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sleepdepravity · 2 years
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I appreciate that the protagonist of Again!! is such a loser. I don’t mean a normalcore loser. I’m talking Loser.
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rapdogmon · 2 years
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there needs to be more trans masc characters that are gross and sweaty and weird
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hyperfixat · 3 months
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HELLO NOT A REQUEST BUT ID LIKE TO DROP A BRAINROT THOUGHT I HAD!
Just read through your "how the brothers show affection" hcs and I sat there and thought "man I'd probably do that back no questions asked"
>Attempting to mimic Levi's Purrs/Trilling (and completely mutilating it but oh my demons he is FLUSTERED. Ask him to teach you and bro passes away)
>Softly biting Mammon (open mouth and slobbering on his jacket lmao) or straight up doing bird-style contact calling (I chirp and whistle at my pet bird she loves it and demands pets)
>Headbutting Satan in the arm (and then maybe doing some face nuzzles like cat becuase I think he'd melt)
>Nibbling at Beel, like if he feeds you a food just nip softly at his fingers (or like absent-mindedly chew on his forearm)
>Brat vs Brat Violence with Belphie waking up to find his whole face has been licked (smug bastard about it because he kinda smells like you now)
Idk it kinda just clicked in my head bc I do these things a lot and I wanted to share my brain juice
HELLO thank u for the ask and your comments on the rb and I LOVE THIS!!
post they’re referring to here
- i think levi would pass away then and there if while you guys are just hanging out, you start trying to make those noises. i imagine mild confusion anf then it clicks and he goes red in the face and falls backwards.. its like u suddenly reminded him he likes u and thats so embarrassing on his end >_< silly little otaku
- the mammon point you have made the slobber part really resonates with me <3 i would love to get his jacket covered in drool no reason other than to be a menace, and its more than fair!! you probably have bite marks and assorted demon afflicted marks on your clothes!!
- with satan i can see a headbutt compitition brewing. he does it, you do it (but harder), he goes slightly harder, and the good thing is u can almost always win!! he knows at some point if you dont give up he’ll end up hurting you.. its all in good fun, so the only way u lose is if you get interrupted by someone
- biting beel.. i like to think the demons in general have thicker skin if u know what i mean… hilarious to think that he doesn’t even know what youre doing or that it happened the first couple of times you went in for a bite 😭
like beel nibbles u a little and goes back to whatever he was doing idk, then in the back of his mind he thinks ‘hm something touched my arm’ completely not registering that was u going ham trying to dent his thick skin
- personally im not a licker, but i can also see compitition between you and belphie where at the end you both have to take a shower and change clothes becasue your licking went too far ☹️
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it used to be a belief in older times that left-handed people were “sinister”. looking at the twst left-handed roster, we’re not particularly beating that allegation, are we?
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I don’t know, I personally wouldn’t consider Idia or Sebek all that sinister?? They’re just kinda try-hard losers 😭 Floyd is the only one of the left-handed trio that I’d call “sinister”, and even then it’s only really when the mood strikes him. He’s not sinister at all times.
I feel like left-handedness was maybe assigned based on who the big “oddity” of each year was (since we conveniently have one from each grade level). Sebek is loudly outspoken and prideful (he’s also the only halfling of the whole cast), Floyd just does whatever the heck he wants, and Idia is an eccentric shut-in otaku.
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piercedddriver · 4 months
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Ok With It
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This is a little angsty fic with the Obey Me brothers inspired by the song OK With It by Lyn Lapid
T/W: mentions of suicidal implications, Leviathan being autistic and stimming, self-starving, guilt, sexual implications in Lucifer and Asmo’s parts. Gender neutral reader (No pronouns used), PTSD, trauma response, angst
We live in other dimensions
We both saw it coming
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Beel rolled over for the umpteenth time that night as he thought about you. Where were you? Where did you go? Did you miss him? Did you miss any of them? He sighed and rolled over again, his eyes meeting Belphegor’s.
“You okay Beel?”
Beel shook his head and hugged the plushie you had given him after a Fangol game. Belphie gave him a sad look before trudging over to his own bed.
Beel knew one day you would disappear from his life, but not now.
Not like this.
We used to sleep on our mobiles
Now we’re barely calling
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Checking his DDD for the hundredth time he sighed, seeing no signs of hearing from you. Leaving the dining table, the brothers looked at Beel with concern. He hadn’t been eating lately and had lost a lot of weight.
Asmodeus followed him to the gym where Beel put in his headphones and listened to voicemails you had left over time. Running on the treadmill with tears streaming down his cheeks. He never had the heart to delete your messages and now he was glad didn’t. Beel watched Asmo leave from the corner of his eye, but couldn’t bring himself to care. Why should he anyways? Every time he cares about someone they leave.
First Lillith now you…
Beel shook the thoughts away and replaced them with memories of watching you fall asleep over FaceTime, ignoring the pain in his chest.
I haven’t been worried about where you’ve been
Who you’ve been talking with
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Levi was even more shut-in than before, completely blocking out the world along with his brothers.
At first he stressed everyday over where you could’ve gone. He worried and cried until he physically became sick. It wasn’t until he woke up from a feverish haze he realized you were likely never coming back. After that, he worried less, and grieved more.
His Henry, the only one who really understood him, gone, without a single trace.
Levi stopped caring who he associated with and began to shut down. He locked himself in his room and hasn’t left since.
Lucifer, ever so diligent about the wellbeing of his brothers, would leave meals outside Levi’s door. His heart warming when he saw a clean plate the next day, but shattering when he saw the days it wasn’t moved or paid any mind to.
We’re growing dissonant
Finish line’s imminent and
Inevitably, you’ll surely forget me
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Levi’s DDD had over a hundred missed messages from his brothers. Hell, even Diavolo tried reaching out to him, but nothing worked. Levi was spiraling. The one he could rant to, stim to, and generally just talk to was now gone. He was growing tired of the grief, tired of the pain, tired of the uncertainty.
Levi stared at the “you died” screen on his computer not even registering he died until his teammates were yelling at him through his headset. He turned off the chat and stared at the screen. Suddenly, death didn’t seem so bad anymore.. after all, surely you’d have forgotten a worthless otaku like him by now, right..?
It’s the end and I’m okay with it
Seasons shift
They’re always changing and
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Lucifer stared at the paperwork on his desk not registering Diavolo’s voice.
“Don’t you think so Lucifer?”
What? Did he miss something?
“You didn’t hear a word I said, did you?”
Lucifer shook his head and laughed, almost humored at the situation. He finally grew to know you, to respect you, to love you. But you were gone now. When was the last time he allowed himself to be vulnerable like that? Was it.. Lillith? Maybe.. Simeon? No.. it was him it was always him. He thought looking up at the redhead at the other side of his office. Maybe.. it was time for Lucifer to let go of you. Perhaps, the feeling he felt were never meant to be after all..
We’ll be sad
Through the summer
Start again with different lovers
——
The first summer without you was hard on Lucifer. No midnight rooftop visits, no early morning coffee runs before walking through the parks. He found himself grieving more than he ever had before. Even falling from grace hadn’t affected him this badly. How many nights had he cried himself to sleep away from the prying eyes of his brothers? How many nights had he vomited at the thought of you happy with someone else? How many nights did he go to that one person for comfort.
Lucifer looked over on his bed, your side now occupied with the Devildom’s young prince.
How many nights had he tried to take the pain away through someone else? No. That was enough. It was time to move on from you for good.
Lucifer stood from his position on his side of the bed and walked over to the sleeping prince, shaking him awake gently.
“Diavolo, you need to leave before my brothers wake. They can’t know about us just yet..”
Know the thought can be menacing
Waking up when you’re not next to me
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Mammon groaned as he stretched on his too-large bed. He had upsized it to accommodate the both of you, but now that you were gone it felt painfully empty. He rubbed his eyes trying to ignore the deep bags under them. When had he last slept well? Days? Weeks? Hell if he knew..
Nightmares plagued Mammon every night since you disappeared.
He was your first man, he was supposed to protect you, and yet, he couldn’t even save you from this unknown fate you had suffered.
Mammon looked over to the empty side of the bed and felt chills run down his spine at the thought of you being in bed with someone else. He shook it off and got up to start his day.
It’s for the best
We’ve been cavin’
It’s the end and I’m okay with it
And I’m okay with it
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Mammon paused when he saw one of your doodles in his Devildom History notebook. He quickly tore the page out and crumpled it throwing it away. He couldn’t think of you now, not after how far he’d come with accepting your disappearance. You being gone was for the best. At least, he tried to tell himself that. He tried to ignore his already terrible grades worsening, he tried to ignore the feeling in his stomach whenever your name was mentioned, he tried. Really, he did. So why was it so hard?
It’s not like it matters anymore. Nobody knew where you were, and nobody cared when they saw Mammon digging through the trash looking for a certain discarded doodle.
We could be living like one day
We’ll be reunited
And promise that we’ll stay in touch
But we know we’d be lyin’
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Satan’s wrath was unchecked, nobody dared to even come within 100 feet of him. So what if he went through millennium of anger management? It’s not like it mattered anymore. He checked his DDD everyday hoping for a sign of reconnection, only to have his efforts met with nothing. He called, texted, emailed, but to no avail. You were gone.
He was angry.
No, he was hurt.
Your promised him. You promised him you’d always be in tough no matter what happened. But you broke your promise.. and all he had left was a mere picture on his dresser.
Why be at odds with our sanity
By arguing with reality?
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Satan was losing himself. Every day he regressed further away from who he had been and progressed towards who he was when he first was created. He was slowly going crazy.. just where where you? You were gone. He knew that, he really did. Yet, somehow he couldn’t help but sit in your room every night, holding the book you two were reading and waiting for you to come home and continue the story with him.
It’s the end and I’m okay with it
Seasons shift
They’re always changing and
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Asmo didn’t sulk.
Asmo didn’t cry.
Asmo didn’t show any signs of grief. Anyone who didn’t know him would say you meant nothing to him.. only those close to him saw the impact you left. “Those” mainly being Solomon. Solomon saw it, he felt it, he’ll, he even heard it. But through everything, he said nothing. He couldn’t. He couldn’t risk changing the future, not even for Asmodeus.
