((The Ability To Appreciate And Evaluate Human Aesthetic Is Not Determined By Your Sexuality))

((The ability to appreciate and evaluate human aesthetic is not determined by your sexuality))

scar is put in jail...

Firefly

A post for @cloudcountry 's event to get Idia out of his room! Yes this may or may not have been inspired by a small quote in Auburn's profile

"This is it. I'm gonna die. You're trying to kill me."

"Idia, you're fine. There's barely anyone out here."

It's was quite a sight to see the tall man hunched behind you as he tried to hide out of sight from other people. Any time another student was in sight, even if they were far away, he would move ever so slightly closer to you. His hand held onto your own as you led him along the pathway to Ramshackle Dorm.

It certainly wasn't often that Idia got out of his room for...well, anything really. So you were actually doing him a favor. On the way out of Ignihyde, Ortho had even given you an approving smile.

But you knew Idia better than most, and you truly cared about him! So while you wanted to show him something, you also wanted to make sure he was comfortable. That's why you tried to take him out when there wouldn't be as many people, and you two took the paths others didn't go on as often to avoid anyone that was out.

"We're not far now. I promise there won't be anyone there either. Just us."

He didn't really respond, but you could sense the appreciation. You could just see him relax slightly. His hold on your hand had loosened, but he didn't let go.

The small lanterns around the outside of Ramshackle were the only thing lighting your path. Under the night sky, the building could look ominous, but not to you. To you, it was peaceful. Almost like a home. But you weren't taking him inside. Instead, you were taking him to the small forest behind the old building.

You already had everything set up. A small blanket laid upon the grass in a small clearing between the trees. Near one corner of the blanket there were some snacks and two small jars.

But what caught both of your attention the most, was the sight you had brought him here to see. Throughout the small clearing and behind the trees were dozens upon dozens of small flickering lights. Possibly hundreds of small fireflies flew through the air around the two of you. Their lights twinkled and decorated the dark night like stars in the sky.

You led Idia with you over to the blanket in the clearing before handing him one of the jars. He stared down at it for a small moment before clearing his throat.

"You...brought me out here to catch bugs?"

"Not just any bugs. Fireflies. They're pretty and if we catch them then they can be like a small memento. Or a gift for Ortho in proof of what you did."

He paused in thought for several moments before letting out a sigh and took the jar, carefully unscrewing the lid.

"Fine..."

"Think of it like a quest. A quest to capture say...three fireflies."

He seemed content enough with that, and stepped away to try and scope out the fireflies. You watched him as he followed several and stumbled about trying to catch them. While it seemed easy enough in the beginning, the fireflies were quick and kept managing to escape his capture. He'd mutter curses under his breath each time one escaped before quickly moving onto the next one.

The true plan of yours unfolded once he had managed to get two fireflies in his jar. He'd taken a quick moment to look down at the small bugs he'd captured with a small smile, and that's when you saw your perfect moment.

His victorious smile was quickly wiped off his face and replaced with a startled expression the second he saw the flash of light. His head snapped towards your direction only to see you smiling and pulling the camera away from your face as it printed out the photo. Your hand grabbed the newly printed photo and started to shake it lightly, laughing as he looked like a deer in headlights.

"This was a trap?!"

You shook your head, "It wasn't a trap. Look! You caught some fireflies!"

His hands tightened around his jar of fireflies that he had worked so hard to catch. Those golden eyes shifted from you down to your empty jar.

"You haven't been trying to catch any..."

"Of course I have. I just have a different method than you."

Looking at the photo, you were quite proud of yourself. It perfectly captured the moment of Idia's victorious smile as he looked down at the bugs in the jar. All around him, several firefly lights could be seen shining, some even flying near his fiery hair in interest. It was perfect.

You smiled over at him once more as you carefully put the photo in the jar, and shut the lid.

"Look! I caught my firefly!"

author's note

in celebration of getting her and her weapon early, and congratulations to jinhsi havers :D

wuthering waves! jinhsi x fem! reader

more under the wubbaboo!!

As the newly appointed young magistrate, Jinhsi is often busy and overwhelmed. The market's price range and their merchants, Jinzhou's communication network, infrastructure planning operations, exports and imports: all of these are simply some affairs she must learn to overlook and personally tune to Jinzhou.

Being the Madam Magistrate has never been and will never be easy. And there will be times when the days blur together, when she herself will be void of hope to give to the people.

Jinzhou, for as long as Jinhsi was the Magistrate, would receive her gentle, pristine hope.

But today, Jinhsi was especially exhausted. But her number one supporter and everlasting partner; you—

"[Name], you want to go out on the battlefield?" Jinhsi approached you with slow steps, composed and elegant as always. Her eyes flickered over your worms state, garments tattered and your skin scratched with shallow sounds.

"I know. . ." You shifted shyly, hands behind your back. By the floor laid a recitifier, torn and unmoving— how you managed to break it that badly, no one would know. Yet with your luck, it was definitely something that would happen. You held your hands up, flexing your bandaged fingers, "It's dangerous and I can't even use my rectifier properly so I'm completely useless but. . ."

These were not lies, nor were they exaggerated. It would be fair to say you were somewhat hopeless in battle.

"I want to try!" You huffed, meeting Jinhsi's gaze. She seemed tired, with the forming eyebags under her eyes, the strands of long pristine hair peeking out from her hairdo and the wrinkles in her usually crisp clothes, "Today might be a complete failure. . ."

The target ahead of you remained annoyingly unscathed, much unlike its surroundings that was marred by your attacks.

"But tomorrow may be a better day!" You cheered, "I'll keep trying! So one day I'll be a proper protector of Jinzhou!"

— you will be her hope, beyond the realm of time and matter. And Jinhsi hopes that she will always bask in this hope of yours.

"I know. If it's you, then even fate will bestow favour on you one day." The words are soft and overflowing with tender affection— like the embrace from a little wishing star, "[Name], from the bottom of my heart, thank you for being born."

"E-eh?"

It's actually insane to me how Chiori got so much hate from incels looking back. She protected her employee from being physically assaulted by that guy in her teaser. She treats the Traveller and her friends really well, she just has some sass to her.

All she did was slay, care for her friends and girlboss and they hated her.