WolfLover

Chapter 8: Confession

(narusaku fic)

⚠️ Recommended reading for ages 14 and up! | For all languages 🌎

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“There’s great beauty in the tragedy of the sunset,” he said.

“It’s because it’s transient,” Sakura replied. “You can appreciate it for just a moment, and then it’s over, like a rainbow.”

“I suppose it’s part of human nature to desire what one cannot have.”

Sakura pretended not to notice the meaning of those words.

“I love this time of year,” she said cheerfully, continuing to walk. “The weather is refreshing, and there are still leaves on the trees. The depths of winter make me sad. Nothing grows; everything is dead.”

“I admire you,” Naruto said suddenly. “You have a loving family. Your children are happy. Your home has a magical warmth. And you, Sakura, have inner beauty.”

“Thank you,” she said quickly. “I’ll tell Sasuke-kun. He’ll be happy that someone admires me.”

“I don’t think he’ll be happy to know that another man is falling in love with his wife.”

Sakura remained silent.

[...]

I admit I was flattered by his confession and more than a little excited. A man as handsome as M.U. finding me attractive... I never even entertained the slightest idea of ​​love. As alarming as I found our conversation in the woods, I kept it a secret... I should have sent him back to Uzushiogakure and avoided the pain that was to come. But how could I have known? I didn't foresee the danger I was beginning to run. ❞

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• Synopsis:

𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎. 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚗. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝.

Teenagers are basically primed to make mistakes. That's kinda the whole gig. Just old enough to do stuff on their own and still figuring out how to weave in and out of it. It’s worse when they start out as well intended mistakes. Imma be real here, i am a parent. I have a teenager. Sometimes she makes mistakes and learns something. Sometimes she just goes "maybe I didn't break the rules the right way."

So here is the thing. Marinette is 15. 15 is a special age. Later curfew, grown up feelings without grown up knowing, and the unfortunate urge to "handle it yourself".

She has also been handed the literal weight of the world. Which. No 15yo ever is ready for that, and she already had anxiety and imposter syndrome before that started. She is getting terrible advice but she is at this point someone who is suffering under lets call it "chronic trauma". Over and over over again the narrative has demanded that she and only she is responsible for everything that happens around her, to her and through her. She has once used nearly every Miraculous in very short order, and has now fused the cat and ladybug - which I have mentioned is likely incredibly dangerous.

How are people looking at her as some sort of evil villain? People lie about grief all the time. We try to make things gentler. We lie at funerals. Marinette feels both that she failed to save Gabriel and that she as good as killed him. (If she'd been a few seconds faster, he wouldn't have died. That's not rational or right. But it is what she is feeling.

She is a kid. Wrong choices - maybe? Good impulse. Sure. We can give her that. But as much trauma and pressure as she was under at the moment and is still under *now*? From the people she trusts? From the adults around her? Was it a choice that Marinette made or a situation where the window is broken and she's the one left holding the ball?

Learn from it? I have so much fucking compassion for this little girl that at this point I am just rooting for her to *survive* all of this. This is a lot of complex trauma for someone who is already carrying so much. She doesn't need a lesson. She needs a hug. And like yeah, pick your own fandom experience and all that. I have a big block list. But I was 13 when I first joined fandom spaces. And the prevailing attitudes in mlb fandom as a whole make it unsafe for teens and holding hard lines about responsibilities for trauma and trauma reactions.

black hair? check. bad parent(s)? check. trauma? double check.

bruce: how’d you get your scar?

zuko: my dad got mad at me for saying that killing people is wrong so he lit my face on fire and banished me.

J: "wan na kno w h ow i go t thes e sc ar s"

Consider

Iroh: you too must learn patience. Boiling the water ruins the delicate flavor of the white jade

Alfred: oh I'm dreadfully sorry - for some reason I expected this tea to have TEA in it

(later)

Alfred: *aggressively laying out full tea service with milk, lemon, sugar, and, just to drive his point in, jam*

while Zuko is enthusiastic about cream and sugar

And I'm excited for the payoff, not just the angst and plot ramp-up, but the part where she learns and grows and does better and it eventually makes her and Adrien’s relationship stronger. Bc theirs is the core relationship of the show and that's always going to be the outcome. I want an earned happy ending and I'm sure we'll get one. Because Marinette is a hero in the end, and the writers know this, and we'll see it play out beautifully.

welcome to the city of lumiose, where i indulge in my love of pokemon to make a miraculous AU out of it (this is just a standalone for fun btw, I'm not going to continue this or anything)

I feel like Marinette's pokemon are mostly self-explanatory (did you guys know Leavanny is known for being a pokemon that makes clothes?). Adrien's are all either single-stage or not-fully-evolved because I feel like it's symbolic; he too is still on a journey of self-discovery, yknow? + absol with the angel wing imagery + minior with the "hiding behind a mask" symbolism. And then morpekos because, you know, hamsters (i think it's technically supposed to be a guinea pig but shhh)

anyway, please don't roast me for my choices lol, but I am interested to hear what other pokemon you guys think they would have! the pokemon they keep in their boxes, etc. there were some others i wanted to give them but I limited myself to only 6 each

(btw... Gabriel trying to get to Xerneas and Yveltal works scarily well. thank u lumiose for being so miraculous coded)

bonus:

And I definitely love how well you chose the team for Marinette and yep, she would be perfect with a Leavanny.

Not the mysterious egg that Marinette had somehow acquired and ngl I now feel bad when it was revealed that both Morpeko’s were girls but maybe it’s the presence of the egg that did threw me off. (Lol these two now have to wonder what Pokemon will emerge from the egg)

OMG SO SMART USING THE JEWELRY THEY HAVE OF THEIR MIRACULOUS AS THE PERFECT ACCESSORY FOR THE KEY STONE!! Like yeah it is obvious but also still so cool cause I love both MLB and Pokemon.

Naruto: OUCH!! That stings, Sakura-chan.

Most villains become villains out of hatred, injustice, greed, or to indulge in their nature. But, one must dare say that Tosho became a villain out of love; twisted and abhorrent, but love all the same.

Doodles + Lore ⬇️⬇️

Ngl, the motivation of being a villain for Tosho is quite strong and something I could definitely see for canon Fuyumi as well. Plus, the amazing vibe you give her gives me chills because those smiles radiates dangerous energy plus I love the crazy look on her.

wolf girl by @unhappy-sometimes

I drew another KPMH sonamy scene. 😊