#q&a time

[viktheviking1]

Q&A open!

Just generally about me, I'll be posting the answers both here and in a chapter of my fanfic, but questions don't have to be related to the fic

I mean, only if anyone is interested interested

No one is probably not interested, I'm just some dude on the Internet. I feel kinda dumb for asking this, nevermind ignore me. 👀🫥

There aren't a lot of questions yet, and I crave attention. What am I gonna do? Make up questions for myself and answer them? That's just sad.

#not the most pathetic thing I've ever done tho

Don't like this post. Just ask me what other fandoms I'm in or whats the color of my toothbrush or something

#comment #not the most pathetic thing I've ever done #q&a #q&a session #q&a time #q&a questions #q&a #q and a time #q and a #fanfiction writer #fanfic authors #helluva boss fanfiction

[fattylime]

Hey! I really love your work! Your style is a huge inspiration as I try to come up with my own style of illustrations. I was wondering you're willing to share what program you use and what types of brushes? (if you're comfortable ofc)

hello !! thank you so much for asking, i solely use procreate currently! though before that, for all of middle and highschool, i used a pirated version of paint tool sai + gimp alongside a huion tablet that was handed down to me from my brother lol

I don't have my ipad currently so I can't list all of them from memory, but i use a lot of textured brushes with color jittering settings. For coloring I primarily use this set from cryvtozoology (they also made the rainbow pencil brush i use for sketches sometimes) I've also used this set from marmastry which has nice texture as well!

also before i had to ship off my ipad for repairs again ;((( i messed around with this from twulfs (who is an absolute angel for compiling those) there's a lot of very fun halftones, patterns, and marker brushes in there, it's a lot of space but it was worth it imo.

#also i wanna try clip paint studio when i have free time it looks very fun #i keep a ton of sets i don't use more than one brush from hoarded but #the ones i listed i use multiple from so i could narrow it down for u lol have fun friend !! #i need to make a q&a tag at some point?? #q&a #until i think of a fun unique one jakdkm #lime rambles #asks #Q&A #limesfaq

[ivy-xvioletx]

“Q&A’s”

100 Best 'Would You Rather' Questions In Ranking Order 👻

1. Would you rather be a genius and know everything or be amazing at any activity you tried?

2. Would you rather dine alone or watch a good movie by yourself?

3. Would you rather end world hunger or stop crime all over the United States?

4. Would you rather wear pants 3 sizes too big or shoes 3 sizes too small?

5. Would you rather go into the past and meet your ancestors or go into the future and meet your great-great-grandchildren?

6. Would you rather lose your ability to speak or the ability to hear for your entire life?

7. Would you rather experience the world beginning or ending?

8. Would you rather have more money or more time?

9. Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout?

10. Would you rather work more hours a day, but have longer weekends or work fewer hours a day with more workdays?

11. Would you rather live by “Hakuna Matata” or “YOLO”?

12. Would you rather talk like Yoda or breathe like Darth Vader for the rest of your life?

13. Would you rather eat only cheese for 1 year or not be able to eat cheese for 1 year?

14. Would rather have 100 duck-sized elephants or 1 elephant-sized duck?

15. Would you rather wear a clown wig or clown shoes every day?

16. Would you rather be insulted by Gordon Ramsay for 10 seconds or receive unlimited text messages from Donald Trump for 10 days?

17. Would you rather always have a mullet haircut or a ponytail haircut?

18. Would you rather be without elbows or knees?

19. Would you rather your only mode of transportation be a donkey or a giraffe?

20. Would you rather be a clown who distracts the bull or the cowboy who rides the bull?

21. Would you rather get married to a zombie or give birth to a zombie?

22. Would you rather have baby vomit on you or vomit on a baby?

23. Would you rather get your wisdom teeth pulled or your butt cheeks pierced?

24. Would you rather use boiling water as eye drops or gargle with sour milk?

25. Would you rather be smacked in the face with a fish or farted on?

26. Would you rather drink water from a vase that has 2-week old flowers, or eat a giant 3-foot spiderweb?

27. Would you rather eat a stranger's toenails clippings once a week or have everything smell like rotten eggs?

28. Would you rather pee through your mouth every time or have your best friend pee into your mouth one time?

29. Would you rather be a tissue paper or toilet paper?

30. Would you rather eat a dead pigeon or eat a dead dove?

31. Would you rather lose the ability to lie or believe everything you’re told?

32. Would you rather lose all of the money you've earned this year or lose all of the memories you've gained this year?

33. Always hit a red light for the rest of your life or always get slow internet after the sun goes down?

34. Would you rather know how you will die or when you will die?

35. Would you rather ace a job interview at your dream job or go on a date with the hottest person you know?

36. Would you rather know the world’s secrets or live ignorantly forever?

37. Would you rather speak to animals or know other people’s thoughts?

38. Would you rather live in a real haunted house or in the middle of a dessert?

39. Would you rather be the person who flips the switch during executions or be the judge who decides who should be executed?

