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Usually, these meetings take up most of my schedule and I can not devote much to her training, but I have made an effort to spend time with Lady Takahashi beyond teaching her swordplay, and though her company is pleasant, I wonder if she is finding my behaviors out of the ordinary, if she is even aware of what is occuring. All she has done is smile, it is always so sincere and full of warmth.

Her gentle smile. It is mostly reserved for those close to her, those whom she trusts.

Will she even bother to smile for me again?

❝ My brother, the next oyabun, congratulations are in order, of course. Where others would see this good fortune, having an organization under your command, and a lovely little flower to be your wife, here you are.. barely speaking, let alone drinking. ❞

I had nearly forgotten that I was here with my brother and his..company.

❝ Are you worried about the lowly merchant? Soon you will be the only man who could touch her, no one will dare get near her. She will be all yours. The lady already favors you apparently. Ah, you’re going to break a few hearts when you marry.❞

Shigure’s tongue had loosened perhaps due to the numerous cups he had already, though there was a bitterness laced there, and if one was not keen of hearing, they would have missed it. I would have dismissed it myself, except when I finally bothered to take notice of the girls he was with after hearing the soft, coquettish giggles, leaving their lips.

I was looking at the one to his left, perhaps too intensely she got the wrong idea from the blush that suddenly rose to her cheeks, but I was not here admiring her, II didn’t care much for that as much as Shigure did, but something had caught my attention, something I missed while in my own thoughts. The earrings she wore, a replica of what Lady Kikyo favored, and even this woman’s perfume was reminiscent of a scent I have known for years now, light, gentle, and not offensive to the senses.

It appears my brother is somewhat fond of flowers himself. Or one in particular. One just out of his reach, and within mine. He knows the situation well, I have my orders and I shall obey them, if I have to marry her to obtain the title I worked hard for, then she will be my wife. What I did not expect was to have my brother’s jealousy surfacing.

Are you truly celebrating me? Or distracting yourself, projecting your own desires unto someone else..

❝ It almost sounds.. as if you have a problem with that. Is there something you want to tell me, Shigure, or is the sake getting to you tonight?❞

peonrin:

Team void

sea-wolf-coast-to-coast:

FFxiv 30 Day Writing Challenge
SEPTEMBER 1st - 30th, 2023

Welcome to YEAR 7 of our annual FFxiv 30 Day Writing Challenge, folks!

Last year we had 11,165 total entries! Which brings us to a total of 42,947 unique written entries over the last 6 years. That is just incredible! And something that I think that we should be super proud of as a creative fan community.

Whether you’re new to the FFxivWrite community or a 6-year writing challenge veteran, if you’d like to give perfectionism in your creative writing process a swift kick in the butt, then this challenge was designed for you!

More info is below the cut~

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She is your student and you are the master. Though that relationship is sacred and meant to be respected, it is time to transition from that and see her as your betrothed. You and I both know that I do not expect you to suddenly fall in love with her Hayate, for that shift in dynamic will take time, but time is what this relationship between you two will grant her. To extend her life is a boon that I will gift her.

She has never known love, and for someone like her, who has seen her share of demise and deaths, who manipulates the world around her, it is best to keep her away from others who would utilize her for their own purposes.

Even merchants can not be trustworthy, he has proven that. I indulged her whimsy because I am a sentimental man, I took on the contract because she asked this of me. However..

..if he were to fall, to be killed because she could not protect him, because he could not protect himself, it would break her heart and cause her spirit to wilt.

I refuse to lose another daughter to grief.

Treat her delicately, like a work of art. You already harbor care for her in your heart, show it to her more than before. Keep her company while he is overseas; I give you permission to take to the markets, to the theaters for her favorite plays, continue to train her, keep her distracted. Allow the public to see you both together.

Let her forget him, her heart will mend, for time and your company will ease the aches that she will endure.

I will deal with her ire, and perhaps my guilt will eat away at me.
But I will not suffer her to experience such loss..

liketheinferno2:

“…And this stain of corruption pleases me not.”

𝑳𝒊𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑯𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉.

sealrock:

auraugust, day 17: healer

limit break: masque of the red death
restores 100% of own HP and MP while reviving fallen party members as undead with their HP at 0. party members are immune to physical and magical attacks and are controllable by reviver for 15 seconds

additional effect: grants sanguinarius appetitus
increases damage dealt by 60% for party members, afflicting target with gula

additional effect: gula
increases damage taken for target by 10% per stack while increasing healing potency for party members by 20%. at 5 stacks the target will be K.O.’d and party members will lose their undead status and gain twice risen

additional effect: twice risen
party members will return to normal at 100% HP

4. Before one has to leave! A farewell moment? 👀

Rivie, you are giving me so much good food! I need more!

First Kiss Prompt

Under twilight they’d meet, time and time again, stealing away moments with one another without the prying eyes of her family to pass judgment, only the spirits would be witness of their affair.

Here, secluded from the world of mortal men, their hearts would be laid bare to one another in shared silence. He understood that this courtship was to be difficult, made not only by her family, but her duty when night fell upon them both.

