#again like chayenzo

[alexiethymia]

I don’t go here in the sense that I haven’t finished the series yet. Like honestly, the cameo in Queen of Tears was what made me finally buckle down and watch it.

But I do know from spoilers the general gist of where they end up in the end. So the cameo has some pretty great implications - that in three years Chae rin managed to transform Jipuragi into such a big-shot law firm that even the Queen of Department Stores is their client, that Vincenzo possibly gives up his high-stakes mafioso life to take the bar in Korea so he can practice law there, that he would have obviously done so to start working at Jipuragi, that he didn’t pull his punches in that settlement because obviously he still has strong views about marriage, and it wouldn’t be far-fetched to think that Hae-in reminded him of another Hong in his life, and not knowing the full story, he’d definitely do his best to help Hae-in because he’s always been an ally of unapologetically strong women.

(In other words, nope, no will not take any other interpretation, he gives up all his wealth and power just so he can come home and work for his wife and fulfill his domestic office marriage dream.)

#vincenzo #chayenzo #like seriously it was great #give me boss chae rin #or should it be capo #with her devoted consigliere #and I just know vincenzo and hae in would get along so well #they both have such impeccable taste and a deep appreciation for the finer things in life #he must have been thinking how stupid hyun woo was #to let go of such an amazing woman #or better yet like recognizes like #because didn’t he do the same thing once?? #letting go of someone he didn’t think he deserved #so it goes back again to him thinking hyun woo’s an idiot for pulling the same self-sacrificial stunt he did before #it’s great to have crossovers like this #queen of tears #kdramas #probably crack but I’ll take it!

[sweetestlamb]

Another Bad Idea

Summary: Cha-young tries to get over Vincenzo by getting under someone else. It goes as well as you would expect.

Author's note: What am I even doing here honestly😩😭 someone liked my fic "Bad Idea" today and I started reading it again myself because I missed chayenzo and then I suddenly got this urge to write this....smutty filth instead of doing anything remotely reproductive. I loved how sweet this couple was in the show but honestly low key I kinda wanted them to be psychos in love and rip each other apart (romantically) so I wrote this.

Ultimately she's the one to ruin their arrangement. She's never been able to resist temptation and at first she tries to convince herself that once was enough, she'd gotten it out of her system.

Except when he loosens his tie in the office and it's just them- another late night trying to find dirt on Babel's corruption- she can't help but watch the motion and think about how much she wishes that she was the one taking off his tie. She wanted to remove his tie with her teeth and then swallow him whole.

"See something you want?"

His voice had been mocking, teasing just like the little shit he had proved to be.

But he wasn't wrong, although she knew that any kind of real feelings just weren't allowed between them, fucking was different. Why did it need to be a one night stand when they both knew what they'd signed up for? They could fuck without crossing the line.

So in lieu of a verbal reply she walked over to the office door closed the door with an emphatic click before turning to face him.

"I have some thoughts I wouldn't mind you knocking out real good and hard."

His eyes glinted dangerously in the awful yellow lighting and as soon as he moved she was moving too, racing around a table to meet him half way. He tugged her roughly into his arms and she went willingly, gasping as he palmed her ass and pulled her into a bruising kiss that made her head spin.

He took her from behind right there on the table, his tie stuffed in her mouth barely smothering her moans the wet sound of them fucking loud in the quiet of the room.

She limped home with a satisfied grin on her face.

It's easy, having sex with Vincenzo. Usually she's the one to initiate but there are times when he stares at her so hard it feels like he's willing her clothes off her body.

It's easy because it means nothing.

Until that's not true any longer.

She's never been able to leave well enough alone. So of course she starts to see meaning in his little actions.

Holding her purse.

Bringing her coffee.

Sitting beside her on the couch because she struggles to fall asleep alone after the break in.

Sharing stories about her late father.

Sharing stories about his lost mother.

Coffee dates in the morning and drinks in the evening.

Soon they're hanging out, simply enjoying each other's company far more than they are doing the horizontal tango and she should have stopped it before things flew out of her control.

Before she ruined everything.

She groans loudly uncaring of the neighbors-they should be used to this by now- as he rocks into her slowly, they're face to face her legs wrapped around his waist and his hands tangled in her own. Tonight is different, neither are frantic or crazed each movement of his hips makes her exhale as she's drawn closer to her climax. Her third one tonight, he was such an overachiever in bed.

There's ringing in her ears as she succumbs to him and they've done this enough for her to know that he wasn't far behind her, gripping her thighs too tightly and thrusting just a bit too hard.

And as he's panting deep swallows of jagged breath into her neck she says, "Are you still leaving after we're done taking down Babel?"

She doesn't mean to. Definitely not here and not now but it's been on her mind. Each second that they spend in each other's company, she starts to.... imagine a world where they could be together.

Not just for sex. But really together.

His eyes widen as he stares at her, for the first time she sees fear in those cold eyes. He looks like he's staring at the barrel of a gun instead of his casual sex buddy.

He pulls out of her too quickly, she winces at the discomfort but remains perfectly still waiting for his reaction.

Watches him turn away, now sitting on the edge of his bed and she can see his answer in the rigid line of his shoulder before he ever speaks a word but nonetheless he answers her question, her real question.

"I don't think we should do this anymore." And then he tugs on his boxers and leaves her to her thoughts.

She doesn't cry. That would be too pathetic but the crack that formed when her mother passed and then her father grows larger, deeper and aches painfully.

It hurts to stay in the bed where they've been intimate so often but leaving and seeing him would hurt even more so she stays, blinking at the ceiling forcing red hot tears not to fall.

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He's never been good at sharing, too possessive of everything that he holds dear to share that with another. That included his clothes, his cars, his position in life and then he started to realize that it was extending to one particular person in his life.

She was an enigma to him, seemingly heartless and money hungry at first and while he cursed her for it secretly he admired it because it was real and authentic, the world was a cut throat piece of shit and good people hardly stayed that way for long.

But her father's dead seemed to melt away the facade she'd been cultivating. And he could see the scared little girl underneath the quirky too loud too attractive too everything lawyer.

It's too easy being around her. He doesn't realize that they've traversed passed colleagues and people who occasionally fuck each other's brains out until it's too late and he's wiping her tears as she cries drunkenly over drinks and fried meats.

His dick is still wet as he tells her they need to stop doing this and means it. This is not what he had came here to accomplish and he was the last thing she needed in this fucked up world, he couldn't make her happy didn't even know if he could be happy so it was right to let her go before things became even worst.