40. Would you rather always have the urge to pee or have to always wear a diaper?

41. Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button on your life?

42. Would you rather be super strong or have x ray vision?

43. Would you rather master a musical instrument or have a photographic memory?

44. Would you rather be always cold or always hot?

45. Would you rather be the smartest person or the funniest person?

46. Would you rather be attacked by an insane murderer or be given a million dollars every day for the rest of your life?

47. Would you rather get a paper cut every time you read a book or get a free pair of Jordans?

48. Would you rather become an unknown superhero or a famous average person in history books?

49. Would you rather have your own robot or a private jet?

50. Would you rather be in a ballet class or a salsa class?

51. Would you rather have an extra toe or extra finger?

52. Would you rather the aliens that make first contact be robotic or organic?

53. Would you rather have a pet skunk that sprayed you once a month or a pet porcupine that quilled you once a month?

54. Would you rather have an odd-shaped nose or odd-shaped ears?

55. Would you rather have a daughter have Hulk powers or a son with Beyonce’s talent?

56. Would you rather still be bathed in maple syrup by your mother or by your grandmother?

57. Would you rather have 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife or always have a knife but never be able to use spoons?

58. Would you rather have small bad things happen to you for a month or one bad thing happen to you?

59. Would you rather be get trapped inside a video game or have that video game come to life in the real world?

60. Lose access to social media or Free wi fi for the rest of your life?

61. Would you rather have a horses tail or a unicorn horn?

62. Would you rather sneeze chocolate or have your tears taste like cheese?

63. Would you rather be a superhero or a wizard?

64. Would you rather it rain marshmallows or skittles?

65. Would you rather have the ability to fly or be invisible?

66. Would you rather be the world’s best actress or singer?

67. Would you rather have cookies or cake?

68. Would you rather have good grades or be good at sports?

69. Would you rather go to the amusement park or spend a day with your favorite cartoon character?

70. Would you rather become 5 years older or 2 years younger?

71. Would you rather do something you love and make just enough money to get by or do something you hate but make billions of dollars?

72. Would you rather have a terrible boss but a great job or a great boss but a terrible job?

73. Would you rather have a job where you talk to people all day or a job where you stay at your desk by yourself all day?

74. Would you rather live in New York City or London?

75. Would you rather go for a company with thousands of staff or go for a company with just a few hundred staff?

76. Would you rather have a 10-hour dinner with a headstrong politician from an opposing party, or attend a 10-hour concert for a music group you detest?

77. Would you rather be poor and work at a job you love, or rich and work at a job you hate?

78. Would you rather be your own boss or work for someone else?

79. Would you rather be in your pajamas or a suit all day every day?

80. Would you rather have a physical meeting with other coworkers or have an online meeting with other coworkers?

81. Would you rather stay in or go out for a date?

82. Would you rather meet your partner’s siblings first or their closest friends first?

83. Would you rather only be able to have one child, or have to have seven?

84. Would you rather go to a bar, a club, a house party for a good time, or just stay home for quiet TV dinners?

85. Would you rather find true love for 1 year or be in a stale relationship for 100 years?

86. Would you rather be stuck with your spouse in a tree house or in a tent on a rainy day?

87. Would you rather work a morally questionable job that makes a lot of money or a job that helps a lot of people but doesn’t make much money?

88. Would you rather have date night every week or date night every month?

89. Would you rather make a huge salary but have to give everything above minimum wage to charity, or have a mid-range salary and be able to spend it on whatever you want?

90. Would you rather have a lover who’s obsessed with pets or one who doesn’t like pets?

91. Would you rather chew a raw onion for 10 minutes or two raw heads of garlic for 30 minutes?

92. Would you rather have to eat one jar of jam every day for 10 years, or never be able to eat bread for 20 years?

93. Would you rather have the only beverage you can drink be water or the only food you can eat be a salad?

94. Would you rather have cheddar popcorn or popcorn with movie theatre butter?

95. Would you rather have cake or cookies for dessert?

96. Would you rather live in a world with no caffeine or a world with only raw food?

97. Would you rather eat pizza or ice cream as your own meal for the rest of your life?

98. Would you rather be vegetarian or carnivorous?

99. If it meant you could save pizza or spicy food from extinction?

100. If you were responsible for choosing whether the world would have bagels or doughnuts, which one would you choose?

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[danielleurbansblog]

Meet This Album Artist: Nzondi

Q: Tell us about your new single, Tequila Sunrise. “Tequila Sunrise” is a party tune; a dance song, featuring a narrative that uses innuendos of drinking tequila with that of being in love with a girl. It’s the perfect commercial for any tequila brand and even moreso, a perfect collaboration with producer Phatkat Vega who has a long list of pop, rock, and hip hop hits on his resume, including…

