"you make me question everything i knew about love"
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So you can read several hundreds of words and somehow understand (and enjoy(?)) It enough to click that like button, but you cant even understand and follow a simple rule where i ask u to put ur age in ur bio/pinned post...huh?
warning: yandere ; MINOR/AGELESS BLOGS DNI, PUT YOUR AGE IN BIO/PINNED POST TO INTERACT
words: 230
a/n: this is a repost from my main blog (@/hikari-writes) so yes this writing is old + bad, i just moved them here w/o editing bc im lazy and wants to keep reminding myself how bad my writing used to be <3 twas a request from my main blog
➳ You met Hanako when you just newly turned into a ghost.
➳ Of course, at first, you’d question why is he a Hanako-san when that role is supposedly for a girl ghost.
➳ But not long after that, you finally accept that fact and respect him as the Honourable No. 7.
➳ People rarely go to the toilet where Hanako resides in so it’s always the perfect opportunity for you to spend some alone time with him without anyone interrupting.
➳ Any mysteries who trouble the Honourable No. 7 were said to have gone missing for a short amount of time, and once they finally showed themselves, they look especially traumatised and never again bothers Hanako.
➳ You considered Nene to be your best friend, knowing that she’ll never fall in love with your Hanako ever.
➳ Sometimes, you do feel a bit on edge whenever you see Nene even the tiniest bit close to Hanako but each time, she would definitely gush about Teru which reassured you and made you stop thinking she has feelings for Hanako.
➳ You’re a ghost that’s capable of cursing others if they irritate you even a bit, or so the rumour goes. But Hanako was the only one who believed in your kindness and threw the rumour outside the window.
➳ Of course you’d believe a guy like that to be the one for you.
warning: yandere, mentions of m0rder, mentions of viol3nc3 ; MINORS/AGELESS BLOGS DNI, PUT YOUR AGE IN BIO/PINNED POST TO INTERACT
words: 698
a/n: this is a repost from my main blog (@/hikari-writes) so yes this writing is old + bad, i just moved them here w/o editing bc im lazy and wants to keep reminding myself how bad my writing used to be <3
➳ Stanley would definitely be the more possessive type of yandere if anything.
➳ He’s the type of guy that doesn’t take no for an answer, so you will be his no matter what.
➳ His obsession would start as a simple attraction towards you. He just finds you amusing to a degree and he likes interacting with you.
➳ As he found himself falling more and more in love with you, his desires to keep you all to himself grow alongside his feelings.
➳ Which is never a good thing to happen, by the way.
➳ You should definitely expect him to remind you of who you belong to constantly, even to the point of suffocating you.
➳ I’d say he’s one of the most extremely dangerous yandere in the Dr. Stone universe. Not only because he won’t hesitate to kill anyone that he detests, but also because there’s a chance for you to be one of them too.
➳ Stanley has lived his life as a military officer and I’m betting he has never experienced love before, therefore making his understanding of it to be extremely twisted.
➳ He expects you to obey him, and if you don’t, well, let’s not talk about the consequences.
➳ As I said before, I somehow imagine Stanley to consider the choice to kill you, even though it’s a rare occasion for yanderes to kill their darlings and the most they would do is to break them to the point of no return.
➳ Although, for him to actually consider this decision, you must have pushed him a tiny bit too far.
➳ He thought that maybe as a corpse, you’d be more obedient to him and won’t question his love.
➳ But enough talking about him killing his darling, let’s talk about how he’d act around you.
➳ He’s not a fan of PDA but he still occasionally does so just to show the others that you belong to him. It wasn’t even done out of true affection for you. He just did that to assert dominance.
➳ When you two are alone, he would have you sit down beside him and let him rest his head on your lap after completing whatever task Xeno had given him.
➳ He’s a manipulative and calculating type of yandere and would fabricate a lot of lies in order to make you stay with him.
➳ He’s not a delusional yandere, but his limited understanding and knowledge of love made him not quite realize what he’s doing is wrong.
➳ Actually, even if he knew, he won’t actually stop his behaviour.
➳ His way of showing his affection is by playing with your hair. Whenever he rests his head on your lap, he would twirl some of your strands of hair and kiss it.
➳ He’s a very blunt and straightforward guy so he constantly would tell you how beautiful you are. He won’t actually shower you with lots of praises every single minute or anything, so he makes sure his compliments sounded as genuine as possible.
➳ He won’t hesitate to kill or at the very least, break a bone or two, of anyone who does as much as stare at you.
➳ He’d be so disgusted by them. You’re not at fault for being so beautiful. No, of course you’re not at fault. It’s those filthy pigs’ faults for not understanding their damn place and even thinks of getting their hands on you.
➳ Stanley won’t hesitate to kill anyone or everyone but he has made Xeno an exception. Not because he felt indebted to him for whatever reason that makes him work for the scientist nor is it because he considers Xeno to be his friend. Rather, it’s because it would be extremely inconvenient to live in the Stone World without the aid of a genius such as himself. Even with all that has been said and done, he still loves you albeit a little too twisted. He doesn’t wish for you to live in the wilderness anytime soon.
➳ He can show his undying affection for you, but only under one condition and that being you not opposing him in any way possible. All you need to do is just humor him and you will be safe from the clutches of Death.
warning: yandere, poss3ssiv3 tendencies, toxic behaviours, attempted confin3m3nt ; MINORS/AGELESS BLOGS DNI, PUT YOUR AGE IN BIO/PINNED POST TO INTERACT
words: 478
a/n: this is a repost from my main blog (@/hikari-writes) so yes this writing is old + bad, i just moved them here w/o editing bc im lazy and wants to keep reminding myself how bad my writing used to be <3 twas a request from my main blog
↬ Bakugou Katsuki
➳ You would be a very clingy yandere towards your boyfriend, and truthfully, Katsuki isn’t THAT bothered.
➳ When you two first started out, you didn’t show much yandere tendencies towards him but as time slowly pass, you reveal your true colour because you believe he’ll still love you nevertheless.
➳ Katsuki would notice you cling to him more often and would even drag him away if he gives even the slightest of attention towards other people.
➳ At first, Katsuki would be quite annoyed with you. Your yandere tendencies sometimes honestly just….hinders his hero work.
