i have these like ocs in my head and a rly weird story (that wld just give me an excuse to write things) but i just don't wanna make the plot make sense bc i cannot explain robots and cowgirls on spaceships powered by dance i just like it bc it's so silly
Drew the Halloween boop cats
going out of your way to search up [insert character] ANGST and all you get is smut
shoutout to C418 (one of minecraft’s composers) for just fucking snapping recently on twitter
there is just so much beauty in dry humping
'ughhh this 2d man would be sooo mean to his romantic partner'
shoko x f!reader, sfw
cw: mentioned gojo x geto, smoking
notes: first time writing for a female character! though it's an ambiguous relationship... (the crowd boos) in my defense, i love tragic yuri. potentially a projection of my own struggles + confusion with my queer identity. i guess we'll never know! :D anyway, gege akutami, i can confidently say, you FUMBLED THE FUCKING BAG with ieiri shoko. give my hot doctor queen some screentime - you have 5 chapters to do something. Do something about it.
SHOKO WATCHES as ash falls from the butt of her cigarette, which she taps with quick raps of her pointer finger. she’s surprised she’s remembered to put it out at all. you made a big fuss about it when you came home later than she had one evening and caught her smoking indoors. she rolls her eyes and takes one last puff, thinking back to when the two of you had just become roommates.
you used to be the primary doctor over at kyoto jujutsu high but had quit after a short two-year run because you were overworked and exhausted. the two of you met up for drinks right after you quit (you literally called her and utahime up twelve hours after submitting your letter of resignation), and she mentioned briefly that her home was always a mess. you suggested the idea of living together, and she didn’t have a reason to reject your offer.
anyway, you’ve become a bigger pain in the ass than she had anticipated. yes, you’re a big help when it comes to chores, but you’re also so insistent when it comes to her lifestyle. not that she bothers to listen to you, but you frequently nag about her smoking, drinking, lack of eating, so on and so forth.
in fact, you’ve taken it upon yourself to take care of her, as if she’s a dying house plant that you’re nurturing back to life. you pack her two bentos every work day, one for lunch and the other for dinner, the meals never identical. you replenished her bare wardrobe with new turtlenecks and work pants because she’s “not steve jobs,” and it’s not like she has an excuse to wear the same thing every day now that you’re doing the laundry and ironing. this is all to say that you’re too involved, too knowledgeable about her mode of operations, for her liking.
throwing the cigarette onto the floor, she extinguishes it with her foot and heads into your shared apartment.
not even two steps into the foyer, she hears you call from the couch, “the bath’s ready!”
shoko shrugs her shoulder bag onto the floor next to her heels and pads over to you. “why are you still up?” she asks.
you peel your eyes away from your phone to smile at her. “i was waiting for you,” you reply, a smirk tugging at your lips.
she heads to the bathroom and says, “go to bed.” you just giggle in response.
in the bathroom, shoko shimmies out of her clothes, brushes her teeth while avoiding her reflection in the mirror, and grabs a towel. when she sinks into the bath, she realizes you’ve added a few drops of jasmine and ylang ylang to the water to help her decompress. somehow, you’ve even managed to figure out her favorite aromatics.
your relationship is peculiar, to say the least. roommates but more. not lovers, of course.
shoko’s long distanced herself from such relationships. she barely has an interest in making friends, let alone find a lifelong partner. yet, upon some introspection, she finds her own behavior and attitude towards you… odd. you bother her, but she hasn’t put a stop to it like she normally does with others. she’s not tired or bored of long conversations with you. even though she’d like it if you gave her some more space and privacy, she doesn’t prevent you from learning more about her.
it’s not that she’s unguarded; she has deliberately lowered her guard around you.
she sinks deeper into the bath, blowing bubbles in the water as she thinks.
she doesn’t love you. (what does being in love even feel like?)
she does like having you around.
ten more minutes of half-conscious musing later, she gets out of the bath and prepares for bed. when she exits from the bathroom, she finds you still sitting on the couch, doom scrolling and humming an inane tune. but this time, she also smells the familiar scent of smoke and bitterness.
she glances at the living room table and spots a small dish. you’re smoking, she realizes.
“i thought you didn’t approve of smoking indoors,” she says.
you look over your shoulder and chuckle. “i’m trying to see what all the hype is. smoking really isn’t all that, you know, shoko?”
your roommate walks over to sit beside you. “you’ve never smoked before?” she asks.
you shrug. “no, i have, when we were much younger. but i remember choking on my first time, so i never bothered to try again.”
“so what made you try this time?”
“you.” you say it so effortlessly. then, you beam at her before scrolling to another video on your phone.
shoko is unsure how to react, so she just leans her head on your shoulder. does she have that much of an influence on you? probably not. it’s common for people to pick up on mannerisms and habits of those around them.
she recalls her high school days with gojo and geto. those two were undeniably close, and they frequently behaved like one another. when she caught wind of the nature of their relationship, it all seemed to make sense – they looked and acted exactly like a couple should.
she wonders if the two of you are anything like her classmates. do you share the same sense of humor? do you have your own language – your own catchphrases and inside jokes and syntax? do you enjoy being around her? does she know you the way you know her?
does she want to know you?
she’s feeling a slight pinch in her temple. she’s not in a rush to figure things out.
shoko reaches across you to take the cigarette from your grasp, acutely aware that she’s taking a breath from where your lips were just moments ago.
“i want something savory tomorrow,” she says.
you nod your head. “i know.”
of course you already know she hates sweet things. she puts out the cigarette.