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#album #Amazon #cocktail time #Creative Edge Publicity #entertaining #entertainment #fun #Interview #multi-talented artist #Music #Musician #must listen to... #new #new album #new single #Nzondi #party music #Q&A #recommended #Special Guest #Tequila Rock n&039; Roll #Tequila Sunrise #writer

[melancholyflower]

Depeche Mode | Q - mai 2020

Leurs Étoffes Sombres Toute la carrière des grands patrons du synth-rock réunie dans une boîte. Continue reading Untitled

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#A Broken Frame #Black Celebration #Construction Time Again #Delta Machine #Depeche Mode #Martin Gore #Martin L. Gore #Mode #Music For The Masses #Q #Some Great Reward #Songs Of Faith And Devotion #Speak & Spell #Spirit #Violator

[bkenber]

Rachel Weisz on Playing Hester Collyer in 'The Deep Blue Sea'

Rachel Weisz on Playing Hester Collyer in ‘The Deep Blue Sea’

WRITER’S NOTE: As the opening sentence hints at, this article was written in 2012. The 2012 New York Film Critics Circle Awards were recently given out, and one of the big winners was Rachel Weisz who won the Best Actress Award for her performance in “The Deep Blue Sea.” In the film she portrays Hester Collyer, the wife of a High Court judge who ends up having a passionate affair with Royal Air…

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#2011 Movies #Acting #Ara Aquino #Artificial Eye #Awards Line #Complex #Film4 #Freddie Page #Hester Collyer #High Court #Los Angeles Times #Michael Ordona #New York Film Critics #New York Film Critics Circle Awards #Q&A #Rachel Weisz #Royal Air Force #Terence Davies #The Deep Blue Sea #Tom Hiddleston #UK Film Council

[ajepyx]

Dismissal Time Chain NYC Film Fest Q&A Highlights

Dismissal Time Chain NYC Film Fest Q&A Highlights

Highlights from the Q&A session following the Chain NYC Film Festival screening of the short film Dismissal Time. Special thanks to Jeff Gallashaw for the video. Learn more about our movie at https://linktr.ee/ajepyxdismissaltime

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#Bullying #Director #Dismissal Time #Drama #Film Festival #High School #Independent Film #Mental Health #Panel Discussion #Q&A #screenwriter #Short Film #True Story #Youtube

[authoraesthetic]

Traveling Time with Nancy McCabe

Author of seven published books and more upcoming, Nancy McCabe took time out of her busy schedule to sit down and answer a few questions for us! Nancy has written five creative nonfiction works, a memoir, and now children’s novels. An adoptive parent and former longtime gymnastics mom, Nancy has published articles in Newsweek, Salon, Writer’s Digest, The Brevity Blog, and the Los Angeles Review…

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#author interview #interview #novel #novelist #novels #publishing #Q&A #vaulting through time #writer #writers #ya #young adult writing

[dhruvnarangtalks]

Q & A Session :-)

Q & A Session :-)

What was the last thing you did for play or fun? I Went Trade Fair With My Family. Where I Actually Had Fun And We Also Play Games. I Actually Make A Small Video I was On Ferris Wheel With My Brother and Sister. Thanks For Reading This Blog And Ask More And More Questions…

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#dailyprompt #Dhruv narang talks #q & a #Story #story time #trade fair

[rjptalk]

QUESTIONS OVER COFFEE - SLIGHTLY ABRIDGED

QUESTIONS OVER COFFEE – SLIGHTLY ABRIDGED

Question Time Over Coffee Rory put up a lot of question this week — more than I feel ready to address, so forgive me, but this is an abridged version. What actions do you take if you can’t sleep naturally? What is “naturally”? I take the medication prescribed by my doctor. One night I couldn’t sleep and couldn’t figure out why. It turned out I’d forgotten to take the medicine. I’d thought…

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#Photography #humor #Marilyn Armstrong #Q & A #Question Time Over Coffee

[exfoliateher]

#amp #music podcast #time for yourself #music #joy crookes #baby rose #cleo sol #lucky daye #SiR #Q The Shave Experiment

[barbh]

⏳️Answer Time ⏳️

Last week I asked for your questions. I hope that my responses help us to get to know one another a little better. So without further ado….. ☆ Alicia who blogs at For His Purpose said, “I love your foodie posts (and am maybe a bit envious of your restaurant choices in your neck of the woods)…what is your favorite restaurant and why? Sorry, that’s two questions but it makes it more interesting…

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#Answers #Blogging #Foodie #Q&A #Questions #Quiet Time #Restaurant #Summer

[chapinii]

sorry im on yet another praising fitmc kick tonight but fit is so good at using written words in his lore to create impact instead of fully ahereing to your typical live-spoken rp.

