I didn't originally intend to publish this, but after seeing one specific post made by galacticglados, I felt it was time to speak out.
queenlilithprime / restartheartvn is a horrible person and you should not support them.
I have documented and provided screenshots of every post linked here. This means that even if Lilith deletes something, I will still have evidence. I have also screen recorded their entire vent blog, racism blog, and some of the other blogs they've engaged with for future reference. So there will be no excuse for faking screenshots if the original source can no longer be found. For even more security it might be good to reblog posts you find important to preserve them as well.
First, proof "princessofhollowness" is their venting side blog.
Here is Lilith's post talking about creating a new blog to vent on.
Most of the reblogged posts on princessofhollowness have been liked by their main blog, queenlilithprime. This proves it's a side blog since you can only like posts from your main blog. Similar to that, Lilith interacts with the same group of friends on their vent blog.
Below are screenshots of reblogged posts that have been liked by Lilith's main blog. You can find so much more than the ones I listed by visiting princessofhollowness and looking through each individual post yourself. (one two three four)
According to former friends of Lilith, many of the personal experiences shared on their vent blog can be backed up by personal events shared on their discord and main blog. Out of respect for their privacy, since these posts are personal, I will not share screenshots. But you can still find them on their vent blog.
With that out of the way I want you to remember that whenever you see "princessofhollowness" in any of the screenshots, it's one of Lilith's side blogs.
Proof "galacticglados" is another side blog.
Another thing I need to establish is that "galacticglados" is another side blog created by Lilith, as I will be referencing it periodically.
I want to highlight that Lilith's typing style and formatting are similar to those used on their second and third side blogs.
Going a step further, Lilith has previously interacted with the creators of the blog "creatingblackcharacters" on their main account and is familiar with the owners. This will be relevant later. (one two)
Furthermore, all the posts found on galacticglados align with the stalkerish intentions directed toward the creator of the blog "14dayswithyou," which I will elaborate on later.
They showed ignorance as a developer and made homophobia accusations towards the developers of Love & Deepspace.
Lilith has labeled the developers of L&DS (Papergames and subsequently Infold Games) and its fandom as homophobic and shitty without conducting any research or providing evidence of their claims. They made most of these claims on their developer accounts, which has many impressionable followers. (link)
If they did their due diligence as a developer with a published game of their own, they would know that China has significant censorship issues, especially regarding LGBT+ relationships and queer men. Games will be blacklisted and unplayable in China if they don't meet specific conditions. It is absurd to condemn an entire studio and call them homophobic simply for adhering to the laws of their country and not allowing BL content to jeopardize everything they have built.
Additionally, it's well known that L&DS is an otome game designed primarily for women. Lilith expects a massive company to violate Chinese laws by allowing BL content, which would then undermine the intent of the game and take away from a product created for women. If L&DS were a BL game instead, it would not be appropriate to make the main character a woman to be more inclusive.
They have spoken poorly about the developer of @you-and-him behind their back.
UnknownHermit is the creator of YOU and HIM and was originally part of Florescent Red Studios, a developer studio co-owned by Lilith and @stnaf-vn. I don't have much to say except that discussing a friend's or employee's issues behind their back in a public setting is a shady practice for a developer. (link)
The second screenshot is proof that YOU and HIM had ties to Florescent Red Studios. The context of the tweet is unrelated.
They have shown stalkerish behavior regarding @14dayswithyou.
Lilith has an obsession with digging up old posts made by 14dayswithyou and scrutinizing them for any flaws. Some of 14dayswithyou's posts date back several days to over a year, yet Lilith continues to stalk their socials daily and scroll through hundreds of posts just to find any kind of infraction they can complain about. I recommend looking at princessofhollowness and any other blogs they've interacted with to understand what I'm talking about. (one two three four)
They are obsessed with the downfall of 14dayswithyou to the point where they weaponized and used @creatingblackcharacters to reach their goal.
Now that I've provided evidence that princessofhollowness belongs to Lilith and highlighted their stalker-like behavior towards 14dayswithyou, it gives more context to the posts found on galacticglados.