She was confusing carnal and emotional desires. He wasn't boyfriend material, it was laughable to even consider. He was nothing but an orphan and a murderer. She should aim for higher than someone like him.

But he still expects a battle. For her to give him the icy glares and scathing comments.

He's left waiting.

Cha-young is the picture of professionalism, easily moving back into their relationship before either of them knew what the other tasted like. He never catches her staring even though he can barely keep his eyes off of her, it's as if he dreamt the entire thing and there was nothing unusual between them to begin with.

This continues for weeks and he accepts that he was right, there were never any feelings involved and she had just been confused and time was the only thing necessary for her to realize her mistake.

They continue to fight Babel, suffering unimaginable losses and wins.

Everything is has it should be.

Then she starts showing up with makeup, nothing too noticeable but he notices because he's always looking at her.

Dark liner ringing those eyes.

Deep wine lipstick coating that mouth. A mouth that has devastated him until he was quaking in her arms.

He doesn't question her, has no right to even he knows that.

He hears the scrape of her chair, one wobbly wheel on the floor and tries to discreetly watch her walk away. Fights the urge to groan as she tosses her head back and scoops her thick hair up into a messy bun, her soft nape now on full display.

She leaves the room in a pantsuit, much like he's used to seeing her wear but returns in a dress that makes his mouth dry and his hands twitch.

It's short and tight, fitting around her slim body perfectly hugging the dip of her thin waist and the light curve out of her hip. And while the dress is sexy in an unassuming way, mostly because she's a gorgeous woman who would look good in anything, there is no skin showing she's completely covered up and he thanks all deities for that. But then she strides over to her desk and turns her back retrieving her jacket and phone and that's when almost forgets to breathe.

Her naked back stares him in the eyes.

A split that starts from the top of her spine and stops just above her tailbone.

He wants to bound across the room and lick a line down her spine, watch the goose pimples raise on that delicious delicate skin and hear those breathy broken gasps as he tugs the offending dress off her body and lets his tongue travel down, down further.

Then it disappears behind her coat. And he slams back to reality and her assessing eye, she stares at him for a moment too long before that placid smile he's tired of seeing thrown his way returns to her face.

"I'm going to head out first. Good work today. Oh and I won't be in tomorrow."

She never takes any days off. He had thought he was a workaholic until he met her. He tries his hardest to keep his voice level, "Did something happen? Are you okay?"

What was she doing and why hadn't she told him about her plans? He almost feels betrayed that something could be happening in her life that he doesn't know about. They were always the other's confidant.

"Oh it's nothing serious. I just need a personal day to sort some things out."

He should just leave it alone, she's being vague and it's frustrating but she doesn't owe him anything he knows that but he still hears himself say, "What things, tell me!" He hears the anger and command in his voice and unlike everyone else he's encountered who cower in the face of his ire, she gets ignited too instead her own rage burning in her eyes.

"Do I have to answer to you now?" She bites out, snatching her purse and rushing to the door her hair cascading from the precarious bun she placed it in.

"Stop being stubborn. I'm just worried about you." He calls it to her retreating back.

She scoffs at him, too many emotions washing over her face nearly impossible for him to pinpoint them all.

"Well don't. I'll be someone else's problem tonight."

And then she's gone and he almost wishes that she had slammed the door instead of quietly shutting it.

He goes home.

Because it's not his business, she is not his business. He should happily let her be someone else's problem.

But it doesn't take much to pull up her social media and see her posts, she's bright eyed in all her videos dancing chaotically with a drink in her hand and then he almost drops his voice when he hears an unfamiliar voice in the background.

"Damn babe. You look so hot tonight. Come home with me."

And then the video cuts off and he's left sitting alone in his living room with only murderous rage to keep him company.

He's dressed- all black head to toe- and out the door before he can think about what he's doing.

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She has no idea where her date went and honestly she doesn't even care. It was clear that he wanted to fuck her and that was all she needed, to reclaim her body and stop the dreams about a certain Italian that she shouldn't be thinking about.

They were done and his little fit in the office today meant nothing. He was a control freak, and she knew that her suddenly disappearing would try him wild merely because he liked knowing what she was doing. It was pathetic but it made her feel for a second that he actually cared about her. It was fake but she didn't care.

She dances harder as the music switches to something she's never heard before, a soulful voice crooning in English and while she doesn't understand the words the rhythm speaks clearly.

And it feels so good (and that's what takes me highhhhh...) your love it keeps me aliveeeee.....

The energy in the room is hypnotizing and as she feels a large hand wrapping around her waist she doesn't fight the embrace, allowing herself to be pulled until her back is pressed firmly against a solid chest.

"You're the sexiest woman in this room. I couldn't stay away, I hope you don't mind."

His voice is nice, she ignores the voice in her head that says it's not deep enough or stilted enough.

She tosses her hair over her shoulder to get a good look at her new companion's face and she's content with him, he has a square jaw and thin lips but more importantly he doesn't remind her of anyone and she only feels a mild attraction to him.

He's safe. And she needs that more than ever now.

"No. I don't mind at all. Dance with me?"

He nods eagerly and she loses herself in the music, grinding her ass into the mild sway of his hips and when he grips her waist she has to force out the face that flashes in her mind.

No. I won't think about him. I don't care about him.

Thankfully her partner doesn't notice her mind wandering and he's gasping behind her, pulling her tighter against his body and she can feel his cock suddenly right there on her ass cheek, can feel how riled up she's making him and how utterly unaffected she is by him in return.

But she had no plans of stopping, she still had an itch and surely he could scratch it even if he couldn't completely sate it. She had to do it to prove to herself that she was fine. Even if she didn't enjoy it, just being able to do it was enough. She needed to be in control.

Alcohol would make it easier, she just needed more alcohol so she could let this stranger screw her brains out and forget about the one who wanted nothing to do with her.

"Get me a drink." She commands, dipping her body low before teasingly dragging her ass back up his body in a clear promise.

He immediately gets the message, fondling her before rushing away to obey her in the hopes that she'll make good on her promise.

She feels hot and sweaty, so she reaches behind herself to grip her hair a second time today pulling the wet tresses away from her overheated neck sighing as the cool air hits her skin.

She's lost in her own world, so she misses the sudden chatter around her. Women and men parting around her as a new predator enters the fray, she's dancing with her arms still holding her hair above her head when she feels a little touch on her neck, just a gentle brush but it sparks like static and makes her jump, spinning around to face her intruder.

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He spots her right away, dancing alone in the middle of the floor completely unencumbered by the eyes watching her with lust, envy and jealousy.

