@rafedane I completely agree with your observations here! The story seems to be from vanthi's pov and in this life (my brain is just assuming this to be a reincarnation au) vanthi for some reason has his memories from his previous life (as soon as they made contact I guess?). but we don't know arulmozhi's perspective yet so maybe he's regained his memories during that contact as well, but maybe even in this life, he had to uphold some sort of an image for society? (the possibilities, are as you say, endless) them as soulmates is just đ„șâ€ïž
june 8: remember me for centuries
i knew, the second he held my arm for the first time. the second his skin touched mine. once it sunk in, i almost laughed out loud right there in front of him. i could hear my sister's mocking voice in my head, "you hopeless homosexual, of course this would happen to you!"
he's not mine. but he used to be. years and years ago, centuries even. he saved my life once.
and i remember it clear as day.
he was the son of the emperor, famed and feared all across the land, respected and revered even by the people he set out to conquer. arms strong from wielding his weapons, hands rough from holding his horse's reins. but so gentle when he needed to be. i can almost feel the brush of his fingertips across my cheek.Â
my sister snaps in front of my face. asks me what i'm daydreaming about. i shake my head. i don't answer.Â
and who was i? the son of a disgraced general, made to fight in the army as part of my reparations to the royal family, and to shadow the prince as his guard; though i'm sure when they assigned me, they didn't think things through. they must have been prepared to kill me in the event that i betrayed the empire.Â
how could they have known their greatest enemy would be love?
but he was mine. his soft eyes and rare smile, the spot on the back of his neck that was so, so sensitive. they were mine. the confusion and terror on his face that night as he realized i couldn't swim. the relief, the desperation in his lips against mine after he dragged me ashore. all mine.Â
and here he stands today, a face so similar, so different. so close, and so far. i have a hundred reasons to love him, and one reason i can't. he loves someone else now. a woman.Â
who would believe me, anyway?
â and so the empire fell to the lovers' fate
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inspired by the arulmozhi x vanthiyadevan posts on tumblr.
'pride 2023: colours of the shadows' pinned.
Can you do angsty romantic prompts/angsty love triangle prompts/bad timing angsty romantic prompts
angsty romance prompts as requested by anonymous
1. your eyes keep searching for theirs almost like it's automatic. maybe that's why you know that they're never looking at you, but at the girl sitting on the other far end of the room, sipping a drink.
2. your calendars are all marked; there's a big red circle around today's date. you're so ready for this, you've been preparing a week ahead - even went to their favourite book store to buy a book you know they've been eyeing for a while. the gift wrapped book sits neatly inside your bag, and you're skipping steps to see them as soon as you canâ
you finally see them but they're not alone. oh. you've never seen them smile like that before. oh wow. you can't believe how gentle that smile looks framed by the sunset, but it's not for you. you turn around, and the gift bag digs into your skin from how tightly you're holding it.
3. you can do this. you can do this. you can do â
"hey," you finally begin before your mind shuts you up again. "I need to tell you something."
you know you have their attention, judging by their pursed lips and raised eyebrows. you feel like they're screaming the word "what?"
"um , it'sâ I like you."
you wish for a smile to grace their features but unfortunately for you, your wishes don't come true.
"I already knew," they say and it feels like someone stabbed you in the back.
"h-how long?" why didn't you say anything? why were you silent all this time? oh. ohh.
suddenly, everything makes sense. you don't need an answer to know that your feelings are not returned. you try a weak attempt at a smile, just so that you don't start crying on the spot.
4. "hey, I understand you love me, but you know that we need to settle on a place to live together, if we want to be together... right?"
"I know, I know, but I don't know what I'm going to do with my life yet! you have everything figured out, and I... I don't even know what I'm going to do tomorrow!!"
you feel the familiar feeling of your throat closing up again - you've had this conversation way too many times to know how it ends.
"I understand love, but we gotta at least make a plan right? at least try to?" you feel like you're pleading but you try and ignore it.
"is it so bad to just live in the present?" they ask and something in you snaps.
"so what? just so we can break up when I have to move back home? I can't stay here, my course gets over in a few months!!"
you hear just their breathing for a moment from the other end of the line. you wish things could be that peaceful.
