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Zero O'Clock - BirdCop Celebration + GIF Challenge (MLQC AU)

I just wanna join. I actually want to post this fic at ARMY day (9th of July), but here it is anyway!

Pairing : Leah Hong (MC) x Gavin Bai

Warning : triggering events (containing insecurity and anxiety)

Disclaimer : Leah is MC in this AU. In this AU, there is no Evol.

Genre : fluff

Words : 1,542

NB : this fic is also inspired from this song

“Leah, you should go home now. You just left the hospital yesterday, your body still needs time to be fully recovered,” Anna slowly shaked my body, waking me up.

Leah corrected her posture, “yeah, I know I should. But I don’t want to become a burden for all of you, and especially that’s because I’m in charge of this company now. I just feel like I’m the one that should be my fellow workers’ strength, and I failed you all, even my father…” unbeknownst to her, her eyes felt hot. Leah wanted to continue but her brain couldn’t process her emotions right now.

“No, you’re not. And believe me, we all have made mistakes when that talk show was supposed to be aired live. But still, we managed to do it well at last thanks to the content and technical errors,” Willow tried to assure her. Three days ago, Leah had a chance to interview Mrs. Peng, the owner of a well-known bak kut teh* shop named Seventh Heaven. The topic was about business’ survival strategies for small and medium enterprises amidst the economic crisis. Suddenly, her stomach felt painful and she couldn’t suppress it despite all her efforts, until she fainted. The first thing she thought when she gained my consciousness was, she was such an unprofessional disgrace for this show.

“I want to see the editing process for a while,” Leah replied, still refusing to do nothing.

“Boss, we can also lend you a shoulder. I’ll send it straight to you when it’s finished. Okay?” Kiki patted her shoulder.

Before Leah nodded in defeat, Minor continued, “Boss, I’m sorry for the shift of topic, but Gavin said to me that he will come to your house around 10 pm.”

She yawned, “why didn’t he tell me directly?”

Minor rolled his eyes, but suddenly he had a flustered look on his face, “eh, sorry, he already contacted you several times, but no answer from you.”

Leah checked my phone, it had no power. “Oh God, why am I so stupid? Gavin is definitely angry with me now,” she said resenting herself. The fact that she had done this earlier consumed all her sanity. She immediately turned on her phone, and her eyes almost popped out from their sockets seeing the amount of missed calls. The fact that this day was July 28th made her more shocked. “Okay, I gotta go now,” she said after her friends kept telling me the editing was almost finished.

Leah went to Seventh Heaven. Amidst the crowd, she could still hear the voice she knew really well greeted her first, “Leah, are you feeling better?”

“Mrs. Peng!” Leah slightly raised her voice and fastened her pace towards the middle-aged woman. “Yeah, I’m healthy now! I’m… I’m sorry…” suddenly the scene flashed her mind, her body felt heavy.

“You don’t need to. Let’s go inside,” Mrs. Peng replied, dragging her into the shop.

“I think the technical errors are made up…” Leah couldn’t help but loathed everything around her.

Mrs. Peng patted her, “we can’t prevent unexpected things from happening. Instead, the only thing we could do is to find ways so it would be meaningful.”

While Leah was digesting her words, Gavin’s smile entered her thought and erased her anxiety, “I want to buy two portions of pork tenderloin soup, one portion of fish soup, and one braised pork belly. All takeaways, please.”

“For who?” Mrs. Peng giggled. “Let me guess, your policeman friend…”

Leah blushed and tried to hide her embarrassment with all her might, “uh, Gavin, tomorrow is his birthday.”

Not long after, a waitress handed her orders. Leah waved goodbye at Mrs. Peng. Her home was quite far from her company and the shop, so she had to take a bus ride. She was listening to her favourite song, not realizing that she dozed off.