Take the letter from before Madagio took him for instance. Pac and Fit have an already established tradition of writing letters to eachother, the contents of which have amped up from general words of appreciation to fully expressed odes of devotion to the other. Fit had already said that he planned to write a letter for pac if he wasn't to see him in the coming days before the 12th, and I sincerely feel that nothing Fit could have said to Pac in person could have hit as hard as the way he outlined his feelings in the letter. I'm a sucker for the odd throwaway angsty line in lore but the letter showed just how earnestly Fit shows his feelings for Pac, perhaps even hinting to wanting to verbally express them even more - the dramatic irony making it all the more awful (pos) for the audience who had the hindsight of just what was going to happen next.

He has such a masterful way of portraying his character through writing that makes things so easily digestible, and oftentimes all the more hurtful, for his audience, and let's us see deeper into q!Fit, who expresses time and time again that he struggles with saying what he truly feels out loud.

#qsmp #qsmp fitmc #this bald man makes my head whirr

[danielleurbansblog]

Meet This Author: Michael Hingson

Q: What gave you the inspiration for the Running with Roselle? [‘[[[ Michael Hingson]]]] After writing and seeing published my #1 NY Times Bestselling book, “Thunder Dog: the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the power of Trust”, I wanted to create something that would inspire children and youth. Thunder Dog told adults my story and discussed many aspects of the true nature and realities…

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[choclodox]

Lyle’s IQ score Head Canon

HEAR ME OUT: as much as Lyle def gives me himbo™️ energy, I also feel like he’s supposed to be…PRETTY SMART? he’s just also goofy. Like, I feel like he’s one of those friends that’s the smartest but also the dumbest person you’ve ever had at the same time.

Here is my evidence (dons glasses and grabs a laser pointer)

1. First and foremost, I’m pretty sure Quaritch wouldn’t let a dumbo be able to advance to the rank of Corporal, so Lyle needs to have SOME level of competency (but there’s still some room for his goofball nature lol).

Side note, studies show that people who are comical tend to have higher IQs since it ranks critical thinking to understand humor and make jokes. So Lyle is at least smart in that department.

2. In the first movie, we can see that Trudy trusts him enough to work on her Samson. We all know how much Trudy LOVED her Baby, so she must have had some serious trust in Lyle (someone who wasn’t an RDA mechanic) to let him even TOUCH her Rogue One’s equipment.

3. Also in the first movie, Lyle actually knows his stuff about combat theory and the AMP suits. When Quaritch has Lyle survey the aftermath of the Omatikaya’s retaliation for the destruction of the Tree of Voices, Lyle is able to describe in detail what the damages are. He’s able to tell that the arrows were fired from Ikrans based off the angles of the arrows in the damaged equipment and dead bodies, he can say for a fact that the AMP suits are not just damaged but what exactly is damaged (the Driver in this case).

4. Now in the 2nd movie, we actually get to see more of his smarts come into action. Lyle actually gets promoted from Corporal to Lieutenant and becomes second in command to Quaritch. The RDA wouldn’t let that happen if he was purely a trigger happy soldier; you needs some gray matter for that position.

5. Next, Quaritch looks to LYLE to pull the security feed off of OG Quaritch’s AMP suit. And Quaritch is a smart guy too, but it feels like Big Curly Q knows he’s out of his depth on this one and just hands it off to Lyle because he knows that he actually knows his stuff.

But ya, thanks for coming to my TedTalk :)

Also, a few other hcs I embrace

Lyle is that ONE gringo friend that knows FLUENT Spanish (and possibly knows other languages as well). And when I say Gringo, I don’t mean he’s white but is still Hispanic, no. There is a reason why JamCam named this man after Wainfleet, Ohio (the Ohio of Ohio). But nobody questions his ability to speak Spanish. You leave him alone in any Authentic Hispanic setting and come back in 20 minutes, they’re running to the liquor store because they already ran out of Tequila/pisco/etc. TEAM LATINO LOVES HIM

*side note, Jake probably knows some Spanish too since he did his tours in Venezuela. Who knows, maybe he taught some to Spider because he knows he’s team Latino. A

*and Quaritch probably knows some of Nigeria’s native languages (Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, etc) since he did 3 whole tours there before coming to Pandora

Lyle likes 90s music (Britney Spears, Mariah Carey) but mainly SHAKIRA. I could see him just dancing alone to Hips Don’t Lie and someone walks in trying to get his attention, but he doesn’t notice and they have to clear their throat and he just screams when he finally notices them

He can dance Samba, Cumbia, Tango, Flamenco. ANYTHING in that family HE CAN DO IT FLAWLESSLY ASU PAPI

Might come from a family of mechanics and worked in a mom and pop mechanic shop (I embrace that one HC where he has a love for cars and just engineering in general). Maybe he wanted to be a more refined engineer but just couldn’t pass the tests since he was more of an intuitive thinker and tests favor more of the technical thinkers.

