POV for the no excuses writing meme, please 👀 (i love this game so much!)
a bit of context: this is for my lesbingqiu wip inspired by that "can yuo put that out on me" tweet! the wip is from binghe's pov, so here's shen yuan instead. she strikes me as the kind of person to think being thirty makes her old (it does not lol)
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Shen Yuan wasn't sure why Shang Qinghua had insisted on dragging her out drinking if she was just going to abandon her at the first sight of her situationship across the bar. She didn't care if Shang Qinghua insisted she needed to go out more! She had work to do! Never mind that her "work" these days mostly amounted to opening her dissertation document, glaring at it for an hour, and then closing it again. She was simply getting too old to go out drinking. She was thirty now; she might as well join a knitting circle if Qinghua was that worried about her social life.
She continued grumbling to herself as she lit her cigarette. It was much quieter outside the bar, though she could still feel the music thumping through the wall behind her. She would give Shang Qinghua another five or ten minutes to prove she hadn't completely forgotten about her, just long enough to take a smoke break, and then she'd leave. She could go home, change into her pyjamas, and spend the evening working through her reading list like she'd originally intended.
Her plans were interrupted by a sudden spike in the bar's volume as someone opened the door and stumbled out into the alley beside her. Shen Yuan nearly dropped her cigarette as she was suddenly confronted by the most absurdly beautiful woman she'd ever seen.
She wondered deliriously for a moment whether there had been a modelling event that she didn't know about, because there was no other explanation for a woman this gorgeous being loose in the wild. Her dress hugged her curves in all the right places, and she had the kind of artful curls that Shen Yuan thought only existed in professionally styled wigs. Her bone structure was fine, and her skin was perfect. Seriously, was Shen Yuan hallucinating?!
The woman was also, Shen Yuan realized, extremely drunk. She stumbled over her high heels, reaching out to support herself on the wall with a groan. Shen Yuan's hands itched to reach out and support her, but she resisted the impulse.
"Are you alright?" she asked instead. The woman looked up, startled, eyes wide as if she hadn't realized Shen Yuan was there. Absolutely no way those eyelashes were real. They had to be falsies.
The woman made a slightly incoherent noise, and Shen Yuan frowned. How drunk was she? She then abruptly stood up straighter, though she was clearly still supporting herself on the wall.
"I'm fine," she said, surprising Shen Yuan with a low, smooth voice like honey. "I just needed some fresh air."
Shen Yuan nodded sympathetically. Poor thing. "Drink a little too much?"
The other woman's lips pursed in a pout. "My friend ordered shots," she explained.
And then just let her wander off?! Shen Yuan would like a word with this friend of hers. "You should be careful with those," she cautioned. "They can get you drunk very fast."
The woman nodded with the earnestness of an eager student. "Jiejie is very wise."
Oh, she was far too cute. Is this what people were referring to when they talked about blessed interactions between drunk girls at a bar? Never mind that Shen Yuan was hardly buzzed herself. She wanted to pat this girl's head and give her more wisdom, even if this wasn't really her area of expertise.
"Would jiejie keep me company while I sober up?" asked the other woman, her speech slightly slurred and her dark eyes pleading. As if Shen Yuan could say no to eyes like that!
"Of course." Shen Yuan nodded. It was her responsibility, after all! A code of sisterhood, to look out for drunk girls! "What's your name?"
"Luo Binghe." She found a more comfortable position leaning against the wall, resulting in her curls spilling over her chest. Shen Yuan foolishly tracked the motion, then forced her eyes back up to Luo Binghe's face. Aiyah! That dress really left very little to the imagination! Wasn't she cold?! Should Shen Yuan offer her jacket? "What should I call jiejie?"
"Shen Yuan." She lifted her cigarette to her lips and took another drag in the hopes that it would make Luo Binghe's appearance less distracting. Luo Binghe was staring at her with an intensity that made her want to squirm. "Are you here for some special occasion?"
Luo Binghe just continued to stare at her for a while. Poor thing, she really must be drunk. Shen Yuan knew how slowly she processed things when she was drunk. She could be patient with the girl. "My friends wanted to celebrate me starting graduate school," Luo Binghe eventually explained. Her pretty features pulled in a slight frown. "I think it's just an excuse for them to get drunk."
Shen Yuan chuckled at the petulance on Luo Binghe's face. "Maybe, but that’s a worthy thing to celebrate. Congratulations on starting grad school."
"Thank you, Shen-jie." Luo Binghe's expression softened into a smile again, still laser-focused on Shen Yuan's face.
Shen Yuan took a moment to look Luo Binghe over again. Grad school, huh? Shen Yuan struggled to believe that, but she couldn't see why Luo Binghe would lie. It's just, Shen Yuan was in graduate school, and she felt horribly outclassed by the girl in front of her. With looks like hers, she could easily become an idol or something! She didn't deserve to waste away in academia like Shen Yuan, though she admired Luo Binghe's academic drive. And so young, too...
