How To Read Fate/Strange Fake Light Novel

— MAYBE NEXT TIME.

summary :: childhood friends and classmates with the one and only shu yamino !! well ... is that the only thing he is to you?

wc :: 1k、requested :: yes、no reader :: gender neutral、female、male

art credits :: dplgng_ on twt

for the nth time since class started, you discreetly glanced around the room to figure out if someone was staring you down. you were sure someone had been stealing glances your way, enough times to make you feel like your admirer? was about to burn holes through your head. to your dismay, your classmates were either paying attention to class or sneakily talking to their seatmates. with another frustrated huff, you turn back to the front, feeling a little more disappointed. what you failed to realize was …

“you okay there, shu? your face is really red. are you feeling well?”

shu quickly leans back to his chair, head snapping in front of him where you stand with a worried expression. ohh, he didnt even realize class has ended and students are proceeding to exit. hes quick to wave off your worry with a small smile, internally kicking himself for getting sidetracked once more. “oh” he chuckles, making you tilt your head in confusion, “dont worry about it, just feeling abit hot is all.” he expertly changes the conversation.

you were sceptical at first, but was happy to talk his ear off about the current novel you were reading. you didnt even notice that shu was done packing his things and was pulling you along to get lunch, you especially didnt notice how your hands were laced, an action that made shu redder than a tomato. its nothing but a platonic gesture, wasnt it? yeah … yeah it was ! no need to get to worked up over it, yamino !

the said sorcer glanced back to your laced hands, before trailing his eyes back to your face. youve moved on to talking about your next class. about how youre nervous for the upcoming exam. “- and you know how uptight our teacher is!” you heaved a sigh, “where will i find a tutor now at this time?” there it was. youve furrowed your eyebrows while placing your other hand to cup the side of your face, closing your eyes to think properly.

shu patted your head to get your attention, a small smile grazing his face. “no need to be down. how ‘bout this, maybe i can tutor you.” the butterflies in his stomach flitter when another one of your signature grins cross your face. “are you serious shu? dude, youre seriously the best!” you exclaim before lightly tugging at his hand. shu gives a little laugh at your antics while you shake his hand back and forth with both of yours. “im serious though, you always do this!” the seriousness under your playful tone didn’t go unnoticed by your friend.

“whats your payment? and before you say ,,y/n you dont have to pay’’ shush! im doing this because i want to, ‘kay? now tell me! nothing to expensive though, shu, im broke.”

his ears were slightly ringing, and everything seemed to stop to a halt. at this moment, shu once again was gazing at you. the determination swirling in your eyes, the way your hands were wrapped tightly around his, how you were tugging your bottom lip gently, and how you were just oh so beautiful.

it felt like shu was falling for you all over again. his heart beat faster and he felt his hands start to sweat. the hallway suddenly got too small, too hot. shu wonder if maybe … just maybe … this could be his chance. maybe the universe finally heard all his wishes of being by your side, and he was given this moment to finally spur all the feelings hes hidden behind the mask of friendship. maybe he could say something along the lines of ,, how about you just go out on a date with me then?’’ as he knows youve always squealed at the romantic gestures and dialogues you see in the novels you read. yeah, maybe he will do just that … just maybe -

“y/n i assure you its seriously fine. studying together is more than enough for me.”

shu avoids the slap you send his way with a laugh, finding the small complain you let out as you go after him. probably to scold him some more, he thinks as he runs away from your fuming figure with a a sad grin you didnt get to catch. if you did, you wouldve jumped to ask him if you did something wrong.  shu didnt want to make you worry over something so silly, over something you didnt even do.

maybe next time …

i love seeing high school au!shu fanart on my twt timeline and i just had to write about it !! sorry this ended on quite a sad note huhu (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀) might make a part 2, justic for shu !

The sun exploded. Humanity fled and survived on the bottom of the frozen oceans. A new civilization on the frozen surface discovers the existence of the Old Ones. Old Ones planned for millions of years to take their planet back and their plan is set into motion.

