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queenofbaws · 29 days

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I know I'm late but if you are still doing rhe fanfiction ask may I ask 🖊 🌝 📥? Thank you and I hope you are feeling better now!❤ have a nice day!!

omg not late at all!!! ;)c i'm ALWAYS happy to ramble on about this stuff, hehe - and thank yooooou! i hope you're having a lovely day too! <3 🖊 Post a snippet from a current WIP.

When you got down to brass tacks, he’d always known where the Washington girls were. There was no losing track of them, no having to scan frame after frame of surveillance footage for a flash of pale skin among the trees. Beth, he suspected, hadn’t moved much in the six years he’d been away, and unless Annie Cline had grown some sort of conscience (or spine) in his absence, Jack thought he very likely could’ve trekked up that damned mountain tomorrow and found the girl waiting in the exact spot where last he’d seen her, not a hair out of place.

As for Hannah…that one was another story. He wouldn’t find her on, in, or around the mountain if he went looking, but it hadn’t always been that way. There had never been a need to go looking for her, not before that night in 2015—she’d been happy enough to make herself known to anyone who called out. She’d been friendly that way.

🌝 Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to?

okay, i'm gonna cheat here juuuuuuuust a little because it's not ONE character but TWO: the more i replay the quarry, the more i realize i really, really love the little pieces-parts of jacob and kaitlyn's friendship, and the more i really, really want to dive into that and write more for both of them. i don't have any IDEAS for that as of right now, but.......i just feel like their dynamic is super fun, and there's so much HISTORY there!

📥 What is your fave fic to receive comments/messages on?

oh gosh, before i answer seriously i just want to say i've been super, super fortunate to get the comments and messages i have, and ANY time i see a message pop up in my inbox over on ao3 or here on tumblr, my heart sooooooars!!! any comment - literally ANY comment on ANY fic - means the world, and i revisit them ALL when i'm having rough days, whether they be walls of keysmashes or a single little heart 🥰

BUT since that wasn't the question, the serious answer is, surprise, the (almost)s and/or like wringing blood from a stone. they're my big, chunky, emotional longfics, and since they ARE heavier, every single time i get a comment on one of them, i'm just. beside myself. they're very personal projects, and so when people tell me they've even just clicked to give them a CHANCE..........honestly, there's no beating it hahaha!!! that being said, i for sure know longfics aren't for everybody, so i never, ever, EVER expect anyone to go tackling those stories JUST because they're my babies aslkdjfalksjdlfkjslkdjf

ask me stuff about my wips!

#torahime #asks #queenie writes supermassive #hehehe thank you so much for the ask AND the well-wishes!!! <333333 #really made me smile today :)

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panna-acida · 6 months

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You are my constant mutual! When I open Tumblr and see your name I'm fine, no matter what you post!❤ (Except if it's a sad post, of course!)

AaaaaaaaH, e grazie anche per il prompt, vedo che riesco a tirare fuori da sto cervello in tilt ♥

#answer #ask meme #♥♥♥#torahime

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chris-hartley · 8 months

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Hi! May I ask number 25,26,27,28,29 and 30? I hope it is not too much!😅

Hiya! Never too much! Thank you for sending!

25. What is your favorite genre to write? Is it also your favorite genre to read?

Haha! My favorite genre to write and read is both romance! Love it!

26. What are your favorite books?

Ooh good one. Looking for Alaska by John Green, Everything That Makes You by Moriah McStay, and Things We Know By Heart by Jessi Kirby!

27. What are your favorite movies?

If I Stay, The Fault in Our Stars, Five Feet Apart, The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Tick Tick Boom

28. Favorite songs at the moment?

Gah! There’s so many. I’ll limit to 3.

Trip Switch by Nothing but Thieves

Stomach by Aly & AJ

Glad I Got You by Katelyn Tarver

29. What was the first fandom you were in? Do you have any art/fanfic for it?

So my first fandom was The Outsiders hehe. I have 1 singular fanfic I wrote for it (that isn’t properly finished) but if you want to read it it’s on AO3 (originally on Wattpad but I don’t have the link to it on there)

The Outsiders: Johnny’s Story

30. How are you doing? <3

Haha! I’m pretty good. It’s very hot here in the UK but it may be about to rain so hopefully that’ll cool it down! 🤞🏻

#shut up McKenzie #asks #torahime

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love-fireflysong · 1 year

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Uhm...what about "careless"?🤔

(Welp, hilariously enough I had no use of careless across *any* of my wips, so I injected the word into a sentence just for you 💝

When even a careless mistake could mean accidentally kicking the smallest piece of rubble across the floor, the even smaller sound an invitation to be the newest victim and sacrifice to a more than murderous fellow inmate just around the corner.