You know those days

Those days where you're sad for no reason

And it looks like everyone else except you is busy and fierce

Those days where your body is heavy

My feet won't set off, though it seems like I'm already too late

I'm hateful of the whole world

Yeah, here and there are click-clacking speed bumps

My heart grows crumpled and my words lessen

Why the hell? I ran so hard

Oh why to me

A bell sound gave her consciousness back. Finance Street Halt, Leah could read the sign clearly and hear the sound of the broadcaster telling the passengers to pay when they intended to leave the bus repeatedly. She hurriedly ran to my home, opened her phone. She just realized that she hadn’t replied to Gavin's messages. Without a second thought, she spammed him her apology. Not seeing any signs of his reply, she attempted to sleep because she was really beaten up. The only thing that kept her awake was the clock, reminding her of her faults and it was already 10.30 pm. She continued listening to the song, so she could relieve her stomach pain and irregular, fast-paced heartbeat.

Come home and lie in bed

Dizzy night, looking at the clock

Thinking if it was my fault?

Soon it will be midnight

When her mind was about to drift off, the bell rang. “Coming,” Leah said, running to the door. The first thing she saw after opening the door made her heart want to leap, but getting crumpled instead. Gavin was in his casual clothes, but with a solemn look on his face. “Gavin, you’re late. Come in,” she said, inviting him to enter her home. He only followed her without uttering any single word.

After both of them sat, he started speaking, “I’m sorry for not telling you, I just finished my work. Leah, have you eaten?”

Leah shook her head, “actually, I bought food from Seventh Heaven. Mrs. Peng is really generous despite all my mistakes.”

Seeing her held back her tears, Gavin approached her, then she felt a pair of warm arms encircled her. “You have done your best, Leah.”

“I’m just a nuisance,” she said coldly. “And yeah, the audience wasn’t really impressed because the airing time was rescheduled. That makes me think that I should get lost forever. And I even forget to return your calls...”

A pair of amber eyes pierced through her soul’s window, his hand patted her head gently, “I’m hateful of the world too. But, about the last thing, that makes me dead worried. Have I done something wrong? Because all I got is my own echo.”

Somehow, she finally managed to let out a laugh, “Minor told me that too. No, actually I’m just dumb. I forgot to charge my phone.”

Gavin sighed, a small but sincere smile curved from his mouth. “I’m here to accompany you tonight.”

Thanks to him, Leah felt much better. “Let’s eat now. I’ve been waiting for you so we can start making our tummy happy!” She was beyond glad because he loved the bak kut teh.

After the dinner was finished, she held his hand while guiding him to her bedroom. Gavin always gave her warmth despite his cold exterior. “Listen to this song with me, it really helps me cope with the present situation.”

Gavin was confused when he put one side of my earphones, “what song?”

God, how Leah wished she could cuddle him. She showed him the English translation in order to make him understand the meaning better. He was a bit sulky that she liked the boy group that sang it a bit too much, but he tried hard to hide it by cuddling her tight.

It won't be something like that

Will something be different?

But this day will be over

When the minute and second hands overlap

The world holds its breath for a little while

Zero o’clock

Her reminder popped up. It was already July 29th, zero o’clock. They kept listening to the song.

(Ooh-ooh) And you're gonna be happy

Like that snow that just settled down

Let's breathe, like the first time

(Ooh-ooh) And you're gonna be happy

Turn this all around

When everything is new, zero o'clock

Leah paused the song, pulled herself from his cuddle, “happy birthday, Potato. I hope at this new year of your life, you’ll be happier and healthier.”

Gavin cuddled her again, “thank you so much, my Pumpkin. My wish is the same for you. I hope I’ll be the one who makes you get the happiness you deserve.”

She blushed, how could he be so smooth at times. He laughed at my reddened face. “Why are you laughing? Let us pray,” she said to divert her embarrassment.

They were holding hands, silently pouring all their wishes.

Put my hands together to pray

It'll be better, for me

Hoping that tomorrow I'll laugh more, for me

When this song ends

May a new song begin

Hoping that I'll be a little happier, yeah

Gavin caressed her hair after he saw her yawned. “Sleepy?”

“Yeah, finally. But I’m joyful because it’s the tranquility that makes me sleepy, not the usual tiredness,” Leah snuggled closer to him.

“Sweet dreams for us, then,” he closed his eyes, hugging her in their sleep.

