is being clearly advertised as such), there's no 'trick' or 'prank' or whatever - it's just Chip ignoring the world and people around him, only to then blame these things when consequences happen.

Funnily enough, Chip isn't a complete moron. Sure, he's incredibly averse to hard work and thus doesn't have much sense, but he had enough business skills to do a decent job as one of Wholesome Foods' top managers and was even able to hold down an office job as Norm Alguy. Once his dad reminded him he had the power and resources of CEO, Chip came up with a pretty solid plan that nearly worked! He's not an idiot, but he's reckless, foolish, single-minded and - above all else - is driven more by pride and ego (as well as a hidden hunger for power) than by anything else.

Come to think of it, given that a big part of Chip originally being a Wholesome Foods manager was likely due to his father, I feel like his vendetta with the Greens was the first real challenge Chip ever had to face (or was 'forced' to face. We saw in his song that while he could challenge himself by changing careers or learning a new skill, he's not self-motivated enough to even try). Everything else was either handed to him or was something he succeeded just enough in to feel satisfied - so it makes sense that these multiple failures and 'offenses/personal attacks' from the Greens would impact his psyche to the point of it being impossible for him to ever completely let go of his need for revenge, needing that closure above all else.

Which brings me to another point: Beyond the fact that the initial tooth-chipping was Chip's own damn fault, Cricket has only ever been shown fighting back against Chip after Chip initiates it, he's never outright sought the guy out just to mess with him. And, when it came to both their tomato war and the apology contract, it was Cricket who gave Chip a chance to walk away both times. It was Cricket who wanted what was best for the farmer's market above all else, and it was Cricket who was the first one (even before Bill and Tilly!) to sign the contract, believing in Chip's ability to change and be a better person and possible friend instead of an enemy.

But each time, Chip refuses and ends up stabbing Cricket and the rest of the Greens in the back, no matter how illogical or foolish it may be for him, his happiness or his business. Again, Chip puts his ego, pride and power above all else. He can't agree to peace in the farmer's market because that still means surrendering. He can't become friends with the Greens because that would mean actually having to put in the effort to change and find other goals and means of satisfaction in his life. He can't just live a new life as Norm because he doesn't have the power over people that he had as Chip, thus putting him in a position to be 'wronged' again. He can't just let the Greens be happy because why should they be happy if I can't be.

And he can't fully accept blame and responsibility for the initial tooth-chipping because once he does, he has to also accept that EVERYTHING he did in the name of revenge truly was pointless.

At this point, you could make the argument that he really is too far gone. The man's essentially starting his Joker arc, fully embracing that he's a 'monster' by his own words, which kinda makes the idea of Chip simply stopping, apologizing and just going to therapy feel kiiiiinda farfetched (cause again, you can't really offer someone help if they don't want to actually put in the work to properly benefit from it- or at the very least, acknowledge that they need it)

With this in mind, I would honestly LOVE a scene where - after offering Chip chance after chance - Cricket finally just throws all these examples back in his face and forces Chip to fully acknowledge them, telling him its his own fault for never just walking away from this whole revenge thing and outright refusing to accept anymore blame or responsibility for this guy's misfortunes.

...Of course, even if Chip were to by some miracle gain some self-awareness/self-realization, I feel like he'd just respond to all this with "I don't CARE if chipping my tooth was my own fault! It still wouldn't have happened if I never met you or your dumb family! So if I'm going down, I'm gonna do all I can to take you down with me."

Like I said, it's a self-inflicted tragedy, and unless something major happens to break through to Chip - his father stepping in maybe? though tbh Chip seemed to barely respect him in the first place sooooo - I truly do feel like both his Joker arc and his story as a whole is going to end in flames with Chip getting the ol' Disney classic 'falls off a high place and/or into fire' villain death. That or he's finally arrested - either way, it'd be ending that cements his story as being finished (since, given that Chip is apparently going to try to destroy all of Big City and everyone in it, I'm not sure how much more you'd be able to do with his character after hitting that extreme that would still feel exciting or have some tension)

But who knows? The BCGs crew already surprised me quite a bit with where they decided to take Chip's story in his s4 return ep, so maybe they'll surprise me again. Whether they take it, I'm just hoping that (for unlikely as it may be) we don't get something that's either completely unsatisfying or something that feels like it's going against the whole point of Chip's arc - like Chip getting a snapshot redemption and rushing into an actual friendship with the Greens, or Cricket for whatever reason being the one to apologize despite every single one of Chip's misfortunes being - say it with me now - his own damn fault. As long as neither of these two examples happen, I'll probably be pretty happy and satisfied.

