Would it be possible to get a story where X saved the reader once, and they politely thanked him and offered sweets as reward. He was surprised and intrigued that they didn't want autograph or didn't pester him, so in the following days he kept an eye on them out of curiosity, in most normal and absolutely sane way. He would use his dimensional powers and pretend to be his own grafitti on the walls or in random ads and posters, sometimes would be even hiding in the floor. Reader's suspicions grew when they felt random touches or he saved them from tripping over etc. Some ads had X on them, and then they suddenly didn't anymore. Suspicious. He was eventually caught red handed by reader. How? I will leave it up to you!
Man is being all pathetic, full of yearning and secretive for no reason, just as gods intended.
Unexpected Yearning
A/N: Hey anon!! Thank you so much for this request !! :3 When I tell you I was really excited to get this, you have no idea. (A certain someone can confirm, though, lmao. Thanks for putting up with my squealing and fanenbying king 🤍)
This was genuinely so much fun to write, and you can tell bc I very visibly got way too carried away with it, and so it ended up becoming (thus far) the longest fic I've written on here. I hope I did your ideas justice, anon 🙏
INCLUDES/CW: An even MORE ridiculously long story (Someone needs to take writing privileges away at this rate). Mentions of stalking (X is the one doing it, shocker /lh). Semi-Obsessive behavior from our favorite loser X(?). He is PATHETIC, I tell you, and is SO very downbad for you. X yearning (pathetically) for reader (just as the gods intended). X being a lil dumbass (when isn't he?).
["X" Bai Xizhuang x gn!Reader]
Today was supposed to be relatively boring and uninteresting. Though, it seemed that one of the many local villains had other plans. X wouldn't have intervened, but he happened to be literally right there, and the hero that had come to deal with it was too focused on the villain to notice you were even there — That damn moron.
Of course, saving you was effortless for him. With just one simple snap of his fingers, he'd saved you from becoming collateral damage to the fight between that hero (who he didn't care about) and villain (who he also didn't care about).
X had expected the usual reactions he always got whenever he saved people or ran into civilians in public in his hero form: squealing, pestering him for his autograph or something else, the attempts to flirt with him or drape themselves over him — as well as some inappropriate comments here and there, though, he tried his best not to think of those...
Yet, he didn't receive any of that from you. No, instead, you had looked at him with this certain sincerity that he couldn't recall ever seeing from anyone else before. And, when you'd spoken, your tone was polite, just as sincere as your eyes and smile, and full of genuine gratitude.
Well, that was certainly a new one...
However, as if that wasn't strange enough for him, after you'd verbally thanked him, you'd kindly offered to buy him some sweets as a way to 'properly' thank him, as you'd put it.
Your not only polite, but also kind demeanor had managed to successfully catch the usually unfazed number one hero genuinely by surprise — as well as left him feeling almost overwhelmingly intrigued about you, considering you hadn't acted at all the way he'd initially assumed that you would.
You'd managed to exceed his expectations, to catch him off his guard — something he couldn't recall anyone else, even any other heroes, doing before...
And, in doing so, you've successfully managed to catch the attention of the most enigmatic —and very likely most powerful— man in the world without even realizing it (or meaning to).
In the days that followed, X had to repeatedly reassure himself that what he was doing wasn't necessarily 'stalking'. He was just... 'keeping an eye on you', that was all. He was just... curious about you, nothing more.
And, luckily for him, his powers made that perhaps a little too easy for him to do. Thanks to him taking the number one spot as the top hero, there were advertisements and posters of him plastered at practically every inch of the city, allowing him to hide in literally plain sight.
He could follow you essentially wherever you went. Of course, his normal job as a 10-6 office worker in his civilian form did make following you constantly a bit of a challenge. However, he naturally found ways to get around it — he is X, after all.
Despite what he kept telling himself, however, he couldn't deny that he felt strangely drawn to your... uniqueness. Although you were just another average, normal person, you managed to stand out amongst the crowds in his eyes. Not because of your appearance, but because of your demeanor, and especially the way you treated him that fateful day.
Of course, though, you aren't completely oblivious. Ever since that day that the top hero, X, had saved you, you've had the feeling of being watched near constantly. You tried to ignore it, considering that whenever you would look over your shoulder, you'd never once catch anyone there.
But, somehow, that made the feeling even worse.
The thought that he was the one somehow, and for some reason, following you had naturally popped into your head due to the 'coincidence' of the timing. However, you'd quickly wrote that idea off.
After all, why would the number one hero be following you of all people?
