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keiji.4 Blue is not a lonely colour
4 hours ago
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bok.hoot.o AHHHHHHHH
bok.hoot.o OHMYGOD
bok.hoot.o LOOK AT MY ONLINE BESTIE AND TELL ME HE ISN’T HOT
keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o You can’t even see my face, and have you seen yourself?
bok.hoot.o @keiji.4 KEIIIJIIIII (^o^)／
bok.hoot.o @keiji.4 I dont need to see your face to know youre hot!!!! You give off that hot vibe!!
random.account Would you be open to taking art commissions? Some of the work you’ve posted is incredible!
justa_randomaccount Love the blue lighting <3
another_randomacc When are we going to see your face? You never show above your chin (>_<)
yetanother_randomacc @another_randomacc they probably aren’t comfortable showing their face
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bok.hoot.o PRACTISE TIME!! ＼(^o^)／
2 hours ago
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komi_haruki Did you have to post that photo? LOOK AT MY FACE! But as long as you look okay then I guess it’s fine…
konohaha @komi_haruki at least you’re in it @bok.hoot.o bro you totally cut me out of the frame!
bok.hoot.o @konohaha the photo looks better without you in it (/◕ヮ◕)/
konohaha @bok.hoot.o I’M A PART OF THIS TEAM TOO
komi_haruki @konohaha are you the one with an embarrassing picture on the internet for the whole world to see? No, so you can’t say anything
sarukuiiii @konohaha LMAOOOO
random_student Looking good!
bok.hoot.o @random_student SO ARE YOU!!! EVEN THOUGH IVE NEVER MET YOU!!
another.random.student Our volleyball team is one of the best in the prefecture!
bok.hoot.o @another.random.student you mean in the whole of Japan right!?!? (・・?
another.random.student @bok.hoot.o OMG YOU REPLIED AHHH I LOVE YOU!!
keiji.4 Shouldn’t you be practising instead of messaging?
bok.hoot.o @keiji.4 I AM PRACTISING!!
konohaha @bok.hoot.o no ur not
bok.hoot.o @konohaha yea I am! It’s called MULTITASKING
keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o Aren’t you the captain? That’s setting a pretty bad example to the rest of your team
konohaha @keiji.4 welp, thanks for leaving us with a grumpy team captain
keiji.4 @konohaha I— tell him to go onto his private messages
– Private message –
keiji.4 Bokuto, you know I wasn’t being serious right? I know that you’re a great captain and that the first and second years all look up to you
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keiji.4 I know you’ve seen the message…
And don’t try to deny it because I can see the seen icon at the bottom of the screen
Listen, you’ve told me so many times how much volleyball means to you and I’m fairly sure it means just as much to your teammates too. That’s why you’re going to put your phone on silent, put it in the locker room until practise is over and concentrate on the one thing that you’ve put your heart and soul into.
In no way are you setting a bad example to your team, you hear me?
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keiji.4 I’d appreciate it if you would stop leaving me on read…
bok.hoot.o Okay
keiji.4 Okay?
bok.hoot.o okay ill stop leaving you on read
keiji.4 And what about volleyball practise?
bok.hoot.o I guess I could focus on that…
keiji.4 Good
bok.hoot.o …but I’d rather carry on talking to you!! (^_^)
Akaashi blinks at his phone rapidly, a small blush forming on his cheeks. His eyes glance to the door of the art room. A five-minute walk and he would be outside the gym, where he could talk to him in person. That thought goes as quickly as it came. “It’s not like he knows who I am.” He mutters under his breath as he puts his phone on sleep and picks back up his paintbrush.
He first started talking to Bokuto when he had spam liked a bunch of Akaashi’s earlier photographs that he had posted on his social media account; mainly the ones he had taken of his middle school’s volleyball games – with the players’ permissions of course. Akaashi had been confused as to why someone with a cartoon horned owl as their profile picture was liking posts from years ago so sent him a private message.
Are you stalking my page or something? What’s with you liking all the photographs I took in middle school?