We’ll be sad
Through the summer
Start again with different lovers
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It was hard to notice Asmo’s slight changes. In fact, Lucifer was the only to notice for a long time. Lucifer was the only to notice the small eye bags, the lessened amount of makeup, the chipped nail polish. It was Lucifer who heard Asmo crying himself to sleep at night, and Lucifer who comforted his younger brother when things got too painful to handle alone. Thus, Asmodeus followed his brother’s example. He let his sin get ahold of him and began spending nights with strangers to chase away the ache in his heart.
Know the thought can be menacing
Waking up when you’re not next to me
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Belphie yawned and sat up after a long nap. His stomach cramped and he winced. When had he last eaten? It didn’t matter..
He looked over at him twin who was sleeping with tears staining his cheeks and ginger hair matted to his head. Belphie smiled, knowing this is the first night of sleep Beel had gotten in weeks, but internally sobbed at the loss of you not being there to fall asleep with them. He hated humans. Hated them.
He told himself that for millennia, but then you came along.. And, oh.. Oh how he loved you. At first he told himself that if he trusted humans he would be betraying Lillith, and Lillith was very dear to him. But dearer than you..?
No.. not even close.
It’s for the best
We’ve been cavin’
It’s the end and I’m okay with it
And I’m okay with it
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Months went by and Belphie convinced himself he was fine.
Sleepless nights weren’t caused by you.. of course not. His pillow wasn’t cold enough, that’s all. The nightmares..? Trauma response from Lucifer. It was all Lucifer’s fault. Lucifer should’ve protected you. Lucifer failed you, not him.
Not him.
Then again… he killed you before. Right? What if he did it again? What if… this was for the best? He couldn’t hurt you anymore. No one could.
Belphie told himself this every night, and yet, he still wished you were there with him.
@l3viat8an @obeymeluv @obeymeimaginesandasks @asmosmainhoe
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im kinda in the mood for angst 😤😤 if u could can i request the demon bros reacting to mc askin " why are you so mean to me" whether they make up or not its up to u
i just started obey me and some of the stuff the bros say get my feelings HURT ajajakkq
Angst is my bread and butter!! This will be fun for me...not for the boys. XD
I tried to make what they’re being mean about sorta vague??
Honestly, I don’t rlly like how this came out, but I don’t like anything I write so maybe it's just me.  I feel I’m missing something...
GN! MC
Warning: Angst
LUCIFER: 
“Why are you so mean to me?” Lucifer froze for a moment when those words left your lips, before quickly brushing them off. He’s a prideful man to a fault obviously. It isn't till hours later that the words start to sink in, he at first assumed you were just being a brat at first but after that, you had refused to talk to him for the rest of the day and it was only now, he was considering if he truly was being a bit to mean to you? No... no...it is the human that is wrong...but his brain continues to nag to him.
How he apologizes:  In a very subtle manner that makes it obvious that he still thinks he’s not fully in the wrong but wants you to stop ignoring him. He gives you a stuffed animal and a letter detailing what had occurred and how he maybe, just maybe...was a bit mean. If you accept that is up to you.
MAMMON:
“Why are you so mean to me?”  This hits Mammon hard, he immediately devolves into stutters and frantically tries to go back on whatever he said. Most likely call you names such as, 'stupid human' honestly. He knows how it feels to be called names all the time and for people mainly his brothers to be mean to him, and he feels really bad especially if you two have a close relationship.
How he apologizes:  Actually does say that he's sorry, and tries to butter you up with gifts he can't afford. He's still a massive tsundere about it tho, "All these gifts don't mean nothin' alright?! I just feel bad is all..."
LEVIATHAN:
“Why are you so mean to me?”  Chokes on his drink and immediately start fumbling with his words. He completely devolves into degrading himself, calling himself worthless and a filthy otaku who ruined his friendship because he's so horrible. He cannot take the fact he might be mean...even if he sorta is.
How he apologizes:  He doesn't. He just degrades himself so badly you eventually kinda just start to feel bad. Though that doesn't mean you have to accept that apology at all. If degrading himself doesn't work he starts trying to just act like nothing is wrong, but then he starts degrading himself again its a cycle...
ASMODEUS:
“Why are you so mean to me?”  Nearly pokes his eye out with eyeliner. He apologizes instantly, but it's not a good one, to be honest. It's something along the lines of, "Oh honey, I meant nothing by it. I'm sorry. Anyways-" Just brushes right past it. He probably doesn't even really think he's being mean. It isn't till you start ignoring him that it gets him...
How he apologizes:  Goes all out, a luxury spa day, gifts galore, praise and everything. He desperately desires attention and for people to like him, but the opinion he ultimately cares about the most is yours.
SATAN:
“Why are you so mean to me?”  Breaks a glass in his hands instantly. Him, mean? Do you have any idea how much meaner he could be? Takes a deep breath and apologize for any actions you may have perceived as rude. That's right, perceived. He does not admit that he may have actually been mean.
How he apologizes:  That's it, that's his apology. It isn't until he considers how prideful and Lucifer-like he's acting that he genuinely reflects and apologizes for his actions. He thinks his words should be enough, so he doesn't shower you with gifts like his brothers as an apology.
BEELZEBUB:
“Why are you so mean to me?”  Does not let this stop him from swallowing a massive burger whole like a snake. Apologizes immediately for making you feel unwelcome and offers you a single fry from his food. Only one. Honestly the sweetest boy tbh, just goes, "Oh my bad. I'm sorry." And goes on with his day.
How he apologizes:  Though he brushed it off at first and apologized, he still feels bad and continues to apologize over the next few days. Ends up giving you bites of his own food even more often than usual because he feels bad.
BELPHEGOR:
“Why are you so mean to me?”  Laughs. He is not as sweet as his twin. He thought you were joking with him at first and brushed it off because he never considered that he may be a little mean. I mean he can be ALOT meaner, and he knows you know that given what happened between you two...He does not apologize until you start withholding cuddles because you're angry with him.
How he apologizes:  Basically says, "I'm sorry. Can I have cuddles back now?" Tries to find out what he did wrong, and ultimately tries to change how he acts to not be mean to you. Though he struggles because he's very sarcastic and sometimes comes off as very mean.
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cherry-bomb-00 · 15 hours
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Hear me out, what if like one day dia decides to bring another human (who isn’t related to a angel) and like MC just some how knows them, and let’s say their like friends who only use nicknames for eachother, so when they spawn in they’re like ‘*charcter name*! I thought you were dead-!” I feel like Satan would get such a rush of pride if MC had chosen his name as their fake name. Or Barbatos would be internally giggling and kicking his feet if MC chose his name, I was thinking the other human could be like ‘Paimon or Buer?’
I love this idea, it is a very interesting, thank you for your requested and I hope I understood what you asked, so in order not to make it longer, enjoy.
How the demon brothers would react if you use their name as a nickname or fake name + Barbatos
"When Lord Diavolo mentioned that another human exchange student was coming, you were excited, and when the new student arrived, both of you got along very well, thus being very good friends and between the two of you they used nicknames or fake names and curiously you used the name your favorite demons."
Lucifer
-Lucy is happy that you get along well with the new student, at least there will be no problems with the new student, although he was aware that you use nicknames with the new student, he did not expect you to use his name.
-He may not admit it, but that give him a burst of pride, the fact that you chose it flatters him a little, but it may bother him sometimes, even so, he's not going to tell you to stop using it.
-As I said before, sometimes it can be annoying for him if it's to get into trouble or do stupid things, even so, he can't be totally mad at you, I mean, after all if you chose his name as a nickname, it's because you feel comfortable with him, so that makes him smile.
Mammon
-Our avatar of the greedy sometimes seems to be that of envy and jealousy, since he feels jealous that you become so close to the new student, that they even use nicknames, but all that jealousy goes away in a snap when he hears and sees that his human uses his name as a fake name or nickname.
-He can't help but feel flattered, maybe you find him with his face all red and hot, you make him feel nervous and he acts more tsundere than normal, although at the same time it also makes him proud, I mean, how can you not use his name? He is the great Mammon, obviously you would, at the end of the day he is your first man.
-He sometimes finds it funny although sometimes he thinks they're calling him when it's really you they're calling you, so that sometimes confuses him, he can't help but turn around and end up all embarrassed. This demon just loves you so much.
Leviathan
The truth is, he didn't realize until once he heard the new human call you by his name, that confused him and when he went to ask and you told him that he used his name as a fake name since it was a dynamic. that you and the new student have, Levi feels a mixture of jealousy, nerves, pride and flattery.
Our favorite otaku did not expect that, but above all he feels happy, since that means that you have a lot of trust in him, and if you chose him it was for a reason, right? Although he has low self-esteem, knowing that you use his name raises his spirits and his self-esteem.
Sometimes you find it strange and confusing if you and him are in the same room, and the other human says his name, but you were able to differentiate to know who is talking to whom. (He obviously tells his pet fish Henry all about how happy he is to be your favorite and use his name.)
Satan
-When Satan hears that you use and choose his name as a fake name when the new student talk to you, It similar to how Lucifer feels, he feels how pride inflates his chest slightly, he feels happy that you have chosen him.
-Obviously he would make fun of his older brother, because he was chosen and Lucifer wasn't, he likes to rub that fact in the face of his older brother, even if it's something minimal, he can't help it, he likes to get on Lucifer's nerves
-And after all, he also finds it cute that you use his name as a fake name, it's as if you were telling him that you are his favorite (another reason to bother Lucifer) and that you feel comfortable with him.
Asmodeus
As soon as he realized, he can't help but feel very loveed, he goes to you, saying that he feels very flattered and happy that you have chosen his name as a fake name, I mean, obviously you were going to do it, he is the most beautiful demon of Devildom, his name is just as beautiful, so obviously you are going to boost his ego.
He cannot deny that he loves hearing his name, and he finds it adorable that his little lamb loves him so much that among his brothes, you chose him, although sometimes he gets confused if they are talking to him or to you.
Although it may get a little annoying at one point, it won't be strange for him to pout since he would like to be referred to more about him than you, but even so, he can't feel that way for long, not after you tell him that the reason you chose his name is because he is your favorite and that you love him a lot, then he returns to his loving and flirtatious state.