Likes DragonBall Z but will never admit it

#avatar #avatar the way of water #avatarfanart #avatar2 #miles quaritch #jake sully #trudy chacon #lyle wainfleet #recom lyle wainfleet #lyle wainfleet headcanons

[13as07]

Coffee #1

(Neji Hyuga)

[Art work is not mine! Credit to Marimari999]

Requested by: Anonymous

Word Count: 3,878

Warnings and/or Pre-Notes:

Neji didn't die in the war because I said so and it was a pointless death :)

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     I feel excited, I shouldn't feel excited. It's just a cup of coffee, it's no big deal. It's just a cup of coffee. Friends get friends coffee all the time. I mean, Kakashi brings Gai-Sensei coffee all the time and vice versa. It's just coffee, it's just coffee, it's just -

     "Neji!" Lee's voice rings out, making me snap my eyes closed and let out a long sigh. "Neji, Neji, Neji!" He continues, his voice picking up the closer he gets to me. "Neji!" He screams once more, continuing to race forward, amping for another sad attempt to take me on.

     I deck down, making sure not to spill the coffee as I avoid Lee's jump kick. He goes flying over my head, another missed attempt to take me down. How sad. Lee lands a couple of paces ahead of me, quickly turning around to face me. "Oh! Did you get Tenten and I coffees?"

     "No," I answer shortly, straightening up before I continue walking down the road.

     "Then who's it for? You don't drink coffee." Lee pushes, strolling next to me, his hands on his head as he walks.

     "They're for me," I mutter, letting out another sigh. Why is Lee my squad mate again? Oh right, I didn't have a choice. "Can I help you with something or are you just here to pester me?"

     "I want us to meet up for lunch, are you down?"

     "Sure," I grumble, stopping on the corner of the street, waiting to see who I'm looking for. "What time are we meeting?"

     "How about noon? Met me at Yakiniku Q," Lee tells me, jumping around as he pumps his arms. "So you're coming, right?"

     "Ya, ya, ya. Whatever Lee," I grumble, watching my new... friend, slide into the academy building. "I'll see you at noon, okay?" I push out, waiting for a beat before I rush across the street.

     "Oh, okay. See you at lunch," he calls after me, waving as I race across the way.

     When I get outside the door, I stop for a moment, balancing my breathing and setting my mind straight. It's just coffee. I'm just giving a nice girl coffee before I get my duty orders for the day. I am an active shinobi, I am a pillar of the Hyuga clan, I survived a war Lord being, I can give a nice girl with pretty eyes a cup of coffee.

     With that, I let out another long sigh before pushing the door open. I'm just here to get my duty form for the day and I just so happened to accidentally get two coffees. Even though I don't like coffee. At all. And purposely bought two. But she doesn't know that.

     I keep my breath even as I walk down the hallway, making the lefts and rights as I head towards the right room. The secretary's laugh rings out even through the door, making my hands tighten around the to-go cups. "It's just a coffee for a friend," I whisper to myself, squeezing my eyes closed for a second.

     When I open my eyes again, I push the door open, the metal squeaking on its hinges. "Good morning, Hyuga-San," the adorable secretary greets me, a huge smile on her face.

     It's just coffee. For a friend. With beautiful eyes. Who smiles every morning she sees me. "Hello, Aburame-Chan," I greet back, taking slow steps forward. "How are you today?"

"Oh, I'm great! How about you?"

"I'm good," I mutter, eyes caught on her toothy grin. Does she smile that big for everyone or just me? Hopefully just me, I want it to just be me. "I... stopped at the coffee shop," I add on, pushing the cups forward. "Fun story, I ordered one cup and they gave me two and... um... I would like to give you the other one."

"Aww, thank you, Hyuga-San. I appreciate the thought but I must insist you take it for yourself," the woman says, smile softening as she waves her hands around.

"No, no, no. Please take it, Aburame-Chan. I don't have any use for two coffees and I don't want the second one going to waste," I gently push, my heart pounding in my chest. Maybe it was a mistake getting her a coffee.

"Alright," she says, letting out an airy laugh. "I appreciate being in your thoughts," Aburame-Chan adds, taking one of the cups from me. She takes a small sip of it, giving me a soft smile after she pulls the cup away. The rim is stained, the clear sticky gloss coating her lips stamped into it. "Thank you, Hyuga-San."

My eyes flicker to her lips, the source of the stained cup. They're pink, plump, and shiny because of her gloss. I wonder if it's flavored gloss. What kind of flavored gloss would Aburame-Chan use? Would it be orange, like the scent of her perfume?

"You're welcome," I tell her, fighting down my nauseousness. The thought of her lips and her smile is making me nervous. I need to get my work order and leave. "Do you have my work form ready?"

