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honestly-oceanie · 2 years

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YOU PUT ME ON AND SAID I WAS YOUR FAVORITE || soft bois edition pt.3

Synopsis: drawing something(s) on their arm/wrist/hands

《Ijekiel Alpheus, Felix Robane, Isis de Elmir, Erden Astar Halstead, Erudian Lu Soledo Belgoat, Cassian Eckard, Felix Chamberlain, Anakin, Zachary de Arno, Kiyu Ahn | gn!reader》

{Fluff♡ | ▪︎imagine/scenario▪︎}

I Have Become The Hero's Rival/Your Ultimate Love Rival

Felix Chamberlain

🦋 You were at the Chamberlain's manor, just slouching on their couch, all bored.

"What's the matter? Why do you seem to be sulking?"

🦋 Felix's sudden appearance made you jump out of your skin.

🦋 You were currently at their manor as per Claudia's request. She had ask you to come to their house to hang out, however, an hour had past but she still hasn't arrive. You had asked their servants yet they all say the same thing: "I don't know, My Lady."

🦋 You and Felix have been friends since childhood, thus you always talk to him informally and freely.

"Felix! Just right on time. Do you know where your sister possibly could be?"

"She left with Irene an hour ago."

"What?! But I did not saw them."

🦋 Felix just shrugged and you sighed. Those girls are really something, you thought. You stood up and was heading to the door but Felix stop you by grabbing your wrist.

"You're leaving, just like that? But you're already here."

"Exactly. I am here but Claudia and Irene are not here."

"But I am here, [Name]."

🦋 He saw a pen and grabbed it. "Lets have our own fun. We hadn't done this for a long time." he said. And he was right. Drawing on each other had always been a favorite hobby between the two of you, despite the scolding you'll receive later it was worth it.

🦋 You just gave him a closed eyed smile and agreed, "Alright."

🦋 Felix made sure to take a mental note to thank his sister and Irene later for helping him.

Kill The Villainess

Anakin

🦋 After finishing his part, I realized that it was the same as the one I had previously written with another character and unfortunately I have no more ideas for him. But I promise to write for him next time. If I get any idea that is.

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Marriage of Convenience

Zachary de Arno

"Count de Arno"

🦋 You were outside playing with Nikola, having the time of your lives. Meanwhile, the Count was just staring of at his window, watching you smiling so wide and laughing so carefree.

"Would you like to take a break?"

🦋 Vincent's voice pulled him out of his trance.

"I can call for Our Lady to come here—if you'd like."

"No, no, there is no need to."

🦋 He immediately rejected the idea. Although he would like to spend some time with you, he didn't want for your happiness to be put onto halt. He does notice you becoming stiff and guarded around his presence. He honestly just wants you to feel comfortable around him like how you are currently with the little boy.

🦋 He feels it's very embarrasing and won't ever admit it but he did feel a little envious of the child you were giggling with.

🦋 He cleared his throat along with his thoughts then proceded with his work.

🦋 A little while after, he heard the door open and immediately looked up and he saw you.

"Um... s-sorry to interrupt you work I– "

"It's alright. What brings you here?"

🦋 You gave him his dinner. You asked Vincent about the Count as he was nowhere to be seen during dinner and you got worried for him. You decided to stay at his office until he finish his meal and he didn't object, wishing to spend some time with you. However, both of you were stuck in an awkward silence, neither knowing what to do nor say.

🦋 You saw an extra pen on his desk and out of habit you picked it up and started drawing on your hand, the Count just watching you quietly. After you were satisfied, you look up to see if the Count has finished his meal but instead you both locked eyes, after realization you both looked away.

🦋 You sighed, this time you decided to have courage, it's not like the Count will eat you out alive.

"You know Count, whenever I feel stressed out I woukd usually do this. It relaxes me and I also love to make arts."

🦋 Your oh so charming smile made the Zachary's heart skip a beat. Without thinking, he placed his arm in front of you.

"You can draw on mine too." He says with a little redness on his cheeks.

🦋 You were shock at first, but then chuckled and proceded to do as he said.

🦋 Zachary just looked at you with fondness evident on his eyes. This little moment will always remain forever on him.

Bonus:

Your Smile Is A Trap

Kiyu Ahn

🦋 this was only suppose to be historical manhwa's but I can't resist him. He must me protected at all times🥺

🦋 Kiyu doesn't want to be bothered with this idol thingy anymore. You know that and you respect his decision.

🦋 You were Kiyu's first friend at school, you sat behind him and since he was a new student you thought about helping him adjust. The more time you two spent together, the more the friendship blossom and eventually, you both started dating, only your families knows about this and you both prefer it this way.