Beelzebub
-At first he didn't notice it, until one time the new student called you by his name, obviously that left Beel confused, he didn't understand why the new student called you by his name, he found it curious.
-It was already when he asked you why you use his name, and you were touched by the big guy's confused expression, so when you tell him that it's like her fake name, since that's the dynamic that the new student and you have . After that explanation, he feels his heart pounding and his cheeks turn red, he smiles happily.
-Beel finds it funny, he doesn't really care much that you use his name as a fake name, he finds it adorable, he feels special that you chose him, he can only give you a big hug.
Belphegor
-At first he wouldn't realize it like Beel, but that's because he's always asleep, so it took him a while to find out that you use his name as a fake name, but at one point he realizes it when he hears the new student calling you by your name. , something that confused him
-As well as explaining everything to him, Belphegor acts as if he doesn't care, but it really affected him and makes him feel a warmth in his chest, he really didn't expect you to choose his name but he doesn't complain, it really makes his heart beat with joy.
-It doesn't bother him so much since he sees it as a way to show that he is your favorite, and that makes him feel happy. Obviously just as Satan is going to mock and scold Lucifer that you prefer him over his older brother, so you give him more reason to bother Lucy.
Barbatos
-He realizes it quickly and has a reaction that you did not expect, since on the outside he looks calm and serene as always but on the inside he giggles with excitement, he never believed that this would excite him but apparently it makes his stoic heart melt.
-He also finds it fun how you interact with the new exchange student, he finds the dynamics of fake names and nicknames interesting, and he can't help but feel flattered that you chose his name.
-Sometimes he also follows the game, but only if you are with him alone, there is no harm in relaxing a little, plus he was also a little surprised to know that he was your favorite and how much affection you have for him, don't worry Mc, That feeling is mutual.
See you next time
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beanxiv · 1 year
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i'll always be here ; leviathan
summary: when levi succumbs to his sin, there's only one person who can successfully reassure him
word count: 0.9k
note: something other than bnha finally surfacing on my blog!! it's an old piece which is the only reason i'm actually able to post this rn
warnings: none!
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“i want to say i can’t believe he’s locked himself in his room again, but i would be lying.” lucifer sighed.
”we didn’t even say anything to him this time! he just got up and ran to his room,” asmo knocked on leviathan’s door for the fifth time.
”he’s probably just playing video games or something.” mammon shrugged, “i mean, he does this almost every single day. what’s different this time?”
beel frowned, ”he looked sad this time... if he was playing video games wouldn’t he be happy?”
belphie nodded, ”and it’s not like we can ask him, he won’t answer any of us.”  
“i tried texting him, but he won’t even answer his D.D.D.” satan gestured to the device in his hand.
”maybe mc can get him out? he normally listens to them, right?” asmo offered. “they might be able to figure out what’s wrong.”
satan nodded, ”good idea. i’ll text them to come over.” 
in barely five minutes you reached the third-born’s room and didn’t hesitate to question the boys, “did you guys say anything to him?”
mammon shook his head, ”no! we were all in the living room hangin’ out, you were there! and then when ya left to use the bathroom, levi just got up and stormed off into his room!” 
you thought for a moment, “alright, you guys go back to the living room, i’ll figure out what’s wrong, okay?”
lucifer sighed, “do your best.”
you nodded, and the brothers all left to the living room. once they were far enough you knocked on the otaku’s door.
”levi? it’s mc, can i come in?”
he was silent for a moment, but finally he asked, ”what’s the password?”
“the second lord...” you started.
after finishing the line, your heard shuffling from inside the room and the doorknob clicked and twisted, leviathan opened the door a crack to make sure you weren’t there with his brothers. when he was sure you were the only one, he opened the door wider to let you in.
”thank you.” you followed behind him and sat down on the floor in one of the beanbags. the tv was on and one if levi’s rpg games was loading on the screen.
levaithan silently sat next to you, handing you the second controller. you assumed something was going on, but levi just didn’t want to talk about it yet. so you decided to play with him until he was comfortable.
after a few minutes leviathan set his controller down, “m-mc, do you like my brothers more than me? i understand if you do, they’re all cool and stuff... and i’m just a gross, jealous otaku shut-in.”
oh. so that's what this was about.
you frowned, “of course not, levi. what gave you that impression?”
“you always hang with them more than me.”
you smiled softly, ”first of all, you’re not gross, levi. but being an otaku is amazing, are you saying that it’s a bad thing?”
the demon shook his head frantically, “n-no!! of course not! being an otaku is cool!”
you giggled at his response, “see? and, as for being a shut in? that’s fine, levi. so what if you don’t like being around other people? who cares?”
leviathan looked down, picking at a loose thread from the beanbag with a frown. ”but whenever we hang out, it’s always in either your room or mine, wouldn’t you want to go out more often rather than stay inside all the time?”
you shook your head, ”i don’t hang out with you because i want to be outside, levi. i hang with you because i want to be with you. if you’re more comfortable indoors, then that’s where we’ll hang out. it doesn’t matter to me where we stay as long as you’re comfortable.”
leviathan just nodded, his lips quirking into a small smile. “i knew i had the best henry a demon could ask for.” he turned to the fish tank, “no offense to you, henry 2.0.”
“are you feeling better now?” you asked.
leviathan nodded, “thank you, mc.”
you laughed, “of course, i’ll always be here to talk— or play games— anytime you need me, okay levi?” 
“okay, mc.”
you laid your head on his shoulder, he tensed up at first, but slowly relaxed.
“maybe you’re not as much of a normie as i thought.” levi said softly.
”me? a normie? levi don’t make me cringe.” you gasped, feigning disgust.
underneath your head, his shoulder rose and fell with his lighthearted laugh, “sorry i won’t make that mistake again, henry.”
”good to hear, my lord of shadows.” 
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kaidoreunion · 8 months
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Hi, if youre open, could you maybe write yandere Craig Tucker?
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yandere craig tucker: “yaoi”
content warnings: yandere, male reader, sexual themes, high school au, everyone’s 18+, brief homophobia?, super short and drabble-y,
“Woah, I never knew that Craig, yknow… swung that way.”
“I totally called it on Craig, but Y/N? I never woulda expected that…”
“Have they ever even talked to each other? I never would’ve guessed that they’re getting it on!”
The rumors spread like wildfire, following the fanart that their school’s “otaku” girls had published for the entire school to see, depicting Craig and yourself as passionate lovers.
Which, in fact, was totally insane. You’d never even been friends with Craig, let alone the things these girls have fantasized up.
Craig stares at the sketch art in his hands, you peering over his shoulder in confusion, a confused and disgusted look on his face. There’s several small, scribbled doodles across the page. You and Craig holding hands while walking across the street (and you looking meek as you cling to his arm like a child), kissing in the rain as Craig shields you with an umbrella, and a particularly raunchy one, your hands in his hair while he’s on his knees, doing something he sees as repulsive.
“Dude, I didn’t know you two were gay!” Clyde exclaims dramatically.
“I’m not!” Craig argues, just as confused as the rest of his friends are.
“I’m not either.” You insist, crossing your arms. “At least not for him.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Hi.” Craig says simply, finding himself standing with one of the fangirls behind the school nearly two weeks later.
“Hi!”
He hands her a five dollar bill, meeting her eyes without an ounce of shame. She grins and accepts it, handing him a piece of sketchbook paper in exchange.
Craig looks down at the paper, inspecting the full body, colored drawing of you and himself, him holding you bridal style on the back of a giant Guinea pig in the middle of an ocean.
His commission was a creative one, if nothing else.
“Thanks. Does he really have that?” Craig points at the drawing of you, particularly at a little birthmark on your collarbone.
“Yeah! He used to be on the swim team and so I found one of his old team pictures!”
“Cool…” Craig stares intently at the drawing, cherishing it. He knows that you’d never be some submissive, wimpy, damsel in distress-type guy, but it’s a nice fantasy for him.
He’s not even sure what changed in the two weeks, going from barely caring about you to crushing hard. Maybe it was the way you laughed and reveled in the strange fanart, or the way you furiously denied being Craig’s boyfriend to others, unlocking his hidden feelings and igniting the jealousy he never knew was there.
“Can you draw him holding my Guinea pig?”
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I think it would be hilarious to do tell no lies for mammon he'd be soooo flustered trying to be all tsudere only for what he really means to come out
Mammon - Tell No Lie
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Mammon x GN! reader
Prompt: It’s impossible to lie to your soulmate.
AN: Yes! I thought the same thing! I hope you enjoy this one, Anon! :)
Warnings: None
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The library was blanketed in silence- except for the occasional crackle of the fire or the light flick of a page.
Mammon was one of the culprits who added to the ambience as he mindlessly flipped through the pages of his textbook. He had found himself, along with Levi and you in a tutoring session led by Satan… per Lucifer’s request. His and Levi’s grades were subpar at best, and since you were new to some of the classes held at RAD, you needed all the help you could get. 
Mammon’s eyes drifted up from the monotonous blocks of words to you who sat across from him in one of the armchairs and watched as you diligently scribbled into your notebook. It didn’t seem that you were going to catch him anytime soon as you were too focused on what you were doing, so Mammon continued his observations for some minutes. He noticed the stray hairs that were caught on your eyelashes and moved with every blink. Your lips slightly pursed as you concentrated. 
If this tutoring session was focused on studying the subject of you, Mammon would have no trouble focusing whatsoever. If there was a small pop quiz at the end to make sure he actually studied, he’d ace it with flying colors. 
Actually, this isn’t the first time he’s admired you. Over the past few months of you living with him and his brothers, Mammon’s feelings towards you grew, and he took every opportunity he could to be close to you.
Though he’d never admit that out loud… or maybe he would, considering he couldn’t get his mouth to cooperate whenever you were around. 
“Mammon, could you do your admiring on your own time?” Satan announced with annoyance. “Should I remind you that this study group exists partially due to your poor grades?” 
Mammon ripped his attention away from you in favor of giving Satan a death stare. 
‘I wasn’t admiring. Their face just looks funny!’
“I- So what if I was? They’re nice to look at!” 
A muffled snicker came from the otaku on Mammon’s right. Damn his double-crossing mouth. He needed to fix this mess before everyone got the wrong idea.