He's never seen her like this. Never knew that she could be so intentionally sexy. So seductive.

Her movements are fluid, more sensual than he expects from her on the dance floor. Her hands are in constant motion, smoothing over her breasts, hugging her hips, lifting and dropping her hair and it's pure torture to watch her touch herself when the hands on her body should be his.

And then his vision flares red when someone approaches her and to his disgust she welcomes the interruption. Allows someone else touch her and rub their body against her, he growls as she thrusts her pert little ass against a stranger's crotch and lets him hump her like a fucking dog in heat.

He starts moving, pushing people who get in his way and others start to take notice of him, jumping out of his war path. Women reach out to touch him but he swats their hands away, too focused to be deterred for even a minute.

By the time he gets there she's alone again but the image of someone else touching what's his is still burned in his mind.

He reaches out to touch her, scared of the unbridled rush of jealousy and anger that are warring inside of him.

Instantly she jolts at his touch, as if his touch is unwelcomed but that bastard's wasn't. He wants to knock all the other man's teeth out and make him regret ever touching his woman.

"What? What are you doing here?" She has to shout to be heard above the music.

He stares her down instead of replying, annoyed with her drunk stagger and how red her cheeks are. Secretly he doesn't want to admit that he's terrified about what would have happened if he didn't follow her here tonight.

"Who the fuck was that?" He ignores her question, instead firing off one of his own.

She bristles at his tone, glaring right back into his eyes before turning on her heel and walking away.

He is too flabbergasted to move but then she starts to disappear into the crowd and he refuses to let her out of his sight. He takes huge strides, closing the distance between them in four large steps. He decides against grabbing her wrist and intercepts her escape, stepping in front of her.

"You!" She points right in his face, "Shouldn't be here. I don't need a babysitter so just leave me alone."

He doesn't back down, squaring his shoulders and stepping into her space until he can feel her breath and the heat radiating from her body.

"You are the one who shouldn't be here. Who the hell were you letting touch you? I'll kill him."

It's scary how badly he means every word, he wants to kill anyone who has ever looked at her with ill intention, yearns to gauge their eyes out with a rusty spoon.

"That's the guy I'm going to let fuck me tonight! You won't do anything to him, just mind your business!"

He stares at her in full wonder. And then it fades to indescribable rage. He could burn this club to the ground right here and now and it still wouldn't be enough.

"What the fuck did you just say to me? I dare you to say that again." He trembles from all the fury building up inside, hovering above her with a dark sneer twisting his lips.

She has no sense of self preservation. Grins at him.

Grins. Like they are having a nice chat.

"You heard me. I found your replacement. So you can go away. I don't need you anymore."

The words are like slaps in the face, she was discarding him for a nameless quick fuck.

It hurt. It's hard not to grab at his chest and see if his heart is even still beating.

And then the very asshole who couldn't keep his hands to himself returns, happy and eager with a drink in his hand and she shoots him this coy little smile his way as if they have a secret and he can't handle it. He decks the other man so hard that he collapses with a single blow, the drinks flying in the air before crashing to the floor in a sticky mess.

He hardly fights the bouncer as he's removed from the establishment, thrown out on his ass and banned from ever returning.

He stays on the ground. His knuckles bruised but not bleeding. He wants to make them bleed. He needs the pain.

"You had no right to punch him."

He lifts his head and her anger about this insignificant asshole reignites his own rage.

"Are you that hungry for a fuck? Are you that fucking thirsty for it?"

"Yes! I'm that hungry! I want to someone to fuck me blind so I won't think about my father or Babel or yo--!!"

She slams her hand over her mouth, shoving the words back into her throat but it's too late. He already knows what she was going to say.

"Me. You don't want to think about me."

"No I don't! You said we should stop this, you pushed me away. You did all that so why are you here pretending you give a shit about what I do or who I fuck? What does any of it have to do with you?"

The words explode from her chest, even the persistent thumping from the club isn't enough to block her exclamation.

He watches her in surprise, that only builds as she suddenly starts to cry before brutally swiping away the tears and shoving past him.

He watches her leave in disbelief.

Why was she crying? She shouldn't be crying over him. It didn't make any sense unless she..... unless this was more than sex. Unless her asking that question was more than her accidentally blurring the lines.

It wasn't the first time she asked him that. But it was the scariest time because he couldn't answer her. Knew exactly what he was supposed to say but looking at her sleepy sated face he forgot all the reasons why they shouldn't be together.

So he did push her away. It was what was best for both of them or so he convinced himself because he was just a criminal and she deserved more. So why was he here fighting her and attacking men for touching her?

What the fuck am I doing?

When he blinks back to reality she's already halfway across the parking lot, climbing into her car and he races after her she was in no condition to drive.

"Hey! You're too drunk to drive!"

He grabs the driver's door before she can close it and returns her glare.

"I'm fine. Just mind your busin--"

"You are my business."

She gapes at him and he stares back unflinching, who was he kidding? It was hardly too late. Putting distance between them did nothing but make him want her more.

"No. No, I'm not. Let go of my door." She pulls the handle but he's stronger and eventually she gives up with an annoyed sigh. He crouches down, needing to see her eyes when he says this.

"I was wrong."

She stills, staring out the windshield. Not daring to look at him.

"I'm.... sorry."

That makes her look at him. Her face scrunching up again and he can't bare to see it so he reaches out to cup her face and pull her closer to him, kissing the tears that fall down her cheeks.

Without warning he tugs her up out of her seat, sitting down himself before pulling her into his lap.

She tucks her face into his neck and he caresses the naked skin that peeks out the back of her dress, in broad rough strokes. He preens when she starts to melt into his hold but then she pushes away from him, bringing them face to face again.

"I didn't mean to. I tried to stop myself from....I thought if I did it with someone else I could free myself from my feelings for you."

"...... Would you have gone through with it?" It's a dumb question to ask because the fire is finally settling and her answer could possibly set him off again but he has to know, just how close had she come.

She stares him right in the eye with no shame.

"I would have done it."

He wants to go back and rip that bastard apart.

"Stop. I would have done it and thought of you the entire time and hated myself. It wouldn't have meant anything."

Logically he knows that she's right, he has had sex with countless women and not even remembered their name the next day but it still kills him that he almost pushed her to the edge, because he was too scared to admit his feelings.

But deeper beneath that self blame he's angry at her. For daring to look at anyone else, letting them touch her and even dream of fucking her. He's so angry he could.....

He picks her up unceremoniously and dumps her into the backseat, climbing out of the car feeling like a wild animal on the prowl even more so as she stares up at him, quivering in place.