🦋 That was until, his identity and real face was revealed. It was a hot mess and Kiyu is feeling pressured and you can see that so you decided to help him ease atleast.

"Kiyu, your hand." you gestured and he complied.

🦋 You picked up a colored marker that was beside you and started drawing on his face. He was surprise but sit still. That was until you started chuckling, he felt a little suspicious and ran to get a mirror.

"[Name]!!!" he screamed your name while you just laughed hysterically.

🦋 You finally calmed down after he returned with a cute pout on his face.

"Oh c'mon! We can always erase that. Here, you can draw on mine too."

🦋 Without hesistation, he picked up a colored marker and started drawing on you. Then it turn into a contest between you two.

🦋 Kiyu was clearly having fun, now the one laughing hysterically at your messy form eventhiugh he was on the same state.

🦋 Seeing him like this made you smile so wide, this was the Kiyu you know, the Kiyu you fell in love with. Having him return to his happy and innocent self made you feel relief, you hoped everyday could just like be this happy and carefree.

"What? *chuckle* why do you look like that?" He asked.

"Nothing, I'm just happy whenever I'm with you. Stop worrying about the others for now and lets have fun, yeah?"

🦋 Kiyu smiled at you gratefully. He felt really lucky to have you, he was blessed with an understanding and caring partner, what more could he ask for.

-honestly, Oceanie-

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emotional-support-waterbottle · 11 months

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proof that I read more than two things. @thisthirstisreal introduced me to Your Smile Is a Trap and it's soooo adorable I had to draw these two 💕 supplies: fineliner, colored pencil, clip studio

#webtoon #your smile is a trap #kiyu ahn #ahn kiyu #lily cha #cha lily

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thisthirstisreal · 1 year

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HOW IS MY KOKORO SUPPOSED TO RECOVER FROM THIS

LIKE OKAY?????

EDIT: webtoon is on break until February 2nd

#your smile is a trap #your smile is a trap webtoon #ahn kiyu #kiyu ahn #favourite #lily cha #manhwa #webtoon #naver webtoon

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eatsbop · 2 years

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#your smile is a trap #kiyu ahn

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augustmoon259 · 1 year

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Masterlist of AugustMoon259's Fanfiction

Oneshots

"Enchanted" (2007)

Nancy Tremaine x Prince Edward

"Your Smile is a Trap" & "The Strongest Florist"

Crossover

"Unholy Blood"

Pureblood!Fem!Vampire Reader x Hayan Park

"Meta Runner"

Fem!Reader x Masa Shimamoto

"Sort the Court"

King/Queen!Reader x Royal Advisor

"Encanto"

Mirabel Madrigal x Male!OC

"The Once and Future Nerd"

Self insert OC

"Summoned! to an RPG World"

King Carlos x Necromancer

Multi-chapter stories

"Hetalia" Summary: In a world where you're not needed, alone, and forgotten, what is there left to do but disappear? Canada is gone. The countries have given up looking for him. The appearance of a girl with strikingly familiar violet eyes 18 years later changes it all.

"Spider-Man: Spider-Verse" Miguel O'Hara x OC

"LEGO Ninjago" time travel fic about Kai

Author Links

Quotev Ao3 Wattpad FF.net

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daily-tropes-provider · 3 years

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TROPE: "All I want is a normal high school life, but I can't believe I met such a strong, cool, and attractive girl! What can I even do to make her notice me?!"

MANHWAS:

• Your Smile is a Trap

• Observing Elena Evoy

• Yeon Woo's Innocence

#Your Smile is a Trap #Observing Elena Evoy #Yeon Woo's Innocence #Elena Evoy Observation Diary #Yeonwoo's Innocence #Kiyu Ahn #Johann Aldorado Pertan #Yeon Woo #manhwa #manhwa recommendation #webtoon #daily trope #high school manhwa #shoujo #webtoon recommendation #requested💙#SOFTIE MLs AND THEIR COOL FLs!!!!#THESE BABY BOYS ARE SO SOFT AND PURE AAAAAAAHHHH

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resident-normal-person · 3 years

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#nicol (dude on the right) sparkles and stuns people when he smiles #kiyu (dude on the left) is also very attractive #hamefura #my next life as a villainess #nicol ascart #webtoon #your smile is a trap #kiyu ahn #memes #webtoon memes #hamefura memes

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stubz · 2 years

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your smile is a trap au

Despite being a talented florist, Mr. Cha was forced to close his shop due to a lack of business. Every single person avoided the shop, if not because of the man running it then because of the rumors surrounding it.

