#high school era

[kuroken-divorce-arc]

Tsukishima Kei — Slip of the Tongue

(high school era, established relationship, humor, fluff) │ some habits are harder to break than others.

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practice is loud.

balls hit the floor in sharp, echoing thuds. sneakers squeak. voices overlap, shouting drills, complaints, half-formed jokes. it’s normal. chaotic. familiar.

you’re used to it.

you sit on the sidelines like always, legs folded beneath you, watching tsukishima stretch with his usual detached air. he looks bored. smug. annoyingly tall. the only hint of softness is the way his eyes flick toward you every so often, checking without seeming like he’s checking.

hinata trips over himself nearby.

again.

“kei, can you move?” you call out without thinking. “you’re in the way, baby.”

the gym goes silent.

not immediately. not all at once. but one by one, sounds drop away like someone turned down the volume on the world.

balls stop bouncing.

feet stop moving.

you feel it before you realize what you’ve said.

tsukishima freezes.

slowly, painfully, he turns his head.

“…what,” he says flatly.

your stomach drops.

oh.

oh no.

you clap a hand over your mouth. “i— i didn’t mean—”

too late.

tanaka’s jaw unhinges. “BABY??”

hinata’s eyes sparkle. “YOU CALLED TSUKKI BABY?!”

nishinoya lets out a sound that can only be described as a battle cry. “I KNEW IT.”

tsukishima’s ears turn red.

not a little pink. not a mild flush. full, unmistakable red.

he straightens his glasses with far more force than necessary. “shut up.”

you shrink in on yourself, mortified. you hadn’t even realized it slipped out. it’s just… what you call him. at home. on the phone. when it’s just the two of you.

yamaguchi blinks between the two of you. “wait. you guys are…?”

“YES,” tanaka shouts. “APPARENTLY.”

daichi pinches the bridge of his nose. “okay. everyone calm down—”

“how long??” hinata demands.

“does he let you call him that??” noya asks.

“DOES HE CALL YOU BABY TOO??”

tsukishima finally snaps.

“do you all ever shut up,” he says coolly, voice tight. “or is this your peak entertainment for the day?”

his eyes flick to you, sharp but not unkind. “you okay?”

you nod quickly, still flustered. “yeah. just— sorry.”

his lips twitch.

just barely.

“it’s fine,” he says, adjusting his posture like none of this affects him. “they were bound to find out eventually.”

that sets them off again.

“EVENTUALLY??” tanaka screeches. “AS IN THIS IS REAL??”

“wow,” nishinoya says, squinting at tsukishima. “you’ve been holding out on us.”

tsukishima sighs, long-suffering. “i don’t recall my relationship being any of your business.”

then, deliberately, he walks over to you.

stands right in front of you.

and tilts your chin up with two fingers.

you feel your face burn.

“you’re fine,” he murmurs quietly, just for you. “they’re idiots.”

then, louder, smug creeping back into his voice, “and yes. they’re all jealous.”

the gym explodes.

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[lhyliart]

Human Susie and Kris fanart + some memes I've drawn last summer lol

*Teenagers by MCR playing in the background*

[marvelfanatic83]

Is anyone interested in a new Mcr show I’m making? I have a discord server and a couple of solid concepts ideas if anyones interested dm me 👀

[revenantraven-otm]

Fishes Don't Fly

Summary: Stan and Ford get into an argument BEFORE the science fair. Those festering feelings are laid out and result in a plan being made. The tension that was working its way toward disaster is given a rest.

For Stanuary: Burden & Worth

Word Count: 3.9k

Chapter count: 1/1

Warnings: Child abuse (Neglect), battle with self worth/self esteem issues

Bingo Card under cut, no idea how far I will get with it but filling it out anyway

[fvrmeden]

closed starter for @tenderlove

high school is never fun and everyone who says so never really went to high school. at least that is june's very honest opinion because everything about this sucks. everyone is so dramatic, mean, stinky and horny and best of all at the same time and when there are thirty people like this in one closed room, it feels like a little bit too much. and don't get him started on all the high school movies and series! they are so bad honestly nothing like that ever happens in high schools. it's probably just some kind of propaganda anyway. these and similar thoughts follow june as he makes his way to the cafeteria. he grabs the nicest-looking lunch, which is honestly a feat considering even the food is not the best here and sits down on his usual place, right opposite of lucas.

the other guy is somewhat of an enigma to him. but no matter what, june feels a strange feeling of familiarity and camaraderie when it comes to the guy. they are usually the ones being paired up together when people are supposed to work with whoever they want to, the two that always sit together in buses and during lunch. " today nothing special either, " he sighs as he nudges the food around the plate. " listen, uhm. i was wondering about something. do you want to pair up for the upcoming biology project? " it sounds silly, because they are usually the ones who end up together anyway, but this time he wants it to be just because they want it to. not because there is nobody else. well, june kinda wants to each time but he is not really sure about lucas.

[milkisartonly]

on the outside looking in, looks cool in there huh

[inkycapps]

When i tells ya.

I had the most amazing dream.

Was it concerning? Yes. Yes it was.

But oh my gawd, did i feel loved.