As I mentioned above, Lilith actively criticizes everything the creator of 14dayswithyou does on princessofhollowness and has even commented on their inability to draw Black people accurately, despite two of the characters not actually being Black. It's no coincidence that they raised the same issue on galacticglados and attempted to launch a smear campaign to avoid facing backlash on their main blog. (one two three four)
Lilith has complained about the 14dayswithyou server on princessofhollowness and again on galacticglados, which is even more proof they run both accounts. They have also interacted with this post a few hours prior to posting something related on galacticglados, which is interesting. (link link)
They're a racist who assumes all dark-skinned people are Black.
Two characters mentioned in this post were mistakenly assumed to be Black despite their ethnicities never having been officially confirmed anywhere. Although they have non-Black features, such as their eye color and hair texture, Lilith still claimed they were 100% Black and submitted this information to the creatingblackcharacters blog with harmful intent.
A friend sent me a screenshot of the creator confirming that the characters are actually intended to be South Asian. So there is no excuse for Lilith trying to perpetuate racial stereotypes about Black people.
They're ableist and made a horrible joke about cancer.
Lilith jokingly remarked that people who are racist should get skin cancer. They later apologized for this comment, but in the big year of 2025, making such a joke is simply not acceptable. Ironically, while Lilith spoke about immediately calling out racism in their original post, they lacked the courage to actually do so on their main blog and instead addressed it on galacticglados. Below is the cropped and full version of the same post since it is lengthy. (link)
They're a virtue signaller who tries to get in the good graces of mainstream accounts despite being a hypocrite.
Lilith supported proshipping after reblogging a statement from @fantasia-kitt, despite stating "no proshipping" on their blog and not apologizing for banning my friend on discord for liking similar proshipper content found in fantasia-kitt's game, The Kid At The Back. (one two)
Lilith only interacts with developers who are popular or have a large following, and never smaller developers. This is seen with fantasia-kitt above as well as @sourmiiiilk. (link)
As said earlier, they also publicly shared a post that demanded better Black representation and justice for characters that were actually dark-skinned Asians.
I will add more once additional information comes forward. For now, do not support queenlilithprime / restartheartvn.
Testimonies from other people
These will be from aggrieved discord members since that is where most of my friends are active, but I can add anonymous tumblr testimonies too.
Seeing this was an absolutely upsetting yet not shocking discovery. This might be long, so please don't mind me if you don't wish to read it. I just thought it might be best for my own sake to finally get things off my chest, given I am one of the friends they had vaguely 'tweeted' (if I can call that on Tumblr) about regarding 14dwy in their vent account.
I don't encourage bullying, I don't encourage harassment--I don't want my feelings and thoughts to be weaponized.
I didn’t think I would have a chance to speak on this ever. I didn’t for the longest of times, for many reasons. It was for the sake of my friends’ comfort/protection, it was due to the fear of being targeted again, and it was due to the fact that I felt like I was being shoved into a corner with no support besides the friends who were also directly affected by this.
But in all honesty, it was never a one-time thing. My friends and I have been harassed, stalked, and bullied for a whole year since the fallout with a former friend of ours and co— by said former friend and co.
For context and starters— Hi!! I’m Rosie, a friend of Sai’s, former friend of Lilith, and have been a moderator in 14dwy for about two/three years, give or take? A year ago, we had confronted a former friend (whom I will keep anonymous) about a behavior that had already been brought up a year prior to the incident. The situation had blown out of proportion, and even when we had apologized the moment it was addressed in private, it was taken to the public. It became a whole mess that I had hoped would die down, but later on–they (them and co) had since been sending ominous messages and spreading rumors about my friends, me, and our server through multiple other creators' servers.
We still get reports from other members from our server and other servers about this situation, where this group has been painting such a disturbing picture about us that we weren’t aware of until we saw screenshots ourselves. Information that had been twisted and turned into something bigger than it should’ve been.
We’ve become ostracized from the community. I’ve gotten banned and discouraged from joining other creators’ servers because of the rumors and accusations, by people I didn’t even know—and my friends and I have been receiving harassment not just on our public accounts, but behind our backs by people in private dms/servers/and public servers, both unfamiliar and whom we thought were friends.
Why I’m bringing this up is vital to why I'm responding at all. Lilith was one of the main people who had been harassing us, encouraging such behavior. And this post only confirms my suspicions. Im not talking for all my friends, they’re allowed to respond how they choose, as do I.
And to clarify, I'm not here to clear my name or to try and make this response in hopes that sharing my experience will right all the wrongs that have been done to me—but I refuse to keep silent after everything we’ve been through in just a year.
