IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY (no not really)

[byakkun]

it's pretend Valentine's Day and WHAT ARE YOU DOING??

1. on a romantic date with your boyfriend/girlfriend/complete stranger (platonic or yandere)
2. going SHOPPING for flowers or chocolates or knives
3. forever alone
4. kidnapping your own valentine???
5. VALENTINE'S SEX
6. eating choco
7. getting rejected :c :c :c
8. make something up idk

so just comment with a prompt or whoever you want and i'll respond to it asap :3

Comments

[rootless]

something with sigmund and tree idk love me

[liberare]

[ so it's probably ass o clock in the morning when he's woken up by the sounds of trumpets blaring in the streets

and depending on whether or not Tsuyukusa is sharing the bed and if he sleeps... he'll probably be woken up by that, too. if not, then maybe the excited stomping of the maids outside the door as they race to the kitchens, giggling and gossiping about attractive stewards? ]

[rootless]

[Tsuyu was, in fact, sharing the bed and was, in fact, sleeping.

Now he's under the bed, and also a cat. A displeased, hissing cat.]

[liberare]

[ ... wait did you mean you turned... into a cat?

a tree-cat? ]

... Tsuyukusa? [ this is him peeking over the side of the bed, hair still kind of rumpled and frumpy from sleep ] What are you doing?

[rootless]

[why are you banging a shapeshifter again? like. really.

it's actually a pretty normal-looking black shorthair, with only the clear blue eyes maybe giving him away

his ears are flattened, though, and he sounds IMMENSELY GRUMPY, his normal voice coming from the little cat]

It's loud...

[liberare]

[ ................................ oh

oh no

it's so cute

can he try and pick you up he's gonna try and reach under there to pull him up ]

It's all right. Today is Lover's Day, so I suppose they are getting an early start. Were you scared?

[immaturelycursed]

i've never done this and i want to try. I COULD DO SHINO OR JUDE. Maybe something with 4 and a silly idea i had was like WHAT-IF AU OF KURO ACTUALLY LEAVING WITH SHINO (Shino's world is original Japan with the church being in power, no advanced technology and the old district in the capital looks like old-Japan and people using traditional clothes, the newest and richest side is all western-looking). But that's far as my ideas go, I think I'd be interested in exploring something new too >> hiii i hope i did this right.

[vitiator]

k-kidnapper Shino...

that would be the cutest kidnapper ever tbh but I would totally be down. I think that would throw Kuro for a loop because in his world Japan was destroyed forever ago, and seeing him try and get adjusted to a semi-normal life.... :') i'm down for it!!

[immaturelycursed]

I didn't have anything in mind for who would do the kidnapping but yes i agree that'd be cute. :x

it's not actually Japan (or more like it was never said to be Japan and they avoid giving names to the cities), but the similarities are enough to be Japan-like yeah. WE CAN GO WITH WHATEVER SOUNDS MORE INTERESTING TO PLAY FOR YOU. Shino would ask the owner of an inn to let Kuro stay there and use the allowance he gets from Rio to help Kuro. He would notice that a lot of people Shino likes live there for some reason or another.

[vitiator]

Ooh okay.

that sounds super cute, let's do that. :3c

I HOPE THIS WORKS

[immaturelycursed]

[It hasn't been that long since they came back. Or since Shino had dragged Kuro into a completely different world after who knows how long of being in Court, to be exact.

The Imperial Capital is a strange mix of western and eastern culture, with some European buildings in the richest and newest districts of the city, and traditional Japanese 1940s buildings in the old one. In the Old District, Shino had taken Kuro to Konaya inn since the first day they arrived and convinced the Mistress to let him live there. That inn is homey and big, with delicious food and it seems to be always busy. Among the people that live there, there's this huge ball of fur and one eye that devours meat and practically anything, a tengu that talks and a lot of people that Shino knows but Shino has focused more on letting Kuro slowly adapt than trying to introduce him to anyone really.

But today Shino is looking for Kuro with A PLAN. So he's searching the place and then heading to his room that is most likely at the end of the hall.]

Kuro?

