Hi! May I ask for angst/fluff request about Chris comforting his reader-best friend/long time crush crying after something serious? And, like, reader suddenly blurting out "I love you", Chan is very much thunderstruck but uses all his tenderness to confess back? First kiss is optional, but it'd be perfect.^^
...if you both are comfortable writing about traumas and such kind of things, of course.:)
bestie. when i tell you this request was literally everything. like my brain started coming up with ideas the second i read it. i am absolutely obsessed with any angsty content, but especially angsty chan so i had such a good time writing this and it ended up being very self-indulgent. i really hope you like it ! thank you soooo much for this absolutely brilliant request!!
a knock sounds on the door of your apartment, but you don't even register it.
taking a gasping breath, you pull your knees even tighter to your chest, trying desperately to calm yourself, but another sob rips through you, robbing your lungs of air. you choke on it, head tipping back against the bathroom wall behind you. tears continue to run down your face in streams, your shirt already damp with them. you don't know how long you've been here, but it's been long enough that the bathroom is thick with steam from the running shower you never got into.
"hey! where are you? i brought pizza!" chris' voice breaks through the panicked haze clouding your senses. you blink a few times in an effort to refocus yourself while sniffling and trying to hold back the continued sobs you feel rising up your chest. but all you manage is a choked gasp before fresh sobs rack your body.
"you in the shower?" you hear chris' voice again when he knocks on the bathroom door and you furiously wipe at your eyes, but you know it's futile. there's no hiding the mess you are right now and knowing chris is about to see it only adds to your panic. he's been through situations like this with you a few times over the years of your friendship and he's always been incredibly helpful and comforting, but that doesn't stop you from always trying to hide it from him. it makes you feel like a burden. this is your issue, it shouldn't be his to deal with.
"well i'm coming in, so if you're not decent you better say something now or it's your fault that i see you nak--" his sentence cuts off as the door swings open and he sees you huddled on the floor against the wall. the playful grin on his face quickly fades into one of concern as he drops to his knees next to you. he immediately wraps his arms around you and pulls you to his chest, holding you tightly against him.
another sob clogs your throat and his hand moves to start softly stroking your hair while he tightens his embrace further. "it's okay, just breathe. just focus on your breathing. i've got you now."
he continues long after your sobs die down and your tears dry up, just holding you silently, letting his presence comfort you. finally, you pull away. his eyes scan your face quickly, giving you a once over to check that you are actually okay.
"thank you," you whisper, offering a small, shy smile.
"always," he says simply and the gentle smile on his face warms your heart even further. "do you wanna talk about it?"
with anyone else you would immediately say no, you hate opening up about yourself. but this is chris. your best friend. the person who has been there for everything for the last seven years. so, instead you simply nod in response.
"it's my mom."
he gives you a knowing look before settling back against the wall next to you, his arm pressed against yours. his warmth melts into you and you lean your head against his shoulder as you start talking, telling him about everything that occurred between you and your mom leading up to your panic attack.
as you recount the events of the last week tears spring to your eyes and roll silently down your cheeks. you can feel yourself relive everything as you tell the story, but somehow you manage to remain calm the entire time, your best friend's presence stabilizing you in a way that nothing else ever could. you don't ever feel yourself slip back into the previous state of panic. not when you talk about the manipulation, or the lying, or the blatant gas-lighting, or even when you explain the phone call from your mom that triggered the panic attack in the first place.
chris listens patiently the whole time, silently offering you the comfort and support he knows you need. when you finish your story the room goes silent for a moment before you hear him mumble a curse under his breath.
"i'm so sorry," he says, turning his head to look at you, "i'm sorry you're still dealing with all this shit from your mom. you don't deserve any of this. if there's anything i can do, literally anything, just say the word and i've got it."
your heart warms with how selfless and genuinely caring he always is and your lips tip up in a small smile. "thank you. really. thank you so much, i don't know what i would do without you."
"the feeling's mutual." he smiles back at you before standing up and offering you his hand to pull you up off the floor. "okay, now, how about you rinse off in the shower and then we can eat some pizza and watch a movie. i got your favorite."