#torahime #ask game #hope you were hoping for some outlast au shenanigans cause that's what worked the best akjsdhkashdkjhas #honestly it made the sentence flow even smoother once i rearranged some bits #so thanks for that lmao

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originalghoulwaifu · 2 months

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GhoulWaifu for +Hentai Fair 2024+

Wellcome to Lewdness :O 4 Releases are waiting for you :3

GhoulWaifu - Aemma Velvet Towel

Sizes: Lgc, Pky, EB, Waifu Colors: 16 Versions: Dry and Wet (sheer) Options: Sheer and mask buttons

shown in Faeling and Ghoul

GhoulWaifu - Daenys Cyber Towel

Sizes: Lgc, Pky, EB, Waifu Colors: 16 Versions: Latex, Glitter, and Wet Options: Sheer and mask buttons

shown in Viole(n)t and Faeling

GhoulWaifu - Naerys Heart Racer Set

Brand new and a mega release is waiting for you

Sizes. Legacy, Perky, Ebody, Waifu Colors: 20 Colors Versions: 3 per colors ( Latex, Glitter and Hearts) Options:

Sleeves, Top Front, Top Back, Skirt Front and Skirt back can be separately changed via Hud

Sheer and opaque Buttons in HUD

Shown in Faeling (dark beauty) and Petal + Milk (asian cutie)

Link.Tree: linktr.ee/ghoulwaifu X: twitter.com/ghoulcultist

GhoulWaifu - Torahime Suit

Brand new and a mega release is waiting for you

Sizes. Legacy, Perky, Ebody, Waifu, Maitreya Lara ( NOT X) Colors: 20 Colors Versions: 2 per colors ( Heart Plain and Stripes) Options:

Straps in clear and black in HUD

Straps can be toggled on and off

Shown in Tigress and Alien Baby

Link.Tree: linktr.ee/ghoulwaifu X: twitter.com/ghoulcultist

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darcylightninglewis · 4 months

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Hi!! May I ask number 29 and 31? Thank you so much and have a great day!!

Of course lovey!! Hope you have a wonderful day yourself!

29. Favorite song lyrics right now?

Dunno about favorite, but these really echo my feelings atm (they're depressing, sorry, lol)

Did the world stop spinnin'? Nothing seems to change I'm stuck at the beginning, and I'm in pain Did the sun stop risin'? 'Cause the sky's so gray Did the world stop spinnin' today?

I woke up, fell back to sleep 'Cause I'd rather live in my dreams I lay here wonderin' why

31. Describe yourself with 3 singers.

Oh fuck....hmmmm. This is difficult.

Noah Kahan

AJR

Netta or Of Monsters & Men

Yeah, we'll go with that for now...

Ask Me Random Questions

#ask meme #torahime #thanks babe! <3

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celestiaras · 5 months

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‧₊˚✧ ❛[ the dilemma of being shared by xsoleil ]❜

ft. doppio dropscythe, kotoka torahime, ver vermillion, meloco kyoran, hex haywire (mostly separate) x f! reader — xsoleil, nijisanji en

╰₊✧ who in xsoleil gets the most jealous knowing that they have to share you with the other student council members?┊1.8k words

contains: smut!! dom doppi, koto, ver, hex, melo & sub reader┊established relationships (poly where everyone is dating you but not each other), jealousy & possessive behavior, they are all low-key in love with you (even if it isn’t mentioned) so angst, high school setting (all characters are adults) meloco - fingering, strap-ons, virginity loss hex - overstim, cockwarming, slight baby-trapping & breeding kink doppio - quickie, giving oral, semi-public (storage closet), risk of getting caught kotoka - tribbing ver - receiving oral, semi-public (classroom), hair-pulling

➤ author's note: it’s brunt and on fire and cringe but scrape it off and enjoy your food served by amateur chef celestia

xsoleil council’s newest secretary who was accepted to help each member sort out all of their work so that they had time to do school work and could still have a personal life, pretty as a picture, more lovely than a summer’s day, and more fuckable than anything. it was only inevitable until your charms attracted the attention of the student council members you worked with, but all five people fighting over a love interest would spell disaster much less people with mythic abilities like them.

it was certainly an awkward thing to sit down and discuss, but everyone seemed satisfied with the deal of sharing you as their partner. too bad none of them were willing to admit that they weren’t truly content with the arrangement since now they have to sort out their own jealousy and compete for your attention, but anything should be bearable if it means that they get to have you and the student council doesn’t tear themselves apart from the inside.