"I don't plan my life like yours... I can't â it just makes me feel stuck."
you let silence fill the words you don't want to say, or the words you don't want to hear. you just don't know anymore.
5. "you know I still love you the same way I did before right?"
you sigh. this was hard for you too but they don't seem to get it.
"I know and I loved you too."
a pause. "I loved you. that's all you seem to say to me nowadays. that you don't love me anymore."
they don't need to know that you had to say it enough times to yourself to believe it.
"how can I trust you the same way again? after you broke my heart and gave me a year of radio silence, just to come back and claim that you love me again? please don't test me!"
only I know how those 365 days felt like an entire lifetime of endless pain.
thank you for being my first ask anon! i hope you like this :)
I was searching for angst and you just fed me with this T-T
Villain coughed, red spilling over their lips in thin rivulets. They forced their hazy vision to focus on Hero, who was kneeling at their side, desperately trying to staunch the bleeding of the gaping wound in their stomach.
They lifted a hand to brush over Heroâs tense fingers. âWe....we made a good team, didnât we?â they whispered hoarsely.
Hero pressed harder on the injury, hands stained with crimson. âNoâno donât talk like that. Youâre going to make it.â
Villain managed a weak smile, knowing that they had only a few more minutes. âYou need to keep going, Hero. You have to make it home. For me. For all of us.â
Hero tore off a piece of their shirt and tried to use the fabric instead of their palms, but it was drenched in a matter of seconds. âI canât, Villain.â Their voice cracked. âNot without you. Just...just hold on for a little longer.â They threw the useless cloth off to the side in frustration and looked up at the expanse of empty terrain. âHelp!! Please!! Somebody!! Anybody!â
Their cries disappeared into nothingness.
âPlease...â They slumped down, a broken sob tearing out of their throat, helpless to do anything as the life slowly seeped out of their lover.
Villain reached up and brushed away one of their tears with a thumb. âItâs okay, Hero. Itâs going to be okay,â they rasped. âYouâre going to be okay.â
Hero swallowed thickly, grabbing Villainâs hand and holding on tight with their own blood-crusted one. âN-no Iâm not,â they choked out. âYou...you were everything to me, Villain.â
Villain coughed violently and shuddered, black edging the corners of their eyes. The world seemed to spin and dip and blur togetherâor maybe it was just their tears.
It was all happening too fast.
âMake it home,â they murmured, barely audible. A heaviness settled deeply on their chest, pulling them into the ground.
They smiled one last time.
âI love you, Hero.â
They didnât get to hear Heroâs response before they were swiftly bundled away into the blanket of darkness around them.
Hey you all, how are you today? It's just me trying to interact more with people on here because I'm really bad at talking about myself lol T-T.
But please feel free to talk to me, or ask me anything, literally, I'm always happy to interact and make some new friends. Instead of just posting my writing here, I'll definitely make an effort to talk more because that's how you find like minded people right? (I'm pretty sure that's how writing communities and such are born), so yeah, let's talk:)
This has gone on long enough lol/ thank you for reading through my silly attempts at conversation.
I am going to cry, this is so sweet đ„șđ«
right back at you my friend!! thank you for reading my stuff, even if you don't really follow the fandom - I appreciate that so so much <333
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God they're so cute <3
You guys really love this one, so here you go! Pt 9 is on itâs way! *accidentally had this one named part 7 at first* Find previous parts here
If Rhys had been asked whether or not he was scared of Silver, he would have said no. Of course not. How could he be afraid of someone he just had tea with? Someone he just told his real name to?
That was before they arrived at the Grandwell warehouse. None of Silverâs men were going in with them, just the villain and the hero, because Silver said he didnât want any of his men getting hurt.
Rhys had seen silver in action before, or so he thought. But apparently, heâd never really seen him in action, because wow, was it something else. Â It was terrifying, awe-inspiring, overwhelming, intimidating, scary, intoxicating and overall just breathtaking. It was like a fish in water, where the hero could see just how in his environment Silver was while fighting. His movements were so fluid, effortless. He barely even got hit; he was so good at dodging, blocking.