I feel asleep with my hearing aids in, cause im on a trip which means we all go to bed early.

I put friends on and just watched it, and like halfway through the second episode i forgot to take some melatonin, so i did.

And like 10 minutes i was knocked out.

The friends doesnt autoplay so i wasnt concerned about it being on all night.

At somepoint i hit the stage of sleep where you dream.

Now, a lot of my dreams are weird.

My top favorite one was a total drama island-esque scenario where I woke up halfway because I was drowning in the ocean while laughing(I was suffocating into my pillow) and we juggled coconuts that were on fire in a bamboo hut.

Fun right?

Anyway, this dream was like a jjk au.

First time I ever dreamed something that fictionally already existed.

It was the school-year and I had just gotten dropped off at my bus stop. But it wasn't my usual bus stop,

I got dropped off from the stop before me, I can also get home that way from two different paths jsyk.

I head home with one of those pathways and at some point, I'm still walking but my consciousness floats to the person a block behind me.

Um.....its Geto......suguru

Why? I don't know, he's not even one of my favorite characters and ive never drawn him so im so confused.

Bro was fricking following me and then im back into myself, I notice him and just start sprinting for my life(oh my god, dream me has survival instincts).

Geto as most....killers? would, starts sprinting to.

I have no stamina y'all, I have some because of lacrosse, but even then i die constantly

Dream me also knows that, so Im sprinting and I look back theres still distance and hope.

I'm trying to get to my house and then realize that because of a mini dream before this one, I left the house without my house key cause my sibling and parent said they would be home by then so I didn't need it. So I didn't have it. Fuck.

I turn a corner and there's another corner before the street of my house. One house on the corner has a massive Bush tree thing backed against a fence with massive shade and shadow so I'm hoping I can squeeze into the space

So I turn the other way and go to it, but as it turns out I can't fit with my bag and I can't drop it because then geto will see it so I just turn my back to the bush and press myself into it, hoping some god has mercy on me and he didn't see me turn

Suguru finally gets to the corner and looks towards my house and assumes for whatever reason I didn't go there and starts to go to the house where the bush is, walks past me(my heart was pounding) and starts to knock on the door. Okay, he didn't see me, I might make it.

Stupid, shoulda knocked on wood.

Because then he pulls his hand back and looks at me and yk, I ran.

Or tried to anyway, good for me.

He just does a nope, and yanks me back.

Onto the grass I go and so he does too.

That's when it hits me(not dream me) that wait, oh shit, this is Geto Suguru, what the heck?

It also hits dream me subconsciously(how does that work) like, huh, this is yandere.....oh well.

He introduces himself and im fine with it apparently(i take it back, dream me has no survival instincts, like me-like me)

I give him my phone for his phone number, and thats when my family arrives home, along with my grandmother for some reason.

Geto is still explaining who he is and honestly, real life i gotta hide like half my friends from my parents because they are older than me(even the friend in my grade) by one year and my mom's nosy) so I tell him.

You're a year older than me, we're friends, and we meet in after school study hall, got it?

He just agrees(I love him😂😭) and my mom walks up and tells me to go home, so I start walking with geto and my mom, pulls a mom and then tells him to go away. So he starts to.

My mom and sibling went on a walk and this is definitely America and not Japan cause somehow, someway, we called(whistled?) for a taxi in a neighborhood(how?!) and payed for it in dollars.

We aren't really going anywhere just driving, I'm playing with his hair because as much as he wasn't my favorite character, his hair was gorgeous.

Then my grandmother spawns in the passenger seat out of nowhere and i decide yk what? Time to go home, let's drop him off first.

Which lead to him putting in his address, bla bla, and thats how it ended.

His address being put in and poof.

Im awake.

I am so confused and then my sibling just snores(we're on a trip so we're all sharing a room) and my mom follows immediately.

My ears are still in so I put on music and text the family group chat 🫵😪😴.

Listening to songs from the Aristocats, I lay dazed and confused.

But yeah, very weird dream, loved it, and i will be making a fic out of it.

@fictionalhubbydreamer

Might not be a drawing but, my brain did try😂

[absentia-if]

As excited as I was to go down the M route, now it doesn't convince me at all :( So M dated K, right? And during that time they weren't 'complete' and after years and MC getting with K and doing nothing but pushing MC away since before high school it would hit them that they are more in love with them then... anyone else? And I can't imagine breaking that news to K xD

M's route isn't for everyone.

M and K did date, yes. M was happy with K, but they can look back on it now and see it as youthful happiness rather than long-lasting happiness. Yes, M has been in love with the MC for a long time-- without realizing it-- but they haven't necessarily been pushing the MC away because of it. They're more than happy to be "friends" with the MC, but in high school, you just weren't that close. You had your own circle and they had theirs.

M has never allowed themself to think deeply about it. They know that you're special, but they don't know why that is. Partially they think it's because you've been rivals for so long. During the course of Absentia, after dealing with the pain/grief of losing the MC and spending more and more time with you, that's when M will finally have that moment to think back on everything. Then a light bulb will go off in their head.

If both M and the MC were happy with one another? K wouldn't mind all that much-- if they mind at all, to begin with. After all, K isn't alone either. You deserve to find happiness too.