➳ You know fully well that Katsuki is capable of protecting himself, but you would still be very overprotective of him. After all, you’re just worried! He might not show it, but Katsuki can be a very sensitive person after all!
➳ You wouldn’t let any of his friends to act rough with him, not even a friendly slap on the back.
➳ Katsuki once confronted you about this stuff, and you were on the verge of tears! You were just worried about him! You did it because you love him!
➳ You expressed how if you had not taken good care of him, he would for sure leave you!
➳ Katsuki was quite surprised to hear this. He was quite annoyed, but seeing you like that, he just couldn’t get too mad about this.
➳ He had thought that maybe you actually felt insecure of yourself and constantly thought he’d leave you.
➳ Oh, how wrong he is.
➳ Too bad he never knew, that, if he ever leaves you, he’s the one who’s gonna regret it.
➳ You might be a sweet person, but if you snapped, not even Katsuki will be spared from confronting your wrath.
↬ Todoroki Shouto
➳ Shouto is as dense as he could be. He has so many fangirls yet he never quite noticed it!
➳ That’s why you have to teach the fangirls a lesson yourself.
➳ Shouto never pressed for an answer if he had any questions either, so it’s perfect to hide from him about what you had done. After all, you’re not that confident if Shouto will still stick with you or not if you told him the truth.
➳ Shouto wouldn’t even realizes the fact that you keep distancing him from his friends! Goes to show how dense he could be. Or maybe he’s just so in love with you to realize that.
➳ Shouto would still notice whenever you’re upset because of jealousy however. And when you told him the reason he would comfort you and tell you that you really are the only one for him and he won’t ever leave you.
➳ If only he knew what exactly you were feeling.
➳ Of course you’d be happy with these! He finally reassures you that he’ll never leave you!
➳ Now, one problem left however.
➳ You wonder what you would do with all the leftover ropes and chains that you bought.
warning: yandere, non consensual touching + (almost) kiss (not by ukyo) ; MINOR/AGELESS BLOGS DNI, PUT YOUR AGE IN BIO/PINNED POST TO INTERACT
words: 1k
a/n: this is a repost from my main blog (@/hikari-writes) so yes this writing is old + bad, i just moved them here w/o editing bc im lazy and wants to keep reminding myself how bad my writing used to be <3 this was set before Tsukasa empire was defeated !!
Ukyo stands in front of Hyoga, his face showing his nervousness and small beads of sweats could be seen trickling down his face.
“Why did you call me out here?”
Ukyo asks, trying to keep his voice as calm as possible. He didn’t want to let Hyoga knew he’s anxious that they are meeting alone and a bit farther than their headquarters. If, in the worst case scenario, he was attacked, it’d be hard to escape. Although he don’t find any reason why Hyoga would attack him now.
“…Nothing much.”
Hyoga replies curtly and as soon as he did, Ukyo’s ears caught a series of footsteps heading towards them.
The footsteps he knows all too well.
Even though his ears could catch on sounds from a pretty far distance, he knows that her way of walking has always been so insanely fast. So although he knew beforehand that she’s coming, he still couldn’t take any action before she reached their place.
“Hey, Hyoga-san….why did you call me out here?”
Y/N finally reaches their place, her face showing pure confusion as she saw Ukyo and Hyoga facing each other.
“Y/N….”
Ukyo mumbles her name, his face turns pale all of the sudden. He doesn’t seem to be getting any good vibes from this situation. Out of all people, Hyoga called out Y/N, Ukyo’s no. 1 weakness, his girlfriend, here at this quiet place. It seems like Hyoga planned it so that she came right when Ukyo and Hyoga’s facing each other.
“Ukyo.”
Hyoga ignores Y/N’s presence and continue facing Ukyo.
“I’d like for you to join force with me to end Tsukasa’s life.”
Ukyo and Y/N went dead silent at that one sentence. For the first time ever, Ukyo couldn’t believe his own ears. Y/N’s legs started trembling at Hyoga’s sudden proposal. Did those words just came out of him? Even though Tsukasa trusted him, he wishes to kill him?
Ukyo was quick to regain his composure. He then looks straight at Hyoga’s face.
“And if I don’t want to?”
Hyoga stays silent at Ukyo’s reply. He then takes off his mask and in a blink of an eye, grabs Y/N’s arm and pull her face closer to him.
Y/N could barely understand the situation that flashes right before her eyes and her reflexes are too slow compared to Hyoga for her to even turn her face or push Hyoga away. But she does understand one thing. The sight of Hyoga’s face nearing hers makes her eyes widen in horror. Just the thought of other people aside Ukyo having their lips on hers is just… unbearable.
Just as their lips about to touch, Y/N was snatched away from Hyoga’s grip and a knife was pointed at his throat.
“Well, well…so even the peace-loving Ukyo can point a knife at someone’s throat when his Y/N is about to fall on other’s hands, huh?”
Ukyo hold Y/N tightly with one hand and his other hand kept the knife close to Hyoga’s throat. His face isn’t showing his usual calm exterior. Instead, he was like a completely different person. His face turns gloomy and his eyes are looking at Hyoga dangerously.
“I thought you knew that you can’t object an offer from me. Oh well, now the deal has been made. There’s no going back.”
Hyoga calmly said as he pulls up his mask back and walks away, leaving the two of them alone.
Y/N is still clinging to Ukyo tightly, her whole body trembling. Ukyo who finally regains back his composure, try to reassure Y/N by embracing her small body. It’s almost as if he’s doing it to reassure himself. As if she could disappear at any moment and he’s clinging to her so desperately.
“Ukyo….I’m okay now.”
Y/N softly whispers at him. Ukyo reluctantly lets her go, and as soon as he did, her lips met his and they both melt into a sweet, loving kiss.
~*~
“I could barely understand what happened just now…Are you going to be okay, Ukyo?”
While they walk back to the headquarters, holding hands, Y/N asks a question that’s been on her mind since just now.
“….I’ll be fine. Completely fine. So don’t worry. What you should be worrying about is yourself. His target is you if he found anything suspicious at me. And that’s the only thing I don’t want to happen.”
Ukyo strokes Y/N’s head reassuringly and give a peck on her forehead.
“I really was afraid just now, you know? I wouldn’t have known what to do if he had kissed me.”
As soon as she mentions that, Ukyo’s face turns gloomier and his glares turns so scary it could kill a newborn fawn.