Let it be in secrecy, on this they agreed, even if it meant that this world they curated would be designed just for them to have. For a few moons they would routinely meet here, where the wisteria hung low, offering them a curtain of privacy.

One day, he was summoned across the seas to return to Eorzea for longer than he would have initially desired. Though crestfallen at the idea of being away, despite the night taking her from his company daily, this period of time would be longer, and there is little he could say to go against the wishes of Lord Lolorito. He would comply, play his part, and return to her.

In parting, he gifted her a beautiful kanzashi made of glass wisteria, much like the ones surrounding them, in hopes that she would wear it upon his return. But what would he want in return? A kiss, it would be their first, and perhaps if the kami was truly benevolent, one of many after.

He could not fight back the smile that formed when she meekly bows her head, allowing the delicate song of her hair adornments to ring into the still air enveloping them. The world quiets down and he takes in the serenity that she brings with her gentle smile. She had given him consent, and he bowed his head and leans forward.

With the evening cloaking them, he reached for the hands settled on her lap, taking them into his own. Her fingers were brought to his lips, and softly, he pressed against them, then her palms. Against her skin would come his whispers of adoration and a promise that he would return when his business had concluded.

21 for the kiss prompt?

First Kiss Prompt : after reuniting.

Travel was never bothersome for him, he often times would take to the seas and enjoy the brisk saline air, gathering his thoughts about the next contracts he would need to write up, what charms could he persuade his next employer to finance his ventures.

However, his thoughts whilst traveling were made up of a petite silhouette that saw him off from the port. The gentle smile was an image that stayed with him as the sea began to stretch between them. Secretly he would send a letter, in hopes to inform her of the date of his return. It would be several suns before his ship would sail again, but when the day came and he made his arrival to the docks of Kugane, he could not be bothered to stop by the office.

His legs gathered strength to push him through the crowd of tourists visiting for festival that was underway. There was no sight of her lilac crown, no scent of her perfume to greet him. Hancock began to wonder if his letter reached her in time, or at all?

And then, like an apparition, she appeared in a flurry of silks, weaving between the bodies gathered in the crowded district. Under the sway of the scarlet lanterns, her soft features were unmistakable, memorized behind closed eyes. His heart leaps into his throat and he propels himself forward against the stone underneath his feet.

Kikyo turned to his approach, but was ill prepared for his embrace as he pulled her suddenly into his frame. Warmth washed over her immediately as he disregards proper etiquette and found her parted lips, which divorced intially in surprise. He wanted to take in the scent of her skin, and hungrily, he tugged her to his body in an effort to feel the beating of her heart. To know she was not some hallucination of his yearning.

Her tail grew twice its size and her hands fell to his haori; the rush of heat was almost overwhelming as it spreads across her face once she hears soft giggling next to them.

When he manages a breath, in shock, he slowly looks down to find the beaming faces of three children staring at him. One of the girls was blushing hard enough that she could rival the very color of the lanterns around them.

“O-oh, your students, they are here with you,” he managed to croak while giving a small wave of his fingers to them. Then apologetically, the merchant turned his attention to Kikyo, who had looked away sheeplishly, nodding, but had not moved her hands from his haori.

“We certainly aaare, please, do not mind us.” One of the unabashed, Doman girls, smirked and tilted her head in anticipation to what would come next.

FIRST KISS PROMPTS: #11 - In a fit of jealousy/anger/hurt

First Kiss Prompt

She was far from his reach in public, a flower surrounded by men who could always stay in her company, it only caused his yearning to grow. But also something ugly to fester, it was unfamiliar to him lately. A master of concealing his emotions during business negotiations, his intentions were often shielded behind his rose-colored lenses usually, but, around her, he could not keep them in complete control, so much that the pain strained his voice this evening when he approached her in private, realizing how protective one of her clansmen had become.

How he was making it difficult to steal a mere glance in her direction.

When the feelings surfaced, he could feel the swelling in his chest and the knot in his stomach tightening with each word.

“..He can offer you more than I ever could. His strength is obvious, his prowess I dare not question, and among your men, I am unable to even keep you safe. What can I possibly offer you that you do not already have?! ” His voice grew softer under the pressure of his sinking heart and his eyes could not bear to take in the warmth of her gaze as shame and envy took possession of his words.

Then came the soft shift of silks around him, the fragrance of spring showers and newly bloomed flowers ensnared him. His lamentations were silenced by the softest brush of her lips. There was no aggression there, no rancor, no other motive other than an offering of reassurance, followed by a wash of her warm exhale, which melted on his lips when she tried to pull away. His shoulders relaxed and in a languid, tentative gesture, his fingers ran over the curve of her cheeks..

..and found them dampened with tears and droplets of rain. The skies perhaps reflected the tumultous emotions brewing between them.

He said naught and surrendered to her touch and with it all the intrusive thoughts that plagued him. Her hand came to rest on his chest, over where his heart threatened to leap from. For a long period of time, they shared an embrace under this passing rainshower, and he would press kisses to her ruddy cheeks, her lips, and her closed eyes.