❛ You cannot know how frightened gods are of pain. There is nothing more foreign to them, and so nothing they ache more deeply to see. ❜ pspsp from gojo
@chipen // BOOK STARTERS VOL.56 CIRCE MADELINE MILLER
his eyes travel across the mountains on the other side of the glass, the wagons rattling with their metallic sound as the city retreats and disappears in the corner. rarely does satoru follow, busy as he is on solo missions, so between the growing mountain of curses disposed by his hand and perfection of his reverse cursed technique, there’s hardly any chance for their paths to cross for longer than a brief glance or a good morning, have you eaten? wave.
satoru’s voice lures him in and out of his thoughts.
frightened. i don’t think i’ve ever seen you truly scared. he doesn’t say.
‘ hah, isn’t that funny to hear. you’re a half-god yourself. ’ prodding at his ego is easier, so he goes for that, masking the tiredness weighing down his shoulders with a low chuckle, voice gone soft, ‘ …going in headfirst does little to keep pain at bay, that much is obvious. you don’t seem all that affected by it - the pain. might be part of being made of halfsies. ’
suguru finds the irony amusing, a sort of innocent arrogance that never fails to paint a smile on his face as he listens to satoru ramble on. this time, though, it leaves a bitter aftertaste. it’s partly distance — the division that separates a god from human, strength from anything broken —, the other bigger part is despondence and it’s getting harder to hide it behind the illusion of a fox-like smile. some days, his muscles don’t follow, frozen into an expression that he can hardly call indifference because the embers of something akin to anger linger.
this time it spills, briefly, not enough to stain the room but just enough to rekindle the conversation, words rasp like sandpaper, ‘ what does it take to make you into a God, then? the fear, having something that scares you to death, or wanting it more than anything else? you don’t have to answer, i’m just wondering. ’
kogami is the type who doesn't think much of valentine's chocolates, just accepts them as long as they're friendly but if it comes with a confession he might turn them down or just say a polite thanks.
gojo however is the type to parade around receiving chocolates because he loves sweets even though he's not going to accept any proposal he just wants to eat so that makes him sort of an asshole but no one cares because he's being cute about it.
geto is the type to politely accept chocolates and kindly reject confessions, but he does it so nicely that there's a line of people waiting their turn to be rejected.
as for liu xiao he will disappear that day, he doesn't exist.
we don’t rp bc of the bottom allegations.
what allegations? care to show me?
give me a reason why you DON'T rp with me.
🐝 * ― 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑶𝑴 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑨 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺. ( all of these are taken from the song lyrics from the musical of the same name. feel free to change pronouns and adjust to your needs! )
❛ remember me once in a while — please promise me you'll try. ❜ ❛ where in the world have you been hiding? ❜ ❛ stories like this can't come true. ❜ ❛ close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams. ❜ ❛ and you'll live as you've never lived before. ❜ ❛ let your darker side give in. ❜ ❛ who was that shape in the shadows? ❜ ❛ is this what you wanted to see? ❜ ❛ now you cannot ever be free! ❜ ❛ fear can turn to love, you'll learn to see. ❜ ❛ i shall give you one last chance. ❜ ❛ it's useless trying to appease me. ❜ ❛ you're only saying this to please me. ❜ ❛ if he knew the truth, he'd never, ever go. ❜ ❛ it was an accident ... simply an accident. ❜ ❛ why have you brought me here? ❜ ❛ what you heard was a dream and nothing more. ❜ ❛ i'm here, nothing can harm you. ❜ ❛ i'm here with you, beside you, to guard you and to guide you. ❜ ❛ promise me that all you say is true, that's all i ask of you. ❜ ❛ you're safe, no one will find you. ❜ ❛ all i want is freedom, a world with no more night, and you, always beside me, to hold me and to hide me. ❜ ❛ all our fears are in the past. ❜ ❛ why is it secret? what have we to hide? ❜ ❛ [name], what are you afraid of? ❜ ❛ you were once my companion, you were all that mattered. ❜ ❛ why can't the past just die? ❜ ❛ don't make me do this. it scares me. ❜ ❛ we'll be parted forever, he won't let me go. ❜ ❛ am i to risk my life to win the chance to live? ❜ ❛ do i have any choice? ❜ ❛ i know i can't refuse, and yet i wish i could. ❜ ❛ don't think that i don't care, but every hope and every prayer rests on you now. ❜ ❛ you! why did you let this happen? ❜ ❛ but can i trust you? ❜ ❛ i love her! does that mean nothing? ❜ ❛ the world showed no compassion to me! ❜ ❛ did you think that i would harm her? ❜ ❛ why should i make her pay for the sins which are yours? ❜ ❛ this is the choice — this is the point of no return. ❜
there’s not a breath to be taken without precaution. whether it’s the will of the hot, sinister flavor of victory or a more primal apprehension, ulquiorra isn’t sure. but he wants to hear the monster growl again, cry if he must. beg, like the rest of them had when faced with something larger than themselves.
it’s hardly a sweet sound, grimmjow’s baritone carried defiance the kind that you could only find in untamed hollows, the misguided souls that are still too raw and persistently detached from authority, save from the chains that bind them to the skeletal forms. there is no placid trolling to it. unlike ulquiorra’s own voice, apathetic, cruel in its manner devoid of empathy, grimmjow’s groans feel more corporeal than ulquiorra’s own presence. the applied pressure burying itself deep into grimmjow’s marrow becomes the only symbol of his wicked existence in a room so wide and empty.
tongue darts out to wrap itself around ulquiorra’s digits, the sensation a shot of liquid fire when it’s met with the hierro layer that always seemed to run cold. curiosity. confusion. the reasons for such action escaped him, though he’d heard bits of it from other espada — desire, lust. it hardly matters now. ulquiorra doesn’t relent.