“If that’s the case, I’ll just kiss you two, no, three times than he did.”
Y/N’s ears turn red at his exclamation and she just smiles lovingly at him.
“I would love that.”
“For tonight, Y/N, sleep with me. I don’t want Hyoga to attack you while you’re alone. Stay by my side.”
Ukyo turns to her and said this seriously. Y/N quietly nod at him and give him a kiss on the cheek.
“Even if you don’t ask for it, I’ll always stay by your side forever and ever.”
Ukyo’s heart warms up at her loving confession and squeezes her hand.
“It’s okay…” He thought to himself. “Tomorrow’s gonna be the day this empire meets its downfall. Senku’s plan gonna work. Until then, I will protect Y/N even if I have to dirty my own hand. I may be a coward, but for her, I will…”
“Ukyo? What’s wrong?”
Y/N peers at Ukyo who was silent for a moment, worried of his sudden silence. He also seems to be glaring…which she just shrugs it off as her imagination.
Ukyo snaps out of his train of thoughts and stare a while at Y/N’s face before softening his expression and genuinely smile at her.
“It’s nothing. I was just thinking of how much I love you .”
He says that so smoothly, making Y/N blush a bit.
“That’s right… I love you so much, I’m willing to change myself.”
Ukyo thought that as his smile turns into a cold one.
warning: yandere, mentions of pun1shm3nts and k1dnapping, threats using el3ctr1c sh0ck brac3let, mild swearing, pent-up emotions ; MINOR/AGELESS BLOGS DNI, PUT YOUR AGE IN BIO/PINNED POST TO INTERACT
words: 1.9k
a/n: this is a repost from my main blog (@/hikari-writes) so yes this writing is old + bad, i just moved them here w/o editing bc im lazy and wants to keep reminding myself how bad my writing used to be <3
It’s snowing, you thought as you peer out the window of your room. Another winter has passed by. And here you are, stuck inside this damn house with two of your self-proclaimed lovers.
You wanted to go outside. It has been a few years since you’ve been kidnapped by Shoto and Dabi. You can still remember the day they kidnapped you like it was yesterday. Despite the warmth the heater in your room was giving, you could feel your shoulders shudder at the recollection of that memory.
You’ve already grown accustomed to your lifestyle as a captive. Your first few months here has been hell. You kept resisting them and trying to escape. It goes on for about a year or two.
As soon as you realize there’s no escaping these two psychos, you decided it’s time to give up. You silently thank the god for still keeping your sanity in check. If not, you might’ve actually started to accept what they’re doing. You might’ve actually started to accept their twisted love.
You stopped resisting them and let them do as they please. As long as you behave, you might be able to say goodbye to those two years of hell full of punishments. You never acted or pretended as if you love them though. They’d know right away you’re bluffing. Heck, your acting skill isn’t A+ either.
It’s been such a long time since you last touched the snow. You missed the feeling. You wanted to go outside. Even just at the front yard is enough. You wondered whether those two would let you. After all, you’ve been behaving excellently. Surely they’d cut you some slack just this once.
As these thoughts crossed your mind, the door to your room creaks open and there Shoto stands in front of it.
“What are you looking at?”
He asks, making his way to you.
“…The snow.”
You answer him and turn your attention to the view outside once again. He looks at you for a moment before joining you and looks out the window.
As you two were silently watching the view, you suddenly felt an arm draped over your shoulder and pull you a bit closer to him. You didn’t hear him coming in but you knew it was Dabi even without glancing at his direction.
“Your hand is already cold from putting it against the window. Let’s go to the living room and cuddle there. I’ll make a hot chocolate too.”
Shoto suggests as he puts a hand over yours and pulls it away from the glass window.
“Um…hey…”
Your voice almost came out as a whisper as you tried to get their attention. They turn to you almost simultaneously.
“Is it okay….if I want to go outside? Just the front yard is okay. I just…want to play in the snow. It’s just… It’s been so long since I last touched them so…”
You trailed off and waited for their responses.
Dabi looks at you disapprovingly while Shoto remains stoic. They seem to be contemplating your request. It’s true that you’ve given up on trying to escape and they knew that. There’s no reason for them not to comply with your little request but still, there’re always those little bits of doubt in the back of their minds.
“Love, if you want to play with snow, can’t Shoto do something using his quirk? It’s not like you necessarily need to go outside.”
Dabi started. You look at Shoto in pure shock.
“You can do that, Shoto?”
Shoto shot Dabi a look and heave a sigh.
“I’m not an Elsa, Dabi. My quirk can’t create snow. Besides that, I don’t really see any problem in letting Y/N out in the front yard.”
This situation actually surprised you. Shoto is usually the one who’s more strict while Dabi is the more laidback one. But it seems like this time it’s the opposite.
“But of course…”
Shoto continues and takes out something from his pocket. He takes your hand in his and before you know it there’s a clicking sound.
You looked down and saw something like a bracelet around your wrist. You immediately recognized it as an electric shock bracelet. You deadpan at the sight, but really, there’s nothing you can do anyway. It’s futile to protest against him.
“If you stray too far away, I’ll have no choice but to shock you so don’t try to pull any tricks on us, okay?”
He says softly with a slight smile. He didn’t mention it but you could somehow already guess that the volts are high enough to make you pass out.
~~**~~
Dabi opens the front door and as soon as you step out, the cold air instantly hits your cheek. You could see your breath in front of your face. It’s colder than you had thought.
You’ve been so used to the warmth inside the house for many years that the cold felt foreign to your skin. It surprised you how the cold still gets to you even with several layers of clothing you’re wearing.
You turn to see Dabi and Shoto, who are wearing pretty thin clothing despite the cold.
“Well, aren’t those two lucky to be so warm in this cold because of their quirk.”
You silently thought to yourself with a little bit of irritation. You tried to shake those feelings off though as soon as your eyes fell upon the sight of snow in front of you.
You couldn’t contain your excitement and quickly make your way to the pile of snow. Dabi and Shoto quietly follow suit and crouch next to you.
The feel of the snow in your gloved hands immediately brings back some memories of the past. Looking back, you realized how much you’ve taken for granted of these pure white crystals. You swear you’ve never been so happy to be able to touch snow before.