Yet, you couldn't push away your ever-increasing suspicions that, maybe, you were right — because the 'coincidences' weren't lessening, they were only increasing...
Ever since that day, you could've sworn that the amount of advertisements and posters around you with X's face on them had grown quite significantly. And, as if that wasn't already odd enough, you swore that you'd see his face on an ad, poster, or even on the walls one moment, then, the next — it'd be gone.
As if it had never been there.
Then, there were the, although very brief, feelings of feather-light touches you'd occasionally feel. They were never entirely uncomfortable, though. In fact, it was strangely quite the contrary.
Those random, unexplainable, and almost ghost-like touches were never invasive, and you'd usually only feel them if you ever tripped over your own feet while walking somewhere. Or, if you dropped something, you'd swear that you'd feel the ever-briefest feeling of delicate fingers just barely brushing against yours — as if someone had caught the object you'd dropped, despite it hitting the floor (which looked much more colorful than you remembered...).
As the days turned to weeks of this, X had long since given up convincing himself that his behavior was just curiosity, or just 'keeping an eye on you' anymore. At this point, following you around had just become a part of his routine, something he did without even putting any thought into it.
He wasn't following you around anymore because he felt like he had to 'keep an eye on you' or just because you had simply intrigued him — he was following you because he'd fallen hopelessly in love with you, and he had no clue how to tell you.
In truth, X doesn't know how, or even when, it happened. Maybe, it was the way you smiled when you were genuinely and sincerely happy. Or, perhaps, it was the sound of your laugh that was like a beautiful, almost hypnotic, melody to his ears.
Maybe, it was the fact that he'd gotten to see you be so... yourself.
The fact that, because he followed you home on occasion, he'd gotten the chance to see the way you are when no one (as far as you know) is around to see you — and he... he loves it.
He loves the way you let yourself lounge around in your free time, whether you are just sitting on your couch or bed watching TV, or you are playing games, or you're doing something else. He loves the way you sing and dance to your favorite songs without a care in the world.
He loves you.
And, oh god, he has no damn clue how to handle that.
X wants so badly to tell you, but he knows that would be a very bad idea. After all, he has been following you around these last few weeks without you knowing. It wasn't like he could just reveal himself and say: "Hey, I know I've been basically stalking you these last few weeks, but in doing so, I've fallen totally and completely head over heels in love with you. Will you please be my partner?"
... Damn it.
He isn't sure just how long he's been wracking his brain to come up with a way that he could make this work — mostly trying to figure out how he could 'happen' to run into you in his civilian form, considering you wouldn't recognize him that way. However, him being himself, he wants it to be perfect. He wants your 'first' meeting to be perfect, that way when he inevitably confesses to you, you will (hopefully) accept his feelings.
Though, as it would turn out, it's his own meticulous planning that ends up getting him finally caught.
X had gotten so caught up in his own thoughts that he hadn't noticed it right away when you'd abruptly tripped over something while you were walking home for the night. When he did finally notice, the hero didn't really think (for a change), and he snapped his fingers: causing him to appear at your side and catch you before you could hit the ground.
... Wait, what did he just—? Oh. God damn it—
He feels his entire body go stiff when he realizes just a beat too late what exactly he's just done. You can practically see the way his brain is going about a billion miles a second, the internal panic screaming in his head about how much of a fool he most certainly is, by the way he isn't wearing that seemingly usual calm, confident smirk of his. His jaw is tight, lips pressed into a thin line — but his hold on you has yet to cease, you notice.
However, you also notice something else. The poster on the nearby wall that once had X on it is now vacant, and his touch... You recognize that light, almost delicate, yet now subconsciously protective touch.
You can't help smirking a little, realizing quickly that you'd actually been right in your initial assumption: the number one hero is the one who was following you these last few weeks.
"So... you were the one following me, after all." You say aloud, seeing and feeling him flinch as he quickly snaps his attention to you, dark eyes staring at you with panic as well as embarrassment, confirming your assumption.
There are visible hearts in his eyes, though, when he looks at you, even through his yellow-tinted sunglasses — which you notice have now cracked a little. His face is visibly red, and he's totally fumbling as he struggles to get a response out, some kind of explanation or excuse — anything.
Damn it, damn it, damn it! You know?? Hell, of course you do. Damn it. Does that mean you're mad at him? He wouldn't blame you if you are, you have every right to be, after all.
Yet... strangely enough, you don't look angry... But why would that be—?
Your laugh suddenly interrupts the rapid, panicked train of thoughts running through his head.