#big city greens #bcg #chip whistler #cricket green #apologies for how long this is #I've had these thoughts bouncing around in my head for a while #I really do love how Chip is both a tragic villain and a total loser #BCGs perfectly uses him for both tension and comedy and I don't want that to ever change

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bisonaari · 9 months

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So I've mentionned wanting to do a list of weird music recs a while ago, and the idea hasn't left me so here it is!

If you enjoy weird music, come with me in the read more ohohoho I've got beautiful things to show ya

First I'd like to mention that my specialty is asian pop, especially japanese pop (I've been hosting a panel about weird jmusic at my local con for more than 10 years). So there's gonna be a lot of that stuff here hahaha

Golden Bomber

They're my absolute favourites they're incredible. First of all… THEY'RE NOT A REAL BAND. ONLY THE SINGER SINGS, THE OTHER MEMBERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY. Their music videos are always a delight because nothing makes sense

youtube

Other songs from them:

dance my generation

Yokubou no uta

Odoru na yo -do not dance-

Norazo

Norazo is this weird korean duo that I've been following for the last 15 years. Their videos are always the result of like if you could film someone's fever dream and it's DELIGHTFUL

youtube

Some other songs from them:

Your fortune

Wild Horse

Cider

P'tit Belliveau

I need to show off my country a little bit! P'tit Belliveau is an artist from Canada, singing in chiac. What is chiac? It's actually a variant form of canadian french, spoken in the east of the country. It's honestly pretty cool sounding, and sadly not valued enough. Anyway, his videos are very 80's/90's graphics inspired (with a lot of weird ass CGI lately hahaha) and he just seems really friendly I love him

youtube

Some other songs:

J'feel comme un alien

Cool When Yer Old

Téo Lavabo

I love this guy SO MUCH HAHAHA. So Téo Lavabo is from France. He's proudly lgbt and that's a recurring theme in his songs. His style can be described as… yodel/electro/pop??? I SWEAR I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP LOOK FOR YOURSELF

youtube

Other songs:

Vernini Vernana

Caresse ma salopette

TATI TATTOO

Little Big

Of course a lot of people here will know them, as they were selected for eurovision 2020 (I have been following them since like 2014 and I was HEARTBROKEN when esc 2020 was cancelled I wanted them to win so bad haha). They've started as a band that made music a lot heavier (still weird though), but they've mellowed down in the latest years. After the war, Ilya and Sonya moved to the USA.

youtube

Other songs:

Faradanza

Skibidi

MOUSTACHE (feat. Netta !!)

DJ OZMA

I have to speak about him because he's the person who started me on this weird music journey all the way back in 2009 (my mom HATES him for that HAHAHA I haven't been normal since). DJ Ozma was the pop side project of rock band Kishidan's lead singer, Ayanocozey Show. It lasted only for 3 years but oh boy what incredible 3 years they were. He was mostly doing japanese covers of kpop songs, with some original ones from time to time.

youtube

Other songs:

Spiderman

drinkin' boys

I RAVE U

Momoiro Clover Z

Momoiro Clover started as a fairly standard jpop idol group back in 2008 (I've been following them since then, it has been a while lol). In the following years, one of their members decided to leave to pursue an acting career instead. They switched the group name to Momoiro Clover Z and all the videos took such a turn, it was quite the whiplash. And it was for the BEST, they're aliens in the idol world, including the fact that some members are pushing 30 now! Their style is mostly back to normal nowadays, but they've still produced gems

youtube

Other songs:

Neo Stargate

PUSH

I think that's enough for today hahaha. If you want more or if you want to share some interesting artists, please don't hesitate!! I'm always in for new weird music hahaha. After ESC 2023 someone suggested Hooja and I absolutely LOVED it, and katinkulta has sent me some KAJ it was a delight. So please send all the weird stuff my way I need it like I need water

#music recs #music recommendation #I hope you'll like some of them!#Youtube

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yandere-daze · 2 years

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This is, uh, my first ever ask I sent to anyone but I wanted to say that I love your take on a self aware enstars au! I love reading different ideas of this kind of thing and I was surprised to find one for enstars. It’s so cool to read everyone’s ideas and contributions to this au!