‘No, that’s not it! I can’t even stand to be around them.’
“No, that’s not it! I ca- want to be the only one to get close to them.” 
Both Satan and Levi laughed out loud and even made some snarky comments at Mammon’s confession.
A guttural growl clawed its way from Mammon's throat in frustration as he got up and stormed out of the library. He couldn’t even look at you as he went, too embarrassed and annoyed as his feet carried him away quickly. 
His body flopped onto one of his couches after he’d made it back to his room. Why was it so hard to deny his feelings around you? If he could, he’d lock himself away until the year was up and you were back in the human realm where you belong. 
After about his thirtieth sigh, there was a knock on his door. Mammon didn’t want to answer it in favor of lamenting at the ceiling a little bit longer. But whoever was on the other side was persistent and continued knocking. 
Shaking his head irritated, Mammon moved from his place on the couch and over to his door. Upon flinging it open, he saw you standing there with a sheepish grin. 
“Can I come in?” Your question came out meekly. Mammon hopes it wasn’t because he made you feel uncomfortable from earlier. He nodded as he stepped aside to let you enter. You quickly made your way inside, stopping only a few paces behind the demon as he shut the door, turning around to face you.
“Uh… so whaddya need?” 
“You left your stuff in the library.” You held out his notebook and textbook for him to take. Mammon let out a silent ‘oh’ before grabbing his things from you and placing them on the edge of the pool table. 
“Thanks.” He paused as he scratched his neck, unsure of what to say next. “Is that all?”
You shook your head. “No, actually. I think we should talk about what happened earlier.” There it is. Mammon’s heart dropped. He had a feeling this wasn’t going to go well… You continued. “This isn’t the first time this has happened. And I think I know what’s going on.” 
Mammon audibly gulped as he waited for you to explain the obvious- that he was in love with you and you didn’t feel the same. 
“You can’t lie to me, can you?” Shooting you a grave expression, he shook his head. You acknowledged him with a hum. “I can’t lie to you either, Mammon.” 
Mammon’s eyebrows furrowed. “What do ya mean?” 
“Well, sometimes when I talk to you, I think one thing and say the complete opposite. So I’ve tested it a couple times by trying to tell blatant lies and I physically can’t. Not to you.”
“Okay… but I don’t understand. What does all this mean?” His eyes search you, desperately wanting to know what is happening.
You laugh at his cluelessness before you speak again. “It means we’re soulmates.”
‘No way! We ain’t soulmates!’
“No way! We’re soulmates!” Mammon’s eyes widened instantly. If he can’t lie to you then that means that what he just said is… true. His soul recognizes you as his other half.
He hears you giggle and he surges towards you, moving faster than he ever has before. He very gently takes your hands into his. He takes note of how perfectly your hands meld against his- that there has never been nor will there ever be another pair of hands as warm and soft and comforting as yours. 
Your name is uttered softly as Mammon begins to tell you how he feels. And it’s the first time that he does so without trying to tell a lie. 
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nikosamaki · 2 years
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Part1: What’s your reaction when you see them getting changed? In their normal body, not in their Demon form
{Time for getting a bit naughty 😉…. Or MORE!}
Part 2
Lucifer:
Bloody Hell! He’s tooooooo much HANDSOME for these worlds –his MUSCLES are gorgeous! You just want to bite them…*Evil laugh* (I don’t guarantee that you’ll be alive after that). But you can see some wounds on him –one pair of them are on his back and they’re associated to when he lost his wings in The War… (Always when you see them, your heart aches and say: ”That was cruel”) and the others are trivial against those- but they don’t matter for him, anymore (That’s not true… If you remember he NEVER let his skin to be showed, even when he wears SWIMSUIT :/// So, he doesn’t like to everyone see them –but baby, you’re special; because you ARE SEEING them, NOW!!)
His skin is a little bit pale –A BIT… Ok? I don’t mean like Sebastian from Black Butler. I meant his skin is lighter than normal.
Mammon:
Man…You cannot stop watching his body, FASCINATING! –of course he IS, because he’s a SUPER MODEL (Didn’t expect that?)- but he’s a bit skinny -with muscles but not that much muscular like Lucifer and Beel. Also he has some wounds –like Lucifer, but not that much enormous- on his abs, back and shoulders –related to The War. In addition, he really doesn’t CARE about them; actually I guess he proud of them (Don’t know why it feels like this)
As you saw, he has tanned skin –the only brother who is tanned.
Levi:
I know you don’t believe he has SIX PACKS, because he’s an otaku or a couch potato (I REALLY didn’t mean anything 🙏🏻); but GOD DAMN him… Just imagine he’s lying in his bath and you… Dammnnnnnnnnnnn, Why am I thinking about it??? (I just leave it to your BEAUTIFUL & WILD imaginations). Just like Mam and Luci (I got tired to write their full names), has wounds but not on his shoulders.
His skin is normal –eggnog color (I don’t know what we call it🤣)
Satan:
Just MEOWwwwwwwwwwww….
Ugh. I don’t have anything to say for Satan –he’s like Levi or more muscular-; just he doesn’t have ANY WOUND on his body –you know why, right? (If you need explanation, just comment and I’ll explain in the next post)- but he has some scratches on his hands, because of CATS.
Also his skin is same as Levi – only Luci and Mam have different skins.
Asmo:
Well, first of all; he is NOT muscular at all and doesn’t have six packs
(I know he has it in the ANIME, but having six packs does NOT suit him :/ Don’t kill me😅) –he’s well built -but not in muscularity way. He has very small wounds on his arms but aren’t much visible –he took a lot care of them to make them disappear.
His skin is very shiny and is normal.
Beel:
Oh GOD… Ohhhh MAN, he’s too much fucking HOT and MUSCULAR –even more than Luci!! He does a lot of exercises every single day. Just look at his ARMS, ABS and PASS OUT! (He IS NOT for this world)– you just wish to hug him and sink into his arms or…(Your imaginations, BABY… I can see you have VERY NAUGHTY thoughts 😈). About wounds, he has a lot on his body –like Luci-, because he was –and is- the strongest one and always in wars to help others (He was like a SHIELD for them… That’s SAD)
He has the same skin just like the others –except Luci and Mam.
Belphe:
About his body condition, he’s like Asmo but more muscular –something like Satan but less than him- and unlike Asmo, he maybe do more exercises – thanks to Beel (But dear, don’t expect a lot from him. After all, he’s avatar of SLOTH).
His skin is as same as Beel.
Diavolo:
Well… I have NOTHING to say! I said everything above and there are similar in most of subjects :/
He’s like Beel but I guess stronger more than him!!! –imagine a BIG MONSTER. (But don’t forget that Dia, Luci and Beel are BIG guys among them… Which it means SEXY THOUGHTS *Too much Evil laugh* -I HAVE DIRTY mind, …
Barbatos:
His body is stronger than Satan and less than Luci. Don’t worry, he HAS six packs and muscular body –he’s the butler of the future king, so he must have that body. Unfortunately he doesn’t show his GORGEOUS ABS or more… That’s so MEAN of him.
His skin is like Levi and Luci –but not as same as Luci, a bit darker.
This life is too much CRUEL and UNFAIR, because they all are SEXY, GORGEOUS and I can't touch them or.....
I JUST WANT TO DIE
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ywpd-translations · 11 months
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Ride 732: Buddies X 4!!
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Pag 1
1: Eight people's gaze, they all have their eyes fixed on the Inter High!!
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Pag 2
1: Pfui
2: Oii, Miki!
4: What are you looking aaat.... Mikiii
Wa-!
5: Kya- Aya-chan, you- you scared me!
Ohhhm you're hiding it!? What were you looking at while sighing....? Maybe a message from someone...?
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Pag 3
1: It's everyone's number of laps in the training camp....
2: This year my brother is sending me the electric scoreboard data, so I can see them live. Now they've started the afternoon practice of the second day
Woah, it's true, there's so many numbers. But in that case don't hide and don't sigh
3: The subject and your reaction don't match, Miki
You're really a bicycle otaku, girl!!
4: Ah right, they're all at the training camp now
Yeah, in Shizuoka
5: No wonder I though that that lively red-head isn't here
7: The bike club isn't here
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Pag 4
1: The corridors feel kinda lonely somehow
4: … yeah
5: But right now, they're running desperately
7: They're conscious of the remaining time
8: of this overwhelming journey
Their last...
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Pag 5
1: The third years are looking towards their last Inter High
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Pag 8
2: It's curious
3: We ran so many laps and the course is 5km long, and yet these eight people unexpectedly happen to be here at the same time
4: We're still in the middle of the second day, so we don't know what's going to happen, but... if we only talk about the number of laps
5: Then right now there are eight people in the lead!!
6: Or maybe
10: It's not really unexpected?
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Pag 9
1: It's not!!
At least for us!!
3: Kaburagi and Danchiku jumped ahead!!
4: Kaburagi!!
5: Uh.... I heard about it but, consciuosly looking closely at it again.... re-really
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Pag 10
1: Danchiku really has become huge!!
3: I got this bike that's the perfect size for me from Touji-san
5: What's... this... Danchiku's pressure....
6: It's so much higher than before!!
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Pag 11
1: Right now you felt like “Danchiku's pressure has gotten stronger”, right? Sugimoto-san
3: It did get stronger
Honestly
4: Until now we've run more than 400km and his strength has certainly grown...
And it's conveyed 100% with that bike!! He's sure and confident!!
Do you know what that means, Sugimoto-san!?
5: The two of us simply chased Imaizumi-san and the others and ran so to not open the distance again
So, honestly, it was unexpected
Teh!!
6: Kaburagi-san and the others purpousely matched tehir paces with them!?
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Pag 12
1: Kaburagi, Danchiku....!! As expected your target is...!!
2: 400km is a big enough distance that we could make up a special move!!
4: Go!! This is... Danchiku Special Move!!
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Pag 13
1: Bamboo Hop Shot!!
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Pag 14
1: He covered so much distance in an instant!!
2: That huge frame
4: He's accelerating by bending like a bamboo!!
7: That's right, this is the special technique that we made up during this training camp!!
Bamboo is flexible and elastic, and also....
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Pag 15
1: Strong!!