A sudden devilish idea pops in your head as you were shaping the snow into a ball.
“Right, if I use this as an excuse, they probably can’t say much to it.”
“Hey!”
You shout at them, trying to catch their attention. (Well, it’s not as if their attention is on somewhere else anyway.)
Shoto’s vision is completely covered in black as the snowball hits him straight to the face. It took Dabi a moment to process what was happening before he himself was hit by a snowball.
’“Y/N, what–”
Shoto started but you cut him off.
“Snowball fight!”
You exclaim and throw another snowball at Dabi. It hit him in the face once again, and now his face is totally covered with snow.
You started to ball another snow while the two are still a bit flustered by the sudden game.
As you did so, you put all of your pent up frustration and anger towards them in the snowball. You’ve been keeping quiet all this time but it still frustrates and angers you how you’re held captive by these crazy guys.
You’ve tried to vent it out to them before and you can positively say, you don’t like the consequences you were faced after that.
But if it’s like this, then maybe…just maybe…you can get back at them without them noticing how much hatred you put into those snowballs you threw. They can just think of it as you being fired up for a snowball fight.
You throw the next snowball in Shoto’s direction. But as soon as you did so, the snow completely melted and the melted snow ,which now is water, fell to the ground.
You look at Shoto in disbelief. You can see his left hand generating flames that melted the snow you just threw.
“What?! That’s not fair!”
You protest and throw another one at Dabi’s direction, to which he also counters with his blue flames.
“Well, too bad, princess.”
Dabi gave a low chuckle which irritates you more.
“You both have flame-based quirks! This is a snowball fight! Your quirks are prohibited!”
You started to get genuinely angry at them, although it appears to them as if you’re pouting. You can’t just let them ruin your only chance at venting. You might go crazy if you keep bottling these feelings up.
All of them compiled into those small snowballs you shaped.
They both look at each other before smiling at you.
“If that’s what you want then.”
Dabi replies and throws an attack of his own. You effortlessly avoided it. You could tell he was holding back. Shoto did the same to your dismay.
“Don’t hold back.”
You said clearly, hoping they’d comply.
“It makes it look as if we’re having fun and playing if they’re holding back. This is a match, not a game.”
You quietly complain to yourself.
Thankfully, they decided to humor you and go along with your antics.
~~**~~
The battle lasted for quite some time. The three of you are now sprawled on the snow-covered ground, panting slightly, the tiredness getting to all of you.
It was a good match, you thought. As much as you hated to admit it, you had a little bit of fun. Though only because you get to have your revenge.
You suddenly had a flashback when you used to play like this freely. Before you knew it, a single tear escaped your eyes.
You quickly sit up and wipe the tear away before Dabi or Shoto notice it.
You didn’t really notice it just now but in all honesty, you wanted to cry so hard. You were afraid. You were angry. You were frustrated.
Honestly it’s amazing how you can still breath the same air as those two. It disgusted you how you can still accept your fate just like that, without making any progress on escaping their grasp and live your life like before, normally.
“It’s because I know I’d just get killed if I try anything. Heck, even if I won’t get killed, they’d just make my life a living hell,”
a part of you said.
“I’d rather just die rather than be with these two,”
another part of you protest.
You were conflicted. Living with them has slowly made you lose your sanity, bit by bit. You were trying very hard to hold onto those last shreds of sanity you had left.
“Princess, let’s go inside. You’re freezing.”
Dabi’s words are coated with honey, and anyone would be swooned by it. Well, unless they’re being held captive by him under the pretense of him loving them, of course.
Shoto silently princess carry you and get inside the house. The sound of Dabi shutting the door behind him echoed in your ears. The echo made your eyes sting, but you held yourself back from crying.
You were placed down on a comfortable couch, a set of three mugs of hot chocolate on the table in front of you. Dabi and Shoto, both on each of your sides, cuddle closer to you. Both of them lean in and whisper to your ears,
“We love you, Y/N.”
That one single statement that left their mouths made you bite your lip in an attempt to hold in back your emotion. Your nails are digging the blanket and you put on a fake smile, one that’s surprisingly very convincing.
“Yeah, I know.”
It’s a lie and you know it. But you had no choice.
warning: a bit of b0dy h0rror, k1dnapping ; MINOR/AGELESS BLOGS DNI, PUT YOUR AGE IN BIO/PINNED POST TO INTERACT
words: 1.2k
a/n: this is a repost from my main blog (@/hikari-writes) so yes this writing is old + bad, i just moved them here w/o editing bc im lazy and wants to keep reminding myself how bad my writing used to be <3
You have always been popular among the guys. Whether it’s from work or from when you walk on the streets. You’re just so beautiful, you see.
You’re not dense or anything so you’re completely aware of the attention you’re receiving. Ever since your school days, you’ve always received love confessions from the guys. And each time, you would reject them. You weren’t interested in engaging in any romantic relationship. If possible, you don’t really want to get married to anyone on that matter. All you wanna do in life is get over it with a decent job that gives decent pay, grow old, and pet your cat all the while.
You’re a natural-born beauty so it’s not like you wear anything to have such gorgeous features. In fact, you could wake up in the worst way possible and you’ll still look beautiful. Even though you’re pretty famous for rejecting any love confessions and turning down anyone who invited you to a date, there’s always those persistent type of guys that don’t know when to give up. You either just have to ignore them or give them a piece of your mind if they went overboard.
Even so, you’ve never been stalked or anything. You’re very, and I mean, VERY, sensitive to your surroundings. Your admirers knew this and they never risked following or stalking you if they want to live their life without getting caught by the police.
Which is also why he was able to catch you off guard.
You never wanted to earn his attention whatsoever. It never even occurred to you to do such things. But unintentionally, his interest seemed to spark from one question.
Why’s a beautiful flower like you got surrounded by so many disgusting flies?
He had to keep you away from them. It’s the only right thing to do. He had to have you all to himself. You belong to only him. He needed you.
~~**~~
Today couldn’t be any worse. Recently, several members of your guy colleagues went missing. And today, the police just happened to find those missing persons. That is, their corpses.
You were shocked beyond words. It seems impossible for several numbers of people from your office that went missing are now found together. Dead.