Admittedly, they had snuck in, taking out guards one by one at first. Silver had promised Rhys that were possible, he would knock them out instead of killing them, but that he wasnât going to be getting thrown off his game or distracted because of it. Friendship is about compromise, the hero supposed.
Up until they got into the main warehouse, Silver actually hadnât killed a single person, being able to sneak up behind them and either choke them or knock them out.
Rhys felt pretty glad he was on this side of the fighting for a change.
Once they entered the warehouse, it was very open. They split up, able to take out a few guards from weaving in between boxes, but eventually, they were noticed, and the full out brawl ensued.
Thatâs when the blood really started.
Now the hero wasnât a perfect saint either; as much as he tried to be, heâd had to kill a few guards or criminals before, but it was always in self-defence. He had a rule in place for himself that he would always offer his opponent the option to surrender first if he felt they werenât going to go down with a real fight. Even then, he always tried to only leave non-fatal wounds, but every person was different, and what didnât kill one person might not always be survivable for the next.
Honestly, if someone asked Rhys whether he was scared of Silver now, the answer still probably would have been no, but it would have at least been a more hesitant no.
His thoughts were cut off when he was thrown to the ground by a criminal he hadnât seen. They wrestled around, Rhys managing to get out of the otherâs grip for a moment, only to be pushing back into a wall, fighting to hold the criminalâs knife back from stabbing into him.
The hero didnât see the villain behind the other until the tip of a knife emerged on the other side of the criminalâs throat.
âYou good?â Silver asked, pulling his knife back and pushing the criminal to the ground.
âYeah,â The hero panted, catching his breath, âThanks, though, you could have knocked him out,â
âSorry, I wasnât thinking about it when I saw you in trouble,â the villain shrugged. He wasnât even very out of breath!
What got Rhys the most was that he also didnât even use his powers!
The hero was 80% sure he had worked out the villainâs first power was metal-kenisis, and this place was full of metal objects! But Silver managed just fine, not needing to tap into them even once.
âIs that all of them?â Rhys asked, looking around.
âAll but the Grandwells themselves, whom I assume heard the gunshots and have turned tail, but itâs worth checking anyway,â
âWhere are they?â
âMost likely the top floor,â he replied as they walked over the elevator.
âYeah, but we donât have the passcode, do we?â
The villain raised an eyebrow, âHave you seriously not put together what my powers are yet?â
âItâs metal ken- oh,â
Silver chuckled, and with of wave of his hand, the elevator doors opened. Once they were in, he made an upwards motion, and Rhys could feel the elevator going up.
Once they were at the top, they stepped out, looking around the area.
âTell me,â Silver said as they walked down the hallway, âIf we spare them, which Iâm admittingly not inclined to do, but if we do, will the police immediately investigate to clean up all their illegal activity?
"That depends; I now realize that I donât really know what Iâm going to do because I didnât bring nearly enough handcuffs, and the guys downstairs will be awake before the police get to this side of town,â
âDonât worry about it, Iâll have my men deal with it, but that answers my question anyway,â
When the two large doors at the end of the hall opened, the Grandwell twins were nowhere to be seen, but the emergency exit door was still open, sign above it blinking.
âCowards,â the villain muttered, âThey are probably long gone by now. Sacrificed the lives of their men to stall us long enough to escape. Unbelievable.â
âI-â Rhys paused, unsure how to respond, âNo offence but isnât that what, well ya'know, villains tend to do?â
Luckily Silver didnât seem offended; he simply shrugged, âMost of them, yes probably. But not me; most of my men and women have family to feed. Iâm not about to make any children lose their parents if I can help it. I may be a villain, but I have standards. You might notice I also always try to thank my men because using fear to scare your followers into loyalty isnât even close to as valuable as truly earning it. I donât expect them to be loyal to me if I treat them poorly. I may not care about them on a personal level, but working out of fear instead of free will makes for terrible work ethic among more instances of betrayal, etcetera,â
âWow, I never thought about it like that, but, yeah thatâs really smart. Iâm sure your employees appreciate it,â
Rhys watched as Silver dug through the various different drawers of the main desks, rooting through the papers and other things.