He yanks the door open and pounces on her, biting at her neck with unforgiving teeth.

"You were going to let him do this? Touch what's mine?"

She moans loudly as he pinches her nipple through the thick material of her dress, rougher than he's ever been with her.

"I'm not you-"

He cuts her off with a hard bite, teeth sinking into her neck so hard that he knows that it'll leave a mark. It'll be a gentle reminder to others that she was off limits.

"Shhhhh don't piss me off." He whispers into her skin and she huffs but lifts up her ass when he sneaks a hand under her dress and tugs at the flimsy material.

"Fuck!" She cries, scrambling as he shoves a finger inside of her as far as it'll go and then pulls it out only to penetrate her again with a punishing force.

She claws and tries to get away from him but his other hand is firm on her hips, holding her in place as he pistons his fingers inside of her clenching pussy.

"Where are you going? We're just getting started."

She swallows hard at the devilish look on his face.

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She feels delirious from the pleasure rushing through her blood streams.

She'd never had anyone dismantle her the way he was doing right now, ignoring her argument that they would get caught he'd yanked her legs in the air and began hungrily feasting on her body, tonguing into her wet folds, biting at the junction between thigh and groin, and speaking filthy words right into her abused hole.

"Look at this wet pussy, all of this is mine. Every drop was made for my tongue. You were made for my fingers, my tongue, my cock."

This shouldn't turn her on this neanderthal like display but at least to herself she can admit that she loves it, loved seeing him jealous because she was looking at someone else. Shivers had run up her spine as she watched him punch someone for daring to touch her, she had no intention of fucking anyone else but this was payback for all the times he ignored her question and pretended that this wasn't more than sex. 

He's fucked up but so is she.

"Then fuck me already. Show me who I belong to."

He noses at her clit, groaning into her quivering center twisting the fingers that he has lodged deep inside of her before reappearing with a wolf like grin.

She lowers her legs to the side and raises to meet him. His face is wet because of her and she can't resist tugging him closer and licking her flavor from his lips.

"You're filthy." He says with an air of reverence that almost makes her laugh.

"You love it."

And then they're kissing, all tongue and teeth she pries his mouth open and sucks his tongue into her mouth.

It had been weeks since they last kissed, she was starved for him.

She distracts him with the kiss as she reaches down to his zipper, dragging the metal down and slipping her hand into his expensive boxers.

"If my pussy is yours, then this is mine."

She strokes him from root tip, using the precum that has collected there to smooth the way and he groans into her mouth, biting at her lip then soothing the pain with his tongue.

"I need to be inside you now. I've been thinking about this since I saw you in that dress earlier today."

She clamors into his lap in the tight space of the backseat, rearranging them until his cock is at her entrance and she's gazing down at him like he's the center of her universe.

"Vincenzo?"

She whispers his name, feeling his bulbous head pushing past her resistance as he sinks deeper into her body. She whimpers at the intrusion, he's bigger than she's used to but the burn is welcome, she wants to feel every inch of him penetrating her, breaking her.

"Shit!....yes?"

She holds his face as she sinks the rest of the way, her wet folds opening up around him before he bottoms out with a loud groan and a smack to her ass.

"Stay with me."

He freezes at her plea but she doesn't give him a chance to respond, planting her knees and lifting up before dropping back down onto his waiting cock that sinks even deeper than before, the loud smack bouncing off the car walls.

"Stay with me. Don't leave me. I need you. I need you . Stay. Stay."

He wraps his arms around her back pulling her ever closer, while thrusting up to meet her downward pushes. He pulls her in his tight embrace, warming her heart even as he fucks her so hard that her teeth grind.

"Not going anywhere. This pussy is mine, your heart is mine. You, are mine. I never leave mine behind."

She cries at out a particularly hard thrust that sends her flying up before he grips her hips and crashes them back together, she can feel the car shaking and hear voices outside wondering what's going on but she doesn't care.

She loses the ability to speak, dissolving into squeaks and loud pants as she feels her body tightening in anticipation.

"Fuck! You're too tight. I'm about to pass out. Your greedy little hole is eating me whole."

She nods eagerly in his lap, too fucked out to argue with anything he has to say.

She's limp in his arms, allowing him to thrusts into her and pull her down to meet him in hard pounds. She's so close.....just a little more.

"Yes! Right there! I'm so close!"

"Open your eyes. I want to see you when you come on my cock."

She can't and then his fingers are there prying her eyes open and she can't see anything because they're rolling into the back of her head and everything is bright, hazy and she's coming harder than she ever has in her life. She can barely hear him in the background.

"Shit! Fuck! You're squeezing me so tight, I can't hold on. Fuck! Ugh!"

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"I can't believe you didn't wear a condom. I can't believe I didn't notice. Are we actually crazy?"

He can't focus not with his come leaking out of her and onto the poor seat. He knows that cleaning it is not going to be cheap but right now it's so worth it.

"Are you serious! Stop looking at it like some creep!" She slams his arm, hard and that gets his attention finally.

"I lost my head there a bit. I couldn't think straight."

She sighs, picking her panties up from the floor and grimacing as she slides them back on.

"Ugh, so cold. I need a shower, now."

He can't agree more, but at the same time he wants to keep her just like this, covered in his come and leaking his seed.

"Things are going to get worst before they get better." He knows that she's knows he's talking about Babel and this fight they've signed up for. "Are you sure you can handle me? Once you're mine I'm never going to let you go."

He's never been good at sharing and he doesn't want to get good, not with this. Not with her.

"Is that supposed to scare me away?"

Honestly. Yes, the drive to possess her was always there just under his skin. And it would make him crazier, if anyone ever hurt her they wouldn't live long enough to regret the day.

"I'm not scared of you Vincenzo. I'm yours because I chose to be so and now you're mine too. Everyone else should be scared."

There was a time that he feared that being with him would poison her, taint her goodness but watching that evil grin spread across her lips he realizes that her darkness was already there, just below the surface.

And it doesn't scare him either.

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all jokes aside, i understand why do-il and in-joo don't get together at the end. they need time apart to recover and heal from all the shit they've been through. neither of them, especially in-joo, are in the right headspace for a relationship. we know that do-il loves her (ms. go is evil but she's done so much for us) and he said he'll see her again so it's not like romance is completely out of bounds for them. they just need time.