"Of course I do!" She chirps, the top row of her teeth resting on her bottom lip, chewing on it as she smiles. Would her lips feel bruised if we kissed? Probably, since she chews on her lips. Is that why she wears the gloss? To make up for her chewing on them? "You walk in every day at ten thirty-two. It took a while but I've figured out how to get your forms in order before you come in."

"Oh," I breathe out, the feeling of heat crawling up my neck. Is my face red too? Or just my neck? Can Aburame-Chan tell I'm flustered? I hope not. "Well, thank you."

"You're welcome!" She says, her voice still cheery as she hands me my daily file. "I'll see you tomorrow, Hyuga-San."

"Neji," I correct, tightening my hand around the papers. "Please call me Neji."

"Okay, Neji," she says, my name sounding like a million praises falling from her lips. Her plump, gloss-tinted lips. "I'll see you tomorrow, Neji."

"I'll see you tomorrow," I echo, trying to even out my breath again. I slowly turn around, the thought of Aburame-Chan's lips still locked in my mind as I walk away. I peep back into the room as the door starts swinging closed behind me, catching her throwing my coffee into the trash.

"Did you not like it?" The man minding the desk with her asks.

"Not really, I'm not a fan of - " she says, her answer getting cut off by the door clicking closed. Not a fan of what? Me? Coffee? Black coffee?

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     My eyes light up at the sight of the Hyuga boy standing outside the Duty Report room. He's a cute boy, with long dark hair, tied at the end with a loose band so that his locks still flow freely without getting in his face. His bangs hang loose though, framing his oval face.

"Stop making googly eyes," Rito - the fellow Duty Report worker - says, a chuckle following his words.

"I'm not making googly eyes," I grumble, my cheeks heating up from being called out. So what if I have a little crush on the Hyuga boy? It doesn't hurt to check him out on occasion. He's hot after all, and single, so it doesn't hurt anyone. Maybe I poked around Rock Lee about his squad mate a tiny bite. There's no harm in that. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't being... friendly with a taken man.

"You are though. You guys flirt every time he stops in."

"We do not!"

"'Oh thank you so much, Aburame-Chan,', 'Oh, you're so welcome, Hyuga-San,'. Not to mention the eye fucking the two of you do," Rito teases, switching between fake gagging and making kissy faces. "Dear Lord, can't one of the two of you make a move already?"

I roll my eyes at the man, my senses out-weighing the small crush I have. "Don't the hyugas practice arranged marriages? Last time I checked I'm not from their clan so that disqualifies me."

"Ya, but rumor has it since Hinata has eyes for Naruto that the chief is going to get rid of the arranged marriage policies. If that's the case then you can have Neji all to yourself."

"Come on, Rito. Don't feed into the rumor mill," I grumble, scanning the window of the door again, watching as Neji stands outside.

"I'm being serious! I swear! I'm pretty sure I saw it on the Hokage agenda for next week's meeting."

I roll my eyes at my coworker again. I know the Hyuga Chief has gone soft after the war, but I don't think he's gone that soft. Nonetheless, I make a mental note to appear at the council's meeting next week. Just to debunk this rumor.

My attention flickers toward the door, the sound of it opening filling the room. A smile cracks across my face before I can stop it, Rito bouncing his eyebrows to tease me. "Good morning, Hyuga-San," I welcome him, kicking my coworker under the table. He grumbles in response, kicking me back.

"Hello, Aburame-Chan," he greets me back, walking towards the desk. The closer he gets, the louder my heartbeat seems to be. "How are you today?"

Great now that you're here. Would be even better if you'd ask me out, renounce your clan, gave me your beautiful babies, or at the very least tell me your hair care routine. "Oh, I'm great. How about you?" I ask, pushing down the butterflies in my stomach. That task gets easier when Rito kicks me under the table again.

"I'm good. I... stopped at the coffee shop," Neji tells me, holding the two cups towards me, steam spilling out from the holes of the lids. "Fun story, I ordered one cup and they gave me two and... um... I would like to give you the other one."

Another kick under the table lands on my shin. This time I return the kick, slamming my foot into Rito's leg. Despite Neji's story, his nervousness sparks my hopes of him purposely getting two coffees. The thought is - possibly - there even if I can't enjoy the treat.

"Aww, thank you, Hyuga-San!" I gush, throwing my hands up as I prepare to gently deny his gift. "I appreciate the thought but I must insist you take it for yourself." This time Rito steps on my foot under the table. Instead of returning it, I kick him in the shin again.

"No, no, no. Please take it, Aburame-Chan. I don't have any use for two coffees and I don't want the second one going to waste," Neji says, making my heart flutter again.

