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fiadorable · 2 years

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82 Great Things in Spock Amok

Strange New Worlds season one episode five... 🖖🏼 Hijinks

Strange New Worlds | Children of the Comet | Ghosts of Illyria Part 1 & Part 2 | Memento Mori | Spock Amok

Oh! Oh! I know what this is! Vulcan wedding!

T'Pring is exquisite in that wedding dress. She always slays, but this is impeccable.

Vulcan nightmare wedding dream sequence! Complete with self doubt and loathing!

Lirpas!

The slightly off kilter camera angle on the wide shot of Spock's quarters after he wakes from the nightmare, showing how out of sorts he is after seeing his deepest fears play out

Spock's log is cut off by T'Pring's arrival, as if he has lost time while waiting for her arrival which is kind of embarrassing for a Vulcan, I think. It's another sign of his inattentiveness toward her

Their greeting is fantastic (sounds like a traditional Vulcan thing?) and Spock's last "I await you" make me weak in the knees, I must admit

Nice cover by Spock with the comment about redecorating - also having your girlfriend visit your bachelor pad for the first time is hard

T'Pring engaging Spock in a little verbal trial by combat by questioning if he understands the importance of her work - and also the flirty, cheeky way she says "It seems I have a way with dangerous criminals"

And then as soon as she has explained the importance of her work and that she has made arrangements so that she can instead spend time with Spock, he realizes he now has to tell her that he did not think to or could not do the same for his diplomatic duties - the flirting immediately vanishes

Solar sailship!

The R'ongovians are fascinating and mercurial in these early scenes, I love it

"Sir, I should go do the security things" 😂 Also loving the bun in the back instead of the ponytail

Vulcan panic as negotiations begin early

Ortegas and Chapel discussing the latter's romantic misadventures which includes running from live phaser fire

M'Benga is such a dad (fondly)

La'An commenting on M'Benga's fly fishing hat, you can just tell she's trying to be chummy and it's still coming off a tad hostile but more like affectionate hostile now

Look, maybe an unpopular opinion, but I would absolutely do a shore stay

Where Fun Goes to Die 💀

Chief Kyle can't even look her in the face as he denies hearing the nickname 😂

"A shared acceptance of mutual sacrifice is crucial to a successful relationship" - she has shown she is willing to sacrifice her work but he has not done the same, in essence his actions saying he deems his work not only more important than hers, but her as well

Spock seeing the dinner T'Pring either prepared or laid out and realizing he done fucked up

The ambiance of the bar is fantastic… and then there's Dever… ruining it with "You look hot. Like, fire hot." 😐

Chapel being like "shut up, I'm not here to be wooed, I'm here to tweak my freak"

Chapel and Dever are the opposite of Pike and Batel, although I suspect the reasons why Chapel and Pike choose to engage in these types of affairs are probably similar

(Also Spock is so sad eating by himself on a night he should have been spending with T'Pring)

"Oh, that's not because you're a senior officer. It's because you terrify people"

La'An's reasons for staying on the ship during shore leave are the same as my partner and I on our honeymoon cruise - no wait at the ice cream dispenser, no one in the spa, just… peace for a few hours

"People are idiots. You're fun."

Chapel actually does give Spock good advice during their little heart to heart - and she uses the same phrase as T'Pring: mutual sacrifice

Vulcan teasing

Vulcan… soul sharing?! How ever could this go wrong?!

Love hearing the Vulcan language and the different pronunciations of their names!

Body swap!

Pike is in casual clothes and packing a backpack - what was he going to do on Starbase 1 if the negotiations hadn't turned the way he did?

The cut from Pike and April's conversation to Spock and T'Pring doing… whatever they're doing with their hands on each other's heads while humming… is glorious and I laugh out loud every time

Spock has a gong in his closet

The whole hijinks conversation is beautiful but I'm going to write out my favorite lines anyway

"I know how a door works"

"Spock, I do not like hijinks"

And T'Pring!Spock just staring at Spock!T'Pring before she goes to answer the door is so great… I can hear the 'fuck you fuck you fuck you' in that stare

Spock is really terrible at being T'Pring and T'Pring is not bad at being Spock in this scene. She sees how Spock!T'Pring is standing and modifies her stance to emulate him, but Spock does not make an effort to emulate her mannerisms aside from some very awkward dialogue.