Lilith and I used to be good friends when I had started getting into the yandere vn community, when I had started a blog called Hot Killer Babes, Lilith was someone who supported me. That, I will always truly be grateful for, and still am. Our friendship, however, started to distance when we were in a private server, made 2 years ago, with a few of our other friends (some of whom I am still friends with, a few whom I had cut off contact with). Sai was one of these seven members.
Lilith, one day, had pinged us all, stating that one of us had leaked private information about them to another creator (whom I will also keep anonymous), to which we were all confused. We all stated it was none of us, but Lilith still accused us all with their vague suspicions. They were adamant it was one of us because there had supposedly been screenshots of our specific conversations on our server sent to that creator. When asked for the ss, Lilith denied.
However, we stated again, it was none of us and expressed our sympathy to them—because no one deserved to be doxxed. Then, after a few months of little activity in the server, Lilith had made a public post— claiming it was a former member of the yandere vn community who had done it.
This confused me as the information Lilith had given us prior was that there were screenshots coming from our server specifically, which didn’t match up with the ‘culprit’, considering said member was never in our server. It was then proven false, and by the time Lilith had apologized, their fans had already driven the person out of the community.
This person was loved by many for their whimsical asks and abundance of support to many creators, big and small— and even after two years, I still think about them and how they’re doing.
But I digress. I overlooked this situation as I was still pretty brand new to the whole community— and from what I was told before, was that Lilith was a creator many would target for many reasons. I would always side with Lilith, as I had considered them my friend. I’d receive asks in my inbox by anons trying to bash Lilith for small things, and I would always defend them.
However, I started to notice a concerning pattern that had me believing Lilith less and less after the accusation they had thrown towards me and our friends at the time. While I do not want to doubt any bullying or harrassment anyone goes through, now I had come to realize, at least some of it had been manufactured. Especially with the situation last year, where we were accused of ableism and harassment— for telling a member who was also my closest friend since I was 16, that they had made many members feel uncomfortable and less welcome.
When that had happened— Lilith’s friends had made posts about it, some whom I didn’t even know about until it happened. And soon enough, hate comments spewed into their inboxes. Other creators had then also spoken about it, shaming Sai and our group for our moderation and how ‘we encouraged such vile behavior’. We had made our own responses, and that would be laid to rest.
But it didn’t rest. Almost every other month, we’d always get reports that Lilith and Co had done something to hurt our images, befriending any new uprising creator that made it big and would tell people to not play 14dwy before spilling rumors that just seem so out of pocket. One comment that stuck with me was how I apparently “harassed [anonymous former friend] while she was grieving”.
??? Right.
We’ve had people joining our server acting as spies or joining just to watch us and judge, like we were animals in glass cages for them to point at the moment we did something relatively wrong.
I had also caught Lilith lurking on my accounts a few times after the whole incident, accidentally liking my posts just to remove them instantly. It had scared me to the point that I had left all my blogs inactive. Not to mention the harassment my friends have received from people who have interacted with Lilith and co. Ominous anon asks, hinting towards the incidents and accusing them of being 'fake' and 'attention seeking' despite my friend not posting at all and only reblogging for a few months on their break.
I’m unsure if I should share screenshots, some lost in the trash while I tried to clear what I thought was just heavy weight, some freshly taken or redownloaded to assure me I’m not just imagining it all. But I respect people’s privacy and the right to live peacefully, even if the other party has clearly not been doing so. It’s scary seeing this post, now given confirmation that Lilith had been lurking on our every move, but now also creating various side blogs just to speak poorly about my friends AND the people within the server and 14dwy community.
You have every right to not believe me, every right to say I'm victimizing myself or am taking advantage of this situation just to try and hurt Lilith.
But I'm just tired. Tired of having to look over my shoulder, tired of having people start attacking newer staff members for associating with us, of living in fear that some members of our server are some kind of double agent. It’s exhausting, it truly is— so I’m unsure how you, Lilith, can still be so full of hate while everyone else (whether friends with me OR you) is trying to live on with their lives. You have cultivated a blanket of false comfort for this community, someone many looked up to. While I don’t think any of your personal values are disingenuous, your actions prove that good values don't always mean good character. I hope you’re able to let go of whatever it is that causes you to hate so deeply.
