#the entire album is a bop btw

[universestreasures]

She’d rather be the hunter than the prey Rather be a killer than a saint Either way, she’s still gonna make you pray (pray pray pray) Maybe long ago was heaven-made But she slipped and fell along the way Now she’s got another role to play (play play play)

She’s got them villain vibes - villain vibes Got them killing vibes - killing vibes Watch her taking lives - taking lives Singing aye-oh-aye-oh-aye-oh-aye Aye-oh-aye-oh-ay-oh-aye Aye-oh-aye-oh-ay-oh-aye

She got them villain vibes - villain vibes Every time I see ‘em I-I-I’m crazy, I know - I know she’s crazy But I kinda like, kinda like living on the edge of this high high baby I like - I like crazy Strike that match and make it blow up Hit that gas, it’s half of the fun Don’t show this to just anyone But - but can’t stop what you’ve begun

#💎 Abyss Treasure (Alyss) #💎 Abyss' Tunes (Alyss Playlist) #(THIS SONG IS A BOP AND FITS ALYSS PERFECTLY #(CAUSE SHE LEGIT GOT THE VILLIAN VIBES GOING ON #(AND AMMALE'S MUSIC IS ALWAYS A BOP BUT I LOVE HER ORIGONAL WORKS TOO SM. THIS ENTIRE ALBUM IS FIRE BTW

[clumsyclifford]

belllaaaa, hit me with hate or want in your wip please 💜 (brought to you by me listening to Charlotte Sands and just stealing words from her)

heeey amanda i'm going to compromise for this game and search my two 5sos fic docs and then my one major non-5sos fic doc (it's a teen wolf fic) because. i want to. one of the 5sos fics is not TECHNICALLY a wip, it's technically done, but it probably needs one big edit, so i'm counting it. same goes for the tw fic. anyway let's go

hate from 5sos doc A (searching for this only made me aware of Just How Much i use the word whatever)

“That’s not being a team player,” says Calum. “But I don’t hate you even though you’ve been nothing but a little shit since you walked in, so I can at least believe you’re capable of being charming when you try.”

from 5sos doc B (not sure if will ever finish this fic! but i'm excited about its potential)

Michael turns on his heel and scurries over to the sink. He sticks a finger in the stream; it's comfortably lukewarm, despite the fact that only one faucet handle has been twisted. The one for cold water, Michael is sure. Pretty sure. "The hell?" And then his brain puts two and two together and is astounded to achieve four. "Guess it's just finicky sometimes," he says. "Or it hates me."

astoundingly, hate does not appear at all in the tw fic doc! personally i'm shocked

want in 5sos doc A, which appears 158 times lmao so i just picked a fun instance

“Please? I’ve never been in a golf cart. Plus I want to see what your job is like.” Luke looks so eager that Calum can’t come up with any decent reason to crush his spirit. “I mean, sure. If you want to.”

from 5sos doc B

Michael wants to tell Luke the truth. For the first time, he feels redeemable. And if this were anyone else, maybe Michael would cave.

and from the teen wolf doc (out of 40 results)

“I understand you don’t want me to tell Lydia about this conversation,” Malia says, and Stiles’s whole body slumps in relief. “What I don’t understand is why.”

send me a word and i'll search for it in my WIP!

#this is fun fun fun #i really need to edit that doc #well both of them #both of the finished ones #ask #lifewasradical #and oh man do i hope i finish 5sos fic doc B #i would really be surprised if i did #because it requires Plot and i suck at Plot everybody knows this #but maybe megs can help me #maybe we can cowrite #she would like the plot of this fic #btw the new charlotte album kicks entire ass #she fucking slayed #pity is the bop of the century

[lobotomyladylives]

omg u like maisie too how have I not known this...do u have a top 5 from tgw (oh tell me any least favorites too bc I love talking shit even when it's an artist I like plssss), I wanna compare bc I have STRONG opinions about this album!! (this is swiftie anon btw)

Yes yes yes I have very strong opinions abt it too & have been looking for an excuse to ramble on so thank you as always for letting me screech about music 🩵🤍💙 so my top 5 currently is as follows:

1-Watch (we love a devastating banger, I cannot wait to scream that "WHAT THE FUCK!" refrain w/ the crowd when I see her live. it was extremely hard deciding between this and my number 2 choice, like honestly putting anything over the history of man does feel kind of criminal but the chorus of watch has got to be the catchiest part of this entire album to me. also "telling the wide web that this is my era then writing a lot of heartbroken music, nobody actually happy and healthy has ever been so desperate to prove it" love that opening line. And the ENDING...ugh. anyways I give this track a gold star⭐ for free)

2-the history of man/the good witch (I consider these a pair since they're the same melody. phenomenal way to open & close the album and lyrical perfection, the first time I listened to the history of man my jaw was literally on the floor the whole time. quite literally a masterpiece, the lyrics actually kind of remind me of the way Lorde writes which is of course a compliment. like I'm sorry but "he stole our youth and promised heaven, the men start wars but troy hates Helen, women's hearts are lethal weapons, did you hold mine and feel threatened? hear my lyrics, taste my venom, you are still my great obsession" what the ABSOLUTE FUCK Maisie. like actually does she have any idea what that bridge did to me...offensive. appalling. illegal. I am deeply unwell)

3-coming of age (another certified banger. I looove the production on the verses, that bass line is crunchy as fuck. god I am weak for a stripped down bass backing track it always gets me. this song is just simply catchy as all hell.)

4-you lost the breakup (wbk this song rocks & its a great choice for the lead single. love how she changes up the chorus at the end it is everything...I hope she's predicting the future w/this. manifesting it. I'm rooting for her.)

5-BSC (another one I know is gonna be so fucking fun to scream along with at live shows!love it love it love it. screamed out loud at "I am both Kathy Bates and Stephen king, I can write you out the way I wrote you in" bc I love Misery so much...if you have seen it you will know how goddamn good this line is!!)

honorable mentions-want you back (emotionally devastating even though I can't relate at all, and so pretty melodically!) and yjabaiktm (simply a very fun song, a bop for sure)

my most controversial opinion on this album by far is that I do not fuck w/run at all. I just don't like it sonically, to me it sounds like it belongs on the lazy town soundtrack and not even one of the ones people unironically enjoy like we are number one (outsold by far). It's a shame tho bc the lyrics are obviously exactly my vibe & most ppl seem to love it + Maisie is promoting it a lot...wish I liked it but I just. can't.

#the other song I'm not fond of is there you go. once again just not vibing with it sonically #and the rest of the tracks are decent to pretty good but not enough to make me feral like the 7 i mentioned #but thats over half the album that i love which is RARE for me. usually only Taylor and sometimes fob can accomplish this #maisie peters #asks

[quinnfebrey]

what is one song on each of taylor’s albums that you think is vastly underrated

debut - the outside!! holy fuck it’s one of my favorite taylor songs of all time and it’s paid dust. but like. remember being 12?? which is basically when taylor wrote it?? AND it’s a bop???

fearless - jump then fall!! the ultimate crush song!! if this bitch was unreleased she’d get the same appreciation as i’d lie but i guess familiarity breeds contempt 😪

speak now - the story of us. a freaking bop and the verses are owie and also the dark academia music video look?? where’s the lip bite emoji

red - holy ground. i don’t have the words. but if you know. you Know

1989 - ayhtdws gets overlooked bc it’s not a typical track five but the “people like you always want back the love they pushed aside 🙄 but people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye 👹” and then the bridgeeee

LET ME REMIND YOU. THJS IS WHAT YOU WANTED!!! YOU ENDED IT!!!!!

rep - call it what you wantttttt. for the problematic girlies that found true love <3 cause i know i make the same mistakes every time 😭 bridges burn!!! i NEVER learn!!!! at least i did. ONE TJING RIGHT!!! ……i did one thing right 🥹

lover - i think he knows. like ya it’s just a fun bop. but. i Do wanna see what’s under that attitude. btw 😗

folklore - the 1. what more do i have 2 say

evermore - the entire fucking track list. oh just one? ok fine. dorothea for sure

midnights - high! infidelity!! pUT ON YOUR RECORDS AND REGRET MEETING ME!!!! DO YOU REALLT WNANA KNOW WHERE I WAS APRIL 29TH???? DO I REALLY NEED TO TRLL YOU HOW HE BROIGJT ME BACK TO LIFE!???????!!!!!!!!!!!

#let’s discuss #asks

[greyeyedmonster-18]

ok ok love the thoughts on lover and how you said people are just afraid to admit they just don't like ME. where do you stand on me? personally I like it. not the best song on the album but it is an absolute vibe with the empowerment energy similar to The Man. witch I also love btw

thank you for loving my thoughts anon.

and i don't mind ME! either. and i stand by the claim that she could not have introduced the album with another song off the album. like no other song could've been the lead single.

Cruel Summer? wrong vibe.

The Man? also the wrong vibe.

It was the right marketing/business decision for her to clue people into the lightness of the album, and also it's a song called ME! off the first album that she ever owned to herself entirely. it was fitting.

and its a cute little bop.

#asks #grey answers #taylor swift tag #ask me anything hour part 2

[samusique-concrete]

My fav albums of 2022!

I’m trying to at least squeeze in this post in January 2023, hehe :p 

I’ll go from last to first. Let’s go!

10: Dawn FM - The Weeknd

I’ll be honest, i’m not in love with the entirety of this record. I think it has some of the best pop songs that’ve dropped recently (back to back even!), but after track 7 it’s not quite the same (am i alone in this?? let me know!!). It’s a shame too, because at 16 tracks total, the “great” part ends up being less than half of the album. Sooo why is it on my top 10 at all? Well, because i did still play it and replay it tons of times. Those first songs on it... man. Immaculate vibes. Though after Out of Time ends i almost always turn it off 😅

Side tangent regarding Out of Time, btw: I’ve always liked OPN, and getting the chance to listen to his production on big artists like this is kind of a treat. When i heard OoT though i was like “Damn! They arranged this?! This is really precise and detailed and far beyond the scope of what i thought they were capable of...” So then when i learned that the backing track was actually sampled from Tomoko Aran’s 1983 song Midnight Pretenders i was really disappointed (i’d even listened to that album AND song before, i just didn’t remember it). We’ll leave the discussion of how i feel about covers/sampling in general for another day though!

Fav song on it: Gasoline

09: The Ruby Cord - Richard Dawson

I’m telling you man, that Hermit song? Those 41 minutes go by reeeal quick. Don’t be scared of pure beauty! On top of it there are also some other banging tracks as well. The Fool’s soundscape is another highlight for me, for example.

Fav song on it: The Hermit

08: Fawn - Foxtails

I like heavy shit, although i’m not usually into screamo stuff... but i’m kinda slowly changing that. This record was great for me in that regard cuz it’s not all entirely sung in that style. Great entry point if you wanna get attuned with that general sound, probably. I didn’t know this band prior to hearing this, and now i can say i’m a fan! These tunes rule. They sound younger than me though, and i’m still trying to cope with that LOL

Fav song on it: Space orphan

07: Tropical Dancer - Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul

Brilliant dance/club/techno/house from these two. I would say “biting social commentary” if 1) it wasn’t the most clichéd phrase ever and 2) if it wasn’t at least the baseline """wokeness""" society should just operate at nowadays, honestly. It’s also charming and funny. And danceable AF. Great great great record; not many like it.

Fav song on it: Reappropiate

06: Super Champon - Otoboke Beaver

Punk! Heavy! Fast! Fun!