It's a front for some gang's headquarters

The owner is from prison

He keeps the bodies in the basement of his shop

It's like looking into the eyes of a devil with him

No matter what he did nothing changed, even with the help of his saintly neighbor nothing could make the public change their minds about him or his shop. After the closing of his shop, he was forced to accept those offers. No place other would take him. Lucky for him one of those offers was to work as security at a nightclub. It was surprisingly easy work, hardly anyone tried anything with him as security plus he was great at cooking, showing the staff plenty of small dishes they could make and serve here. While it wasn't as bad as he thought it would be, he still longed to have his own flower shop.

Lily would visit her dad often, simply standing outside with him and talking about how her day went and whatnot. Funny enough on the days she visited him at work things would become even calmer in the line. The owner took note of this and actually had her work whenever her dad was sick or when the place was busy. Nobody once considered reporting this due to fear and most overestimating her age.

Kiyu Ahn despite being a new rookie idol is rapidly gaining popularity. Incredible, to think that he was about to quit when he's this popular in the news. But as many know, it can be nerve-racking to be the center of attention, especially for such long periods of time. Which is why he is taking a break and hiding from the media at his grandma's home. But after an encounter with some of his...more devoted fans they realized that nowhere is really private nowadays. Which brings Grandma Ahn to a brilliant conclusion, why not have her neighbors help? After all their job is security!

Mr. Cha is much too busy though, Lily on the other hand is available.

#your smile is a trap #lily cha #kiyu ahn #webtoon #webtoons #web comics #no beta we die like men

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andyyy-s · 3 years

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Me, the past few days

#your smile is a trap #lily cha #kiyu ahn #webtoon #webcomic

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elly-kitty · 3 years

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Day 6 - Pure

The finished piece for day 6 of Pretty Boytober - Kiyu from Your Smile is a Trap

Read Your Smile is a Trap here; https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/your-smile-is-a-trap/list?title_no=2052&page=1

#kiyu ahn #your smile is a trap #your smile is a trap webtoon #webtoon #webtoonfanart #webtoon art #prettyboytober #prettyboytober challange #prettyboytober2021

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xavierdupont · 4 years

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( nowhere else I’d rather be )

@txchiharv

Xavier alzó las cejas al ver el panfleto con más atención. --¿Aldea de los Hobbits? Gray... ¿aceptaste el viaje solo por esto?-- preguntó con una sonrisa amplia. Gray le quitó el panfleto como si hubiera agarrado fuego. --Fue... un incentivo, sí. ¿Qué? Sabes que es una de mis favoritas.-- dijo Gray, viendo a todos lados. Xavier sonrió con afecto con tres palabras en la punta de la lengua, pero luego recordó donde estaban y por qué, aunque quien fuera que hubiera mandado la invitación, ya sabía quién era Gray para él. Aún así, volteó a su derecha.

--¡Haru! Veo que también... te trajo el viento. Que sorpresa, ¿no?-- dijo con un poco de ironía al verla. --Oh, Gray, ella es Haru. Haru, él es Gray.-- los presentó, sin recordarse si Haru alguna vez había visto a Gray a través de alguna conexión. Vio al acompañante de Haru, tratando de reconocerlo pero no se le veía a la mente ningún nombre.

#➸ 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒐 ( haru x xavier. )#➸ 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 ( haru x xavier. )#➸ 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 ( haru tachibana. )#( ahn kiyu )#txchiharv #ooc; bueno aqui te dejo al roperote y a xavier haha #cualquier cosa que quieras que le cambie me dices <3

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honestly-oceanie · 2 years

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YOU PUT ME ON AND SAID I WAS YOUR FAVORITE || soft bois edition

Synopsis: drawing something(s) on their arm/wrist/hands

《Ijekiel Alpheus, Felix Robane, Isis de Elmir, Erden Astar Halstead, Erudian Lu Soledo Belgoat, Cassian Eckard, Felix Chamberlain, Anakin, Zachary de Arno, Kiyu Ahn | gn! reader》

{Fluff♡ | ▪︎imagine/scenario▪︎}

A/N: had no energy continuing my assignments and thought about making "tattoos" 😆. Hope y'all enjoy this!! 💜💜 There will be a part 2 for the other characters.

Who Made Me A Princess / Suddenly, I Became A Princess One Day

Ijekiel Alpheus

"Duke of The Alpheus Duchy"

🦋 You were bored as hell and THE Ijekiel Alpheus, who was courting YOU decided to accompany you since he wasn't busy. And you just happened to saw a pen on the table and had an idea. Calling Ijekiel out.

"Kiel, put your arm out for me, please."

🦋 Although he was confuse, he did without asking since you asked. He was quite flustered when you suddenly touched his arm whilst holding a pen on the other hand. Your face rather too close to his.