"Get out of town" "We are not in a town" 😂😂😂😂😂

Pike's look of disbelief that his chief science officer, his bastion against treaty negotiations disintegrating, his pseudo-son, has done body swapped with his fiancee.

Body swapping is common enough in the Trek-verse that you can call it "doing a body swap"

Spock trying to spare T'Pring from the hell that is treaty negotiation

Spock pulling the Vulcan stole from T'Pring's shoulders as she walks out with Pike and her giving him a long look. I wonder if she's troubled by the fact that he would not wear the article outside his quarters, if it feels like he's ashamed or trying to hide that part of himself when in reality, like, dress codes are a thing. They're a thing, T'Pring.

I don't think they've really portrayed Number One as "terrifying" in this first season (a bit formidable and with a relentless work ethic, sure, but honestly the ensigns seem way more afraid of Chief Kyle than her), but she is definitely way more friendly in her interview than normal

"Bingo. I heard you." 😂 La'An is such a hardass I love it

"What the hell is Enterprise Bingo?!"

K'Tyll also uses the word "sacrifice" when speaking to Spock!T'Pring

It's good for Spock to hear about what bamf his fiancee is from her coworker and to see that her work truly is as important as his

(Why is it called bingo if it's a list?)

Number One calling herself fun's funeral instead of where fun goes to die. I wonder if she heard the nickname in Federation Standard, translated it to Illyrian in her head, and when she was talking to La'An it came out like that instead.

Number One is doing Enterprise Bingo for La'An and it's beautiful - La'An is clearly the instigator and trying not to act too eager when she suggests it

The ridiculous melody that plays when you check off a bingo item

God they are so competitive and cute together and Pike should probably order them to switch off who gets to stay on the ship for Shore Stay from now on so they don't get in trouble 😂

They missed a golden opportunity for Spock!T'Pring to walk down the hallway and see Number One and La'An having a phaser duel and turn right back around to walk the other way

Dever writes poetry that isn't bad is the biggest lie of the episode

I need to know the story of Ortegas, the Vulcans, and the lirpa scars. I neeeed it!

Chapel's acting is fantastic in this sequence… she is the audience insert

Also I love how Chapel is irreverent and sometimes wacky, but when it hits the fan she immediately switches into boss mode

I know Spock is supposed to be super intelligent, but he really should have thought of helping out T'Pring himself

Number One and La'An are both done with bingo… until La'An suggests it's because she didn't have a normal childhood. And then Number One makes bingo her Mission. La'An will get a good childhood memory out of this!

Watching T'Pring!Spock try to negotiate with the R'ongovians… oof. She's trying, but her head literally is not in the right place for this. And Pike knows it when she starts talking about wishing to return to Vulcan.

Pike's defense of Spock and the music that underscores it is beautiful and quite moving - and it allows T'Pring to hear what a bamf her fiance is from his boss

M'Benga fishing in his dad fishing hat, blissfully unaware of any of the drama on the ship or on the Starbase

Barjan is a dick and he deserves to be decked

Also it's good for Spock to get a taste of the kind of ridicule or gossip that T'Pring may be subjected to back on Vulcan for her association with him

None of the other Vulcans playing chess seem to mind that Barjan has been completed laid out by another Vulcan, so I can only assume he was being a dick to them, too

The katric transfer is interesting - M'Benga says its very rare and emotion plays a part. I believe they genuinely wanted to understand the other so much that they transferred instead of what was supposed to happen

"They're gonna nerve pinch us for this, aren't they?"

"But for me the deal was very big, very big indeed"

Chapel again with good advice. Be honest with yourself about what you can and can't promise to the person you're in a relationship with

Vulcan sharing of feelings!

Pike's last speech to the R'ongovians is priceless. I love it so much. Every word of it is true. And I love how apoplectic April is while he's talking.

