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THE RELATIONSHIP MEME

☁ THE RELATIONSHIP MEME

Dramatic or cracky, there are options for everyone who has a sudden itching to play out some ships.

↘ Post your character below, listing their name and series in the subject.
↘ Others respond after going to random.org and entering 1-16 for a scene, reply back and have some fun!
↘ Roll as many times as you like! Play out as many scenarios as you want! Just enjoy the fluffy or angsty goodness.

● 01 I HAVE A CONFESSION | There's someone you really like and it's finally time to tell them! It can be spur of the moment or elaborately planned out.
● 02 START OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL | You've just got together and everything is great! You can't stop thinking about each other or keep your hands off your significant other. You want to spend all the time you can together, doing whatever!
● 03 CAN'T GET IT UP | It happens to everyone, honest! For whatever reason, you just haven't been able to perform or maybe you're just not interested in sex. Is it because things are dull? Is it because you're not attracted to your partner? Or have you just been too busy or stressed out?
● 04 SAW YOU LAST NIGHT | You think you saw your partner in the arms of another - was it an honest mistake or is something honestly going on here?
● 05 FIRST TIME | It's the first kiss or the first time making love with your partner and you're so nervous and awkward, you're sure you'll mess it up! Maybe you do, but that's okay... they like you, right?
● 06 ANNIVERSARY | Two week, two month, two year, or whatever number you decide, that's how long you've been together with your partner and you want to do something special to celebrate it!
● 07 WANT YOU BACK | You broke up, but it was a mistake. You need to correct it ASAP... will your lover take you back though?
● 08 JUST MARRIED | Just married! Is it the wedding night? The honeymoon? You decide!
● 09 BAD ROMANCE | You're no good for each other and you know it! Unfortunately, your relationship is so sizzling, you can't break it off and you don't even want to.
● 10 FIGHT | You're both in one of those moods where you just want to sit around fighting over every little thing... bills or money, friends, your partner staying out too late, or whatever you can think of!
● 11 LET'S MAKE UP | Of course making up is the best part though! Whatever it was is totally forgotten now.
● 12 HONEY, I'M... | You've been feeling a little funny for a bit, so you take a pregnancy test and... oh no! Or is it 'oh great!'? Time to tell your partner either way...
● 13 ABOUT LAST NIGHT | Time to face that one night stand...
● 14 CHEATER | You're not being cheated on! You're the other person meddling with someone's lover! But for whatever reason, you just can't say no even if you know you should...
● 15 OBJECTIONS | You're facing a lot of objections to your relationship and it's starting to put a strain on it. Why don't you sit down and discuss it, see if you can work it out?
● 16 HAVE TO LET YOU GO | You have to break up with your partner... not because you want to! But because you need to protect them... can you do it successfully? Will they find out? You decide!

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[It was Botan's day off, so it wasn't too unusual for her not to be around the office. Usually, on her own time, she'd go to the human world for a little r&r, but that was far from the case now. Something was eating her up inside; not even her favorite ice cream parlor or occult book store would cheer her up. Not after what she'd seen last night.

It was truly a sordid tale. Right as everyone was calling it a night, she'd been dropping off her reports on the souls she'd brought back. As she walked by Koenma's office, she'd noticed something through the open door: Koenma was sitting at his desk, nothing odd there - but he was in the arms of another ferry girl! One of her own colleagues! She couldn't believe it.

...sure, they'd never said that they were exclusive, yet when Koenma had said that he wanted to take their relationship to another level even if it was risky, she'd assumed...

Though every fiber of her being had wanted to ruin the cozy tableau before her by bursting into the room, she'd been so blindsided that she all she could do was hurry off, her fists clenched to her sides.

Her fists were still clenched to her sides, but after a night of restless slumber and the acid of anger building up, she was ready to confront him as she waited outside his office.]

Edited 2013-07-22 03:51 (UTC)

[ Another day, another million stamped and approved papers. The demi-god might have found this life unappealing and boring, if it weren't for the fact he'd been groomed for it his entire life, and now that he had officially handled the situation of the Makai (for the moment) - this was a very nice and suitable change to having to attend Dark Tournaments or King's Tournaments, anxiously hoping that Hiei didn't win since that would end with the fiery death of every single subject in the demon world.

Or at least, that's what he told himself. It was strange, dealing with the knowledge that the low level demons and humans he had begun that little ramshackle 'team' with could now have no trouble making all of the demon world theirs, if they wanted to.

The human world, too, if Yuusuke or Kurama really wanted. But instead he found himself worrying over paper work and dealing with ferry girls and Jorge - considerably less stressful. Considering the recent update to his and Botan's relationship, much less stressful. He's oblivious to her current anger, though, leaning back in his chair and stretching his arms above his head, yawning. He asks an ogre to open the doors and windows to let a little fresh air in, not at all expecting to find the blue haired ferry girl where she was, when the doors opened.

He just smiles that little, secretive smile that he always gives her, beckoning her inside as if nothing at all was different or wrong. ]

Botan, why were you waiting outside?