━━━ .°˖✧ meloco kyoran ˚₊ ⊹

╰₊✧ she was friends with you first! if she knew that this would happen, she wouldn’t have suggested you join the student council. in fact, she would have made sure that none of them could even have the privilege to be graced with your presence! she can’t believe that she has to fight for the attention that should have been hers in the first place and no amount of consolation enough to put her at ease, but there is something that soothes her envy and helps her calm down every time she remembers it— something that makes her better than the other four that isn’t just being your best friend.

it’s only natural that you would want her to be your first since you know her best among the others and it’s something that would happen eventually, but it doesn’t make you feel any less nervous. you covered your mouth with both of your hands, feeling shy from the loud noises you were making from melo sweetly scissoring your tight cunt to prep you for her strap— one that she took you to buy with her for your first time in her color (an odd date, but she thought you were so cute with how embarrassed you were from all of the toys).

you snaked your arms around her, her body much cooler than your burning skin, waiting for your body to get used to her length inside of you and taking deep breaths as she pressed kisses all over your face while rubbing circles into your thighs to help you feel more relaxed until you nodded as an indication that you were ready for her to move. she’s so gentle with you, filling you with a mind-numbing pleasure from her cock and the soft murmurs of praises about how good you were for her until all you see is white. you were so dazed from the taste of your first orgasm that you didn’t even notice her tenderly wrap a hand around your neck, whispering a proclamation that you will always be hers no matter what happens.

━━━ .°˖✧ hex haywire ˚₊ ⊹

╰₊✧ hex is simply a possessive man in nature who wants you to be his one and only, but you aren’t just his, you’re theirs and that fact alone has him seething. no one will ever realize how jealous he is because he doesn’t directly interact with you as much as the others— just watches you with covetous eyes that are green with envy while the girls kiss you on the cheek or the boys wrap their arm around your shoulder. once he does get alone with with you, he’s very clingy and has his hands all over you— tightly holding you in a possessive manner as if someone would snatch you away from him if he wasn’t careful.

a deep chuckle reverberated from his throat as he placed another kiss at the back of your neck, his large hand reaching down to rub circles around your puffy clit. you squirmed and whimpered in his grasp, feeling extra sensitive from the added simulation in his pursuit to feel your walls twitch and cream on his cock again. how many times have you already come due to his ministrations? you lost count even though he’s still going strong and keeping your tight hole plugged.

your mind was clouded over— at a complete blank and unable to understand the words of undying love spilling from his lips, feeling feverish and warm from his constricting hold and the hazy pleasure. hex gently grabbed onto your face to pull you back for a slow and hungry kiss, murmuring something about how he wanted to keep you to himself forever. wouldn’t it be just great if he could fill you up with his cum and you make his and his alone? if you were his wife and the mother of his children like he so dreamed of? once your relationship with xsoleil was established, you started taking birth control, but it’s still nice to fantasize about what the future could hold.

━━━ .°˖✧ doppio dropscythe ˚₊ ⊹

╰₊✧ he’s a former delinquent who’s used to getting what he wants, so even if he’s a seemingly innocent goofball, almost everyone could tell that he wasn’t satisfied with being one of five partners. back in his unruly days, things like this would be settled with a fair fight against other rebels like him— but he is working on reform and thinking about student council members who he’s built close friendships with. he doesn’t want to scare you off, it would simply break his heart, so he’s learned how to use his chuuni charms to keep your attention on him.

you have no idea where he gets the energy from but doppio is much needier than the others, always keeping his touches lingering and dragging you into storage closets for a quick fuck while telling your friends that it was for “student council matters.” you could feel drool dripping down the side of your mouth as you let your jaw relax to allow more of him to reach deeper, soft gasps escaping from his lips while his hand found his way in your hair to guide up along his length.