"You seem awfully young for grad school," Shen Yuan said. It could be that she just took good care of herself, but she wouldn't have been surprised if she'd said she was still an undergrad. "How old are you?"
"I'm twenty-five," Luo Binghe said.
"Twenty-five," Shen Yuan repeated. Twenty-five! And she was here, talking to thirty year old Shen Yuan outside a bar. Shen Yuan's earlier impression was right; this really was not the scene for her. "I think I’m officially too old for this bar. People will think I’m a creep if I keep coming around here." She took another drag from her cigarette, feeling morose over her age. "When I graduated high school, you would’ve been thirteen. Isn’t that weird?"
It had seemed like Luo Binghe was sobering up, but she suddenly wobbled on her heels. She was staring intensely at the cigarette in Shen Yuan's hand. "Can you put that out on me?" she slurred.
Shen Yuan's heart rate spiked. Ah! How could she be so oblivious? What kind of helpful jiejie was she if she was blowing smoke in Luo Binghe's direction?! "Oh! I’m so sorry, I should’ve asked if it was okay to smoke near you. I’ll put it out." She quickly ground it out on the wall. Luo Binghe made a pitiful noise of complaint, but that's okay, Shen Yuan had this handled now! No more smoke when Luo Binghe had specifically wanted to get fresh air!
"I know it’s a bad habit," Shen Yuan attempted to make an excuse for herself, her fingers itching with nervous energy. "It gives me something to do with my mouth and hands. I guess I should get a fidget cube or something less bad for me, but…" She trailed off with an awkward laugh.
Luo Binghe's eyes were still wide and slightly wet, fixated on her hands. Poor thing, the smoke must've made her eyes water. She opened her mouth, but she was interrupted by the door to the bar opening with a slam.
"Bing-jie!" A girl burst out of the bar, covered in jangling jewellery and not much in the way of actual clothing. She latched onto Luo Binghe's arm, speaking way too loudly to be sober. "You left your Ling-er all alone in the bar!"
Luo Binghe's expression immediately soured, but based on the way she didn't shove the other girl away, it was clear she knew her. Ah, Shen Yuan realized. This must be the friend who'd ordered the shots. Well, she'd just been planning to keep an eye on Luo Binghe until she sobered up or a friend joined her, and here was the friend. Her company was no longer needed here.
"I should probably get going," Shen Yuan said, giving Luo Binghe a soft smile. She had been scowling at her friend, but when she looked back up at Shen Yuan, her eyes were wide and puppyish again. "Get home safe, okay?"
Luo Binghe nodded, once again reminding her of an earnest student. "I will, Shen-jie."
Shen Yuan waved and left the alleyway. She sighed and pulled out her phone to call a cab. Shang Qinghua could find her own way home. Serves her right.
Still, the night wasn't a complete wash. Even as she made her way home, her thoughts drifted back to Luo Binghe. Did she get home alright? Was she drinking enough water? Would she be too hungover in the morning? A girl that pretty and that drunk could be a real target for unsavory people. Shen Yuan didn't doubt that she could handle herself -- those arms of hers were impressive -- but she couldn't help but worry.
Ah, well. Worrying wouldn't do her any good. It's not like they'd ever see each other again.
She put thoughts of Luo Binghe aside and decided to put her energy towards preparing orientation for her department's incoming graduate students.
Whenever he saw Hotaro talk to Minato, and catch a glance of that look in his eyes—it reminded Nishiwaki of him and Saki decades ago. Memories would rush back to their time back then. So many years of history, filling his heart with countless emotions.
There was an indescribable feeling deep inside Nishiwaki that he and Minato were kindred spirits of sorts… As silly as that sounded.
From Omurice and Love, a Gotchard and Sukeban Deka II crossover!
hi, ace! i wanted to say thank you for nihitober c: i see people creating such cool things, it's clear it brings lots of inspiration. i may have posted only for day 1 so far, but i've been writing for the daily prompts every day, just not finishing/editing them yet (they simply get away from me!), but i'm so grateful for this event <3 i haven't written so much in a long long time!
this is so sweet, B, thank you!
it makes me really really happy to hear that the event has inspired you to create a lot! that's amazing! even if you don't share them, I'm just glad it has moved something in you.