The solar ship is so freaking cool

Oh my sweet jesus christ they are walking on the ship with just a forcefield and gravity boots keeping them attached to the ship HOW MUCH POWER IS THAT FORCEFIELD SUCKING UP, UNA? oh my god she is so extra

The best way to avoid the Ship of Theseus paradox is to sign the scorch

Most people are doing a signature, like La'An, but Number One writes her name in big, bold letters so the next crop of upstart ensigns will see that there's no way she could ever be fun's funeral

The solar ship sailing over Number One and La'An is such a gorgeous shot, and I love the look of wonder on their faces

"In the spirit of total honesty, I should probably tell you that I punched Barjan." "Having met him, that is logical" 😂

#st:snw #star trek strange new worlds #spock amok #honestly i would probably kal-if-fee spock too #snw great things

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abisalli · 2 years

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Why the fuck did the transitions in Multiverse of Madness look like a 12 year old did them on power point

#doctor strange multiverse of madness #fee rambles #yeah I just watched it and I did not like it girlie pops #anyway wanda is my wife and she did nothing wrong goodbye

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swamp-cats-den · 2 years

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Bitch I got 115 for TOEFL!!!

#i didn't spend half my monthly salary on the fee for nothing!#I thought my speaking would suck because of the lack of practice #but strangely enough it did not #buuut I kinda thought my writing would be better #I'm mean it's not bad but it used to be smth I prided myself on #and the sad thing is that my English writing at this point is probably better than writing in my own language #while still being pretty average #i guess

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blueraspbaby · 1 year

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started t a week ago and it’s already changing how i cum

#fees different. more overstimulating and painful?#i think it’s just my body getting used to new sensation #but bottom growth hasn’t started yet (of course)#i’m sure it’ll iron itself out #but like just masturbated and it was strange #also tried having sex with m and we had to stop because it was just too much #bluebaby speaks

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teruthecreator · 9 months

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trying SO hard not to kill myself right now

#in neg city #forgot to drop off my rent check bc today was so fucking weird and strange and bad!!!!! and now it’s gonna be late!!!!!!!#literally trying not to sob on call rn i feel so fucking stupid but like i can’t remember anything anymore!!!#so now i like texted my landlord some lie BEGGING him to let me off the hook for just this month so i don’t have to pay the late fee #and idk if that’ll work but i fucking hope so!!!!!#anyways life is fucking awful and i wanna die hahaha

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hidemiwoods · 11 months

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selling without profit

I’m an avid shopper at Costco, but since I moved in my new place, it has become too far to visit readily. The other day, I was astonished to find that a tiny local general store on the forlorn street near my apartment carried some Costco’s merchandise. Indirect stores for the Costco’s merchandise usually add big profit margins to it, so that it costs less to shop at Costco directly even with the…

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#costco #freebies #general store #Japan #Japanese #japanese culture #membership fee #musician #shop #strange rule

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fiercynn · 6 months

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poetry outlets that support a free palestine

after finding out that the poetry foundation/POETRY magazine pulled a piece that discussed anti-zionism because they "don't want to pick a side" during the current genocide, i decided to put together a list of online outlets who are explicitly in solidarity with palestine where you can read (english-language) poetry, including, except where otherwise stated, by palestinian poets!

my criteria for this is not simply that they have published palestinian poets or pro-palestine statements in the past; i only chose outlets that, since october 7, 2023, have done one of the following:

published a solidarity statement against israeli occupation & genocide

signed onto the open letter for writers against the war on gaza and/or the open letter boycotting the poetry foundation

published content that is explicitly pro-palestine or anti-zionist, including poetry that explicitly deals with israeli occupation & genocide

shared posts that are pro-palestine on their social media accounts

fyi this is undoubtedly a very small sample. also some of these sites primarily feature nonfiction or short stories, but they do all publish poetry.

outlets that focus entirely on palestinian or SWANA (southwest asia and north africa) literature

we are not numbers, a palestinian youth-led project to write about palestinian lives

arab lit, a magazine for arabic literature in translation that is run by a crowd-funded collective

sumuo, an arab magazine, platform, and community (they appear to have a forthcoming palestine special print issue edited by leena aboutaleb and zaina alsous)

mizna, a platform for contemporary SWANA (southwest asian & north africa) lit, film, and art

the markaz review, a literary arts publication and cultural institution that curates content and programs on the greater middle east and communities in diaspora

online magazines who have published special issues of all palestinian writers (and all of them publish palestinian poets in their regular issues too)