For full disclaimer: I don’t know who the company (co.) entails at this point. It’s been a whole year, so the CO. I mention can very much be more or less the same as it was a year ago.
And I know that once I post this, my words will likely be ripped apart and mocked. Maybe they don’t seem genuine enough without screenshots, maybe they seem so out of pocket–that it’s just hard to believe that someone can do all that. But if I can endure all the struggles you had put my friends and I through for a year, I can take a few hours out of my day to finally speak up.
This was definitely a mess, and half of what I wrote likely has a bunch of grammar mistakes! But I didn’t want to curate it into some professional response, because this isn’t me being professional. This is me, as Rosie, who was a close friend of yours. Who trusted you with deep secrets and looked up to you as a new member of the community at the time.
Hello, I am writing this post in order to address my own community but also give a heads up to other yandere game devs on Tumblr. This has filled me with deep dread and I feel like it needs to be spoken about at once.
TLDR: There's a community of over 1k people who are seeking real life yandere relationships and planning illegal actions here on Tumblr.
I recently discovered there's a fairly big community here on tumblr of people who are seeking "yandere" partners in real life and/or identify as "yandere" themselves. Part of me is hoping and praying to the gods that it's just roleplay, but the community has "IRL" in its name and there is nothing in its rules indicating that it's roleplay. Some of the people in there are following my blog.
To other devs, I urge you to discourage such mentalities and make it as clear as possible that we DO NOT tolerate this stuff.
To anyone who identifies as "irl yandere" and is following this or any of my blogs, block me this instant. What you are doing and encouraging is abusive if it is outside of a consensual roleplay or BDSM scenario. Purposefully isolating a person from their loved ones, kidnapping them, harming them (again, without consent) is abuse. Get the hell out of my community, you are not welcome here. I will not have abusers use my game or participate in my community. Seek therapy.
There is a difference between exploring a crazy scenario in a game and pursuing said scenario in reality. NONE of the stalkerish, obsessive, overly jealous things Keith and Tenebris do in the game are okay to do to a real person. They are not role models, they are not ideal partners.
And to people who are seeking out "yandere" partners in real life, for the love of god realize that your fantasies will not play out the same in reality. You are putting yourself and all of your loved ones at risk. No matter how much you think you can appeal to a "yandere" or meet their needs, that is still an abuser who may go to extremes one day. There was a damn post in that community asking for advice on how to turn someone against their family. Another asking how to kidnap someone and being praised for it. This is not a joke. Do not invite abusers into your life. It will not play out like your fantasies. You will feel unsafe and violated, you may end up in a very very bad situation that you cannot get out of easily. There is a high chance you may lose your life when the abuser decides they can't have you to themselves any other way.
And to those of you in my fandom who are well in the head and aware this is nuts, please report this community if you come across it. The age of entry was 16, SIXTEEN YEAR OLDS ARE IN THERE LOOKING FOR ABUSERS. I cannot stress how fucked up this is.
I really really really hope I just somehow didn't pick up that this was all roleplay. I hope I didn't just witness someone trying to plan out how to kidnap a real person. Please just let me be a clueless idiot.
THIS!! Holy shit I came across that specific community a few months ago I believe? It's crazy how they market it as 16+?? Not to mention people are freely dm-ing each other to be their "yandere".
Even if it's all roleplay the thing being 16+ is concerning. It's putting minors in danger considering how extreme yandere content can be 😭
It's fine to have harmless fantasy but reality is different yall 😭 Dependency on someone is bad. That on top of having a controlling toxic relationship and possessiveness only causes harm. Let's not glamorize mental illness please 🙏
I love how this artwork turned out! I’ve always loved those experimental artworks that plays into symbolisation, like the bold colours that separate the colours (quite literally opposite colours). The text “I depend on you”, really highlights the desperation, especially when it’s flooded on the whole screen. It actually inspires me to experiment myself! 😊 (Also I realised the blue person is possibly a ghost)
😋 HEHEH THANK YOU, your comments always makes me so happy
But the blue is not quite a ghost
Contains: angst, cult themes, girlie going crazy
The yellow girl, belongs to my friend. Yellow and blue became friends on a military base in a post-apocalyptic world that saw them nothing more than resources than actual humans. So when they bond and find safety in one another— it’s ripped away after blue is rewired/brainwashed, causing yellow to run away and get picked up by a cult.
