( X'D I'M DYING )
Zeke's cheeks flamed red, his eyes wide. Every muscle in his body tensed as her lips met his, and his heart stopped altogether. He didn't move. He didn't think. He didn't breath. It was as if the floor swayed beneath him now, as if the whole world around him spun– but he remained frozen in place. Frozen was the wrong word. He was too warm to be frozen.
This should not have been. A man like himself should never feel this way. A man like him should never feel. This is precisely the sort of feeling he had been fleeing from! Precisely the sort of vulnerability– the sort of sentiment– he had been trying to outrun. And oh, how vulnerable it made him. His knees were weak, like his legs might just give out beneath him. But they didn't.
He squeezed his eyes shut, and there it came back, his heartbeat. A rapid thump-thump-thump that reminded him he was not dead. Not even close. In fact, he was very much alive. More alive than he had been in a very long time.
He relaxed a little, wrapping an arm around her middle if he dared. He kissed her in return now– voluntarily, this time. His heart shuddered, as did his entire body, and for the first time, he wondered if this feeling that he'd been running from was one that he should've been running to all along. And if it wasn't, then he needed to flee all the more, because it had the power to destroy him.
(Is it just me or do these two have the potential to kill, just by existing…?)
Evelyn was genuinely surprised and unprepared when Zeke wrapped his arm around her. Heck, her mind went on a full trip to heaven and back when that happened.
She’d question herself on whether or not the feelings she held managed to reach Zeke and thaw the ice-cold layer of his heart. She would’ve hoped so. It was something no one really knew of. The crush—no, the love—Evelyn had on this person was way too much for her to handle by herself… thankfully, that’s no longer true. She didn’t have to keep it to herself anymore. That was what made her so happy. That was what made her so furious at herself for not wanting to confront the man at first. That was… what kept her alive to this very day. The level of inspiration Nightmare managed to give to this rogue and failure of a person was indescribable and was, to its core, phenomenal.
Then again, this was Nightmare. If Lynn was to mess up once, this might not have happened at all and she would instead end up as one of Zeke’s kills. Which, if she was being honest with herself, was fine. She would die for him if she needed to.
She did wonder though. Of the two times they’ve kissed, she started both of them. She was going to wait for the day Zeke was being true to himself. Hopefully— she slowly parted her lips from his—that won’t be too long of a wait.
She breathed softly before giggling a bit.
”I didn’t know you were a natural at this” she teased Zeke a bit. Was she expecting such a sensual kiss from the infamous one? Absolutely not. But did she receive one? Absolutely.
(Yes, they do, and it's quite beautiful.)
"… Neither did I," Zeke responded breathlessly, drawing in a long breath once they pulled apart. His heart continued to pound like a drum, and his face remained flushed. He struggled to recompose himself, realizing that he probably wouldn't be recomposing himself anything soon. Not after something like that. He swallowed hard, barely even able to raise his gaze to meet hers– mostly because he wasn't sure what to say now. He wasn't sure what to do now. He never thought he'd make it this far. And, truth be told, he had no clue what to do with the infinite emotions drowning him from the inside out.
(Okay so while you were probably sleeping since we're in wack different timezones, I was thinking about the smol soft bean character.)
(Oooooh? You got something, don’t you? I wanna hear it owo)
”Okay, that was actually a joke. That was actually what I was talking about when I said I wanted to give you something, though you did seem to enjoy it… I did too” Evelyn stated before walking to the only room without a sign up front. She opened it and went inside a bit before coming out with a decently sized case.
”I know you use draggers and such a lot so I managed to create something. I honestly don’t know if you’d like it or not but let’s see—“ she opened the case. Inside wasn’t anything fancy really… just a pair of daggers made specifically for Nightmare.
Most heroes have their own symbols or something to represent them; Clockwise’s being a golden clock, Pastel’s being a paintbrush, Aureus Arachnid’s being a golden spider, and so on. However, villains tend to not have their signature represented by a symbol. If anything, they’d try not to have one. Which was why when Evelyn was crafting the blades, she had a significant problem when it came to the blade’s marking.