fiyah literary magazine in december 2021, edited by nadia shammas and summer farah (if you have $6 usd to spare, proceeds from the e-book go to medical aid for palestinians)

strange horizons in march 2021, edited by rasha abdulhadi

the baffler in june 2021, curated by poet/translators fady joudah & lena khalaf tuffaha

the markaz review has two palestine-specific issues, on gaza and on palestinians in israel, currently free to download

literary hub featured palestinian poets in 2018 for the anniversary of the 1948 nakba

adi magazine, who have shifted their current (october 2023) issue to be all palestinian writers

outlets that generally seem to be pro-palestine/publish pro-palestine pieces and palestinian poetry

protean magazine (here's their solidarity statement)

poetry online (offering no-fee submissions to palestinian writers)

sundog lit (offering no-fee submissions to palestinian writers through december 1, 2023)

guernica magazine (here's a twitter thread of palestinian poetry they've published) guernica ended up publishing a zionist piece so fuck them too

split this rock (here's their solidarity statement)

the margins by the asian-american writers' workshop

the offing magazine

rusted radishes

voicemail poems

jewish currents

the drift magazine

asymptote

the poetry project

ctrl + v journal

the funambulist magazine

n+1 magazine (signed onto the open letter and they have many pro-palestine articles, but i'm not sure if they have published palestinian poets specifically)

hammer & hope (signed onto the letter but they are a new magazine only on their second issue and don't appear to have published any palestinian poets yet)

if you know others, please add them on!

#poetry #free palestine #fuck you poetry foundation #palestinian poets series

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rangpurcity · 1 year

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Varun Dhawan told the year 2022 is strange, 'Bhediya' actor is ready to work even for less money, provided ..

Varun Dhawan told the year 2022 is strange, ‘Bhediya’ actor is ready to work even for less money, provided ..

Mumbai: Varun Dhawan There were high expectations from the recently released film ‘Bhediya’, which were not fulfilled. The year 2022 was nothing special for the actor who spent 10 years of his debut in Bollywood. Varun’s two films were released this year, both of which could not do as well as was expected before the release. Directed by Raj Mehta, the film ‘Jug Jug Jeeyo’ (Jugjugg Jeeyo) was on…

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abyssruler · 1 year

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the 7-eleven diaries

albedo, alhaitham, childe, scaramouche, venti x gn!reader

your job isn’t the best one out there, but it’s easy and keeps you from drowning in tuition fees and rent. working at a 7-eleven on a midnight shift was supposed to be peaceful, so why is it that you constantly find yourself being bothered by weird customers? (modern au)

fluff, comedy, crack, cashier employee reader, modern au, written for fluffvember!

ALBEDO

It’s difficult not to take notice of the perpetually tired college student (much like yourself) who always comes at the latest hours to order a cup of black coffee and a can of beer. The first time you saw him order that drink was a memorable one, if only because of the way your eyes had nearly popped out of their sockets when you saw him mix the two drinks in a large, empty slurpee cup and proceed to drink it all in a matter of seconds.

Another memorable time was when he came in with only enough money to buy a bottle of water, then took a seat at a table near the counter and took out a box full of what you initially presumed were cookies. It was a traumatizing memory you look back on with a shudder as you remember the way he crunched down on it like it was a piece of biscuit instead of a motherfucking spider.

“They’re surprisingly nutritional, full of protein and fibre. It leaves a strange aftertaste, but it’s a good substitute for dinner.”

Since then, you’ve made sure to keep some food ready in the microwave for him, free of charge. He just looked so pitiful sitting by himself with dark under-eyes and greasy hair — the very image of a normal college student — that you couldn’t help yourself from taking money out of your own pocket to help a fellow comrade.

One day, he came to the store with blown pupils and a sort of dazed look in his eyes, words slurring together as he tried to explain to you how he’s finally created an edible liquid that can keep sleep at bay for at least 120 hours…with some small side-effects, but it’ll wear off with time. That’s when you found out he was a bio-chemistry student well on his way to getting a PhD at his young age.

When questioned why he drank the liquid instead of having someone else do it, his response was, “To experience it firsthand, of course. The basis of research is accuracy and precision, how could I be remiss as to leave such an important experiment to someone who could, in their ignorance, fail to mention an important detail that their mind might have labeled as useless.”