Fav song on it: First-class side-guy

05: Ants From Up There - Black Country, New Road

Lmao, speaking of musicians that’re younger than me. This album’s a certified instant classic, and you probably know that already. You don’t need to hear it from me again. You can listen to it again, though!

Fav song on it: Haldern

04: Renaissance - Beyoncé

Not much i can add to the discussion of this album, or Beyoncé in general... Well, actually, one thing that comes to mind is how this record comes off as extremely pro-capitalist and individualistic on her part. Idk i admit i don’t usually listen to her, so idk if that’s her usual spiel. It makes sense tho, with her being a gajillionare and having a completely different lifestyle than any of the people who listen to her. This album’s whole aesthetic is money. Even in the sound! It sounds like it was very expensive to make and like every single little beep and/or boop on it was analyzed and tested by a large team of specialists in order to fit perfectly in a song. I will say, though, it sounds fucking amazing. Really pristine production. Bop after bop. I’ve danced to this album a lot.

Fav song on it: Virgo’s Groove

03: Pigments - Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn

I loooove the concept of this album. It reminds me of 2021′s Promises by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra in how a musical motif is introduced at the start and how it gets developed across the whole runtime of the record. I don’t wanna compare these two albums though; they’re very different. This one’s also really groovy at times! Love the composing, arranging, instrumentation, singing and everything else in this. And also, little details like the naming of the songs after... well, pigments, and having those pigments in order of appearance on the cover go a long way to making an album feel like a holistic, thought out experience for me. Love it!

Fav song on it: Crimson

02: Hellfire - Black Midi

Insane. Go listen to it if you haven’t already listened to it like 500 times like me. Or! Better yet, if you’ve heard it 500 times go and listen to it again. Insane! These kids really are pushing the whole jazz rock/prog rock/alt&art rock in general scene forward. I also love how each story (i.e. song) on this feels like a very different but still very tangible depiction of a hellish experience.

Fav song on it: Dangerous Liaisons

01: Motomami - Rosalía

Motomami’s an excellent record. That’s just how it is. It’s also special to me specifically because it dropped right around the time when i moved away from home, and i had it constantly on repeat on my new place. However, the real reason it’s on my #1 spot is because it kinda changed things, culturally speaking. It was a force of nature to be reckoned with, upon release. You see, i live in a natively Spanish speaking region, and over here this album was some sort of a cultural reset. I think that’s bigger than me or anyone else’s preferences, and it’s more than enough to warrant the top spot. I also just happen to love it!

Fav song on it: Diablo

Anyway. Have some honorable mentions as well, in no particular order:

Until next year!

#music #best albums of 2022 #2022 best albums #favorite albums of 2022 #rosalía #the weeknd #beyoncé #black midi #black country new road #foxtails #dawn richard #spencer zahn #charlotte adigéry #bolis pupul #richard dawson #otoboke beaver #weyes blood #gilla band #natalia lafourcade #sam gendel #betcover!! #music talk #music reviews #2022 in music #indie #self

[wernerherzogs]

I think I like the album more than Lover and Rep but my god some of the production choices. That weird ass distorted sound in Midnight Rain? the fuck would they do that. She sounds so much better with "simpler" production (idk how the right word). Also some real forgettable song fillers there. Loved the Lana "collab", Maroon and Bigger than the Whole Sky though. What are your favs?

Midnight Rain should've never seen the light of day, and that's a FACT (and what happened in the second half of Labyrinth???). and yeah i'm not well versed in music-related terminology as well but idk if it's the ~richness of the production (or lack of it) that's the problem, or whether they'd simply got LAZY. like, antonoff was involved in cruel summer, for example, which i consider one of her ultra pop masterpieces, so like. IDK, MAN. Paper Rings was great as well, even if it probably should've been a Bleachers song.

i do have some faves! i like Maroon as well, partly because she's doing some of that low matt berninger-esque monologue-y singing on it (there's a bit of that in Anti-Hero as well! i'm indifferent to the "sexy baby" controversy btw lmao). i love You're On Your Own, Kid, and also Question, mostly because of that bit about your friends watching you kiss someone and making fun of you, and then cheering you on. like that's some CLASSIC swiftian imagery, and i mantain that she's a master of telling ordinary love stories. Bejeweled is very boppy, but it's the most Bleachers song on the entire album, and similarly to Paper Rings it could have been on any Bleachers album tbh. i also enjoy Mastermind, Bigger Than The Whole Sky, High Infidelity, and Would've Could've Should've! so some our faves overlap. the Dessner songs are def the most interesting instrumentally because he'd never half ass even a bop, but i'm still feeling let down when it comes to the ~musical side of this album overall. not quite sure where this album will fit in my overall ranking of her albums yet! aaand in general i do prefer stripped tswift the most as well, i think, because that's when the writing tends to shine the most. BUT I LOVE HER GOOD BOPS TOO. lastly, you're 100% right, i think she should be leaving more songs on the floor of the editing room on basically every record. it's great that she's so prolific, but i think pretty much all of her albums would only benefit from shorter track lists.

#well this has got LONG #if you'd told 2012-2014 me i'd ever end up having so many tswift opinions i would have laughed in your face probably huh #time makes fools of us all etc. #anonymous #a response #long post #taylor swift

[gentlyouttatime]

4, 8, 12, 44, 88, 122

4: answered already :P

8: all-american rejects, gives you hell - oh man. this is probably the music video i watched the most in my entire teenagerdom and i can't tell you a single thing i found so good about it.

12: kelly clarkson, my life would suck without you - this isn't even my favorite kelly clarkson song. the only reason it's this far up in the playlist is because i heard it in a store recently and once i hear the chorus it stays stuck in my head for days

44: three doors down, kryptonite - this is a gateway song for me, in the sense that i went from the kidz bop version of this song to branching out into actual music

88: rob thomas/santana, smooth - the influence of my father. this is also on my dad rock playlist btw.

122: the offspring, come out and play - offspring came up a ton back when i used pandora for music streaming. i've never actually listened to their albums in full though, just a few songs.

#dreamycastaway #replies outta time

[anonil88]

Renaissance by Beyonce (act 1)

Review: 7.5 (maybe 8) out of 10

Ranking below

No one asked but this is a ranking as well as my initial thoughts on my first listen. The album is a fun little project to put on and dance to. Dance around the house, getting ready to go out with friends, a late night groove with loved ones. That's the vibe i got at least and the lyrics are very easy to latch on to without most of them sounding corny. Some are so so. I am REALLY REALLY looking forward to the great visuals that will be coming. As of first-ish, cause I did relisten to one or two to refresh my mind (16 songs is a lot) I give is a 7.5/8 out of 10.

Fun, many replayable songs, better than Drake's try at this type of album, but it falls flat in some areas. Also she has the same issues that Drake and many other artist who try disco, house, or dance music do. Specifically the artist who don't crank out edm hits with dj producers and it is that they overpower or underpower the beat. Its very easy to loose the beat or for it to take out the simple lyrics thats are being said. And clearly its nothing to do with not having a powerful voice its just about not knowing how to keep up with a dance beat. Her vocal ability is wild on this album. This type of music requires breathing space without too much slow down and not everyone hits the mark.

🕺Ranking🕺

Virgos Groove: that writing session is hefty with several writers on this one track. Levan Kali crafted a great sound for this. Her run halfway through this song when she says "sooo use me" is 🤌🤌. The songs about sex btw but thats kinda standard with disco, which I think this song falls into. Even early disco was super sensual. Runs on runs on runs.

Move- this and church girl are tied and this actually is a bit higher than church girl because well Grace Jones. Grace makes everything better.

Church Girl- I'm a sucker for beats that sample gospel and Beyonce has fantastic vocals on this. It's a mix of nola bounce, chopped screwed, and that tempo is fire. "Must be the cash cause it ain't ya face." I'm sure she heard that a lot shade.

All Up In Your Mind- A.G produced a song thats now been sampled for Beyonce. I know Sophie has to be proud of her homie AND it slaps with the headphones on. People said hyper pop and pc music would fail but look at them now. Yesterday's price definitely not tomorrows.

Plastic off the Sofa- It sounds exactly like what the title says and falls into a similar sound that The Internet has. A neo funk rnb baby soung. Syd and Beyonce flowing on those harmonies and rifts together is wild.

America Has a Problem- This reminds me of Beyonce from "4". The chorus and verses are some of my favorite on this album.

Pure/Honey- KEVIN?!?!?!?? KEVINNN. Also Drake should have had his ear to the wall a little harder because Pure is how you do a house/vogue song. The switch into Honey sounds exactly like when someone is djing. The subtle snaps kind of give you the feeling that you're not dancing alone. "Miss honey, miss honnneyyy, miss honey!" It drops because I like Pure more than I like honey.

Break My Soul- the transitions on this album are smooth as hell. Dream was gliding with these tracks on the production side of things.

Energy- this is very yay money but the chorus got me bopping with Beam. Big Freedia at the end to transition into Break my soul. Skrillex really slips into this production wise very subtley. (Kelis was not wrong.)

Thique- I love non serious lyrics just fun lyrics and to me this feels like a song that will no doubt be on every dance instructor/spin instructors Playlist by tomorrow no doubt. Sounds a little like "Blow" from the Beyonce album at some points. I really enjoying the last minute on this. I saved this track entirely for the last minute and the transition.

Summer Renaissance- I wish I could rank this higher but its not a love for me. I just wish I could because it sample momma Summers. The bridge is very very cute though, I realize I don't love Beyonce covers though. The applause part is very single ladies and get me bodied. The last minute and half is very fashion lyrics. We all love a fashion brand shout out on a dance track. BALENCIAGAAAA!💃 This being a final track is eh, like its just an okay "ending". Leaved more to be desired.

Cuff It- disco disco I love disco. This is like arm up and down windmill type of track and makes sense why its an early track.

Heated- an afro beat dance track

Alien Superstar- meh I love the title tho

Cozy- love the breakdown but not a for me

I'm that Girl- love this beat and its a great intro but its an intro so I don't know what else to say.

#beyonce #music #renaissance album #renaissance #disco #dance #rnb

[ziefleur]

hii any thoughts on this month comebacks?

hiii ! (i'm so sorry i did not realize this was so long until i finished typing help ╥﹏╥)

they all slayed actually ‼️ it was hard for me to keep up tho cuz there was a lot of releases this month 😭

WJSN's Sequence was an absolute masterpiece and my fav song on there is Done, like it's sooooo goodd?"!#!"(!$

H1-KEY's Run was my fav comeback of all the comebacks this month 🫢 the mv and the whole song in general was so cute and they nailed the summer concept !!! i wish they gain more popularity.