A bubbly and capitalised response had followed that at the time made him laugh. He humoured the person on the other end of their conversation, and they started talking daily. Akaashi had found out he was in the year above him – in his second year of high school with Akaashi in his first – and that he was a wing spiker on his high school volleyball team.
It was only when he clicked on the boy’s account to look at his posts did he realise that they went to the same school and that he recognised the boy as Bokuto Koutarou – his username handle making much more sense. His page was full of volleyball pictures, and pictures of him with his teammates inside and outside of the gym.
It’s been over a year since they first messaged. Akaashi continued posting his drawings and artworks on his page, the occasional selfie that showed nothing more than his clothes under coloured lights. Bokuto continued posting about volleyball as well as a bunch of random videos from days out he’d had. Akaashi wanted nothing more than to tell Bokuto who he was, that they were a lot closer than he thought. But he prefers talking to him through a screen, a lot less scary than talking to someone in person.
He lets his paintbrush dance over the canvas in front of him. He’s not sure what he’s creating, and it looks like a mess of random colours at the moment. But in an hour or so he’ll be able to turn it into something beautiful and awe-inspiring. It’s his speciality. After all, communicating via art is so much easier than communicating with your voice.
Next to him, his phone vibrates twice but he ignores it – too engrossed in his work to pay attention to his surroundings. He works like this for another hour, the colours on the canvas all blending with the help of the brush and his fingers. Wiping his hands on the dirty apron around his front, he gets onto his feet so he can step backwards and take in what he’s created.
At an initial glance, it looks like it’s been messily painted with a range of shades and hues, but once you notice the thin black outlines that occasionally appear you can make out the shape of a woman. Her back is facing the front with her arms wrapped around her curved waist, her face is turned to the side with her hair flowing down her shoulders. If you look even closer you’ll see the red where her nails dig into her waist, and the purple and blue peeking out from where you can see the side of her face.
Akaashi goes straight over to the sink where he washes off the remaining paint and tidies up after himself. He puts the canvas on one of the racks so it can dry overnight, his eyes not wanting to look at it anymore. Blazer back on, he slips his schoolbag over his shoulder as leaves the room. He turns off the light and shuts the door as he turns back on his phone. An array of notifications from one account await him, and a small smile grows on his face. A couple more come through as he walks through the school’s hallways, and he wastes no time in clicking on them.
– Private message –
bok.hoot.o HEY HEY HEY!!!!!
helllooooo???
KEIJIIII ARE YOU THERE????
DON’T GOOO (Ｔ▽Ｔ)
bok.hoot.o Practise is over, I’m just about to leave for the day
I LEFT MY KNEE PADS IN THE CLUBROOM SO HAD TO GO BACK (-_-)
I think Komi took them ;-;
He’s the libero of our team, I think you’ve talked to him in my comment section a couple of times
KEIJIIIIIIIIIIII
keiji.4 Sorry I was finishing my newest painting
bok.hoot.o It’s okay!!!!
Can I see it?
keiji.4 I’ve already left, maybe tomorrow
bok.hoot.o gives me something to look forward to!
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Whilst typing in his response, he bumps into a hard chest and if it weren’t for a hand gripping his upper arm then he would have fallen over.
“Careful!” Akaashi freezes at the voice. “You looked so lost in thought, what’s on your phone that’s so interesting?” Before the person in front of him can look at his phone to see who he’s messaging he blackens the screen and stands up properly, straightening his blazer and pulling on the sleeves.
“It’s nothing, just messaging someone.” He vaguely replies, tucking his phone into his blazer pocket.
“I was messaging someone just now too! He’s really cool! He’s an artist and his stuff is super awesome, you should check his social media account out, he has a good number of followers too!” Akaashi nods along, swallowing hard at the knowledge that it’s him that’s being talked about.
“Sure, I’ll check them out.”