the chatter of students could be heard outside of the thin walls that concealed the two of you and the risk of getting caught was high with how the closet could only be locked from the outside with a key that neither of you had, but that’s just part of the thrill, isn’t it? doppio inhaled sharply and held your head in place, causing you to gag slightly when you suddenly tasted his sticky seed on your tongue (and of course, you swallowed it because you would rather not traumatize the poor, underpaid janitor).

you suddenly felt his strong arms hoist you up to pin you against the shelves, eagerly pulling down your panties from under your skirt, but he swore when the bell rang to indicate that it was time to go to class. before you could even think of getting your feet on the floor, he just adjusted his grip on your thighs with a mischievous look gracing his features that you recognize all too well— a reminder that being the busy secretary and enforcer were perfectly valid reasons to show up late.

━━━ .°˖✧ kotoka torahime ˚₊ ⊹

╰₊✧ koto is so caught up in the time she spends with you that she sometimes forgets that you’re sleeping with the other members just like you are with her (it’s not like anyone talks about it!), so she doesn’t actually think about it too much. she definitely gets pouty about it whenever she remembers, but she would much rather keep this agreement to share you with her friends than having to fight over you so she tries her best not to let it bother her too much!

one leg was tossed haphazardly atop her shoulder while the other lay uselessly at her hip, giving her full access to grind against her core against yours with no real rhythm but plenty of passion for more of you and the buzzing pleasure. heated sparks pulsed throughout your bodies with every roll of koto’s hips, puffy clits kissing against each other with slick dripping from where your pussies met to stain the bed sheets below.

she’s so excited and eager that she reduced you to being a total pillow princess like she always does whenever you fuck, long strands of bubblegum pink and blonde hair sticking to her sweat-sheen skin as she does all of the work to feel your cunt gush against hers. it's never intentional either, she’s just so caught up in the moments that she’s with you that she loses all self-control and herself when your bodies are stuck together— chasing the electricity that spikes with every kiss and mewl that falls from your lips.

━━━ .°˖✧ ver vermillion ˚₊ ⊹

╰₊✧ not jealous… more like sad… (which is why he’s below kotoka) in a way, ver feels like he has no right to be jealous. as the president of the student council, part of his job is to ensure that all of the other members are doing well and to consider their feelings. with your ‘unique’ relationship with them, everyone is so happy to have you around and stress levels are at an all-time low— how could he ever say that he was envious when he was the one who suggested it?

you were so weak in the knees that you couldn’t support yourself on your own two legs, helpless and relying on ver’s hands pinned at the sides of your waist to keep you upright against the wall while he flicked his tongue against your clit. the sloppy sounds of sex mixed with your soft moans filled the empty classroom, slightly stressing you out even though it was long after school hours and no one else was around aside from the football team who were outside, but the feeling of the president licking up your cunt was too good to give a care in the world. he could tell that you were close with how pitched your cries were becoming and how tightly you were pulling on his red locks.

ver opened his eyes slightly to look at how beautiful you looked in the moment, all flustered and shy from the vulgarity of the secretary getting eaten out by the president in the very room where meetings are held. he could peek into your future if he really wanted to, which member of the student council you will eventually fall in love with (if you even fall in love with one of the five at all), but he doesn’t want to out of fear that it won’t be what he hopes it would be— what he secretly dreams that it would be. he doesn’t know what the future will hold, but he does know that it can be changed if tried hard enough (although those are concerns of future ver— the concerns of current ver are to get you to spill all over his mouth).

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mizukamiyaseiryu · 3 months

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some chibi sticker sets i've worked on in 2023~

#otoart #nijisanji en #nijien #xsoleil #selen tatsuki #enna alouette #shu yamino #uki violeta #aster arcadia #doppio dropscythe #meloco kyoran #hex haywire #kotoka torahime #ver vermillion #vezalius bandage #vantacrow bringer #claude clawmark #unnämed #jesus the tags //

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yumenosakiacademy · 2 months

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#charisma house #crsm #torahime shu #torahime #nakagami soemon #nakatora #my edits #i made this 2day n yesterday (went 2 sleep in-between) then had 2 remake it bc the site i was using ran out of free usage orz.

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0okamiyuki · 11 months

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Happy Half Anniversary to XSOLEIL!!

