i'm just a dirtbag, baby!

hey, it's all right! does it make you feel alive? don't look back! live your life, even if it's only for tonight! hey, it's all right if it makes you feel alive!

[tanakafm]

( @ofelodies ) Christian never thought this day would come. In fact, even Christian’s mun wouldn’t have expected this literally three minutes ago, but here he stood. Waiting for the first look of his bride. Elodie Nguyen. Ups and downs riddled the wedding planning process, but the venue was never a question for the betrothed. So after a long road, literally, that summer and an even longer metaphoric road after that, Christian stood in Waverly Heights, his eyes set on that old pharmacy while he waited for Elodie to approach. All the while, chills ran down his spine. Whether from the whipping wind, his sweet anticipation, or just the Waverly Heights magic...well, who was to say?

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callieftw‌:

❝UGH, both drake & josh and icarly were both so good. i have to admit, victorious was also awesome. i think i’ve binge watched the show before. also, i’m surprised you of all people were into icarly, tanaka,❞ she responded, raising an eyebrow toward him with a grin. ❝uhh, it seemed cliche and overrated.❞ the girl was teasing him though, mostly to get back at him from what he said earlier about her own pose. taking her position to where christian originally was, she raised her stretched her hands to the air before spreading them, making them into what would look like a v. thing is, she didn’t hold the position long because she was soon laughing. she felt her pose was just as ordinary as her first one. ❝i don’t know! what would be a cute pose?❞ she questioned. ❝do you think i should face away and look over my shoulder?❞

“You better not fucking tell anyone, I have a reputation to uphold,” he told Callie in a warning tone, but a small smile crinkled the corners of his eyes. He knew he could trust her. “I was strictly Drake and Josh and iCarly, I was pretty much over Nickelodeon by the end of iCarly.” He watched Callie find the pose, trailing behind her, so he could get a closer angle. He held up the camera before impatiently bringing it down again. “Just pick one! You’re gonna look fine no matter what, yeah, just do that,” he nodded at her new idea, raising the camera back to eye-level.

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lloydjabari‌:

Before the door closed on his friends, jabari waved out the small slot. Once it was closed, he leaned over the back seat where he was lounging and searched for his bag. “do i got anything?” jabari mocked christian as he pulled out his hello kitty stash box. “I got enough drugs in this lil’kitty lunch box to have me locked up for waaaaay too long” jabari mumbled the end while picking out the little mason jar filled with his stash. “Hmmm.. i’m thinkin’ blunt…” jabari pulled out his hello kitty rolling papers. “Oh shit, I need some water. here - you roll it” Jabari leaned over the seat and dropped the mason jar, and rolling papers on Christian’s lap. He turned around and searched for his water bottle.

“Shut up,” Christian said simply, making a face at Jabari’s sarcasm, though a smirk tickled the corners of his lips. It was all in good humor. He rolled his eyes at the paper that Jabari handed him and, as he rolled, replied, “Come on, man, you know I can’t fuckin’ take these seriously. Did you really buy more?” When he finished, he passed the blunt to Jabari. “It’s yours, man, you get to christen it.”

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eli-yahhh‌:

“As am I, don’t you think so?” she tilted her head smiled. Eliyah began to braid her hair and make small talk. “So, I’m in the mood for some chaos this weekend, what’s the play?”

“No comment,” Christian opted out, refusing to fall into Eliyah’s trap. Chaos, though, he could get behind. He leaned back in his chair -- someone else’s he’d just borrowed it for the night -- and tossed out a feeler. “What kind of chaos are you thinking? We cannot set someone on fire again, I cannot take one more second of Elodie’s bitching and moaning.”

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callieftw‌:

❝CAN you imagine seeing a plankton roaming around? or even a pearl? i think having an amusement park based on nickelodeon shows would be amusing though. imagine what the fairly oddparents part would look like.❞ pulling out her phone, she walked a good distance away, enough to get a decent picture. once in position, she tapped onto the camera before making it into selfie mode and taking her own picture first. afterward, she went back to focusing on christian with a smile. ❝and you call my pose lame,❞ she commented loudly, but took a picture before he could say or move. callie also texted the picture to him right away. ❝my turn.❞

“Would it be just the cartoons or the live action too? I used to be obsessed with Drake and Josh. And I hate to say it, but I had an iCarly phase too,” Christian admitted, only willing to share such confidential information with Callie. He let out a yell of protest when Callie made fun of his pose. “What was wrong with my pose?” he demanded as he clambered back down the ladder, reaching out to take Callie’s phone, so he could take the photo on her phone. “All right, what do you got this time, Hernandez?”

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ofelodies‌:

She can’t tell if it’s the ringing in her ears of the way her stomach churns with each word he speaks, but there is something about the INTENSITY of the situation — of the rage she feels at the lack of admittance of his own wrongdoing, of the guilt and shame she feels when she realises that HE’S right too — but Elodie can’t hold herself back. Tears blur her eyes, and yet, she still manages to take a step forward, inching closer to him to she can mutter, as viciously as she can: “ FUCK YOU, CHRISTIAN. ”

Elodie’s words had no effect on Christian. Most people wouldn’t have expected from from Elodie, but they fell into his vision of her -- spiteful, angry, and vindictive. He only let out a hollow laugh, his eyes sparking with a joyless but knowing smirk before he narrowed them again. “Whatever, Elodie. Good luck finding the van,” he spat darkly, then stalked off.