Eventually, she came up with something. What she thought of was a shadowy silhouette’s head (replica of Nightmare’s facial design) with red eyes. The blade itself was colored amethyst purple, blending it with the color of the night. Rather than it being a throw-only or melee-only dagger, she designed the dagger to represent a small version of a curved Gladius as I don’t know what those are called…
(Okay so I'm struggling not to fall asleep so I'll reply when I wake up in a few hours, but before I fade let me leave with a thought. I know I'm getting ahead of myself big time but IMAGINE, if you will, Zeke and Evelyn eventually getting married and having a kid. I just imagined them having a son and Evelyn being a perky overzealous mother who perpetually embarrasses him because he got his daddy's easily-flustered genes. XD okay I need sleep now but I just felt like I needed to say that before I forgot. Goodnight!)
(I. LOVE. THAT!!!!! I don’t know about you but if this roleplay doesn’t reach that point, I’m making a fanfiction of that XD. Night!!!)
((This RP must make it to that point. XD IT MUST. It's too good to die. I just imagine their son like with Zeke's dark hair but Evelyn's mismatched eyes. He's probably more extroverted than Zeke but like, still easily flustered. Imagine Evelyn embarrassing him and the kid being like "dad please help" and Zeke's like "lol you say that as if you think I can control her." I think I've thought too much about this but it's fine. ))
Zeke eyed the little weapons curiously for several long seconds. They were… beautiful. "You made these?" He slowly reached forward to pick one of them up, running his fingers along the edge of the blade. Beautiful. Sharp. Perfect. "For me?" He turned it over in his hands and looked at it for a long moment. He didn't know what to say., except maybe, "Thank you."
((Oh also the little soft bean. So I have this character who is actually too soft because he's so soft that he might as well be a baby, and I can't imagine the lil' smol ever being in any sort of romantic relationship because he's just suh smol. And, despite the fact that I'm waaaaayy better with male characters than I am with female ones, I'm really only good at MxF ships [I can do male-male or female-male or female-female friendships, but when it gets romantic, I prefer MxF], so I thought, "Hey, what if I make a genderbent version of my soft boy and tweak her a bit and use her that way." Plus I really need to practice RPing girls if I expect to get anywhere with them. The original character [i.e., the boy version] is this super naive little gullible sweetheart who lives with his grandmother because his parents got on drugs when he was little. He's got like super curly reddish-brown hair and he only wears sweaters that his grandmother knits for him, and they're always too big for him so the sleeves are too long. He's only like 5'4" in the first place, but he looks even tinier when wearing the big sweaters. Actually he looks like he's fourteen tbh even though he's supposed to be in college. Thin-framed, circular glasses that make his eyes look bigger than they actually are (which they're kinda big in the first place; big, dark brown eyes). Kinda pale with a few super faint freckles on the bridge of his smol nose. He blushes at everything, cries super easy, and is waaaay too nice to everybody ever. He's the kind of little baby who'd cry if someone stepped on a butterfly. He thinks everyone is good (hence being dangerously naive and gullible) and he just wants to love and help everybody. He's also a major coward. So imagine this smol bean boi, except as a girl. Thoughts?))
((That kid is going to be in a real heaven and a living hell at the same time with Evelyn as a mother XD. Kinda curious though, if he was going to be Zeke’s and Lynn’s son, what would his name be? And what would his power be? Just curious. Maybe we can brainstorm that sometime))
((I actually like him her, though in all honesty if Chris was to actually protect this human being, it would probably be more because he’s annoyed than he cares. AT FIRST, AT LEAST. Because he’s pretty serious with his job, someone crying would be one heck of a distraction))
Evelyn couldn’t do much but smile.
”They’re for you to keep” she stated, trying her best not to blush uncontrollably. She was sure if her body language reading was correct but it seemed as if Zeke liked the blade. She picked the other one up, handing it to Zeke as she closed the case. Putting the case on the kitchen counter, she realized something… interesting.
There was a note taped to the fridge, written and signed…
”Hello, Pastel. I’ve heard about Wisteria. Impressive work. However, if it was to be possible, I’ll be taking care of Galaxia myself. I do have personal reasons for doing so. But don’t worry about not having something to do tonight, I’ve booked you and him to a fancy restaurant nearby already. 7 PM. Don’t worry, money’s on me. Good luck <3”
”Sincerely, Arachnid”
Evelyn was the only one close enough to read the whole thing, blushing as she did. Before Zeke would come to read it, she crushed the paper into a ball and threw it in the trash can.
”Thanks, jerk…”
There was really only one fancy restaurant around. That one being where the former hero, Circulation, works at. Undoubtedly, he would recognize both herself and… Zeke. But it wasn’t if he’d cared, he retired two months ago to focus on the restaurant.