[Botan has learned to be surprisingly subtle about her meetings with Koenma that are strictly off the record, yet this is a hard pill to swallow today. She'd like nothing more than to stomp in and shake him by the collar - as she often does, anyway. But this isn't something she wants to be broadcast. It's embarrassing...no, humiliating

And is he smiling as her, as if nothing's wrong?! The- the cad! Finally, once the last ogre clears out, she comes in through the door, shutting it behind her in emotion rather than any forethought.]

Why was I waiting outside? [Hrmph! Her eyes narrow and her shoulders raise as she moves inward.] Why, was I not supposed to be?

Huh? [ Have an utterly confused demi-god, Botan. He doesn't seem to understand what's going on with her, or why she seems to irritated with him right now, but he's glad that the door is shut behind her. He moves to stand, sliding out of the seat and moving toward her. She might not really want him near her, but until he understood what the hell she was so huffy about... well... ]

No, you weren't, actually. You know you can come in my office when ever you want... [ So he'll reach out, and try to take her by the elbows, at least to keep her where she was until he could figure out what, exactly, was bothering her at the moment. ] What's gotten in to you? I don't really understand why you seem so mad...

[And now he's going to try and touch her? His shamelessness really knows no bounds! Well, if he thinks he's going to get away with that just because he's the prince around here, he's got another thing coming.

She could play coy and try to get him to admit it himself, but she's far beyond that. Besides, unfortunately, she's never been that subtle.

Instead, she jerks her arms back when he tries to take her elbows into his hands.]

Oh, I am allowed in here, then? I guess the only time I wouldn't be is when you have other women in here! [Every word is punctuated with a deeper scowl and a more dramatic flourish of her hands.]

What is wrong with you - [ The prince quickly goes from concerned to insulted as she jerks away, blurting the words out before the rest of her sentence settles in. He's then blinking, practically doe-eyed he's so confused.

What did she mean, other women? He had no idea what she was on about, and considering that he was the Prince of Reikai, and was supposed to handle all things involved with Botan and the other girls she worked with... it wouldn't be too easy to try and change his daily schedule so that he wasn't in a room with other women. ]

Well I kind of.. have to work with the other girls, Botan. It's my job as much as theirs. I don't know what you have going on in your head, but I'm not... entertaining another woman, in that way.

[The way he's so cavalier about it only serves to raise her dander a bit more, her hands falling to her hips as she leans in.]

Don't act like this is my fault! [It's honestly hurtful that he'd even insinuate that she'd overreact about this.] You're doing more than working, unless there's something that involves being in somebody's arms that I don't know about.

[She even sounds a bit wounded at being "belittled."]

I - what? [ Koenma is honestly a dunce, when it comes to women in the first place. And now, with Botan confusing him with things he doesn't necessarily understand or know about, he feels like he's lost and adrift at sea. Or... something like that. Being flustered into silence isn't something that many people can boast about doing to Koenma, but... now Botan can, if she ever chooses to share this story with anyone else. ]

What do you mean, being in somebody's arms? Botan - [ He pauses, sucks in a breath, and then sighs. The fact that he's acting serious, for once, should show how serious the situation is to him. ]

- What do you think you saw? I don't... understand what you're getting at.

[Perhaps it's the fact that Botan knows Koenma well - possibly better than most - that defuses her when she sees his sincerity. He really does seem unaware at what he's done to slight her, and that's...odd. She'd never considered how much he knows about boundaries and the feelings of ladies. After all, she's pretty sure that she is the first to be with him.

She looks aside, her lips still arched downward into a frown though her whole face has lost the edge of anger. Her arms rest by her side, and she's considerably less electric in her motion.]

Last night. Don't you remember? [Is that too much to ask?] You didn't see me, but I saw you. [She gestures towards the desk with the tilt of her chin.] You with with that new girl (oh, what's her name, it doesn't matter, you know who) and-

[With a sigh, the sting as though it's still fresh on her bare skin, she turns from him.]

She was all over you! Like- as if that were something normal!

[ For being a demi-god, and you know, kind of Earth's keeper or whatever you wanted to call it - Koenma is, at most, running blind when it comes to relationships. Hell, it took him forever to realize when people were even flirting with him or trying to sweet talk him, much less when boundaries were being crossed. Perhaps he'd spent too much time sitting in his office stamping papers (actually, he more than likely had) but many social things that would be normal for other 'teenagers' in the world are completely over Koenma's head.

It's simultaneously exciting and terrifying, going out in to this 'relationship' thing with Botan. ]

Oh - I don't remember her name either. [ Though, he also seems to have only just realized she might have been doing something wrong, too. ]

I thought it was a little strange but it wasn't... like I was hanging on her too..

[This is, at best, a situation of the blind leading the blind. Botan is out and about more than Koenma, but her list of previous flames contains a sizzling zero. Before, it just hadn't been something she'd held much interest in, much less had any time for. She was content living vicariously through others and the occasional human romance novel or television show. The latter are deliciously over the top, and in the end, that may be what has stoked her fire, because in the dramas, someone being draped over someone else always means trouble with a capital T.

Somehow, though, this confrontation is taking turns that no program has before.