The cult sees yellow as an Angel based on their leader’s ‘prophecies’ and she is subjected to worship as their angel. As their angel, she tends to mention blue whenever they question about the charm around her neck— to which she paints blue in the light of another Angel she once knew from the heavens. This is to solidify her image as a deity but also because she truly did see blue in a good light.
But the more yellow speaks of her in this light, the more she starts to believe it herself in a way, as if blue really did become an angel. So when her hallucinations start to get worse, she imagines blue as an angel version of her prewired that speaks to her.
I went a little experimental for this artwork and I wanted to capture the Duchess’ need for love. In my eyes, they see it as survival - it’s as essential as eating food. As the Duchess searches for love, they devour them bit by bit. Their horse mindlessly walks and the Duchess plucks each heart they find, it is the way of their life.
You might notice I was inspired by two paintings from the game, I like to think of it as my devotion to the game. 🥰
Some long-term followers may have noticed this subtle shift already (especially those who are in the 14DWY Discord server or have read this post), but I figured I'd make it official.
I'm no longer associating myself with the yandere VN community.
The TLDR is that the energy here really fuckin SUCKS!! And I don't want to be part of something so hostile and needlessly competitive.
The constant infighting and epicaricacy between communities is deeply upsetting, and it's very disheartening to see aspiring developers cancel their projects because of the unwarranted backlash and harassment they face.
Some entitled folks on here reeeeally need to understand that constantly harassing others for updates, encouraging developers to belittle others to make themselves/their project look better, complaining about a project not meeting the expectations you specifically put in place, attacking other communities because of the parasocial relationship you share with another developer, getting mad that you chose to ignore important PSAs or warnings and faced the repercussions, or even sending in hate messages on anon because you're bored are not things you should be doing — let alone be proud of.
I try to avoid bringing up these topics as it's not the vibe I want to have on this blog (nor do I want to negatively contribute to the Streisand Effect and blow things out of proportion), but I'm genuinely getting tired of being on the receiving end of all this harassment and negativity, seeing it happen to others, and watching other indie developers encourage such vile behaviour. I'm done.
For those wondering what this means for "14 Days With You": for the most part, everything will still continue like usual. I've said this from the very beginning, but 14DWY is just a passion project I pursue whenever I feel like it. It's something I do for fun as a hobby — not because I want to publish a well-known game or turn it into a career. I've been on Tumblr for over thirteen years now, and it's taught me how to grow thick skin, so everything that I'm yapping and yammering about won't stop me from working on 14DWY.
However, this does mean that I won't be as interactive with other developers or their communities anymore; many ill-natured people have ruined this for me.
Because of them, I'm no longer able to voice my opinion on other games without some opinionated rat whispering in my ear about how the developer is "problematic" or that I could get cancelled for simply following them on Twitter. I can't interact with certain games without its parasocial community becoming hostile or gatekeepy towards anyone they don't like. I've seen communities belittle and devalue promising demos because in their eyes, nothing can compare to their favourite game (or their favourite developer). I have been harassed, bullied, and doxxed by other communities and have seen the same thing happen to others as well. I've heard about the developers who weaponise their community's loyalty to attack and drive out their competition. And I've witnessed more than enough developers expressing how badly they want to take a hiatus due to how much unwarranted negativity they receive, but don't want to disappoint their community by doing so.
By saying all of this, you can understand why I dislike being here so much, as well as why I no longer find any enjoyment in interacting with the yandere VN community.
Many people here — fans and developers alike — are so needlessly pushy about their standards and personal opinions being the norm, and if anyone else goes against them, they'll purposefully try to ostracise and bully them out of the community. This place isn't as laid-back or inclusive as it used to be, and I don't want to be associated with a community that acts so hostile and aggressive towards anyone who shares a differing opinion — nor do I want to be part of a space that caters towards developers who'll tear down others in order to have a moment of relevancy.
We're all doing our own thing and making our own games; it shouldn't be a competition. But if you see it as such, then I urge you to take a moment to stop and rethink your actions — or, at the very least, understand how it's affecting you and others around you.
