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a-very-fond-farewell · 10 months

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hi! hope this reply finds you.. eventually. I accidentally deleted your ask when I actually wanted to delete another one (sorry) but I was meaning to reply to a few people in a single post anyway and took provisional screenshots! so this was a lucky coincidence!

thank you for reading Children of the Red Dust! my pride and joy :D but since you know me from word of honor I.. kind of guess why you would be confused by my previous post about my “fandoms of interest”, as u say.

so, originally (I believe it was around either 2017 or 2018, cannot guarantee on that I’m afraid) this was a side-blog spurred from my need to compartmentalize and gush about my experience of re-reading a few of my favorite fics from the hobbit fandom. back then, in fact, I was in a slump and needed to pick myself up. so I decided to revisit fandoms who had brought me joy in the past, one of which was the bagginshield ship. hence a “nostalgia” blog!

coincidentally, one of the authors of a particular fic among those would have later on (in 2020) influenced my decision to try reading mdzs since they were considering writing a fic about it. they were (and still are!) one of my favorite fic authors, so I trusted them completely on that and that’s how I stepped into the world of danmei!

first it was the untamed, then winter begonia and finally word of honor, through which you have come to meet me :) isn’t that magical?

now. in regards of your second question.. thank you for letting me ramble about my new shiny interests! :D

so here’s a handy list:

1. hotd & r//haenicent :

oh, where do I start! that’s a tough one bc I’m mostly vibing in here?? like. don’t get me wrong, I love the show as it is and I do enjoy the lore behind it a great deal. I’m mostly absorbing the content and let it either shock me or impress me depending on what’s on screen. I do see the flaws but I honestly don’t care about them. I’m just vibing, as I said. but I do like to see people posting meta about the reasoning behind each character! and I love reading about the actors’ ideas behind their back stories and motivations!

my ship of choice is mostly based on the fact that I do like me some toxic-ladies-twice-divorced energy in the room and I should add that I haven’t probably been able to watch killing eve yet just so I could prepare my tastebuds with the hotd female leads first. I especially love the modern!au edits I’m seeing floating around and for now that’s enough to keep me from starving until the new season arrives.

2. the devil judge :

honestly, my focus would be gone on all planes of existence wasn’t it for @/amethystina’s fic (I don’t want to bother her with me tagging her on this, but do trust me and go read it bc it’s gonna change your life!) Who Holds The Devil. seriously, my anxiety has been so bad recently but there she glows, the most massive brain in the universe, bringing us frequent updates despite her busy schedule (and, apparently?? she wrote an entire 100k words fic in the strangers from hell fandom on a whim?? so if that’s your vibe you can go feast on that baby and have a fucking party while you’re at it. thank me later)

no but for real. it’s almost camp. almost. the drama, I mean. all it needs is a feathered boa and it checks out. outlandish villains that do be sounding a little too similar to IRL egotistical capitalist pigs, dangerous pretty ladies, rich bitches (Kang YoHan included), mysteries™️, boytoys and sassy teenagers. there are a few complains I have, ngl, but the vibes are immaculate imo. I would also offer, in a similar vein, kdramas like little women (a recent favorite of mine!), beyond evil (a classic at this point) and, on a bigger scale, the glory (which I have yet to watch, contrary to the first two).

3. helluva boss :

this one caught me off guard, ngl. I used to see it trending on tumblr often but thought it was just the most recent western brand of animation that people get hooked on for the witty dialogue and vaguely philosophical themes being explored (as u can see idk anything about these things, I thought it was similar to adventure time or smth, the fool that I was!). what I got instead was great animation and complex three-dimensional characters overall. now I’ve rewatched the entirety of the available episodes perhaps ten times. honestly, my anxiety really needed that.

as with hotd, I’m just vibing.. but I’m very engaged. I felt almost euphoric at the thought that animators and artists could just.. have fun with it? I’m sure there’s an enormous amount of work involved in the production of every single episode, so I’m just leaning back and enjoy the show. bad gays are hella entertaining and I’m here for it. coincidentally, around the same time I started actively watching the series I found out about a new queer short film that is being developed called the lovers! it’s gonna be a long wait but it’s gonna be worth it :D

4. don’t hug me I’m scared :

this was a fun one. when it first came out (idr when tho) I remember being very uncomfortable with the material. it reminded me of Flat Eric, a yellow puppet used in dance music videos of some artist or smth: it used to terrify me as a child and dhmis evoked the same reaction out of me in the beginning. but then I watched some video essay on the matter and I grew more accustomed to the feel of it and became interested in the though process behind it instead. first video I watched on the topic was about an interpretation of the show through an autistic perspective and the other was a.. I believe a 3 or 4 hours video making an overview on the whole lore behind it.

I’m not very interested in “finding out what does this all mean” or anything of the sort. I’m just here for the cosplays xD no but really, people are so inventive! and they make merchandise and dolls and drawings and full on costumes all on their own! that’s creative as fuck! and it’s unsettling and evocative at the same time. I’m baffled by everyone’s talents and I’m merely wishing to be as good as them ahah.

5. dune & the hunger games :

not sure how this happened. I have read the latter series but not the first, I don’t have time for that. but I can digest a movie or two and the visuals are very interesting to me! also I am a bene gesserit simp and I hate them and their ways in equal measure. idk why but that’s how it is. similarly, I want to see how the cast for the prequel of hunger games does! I’ve heard the lovely viola davis is in it and I’m thrilled to see her being unhinged :D

but mostly, I re-evaluated the entire hunger game trilogy by reading meta posts and fics exploring the story from different perspective in the past and this new movie reignited the interest for the time being, so I’m excited to give it a try! dune, on the other hand, is new for me and it’s helping me bond with my dad on our shared love for sci-fi. what’s not to love??

6. succession :

I’m honestly not sure about this one. I plan to look more into it but idk when I will have the time ahah. if nothing it will entertain me with rich people drama which is always obnoxiously fun to tap into when capitalism fucks me over one way or another. we will see!

thank you for letting me talk into the void xD hope you have a great day yourself!

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violettelueur · 3 years

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FUSHIGURO MEGUMI || CHOOSE TO HELP PEOPLE UNEQUALLY

| featuring : fushiguro megumi ft. itadori yuji + kugisaki nobara from jujutsu kaisen

| warnings : grammar errors and spoilers from manga (chapter 55)

| form : imagine

| word count : 3203

| published : 01 january

| synopsis : After being sent back to your old middle school: Saitama Urami East Junior High for a mission, you unexpectedly run into someone who you are all too familiar with.

| barista’s notes : HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE ʕ♡˙ᴥ˙♡ʔ we are staring off 2021 with a fushiguro megumi imagine that i have written and not to proud of to be honest....what an amazing start to the year ʕ ㅇ ᴥ ㅇʔ but i just finished catching up with the kdrama called ‘The Penthouse: War in Life’ and must i say, i hate all the characters in the show...like my mind is collapsing with the many plot twists here and there ʕ – ᴥ – ʔ but other than that, i hope you enjoy this cup of classic black coffee that i have mean. don’t worry, it is on the house ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉ♡

Staring up at the view in front of you, you couldn’t help but admire the large building that you once was just nearly a year ago after you had graduated from middle school. To be honest, you couldn’t help but smile at the memories that started to recall themselves in your mind. Back when everything was just normal.

Moving your view from the top of the building to your right hand, you carefully took one more look at your illuminated phone screen to see the message that you received from your current teacher causing your mind to pull itself back into reality on the situation you were in right now.

Idiot Sensei: Make sure you are able to get enough information on what is going on with the cases, remember to go see your middle school first~ much love your favourite sensei ♡

Idiot Sensei: Also I just heard that a few jujutsu sorcerers from Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College have arrived, make sure to not blow your cover.

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“This is all the information you need”

Looking up at your teacher, you stretched out your hand to receive the file he was passing before you opened it to see what was inside, only to instantly be greeted with a few sheets informing you about a school called Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College.

“Sensei what is this?” you asked curiously as you scanned through the documents, leading to him walking behind you to then to peek over your shoulder before saying in glee “I don’t know~ I haven’t read through it either Y/N, let’s read it together!” which caused you to roll your eyes in annoyance.

“How did the school get so much information about Jujutsu Tech? How did they get the teachers and professional sorcerers names? Sukuna? What is going on in that school? Wait, they couldn’t find the student’s names?” you began to frantically question as you continue reading the file while turning over the pages to see if there was anything else you could pick up before you stumbled upon a picture of your old middle school, leading you to then read the page that it was attached to.

“So….we suspect that one of Sukuna’s cursed fingers is the reason why there has been a rise in deaths near your old school~ and from what we could gather, a Jujutsu Tech student’s sister is also cursed due to her taking part with the bungee jump at the bridge near there,” your teacher explained, causing you to then look over at him in more annoyance since you knew then he lied to you about not knowing what the file contained.

‘So you have read it….’

“Your mission is to get that finger Y/N,” your teacher then stated, causing you to widen your eyes at him. However, before you could even object to the mission, your teacher began to explain what was lingering in your mind the second you heard what he said. “The reason why you were picked was not only because you have been to that school is also because you are a special grade mage Y/N, I have confidence that you’re going to be fine~” he then explained before following it up by saying “good luck out there favourite student~”

‘But isn’t it the sorcerer’s business to get cursed objects?’

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“Ahhh, then why make me go on this investigation on my own?” you rhetorically asked as you placed your phone back in your black blazer pocket before turning your head once again to look at the entrance of Saitama Urami East Junior High, only to suddenly see the sorcerers that your teacher was talking about.

From what you could observe, there were at least four people from Jujutsu Tech that were in front of you with one being a supervisor while the other three seemed like students that were around the same age as you, leading you to become more irritated at the fact that you had to put in more effort in your acting than you had originally wanted. Taking in a deep breath, you slowly began to breathe out at a slower pace before quickly making your way towards the school building.

“To be honest, I was expecting someone from a different school to come but- oh, I guess they’re here,” the person mentioned, causing you to look up to find that it was your old principle that was talking to the students leading them to turn to look at you.

“Sorry, Was I late for the meeting? It’s really nice to meet you again sensei,” you gently greeted before bowing in front of him as well as the students he was talking to, only to suddenly be greeted with a familiar pair of eyes that you never forget the second you graduated from the school.

“Fushiguro? Is that really you?” you asked in a surprised tone, before immediately straightening your back to stand upright to take a proper look at the boy in front of you, only for the sudden thought of your eyes tricking you to be false as the person you called out was truly right in front of you.

“L/N?” Fushiguro questioned, causing everyone to look at the both of you in confusion due to what seemed to be a sudden reunion happening right in front of their eyes. “How are you? It’s been a while ha?” you quickly asked with a smile, trying to deeply conceal the shock and worry that was slowly manifesting in your stomach.

‘Since when were you a Jujutsu Sorcerer Fushiguro? That just makes my job worst’

“Yeah, it’s nice to see you again,” Fushiguro mentioned with a smile, leading his other two classmates to look at the sight in extreme shock since they never really saw the sorcerer smile before. “Are you still getting into fights?” you then questioned, even though you sort of already knew the answer.

“Not really,” Fushiguro replied, leading you to nod at his answer since you knew it was a white lie but not a complete one but you couldn’t help but hear a few giggles from his classmates that were with him. At least he was being somewhat truthful to you even after this time apart.

“I’m Itadori Yuji,” one the students behind Fushiguro mentioned as he introduced himself with his index finger pointing towards himself leading to the only female student to then follow by saying, “Kugisaki Nobara,”. Giving them a smile, you then quickly introduced yourself to the two energetic students before turning around back to the principle. You couldn’t help but smile back at the elderly man as you faced him causing small but fond memories to reappear in your head again leading you to the desire of wanting everything to go back to normal again.

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“Y/N! You were amazing at the practice match today, we would have never won if you didn’t set the ball like that!”

“What do you mean? All of us won because we worked together and that-oh!”

Suddenly, you felt a small impact on your shoulder, causing the interruption of your speech leading you to turn around to apologies before you were stopped by a pair of emerald eyes. You couldn’t lie to yourself at all, they were the most beautiful eyes you had ever seen and you could stare into them all day if you could. “Sorry,” you quickly apologised before you were caught gawking at the guy in front of you leading him to apologies back before he continued to make his way wherever he was planning to head off to.

“Who was that?” you quietly asked yourself, trying to hide the fact that you were intrigued by the person you suddenly bumped into.

“That’s Fushiguro Megumi, I wouldn’t associate with him if I was you Y/N,” one of your teammates as well as classmates suggested, causing you to look at the girl in confusion as you wondered what was so bad about him - to be honest, it was odd for you to not know the person since you were also part of the school’s student council.

“He’s a delinquent, he beats up people you know, remember when the principal was screaming yesterday? That was because of him. Aw, I feel bad for his sister,” your other classmate muttered, causing you to look back forward at the person’s back who you learnt was named Fushiguro Megumi.

“He doesn’t seem like a bad person”

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“So this is what you’re up to?”

Looking up from his hand, Fushiguro came eye to eye with a female standing at the bottom of the pile of bodies. From what he could see, the person was from the same school as him due to the uniform that she was wearing but what made him paid attention to her was that even though she was wearing the classic red armband to represent who she was, she wasn’t yelling at him nor putting him in his place, rather just smiling kindly up at him.

“L/N Y/N, it’s nice to meet Fushiguro”

Now he remembers who you were. You were the student he bumped into the other day, but you were also known for being the setter of the school’s volleyball club, and you were also the person that had an early acceptance at the prestigious Dawn West Wing College. You were someone that had a promising future.

“Do you wanna come down? You have a nasty cut on your cheek,” you shouted, leading him to break out of his daze to once again find you smiling at him. However, what he didn’t expect was for you to then suddenly climb up the tower of bodies to reach up to him causing him to look at you in surprise at your persistence. Finally reaching up to the top, you tried to steadily find a place to sit only for Fushiguro to unexpectantly tightly grab your wrist, trying to ensure that you didn’t fall down.

“Thank you,” you said to the dark-haired student before you continued with, “let’s get down, I sort of need to get you fixed up,”. Once again surprised at your actions towards him, he suddenly felt you pull him down behind the pile of beaten up bodies, before unexpectedly being suddenly pulled up to make a full-on run for it.

“Why are we running?” Fushiguro asked as you continued to pull him to wherever you were taking him. “I don’t know if you had a bad eye, but the Principle was coming so we sort of need to make a run for it,” you explained, before rapidly turning a corner to what seemed to be a building that was connected to the main building.

“This is the sports hall, where the volleyball club practices and there is also a first aid kit there, so you can come in,” you informed Fushiguro before sliding the door open to reveal the nicely kept hall as you then disappeared into the building to find the first aid kit that you had mentioned. Following your movement, Fushiguro slowly took a step into the hall before taking a seat on the floor near it, patiently waiting for you to come back with what you needed to do.

After a few minutes, you finally emerge from the storage room with the first aid box in hand before quickly making your way towards the boy as you then kneeled down in front him while opening the box to pull out a plaster, some bandages, cotton buds as well as a bottle of alcohol to disinfect the wound on his cheek as well as a few cuts that you found on his knuckles.

“What are you going to gain for helping me?” Fushiguro asked you all of a sudden, causing you to look up at him before quickly going back to pouring some of the alcohol on the cotton bud to which then you grabbed his hand to place the substance on his bloody knuckles leading him to hiss at the sudden sting.

“I’m not going to gain anything from this, I just choose to help people unequally you see,” you answered in a quiet but serious tone. “There are both good and bad people in this world Fushiguro, but I choose to help people that I know that are going to do no wrong in the future, that is the type of people I choose to help. Someone like you,” you then explained, as you then began to treat the cut on his cheek after you had bandaged his knuckles.

“Thank you Y/N”

“No problem Megumi”

ꕥ

“You did really good out there”

Looking up, you found Fushiguro staring down at you with a bottle of water in hand as he stretched out to pass it to you. “Thank you,” you kindly said before taking the bottle from his hand, “I’m surprised you came, you usually don’t come to these sorts of things,” you then mentioned before taking a large gulp of water that you really needed right now.

“I just wanted to come to support you, and I thought you might need some help with those lot,” Fushiguro explained as he tilted his head to the side causing you to look up to find some boys staring down at you from the gym balcony, before looking back at Fushiguro who started to make himself comfortable next to you on the floor.

“Thank you,” you said once again before gently placing your head upon his shoulder to which you felt him tense up slightly, only for him to immediately relax a second later.

“I’m really glad that I got to know you Megumi.”

Shifting his eyes down at you, all his saw was adoration and truth in your eyes as you looked onto the volleyball court where the other team were preparing to leave for their school after the organised match. Shifting his eyes back onto the court, Fushiguro couldn’t help but remember everything you did during the match, from the way you ran to the way you jumped to set the ball to your other players. Fushiguro couldn’t lie but admit you had talent. That was enough to put a soft smile on his face.

“Yeah, I’m really glad that I got to know you too Y/N”

ꕥ

‘But that’s in the past now, concentrate on the investigation’

“L/N, you wanted to gain information for your project right?” the Principle asked, causing you to snap out of your daze to then quickly put a smile on.

