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Alright, let’s do this!

“I Wonder How We Wound Up Here”

1. Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel

2. Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads

3. Running On Empty - Jackson Browne 

4. Ain’t Got Far To Go - Jess Glynne

5. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

6. The Promised Land -  Bruce Springsteen

7. New Soul - Yael Naim

8. Life Is A Highway - Rascal Flatts

9. California Dreamin’ - The Mamas & The Papas

This is a dumb question: but have you been to a doctor to check it out? You’ve been having this pain for a while and I’m wondering if this is something you’d need physical therapy for

 Not dumb! But yeah, I went when I first got it, and he gave me medication to take whenever it comes back and told me exercises to work on (and swimming also helps a lot).

It’s just... it’s a chronic thing. He told me that. He told me I had to take medication for it and if it got worse then we would have to explore other possibilities (aka surgery).

Thetrip to the beach was supposed to be relaxing but taking twelve rowdy boys to aplace filled with exposed skin was a decidedly bad idea.

Thankfully,Ukai had the foresight to bring Sakeo along and she is more than willing tohelp keep them in line.

Beforelong their addiction to volleyball outweighs the rush of their hormones and theboys are happily playing skins versus shirts; now garnering the attention ofthe females they were formerly oogling. The entire situation gives Ukai aheadache.

Hegoes for a stroll, finding the opening to a cave and the little boy in his soulcan’t help exploring it. Upon entry, however, his adult self is back in fullforce when the sight of a decidedly beautiful woman comes into view.

Shegreets him with a bright smile, waving him over to join her. Lost in a tranceof sorts, he complies, shucking his shirt and entering the pool she’s in,finding the water surprisingly warm.

It’swhen he gets closer that he notices…she has a tail; a mermaid tail. At whichpoint he faints dead away into the water.

Heawakens drenched upon his back on the sandy floor, his vision filled with herface. When she sees he’s ok she giggles. “If you wanted a kiss, you could havejust asked,” she teases. It takes a minute for him to realize she saved hislife.

“How…isthis…are you real?” he asks reaching up to touch her face.

“Ofcourse, I’m real! What kind of question is that?” she asks a bit miffed.

“Sorry!It’s just…I’ve never seen your kind before,” he hastily apologizes.

Shepouts a bit, crossing her arms. “That’s because there’s not many of us left.”Her voice is sadder now, eyes staring into the distance. But she snaps out ofit quickly, eyes landing on him once more. “So, tell me about yourself, you’rethe first human I’ve actually met!”

Ukaisits up, leaning against the stone of the cave and talks. He tells her abouthimself, his life, his team, his fears, his dreams, all of it. It’s like she’sunlocked his ability to be honest with his feelings for the first time indecades simply because he knows, there’s no one for her to tell these things to.

Sheshares about herself as well, the vast distances she’s traveled and the beautyin the depths of the sea not experienced by humans.

“Doyou want to go there?” she asks excitedly.

“How?I can’t breathe underwater.”

“Sillygoose,” she teases pushing against his chest, the touch warming him all the waythrough, “don’t you think if I’m real, magic is real too?”

Ukaiagrees he never considered that. And so, from that day on he’d meet with heronce a week on the weekend, traveling far and wide within the sea.

Theirrelationship blossoms into deep love, their shared experiences treasured byboth.

“Iwant to stay with you,” he confesses one day years later. He’s no longer acoach, the last of “his boys” from the original team he started with long goneto college and into their own adult lives. He’s stayed in touch but he knows, nohuman woman will ever fill the void of his mermaid princess.

“Thenlet’s go see the witch doctor,” she advises.

Whenall the preliminaries are set, he asks if he can say goodbye to his family andfriends. She agrees, and so he goes, one by one to each of his boys, explainingthat he’s leaving for good. At first, they don’t understand, don’t believe him,think he’s crazy. But he gets them all to agree to come to the shoreline on acertain date at a certain time.

Andin the sight of his former team, Takeda and the girls included, Ukai undergoeshis transformation. Gone are his legs, replaced by a brilliant orange tail.There’s many tears of goodbye, but most of them are happy since Ukai is sooverjoyed to finally be able to travel with his love for the rest of his life.

Thetwo, mermaid and man, wave goodbye to their shoreline friends, promising tocome back in a year’s time to see them.

