My Heart Gone Missing [Chapter 1]

My Heart Gone Missing [Chapter 1]

Fandom: Studio Ghibli (Howl's Moving Castle)

Pairing: Friendship! Howl x GN! Reader

Warnings: None

“Howl!” you waved happily to your blond haired companion. It had been awhile since you had seen each other, school being let out for summer vacation and all that.

“Y/N!” his face brightened upon seeing your waving figure before he ran over to you.

“How are you?” you asked excitedly as you bounced around your best friend.

“I’ve been well.” Howl replied, but without meeting his bright blue eyes with your (e/c) ones. You frowned when you noticed he didn’t make eye contact, but brushed it off as one of his weird quirks. “How about you?” this time he turned around to make eye contact.

“I’ve been good. Not much has happened because ‘you’re not allowed to practice magic outside of school’.” You mocked. “Oh, I got a cape though.” You spun around and let your (favorite color) cape flutter behind you.

“I noticed.” Howl smiled.

“And?” you prompted after you stopped your spinning.

Howl’s face broke into a grin, “it’s awesome.” You clapped your hands together happily, “you should get a cape too, then we’d be matching.”

“Maybe.” Howl mused as he let his sentence trail off, “but aren’t capes a little dangerous?”

“Oh pooh.” You stuck out your tongue and scrunched your face up in distaste, “you’re no fun. Capes are awesome.”

Howl laughed before he put his hands up in a surrendering manner, “okay, if you say so.”

“I know so.” You retorted with your arms crossed in a superior manner. The warning bell rang and the two of you ran into the school to avoid getting marked tardy on your first day back.

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Someone yanked you into an abandoned corridor. You jumped at the sudden contact and attempted to attack the person who had yanked you down the dark hall. “Y/N, calm down, it’s just me.” You calmed down upon hearing Howl’s voice, but immediately turned to him.

“Howl, that wasn’t funny!” you scolded, “what are you even doing down here?”

Howl’s blue eyes widened in a panic before he clamped his hand over your mouth, “shh, you know we’re not supposed to be down here, I just want to tell you something.”

“Why couldn’t it wait?” you asked curiously.

“I’m running away.” He answered seriously. Time seemed to freeze for a moment as your brain processed what he had just said.

“I’m sorry, what?” you asked in disbelief, “Howl, I know you’re pretty much the prodigy and most talented wizard of our class, but that doesn’t mean you can just run away.”

“Don’t tell me you don’t have a suspicion.” Howl deadpanned as he looked straight into your (e/c) eyes.

“What do you mean?” you asked slowly.

“You don’t have a suspicion that those in power will want to stay in power? You don’t have a suspicion that Madame Suliman might be up to something?” he asked in a hushed tone.

You looked out to the brightly lit corridor right next to you, “not really.” You answered quietly. “Yeah, the world is in a monarchy pretty much everywhere, but not all monarchies are bad, right?”

Howl looked at you as if you had just sprouted wings from your head, “haven’t you been paying attention to history?” Howl demanded in a hushed whisper, “monarchies always fail, and it’s always witches and wizards who get the brunt of that failure!”

“Howl, you may be insanely talented, but I’m not. There’s no way I can just run away from the academy without finishing my education. I’m not that good.”

“Okay, I see.” Howl agreed in a deflated manner as his head hung low, “I was going to ask you to run away with me, but it looks like you already jumped the bullet.”

Your eyes widened in disbelief, “I’m sorry Howl. I don’t mean any harm to you. Really. You heard my reasoning though.” You placed a consoling hand on his arm, “go. Follow your dreams. When you decide to run, I’ll cover for you as long as I can.”

Howl turned to look at you, “thanks Y/N, it really means a lot to me.” He smiled warmly, which you promptly returned.

“Of course Howl, what are best friends for?” you asked as you slung an arm around his shoulder, “tell me when you’re leaving okay. Then I can prepare myself.”

“Two days.” Howl replied immediately.

You balked at the sudden prospect that your best friend was leaving in two days. “Okay. Two days.” You agreed before darting back out into the lighted corridor.

Masterlist

AN: This is one of my first reader inserts, but it seemed to do pretty good, so I'm bringing it here~

one of the most common topics om! fans love to write about is the concept of death in regards to the human mc + how the brothers will handle it. i've seen sm headcanons ranging from breaking into the reaper's cave to continuously add life essence to the human's dwindling candle to the bros in front of a withered headstone with mc's name + tears in their eyes. . . anyway it fuels my personal hc and how mc + lucifer would need a serious talk on how to approach the matter...