âNow what?â the hero asked.
âWell, now that itâs safe, Iâll send my men in. They will round up all the survivors for you, and if you can guarantee them safety, Iâll even have them deliver them to the police station for you. They will comb through the rest of this place and take anything valuable, as well as gather all the information they can. We will still have to track down the Grandwells after all,â
âWow, yeah, that would be perfect,â
Before the villain could reply, Rhys phone went off.
âHello?â the hero answered, and suddenly his eyes widened, âOh crap, yeah, Iâll be right there,â
âwhatâs wrong?â
âThistle and some of her men are trying to rob the bank on main street. Iâm going to have to run,â
âHold on. Let me pass the go along to my men first, and then I can tag along with you to help,â
Rhyâs eyes widened in shock, mouth ajar slightly, âdid-, are you offering to help fight crime?â he asked in disbelief.
Silver smirked that knowing, charming, yet mischievous smirk, âI consider taking out one of my competitors a very villainous thing to do,â
Rhys laughed, pulling out his phone again, âAlright, you make your call. Iâll call the station to let them know not to arrest your men when they drop off these criminals and that your tagging along to make sure they donât try and shoot you or something,â
âSounds like a plan to me, my friend,â the villain replied, dialling something on their phone. The âmy friendâ comment made the hero stop for a second, heart-swelling in his chest. Even if it had been said as almost a joke, not as earnestly as the hero was taking it, it still meant a lot.
This was turning out much better than the Rhys would have ever imagined.
Thank you for the tag @nightfrostshadow đ
five songs you've been listening to on repeat: astronomy- conan gray; beginning middle end- leah nobel; we fell in love in october- girl in red; polaris- blue encount; infinity- yuuri.
last movie: meet joe black
currently watching: I started watching this anime called tactics, only to realise that I'd already seen it way back when I was in school, so now I'm contemplating watching banana fish again and crying.
currently reading: nothing atm. will read fanfics whenever I feel like it^^
Tagging: @villain-enthusiast-personal @larinzz @emerqldspersonal @sunflower1000 @creweemmaeec11 @friiday-thirteenth @gayacademicwriter @flowerypeaches and anybody else who wants to do this!!
Tagged by @please-dont-pet-the-okapi for this, so here we are! Thanks for the tag!
five songs youâve been listening to on repeat: In The Wind by Lord Huron, Laika by Bird Bear Hare and Fish, Saturn by Sleeping At Last, Laughter Lines by Bastille, and Swallowed In The Sea by Coldplay
last movie: If I recall correctly it was Land
currently watching: Demon Slayer, The Mandalorian, and New Girl
currently reading: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Tagging: @rillabrooke @books-and-starss @bubblegumnebulaa @exhaustedhope @amaliakushta @celestial-citrus @bookdragon1811 aaaaaaand anyone else who wants to do this!
I've always wanted to try and make a yandere character and this is what I came up with. Thank you so much for the tag @villain-enthusiast-personal , sorry for taking so long to do this^^
Tagging @kaiwewi @sunflower1000 @larinzz @amethysts-sideblog and anybody else who wants to join (sorry, it's nighttime and I just spent all my energy on this lol)
Picrew chain I guess
Here
Iâll tag @pun-pkindude @heylookitsacat @ethanya and @ anyone who wants to idk who else to tag
This is super cute yes^^ Thanks @creweemmaeec11 â€â€
Tagging- @kaiwewi @villain-enthusiast-personal @nuttynutcycle @nightfrostshadow
Okay, this one is just silly but its adorable and I LOVE it Secondly, how do I get a bathroom that actually looks like this because YES https://picrew.me/image_maker/698738 ^go here! @sunflower1000 @literally-just-kirby @larinzz @amethystpath-writes @asrasmysoulmate @aquarelle-sirene @blissbiscuit @akawrites000 @trappedgoose-in-a-writblr-room @kactus-loves-writingâ
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Such a sweet soul, thank youuuuđ„ș†YOU are amazing <3
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Omg you're lovely, I'll neville let you go too<3
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