“Yes, my school wants me to do a project about paranormal activity and how it relates to electric waves since that’s now some ghost investigation to prove that ghosts and spirits exist,” you explained as you tried to seem convincing as you could since that was the best explanation you could come up with.

“That’s a really weird project,” Kugisaki and Itadori commented, causing you to laugh slightly since it is something weird for a ‘normal’ school to set their students to work on. “Yeah, but I really can’t complain, I did pick the science courses for my subjects and it sort of relates to physics since we do have to learn about electricity and that stuff. Hella boring in my opinion,” you continued to express, trying to make the lie more convincing.

‘Well….that’s what I get for going to a ‘school’ full of mages, just like how you three go to a ‘school’ full of jujutsu sorcerers’

“What do you need to know dear? it’s the least I can do after all you did for the school as the student council as well as for the volleyball team,” the elderly principle asked, leading you to smile brightly at him as you began to list everything you needed to know.

“Strange rumours, dark rumours, anybody with relationships with bad adults or maybe even karma getting what they had coming?” you began to say, causing the principle to look at you in complete shock to which you then looked at him in confusion, “is there anything wrong sir?”

“Fushiguro said the exact same thing as you, no wonder why you two were best friends back then,” the principle mentioned with a soft laughing leading you to turn to look at the sorcerer, only to come to the view of him looking to the side with a light blush with his two friends looking at you with the same expression that the principle did a few seconds ago.

“There were students that were back like the ones that suddenly past away but they weren’t as bad as Fushiguro,” the principle stated, causing you to scoff slightly at the fact since he wasn’t wrong before the principle then suggested, “you should investigate Yasohachi Bridge, it is well known for this paranormal activities there dear,”.

‘The whole bungee jump mettle test or whatever it was ha?’

“Ah, those people are so stupid,” you muttered to yourself, knowing the reason why the Principle told you about the bridge and due to the fact that the sorcerers were here, they were probably told the same thing as well.

‘This is you sorcerer's fault for letting a special grade object let into the hands of some teenager, now Sukuna’s finger bearers are everywhere’

“Thank you so much for your time principal, It was nice to see you again,” you said with gratitude as you bowed down to your old teacher as you told him ‘goodbye’ before you began to turn around to immediately go to the bridge that was informed to you.

“Please come visit again soon!” the principal exclaimed, leading you to look over your shoulder with a smile on your face as you waved at him before turning to the Jujutsu Tech’s students to give them the same gesture to which then you started to walk away to head off to your next destination.

‘So I got more information than I needed but that’s okay, that means we got more inside information on Jujutsu Tech’

However, before you could even take one more step away from the institutional building, you felt someone suddenly grab your wrist leading you to turn around to look at the hand that held your wrist before quickly looking up to find the green eyes that were so dear to you.

“Is there anything you need Fushiguro?” you asked, as you gave him a smile leading to the noticeable light blush to appear on his face before he then questioned you by asking, “are you planning to go to Yasohachi Bridge?”

“Yeah, I just need to get some results for the project, I won’t be there too long if you are worried,” you answered, trying to end the conversation so you could go investigate the bridge so you could end the mission as quickly as possible.

“It’s dangerous, you shouldn’t go,” Fushiguro stated, causing you to internally groan in annoyance since you already knew the dangers the second you got the file. “Like I said I won’t be that long,” you mentioned before quickly adding, “ghost ain’t real, I’ll be fine”.

‘I choose the help people unequally, and I’m choosing to help you Fushiguro’

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ddeonghwaa · 4 years

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Can We Fix This? (Jaehyun)

Characters: Jaehyun x reader

Genre: angst, romance

Word count: 5.9k

Hello! This is the sequel of my story “Too Late”. I hope you guys give it lots of love because I’ve been working on it for quite some time! Enjoy!

If you haven’t read Too Late, you can read it here.

“I’ve been really happy for the whole five years of being in love with you, Jaehyun. Thank you for all the memories we’ve shared. I know I’ve done my best for every single moment I had with you in this relationship, so I have no regrets. Regrets… I hope you regret what you did to me and reflect on your actions.”

"I did, I regret my actions so much y/n. Please don’t leave me.”

You shook your head lightly and took a step back away from him.

“I can’t do this anymore.” You looked at him for one last time, tears brimming your eyes. Tears that looked like fragile crystals, they could break any time. Before you let the tears fall, you said one last thing to him.

“Once you’re done packing my things, leave them outside.”

Your last encounter with Jaehyun kept on replaying in your head although a few days had passed. Breaking up with someone you have loved with your whole heart wasn’t easy. Everything now felt so… empty. You weren’t used to being with your own company.

Never would you have imagined yourself saying that to Jaehyun - who you thought would be the love of your life forever. But things ended up very different from what the both of you had expected. You didn’t want to blame Yewon entirely, because you knew your relationship with Jaehyun at that time wasn’t the healthiest either.

At that moment, as if Yewon knew that you were diving deep into a black hole in your mind about this, a text from her came.

Yewon: Hello, it’s me, Yewon. I’m sorry if I am bothering you. If you don’t mind, I would like to have a talk with you over lunch today.

You furrowed your brows in confusion, “What does she have to say?” At first, you thought of rejecting her invitation because you didn’t have anything to say to her. However, you ended up accepting her lunch invitation to listen to whatever Yewon has to say. Giving her a chance to justify her actions? Maybe you could forgive her then.

You immediately regretted agreeing to meet up with Yewon because it just made you feel worse about yourself. The two of you went to a nearby café and sat in front of each other. You hated - no - you despised this atmosphere with Yewon. “Why did you want to meet up?” You started. Yewon cleared her throat and looked at you. “Um, I don’t know if I should say this right now, after your breakup with-”

You shot her a glare when she mentioned about your recent breakup. Who in this whole world would think it was a good idea to bring it up to someone who just recently went through it? Especially when she was partly the reason for it.

“I just thought I’d tell you this. I’m really sorry but I have sincere feelings for Jaehyun,” You flinched when you heard his name, “and I am thinking of dating him seriously. I feel guilty because of you so I thought of asking you first about it.”

You scoffed at the absurd statement. Is this girl for real? The audacity to say this to me after what she has done? You thought to yourself.

Tried maintaining your facial expressions, you replied with an “Oh.”

After what felt like a long minute, you voiced, “You can do whatever you want. It’s not like he is my boyfriend anymore. We broke up, so he can date whoever he wants.”

No. I’m still not over him. I can’t see him dating anyone else. Especially you, Yewon.

You bit your lower lips, trying hard not to break down in front of her. The corner of Yewon’s lips raised as she shot you a smile, “Yeah, but I’m really sorry about your breakup though. I knew getting in between the both of you was wrong, but I couldn’t help it,” she said insensitively.

Her apology didn’t seem sincere and you were trying your best not to smack her in the face. She looks like she’s putting on this show to look like this sweet and nice girl that everyone likes.

“Go ahead, I’m not stopping you. But just so you know, Jaehyun really loved me and I don’t think he’d get over me that fast. What you had with him was only temporary flutters, not real love. He only wavered a little, he didn’t fall for you. He remembers every little thing we did together, every single date, every single kiss,” you shrugged and took a sip of the tea you ordered.

“To be honest, I don’t even know if he’d date you because you’d remind him of how we broke up. If you really end up dating him, I hope his memories with me will continue to haunt him and you would remind him of how he broke my heart. Although I got over it already now.”

Liar. You sound the total opposite.

“Yeah but I’ll try anyways because I really want to date him. I really want to give it a shot.”

“Yeah, go for it. You know what, Yewon?” You grabbed the glass of water in front of you and unexpectedly threw the water at Yewon without hesitation. “Don’t you think I at least deserve to do this?”

Yewon’s eyes turned big as she stood up immediately. She was shocked at what just happened and just stared at her dress that got wet.

Yes, this is not a dream. You really did that. You re-enacted a typical scene from Kdramas and it felt so satisfying. You didn’t even know you had the courage in you to do that. Other customers in the café looked weirdly at you and obviously showed expressions of sympathy for Yewon. But you didn’t care anymore. “I know it’s wrong to do that, but I couldn’t help it,” you shrugged, throwing back her own words to her.

“I hope one day you experience the same as I did. I hope you go through the pain I’m in right now because of you.”

“What did you just do?! I know you’re mad, but how can you do that?! UGH!” she shouted as her hands reached for her glass of water to throw it back at you. Your eyes squeezed shut, expecting yourself to get drenched, but nothing happened.

You peeked one of your eyes open and saw a hand stopping Yewon from doing so. A hand so familiar that you almost forgot he no longer belongs to you. It was Jaehyun.

You didn’t know how he magically appeared there but there he was, staring at you in concern. Your heart started beating so fast it felt like it was going to jump out of your chest. Your breathing started to get faster each second and your palms turned cold. Clenching your hands into a fist, you tried to calm down.

I miss you. It’s only been a few days but I miss you so much, Jung Jaehyun.

You snapped back into reality when you heard Jaehyun whisper sadly, “Y/n… Are you alright?” Letting out a sigh, you picked up your bag and gave Yewon a last cold glare.

“Go get your shot,” You started walking away from the two of them, not even sparing Jaehyun a look.

“She started it first!” You heard Yewon complain to Jaehyun right when you left and thankfully her voice faded the further away you got from the café. Every second felt so suffocating with the presence of him. You couldn’t hug or kiss him like you used to. You couldn’t even take a proper look at his face without breaking down right there. You wished you could get over Jaehyun fast. Or sometimes you wished things went back to how they were before Yewon appeared. But it was too late.

It has been a tough week after the incident and you couldn’t hang out with most of your friends anymore because the two of you shared a similar group of friends. You shivered at the thought of them asking about Jaehyun and how unprofessional you would react to their questions – like bawling in front of everyone because of heartbroken you were. Yeah, you didn’t want that. Also, you didn’t want to make them feel awkward and walk on eggshells because of the breakup, although they probably already knew by now or have caught on.

The following days were filled with nothing but avoiding Jaehyun. You created this mission for yourself to help you get over him fast. It was difficult because he lives in the same building as you and moving out from your apartment wasn’t really the best option now.

One time, the elevator doors opened and before setting your foot in it, you looked up only to see Jaehyun standing inside. He looked at you softly and pressed the open button to hold the doors for you.

But you weren’t ready to face him. You immediately took a few steps back and turned, running back to your apartment.

“Y/n! Why are you running away from me…” he sighed sadly and closed the elevator doors.

A few days after that, he waited for you in front of your class to talk. When the class ended and you exited the room, he took your hands softly and whispered, “Y/n, can we talk? I have something to say to you. Please.”

“I don’t think I want to hear anything else from you,” you replied as you signalled to your hands, “Can you let go of my hands, please?” Jaehyun’s shoulders dropped as he let go of your hands again. He really didn’t want to let go this time, but he couldn’t do anything about it.

You hated feeling this way about yourself. You kept on blaming how you weren’t good enough for Jaehyun, how you were so foolish to end this relationship when you knew for a fact that you can’t live without him. Your best friend witnessed your breakdowns and she couldn’t stand seeing you suffer like that anymore.

Being the amazing best friend ever, she made appointments at hair and nail salons to give you a treat and to just cheer yourself up. You were so grateful for her, because without her, you would have struggled so much more alone.

You felt bad for yourself for not trying all of these earlier, because looking at Yewon, she was so pretty, always having her hair and nails nicely done. She’s young and knows how to present herself prettily in front of others. You envied her for that. So after so long, it felt nice getting your hair done, getting manicures and pedicures in pretty colours you’ve never tried before. It was like turning a new page in your life, trying to start anew.

Jaehyun, on the other hand, was having the hardest time of his life. He couldn’t understand how you were coping up so well because he sees you smiling in campus from time to time and it broke him more and more.

He couldn’t concentrate in class, stared into space most of the time and looked so dishevelled as if he only showered once every few days. He even got into trouble for not submitting his assignments properly. He had lost weight because he’s not been eating well after the incident. His appetite never came back and he only ate a little to make sure he stays alive.

Basically, life was giving him shit. And it was what he deserved. He had the most precious human being with him for five years and he took you for granted.

Just when he thought things couldn’t get any worse, it did. His mother decided to visit him that week to drop off some side dishes. She usually drops by every two months ever since Jaehyun moved out from the family house to stay in the apartment located near the university campus.

"You look terrible,” Jaehyun's mother said as soon as she arrives in his apartment. She fixed Jaehyun's hair a bit and patted his head. “Thanks, mum. Really needed that,” Jaehyun replied in sarcasm as he raised a brow to look at his mother.

“I brought your favourite side dishes and I packed more for y/n too this time. You told me she really liked it last time, remember?” Jaehyun lightly nodded as she placed some of the side dishes in Jaehyun’s fridge and put aside the ones she brought for you.

His heart broke when he heard that because he hasn’t told his mother yet about the two of you. He knows how much she loves you and was hoping for the two of you to get married right after graduation. So, he couldn’t bring himself to tell her about the situation right now.

"Since I’m here, I should go drop by y/n's place too. Let’s go together, Jaehyun. Help me carry all these side dishes. They’re so heavy! I hope y/n enjoys them."

“Umm mum-" He bit his lip and felt genuinely scared. What if you were as broken as him? He couldn’t bear seeing you like that. His mother looked at him with a questioning look, “What?”

He blinked and lightly shook his head, “N-nothing. Let’s go.”

Maybe it wasn’t the best idea, but he was curious and wanted to see how you were doing. What if the smiles you had on campus were all just a show? How well were you actually coping with the breakup? Were you eating all your meals?

Jaehyun just wanted to see you.

Jaehyun led his mother to your apartment while carrying all the side dishes she has packed for you. She rang the doorbell, "Y/n, are you at home?"

Jaehyun unconsciously started biting his lower lips harder than usual that it turned so red. I’m finally seeing her after so long. He thought.

Not long after, you replied, “Yes, I am!”

You opened the door and bowed to Jaehyun’s mother politely, greeting her after so long of not seeing each other. Surprisingly, you didn’t look shocked or caught off guard even when you saw Jaehyun standing behind his mother. Instead, he was the one looking shocked with widened eyes. He looked like a lost puppy with sad eyes staring at you.

How much you’ve missed that man standing right there.

You just wanted to throw your arms around him and hug him tightly. You wanted to kiss his cheeks, lips, nose forehead, but you couldn’t. Instead, pushed your feelings aside and focused on his mother instead.

“How have you been, Mrs Jung?” you asked as you led her to the living room. She took a seat on the sofa and softly smiled while looking at you.

"I’ve been well as always. You look extra beautiful today, y/n. I can tell you’ve been well too,” she caressed your hands and patted them softly.

I’m not doing so well though. You thought, but you just smiled back at her in response.

“I brought some extra side dishes for you too this time. Jaehyun told me you really liked the jangjorim (soy braised beef) I made last time, so I packed more for you," she pointed at the containers that Jaehyun was placing on your kitchen counter and you thanked her.

You turned to Jaehyun, but he avoided your eyes. You knew that he probably has not told his mother yet about your breakup and you understood that. You knew Jaehyun didn’t want to disappoint his mother. So, you just went along with it. Although inside, you were hurting. Your heart hasn’t healed, and it was breaking more every second you glanced at Jaehyun. He looked so lost and unattended. You could feel tears brimming in your eyes but you tried holding it in.

Crying in front of his mother didn’t sound like a good idea.

"So, how's university and studies so far? Doing good?" Jaehyun’s mother asked as Jaehyun took a seat next to her after arranging the side dishes. You nodded in response, “Yeah we're graduating soon, so things are not that easy, but manageable, I guess. By the way, would you like some tea or coffee? I’ll make them for you.”

She shook her head, “It’s okay, I’m not staying that long but it’s good to hear that you’re doing well,” she cleared her throat and leaned closer to you, “Anyways, I hope you won’t get offended by what I’m about to ask.”

You blinked and slowly nodded, “S-sure.” Jaehyun sensed that something was coming. "Mum-"

Before he could even stop her, she has already thrown her question, "Are the two of you planning to get engaged as soon as you graduate?"

Silence filled the room and you could feel the tension rising.

Jaehyun groaned and ruffled his hair in frustration. “Mum, I told you to not talk about this.” She pouted, “I know, I’m sorry. I’m just curious about you two. It’s been a while since I’ve seen my future daughter-in-law.”

You awkwardly smiled without answering. Suddenly you felt as if there wasn’t enough oxygen in the room because it was suffocating. Jaehyun saw from your eyes how you were hurting and it was so hard for the two of you to be in the same space right now. So, he mustered up his courage and spoke up.

"Mum, listen,” he hesitated and took a glance at you, “We- we broke up. We’re taking a break from each other and it’s all my fault."

Your eyes widened when Jaehyun suddenly said that. You couldn’t help but feel bad for him.

Jaehyun waited for his mother to be shocked and yell at him for being such a jerk to you. He was expecting his mother to scold you for breaking up with her son. He was ready to face the wrath of his mother and was already expecting the worse. But his mother did the exact opposite.

The atmosphere was unexpectedly calm. It was so calm that it made you feel more uncomfortable.