"that sound's perfect. but....do you think.... maybe," you pick at the skin around your nails nervously, staring at the ground between your feet. your words die off in your mouth and you shake your head, abandoning your request before you even make it. "nevermind."
"what is it?"
"it's nothing, just nevermind." you continue picking at your nails until chris' warm hand envelopes both of yours, gently stopping you.
"what is it?"
"it's just.... could you maybe.... yould you stay? like obviously not in here, but would you mind sitting just outside? and i'll leave the door open? that way i can still talk to and hear you?" you feel a blush rising up your cheeks from your embarrassment. aaying it out loud makes you feel even more stupid then when you just thought it in your head. he probably thinks it's pathetic that you can't even take a shower by yourself.
"of course," he says immediately, "there's nothing i'd rather do." you sneak a glance at him, unsure if he is being genuine or just nice and find a soft smile on his face. he squeezes your hands gently. "really, i mean it."
how does he do that? it's like he always knows exactly what you're thinking.
he moves to the hall, sitting up against the wall right next to the door while you undress and get in the shower. he tells you all about his day while you scrub away the tears and sweat and snot from your breakdown. you don't respond to most of what he says, but he keeps on talking. he knows that what you need most in these situations is just to feel his presence, to know that he's there. so, you simply listen and let the comforting sounds of his familiar voice soothe you.
you turn off the shower, dry off, and get dressed while he continues to talk about random nonsense and you lose yourself in thoughts of him. you don't know how you survived without him. he's the most genuine person you know and so caring and selfless. he always knows exactly what you need, sometimes even before you know yourself. and he's so funny, you don't think anyone has ever made you laugh quite as much as he can. and he's just the greatest person you have ever met.
god, i'm so in love with you.
his words die off mid-sentence and you immediately realize what you accidentally just did.
"shit. i said that out loud didn't i? i didn't mean to say that. shit, i'm so sorry, ummmm... just... just pretend you never heard that." you lean against the bathroom wall, burying your head in your hands as embarrassment and fear take over. a million thoughts start to race through your head as silence fills the air around you.
you never meant to say that out loud to him. yes, you've been in love with him for a while now, but you were never going to admit it. that would ruin your friendship. and chris' friendship means the world to you. today is just one of the many examples of why you don't think you could survive without him. but then you had to accidentally blurt out the one thing that could change all that. "chris, i'm so so sorry. i didn't mean to say that out loud, i just-"
"you didn't mean to say it out loud, or you didn't mean to say it?" he cuts you off mid-sentence with an unexpected question that catches you completely off guard.
"what?"
"you didn't mean to say it out loud, or you didn't mean to say it?" he repeats himself, his voice much closer now. a moment later you feel him pulling your hands from face. the look in his eyes is intense in a way you've never seen before, as though your answer to his question is the most important thing he will ever hear. "which is it?"
"well, i-" you cut yourself off, unsure of whether to take the safe route and lie or bare the truth while risking jeopardizing your friendship. your decision doesn't end up really mattering because chris continues before you can make up your mind.
"because if you didn't mean to say it, i totally understand. it's been a long day full of a lot of emotions. all you have to do is say the word and we can just pretend it never happened."
even though you never meant to ever say those words aloud to him, the thought of taking them back now makes your heart ache.
"but if you did mean them.... if you really, truly meant them," he pauses for a moment and you watch his throat roll as he swallows. you can feel a slight tremor in the hands holding your face and you don't think you've ever seen chris so nervous. you reach up and place your hand over his, squeezing gently. you do it not only to reassure him, but also to give yourself some confidence for what you say next.
"i did."
the two words come out so quietly you're not sure if he'll even catch them. but when you hear him release a breath, you know he did. his hands slip down from your face to grip your waist, pulling you ever so slightly closer to him.