I wanted to get your thoughts on something regarding the scenario where the player becomes part of a new unit and everyone doesn’t like them because the player disappears around the same time. In most imposter self aware genshin aus, the characters eventually realize that oops, they’ve been hunting down the player all along and immediately regret and try to repent. In your opinion, how would the idols (and Anzu too, I guess) realize that the leader of the new unit is actually the player, like maybe through a song the player and their unit makes about their experiences in the world and their past one, and how would they go about apologizing and/or making up for their poor treatment? Personally, I think that Niki and Adonis would probably use food for their apology somehow and Shu might make an outfit for you (and maybe your unit) but I’d like to see what you come up with!

You don’t have to answer this one, I’d just love to hear your thoughts on it!

I decided to combine these two asks because they're both kind of related to each other so I thought it would be best to do both of them in a single post. I hope that's okay with you guys ^^

First of all, thank you!! I'm glad you've been enjoying yourself with this AU!! I mentioned it before but I myself am a big fan of yandere self-aware AUs in pretty much every fandom I'm in so I was pretty excited when I got the chance to think and talk about it due to nana's ask 😊 The fact that you guys are just as excited about this as me is obviously a huge plus!!!

Now, let's get to some theorizing!

Edit: Holy shit this got kind of long. Oops djdjd

gn reader

tw yandere, past bad treatment towards reader, obsession, stalking, mention of murder, kidnapping, creepy behavior

The characters finding out that idol! reader is actually the player right as they're about to leave and how they would try to make up for the poor treatment

You've likely been treated pretty poorly by all of the characters for a while now, even though you don't understand why. You just got sent into a completely foreign world as an idol and everyone seems to simply hate you? There's no one except your two unit mates that look like carbon copies of you, that want to stick by your side and talk to you. It's a pretty miserable experience to be antagonized all the time even though you don't remember doing anything wrong. You're just existing and trying to live your life, why do they hold you in so much contempt? You wish you could simply ask them but no one gives you a straight answer when you try. It's frustrating.

Naturally it would all come to a breaking point where you just can't deal with the harsh treatment any longer. You don't want to spend every second of your life being reminded that none of the people here like you. There are even some that openly threaten you with violence for seemingly no reason at all. Sometimes you're scared to go to bed because you fear that one of them might just sneak in at night and end your life once and for all

You decide that you've had enough. Why are you even staying at Ensemble Square anymore? You don't have any friends aside from the twins and you didn't even want to be an idol in the first place. If you have to make a living in this strange world then you would much prefer doing some normal job and life a humble life at a completely different place. At least then you could life in peace and maybe find some happiness.

There's no way you're staying here any longer.

Meanwhile, while you're busy preparing your bags to move somewhere else, an important revelation was made at ES. One that leaves everyone shocked and appalled and most of all: very guilty.

When Anzu made her rounds through the office that day, she stumbled upon a notebook left forgotten on one of the desk. Now normally the dutiful producer would not be one to pry into the personal affairs of others but there was a certain sense of curiosity set aflame inside of her when she saw your name on the cover. All of a sudden, she didn't care about your privacy anymore when she remembered that you were likely the reason why the player wasn't with them anymore.

So she goes ahead and reads the first page of your notebook, finding it to be an amalgamation of a personal diary and a blank piece of paper where you can write down ideas and concepts for upcoming songs.

At first, Anzu reads with limited interest, merely skimming the lines until suddenly, she feels her eyes widen dramatically, the notebook almost slipping out of her hands in shock.

She sees you writing about all of the strange occurrences in your life. How one day, you were still sitting at home playing the mobile game you loved and suddenly the next day you were sucked into the game for no apparent reason. You describe in clear detail how confused and lost you were and how everyone rejected you, seeming to hate you for no fault of your own. How much it hurt and how you had resolved to leave all of this behind you and move to a better and hopefully nicer place.