🦋 You started drawing some stars on his arm not his entire arm pls and you were so focused on what you were doing you didn't notice the loving gaze he was giving you.

🦋 While you were busy on your cute activity, kiel was also busy carving your gorgeous face in his memory to behold.

"*chuckle* sorry kiel I couldn't help it, I hope you don't mind." "No, not at all My Lady. I quite enjoyed it."

🦋 Was very disappointed after you told him to clean his arm, he wanted to engrave it forever so whenever he looks at it, it'll remind him of the moment that day. But he'll always keep this memory in his heart, making it flutter everytime he recalls.

🦋 He honestly won't mind you doing it again😊

Felix Robane

"The Knight of Crimson Blood"

🦋 THIS BUNDLE OF SUNSHINE JSHDIDNEKEASJSK

🦋 LEMME CALM DOWM FIRST

🦋 I'm okay😊😊

🦋 Now, For Felix. It's on the time of his day off. Finally at peace and away from those Obelia's.

🦋 You feel bad for him having to deal and be around them depressiondaddyissuesnofamilytrauma so make this day light and merry for him!!!

🦋 You wanted to see Felix happy (although he always seems happy😅) and this idea suddenly strike up on you and you got giddy because of it. So it had him curious.

"What is it, love? You seem excited." he says with that charming smile againnn🥺

"Give me your hand." he didn't chop his hand to give it to you don't worry

🦋 You started drawing on his hand and he was quite giddy too. He never had thought about this before and now his already thinking of making this a tradition between you two.

🦋 You were very focused on your drawing while he sat beside you like a good boy. and why am i imagining some dog ears.

🦋 Definitely bragged about it to Claude the next day.

My Husband Hides His Beauty / My Secretly Hot Husband

Erden Astar Halstead

"Lord of Halstead Castle"

🦋 Uggghhhh thisss cutttiiiieeeee 🥺😳😭😌😚😉😆 give him to me

🦋 Anyways....

🦋 After being away for how many years (not me forgetting💀) of course he'd want to build up a relationship or connection with his beloved. He'll try to do anything with you just to make you happy😌

🦋 You, being the fun person you are decided to do this.

"Lend me your arm Erden!"

🦋 He complied and you started drawing on his wrist. Although he was confused and startled at first, he slowly got used to it and even enjoyed it.

🦋 You didn't want to be unfair to him so you offered he draw to you too. He refused, he didn't want to make a mess on you but you insisted yet he kept making excuses.

"C'mon Erden! I really don't mind! And I want you to do it to me too."

🦋 He finally give in though he was quite nervous at the start but just reassure him that it's going to be fun😊

🦋 You guys started to get playful after a bit and had too much fun drawing on each other and eventually move on your faces, ending up looking messy and hilarious. While the grannies were just looking at you both fondly and then left you two with your sweet intimacy.

🦋 He got sad after you told him to clean it, he didn't want to erase it until you scolded him. But please dont scold him too hard.

🦋 Just imagining this and Erden laughing is giving me butterflies wth 😭😭

-honestly, Oceanie-

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thisthirstisreal · 1 year

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THIS IS KILLING ME BAHAHA (gender reverse)

#your smile is a trap webtoon #your smile is a trap #ahn kiyu #lily cha #kiyu ahn #webtoon #shoujo #manhwa #webtoon recommendation #my post

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eatsbop · 2 years

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All these blushy Kiyu panels make me go

#your smile is a trap #kiyu ahn

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augustmoon259 · 3 years

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The Strongest Florist x Your Smile Is A Trap

Lily Cha was having a terrible day.

It all started earlier at school. She was used to being ignored by others because of her intimidating appearance. The only reason people even looked in her direction was because of her incredibly beautiful neighbor Kiyu. In other words, they would gossip about her and Kiyu’s relationship: the bully and her victim, boyfriend and girlfriend, etc. Lily knew it wasn’t Kiyu’s fault, but it was still annoying for someone like her who only wanted to be left alone.

That day, Lily was minding her own business as per usual, until two of her classmates went up to her to ask her a question.

“Um, Lily, are you…”

Lily remembered these two girls. They both had shoulder length hair, but one of them had bangs while the other did not. The girl with bangs was Somin, and the girl without bangs was Yijeong. These two girls (mostly Yijeong) were the beginning of her and Kiyu’s troubles.

Somin was attempting to finish asking her question, but lost her nerve the longer she was faced with Lily’s menacing aura. With an “eek!” of terror, she quickly hid behind Yijeong. Yijeong looked nervous as well, but managed not to run away or hide like Somin did.