It’s hard to accept the reality. After work, you and all of your friends decided to pay a visit to their graves. You got home much later that day. It was getting pretty dark so you quicken your steps. All you wanted was just to get home safely. After what had happened to your colleagues, your sense of danger seems to have built up greatly.
You were about to reach your home when you saw something out of the corner of your eyes. Something moving in the dark alley. Your instinct tells you to quickly get the heck out of there but just as you were about to run, a faint soft voice caught your attention.
“….elp……"
Someone asking for help. Your blood ran cold. Someone is probably in pain there. You were the only one near the place so if you didn’t do something….what would’ve happened to that person?
Your fingers fumble around the inside of your handbag to search for your phone. You quickly call the hero support line to ask for assistance.
After the call had ended, your phone’s battery ran out and it automatically died. You tried to brave yourself and check out the alley. A sharp breath escaped your lips when you saw the sight in front of you.
It was one of your male coworkers. The feelings of fear completely left your body and great concern and worry filled your whole body.
"Steve?!”
You quickly make your way to your injured colleague to check if he was alright. He doesn’t seem to be conscious. You try to inspect him closely despite the darkness.
As you squint your eyes to look at him, you noticed a burning smell coming from him. You remembered that you had a mini flashlight in your handbag and pulled it out. You cautiously clicked the switch on and pointed it at him.
Upon seeing his condition, you let out a loud scream and let go of the flashlight you were holding.
His body is completely burned. His skin is nowhere to be seen and the blackish-red colour took up his whole body. He also doesn’t have any clothes on, obviously has been burned alongside him.
The smell of the burnt flesh sickens you and your stomach churned. Your trembling legs tried its best to help you stand. You need to get away from there. And fast.
“Whoa there, where do you think you’re going, missy?”
A male voice appears behind you, making you freeze in your place. You felt like you’re not supposed to look back to the owner of the voice, but your head moves on its own and looks back.
Your eyes widened, fully knowing who it is you’re facing, and most likely the culprit for the murder of Steve.
Dabi. One of the members of the League of Villains. You’ve seen him several times on the news and heck, he’s easy to recognize too, what’s with his extraordinary features on his face and all.
The heroes seem to take their sweet time getting to your location. You silently pray they arrive fast before anything happens. Although part of you seems to already accept your fate.
“Don’t look so scared. I don’t bite….unless you want me to.”
He playfully says with a smirk as he leisurely strides towards you. Your legs had long given up and you’re left cowering before him.
Dabi crouches down beside you and closes the distance between you both. You flinch at how close his face is to yours and quickly shut close your eyes, as if by doing so will make him go away.
“Y/N, loosen up a bit. You’re too tense, babe.”
You could hear him snicker as he said this. One of his hands reaches out and cupped your cheeks.
Your heart sank. How the hell does he know your name? And who does he think is, calling you babe like you’re his lover or something. At this point, you feel like breaking down and crying. There’s only so much you can handle after all. Coming face-to-face with a villain, furthermore from the infamous League himself….this couldn’t be any worse.
“You know, from when I first saw you, I always thought it was odd. Why is it that…a beautiful flower like you, got surrounded by so many disgusting, pesky flies? It’s not as if you’re a disgusting pile of trash to make them attracted to you. No… you’re far from that. Even so, those idiotic flies still dreamed of getting a chance at you. It ticked me off.”
He points behind you, towards Steve. At this point, you’ve already somehow put two and two together. He killed Steve, and possibly the other of your colleagues that has been found dead too…all because he was interested in you?
“I guess you already knew what I was getting at by now, right?”
Dabi’s smirk grows wider as he pulls you closer and covers your nose with a piece of clothing. It all happened so fast that you barely had any time to react at all.
Before you knew it, your consciousness slowly slipped away and the last thing that you heard before your vision completely blacked out was Dabi’s husky voice, whispering into your ears.
“Don’t worry, love. You’ll learn to love me in no time at all.”
warning: yandere, mentions of m0rder, intentionally h0rting oneself, deep wound involved, izuku is lowkey ooc ; MINOR/AGELESS BLOGS DNI, PUT YOUR AGE IN BIO/PINNED POST TO INTERACT
words: 2.1k
a/n: this is a repost from my main blog (@/hikari-writes) so yes this writing is old + bad, i just moved them here w/o editing bc im lazy and wants to keep reminding myself how bad my writing used to be <3 this was a request and i still have no idea whatre the significance of circus au is/gen🧍🧍
Midoriya Izuku, the strongman.
Bakugou Katsuki, the knife thrower.
Todoroki Shouto, the trapeze artist.
Those three were considered to be the highlight and main star of UA Circus.
And then there’s you, one of the behind-the-scene staff, who’s stuck in their obsessive love.
~~**~~
“Oi, Todoroki! You were the one who swapped my lunch with Deku, weren’t you?!”
Katsuki yells at Shouto who stares at him without a change in his expression.
“I literally have no idea what you’re talking about.”
He continues slurping at his soba, clearly showing his disinterest in the conversation. Katsuki’s vein was about to pop off when you suddenly stepped in between them while holding out both your arms to stop the fight.
“Wait, wait, wait! I’m sorry, Bakugou. I was the one who accidentally swapped your lunch box with Midoriya’s.”
You look at him with an apologetic smile. Katsuki stares at you, his eyes are still glaring but you could see it soften a bit. He lets out a frustrated sigh before turning around from you.
“Make sure to not make the same mistake again. I don’t eat the same shit as that Deku does.”
“That’s mean, Kacchan…”
You heard Izuku softly comment on Katsuki’s statement. Right after he’s out of sight, you blink in confusion with an awkward smile adorning your face.
“H-he really did repeat the same thing as before…”
You silently thought to yourself. The truth is, this is already the fifth time you “accidentally” swapped his lunch with Izuku. The first time you did it, he gave the same exact response as he did just now and you got curious as to why he gave you that kind of response when he could’ve just got real mad at you. So you did it again, just to see whether he’d get mad at you or not, to which he didn’t. And so you did it again….and again….and again….and before you knew it, it already has been the fifth time you did that yet his reaction stays the same.
A part of you was actually impressed. Even without anyone telling you, it’s pretty obvious to you that Katsuki is a sharp person. He has always shown to be a focused and sharp person, a trait he picked up from his role as a knife thrower. So it always struck you as odd that he didn’t realize the same mistake you’ve been repeating for the fifth time.