She looks over her shoulder, then, with an incredulous look on her face.]

You don't even know the name of the girl who's clearly making eyes at you? That's a little crass, Koenma!

[...she can't believe she's standing up for old whatsherface. But Koenma can't be that dense, can he-?

Better not answer that.]

You shouldn't have let her do it to you, unless that's what you really wanted!

[ At least she'd had the chance to have some real qorld experience - or even to watch television shows with love dramas. Of course, Koenma had the chance to see the way Yuusuke acted around Keiko, and the contrast of Kuwabara and Yukina, but he'd found that neither of them were really his... style, when it came down to it. That resolution had come rather quickly, particularly after they'd first started to 'officially' see one another. It was still a well kept secret, their relationship. Well enough that the other oar girls probably thought that they still might as well try their chances, with Koenma, to see if he was even remotely interested in any of them.

He shrugs as she calls him not knowing her name crass, looking as though it doesn't bother him quite as much. ]

I'll remember it, the next time I see her paperwork. Otherwise it doesn't really matter, does it? Unless she makes a name for herself... [ Much like Botan had, but, details - ]

I didn't think she'd stay there, very long. You know, maybe she was trying dramatics to get me to feel bad, or something....? [ A pause, and then: ] My leg fell asleep and then I had to tell her to get off..

[Oh, she's making a name for herself, alright, but not remotely like Botan did. Botan always tries not to judge the other girls; this time, it's a little hard not to. To her, it's clear that someone else has machinations here, and as much as she trusts and is loyal to Koenma as her ruler and boss, their relationship is still new. Fragile. She hasn't built up the same knowledge of him on an intimate level as she has on a personal and business level, which means that there are still things that can shake her perception.]

And that's the only reason you told her to get off?

[Botan's never been good at hiding her emotions. She's a true live wire in every sense of the saying, which is both a boon and a handicap to her work - and to herself as a person.

Still, she's never showed this kind of deeply, again, intimate trauma to Koenma, though her hurt is hardly masked when she sneaks a peek back at him again.]

You didn't think of me at all?

[ He seems to sense, from even the look on her face, that he's messed up in that explanation. Really, he'd found the whole situation incredibly awkward and hadn't really known how to react to it at all. He'd wanted to kind of... shove her off and make sure she understood that there was no way to make her way up, like that - but at the same time he hadn't wanted to seem overly rude or cruel. Being a ruler, it was hard to gauge what would be acceptable and what wouldn't, and though Koenma could be utterly ridiculous from time to time, he did genuinely want to make good impressions on most people when he possibly could. ]

No, Botan - [ He sighs, wincing at himself and sliding a hand through his hair. ] I thought about how you wouldn't be happy, to know that she was doing that but I -

Didn't really know how to react. It isn't.. every day that people are bold enough to do those things and I just.. froze.

[ He looks a bit like a kicked puppy, now, unsure if he's just messed up incredibly badly or if she'd forgive him. ] I wasn't... doing it or allowing it because I didn't think of you..

[That face. It's pretty rare that Koenma's expressions have too much of an impact on her (she knows he'll use his baby face to get what he wants, though his teenage form doesn't have exactly the same feel to it), but she can't help but feel a little pained by it. Her eyes only meet his for a moment before they dart away, lashes batting as she closes her eyes.]

Even if you didn't... [And she has to take that on good faith, even if she is willing to do so because he's Koenma, and honestly, there is a chance that he's just that stupid when it comes to matters of romance and she's learning that more and more.] ...it hurt me to see you like that. I wanted to burst right in and tell you what for, but I couldn't.

[Her shoulders slump as she bites her lips.]

I just can't stand to think that you might let other people do what we do! I don't think that's unreasonable, do you?

I almost wish you would have - it would have saved a very awkward conversation about why the hell she was in my lap in the first place... [ Koenma laughs, quietly, despite himself. Even if it might have made things far more public than they've so far agreed to be, the demi-god had no idea what so ever how to handle advances like that. Not to mention, he'd been wondering what, exactly, had emboldened her that far in the first place. People had no doubt been bold before, in his life, but hell - no one had draped across his lap before.

Well, at least, not in that way. ]

It's not unreasonable, though. All I can say is... I won't let it happen again. Lesson learned..

[Well, there is one step in the right direction, because Botan scoffs.]

You would not have wanted me to come in there, believe you me.

[But, in all honesty, she does believe him. She wouldn't still be by his side after all this, all these trials that are probably so much bigger than a mere romance, if that weren't the case.

Oh, though she still is mad at him for being so ignorant sometimes. That is, however, what she knew she'd get - and perhaps that's the frustrating part. She can't stop caring for him even when he's a pain in the side.

She turns back to him, less defensive than before.]

I never thought I'd hear you say that... [And more able to snipe at him unintentionally, as usual.] But are you willing to promise?

[She is glad she's been able to keep her promise to herself and not cry in front of him, though her eyes are misty from her rage.]

Edited 2013-07-28 05:00 (UTC)

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that awkward moment when botan will realize that she was "the other woman" for yusuke and keiko

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