*mc is simply a human. before their powers came into fruition & they discovered they are the sole connection between the three realms, a descendant of one of the most famous angels of all time- they were just some guy. they had a normal boring average family + went to a boring average school + worked a boring average job + indulged in boring average hobbies! falling in love with the most notorious demon in the devildom meant nothing alongside how they conducted themselves for the last 20-odd years- they were simply some guy and will continue to be some guy! they will die being some guy!

*lucifer initially is furious. how could they simply WANT to die? the situation is all too familiar to him- he is presented with the choice to purposely lengthen the lifespan of some human or have his one and only true love die, most likely ending up as some aimless spirit in the celestial realm or some little d tucked away in the lower pits of hell, unable to remember who lucifer was to their previous incarnation. he would bring it up time and time again, to which mc simply laughs, as if their death is some trivial matter- "instead of worrying about the future, come here."

*with no avail, lucifer continues different methods of persuasions to convince mc to drink solomon's potion of immortality [lucifer went to great lengths to get solomon to remake the accidental potion that caused his lifespan to never cease, only falling short of making a pact with him- instead, he lent solomon his grimoire for one hour. he doesn't like talking about what happened during that time] mc remains set on the fact they will die one day [i'm imagining a new frontier (adventure time)- jake is explaining to finn that he's gonna die one day and finn needs to accept it- finn has a hard time, going to great lengths to stave away death]

*mc settles into bed as lucifer is reading over some documents. the room is quiet and has been for a few nights. mc remains nonchalant as ever, as if not even noticing the cold-shoulder treatment lucifer has been giving them for the past few days. when people are so settled on their own conviction that they'd defy lucifer himself- he does get a bit pissy. mc notes of course- he's being a brat about the whole affair, but they have always been nonconfrontational- just ignore the problem and surely it'll go away? it hasn't yet- and it began to worry mc. they almost were about to give in and indulge him in his radical idea of granting them immortality, but then lucifer spoke: "of course i want you by my side for all of eternity. but i now realize that's asking far too much. you were born a human- you have certain expectations of what your life would be like. asking you to throw away your plans and stay with me was selfish, and frankly immature of me. i apologize. truly." mc knows lucifer rarely apologizes, much less with tears welling in his eyes & hands shaking. mc's heart dropped when they realized how much he agonized over their inevitable death. mc takes his face in their hands, swiping a thumb under his eye, wiping the tears away. "why are you crying? right now, this is everything. just you and me, ok? forget tomorrow. kiss me now."

*later... far later into the future when mc is truly long gone, lucifer remains the prince of pride. with like, a billion grandkids. OBVIOUSLY the two had kids! every day he's like omg great [x13] grandson #2 you act so much like my late wife... did i tell you the story when they almost killed me for eating their last piece of chocolate... ahh i miss them <3

STUDIO GHIBLI  +  RAIN 

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988) ONLY YESTERDAY (1991) KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989) THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (2010) SPIRITED AWAY (2001) PONYO (2008) HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE (2004)

[inspired by @titlecard and @nyssalance]

Familiar company

Parent's day is approaching !

Crowley thought this would be a fun event to do in NRC, so he got everyone else to organize it.

In this event students can invite their closest family members to spend a day full of games, food and entertainment. There's just one problem, what do you do with the prefect whose family is in another world? Easy, you get them a new dad.

Reminder: Gender neutral Mc

Prologue / Crewel / Vargas / Trein / Sam / Epilogue

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A week before the family event started, Mc found themselves in Crowley's office, blankly staring at him as he spoke again.

"You know the rules, why don't you apply to be one of the presenters? Just like Vanrouge did".

Lilia had wanted to participate in this event as a parent but, since he was a student, he had to settle with being the event's host. Even though he was actually excited about his new role, Mc wouldn't be. They wanted to spend the day having fun, not stressing about every little detail that could ruin it.

Sadly, they knew they would most likely have to accept their fate. There was this, in their opinion, silly rule that if you didn't invite a family member, you would be obligated to help as part of the staff crew.

"But, its not like I have the option to invite someone, I should be an exception".

"It would be unfair to the rest of the student body if I let you off the hook"

"It would be unfair to me if I have to abide by that rule," Frustration came over them, this crow just didn't want to see their point of view. "And most students wont invite their family members because it would be an inconvenience".

"Ah, well, since I am oh so kind," luckily, for their sanity and his beak, the little speech that only brought trouble was interrupted. There was a knock on the door, followed by a tall figure entering the office, who looked up from the papers he had in hand.