VIVIZ's Summer Vibe is SO GOOD. the concept and everything so so cute !!! I LOVE SIESTA SM IT IS SUCH A GOOD SONG. i wish BPM promotes them better tho, they deserve so much more :(

Girls by æspa was such a good album??#?! the girls and the staff did such a good job and i am in love w their outfits. my my fav song is ICU (i have a thing for b-sides lol)

Chung Ha's Bare&Rare was so beautiful i love the whole album and my fav song is California Dream <3333

ITZY's comeback was confusing to me at first but it turned out to be pretty good !! this is def Chaeryeong's era imo. my fav song is Domino (such a bop !)

lastly, STAYC's We Need Love !!!! the entire mini album was suchh a bop and i loved Beautiful Monster's mv sm !! it's my fav song in the whole mini album too <33

btw tysm for sending me an interaction ask i never get asks like these :( <3

[punkscowardschampions]

Sylke pt.5 & Co'Neill & Marvie & Slaggie

Sylvie: [‘nothing’ so definitely and defiantly because not even letting your seizures stop us, never mind the shit that isn’t truly life-threatening, we cannot care, soz everyone ‘I want you, this, no one can stop me but you’]

Jake: [not you finding her phone and taking a selfie of y’all snuggling as an I want you too, I say who are you and what have you done with Jake lol]

Sylvie: [when you know you know because likewise here looking at this selfie like is that me, is this who I am now because no one saw this coming, least of all us ‘when’s your mam home today?’ turning to him because had a thought]

Jake: [tell her, even if you then have to be like but my sister is home earlier at such and such a time, depending if she’s working herself tonight or going to her bfs or what, looking at the time on her phone to see how long it gives them]

Sylvie: [‘longer than if they were coming straight from school’ because that’s the main thing here ‘put your pants on and you could meet my parents’ as bants but also like you can because we’re not worried if our fam knows you’re here even though you shouldn’t really have people over when you’re off from school, you know you’re not getting in trouble atm and it is a perk we’re willing to exploit for more time with him]

Jake: [do find and put on the trousers she found for you because then you can go and get her one of the drinks you brought over for her to try and the album you talked about listening to and keep these immaculate vibes going]

Sylvie: [him wearing your clothes absolutely making you feel a type of way even if it wasn’t done in a couply manner it was just necessity but you’re still way more about it than you could have imagined, also having a marvellous time sipping and bopping, at least a more wholesome scene will be ready for your fam to return to lol]

Jake: [gotta give these dogs some love too because shamelessly have been ignored this entire time and then that can remind you to ask her (not during the songs cos we said no talking haha) what Janis said about the dog training thing because y’all were preoccupied by the drama of him leaving etc before so first chance he’s had to ask after her saying she’d message her cousin about it]

Sylvie: [tell him what we reckoned which is no you can’t self-teach them to do the detecting an hour before business but that it would be relatively easy to teach a dog to bark/look for help when you were having a seizure if you were out and about and alone; because of course she still asked even though he could have been like WE CAN NEVER SPEAK AGAIN because she cares]

Jake: [I fully imagine you two just pissing about trying to teach a dog each of hers this, like it’s a competition because she loves to win, but there’s some validity to it as well as it being fun because you’re lowkey testing to see if it would be easy (though neither of these dogs are puppies so not as easy) and whether he should or not]

Sylvie: [absolutely and to be fair, I think MOST dogs would bark if you hit the deck, so getting a puppy and rewarding it for doing that would be so easy so I think this will make you at least consider that it could be useful, the way I know billy elliot is gonna be a big old flop so we’ve given him to you like lol]

Jake: [^^ I agree so you’re defs considering it rn, especially because he’s not even mad about his loss because he’s too busy rolling about on the floor playing with this dog like the child he is and how healing to be doing that where you hit the deck fr earlier]

Sylvie: [ah the heart eyes are so real, go sort yourself out and make sure that you’ve left no incriminating/embarrassing mess anywhere for either your siblings or your parents to find]

Jake: [catch him washing up/tidying up the breakfast stuff from earlier while she’s gone/when she comes back btw, they are so domestic atm it’s DISGUSTING but we love it]

Sylvie: [the way I know your parents would be like ooh a nice boyfriend until your sister, probably, is like um he has a girlfriend lmao]

Jake: [oh she SO would, when you’re being a bitch, like really gotta remind they both and tell the world because you can see how into each other they are, still adore that he gets to meet tomeena though soz not soz]

Sylvie: [what a brilliant time for your salty ass to start catfishing heheh but yeah, you can’t even be mad now when they love him because that is totally to your advantage]

Jake: [he should have dinner with them and these lads should make it so that it’s ready when everyone gets home because he’s used to taking a turn doing that as I said in the China convo and it’ll keep the domestic vibes going]

Sylvie: [you love to see it, out here fully in your fantasy right now guys]

Jake: [me like, fully just pretend you’re in Paris by making something for dinner that has that vibe, I’m right there with you living the fantasy guys like you can stay and live happily ever after haha, he’ll have to leave after dinner I’m sure to get home in time and y’all will be gutted so enjoy it while you can]

Sylvie: [the only thing I can think of is ratatouille which is making me lol but absolutely, got to do it to ‘em, just having the most fun doing the most mundane things right now, don’t analyse that guys or you’ll know you’re falling in love; and soz not soz to your nice boy image but she will need to take you off and say goodbye to you alone because cannot be as extra as we need to be in front of our fam]

Jake: [you just know these nerds are talking french to each other as well because I’m gonna say that’s the language he takes at school for the sake of when they run away to Paris and vibes, speaking of vibes, you absolutely do need that alone goodbye because the kissing he’s gonna do will be INDECENT]

Sylvie: [mhmm, I feel like you’d also do French tbh because why not so you’ll both know enough to again be being disgustingly cute and domestic all up this kitchen until you’re outside or wherever you have gone to kiss this boy and tell him DON’T GO with the intensity of it so you don’t actually say the words]

Jake: [me remembering China takes Italian and CACKLING, soz girl, I was also vibing outside, cliche as that may be, not him literally taking off his jacket and putting it on her like keep it because he do have to go however much he don’t wanna, again walking home without a jacket but with much happier connotations]

Sylvie: [we love a parallel, well done boo, gonna come at him whilst he’s walking]

Sylvie: Promise I won’t blow your phone up

Sylvie: just wanted to say bye, one more time

Jake: Bye again

Sylvie: I’ll send you everything, so you can have it on your phone too

Jake: And I’ll see you tomorrow at [the earliest possible time he can without leaving before his fam and gf because need to let her know we can’t wait]

Sylvie: I know, it’s dumb to be as gutted as I am

Sylvie: that’s only [however many hours it would be]

Jake: No it’s not, that’s [however many hours it would be] too long

Sylvie: I know, I’m being brave not aloof

Sylvie: I’ll work out how many times we could loop our recordings in that time, sounds like a good idea

Jake: Brave’s for sicker kids than us, we don’t have to

Jake: [tell her how many times you could listen to a track off the album you listened to earlier that you’ve decided is y’all’s song]

Sylvie: I can tell you I’ll miss you and you won’t roll your eyes then

Sylvie: How do the lyrics fit so well, sort of mindblowing

Jake: Tell me and I’ll walk back and kiss you, one more time

Sylvie: [send it as a voicenote because of course you are and he needs to hear the !!]

Jake: [when you literally do walk back aka almost run back and kiss her because we all know he’s hardly gone any distance first of all and second of all she’s still standing exactly where he left her outside wearing his jacket, pulling her to him via the collar of it and then putting both hands on the side of her face so dramatically for this KISS]

Sylvie: [of course you are and how cinematic of y’all, here trying to make this one kiss last as long as you can, putting your hands around his waist and pulling him closer]

Jake: [likewise not breaking this kiss for anything because he said one, pushing her against the nearest wall with so much !! whether that’s literally the side of her house or a garage door or anything, no fucks given rn soz not soz everyone, if you hear them no you don’t, pushing his entire body into hers]

Sylvie: [a noise of pure frustration because you aren’t ready for him to go and you want to carry on everything you were doing so badly, still, can’t break this kiss so we’re putting our frustration into this makeout, running your fingers through his hair to the point of tugging it a little like !!]

Jake: [a shameless movement of pure frustration to match her noise because you aren’t ready to go either, letting her feel how immediately turned on you are because of everything y’all have done and everything you’re too ready to do right here and right now, so that you don’t say it in the most extra way possible because can’t break the kiss or you gotta leave]

Sylvie: [the NOISE that is somewhere between a gasp and a whine about how badly you want him, more shamelessly feeling him every which way you can whilst maintaining being attached at the lips, figuring if you talk directly into his mouth, using the kiss to take appropriate pauses, then that still counts, however much harder this makes saying anything coherent, you have to ‘please’]

Jake: [as shamelessly continuing to move as if you aren’t in too public of a place for this because we do not care, all we care about is how much we need her rn, hence literally telling her by talking directly into her mouth too, following her lead on that that it doesn’t count]

Sylvie: [‘come back inside and fuck me, stay’ because uninterested in the practicalities, some vague notion of being able to think of an excuse somehow but honestly you’re too busy trying to fight your clothes off here in a way that would let y’all do this without fully exposing yourselves]

Jake: [when there is 0 hesitation, soz everyone, he’s literally pulling her back towards this gaff whilst still kissing her and with the other hand going under her waistband/undoing whatever zip or button he has to, to touch her, no thought to practicalities or indecency or anything, getting as far as another wall that’s next to her actual front door and just going at this makeout and fingering SO shamelessly]

Sylvie: [couldn’t be more into it if we tried, his name is being whimpered before it’s being moaned dangerously loud, managing to LOOK at him, like you’re not nose to nose, as you finally work out how to touch him too with the current clothing situation, going to do the most so fast and furious here, not a moment to lose]

Jake: [you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do lads and we respect it, it’s your nothing’s stopping you attitude letting you do the most once again, nothing to see or hear here everyone, gotta moan the character’s name from that film for her because you’re clearly matching their !! energy atm and you loves it]

Sylvie: [mhmm, we’d be lying if we said we weren’t living for this, there is no hiding from each other and now we aren’t attempting to hide from anyone, just throwing a full line of dialogue that works at him, said like it’s the filthiest thing in the world even if it’s not really]

Jake: [do something from that scene of the film you watched on a loop to give the same energy, whatever that may be whether you’re picking her up or doing a dramatic hair pull or grabbing her throat or whatever it may be, something you can do one handed because you’re not moving the one you’re fucking her with, you can’t]

Sylvie: [the guy’s name coming out as your eyes roll, spitting onto your hands to do more for him and be more feral ‘if we ever go back to school-’ just THINKING about doing this in so many places across campus ‘almost worth it’]

Jake: [‘we should tomorrow’ because THINKING about it too but obvs you can’t also stop THINKING about all the things you could do if you didn’t so ‘maybe’ your voice so hoarse and catching on the maybe because all the possibilities are overwhelming when you didn’t know you’d have any of them not long ago]

Sylvie: [‘you deep inside me for an entire lesson, teaching me the only thing worth knowing’ because deep down you know you cannot so the fantasy is so appealing because you also shouldn’t be doing this yet you are, kissing him messier like his voice is hoarse because he’s parched]

Jake: [y’all making this wetter and louder when you should be trying to do the opposite so you don’t get caught is so real, this boy near enough up to his wrist with how deep inside her he is when she says that, which there’s nothing remotely subtle about so you truly might as well be fucking against her house at this point, god bless]

Sylvie: [‘I’d let you fuck me on a stage’ as if in response to how out of control this is getting like try me, I don’t care world, pushing him against your stomach, using that friction to your advantage]

Jake: [we all know he’s that bitch and that’s a fantasy he’s had, so telling her about it but like it’s what they are going to do at this cool kid event as he pushes her against her actual front door now, a very dangerous game but we’re nevertheless playing it]

Sylvie: [pulling your top/bra down so you’re now flashing too, the unhinged movements you are making combining this fantasy with the reality of being against your front door ‘show them who I belong to’]

Jake: [barely giving her a chance to flash before you’re pulling it down more with the teeth and covering all her exposed skin with your mouth in such a !! manner, leaving all the marks ever, his hand finally getting out of her but only so he can open her legs more shamelessly, grabbing her to do it in a way that’ll blatantly leave finger marks there too, pushing himself actually inside her even if it is only the tip again like earlier because there are so many clothes]

Sylvie: [I imagine you only put your PJs or leggings or something like that on because not got anywhere so the way we’re going to rip the crotch of whatever it is we’re wearing and yet again fully expose ourself to you when we push our knickers to the side, sorry we are OBSESSED with this boy and we have to give ourself to him right here right now]