I feel like my face is on fire with embarrassment. "Alright," I answer, letting out a light laugh. My laugh sounds stupid, why did I laugh like that? That's so embarrassing. "I appreciate being in your thoughts," I tell him, taking one of the cups from him.

I lift the cup to my lips, tiling it back a bit. I make sure to keep my mouth sealed around the lid, not letting any of the liquid slip past my lips. After a beat or two I pull the cup back, setting it down on the counter. "Thank you, Hyuga-San," I mutter, sending him another smile.

"You're welcome. Do you have my work form ready?" He asks, eyes locked on me. I swear I can drink up his eyes like the milk color they are. Lord the things I would let this boy use his byakugan to do. Is there anything 'risky' you could use the byakugan for?

"Of course I do! You walk in every day at ten thirty-two. It took a while but I've figured out how to get your forms in order before you come in," I spill, instantly feeling embarrassed once the words are out. I nibble on my lip as I think about how stupid I sound. That sounds creepy, right? The kick to my leg answers my question for me; it did sound stupid.

"Oh," Neji says as I hand him his work order, only furthering my proof of how stupid I sound. "Well, thank you," he adds, his cheeks going red. So much for taking advantage of the possible end to the Hyuga marriage traditions.

"You're welcome. I'll see you tomorrow, Hyuga-San."

"Neji," he says, catching me off guard. "Please call me Neji." Maybe I didn't embarrass myself as badly as I thought I did.

"Okay, Neji. I'll see you tomorrow, Neji." His name feels heavy on my tongue like I want to say it another hundred times. It makes my heart flutter too, hearing my voice say his name, getting to be so casual with him.

"I'll see you tomorrow," he repeats, staying put for a moment before he turns on his heels. My eyes trail up and down his back, imagining how defined it must be under his shirt.

I pop my cheeks out, slowly letting my breath out as I try to clear my mind. Once Neji is out the door, I pick up the coffee and drop it into the trash. My lips are already feeling itchy from having the caffeine pressed against them. "Did you not like it?" Rito asks, making his eyebrows jump again.

"Not really, I'm not a fan of caffeine."

"Why not? I figured you'd down any drink Neji bought you."

"I'm allergic to caffeine," I shortly explain, rubbing my fingers against my lips that I'm sure are already forming a rash.

"Do you need to go to the hospital?"

"No, I'll just end up with a rash on my lips. It should go away in a few hours."

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     "I think you're looking into it too much," Lee tells me, his chin prepped on his hands he has folded on the table. "Doesn't your clan do forced marriages or whatever? Why put any effort into this girl if your uncle is just going to sell your life away?"

I blink slowly at the stupidity rolling off of Lee. I swear if I didn't know how empty-minded he was, I would mistake him as a Hyuga hater. "Arranged marriages. My clan does arrange marriages."

"Same thing."

"No," I sigh, rubbing my temples. Why is my best friend an idiot? Why am I best friends with Lee of all people? "Besides," I sigh again, dropping my hands to my lap. "My uncle is getting rid of those traditions. Something about 'wanting better relations with the village' and 'not wanting to be seen in the same light as the Uchiha Clan'. I'm getting dragged to a council meeting next week to get the tradition terminated."

"Oh, that's great news!" Lee says, jumping up from his relaxed spot and clapping his hands. "That means you can go for the cute secretary!"

"Yes, unless she doesn't like me."

"Maybe she just didn't like the coffee. Most people don't like black coffee, that's probably why she threw it away. Try getting her something sweeter tomorrow." This. This is why I'm friends with Lee because he wasn't cooped up in a clan his whole life and knows how to interact with other people. Plus, his support is a bit nice.

"I do not like coffee, let alone know anything about it. I don't know what I should order for us tomorrow."

"Ya, first off maybe just be upfront and tell her you bought her a coffee. Second, you said she likes oranges right?"

"She smells like oranges so I would assume so, yes," I mumble, picking up my glass of water, taking a few sips of it as I listen to Lee talk.

"Well, when you stop at the coffee shop tomorrow ask for two coffees with two shots of espresso, two shots of creamer, and four shots of orange juice. It'll be a sweet coffee with a tangy taste to it." Maybe Lee is so jumpy and happy because he drinks too much caffeine. That would make sense.

"And she will like it?" I ask, repeating the order in my head a few times. Maybe I should write it down so I don't forget it.

"I don't know," he says, shrugging his shoulders as he rests against the booth. "I don't know your secretary lady so I don't know what she likes, but if she likes oranges she should like the coffee. I think."

"Well," I mutter, slowly blinking at Lee again. "I suppose it's better than nothing."

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     My heart races again as I walk down the familiar path to the academy, two coffees in my hold just like yesterday. Lee said two shots of Expresso, right? Or maybe he said three? I should have written the order down. It's fine, I'm sure it's fine. All that matters is that it takes like oranges instead of coffee.