‘ what are you doing, grimmjow. ’ fiercely, his right hand clasps around the other’s jaw. bones give in, something cracks. it’s nothing compared to the damages of drawn out battles, the sort of commodity that blood-thirsty beings seek and get drunk off on most nights - it always is night time - so he applies more pressure just to make a statement.
ulquiorra’s gaze doesn’t falter. ‘ how convenient. your mouth taunts and yet you choose to take the punishment with baseless threats. go. try to defeat me. you can’t? or do you not want to? what could you possibly say to make excuses for yourself after this—? ’ the heel that had remained motionless aims a kick to his stomach, sending him back to the floor. ulquiorra is quick, looming over grimmjow’s tall figure sprawled on the ground. slowly, as if testing the waters, ulquiorra lowers his head, locking gazes. here, now, there’s only grimmjow and him. here, only one man could judge him.
‘ your body is more honest than your tongue. what should i do with it? ’ frigid fingers run down grimmjow’s bared throat, down to his sternum, keenly aware of their new proximity, the heightened nerves beneath his touch, ‘ should i rip it out and feed the troops with it, or should i make you swallow your own sword? show me, i might begin to understand you. ’
THE PROBLEM WITH CRAMMING THE ESPADA TOGETHER - WAS too much power and too many big personalities for the proffered space. they were no better than feral animals really, scratching an existence out of survival of the fittest. the primordial part of him knew sharper teeth and claws meant victory, but ulquiorra ( despite him knowing better ) had a vast well of untapped power - an unending wealth of dominance that might sink into grimmjow's flesh at any moment. he hated it - loathed it through the emptiest part of him. the bastard had no spark - no fire. his cold, unfeeling mish-mash of souls was appalling to number 6, who felt unerring destruction to his very marrow.
but that was the thing about being an arrancar... sometimes, the wires got a little crossed.
spirit pressure swells around him - a threat and a promise. it writhes against his own, melding against his skin and cracking his defenses far too quickly. grimmjow feels that he can't breathe ( or at least he thinks that's what this sensation is ) - each inch of him grinding in agony. the weight of a million souls presses down down down - and white teeth are bared again, the phantom outline of a tail, black claws taking shape as he's pushed, pressed, and bent.
his knees hit the hard floor with a painful crack, and the hiss he lets out his predatory.
of course grimmjow tries to stand - of course wildness and rage and the thirst for a fight, fight, fight permeates his very being, pooling saliva into his mouth. ulquiorra - a worthy opponent, right there, ready to struggle for the top spot... yet strong pressure and a hand keeps him on his knees, and grimmjow is about to lean down and simply sink his teeth into his arm, tear into him with unfettered savagery when…
❝ nn- ❞
he's not so much ashamed by the noise that leaves him - not so much ashamed by the heat that curdles in his limbs when ulquiorra does that with his foot - as he is by the sheer knowledge that he has effectively been scruffed like an an unruly cat - and has to stare up at the fourth with a different sort of guarded hunger in his gaze.
❝ you're so fucking annoying, ❞ he eeks out, breathing still labored, body wired. black tipped claws sluggishly raise, coiling about his wrist again - except this time he forces ulquiorra's hand upwards, and the pad of his rough tongue, feline, skates along fingertips. ❝ all self-righteous an' haughty. you think you've gotten the best of me? ❞ yet his voice is breathless, whether from the swell of desires, or the thorough disciplining - it was hard to say. even so, he bumps his jaw against the back of his fellow espada's hand, rubbing lightly - the faintest rumble resonating from deep within his core.
❝ just wait, you bat bastard. ❞ the purr rises and swells, a continuous cacophony while grimmjow dares to eek his hips upwards, and dares to smirk once more. ❝ just wait, until i get my fangs in you. ❞
she's not dead , i can see her breathing . (Chrollo at Makima if you’re familiar with hxh!)
‘ are you familiar with blindness? ’ gaze inquisitive, never wavering. there’s no double intention in the topic chosen, though she finds the irony of it amusing enough to let the silence eat at the last syllables, her voice a lullaby in the empty space of the cathedral’s towers.
she moves away from the place where sword and arrow intended to pin her down — perhaps there’s something about buildings of this kind, always craving for a sacrifice. she notices a second scent, too, almost hidden by the soft cologne from his clothes. it’s barely noticeable, though desperately wanted to be seen, to be chased. makima’s head tilts to the side, spirals and his black voids meet in the middle. ‘ i’m talking about the essay. the author has long since passed away, sadly. but his work left an impression on me, when i first read it. i won’t bore you with the specifics, but i’d like to talk about the overlap in our situations. ’
the lights do little to help her, echoes satiate her curiosity and she calculates the proximity as she descends from the stairs, her gait slow and casting shadows, longer and longer the more her figure comes into view beneath the thin veil of the moonlight. ‘ you have correctly discerned that i wasn’t truly dead and by no stretch of the word. just like there is only one person who can see in a world of perpetual blank canvases for the rest of humanity. ’
‘ it’s an interesting work. the author died slowly from an incurable disease. ’ she dusts her clothes off, slowly braids her hair back, wipes the blood from her face. her attention never leaves him, and neither does his. ‘ disease is not something i know. or death. and it doesn’t seem like you do, either. can i know your name? ’
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