2: Kuaaaaa
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Pag 16
2: Sugimoto reacted alone to Danchiku's acceleration and caught up to them!!
4: As expected, that saves us time, Sugimoto-san
Yeah... the two of us have to go to the Inter High
5: Moreover, we can't play an active part if we don't get stronger in this training camp, and in order for him to fully recover from his slump and go to the Inter High
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Pag 17
1: He has to defeat a human pillar like you, Sugimoto-san!!
3: Their target is Sugimoto!!
4: Huh, Sugimoto-kun!?
Sugimoto!!
5: Huh!?
Uh....
6: I want Danchiku to race you and gain back his confidence, and recover completely!!
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Pag 18
1: You're speaking as if you're assuming I'll lose
2: Assuming? Well-
3: You're being too rude, Issa
Am I? But results are everything in this world
4: Sugimoto-san and...
Danchiku-san....
5: I mean, the fact that you've caught up now means you're “accepting”
6: Just a little more
Until the complete recovery!!
7: Aren't you cute?
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Pag 19
1: My kouhai are recklessly in high spirit and want to practice with a more experienced senpai!!
Alright then!!
I'll let you
2: Come at me, second year Danchiku Ryuhou!!
Wa!! Thanks
Sugimoto-san!!
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Pag 20
2: He accepted it and ran ahead!!
3: Sugimoto is leading!!
4: He's assertive!!
As expected!!
5: It's gonna be challenging, Danchiku!!
6: Ahh, one thing I forgot to say, is that Danchiku's special technique we came up with during this training camp... there's one more thing to it
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Pag 21
1: It's called Bamboo Shout!!
2: I think you'll get to look closely at it later
4: By the way, Sugimoto-san
What about your special technique?
5: Ah...!! My self-awareness isn't that low that I didn't prepare for it!!
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yuri-is-online · 10 months
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Cat Got Your Tongue? (MMO AU: Leona Kingscholar x Reader)
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Master Post for AU: (x) please read for overview and links to other parts.
a/n: Sure Leona says he doesn't like video games but this is my blog and I choose the au. I ended up having to re-write this because the original premise wasn't working but this fits Leona's vibe a bit better. Side note, but I am thinking I'll probably write a sort of part 2 for each of these once I am finished with each of the main "routes" since there was some stuff I wanted to include in this fic but cut because it didn't flow.
notes: They/Them pronouns used for Yuu, loosely inspired by Love is Hard for Otaku and crappy otome games, Leona is a junior and Yuu is a freshman in American college years, some mild Ruggie slander? (he's hustlin and bustlin) Not a lot of gaming in this one sorry.
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Sometimes Leona really hates having a functioning brain.  Maybe if he had been born comatose his family would have taken time to understand him.  Hell maybe he would have understood them.  And maybe, maybe if he’d been a bit more stupid, a bit more happy, a bit more inspiring and a bit less morose, someone would have looked his way.
Someone.  His bright green eyes settle on a desk strategically chosen in the furthest shadows of the classroom where someone sits.  They’re tired, fighting against the eight am death sentence of a class to stay awake and take notes.  Nose always at the grindstone with so little in the way of reward, just like always.  Sometimes he wonders if they’ve ever noticed his gaze, it’s been on them for a long time creating a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach he’d gladly brush off as disgust to Ruggie when pushed.  Not that Ruggie ever pushed hard over something he wasn’t getting paid for and he had enough sense not to laugh at Leona to his face.  They both knew it was worry.  It was written all over his face and twitching through his tail, they look up to meet his heavy gaze and twitch.  A smile works its way to his face involuntarily as he closes his eyes.  
He is getting tired of waiting.
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[FC] <Tempura Kun> I STG IM GONNA KERMIT A FELONY
[FC] <Granny Smith> fr?
[FC] <Granny Smith> where we pullin up?
[FC] <Tempura Kun> whatever hole my Algebra TA crawled out of this morning
[FC] <Granny Smith> we pullin out (´×ω×`)
[FC] <Tempura Kun> (πーπ)
[FC] <Tempura Kun> real brave
[FC] <Tempura Kun> ur such a big man 
[FC] <Granny Smith> HEY
[FC] <Granny Smith> I thirst for the glory of combat not suicide 
[FC] <Gloomy Samurai> whisper or get in a linkshell if you’re just going to bitch and braid each other’s hair
You smother your screams with a pillow as your discord lights up with a call from Epel, which you answer quickly enough it barely gets a chance to ring.
“Just not yer day, huh?”  Epel sighs sympathetically, but you know he’s making that stupid smug face of his.  “Whatcha do this time?”  
“I accidentally gave Dr. Crewel some paperwork dad had me working on and when I tried to explain that to Leona, he laughed at me before I got it all out.”  Epel whistles.
“Did you get the papers back?”
“Yeah.”  You glare at your monitor as you settle into your desk chair.  “Would have been nice to keep my dignity though.”  Epel has enough sense to not to tease you more, just inviting you to a party and shooting a message to the guild to see if anyone is up for running a few dungeons while you stew in your frustrations, squishing your pillow and try to avoid reflecting on your day.  Realistically speaking it wasn’t that bad.  You’ve been pretty lucky in life compared to some people, as your adoptive father is so keen to remind you, he is very generous.  He’s paying for you to go to a good school (that he works for so he’s actually just paying for books), he let you keep Grim when pretty much every other foster family you were placed with tried to get rid of him, and you have a pretty solid group of friends left over from highschool.  But still, you like to think you have a right to complain about things, what sort of father makes his kid go through zoning laws under the guise  of “father child bonding time”?  And what sort of teacher’s assistant says that’s not his problem and snarks about taking off points of your actual homework?
Leona Kingscholar apparently, it’s his idea of a joke.  By the day after tomorrow he’ll be back to his lazy self, slapping a half assed grade on your homework with a bunch of snarky commentary that’s surprisingly helpful when you go to amend your notes.  Assuming he doesn’t hijack your table in the library to take a nap first.  He’s a pain in your ass, and the worst part is you really don’t know why.  Leona’s a junior, you think anyway, and outside of his job as a teacher’s assistant you don’t have any shared classes.  Epel plays on the Spelldrive team, talks him up pretty much every chance he gets, so you guess he’s pretty good at that if nothing else.  Maybe he’s mad at you on Epel’s behalf?  He invites you to their games sometimes, but you never go because you’re too afraid of the crowds.  The thought makes you huff in frustration as Rex and Snake join your party and begin bickering about what to que for; that’s between you and Epel, what’s his captain got to say about any of that?  What does he want to do, show off?
[FC] <Snake Whisper> Tempura you still good to heal?  Gran said you were stressed.
[FC] <Tempura Kun> I’ll stress more if I make you heal lol
[FC] <Tempura Kun> Thanks for asking <3
[FC] <Snake Whisper> σ(^○^)
[FC] <Snake Whisper> You’re good
You stretch and do your best to pop your neck.
Vivat Rex >> You shouldn’t stress about making him heal if you’re tired.  It’s ok to take a break.
Tempura Kun >> lol I like heals I’ll be good promise
Tempura Kun >> ty for worrying tho &lt;3 <3
Vivat Rex >> <3 ofc can’t have our only competent heals falling over dead
Tempura Kun >> HA i’m telling Nautilus u said that
Vivat Rex >> (^_~)  punk ass bitch deserves it
The instance cuts off your reply and you settle into your chair determined to enjoy the hour and a half you set aside for yourself today before you have to go back to being an overworked unpaid student.  Before you have to go back to trying to convince your friend Ruggie that you have a friend named Rex who is real and not a figment of your imagination that lives in your computer caused by dehydra- wait.  Your eye twitches settling on the date and time mocking you from the lower right of your second monitor.
“Epel.”
“Hm?”
“I need you to go wall to wall or I’m gonna be late for work.”
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“Finally.”  Ruggie gives an exaggerated stretch as he yawns.  You sigh to yourself in relief that he isn’t too upset that you’re a few minutes late, you know Ruggie’s a busy guy from the few closing shifts you’ve worked together.  He’s one of the few people you feel actually respects your situation, if the side hustles he kicks your way are anything to go by anyway.  You’d hate for him to think you’re ungrateful for his help.   “I’m practically dead on my feet here, took you long enou-”  You pause in tying your apron, unsure of why he’s staring into you so disapprovingly you almost swear he’s been replaced by Leona.  Almost.  His signature laugh is too unique.
“Stuff it.”  You scowl and his laughter gets louder and it’s a wonder his tail doesn’t knock any of the cigarettes off the back counter shelves.
“Oh you look disgusting.”  He fishes his phone out of his back pocket as he clocks out, checking it just out of your view as you try to salvage your pride and settle into your seat.
“You don’t look so hot yourself either.”
“Yeah at least I don’t look like a truck hit me and backed up to make sure it finished the job.”  He looks somewhat serious for a brief second.  “When was the last time you actually ate food?”
“Before I came here?”
“Instant noodles don't count.”  Your silence is speaking volumes you don’t have the strength to combat and Ruggie sighs.
“I know I’m one to talk, but you should really get some rest.”  His lips quirk into a grin for half a second, quick enough to have missed if you had blinked as if he remembered something amusing.  “Unless you’re angling for someone to force you.”
“Like a health professional?  You know the old crow will just look for a second opinion.”  Ruggie lightly flicks your shoulder while he continues to focus on his phone on the way out the door.
“You mean thirty-second.”  He doesn’t even look up to say goodbye.  “Well I’m out!  Try not to scare off the customers.”  If you had to regularly interact with customers you would not have taken this shift.  Epel had given you a hard time about that, something about personal safety being more important than sanity.
[FC] <Granny Smith> not what I said
[FC] <Granny Smith> u should at least have someone visit when ur alone on shift
And you did sometimes.  Ace likes to drop by after practice, and Epel hadn’t said that with the intention of not showing up himself.  Jack and Deuce probably would have visited even if you were on a daylight shift, not that Jack would ever admit to checking up on you outloud.  But it was still very much only a sometimes thing, not that they didn’t care or worry they just had lives.  Most of your time at the convenience store was spent alone scrolling through magicam on your phone, only looking up to ring up a hoard of energy drinks for whoever was just as tired as you were.  Though maybe not today, Rex had tried to convince you to just call out.  He always does, complaining about how he’d have to run things with Nautilus now, but he might have had a point today.  The chair you and Ruggie snuck behind the counter is not remotely comfortable but you swear it feels like a cloud.  You tried to focus on your magicam feed, but you couldn’t even bring yourself to care about the fan art Gloomurai posted of the First Fantasia Knight Commander.  If anything it just made you sleepier, like he was personally inviting you to take a nap on his lap or something.  Your eyes shut and your phone drops out of your hand.  When you finally wake up you swear it has only been a minute at most but the smug look of your customer suggests otherwise.