     I repeat the same steps as yesterday. Waiting on the corner to watch Aburame-Chan slip into work, waiting a moment before walking across the street, slow steps along the hallways of the academy, and waiting outside the Duty Order room to even out my breath.

     I watch her talk to her coworker, it's a different one today than from yesterday, but I already knew that. It's Aburame-Chan and the guy on Mondays, Aburame-Chan and the girl on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, then a second guy on Thursdays, and then she's off for the weekend. Is it creepy that I know her work schedule? Or is it just a coincidence that I've noticed when she's not here? I'm going with the second situation, it's less weird.

     When the women's laughs ring out, it snaps me back into the moment. Right, coffee for Aburame-Chan, which I purposely bought for her, with orange juice in it to make it tangy because she - most likely - doesn't like black coffee.

     I push the door open, the normal shrieking of the metal overpowering the secretaries's laughter. "Oh, good morning Hyuga-San!" The secretary that's caught my eye chirps out.

     "Neji, I asked you to call me Neji," I correct her, a bit worried that she forgot our conversation yesterday.

"Right. Neji." She says, a smile crawling across her face. "It seems you have a light day today," Aburame-Chan mutters, holding out my file for the day. She's not wrong, it is thinner than usual.

"Well... I guess I'll have some free time this afternoon then," I respond, setting down a cup in front of her on the table. "Perhaps you would like to spend my open afternoon with me? We could go grab something to eat? Or we could do something else more to your liking."

The secretary blinks at me a few times, tilting her head as her smile loosens. Lee was wrong, it's not that she didn't like the coffee. It's that she didn't like me. Why would I stoop down to listening to Lee? I should have known that was a bad idea.

"I get off at five. Met me here?" Or, Lee was right. I suppose even the dumbest of people have to be correct on occasion.

"Yes, of course. I will see you at five," I mumble, the familiar heat caused by the Aburame clan member crawling across my face. "Have a good day, Aburame-Chan," I say, nodding my head a bit before I turn around.

"Oh, don't forget your coffee, Neji." I swear I don't know how I'm going to survive our date if she keeps saying my name. Why did I give her my name? She already had my name. Why did I ask her to use it? Because it sounds good falling off her lips.

I slowly turn around, sending her a soft smile as I do so. "It is for you. Please enjoy," I shortly explain, nodding my head again and turning away before she can try and fight me on it like she did yesterday. By the time I slip out the door, I feel like I'm going to be sick from excitement.

I poke my head around, looking through the window of the door to see Aburame-Chan's reaction to the coffee. My excitement is quickly diminished when her head turns towards her coworker and her hand wraps around the cup to drop it into the trash again. She didn't even try it!

I knew it was me she did not like. What is the point of our date tonight if she does not like me? As I walk away from the academy two things are running through my head. One, I'm going to ask Aburame-Chan what in the world she is thinking and two, Lee is not as smart as he thinks he is.

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"I am just saying, if she does not like me, what is the point of going to dinner?" I grumble, getting another chuckle from Lee. He's waiting with me around the corner of the academy door for Aburame-Chan to get off work. He insists that he snooped around and figured out why she won't drink the coffee I get her. He also insists on not telling me, which is testing my patience. If he knows, why won't he tell me?

"Like I told you yesterday, I'm pretty sure she likes you. Don't cut your losses yet," he hums out, slowly shifting his head back and forth as he rests against the brick wall of the academy.

"Don't cut my losses," I grumble, mocking Lee's words. What does he know anyway? I mean, it's already four past five, if Aburame-Chan is oh so excited about our date, where is she?

As if the Lord himself can hear me, the door to the academy is pushed open, Aburame-Chan's laugh filtering out from the hallway. "You're stupid, Shino," she giggles out, the man called for walking behind her as they exit the building. His hands are buried in her hair, trying to tie it up for her.

     "I am not stupid. You are empty-minded and believe everyone is your friend. I am not saying Neji is a bad guy, I am just saying he is a guy." Shino's lecture angers me. What's that supposed to mean? 'He's a guy'? Of course I'm a guy. I swear, this whole date thing is getting more frustrating by the moment.

     Why did Aburame-Chan agree to a date if she doesn't like me? Why won't she drink the coffee I get her? Why is Shino fixing her hair for her? Why are women confusing?

     "Fine, you're not stupid brain-wise but you're stupid protective-wise. Lord, Onii-San, you think you can give me a little space?" She whines, unknotting Shino - her brother's - hands out of her hair. Well, this must be what Lee feels like in these moments.

     "The guy keeps bringing you coffee. If I didn't know any better I'd say he's trying to kill you."

     "Neji doesn't know I'm allergic to caffeine. I'll talk to him about it at dinner tonight, okay? Give the guy a break. It's sweet he keeps bringing me coffee." This is definitely how Lee feels, my thought solidified by the cocky smile on his face.

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