You’re not quite sure how he’s still alive by this point.

But his weirdness aside, you resolve to take care of him in your own way, from a fellow tired college student to another. You remind him to get some sleep, steering him away from eating spiders and encouraging him to eat more meat.

“But I am eating meat?”

“Albedo, that’s a spider.”

“And are you saying that spiders do not possess meat?”

“Oh, for the love of—just eat the goddamn sandwich.”

You think he appreciates it, if the way he dedicated his latest thesis to you is any indication.

ALHAITHAM

You were in the middle of answering a math problem your professor assigned that morning, papers sprawled over the counter with you hunched over it, hand in your hair and trying not to pull at it in frustration over how difficult the problem was. And then he’d come in like an angel, all perfectly shiny hair and a no-nonsense look on his face, took one look at you and the papers scattered across the counter and said one sentence that saved your grade in math.

“You forgot to put a negative sign right there.”

That was the moment you decided that he must be an angel sent from heaven. He always grunts whenever you call him that, though whether it’s from amusement or annoyance remains to be seen.

He doesn’t visit the convenience store much, but when he does, he always spares the time to help you out with whatever assignment you were working on, sometimes even taking the initiative of asking if you need his assistance in answering a problem — though he says this on a much less nicer tone.

“Are you gonna make me do your homework again?”

“My professer didn’t assign me one today, surprisingly enough, so no.”

He seemed strangely disappointed when you told him no, but you chalked it up to him being some sort of math wiz who gets riled up by equations and the like. Seems like kind of guy too, what with all the times he’s made a subtle jab at your intelligence — or lack, thereof.

“How could you possibly need a paper to calculate the answer to four-hundred and thirty-two times fifty-eight?”

“Not all of us are smarter than Rukkhadevata like you.”

“Who?”

He’s not bad company, though that opinion stems solely from the fact that he helps you (solves it for you, more like) with all your homework. Not without making comments about you lazing about on the job and letting your customer answer your assignment for you. You respond in a mature way by making fun of him.

“I’ve never seen you without those earphones. Are you hiding a pair of large ears or something?”

“No.”

He refuses to elaborate more on the subject.

Sometimes you give him a drink, usually cola or juice, as thanks for helping you out. He takes it without question, taking sips from it as he tutors you about this and that, occasionally commenting about your job and how you’re only making yourself suffer by taking on midnight shifts. You don’t see why he cares. For all that you jokingly call him an angel, you know he’s far from actually being one.

You once saw him on campus reading a book by the library. It’s easy enough to come up to him and make conversation, handing him an unopened drink you just bought from a vending machine. It just feels wrong not to, more of a habit by this point.

It’s then that someone decides to dramatically drop his books to the ground and point at you and Alhaitham. The blonde guy gapes and asks how in the world Alhaitham managed not to scare you away. His eyes zero in on the can of grape juice on Alhaitham’s hand, and then he proceeds to laugh, asking Alhaitham since when did he decide to start drinking what he once called was an unhealthy drink composed of sugar and artificial flavoring.

You made a mental note of that response, and later that night, you decide to hand him a packaged biscuit. Nothing unhealthy there. Technically.

“Good. I was beginning to wonder if I should start taking medicine in case my stomach burst from the amount of cola you hand me.”

“You could’ve just not accepted, you know.”

“It was given to me. Not accepting would be considered rude.”

“Didn’t Kaveh say you threw a bottle of orange juice to his face after he gave you one?”

“I did.”

He refuses to elaborate more on the subject, but you’ve since resolved to only give him the healthiest thing you could find on the store—which isn’t much considering this is a 7-eleven, but hey, microwaved salad is still salad, right?

He grumbles about the radiation but eats the salad anyway. Another win for you, you suppose.

CHILDE

He came in near the end of your shift, lips busted and an eye swollen shut, blood splattered all over his clothes. The grin on his face should’ve hinted you at his lunacy, but you’ve always been blind to warnings and the like, so you went over the counter and helped him up from where he’s slumped over the chips and candies isle.

Aether, your co-worker and the one who’s about to take over from your shift, only looked at you with tired eyes, “It’s too early for this shit.” That was, of course, Aether’s way of basically saying, you’re on your own.