She calmly placed a hand on top of yours and caressed it gently. "Ah I didn’t know,” she paused, “I’m so sorry for being insensitive about it, y/n. I don’t know what the both of you went through, but I hope you’re doing fine,” she smiled warmly. Her presence was so warm you wanted to just jump into her arms and cry your heart out about how much you’ve been hurting as if she was really your own mother.

Tears filled your eyes to the brim and Jaehyun’s mother noticed that immediately. She knew that the longer they stayed in your apartment, the harder it was for you. She then stood up and took her purse, “We should get going now, Jaehyun. Enjoy the side dishes, yn! Stay healthy, okay?” She smiled at you so dearly and patted your cheeks gently for one last time.

Such motherly love.

You let the tears fall slowly down your cheeks as you greet them out of your apartment because you couldn’t hold them in any longer. Jaehyun saw your tears and his heart broke even more. That’s when he realised, you weren’t doing so well either.

Jaehyun sat across Yewon in a café because he wanted to talk to her. He wanted to clarify things so she wouldn’t have hopes of wanting to date him. He knew his heart only belonged to you.

“You broke up with y/n anyways, and I’m partly because of it. You were also wavered by me at that time,” Jaehyun frowned at Yewon’s words, because he knew it was true. However, Yewon wasn’t the girl he wanted to be with. It was true that he was wavered by her when they texted each other daily, but it meant nothing to him.

He sighed. Yewon bit her lower lip and glanced at Jaehyun. “We don’t have to date straight away because I know you just went through a sad breakup,” she paused, “But I will wait for you.”

“Yewon,” Jaehyun started, “Even if a long time has passed after I broke up with y/n and I can date anyone I want, it wouldn’t be you.”

Yewon’s brows furrowed and she looked devastated. “W-Why not?”

“You keep on reminding me of her, so how could I date you?”

She scoffed as she heard his words, “What does that even mean?” Jaehyun let out another sigh, “The only reason I talked to you was because you reminded me of the young y/n I met in high school. So pure and innocent, felt like I needed to protect her always. When you approached me for the first time, you gave off the same vibes as her and that was what made me continue talking to you. You were so similar to y/n.”

Yewon stared at him in disbelief, “What? I-,”

Before she even continued, Jaehyun cut her off, “Don’t be mistaken. It’s not that I can’t date you because there’s y/n in the middle, but the reason I even noticed you was because of y/n.”

“So, what you’re saying is, you weren’t really wavered by me, but only talked to me because I was similar to y/n?” She said sadly, as Jaehyun lightly nodded in response.

“I’m sorry. I’m know that I’m also at fault for giving you hope back then, and I want to apologise for that. That is not something someone with a girlfriend should be doing, and I messed up. But let me tell you something, even if I’ve broken up with y/n now, I don’t have any thoughts of dating you at all. Heck, I don’t want to be with anyone else other than y/n,” Jaehyun took another glance at Yewon and drank his coffee.

Yewon looked so defeated and embarrassed because she was mistaken all along. She thought she could have a chance with Jaehyun after the breakup but unfortunately her plan went downhill.

Days and weeks passed as the two of you tried distracting yourselves with the upcoming exams. The final step before graduating college. You knew you couldn’t delve in deeper into being sad because of the breakup because it was affecting you negatively. But at the same time, you also knew how unhealthy it was to dismiss your own feelings.

It’s okay to be sad. It’s okay to cry when you’re down. Everyone has those days. It will get better.

You tried telling this to yourself everyday and it was one of the coping skills that you realised helped.

But it wasn’t easy.

Traces of each other were left in daily routines and you can’t stop thinking about each other.

Is it normal for every breakup to be like this?

When Jaehyun ate meals alone, he felt so lonely. He missed being in your company where you had lots to talk about. Your happy, cheerful smiles brightened up his days and now he couldn’t see them anymore. All you ever asked was his attention and that was the least he could have given you, but he failed.

He remembered how much of a jerk he had been during your last few dates before you broke up. How dare he streamed a soccer game when in front of him sitting was the most beautiful woman? Too late for regrets now.

When he went to wash up, he saw your pink toothbrush next to his and remembered the times when you were too lazy to freshen up that he had to carry you to the toilet and make brushing teeth more fun. Jaehyun laughed softly at the sweet memory. Now his days were dull. He didn’t sleep, spent all his nights studying for finals. Bed feels bigger now without you lying there with him. He even spread out all the pillows he had to feel enveloped and cope with the loneliness he was feeling.

The bed depicts so much of his heart right now, empty.

On the other hand, you weren’t doing so well either. On the outside, you looked like you were doing okay. But little did people know you were hurting every night too. When you opened your drawer, you saw some of his hoodies placed in there for him to wear whenever he sleeps over at your place, and now he doesn’t come over anymore. You felt hot tears flowing down your cheeks as you shut your eyes.

You missed him.

You missed his scent, his touch, his presence. You missed having meals with him, watching movies together, cuddling, kissing, and just… loving each other. Maybe you missed Jung Jaehyun. Maybe, just maybe, you wanted him back in your life. You never expected him to affect you so much.

It was soon graduation day and you made it. You still weren’t sure how you survived university, but you did. After going up stage for the certificate giving ceremony, you found yourself outdoors at the campus, staring into space.

A lot had happened throughout your journey in university and you couldn’t believe that you even got yourself a degree amid the chaos. You looked down at your degree certificate on your lap and chuckled to yourself at how ridiculous your situation was.

Staying up at night while burning the midnight oils were already so difficult, but adding a breakup on top of that? It was the worst. You swore that you almost gave up a few times, but you didn’t want to affect your future just because of the incident.

Jaehyun didn’t bother you anymore after the day his mother came to visit because he couldn’t bear seeing you heartbroken anymore. He’d always just look out for you from afar, making sure you’re safe. He didn’t want to bother you, so you can study in peace. He promised to himself that he would give you some space and look for you only after graduation.

Now there he was, on graduation day, looking for you after the ceremony ended. In his hands were his folded graduation robe and mortar board. He spotted you from afar and his gaze softened at the sight of you. You also had your robe folded next to you, while you held onto your certificate.

With a thumping heart and nervous palms, he slowly approached you. You noticed a figure coming towards you and looked up. Your eyes matched Jaehyun’s and you swear you could feel your heart bursting. It’s been a while since you’ve seen him, and you forgot how it felt to get butterflies in your tummy. But your gaze turned sad when you were realised that you were not dating him anymore.

“Hey, can I sit here?” Jaehyun asked, signaling to the empty seat next to you. You nodded in response and moved to the side to give him more space.

He sat next to you, leaving a little gap in between in case you felt uncomfortable. “You look really pretty today,” he said, “I mean, you always do.”

“Thank you,” your heartbeat got faster at his simple words and you felt yourself turning red. The wind blew and you could smell his cologne that he usually has on him. The one you bought for him because you really liked the scent on him. You missed this scent so much that it felt so unfamiliar today. But it was nice.

“Congratulations on graduating. Your efforts paid off,” he flashed a sincere smile to you. You turned away immediately because you knew you couldn’t handle looking at him. You could cry any time now because of how much you missed him. But you didn’t want him to know that. You didn’t want to show him the side of you crying because you were the one who ended the relationship. You didn’t want to seem pathetic. “You too. Congratulations,” you whispered.

“How have you been?” he asked. You almost scoffed at his obnoxious question because he obviously knows you weren’t doing well after the breakup. “Good. You?” you said in short.

“Not really.”

You blinked and didn’t reply to his answer.

The breakup happened only a few weeks before graduation and the both of you were still broken because of it. You never really had a proper closure because both kept on running away from each other, avoiding the topic. It’s now finally time to sit alone and talk about it. Just the two of you, nobody else.

“Finals really took a toll on your life, huh?” you joked, trying to make the mood livelier. But you still avoided eye contact, and it just made the situation more awkward. “Yeah. That too,” he replied.

Silence.

Jaehyun sensed that you were avoiding his eyes, so he tried to change the topic.

“Remember when we graduated high school a few years ago?”

You nodded in response, “Yeah. What about it?”

Jaehyun slightly glanced at you and chuckled to himself, “Am I the only childish one who remembers what we said then?’ You raised your brows in confusion.

He replied, “I thought we could conquer the world then. I really thought graduating high school was everything,” he laughed, “But you made me promise to graduate university together too.”

You smiled softly at the fond memory of innocent high school kids graduating. Both of you ditched the rest of your friends to go on a jjajangmyeon (black bean noodles) date together. “Yeah and we made it. We graduated both high school and university,” you replied.

Jaehyun lightly nodded and continued after a few seconds of hesitation. “But I also made another promise.”

He searched for your eyes, and this time, you looked into his sad eyes to listen to what he has to say. “I promised you that I’d take care of you and that I’d never hurt you. Your trusted me with that, but I-,” he stopped and let out a sigh, “I couldn’t fulfil it. I made you think of me as someone who would never hurt you, but I did.”

You turned silent as you listened to him. You felt bad that he thinks this way about himself. You never asked him to be perfect, you just wanted his presence in your life.

“Y/n,” he called. “Hmm?”

“I don’t think I can let go of our five-year relationship just like this. Things were so good for the five years, and only a small part of it went bad. It’s all my fault and I’m really sorry for that.”

You bit your lower lips and fondled your fingers in nervousness. You didn’t know how to reply to Jaehyun and your heart wasn’t calming itself down any moment now. You turned to him and caught his eyes. They looked so fragile, he had tears in them that looked like they were ready to fall any time now.

“I was so caught up trying to do my best for you to a point where I lost myself in between that. It made me scared whenever I think of you finding someone better than me because I know I’m not worth your love. You deserve someone so much better than me, so I tried becoming better. I tried to improve but I found myself getting lost. I sought assurance from someone else to make myself feel better, but it didn’t,” you knew he was talking about Yewon, and you nodded lightly, signalling him to continue while you listen.

“I thought that maybe talking to you less would lessen the mistakes I make, but it ended up making things worse. I was lucky enough that you gave me another chance- heck, you gave me a lot of chances and I blew them all away,” he ruffled his hair in frustration, ruining the hair he had prepared for graduation. Your brows furrowed as you stared at his now messy hair. You wanted to reach out and fix it for him, but he continued talking.

“I love you so much, I don't think I can ever let you go, y/n. The thought of losing you completely because of how I broke your heart hurt me so much that it almost killed me. You can call me a jerk, you can curse the heck out of me, you can leave me now, but I just wanted to say that it will always be you. It has always been you. I can never see myself loving someone else other than you, y/n. And I'm so sorry for hurting you. I regret it so much. I’m- I’m really sorry.”

At the end of his words, Jaehyun was already sobbing. He covered his face with his hands and just kept on crying. Your heart broke at the sight and you felt yourself tearing up as well. You extended your hands and reached out to pat his back gently. “It’s okay,” you said, “It’s okay to let it all out, Jae.”

You wiped your own tears and sniffed silently. “I’m sorry too. I should have trusted you more and gave you a chance to properly explain yourself, but I didn’t. I went along with my anger and broke up with you.”

Jaehyun’s sobs got softer and he looked up to face you. His eyes and nose were red from all the crying, but you still thought he looked adorable.

You chuckled although you still had tears in your eyes, “Do you think we can fix this? Fix us?” You asked him and gave his hair a quick fix. Jaehyun’s eyes widened as you asked that. “Does that mean you’re giving me another chance?”

You softly nodded and smiled.

“That day, when you met up with Yewon at the café after our breakup, a friend of mine was there. She didn’t mean to eavesdrop, but she heard what you said to her and told me. My friend said maybe it could help me be less angry towards you,” you chuckled, “And weirdly, it did.”

Jaehyun sighed in relief and a small smile started to appear on his face. “You told her that you talked to her because she reminded you of me?” he nodded in response to your question. “Then why didn’t you just talk to me? I was always there with you,” you asked.

Jaehyun nodded and slowly took your hands into his. Your hands were so cold because of the nervousness earlier, and the warmth from his felt so nice. As if his warm hands were made to hold yours in them. “I told you I feared making mistakes and hurting you. I wanted to be the perfect boyfriend for you and I still want to.”

You furrowed your brows, “You’re perfect with all of your flaws, Jaehyun. I thought I’ve always told you that. I love you as you are, and I don’t need you to change any bit of it. I love you, Jung Jaehyun.”

Jaehyun felt his heart beat fast when he heard that. He held your hands tighter and looked you in the eyes softly. “I love you too, y/n.”

You teared up again and slowly wrapped your arms around Jaehyun to give him a big, tight hug. A hug you’ve been wanting to give him since forever and today you finally had the chance to. Jaehyun returned the hug and wrapped his arms tightly around you too. He whispered, “I’ll never let you go again.”

“Let’s go get jjajangmyeon, just like the old days?” Jaehyun asked when you released the hug, “Anywhere with you sounds great,” you smiled and caressed his cheeks. Jaehyun leaned in and gave you a peck on the lips. Your brows raised and he shrugged.

“Couldn’t help it. My girl looks amazing today.”

The both of you stared at each other for some time and laughed. You went through so much together and now, you were happy you got back with Jaehyun. Jaehyun was also elated because he finally got bac together with the love of his life. “No one else, only you y/n.”

To happier days ahead.

It’s never too late.

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The way you had your hair reminds me- Zutara Week Day 1

My second Zutara Week though I hope I can actually finish it this time. I decided I really wanted to do something with Katara doing rhythmic gymnastics so I decided that since most of the prompts fit, I’ll do a sort of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo AU. It’s a good kdrama if you’ve never heard of it. trying to fit 16 hour long episodes into 7 days is gonna be interesting. I’ll warn you now and let you know there will be onesided LuTara but for like a day maybe. I haven’t written that day yet so we’ll see. This will end in Zutara happieness, I promise. Anyway, enjoy. Hair

Zuko crawled carefully as he wiped down the windows. Most of his classmates didn’t want him anywhere near an open area, especially with his limited vision but he’d just gotten his bandaged taken off and he wasn’t about to let it hinder him.

Without them on, he didn’t see Mom flinch at the sight of them, though the massive burn wasn’t any better. The fights between his parents weren’t either and Azula’s teasing was starting to be hurtful more than playful. He wanted it all to stop. If he pretended that things were ok, maybe they would be eventually.

“Hey scarface!” Zuko looked over, 3 of his school bullies storming over. He tried not to flinch, already knowing what they were going to yell at him about. They’d been doing it all day. “We lost the race thanks to you!”

Zuko used to be more confident. But after the burns, a few harsh words and he’d start retreating back down into himself. These bullies took advantage of it. During their Sports Day yesterday, Zuko had dropped the baton in the relay race and ran in the opposite direction, away from the bullies yelling at him.

“Mr. Reversal, can’t believe you’re so stupid.”

“You need a walking stick, scarface? Huh?”

Zuko felt one of them shove him and he expected to hit the window frame. Instead, he went flying out the open window. Years later, Zuko would mostly remember him being caught by an older man with darker skin, most likely from one of the Water Tribes, with kind blue eyes, who held him as he burst into tears and two younger children. The boy patted his back, telling him not to worry because his sister would take care of it and the girl screaming up at the bullies from the ground floor. Her long braid swung back and forth as she shook her fists and threatened to do violent things to them. her eyes seemed bluer than her families, like the clearest ocean.

He didn’t know they’d slip back into his life years later. That the little girl who threatened bullies for a boy she didn’t know, would become so much more important to him.

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Zuko unlocked his bike, trying not to feel discouraged. It was hard not to when he’d been disqualified from another competition for having a panic attack. Every time he walked onto the mat, his hearing would go wonky and he’d start seeing double, not to mention his heart beating like it was trying to escape his chest. As a result, he’d always forget to sault his opponent and the referee.

Along with being propositioned to train an up-and-coming fencer to get onto the national Olympic team – which he refused because how was he supposed to help someone when he could even finish a match – all he wanted to do was collapse onto his bed. He could already tell that during training tomorrow, he’d have to deal with snide remarks from Jett. How that guy became captain, he’d never know. He knew if he just beat him in training like always, it would piss him off even more and with the school’s Sports Day coming up, he was not in the mood to do the worst event for the Fencing Department.

He climbed on his bike, adjusting his kit sitting on its place but stopping himself from peddling back to campus when his phone rang.

“What Sokka?”

“So, the results of the match went up. Jett wants to talk to you; says he’s got the prefect thing for you to do to make up for your loss. The rice lifting challenge.”

Zuko had to bite his lip to keep from screaming. The idea of the lifting challenge was to carry as many bags of rice and the industrial size, like the one the school cafeteria ordered and hold it for as long as possible. Usually, the Karate Department would be the one to win, fencing never even coming close.

“I’m not going.” Zuko said, making up his mind.

“What?”

“I’ll hang out at Lu Ten’s office or something, but I’m not going. Not to the crapshot of a meeting or to Sports Day. I don’t care what he threatens me with. I’m only coming back to drop my kit off.”

“Um, well I actually heard Mai was back. Didn’t make it past the preliminaries for the national team I hear.”

This day couldn’t get any worse.

“Screw it, I’m not coming back for the next few days. I’ll be with my uncle if you need me.”