“His account’s name is keiji.4.” Bokuto stares at him wide-eyed and Akaashi has no choice but to quickly go onto his spare account and search up his account name, glad that he doesn’t follow himself on it. Bokuto leans forwards to watch him scroll through the posts. Akaashi feigns being impressed, even though he has all his posts memorised and could probably recite every caption he wrote and posted along with the image.
“Yeah, his work’s pretty good.” He says absentmindedly as he likes a couple for good measure.
“See! I told you!” Bokuto grins and Akaashi so desperately wants to reach out and press his fingers into the corners of his lips for some strange reason. “I haven’t seen you around school before, are you new here?”
Akaashi frowns slightly. He was expecting this response, but he didn’t realise how much it would hurt hearing it in person. Of course he wouldn’t know him. A lot of students from Fukurōdani follow his account but because he uses his given name no one makes the connection, no one calls him anything except Akaashi and he doesn’t include his first name when making introductions.
“No, I’m in my second year and have been here since the first day of high school. Year groups don’t tend to mix outside of clubs, and I prefer to keep to myself which is probably why you’ve never seen me around.” He shrugs, eyes focused on his phone as he quickly removes all his likes from the posts and unfollows his art account so no one has any way of associating akaashi.k to it.
“That makes sense.” Bokuto pouts and then his eyes light up. “My name’s Bokuto Koutarou! I’m a third-year and also the ace and captain of the boys’ volleyball team.” He presses his thumb into his chest and smiles widely. Akaashi finds himself smiling back.
“I know who you are, Bokuto-san. I think everyone at the school does.” Somehow, Bokuto’s smile grows wider at the awareness of his popularity.
“It’s because I’m one of the top five aces in Japan! I’m going to make it professional one day!” Bokuto looks him up and down, causing Akaashi to fiddle with the strap of his bag. “What’s your name?”
“Akaashi.” He looks like he’s about to ask for his given name, so he intercepts. “Just Akaashi, I don’t use my given name much.”
“Akaashi it is!” Akaashi winces at the awful pronunciation. “I’ll see you around Akaashi the mysterious second year!” He watches as Bokuto turns around with a wave and sprints out of the school gates. The conversation plays back in Akaashi’s head on loop. One thing is for sure, he’d love to paint or photograph the golden-eyed boy. As he goes to leave the school gates himself, his phone buzzes in his pocket. Fishing it out, he sees a text from Bokuto. Typing in his phone password, he clicks onto the private chat and reads what’s been written. His ears flush bright and he stuffs his phone back away without replying. He’ll answer when he’s in his bedroom, alone and able to scream at the top of his lungs without getting weird glances from strangers.
– Private message –
bok.hoot.o GUESS WHAT?? I GOT YOU A NEW FOLLOWER!! (≧∇≦)/ I KNOW IT’S ONLY ONE BUT THAT’S BETTER THAN NONE! I ran into him just then as I was leaving school, he seemed nice. His name’s Akahshie I think you’d like him. I kinda like him too. NOT AS MUCH AS I LIKE YOU THOUGH (*^3^)/~☆ do you think I should talk to him? I think we could get along uwu
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keiji.4 Push past being shy and let your passion show
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bok.hoot.o YOU GOT YOUR WORK INTO A GALLERY!?!?!??!?!
bok.hoot.o NO WAY!!!!
bok.hoot.o CONGRATSSSSS ＼(◎o◎)／！
bok.hoot.o IS THAT THE PIECE YOU SHOWED ME THE OTHER DAY?!??!?!
bok.hoot.o OHMYGOD IT ISSSS!!!!!
bok.hoot.o YOURE FAMOUS!! (^o^)丿
keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o Thank you, but I think saying I’m famous is a bit of a stretch
bok.hoot.o @keiji.4 is not! Face it Keijii, you’re famous!!! Maybe I should ask for your autograph so I can sell it online and earn that dough（･∀･)つ⑩
keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o You’re planning to profit off of me? How dare you
bok.hoot.o @keiji.4 its what good friends do!
random.account Impressive!!
justa_randomaccount As👏you👏should 👏
yetanother_randomacc Don’t forget us when you make it big!