It hits Anzu like a flash, the realization that you were the player all along. That they had treated you so cruely when you were the very person they wanted to be with more than anything.

Of course, she immediately went and called in every single idol at ES, much to the surprise of everyone attending. It was highly unusual for the producer to call on all of them so suddenly, and with such urgency and panic in her voice as well.

Naturally, when she reveals what she had discovered, all hell breaks loose.

How could they have been so blind? How could they not have realized this sooner? Now that they knew the truth it all seems so obvious in hindsight. The player suddenly disappears and at the exact same time, a new idol that none of them have ever heard of mysteriously joins the game, with a new unit made specifically to compliment and highlight them.

They feel so guilty, they need to make it up to you! They need to apologize and tell you how sorry they are to have mistreated you like that when you were the most important person to all of them!!

But there were even more pressing issues right now. You had mentioned that you wanted to leave ES behind and start a new life somewhere else. You were about to leave them and escape their grasp forever. They could not let that happen! Now that they know who you truly are, they can't just let you go!

Since you mentioned Izumi and Ritsu, let's talk about them a little!!

Ritsu is just hit with the sudden realization that he's going to be left alone by the person he loves the most again. He is quite empathetic so he understands why you would choose to do this. From your end, there was no reason for you to stay around any longer with they way they were treating you. You deserve to have a happy life with people that appreciate you.

And yet, the old abandonment issues are kicking in in full gear. He gets very very desperate, he wants you next to him, you can't just leave him!! They have to find you before you can abandon him forever, he promises he will make things up to you properly once you return! He'll give you all the love and affection you deserved from the very beginning and he'll promise to never let you go again! Please, just don't leave him! Don't let Ritsu be all alone again!!

Izumi is desperate too but in a different way. Once he realizes that his beloved obsession is escaping him, his mood starts to shift rapidly as he tries to think of a way to find you. He didn't think of putting a GPS tracker on you like he normally would have, simply because he used to hate your guts because he wrongly believed that you were the cause for his beloved player leaving him. But now he knows that's not the case and he's downright hysteric.

Izumi will 100% start a manhunt as if he hadn't just loudly complained that he was going to miss out on an important fotoshoot because of this impromptu meeting. He's already out there, trying his absolute best to find you. Breaks into your apartment with zero hesitation to see if you're still there or to find some clue on where you may have gone to in your room. Maybe he finds a map laying on the table or he finds some other clue but he's hot on your tail.

He is not going to let you slip from his grasp. He's going to find you and then he's going to drag you right back where you came from. He's going to be a bit mean in true Izumi-fashion but he is going to apologize for treating you that harshly. The shift in his attitude toward you is really creepy honestly. First he's shouting insults at you or ignoring you and now he's obsessively holding on to you and smelling your hair like the obsessed freak he is.

Also his apology included most likely kidnapping you <3 He won't get an opportunity to keep you for himself like this anytime soon, he'll just tell the others that he lost your trail and that you already managed to get far, far away. There's no need for them to keep searching for you around here

Some other apologies include Niki and Adonis cooking your favorite meals for you every day and they're honestly pretty sincere in their apologies. I don't think either of them would be particularly harsh to you when the misunderstanding was still happening but they feel bad all the same that they didn't stop the others from being so cruel to you.

Speaking of cruel, Shu was probably awful to you back then. The player is his muse, the person he loves more than anyone else. He's already not known to mince his words around others and he's very open when it comes to expressing his dislike for people he doesn't like. Imagine how brutal he would have been to the person that he thinks is the reason you left him and aren't coming back.

Similar to Izumi, his attitude toward you will make a complete 180. He's immediately gushing about you, admiring every little detail about you and already trying to guess your vague measurements to get to work. He's going to make the most wonderful outfit for you as an apology! No effort will be spared and he will work day and night to make this absolutely perfect. Shu is not the kind to often admit to his mistakes and apologize so take this as a token for how obsessed he is with you

There's more like how Arashi would most likely take you on a shopping tour or how Tsukasa would want to make it up to you by inviting you to eat sweets with him at his favorite café, but I feel like I've already rambled on for a long time and it's getting pretty late now

Hope you enjoyed!

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