168 notes - Posted October 9, 2022

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #HELLO WHY IS MY LONGEST TAG ABOUT SOME GUY #oH MY GOD IT WAS ABOUT ****** #i cannot deal #my f4 thailand phase i love #help vincenzo being my 2nd tag

[parisofpeoplez]

So I finished watching Hotel Del Luna and the way I didn't even feel anything while watching its last ep vs how just listening to Vinceno ost makes me emotional.....

This show might as well have ruined all other shows for me fjjsksbbsjs. It will take a lot for a show to even come close to what Vincenzo has done; the standard has been set so damn high!

#what right do they have controlling my emotions like that?! #the writers knew what they were doing when they gvae us literal CRUMBS of our ship #they made sure we were emotionally invested in chayenzo #and showed us their beautiful love language #ahhh #vincenzo withdrawl is too damn real #how to move on? #should I start a rewatch tonight? #i feel like I'm not invested in anything else that I'm watching #would I have been more invested in HDL had I started a bit later after vincenzo finished? #maybe #but not much #apparently i now do not like outright romantic displays of affection between the main couple unless I'm absolutely invested in them #which means their relationship should have grown organically from friends to lovers #i Don't really have to see them having cringe romantic moments to absolutely root for them #love is in the little things folks #again like chayenzo #everything boils down to them huh? #vincenzo #hotel del luna

[trynatalktou]

Okay I don't promise to stop and I know it is nitpicking and someone has probably said it before, HOWEVER:

YOU GUYS DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RAGE I FELT WHEN THE LAST SCENE WAS JUST VINCENZO STROLLING AROUND THE CITY MEANINGLESS WHEN HE COULD HAVE STAYED WITH CHA-YOUNG FOR LONGER?

WHAT WAS THE REASON?????? GIVE ME THE REASON

#putting him a plane or smthng i dunno figure it out you figured the rest of the series #like it's so stupid I almost cried of anguish #(again) anyways sorry for this little rant thanks #vincenzo #chayenzo

[deonideatta]

I'm watching vincenzo fmvs instead of sleeping bc that's my life these days and I think it was lost on me on the first watch just how sad the 2nd hug scene actually is? Like it's adorable af and the OST is lovely and it totally melted my heart, but it has essentially put us at a stalemate. At first I found it sad bc cha young said she was wrong, but it's more than that. The hug was cha young's way of testing the waters, both in terms of her own feelings and vincenzo's feelings. She wanted to test her own reaction, and we can assume she confirmed the results of that test pretty quickly. Having done so, she moves to test vincenzo's reaction.

Vincenzo seems to have mastered the art of repression. Well by mastered I mean he's decided it's the hill he'll die on (not to jinx anything by saying that lol). Still, everyone and their grandmother knows he likes her at this point, but does she? That's the second goal of the hug, to see if what she's feeling is mutual. Unfortunately, Mr vincenzo "trying my best to be emotionally unavailable" cassano does not give her a very encouraging reaction when she does eventually opt to look at him. He definitely does that on purpose, we see him trying and failing to suppress his smile when cha young starts hugging him. He holds back because he's afraid of hurting her, and he's afraid of getting hurt should the result of her test be no feelings in the end. So he doesn't hug her back, and he does his best to seem nonchalant when she looks at him. And probably also bc she's showing him physical affection and he just doesn't know how to deal

Cha young takes this as a failure of the second test, and she closes up. It's arguable whether she knows he's holding back, or if she's assuming he doesn't like her like that (both are possible, but I want to think she doesn't believe that her feelings are fully one sided). Beyond testing her own feelings, the hug is Cha Young testing the motivations behind things like the scene at the horse place, the adrenaline scene in the car, all their casual closeness. Is it something she should be reading into or not? Bc notably a lot of the things that we the viewers see as explicit confirmations of Vincenzo's feelings for cha young are not seen by cha young herself (vincenzo's finger flick scene, his expressions during the hug, the table scene where he gazesTM at her, the way he holds back from the hug etc). How much he likes her is still there in the way he treats her in general tho, should she choose to read into it that way. Based on this hug test, we see that she decides to err on the side of caution. Better to preserve what they have than to risk it by confessing, especially given the fact that they are literally the closest people to each other right now. So whether she knows Vincenzo is holding back or not (she knows, BET if she could figure out he was in the mafia she definitely knows), and especially if she knows (bc then she also likely understands the reason), she doesn't see what she needs to see to make a move in his reaction, says she was wrong, and backs off to avoid humiliating herself and making things awkward.

So now we know that cha young won't make a move unless she's sure things are mutual, and vincenzo won't make a move because he doesn't think he deserves it, so in conclusion, we need one of them to save the other from the brink of death so that they realize how much they have to lose by not confessing, and then have a kiss scene for the history books. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

#i feel like im rehashing points that have already been made but i needed to sort out my thoughts #lookimg forward to whatever breaks the stalemate #it might just be so much pining that eventually one of them cracks #i really like thinking about cha youngs point of view #like in the early eps it was all very vincenzo focused but now we've been getting more of cha young's side of the ship and i like it #her angst over being left alone again after vinci leaves (which she tries v much to hide) has a lot of potential for character introspectio #vincenzo #3 am thoughts no coherence lol #chayenzo #this was supposed to be a paragraph and it turned into a short essay sndhsh #tvn vincenzo #kdrama #vincenzo kdrama #cencha #vincenzo meta

[chayenzovsevil]

I had a month to write an essay. The due date is in two days. I have work, babysitting, a doctor’s appointment, errands, Vincenzo youtube videos, Vincenzo Tumblr, and re-watch Vincenzo episodes to do before this month ends. 

Where am I going to find the time to write this essay when I have so much important stuff to do?

#vincenzo #honestly is ruining my life #I have seen and read everything over and over again #and I still can't put away my phone and close the internet #for a few hours #just a few freaking hours #I hate you Vincenzo #and love you #nothing could torture me like you do #vincenzo cassano #chayenzo

[cocojqr]

this conclusion still made sense for chayenzo. both cha young and vincenzo like what they do, and they're good at it. asking vincenzo to leave the life he's just built isn't something cha young would ask, and asking cha young to leave behind everything for him isn't in character for him either. vincenzo explicitly saying something romantic and initiating a kiss means he finally accepts that he is unequivocally in love with her, regardless of time or distance. and cha young kissing him back means that no matter how far he goes, she's also in love with him.

the emotional maturity in this relationship blows me away. they never tried to sway the others decision or make each feel sorrow. they know they're strong enough to handle this for some time.

vincenzo saying he has a room out for her, that he's thought of her this whole time and the 'villains never break up, they're tenacious even in love' line just absolutely proves that to vincenzo they're already together regardless of that second kiss. to him they share a soul, and that's all that matters. and I think hearing that confession and confirmation was the final thing cha young has wanted to hear even if she knew this already.

it doesn't mean that it wouldn't hurt. it would. but eventually they will find their way back to each other. even considering the circumstances he came back in an year, which seems like a long time, but it honestly isn't. one day they will find their way to each other and won't have to say goodbye ever again.

