Doubt
Only the sound of cicadas filled the empty silence. i rubbed my eyes, then froze. murmuring? my ears perked up as i heard soft voices outside. carefully tiptoeing to the window, i caught shadows moving in the front yard.
Seven Days
The trilling cicadas attested to it. "you'd do anything to get in my pants." she lolled her neck. "you make me sound incorrigible," he said, buckteeth grazing her cheek. he peppered her face with little kisses.
Hollow Knight: Jiji
The knight looked closer at her, before she giggled, and the knight realized she was a cicada. she looked to be wearing some kind of fur, almost warrior-like in her attire.
Ghost of a Rose ~ Chapter 9
The cicadas rose and fell, occasionally punctuated by all of those other sounds.
Porn in Nature: Ants and Aphids
Later, off in the distance, the calls of cicadas rang out in the heat of the day. it was time to return to the nest. one by one, aphids were carried in neat lines back into pens where they were kept until they were needed.
Befriended
The cicadas churr-churred in rising, rising ... crescendo! falling, falling ... to silence (though brief). to churr-churr again. outside the window, in the trees. the cicadas lingering, and the birds in their whistling songs, and ... the sun was out.
Rik the Wolf in... A Case of Mistaken Identity!
The cicada, on the other end, had ceased movement long ago. “at least let a bass or something grab it. i’m starving. over here… and i’m talking to myself out loud again, too.”
August 8: Secret Guitar Lesson
Even when i had already experienced many natural scenes since my arrival, i still couldn't get enough of them: the smell of the earth and grass, the blowing breeze, the rustling leaves, and the sounds of the cicadas.
Lawful and Indecent: Epilogue
cicadas rang. every sound was in place. all he needed was his short, big-eared friend to come and pick him up. "so," judy beamed, "i take it you lost?" nick shrugged happily. "i didn't win, that's for sure.
Los Señores Del El Diablo
The sounds remind me of the cicadas back home, loathsome tiny parasites that robbed me of sleep. not that it matters; i don't sleep much anymore. sleep has eluded me for months now.
Some Incandescent Light
And where you used to sleep bare, in the fur, with the window open (to hear the crickets and cicadas), the cicadas were now gone. the crickets, though, were holding on, but you had to close your window when you slept now. bare, but chilled.
Chapter 1: Jake's Dukes and Steven
The cicadas were gone to make room for the crickets, who told me it was time to go inside, but i was too comfortable there in the grass next to the water. i fell asleep. well, i tried.