“Um, so, we were wondering...are you related to Jaeho Hwang?”

“What?”

The question shocked her, of course it did (who randomly asks a person if they’re related to someone else? Lily didn’t even know these two that well, and she wasn’t inclined to get to know them better with how inconvenient they had made her and Kiyu’s lives at school). But what really surprised her was who they mentioned - Jaeho Hwang.

“Why are you asking me that?”

Lily knew that she was nervous and trying her best to be calm, while to others, it probably looked like she was sending them her most terrifying death glare.

“Um, uh, we’re sorry, it won’t happen again! Sorry for bothering you!”

Whatever liquid luck that had allowed Yijeong to face her seemed to have disappeared, as she quickly grabbed Somin and they left Lily’s vicinity soon after.

How did those two know I was related to Jaeho?

She needed to get to the bottom of this, and there was one person who she knew would be knowledgeable of what was going on. Lily found him talking to a few of his other friends, but he parted ways with them when he caught sight of her.

“Lily! What’s up? You don’t normally find me first; it’s usually the other way around. And where’s Kiyu? I haven’t seen him at all today.”

This was Honggu, her second friend she made after Kiyu. He could be loud, overconfident, and easily excitable, but she found that his presence grew on her, much like Kiyu’s (except he didn’t make her go blind just by looking at him).

“Honggu, I need to ask you about something. And Kiyu is doing something important today with his grandma. He didn’t tell me what.”

“Oh, okay. So what did you wanna ask me?”

She hesitated, unsure if she wanted to continue, before deciding that answers were more important at the moment.

“Do you know who Jaeho Hwang is?”

“Jaeho Hwang?! Do I know him?! Who doesn’t know him?! He’s only the biggest name in New World right now!”

Temporarily blindsided by Honggu’s enthusiasm, Lily took a moment to collect her bearings. I’ve never seen Honggu this excited before, and that’s saying something.

“What is this New World you’re talking about?”

“HUH?! You don’t know what New World is?!”

Honggu looked incredibly disappointed in Lily.

“No, which is why I asked you.”

“Oh, right…” Here, Honggu had the decency to look embarrassed, before perking up again. “New World is the most popular virtual reality game right now. Everyone plays it!”

“Including you?”

“Yes! And, ahem, not to brag, but I’m pretty good at it. I could even go pro one day!”

Coming from Honggu, this is most likely an exaggeration, but Lily decided not to burst his bubble. Now it was Honggu’s turn to ask Lily a question.

“But why do you want to know about Jaeho Hwang?”

“He’s my cousin.”

“Oh, I see. He’s your - WHAT?!”

If this was a cartoon, Honggu’s jaw would have dropped to the floor. As it stands, his mouth was wide open in disbelief after Lily’s shocking revelation.

“You…! You’re…! Cousins….?! B-but, how?!”

“Our dads are brothers. My dad and Jaeho’s dad had a falling out over my dad deciding to open a flower shop though, so I haven’t seen Jaeho since then.”

“Wow. So you haven’t seen him in years?”

“I think so. He was a high schooler and I was still in elementary school.”

“Aw man, life is so unfair! One of my friends is an ex-idol trainee, and the other is related to the King of Elysia Flower Garden?!”

Lily imagined mushrooms growing out of Honggu’s head...With the characteristic enthusiasm he was known for however, Honggu soon bounced back.

“Please Lily, you have to let me meet Jaeho-nim!”

Honggu’s face was uncomfortably close to hers, and looking at his pleading face was too much to bear for Lily.

“Fine. But I’ve never even played New World before. Or any virtual reality game.”

“I can teach you! I have a friend who knows how to get a New World capsule for cheap!”

“Okay. I’ll let you teach me, Honggu.”

“Yay! Now allow me to tell you more about New World…”

So Lily listened to Honggu on her way home as he told her about New World’s character customization (or rather, the lack thereof - character customization was locked, so her appearance in the game would mimic real life), character classes, different locations and kingdoms, etc. Lily had never really played too many video games, but even she would admit that New World sounded interesting to her.

“Tomorrow is the weekend, so I’ll contact you whenever I can get my friend to get me a deal on a capsule. See you, Lily!”

“Bye Honggu.”

She waved goodbye to Honggu before entering her apartment. Lily’s dad was waiting happily for her when she closed the door.

“Dad? What’s going on?”

“Lily! You won’t believe what Mrs. Ahn got for you!”

She saw Kiyu and his grandma waiting for her as well. Kiyu looked shy and blushing as he always did when he was around Lily, and Mrs. Ahn was smiling contentedly.

“Kiyu? Mrs. Ahn? What’s this about?”