So until there's a reasonable change and people can go back to being less... demanding, hypercritical, and gatekeepy about who interacts with what, I'll be stepping away and continuing to stay in my own bubble, as I have for the past two years now. I've already unfollowed everyone associated with the yandere community many months ago, but I think I'll just unfollow everyone entirely now for my own peace of mind. I will also no longer be interacting with any yandere VN communities (aside from close friends), nor will I be as public with my interests from this moment on. Everything on this blog will be strictly related to 14DWY like usual, and I will continue to block and report any spiteful "anons"/burner accounts sent my way and delete their messages.
Again, this isn't really much of an announcement — it's more so just paragraphs of me bitchin and moanin 🫶 — but I wanted to get this all out there instead of leaving things unsaid and having people come to their own conclusions as to why I've suddenly become less active, less optimistic, and why I've stopped engaging with a majority of the yandere community in the last two years.
So, yeah... ^^; If there's anything I want y'all to take away from this entire post, it's to be kind, open, and understanding towards everyone — developers and communities alike — and to spread support rather than negativity. It's what I want my own community to be known for, so please be mindful of how you treat others online.
And if you find yourself being surrounded by constant toxicity and negativity (be it from friends, mutuals, or even other developers or communities), please don't feel ashamed to step away or cut them off entirely. Put yourself and your mental health first. I also think it'll be good for me to leave all this negative energy behind and continue to kick off 2025 in a better light, so if y'all need to let out any frustrations of your own, feel free to go ham in the replies (obviously, be kind and civil though jghsjg T_T)
Heyo- i already asked this before but didn't got an answer to this so i am asking it Again hehe :]
What sanrio characters could be used to represent each of the 14dwy cast? ^^"
i am an big fan of sanrio and also pretty interested to get to know the answer of this ask and also may use it as references for fanarts if i get inspired :3
⌞♥⌝ This has actually been answered in the 14DWY Discord server a loooong time ago! I shamelessly stole da answer from @silkbab3y lmao
HOLD ON ADDING TO THIS CAUSE NEW CHARACTERS (disclaimer: these chars may not fit your opinions, I'm basing some of these characters not off of physical vibes but character)
Olivia - Bonbonribbon
Kiara - Azuki
Jae - Pochacco or Keroppi
Conan - Captain Willy
And for fun River - Big Challenges, end tweet. (Or Booto)
Pairing Teo x F!Reader (not necessarily angel! And mostly @silkbab3y coded)
Mention of nsfw but nothing explicit, Angst, Fluff?, unrequited love, alcohol/intoxication, reader is a lightweight, strong language, two idiots in love but one doesn't wanna admit it
Formatting might be off because I'm writing on mobile rn
Teo belongs to @14dayswithyou
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Teo's eyes followed the familiar frame on the dancefloor . The way her curves moved to the beat, hair swaying, the occasional glint of her jewellery when the lights hit her.
Jewellery he had gifted her.
Teo wasn't sure how long it had been. Almost a decade? Or perhaps more since he had last seen her.
She twirled in that awfully tantalising way that had made his stomach tighten in anticipation all those years ago. The way her hips and legs moved, the sensuality in every movement every step used to leave him almost yearning as pathetic as he had found it. Even now he could feel how she affected him. Almost a decade later he was still feeling a certain twitch in his pants watching her.
A slight stumble of hers snapped him out of his memories. Out of any remaining thoughts of how much he wanted her.
His eyes narrowed.
'Is she... Drunk..?'
An expression bordering on concern spread across the man's face, jaw clenching.
The woman was lost in herself and the music, stumbling occasionally as she danced, the glass in her hand occasionally spilling its contents, splashing onto her dress and the floor.
'... She's definitely drunk.'
Teo ran a hand through his black hair, having dropped the green dye a couple of years ago. For a second he contemplated if he should intervene. After all he had been the one to cut off all contact following a harrowing argument when she had accidentally slipped up and confessed her love to him.
In hindsight he could have definitely handled it better but years of pushing people with romantic interest away, simply indulging in fun and pleasure and feeling somewhat betrayed by the one person he thought he could have kept around for good.. even just for fun...
Fun.
Had she ever just been fun to him?
Teo watched her as she downed her glass, slowly getting more and more drunk, her stumbles becoming more frequent until she fully slipped on a piece of broken glass on the floor and fell.
The woman's sight was blurry and she yelped out only to find herself caught by a pair of strong arms.