“Wait! Ask Toph to do your event for you. it would put the Weightlifting Department in danger of losing but most of those guys don’t like her anyway. She’d love a chance to get back at them. come back to campus and ask her and then I’ll take you out for lunch. At my dad’s restaurant. You love his marinated salmon.” Sokka said, trying to entice his roommate.

Zuko sighed. “I want two orders. And you’re paying.”

“Done! Get here soon.”

Zuko didn’t bother answering, stowing his phone away and pushing off, heading towards Republic City Sports University.

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Effortlessly, Katara grabbed her back leg and straightened it as she did her pivot. She kept her balance as she came out of it and continued to twirl her ribbon. Her coach nodded.

“Very good. You’ve been practising. Your balance is better. Now I want to see if your fouettés have improved as well. If you want a chance at placing first and getting noticed by our sponsor and qualifying for the national team preliminaries, your routine can’t have any mistakes. Ty Lee, pay attention. I’m testing your fouettés as well.”

Katara looked over at the girl dressed in pink, who was pouting down at her matching hoop, Suki patting her on the shoulder. While Katara and Ty Lee weren’t friends, it was hard to not bond over being singled out by their coach.

Katara stood at the ready, twirling her ribbon as she readied herself when the door burst open.

“Azula!” Ty Lee cried.

Azula Lung was the student with the most sway in the whole school. Her father was the Prime Minister of the Fire Nation and while he didn’t hold much power in Republic City, since all powers were equal, that didn’t mean much at the University. She got the best room, private transport to competitions and rules didn’t apply to her. She could boss around any coach, even though she was in the Karate Department. There’d been rumours that her place was bought, until her first competition where she creamed everyone. She was her department’s ace. In fact, she managed to take the Weightlifting Department’s old gym for the Karate Department, which started a massive feud between them. she was rude and arrogant and somehow, one of Ty Lee’s best friends.

Katara noticed a girl standing next to her. She was dressed in all black, the only colour being the red of her nails. She looked incredibly bored and only looked annoyed when Ty Lee launched herself at her.

“Mai, you’re back!”

“Mai has returned from her qualifying competition for the national team. We’ll be taking Ty Lee with us. Problem?” Azula announced.

“No of course not. Except, Ty Lee, you were supposed to show me your routine for Sports Day? Since you’re our department’s cheerleader.”

Azula scoffed. “Sports Day, waste of time. She won’t be attending. You, blue peasant.” Katara balked at that and narrowed her eyes. “You’ll be taking her place. Problem?”

Katara opened her mouth to say, yes big problem, but all the girls of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Department crowded around her, suffocating her with their hands.

“None at all.”

“Thanks Katara!” Ty Lee said, scooping up her bag and dashing off, Mai following and with a raised eyebrow that spoke of her superiority, Azula leaving as well.

“You can’t argue with her Katara.”

“She’d have you removed from the school. I heard she got a person’s whole family business shut down for pissing her off. Do you want that for your dad?”

“Her dad might be the Prime Minister, but he’s practically a mafia boss.”

Comments like this floated over her head, as well as ones telling her they’d help with making a routine for Sports Day, which was in a few days. All Katara could think about was how completely unfair this all was.

And she let it out too once training was concluded for the day.

“It’s completely insane how she can just lord over them like that!” she said, harshly untangling her hair from its bun.

“Easy, you’re gonna rip your hair out.” Suki said, stopping her from tugging at it more and helping to pull half of it into a bun like she usually wore it.

“She’s a student. A sophomore at that. Where does she get off acting like she’s the greatest thing in the world? Just cause her dad is a Prime Minister? So is mine!”

“I thought Water Tribe issues fell under Yue’s dad’s jurisdiction?” Toph, a member of the Weightlifting Department asked, her hand holding on tightly to her guide dog’s harness. She was just as well known as Azula, due to the fact that she was blind but was still one of the highest climbing Weightlifting competitors at the school. She beat all the senior’s bests within her first month.

“Yeah, only because the South is smaller. That’s not the point! The point is, she does whatever she wants and doesn’t get in trouble for it and it extends to her friends too. I have a competition coming up soon and instead of working on my routines for that, I’m going to be learning choreo for a routine for one of the dumbest traditions of Sports Day.”

“Oh,” Toph said, a massively mischievous smile on her face, “well you won’t think it’s stupid when you hear what I heard. Wanna take a guess as to who’s the Fencing Department’s cheerleader?”

Katara looked over at Toph, who’s smile was growing maniacal. Usually that meant someone was going to get embarrassed as hell. It usually tended to be Sokka.

“Wouldn’t it be one of the girls?”

“Nope.” Toph shook her head, popping her p.

“Is it-?”

“Katara, watch out!”

A guy on his bike and panicked look as he turned the corner, thankfully started the veer off course at the sight of her. She still stumbled over her feet and fell to the floor, her hands pricking in pain as they were scratched. Thankfully though, her jacket took most of the damage. The guy on the other hand, had to shove his bike off his feet, rubbing at his shin.

She took in the pale skin, paler than Toph’s and dark hair surrounding his face. It didn’t stop her from noticing the large burn surrounding his right eye. she noticed that his school jacket was the same one Sokka wore, meaning he was in the Fencing Department.

“You should be more careful.” She meant for it to come out a bit nicer, but the anger from dealing with Azula slipped in.

clearly the guy didn’t enjoy being yelled at as he snapped back. “I didn’t see you.” he seemed to rethink his anger and continued in a calmer voice. “Are you ok?”

ok, now she felt bad about snapping at him. “I’m fine.”

“Oh, what up Sparky?” Toph asked, seeming to brighten as she figured out who almost crashed into them. her guide dog Badger, lead his owner over and with surprising accuracy, Toph punch the guy on the arm.

It was a little scary how well she could do that.

“Stop calling me that.”

“Hey, tell me. Seen his skirt yet? I know he doesn’t shave his legs so please tell me he’s going all out for this.”

The guy sighed. “Thought Sokka told you not to tell anyone.”

“Sokka? He’s the Fencing cheerleader? That’s why he’s been borrowing my hair pins? Those things are expensive.” Katara interrupted.

Toph burst into laughter, clearly enjoying herself while Suki looked thoughtful.

“So that’s why he asked for makeup advice. Suddenly Sports Day is looking a lot more fun.”

“Speaking of which, I’m going back to my room before Jett finds me to let me know my event. Oh, Toph wanna annoying your department?”

“Always.”

“Take my spot for the Rice Lifting event. I’ve dealt with way too much to even put up with Jett today.”

Katara furrowed her brow, wanting to say something about the fact this guy wasn’t going to participate but then she noticed Toph’s smile dropped a little and her punch was definitely softer the second time she hit him.

“Done deal Sparky. Tell your old man I’ll see him later.”

“So who was that?” Suki asked as the guy finally took off.

“Zuko Lung, not related to the royal brat. I go to his old man’s tea house sometimes. He’s Sokka’s roommate apparently.”

“Oh yeah, he’s a pretty good fencer from what I hear. Weird though, I haven’t seen his name in the announcement of students placing.” Suki said.

She had a point. Katara never remembered seeing anything either. She also found it a bit strange Sokka never dragged his roommate to meet the rest of them. there was something about Zuko though that seemed familiar. It was on the tip of her tongue but nothing came to mind. Oh well, for another day then.

“Hey, let’s go find Sokka. Maybe if we catch him off guard, we can get him to agree to let us wax his legs.”

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“I hate you.” Sokka mumbled, hiking his cheerleading skirt up. Katara bit her lip to keep from laughing at the crop top he was in. apparently, he pissed off their department captain by telling him that Zuko wasn’t participating and Toph was taking his place, so his new uniform was worse than his last.

She tossed her braid behind her, trying not to think about how young she must have looked. She had her hair like this when she was younger since it was much easier to put it into a bun. Her own uniform was rather pink for her taste, but Ty Lee basically guilt tripped her into wearing it since it already been bought. She was still annoyed at this, even more so when she found out her new roommate was Mai. The dark and depressing girl was apparently in the Archery Department and Sokka, who’d been in that Department before transferring to fencing, said she was undefeated. Yet she didn’t get past the first round of preliminaries to get onto the national team.

“Hey Sokka!” Aang, a member of the Track and Field Department came bounding over, his own skirt floating around his legs. “Katara, you never told me how much fun a skirt can be. Took me a while to find boxers that weren’t too long but still.”

“I’m glad your having fun Aang. At least someone is.” She said, smirking at Sokka.

“You deal with 3 hours of having your hair ripped out and then come talk to me.” Sokka snapped. “Ugg, I’m gonna kill Zuko. This is all his fault.”

“Wow.” A familiar voice said. Zuko was in casual clothes, carrying a cooler. Next to him was a man, with a squarish face, the same gold eyes and dark hair as Zuko, though his hair was pulled back into a top knot. “See if I bring you anything ever again.”

“You know Jett will kill you if he sees you.”

“He can’t do anything. My uncle called to pull me out for the afternoon. This is work, we’re delivering ice tea for the Fencing and Track and Field Departments. Aang, next time, don’t put your order late at night.”

Aang looked embarrassed. “Sorry. You were already gone when I got back from training. I was going to order for the Rhythmic Gymnastics department, but I know how conscious your coach is about sugars and such.” He said, looking at Katara.

“It’s ok. I’m stealing one though, I deserve the extra sugar for being in this outfit.” She said, walking over to Zuko and opening the lid on the cooler. She noticed he was staring intently at her face.

“What elementary school did you go to?” he asked suddenly.

“Huh?”

“Did you go to Ba Sing Se Preparatory?” he asked.

“Yes?”

“You screamed at those bullies.”

Bullies? Wait. It hit her like a thunderbolt, why he looked so familiar. His burn was a bit more faded but she couldn’t believe he forgot him. He’d been pushed out the window by bullies and her dad, would come to drop off lunch for her and Sokka, managed to catch him before he hurt himself and she’d screamed at the bullies from the floor.

“Holy crap. That was you!” Sokka said, “you had like no hair then!”

“Sokka!” he’d disappeared from class for a few weeks and when he came back his hair was cut so far back that it made his bandages stick out more.

“Yours was in a braid then.”

She was confused for a moment when she realised, he was talking to her. Yesterday her hair had been out but now it was in the same style she had it in as a child.

She’d always wondered what happened to him when Zuko suddenly disappeared for good one day. She’d didn’t think she’d find out now.

#zutara week #zutara week 2021 #weightlifting fairy kim bok joo #AU #rhythmic gymnasit katara #fencer zuko #fencer sokka #weightlifter toph #runner aang

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tobeornottotc · 3 years

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So much to say about all Friday shows my brain shut down it’s weird how in a day all the shows that aired from we best love to TT finale made my day and made me happy I cried. We best love is a gem that has come and taken my heart it’s everything I love in BL, it’s like reading a novel and never wanting it to end, the pinining, longing and now the angst still upcoming. My love to all the characters? Everything about the acting, music, and writing. Taiwan came back and said you haven’t forgotten why you adorE BL right? Well here’s more reasons. I’ve missed Taiwan shows for so long I used to take the history series for granted despite my love for it and now look at me. We best love is just so great and cheesy and yet done so well I’ve not have any issues with it 😭 it’s not short, I like how angsty yet sweet it gets. Just everything

Then you have to my star. Is there any moment when Korea does something that does not make me shout from the rooftops another great one!! Like are we surprised at this point. Where your eyes linger still is my favourite Korean BL and although different I get the same vibes from to my star, there’s secret pining, confusing hidden hints to maybe more than just a very happy celebrity that is clingy and flirty. Seojun seems to know he likes boys from the start or is it just me. I won’t be surprised that the reason he’s hiding that video is because the reason there was a fight was because it’ll out his sexuality, either he had something with said guy he paid money to keep quiet about or said guy knows about his sexuality and threatened to blackmail him. But it’s the subtle hints that he may know about himself and his feelings like in episode 4 how many times he leaves clues and hints he likes Jiwoo but hides it behind this clingy want to be friends persona, I think when he was drunk he let out his true feelings he’s been hiding and he outed himself on purpose. I’m probably thinking too much but there’d be a lot at stake in my opinion if someone knew he likes guys it’d be a bigger scandal that’s probably why he acts like he doesn’t know when he’s flirting or hinting he likes someone. Just me? Jiwoo is also an interesting tsundere why does he have his walls so up, he clearly also has feelings but in the trailer he’s going to harshly break Seojun’s heart? Obviously I think it’s a lie it’s noble idiocy he realised it was the way to help him not get caught in another scandal. I really need to know more about his character. And the chef who knows more than he lets on who is he speaking to about Seojun does he know the other guy in the video? Does he know why Seojun is hiding the video he seems to have picked on the chemistry of Seojun and Jiwoo more proof that person was right? Let me know what your ideas are on this show. If this show is dealing with internalised homophobia and the scandal of the media invasion and celebrity lifestyle then man it’ll be fun to rewatch this time and time again. Kisses in Korean BL shows have become a staple for revealing a lot of secrets and pushing our couples to confront the truth about what they try to rationalise when it comes to their feelings. In where your eyes linger them entering a relationship was not good for them because it’d lead to separation and more. In Mr heart the kiss was revealed and forced our marathon runner to question his priorities and feelings. And in wish you the kiss happened when Sang yi could no longer run away from what he was feeling even if it meant they couldn’t be together because of same reasons as this show I’m guessing a scandal being caused because idols and celebs dating is a bit forbidden in kmusic and kdrama industry. Loses the fans. And attracts media attention. Let’s see what To my star reveals with this kiss now Seojun isn’t hiding what he feels anymore.

Then we have 1000 stars premiere and I cried at sheer greatness I’m a clown I came into it trying hard to keep my expectations at bay but my 30 minutes in I was bawling stunned and quiet. The directing is exquisite, in depth and littered with clues and hints to the themes of the show. The focus on the flashbacks of Tiens life coated in dark light and suffocating aura compared to the light and warm atmosphere of Torfuns narration whose life seemed hard but she found peace and joy just helping people and learning about the joy of finding value in every little things she had and saw. The peace that Tien couldn’t feel because he felt stifled and empty from his own choices when he thought his life span would be short. He didn’t know the value of money, life or little things. He wasted and gambled precious things to him, acted privelaged and lost hours in a sea of acohol, cigarettes and more. His lifestyle felt wrong after he realised he was given a second chance to find meaning. There’s an overall dark theme of corruption, greed and power that’s going to me an obstacle for the characters. Torfuns demise is clearly more than just an accident with the way people are trying to push her life to the side rapidly, hide details like even selling Tiens car which I have a feeling is what took her life (not him but he bet it in a race before he fainted) or clues that Phupha isn’t going to be done trying to figure out what happened to her it’s foreshadowing this isn’t over yet. We also have another villain who fled during the forest ranger fights at the beginning, he’s definitely coming back I wonder what these criminals want and how much danger Pha will have to deal with with this boss and his other hooligans. Why are they in the forest and what do the rangers have to protect? Lastly our couple met and you can’t tell me that Pha isn’t smitten he is struck with love at first sight immediately he meets Tien but he hides it through his stern cover and he finds it funny to bicker and tease him. He also thinks Tien is too delicate, rich and shallow to stay to help the kids, so he’ll struggle with liking Tiens determination and drive to feeling angry at how much value of life and money he takes for granted but it’s a learning arc something Tien will grow learning and transforming from. Their bickering is cute, both are intrigued by each other already Tien because Pha is connected to Torfun’s wishes and hopes, but also he saw him in the weird fantasy dream thing. He’s intrigued by his stern cover vs why people seem to think he’s sweet and kind. And he’s irked by the guy who keeps getting under his skin and calling him out. It’s going to be fun to see his own reactions and feelings develop slowly and his doubt that it’s his and it’s Torfun’s heart acting up. That conflict will be so interesting to explore and knowing Backaof we’ll get a deeper conversation about sexuality, spirituality and more. All his shows even his fantasies have these deep reflections and conversations about feelings and life of someone struggling with what their sexuality is to them. Even when fantasy he never fails to include those scenes. But also there’s always a massive plot twist hidden in the story that could tear our characters apart, and it’s connected to our girls demise 🥺 i have so much more to say about this show. But for now just know I’m obsessed in awe and excited for this journey. It’ll be emotional a roller coaster of emotions and lessons, but also a love story I can’t wait to see unfold

Lastly TT finale. It’s precious to say TharnType will always have a place in my heart, marked into it as my favourite couple. Their love is so incredible, everlasting and theirs, their journey to each other has never been easy and yet their love is constant, precious and real. They make me smile and want to cry because I still can’t process we’ve come to the end. Boy was it a good way to say goodbye. I will miss this show, the annoyances, problems and also the good moments. I will miss my LeoFiat dramatic souls, their angst and their own journey to each other. Glad to seeFiat finally got to define the relationship he’s been hoping and waiting for. And Leo finally got to show Fiat how much he’s cared. Question why didn’t I get a kiss scene from them? Forever staying petty about that. Champ and Khun did what they were meant to do, their own relationship was also adorable and I just wish it wasn’t only the last episode we had to deal with their confession and realisation that there’s been something here all along. Champs cute though his nativity and dumbness was real and pure but I like how he understood what he was feeling and why he wanted Khun by his side and more. So well done to them getting together. We had Tharn finally Wade his way into Type’s fathers acceptance I wish he wasn’t just a comedic role but we had more conversations serious ones about him learning to accept Tharn still it was wholesome he grew to finally let them be together he understood Type was never going to leave Tharn and was at his best with him. Love the Kirigun family and how much they push Tharn to be his best. Their support was earnest and I loved we saw Thorn get married like a full circle after he proposed and found his own love story. We Stan a very protective supportive older brother who has always been a source of help during TT relationship. Techno irked me in this series and he became one of my least fave characters his snooping whilst cute just didn’t mesh well with me and I kept wondering where his man was because he acted like someone who wasn’t satisfied in the relationship he was in. Just an annoying presence overall. Sorry not sorry. That being said I didn’t hate this sequel and I know rewatching it as second part to TT journey watching 24 episodes of TT back to back will be an emotional experience and will show you all the clues, meta, subtext and overall plot of these two in a better light. Overall TT is always going to be a fave show of mine, and the sequel whilst not fulfilling all my expectations it made me still feel like it was worth my attention and care. Thank you to the cast, crew and production for this. My Fridays will never be the same we’re really now in 2021 with these new shows 😭 just manner of d@earth to go. 😭

Friday shows bringing me joy, excitement and most of all new lessons and new ideas. I’m so excited and I loved that these are the shows we have in January. Let’s hope they keep being great and our Fridays stay exciting and warm 👌

#we best love #to my star #1000stars #tharntype #Thai bl #bl series #bl drama #Korean bl #reviews #analysis #no 1 for you

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TOO MANY ZOMBIES THIS HALLOWEEN!! AKA SCARY/NON SCARY SHOWS I WILL BE WATCHING THIS SPOOKY SEASON

(UPDATE AND UPCOMING ANALYSIS OCTOBER 2020)

Happy Spooky Season! Yay time to think about what shows can help me feel even closer to Halloween celebrations. I'm an introvert instead of dressing up and going partying I watch and analyse shows instead by my self. Here is a list of shows I'm planning to, started to or repeating to watch this month! Join me and let me know what shows you plan to watch for this Halloween!