"you have no idea how much it means to me to hear you say that. because......i'm in love with you too. god, i've been in love with you for years. every time i ever made you laugh and i knew that broad, beautiful smile of yours was all for me, i fell harder. and every time i got to hold you in my arms while you cried and opened up about your darkest moments, i felt like the luckiest guy on earth."
your heart is racing and your mind is spinning from the confession that just poured from him. for a moment you don't respond. you just blink. you take a breath. you take a second to soak in the fact that this is really happening and not just a dream.
"i.... i don't know what to say.....i just can't believe that you've felt the same way all these years. i was so afraid to say anything because i was scared it would ruin our friendship."
you watch as he tips his head back against the wall and lets out a pained laugh. "god, that's the exact reason i never said anything! i have been madly in love with you for so long, but the last seven years of friendship with you have been the best years of my life and i refused to give that up."
he pulls you even closer before reaching up and gently grasping your face again, one thumb softly brushing against your cheekbone. he leans in ever so slightly and you feel your heart jump into your throat. "i'm going to kiss you now because if i don't get to kiss you in the next five seconds after all these years of waiting i think i might die. so, if you don't want me to you better say something now or else--"
"just kiss me chris"
the words have barely left your mouth before he closes the small space between you and presses his lips to yours.
your mouths intertwine and you marvel at how soft his lips feel moving against yours. the kiss is new and exciting, something you've been waiting for. but it also feels familiar, as if you were always meant to be kissing him.
after a few moments he gently pulls away and kisses your forehead before resting his own against it. a comfortable silence envelopes you both as you soak in what just happened.
"did we really just have our first kiss in a bathroom?" you wonder aloud. chris chuckles softly in response and you feel his chest rumble against yours as he pulls you even closer. he wraps his arms tightly around your waist as he dips his head to whisper softly in your ear.
"have i ever told you that i'm so in love with you."
Hello.:) I saw a post about food overhaul and now have a question. May I ask how you extract food content from the game? Guess it's something simple and I'm being dumb.:(
Hello ladygrotter! :-D there are no dumb questions!!
In this case it's not simple, but SimPE!
*ahem* I wrote a little mini-tutorial for you, not sure if it will be of any use but eh. Sharing is caring! Do let me know if anything is unclear :-)
Tagging @sims2tutorials as well, in case it's reblog-worthy.
Tutorial: extracting food meshes from ts2
This tutorial is beginner-friendly I would say, but that's because I'm only showing you how to extract stuff, not editing said stuff or anything beyond that. Only extracting!
What you'll need: SimPE
1. Open SimPE and go to finder. Choose "namemap search" where it reads "find".
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2. Let's say you want to extract the jar of pickles from the hamburger's tray. If you search with "pickles" or even "jar" you won't find what you're looking for. Why you might ask, that's because the jar of pickles doens't have it's own resource. It's merged in one of the hamburger-tray files. "Namemap search" is a great tool, but if you don't know how the filenames are named, you might have trouble finding the resources you're looking for in the beginning. Anyhow!
We know that the jar of pickles are in one of the hamburger resources, so we're going to type in "hamburger" where it says "match" and then hit start on the left.
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3. After SimPE loads for a while, you'll see every resource that has "hamburger" in its name here. If you scroll down a bit you'll see resources ending with "gmdc", those are meshes and if you scroll down even more you'll see ones ending with "txtr". Txtr are low-res textures and most of the items from ts2 have lifo files (always at the very bottom of the results) and those contain much higher resolution textures than the txtrs. There are two types of lifo files, but you always want to use the ones with 0 in the name (those are the highest resolution textures available. Lifo files with 1 in the name are slightly smaller) . Some objects don't have lifo files, then you'll have to settle for the txtr.
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4. The jar of pickles can be found in "foodPrepHamburger_root_trans_gmdc" (I know this at the top of my head bc I've poked at literally every food in the game by now haha). Double click on it to open.
If you're unsure if the resource you're looking in is the right one, you can double click on it to open, and then click on "preview". SimPE will then load a bit and show you a preview of the mesh, as you can see below.
5. After double-clicking on the name/resource you want to open, right click on the resource and choose "extract" and save it somewhere.