She looked up to blurrily make out the shape of a tan black haired man. A drunken giggle escaped her lips.
"Hello there.. sirr..." She drunkenly slurred before subsequently passing out.
Teo sighed.
"Still can't hold your liquor as well, huh, doll.."
He quickly stood up and carried her bridal style out of the club and into his car, gently settling her into the passenger seat and putting his coat on her as a blanket. For a second he paused, his face awfully close to hers as he tucked her in.
She hadn't changed one bit. Still as beautiful as the day he met her.
Teo's eyes fell to her lips, a gloss still staining them. He had to swallow and quickly ducked out of the car to close the door before going around to settle in the driver's seat.
The drive to his place was quiet, the silence only broken by the hum of his car and the occasional cars going by. Uncharacteristic for Teo to drive so carefully but he would hate to wake her up.
Even if he would never admit it.
Every red light he hit he would steal glances as the sleeping woman, to make sure she was comfortable.. to make sure she was still there.
It was silly, especially to him. Though he had matured over the years he still didn't hold any potential romantic relationship in high regards. The thought of settling down with someone like that admittedly unsettled him. Perhaps even scared him.
Teo had never been one to date. And he was still not the type to do so, though a sliver of him would on occasion betray him and yearn for a connection with someone. Having a person he could return to. A person who'd listen. Who'd care.
Who'd provide him with the stability he never had growing up.
The more he thought about it his thoughts drifted to the woman he was now carrying to his spare bedroom.
Even back then she had been what he would consider a very close friend. Perhaps not on Leon's or Jae's level completely but awfully close to it.
She was a person he would call outside of wanting sex. Watching a movie he heard was shit but wanted to see for himself? Trying a new skincare routine she sent him? Cooking for him when he was sick and he was tired of his staff? She would always be the first number he'd call.
Now that he thought about it and looked down at her as he laid her down, she might as well have been more than Leon and Jae combined to him.
And it scared him.
Just like it had scared him back then. That little flutter his heart had done when she peered up at him all teary eyed, apologising for a feeling.
Something so natural. Something he had cut off contact with her for.
Teo gently traced her features, a somber look on hia face.
Was she perhaps 'the one that got away'?
Would it be possible to try with her?
He swallowed thickly, carefully taking off her jewellery with practiced ease, and putting it on the nightstand.
Just as he wanted to leave she awoke, staring at him all flushed and pouty.
"Where..amI..?"
Teo sighed, huffing out a soft chuckle alongside it.
"Don't worry, dollface. You're safe here. I think you know this room better than anyone else."
The woman blinked up at him.
".... Teo..?"
Goddammit he missed how his name fell from her lips.
With a soft hum he sat back down on the bed next to her, undoing his tie and some buttons of his shirt, preparing to go to bed as well.
".. Missedyou.."
She was slurring her words and clumsily sat up, coming closer to him before pressing a kiss to the corner of his mouth and cheek in search for his lips.
"Doll.."
Teo's voice was laced with warning.
"I'm not fucking you tonight."
The woman whined in frustration.
"You're far too drunk right now."
He gently laid her down again and only helped her out of her dress to slip his shirt over her almost naked body-which to his displeasure still looked as breathtaking as all those years ago-gently buttoning it up again.
"Sleep. We will talk in the morning."
Teo hesitated before giving her a gentle pat on the head, getting up to leave only for her to pull him down again.
"Mornin?... We.. we didn't speak for.. for a decade and youu.. wannatalk lateerr??"
She glared at him.
"How dare you"
And that's when her tears started. Accusatory pointing and poking followed by incoherent sobs.
"You.. bashtard! You.. you... Should'veignored.. me more you.. you.."
She puffed out her cheeks and for a second Teo worried that she would puke on him.
"Youdon'tt... Desherve my.. preshence..."
She huffed while crossing her arms, tears still streaming down her cheeks, staining them in black from her mascara and kajal.
"You.. broke me.."
She sobbed again and slumped against his chest, quietly crying with an occasional punch to his chest or abs.
"How.. how dareyou come.. come back into mylife.."
Teo closed his eyes and sighed, just letting her let out her frustrations.
"I know.. I'm an ass."
She sobbed again and nodded. "Yeshyou..are.."
With a soft sigh he caressed her hair.
".... I'm sorry. I should have handled it better."
