54th ♫ | I'm begging time to stop, just a little longer

[mytarget]

 (Slightly Adjusted) Shameless Shipping Meme
There's nothing wrong with wanting to play out some cute, fluffy interaction. So break out the butterflies in the stomach, the hand holding, the love confessions, the NOTICE ME SENPAIS, and all the adorableness you can stomach - no matter if if fits your character perfectly or not. It's all about characters getting comfortable with each other while being total goobers and showing love.

It's shameless, sure, but it's fun!

• Comment with your character, preferences, etc.
• Reply to others.
• Thread and doki until your heart can doki no more.

 

1. encouragement - You can't help crushing on this person because they boost your self-worth and make you feel like you're actually a decent person!!!


2. first date - It's a date! Or not. Maybe you're just at the skating rink, the intergalactic space station, or the five an dine at the same time.


3. badass with a crush - You're badass but you kind of want to just dote on that special person.


4. holding hands - Such a simple act that can make your heart pound.


5. acting like dorks and avoiding the questions - What it says on the tin.


6. impress - Hey, hey. Look at me, I'm awesome!


7. kiss - Happy kisses, cheek kisses, angry kisses, SHUTTING YOU UP kisses.


8. picnics - Get close to that special person while getting some good food.


9. hugs - You're so nice and soft.


10. denial - Feelings? No way. Let me repress those bad boys.


11. mean - Pull their pigtails because you like them.


12. unusually kind - You can't help but be really nice to the one you care for.


13. presents - Here, I brought you this necklace. Or - Here, I brought you the head of our enemies.


14. don't know how to act - I like this person?! WHAT DO I DO WHAT DO I DO OH GOD.


15. defending - Verbally or physically, you're standing up for your crush.


16. telling them - You're going to confess...if things don't keep going wrong.


17. proposal - You want to be with this person forever and you're going to make sure they know it!


18. loving smut - The smut option, full of cuteness.


19. family - The catchall prompt for bringing up a family together. Whether it's pregnancy, babies, adoption or four-footed and fluffy kids this is the prompt for gooey family interactions.


20. wildcard

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[thecageysort]

[...It's nice out today?!

What the hell sort of opener was that? Why had that been the sentence that slipped out of his mind, after all the deliberating? Of all the idiotic...]

Hm. The sun always shines a little brighter after it's been dark for a while.

[Kill him now.]

You're not tired, right? We can take a break, if you are.

[From... From walking. It's a walk, this is the entire point of the activity. How do people do this?]

[glasswing]

No, no, I'm feeling fine! We haven't been walking too far–

[ But then her eyes widen and she gets that look and you just know what's about to follow. ]

Oh, are you needing to take a break? If you're getting tired, I can find us somewhere to sit in the shade! I can run and find you something to drink, too, if you're feeling thirsty!

[ trap card activated: big sis energy. you did this to yourself, aran. ]

[thecageysort]

...

[He should have expected this and yet...]

No, I'm fine. Really. I don't get tired. [Aran that's not a normal person thing to say.] I just didn't want you to--

I-It's fine... Don't worry about it.

[glasswing]

Of course you do! Everyone gets tired when they've been overexerting themselves. Really, if you need to rest, then don't feel as if you should to press on, just for my sake!

[ unstoppable force vs immovable object. these are the kinds of clashes that quake the very foundation of civilization. the church of light didn't need an evil god, they just needed a couple of mom friends to get caught in a feedback loop with each other. ]

[thecageysort]

[This is going nowhere at this rate...]

Let's stop anyway. That might be... better. [For reasons. Don't worry about it.] Although you really don't have to worry about me.

[He knows he's asking for the impossible here, but listen, he has to at least say it.]

[glasswing]

See? Stopping for a break won't hurt.

[ It's quiet out here away from the town, but that also means there's nowhere quite as convenient as a bench for them. But as luck would have it, there's a fallen log just at the side of the path and Narmaya makes her way over to it. ]

Why don't we sit here?

[thecageysort]

Ah... sure.

[You know what, this works. This is still mostly according to plan, minus the part where she thinks that he needs... a break. Still. Good enough.

So they take their seat and Aran doesn't entirely know what to say, so he just blurts something out.]

Don't you get tired of it?

...Always worrying so much about people, I mean?

[glasswing]

Hm? I suppose I've never thought about it like that. It just comes naturally, really. People spend so much time worrying about everything else around them, they often forget to stop and worry about themselves as well. I can't be there for everyone, but when I can tell someone's got something on their mind, I try my best to help them out and make sure they don't run themselves ragged.

[ She doesn't seem surprised by the question, though. Going by the ease with which she answers, it seems like it's a question she's been asked before. ]

[thecageysort]

...Yeah. I think that's about the answer I expected, really. It's just who you are.