another_randomacc I don’t think I’ve seen a more supportive friend other than this bok.hoot.o guy, he literally takes up the top of every single post and is one of the first to like posts
random.account @another_randomacc they’re just friends?! I thought they were more than that… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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bok.hoot.o NATIONALS HERE WE COME!! TODAY IS A GREAT DAY FOR EVERYONE!! ヽ(´▽`)/
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keiji.4 Congratulations you guys!
keiji.4 I never doubted for a moment that you wouldn’t make it
bok.hoot.o @keiji.4 THANK YOU KEIJIII!!!! WERE GONNA WIN!!
keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o I know you’ll give it everything you've got out there
konohaha Nationals watch out, Fukurōdani is coming for you once again!
bok.hoot.o @konohaha AND WERE GOING TO DESTROY OUR OPPONENTS
konohaha @bok.hoot.o Bokuto calm down, destroy is going a bit too far but yeah we’ll beat everyone!
komi_haruki Well done everyone! Let’s make this year one to mark down in the history books!
bok.hoot.o @komi_haruki HELL YEAH!
sarukuiiii Last tournament for us 3rd years, let's make it count
bok.hoot.o @sakrukuiiii don’t go all soft and emotional on us now Saru (￣ー￣)
sarukuiiii @bok.hoot.o Me? Soft and emotional? Never
“Hey Akaashi?” Akaashi lifts his head and raises an eyebrow. Bokuto leans forward on his side of the bench and rests his elbows on the wooden table between them. Akaashi puts the onigiri in his hand down and waits for Bokuto to carry on speaking. It’s been months since they first met in person and – like Bokuto had said – he saw him around and they’ve been spending their lunch breaks together ever since. Well, all the lunches when Bokuto hadn’t been busy with volleyball practise and training camps. “Do you think you’ll come to watch me play a match at some point when we go to Nationals in January? I know busy sports events aren’t your scene, but it would mean a lot if you could.”
“I’ll think about it.” He hums, picking at a flaky piece of wood with his bitten fingernails.
“At least that’s not a no!” Bokuto throws his arms in the air and cheers to himself. Akaashi picks back up his food and hides a smile behind it as he takes a bite. He watches as Bokuto takes out his phone and types something. A familiar buzz is felt in his blazer pocket not a second later. With Bokuto engrossed in his mobile device, Akaashi opens the message to see what’s been sent to him.
– Private message –
bok.hoot.o Keiji? Can we talk later? I have something I’ve been thinking about for quite a while now and since you’re good at giving advice, maybe you’d be able to help me out?
keiji.4 Sure, give me a few hours when both of our schools are over, and we can talk then
bok.hoot.o Thnx
Akaashi peers over at Bokuto who lets out an unusually long sigh. He’s never seen him looking so serious. Whatever he needs to talk about must be huge.
“Are you okay?” Bokuto jumps in his seat and gives Akaashi a large smile.
“Yep! Everything’s fine!” He quickly throws his phone into his pocket and carries on eating as if nothing happened, which only causes Akaashi to be even warier.
Akaashi wipes a piece of rice from his lip. “You know you can tell me anything, right?” He notices that Bokuto isn’t looking directly at his eyes anymore. Instead, his gaze is locked on his lips. On instinct, Akaashi licks them lightly and his heart beats faster when a small blush paints Bokuto’s cheeks. “Bokuto-san?”
Bokuto seems to snap out of whatever daze he was in and coughs awkwardly. “What?”
Akaashi contemplates his words and decides to drop the conversation. “Nevermind.”
– Private message –
keiji.4 Are you home yet? We can talk now if you’re ready
bok.hoot.o Im here. Okay, let me just get everything out before you start trying to reply. You should understand the situation fully so you can help me figure out what I am supposed to do. Just… PROMISE YOU WONT STOP BEING MY FRIEND
keiji.4 Nothing you say will stop me from being there for you, I’ll leave for ten minutes so you can get it all typed out and sent okay?
bok.hoot.o Yeah, okay
keiji.4 I’ll be back soon, take your time
bok.hoot.o Right well I should probably start at the beginning. Wow im not used to being this serious lol. Anyway, I always knew you were someone that I felt close to, someone who I could trust to tell anything. I knew you’d never judge me or make fun of me. You’ve been super supportive and even helped get me out of those ‘emo modes’ multiple times, that’s what my team calls them btw.