Jake: [everybody stay in your lane, fam inside the house and peeps outside of it both because they are just fully going for this now, pulling her back to the wall near the door so the door isn’t just rattling away and getting them caught with how hard he needs to go at this, giving her the most indecent lovebite on her chest as well obvs, that goes without saying, and we can’t talk about the muffled but UNHINGED sound he makes the first time he really gets to fully thrust into her properly, out here almost cumming immediately from it]

Sylvie: [not only is he biting you all over, you now have to chew your own knuckles to keep the feral noises you are making from being screams at this point honestly, thank god it’ll be a quickie because neither of you can cope]

Jake: [me and my boo like lads you gotta be quick for all the reasons here and we’re so right, even though you both know he’ll have to go after and so you want this to be and last forever, no no it would be embarrassingly quick in a different context honestly but embarrassment is the last thing either of you are feeling about it]

Sylvie: [even if you weren’t in a post-orgasm haze, you still wouldn’t be embarrassed, literally exactly what you wanted and didn’t even know you did]

Jake: [we’re only soz he ever has to leave, but he won’t be rn because he can’t go walking off anywhere til he’s taken a sec to recover and also we all know he’s having to hold her up too rn so, it’s how intense the heart eyes are for me though]

Sylvie: [kissing him really softly, honestly just catching your breath against his mouth as he catches his, smoothing down your clothes but without looking so only a vague attempt at getting out of this precarious position]

Jake: [in contrast, LOOKING everywhere she isn’t as she smoothes her clothes, helping to re-dress her but getting very distracted for a second touching the newest lovebite he did on her chest softly like oh fuck cos can’t yet fully believe any of that just happened, pulling his jacket around her so tightly as if she’s cold missy girl ‘I think you’re really cool’ sounds casual but there’s such a quiet intensity to it and we all know it’s a Jake style declaration of love]

Sylvie: [snuggling into this jacket he is wrapping around you ‘I’ll keep it on’ as if you can inside the entire time he’s gone because have to stay close to him somehow, doing a little smile from behind the collar of said jacket, hiding your face even more but not entirely because you want him to see the BLUSH he’s made you do anew ‘you’re cool too’ like you’ve just told him you want to get married and have babies, the way you are DYING over it ‘you have to go’ wishing it wasn’t a statement but it is, the little sigh with it]

Jake: [running a hand through his hair as he does an identical little smile back which gets bigger when she says he’s cool too because we all know what you’re both saying, picking up the sleeve of his jacket and uncovering her hand where it’s lowkey buried in there, holding said hand for a beat, SQUEEZING it ‘But I don’t want to’ as a statement of fact, taking steps like he’s gonna walk her home with him, only letting go when their arms can’t stretch any further and they have to]

Sylvie: [literally stumbling after him for a step or two before you stop, holding your own hand to replace the feeling you’ve just lost from his, just being heartbreaking about this accidentally because it’s just how you feel, shaking your head, because you can’t stay out here again and make him come back again so very reluctantly get inside your house after you’ve waved him out of your drive]

Jake: [not you dramatically putting your hand to your mouth like you’re hysterical because you’re looking at her being so 🥺 and that’s the facial expression you can’t help doing about it before you finally have to walk away and spend the whole of said walk just thinking about what a day it’s been]

China: [again, at work, always]

China: Jake, are you okay?

Jake: What do you mean?

China: Not going to school yesterday or today, that’s not like you

China: has something happened with someone or some teacher?

Jake: I already told you I didn’t want to, I don’t get why you’re interrogating me about it

China: I’m not trying to interrogate you

China: but you can talk to me, if you need to

Jake: You know what a big deal [the cool kid event] is for me

China: Okay, so you’re just focusing on that right now?

Jake: I was up all night, I couldn’t just go to school like I wasn’t

China: I don’t mind, you know we worry about you

Jake: None of you need to

China: Is the song finished now?

Jake: I’m taking tomorrow too

China: You can look at my notes for the lessons we have together

China: I could ask to get you the rest, I don’t know what you’ve been telling the school though, why you’re off

Jake: It’s cool, [tell her which friends of yours are in which classes she isn’t because I’m sure there’s one in every you popular bitch, like don’t worry I’ll get notes from them]

China: I guess it is nbd then, sorry

Jake: It’s only a few days

China: Right

China: well, everyone misses you

Jake: I’ll see everyone at [this event]

China: It’ll be awesome

Jake: It feels like the first time in forever you aren’t working

China: I know, sucks doesn’t it

Jake: For you more than me, everyone must miss you too

China: It would be wrong of me to be at yours as often as I am and not offer your ma anything

Jake: You’re not a lodger, babe, you’re there with me

China: I’m still another mouth that it’s not her job to feed, and I don’t mind, really

China: we all have to pay our way eventually, I’m just ahead of the curve

Jake: I guess, that place just feels really exploitative, the long hours they make you do and they barely pay you anything

China: Nowhere super legit wants to hire teenagers, I can go somewhere else, even when I’m 16, the prospects will be better

China: but it’s not that bad

Jake: I worry about you, it goes both ways

China: Awh, I know

China: you’re sweet to but I promise, I’m fine

Jake: You know you can tell me if you’re not

China: Of course

China: why wouldn’t I be?

Jake: I don’t know, yesterday when we were home together it seemed like you weren’t

China: It did?

Jake: Is there something you want to talk to me about?

China: I don’t think so

China: I just didn’t want to miss starting [the book in English], you know me

Jake: I’m sorry, I should’ve let you go in

China: No it’s my fault, I should’ve been more chill

China: I tried

Jake: I didn’t think it would upset you this much, it’s my fault, I was being totally selfish

China: No, not at all

China: It doesn’t even matter, I got the notes today and they only did 2 chapters

Jake: It was important to you and I dismissed it for what I wanted to do

China: [this cool kid event] is important to you though

Jake: I understand now why you’ve been off with me though, you’re within your rights to be

China: Babe, I wasn’t trying to be off with you

Jake: I know, it’s okay

China: But I mean, how, what was I being like? I didn’t realise I was

Jake: You were obviously hurt about how thoughtless I can be, and tired too, probably

China: You’re not thoughtless I don’t think that, I swear

Jake: I feel like I hardly see you sometimes, that’s all

Jake: I thought it would be cool for us to spend the day together, I didn’t realise you didn’t want that

China: No, it was cool

China: I wish I’d not said anything now, I didn’t mean it like that

Jake: I should’ve said something before, that’s my fault too

China: I should have known this was how you were feeling

Jake: You have to work, there’s nothing either of can do about it

China: Do you want me to stay home with you tomorrow?

Jake: You can’t

Jake: [a test or an assignment or something]’s tomorrow, you’ve spent too long on it to miss the lesson

China: But I feel awful

Jake: You’re coming to [the cool kid event] and supporting me

China: That’s not good enough, not if you don’t feel like I’m there for you the rest of the time

Jake: It isn’t your fault

China: I’m a bad girlfriend, I always have been

Jake: No, I’m asking more of you than you can give me, I’m in the wrong

China: But that’s not right, it isn’t fair for you to go without

Jake: It isn’t right or fair for me to expect you to drop everything, I shouldn’t have done that

China: But I don’t mind

China: I should have better priorities 

Jake: I’m being the lad I said I wouldn’t, I mind that I am

China: But it’s my fault

Jake: You haven’t done anything, it’s me

China: No, you were trying to do something nice and I ruined it

Jake: It was only nice for one of us, that doesn’t count

China: It should have been for me, it was

Jake: I misjudged things

China: Just tell me what to do to make it up to you

Jake: You don’t have to, we’ve cleared the air now, it’s out in the open how we both feel

China: Are you sure?

Jake: Yeah

China: I’ll do better, I promise

Jake: Just promise you’re not mad at me

China: How could I be mad at you?

China: I’m the one who fucked up

Jake: You’re not, we’ve always had our similarities and our differences

China: 😔

Jake: Please don’t be upset

China: I’m not with you

Jake: It’s been hard navigating getting back together, basically living together, harder than I thought it would be

China: I can go home, that’s not an issue

China: if it will make things better

Jake: I can’t let you do that

China: Yes, you can

Jake: Yours isn’t good for you, that’s why you’re at mine

China: I just don’t like the guy, it’s really not that bad

Jake: You always say things aren’t that bad when they are

China: They’re not, I mean it

Jake: I care about you too much to just send you back

China: I don’t want to be a burden

Jake: You have to stay, it’d stress me out thinking about what could happen

China: Nothing would happen, you know my sister is a liar

Jake: I know your mother wouldn’t stop it, she doesn’t protect you so you need to let me

China: Nothing like that has ever happened

Jake: You’d tell me, wouldn’t you?

China: Oh my God

China: I’m serious, that’s disgusting

Jake: Yeah, he’d be disgusting for it, for hurting you in any way

China: Stop

China: I don’t want to talk about this, I don’t know why you’re even thinking about it

Jake: You didn’t tell me about him before, keeping that from me, not wanting to go home to the point you’d sleep at Cian’s instead

Jake: it goes deeper than not liking him, there’s still things you aren’t telling me

China: Why do we have to talk about this, why are you so

China: intense about it

Jake: Intense?

Jake: you’re talking about going back home where you aren’t safe, how do you want me to be?

China: I am safe!

Jake: Why are you lying to me?

China: I’m not

China: You think I’m not safe but I am, you should believe me when I tell you that

Jake: But I don’t

Jake: you lied before and you’re lying now

China: How am I lying?

Jake: You said yourself you don’t want to be a burden, you care more about that than telling me the truth

China: Because you’ve made me feel bad

Jake: This isn’t going to be any different than last time if you won’t talk to me

China: We are talking, right now

Jake: I don’t know what else I can do

China: You don’t trust me

Jake: You’re not being honest with me

China: You say I’m lying when you don’t like my answer

Jake: How could you say that I want things to be like this?

China: You wouldn’t tell me how to fix it

China: you’re clearly still upset with me so just tell me and I’ll do it

Jake: I’m scared for you

China: Why

Jake: If you don’t like my answers and walk out, it’s back to that

Jake: I know you, I know what it’s not that bad means

China: Way to make me sound unreasonable

Jake: I don’t want you to get hurt, ever, for any reason

China: I’m not going to, Jake

Jake: Why else would you go to Cian’s? Unless you’re going to tell me that I was actually right all along and you did it to hurt and punish me, knowing I’d hear about it

Jake: Is that what happened?

China: Why would I be trying to hurt you, you hadn’t dumped me by that point

China: That’s WHY you dumped me, remember

Jake: Help me to understand then

China: There’s nothing to understand, he’s my friend

China: like Sam was yours, why does it have to be anything dramatic

Jake: He’s 19 and he fancies you and you know that, but you still went there instead of home

China: And you knew Sam fancied you

Jake: No I didn’t, I thought she was my friend

China: Right

China: You don’t think you get preferential treatment from some people because they think you’re good-looking

Jake: That’s different from you acting like I led Sam on or something, it’s really hurtful you’d say that after what she did

China: You just accused me of sleeping with Cian, how is that not hurtful

Jake: I asked you what your motivations were for going there if you could’ve just gone home, when originally you made me believe it was so bad that you couldn’t

China: I just wanted to hang out, you had left, everyone else had, they were still around, why is that such a crime?

Jake: It’s a different story than the one you told me before, that’s why

China: Not wanting to be at home doesn’t mean it’s dangerous, I never said that

Jake: You let me think it was, this whole time

Jake: How could you do that?