“Morning sunshine.”  Leona looks painfully out of place in this shitty college convenience store.  The dingey, twitching light barely bounces off his hair and you swear his clothes have to cost more than all the electronic equipment in the place combined, maybe even more than your computer back home.  An odd thought to have, he’s literally just wearing the same kind of athleisure wear you had been wearing almost twenty minutes ago while gaming, but you recognize the branding on that shirt from a rant Ruggie went on a month ago.  Something about wondering why anyone would pay that much money to leave the house looking stupid in cheetah print.  “Are you even listening to me?”  Leona drawls, lazy and the slightest bit disappointed, he has been talking to you since you woke up you belatedly realize and completely fail to hide the fact.  Leona sighs, tail thrashing in annoyance as he moves to join you behind the counter.  “Whatever, just move over.”  You almost fall off your chair.
“What?  No no no this is an employee only zone you cannot take a nap back here.”  You have no idea how Leona is expecting to fall asleep, even if you’ve tripped over him on the campus lawn before you’re sure the green has to be more comfortable than this questionably sourced tile.  And yet he seems happy enough, bracing his back against the concrete wall as you turn your confusion back to the counter and notice a thermos that you don’t recognize next to you.
“That’s yours.”  Your head whips back around but the fucker’s eyes are closed and he looks so incredibly unbothered your loud retort dies in your throat.  He doesn’t bother to meet your piercing gaze no matter how long you stare at him, you get more of a response from the thermos when you accidentally elbow it trying to get more comfortable at the counter.  It’s a nice thermos, one of those expensive insulated things that cost a ridiculous amount of money, in a bright yellow that nicely compliments the royal looking lion sticker stuck to it.  There are a few other stickers, the NRC logo, a Spelldrive team logo, and a reaper job icon.  The last sticker makes you smile, you’re pretty sure you linked a similar looking sticker to Rex in the guild discord a month ago, the design included a silhouette of the cowboy hat from the class armor set behind the icon just like this sticker.  Exactly like this sticker, you realize as your tired eyes settle on the artist’s signature.  The shop bell rings you to attention, a significantly less interesting customer enters the store and you try to shove your rising panic to the back of your mind and try to focus on doing your job.
Leona’s annoyed sigh goes completely unnoticed.
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“You aren’t going to tell Crowley I slept through most of my shift right?”  You have to be pushing things, Leona hates repeating himself and this is the third time you’ve asked him.  Leona had insisted on staying with you until the end of your shift, you had insisted he had better ways to spend his night but admitted, when he had explicitly asked, that no you weren’t uncomfortable with his presence just didn’t want to be an inconvenience.  That made him laugh, not unlike the little exchange you’d had this morning, but this time he had actually entertained your attempts at talking to him.  Until the time came to leave and he offered to walk you home.  Leona seeing you asleep at your shitty job was bad enough, the thought of that ramshackle house made your stomach tie up in all sorts of knots.  “I know you probably don’t see it as a big deal-”
“Because it’s not.”  He snorts.  “Really who do you think you’re trying to impress?”  You wince, Leona swings the thermos with that taunting sticker just out of view, as you huddle into yourself and he sighs stopping under a street light and turns you to face him.  “No seriously, just who are you trying to impress?  You’re always working to the point you’ve practically stopped being yourself.  It’s annoying.”  
“Well what’s it to you?”  You huff and Leona doesn’t bother to immediately answer.  Your eyes drift back to the sticker on his thermos.  
“Maybe I like playing games with you.”  His voice and face are uncharacteristically soft, but still unnervingly intense.  He doesn’t bother specifying what he means, almost like he’s daring you to ask first so he can make fun of you for thinking Rex was anyone other than him this whole time.  “Maybe I like Yuu enough that I want to spend just a little more time with them and not this weird zombie who doesn’t know the way back to their own house.”  
“Oh please-” you roll your eyes and turn back to the road only for your retort to die in your throat.  You are not, in fact, headed towards the haunted mansion.  This road, this stupid street light, is next to a diner you know the college sports teams like to go to after games.  Leona, gently, tugs you by the sleeve of your jacket towards the door.  “Hey, I can’t afford-”
“Oh don’t misunderstand we ain’t here for you, I was just feeling a bit hungry.”  The smug bastard doesn’t even pretend to hear your protests as he pushes his way into the diner and doesn’t wait to be seated.  He just drags you towards the back of the diner shooting you a truly catlike smirk over his shoulder.  “Of course if I have something left over, we can share.  Maybe if you play nice you can get your own straw.”  He spins you into the booth across from him, and despite what he literally just said shoves the plastic menu back into your hands when you try to hand it back to the clearly amused waitress.  
“How long have you known I was...”  You feel stupid even trying to broach the topic, there’s a pretty clear line you don’t cross when making online friends.  It’s even in the guild rules, you’re pretty sure “don’t ask for anyone’s IRL info” is probably Gloomurai’s life motto.  But Leona doesn’t seem to care, which you suppose is in line with what you know about Rex.  His laid back attitude was what had made him the most approachable out of all your guildmates, not that you would ever have thought to apply such a description to Leona.  If anything he seems confused why you’re so shy about talking, like he’s known who you are the whole time and that’s why he spent so much time pinging you in game or why he decided to spend his night keeping you company. 
“Maybe I like playing games with you.”  Something starts curling up in your stomach at the thought that he just might have, if Leona notices you loosening your jacket to release some steam he pretends not to notice.
“Epel mentioned he was gonna try to get you into the guild.”  Well that’s news to you, looks like someone is going to get yelled at later tonight.  “I didn’t expect you to be so excited about healing, but I ain’t complaining, it was cute and now I don’t have to take Naut’s shit outside of raids.”   Cute.  You intake a sharp breath and Leona definitely notices your nerves, clearly planning to press the point unless you can cut him off from the chase.
“W-what exactly do you have against Nautilus anyway?”  With the way Leona’s face wrinkles you idly wonder if he knows who Nautilus actually is too, or if he’s just displeased that the focus is no longer on him.  “He’s not bad at his role.”  
“Naut pays too much attention to pointless shit.  Sure he’s good but it’s not like he does world firsts or anything.”  Neither does Rex but that does seem to be besides the point when he’s paying for your dinner, especially now that it’s in front of you.  Diner food might not be the healthiest but Ruggie really was right about instant noodle not counting as a meal.  “You know he and Snake used to bitch at each other while they were supposed to be doing callouts?  Had whole ass arguments over cooking instead of calling out shackle timing.  Gloom and Musclered never stopped ‘em either since it was ‘funny.’”  They still do, just in discord and not while you run things.  It’s hard to picture someone as professional as Nautilus doing something like that, but then again you know that Rex has known him longer.  “So just in case you thought I was just being nice earlier, you are the better heals.  If I could get the cards I want with just you, Epel, and Ruggie I would.”  It’s disturbing how clear the picture is in your mind: your lala, Epel’s roe, and Leona’s cowboy coded catman being joined by some hyper pink catgirl in the mini game bunny suit that you can easily see Ruggie using to scam some tech worker out of his monthly salary in Pirate’s Port wiping to an EX rank trial because Leona decided his logs weren’t orange enough.  It sounds like a good time, and you can’t keep yourself from blurting out:
“We should try to run something sometime anyway, it’d be fun.”  And before you can retreat back into your shell,  Leona smiles, smiles and burns away any sort of shyness you wanted to have over talking video games with someone as “normal” as him.
“If you can think of something just text me.”  You fish out your phone and can’t even bring yourself to cringe at the time with just how happy that suggestion makes you feel.
And Ace said playing MMOs would get you zero bitches.
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This was a mistake.  It was hard to keep that thought from drumming away at your nerves the longer you stood in the station square; Leona had been the one to invite you out, not the other way around, so if he really ended up not liking this then that was his fault not yours.  You even took into account that Leona was a lazy bitch and suggested you meet up later in the day instead, but then again…  You try to resist drowning in a wave of self flagellation over the clothes you picked out as you somehow manage to sink further into the park bench you have decided to camp out on.  For someone who had been so insistent they were not going out on a date when their generous adoptive father asked where they were going during such prime father child bonding hours, you felt insanely self conscious.  That was normal right, people who actually went out with their friends to do stuff other than pal around the local big box store put thought into their appearance.  Not that there was anything wrong with that.  If this goes south you know you already confirmed you can have Jack over here in two shakes of his tail and that’s probably exactly what you would end up doing.  But when Mannon posted in the guild discord about a First Fantasia themed pop up cafe that was going to be A) running for a limited time within walking distance from your house and B) giving out a code for an in game pet-
Well admittedly your first thought had been to invite Epel, but Leona had texted you almost immediately after Mannon dropped the link.
[irl catboy] ruggie said you aren’t working this saturday
[irl catboy] come with me to the stupid cafe i never know what to order at those places
With such a gentlemanly request how could you possibly refuse?  And now here you were fifteen minutes early trying to keep yourself from going stir crazy, or from jumping out of your skin when an increasingly familiar deep voice whispers a sleepy “hey” into your ear.  
“Seven’s Leona!”  You’re half ready to hit him with your backpack but your indignation and fright are almost entirely wiped away by the sheer figure Leona cuts against the setting autumn sun.  Someone, Ruggie you decide, because there’s no way Leona decided to dress up to come see you himself, forced your upperclassman into a knit  black turtleneck with golden claw-like trim on the neck and rolled up cuffs.  He’s kept his usual tan slacks, but the ugly woven sandals have been swapped out for a more weather appropriate pair of ugly slip ons with similar gold claws to the turtleneck.  His hair’s still tied up like he’s been at spelldrive practice, not that you fully know what he looks like outside of Epel’s descriptions and your own imagination. 