Hey there! So I've been wondering: is there any actual significance to Giorno's name sounding rather feminine, something which is pointed out more than once by Koichi in the early chapters of Part 5? (Also, how does 'Haruno' sound anything like 'Giorno', even in the Italian pronunciation? 'Shiobana' and 'Giovanna', I can see - the 'jo' in Jotaro's name can even be read as 'sho' - but the only thing 'Haruno' and 'Giorno' seem to have in common is that they both end in 'no'.)

Giorno’s Japanese name, Haruno Shiobana is written like this: 汐華 初流乃. Kanji can have multiple readings in Japanese, called the on and kun readings (with some kanji having a third reading when applied to names). The usual reading of the first kanji of Giorno’s name (初) is usually “ha”, but in its less common on reading, it’s read as “sho”. Haruno Shiobana then becomes Shoruno Shiobana. 

Shoruno Shiobana –> Joruno Jobaana

Or if we write it in katakana:

ショルノ シオバナ –> ジョルノ ジョバァーナ

In Japanese both sounds are incredibly similar. Hence Koichi’s realization that Haruno was in fact Giorno: he just read the kanji of his name with their secondary pronounciation.

As an aside, when I heard Giorno’s Japanese name, without seeing the kanji, by the sound of them alone I thought his name would mean something like “salt flower of spring”, but looking at the kanji used in his name it means something more like “(he who is) born from the first tide” (if you try to tie the meaning of all the kanji into a coherent sentence), which given the fact that Dio emerged from the sea I find quite appropriate.

Koichi points out that Giorno’s birth name “sounds like a girl’s but he’s a boy” once, when looking at Giorno’s picture given to him by Jotaro; and even after his change of name, that part of femininity subsists in his surname “Giovanna” (which is a first name rather than a last name, and is the feminine counterpart of the name Giovanni)

Now I’m not saying this is 100% what Araki meant to do, but it is my interpretation of it. Araki is a pretty big fan of Italian culture, and of the Renaissance period. I remember an interview where he mentioned he took inspiration from elements of Michelangelo’s David to design Giorno - his donuts were always stylized tight curls to me (something I believe is even more apparent now with the introduction of this massive cutie in Jojolion). In the JOJOmenon artbook there was a small article explaining how a lot of Giorno’s imagery and poses for his illustrations were inspired by themes from the myths of Eros and Apollo (respectively the gods of love and of light - both described as being exceedingly beautiful in many stories. A lot of Japanese fans picked up on it because they chose this illustration to accompany a text explaining how Giorno was essentially love and light incarnate). With so many direct references to mythology, I think Giorno’s name (both in Japanese and in Italian) is another slightly more discreet one.

I mentioned up there that when you try to form a sentence out of Haruno’s name meaning, it gives you something like “born from the first tide”. There is actually another divinity who is also known for being beautiful enough to cause wars and who was also, very literally born from the sea: Aphrodite. Because at this point Araki is basically hitting the reader over the head with a mythology book while saying “Giorno. Is. Beautiful!!!” Just like Dio, whose beauty was also emphasized. They’re both quite literally super-humanly attractive, although one of them because he’s a monster whose lore focuses on the seduction of unwitting victims while the other is seen as something more godly, even if ultimately both of them use their charm to seduce people into joining their causes. 

So I personally think that is why Koichi makes that small comment about Giorno’s name being girly. The reference to Aphrodite is certainly not an obvious one, and hell, maybe Araki didn’t even mean to make it, but it ends up being yet another way in which you can effectively compare Giorno and Dio, and see how similar yet different they are at a glance.

May I request the Kings eg Gilgamesh, Ozymandias,Iskander, Arthur/Artoria etc (your pick, or do all of you wish) finds out their masters is actually their descendants? We do have an case in Fate ie Kayneth (Diarmuid’s Master during 4th HGW) was said to be Fionn mac Cumhaill’s descendant, I think?

I know I got this request prior to the rule of 2 servants only. So FOR ONLY THIS ONE I will be doing all the ones that were requested. After this one though, NO MORE.