Just as you decided to shrug it off and stop pranking him, you heard Shouto talking to you in his usual calm voice.
“You’re having fun with that?”
You turn to him with a small grin.
“Kinda, yep! Rather, you noticed me doing it on purpose?”
You ask while chuckling a bit, amused at yourself. You didn’t expect Shouto of all people to realize what you had done. He’s always known to be a dense person after all.
“Well, you always have that amused smile on your face whenever you were swapping their lunch boxes, so you weren’t exactly hiding it.”
You stop chuckling and look at Shouto with an awkward smile. A bead of sweat trickles down your face, and an ominous feeling takes over your whole body.
For all you know, everytime you swapped their lunch boxes, no one was around. They weren’t even supposed to be around. They were supposed to either be performing their part of the show or be in the break room after their show had ended at the time. Even if they were around and saw what you did, you would’ve sensed their presence.
You shake off the uneasy feelings away, thinking maybe Shouto just happened to see you on accident and you were too focused on your prank to not notice his presence.
“A-anyways, he’s an interesting person, don’t you think? To think he didn’t realize what I did…”
Shouto stays silent and keeps slurping at his soba until it’s finished before turning at you.
“Interesting huh? I wonder about that…I believe it’d be more interesting if he does some trapeze acts….”
“Oh, you wish for him to do the same thing as you? That’s nice—”
“…and falls down from that height while doing so. It would be interesting if that happened. That’ll for sure teach him a lesson to not ever take what rightfully belongs to others.”
You shut your lips up and look at Shouto’s indifferent face. Either he just meant that as a joke or you misheard him. Either way, your heart is beating like crazy against your ribcage right now.
“D-did he take something of yours, perhaps? Even so, you really shouldn’t joke about that.”
You try to ask him in a calm manner but your shaking voice betrays your hidden feelings as it shows how much you’re in fear. Shouto stays indifferent. If you look closely, he almost looked…amused at your reaction. And your gut is telling you that his amusement isn’t because he was joking about what he said, but rather the opposite.
“And what if I said that that something is you?”
“L/N, can you come here for a second?”
Izuku’s voice snaps you back into reality as your conversation was cut short and you quickly leave Shouto behind after giving him a small nod of apology. Shouto stares at your back as you disappear from his sight. You could almost feel his stare digging holes on your back but you chose to ignore it.
“What’s wrong, Midoriya?”
You silently thank him for getting you out of that uncomfortable situation. Izuku gives you a wry smile and points at his bleeding arm.
You let out a loud shriek at the sight, both worried and terrified at the deep looking wound.
“I uh…accidentally cut myself when I was walking near that thing…”
Izuku awkwardly points at a sharp looking metal with a smile, as if the wound on his arm isn’t serious and his arm isn’t bleeding heavily.
“Call me earlier! Oh gosh, follow me now!”
You lead him to the treatment room in a hurry. You glanced back at the wound and saw the blood dripping on the floor, making your own face pale.
Izuku has always been careless with how he treats himself. Shota, one of the circus’s behind-the-scene staff, even once asked if he had some kind of magnetic attraction towards accidents that ended up hurting him. He just laughed it off, saying stuff like, he’s used to it, or, it wasn’t that big of an injury.
Izuku is indeed the strongman of UA Circus. Despite having a baby face and a polite and meek personality, his strength rivals even the adults. He once told you that he’s aiming to be an amazing strongman just like All Might, a legendary strongman in the history of circuses. Ever since then, he’d been training diligently to get to where he is now. While you admire that part of him, you really wish he’d stop accidentally hurting himself.
“There. Be careful next time, alright? Good thing the wound isn’t that serious. If it had been, you might need to take a break from doing circus acts and rest at home. It’s a talent at this point to keep hurting yourself like this.”
You completed the treatment and jokingly said with a light chuckle, trying to distract yourself from the wound. Izuku stares at you for a bit before opening his mouth.
“If you ask me, I don’t really feel like I’m hurting myself.”
You look at him, curious as to what he meant by that. He sends a sheepish smile and scratches the back of his neck, a small blush starts to form on his cheeks.
“Rather it feels like I’m rewarding myself. After all, I got to enjoy your beautiful self treating my wounds like this. Before I knew it, I just seemed to start getting myself hurt on purpose whenever I see you nearby.”
Izuku lets out a small giggle as if he’s a teenage girl in love. You probably wouldn’t have minded it much if he had stopped at the second sentence. You would have probably just thought of him being his usual sweet self.
But he just HAD to add that last sentence, huh?
You look at him in pure shock and fear. What he said was definitely not normal. Why would he do that, would be a stupid question to ask at this point, especially since he has clearly stated his reason before the last sentence.
You see the way his eyes are glinting dangerously as his lips curve up into a sweet smile. So sweet it’s almost sickening.
“I-I have to go. Excuse me.”
You quickly leave the treatment room behind. Your minds wander back to the one time you were talking with Shota. The older man had mentioned in passing how Izuku had gotten into accidents and hurting himself more after you had come to work at UA Circus. You just brushed it off, thinking that Shota was just overthinking things. You thought nothing of it and had almost forgotten all about what he said.
But after what just happened…you started to think there was a possibility that what Shota said…might be true.
You quicken your steps and your mind is thrown into chaos. A part of you doesn’t want to think about it anymore, hoping what had happened today was just a bad dream, but you knew better than to run away from reality. Another part of you is just so bothered by Shouto and Izuku’s weird demeanor towards you that you can’t help but to start speculating things.
You kept your eyes on the ground while walking, completely oblivious to your surroundings. Only after your face hits someone’s chest do you finally tear your eyes away from the floor. The one you bump into doesn’t seem too pleased however since you heard him scowl and curse under his breath.
You look up to see a very familiar face. Katsuki. You could’ve sworn you’ve never been more happy in your life to see the gremlin blondie. Your face completely lit up but it soon wilted into a confused frown when you saw Katsuki glaring down at you.
He was being pretty soft and kind to you just a few hours ago. What have you done in that short span of time to make him look…angry at you even though you literally didn’t even see his face during those few hours?
Well, I just hope you don’t need an explanation because he won’t be giving you any. Before you knew it, you’re already on your knees and looking up at his intimidating eyes. After all you’ve been through for today, you thought that maybe Katsuki can help comfort you, even in the most indirect way ever.