Ratings: From 1 to 5 (1 being least excited to watch, 5 being most,) how excited am I to delve into these shows/again?

Currently watching

1.Tale of the nine-tailed

Genre/Themes: Supernatural, Kdrama, Gumiho, Fantasy, Romance, Drama

Country: Korea

Verdict: I guess I'm the only person who isn't that fussed about this drama? But for Halloween, I think I can deal with the supernatural themes even though it feels like a forced grim reaper spin-off (I know it's different, but this just screams like a goblin try hard no offence to all in love with it or vampire diaries but make its foxes. Directing did improve from episode 2 though. Still not a fan of the actress either. I'm just a grouch this Halloween. Watch as I end up becoming obsessed after six episodes and start analysing this.(smh)

Ratings: 2.5/5

2. Zombie Detective

Country: Korea

Genre: Kdrama, Mystery, Zombies, Comedy, Crime? Romance?

Verdict: Too many Zombies in Halloween but I'm not complaining not when I get to see his face every episode. Also like this drama is actually so funny, and I can't stop smiling when I put it on. Halloween is going to be a time for laughter and good fun thanks to this.

Ratings: 3/5

3. My dangerous wife

Country: Korea

Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Romance, Crime, Remake of Jdrama

Verdict: I mean conspiracies are grand, so what about a gone girl vibe as well? This drama has it all, a horrible husband and his disturbing mistress who I want to hurt as well, and a missing wife who was taken for granted, or wait was she? Why is she dangerous then? Did she plan it? Did she know he planned to kill her, will I ever get to trust the idea of love and marriage and men with Korean tv shows this year after World of Married and now this? Probably not and you know what that is a scary thought this Halloween.

Ratings: 2/5

Re-watching

4. He's coming to me

Country: Thailand

Genre: Thai BL, Ghosts, Mystery, Romance, Slice of Life,

Verdict: It's Halloween, so I have an excuse to go back and rewatch this gem of a show. This is one of my favourite underrated Thai BL shows, the actors are incredible, the storyline is heartwarming and brings out a side of me (the tearful side) that I thought was buried deep within I joke, but still, the mystery whilst predictable keeps me on my toes, and the romance touched my heart. The fact that the romance is not censored, or reduced or toxic makes this show a fantastic media piece about representation for LGBT as well. Absolutely excited.

Ratings: 5/5

5. Mo Dao Zu shi anime

Country: China

Genre: Danmei, Supernatural, Action, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, BL, Horror, Donghua

Verdict: You caught me going back to withdrawal mode of MDZ. Not even going to apologise for this one. MDZ is an addiction that cannot be stopped. For Halloween, I want to see my panicked gays and their love for each other as they battle the living dead, demonic cultivators, and even more. I miss my Wangxian, okay? If you haven't seen this or the untamed and you watch BL, what are you doing with your life??? Honestly though deciding to watch MDZ donghua is the best decision I ever made. What an excellent show for Halloween! A masterpiece.

Ratings: 5/5

Will be Watching

6. Heaven's official blessing

Country: China

Genre: Danmei, Supernatural, Action, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, BL, Horror

Verdict: Is it weird how I keep crying and screaming at the PVs of this dongua? How I'm swooning at the half face of Hua cheng (our royal ghost seme) that's been revealed even though I know it's not his real face???, I'm weird I know. The animation looks breathtaking, and I can't believe one of my fave books is getting an anime remake like who else can do this apart from MXTX with her third anime remake this year. This series is just so exciting, and the fact that China doesn't seem like it's even giving any damn in censoring it is making me even more happy and grateful for this. How is this Halloween you may ask; try horror of Gods, monsters, ghosts, zombies and more. The first episode we're going to see and solve the mystery of brides get killed by some ghost cannot wait!

Ratings: 5/5

7. Kingdom 1 and 2

Country: Korea

Genre: Kdrama, Sageuk, Action, Zombies, Horror, Politics? Romance?

Verdict: Not going to lie, I am dreading watching this because I hate horror and like zombies terrify me sometimes in Korean media. However, I also am so excited to watch this because I've been called a fool for refusing to see it, not to mention it has one of my favourite actors in it, an amazing writing and directing team with accolades and proof of excellence, and well for Halloween what's scarier than zombies? Them spreading their disease whilst we deal with political intrigue? Can't think of anything else.

Ratings: 4/5

8. Miss Gu who is silent

Country: China

Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Romance, Crime

Verdict: Why is she silent though??? I had to take a break from Zombies and instead decided to jump into conspiracies and revenge dramas. Have absolutely no clue what this drama is about. Still, I've been recommended it by so many people, and well I like a woman who decides to mess everything up so she can ruin those who tried to break her. You go girl!

Ratings: 3/5

So there you have it, we have ghosts, zombies, missing wives, hidden conspiracies, hot men and girls, and breathtaking animation to the mix! I think this is a good mixture. What about you guys how's your Halloween season and planning going? Hopefully not as grouchy as mine. Enjoy.

#tale of the nine tailed #zombie detective #my dangerous wife #he's coming to me #hctm #thai bl #kdrama #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #donghua #tgcf #heaven's official blessings #tien guan ci fu #kingdom the series #miss gu who is silent #cdrama #halloween #october #wrpup

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mmmm seychelles and south korea for the asks... would like to see your opinion on what makes them Stupid

yea!!! god i love these 2 icons!!!

for seychelles:

names I’ve seen lots I like... Michelle and Angélique are standouts. Léonie is also one that randomly comes to mind for her vibes. Cool Girl Alert!! (oh and I think nowadays her last name isn’t Bonnefoy, though I haven’t decided on it.)

appearance hcs she invented 4B hair. she just fuckin rocks it. nowadays she loves doing all kinds of hairstyles, especially on other people (she’s rly good w her hands), and so her hair is always bangin. also she has big eyes! full of positivity 🥺

brotps/otps/ships/sexuality honestly I feel she could go any way, maybe she’s a bicon. I don’t particularly have a ship I go super hard for but stuff like taisey/seyliech/etc is rly cute!! I feel she’s the kind of person who doesn’t even try to make friends they just... come to her ya know. so she meets all kinds of countries you wouldn’t expect her to meet and they’re homies. specifically I think her and india get along rly well! and any small/island nations (she is, indeed, in the polynesia gc despite being in the indian ocean lol)

fav food ofc seafood and stuff like fish stews... I don’t know much about seychellois cuisine but I think she really likes Delicious food— like food that’s super flavorful and rich and filling ya know? also she is sipping on coconut water 24/7 she was on it before it was trendy

why they are stupid she’s kinda in her own head and super oblivious lol. sometimes she can get tripped up on the most basic stuff when she’s been too caught up in her own shit, girl is poking slovakia at the meeting like “hi how do u spell three? :)”

for korea!!

name Yongsoo is the usual one, I also like Minjae and Haejeong. for nyos, Soojin and Haemin are nice to me :)

appearance hcs always looks kinda disheveled but in a cool fashionable way? like he doesn’t dress “ulzzang” or whatever but he works it nonetheless. also he’s built like a runner and carries himself with a surprising amount of easy grace, a Very Cool Guy aswell!

brotps/otps/rships/sexuality straight/heteroflexible dude. maybe aspec, but either way he’s not super pressed about relationships etc. the only korea ship I’ve rly seen is x america? which is iconic and I’m open to others. I do definitely love them being bros tho, along with taiwan, australia, and some of the nordicks. @/alfredtalia and her n korea ask blog has lots about the relationship between the two so I’ll leave that at that

fav food oooh I think he loves samgyeopsal (wrapped in lettuce with ssamjang and the works) also dubu jjigae is like his ultimate comfort food, warmth in your stomach -> warmth in your heart. hot and spicy stuff in general is his shittt, and he totally does the korean thing where the hotter the weather, the spicier the food. he is also OBSESSED with the street food scene and is always on the hunt for new places and new snacks. (those youtube videos from street food stands making croissant waffle strawberry ice cream sandwiches? he eats that.)

why they are stupid he’s like a dark timeline himbo. like I’m not saying it’s da vinki levels but it might be da vinki levels. he could give you the most detailed summary and analysis of itaewon class or like any other kdrama, he can bust out hours of multivar calc, he is so good with his hands etc... but if you ask him to read a poem mans suddenly jared, 19... u know sejong was so frustrated with him 😭 here you have the most intellectually advanced monarch of the joseon dynasty BEGGING him to please try and learn how to read. mans said ok I will make hangul as simple as I possibly can so my himbo country can read it

#hetalia #hws seychelles #hws south korea #ask #my hcs

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andddd july flew by, and i’m here to give everyone an unasked for report of...things...i watched / read / listened to this month because why not

kdramas:

miss hammurabi

aaaah oh my god the way i told myself that i won’t be watching any more legal kdramas because your honor stressed me out so much--but god. i wound up watching this and fell in love with it so fast? miss hammurabi is about a rookie judge (the gal on the right) disrupting the judicial system with her strong sense of justice. i really wasn’t too sure if i’d like her, but oh god. i fell in love with her so fast, with her desire to make the world a better place and her ability to smile even though she’s had a horrific life of her own.

honestly, i really just loved this show, mostly for how it covers so many issues in the courthouse, from working overtime to the emotional fatigue to the frustrations with those brought to court to the actual cases themselves, which are all civil court things (so we get some stuff about sexual harassment, child custody, medical malpractice, etc). this show really demonstrated that each of these cases were important--and also...really hard-hitting. i think i cried at least once per episode just because...yeah. i’m reminded that no one goes to the courthouse because they’re happy or because they’re having a good time, and it really is the job of judges and lawyers to keep a cool head and execute justice the best they can.

so basically: i loved this show. i loved it a lot more than i thought i would, and that’s always a good thing. there’s also not a whole ton of romance here either, if you’re looking for a show that’s not really too deep into that. it’s def. more focused on depicting the legal field, as well as all of the complications that come with that. as a result, there’s a lot of heartbreaking moments in the show, but there’s also many, many, many uplifting ones that reminded me a lot of why i personally want to enter the legal field. so if you’re looking for a show that might restore your faith in humanity, then i def. recommend this kdrama!

beyond evil

so.....it’s no secret that i’ve been mildly obsessed with this show. i binge-watched it in the span of...i think four (4) days, so that’s averaging about four episodes (4 hours) a day. let me just say...i was kind of on the fence about watching this, but now i’m really glad that i did because whooo boy, i was in for a ride. basically, this show is about lee dong sik, who was accused of murdering his sister (amongst others) 20 years ago...and han ju won, the young detective / inspector who’s trying to track down the murderer (who he believes is lee dong sik).

lots of other things happen, but that’s the least spoiler-y summary i can give of this show because....whooooo boy, there’s just so many twists and turns in this show? as soon as you start thinking you have everything figured out, this show tosses in another thing that reminds you of just how clueless you actually are. that said though, none of the twists felt out of place--they all felt very planned and very smart, so kudos to the writers for that!

overall, i hella enjoyed this show--the plot, the characters (who all want to do the right thing, but they’re all very jaded in their own ways which makes being a 100% good person basically impossible in this monster of a town), and, of course, the relationship between dong sik and ju won. there was just an absolutely fascinating push and pull between their relationship, lots of distrust and mocking each other in the beginning...only to slowly but steadily grow into trust and respect for each other (and in my head, def. something more....but lol i’ll let you guys decide on that for yourself ;))

i.....genuinely loved this show. i found this show just incredibly smartly written, and all the characters were incredibly intriguing? and the relationships were all fascinating to me? just. god. this show ripped me apart so many times, and i loved it all the more for it. like. guys. i wrote or started writing about six fics for this show in the span of 48 hours because i love it that much.

movies:

the handmaiden

ohohoho this movie has been on my to watch list for the LONGEST TIME, and i was glad that i gave myself some time to watch this movie at the start of the month, because...whoooo boy, it was so good. this movie is inspired by the book the fingersmith by sarah waters, only whereas i think the book took place in victorian england, this movie takes place in japan-occupied-korea. sook hee, a pickpocket, is hired by a conman to persuade the secluded lady hideko to marry him. the conman plans to later inherit hideko’s wealth and send hideko off to the madhouse.

many things happen over the course of this movie, and i’m not going to spoil anything, but oh boy...oh boy. i mean, this movie is pretty well-known for the main relationship between the two protagonists, sook hee and hideko. the romance was such a ride, and i thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of it. this movie really said “be gay, do crime” in the best way possible.

as a quick warning though, this movie definitely is erotic. i kinda knew that heading into the movie, and i was still a little caught off-guard. so maybe if you’re a little squicked out by sex/erotica in general, i’d maybe skip over this movie. that said, this movie was beautifully filmed, with beautiful writing, and the cast was just perfect. i don’t think i’ve seen a movie so beautifully or smartly crafted like this before, and i’m very glad i watched this film.

the meg

let me caveat by saying....i watched this because my brother wanted to watch it, so i sat through this movie and...y’know? it wasn’t awful. kinda predictable as far as shark movies go, but it wasn’t bad! i found myself enjoying it a little more than i thought i would...? but basically, this movie is about, you guessed it, an underwater research facility that was just looking into a deeper part of the ocean and etc. surprise, they found! a megalodon. multiple megalodons! cue the chaos.

so...there were definitely some more suspenseful moments. i shouted “these people just KEEP FALLING OFF THE BOAT” a few times. there was one character who i was like “oh man he’s gonna be the villain isn’t he :( darn :(” to “oh hey he has a heart” to “oh never mind” to “ooph”. there were some more slightly emotional moments, but?? not particularly thought-provoking or impactful. so like? overall? it was one of those movies where like....it’s not bad, it’s not really good, but! hey, not all movies need to be incredibly deep to be even somewhat enjoyable! (and like, i mostly just enjoyed watching this movie because my brother and i cracked commentary all throughout it, much to my father’s chagrin.)

music:

so, apparently my music taste changes when i’m thinking about something that’s not star wars related, and i saw a bit of that when i was making this playlist for lee dong sik and han joo won from beyond evil. as spotify works, it wound up with me adding a few of my songs that i thought fit them, and then i wound up going into the radio part of my playlist and listening to a lot of new songs, and i just have to list some of my new faves here:

let me follow by son lux: you know when you hear a song that just feels so...strangely cinematic? like, you get all kinds of vivid images in your head and stuff? this was def. one of those songs. it’s quiet, and there’s something weirdly...ephemeral about it? that’s the only way i can describe it. and mildly haunting. and mildly tragic. idk why, but i think big fans of tragedy & the patroclus/achilles kind of feel might like this song. it’s just. god. i spent 2 hours sitting in my bed just listening to this song on loop.

not in the same way by 5 seconds of summer: this is a public scolding @ 15 year old me who thought it was lame to like 5sos just because they were getting popular. boo, 15 year old caroline and her “i’m a weirdo, i’m not like other girls or other people my age” phase! because 5sos actually slaps, and this was one of my fave songs? idk. another weirdly cinematic song. the refrain is just chef’s kiss, in the kind of rambly way that leads to a shout. i love that kind of stuff.

start of time by gabrielle aplin. bro...the way gabrielle aplin’s voice brought me straight back to 2014-2016 era caroline...but weirdly, i haven’t heard this song from her before? and bro. bro....i’ve never wanted to run to the top of a hill and watch the sunrise with a loved one so bad in my whole life. god. idk. if you need a song that makes you feel like. things just might get better. this one’s for you.

sedated by hozier: okay, so i’ve only ever listened to a handful of hozier songs in my whole life (i know, i know, how can i bicon like myself not listen to hozier 24/7? le sigh), but bro.....bro. i get it now. i get why people screech about hozier. i already liked his music before, but...ah. idk. something very powerful about this song. i now understand why people want to lie down in the middle of the woods when they listen to his music.