Gilgamesh

You know, he really isn’t going to believe them when they first claim it. But once you declare that it’s the truth and make him think about what pulled him towards you during the summoning process, he really has no argument against it.

Gilgamesh wishes to train you to become a worthy descendant of his, but you don’t take any of his pompous nonsense. The only time you really listen to him is when it comes to war strategies, historical knowledge, and the occasional stories about the great kingdom of Uruk.

He finds it almost strange though that the two of you are essentially family, but it peeves him that you know nearly nothing about your heritage except for the one fact that you’re his descendant. 

“I think our family heirloom is actually one of your stupid earrings.” Don’t call them stupid, that’s mean.

Ozymandias

He’s proud; proud and also intrigued by how in the world you ended up being where you are now. A nearly no-name magus contracted him and it’s only because you have actual blood ties with him.

If you mention though that it was from a child of his and Nefertari, oh man, the sheer pride in his eyes is almost palpable.

Ozy is certain to spend all the free time that you two have recounting tales of old. About his legends and his feats. And about how much he had loved Nefertari with his entire heart.

He may even claim that your eyes remind him of hers.

When he asks what the catalyst was that summoned him, he’s actually surprised that the heirloom ring that you’re carrying around on a necklace is the same one he had given to his beloved wife in a life so long ago.

He is slightly peeved that the ring was no longer in her resting place, but since both you and he have no idea what happened or how it happened, at least it’s in your hands and not someone else.

Iskander

You think Ozymandias was proud? Damn Iskander is boasting about it to anyone who’d listen. But you don’t let him do that, please, calm down Iskander, you’re embarrassing me.

As proud as he is that you’re his descendent, he feels slightly bad for the reputation that he has left to the family. There are many atrocities that he has admitted, so he knows that he isn’t quite the best person to be a descendent of.

But even when those short and rare moments of a slightly vulnerable Iskander are present, I’m sure a simple reassuring smile and brushing it off will clear his mind of it. After all, it’s not like it effects you in the modern times.

It’s surprising, but the gemstone on the pendant that was passed down as a family heirloom is actually one of the many gemstones that were once embedded into his sword.

Artoria

A… descendent. The mere thought of it throws her into a fit of confusion. Like what do you mean she has a descendent. Did she have kids she never knew of?

Turns out you’re actually like, her cousin’s side of the family, but that doesn’t matter to either of you. Because Artoria is pleasantly surprised to hear about how educated you are about your heritage and also how your personality meshes so well with hers.

She’s surprised that a mere sliver of the hair ribbon that she was currently wearing was the catalyst that brought her here.

She vows to protect you, not just as your Servant, but also because you’re family.

Arthur

Arthur is grateful that his master is someone who is distantly related to you. But he’s also slightly fearful of putting you through a Holy Grail War.

Whereas many of the other kings are ready to win the war for you, Arthur is honestly scared of you losing your life here. You were too young, or at least, you haven’t experienced everything in life yet and it’s a shame that you’re thrown into this mess.

Arthur does appreciate having you as his master though. You understand even the smallest facial changes, whether it’s a flicker of emotion in his eyes, or the slight twitch of his lips as he tries to remain composed despite wanting to laugh at you.

He does his best to help maintain a ‘normal’ life for you since he wants you to live normally without the pressure of your heritage or the war on your back.

But he also works hard to train you as much as he can.

can i get some advice on something? so i have three jobs, at one of them everyone thinks im a catholic girl, one thinks im a faggot, and the last one thinks im a butch lesbian. im literally just bisexual guy with a lisp. anyway at the last job i have a milf coworker who i think is hitting on me? she keeps giving me candy and leaving me notes to find at my station. but also she has a mean soccer mom haircut :/ what should i do? i also dont want to ruin her awakening to women if thats whats happening

You don’t know how far you’ve walked. But it must have been quite far already since you can’t see your house anymore. It’s cold and you’re tired but you can’t go back yet. After all, this is the third night you’ve seen the shadows, and if your mommy won’t believe you, then you’ll find someone who will.