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eli-yahhh‌:

Eliyah chuckled at Christian’s comment. “Hey, maybe so, but when its golden hour and I’m glowing like a fresh pearl, your skin will be sagging and wrinkling by the age of thirty and your pores will be so big, your pores will have pores.” Eliyah began to laugh harder, “Don’t forget to exfoliate.”

“I don’t need to exfoliate, I’m just naturally beautiful,” Christian lied as if he didn’t follow a precise, fairly detailed skin care routine every night. It took effort to look this good, but Eliyah didn’t need to know that.

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lunarasteroids‌:

“I’ve connected the dots.” Luna holds up a child’s activity book with a dot to dot in it. “You looked so concerned.” She giggled, going back to her book.

“I thought…I don’t know what I thought,” Christian said, then shook his head. He watched Luna with her coloring book for a moment, his brows spiking higher than the bumps in the road. “Aren’t you a little old for a coloring book?”

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ofelodies‌:

The idea of getting over something, of forgetting, is so foreign to Elodie she almost can’t fathom it. She’s a worrier at heart, and she’s so used to dwelling on everything that it’s turned her into a grudge holder — it’s the same thing, really, just focused on the past instead of the future. “ I’m being dramatic? How about knocking me into a freaking fire when I wouldn’t play a stupid game, and then getting so mad at me for being upset that you tell everyone about a secret you knew would hurt me, ” voice cracks, and it’s as if all her frustration is boiling over. “ Or how you take every single opportunity to make fun of me, or act as if you’re so above me because I care about things and you don’t. ” She steps closer, voice still raising. “ Or trying to pull me out to a club not because you wanted to invite me to tag along in a group, but because you needed me, and made me put on a dress I looked ridiculous in, probably so you could talk about it behind my back with Amelie. ” That part was embellished, made up in her mind, but Elodie took it as fact. “ Or how you drag me into a stupid pharmacy when I’m already scared about whatever was going on in that stupid town, and when I save your freaking life, you threaten me after I try to help you AGAIN! ” Voice is shaking, and it’s evident there’s still a lot of anger in her as tears pool in her eyes. “ There is literally nothing I could ever do to make you not be a jerk to me! I’m nice or I’m stuck up and I’m Sister Elodie, patron saint of being a freaking STICK IN THE MUD, or I try to have fun and become some kind of burden to take care of because I’m not as experienced as everyone else … I get it, okay, Christian? You hate me. So just let me be left alone. ”

Christian kept opening his mouth to interject, but Elodie was so swept away by her own senseless tirade that she wouldn’t even take a breath. So the longer she raved, the more time Christian had to boil, his fists and jaws clenching harder with each passing second. He didn’t usually take the long rant approach, but today? With Elodie? He dove right into the deep end.

“I can’t fucking believe you, you literally live in your own fucking fantasy world, don’t you? Just because I have a sense of humor doesn’t mean that I’m being a jerk to you, I was just trying to have a fucking conversation with you, and of course you can’t take a fucking joke one time, and you make it like I’m the fucking devil trying to kill you or something. Do you think I give one single fuck what you wear or what you look like? I have better things to do than sit around judging what you look like in a dress. I’m not making fun of you, it’s called having a good fucking time, and if you feel so fucking bad about being a stick in the mud, which I have never called you, maybe you should try to figure out why you think that. Maybe you’re just so insecure about how you can never relate to anyone because you’re too busy being judgy and acting like everyone is out to fucking kill you, when in reality they don’t give to shits. That’s right, Elodie, I don’t hate you, I literally just don’t give one single fuck about you or what you do, as long as you leave me the fuck alone and stop treating me like a piece of shit. And for the last fucking time, I didn’t push you into the fire!”

[eli-yahhh]

This mud mask was highly effective, thank you skincare gods.

[tanakafm]

“Nice look,” Christian commented drily. “You look like you stuck your head in quicksand.”

[taliahawk-deactivated20200711]

The dots… I’ve connected them.

[tanakafm]

“What?” Christian asked, his brows furrowing in deep confusion. Luna was one of the people on the trip he knew the least, and he had no idea what to make of her.

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callieftw‌:

❝UHHH, i think we both know that out of the two of us, you’re the stupid one here,❞ she responded with laughter and a smile. ❝oh shit, you know what this whale reminds me of? pearl from spongebob.❞ that was oddly random, but after all the spongebob memes online, she ended up thinking of the cartoon. ❝if only there was an amusement park for bikini bottom or even a restaurant for the krusty krab, i’d like to see that.❞ moving back to the topic of having pictures taken though, she gave a shrug before doing what was planned. eventually, being on top of the whale, she glanced around, taking a moment to enjoy the view.