“Oh, Lily my dear, I have wonderful news! Today Kiyu and I went shopping, to reward him for adjusting to school and making new friends. I hear that games are all the rage these days among the youth, especially the...what do you call it? V-R-M-M-O? So we went to buy one of those capsules for Kiyu, and the worker there was nice enough to give us a 2 for 1 deal!”

“That’s great Mrs. Ahn, but what does that have to do with me...?”

“The extra capsule is for you of course!”

“I...I don’t know what to say. Thank you Mrs. Ahn.”

“You deserve to have some fun in your life dear! I do hope that this will help with that.”

Mrs. Ahn hugged Lily before leaving with Kiyu. Lily talked with her dad for a while before checking out the new capsule in her room. It was every bit the advanced, high tech capsule she imagined it would be. Lily heard a ping from her phone as she got a new notification. It was a text from Kiyu.

Kiyu: Do you like your new capsule?

Lily: Yeah, I like it.

Kiyu: Then, maybe we can play together? (*´∀`*)

Lily: You play New World?

Kiyu: Ah, actually, no...It’s my first time.

Lily: Oh. Let me text Honggu. He plays.

Lily sent a text message to Honggu on her, Kiyu, and Honggu’s group chat.

Lily: Hey, Honggu. Kiyu went shopping with his grandma today and they got a free capsule with their purchase of one, so they gave the extra one to me. Since neither Kiyu or I have played, can you teach both of us?

Honggu: Wha??? How lucky are you Kiyu?! As if it wasn’t enough you’re so beautiful!!! ｡ﾟ( ﾟஇ‸இﾟ)ﾟ｡

Honggu: Okay, I’ll teach you guys. Meet me at the Kruma Desert tomorrow! It’s the easiest area for newbies!!!

Lily: Ok. See you guys tomorrow.

Kiyu: Okay! Good night Lily!!! And you too, Honggu. :)

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Lily woke up and did everything she usually did in the morning: brush her teeth, eat breakfast with her dad before he left for work at the flower shop, etc. Except today, she would be playing a virtual reality game with her friends. Honggu had texted her and Kiyu what his ID was in the game, and told them to “whisper” him when they logged in.

The inside of the New World capsule was fairly comfortable. When the game booted up, it asked her to choose a server and starting area. After doing so, Lily had to enter an ID for herself. She had spent some time thinking about it the night before, and asked her dad for some ideas. He suggested “Sida” [seed-ah], from a genus of tropical plants and flowers.

She typed in “Sida” as her ID, and closed her eyes as a bright light flashed in front of her. When Lily opened her eyes again, she found herself in a desert town, surrounded by other players. Lily observed her new appearance: fingerless black gloves, a plain white collared shirt, brown vest, black trousers, leather boots, and a belt with a small bag attached to it.

“Honggu, can you hear me? I just logged on.”

“Lily? You named yourself Sida?”

“Yes. You’re not going to say I should have come up with a better name, are you? Because I don’t want to hear that from someone who named himself AwesomeGuy.”

“Okay, point taken. Head to the Kruma Starting Hall! I’m already there with Kiyu.”

She thought things would be different in the game, but it seemed like her intimidating presence carried over from the real world too. Players avoided her, and even the NPCs were wary of approaching her. Lily hurried to the starting hall as fast as she could.

“Honggu, where are you? I don’t see you. There’s a crowd of people blocking the way.”

“Lily, check behind that crowd!”

By this point, she was beginning to get annoyed, so her “glare” was now genuine. It was enough to clear a path in the crowd. Lily recognized Honggu, who was wearing a set of armor, and Kiyu, who was wearing a starter outfit like her. Lily was able to look at Kiyu within the game, perhaps because he wasn’t as shiny as he was in the real world.

“Why are there so many people here?”

“Well, I guess you can say it’s Kiyu’s, or rather, Navi’s [nav-eee] fault.”

“Navi?”

“Yes, that’s the ID I chose. It’s a name that means ‘kind to people’.”

Kiyu was smiling, thinking about all the fun he and Lily would have in New World.

“ ‘Kind to people’? That’s weirdly fitting for you.”

Kiyu blushed at the apparent compliment from Lily. Honggu, feeling like a third wheel, interrupted their conversation.

“Okaayyyy....Anyway, let’s hurry and get you two started on a quest! We should leave here as soon as possible. Kiyu is attracting too much attention with his looks.”

Honggu guided Lily and Kiyu out of the starting hall, and got them started with a beginner’s quest. He bought them weapons to use for fights.

“Do we really need to fight?”

“Kiyu, this is a MMO. You need to fight monsters for quests, and other players too.”

“I’ll repay you for the weapons when I get money.”