*bak kut teh : a pork ribs / meat soup dish with salted vegetables (this is how it looks like)

This is the GIF :))

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xiae-fangwen-blog · 6 years

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First Post - & Pride & Prejudice (Kdrama)

Hey everyone~ Gwen here~ Rookie singer/songwriter I may be, but that doesn’t mean that’s my only life! Especially on a day like today, when I’m not feeling good. (being sick is loads of fun~~~ x.x) I’m as much a fangirl as any girl out there, and I want to share that love of dramas and musicals and books and idols and everything else possible with everyone~ So here I have this blog, dedicated to my fangirl side - FanGwen! It’s a horrible pun I know don’t hate me for it...

First on my fangirl list: Pride & Prejudice, the kdrama from 2014.

Why this one first? Because I just barely watched the first episode. ^~^ I’m just going to pick up with you where I am currently at, and insert different old favorites and whatnot in the mix as I go along. Bear with me~

I became interested in Pride & Prejudice because of Choi Jin-hyuk. I watched Gu Family Book for the first time recently, and I adore his romance more than the rest of the story. (apparently everyone loves his character more than anything else. thinks the rest of the story was bad? controversial opinion in the Gu Family Book fandom: I thought the rest of the drama was good too. I liked the other romance, the other stuff going on. I only disliked the ending - it could have been way better. should’ve been. but I’m not here to talk about Gu Family Book. tangent - end!) I could go on and on about Wol-ryung’s character and how much I adore him, but I’ll refrain. For now.

But, as generally happens with amazing characters that I fall in love with, I become interested with the actors who gave them a face and voice and brought them to life. So, I checked out Choi Jin-hyuk and looked up what else he was in. That doesn’t mean I went straight from Gu Family Book to Pride & Prejudice. No. I watched Fighter of the Destiny (another one I will not get started on it’s so good) and Pretty Li Hui Zhen (that one was good too; I watched it because of Dilraba, then got interested in Sheng Yilung which led to) Go Princess Go (which I skimmed through in one night because it was not my cup of tea, far too corny, very immature humor - it made me laugh, definitely, and I enjoyed the romance between Peng Peng and the crown prince - it was good fluff candy, but that’s it) - see how I look at dramas based on how interested I am in the actor behind the characters? is it just me that does this? - and then I started Pride & Prejudice today. (That was a horrible run-on sentence. Sorry, English geeks.) Honestly I forgot why I was interested in Pride & Prejudice until I started watching it, saw Jin-hyuk and remembered.

I would like to make the claim that I don’t just like the shows because of the actors in them. I gave the example of Go Princess Go. I didn’t love it. I barely even like it. The romance is sweet enough and difficult enough that it gave me the need to see it through the end, but I was skipping through the episodes like a stone skips on a lake. When thrown by someone skilled. lol Anyway, point being, I check out shows based on actors, I enjoy shows based on plot and the particular things that I like about dramas. Points for historical, points for fantasy, points for romance; if I’m in a mood for political intrigue I’m not in the mood for a Wuxia style; my tastes come and go, and that’s how I roll.

Back to Pride & Prejudice - I’m liking it so far. Episode 1, and the case the prosecutors had to take on already is so intense. No petty thievery, going straight to the worst type of criminals who are the most unsuspecting people. Though, watching a drama, everyone that enters the episode is suspicious. But the show started with a great hook - the girl staring at the guy across the street. I thought - is he cheating on her? No, they haven’t seen each other for five years apparently? (While I went to look up what else I’ve seen with the girl in it - Empress Ki & Missing 9 - I saw a summary. spoilers! honestly.) And then they fall into that banter that’s both playful and not at the same time. Courtesy and casual familiarity concealing blades born of deep wounds - which I assume will be a misunderstanding, based on the spoiler summary I saw.

Anyway, with this awesome tension going on in the main lead, and the intense cases already being handled by them, I’m really looking forward to the rest of the show. Can I also mention: Choi Min-soo. Oh my goodness, he is such a cool actor! I love everything I’ve seen him in, every role I’ve seen him act. I wonder how much I’ll be able to eat of it while I’m sick. Will I finish it today? Tomorrow? I wonder how late I’ll stay up. I don’t want to be up till 3 again! My eyes are still killing me.

#Pride & prejudice #kdrama #choi jin hyuk #choi min soo #fangirl

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