#nijisanji #nijisanji en #nijisanjien #nijien #niji #dropsights #kotosmetic #louvergallery #melocopic #hexhibition #doppio dropscythe #hex haywire #moloco kyoran #kotoka torahime #ver vermillion #XSOLEIL #XSOSLAY #them.#theyre so baby

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lunierunie · 1 month

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Charisma nya nya nya ^•ﻌ•^ฅ♡

#charisma house fanart #charisma house #terra #torahime shu #ito fumiya #iori motohashi #tendo amahiko #kei sarukawa #rikai kusanagi #minato ohse #crsm #charisma break

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queenofbaws · 1 year

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“I dare you to kiss them at midnight”

Emma to Abi about Nick?😉

“You should totally kiss Nick tonight. When the ball drops, you know?”

The party had maybe been going on for ten minutes when Emma said it. Maybe. Abi hadn’t even said hello to everyone who’d shown up yet, much less gotten comfortable with the music Dylan was blasting from the house’s speakers, but there was Emma, already hours and hours and hours in the future.

“I—uh, I mean, I—what?”

The faraway look in Emma’s eyes focused again, her attention shifting from the rest of the guests back to Abi. A red Solo cup was held primly in her hand, and as she lifted it up to her mouth, her lips curled in a smirk that could only mean mischief. “Oh, I think you heard me,” she teased, taking a sip Abigail suspected was more for emphasis than anything else. “That’s, like, the rule of New Year’s Eve. You’re supposed to use these…ancient…inscrutable…easily marketable traditions to your advantage! I mean, have you never seen a Hallmark movie?”

Every dramatic pause brought with it an equally dramatic wave of her cup, and Abi couldn’t help but smile and laugh as she had to duck out of the way of each one. “I don’t know…” she started, her heart already creeping its way up out of her chest and into her throat. Without meaning to, her eyes picked Nick out of the crowd from across the room, and at the sight of him – laughing, grinning, rolling his eyes when Jacob took one of the mini pizza rolls off his plate of snacks and shoved it into his own mouth – her fingers knotted together. “I just…what if he doesn’t…what if someone else…what if…”

“What if,” Emma interrupted, turning to block her view of the guys, “I dared you?”

Her eyebrows went up. “You’d do that? Seriously? What are we, ten?”

Instead of answering right away, Emma took another sip of her drink, her eyes narrowing and narrowing until they were itty-bitty slivers of themselves. Her smirk didn’t budge, though. “I dare you to kiss Nick at midnight.”

“Emma, I’m…you can’t just—”

“I double-dog dare you.”

Abi’s hands fell to her sides. “Oh, that’s just not fair.”

“I know.” Looking terribly proud of herself, Emma cozied up against Abi’s side, setting her head against hers. She must’ve caught sight of the guys too, because she made an exasperated little noise as Jacob began fanning his mouth, no doubt having scorched most of his tongue off with that stolen pizza roll. “I’m an awful, terrible, heartless friend who’s absolutely sending you marching off into certain social doom. See me twiddling my fingers like a cartoon bad guy? Mwahaha.”

“All you need’s a handlebar mustache and one of those spooky hairless cats,” she joked back, her heart now very, very firmly lodged in her throat. Honestly, she was surprised she could talk around it. “Any other evil plans you want to try out tonight? Tie me to some railroad tracks, maybe?”

“Oooh, I hadn’t even thought of that! But where, oh where, would I find that much rope at this time of night?”

Again, she had to laugh, covering her face with her hands even as Emma nudged her side. “Just…I’m not making any promises, okay?”

“Okay.”

“I mean it.”

“Hear you loud and clear.”

“I will…see how the night goes. And if I happen to be hanging out with Nick when midnight rolls around…I’ll…”

Emma lifted her cup to her mouth again. “Kiss him. Smooch him. Lay one on him.”

“Oh my God.” When she peeked out through her fingers, Emma’s cup was right in front of her eyes, wiggling back and forth as she was offered a sip. Abi took it without thinking, finishing what was left of it in one gulp – and gagging when the taste hit her a second later. She’d fully expected something sugary and alcoholic, and had gotten nothing but La Croix for her troubles.

“Party on, Party Bear!” Emma giggled, linking her arm in hers and tugging her away from the sidelines and into the party itself.