"You know, if you wanted to ask me out, you could've just said so." You tease lightly due to noticing the hearts in his eyes and the redness in his face, hoping that you are right in this assumption too of what that means.
You find out very quickly just how right you exactly are after he just... stares at you for a few more seconds, processing what you just said and mentally composing himself. Once he has, though, he smiles; softly, warmly. Affectionately and lovingly.
"You're right... I'm sorry." X starts before snapping his fingers.
A small bag of your favorite sweets and treats, as well as a small bouquet of your favorite flowers —and perhaps a plushie of himself— appear in one of his hands, his other now holding one of yours; gently, delicately, as if you're the most precious thing in the whole entire universe.
His head is bowed a little, causing his yellow-tinted sunglasses to fall down his nose just enough for you to see his dark eyes behind them: his eyes that still have those visible hearts in them, the size of which grow ever-so slightly as those eyes meet your own.
"Will you grant me the honor of taking you on a date and making you mine?"
Nulla generally calls me & my s/i lots of sweet endearing Spanish nicknames such as cariñito, mi vida, cariño, mi corazón, cielo, etc. (A lot of my inspo to learn Spanish came from this ngl).
But, he does occasionally do the same thing that I & my s/i do for ppl we're close with where he'll make nicknames based off my name, but that's something he only really does when its just the two of us (since hes one of very few who knows my real names).
Lowkey think this might be one of those things where he picked up doing that from me, but anyways hshs
As for me & my s/i, I fear I'm not nearly as creative as him, so I tend to call him things like love, darling, beloved, sweetheart, etc. (We are basically calling each other mostly the same things in this sense, but in our native languages, if that makes sense 😭).
And tbh, I fear I've yet to be able to come up with a nickname for him based off his own name, but I do have some possible ideas I plan to try. :3c
^ Art is originally by the lovely @/offmoose, but was colored and edited a little by me. Please DON'T save, use, or repost this since it was colored to look like My Neo, thank you!!🤍
Hey-hey, you may call me Dev/A/Devilcat or whatever variation of that you want is fine, and my pronouns are: xe/xem/xyr, he/him, and they/them!! I'm a writer and artist, and I'm also a yumeshipper. :3 I mostly post writing, though, since I'm much more self-conscious about my art and yumeship stuff.
I'm currently trying to come out of hiatus, but I'm still mostly lurking and reblogging stuff.
There is a Neo living in my head who is not an f/o or one of the Neos mentioned below. For now, I'm simply going to refer to him as "My Neo".
Some of my main f/os are: Neo, Swapped!Neo, Nulla, Code Swap!Neo (all from TEAG + AUs), Kinger & Queenie (TADC), Luis Serra (RE4R), and Totomaru (Fairy Tail). All are romantic f/os except Kinger and Queenie, who are familial.
I'm nonsharing with Neo, Swapped!Neo, Luis Serra, Totomaru. Very selective sharing with Nulla. Sharing Kinger & Queenie and Code Swap!Neo. (if you selfship with Nulla, Neo, or Swapped!Neo please don't feel deterred from interacting with me! I highly doubt I'm ever going to block anyone for that, but I may not interact back too much depending, I'm sorry.)
If anyone makes anything for Code Swap!Neo or Code Swap in general please please feel free to tag me in it!! I adore seeing people enjoying this silly little AU of mine! :3
I draw whatever I'm in the mood to, and I write for whatever hyperfixation currently has me in a chokehold and as of now, that's:
To Eat a God
My Code Swap AU is what I'm currently mostly working on and willing to post about
Might start posting yumeship writing, but that is a big might since I'm still trying to get comfy with sharing my yumeship stuff.
Boundaries:
I post when I feel up to it, simple as that. Otherwise, I'm generally lurking. If you've made a To Be Hero X writing request, I'm afraid I'm genuinely unsure of when I'll be able to get to it. Since I've fallen out of the fandom for now. I will try to get to them eventually, perhaps when Season 2 drops and likely pulls me back into the fandom again, even if it takes awhile.
Inbox status: Open🤍, however, anonymous asks have been temporarily disabled due to receiving more than a few rude messages.
Writing requests are currently... Semi-Open🤍 Specifically for my To Eat a God Code Swap AU. I enjoy yapping about this AU in general, though, so please feel free to even just send in any questions you have about it, and I will do my best to answer them.
All of my writings will be under the tag #adevilcat writes, my art and colorings will be under the tag #adevilcat arts, and my responses to asks will be under the tag #adevilcat replies !!