So you picked up the ginger lying on the linoleum floors, heaving his arm over your shoulder to drag him to the nearest pharmacy — never let it be said that you were just a bystander. He groaned as the movement bothered whatever injuries he may have, but he still looked at you with wide, strangely lightless eyes, as if only now registering your presence, and said, “Holy shit, you’re hot.”

After you finished dumping him on the pharmacy and leaving the people there baffled at what to do with an injured guy, he grabbed your wrist and, with a bloody smile he probably thought was charming, handed you a piece of paper containing his number.

You never text him. Or call.

He comes back to the store a week later with faint yellow bruises across his face and a far too bright grin for someone who’s visiting a 7-eleven at two in the morning. He pouts about not getting a single text from you, but before you can respond, he’s moving on to another topic, mindlessly picking up a box of tampons by the side and setting it on the counter.

He only seems to realize what he’s done when you give him a strange look.

“Tampons are, uh, great for bloody noses!”

“…Right.”

You weren’t convinced at all, but you decided to let it slide. He seemed like a genuine guy, if a bit too enthusiastic sometimes. His mouth never shuts ups, always going on about this and that, asking all sorts of questions that would’ve normally had most normal people backing away. But your brain isn’t exactly at its best condition and being sleep deprived for the better part of your life has made it less of a brain and more of an organ that just helps you get through the day.

You don’t know exactly why he stays to chat with you, buying ridiculous amounts of stuff that were frankly far too expensive just to have an excuse to talk to you. You don’t mind it much, especially when he’s a great deterrent for any unwanted petty thieves or middle school delinquents trying to rob your store every week or so.

Apparently, he’s got a reputation for being a bit of an adrenaline junkie and being willing to fight anything and everything that breathes. And apparently, word’s gotten out that he’s into you, like, really into you, so most guys who have less-than-well intentions have decided that robbing the local 7-eleven isn’t worth the trouble if it means having to deal with Ajax.

“Actually, it’s Tartaglia.”

“Tarantula?”

“No, Tartaglia. It’s my street name! Ajax just doesn’t inspire the same fear into other people’s hearts the same way Tartaglia does.”

“Whatever you say, Tortilla.”

“It’s Tartaglia!”

He never brings up the fact that you never call or text him back, even when he’s somehow gotten ahold of your number and started sending you memes and updates about his day. When asked, he just shrugs and says he’ll win you over eventually.

SCARAMOUCHE

It wasn’t intentional, and you’ll admit it was completely your fault, but did he have to be such an asshole about you dozing off on the counter?

“Have the standards really fallen so low that employees are now afforded to sleep on the job?”

Here was this guy at two in the morning, bemoaning society’s failure in raising the new generation to have a proper work ethic at a 7-eleven store. The guy had a rolex watch and clothes that looked like they were worth more than your monthly salary — you’re not one to judge other people’s appearances, but he’s the very image of nepotism. And frankly speaking, you’re of the opinion that rich people shouldn’t be entitled to an opinion on what the working class decides do with their life, like falling asleep on the job.

…And oh, you just said that out loud, didn’t you?

Oh well, your manager will understand.

The guy with a bowl cut leaves fuming, but not before slapping a wad of cash down the counter to pay for his stupidly expensive noodles, snarling at you to keep the change since you clearly need it more than him.

You do, in fact, keep the change. Money is money, whether it’s from your salary or a rich boy throwing a tantrum.

The next day in class, a bag slams down the seat beside you, and you’re met with the same rich boy from last night, a scowl painting his rather pretty face as he hisses lowly about how he’s surprised you can afford to go to college. Talk about holding a grudge, you would’ve forgotten all about him from last night if he hadn’t given you his change.

He fumes even more when you don’t give him any sort of reaction, merely nodding your head at him and turning back to the board to listen to your professor drone on about this and that. It’s rather difficult to focus, however, when he keeps muttering sarcastic comments and barbs to the teacher beneath his breath.

“If you even had an iota of charm about you, perhaps your wife wouldn’t have filed for a divorce.”