#caroline recs #i didn't watch or read a whole ton of things because....super deep into lsat prep now #but yee here we are

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How I met your girlfriend - Sunwoo x reader ft Hyunjin

This is such a mess it’s basically just reader explaining her relationship with Sunwoo, her ex friend with benefits to her current boyfriend, Hyunjin.. oop

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"I don't know, maybe Netflix" I replied as Hyunjin asked me what I wanted to do when we went back to their dorm. They had finished practicing and had the rest of the day off as well as the next one.

I was sitting on his lap, his hands wrapped around my waist as we forgot about the other members in the practice room.

"Ugh, you guys are always like this" Jisung groaned, making us laugh. The other members besides him and Felix had already left and I was wondering why they were still here.

"We're waiting for some friends" Felix replied making both of us shrug as we continued talking about anything that came across our minds.

I was absolutely whipped for Hyunjin and I loved the intimacy with just sitting on his lap and occasional kisses even if we were among two other members.

After a few minutes, the door opened and I turned my head to see who was there for them. My jaw practically dropped upon seeing the familiar face of one of my best friends.

"Oh my gosh Eric" I yelled, jumping off Hyunjin and running over to give him the biggest hug.

"Hey what's up" he smiled back at me after I pulled away from the hug. Hyunjin looked at us confused as I continued talking to Eric.

"Are you alone? Felix said some friends" I asked him.

"Nah I came wi-" before he could finish his sentence, Sunwoo walked in the room.

"Sunwoo" I yelled again, wrapping my arms around him.

"Dude I missed you its been like almost a whole month" He chuckled, wrapping his arms around me before letting go.

"Have you gotten shorter or is it just me" he teased me like he always does, scanning me up and down.

"Maybe if you stopped wearing heels you wouldn't be saying that" I teased him back about the platform shoes that he sometimes wears during performances.

"Okay but dude why has it been so long since you came to see us?" Eric pointed out, playfully pouting

"Man I don't even know. I'll come over tomorrow" I replied

"Babe, we have plans tomorrow" Hyunjin intervenes, sending me a warning look.

"After tomorrow then. We should make our famous brownie recipe" I told Sunwoo who nodded in agreement.

"Wow, this entire room is full of 2000 liners I'm starting to feel like a baby" I laughed along with Eric, Jisung, Felix, and Sunwoo.

"Since when have you known the boyz members" Hyunjin cocked an eyebrow at me.

"Oh it's a long story, it's cause of Felix actually" I replied.

"Well I don't mind, we have time. How did you guys meet" Hyunjin asked me.

"Oh well.."

Flashback

"Where are we going and who's this mysterious friend we're meeting with" I asked my best friend Felix who simply smiled and replied with a "you'll see".

After a while we finally arrived to the destination. A karaoke place. I wasn't even the slightest bit surprised.

"Eric's waiting for us inside" he told me. I nodded. That name sounded way too familiar.

As soon as we got in the room reserved for us, I felt like fainting.

"The fuck Felix? Eric from The Boyz?! You could've warned me" my inner fangirl made its way out.

"I didn't think it mattered that much" he replied, resulting in me rolling my eyes at him.

"Of course it does. Hi! I'm a huge fan of your group" I turned to Eric.

"Oh really? Who's your bias?"

"I always get asked this question. So I'd say the foreign line so you, Jacob and Kevin but of course, Sunwoo as well" I replied, making him laugh.

"How old are you?"

"I'm two years younger than you"

After talking about how we were both foreigners in a way and getting to know each other more, we decided on picking a song.

"All three of us are rappers, what song should we do" Felix laughed.

"But all three of us can also sing so its all good. How about we do reveal cause I honestly love that song" I purposefully chose one of Eric's group's song to make him feel comfortable.

"You can speak Korean?" Eric asked as soon as I chose that song.

"Yeah Hyunjin, Jisung and Felix taught me as well as kdramas" I grinned before setting up the song.

"I wanna do Sunwoo's raps and Hyunjae's part at the end." I told them before we started singing.

Flashback over

"You can rap my part in Reveal" Sunwoo looked at me shocked.

"Its not that hard." I teased him.

"Harder than Infinite" he dissed my song.

"Okay, okay, I get how you met Eric but what about him" Hyunjin nodded towards Sunwoo as he pulled me back into his lap, wrapping his arms around my waist as if to secure me into his lap.

I quirked an eyebrow before starting the story.

"As I said, I was already a fan of The Boyz.."

Flashback

"Come on" Eric rushed me as we walked to their dorm.

"Are you sure nobody's at the dorm cause I'm gonna panic and fangirl like crazy if any of the members are there"

"Dude, I'm sure. I think they all went to the movies or something" he replied as he opened the door to the dorms.

We walked in and he directly led me to the living room.

We quickly installed ourselves in the living room, trying to find what we could do until I proposed video games and Eric agreed.

"How about Mario Kart" He exclaimed as he began setting the game up.

"Eric? You're being so fucking loud. Did you bring back any food" I heard someone call out. That voice was all too familiar. I had heard it too many times in songs and lives..

"You said nobody was supposed to be here" I whisper yelled as I began freaking out.

"That's Sunwoo and he is nobody. Anyways if I hadn't said that you wouldn't have come" Eric explained making me groan.

Before I had the chance to reply my bias walks out, wearing only sweatpants revealing a body every guy dreams of having. Fuck.

"Do you wanna order pizza or-" He walked in and as soon as he saw me he stopped his sentence.

"Hi" I let out, completely starstruck "Hey" He replied with a small smile.

"Stop drooling A, its not a good look on you" Eric teased as he realized Sunwoo wasn't wearing a shirt.

"Shut the fuck up Eric" I glared at him.

"Sunwoo, this is my friend" "Yeah, wow, I know you, I love your song Infinite" Sunwoo cut Eric off.

"Oh wow thanks, I love all your songs" I remained starstruck

Flashback over

I finished telling Hyunjin the story obviously leaving out certain details such as me drooling over sunwoo's half naked body or fangirling over him.

"And then they became better friends than her and I and would always leave me out" Eric rolled his eyes.

"That's not true, we would always invite you to hang with us" I defended myself.

"Yeah but you guys were still constantly leaving me out. I remember Jacob wouldn't even let you guys close the door of your room in the dorms if you were alone anymore bec-"

"Eric shut the fuck up" Felix cut him off.

"Because?" Hyunjin raised an eyebrow.

"Its nothing" Jisung and Eric nervously laughed.

"Dude, you're so dumb" Felix shook his head.

"No, I wanna know what happened" Hyunjin pouted and I instantly felt bad but I just knew this was gonna piss him off.

"We liked to mess around a lot that's it. Nothing serious" I glanced at Sunwoo who simply shrugged his shoulders.

"What do you mean by mess around" Hyunjin's grip on my waist tightened.

"Well..you know... keep in mind that this whole thing was happening before we were dating"

Flashback

I was laying down with Sunwoo on his bed as we talked about our lives, career, what we wanted and what we didn't, etc.

"Yeah I get what you mean, everyone constantly wants to know what's going on in my life. I can't hang out with any girls besides you because of dating rumors. The only reason people don't go crazy about you hanging out with us is cause everyone knows you're a rapper and you hang out with a bunch of other groups." Sunwoo replied.

"Whoa, you don't hang out with any girls? Even like privately? That sucks"

"Yeah it really does but it's fine, I have you"

"Yeah but if you're in need of cuddles or sexually frustrated and stuff, it's sad you can't date"

"I mean we always cuddle. I can always cuddle you when I'm in need" He chuckled lightly.

"Yeah but what about kisses and sex and stuff like that" I might have come off as way too straightforward and intruding but it's not a problem in our friendship as we would talk about everything with no taboo topics or filter.

"Yeah well you're surrounded by a bunch of guys but you aren't dating either" Sunwoo pointed out.

"Yeah and that fucking sucks. To be honest, I kinda miss the kissing and stuff" I told him.

"I've only kissed one girl before and it wasn't even a real kiss so I can't really miss something I haven't experienced" Sunwoo admitted, making me widen my eyes.

"I mean yeah you're right but I'm really shocked. I always assumed you were super popular and had all the girls. I thought you were like a sex expert or something" I laughed, him laughing as well as I turned to my side to look at him.

"Nah, I mean if I ever got to it then maybe I would be one but I haven't gotten that far. Have you?" He asks.

"I'm as virgin as virgin can be" I laughed. "But I mean I have kissed someone before" I continued.

"So you really miss all the kissing and stuff?" He questioned. "So much" I let my eyes wander from his to his lips but only for a split second before focusing my attention back to his eyes.

"I mean if you're missing it and I haven't really done it before, why don't we kiss. Like this one time, as friends?" He suggested, making my eyes widen.

"Are you being serious" I asked, him nodding in reply as i felt heat pool in my stomach and let my eyes steal a glance at his lips once again.

"Okay" I replied, moving closer, cupping his cheeks and attaching my lips to his.

End of flashback

I had left out all the details and simply told him about the kiss.

"YOU GUYS KISSED" Hyunjin yelled, startling me as I reassured him it was a thing of the past.

"So Jacob caught you guys just kissing?" Hyunjin asked, quite skeptically, jealousy laced in his words.

His grip around me tightened as he shot discreet daggers at Sunwoo.

"Well not exactly.."

Flashback

"Hey Sunwoo" I knocked on the room door, waiting for him to answer. I had just finished recording and decided to surprise him.

"It's open" He replied, monotone and probably expressionless judging from the sound of his voice.

"What's wrong" my smile faded as soon as I saw his reaction. I had expected him to be a little more happy about seeing me as I took some time from my free time to see him.

"Nothing, I'm just kinda frustrated" He admitted, sat down in the middle of his bed as I stayed standing after closing the door.

I had called earlier before dropping by so I knew Haknyeon and Eric, who shared a room with Sunwoo were out with Juyeon and Changmin.

The other members were also out doing whatever they wanted to do or had to do as they were free for the day.

"Why" I tilted my head, waiting for him to vent out his frustrations.

"I've been working on this song for so long and I can't fucking finish it and I feel like I'm letting everyone down cause it's supposed to be on our next album" He huffed, running his hands through his hair.

I knew Sunwoo was one who had alot of confidence in himself but he was also someone who was really hard on himself.

"What do you mean, if you can't finish it that means you've already started and that's already alot" I told him.

"What good is starting though if I can't complete it" He explained.

" Hey, come on, I watched you write a song in like 20 minutes. If you're having a writer's block, don't force it. You'll see, it'll come to you naturally" I stood in front of him, laying a hand on his shoulder, offering him as much comfort and support as he needed.

"I really hope so" He sighed.

"Stop being so hard on yourself, you're really amazing and I know you can do this" I smiled at him, finally seeing that smile of his appear for the first time since I got here.

"You are the best" He grinned, pulling my arm until I fell onto his lap and wrapping his arms around me for a hug.

"Thank you for that" He chuckled, continuing to hug me, as I hugged back, glad he wasn't so frustrated anymore.

We had always been this close, it certainly hadn't been the first time since I've sat in his lap but it was the first ever since that kiss.

He pulled away from the hug, his arm still around my waist as he began staring at me, a blush creeping on his cheeks and without a warning, he was kissing me.

I froze for two seconds before responding to the kiss, wrapping my arms around his neck, his arms tightening around my waist.

We had both forgotten about the fact that we were supposed to be 'just friends' as soon as our lips connected and began moving in harmony.

He moved his hand to the back of my head, pulling me even closer if it were possible, and began sucking on my bottom lip as I let out a soft whimper.

"Wait" I pulled away, earning a confused and disappointed look from him.

"Sorry, did I take it too far" He asked, guilt lacing his words as I shook my head.

"Not at all" I shook my head, giggling before moving my legs so that I was straddling him.

He gave me a surprised look before I reattached our lips, not wasting any time this time around.

I tugged at his bottom lip, causing him to instinctively open his mouth as I slipped my tongue inside of it.

He let out a groan as his tongue followed mine, messing around and clashing with each other as our lips continued moving in a messy order.

He began shuffling as I moved my hips, rutting against him, without breaking the kiss.

"You okay?" I asked him as he kept moving around. "It just feels really good" he breathed out making me grin before I continued kissing him.

I continued rutting my hips against him upon hearing how good it made him feel. I could feel him hardening against me, sending waves to the already forming pool of heat in my stomach.

I felt his hands snake under my shirt, roaming my bare body as he became completely hard underneath me.

He began tugging on my shirt as I let out a curse from the stimulating feeling of his hard on under me with only his pants and mine separating us.

I pulled away staring at him as he cautiously removed my shirt, tossing it on the bed next to us before finally setting his eyes on me.

"Wow" he breathed out, taking in my shirtless form with only my bra preventing me from being completely bare from the waist up. I did the same, removing his shirt and trying my best not to drool over his shirtless figure.

He reattached our lips, his hands this time going to my breast, fondling with them over and under my bra as I let out heavy breaths, my hands roaming his chest and abs.

He moved his hands to my side, steadying me as he attached his lips to my collarbone making me whimper and breath an almost inaudible 'fuck'.

I let him conduct my movement as he began moving my hips, his hands firmly gripping my ass as he controlled the speed at which my I would grind against him. His mouth was still attached to my collarbone when the door suddenly opened.

"OH MY GOSH" we quickly pulled away, with me jumping off of him and both of us staring at where the loud yell came from.

There stood Eric and Jacob at the doorway with Eric laughing as Jacob gave us a shocked and horrified look.

"I leave you two alone for not even an hour and this is what happens" Jacob's voice rose in disbelief, attracting more people.

As I saw Juyeon and Chanhee appearing at the doorway, I realized I was still only in my bra and grabbed my shirt, putting it in front of me to cover myself.

"Can you stop staring" Sunwoo accused his members when it was really just Juyeon and Eric. Chanhee was just laughing at the situation while Jacob remained dumbfounded.

"You guys aren't allowed to close the door when you're alone anymore. Ok" Jacob raised an eyebrow.

"Can't afford to have a baby running around here" He muttered as I nodded in understanding, extremely embarrassed while Sunwoo groaned, pulling his shirt back on.

End of flashback

"He just caught us making out" I oversimplified the situation, leaving out most details.

If looks could kill, everyone in this room would already be dead and Hyunjin would be charged with murder.

"And that's all you two did together" Hyunjin questioned as I bit down on my bottom lip, contemplating how to tell him the truth but Sunwoo spoke up before I did.

"Yeah that's all he caught us doing"

"No I mean ever. Is that all you've ever done together?"

"I mean- not exactly-"

"What do you mean not exactly- you didn't-"

"Have sex?" Sunwoo asked, Hyunjin staring at me, waiting for my answer.

"We did" I groaned, not wanting Hyunjin to have known but the information was bound to have come out sooner or later.

Flashback

"I promise you no one's here this time. They all went out but I told them I was feeling sick so they should be gone for like 3 hours at least" Sunwoo reassured me as we sat in his room.

"So like how do we start this?" I looked down, fidgeting with my fingers as I had no idea where to start.

Sunwoo and I had continued this 'friends with benefits' thing for a good year now and we both wanted to take it to the next level.

We had done alot with each other this past year and at this point it felt nothing less than right to lose our virginities to each other.

I trusted him. He trusted me. Even if this was just some friends with benefits kind of relationship I still wanted him to be my first.

"I don't really know.. I mean we could start from like how we usually do and move on from there" Sunwoo proposed as I nodded.

As soon as he had my consent he leaned forward, pulling me into a very soft kiss, taking his time with his one hand around my waist and the other holding onto the back of my neck.

I smiled into the kiss when he tugged at my bottom lip, immediately granting him entrance as he pulled me closer to him until I was straddling him.

He pulled away from the kiss, resting his forehead on mine as he smiled at me before grabbing onto the hem of my shirt and removing the shirt in one swift movement.

"This isn't even the first time I've seen you like this but fuck" He muttered as I grinned, reaching forwards to remove his own shirt.

"I could say the same for you" I eyed his bare upper body before he reattached our lips for another kiss.

The kiss didn't last as long as his lips quickly began travelling south to my jaw, then to my neck where it took it's time, working on a certain sport that had my toes curling until he moved down to my shoulder and began sucking on it.

His hands meanwhile, rested on my ass, squeezing them and using them to grind his hips into mine resulting in the both of us spilling out curse words left and right.

As he continued to suck on my shoulders, his hands reached behind my back to the hook of my bra, unclasping it and fully removing it, revealing my bare chest.