#anyway im in shambles #chayenzo #vincenzo #tvn vincenzo #kdramas #hong cha young #song joong ki #cha young x vincenzo #jeon yeo been #vincha

[fantasynfiction]

Watching Vincenzo interviews again because my heart has still not moved on and there’s nothing better to do in my life (I actually should be doing work but that’s boring).

Here are the Jeonki/Chayenzo + Joon Woo Puppy highlights:

Song Joong Ki starting the interview and already feeling awkward. Such a cutie.

Jeon Yeo Bin looking super fine and Ok Taecyeon as puppy Joon Woo.

Song Joong Ki slipping out of character when answering about their first impressions of each other, calling Jeon Yeo Bin by her name instead of saying Hong Cha Young and then attempts to fix it. - “Yeo Bin-ie is...Hong Cha Young.”

Song Joong Ki telling himself to focus and then Jeon Yeo Bin copying him whilst giggling.

Song Joong Ki saying “Cha Young-ie” because this will probably be the closest we’ll get of him saying that as Vincenzo.

Song Joong Ki doing his impression of Cha Young’s “Vinchenzo Quassano” and asking Jeon Yeo Bin for confirmation. 

TvN bleeping out the spoiler that was probably most likely related to Ok Taecyeon being Han Seok. CLOWNS!!

The overflowing compliments Song Joong Ki has when talking about his first impression of Joon Woo and the staff asking whether it’s his personal opinion or Vincenzo’s. - “Both.” (Caption: Song Cenzo)

Jeon Yeo Bin describing Joon Woo as a poodle and Ok Taecyeong’s response. - “Are you saying I look like a dog?”

Ok Taecyeon referring to Vincenzo as Lawyer Ca and Song Joong Ki enjoying it.

Ok Taecyeon stating how he was jealous with the way Cha Young stared at Vincenzo differently and Jeon Yeo Bin denying that she was. - “No, I was just looking.”

Ok Taecyeon channelling his entire Joon Woo personality and talking about his impression of Cha Young in a lovey-dovey way. HE SURE FOOLED US ALL.

Song Joong Ki explaining his idea of a lawyer and using the infamous motto “An eye for an eye.”, whilst Jeon Yeo Bin and Ok Taecyeon whisper “Scary” beside him.

Ok Taecyeon responding to the same question and all the other questions there after with a “Cha Young Sunbae” related answer.

Jeon Yeo Bin cutely saying maekgeolli (beer + rice wine) instead of makgeolli (rice wine) and then being teased by her oppas.

Jeon Yeo Bin mentions spam and Song Joong Ki quickly teases her about it, causing her to panic and laugh. - “Because it’s CJ?” (CJ is the company that runs tvN and known for their spam product)

Song Joong Ki tries to create a smooth transition and follows up by asking her where the drama belongs to, but a confused Jeon Yeo Bin answers “Vincenzo”, leaving both her oppas laughing. Luckily Ok Taecyeon saves the day and responds with “tvN”.

Ok Taecyeon destroying everyone with his corny answers and causing Song Joong Ki to turn off the switch to step out of character for a breather. HAHAHAH!! - “My goal is to work hard beside the world’s best lawyer.”

Song Joong Ki quoting 2pm’s “Heartbeat”. - “Listen to my heartbeat”

Jeon Yeo Bin teasing Song Joong Ki... - “You look particularly lonely today.”

...and then Song Joong Ki teasing her back. - “Wait a minute. You, right now, the setting is a bit...Yeo Bin-ah”

Song Joong Ki smiling and complimenting Jeon Yeo Bin on her second attempt to stay in character.

THE INFAMOUS FIST BUMP!!

Song Joong Ki and Jeon Yeo Bin teaming up to tease Ok Taecyeon about Joon Woo’s love for Cha Young. 

Song Joong Ki tapping his fingers on Jeon Yeo Bin’s chair, whilst she is talking about her father Hong Yu Chan.

Ok Taecyeon K.O.ing the cast again. Song Joong Ki’s reaction and Jeon Yeo Bin laughing. - “Joong Ki Oppa is going to die from the cheesiness.”

Ok Taecyeon slowly losing his mind with his responses as Cha Young loving Joon Woo. Since this was before the Han Seok reveal, he was working extra hard to block off any spoilers.

Jeon Yeo Bin giggling as she already predicts what Ok Taecyeon’s answer will be for the question. - “I know nothing other than Cha Young Sunbae.”

HIGH FIVES ALL AROUND from Song Joong Ki to end the interview.

#Vincenzo #KDrama #Cha Young #Joon Woo #Han Seok #Song Joong Ki #Jeon Yeo Bin #Ok Taecyeon #Vincha #Chayenzo #Cencha #Jeonki #Ok Taecyeon was working so hard to channel Joon Woo #HAHAHAHA #The other two was losing their minds over his responses #I miss this trio #They clowned us real hard #Cha Young Sunbae #tvN #tvN Interview #video #Youtube

[undisclosedmemoirs]

Vincenzo parallels

While i’m still processing ep. 19, I’m going to make a list of the parallels this series has fed us with like I said I would (bc omg are they satisfying and I need you lovely souls to make GIFs out of them pretty please, tho I have seen a couple of them roaming around already, ily guys).

Some of them were pointed out by you guys during this last couple of weeks and I apologize but I have the memory of a fish when I’m sleepy and just woke up, so please do tag yourselves!! If I missed any, which will probably happen because I was dumb and didn’t notice it, please feel free to add them, I will be eternally grateful ^_^ This might be a long post so bear with me or just scroll past it, it is your right and I will like you the same (Clown Town 4ever <3).

I just want to say that i am doing this because i got genuinely motivated by all of you. All of you amazing contributors deserve the world for making this experience as enjoyable as it was for me. To all of you who interacted with me throughout these past 2 months, thank you so much!

ATTENTION SPOILERS AHEAD

1. Ep. 1 – The tenants are behind Lawyer Hong Yu Chan against Vincenzo while he is introducing himself // Ep. 19 – The tenants are behind Vincenzo with him against Chief Kim while Mr. Cho is telling them who he is (the development folks).