So you walk, and walk, and walk. The wind got colder and the night got darker as you stray farther and farther from home. Before you know it, your pajama-clad, eight-year old self is lost. Maybe you should have planned your journey better... but you can’t do anything about it now.

It’s when your eyes start welling with tears that you finally spot him. Dragging your little feet across the field, you approach the boy from Mr. Zhongli’s stories and tug on his sleeve.

“Mr. Adeptus,” you sniffle. “There’s a monster in my closet. Can you please help me?”

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a/n: continuing this right where the prompt left off bc i love it thank u grape anon u have the biggest brain ideas as always, i absolutely adore this prompt! words: ~0.7k

The quiet of the field of wildflowers is disrupted once more and Xiao, ever vigilant, grips his polearm tightly in his hands at the sudden voice. Yet, it is not the one of hilichurls, nor is it one of a Fatui agent who is too curious for their own good. Rather, it is that of a child and it immediately raises Xiao’s internal alarms to an even higher level of warning. He turns to look at you, evaporating his mask with a wave of a hand across his face.

Your pajamas are dirtied, likely from the walk here, and your hair is mussed from sleep and the winds that coast over the open expanse of Liyue’s terrains. There is a village not far from where the two of you stand and Xiao deducts that you must be from there, yet it feels awfully far for a child to have traveled by themselves. You look at him with wide eyes, despite the sleepiness that prevails in them, and Xiao feels his heart twist a bit.

The Yaksha isn’t too keen towards humanity as a whole, yet he has always had a fondness for children. Perhaps it is because of them being crafted of the innocence Xiao was never allowed to experience or perhaps it is because they have not yet been tainted by the typical mortal follies that plague humankind. He does not linger on whatever might be motivating such thoughts because while he has all the time in the world, he knows that you do not. 

Xiao watches you shiver and he slides off the detachable sleeve that resides on his left arm. He gently wraps it around your neck and observes the immediate comfort it seems to bring you as you wordlessly nestle into it further, embracing its warmth in the chilly weather.

“Do you live in Qingce Village?” Xiao asks. Despite how he cared for children, his tone is still harsh and uncaring, but you simply smile and nod, happy that someone is finally listening to you. Xiao crouches down and positions his arms. “Climb on. I will help you.”

You scramble onto the Yaksha’s back and, before you realize what’s happening, the two of you are standing in the center of the small village. Your eyes snap open, any semblance of tiredness washed away by the sheer awe you feel at the Yaksha’s abilities. Wordlessly, he begins to walk, as if he somehow knows the way to your house.

“How do you know where I live, Mr. Adeptus?” You ask and Xiao grunts in response.

“I can sense the elemental energy of the shadows,” Xiao responds and you wrap your small arms more tightly around his neck. Surprisingly, the grouchy adeptus doesn’t seem to mind the action. He can sense your increasing fear due to his words, yet he makes no move to placate your worries. After all, humans are so weak to begin with. In order to preserve their mortal lives, a bit of fear was necessary.

The familiar silhoutte of your house comes into view and, before you can jump off Xiao’s back and rush inside, Xiao sets you down and places a hand awkwardly on the top of your head, as if to stop you from darting away. The Yaksha crouches down to your eye level and his piercing amber eyes burn into your soul, yet you can only feel relief. You finally had a hero to destroy the monsters that lurked in your room.

“Wait here,” Xiao says, materializing his polearm in his hands once more. His expression is stern and you dare not defy his words. Instead, you watch as he disappears from your view and, through the window of your house, you can see him rematerialize once more. The jade of his weapon glints in the moonlight and, despite your childhood naivety, you are smart enough to look away as the fighting begins.

Even though the adeptus is your hero, you are far too young to understand the burdens of the weight he bears, yet it feels almost instinctual to provide him with one less burden as you stare at your hands. You are unable to help. Instead, you must wait for the Adeptus to do what he, like all other Adepti, is sworn to do: protect humanity, whether that be one life (or, in your case, one bedroom closet) at a time.