You choked on a laugh, hand coming up muffle the sound, but he clearly noticed, judging by the way he snaps his head to you, eyes wide and seemingly surprised you found it funny. You only smile at him, an amused little thing, but he quickly looked away and murmured something unintelligible beneath his breath, his fists clenched and the tips of his ears curiously pink.

He comes back to visit your job that night, still with that air of haughtiness about him but a bit toned down. Even more surprising was the fact he didn’t immediately leave the moment he handed you his money.

“Do you want the change?”

“Are you so desperate for money that you’d go begging a total stranger for some spare coin?”

“I mean, yeah, I guess.”

“Tch, fine. You can have it.”

He never fails to come back every night, always giving you the change for his bill, even when the amount is more than the items he paid for. Sometimes, he’ll even take out a snack or a drink from the bag and slide them over to you, cheeks suspiciously red as he did so.

“Don’t think this means anything. I’m only giving this to you because I know you can’t afford it.”

“It’s literally worth ten mora.”

“Would it kill you to at least give me a thank you?”

“Thank you, Kunikuzushi. I’ll be sure to treasure this can of cola that I would’ve never been able to afford without your help.”

“Shut up.”

He buys you a tub of ice cream the next night, the ridiculously expensive kind, to prove a point. The two of you eat it together at one of the tables, him grumbling about the stain on the table and the overall lack of quality and taste — at a 7-eleven — and you laughing whatever he says.

Well, you suppose he’s not as much of an asshole as you initially assumed.

VENTI

He’s a bit popular in campus, in the sense that nearly everyone is friends with him, which makes it impossible not to have heard about that one guy who’s really great at singing. You were, unfortunately, one of the few that aren’t well acquainted with him — aren’t acquainted with him at all.

So when he comes up to the counter, all boyish grin and ridiculously short shorts and a cute little pink hair clip keeping his bangs away from his face, holding an entire household’s worth of vodka and wine, you do what any rational semi-adult would do and look at him with a blank face.

“Are you even old enough to drink?”

He laughs at you like this is a common occurrence he faces on the daily before slapping down his ID on the counter. And huh, would you look at that, he’s even older than you are.

He then lights up once he gets a good look at you. “Hey, you’re Albedo’s friend, aren’t you?” He abandons his alcohol at the counter in favor of looking around your quaint little convenient store. “So this is that 7-eleven he keeps talking about…”

You’re not exactly sure what he’s going on about, but you do know he must be a friend of Albedo’s, which makes you ease up around him. He’s nice. Sort of. If you ignore the teasing and the jokes and the way he keeps asking you to give him a student discount. For alcohol. You’d given him what you hoped was your best imitation of Kunikuzushi’s stink eye. You think you got it on point, if the way he deflates is any indication.

He comes around the store every weekend, saying he’s here to get a little treat for the awful weekday he’s had. You never fail to remind him that he has class every Sunday, to which he responds by opening a can of beer (which he hasn’t paid for yet) and sitting on the counter, bemoaning the injustice of putting classes during the weekends.

You once asked him why he keeps hanging around this store when there’s a perfectly good bar right around the corner, owned by that popular red-haired business major from your university. Venti just laughed and said he prefers the quietness here — and the company, he added with a wag of his eyebrows. He always teases you, sometimes borderline flirting, but it’s easy enough to wave it away.

The day you discovered he was actually well known in campus was when your university hosted a local event. There’d been stalls and booths set up everywhere and even a little mock-stage put up near the center for any band or singer to perform in. It’d been nice to have a break from the monotonous routine of going to class and studying then working at your job and getting less than ideal sleep.

And then you heard your name booming out from the speakers, and you turn your head to see Venti on the stage with that little lyre he sometimes carries with him to the store, saying he’d like your opinion on a song or two he composed.

He dedicates the song to you in front of the entire student body, then proceeds to sing the cheesiest, most gut-wrenching and cringiest love song of all time.

“Why did you have to pick that song?”

“Because it’s fun and cute!”

“I sometimes question your ability to distinguish cute from horrifyingly monstrous.”

There’s a mortified look on your face, but amidst the embarrassment and the teasing remarks of his friends, there’s a smile on your face that you can’t bring yourself to wipe away.

i’ll be doing a part two on this but with diluc, dottore, kazuha, xiao, and zhongli!

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