You wouldn't know how to stop if you tried, huh?

[glasswing]

Maybe I should be able to, but I'm really not sure... if someone asked me to, I'd have to give it a try, but...

[ You can just tell she certainly wouldn't have an easy time of it. ]

[thecageysort]

At least make sure you've always got people supporting you too. Plenty of them don't mind.

...You know, like... me.

[JUST AS A RANDOM EXAMPLE]

[glasswing]

Ehehe. I'm glad to hear it. It's nice to have such reliable people supporting me now.

[ As opposed to the church of lies doing not that. ]

Even though everything's starting to settle down, it seems like things are getting busier and busier... so knowing I have people to rely on makes things much easier to deal with.

[thecageysort]

Well, you know... Someone should.

[And he should. definitely. be that someone.]

So make sure you ask for help when you need it. And to follow your own advice, you know, about taking care of yourself? [says local hypocrite] It's... important.

[glasswing]

Are you worrying about me?

[ Her smile's a little fond, a little teasing and a little bashful all at once. ]

I'm taking care of myself, I promise. After all, if I don't look after myself then I can't look after all the people I love.

[thecageysort]

I'm always worried about everything and everyone.

[So yes. Yes, he is.]

But that's good. I wouldn't want you to overwork yourself or... I mean... You're... [How does he words?] You... matter a lot. That's all.

[glasswing]

... Aran?

[ Narmaya may be... well, Narmaya, but this seems quite uncharacteristically... feelings for Aran. Which usually means there is something terribly out of balance in the universe. ]

You seem a little... [ she doesn't want to say strange but there's something off at least. ] Is there something wrong?

[thecageysort]

I-- No, nothing's wrong! Everything's fine, really. I'm fine.

[Oh god. Oh god, she's noticing. She noticed and she called him on it and he's absolutely going to crash and burn, he needs to fix this, quickly.]

I simply... Ugh.

[He groans and reaches into his pocket, pulling out... a small pouch? Which he just about shoves in her direction, waiting for her to take it.]

Here.

[glasswing]

[ She has her mouth open ready to protest that something must be wrong for him to be acting this way but before she can work out a way to ask that, he's shoving the pouch at her and she finds herself completely at a loss for exactly what it's supposed to mean. ]

Ah, um– [ but she takes it, of course, because what else is she supposed to do? ] Should I open it?

[thecageysort]

I wouldn't have given it to you, otherwise.

[Aran can barely even look at her now. Please put the poor man out of his misery. When she does open it, though, she'll find something... softly glowing blue, attached to a silver chain.]

[glasswing]

[ She's not sure what she expects to see when she pulls the pouch open, but the sight of that gently glowing pendant is enough to knock the words right out of her. Speechless – almost a little breathless – she dips her hand into the pouch and carefully pulls it out. It's so delicately crafted, all elegant swirls and slender metal and it takes her some time to find some way to respond. ]

Aran, this... it's beautiful, but– but why...?

[thecageysort]

Because... Because it's blue and I know that's the color you like best. Because you're a good person who works hard and you deserve nice things in your life.

And because I'm very bad with words, so this seemed easier to get my point across.

[glasswing]

[ Aran Voliere cuts an imposing figure. He's a hero of the land, a savior of the people, has seen and done things that Narmaya can barely imagine – and here he is, like a schoolboy offering a flower to his beau, all averted gaze and fumbled words and it takes a moment to really sink in what this must mean.

And – before she can really stop herself – Narmaya finds herself laughing.

It's so awful. It's so mean, when he's had to put this much effort in even to make this stumbling attempt, but as inept as this whole affair might be it's in the stumbles more than anything, somehow, that his true intent shines through.

Carefully, so as not to upset either of their balances, Narmaya pulls herself up onto the log. Even with Aran sat down beside her, she needs all the help she can get to be able to reach up to his face and press a kiss, feather soft, to the corner of his mouth. ]

... thank you. It... it really is beautiful. And I– um– well, you're–

[ ...

she was doing so well right up until she had to use her words and now she finds she's fumbling as well. whoops. ]

[thecageysort]

[For the record, as she starts to laugh, Aran is silently screaming. This is it. This is the nightmare scenario. He fucked this up so spectacularly that it's laughable. Honestly, he can't blame her, he can only imagine how much of a fool he looks like right now.

Anxious thoughts are swirling in his mind so much that he doesn't snap out of it until she's right next to him and what is she doing--

oh.



oh.]

A-Ah, well, I... I see, I... [He coughs, nervously. Did that just happen? Did she just do that? Did he die, he might have died, this could just be a hallucination.] Th-- That is to say, I...

I'm glad. That... you like it, I mean.

[THEY'RE GOOD AT THIS]