You guessed wrong.
Instead of “comforting”, his glare literally made your knees weak, resulting in you cowering before his seemingly tall figure. Instead of “comforting”, he made your fear worsen and your mind totally gave up in trying to think up any words to say, at all.
“What were you doing, talking to that half and half bastard and that loser Deku?”
He asks in a low, rumbling voice. It almost seems like he’s trying hard to hold back his anger, as if the one he’s showing isn’t enough.
You try to say something, anything, but the word never came out. Instead, you’re left gaping at him like a dumb fish. Tears started forming at the corner of your eyes and you slowly closed them, in hopes that you’d wake up from this nightmare.
Instead of waking up, you heard a loud scoff behind and shortly after that, your body was being carried by a pair of strong arms.
“Kacchan, you really don’t know how to treat your object of affection nicely, do you?”
Followed by a small, mocking chuckle, you saw Izuku carrying you bridal style. Your heart must’ve leapt out of your chest for a minute because you suddenly stop breathing out of shock. After the situation has sank in however, it beats again rapidly against your ribcage, almost making you feel like throwing up.
Not even a second after that, you’re greeted with another shock as you saw a sharp blade only an inch away from Izuku’s neck. Izuku sends a side glance to the perpetrator behind him.
“Hands. Off of her before I make you.”
Shouto calmly threatens while tightening his fingers around the blade. Izuku doesn’t seem surprised at all as he lets out a weary sigh.
Izuku finally lets you down and puts you a bit farther away before gathering back to the other two.
That night became your unlucky night and you’ll forever remember it.
Not only will you need to witness this little bloody show battle in front of your very eyes but you’ll also need to be the prize of the winner of the battle.
And it goes without saying that your opinion doesn’t matter here.
character: yandere! bakugou katsuki [boku no hero academia]
warning: yandere, slight violence ; MINORS/AGELESS BLOGS DNI, PUT YOUR AGE IN BIO/PINNED POST TO INTERACT
words: 1k
a/n: this is a repost from my main blog (@/hikari-writes) so yes this writing is old + bad, i just moved them here w/o editing bc im lazy and wants to keep reminding myself how bad my writing used to be <3 this was a request too! Sort of related to this post,,,,
“Hey, Bakugou! That’s MY egg rolls!!”
Kaminari protests at Bakugou who just stole his dish right in front of his eyes.
“Shut up, dunce face! You don’t know how to appreciate good food!”
Bakugou shoves away Kaminari’s face and starts to chomp on the stolen egg rolls.
You just stare at their antics with a wry smile on your face. You’re surprised these two never got bored of arguing about this stuff every time you come to their dorms.
You don’t exactly know what causes it, but lately, Bakugou’s been more aggressive on stealing food from Kaminari. He has done this several times before but recently, it just seems different than usual.
You weren’t even kidding when you said that Bakugou stole about 75 percent of Kaminari’s food each time you brought him one.
While you appreciate the fact Bakugou holds the food you make to such high regard, you’re not exactly sure what he meant when he said Kaminari doesn’t know how to “appreciate” good food. It’s not as if Kaminari doesn’t enjoy your cooking or anything. In fact, he seems tremendously upset when Bakugou stole his food.
Maybe Bakugou just wanted more of your food but was too shy to admit to that so he stole Kaminari’s food instead and covered it up by saying he “doesn’t know how to appreciate good food”.
That’s what you originally had thought anyway.
Today, Bakugou has stolen at least 80 percent of Kaminari’s food and you’re starting to feel bad for the electric boy. You take one of your egg rolls and bring it closer to Kaminari’s face.
“Open wide, honey~”
You jokingly said in a motherly tone. Kaminari has always been like a younger brother to you and sometimes he also makes your female motherly instincts kick in, so it’s always natural for you to act like that sometimes around him. Kaminari himself understands your intentions when doing this, so it’s not as if what you’re doing is considered flirting or anything.
But a certain spiky-haired blondie isn’t taking what you’re doing as some kind of motherly gesture.
Oh, no. It’s far from that. In his eyes, it almost feels like flowers are growing in the background as you’re about to feed Kaminari.
And he isn’t liking it one bit.
So he did what felt like the right thing to do in the heat of the moment.
Boom!
You and the Bakusquad members all turn to Bakugou who’s facing the table he just exploded using his quirk. You look at him in great concern, wondering what suddenly got into him for him to suddenly blow the table like that.
“Bakugou? You okay?”
At this point, all attention is directed towards him but he still refuses to face any of you. You heard him mumbling something under his breath, but even when you’re sitting next to him, it’s still hard to comprehend what exactly he was saying.
“Sorry, what was—”
Before you got the chance to ask him what he was saying, he suddenly stood up and yanked your hand, forcibly making you stand up.
You wince in pain and look at him in confusion. Kirishima wastes no time and starts to stand up as well when he saw what Bakugou did to you.
“Hey, Bakugou, why did you do that? That’s no way to treat a girl.”
He looks at him in disapproval. Bakugou stays silent with his head still facing down. You’re starting to get scared of him at this point. Mina takes notice of your discomfort and starts to approach you two.
“F-for now, just, let go of her hand…”
In no time at all, Bakugou abruptly takes off with his iron grip still around your wrist. You almost fall as a result of losing your balance but his grip on you helps keep your balance.
This took everyone by surprise, but none of them made any effort to stop him. Rather, it’s more like everyone doesn't dare to stop him. Without you noticing, before Bakugou took off, he had sent a menacing glare directed towards the others. It was unlike his usual glare that they’re so used to. No…this time, it looks genuinely threatening.
The glare almost felt like a silent warning from him to not follow the two of you. They were glued to their seats as soon as they saw it. You don’t bother to question why your friends didn’t come after you since you’re too busy trying to match with Bakugou’s rapid footsteps.
~~**~~
“Bakugou! Hey, what’s wrong?! Let me go!”
You desperately try to pull back your wrist but he continues to ignore your apparent discomfort and pleas.
After dragging you for God knows how long, he finally stops and as if dragging you so suddenly wasn’t enough, he then slams your body to a wall and grabs both your shoulders, completely trapping you.