“Nah, what are friends for? Besides, Lily, you’re already letting me meet your super cool cousin!”

“Lily has a cousin?”

“YES! Jaeho Hwang! The amazing King of Elysia Flower Garden! The legendary spirit gardener! The only player who managed to survive Luxy Forest and befriend the elves!”

“Are elves in this game not friendly?”

“Oh right, I guess I should have mentioned this sooner if we’re meeting your cousin, haha. Yeah, elves of New World are notorious for hating humans.”

“Are you serious?! How am I supposed to meet my cousin then if the moment I step into his kingdom, I’ll be killed by bloodthirsty elves?!”

Lily angrily frowned at Honggu. Honggu was now trembling in fear, and hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground to beg for Lily’s forgiveness.

“I’m sorry! It’s just that, I hear that the elves aren’t killing humans that much anymore! Nowadays, they are forcing people to do labor instead!”

“Is that supposed to be better?”

“Yes! Humans are doing construction for Elysia Flower Garden! While we’re doing that, we can ask to meet Althea, your cousin!”

“Fine. I suppose that’s better than outright being killed.”

Honggu could have wept tears of joy as he got up from his prostrated position. Kiyu had been nervously watching Lily and Honggu, off to the side. After they finished their argument, Kiyu asked Honggu how to do this or that for the quest. Honggu continued teaching Lily and Kiyu the basics, until they successfully finished their first quest.

“Woohoo! Now it’s time to visit Luxy Forest!”

“How do we get there?”

“By walking through the desert! Kruma Desert is right near Luxy Forest, we just have to walk through all the empty desert first!”

“You’re making us walk through a desert? In that case, why didn’t Kiyu and I just choose Luxy Forest as our starting area?”

Lily was gritting her teeth and glaring daggers at Honggu.

“Eeep! I - I just wanted you guys to start off in the easiest area first and get some experience…! Luxy Forest isn’t just filled with elves…! It also has dangerous wild animals…!”

“Honggu, whatever enemies we come across in the desert, you’re fighting them alone.”

“Ahahaha, w- whatever you say, Lily…”

That’s how Honggu found himself battling enemies without any aid from his friends. By the time they did make it to Luxy Forest, Honggu was panting and gasping. Kiyu had wanted to help him, but Lily prevented Kiyu from doing so.

“Let’s go find those elves. They can’t be hard to miss. They’ll probably be ordering around the other players.”

Lily led the way into the forest, Kiyu behind her, and Honggu at the rear. They didn’t run into any dangerous wild animals, contrary to Honggu’s claim. If there were a lot of new players in Luxy Forest, it was most likely that the enemies had been killed so they wouldn’t kill the newbie players first. The elves couldn’t lose their source of manual labor, after all.

The three friends finally came across a group of humans cutting down trees, watched over by elves. The players spotted them first.

“You three! Are you here to join the Forever Luxy Association?!”

“More immortalians? Ugh. If it weren’t for Althea-nim….”

“I agree with you, brother. But wait, doesn’t that one immortalian look strange?”

“Which one? The one that looks like Althea-nim, or the beautiful one?”

“....wait. WHAT?!”

The elves rushed towards Lily and Kiyu.

“Look at this one! Doesn’t she glower just like Althea-nim?!”

“And look at that one! There’s no way he could be an immortalian! He’s not an ugly monkey like the third one!”

“Ugly monkey?!”

Honggu had regained enough energy to be offended upon hearing the elf’s comment.

“We need to bring them to Althea-nim! Quickly!”

“Yes! But leave the ugly one behind.”

Honggu’s spirited protests were ignored, as the elves took Lily and Kiyu to Jaeho. Jaeho was having a meeting with Samantha and May on the ongoing construction of Elysia Flower Garden when they were interrupted by the elves.

“My deepest apologies for disturbing your meeting Althea-nim, but we have an emergency! We found these two immortalians in the forest!”

“More players? What’s so strange about that -”

Jaeho’s words caught in his throat when he caught sight of Lily.

“...Lily Cha?”

“Uh, hey, cousin Jaeho.”

When two socially awkward people meet, who just so happen to also be cousins who haven’t seen each other in years, the combined awkwardness is enough to stop any conversation from continuing. Fortunately, there were less socially awkward people in the room.

“Ah, you’re Althea’s cousin? Younger cousin, I presume?”

Lily was startled after being addressed by a pretty red-haired lady. She had a spaulder armor covering her left shoulder, and a purple cape that extended to her right. Her hair was in a high ponytail, and she wore a casual but form fitting outfit.

“Oh, uh, yes, I’m Jaeho - um, Althea’s, cousin.”