“What, did I scare you?” you drawls, clearly eating up the attention you’re lavishing on his appearance.  Before you can collect yourself enough to stand up he leans down to cow you back into the bench.  “Maybe I should scare you some more?  The mousey look really suits you.”
“Oh shut up!”  You huff and stand, trying your best to avoid cracking your head off of Leona’s stupidly broad frame as you both go to head towards the cafe.  “Did you look up the menu online or are you just planning on winging it?”
“You really like to put effort into things don’t you?”  Leona doesn’t look or sound too upset but there’s a strange wistfulness to his look you do not really like, but it’s gone before you can pick at it too much.  “Nah I figured I’d just let you pick.”
“Are you sure?”  You try your best not to sound excited, you swear the only thing you admire about Ruggie is his work ethic, not his grift.  “I could just take advantage of you and force you to get a bunch of stuff only I’d like.”  As if he’s reading your mind, Leona's green eyes twinkle with mischief you know will bite you in the ass later.
“Oh no you would never do that.  I know for a fact that you are just too nice for that.”  The “unlike someone else" goes unsaid as Leona decides to really double down on the gentleman act when you reach the cafe, holding the door and not even pretending to look at the menu until you prompt him.
“Do you want to get the reaper soda?”  Leona shrugs. 
“Does it sound like it will taste good to you?”  It does but that’s sort of besides the point, you’re much more interested in the white mage one.
“I just thought you might want the coaster.”  You murmur and he smiles.
“I’d lose something like that real fast, you can just keep it.”  Your eyes have to pop halfway out of your head with how hard he laughs, other patrons shoot a confused look at your table as you try to resist the urge to self combust.  “Let me guess, they’re worth somethin right?  In that case all the more reason for you to keep em.”  The look in his eyes is practically daring you to ask if he’s really sure, but knowing Leona he wants an excuse to tease so for now you swallow your insecurities and point your awkward smile up at the server who comes to take your order.  
“Um can we get one reaper soda, one white mage soda…” your voice trails off and Leona pipes up with the name of a burger you don’t remember reading out to him but they apparently serve anyway with how quickly she notes it down.
“And is the check separate or together?”  She sweetly asks and before you can so much as breathe Leona cuts you off.
“Bill goes to me.”  You glare at him, well try to really Leona’s a hard person to stare down.  “Didn’t I say you could get whatever?”  Not literally, it was more implied along with the trouble that you weren’t expecting to catch up to you this quickly.  His smile widens, not quite wolfishly, more like a lion staring down a particularly foolish gazelle that’s stumbled weak kneed into his territory.  “Go on, tell the nice lady what else you want, she won’t bite you, that's my job.”  Flames aren’t enough anymore.  You need to turn into a particularly fine paste or particle dust to relive how fast your heart is beating.  Luckily for you the server seems amused, letting out a good natured laugh as she shoots you a wink.
“You heard your man, what can we get for you?”  You take back every judgment you have ever passed Ruggie’s way.  With just how proud Leona seems like now he really is asking for it.
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“You don’t really do things like this much do ya?”  Leona kept his teasing to a minimum after the bite comment thank god and kept his word about letting you keep the coasters.  Pretty much everything at the cafe seemed to have some sort of First Fantasia themed knick knack you were allowed if not encouraged to take back with you.  Leona had offered to walk you home once you both saw how dark it was, promising that would be your only stop this time much to your relief.  You weren’t sure how much more of his teasing you could take.
“I mean I’ve got Epel, but Ace, Deuce, and Jack don’t really like mmos.”  You aren’t sure if it has ever actually been established if you are friends with Sebek, but unless someone teaches Malleus how to use a mouse you doubt he’s going to be logging into anything other than a literal tree anytime soon.  “Sometimes Epel will send me links to merch he thinks I’d like, but he’s more into the…”  You pause to try and find the words for what it is you want to say, knowing your friend will kill you if you make him look lame.  “Sense of pride and accomplishment you get from beating high end content.”
“That sounds like him.”  Leona says proudly.  “He’s like that with anything mildly competitive.  One of his better qualities, just don’t go telling him I said that.  Wouldn’t want it goin to his head.”  There’s no way you’ll be able to keep his mild praise a secret from Epel forever, but what Leona doesn’t know won’t hurt him too much.  “But that’s not really what I was asking.”  Your pace slows as Leona lapses back into silence and you wrack your brain for what he actually could have meant.  “Do you like going out to cafe’s?”
“I… don’t really know.”  You liked tonight.  Talking to Leona, when he was awake enough to participate, was always fun.  Even when you were trading jabs back and forth in class.  “I used to dream about finally finding someone who I could do stuff like this with, but I kind of gave up after my last date said-”  you freeze in your train of thought and walk.  This had not been a date in any way shape or form.  Sure, Leona played a video game with you, and sure he’s been going out of his way to talk to you in real life more regularly since he came to visit your work.  But it’s not like he did that for any reason other than-  “said it was just too weird.  Said I was just too weird and I guess I just sort of got tired of not being able to talk about things that interested me so I gave up trying.”
“Then why not just date me?”  Leona’s eyes are a really strange shade of green now that you’re staring straight into them.  It’s like he’s got two neon lights shining a spotlight directly on you every time he speaks, judging and picking apart whoever he is looking at.  And right now he is looking pointedly at you, making it clear this isn’t a conversation he is going to let you run from.  “I told you before, didn't I?  I like playing games with you.  I want to spend time with you; I want to hear about your day every day, from what annoyed you to funny things you and your friends did.  I want to see you happy and know I made that happen, because you make my life a happier one just by being in it.  The only thing I have ever not liked about you is that you work too hard, and that’s not unfixable.  You just need to let me be a bad influence on you.”  It’s a confession you never really expected to receive, but somehow so very much him.  It’s insulting, honest, and just a touch demanding but it reaches into that small shrunken part of your heart that you’ve been burying most of your feelings in for who knows how long now and fills it with warmth.
“Would you-”  It feels like a silly question but with how intently Leona is hanging on your every word you feel a rush of power going straight to your head.  “If we were going out would you stop wiping things on purpose?”  He blinks, if he’s surprised by the request or shocked he got this far you don’t quite know, but he quickly recovers, moving into your space to offer his hand.
“If you ask nicely.”  You gladly take the offered arm and influence, squeezing his much larger hand with a soft smile.
“Then it’s a dea-”  Leona cuts you off with a kiss, swallowing your mouselike squeak along with most of your air with a speed you didn’t know he possessed.  
“Don’t use that punks line.���  He practically growls and you can’t hold in your happy laughter any longer.  It could just be the streetlights, but you don’t think Leona looks all that mad.  Quite the opposite really, not that you expect him to voice it out loud.  Instead he leans in for another kiss in a gruff effort to show just how much he means what he has been trying to say all along.
I’m happiest when I am doing things with you.
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*if you are curious about Leona's outfit, I based it off of Lion King clothing items in Disney Dreamlight Valley (black and gold claw shoes, tan sunny slacks, and the gray claw top for those looking for specifics)
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gayshark-writes · 11 months
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Brothers + dia with a Male!MC who wears joke boxers (like ones with characters and stuff on it) + which of your boxers they’d like the most/steal
Male mc, some suggestive stuff, mostly fluff/crack
Author note: I was gonna do everyone (-Luke ofc) but I reached the 10 image limit so I might do a pt2 also I kinda got lazy when searching for some of them
Lucifer
When he first found out he just sighed, “why do you wear such… dumb boxers?”. Would try to convince you to wear his instead 😏 to show your his, would be kinda of a turn off for him especially if they’re real goofy or bright colored. But he doesn’t really mind the hungry hippos ones, he won’t admit it but thinks it’s kind of cute seeing you wear ones like this makes him think you look more innocent. “Next time you get new underwear let me help you pick them out” than he will get you guys a plain black pair to match
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Mammon
He’d wear a lot of money related ones so he’d think yours are pretty cool, if you have any casino or money related ones he’d definitely steal them but he would never admit it “these are my boxers mc!! No I didn’t take them out of your room why would I care about your dumb underwear?!” As he’s wearing the ones you just bought. He’d love having a matching pair with you
These would be his top 2 favs of yours
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Levi
He’d love almost all of them, espically anime or video game related ones. He’d get super excited if you’d want to get a matching pair that his face would be a red as a tomato while saying “r-really?! You wanna a matching pair of boxers with a yuckky otaku like me?! I’ve seen this in a anime”. He’d definitely steal your underwear but would refuse to admit to it
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Satan
He’d find some of them cute and others he wouldn’t really be to opinionated on the others. He really likes the ones with cats on them and will steal them with no shame either, like he’ll wear your boxers around you and say “I’m not sure where your cat boxers went, maybe you lost them”. Would never give you them back, you’d have to pull them off of him in his sleep to get them back and then he’d be mad at you like you were stealing his
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Asmo
He’d wouldn’t like to wear them so he’d barely steal them. But he’d think some of them are cute and would tease you for “being innocent”. Tho he’d think you’d look cute in any boxers.
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Beel
Would want to steal them but can’t because he’s worried he’d rip them. Would find them all cute and would prefer you wearing only them when cuddling. He really likes the one with like the laser cats and pizza.
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Belphie
he would say he doesn’t care what your boxers look like but in reality he’d be wearing yours, and he acts like their his like when you get out of the shower and your wearing a pair he likes then he’ll pull them off of you and put them on himself with no care about what you think.
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Diavolo
Would LOVE them all and think they’re adorable. He’d definitely steal multiple pairs and keep them but barbatos would always end up returning most of them to you so later diavolo will just start asking to have some.
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It’s really interesting because when you watch the octavinelle trailer you can see a lot of minor physical differences too! Namely Floyd’s features are a lot softer whereas Jades are more pointed.
[Referencing this commercial!]