2. Ep. 1 – “ASPETTATE” Vincenzo saves Cha Young and hangs Park Seok Do out the window warning him that if he drops head first he might die // Ep. 18 – He saves her too, only this time he throws wifey’s aggressor headfirst out the window. He defenestrated him (@dionideatta ily for making me discover this word).

3. Ep. 2 – Chayenzo’s first conversation: They just met and she is already suspicious of him, she is the one who wants to know what he is up to. Ends up messing up her triumphant leave by getting the direction wrong. // Ep. 19 – On the same spot, Vincenzo is the one in jealous mode wondering where the heck wifey is going without him and unconsciously follows her. She tells him the direction to his house “You need to go that way to go home hubby” (This parallel ended me).

4. Ep. 2 – Myung Hee and Han are drinking together. Han offers her to work with him and get behind Babel which will be the most powerful company out there // Ep.19 – Myung Hee tells Han that’s where their partnership started and that is where it is going to end since that will be their last drink together. (The bad guys have parallels too).

5. Ep. 3 – The Chayenzo balcony conversation “You know Booralro?” // Ep. 19 – “I was glad to meet someone who recognized a Booralro suit that day” (The blatant flirting right in front of my breakfast).

6. Ep. 3– Hong Yu Chan telling Vincenzo he needs a monster to defeat Babel // Ep. 19– Vincenzo tells Cha Young it’s okay for her to backoff now because they are about to become monsters. He is fulfilling what her father asked of him.

7. Ep. 4 – Cha Young calling for her father (</3) // Ep. 17 – Vincenzo calling for his mother (</3) (Wdym I’m crying again?)

8. Ep. 4– Cha Young at the cemetery mourning her father, virtually alone (psycho is not much of a comfort source) // Ep. 17 – Vincenzo at the cemetery mourning his mother and Cha Young is there for him.

9. Ep. 4 – “Promise me we will not do anything that will take other people’s lives” // Ep. 10 – “Promises can be broken out of necessity” (Nothing to add here).

10. Ep. 5 – THE FINGER FLICK SCENE // Ep. 12 – THE REVERSED FINGER FLICK SCENE

11. Ep. 6– The tenants ask what will happen if they don’t get up when the judge enters the court room and Mr. Nam tells them nothing happens, so they decide to defy them, only to get right up as soon as the door opens // Ep. 19 – THEY DO NOT GET UP I LOVED THIS ONE

12. Ep. 7– Confused baby himbo and a clapping Vincenzo // Ep. 19 – Proud baby himbo clapping happily for Vincenzo (my son is growing up *sniff sniff*).

13. Ep. 10– Chayenzo angsty hug scene. Vinny hugs her with one hand // Ep. 19 – Chayoung gets shot, Han Seok looks petrified and Vinny puts his hand on the wound on her which is right where he put his hand in the tunnel when he hugged her back

14. Ep. 11– Vincenzo tells Han Seok to kneel // Ep. 19 – Vincenzo is the one kneeling on his own accord to save Cha Young.

#vincenzo #this is how commited i am to this send help #i have never done this before #this fandom motivated me ily guys #now that i'm reading this they are mostly from the last few eps interesting #off to hibernation mode in order to avoid spoilers for ep 20 #sorry for any typos i'm half asleep and nervous

[ozymandien]

let's talk about chayenzo domesticity

so here i am, overanalyzing vincenzo episodes again like i don't have any college responsibilities, and imagine my surprise when i realized that, even though they don't explicitly say it, miss hong cha young stayed at vincenzo's for grand total of five nights (more or less, judging from the changes of clothes we see cha young go through from ep 9-10). i just think that's. that's so. so !!!!.

allow me to share a few headcanons (some of these are literally canon):

vincenzo letting her stay even though he knows she's lying about her window.

late night drinks!!!

drinking coffee together in the mornings.

cha young teasing vincenzo for spending a solid 15 minutes doing his hair before work.

vincenzo letting cha young have his bed once inzaghi's mess has been taken care of.

vincenzo's amusement the first night cha young sings in the shower (she's terrible oh god)

cha young's amusement when one day she gets home late after staying longer at the office only to find vincenzo in the middle of one of his self-care wine-and-opera kinda nights.

someone please sedate me

#vincenzo #chayenzo #cha young x vincenzo #tvn vincenzo #hong cha young #vincenzo cassano

[ranjish-hi-sahih]

IM BACK

i have no idea how to remove hard coded subtitles because i wanted to make my own and color code them :(

and there wasn't enough frames in the last gif to just show gorya without it being so fast so i settled for actors names :(

ANYWAYS

i really dislike this whole girl changing guy thing BUT THE SOFTNESS IS KILLING ME

my guy looks like he's in love

honestly good for him

also im reaching here but when more episodes come out, i wanna see if there are similarities between gorya/thyme and ✨chayenzo✨

yes ik im crazy but i wanna see because these versions are so different from other hana yori dango dramas :)

ok, these gifs give me so much serotonin. I can't wait for the new episodes!!!

also I finally looked up the old trailer and I have a feeling that none of the scenes in that trailer are gonna be in the show because they have obviously changed some aspects already.

BUT I really want this scene to be in it. the way he looks at her is so fucking soft. I can't.

And I with you on the whole girl redeems a guy thing. but then again we watch this shit anyways because there is something so weirdly satisfying about it.

And OMG why did I never think of that. I will eagerly await those parallels, your majesty. (honestly though everything I see, I'm like making parallels to vincenzo in my head. this show is never gonna leave us)

#f4 thailand #vincenzo

[literaryfic]

chayenzo in ep 17

although we didn’t get any OBVIOUS chayenzo scenes, we got very meaningful moments showing us the nature of their relationship.

vincenzo allows cha-young to see him in his most vulnerable state.

not only did he trust her to stay with his late mother, he cries in front of her, confides in her and he’s consoled by her.

lemme say that again, vincenzo, someone who doesn’t trust anyone and shows no weakness, cried his heart out in front of cha-young twice.

once when he was saying goodbye to his mother and called her mom for the first time, cha-young still in the entryway, watching vincenzo’s back while he was at his lowest.

then, at the lake, when vincenzo confides in her and she comforts him.

they’re not big on pda but those two instances show us that cha-young is always by vincenzo’s side, supporting him while letting him space to grieve.

vincenzo kills her father’s killer. he delivers on his promise but he’s the one to press the button. i think it’s important because he didn’t want her to blame herself. from her reaction you can clearly see she’s feeling a lot of emotions before clearly making her mind up about how she’s going to proceed.

i think this is vincenzo’s way of acknowledging the guilt cha-young may be feeling after her...lifestyle change. not necessarily guilt, but rather how she deals with the consequences of her moral compass shifting/her darker actions.