"You should.. and.. and.. then.. then.."
She was stumbling over her words but he knew what she wanted to say.
"I should have given you a romantic chance?"
Teo knew all too well she didn't mean it too much. Sure, he was aware that she desired it back then but he also knew that she respected him too much to actually force him into something he didn't want. Even if it meant the world to her.
He kept holding her, comforting her as she stammered drunkenly how much she hated him for just cutting her off. For abandoning her like all those times they had grown closer didn't matter.
It made him feel bad. Regret his immaturity. His need for control over the type of relationship he had. His defense mechanism.
All he could do was listen to her and try to console her.
He felt her shift, now fully sitting on his lap, hands on his shoulders as her lips slowly trailed along his throat up his chin, along his jaw and finally over his cheek to his lips.
"You still smell the same.."
She gently placed her lips on his.
"Even taste the same.."
Her hazy eyes landed on him, tears again welling in her eyes.
"But we're not the same.."
She sobbed softly, burying her face in his shoulder.
"... I know.."
His voice was husky now, a hint of emotion in them. Emotions he didn't want to admit to even now.
"C'mon.. you need to sleep. All that alcohol and those tears will just dehydrate you more.."
He managed to make her cling to one of the silk pillows before leaving briefly to get some water from the kitchen, only to soon hear the frantic patter of footsteps behind him.
Luckily he turned around just in time to catch the woman as she stumbled into him.
"Don't leave!"
He froze. The sheer panic in her voice made his heart almost stop.
"n-not again.. not again.. please.."
He sighed deeply.
"Just getting you some water to drink or you'll have a bigger headache to worry about tomorrow." Teo held out the glass and she carefully took it and drank it. And the following five as well.
When Teo tried to bring her back to the guest room, his former room she refused, tearing up again and babbling out that she would rather sleep next to him.
Though he hesitated he allowed it, leading her to the new master bedroom, his parents' former room. He helped her into bed and laid down next to her.
She immediately snuggled into him and fell asleep with a soft 'I missed this'.
~
Teo couldn't sleep. Not with her right in his arms, sleeping peacefully, blissfully unaware of how much he himself had missed the feeling of her in his arms. It didn't help that their earlier "argument" and brief interaction in the kitchen had exuded a feeling of domesticity. Even the way she was carefully tucked into his side, idly breathing into his chest made his stomach do weird flips.
The same flips they had always done near her. He looked down at her again. Teo's cheeks heated up, the way her cheek squished against his body made her lips so pouty and sweet. He could just lean down and- No. He knew he shouldn't...
Shouldn't?
Shouldn't what; feel?
He started to feel stupid. He cringed.
With a deep exhale through his nose he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. Maybe counting his exes would be a good alternative to counting sheep.
~
When Teo woke up he felt around to see if she was still there but the sheets beside him were cold. With a groan he sat up and rubbed his eyes looking around only to find a note.
Thanks for letting me crash.. I didn't know if you still wanted to wake up alone.
Panic washed over him.
Did she leave?
He quickly got up and threw on some joggers before he made his way through the manor, checking the guest room to find her jewellery, bag and dress missing as well as her shoes.
His heart sank. For the first time he was disappointed to wake up fully alone.
Ruffling his hair in frustration he made his way downstairs.
She was gone..
Before he could say a proper goodbye.
Before he could tell her about what scared him.
She left the same way he had left her.
A slight clanking came from the kitchen.
Or did she?
~~~~~~~~~
Will this have a pt 2?
Cannot promise anything cuz I wrote this on a small thought I had when I was about to hit my head on my pillow
Teo is probably ooc as per usual when I write him (i think I make him too soft????) but like who cares 💅 (me I care)
so.. i did the silkbab3y easter egg and ITS YOU?? YOUR OUR LANDLORD?? HUH. WHAT? AND YOU OWN THE LIBRARY???
okay but that easter egg was so cool anyways i love you and ren!! byeeyeyeyeyeyeyey
⌞♥⌝ LMAOOOO Teo (and by extension, Wosie) aren't the only ones who have a monopoly over Corland Bay >:3
Unfortunately though, the landlord will soon be replaced with a new character created by the Easter event winners in the 14DWY Discord... So make sure to go back to your apartment with Ren in Day 2, skip to Day 3, and say goodbye to your landlord before they're gone!!
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