”P-Plan’s changed… Arachnid will be taking care of Galaxia for us… uhm…” her face was nearly blood red. She reached both her hands up to it, covering it and can’t help but feel embarrassed. If going to the restaurant taught her anything, it is that she and Zeke would have to get some formal clothes and it didn’t seem like Zeke had any.
After sometime of thought, Lynn sighed. Fine.
”Can we go do some shopping?”
((I'm glad you like the little sweater-clad bean. <3 They're smol, whether the female version or male version. And yes– I imagine he will be mildly annoyed to start with, but they are like a teddy bear that needs love so I'm sure he'll come around eventually. XD Now, as for Evelyn and Zeke's theoretical offspring– if we'd like to consider the implications of this being a roleplay [as I would :3], we could give them two kiddos, for the sake of each of us having one. If so, I'd like to have a boy, and you can gladly choose the gender of the second. Unless, of course, you think one would suffice, but if there were two they could interact and get on each other's nerves and whatnot. Not to mention, it would be kinda fun if we RPed them in a high-school setting as well? Maybe one of them gets bullied. Poor babies. IMAGINE, we could make kids of other potential heroes and villains as well. Second generation. <3 I'm getting ahead of myself, I think, but heck, if we didn't even wanna wait we could do this one and the future version with their kiddos simultaneously. I'd be up for that. I like this RP enough to do it. XD Again, ahead of myself. Apologies. As for the theoretical kid we've discussed thus far, his name… well, it could be anything. What would Evelyn want to name her child? XD His powers could be similar to Zeke's, Evelyn's, something in between, or something totally unrelated, depending on what we wanted.))
Zeke blinked. "Shopping?" He wasn't much of a shopper, truth be told, but… he wasn't going to decline Evelyn. "But… Galaxia? Are we sure that Arachnid's got it? I mean–" He paused, chewing his lip. "If you're sure it'll be okay, yeah." He wasn't going to tell her no, though shopping wasn't his idea of fun– especially when there were criminals afoot. He played with the knives in his hands a moment, getting comfortable with the feel of them. He was glad for them, considering he'd lost one of his good ones earlier into the void of Vortex's weird mouth-head-dimension thing.
((Also, let me just say, I'm loving the little friend edits that are currently plaguing Notebook. It's hilarious. And beautiful.))
((How do you do those?! They’re hilarious XD))
((I'm not doing it. Notebook is doing a late April Fools thing where it automatically changes words on a post. Like earlier, it changed s w e a t e r s to sweaters. XD))
((Oh… ANDREWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!))
(( I think you mean andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer). uwu ))
(( gun is my favorite in the whole world. Oh my goodness I'm legit DYING.))
((Anyways, I love the idea of them having two kids actually. It’d be kinda cute. Also… can we do twins? Like, one boy, one girl, or both being boys? I can see one having an ability similar to a prism. Like, transforming pure magic and channeling it as other abilities (Evelyn’s genes) while the other is basically the opposite; using and absorbing colorful abilities and turning it into darkness (Zeke’s genes). Just an idea. And whether or not we would do that alongside this one, I’ll leave that choice up to you since I’m free so I’m cool either way :D))
(( andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) you mad man, I fricking love you XD))
((I'd be glad to do it alongside so that we don't have to wait. YES, twins would be adorable. I prefer a boy, but whether he has a brother or sister will still be adorable either way. uwu I think this is brilliant. And the powers do sound quite interesting; what if, instead of directly being able to turn colors into darkness, one had light manipulation, the capability to manipulate lightwaves altogether? Granted, they can't make them into specific powers, but it's still the same concept as Zeke's ability except the reverse of his powers. Same genes, reversed.))
((Okay, those powers do sound better XD and maybe we can do brother-sister twins, I’m down for that))
”I think I trust Arachnid enough… plus, I don’t think he’ll be going alone,” Evelyn claimed, going over to her personals and looking through them to look for her wallet and whatnot.
”Sorry to bother you again, but I don’t think you can go outside being ‘Nightmare’. So…” she gestured to the bathroom where Zeke could change into his normal clothes.
”Looks like she read the note Arachnid,” the winged hero mentioned, looking at Evelyn’s room past the binoculars he had.
”That aside, you know how dangerous Galaxia is, correct?” Aureus Arachnid asked, fixing one of his metallic spider legs.