All of my x Reader fics will be gender neutral by default unless specifically stated otherwise (I'll still label them as 'gn!Reader' just in case though).
Everything I create is self indulgent and is made for myself; I'm simply sharing it so that way others may hopefully enjoy it🤍🖤
✧» Links to all of my posted works «✧
To Be Hero X
(Includes: 6 Hero X x reader fics, 1 self-indulgent Hero Nine fanart, and 1 Hero Nine headcanons list)
To Eat a God - my Code Swap AU (Initially inspired by this art of @offmoose's ♡!!)
(Includes: 1 "Prologue/Introduction" to the AU, 1 filled out romance meme sheet for Code Swap! Neo, 3 imagines/extremely short fics for CS!Neo [x you], and Part 1 of a very long Valentine's Day Special fic of CS!Neo x you [Part 2 is WIP].)
Please note: As of now, I am not in the fandom anymore, but I might return at some point in the future (likely when season 2 comes out, so may be a ways off, I'm sorry).
❌️ "X" / Bai Xizhuang
*(Placeholder civilian name by the wonderful @warapimo!!)
There are little fics of him so thank you for helping me with this obsession lmao
Heya anon, hope you're well !! <3 I am so terribly sorry about this response being so hella late (I think you sent this in October?? oops..) I've been feeling very unmotivated/socially drained for awhile now, but I'm starting to feel better.
I really want you to know how happy receiving this made me, and how honored I feel to hear that my fics make you happy enough to read them multiple times, that feels so crazy to me fr /pos By far the highest honor I could receive as a writer I think hshs
I'm sure you could tell, but I'm afraid that I won't be writing anymore tbhx fics/stuff in general for awhile. I'm not done writing forever though so dw, just will probably start writing for other stuff like TEAG, so if that interests you at all then yippie!! :3
HOWEVER, I am planning to copy the ones I have already written over to Ao3 (eventually... gotta figure out how that site works since I'm very new to it). I'll try to remember to make a post when I do. Might do some very light revisions to them if I do, like correcting any grammar/spelling issues, but that's it.
can i convince you to write reader x vortex or do you only do reader x x? asking for. a friend. definitely
Heyyy! Who says you'd need to convince me? >:3
Fr though, I do want to, but ive been fighting some hard-core writer's block for the last over a month and am just now starting to recover from it (by trying to write for Vortex bc Ive latched onto him like im a parasite that he will never be rid of), so it may be a bit, im sorry!! 🙏
I will try to post any writing about him i deem worthy, though. Dw Vortex fans, i shall provide sustenance for us (hopefully soon)! 🤍 :3
You are so good at writing! Do you ever plan to write something for Nice?
Thank you, Anon!! 🤍🤍
I believe I might in the future! >.< He's probably my second most favorite character in tbhx right behind X (though I get the feeling once Ghostblade's eps come out he might tie for second... we'll see), so it's a very high possibility, especially when I looked for fics for him (on here) and saw how criminally little fics there are for him (at least x reader ones).
I've already had a few ideas appear in my silly lil brain since I rewatched his(/Lin Ling's ig /lh) arc just the day prior so >:3
Hai do you take requests by chance? 👉 👈 I really like ur writing for X so far and noticed you mention in your replies saying that you were starting to run out of ideas so I was just wondering.
Also do u think you'll write for anyone else in tbhx ? Like Nice or Lin Ling? Or will u just write for X? (not a bad thing if u do bc i love him and adore the way you write him, just curious)
Heyhey anon!! I believe I am gonna start taking requests, yes lmao. I fear that while the man is living rent-free in my head, I'm getting so many ideas as a result that it's overloading my brain to the point of something like: one billion ideas multiplied by zero is resulting in zero 😭🫠
And I think I might try to write for some others!! I'm not going to make any promises, though. I'm actually starting to rewatch the show (just finished Nice's/Lin Ling's arc), so who knows what'll happen. I do really like Lin Ling, Nice, Wreck, and a few others— X just happens to be the one I'm currently hyperfixating on and in love with enough to write for :3
Also thank you so much !!! <33 There's most certainly gonna be a lot more to come bc as I've said, I'm obsessed with him 🤍🤍 I actually have like 4 different fics for X in the works in my drafts, they're just not turning out quite how I want, so I'm sorta wrestling with those.
But anyways, if you have any ideas that you wanna share, please don't be shy! My asks and inbox are always open, even if you just want to chat.
I know I'm a Devil-Cat, but I don't bite, promise :3 !!! 🤍