IT'S PERFECT

[vitiator]

[ the first few days had been hell.

he doesn't understand this place, he doesn't understand anything. the only thing that makes sense is Shino, and as long as he was here then Kuro was all right. still, even he knew that here, in his world, Shino couldn't stay with him all the time (even if he really wanted him to) so he was gradually becoming used to existing on his own again.

when he wasn't thrashing himself awake from nightmares, he sat by the window watching the people walk by. it was so.. calm. the people here placed their worries in simple things, like what they'd make for dinner and what was the weather going to be like today. there was no need for them to worry if they'd make it to the next day, or if they'd have to kill someone just so there was enough food to go around.

he felt completely displaced from everything, like it was all just a dream he was going to wake up from.

he doesn't hear Shino at first, too busy watching everything and trying not to think too hard on what would happen if he jumped. but eventually he breaks out of his stupor and goes to open the door, clothes still slightly wrinkled from sleeping in them and hair a little mussed. ]

Shino.

[invigorates]

WHOEVER YOU WANT AND LIOR MAKING HOMEMADE CHOCOLATES

IT'LL PROBABLY BE AWFUL :]

homemade chocolates coming right up

[serene_man]

Shit---

[ the stove was smoking. he's pretty sure that wasn't a good thing, but given that literally nothing had been going right since he'd left the grocery store, that wasn't really surprising. the strap of his bag had broke, spilling his ingredients onto the wet ground (sugar was a nightmare to handle when wet. he'd ripped the bag open in annoyance, and then dumped it all in his bowl out of anger, denting it violently), and from there things had gradually spiraled downhill.

his tiny kitchenette was practically a disaster zone. flour was on every surface -- including half his face, and on the front of his bartender uniform -- there were a bunch of broken eggs underfoot, and an assortment of bent cooking spoons lay in the sink.

and the stove was still smoking.

Shizuo grit his teeth, and moved the smoking pot off of the burner to the counter, where he peered into the black sludge inside. it was probably safe to say that this batch was inedible and not safe for human consumption. he wiped at his cheek, smearing more flour across it, and let out an irritated sigh. ]

Damn it...

[invigorates]

[ she left him alone for like twenty minutes to take a bath. twenty minutes wasn't really a long time, but it was apparently long enough for Shizuo to wreck the kitchen in his attempt to make chocolate. not that she knew that he was making chocolate, and if she did, she had no idea why he would be making it. but that's not the point. the point is that something is burning and she could smell it from upstairs.

she came down after she hurried to dry off, still wiping a towel over her hair as she padded down the stairs and into the kitchen. the smell of smoke was strong, ]

Shizuo? What are you doing?

[serene_man]

[ to be honest, Lior was the last person he'd wanted to see right now. he disposes of the sludgy chocolate quickly by throwing the entire pot into the trash can and, taking up a rag, he begins to clean up the kitchen as best he can. it probably doesn't bode well that he's grumbling through it, though it's not as grouchy sounding as it could be. ]

M'Cooking. [ a pause. he lifts up his shoe, dragging goopy traces of egg along with it. ]

... Trying to cook, anyway.

[invigorates]

What are you trying to make, if I may ask? [ whatever it was, it met a terrible fate on the stove when Shizuo burnt it. poor thing, never stood a chance.

she drapes her towel around her shoulders, stepping over to him and just nearly avoiding an eggshell on the floor, ] Do you need assistance?

[serene_man]

[ he watches her come closer and honestly debates whether or not he should ask for help. Lior was pretty good at this, right? or at least, she'd be a hell of a lot better than Shizuo was.

but ... it was Lior... ]

... Sure. Trying to make chocolate. [ he sweeps one of the half-smushed eggs under the cabinet discreetly. ] You know anything about it?

[holyswordwielder]

Ky or Kuro Ky and Saber + cake and fwowers. And this vibrator maybe.

maybe she says

[fulgury]

[ the flowers had been gifted to him while he was on his lunch break, and he hadn't the heart to throw them away given the care with which they were wrapped. the chocolates were a sample from a nearby tea cafe that he'd frequented occasionally, and as per the occasion they'd even taken care to wrap them up neatly for him to take home. any protests he'd had were immediately drowned out by the insisting, motherly owner of the shop, who'd pressed them adamantly into his hands with the reasoning that he could give them to his sweetheart if he didn't want to eat them.

unsurprisingly, his first thoughts had strayed to Arthur.

he arrives home promptly, and immediately calls out a greeting while balancing the flowers and chocolates in his arms as he takes off his shoes. ]

Arthur? I'm home!