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Midnight was still about an hour away when she found herself alone in the kitchen, fanning her face with a takeout menu as the house shook with music and the sound of too many voices crammed into too small a space. She couldn’t say when she’d lost Emma, only that she had, and she couldn’t decide whether that’d been a net gain or loss. On the one hand, it was so much easier to be social with Emma around. On the other hand…she kept nudging her and giving her looks and even winking when Nick was around.

Winking!

Abi cringed a bit at the thought, fanning her face harder. There was plenty of snow falling outside, but with so many people hanging around, the house was awfully hot. Or maybe it was just her nerves. Or the actually alcoholic drink she’d finally had. Or – much more likely – the natural heat that always seemed to light her up whenever she was thinking about Nick. Bye-bye fossil fuels, so long windmills, all the world really needed was to put her in a room, hook her up to a battery, then flash a picture of Nick Furcillo in front of her. She could probably power the whole freaking country that way!

And, as though wanting to put that theory to the test, the universe saw fit to crank that heat up a few notches: The door separating the kitchen from the basement swung quietly open, and as she watched, Nick slipped through the narrow space, peering carefully down the stairs like he was playing an especially high-stakes game of hide-and-seek. Abi sat up straighter as she spotted him, he jumped slightly when he turned and spotted her, and for a moment they simply stared at each other, two people caught committing the same party foul.

Namely, trying to escape said party.

The awkwardness only lasted a second, replaced by laughter a moment later. That didn’t mean she stopped fanning herself, though – oh no, if anything, Abi put a little more elbow grease into that, positive her cheeks were bright enough to put the plastic cups on the table to shame. “Hi,” she said meekly, wishing the butterflies in her belly could be so easily fanned away.

“Hey,” Nick replied, shooting one last anxious glance towards the basement door before meandering towards the kitchen table. He pointed vaguely over his shoulder like he was preparing to explain himself, but after opening and closing his mouth a couple times, he just nodded towards one of the empty chairs. “You looking for company, or…?”

“I—oh! Oh, yeah, sure! Of course.”

“Cool,” he said, his hand falling on the chair across from her. It might’ve been her imagination, but to Abi it seemed he was trying to decide something in his head for a second there; when his hand moved to pull out the chair right beside hers, though, she had to figure she’d been right.

She didn’t know what to do with that knowledge, but… Wait, no, yes she did. She fanned herself harder.

“I just, uh…it got to be a little much out there.” He hadn’t asked, obviously, but she was all anxious energy, and her mouth suddenly had a mind of its own. “I mean, all the talking and shouting, and don’t tell him I said this or anything, but even Dylan’s music, just like…wow, you know? Just wow. Sort of a total overload.”

Nick shifted in the crickety wooden chair, leaning forward so his elbows rested on the kitchen table. “Yeah, I know what you mean,” he said with a bashful laugh that put his full smile on display. “Between you and me, that’s sort of, uh…” Again Nick glanced over his shoulder and towards the basement door. “Sooort of what I’m trying to avoid right now.”

“…Dylan’s music?”

“No, Dylan.” He laughed as he said it, turning back to her. “A bunch of us went downstairs to play a game, and he’s just…uh…” A strange look crossed his face then, and he squinted his eyes as if trying to figure out what words to use.

“Dylan?” Abi offered.

“That’s a good way of putting it, yeah.” When Nick glanced her way that time, their eyes met, and that same crackle of something passed through them as it had before. “You, uh,” he cleared his throat, “might want to steer clear of him too. Tonight. For a little bit, at least.”

She felt a little bit like a parrot as she repeated herself: “…Dylan?” They’d crossed paths a couple time that night already (how could they not?), but never once had he been anything but normal. Sure he’d rolled his eyes a bunch, and yeah his eyebrows were constantly moving, but that was all pretty par for the course.

“Yeah. It’s, uh. A long story.”

“Sounds like it.” It was about that time she realized how weird it must’ve looked, her sitting in alone in the kitchen, waving a greasy old pizza menu around, so she slowly set it down on the table. Slowly but surely the room grew quiet between them, and try as she might, her eyes just kept flitting to his face as he looked around. His eyes, his jaw, his cheekbones, his lips…and that’s when she had to look away, absently pulling her own lower lip into her mouth as she remembered Emma’s dare. She let go of it a second later, thinking she’d fill the awkward silence with small talk about the party—until Nick beat her to it.