"Fuck" he moved back up to my lips, his hands grabbing hold of my breasts and cupping them, kneading them, rolling my nipples between his fingers.

"One second babe" He pulled away, flipping us around and laying me on the bed as he hovered over me.

His lips quickly went to my breasts as his free hand went to my thigh, rubbing on it and moving closer and closer to my heat.

His fingers trailed across my inner thigh, teasing me, squeezing on it, rubbing on it before he hooked his fingers on the waistband of my skirt before pulling it down, leaving me in nothing but my underwear as he smirked at the sight.

"Wow" he said nothing more as he ran a finger up my covered slit, causing me to shiver in excitement as I moved my hand to his jeans button.

I teased him first by palming his boner, squeezing it through the thick material before unbuttoning his jeans and watching him completely remove it himself.

I pulled him back down, kissing his neck but making sure not to leave any noticeable marks before moving to his shoulders, biting, nibbling and sucking on them, creating dark red and purple spots all the way unto his collarbones.

He let out a few breathy moans here and there as I rubbed his underwear covered erection with my free hand before I pulled him into a messy kiss, swallowing his moans.

Without breaking the kiss, his fingers trailed to the hem of my underwear, resting on my waist for a few seconds before he began tugging it down ever so slowly, only pulling away long enough for me to completely remove it.

"F-fuck" I bit down on his lip as he ran a finger down my slit, collecting the self produced lube made of my arousal before inserting his ring finger without so much as a warning.

"How're you gonna take my cock if you're this tight around just one finger" He groaned, curling his finger before he began moving it.

Then he added another one. And another one, reveling in my moans and whimpers are his fingers stretched me out.

"Sh- please don't stop" I whimpered, breathlessly as his fingertips continued tapping against a toe curling spot.

"F-fuck Sunwoo I want you" I cried as he continued his actions, his thumbs rubbing circular motions against my clit.

"How much do you want me, tell me" He groaned into my ear, his thumb moving even faster than before.

"So fucking badly please" I begged before he removed his fingers, my walls clenching around nothing but the air of the room as I let out a whine.

He simply smirked, standing up before removing his boxers, his erection slapping against his stomach.

My eyes widened at the size of his cock, his angry red tip and the veins running across his length had me wondering how the hell it was gonna fit.

I watched as he grabbed the condom next to him before quickly putting it on, positioning himself at my entrance.

He teased me for a few seconds, rubbing the tip of his length against my clit before he began pushing into me.

"Fuck" I gripped the sheets, not used to such a stretch as he placed a kiss on my forehead.

No words were said as we both eased ourselves into the situation, him pushing himself further until it was all inside of me.

He bent down to place a kiss on my forehead before his head went to the crook of my neck as he began moving, slowly, his hot breath fanning my neck.

I let out a whimper as he dived right back in, repeating his movements until the pleasure really kicked in, and it felt out of this world.

It was much more different than just fingers and it felt much better as well.

"Fuck Sunwoo, keep going" I threw my head back as he continued thrusting his hips into mine.

Sunwoo moaned, his hand going to my breast, the other holding on to my thigh, as he began rubbing on my breast, his movement speeding up.

"Right there" I yelled as he reached a place I had never felt before, releasing a pool of pleasure in the pit of my stomach.

"You take me so well fuck" Sunwoo bit down on his lip, removing his face from my neck to readjust his position.

"You're so fucking hot" He stared at me, grabbing onto my thighs and placing them above his shoulder, allowing him to go deeper.

His hips moved even faster and with much more vigor as his cock slammed into that spot that had my vision going blurry as I got lost in the pleasure.

"Sunwoo I- I think" "Me too baby." He continued his actions, grabbing onto my waist as he pounded into me until something in me clicked.

I let out a loud moan of overwhelming pleasure as I released, Sunwoo's actions slowly down as he also reached his high.

He slowly pulled out, making me wince at the feeling before rolling off of me, laying beside me.

"That was even better than I imagined" He admitted as I giggled, nodding.

"Same"

"Are you tired" he turned to look at me, seeing me fighting away the sleep from my eyes.

"We can sleep, we just have to get dressed before the others get back" He got up, collecting our scattered clothes and handing mine to me.

"We can shower when we wake up if you want" he smiled after we finished dressing. I smiled back at him, wrapping my arm around his waist and putting my head on his chest, dozing off to sleep.

End of flashback

"You guys were so obvious though. Everyone knew you were fucking especially the first time when we got back" Eric shook his head as I shot him a glare, looking over to Hyunjin before speaking up.

"But it was in the past now and now I'm with you and we haven't done anything since you and I began dating" I reassured him as I saw him frowning.

"I swear I would never cheat on you or anything, I'm yours Hyunjin" I continued, pressing my palm on his cheek and forcing him to look at me.

"How many times have you guys been together" Hyunjin asked, finally looking at me, a pout prominent on his face. I felt really bad.

I couldn't answer his question. Like countless of times counting the occasional blowjobs and such that had occurred.

"It doesn't matter. That was before you and I were even together okay" I huffed, trying to get him to understand me.

"And you don't like him anymore" Hyunjin asked.

"I like you" I told him planting a small kiss on his lips before he spoke up again.

"I know you like me. But do you like him?" He asked.

I mean of course I liked Sunwoo. He was my best friend, my first time. He was there for me in countless situations.

"Not in the way I like you" there really was a difference. I didn't know what it was exactly, I just knew Hyunjin was the guy I wanted to marry and Sunwoo was my first time and someone I really trusted and cared for.

I could see Hyunjin still frowning and I completely understood where he was coming from. I knew that I was his first time and he knew I had already done it but not with Sunwoo who was still my best friend.

"Look Hyunjin, everything that happened was in the past. We even joke about it now. She really does love you, last week she kept talking about you while we were together" He explained, me nodding in agreement.

Hyunjin huffed, slowly nodding his head before telling the others that we were leaving as we already had plans.

"Maybe next time we have sex we should invite Sunwoo so I show him how much better I can make you feel" Hyunjin whispered as we made our way out of the room after saying our goodbyes to anyone.

"Please your jealous ass could never handle us including Sunwoo in our sex life" I rolled my eyes as he raised an eyebrow.

"Wanna bet?"

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frumfrumfroo · 4 years

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What are your favorite movies and TV shows outside of SW? I’m looking for new things to watch since SW was so disappointing

My tastes are pretty eclectic, so I will stick to just things that are either similar to sw or are in the reylo-esque romance wheelhouse and have happy endings:

Chuck. It is a goofy, light-hearted action-adventure show with extremely endearing characters and a very prominent central romance (seriously, heavy romance and there is a lot of payoff for it, you will be FED- it's kind of slow burn but also shockingly NOT slow burn, they are deep into it pretty much immediately). The main couple is the classic Stoic Badass gradually softened by an innocent they have to protect who is a liability in battle but full of the Power of Heart. Chuck is The Heart btw. He is of that vanishingly rare male Beauty (of B&tB) type. He's incredibly generous and open, Sarah is prickly and closed-off. It is Quality. Very much a gender-swap of your typical cliche anime couple lol. I would recommend stopping at the mid-season finale in season 4, because it's downhill from there. The beginning of season 3 is very rough, but it's definitely worth it to stay for the back half, imo. There are several great endings to choose from before things go to shit, so we don't need to talk about the finale. Probably the most tonally similar to SW thing possible without being high/space fantasy. More humour, more silly, but definitely has a spiritual kinship. Has the best THE BEST 'secret revealed' scenes I have ever seen in anything. If you're into that and were hoping for that in ep IX, you need to watch Chuck.

The Shop Around the Corner. 1940 romance/drama film. You've Got Mail is a remake of it. Jimmy Stewart being profoundly adorable, Frank Morgan (aka the Wizard of Oz), various amusing side characters, and an absolutely deathless double blind 'secretly in love with the workplace nemesis' plot that can and probably has been a great reylo AU.

Mirromask. Fantasy/coming-of-age film. Touted as a 'spiritual successor' to Labyrinth by the filmmakers (one of whom is Neil Gaiman) and let me tell you, that is extremely apt. Beautiful, magical, laden with symbolism and Mask Discourse, and has a great ship. I quote it regularly.

Speaking of which, I'm sure you've seen Labyrinth? If you haven't seen Labyrinth, drop everything and watch Labyrinth.

Legend (the Ridley Scott director's cut, not the theatrical cut). Sumptuous fairy tale, runs on proper fairy tale logic, stunning to look at and overall captivating. Tim Curry. Tim Curry as a lonely tragic lord of darkness who tries to seduce the heroine and has drippingly overwrought monologues.

Howl's Moving Castle. Fairy tale adventure/romance film. Beautifully animated, has the ending you want.

The Silence of the Lambs. Thriller/drama film. Actual masterpiece. Use it as a gateway drug to read the books and rejoice that Clannibal is canon and it is spectacular. Just SotL and Hannibal, you don't need to read the other two. Stan Clarice Starling and revel in that ending. Most triumphant 'villain'/heroine ship of all time (he is not technically a villain but for shorthand's sake).

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Terry Gilliam 1988 fantasy/adventure film. THE TRIUMPH OF IDEALISM OVER CYNICS I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW HEALING IT WAS TO WATCH AFTER THE TROS BULLSHIT HIT. Jonathan Pryce's spiritual villain is basically Chris Terrio and it is cathartic to see imagination and sentiment conquer him.

Sabrina. 1995 romance film. Modern fairy tale with Harrison Ford. Rejecting what you thought you wanted all your life for the thing you actually need, growing up but still believing in magic, beautiful character development across all the leads. Could be (and is irrc) a fantastic reylo AU.

The Scarlet Pimpernel. 1934 adventure film. High romance, secret identities, play-acting, people who aren't at all what they appear to be, falling in love with your own spouse, Big Heroism, guile and wit and audacity. It makes me do little kicks like a happy baby. This is one of the 3-5 films constantly tied for my favourite film of all time. There is a good quality rip free on youtube. Watch it and fall in love with Leslie Howard (this is possibly my favourite acting performance of all time).

Oh, related note. Pygmalion 1938 or My Fair Lady. (The musical is based on this film and borrows from it heavily, including its much more romantic ending compared to the original play.)

The Mummy. 1999 action/adventure/romance film. Very tonally similar to sw. A fucking great time, A+ characters.

EVER AFTER. 1998 romance film. The flawless and perfect and best ever Cinderella adaptation. This is the most satisfying film in history, maybe, the ending is so good it is amazing it exists. Also, it has Richard O'Brien being slimy. Huge selling point. Grapples with identity and stewardship, is brilliant.

Fruits Basket. drama/romance anime. I haven't watched the new version yet, but it's following the manga so I know the story. The original anime didn't do the whole plot (because they caught up with the source material) but it's wonderful and I still recommend it. The central ship is (spoiler.........) a B&tB type where we eventually discover the main love interest both feels like a figurative monster and turns into a literal monster. He has an incredible speech about his relationship with people's fear, it makes me weep. I called the endgame from the first episode and always thought it was obvious, but there is a red herring love triangle dynamic. It's really not annoying, though, because it is a red herring. (I hate love triangles)

I am Dragon. Russian monster romance film. Beautiful, simple fable with a really great heroine.

Jane Eyre. 1943 Gothic Romance film. It's Jane Eyre, byronic hero x sensible heroine love story with much atmosphere and Gothic drama. I stan this version because I am an Orson Welles fangirl and I'm also not convinced it can be improved upon. Elizabeth Taylor's film debut btw.

Hellboy. 2004 action/adventure/romance film. Defying destiny, reconciling identity, monster romance. The complete package and a great time. Tonally similar to SW and probably thematically closest to it out of this whole list. Don't watch the sequel.

Beauty and the Beast 1987 tv series. Exactly what it says on the tin. Deals with the classic B&tB themes, but in a different way. He's not cursed and will never transform into an ordinary man. The first season is very episodic and 'case of the week', but the second season gets more into character drama. It's dated, but if you give it a chance you can get past some of the cheese factor and it's really a unique experience. Its concerns are SO atypical that it feels like something fandom would make rather than a mainstream network show. It was so massively, insanely popular with women at the time that a record of Vincent (the beast) reading poetry topped the album charts. Also Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton. Stop at season two. Point of interest: George RR Martin wrote for this show.

Stargate (the movie not the series) sci-fi fantasy about a nerdy guy who accidentally a hero.

Possession. 2009... mystery/supernatural/romance. Okay. This is a whole thing. Lee Pace and Sarah Michelle Gellar. It's based on a Korean film I've never been able to find for some reason, but being Hollywood they ruined the romanticism and nuance of the original in the theatrical cut to make a shitty punative ending. However. If you buy it on dvd and go to the alternate ending (which follows the original story) with around 20 minutes left (scene after Lee Pace's character wakes from a bad dream-go to deleted scenes and select the alternate ending), you will get a very, very interesting character study/thriller/redemption about sincerity within deception, compassion, and a major question about second chances with a positive answer. It's kind of dark and kind of astonishingly idealistic at the same time. The heroine makes a very powerful choice, twice over. It's fascinating. If you're into the conflicted and uncertain period in reylo, the part where he is most ambiguous, and you wanted more of that and much darker shades to it, you might be really into this. Also, it should be noted, there is a MASSIVE height difference and they show it off. The film is flawed (and the seams show on the Hollywood rewrite) but idk, it's fascinating. Shocking to me that they even got to shoot the original ending. It is pretty balls to the wall with its themes on forgiveness.

I would recommend getting into kdramas because there is a wealth of female-gaze tropey amazing content, but always check the ending before getting invested. My all-time fave is the 1st Shop of Coffee Prince, but it's not sw related at all lmao. It has a happy ending with all the elements you'd want, but it's not satisfying in execution, so that's it's major flaw and I find that pretty common with kdramas. One that is maybe more relevant is My Love from Another Star, which has a hero who is a little bit like Ben in personality. The heroine isn't my favourite, though. It does have a decent ending.

Oh yeah- brain fart. Kurosawa films and classic westerns were both very influential on SW. Or you can combine both and watch The Magnificent Seven.

#this somehow ended up a wall of text??? I'm so embarrassed #anyway it should be fixed now #recs #anyway 40s movies are fantastic they used to CHURN OUT rom coms and even the bad ones are entertaining #and they were not in the romance ghetto they had prestige actors and directors #I don't know what happened and why this isn't done now because that shit was profitable #another edit:#I messed up my directions on Possession bc I first saw the alt ending on YouTube from the fridge point #but actually the full thing starts way earlier and covers more of the loose ends than I remembered #so I've fixed that now as well #(because I just rewatched it after writing this rec) and serious SERIOUSLY someone watch this movie and scream about it with me #I can't stress enough how important it is you switch to the alt ending and watch that INSTEAD of the theatrical cut but but but #If you do - OMG the ending is incredible #the coded conversation the subtle optimism #it is a meeting place where we Soft Reylos and the edgier villain/heroine stans can meet in the middle

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k-odyssey · 4 years

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Dramas I’ve Been Watching in April

It’s that time again when I tell you what I’ve been watching and if I liked it (without spoilers). As always it’s a long post so everything’s under the cut.

I was struggling to find the other ones so now they’re all tagged monthly posts. (I don’t know that anyone else needs to find them, but I do. It’s like the index page on my blog.)

When the Weather Is Fine (finished)

Seoul music teacher leaves the city and her unfulfilling job for the countryside, reconnects with adorable highschool classmate. They heal from the past together.

Mentioned in the last post and all other my blog. I said it was feel-good and having finished it, I stand by that. The great thing is, even when what’s happening with the leads isn’t great, there’s always another storyline to balance things out.

It looks so good. I love the fashion, which is almost exclusively thick jumpers and warm coats and gloves.

There’s two readings of the ending, one more positive than the other. But either way the finale is worth watching for Jang Woo’s little speech about happiness and mundane things.

Meow, the Secret Boy (ep18 of 24)

Cat adopted by unwilling new owner discovers he can turn into a human around her.

Started this one last month with hopes of cute romcom but it’s too weird to ship at this point. For me anyway.

It is, however, ridiculously funny. But I can’t watch more than one ep at a time due to the aforementioned weirdness. So I haven’t caught up yet.

Cute second couple, though.

Skate into Love (finished)

Star hockey player is reunited with the girl he hated in primary school at age 18, decides to take revenge.

It becomes more about how to navigate a relationship when you have an entire childhood of history and Olympic dreams. Also meddling parents and manipulative admirers.

Did I fast forward a bit? Yes. It’s 40 episodes after all, and the drama is edited to be a bit slow I think. You can easily watch it at the 1.25x speed. There’s plenty of supporting characters with their own stories, some more interesting than others. But I still found it worth watching.

I love the leads! And they actually grow, individually and as a couple. They both make mistakes and apologize and move on together.

While I’m here, let me mention that there are decent kisses!

Here’s what I wrote about the drama in the beginning.

If you don’t mind spoilers, here’s more thoughts.

Joy of Life (finished)

21st century character is sort of reborn in what looks like ancient china, with memories from his past life intact.

It’s been a long time coming, but I finished it!