Along the way I think I started developing feelings for you. It was like I could read your emotions through your artwork and it felt like I was learning more and more about the REAL YOU. The odd selfies you’d send of your clothes with the different colours to signify how you were feeling (don’t think I didn’t pick up on that… blue meant you were sad right? That’s why I always put the best positive comments under those particular ones!) I’ve only known you roughly a year and a half but I think I love you Keiji
Then I met Akaashi (turns out I spelt his name wrong the first time I mentioned him lmao), our personalities clashed so much but maybe that’s why it ended up working in the end?? Not too sure. Like with you, I started developing feelings for him. But they kinda hit me all in one go, like a train hit me or something! It happened a lot quicker and GOD! I couldn’t stop looking at his lips at lunch today and he probably thinks im a huge creep for that now!
I guess what I’m trying to say is… I think I’m in love with both of you and I don’t know what to do…
You’re good at giving advice and while I know this includes you I need your opinion on it all. Sorry to spring this on you
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bok.hoot.o You’ve read it, oh god this is embarrassing haha….
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bok.hoot.o Keiji??
Please don’t leave me on read like I did a while back
Now I understand why you hate it so much
I promise I’ll never do it again!
Keiji?
KEIJI???
You hate me don’t you?
I’ve ruined everything haven’t I? (ToT)
Can you answer? I’m getting worried
Keiji??
It’s been an hour now… any sort of message will do. You can scream at me, even block me if you want to! Anything is better than this silence!!
keiji.4 Sorry I— I needed time to think some things over
bok.hoot.o KEIJI! THANK GOD!!! you need time to think… that’s fine, more than fine actually! Now you’ve thought um, what do you think?
keiji.4 I think…
I think I need to tell you something…
bok.hoot.o Of course! I’m all ears!!
keiji.4 I can’t tell you over text, that wouldn’t be fair to you
bok.hoot.o You want to… meet in person?! But what if we live nowhere near each other?!?!
keiji.4 Just… go to this place in two hours and I’ll see you there
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bok.hoot.o I can do that, I guess I’ll see you soon Keiji
keiji.4 Like you said, promise you won’t stop being my friend, or whatever…
bok.hoot.o Believe me, after what I’ve said im clinging onto this with everything I have!
Akaashi sits on one of the benches in the area, fingers fidgeting in his lap. A soft breeze has picked up amidst the cold atmosphere and he’s glad that he decided to wear a thicker coat when leaving the house. The place he chose is a park that’s an hour from where he and Bokuto live. It’s not too close for Bokuto to get suspicious or creeped out at how he knows his whereabouts when they have never discussed it with each other, but not too far where they’re spending too much time to get there.
He’s not too sure how he’s going to tell Bokuto. The situation has been playing on his mind ever since he left the house and got on the bus. Each time it has a different outcome. Some scenarios where things go well, others where they go okay but could have gone better, and ones where things turn out badly and they barely speak again after today. The latter one has Akaashi on edge, it needs to be avoided as much as possible.
It's not long until he spots the familiar spiky hair of the boy that sets his heart aflame. He watches as Bokuto looks are around the area in confusion, checking his phone – probably to make sure he’s in the right place. Akaashi wants to call out to him, to shout that he’s here, but his lips are sealed shut, he didn’t like to shout anyway. He waits until Bokuto spots him and rushes over with a skip in his step.
“Hey Akaashi! What are you doing here?” He waves his hands in greeting and Akaashi gives him a small wave back. “I’m supposed to be meeting someone but” – he grins sheepishly – “I don’t actually know what they look like. I’m hoping they’ll see me and recognise me from my social media posts.” He plops down on the bench and leans forward, eyes focused on the entrance of the park.
