Open Post 2018

[bartenderizing]

For psl/shipping/smut/au or whatever else you may have. Pick from any age group (default being adult, middle school and high school ages being options.) You want vampires, fantasy, master/servant settings? Borrow from another canon? Just go for it!

Give a heads up if you don't want it to go past a certain rating. Otherwise, have at!

For pre-set scenarios:
A. Fallen Skies
B. Highest Bidder



Or borrow from Bakerstreet:
1. Hanahaki (May or may not be harmless)
2. Rain
3. Pet Person AU
4. Stray
5. Took You In
6. Always Came Back
7. Romance Prompts
8. A/B/O
9. The Hottest Springs
10. Jailbait
11. Sex Pollen

Comments

[redmare]

[While normally she'd be all for that, she knew what day that fell on.]

You know we compete on that day, right?

[Oi, oi, don't go forgetting such an important thing.]

[bartenderizing]

[ That slows his pace enough that, even with his strides, he starts to slowly trail behind. ]

... It really is the same day, isn't it? Shit.

I'll figure something out.

[ He's going to have to now. ]

[redmare]

[Him slowing down does the same for her, considering how much stronger he is.]

It's fine, really. Kinda weird anyway to do a thank you thing a whole month after. [She really didn't get that bit. It seemed to make more sense how they did it abroad, where both celebrated on the same day.]

[bartenderizing]

[ Something he tends to forget about, just for how easy things seem to have gotten since they first partnered up. At this point he wasn't sure if she slowed down to avoid getting tugged, or because his strength forced her to keep at a matched pace with him. ]

Is it? I guess... Actually, it'd be better to figure out a different way than that day anyway. White Day kind of went bad for me last year, so it'd be better to see it as just another competition day.

[ He doesn't really have anything ready to give a proper thank you, or do an exchange now, however. ]

[redmare]

[Now it's her turn to slow down.]

...What do you mean it went bad last year?

[bartenderizing]

It-

[ What's the best way of wording this without causing Chinatsu too much worry, past what there already was? Then again, she's seen some of the things that Izaya has managed to cause from behind the scenes. ]

There was something of a misunderstanding between me and a bunch of seniors last year. Some people got hurt, but we were all suspended for a little while because of it.

[redmare]

[Her frown got bigger.]

Did you get hurt?

[What kind of a misunderstanding on White Day would lead to injuries?]

[bartenderizing]

Not really... But you shouldn't be surprised by that.

[ He doesn't exactly get hurt easily. Then again, Chinatsu has witnessed that first hand since they've started dating. ]

[redmare]

Doesn't mean I have to be okay with it...

[She tugs at his arm, looking at him straight in the eyes.]


Hey, if anyone tries to pull anything with you now, you'll tell me, right?

[bartenderizing]

[ He looks down over to where she tugged his arm before drifting over to her eyes. Dammit, she was giving that serious and concerned look. ]

Yeah, of course... If it was something out of the usual, or if it seemed like it'd spill out towards you and dance.

[ That only seemed right. Otherwise it's so typical and normal that he'd just forget to tell her. ]

[redmare]

[Of course she was giving him that look. This guy had a tendency to downplay things that were a lot more serious.]

...Okay.

[Chinatsu will trust him on that, though she'll also keep a look out for any suspicious persons. She never really understood what people had against him. The guy was pretty much harmless by nature. The furrow in her brow doesn't disappear as they go back to walking.]

[bartenderizing]

[ That's because of a single person that made it seem like he was something else. Chinatsu would have learned that the people whom actually knew him personally didn't give the rumors much thought or credit.

Whether it was guilt or the distraction of trying to think of where to go after practice as a bit of an impromptu date, he was certainly making it harder for them to get through some of the new variations that their instructor wanted them to nail down for their next routines. Which is apparently more frustrating for her, as she says that it's useless to try anything if he's stuck in that state right now. ]

Ah... Sorry. Guess I'm just messing up all over today, huh?

[redmare]

[ Of course she was pissed. Anything that made their dancing suffer, she had no patience for. As much as she tried to hold it back, Shizuo no doubt noticed the exasperated sighs she'd let out in between. She let's out another as she wipes down her sweat with a towel. Sure enough, they ended training early. It was a waste of time this way. ]

What is it? Was it what we were talking about earlier?

[ She didn't think it'd be that much of a sensitive topic for him. If anything, she was more upset at whoever messed with him enough that it still bothered him now. ]

[bartenderizing]

I guess? Sort of.

[ He doesn't have much sweat to wipe down, though that's because there's very little that seemed to make him sweat. Nerves and when it was just him and Chinatsu, which meant that competitions were one of the two scenarios where she'd notice his hands being sweaty. ]

I know I tend to be oblivious towards a lot of things, and I've never been good at others. While I didn't mean to, it looks like I've just been messing up everywhere today.

[redmare]

[ Chinatsu does listen, despite how impatient she may look right now. ]

Shizuo...look, I know I can get..worked up about things, but it's not like I cared about this dumb holiday until now. So it's not that big a deal for me. I mean, I might get pissed if you forget next year, but this..you should see how much I messed up till I made an edible batch.

[bartenderizing]

[ How much she messed up... ]

So... It was still a big enough deal for you, if you kept trying that much. Sorry.