China: You don’t listen to me

Jake: You’re as big of a liar as your sister is

China: Wow

Jake: I’ve been worried sick about you, my entire family has

China: Which I never wanted!

China: I just wanted to be with you, not be looked after by you

Jake: I can’t be with you

China: You said your family wanted me here and they don’t

Jake: I said my family love you, they do

China: You shouldn’t have basically moved me in if they aren’t cool with it

Jake: They were cool with it or I wouldn’t have

China: They’re not

Jake: That’s not true

China: Okay, now you’re not being honest with yourself

Jake: If they had a problem with it, they’d have told me

China: Do you need to be told? It’s so awkward like most of the time

Jake: Not everything is about you, they have their own stuff

China: I can’t carry on this conversation right now

Jake: You don’t want to, you mean

China: I mean you’re being mean and this isn’t helping anything

Jake: Cool, go, I don’t want to talk to you right now either

Sylvie: Did you have to be like that with him? 

Sylvie: It was pretty awkward

Margot: Like what?

Sylvie: Idk, rude

Sylvie: He’s been nice to me, since all that bullshit with that Sam girl and stuff

Margot: I wasn’t rude

Sylvie: It was uncomfortable, bringing up his girlfriend like that in front of mammy and daddy

Margot: It’s uncomfortable you were both acting like that when he has a girlfriend

Sylvie: What’s it to you?

Margot: It was uncomfortable from my front row seat

Margot: I was trying to eat [whatever they made]

Sylvie: You’re welcome, btw

Sylvie: He’s just my friend, why would that make you uncomfortable

Margot: Friends don’t 😍  at each other across the table

Sylvie: Don’t be a baby, of course they can

Margot: Of course you could be his bit on the side

Sylvie: And don’t be a bitch either

Margot: I’m not

Sylvie: You are, you don’t know his girlfriend, why are you here taking her side when he’s just a guest in our house

Margot: Until he goes home to her, everyone knows what the situation is

Sylvie: I told you, we’re friends, you act like you know better than me what’s going on

Sylvie: I’m not stupid

Margot: And I told you, I know what I saw

Margot: I’m not stupid either

Sylvie: I don’t need your superior moral judgment about it, thank you 

Margot: I haven’t given it

Margot: facts are facts

Sylvie: No one needs you to state them, I know what you’re doing when you do

Sylvie: Mammy and daddy don’t need to be worried about it

Margot: I know what you’re doing, you’re not bothered about if they’re worried, but you are about carrying on under their noses

Sylvie: Like what do you think they’re going to do, Go? It’s a teenage relationship, they’re not going to drop their own daughter in it to inform China, for God’s sake

Margot: You think you can do whatever you want now

Sylvie: Do you want the chronic illness, please, take it

Margot: Mammy and daddy will worry, least pretend you care 

Sylvie: They don’t need to

Margot: Type that ‘til you’re blue in the face if you want

Sylvie: For God’s sake, you saw, they like him

Sylvie: There’s nothing to worry about

Margot: It’s all they do, good luck fighting it

Sylvie: They want to keep me happy, you said it yourself

Margot: I said not in front of me, you wouldn’t like it if me and any of my friends were doing that when you were around

Sylvie: Oh My GOD, I’m sorry

Sylvie: you’re being a prude, but whatever

Margot: You’re being an exhibitionist, you’ve got a room to go to 

Sylvie: Why were you watching if you don’t like it, find something else to do

Margot: I’m not skipping meals for your teenage relationship

Sylvie: Nothing even happened, you’re dramatic

Margot: You made me feel weird, call me a prude again or whatever else

Sylvie: Why would you feel weird?

Margot: You’re my sister, I don’t want to think about you doing things like that

Sylvie: Everyone does it, even parents

Margot: Thanks

Sylvie: Come on, I mean, you don’t have to feel weird

Margot: I feel weird about most boys in general, it isn’t personal to Jake

Sylvie: You could have been politer, that’s all

Margot: I had no warning he was there, you get what you get

Sylvie: It hardly warranted a family group chat, that would have been weird of me

Margot: My polite facade takes work

Sylvie: Not concerning at all but sure

Sylvie: forget about it, like

Margot: 👌👌

Sylvie: You are so lucky your siblings are adults and aren’t weird and in your business

Maggie: I count my lucky stars almost daily, like

Sylvie: Something is wrong with that girl, I’m sure of it

Sylvie: 😬⭐️😓⭐️

Maggie: I live with 3 autistics, nothing shocks me

Sylvie: I’ll slip the test under her door, perhaps?

Maggie: I’ll quiz her next time I’m over 👀

Sylvie: Oh, did you give Jake’s stuff to China, he wasn’t in school today again

Maggie: What am I, an amateur? I went to his with it

Maggie: she’d only think I was getting with the lad if I handed her his jacket and the like

Sylvie: It was a bit of a fool’s errand anyway, I ended up seeing him again today myself, but thanks

Maggie: You’re alright, not my first

Sylvie: How did you even know where he lives though?

Maggie: I’ve my ways

Sylvie: Right, you know everyone

Maggie: Ruin the magic, but [someone] lives on his road

Sylvie: 🔮🐦

Sylvie: I’ve not been to his house yet

Maggie: That yet’s showing you up

Maggie: so then, come on

Sylvie: I talked to him, like you said, next day and he weren’t thinking all the mental shit I’d convinced myself he was 

Maggie: He were thinking about you, I called it

Sylvie: He only stopped because it was the right thing to do, not because he wanted to

Maggie: Told yous, just like my daddy, they all are

Maggie: the good ones, I mean

Sylvie: Alright but I can’t cope with the comparison to your da right now 

Maggie: What was it like?

Sylvie: 😳

Sylvie: He talked to me all night, even though she must have been there

Sylvie: and we watched [the film, which I’m sure she knows is your favourite] and he was going to come over but his sister caught him trying to sneak out so he came today and we spent all day together

Maggie: Not your fave! And with THAT scene as well…

Sylvie: I’m in danger of breaking the tape, honestly

Maggie: We can get you another, don’t even worry about that

Sylvie: Just don’t tell Libs

Maggie: Ah, if I were that bitch, which don’t get it twisted, I’m no, she’ll not care

Maggie: my niece has already forgotten that boy’s name and that’s if she ever knew it

Sylvie: I meant about the tape but glad she won’t be devastated too, obviously

Sylvie: He’s so much cooler than all that makes him seem

Maggie: Oh right, there’s me forgetting it was her mammy and daddy’s

Maggie: ‘course he is, she’s cooler than that carry on makes her seem too

Sylvie: He brought [the album] and we listened to that too

Maggie: [talk about the album for a sec because of course you’ve already heard it, you know everyone, why not mention their song as one you like, just cos I can]

Sylvie: That one is my favourite

Maggie: Where was your mammy today? She’s always in

Sylvie: The nearer she gets to publication she has all sorts of meetings, she was in town all day, thank god

Sylvie: But we should probably go to his tomorrow, I’ll have to subtly see what she’s up to

Maggie: Don’t take this wrong and as dead unsubtle, but let us know if there’s somewhere you need me to go for you in town

Sylvie: Oh, right

Sylvie: I’d forgotten, your mammy wouldn’t mind doing that for me

Maggie: Never

Maggie: and I don’t mind saying it’s for me if needs be too

Sylvie: Hmm, I suppose it does put her in an awkward situation with my ‘rents

Sylvie: but I don’t care, use your discretion 

Maggie: Will do

Sylvie: Do I make him get condoms or shall I?

Sylvie: I wish you didn’t have to bother, seems like such a hassle

Maggie: I can get ‘em for yous on the same run, no bother

Sylvie: I know I should be more sensible, having loads of cautionary tales to take from

Sylvie: it really just happened and then happened again

Maggie: These things must, or there’d not be all the cautionary tales

Sylvie: It’s hard to care in the moment

Sylvie: Margot was being a bitch, acting like I should about China or something, I don’t even know what her point was

Maggie: Any ammo, you just get her back up at the minute, don’t matter what you’re up to

Sylvie: She’s jealous, of the attention, not him

Maggie: Yeah

Maggie: and no shit not Jake, no offence meant to the lad there but she’s sure not into ‘em

Sylvie: Exactly

Sylvie: or she would be

Maggie: You had sex with Jacob Cohen, let’s us let that sink in

Maggie: twice

Sylvie: Aren’t you proud

Maggie: Is this what being a mammy’s like? Might have to rush myself into it if it is 😁

Sylvie: Maybe yours, mine would cry for a week I bet

Maggie: Mine’s nothing to trouble herself with yet, I’ve not done things what have that ending

Sylvie: You’re too young

Sylvie: I weren’t planning on it either 

Maggie: I’ve not met the boy for it, is all

Sylvie: Your parents have given you rather high expectations accidentally there, like

Maggie: Sky high

Maggie: but no word to my daddy, he’d make the lad cry for a week

Sylvie: Yeah… tell your ma the pill is for me, she’ll not grass

Sylvie: whereas if she thinks you’re doing the deed she might feel like she has to tell your dad

Maggie: Catch him walking himself ‘round Dublin town out for blood off some poor boy who don’t exist yet

Sylvie: Exactly, let’s not put that on my plate

Sylvie: My parents would get over it, should they find out

Sylvie: Margot was acting like I was tonguing him at the dinner table so maybe they’ve suspicions if she’s even vaguely on the money there

Maggie: Any daughter of mine and you’d have been doing something, footsie at least, bare minimum

Sylvie: 😅

Sylvie: There might’ve been something

Maggie: There, I knew it

Sylvie: Not AT the table but after when he had to go

Maggie: It’s the saddest bit, you’ve to leave ‘em with a parting gift to soften the blow for the both of you

Sylvie: I can see why she moves herself in whenever she gets a fella

Sylvie: I just wanted him to stay

Maggie: I’ll move mine into here, collect the lad in the morning with the eggs for a pick me up 🌞

Sylvie: Too bad Jake’s family really care about him, what are the chances, eh

Maggie: Low usually, unless they’re one of them boy mammy’s 

Maggie: in fairness, Cohen’s giving his mammy’s little prince

Sylvie: It’s only his ma and his older sister and him, so

Maggie: I’ve met her at [wherever his sister works, cos you’re just that bitch], the sister

Sylvie: What’s she like?

Maggie: She was working so she had to be nice to me, but I reckon she would’ve had she not been

Sylvie: Not that it matters, I’m hardly going to be meeting her, or his mammy

Sylvie: she’s a nurse, you’ve probably met her too

Maggie: I only have gone and too! She’s at the ED

Maggie: when I fell over on my skates

Sylvie: Called it

Maggie: Can’t lie, loved her

Sylvie: Gutted I’m the bit on the side then

Maggie: Have you and him talked about it?

Sylvie: He’s not going to leave her, not now

Sylvie: it’s awkward, she lives there ‘cos she don’t want to be at home

Maggie: Never say never, all sorts can happen

Sylvie: All I care about is him, if that’s what he’s gotta do then it’s what he’s gotta do

Maggie: As long as he cares about you I’ll let him off

Sylvie: He wants to go to my next appointment with me

Sylvie: I don’t know though

Maggie: What’s worrying you, it’ll scare him off?