❥Anon requested: Can I request a part 2 of that Baji x reader soulmate AU it was super good and I wanna know what happened next did he introduce her to his friends? Does he meet her mom? I'm so curious

❥A/NThis is a repost from my old account. Sorry, i thought I had reposted this already! Thank you for reminding me, anon!

P1: soulmate au where your soulmate gets the same injuries. GN! Reader

After meeting Baji, you felt relieved. Sure, not all soulmates were meant to be romantic partners, but rather someone who fully understood you. Soulmates were life partners and you had finally met yours.

You made sure to introduce him to your mother on her next visit and she was... Hesitant about him to say the least. He looked like an absolute troublemaker and, after all, he had been the reason of your loneliness all these years. But after seeing how content you were, she decided that she had no choice but to give him a chance and welcome him.

He also made sure to introduce you to all of his friends.

You felt intimidated at first, having never been the center of positive attention, and with Baji bragging about you—despite barely knowing you— didn't make it any easier.

However, his friends seemed to notice how you felt and tried not to overwhelm you despite their curiosity. At least most of them, except for the one who Baji introduced as his vice captain.

They were all dying to know what kind of person was Keisuke's soulmate and Chifuyu was absolutely shameless with his questions.

"What's your name? How exactly did you meet? When did you know he was your soulmate? It must've been hard getting all his shit done to you as well, how did you deal with that? Do you like cats? Where do you go to school? Are you a good student? Baji here isn't, but I try my best to help him out—" Takemichi had to stop him and almost drag him out to give you a break.

"We're gonna be best friends! I just know it!" He was able to tell before Takemichi ended up dragging him out of the hospital.

The next few days, only one or two of his friends would visit you two, as to not overwhelm you and get some time each to get to know you as well.

When you met his mom, she looked relieved and immediately welcomed you into her little family and seemed to get along with your mom as well.

Once you two were released, you started hanging out on weekends, with him sometimes dragging you to his gang meetings. You were happy to not be left alone while they discussed whatever issue that had to be discussed, but rather with Mikey's sister, Emma and Takemichi's girlfriend, Hina.

Emma would tell you stories of how Baji was as a child and even told you the name he had chosen for himself, so that Emma wouldn't feel alone.

Baji blushed when you called him Edward afterwards, glaring at Emma.

Overall, you enjoyed spending time with him and he loved helping you out with the stray cats you were taking care of and even learned all their names.

However, neither of you talked about your relationship status. Despite being soulmates, you had just met after all and were more focused on enjoying each other's company and getting to know each other better. Whatever may happen in the future, you knew you'd always have your bond with him.

Regarding his fights... He didn't stop and you wouldn't have allowed him to, but knowing he had you now, he was extra careful and, according to ever else, he got a bit more violent, trying to knock out as many adversaries as possible in order to not get himself hurt. He'd also try to use something else rather than his own bare hands or cover them with bandages to protect his skin.

You had told him that you didn't care anymore, as long as he didn't get stabbed, you knew how to clean and treat any other injuries.

After fights, he noticed how, despite the blood smeared on his knuckles, the cuts he had were mostly healed.

You found out the stories your mother had told you were true: if you treated and healed a your injuries, the ones inflicted on your soulmate healed faster as well. When you told his—and now yours, too— friends, Chifuyu seemed to be on the verge of tears, saying how you had saved Baji and you were the reason he made it out alive.

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Five years, six months

A/N: We have Sabo next on the series! I decided to post the same picture on each one, so I hope you don’t mind! Also! This time the child’s name has a meaning that is related with uh… the story?

Tomomi: beautiful wisdom. 

I basically wanted to portray the child’s personality with his name, also, I see Sabo as someone who’s very wise, so it’s also because of that! I hope i’m making sense here. Anyway, I hope you enjoyr this. I’M SORRY IS TOO LONG AAAAAAH.