You grimaced in pain at the roughness of his grips. His nails felt like they’re digging into your skin, making you glare up at him. You’re starting to lose your temper at the explosive boy but your mouth was kept shut when you saw the look in his eyes.
His expression is so cold and unreadable. His eyes are glinting dangerously, making you feel scared more than angry at him.
“Did you think you can just do that and expect to get away with it?”
He asks in a low, grumbling voice. You look at him in confusion.
“Do what? What do you mean?"
"Flirting with that dunce face.”
This made your confusion grew. Since when were you flirting with Kaminari? Rather, why is he so disturbed by the thought of it? In the heat of the moment, you let your anger and frustration get the better of you and reply to him with the last thing you’re supposed to reply with.
“Even if I did, what is it to you? It’s not as if you’re my boyfriend or anything, so why do you care?”
“Because you’re fucking MINE, Y/N.”
He hissed these words while his nails keep digging into your skin. You yelped in pain at his painful clutch. It took you a while to process what he had just said because of the pain but once it did, you look at him in disbelief.
“What the…”
“What, did I stutter? I said you’re MINE. And you forever will be, whether you like it or not.”
↬ yandere! bakugou with a darling who is a skilled cook
character: bakugou katsuki [boku no hero academia]
warning: borderline yandere ; MINORS/AGELESS BLOGS DNI, PUT YOUR AGE IN BIO/PINNED POST TO INTERACT
words: 506
a/n: this is a repost from my main blog (@/hikari-writes) so yes this writing is old + bad, i just moved them here w/o editing bc im lazy and wants to keep reminding myself how bad my writing used to be <3 also this was a request from my main blog! not rlly big on the yandere subject tho but since the request asked for "yandere" ill just put it here for extra measure.
➳ At first, Bakugou won’t really mind you much. He always tried to avoid group hangouts though, so you rarely see him anyways. He only sees you as another extra from outside that just so happens to have a good relationship with the others in Bakusquad.
➳ But one day, you happen to make him some homemade meals since you’ve heard from others how unexpectedly skilled he is in the kitchen.
➳ He refused at first but after constant pestering, he gave up and tried it anyway.
➳ The food was amazingly delicious and it’s been a while since he had such delicious food.
➳ “It was better than I thought I guess.”
➳ It wasn’t the best compliment you’ve gotten from anyone but it still made you happy considering the fact that Bakugou don’t usually compliment others unless they really deserve it.
➳ Since then, you’ve been more and more close to him than before. You would still come to UA to bring sweets and meals for your friends but now Bakugou’s also in the picture.
➳ Whenever one of your friends is down, you would always come to hang out with them and bring their favourite sweets along. If they’re not the biggest fans of sweets, you would bring their favourite meals instead.
➳ Bakugou wouldn’t really mind this and think that it’s sweet of you to go out of your way to come there just to cheer up your friends.
➳ He would, however, get pretty jealous whenever you seem too comfortable with the other guys. After all, you need to pay attention to him and only him.
➳ He would sometimes use the excuse of “a match to see who’s better at cooking” just so you would come and eat his cooking and vice versa.
➳ He very much enjoyed your cooking, though he’ll never say it aloud. It just radiates warmth and kindness like a true homemade meal.
➳ He’s not a big fan of sweets but if it’s yours, he’ll make sure to eat it until there’s nothing left.
➳ Sometimes, he would even steal the other’s foods that you made for them and eat it. This usually happens with Kaminari but we all knew that.
➳ Whenever Kaminari was about to put the food into his mouth, it was snatched away from him. Of course he would be frustrated and get angry at Bakugou but only for a moment when he saw Bakugou’s deathly glare.
➳ “Shut up! A dunce face like you won’t know how to appreciate a good food.”
➳ It sounded a little mean on Kaminari’s side but you can’t help but to be a little bit happy that Bakugou holds the food that you make to such high regards.
➳ You’ll definitely make him more and more food and while he won’t say it, he loves you for that.
➳ You two would also sometimes cook together which will make the others in the group to ship you two together. You two were almost like newlyweds and to be honest, Bakugou was ready to be your *cough*husband*cough* as soon as you graduate.
character: bakugou katsuki [boku no hero academia]
warning: yandere, attempted dr0gging ; MINORS/AGELESS BLOGS DNI, PUT YOUR AGE IN BIO/PINNED POST TO INTERACT
words: 391
a/n: this is a repost from my main blog (@/hikari-writes) so yes this writing is old + bad, i just moved them here w/o editing bc im lazy and wants to keep reminding myself how bad my writing used to be <3 this was a request from my main blog!!
➳ Katsuki rarely cooks for others so he doesn’t get much feedback from other people.
➳ But one time he did, everyone was literally showering him with compliments and praises.
➳ The food was simple enough so he didn’t really get why they would gush so much about it and was pretty indifferent to everyone’s reactions. That is, until he heard you complimenting him.
➳ “This is so delicious! Damn, your cooking is so good it makes me want to marry you.”
➳ His heart literally exploded and he was blushing so hard at your compliment. If he hadn’t self restraint, he would kiss you right there and then.
➳ After that, he would definitely start cooking for you more. Only for you, though.
➳ He lives for your compliments and praises. It’s almost like music to his ears.
➳ Don’t you ever dare to eat other things aside from his cooking. He would get so VERY jealous if you do. And trust me, you don’t want that to happen.
➳ One time, Sato made you and the others chiffon cake and the next day, he found out that his baking tools and his oven had been mysteriously broken or thrown out.
➳ He’s willing to do literally anything if it means you’ll keep eating his cooking and only his.
➳ Sometimes, you would be lucky enough to catch him while he’s cooking. He usually cooks when no one was around so it was hard to watch him cook.
➳ When you would, you’d notice that he’s wearing an apron that has the text “KISS THE CHEF” on it.
➳ A mischievous idea popped into your mind and while he was focused on stirring the soup in the pot, you called out to him.
➳ When he turned around, I think his brain malfunctioned for a good 1 minute when your soft lips met his cheeks. You gave no chance for his brain to function back before you took off running, all the while giggling like a little girl. You don’t want to get blown up to pieces after all.
➳ After his brain finally processed what had just happened, which took a good 5 minutes, his face became so red and he almost exploded the pot he was cooking in.
➳ But with this, he can conclude that you felt the same way as him.
➳ Which means he doesn’t need the sedative after all.