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Yes, it's most obvious if you look at their eye shapes! Jade's eyes are more of a sharp "cat eye" look, whereas Floyd's eyes clearly slant downwards for a more "downturned" look. Everything else (barring eye colors + the side the earring/hair stripe is on) is kind of too subtle to notice, especially on a quick glance. Jade's eyes give off the intended impression of being someone who is sharp-witted and perceptive. I sometimes hear talk in EN circles about how Floyd's eyes make him look “high", but I believe that his eye shape is associated with "moe" (feelings of strong affection mainly towards characters directed at the otaku market) in Japan. It's meant to make him look cute, innocent, and laidback, not "high"! I guess the varying fan perceptions result from cultural differences? So between the twins, Jade is the more "pointed" looking and Floyd is the "softer" looking one. It's interesting that other characters in-universe (like Grim) remark that the Leech brothers have "the same face" or are shocked that they look so similar when really, they don't…! (I talk a little more about this phenomenon here!) Maybe their peers are just so intimidated by the duo that they’re afraid to look Jade and Floyd in the face for long enough to notice differences between them/j
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zeke-in-devildom · 2 months
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Dissonance - Chapter 13: The Otaku Fanboy
Zeke let out another strangled yell when the door slammed open, scrambling backwards until his back hit the bed frame. He had half expected Lucifer to be looming over him menacingly after yesterday’s confrontation. Instead he blinked, still clutching his chest, as he saw Leviathan standing there, wringing his hands uncertainly. That was not at all who he thought would come through the door. If it wasn’t Lucifer he’d figured it would be Beel, Belphie, or Asmo.
“Are you okay?!” Levi asked in a high pitched squeak, obviously anxious and unsure.
“You scared the hell out of me, Levi.” Zeke sighed, letting his head fall back against his bed and trying to calm his heart down.
“I scared you? You were the one that screamed like you were being murdered! I’m an otaku shut-in, I’m not built to move that fast.” On closer inspection Levi did seem to be somewhat out of breath, as if he’d ran here. Even running, that was impressive speed. Must be a demon thing.
“Sorry. Just a nightmare.” Okay, maybe not just a nightmare. It had been the worst one yet, and he’d had some pretty bad ones. They usually didn’t have him feeling someone else’s death - or his own for that matter. He had to remind himself that it wasn’t real, although he had a rather ominous feeling. Zeke was pretty sure that he had seen something that really happened.
“Do you…want to talk about it?” It was painfully obvious how awkward this whole situation was for Levi, but he was trying, so bonus points to him.
“Not really.” Zeke stood up and stretched his sore muscles. He must have been incredibly tense in his sleep. “What time is it even?”
“Almost ten. Everyone was worried when you missed breakfast, normie. Lucifer came up and found you K.O.’d at your desk. Since Lord Diavolo said you could be excused from classes today he put you to bed.” Levi was still wringing his hands.
Zeke glanced at his desk to find his laptop closed. It was good that Lucifer had been the one to find him like that. He didn’t want to be outed to the entire house. That would be way too much attention. Then again, maybe they wouldn’t care.
“Whoa!” Levi darted over to his bookshelf. “Is this a boxed first edition of The Cohen Files books one through six? SIGNED BY E.J. NOVAK?! How did you get one?! Satan and I both tried for weeks, but they sold out instantly and neither of our human world connections could get us a copy! E.J. Novak never does book signings, nobody even knows if they’re a man or a woman! They don’t do public appearances, not even those ‘about the author’ blurbs!” So much for not caring. Levi was totally a fanboy. That actually wasn’t surprising in and of itself, just that he was one of his fanboys.
“Aha. Just lucky I guess?” Actually his publisher had sent him one of the sets. He got all kinds of promotional copies of his work. Most of it had been in a box in his apartment closet. He wondered if Barbatos had moved that box too.
“That’s crazy good luck! They only released a hundred of them. Maybe I should do my gacha pulls with you around.” Levi was looking at him with burning envy, obviously very jealous of his box set. Zeke was almost tempted to just give it to him, but he’d said Satan also had been trying to get a set? Seemed unfair to give it to one but not the other.
“So you’re a big The Cohen Files fan I take it?” This was just asking to open a can of worms, but he wanted to get to know Levi.
“Not as big as TSL, Christoper Peugeot is a legend, but I have played all the games to one hundred percent completion, I have all the collectors editions of the movies and spin-off series - both the ones made in the human world and the Devildom! Satan is a bigger fan of the books, but between the two of us I bet that nobody knows more about the series than us!” It almost felt like Levi was trying to boast and impress him at the same time, probably assuming he was also a big E.J. Novak fan.
“Oh, you’re probably right about that. I mean, I haven’t even seen any of the Devildom stuff.” He was still mildly miffed that he’d never known about it. They really should have gotten his approval first.
“Whoa! Secret mission unlocked! We’re totally spending however long it takes to get you caught up! The Agent Lawless spin-off series is kind of cringe, but we can’t skip it. We’ll start with the original movies that cover the books, then the made for tv mini-series. We can go from there.” Levi was rambling excitedly as he grabbed Zeke by the sleeve and dragged him from his room and upstairs while still talking quickly.
“They made a spin-off here for that cocky side character that only appeared in the fourth book?” Zeke was appalled. He honestly hated the character, and planned to kill him in a future book. That would be spoilers though, so he kept his mouth shut.
“I know right? Most of the fandom doesn’t consider that series canon, since nothing about the character was ever written beyond his brief appearance in the fourth book. Some normie producers thought the guy would be a fan favorite, but the series only lasted one season and was canceled. No loser like that could replace our heroine! Sadie Lynn Cohen is so cool. She’s the ultimate paranormal detective!” Yes, a psychic detective. Thank goodness Levi wasn’t drawing any parallels here. They reached what he assumed was Levi’s room, it would be the first time he actually went into one of the brother’s rooms.
“Now listen up, normie. Usually I don’t let anyone, especially normies, in my room. Only people that know the password can come in, but I’ll make an exception for you. This is a fan emergency, after all. You need to see the Devildom versions of The Cohen Files, it’s your duty as a fan! You owe it to Sadie!” Nobody could accuse Levi of not being passionate about the stuff he liked.
“I understand. I’ll not abuse the great privilege you’re bestowing on me. You know, I’ve read TSL too and you kind of remind me of the Lord of Shadows. He’s super passionate about his interests too.” He wasn’t the biggest TSL fan but he’d read it and enjoyed it.
“You really think so? But the Lord of Shadows is so cool! He’s my favorite. I love his friendship with Henry. A gross shut-in like me could never make a friend like that. You’re just making fun of me.” Levi actually believed the words he was saying, and that stunned Zeke.
“But I think you’re cool? Like, we haven’t talked much since I got here, but I already know you are passionate about the things you care about. You really lit up while we were talking on the way here. It was kind of cute.” Oh, probably the wrong thing to say, because the Avatar of Envy was beet red now and trying to cover his face with his hands.
“You’re just saying that. Nobody would think a yucky otaku was c-cool or c-c-cute!” Oh no. He was even cuter.
“Okay, well do you not want to let me in your room anymore? I totally get it if I made you uncomfortable.” Zeke was nearly immune to Asmo’s flirting, and he wasn’t trying to flirt with Levi either. 
“No!” The demon seemed to surprise himself. He was still trying to hide his face partially behind the back of one of his hands. “I mean, you still need to see the Devildom material for The Cohen Files. It is my otaku duty! Nobody that owns an autographed copy of a series can be allowed to remain ignorant of such a large portion of the canon media!”
Levi finally opened the door and the first thing Zeke did was gasp. Was an entire wall an aquarium? That was so cool and massive. Although it seemed to hold only a singular goldfish. He should have expected the brothers to have fantastical rooms, since his had a tree in the middle of it and all. The next thing he noticed was a claw-foot bathtub just hanging out in the middle of the room. Since it was piled with blankets and pillows he assumed Levi used it like a bed. The gaming setups, both computer and console, caught his eye next. This was a nerd’s dream.
“Levi this is amazing!” Zeke tried to gesture at everything, while touching nothing. He could tell that everything in this room was extremely precious to the demon beside him and he didn’t want to upset him.
“C’mon, you should meet Henry 2.0.” Levi pulled him over to the aquarium and gestured at the little goldfish, who swam close to them. 
“Henry, like from TSL? That’s cool.” Just another adorable thing about Levi he’d learned this morning.
“Yeah! Henry was always by the Lord of Shadows side, he’d never let him down. They were best friends. Oh, but that’s probably lame, isn’t it? My best friend is a goldfish.” Levi was clearly very hard on himself. Poor weeb had zero self-esteem. Zeke would have to work on that.
“I don’t think you’re lame, Levi. Let’s setup for this Cohen Files marathon. I’m looking forward to it.” Zeke was interested to see what spin Devildom creators had put on his series, he just hoped they hadn’t butchered his work too badly. Plus he got to spend the rest of the day hanging out with Levi, which he had wanted to do anyway. He wanted to get to know all of the brothers, since he’d be living with them for a whole year.
There was a decent sized TV with beanbags in front for seating. Levi grabbed a couple blankets as well as snacks from some secret stash he apparently had in his room. He dropped the blankets and snacks in between two of the beanbags. Something occurred to Zeke as he watched.
“Is everyone else at school? Why are you home?” Not that he minded the company, but he was curious.
“I usually do classes online. I only went in person yesterday because I was supposed to be there with you. I’ve already done my classes for the day. We couldn’t leave you home alone anyway. So it made sense that I be the one to stay with you.” Even in the house he had to have someone home at all times? “I’m sure you’d rather have one of the others stay with you.”
“No, I wanted to hang out with you, so this works out for me.” Zeke smiled at Levi before flopping into the closest beanbag. 
“You really mean it?” Levi was doing the cute thing again, where he hid behind the back of one hand, but Zeke could see that he was flustered.
“Really! Now let’s watch some Cohen Files.” That seemed to at least get Levi moving. The next several hours were spent watching Devildom movie adaptations of E.J. Novak’s book series. It wasn’t as bad as Zeke had feared, but they definitely took liberties and it was clear that they had an askance view of, well, everything. Zeke could chalk that up to the differences between demons and humans.
What made the whole thing better was the running commentary from Levi, who would frequently pause to explain why a certain change was made, and complain about breaking fidelity to the source material. Zeke shot back with plenty of his own commentary. The banter back and forth was good, and they enjoyed co-roasting cringe-worthy choices in a few choices the directors had made. As it turns out, Levi is pretty hilarious when you get him going.
Overall, a very pleasant afternoon, even if they only made it three movies in before they could hear everyone else coming home.
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