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6. Go back to finder and scroll all the way down to the lifo files. Double click on "foodprephamburger-ingredients0_lifo" to open it.
Be careful not to accidentally import/replace any resource here! You're poking in object-files located in the program files folder and they should never be edited, you only want to extract things out of these files, never into!
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7. Right click on the image itself this time (not the name/resource), choose "export" and save it somewhere.
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8. Now you can import the mesh into Milkshape and open up the texture in Photoshop for example.
And that's how I extract ts2 food! 🤡 do let me know if anything is unclear.
Last tip! The best way to know where a specific mesh (from a food) is, you can check in-game when your sim is cooking a certain dish, that way you know what you need to search for in SimPE later. For example, the milk mesh can be found in many different foods (pancakes, cereal) but the jar of pickles can only be found in the hamburger's prep-resource. I hope that makes sense!
Hi! I have an...idea, so to say, and if you're okay with such kinks.
So.
Poly! skz, all members have a huge crush on reader (virgin). Boys have a "Sharing is caring" kind of agreement, there are a lot of tension, flirting and kisses, but nothing NSFW yet. A reader has the most powerful chemistry with Chris (to the point of sparks like from broken high voltage station), but Chan being Chan restrains himself from being affectionate because of insecurities. Reader, being fed up with his emotional constipation, confesses and kisses him first. Cue phrase from reader: "You maybe are the last to kiss but I chose you to be my first", meaning chosing him not only as a first sexual partner, but as a boyfriend too.
And THAT'S how the party started.❤😈
hey there! thank you for sending this in! we actually don't write any poly!skz stuff. we didn't have anything about specifically poly!skz written in in our rules (we have since updated it), but we don't write any group stuff (sexual or not), including member x member. if you're ever wondering if something you want to send in is something we write, we encourage anyone who requests on our page to check out our rules for what we will and won't write about. it isn't a definitive list, because someone might send something in that we aren't comfortable writing that maybe we hadn't thought about, but it covers a vast majority of it. all the being said, we appreciate you sending stuff in and trusting us to write your request! but we personally are just not comfortable writing it. there are, however, plenty of talented and amazing writers here on stayblr, so i'm sure there's someone else who can write your request and do it even better than we could!
thank you again, and we appreciate your understanding!
Hi! I saw your retextured hair, but what's the difference between Simgarooped textures and Remi's? Like, I found resource post by Simgaroop and they wrote that they used Remi textures V3. If there is a difference, where could I find original textures? Google doesn't understand me.:( I hope I describe this messy problem right.-____-
Hi! If you or anyone else is wondering, Kooli made a comparison post about different hair textures/colors here! And you can find the og Simgaroop textures here :)
Hello! Sorry for bothering you with this flow of ideas for both @hardhours and @softhours (but somehow I have suspicions tumblr ate them all >.<). 🥺 I still have one more.🥺
Angst/fluff, poly! Skz, being (fiercely) protective to reader's abusive stalking ex. A united confession from all members is optional and is up to you.:3 Source of inspiration: SKZs soundtrack song from k-drama "Neverending story".💗
...Also, if it's possible, the certain member being mentioned as a helping hand from distance, may be without names.
hellooooooo there! thanks for sending this in! we actually don't write any poly!skz stuff. we didn't have anything about specifically poly!skz written in in our rules (we have since updated it), but we don't write any group stuff (sexual or not), including member x member. we have a small list of what we will/won't write in our rules in our pinned post, so if you're ever wondering if something you want to send in is something we write, we encourage anyone who requests on our page to check that out. it obviously isn't a definitive list, and as we mention in that post, we reserve the right to not write something if we are not comfortable with it, but it's that's a good jumping off point to better understand what to expect on our blog. all the being said, we appreciate you sending stuff in and trusting us to write your request! but we personally are just not comfortable writing it. there are, however, plenty of talented and amazing writers here on stayblr, so i'm sure there's someone else who can write your request and do it even better than we could!
thank you again, and we appreciate your understanding!