“Oh, damn, you’re right, that’d be sick as fuck,” Christian said, his eyes lighting up at the thought. He wasn’t usually one for nostalgia, but he wouldn’t mind a walk down memory lane with one of his favorite tv shows. Over his shoulder as he mounted the whale, he called, “It could be an amusement park with the Krusty Krab in it. Like Disney has restaurants and shit. How’s this?” he settled on the whale, his hand folding into a douchey, wannabe rockstar gesture.

[travelershq]

✿「@tanakafm​」✿

jabari was itching to get out of the van, the last trip had his energy all out of wack and he needed to do something to help his charka flow. As the group stopped at some attraction on the route, a little smirk grew on his face as he got an idea. He watched the van empty and he leaned over the seat and grabbed Christian’s shoulder. Jabari leaned against the van’s seat, he smiled as the people left the van. “wanna hot box this bitch?” he whispered into Christian’s ear. 

[tanakafm]

Christian rose from his seat, prepared to tumble out the van with the rest of his friends, but Jabari caught him midway. He looked back with a curious expression that soon broke into a sly smile. “Hell yeah,” he agreed, snapping the door behind him with an excuse about napping. They’d be found out soon enough, but they just needed to buy some time. “You got anything?”

[callieftw]

CHRISTIAN

“Trust me, I don’t need to flex my Instagram skills to get girls running to me, or even my personality,” Christian said, a smirk flashing across his face with his suggestive joke. He thought on Callie’s question for a moment, then shrugged. “I don’t know, I can’t think of anything off the top of my head, but that one is definitely outdated. You should sit on top of the whale, and I’ll take one before you slide down.”

SHE pursed her lips and shook her head. ❝no comment,❞ is all she had to say about that. honestly, she had more to talk about, but now was not the time for such a topic. turning around to face the whale, she contemplated on her pose. the brunette crossed her arms and tilted her head to a side. she heard christian talking, but was too busy being in her own world for a bit. however, as she couldn’t come up with a pose, she went back to facing him. ❝but what about you? i thought you wanted your picture taken and seeing the front of the whale would be nice to have in the picture.❞

[tanakafm]

Callie’s refusal to comment just drew a chuckle from his lips, and he raised his brow when he realized she wasn’t listening to him. “Hey!” he said, trying to get her attention again. When she turned around again, he shook his head with another laugh. “I was talking to you, stupid. But, yeah, it’d be cool to get one sliding down, but I guess that angle is out of the question. I’ll do it on top of the whale like I said.”

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callieftw‌:

SHE opened her mouth from being surprised as she didn’t hear a thing about it. probably while she was asleep the person mentioned it. ❝really? i hope we at least go to one or two. dinosaurs are still cool. if only jurassic world was a real thing. i’d pay money to go there.❞ but she felt the same as christian. if they were going to make a stop to every single dinosaur, she’d get tired and annoyed to the point of fighting whoever would be driving. ❝yeah, that’s definitely the first thing you should mention when wanting to go out with someone. i’m sure more girls would come running to you,❞ she joked before giggling. ❝if not, i’m sure they’ll still like you for your charming personality.❞ the brunette rose her eyebrows at him for a moment. while waiting for her picture to be taken though, she stopped the moment he whined. ❝what? i think the pose is cute. what would you suggest, oh so great one?❞

“Trust me, I don’t need to flex my Instagram skills to get girls running to me, or even my personality,” Christian said, a smirk flashing across his face with his suggestive joke. He thought on Callie’s question for a moment, then shrugged. “I don’t know, I can’t think of anything off the top of my head, but that one is definitely outdated. You should sit on top of the whale, and I’ll take one before you slide down.”

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ofelodies‌:

Frustration is rising in her quickly — though Elodie is usually docile, Christian still always manages to push her buttons in just the right fashion to make her angrier second by second. Of course, the panic of being stranded from the rest of the group already has her on high alert, and she still hasn’t forgiven him for the bonfire ( literal fire or exposé ) or the pharmacy. Even the brief moment of bonding in Chicago was buried so deep in her mind that she didn’t even have to choose to ignore it, just focus on the bad. “ Because! ” She exclaimed, with more force than intended. “ I don’t want to talk with you or walk with you or even look at you! ”

Elodie’s volume stunned Christian for a moment, sending him a step back, but, again, his quick temper easily propelled him into an unnecessary fight. “Why are you being so fucking dramatic? You always act like I’m the fucking bad guy when I don’t even do anything wrong,” he griped, his past misdemeanors just that to him -- in the past. He barely even remembered last week’s incident with the...whatever, and he didn’t know why Elodie had to either.

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ofelodies‌:

When he catches up with her, she wants to avoid breaking into a sprint — she is not running away from Christian. So, instead, she ups the ante on the immaturity and says bitterly: “ I heard you just fine. ” Before stopping in her tracks, turning on her heel, and heading back leisurely in the direction in which they came. If she got lost and never found the group again, she’d rather accept that fate than going on a human scavenger hunt with him. 

Christian paused for a moment, dumbfounded. But of course it didn’t take long for the usual Elodie-related annoyance to trickle into his senses. He marched back up to her, his steps heavier now, and demanded, “Well, if you heard me, why did you ignore me? It was a simple question.”