Saturday, February 24, 2024

Akari was stressed. She had been "coincidentally" running into Simeon the past week.

As much as it was bothering her, she couldn't actually imagine Simeon doing something as sinister as stalking her. She still caught herself scanning rooms before she walked in or pulling out her DDD to talk to someone when she was alone, though.

A hand would fall on her shoulder when she was grabbing a snack at the café, and it would be Simeon. He'd act surprised when they'd bump into each other rounding a corner of a bookshelf in the library. Finally, when his slender fingers found their way around her wrist at Peach and Lavender's store, she's had enough.

"Fancy bumping into you, lamb," Simeon said, his smile as beautiful and saintly as ever. "I feel like we've seen each other many times the past week."

"Ha, yeah, funny," Akari said, no humor in her tone as she pulled herself from his hold. "Good morning, Simeon."

He wished her a good morrow as well, and she couldn't tell if the way he spoke was endearing or pretentious. He continued to try and chat with her as she made her way through the aisles, trying to just hurry and leave, but she stopped in her tracks when Simeon mentioned her new relationship.

"I didn't expect you to be galavanting with a human. One with no magic, at that. How boring," Simeon said, admiring the waxy sheen of a poison apple he'd just picked up. "He must be immensely entertaining for you to have kept him around so long."

"What is that supposed to mean?" She asked, refusing to look at him. He didn't deserve to see her reaction. "In case you forgot, Simeon;" She spat out his name, disgusted by the lingering idea that he kept finding her on purpose. "I am a human as well."

"Ah yes," he continued, not discouraged by the venom in her tone at all. "But Akari, my dear lamb, you're so talented in ways that regular humans are not. Not just any human can occupy my mind."

Disgusting. Had Simeon always been like this? Damn his blinding charm.

She mumbled something about needing to hurry, she had plans, and scurried off to pay for her items. She thought she might have been in the clear, though she was trying to signal to Peach that she was Not Okay with Simeon following her around like he was, but the sly man moved behind her and offered his own money instead.

"It's on me," he said, pressing against her as he leaned in to slip his card into the automated pad. His body was large enough to block her in, and he took his time signing his name on the line. "A thanks, for the company while shopping."

Ha! Shopping! All he was buying was some flavored warming lube and a pack of gum.

"Running low," he reasoned with a wink as he watched Akari's eyes on his purchases.

He was about to ask her something else when suddenly a full cart of liters of dragon's milk crashed -full speed- right into his hip, the bottom of the cart catching on his ankle - hard. "Fuck!"

"Oh no!" 


Akari heard Luke's voice, and she whipped her head around to watch as he rushed forward to grab the cart to move it and pull Simeon away.

"I'm so sorry Simeon!" He said, and she saw as some of Luke's healing magic flowed from his hand to Simeon's side. "Man, this is gonna bruise... come on, I'll get you an ice pack in the back."

Akari caught the look the Luke gave her as he tugged Simeon with him, and she didn't need to be told twice. She booked it out of the store, her heart finally starting to pound against her chest after having been frozen as soon as Simeon's body had been pressed against her own.

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Trio of Trouble

When Yagen returned from his expedition mission, the word had spread about the Honmaru about the antics of Noritsune's danshi: Onimaru was being anti-social and was rarely seen asides from meal times, Hanjin was always pestering Master Aki, and the cold Inaba was testing his new masters through tough training.

After checking in with how Aki was doing and seeing that her wounds were not severe from Inaba's "training", Yagen hurried to find Lena. She wasn't in her room, he noted, although his keen eyes did observe a man's robe folded on top of the dresser. He ran through the Honmaru, peeking into the training hall and courtyard before finally stopping at the kitchen.

He pushed inside and saw Lena standing by the counter, with tears streaming down her eyes as she was working.

"Lena-sama! Is it the pain? Did that Inaba truly strike you so hard? Let me take a look." Yagen rushed to her side and took her hands to inspect her arms.

Lena sniffled, wiping her face with a handkerchief. "No, Yagen... I am fine! The tears are from the onions." She gestured to the cutting board. "Thank you for your concern."

Yagen breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. You are a reckless master. I am not surprised that you agreed to Inaba's unacceptable training tactics."

Lena shrugged and scraped the onions into a pot with oil. Then she said, slowly, "If Inaba used to train in such a way with Nori, then he must be used to this method of training. He must miss his old master, even if his old master was a wrongdoer. If I can somehow act similarly, maybe he will feel more at ease being here with us."

"I see." Yagen crossed his arms sternly. "You are being thoughtful, but don't push yourself past the limit."

"It's refreshing to go up against such a strong opponent! Mikazuki is always so careful to be gentle. It's a completely different style of fighting..." Lena stared off out the window, lost in thought comparing the two Danshi's different fighting styles. Mikazuki's touch truly was always so gentle, with his hands and his lips... and...

"Oops! I'd better get back to cooking." Lena snapped herself out of her daydreams with a laugh. "Want to stay and help?"

"Sure. I'll get changed and return right back." Yagen gave Lena one last look before he disappeared out the door.

Saturday, December 23, 2023


I strung some lights up on the porch. I'm very proud of them because they illuminate the space so well! And the best part is, they're controlled by a remote so I can turn the lights off and one or change the light settings from inside. 

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Level Up!



I'm here for it. I have gathered more friends to write stories with this year! And that's beautiful. I haven't blogged properly in ages so here I am.

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Passion (⁠๑⁠♡⁠⌓⁠♡⁠๑⁠)

Writing the spicy scene as requested by my friend............... much help was needed to piece this one together...