“i’ll handle the second party”. in the next few episodes, i’m sure we’ll see cha-young leading the game of chess they sarted playing with Babel. she’s going to fully take the role of the villain she’s becoming. and vincenzo trusts her to lead the operation in his absence (fake death) bc in a way, she’s his consigliere, just like myung hee is for han seok

han seo teasing vincenzo by pretending cha-young is here during their hockey game... and vincenzo falling for it!!!!!

i think it’s clear that everyone around them knows how deep their relationship is and acknowledges what they are to each other (partners who are in love and mean the world to each other)

#vincenzo #chayenzo #vincenzo ep 17

[chayenzohoe]

Rant time

I saw a lot of people saying that Cha young felt underdeveloped as a character. The show didn't give her enough time to process everything, like Vincenzo killing people in the past and Junwoo turning out to be hanseok. That feels true on the surface level. But in the Scene when the victim's family is murdered Chayoung says,' this is the last time I'll cry.'

She is one of those people who take in everything and they feel like their emotions will become a burden on people around her.

I saw in one post that Chayoung's character is around acceptance. She wanted to be accepted by her father but he didn't understand her. But Vincenzo lets her be, he lets her be ferocious, evil and selfish without wanting to redeem her or fearing that he is corrupting her. The reason why she doesn't say anything about Vincenzo lying to her, is because she thinks that she'll lose out on the only person who gets her. She somewhere thinks that she doesn't deserve him which mirrors vincenzo's feelings for her.

She is ashamed of her emotions- like she apologizes to Vincenzo when she hugs him eventhough he reciprocates it and then she apologizes for kissing him even when he reciprocates it, yet again.

Cha young is afraid of crossing lines and of her emotions spilling out and making even Vincenzo dislike her (which he wouldn't lets be real)

I hope the next 6 episodes work on this side of chayenzo <3

#vincenzo #tvn vincenzo #kdrama #jeon yeo been #taecyeon #tvn drama #hong chayoung #cha young x vincenzo #song joong ki

[kestrel-of-herran]

okay, imma be rational again because i can be! apologies for everyone who's tired of my attempts to rationalize the ending, but my literature training has built me the habit of trying to make sense of every storytelling decision, and i can't honestly scratch the entirety of ep.20 because i like everything but han seo's death and chayenzo being left slightly hanging.

would i have loved a completely wishful thinking ending in which vincenzo doesn't have to leave korea and they have the budget for a cgi hot air balloon? absolutely! but i do believe in the path they took for this ending as well. so, read on if you want to try to find some closure through my rationalizations.

let's say they decided to throw away the "vincenzo gets away with everything easily" factor around the end to not appear as if they're condoning violent torture and spitting on the authorities too much, which is exactly what they've done up till now, but it's very likely some higher power (netflix, the korean authorities - remember in cloy's ending they remained vague about ri jeong hyuk deserting north korea so as not to inspire controversy with that country?) meddled in the finale, forcing the showmakers to put vincenzo on the run instead.

now, if you notice vincenzo's expression when mr ahn suggests that he might never be able to return to korea, his eyes are shocked and kind of terrified, like he wants to kill mr ahn for even entertaining the idea, like returning means everything to him and he can't even imagine not being able to. i think this is also the reason he only hugged cha young before he left but didn't make any declaration of love, because he wants to save these words for when he comes back, to give himself something even more vital to fight for, and to not make this separation even harder for her.

in this context, the time skip acts as a sort of cleansing, a removal from the violence of the tortures and the beginning of a new chapter in the characters' lives, one not burdered by the trauma of the past.

of course we can't be shown vincenzo's year in malta for reasons of (a) cgi budget and episode length and (b) keeping the audience in suspence about his well-being and bringing cha young back to the forefront to balance her absence from the final showdown. but it's wonderful to see the tenants badass and happy, it's wonderful to see cha young being her boss self in court, using her enemies' remains to fertilize grapes - still deliciously morally grey. it's wonderful to see that they have changed but still retained the essence of who they are.

as for vincenzo, here's how i would explain his year abroad - he probably had some safety measures already in place as malta was his original hiding place, but he finds that he can't just sit still, he needs to throw himself into some kind of work the way cha young throws herself in her cases. so he pisses off his old enemies, makes some new ones, tries to right the injustices he witnesses with his special methods because he can no longer live his life as a passive onlooker waiting to retire from society, he has now developed the conscience to care about those who are wronged and avenge them, and that's exactly what he does, and takes over the cassano family for good measure as well. during this time, he probably tracks the progression of cha young's cases through the news, but he refrains from establishing even an encrypted messaging conversation with her because not only the authorities (who have been shown to be incompetent time and again in this series), but more importantly his enemies in malta and italy will have the capacity to find out about cha young and the geumga tenants if he establishes contact with them, and won't hesitate to massacre them all to get at vincenzo. so he settles on sending postcards with cryptic messages to let them know he is alive and in malta, but keeps this action as vague as possible so as not to alert both sides after him about who his only vulnerabilities are.

and when he's finally created a safe environment around him as @coconotta noticed, he immediately finds a way to re-enter the country and meet with cha young. and no matter what the actor or his PR team have deemed it appropriate to interpret chayenzo's reunion like, it's clear as day that this is a meeting to test out whether she still waits for him like he has for her and to solidify their relationship and their love once and for all. their parting might be full of anxiety because of vincenzo's dangerous lifestyle, but the vincenzo i know leaves with the determination to make malta a safe haven for the people he loves and be able to return to them as soon as possible.

#wooo that was long #thank you if you read it all and i hope this helps a little #this story could have always gone both ways but chayenzo will always return to each other for good in any scenario #that's like the law of gravity or something it's inevitable #vincenzo #tvn vincenzo #chayenzo #vincenzo x cha young

[trynatalktou]

Me on my way to cherry-pick what SJK has to say on interviews because while he does talk in extent about Hong Cha-young being (like the only person ever) the mesmerising force of nature that she is, he also dwells constantly on how Vincenzo is 'a greater evil than the show's very villains'.

#like he KNOWS that's not true right? #he is obliged to say things like that right? #vincenzo #chayenzo #hong cha young #song jong ki #he is always so eloquent about the show and the message #but then he reaches this specific portion in every interview and I have to be like WAIT A MINUTE WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM?? #besides the whole "it will be very difficult for them to meet again' bs #like UGH #big UGH SJK