“Is your friend an angel?! There’s no way he’s human!”

The other lady who spoke up was a cute, pink haired woman. Unlike the red-haired lady, she still had on the starter outfit, but with some armor equipped. Currently, she seemed to be starstruck by Kiyu’s appearance.

“Ah, forgive my friend here, she likes pretty things...my name is Samantha, and her name is May. May we know the name of your companion, Ms. Lily?”

“Oh, his name is Kiyu, but his in-game name is Navi. And please, just call me Sida.”

Kiyu had yet to make a single sound because of Jaeho. He had gotten used to Lily and her dad, but Lily’s cousin Jaeho was more intimidating than them combined.

“I-it’s nice to meet you all.”

“So, uh, Lily, since you’re here, do you want to catch up…?”

“Um, yeah, I’d like that, cousin Jaeho.”

“Is it just you and your friend, Lily?”

“No. Well, I had another friend come with us. His name is Honggu. But he’s with the other players in the forest. I think they called themselves the Forever Luxy Association…?”

“Right, those guys…”

“He wanted to meet you actually, cousin Jaeho.”

“Meet me…?”

“Yeah. You have a lot of fans, don’t you? It’s kind of why I wanted to meet you again after all these years. These two classmates of mine asked if I was related to you.”

“What?! How do people already know we’re related?! How did they even track you down?!”

“I don’t think the general public knows. I think it’s just those two girls. They must have seen my scary face, and saw yours, and thought we were related. But they ran away after I didn’t answer their questions. I think they’ll keep it to themselves. They didn’t tell other students at my school about Kiyu at first either, before his identity was revealed.”

“What do you mean, his identity was revealed?”

“Oh, Kiyu’s an ex-idol trainee.”

“What?! Seriously?!”

The three adults in the room shouted in surprise after Lily’s laid-back remark. Jaeho placed a hand on his forehead in exhaustion.

“I don’t see you for years, and suddenly you’ve got an ex-idol trainee boyfriend…”

“We’re not in a relationship!”, both Kiyu and Lily shouted at the same time, although Kiyu looked less embarrassed at the thought than Lily.

Samantha and May mumbled to themselves inaudibly, “They’re totally in a relationship…”

“Cousin Jaeho, you’re one to talk! You’re the king of your own kingdom!”

“Sure I am. But that’s no big deal. I didn’t plan on being a king, or even some legendary spirit gardener. I just really like flowers and wanted to open my own flower shop. Oh by the way, make sure to thank your dad for me. He’s part of the reason I never gave up on loving flowers.”

“Dad! That’s right, I’ll have to tell him about meeting you…”

“Yeah, same goes for me. Maybe it’s about time we got our dads to talk to each other again. My dad’s still dedicated to being macho and thinks a real man should be working out at the gym and not taking care of flowers, but...he’s been surprisingly okay with all of this. That’s probably because of my mom’s influence too. She was pretty upset about my dad and your dad’s falling out…”

“Aunt Hwang? Glad to hear my favorite aunt is still as amazing as she always is…”

“Haha, she’s your only aunt, kiddo.”

Jaeho and Lily passed the time getting each other caught up in recent affairs. Meanwhile, May and Samantha went with the elves to fetch Honggu from his torture manual labor. Honggu was all too happy to accept a volunteer position in Elysia Flower Garden. He had cut enough trees in a few hours to last a lifetime. The elves had not succeeded in killing Honggu, but he died and went to heaven when he finally met his hero Jaeho Hwang.

At the end of the day, everyone said their goodbyes and logged out of New World. Lily had taken a break for lunch, but then she logged back into the game, met Jaeho, and wasn’t aware of how much time had passed after that. It would now be time for dinner, and Lily’s dad was already home.

Lily decided to rip the band-aid off and tell her dad right away that she had met Jaeho in New World. Her dad was understandably dumbfounded upon hearing his daughter’s revelation, but was happy to hear that Jaeho was doing well for himself. A few years ago, he had wanted Jaeho to apprentice with him at his flower shop, but his brother had disagreed, which led to their fall out. Privately however, he did miss talking to his brother. They were like polar opposites, but they always had each other’s backs. Being treated unfairly by others made it so that they only had each other to depend on. While his brother took to working out and becoming stronger in order to cope, he tried his best to make a good impression on others. It was one of his teachers who suggested he join a club, so he joined the gardening club. Not only did he discover a passion for flowers, he also made lifelong friends at that club.

Lily was aware that meeting Jaeho would bring more changes to her life. While she was talking to her dad, Jaeho would be doing the same with Lily’s aunt and uncle.

New World wasn’t just a new world for her, it was also...a new beginning.

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