“Yeah, believe it or not, he actually…I guess there’s no other way to say it, he, uh, sort of dared me to kiss you tonight.” Time might’ve actually stopped. “At midnight. When the ball drops. You know, that whole thing.”

She didn’t realize she was staring, but she must’ve been, because Nick lowered his eyes and laughed again, reaching back to anxiously scratch at the nape of his neck.

“I told him that was—”

“Are you kidding me?” As she said it Nick looked back up, more surprised than anything else. “Are. You. Kidding me?!” Abi repeated, raking both of her hands through her own hair. “I…they…oh my God!”

“Uh…”

Her fingers knotted in her hair, and whatever progress she’d made in cooling her face down immediately burst into flame. The battery idea came back to her full force – forget powering the country, she could keep the whole world lit up with the heat she was radiating! “Emma dared me to kiss you,” she explained, her voice a nervous squeak even in her own ears. “They planned this whole thing out! They…they literally…ugh!”

Nick was silent for a beat, then set more of his weight onto his elbows, slumping over the table until he was nearly lying on it. “Those sneaky little…”

“Right?! And here I was, thinking she just wanted me to finally—” she snapped her mouth shut, but it was too late. Much, much too late. As though it could save her, Abi squeezed her eyes shut too, willing herself to disappear into the wallpaper like a frightened chameleon.

He’d noticed. He’d absolutely noticed. Nick’s chair squealed a bit, suggesting he’d sat back up. “Wanted you to finally what?”

When it became obvious she wasn’t going to be swallowed whole by the kitchen, Abi chanced a peek at him through her fingers. It was the wrong move to make. The second she saw his face she was down for the count, something about the slightly hopeful look in his eyes and the bashful twist of his mouth doubling – no, tripling – the number of butterflies in her stomach. She opened her mouth, shut it, and lifted her shoulders in a helpless shrug instead.

The kitchen was quiet again, but only for a second or two. Nick swallowed hard enough that she could actually hear it, and he slowly sat up straighter, pointedly looking down at his own hands. “Did you, uh…want to kiss me tonight?” he asked, and before she could even consider answering a question as loaded as that, he spoke again, the slightest, tiniest, most unbelievable quiver in his voice. “Because I…definitely wanted to kiss you. Want. To. Want to. Not past-tense, I…uh, you know what? Never mind, that was—”

“I did!” As soon as it was out of her mouth, she heard the same mistake Nick had made. “I-I mean do! I do want…wait, really?”

Nick tried to answer, or at least she thought he did, but whatever it was he stammered out, neither of them really heard. Before either could stop and think about it, he was leaning in and she had tipped her head up, their lips coming together. Her eyes fluttered closed as she felt his smile curve against her own, his lips soft and warm and tasting oh-so-slightly of some sugary drink.

When the kiss broke, there was a moment where they pulled away; just slightly, just a little. His eyes searched hers, the look on his face equal parts uncertainty and exhilaration, and when a giggle bubbled up and out of her, he leaned down again, his palms cupping her cheeks as he kissed her again. And Abi, never more relieved, never more thrilled, never more happy in her life, almost toppled out of her chair as she threw her own arms around his neck, bringing him closer against her until it was impossible to tell where their kiss ended and their laughter began.

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It was a few seconds after midnight that Emma found him, snaking her way through the crowd until she was at his side. “Well, well…whaddya know. Looks like I was right, and you were wrong,” she teased, craning her head back to set her chin on Dylan’s shoulder. “Go figure.”

“I wasn’t wrong,” he drawled, the flatness of his voice belying the absolute delight in his eyes as, across the way and just to the right of the big screen tv, Abi stood on her tippy-toes as Nick bent down to kiss her, their fingers tangled up at their sides. “I believe my exact words were ‘There’s almost no way this’ll work.’”

“Uh huh. I rest my case.”

“Almost, Emma. I said almost.”

“Hmm…sounds like backpedaling to me.” She grinned as he turned to her, and when he rolled his eyes and laughed, she tapped the tip of his nose with a quiet ‘boop!’ “I guess it’s true what they say, huh? Teamwork makes the dream work. Good game, sport.”

“Yeah, yeah,” he snickered, nudging her when Nick and Abi finally realized they were staring. Dylan raised his eyebrows and stuck both thumbs up in the air as Emma excitedly waved, but the only response the lovebirds gave them was rolled eyes and headshakes. “They’re so lucky to have us.”

“Oh. So lucky.”

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