“I’m meeting someone too.” Akaashi looks at Bokuto out of the corner of his eye. He notices that there’s a lot more gel in his hair than usual and that he’s wearing a button-up collared shirt. It’s a lot different than the jumpers and hoodies he wears when they occasionally meet up outside of school. He can also smell a faint whiff of cologne. Did he… dress up to meet with him? Akaashi bites his lip and picks at the skin around his nails, he should tell him now.
“That’s cool! Hey, is it okay if I sit here until they show up?” Bokuto checks his phone again. “They should be here soon.”
“Yes, that’s fine.”
Ten minutes later and neither of them has said anything, sitting in silence. He can see Bokuto glancing at him with an unreadable expression, but Akaashi refuses to meet his gaze. Sighing, Bokuto picks back up his phone and clicks through it. “I think I’ve been stood up.” Bokuto frowns. “I guess he does really hate me.” He mutters as he leans his elbows on his knees, head tilting to the ground.
“Keiji is here.” He blurts out, cursing himself when Bokuto’s head shoots up and darts around the park.
“He is? Where?” Bokuto pauses and looks at Akaashi was his eyebrows furrowed. “Wait, how did you know I was meeting with Keiji? I never told you who it was.”
“The person I was waiting for has been here for the last ten minutes.” No going back now.
“They are? Why didn’t you tell me! I’ve been keeping you all this time when you could be having fun! Where are they?” Bokuto grows more confused when he doesn’t see anyone around except for an elderly couple with a small dog.
Akaashi lifts his legs off the floor and puts them up on the bench so he can wrap his arms around them. He closes his eyes and mutters to himself. “Promise you won’t stop being my friend.”
“What?”
“You know how you don’t know my given name, and how I’ve always just asked you to call me Akaashi.” Akaashi starts, getting Bokuto’s attention. Akaashi slips his phone back out of his pocket and clicks on their private chat.
“Yeah, I just presumed your name was embarrassing or something and you didn’t want to be referred to as it!” Bokuto grins.
“Well, um…” He types five words into the chat and blinks up at Bokuto one more time before hitting send. His phone beeps at the notification and he rushes to take out his phone. Bokuto’s eyes light up at the incoming text and Akaashi knows he’s read it when his breath hitches. He types six more words, turns his phone off and waits for Bokuto’s reaction. No turning back now.
– Private message –
keiji.4 My name is Akaashi Keiji
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keiji.4 I’m in love with you too
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keiji.4 Plot twist: he likes you back @bok.hoot.o <3
24 minutes ago
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bok.hoot.o KEIJIIIII <333333
bok.hoot.o ILY!!!! (*^3^)/~☆
random.account I KNEW IT!!!
yetanother_randomacc I was wondering when the two of you would meet with the amount you comment on each other’s posts
bok.hoot.o I CANT WAIT TO SEE U IN SCHOOL ON MONDAY
bok.hoot.o FORGET SCHOOL I CANT WAIT COME OVERRRR
keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o I’m busy working on something, spend time with your sisters
bok.hoot.o @keiji.4 but id rather be with you (·ω·)
keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o I’ll call you tonight, how’s that?
bok.hoot.o @keiji.4 deal (#^.^#)
another_randomacc Wow you’re so pretty!
justa_randomaccount You two look cute together
bok.hoot.o @justa_randomacc YEAH WE DO!!
keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o Bokuto I—
konohaha You should come to one of our volleyball practises sometime so we can get to know each other better
bok.hoot.o @konohaha YESSSS!! @keiji.4 YOU NEED TO COME
keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o @konohaha I’d love to
bok.hoot.o @keiji.4 I CANT WAITTT!!! I LOVE YOU
keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o I love you too Bokuto
konohaha @keiji.4 @bok.hoot.o No more replying here, go private message or something. I don’t need my notifications getting spammed on lovey dovey stuff thank you…