"Crowley, I brought the papers I needed you to- What is going on here?"

The dog loving teacher placed a hand on his waist as he asessed the situation. Unlike the headmaster, Crewel wouldn't ignore the tension radiating off of his student. The puppy looked as though it was about to bite Crowley's mask off.

Glancing at his superior's nervous smile, Crewel assumed this was Crowley's fault yet again. The teacher demanded an answer to his previous question, to which the scared man laughed at but deemed it safer to go along with his wishes.

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"That is all there is to it, I was about to offer them a solution when you waltzed in".

"I don't really trust your solutions"

"Well, if you won't accept my kindness, to follow the rules it is".

Unfazed by their bickering, Crewel cut in with a firm voice, leaving no room for objection, "I will be the pup's father,"

The other two in the room quieted down, shocked by his words, so he softened a little bit and explained himself, "I have my duties as a teacher but, I would also like to enjoy the event"

"Hmm," Crossing his arms, Crowley stayed deep in thought mumbling to himself, probably considering the pros and cons of Crewel's proposal. In the end he concluded, "Although that is a possibility, you have work to do, and it's a mandatory rule that the parent and child stay together throughout the day".

Clenching their fist, the prefect remarked defeatedly, "It's almost like you don't want me to enjoy my time here".

Contemplating on the teen's comment, Crewel managed to come up with a plan, "I will ask the rest of the school staff to take care of them while I can't".

A few moments were needed for the headmaster to finally surrender and allow Mc to take part in the event. As they cheered to themselves, the tension in the room dissipated, to the relief of the two adults.

"It's settled then," leaving the papers on Crowley's desk, Crewel faced his newly rented child to give them a farewell, "You better be on your best behaviour". With a pat to the head and a smirk their way, he left the room.

Crowley sighed, "I'm sure you are aware that, even if your role has changed, you still have some tasks to do"

They excitedly nodded, not really paying attention, and bid him goodbye as they skipped away.

There was a lot to do, after all.

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I had a rough week so I wanted to do something a bit self-indulgent.

This will be a story with many parts, though I won't upload them one after the other. If you have any suggestions for what they should do and who they should meet, dont be afraid to send them to me ! Also, I believe someone talked about something similar to this, so please tell me if you are that person ♡

I'm still thinking about adding Crowley

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"m-mr. crewel may I put on your coat please?"

Divus Crewel

Divus raised an eyebrow.

"My coat? Are you cold?"

The fashion critical man walked up to you with poise, as he looked at you with an unknown look.

No sooner than a second, Divus removed his own heavy fur coat and draped it around your shoulders.

He took a step back and look at you and observe and trail around your figure, as if he was styling you.

"Hmm, while it does look adorable on you, I'd still want to wear this, pup."

He tapped his stick on his free palm, and clicked a heel of a feet with the hard soles of his shoes.

"Perhaps we shall go on a shopping spree! Tomorrow 6pm sharp! Do not keep me waiting, pup! We shall be going all out!"

The memories that will be made

The little snippet that follows this fic

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It took two rings for Crewel to answer the call, "Trein? I told you to call me in case of emergency, has something happened?"

"No, I wanted to see if you would mind leaving Mc here until tomorrow"

"To see if I would mind- Of course I would mind, why do they need to stay" Exasperation could be heard in his tone, he didn't want his almost-child staying with that cat-obsessed man longer than necessary.

"Well, Lucius wanted them to keep him company, they seem to get along well" Trein glanced at Mc, who was carrying a content Lucius. They gave him puppy eyes, expecting him to convince his coworker of leaving the teen with him. The old man wouldn't say it out loud, but he hoped his excuse would be enough for that dog lover.

"The cat wants them to stay? I won't go along with a cat's demands,"

Crewel was able to hear a 'please!' in the background, and that quickly convinced him. What could he say, he just loved his new child too much.

After a moment of silence, he begrudgingly surrendered, "Ok, they can stay until tomorrow, but they better eat a healthy breakfast. And make sure to prepare them some tea before going to bed, or else they will get sick. Also don't forget-". His rambling continued for a minute or more until Trein said his goodbyes and ended the call.

Behind him, Mc spinned around victoriously, but they stopped when Lucius got annoyed and tried to kick them. Trein sighed, though his lips twitched upwards, "Well, we can watch a movie, I know kids your age like them a lot".

"Will they be from your time? Wait, did they have colours back then? Or sound?"

"Get some manners! I'm not that old"

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