”I’ve worked with him once or twice, I think I know enough,” the winged hero jumped down from where he was to stand beside Arachnid.
”Heh… you really are an interesting person—“ Arachnid looked up to meet the gaze of the blazing woman in front of him ”—Phoenix”
(Hero: Phoenix, [Unknown] [Unknown])
(Ability: Scorched Feathers — Phoenix can detached feathers from her wings which she can then send towards enemy to set them on fire and or blind them. As she has wings, she has the ability to fly up as high as planes could. Once a feather is sent to an enemy, she would regenerate that specific feather again in five minutes)
((“Crawler octobrawler”… FRICKING GENIUS XD))
((Cute uwu!! Okay. I say we do it then. Should we… do it now? XD Should we make a second thread and do short sign-ups for them? Backstories clearly aren't necessarily; just something to give up personality and appearance ideas? Are we getting ahead of ourselves? Am I already too excited for this? AM I EVEN SANE ANYMORE??))
"Oh. Right." Zeke headed towards the bathroom to change, realizing it would be pretty strange for a villain like himself to be casually walking around a mall– or any store, for that matter. People would be confused.
He changed rather quickly and emerged not as Nightmare, but simply as Zeke. His regular, awkward, emotionally-confused self. "Okay. Here I am," he announced, his face still flushed from the kiss and such.
(Holy moly there are more of them. THEY'RE MULTIPLYING XD ))
((THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BEING TOO EXCITED!!! We can, if you would set up the thread :D))
Evelyn nodded and got her belongings, once again, clinging onto Zeke. There’s not much else to it other than having them both go to the nearest mall. And definitely not the one that someone blew up. She realized that the nearest mall other than that one would require them to take the bus. Which was fine and all, until she remembered that basically everyone who took that route knew her.
It was worth the risk, she thought.
”Let’s goooo~~” she said excitedly before laughing at herself and her own energy. She was way too excited for that matter.
Upon exiting the apartment and walking to the bus stop, almost immediately, some fans gathered.
”Lynn? Pastel?” ”Oh my god, I’m a huge fun!” ”Can I have your signature? Please?!” and such, were common questions… and of course, one new question emerged.
”Who is he?” one of the civilians asked, pointing at Zeke and noticing that Lynn was basically clinging onto him.
Some whispers began but thankfully, the bus they needed to take arrived.
Without saying a single word, Evelyn took herself and Zeke onto the bus, sitting at the far back before she sighed.
”People these days… do they not understand privacy?” it was more of a rhetorical question.
Zeke's face turned blood red at their questions, though he didn't utter a word the entire time. Rumors were going to be spread around now, and considering how hard Zeke had tried to stay on the downlow for the past several years, that wasn't something he looked forward too. But at least the average Joe didn't know he was Nightmare. Now that would be a problem.
he sank back into the seat besides Evelyn, trying not to let his general awkwardness kill him. "People are gonna talk," is all he said, because he wasn't sure what else to say.
((If it wasn’t clear just yet, I’ve got a lot of hero and villain characters. Everything you’ve seen so far hasn’t been a quarter of the entire list I have XD))
((Also, I’m not sure if this is true but I would guess that you watch BNHA, right?))
Evelyn just nodded. What Zeke said was actually true. People would say whatever they want to say. She got out her phone, only to realize that she had missed three calls; all from different people. The first one being her old friend calling. That wasn’t so important. The second being her mom. She’ll have to call back sometime. The last one… though… confused her a bit as she didn’t recognize the number one bit.
She called that number immediately. The other person answered…
”Hello?” when she heard the voice of the caller, her eyes subconsciously widened.
”I’m sorry, but you’re not stopping me from me following my passion and what I believe is true. You’re going to hate me. We will be enemies. But just know that I still respect you,” with that, she hung up before sighing softly and noticing that they’ve arrived at the stop they needed to come to.
She held onto Zeke’s hand and dragged him along. Exiting the bus, she gave him a smile.
”We’re here~”
((It's 4:14 AM so I'll answer better tomorrow but… uh… what's BNHA? XD I'm oblivious. Also… I know what you mean. I legit have over 150 characters, and more in the making everyday. glances at my fourteen mile long list of hero and villain characters that I haven't invited to this RP it's okay babies I love you ))
((Oh… My Hero Academia, you know that?))