Andnone of them ever miss those meetings.

*GASP* DON’T ME, MY DEAR

omg you of all people know i love kuroo the most

#he could kill atsumu every day tho Pfffft ahahaha that’s VERY true

1st tag game

rules: tag 9 people u wanna get to know better

relationship status: Single and in an affair with several lotions

chapstick or lipstick: I like both, but I’m gonna give it to chapstick right now because it’s getting me through the cold, harsh winter 

favorite colors: Any shade of blue, and deep red

last song i listened to: “Bastille Day” by Rush

last movie i saw: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

top 3 tv shows: Gravity Falls, Avatar: the Last Airbender, and Ancient Magus’ Bride (since I’m actually watching that currently)

top 3 bands/artists: Queen is number one forever and always. Besides that, I’ve been listening to a lot of Carly Rae Jepsen and Sabaton.

books i’m currently reading: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey. It’s a little slow going, but it’s good!

2nd tag game

first rule: tag nine people you want to get to know better.

second rule: bold the statements that are true

APPEARANCE

i am 5′7 or taller

i wear glasses

i have at least one tattoo

i have at least one piercing

i have blonde hair 

i have short hair

my abs are at least somewhat defined

i have or had braces

PERSONALITY

i love meeting new people

people tell me i am funny

helping others with their problems is a big priority of mine

i enjoy physical challenges

i enjoy mental challenges

i am playfully rude to people i know (I swear a lot more with people I know well, and can get roasty.)

i started saying something ironically and now i can’t stop saying it

there is something i would change about my personality

ABILITY

i can sing well

i can play an instrument

i can do over 30 push ups without stopping

i am a fast runner

i can draw well

i have a good memory

i am good at doing math in my head

i can hold my breath underwater for over a minute

i have beaten at least two people in arm wrestling

i can make at least three recipes from scratch

i know how to throw a proper punch

HOBBIES

i enjoy sports

i’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else

i’m in an orchestra or choir at my school or somewhere else

i have learned a new song in the past week

i exercise at least once a week

i have gone for runs at least once a week in warmer months

i have drawn something in the past month

i enjoy writing

fandoms are my number one priority

i do some form of martual arts

EXPERIENCES

i have had my first kiss

i have had alcohol

i have scored a winning point in a sport

i have watched an entire tv series in one sitting

i have been at an overnight event

i have been in a taxi

i have been in the hospital or ER in the past year

i have beaten a video game in one day

i have visited another country

i have been to one of my favourite band’s concerts

MY LIFE

i have one person that i consider to be my best friend

i live relatively close to my school/work

my parents are still together

i have at least one sibling

i live in the united states

there is snow where i live right now (It was gone...now it’s back)

i have hung out with a friend in the past month

i have a smartphone

i own at least fifteen cds

i share my room with someone

RELATIONSHIPS

i am in a relationship

i have a crush on a celebrity

i have a crush on someone i know

i’ve been in at least three relationships

i have never been in a relationship

i have admitted my feelings to a crush

i get crushes easily

i have had a crush for over a year

i have been in a relationship for over a year

i have had feelings for a friend

RANDOM

i have break-danced

i know a person named jamie

i have had a teacher that has a name that is hard to pronounce

i have dyed my hair

i’m listening to a song on repeat right now

i have punched someone in the last week

i know someone who has gone to jail

i have broken a bone

i have eaten a waffle today

i know what i want to do in life

i speak at least two languages

i have made a new friend in the past year

3rd tag game

Name: Brenna

Nickname: B-dog

Gender: Ehhhhhhhhhh

Star Sign: Libra

Height: 5′ 4″ 

Sexuality: Bi and somewhere on the ace spectrum

Hogwarts House: Either Ravenclaw or Slytherin

Blankets you sleep with: Three

Dream Trip: Literally everywhere. I want to see my online friends, I’d like to see the ocean again, I’m thinking about going to Japan...the list goes on

When I made my blog: Sometime in 2011

Followers: 1218

Why I made my tumblr: I think someone convinced me to lmao

Reason for URL: It’s a fond memory from a chemistry experiment that involved turning Pringles cans into rockets

Favorite Pair of Shoes: These new winter boots. They have saved my butt on ice multiple times.

Every NB person I’ve met and talked to has been super nice and incredibly funny. How do y'all do that?