Words: 2,942 (this one is longer aaaaaaah. under the cut!)

“Sweet God, I can’t believe you”, Sabo mumbles as you turn around to find the same tree for the second time. He lets out a long sigh.

“Excuse me? This is not my fault, Sabo”, you say, ears and cheeks burning angrily and because of the sun above.

This was supposed to be an easy mission, you and Sabo would take care of it since you always work together very well. However, everything went wrong today, the map of the island you received was the one Koala was supposed to get, and Sabo and you have been going around this tropical island for about an hour with nowhere to go.

The sun was burning your skin, the water was almost over and food was already digesting in his and your belly. And, above all, Sabo was angry. He was furious and, for some reason, he decided that the reason of his distress was you and only you.

“Well, if it’s not your fault then why are we lost while you are, in fact, holding the map?”, he snaps, finally stopping and crossing his arms above his chest, looking at you with a raised eyebrow.

His hat was still on, but his jacket was off and his hair was tied up in a little ponytail. He looked amazing, but you can’t say that right now, you can’t even think about that again as he looks at you with those eyes. Blaming you.

“They gave us the wrong map! Koala probably has ours! It wasn’t my frigging fault! I didnt-

“But you’re always like this! Distracted and thinking about other things when you shouldn’t. I even get tired of your stupidity!”

A part of you wanted to believe that Sabo was exhausted, because you were too. Your feet were begging for you to stop walking and your legs and your whole body just begged somewhere fresh where you could take a nap and have food, so you understood that Sabo was feeling this way.

But, he wasn’t allowed to say such things. You were his right hand, for God’s sake! He chose you because of your abilities and aptitudes, even before you both started dating. Even before you both started liking each other. He gave you his trust and you were loyal to him and to the Revolutionary Army.

He has no right to say such things.

But you don’t want to fight, even if you’re feeling your blood boiling, you don’t want to fight because fighting will not solve your problems, so you sigh, long and tiredly and look at him with calm eyes.

“This is the second time I’m telling you this, Sabo. This is not my fault. You’re not listening to me. They gave us-

“Accept your mistakes, [Name]!”, he interrupts you again. “ You should’ve looked that map even before we started following it!”, you growl low in your throat as you turn the map for him to look at it. It was ridiculous.

“it’s a frigging piece of paper, Sabo! It’s not even a real map! How am I supposed to kn-

“I wouldn’t be surprised if some day someone tell me you’re dead!” You flinch at the poison on his words. “You always have your mind somewhere else! I wouldn’t even care, [Name]!”

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—Hidden Talents;

[ “Enlightenment is when a wave realized it is the ocean.” -Thich Nhat Hanh ]

🌱… description: Self explanatory? The hidden talents of bonten executives and inui.

🧳… characters: Rindou H., Ran H., Sanzu, Koko, Inui & Kakucho.

🍵… warnings: mention of knifes, other than that, none.

☕️… date: February 25th, 2022

part 1, part 2 …

a/n: remember re-blogs are really appreciate it! have a nice rest of your day/night! <333

rindou: Singing like a bird. In the morning while drinking coffee you can find him singing along with the birds that stay in a tree close to his kitchen window.

ran: writes poetry. How do you know? You caught him reading it out loud while walking in the leaving room of one of his penthouses. He gave you a spare key because of how close both of you were and then your curious self didn’t stop asking questions about his writing.

sanzu: knife thrower. Don’t even know how it started. One day while entering the Bonten hideout you saw him throwing knifes while a very much bored Ran was just standing still in front of a wood board.

koko: You are a 100% sure this man is genetically unable to get brain freeze. You have seen him chug an entire ice cream without consequence.

inui: is good at sports. This can be considered a normal talent, since you see it a lot in people; but not in someone as closed as Inui. Who you only know the necessary, or what he comments in meaningful moments.

kakucho: This man is really good with plants. I see him with like 10 plants in his apartment and talking to them and naming themmm. Plus, giving them personalized pots. He is so invested in taking extreme care of them that he calls them his children.

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