Sylvie: I don’t know, not really

Sylvie: what if he makes a fuss, like everyone else

Sylvie: I don’t want that from him

Maggie: You wanna still be seen as a ride to him, the girl he had sex with twice, not the sick girl

Sylvie: Which is stupid, considering, I know he’s not going to do it

Maggie: Wouldn’t be the move when he’s a sick boy who’s not gonna be after you doing it back

Sylvie: I still hate the idea of it, even if it’s illogical at this point

Maggie: You’re allowed, don’t dwell on the idea too hard though

Sylvie: I trust him

Sylvie: not with everything, don’t worry but this, I do

Maggie: And I trust you, like

Sylvie: I can’t say but he’s already been vulnerable with me about his so I know he won’t be a twat about mine

Maggie: He don’t seem the sort anyway

Sylvie: I can’t stop thinking about him

Sylvie: What do you think the etiquette is, when can I message him, when can I not?

Maggie: When’d he leave yours?

Sylvie: [tell her the embarrassingly short time ago lmao]

Sylvie: I know

Maggie: He messaged you when she was asleep, or so you reckon, go for a similar time?

Sylvie: Good idea

Sylvie: she works too but

Sylvie: that’s safer

Maggie: Where’s she work? If I know somebody I’ll find out what shift she’s on

Sylvie: I’m not sure, I just know that he’s home alone a lot

Sylvie: It’s cool, maybe I should wait for him to message me instead?

Maggie: Bear with while I get the info, you don’t need to use it

Sylvie: If spy was a real job, you could consider it

Maggie: [do come back with those deets because you really do know everyone lol]

Sylvie: Cross that off the list when we next go into town for lunch then

Maggie: I know people have to work but I couldn’t be putting in her hours at your age

Sylvie: She’s probably saving for Uni already

Maggie: Jesus, she’s that sort, I bet she is

Sylvie: How anyone has any idea what they want to do yet is beyond me

Maggie: If I were a lad my daddy’d be telling us what I’m to do already, I’d be out with him every day, or someone he knows who hates us less than the others

Sylvie: Not you 👑

Maggie: God said he’s enough sons to boss ‘round

Sylvie: It’d probably be different for you anyway, right

Maggie: Mammy gets her say, unlike his wife who’s culturally gagged

Sylvie: The parallels keep on coming

Maggie: Just as well or I’d be years shut in instead of going into town for you

Sylvie: I owe you

Maggie: Nah, I’m happy for you, can’t wait for my own parallels

Sylvie: It’ll happen

Sylvie: maybe at [the cool kid event]

Maggie: I have heard [whoever she has a crush on at the min]’s thinking of showing his face

Sylvie: Better perfect our looks then

Maggie: Best not do fancy dress, you don’t wanna go as far into the parallel as makeup everywhere and shite that’s impossible to take off

Sylvie: You’re right

Sylvie: minimum lipstick it is for the foreseeable too

Maggie: Lads never think of these things and before you know it’s too late and what are you to do?

Sylvie: Not co-ordinate my colour with hers, even your sources aren’t going that far

Maggie: They could, but last thing you’re after’s reminding him of her

Sylvie: I hope not

Maggie: Not coming for the girl’s life, but nah, you don’t

Sylvie: Does your mam ever feel bad now, about your dad’s wife?

Maggie: Yeah, but there’s some things that can’t be changed no matter what, which ain’t where you are

Sylvie: No, I know, I was just thinking

Maggie: I feel bad too, that he can’t be with us all the time and when hes he’s taking off the other kids of his, grown as they are, but at least he would if he could, loads of the others don’t have that with their daddies

Sylvie: It’s complicated, you can have complicated feelings about it, I reckon

Maggie: I used to think if I behaved like how he wanted 😇 he could just stay, when I was little, but I know now

Sylvie: I can’t imagine how confusing it must’ve been

Maggie: It still can be, but I have him whether his name or not

Maggie: and he loves us

Sylvie: There’s no doubting that, or you’d not be here

Maggie: What would you do then, eh?

Sylvie: I’d have to ask your mammy for the morning-after-pill direct, for starters

Maggie: And there’s no telling where she’d be or what she’d be doing with herself

Sylvie: A shut-in like Auntie Ro, perhaps

Maggie: We’re not thinking about that, enough, as my daddy would say

Sylvie: 🤐 Psychically will him to message me and I will go radio silent like THAT, I promise

Maggie: Ah, I see how it is

Maggie: but I’m on it, as I’m a better mate than yous

Sylvie: When you and [the aforementioned crush] start necking on, I’ll completely understand being ditched

Maggie: Gotta do something while the other JC’s 🎸🎤 I know you’re into him but it’s not for his music why

Sylvie: I never paid attention before, honestly

Maggie: He’d be alright if [drag his music a lil bit because you can, you’re a musical girlie like your mother, but in a constructive way not just being a shady cow]

Sylvie: I’ll have to let you know my thoughts

Sylvie: if I have any that aren’t too 😍 to be shared, obvs

Maggie: I’m guessing you’re his new muse, which’ll make all my criticisms there invalid, we’ll see

Sylvie: Listening to songs about her will be a little feckin awkward, yeah, hadn’t considered

Maggie: He’s only doing the one and it’ll be about you, I’d bet my life

Sylvie: Nah 💀💀

Maggie: 🔮✨

Sylvie: We did record it, the first time

Sylvie: not video too, like

Maggie: I was about to say, you know better, keep that face out the frame

Sylvie: 🤷‍♀️ No comment

Maggie: That’s seriously well smart though, grabbing a memento of it

Maggie: not to fully channel my niece 

Sylvie: If it all goes to shit now, at least I can still remember how good it was

Maggie: I’m stealing that idea for sure

Sylvie: Jake liked it

Sylvie: and everything Libi is about annoyed him on the whole so

Maggie: She does have that effect on the whole, bless her

Sylvie: I don’t think Bobby and China fucked though

Sylvie: you would’ve heard

Maggie: [Someone] saw ‘em together and there’s no chance from what they’ve said

Sylvie: I suppose it’s a lot to go from no friends to full boyfriend status, poor kid

Maggie: She can’t sign, it’d be like me hanging with [someone foreign they both know, whether that’s foreign exchange or like the cliche family run shop/takeaway] and calling him my fella

Sylvie: You don’t need to sign to get your point across

Maggie: The point they were both after making, nah

Sylvie: Clearly didn’t realise what bad timing she picked trying to move in with that lot 

Maggie: Poor girl

Sylvie: It’s not good reasoning to be in a relationship

Maggie: It weren’t a relationship, but true

Sylvie: Anyway, I can’t be thinking about this

Maggie: Yeah, don’t be

Sylvie: I’ve got delusion to live in whilst I can

Maggie: And I’ve always things to do, life of a spy

Sylvie: 🕵️‍♀️✌️

[arsyeong]

[7] thief | ijb.

o n e  /  t w o  /  t h r e e  /  f o u r  /  f i v e  /  s i x  /  e i g h t

summary: the thief is back once more but what he steals from you is worth more than everything else you owned. word count: 2,800

a/n: i am a division 2 anti but that album was LEGENDARY. spinning top has literally ZERO SKIPS; every song is a MASTERPIECE. how we had 2jae for the chorus and youngjae’s scenes. i am absolutely IN LOVE. we may not have broke our record but let’s keep on streaming eclipse! this ART deserves it! jaebeom deserves it! got7 deserves this! LET’S GO, PHOENIXES! i’m also looking to end this next week hehe hope you like this :D

It was a sunny Wednesday in winter.

There were still big chunks of snow on the ground and it was freezing, but at least your job wasn’t as hard as it was during the fall. You walk with a small smile on your face, admiring your little town as you head to the Inner Inn.

When your destination was in sight, your grin widens and you jog toward it. It’s warm when you enter, both the temperature and the atmosphere. Julie greets you with a welcoming smile from the counter and you walk to her.

“Good morning, Julie!” you cheerfully singsong, and she laughs at your energy.

“My, my, my,” she goes, “It may be winter but you’re still your blooming and bubbly self.” You blush at the sudden compliment – when do you not turn red at good words for you? – and you watch her look around the place. “Did you come here for Bambam?”

You’re tempted to lie but you’re given away by your smile brightening. “As a matter of fact, I did,” you say, “but I still did want to see you too.”

“How am I to know you’re not just saying that to win my affection as his mother?”

“Because I know I’ve already won that,” you breeze, immediately regretting it after seeing the surprised look in her eye, “I was joking.”

“I see his confidence has rubbed off on you,” she comments before her sweet smile returns, “but that’s okay. It’s only right for you to know your worth.”

You bite the inside of your cheek, trying not to express your delight at your assumed meaning of her statement.

When she pulls out a piece of paper, though, any giddy feeling was immediately wiped out.

Julie looks at you nervously. “Oh, I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay,” you manage to say, but you were already on the brink of getting lost in the memory of that night, “Is that what I think it is?”

She nods grimly and you feel the entire atmosphere change. Without a word, she hands you the paper, but you’re quite reluctant to read it. After trying so hard to forget about how desperate you came off the last time you were with JB, you just couldn’t get yourself to read something from him.

“The thief dropped it off this morning,” she says, probably thinking you’ve read it when all you’ve done is stare down at it and process nothing, “Seeing as you’ve helped the others before, I thought of asking you too, especially since you came at such an ideal time.”

As if on cue, the front door slams open. You and Julie direct your gaze to the newcomers and you see Bambam heading toward you angrily, his friend Mina closing the door behind him.

“You got a note from the thief and decided to ask (Y/N) first?” Bambam glares at his mother. “When you could have asked us instead? You know how tired she was the last time she helped out.”

“I don’t expect her to agree,” says Julie, “She’s free to say no!”

“You and I both know she can’t say no to helping out.”

Curiosity overwhelms your ill feelings and you tune out their argument to read JB’s note.

I’m to waltz into the Inner Inn at 12 midnight, it reads. With love, JB.

With his usage of ‘waltz,’ he seems like a different person to you. You couldn’t imagine the Jaebeom you know waltzing; you can’t help but think he would prefer something more edgy. For a moment, you wonder if he ever gets bored of the elegant speech he uses for stealing (since he talks so casually to you), then you remember that this wasn’t the Jaebeom you knew. This was JB – elegant and eloquent JB, thief JB.

“Stop arguing!” Mina screams, cutting your through your thoughts and silencing the mother and son. All eyes turn to her. “Instead of fighting, I say we think of a way to catch him.”

“Yeah!” Bambam immediately agrees. “Imagine the fame we’d get if we do!”

“That wasn’t what I meant.”

Julie ignores her son’s comment and turns away from him to you and Mina. “You’re right: we should catch him. But how should we do it?”

“We’ll use the ambush strategy Mark did!” suggest Bambam, energetic and smiling once more. “But we’ll get the entire town to help us this time. Let’s finally put an end to his stealing career!”

You wince at his last statement. The last of Jaebeom you’ve been in contact with may have been cold and uncaring, but he was still Jaebeom. No matter what personal frustration you have for him, you still didn’t want him in jail.

“Are you okay, (Y/N)?”

You snap back to reality once more and find the three of them staring at you with a shared concerned look. Your fear for him going to jail must have shown on your face, so you smile to erase it. “Yeah,” you assure them, “Zoned out for a bit. What were you saying?”

In the corner of your eye, you see the ends of Bambam’s lips turn up a bit, worried expression melting into a softer one.

“I asked if you were in on catching this thief,” she says, and your attention is back on her.

“I also said you don’t have to if you don’t want to or can’t,” your man of interest chimes in, “and that I’ll be with you if you do plan on coming.”

“That’s so sweet of you, Bam,” coos his mom, looking at her son with a surprised yet loving look. He doesn’t take his eyes off you, waiting for you to say something.

“I,” you start before thinking through what you’re going to say again. “I don’t think you would need to do that,” his frowns his confusion and quickly say, “I’m not coming.”

“That’s what you said last time.”

“I mean it this time,” you say, trying to sound firm with your decision – maybe it would convince you too.