"#does shen yuan acknowledge that he wrote a romantic and sexual relationship between mobing? #i feel like he could manage 'they are having Bro Handjobs for Stress Relief' i believe in him" i can imagine him going "*scoffs* a child could write a more believable romance, even between the least likely characters to get together" in his comment under one of airplane's chapters and all the pidw fans daring him to do it because honestly, dude, if you hate it so much then write this stuff yourself, and ohhhh shen yuan does, he's going to show them. he picks who he thinks is the least likely romantic interest for luo binghe (and thinks he's Very Funny with the interest being mobei jun, since it's a stallion novel and all), does surprisingly little research (it doesn't say aaaaanything about him, nope, why would it haha), and smugly publishes the fic. and that's how shen yuan got to be smug about being right and got a boyfriend because he wrote the best mobing smut fic on the platform, all the while intending for the fic to be pure crack
hello hello 👀 may i ask for kiro + cosy? (i love him i love you i love your writing)
hello helloooo i love YOU so much and I love KIRO so much and i love YOUR WRITING so much soooooo yes and you <3
cosy date nights with kiro make me so happy to think about :’)
Send me a character + word and I’ll write a ~200 word blurb
You gratefully accepted the steaming mug as Kiro walked over to the couch. As you blew on the beverage to cool it down, Kiro settled himself next to you, burrowing under the soft blanket you were curled under.
“What are we watching tonight?” He asked, wincing as he burnt his lips on the hot chocolate. You raised your eyebrows and stared him down. Kiro laughed and he grabbed the remote from the ottoman. Leaning back into the couch, he slyly moved his arm around your shoulders and pulled you closer.
“So we agreed on Anastasia then?” You smirked at him, tilting your head to kiss lightly at his jawline.
“You decided, but I’ll concede,” Kiro replied, pressing the play button on the remote with one hand and lightly tickling your side with the other.
As the opening notes of the music box filtered through the living room, you snuggled farther into Kiro’s side and sipped on your own hot chocolate, just cool enough to sip without burning your lips.
The fireplace was burning, casting a gentle glow over the living room of the house you and Kiro had purchased. Apple Box was laying down by your feet and Cello had curled into Kiro’s lap.
Kiro tapped the tips of his toes against yours, and you laughed as he drew attention to the matching socks he had gotten the both of you. As he hummed along with the music, you reached over and stroked down Cello’s back, wishing for nothing else other than more nights like this with the one you love.
MLQC Dictionary Prompts: 'hopeful' + fluff + gavin (this prompt challenge looks great! apologies if I didn't understand the way it works 💕)
Hopeful., adj.
My love,
Truth be told, when you mentioned in passing how nice it is to receive a handwritten letter, I immediately thought of writing one for you but then I remembered that you and I had quite the history of misunderstanding the intent behind the letters.
Although... I won't blame you, anyone would've thought of being threatened when a bloodstained letter is delivered to them. Thinking about it now, I would've definitely burned that letter if I were to receive it but you... you didn't. Why?
Looking back, I should've given you a nicer letter- one that wasn't stained with blood- I should've known better than to give you that given my "reputation" in school and I should've... never mind that. What is it that you used to say? No need to dwell on things that had already happened, right?
And so... with that in mind, will you give me the chance of a do over?
I wanted the chance to write you a nicer letter starting with this one and give you another and then the next. I wanted the chance for you to see me in a new light, as someone who isn't chained by the "reputation" that follows him. And most of all, I wanted the chance to... well, to get to know you better, to get closer, to protect you and...to be a part of your life- a constant being in your life.
Eagerly awaiting for your response,
Gavin.
Thank you so much for this and I hope you like it!
You did good with the request so don’t worry about that and allow me to give a little bit of fun fact with the prompt: since this is lover’s dictionary style, you really don’t know what you’d be getting. It can be a dialogue centric fic, a poetic kind of fic, love letters like this or who knows? It’s all in the fun actually and as long as you are ‘defining’ the word given to you then you can just go crazy with the entire prompt. lmao I’ve gotten off tangent.
I had fun with your request so if you have any more in mind, please do let me know!
Karmaaa 🥺 thank you for sharing that delicious dose of yearning today, my touch-starved self is making grabby hands, that was so beautiful 💖 happy international fanworks day, thank you for writing 💕
Thank you! I’m glad others are enjoying it because honesty it was so entirely self-indulgent and just a more positive way of venting out some feelings. I’m so happy people are also getting something good out of it ^^
I didn’t even know it was international Fanworks Day so thank you for making me aware of that :D Happy Fanworks Day to you too and I hope everyone has a fantastic day!
SUNNYYYY <3 happy international fanworks day, i just read your Rainy Day mysme fic and i'm 🥺🥺🥺 it was so precious. thank you so so much for creating and sharing your works with us <333
BASIAAAAAAA I LOVE YOUUUU🥺💛 happy international fanworks day to you too!!! I completely forgot that was today, thank you for the reminder!
Oh man, that fic is nearly 3 years old hahahah😅 remember when we had that chat about re-writing our old fics?? I definitely re-did that one, but just realised now that I forgot to update it LOL :’) it’s okay though, it makes me so happy that you enjoyed it!! I read all the tags you left and I am SO SOFT, thank you for taking the time to read it for your kind kind words🥺 <3
And thank YOU for sharing your wonderful creations with this community, and for also being so kind towards other creators!! You are a true blessing, and we are all so so lucky to be able to read your works and have such a lovely presence with us🥰 ILY HEHEHEH💕✨