[holyswordwielder]

[ Arthur is in the kitchen when Ky comes home. He's been cooking dinner for the two of them, but just before he hears the familiar jingle of keys and the scraping of a lock turning as his guardian arrives home, he opens a box that he received from a friend of his. It was given to him as a gift, but considering which friend gave it to him, he's been wary of it ever since he himself got home.

Once he takes the top off the gift box and moves aside the red tissue paper covering whatever is inside, he immediately laments that he's always right when it comes to Cú Chulainn.

Sitting there, nestled snugly in folds of more red tissue paper, is a large, bright pink phallus-- a vibrator by the looks of it. Arthur's green eyes go wide and his face turns red as he covers his mouth with a hand, then quickly slams the top of the box back on, hiding the thing from his sight. After a couple moments spent silently cursing his blue-haired friend, curiosity driving him, Arthur removes the top again and peers back down at the toy. It's less mortifying now that he knows it's there, but still... he just stares in shock and awe and absolute horror all at the same time. ]

Shit...

[ He hastily covers the box again and shoves it down onto one of the chairs of the dining table, hiding it under the table cloth, then hurriedly runs out to meet Ky. He's still blushing fiercely and though he tries to hide it, he worries that Ky will be able to tell how flustered he is. ]

Oh, hello. Did you have a good--

[ And then he sees the flowers and suddenly his mind is completely off the vibrator. ]

[fulgury]

[ the first thing he notices is the scent of food. he's a little surprised and a bit concerned that Arthur would be cooking - had Ky left him enough food to eat? maybe he didn't like it? he must have misjudged his preferences - but Arthur didn't look any put out, and so Ky could only assume that the other blond hadn't been inconvenienced. it smells good, regardless, and he can feel the faint stirrings of hunger as he sets his things aside. ]

Yes, I did. And yourself? [ he blinks, arching a brow when he sees just how flushed Arthur is, but he supposes it must be some because of housework. cooking a dinner for two could be strenuous if you were unused to it, he supposed... ]

Is everything all right? [ lets his hand linger on the flowers he'd set on the table for a bit longer than necessary. should he offer the flowers? perhaps they wouldn't be to Arthur's tastes? what about the chocolates? he hadn't had any allergies that Ky could remember, so... ]

Arthur?

[holyswordwielder]

[ As kind and thoughtful as he knows Ky to be at heart, Arthur isn't naive enough to have any preconceived notions about most matters and especially not when it comes to romantic gestures intended for him specifically from the older man. He never suspects that Ky is considering giving him the flowers, or anything else, for that matter, so he shrugs off the questions about himself a little -- literally -- and tries to turn the conversation to usual topics. His attention remains fixed on the things Ky has brought home though and he's probably a lot more obviously distracted by them than he thinks he's being, not to mention wants to be. ]

Er... I'm fine. I cooked dinner for us...

[ He's strongly tempted to ask who gave his guardian the flowers, but he refrains from doing so because he's afraid he'll sound jealous. While he is a little jealous, he doesn't want Ky to know that, or worse-- think there's something else wrong. He can already tell that Ky suspects something isn't quite right and he doesn't want him to worry. He isn't sure what Ky will think about his... more-than-platonic feelings for him, but he believes it's much safer to keep that concealed as much as possible.

No matter how much it might hurt to think of him with someone else. ]

[fulgury]

It smells wonderful. Thank you.

[ admittedly, it's nice being able to come home to a warm meal and someone there to welcome you. it was one of the things he cherished most about having Arthur live with him. there wasn't a day that went by that he wasn't grateful for his presence, taking comfort in the time that they spent together as companions rather than father and son.

Arthur's behavior is concerning, but he believes that if something was truly wrong with him he wouldn't hesitate to declare it. he decides to wait until after dinner to offer the chocolates so it didn't seem like he was trying to spoil Arthur's appetite, and wanders over to where he stands as though unable to decide if he should help. ]

Is there anything you would like me to do?

[proteusmoon]

Cecil and Hazama + pink chocolate, idk, whatevs, if you feel like it.