Bambam opens his mouth to speak but his mother cuts in, “Well, if you change your mind, I think coming here between 10PM to midnight is the ideal time?”

“It is,” you nod, keeping your eyes on Bambam, “I’ll think about it but I’m quite sure I mean it this time.”

He looks defeated and you offer him a consoling smile. You have a feeling he had wanted to be your hero as a means of winning you over.

“I guess I should get going now,” you tell the little group, “Good luck later.”

You walk away facing them and let out a breath as soon as you’ve shut the door behind you, away from their sight. Suddenly, it was hard to admire the snow-covered town.

Your thoughts were filled with the memories of that night – how he had looked at you, how he had uttered the words ‘you’re amazing,’ how he had walked away, how desperate you had sounded, how he seemed to have softened, only to push you away when you thought you finally had him.

Before you knew it, you had walked to the place of the incident.

The spring was different during the day, mostly because there were a lot of people around. Most of the times you’ve been here before, it had been at night and you were alone. With Jaebeom.

You spot your usual place and stare at it, letting more memories (more positive ones) wash over you.

You remember the corny jokes he had told you, the cheesy pick-up lines he had practiced on you, the stories of himself he’d shared, the little things about him that he was so open about.

You remember his smile, the way his eyes would sparkle before it narrows to two dark lines as his teeth showed. You recall the two moles above his left eye, the ones you always swept his hair away to see, and the mole on the same side of his face. You remember the way he would sit with his knees pulled up to his chest, allowing him to rock back and forth a bit when he laughed and making him look smaller than he is.

Reminiscing on all of this made you miss Jaebeom. A lot.

You miss the way he would look at you while he listens to you talk about how tiring your job is, the small but reassuring smile he would give you after his small encouragements, the way his hair would take the soft breeze and move around a bit, the way he would always be there and waiting for you by the time you arrive. You miss him and his different tones of voice, his openness, his weirdness, his everything.

He didn’t only leave you with a ton of unanswered questions. He also left you feeling empty and longing for him.

As you make your way back to your house, you can’t help but wonder why you were feeling this way. Ever since you had met him at (Y/F/N)’s mansion, you couldn’t get him out of your mind for multiple reasons. You had wanted to see him again after your first encounter, wanted to catch him after your second and then wanted to keep seeing him as friends after your third. You always had a motivation to see him, and most of the time, the motivation was Jaebeom himself.

You were just about to open your door when the answer struck you. Of course.

You liked him.

You felt the same when you were still pining for Bambam. Maybe you’d been subconsciously aware you’ve liked him for some time, but you just didn’t know exactly how much you did, so you paid it no mind. It could be infatuation or full on love, you didn’t know, but you liked him.

A lot.

After your realization that morning, it was impossible to convince yourself to stay at home when you had the chance to see him. 

You leave your house an hour before midnight, trying not to rush or do anything that might portray excitement. To keep yourself busy and to give yourself a motivation to turn back, you think about Bambam.

You couldn’t believe that, after all these years of unrequited love with him, your heart was filled with someone else at the same time he’d decided his heart was for you. It made you quite guilty, thinking about Jaebeom when Bambam was there. The two of you hadn’t added a label to match with your feelings, but you had been acting like you were actually in a relationship, which must be why you were feeling like you were cheating on him.

Which of them was the right person at the wrong time and the wrong person at the right time? Were they even under one of those? You can’t help but wonder.

Your arrival at the Inner Inn pulls you from your thoughts. With a deep breath, you push the door open and enter.

It was empty.

“Hello?” you call out, walking toward the counter and looking around. You ring the bell but, even after a few seconds, no one comes to you.

“THIEF! THIEF!”

The sudden scream had you bolting out of the inn as fast as you can. You stand in the middle of the road, looking around and trying to identify the direction where the scream came from. When you turn front again, a figure was rushing toward you.

“I’m kind of pressed for time tonight,” JB chuckles between pants. “Could you look the other way?”

“Jaebeom,” you breathe out, feeling your heart rate increase.

“WHERE’D HE GO?”

“(Y/N),” he presses, looking back anxiously. His eyes were filled with desperation, waiting for you to say something that’d make him feel safe.

“Oh,” you say, “I never saw you.”

His eyes widen. “Really? You’ll do that for me? Even after-“

“It’s for you,” you say hurriedly, “Of course I will.”

For a second, you’re wondering if he got your message. In the next second, his lips were on yours.

You wanted to hold him and keep him pressed against you. You didn’t want to part from him, you wanted to stay in that moment forever, but you couldn’t freeze time and you couldn’t hold the other villagers off. The second after you connected, he was gone.

You stare off in the direction he went, squinting for one last look but seeing nothing. It was as if he vanished into thin air.

Huh, was all you could think of, so that was what kissing was like.

“(Y/N)!”

You turn and find everyone running up to you – Vana, Ivan, Julie, Mina, Jinyoung, Yeeun, Iyah, Meryll, Mark, (Y/F/N) and … Bambam.

“He slipped right by us!” Mark groans. “We had him!”

“We think he went this way,” Mina says before looking at you questioningly, “Uh, did he?”

You shake your head no even if you were still stuck in the moment that had passed. “He really didn’t?”

“That JB is some fox,” you hear Jinyoung grumble.

“He couldn’t have gotten that far yet,” says Yeeun, “I say let’s split up.”

The rest of them do so without another word. You’re left with Bambam.

“I thought you weren’t coming,” he says, walking over to you with a mixed look of confusion and concern. You couldn’t bear to look at him, not after what just happened. “(Y/N),” he says again. He reaches out to hold you by your sides, but you don’t even let him touch you, and you don’t miss the hurt that passes his face. “What’s wrong?”

“I just wanted to check up on you guys,” you tell him, intentionally referring to them in general and not just him. You knew him well enough to know he’d pick up on that and, when he does, he takes a step away from you.

“Oh,” he says, and you knew something would be off between you from then on. You didn’t know whether to thank his ‘best friend senses’ or feel bad that he has them. He read through you so quickly.

It takes him a few seconds of silence before he whispers, “You know I’ll always support you, right?”

That’s what makes you look up into his eyes – big, beautiful and sparkling like a star at night. There’s fear and hurt flashing through them, but the rest was just … you.

“You’ll keep being my best friend,” he whispers, “no matter what.”

His words made you want to cry. When he takes a step to you and takes your hand, you’re too emotional and focused on trying to suppress your tears to push him away. “We’ll still go through this life hand in hand like we used to,” he continues, “Nothing’s going to change that.”

“Bambam,” you can’t help but say, and your eyes meet with his shining ones. It hurt that the ‘shine’ came from the tears he, too, must be trying to hold in.

In that moment you held eye contact, you got a sense that he knew. He knew things weren’t going to be the same between the two of you starting now, that your relationship wouldn’t continue as it had been for the past few days. Maybe he even knew there was someone else, and he had a good idea who.

You were in his arms before you could even finish any other thought-sentence, and he pulls you closer to him but his hands were gentle on your back. “Thank you,” is what you whisper to him as you bury your face into his chest while he nuzzles his on your shoulder.

“Anything for you.”

You stay like that until you can’t. He has a one-sided smile for you when he pulls away. “I’d like to hear about it one day,” he says, catching you off-guard, “All the details, you know how I like your stories.”

He even sends you a playful wink, and you scoff. “After sharing such an emotional moment, you’re thinking weirdly again?” you ask him in disbelief, and he shrugs with a smile on his face, “Only you, Bam. Only you.”

The two of you start laughing.

“You know,” he says once he’s calmed down, “I’d walk you home but I’m internally still hurt and crying. Would you mind if I sit out on this one?”

You wince but you nod, trying to give him a friendly smile even as the guilt comes crashing back in waves. “I think I can make it home alright.”

“Thanks,” he says. “See ‘ya around, (Y/N).”

With a final pat on your back and a lopsided grin, he jogs away. You watch him until you can’t and then you head back home with your own smile on your face, your heart lighter than it had in a long time.

p r e v i o u s  /  n e x t

#ugh stream eclipse #spinning top: between security & insecurity #got7 #got7 eclipse #got7 jaebum #got7 jaebum scenarios #got7 jaebum aus #got7 jb #got7 jb scenarios #got7 jb aus #jaebum #the entire album is a bop btw #jaebum aus #I THINK I LOVE YA #page is a legend #every song is tbh #jaebum scenarios #jaebum thief au #jb #got7 scenarios #jb scenarios #got7 aus #jb aus #bambam #got7 bambam #bambam scenarios #got7 bambam scenarios #harvest moon ds cute #harvest moon ds cute au

[everybodysaycbx]

today is wolfs anniversary and the fact that its the same day as my birthday is very iconic of me if i do say so myself i was destined to be an exol

#i also turned 24 and exo has a song called 24 and its a BOP they really made songs just for me 🤧 #btw chinese version of both of these songs is better than the korean version thats a FACT #i remember when i first listened to wolf bc i didnt watch it the day of in 2013 bc i was actually moving literally on my birthday #it wasnt the last time either lmao but yeah my 16th and 20th birthdays i moved from my home so 2013 and 2017 #and in 2013 i moved across the country so i was a little tired and didnt have cell service for most of the day #so a couple days later when we were settled in i was like lets look at some new releases and i saw exo had a new song and i was like !!!!!!! #bc i love love love mama and their entire debut album so i was so excited and it came out on my birthday too!!!!! #so i listened to it aaaaaaaand i hated it djnsjsskaNDJSJSNS #the only times i liked it was when luhan sang bc i love him and he has the voice of an angel id die for him truly #but i wasnt a stan back then i was just listening to kpop casually and fell out of it that year for personal reasons #i did listen to the album tho and i loved it except that song and heart attack #and i know yall will come for me about how i feel about heart attack but idk its just kinda meh for me #it never really grew on me either sorry lol i did try i swear #but when i got back into kpop after a year or so i watched all the memes and really got into the exol fandom and now i love it #wolf is a song that transcends just good or bad its both of those things and more #and the fact that it came out on my birthday is just proof that its a song for the gays and the gays only k bye #happy birthday to me #exo

[phoneybeatlemania]

hey bestie! if you're still doing the beatles asks: 6, 7, 8, and 11 (sorry if that's a lot lol)

I am still answering asks! I didn’t get many cause Im kind of irrelevant atm since I haven’t made much effort to be an actual part of the fandom since about November. But yeah, idk—if you want my take on things NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK since its Easter holidays and after this its going to be only revision until June and I will, once again, be back to Irrelevance :(

Re: Fun Beatles Asks

btw its 12:30am now so idk if my writing makes sense here, but ill edit tomorrow lol.

6. Share a spicy take.

Hmmmm….musically, Help! as an album is pretty meh. For a lot of people I think it marks the beginning of their descent into the Post-Rubber Soul period, and they Get The Hype. But idk man—I think theres plenty of bops, plenty of bangers, but all-in-all I cant really think of any tracks that Really Do It For Me, y’know?

[That really wasn’t that spicy, but when Im put on the spot and try to think of SPICY TAKES, my brain can only think of pretty lame ones that we all probably agree with tbh]

Also, I don’t wanna be annoying here, but as a fandom I don’t feel like we make much effort to point out that John and Mays relationship fundamentally was Fucked. Ill refrain from saying “we don’t talk about [XYZ] enough!!!” cause ik that’s annoying—but idk man, it took awhile for it to really occur to me that Actually No sleeping with your assistant is……not okay :/ Im not saying we have to #CancelJohnLennon for it, or even that the entire relationship was a bad thing (because despite it being about as complicated as any of Johns relationships, there clearly were a lot of positives within their relationship; and also, I wouldn’t want to wholly-vilify John whilst wholly-victimising May, because that would be reductive too, and May Pang obviously doesn't want that), I just feel like we should acknowledge it a little more, y’know? Just keep it in mind.

7. What is a Beatles-discourse topic that needs to die?

Im not sure if Im going to explain this particularly well, and I guess its not even really a “discourse topic”, its more-so just a facet to discourse—but I really think that responding to something with an [irrelevant] comparison needs to die. So like, if were critiquing John for something, then I *hate* seeing someone respond with “Okay but why don’t we talk about [insert something annoying about Paul]” (and vice-versa; it’s not just John fans who do this but Paul fans too ofc). Another example would be if we’re talking about Mimi, then bringing up Jim probably isn’t relevant. Its just an evasive technique, and I really don’t see what purpose it serves. They’re all separate people, so just judge and analyse them separately. If we don’t talk about XYZ enough then just………..go start the conversation, but do it in your own post. 

[Having said this, I recognise that on occasion good comparisons can be made to highlight double-standards or hypocrisy etc. But I just think 99.9% of the time people utilise comparative arguments to detract from an actual point, rather than making an effort to actually address it, and its just really…..boring and unnecessary.]

8. What do you think makes the Beatles fandom uniquely fun? 

I love this question!! :)

I feel like the Beatles fandom can be such a perfect combination of artistic appreciation, pop-culture analysis and psychoanalysis! When I talk to people irl, I always tell them that the Beatles are best heard in context, because theres just something so sad but beautiful about seeing their artistic progressions corresponding to their relationships. Like the whole stories there just within the songs, and idk man, I just think that’s beautiful. 

11. What is your favourite aspect of their artistry outside the songs themselves?

Im honestly *obsessed* with their fashion! Ive been trying to find some vintage 60’s clothes to resemble theirs (especially Georges and Glyn Johns in GB) because they’re just SO fun and original and I Love Them :))

#asks #pauls mccharmly #opinion #ask game #meta #tbh we kind of have to be talking in dm’s if you wanna hear my Actual Spicy stuff cause im just too much of a nervous person to get properl #controversial on here lol

[segretecose]

Have you listened to the new Mahmood album? Thoughts?

okay so i've only listened to it once while on my morning run so my overall opinion could very much change once i listen to it while i'm not about to spit a lung out. however. i feel like the bop ratio is really good ("talata" is a standout for me) and i'm not much of a music expert but i did enjoy the production. with the lyrics i can't help but feel like he went a bit generic, which is a shame since i really enjoyed the kitchen sink realism of gioventù bruciata. it all feels a bit monothematic—just a lot of "fuck these hoes, i don't need these hoes, but i'm gonna write an entire album about these hoes" vibes. but he never goes deep into why he can't seem to connect with anyone so in that sense it is a bit superficial, but maybe that's just a sign of the times, you know, the flattening of interpersonal relationships and yada yada. on the other hand "t'amo" seems really heartfelt and i must say i'm kinda obsessed with the progression from the daddy issues of the first album to the mommy appraisal of this one lol. and what a beautiful tribute that is, the final 2 minutes or so of the song had me sitting on the grass and looking up at the sky in a trance. "rubini" was a bit of a let down tbh just because his and elisa's voices sound so beautiful together but i find the song very forgettable. a missed opportunity for sure. i also feel like what is supposed to be the fil rouge of the album was improvised rather than thought out like he just happened to mention some ancient mediterranean gods and myths in the songs so he just added "dei" to tie it all together—which isn't necessarily a bad thing btw. overall there are songs i really liked and that i see myself going back to and others that were a bit meh. i just wish he had maybe done fewer songs and really focused on those rather than doing a 15 song album where at least 5 feel like filler songs. however it always takes me a while to connect to music so who knows

#ask #anonymous #mahmood

[gojngdown]

anna reacts to scaled and icy because i just took the ap calculus test and i need a reward after descending into the pits of hell

what i know going into this is: no dema theories at all idk the storyline AT ALL, apparently mulberry street is godsend. LETS GO

good day: RADIOHEAD VIBES?? NVM?? NVM OMG BOPPING OK WE ARE BOPPING!!! YESSSS GO OFF TYLER :D is this about ro omg🥺 ITS CUUUTE,, SO CUUUUTE omg the UKULELE NOSTALGIAANDBDBDNNDNDNDN🥺🥺.. the bridge... it’s true :((((... omg omg i LOVE THE BRIDGE,,,, been feeling it a lot lately I LOVE IT THE BRASS🥺! i like the slightly melancholy vibe behind it all,, and the vocals,, but also it’s CUUTE and mellow yess OKAY

choker: OMG I LOVE THE PRODUCTION ALREADY!!!! I LOVE THIS NEW SOUND🥺 omg 14 year old me likes this song best i already know,, THE CHORUS,, okay this gives me the postal service vibes?? do y’all know the postal service?? it’s the drums and the electronics. and half-alive too hehe. I CANT GET OVER THIS CHORUS ITS THE BEST PART OH MY GOD THE PIANOOOOOO,,, okay i haven’t heard this live at all but i just KNOW he would open this with some piano,, u know the PIANO,, why are tøp bridges so good😓 RAP OH MY GOD,,, oh my god TTSG VIBES A LITTLE BIT,, TAXI CAB REFERENCES?1?1?2): OH MY GOD THAT WAS TOTALLY A TAXI CAB REFERENCE IDC IF THAT WAS LORE THAT WAS TAXI CAB

shy away: OK IVE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE,,, what a BOP! yes! these lyrics are so,,, i need to like PROCESS PLEASE RHFBDJFBDNDNBD THEYRE GOING TOO FAST😭 A STRAIGHT UP BOP AND THE VOCALS SOB THE SCREAMING IN THE BACK PLEASE THE PRODUCTION IS SO GOOOOOOOD🥺 please tyler do screamo stop teasing me the PRODUCTION I CANT PROCESS

the outside: OOOOOO??) YES JOSH🥰 the ukulele version of this would be so good,, MARCH TO THE SEA REFERENCE😭 THE JSHDJDBFJD i feel like the entire album is leading up to a screamo track CAN WE PLEASE GET A SCREAMO TRACK anyway this song PLEASE GIVE US WHAT WE WANT IN THIS LAST CHORUS TYLER I BELIEVE IN YOU OH MY GOD THE RAP YESSSSSSSSSSSSS GIVE ME PET CHEETAH hehehe i’m nodding yes CAN YOU IMAGINE THE PERFORMANCE EVERYONE GOING NOD NOD LMAO yes💃 PLEASE LEAD UP TO SCREAMO?? no ok RAP IS FINE THANK YOU!!!! i have not read any interpretations but i like the mockery of popular language

saturday: OOOOOOOOOOO PLEASE GUVE ME A PARTY TRACK!!!! OKAY WAIT VIBING YES! YES THIS IS WAHT SATURDAY FEELS LIKE🥺 yes i have lost my footing too bff :(( YES THE CHORUS YES EXAXTLY THIS HITS THANK YOU!1!!1!1!!!!!! WE PAINT THE TOWN YESSSSSS YESSSSSSS THIS IS SO GOOD I THINK ITS MY FAV SO FAR... it feels like quarantine like making the best of it,,, to me anyway THE OCEAN YES guys i love the ocean please FLOATING CIRCLES IN MY FISHBOWL YES THATS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS A QUARANTINE SONG UWU OHNKY GOD THE SAMPLE!!! YESSSSSS okay this is my favorite so far i reALLY LOVE IT!! YES THE EDNING SO GROOVY AND THE AD LIBS IM IN LOVE YOUR HONOR

never take it: OHBWOW??? the production im reeling the CONTRAST i could write an essay RIGHT NOW ,, I NEED TO PROCESS HOLD ON WOWWWW I LOVE IT !! yes rebel against the government <3 PLEASE CAN WE GET SCREAMO THIS HAS SUCH SCREAMO POTENTIAL😔 YES HE SCREAMED PLEASE GO OFF PLEASE PLEASEEEEEEE IM BEGGING YOU OH KY GOD THE LITTLE VOCALS THE FALSETTO🥳🥳 the bridge is interesting,, THEY PROFIT FROM A GREAT DIVIDE IM REEEEELINGGGGG i love the lyrics of this one the most i think just based on this first listen and the CONTRAST IN PRODUCTION AS IT RELATES TO THE LYRICS PLEASE

mulberry street: OKAY THIS IS THE ONE EVERYONE LIKES SHHDJDBDJ,, okay,, OKG I LOVE IT SO FAR WOW THE DJDHFJFNDKFJ THE MUTED YES the actual vibes of this i love it!! we’re pushing sideways🥳🥳💃💃 IT FEELS LIKE THESE TWO EMOJIS 😎💃. THE KEEP YOUR BLISS THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS IM ADDICTED (ironic lmao) MOVE OUT OF OUR WAY UWUWUWU😎 YES TIME FOR A TØP BRIDGE,,, oh my god.... speechless... OH MY GOD THE SWITCH???? FUCK YES THIS IS SO YESSSSSSSSS!!!! the absolute VIBES! GET OUT OF OUR WAY HITSSSSS i need the keep your bliss as my text tone or something why is that so good

formidable: ok vibing yes.. is this for jenna... ITS CUUTE🥺 ILL FOLLOW YOU🥺🥺.. THIS IS SO GOOD !! i love it oh my god... OHNMY GOD SO CUTE SJDHDJFB again this would be so good on the ukulele please and I LOVE THE LYRICS!!! SO MUCH TO THINK ABOUT

bounce man: CAN WE GET ANOTHER PARTY TRACK😎 omg the flute yeaaaa 😙 it’s like cute partners in crime i like it,, a little melancholy but like EMBRACING it if that makes sense,, like a song for an old friend

no chances: PLEASE GIVE ME THE SCREAMO THE ABSOLUTE VIBES PLEASE PLEASE IM READY PLEase... the ANTICIPATIONZZZzzz.. HEAVYDIRTYSOUL VIBES HEHE OOOOOOOOO🤨 the prechorus is so different😳 OOOOOH THE LIKE CHOIR AND THE RAP OMG SNDBDBDN I FEEL LIKE THERES A LOT OF LORE IN THIS ONE HEHEHE🤩 MY SONVV??? MY SUN???? uhm hey @vialism did you... anyway...:!?:&3!;&; this is more mellow than i thought it was gonna be djdhdjfbfj idk why i feel so safe right now :((... but like still... the CHORUS.!.!,!,!,!,... SO LIKE... EERIE,,,, i’m imagining the live performance rn OOOO there is so much lore behind this i just know it and BTW THE PRODUCTION

redecorate: THAT ENDED SO ABRUPTLY?? is it time for the sad track at the end,,, oh no this is more vibes.. OH NO THIS IS SAD... OH NO.... THE SHADOW DRHE DBDBXNNNNN I LOVE THIS SO MYCH ALREADY AT LEAST LET ME CLEAN MY ROOM😭,,, HOLY SHIT I LOVE IT..,., the lyrics i’m speechless waitnfbdbdnfnfnn take a breath before you break in i’m actually in shock the lyrics the lyrics... FUCK ITS ENDING NOOOOO :((( the album is ending that went too fast :((( the live version of this song is going to be (already is? lol) so gooooooood., it’s over :(((

NOOOOO IT ENDED

come back

i needed the screamo track

gimme

anyways

in conclusion, this album is gay

#i will post more thoughts later just let me re-listen shdbdjdbdj #twenty one pilots #scaled and icy #help #i’m reeling