By a long time coming I mean I started this drama in... December? Which might as well be a century ago at this point. I mentioned it here in January if you missed that.

46 episodes is a lot for me, especially if the drama is no longer airing. If I don’t watch it as it comes out, I 100% will end up taking up to 6 months to finish it. That’s just my brain.

The drama itself is a delight! Both funny and heartbreaking. Lots of intrigues and politics, but not in a boring way. It definitely keeps you on your toes.

Wan’er being one my faves (I don’t care if some find her plain), I was sad to see her character fade in the background as the drama progressed. The lack of romance from ep35 or so might be why it took so long for me to finish it. I love my romance ok?

Also this is season 1 of at least 2, so the ending is... an interesting and shocking one.

A Piece of Your Mind (finished)

Two people dealing with the loss of loved ones help each other through the darkness. Also there’s artificial intelligence involved.

I thought the fact that there was AI would mean the plot would inevitably end up where it usually does for this genre of kdrama: some evil person or entity trying to acquire the technology through legal or illegal means. Thankfully, that never happens. It’s not that kind of drama but a sweet melo.

Did you know I love Jung Hae In? I have that one post about him where I say exactly that but in more words and I’m always happy when it gets notes. The thing is, I don’t mind that he’s been playing similar characters lately. On an emotional level, his portrayals always work. I can’t look away from his eyes. Especially if he’s about to cry. He plays “overwhelmed with emotion” so well whether it’s anger or sadness or love. Plus, I’m all for kinder and softer male leads.

I know Chae Soo Bin from 3 other dramas and they were all comedy I think. I didn’t know she had the range! It was a good surprise to find that she could play a more poised character. I love her in this.

Is it because I’ve been re-watching One Spring Night but this drama looks so bright! In a good way. I love the light and colours. Especially at sunset. Plus all of the snow in the beginning, and Soon Ho’s plants!!! Also I love how they film through windows and play with reflections.

I’m sad they had to cut 4 episodes but they managed to wrap things up pretty well.

So many great characters. And I love that there’s several very strong non-romantic relationships. Soon Ho and Ha Won for example. As someone who wants to scream anytime I hear “men and women can’t be friends”, I love that these two are best friends. Also the boarding house scenes were great. Especially once Min Jung and the medical student moved in.

More thoughts about the AI.

Hyena (finished)

How do I describe Hyena?

It’s an unusual love-to-hate-to-love. Two resourceful, rich-people’s lawyers cross paths and well, sparks fly.

It’s not cute and fluffy. They defend the worst people and with questionable means. They have ethics but they’re different from mine.

As I have mentioned here, it was Hee Jae that grabbed my attention. Joo Ji Hoon is a brilliant actor.

The drama is fast-paced and I watched it in like a week.

Read this post I wrote at the end if you want to know more and don’t mind mild spoilers.

The King: Eternal Monarch (ep2 of 16)

King with a tragic family history finds the door to a parallel universe.

Technically I’ve watched 2 eps and like 15 min of the 3rd ep.

I’ve decided to give it at least 4 episodes. I still haven’t caught up.

Main appeal for me: Woo Do Hwan. He’s not the lead though so there’s that.

I don’t usually pay much attention to that but since I edit them for this... the posters aren’t great? And none of the ones I’ve found have the standard format so I had to choose between cutting the title and cutting off half of Lee Min Ho’s face.

Love is All (ep4 of 26)

Historical romcom. I kinda didn’t pay attention to ep1 so I’m not super clear on why the male lead is hiding his identity but he is. He’s left the capital to become a county magistrate in a small (?) town. There he meets a romance writer who becomes his adviser.

They fight all the time.

Also she keeps unknowingly declaring her love for him because she knows him by name and has a crush on him, but he’s living under a false identity. So she’s annoying him a lot but also complimenting him all the time and he’s not indifferent.

Fun supporting characters.

Is it kinda cheesy? Yes, but that’s what I typically watch cdramas for.

#monthly posts #meow the secret boy #hyena #a piece of your mind #when the weather is fine #skate into love #joy of life #love is all #the king: eternal monarch #kdrama talk

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slytherinbangchan · 5 years

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Apado gwaenchana Chap13💖

Chap 12 💖

Masterlist

Another fave chap btw 💖

Magazine workers (enemies to lovers AU)

Warning for this chap: Mention of alcohol, kissing games etc… (parties stuff)

Fluff, smut.

Pairing: RenjunxReader (Only y/n’s actual name is ‘Skyler’ cause I love that name and that’s it but it’s still ‘y/n’ ok?) Btw I made everyone here older than they actually are cause they’re working at an office etc…

You (Skyler/BlueAbsinthe) work as an editor at an office for a magazine called ‘Fashion Killa’ along with your two besties, (Chloe/uwuBabe writer for the health and beauty department and Blair/NotARavenclaw, a photographer). And everything is fine untill you have to work along in an assesment with your ‘mortal enemies’.

(Dont mind the time on the chats I just write late at night, lol) Idk if I need to say this but I love Chenle, president Chenle forever💖, but he’s a jerk in my series, so sorry. Ily Chenle pls forgive me.

Nct members as:

Mark: Editor. Renjun: Photographer. Chenle: Editor Lucas: Model Doyoung: Model Park Jisung: Model Johnny: Model Yuta: Model Taeyong: Model Jungwoo: Model Other Idols:

Felix: As an Stray Kids member Han Jisung: As an Stray Kids member. Wonho from MX: As a model Joohoney from MX: As a model TOP from BB: As a model. Siwon from SUJU: As a model. BoA: As your boss

13.

So once again you see yourself caught up in some 'scandal' with Doyoung. Why does this happen just now? You're not even dating him anymore. You take a deep breath and leave your phone to go take a shower. Apparently there's another party at Lucas's. When are they getting bored of those parties? Why nobody has brought a karaoke machine yet? Is not like you have a great voice but that doesn't mean you don't wanna use it? Anyway, is getting late, you better hurry up or everyone is gonna be already drunk when you get there and that's not as funny as sober people pretend it is.

This is the third day in a row that there's a party and most of the people couldn't handle it. There are just a few model girls from your assessment group and Lucas, Doyoung, Johnny, Taeyong. Then there's Blair, Chloe etc, and lastly Mark, Renjun, Jisung. You go say hi to them first and then to the girls.

-How's your lizard? -Chloe asks.

-Very well, thank you. She cute.

-Skyler, you know how much I love Drarry, tell me SkyJun is sailing. -Blair says.

-What?

-Skyler! -Lucas approaches you with a drink. -You came, great. Here. -He hands you the cup. -We're about to start a drinking game. You HAVE to play. You too girls. -He looks at your friends.- I'm kinda tired of kissing guys all the time.

-I'll stay here with Wonho for tonight. But Blair will go. -Chloe says pushing her.

-Well yeah, I'll go. I'm bored anyway. -She says, following Lucas.

Blair grabs your hand and takes you to the circle too. You can see Mark doing the same to Renjun. You haven't drink enough for this. You haven't drink at all actually. So you just gulp down that cup Lucas gave you. It's terribly sweet. Must be rum or something like that. Doyoung sits by your side.

-Hey. -He says, softly.

-Hey, you.

-How are you doing?

-I'm fine. Seriously, I'll be fine as long as your fans don't know who I really am.

-Well I'm sure they'll find out so...

-Yeah... I kinda know that but I want to be happy meanwhile. -You laugh.

-Everyone! -Lucas is placing the bottle already. -Let's start this. We'll play kiss or dare. -He says spinning the bottle. It stops pointing at Mark. -Mark. Kiss or dare.

-Hmm... Kiss.

-Okay, kiss Jisung.

-Seriously?? -He ask, while reluctantly moving towards Jisung. -What kind of kiss?

-I guess if someone choose 'kiss' just a normal kiss, not a peck but not french you know?

He sighs and proceed to kiss the maknae.

Next time bottle points to Doyoung.

-Kiss or dare? -Asks Lucas.

-Dare.

-Okay, kiss Skyler for the old times. -He smiles widely and people start 'wooing' you two.

He chuckles. -Ok, so apparently ‘dare’ means kissing too. -Doyoung says. He just kisses you anyways. It's just a peck on the cheek tho.

-Aww c'mon! -Lucas complains. -Don't do this to me everyone please. This is a party I want action. -People laugh and he spins the bottle again. It points to one of the girls from your assessment group. The one who was fixing Renjun's clothes that time at the photoshoot. -Kiss or dare?

-Kiss!

-Okay, kiss the person you like the most from this circle. You can kiss me by the way.

She giggles and looks around, then goes to Renjun and kiss him. HOW DARES SHE. Ahem... Anyways. Lucas is dissapointed cause she didn't choose him. And the cup that was in your hand is no longer a cup, now is just a crushed plastic ball.

-Here. -You look up and it's Wonho offering you another drink. -Chloe sends me. -You look behind him and she's waving at you. Then makes a sign for you to breathe and just drink the cup.

You gulp that one in too. -Finally, vodka. -You say. You're so glad all your friends actually know what drinks you like.

The bottle spins again and finally it points to you. -Kiss or dare? -Lucas asks.

-Dare. -You choose.

-Okay. I noticed you gave up half of your clothes trying not to make out with Renjun the other night so...

-I gave my other half trying not to kiss Mark. -You add.

-Well yeah but you ended up having to kiss him and you made him moan so I can't think how you could top that tonight.

You sigh kinda frustrated. Renjun kissed that other girl. You don't wanna kiss him right now. -Whatever. -You say.

-Anyway, as I was saying. Your dare is to turn Renjun on.

-What?

-I just said it.

-Yeah, but...

-We're waiting~

You sigh again and crawl to Renjun. He's visibly worried right now. You're frowning cause you're still mad. But you sit astride him and look at him in the eyes. He gulps and you kiss him briefly before going down his neck. He has closed his eyes as you bite him softly. You almost can hear his heart beat. His fingers buried in your skin as you bite his neck a little harder. You kiss your way to his ear and whisper some nasty thingys to him till he pushes you away.

-Ok, enough. -He says, blushing to another level.

You get back to your seat giggling. -So mean. -Doyoung whispers to you.

-That's nothing. -You say, laughing.

-Yeah, I know. But still... Look at him. Never seen anyone that red.

-Shut up. -You say, laughing. -Is not that bad.

It's 5am and half of the people there is falling asleep. So you and the girls decide it's time to go. Jisung has fallen asleep in Lucas's bed and Mark is about to do the same. Renjun is just there laughing at both of them.

-You go ahead. -You say to Blair. -I'm gonna say goodbye to the guys. -She nods and goes away. You hug Doyoung and tell him to go to bed too. Lastly you go to Renjun and talk to him. -Hey.

-Hey. -You're going too?

-Yeah. I'm gonna pass out for sure when I get to my bed.

He chuckles. -Yeah, me too...

-Well, you already have bed hair.

-Ah, really?

-Yeah, you look terrible. -You laugh.

-Is that so? -He asks, raising an eyebrow. -Well, thank you.

-You're welcome. That's what enemies are for, ya know. -You say, smiling. -What did you do to get that hair tho? Did you kiss that model girl again?

-She was kinda clumsy yeah. Why would I kiss her again tho?

-I don't know... -You try and fix his hair while talking. -She's pretty.

He chuckles. -Are you drunk?

-Not really, no...

-I see. Sleepy drunk then. -His voice so soft.

-Maybe? -You laugh.

Suddenly you see Jisung's sleepy eyes creeping out behind Renjun. -Hyung, let's go please. I'll take Mark.

He laughs and looks at you. -I guess it's time to go.

-Ah, yeah. Good night then. -You watch Renjun and Jisung carrying Mark out of the room, then you stand there like an idiot for a few more seconds till you decide to move and go to your room too. You crush into Renjun on your way out. -Sorry. -You apologize and then laugh a little.

-Ah, sorry I forgot something. -He says, grabbing your hand.

-What?

He starts walking then, just turning his head to answer your question and then keep going. -'You'.

You feel your face burn after that. How he dares making you blush like that. -Omg Renjun.

-What? -He chuckles.

-Can we stop pretending we are in a kdrama?

-Well I'm chinese and you're not korean either so I guess it's not a kdrama anyways.

-Ok, we live in Korea?

-We're not even there right now?

-Omg, stoop, you know what I meant. -You laugh.

He stops walking suddenly and gently pushes you to the wall, leaning over you. -Of course I know. I just love messing with you. -He then kisses you and smirk after that. -Now let's go. -He says grabbing your hand again and walking away.

You take your shoes off as soon as you enter the room. Then throw yourself in bed. You feel your eyes closing and not wanting to open again. Then you suddenly remember Renjun is right there and get up. -What are you doing? -He's standing close to the door.

-Ah... I don't know...

-Come here, you idiot. -He walks to the bed and stand there. You pull him from his shirt to make him fall into the bed with you. -Why are you just standing? -You laugh.

-Sorry, you seem exhausted just now.

-Well yeah, I am. -You say, kissing him after. -But... -You blush hard.

-Huh?

-I don't want you to go just yet... -You say, pouting. Avoiding eye contact with him.

He chuckles. Making you look at him again. -I don't wanna go either. I came back for you, remember?

-Ah yeah... I must have won over that other girl... -You say mumbling to yourself.

-What? -He laughs.

-Nothing. Come here. -You say, dragging him under the covers with you. You're shaking cause you're cold. At least you think it's only because of that. -You look cute with your bed hair now. -You say, giving him an eskimo kiss that ends up with him kissing you.

-How is my bed hair different now from earlier?

-Maybe cause you're in an actual bed... The background is appropiate.

He chuckles. -Okay. You have to be drunk.

-Nah. I'm just that stupid. -You laugh.

-Hey. Only I can call you stupid.

-No way, why??

-Cause I don't mean it.

-Oh, really? I do mean it when I call you stupid. -You say with an straight face, but you end up cracking up when you see he's actually buying it.

-Omg, I hate you. I swear. -He says, jokingly fighting you. Not being able to restrain an smile too.

-Ah...Renjun, I'm tired, I'm just gonna kiss you now. -You say, getting closer to him.

He laughs. -Yeah, I think I'm fine with that. -He ends up with the little distance left between you two. Chap12 💖 __Chap14

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Caretaker!Jooheon

Pairing: Jooheon X Reader (Gender Neutral)

Genre: slight angst, fluff

Author’s Note: I’m not gonna do a summary for this one because it would’ve ruined the beginning of the story soo hehe. I will say though that there is a Hwarang, the kdrama, spoiler!! So if you have not watched the show but you want to, don’t read this! I myself, haven’t seen the show but I want to and I know this happens to a character because my feed was blown up with this scene on other social media soo yeah.. Again, no random reason and so either Caretaker!Minhyuk or Caretaker!Hyungwon will be next! Enjoy and as always, feedback is greatly appreciated

Other Caretakers! Hyunwoo // Wonho // Minhyuk // Kihyun // Hyungwon // Jooheon // Changkyun

You could feel your literal heartbreaking as you watched the man you loved, the love of your life bleeding out before you, his eyes barely able to stay open as he was just shot moments earlier. You watched him, unable to do anything as your emotions got the better of you, making you unable to move a muscle, frozen in place. Your tears rushed down your face as your cries filled the dark room and your body began to tremble in the grievance. You reached your hand out, trying to reach out to him yet he was drifting farther and farther away. “No! Don’t go,” you practically wailed as you were breaking down, the hardest you've ever cried making you feel like you couldn't open your eyes or breathe out of your nose at all now. You've never felt a greater pain, watching him die before out and you couldn't do anything to help him at all; you couldn't be there next to him to press down on the wound to stop the bleeding, you couldn't kiss him goodbye, you couldn't hold him and tell him how much you loved him. A heaviness filled your limbs as happy memories from the past where he made you laugh and smile, along with others by his side now made you cry harder. It wasn't long before other men were able to rush to his side, but they were too late; a great hero had fallen forever. They took off their hats, respecting the fallen soldier and carefully lifted him up and carried him away.

He made his way down the hall towards your shared loft as he had just off work and came home from a long day at the studio. He scrolled through his phone confused on why he hadn't heard from you in a couple hours, his keys in hand as they jingled with every step he took. He stood outside on his phone, looking through social media when the sound of your wailing voice caught his ears. He almost dropped his phone as he rushed to unlock the door to the loft, panic beginning to fill him to the brim.

“Y/N!” He left the door open, running over to you as you were sat in front of the tv, crying your eyes out as the living room blanket was wrapped around you. “What happened? Are you hurt?” He scanned your body, looking for any sign of energy, fortunately seeing none. “What's going on? Who hurt you my flower?” He lifted your laying, curled into a ball form from the hardwood floor, sitting you in his lap as he sat crisscrossed on the ground, leaning your head on his chest as he soothed you, one arm holding your back and the other brushing your hair.

“Joo-Joohoney,” you stuttered as your breaths were now short gasps for air, your tears beginning to slow down. You were trembling we you spoke, trying to look into his eyes as he watched you diligently. You could feel the puffiness around your eyes as they were sore and strained from your crying. You could feel your face and neck were wet with tears, soaking the shirt of your pajamas which were one of Jooheon’s shirts. “Ha-Hansung d-died,” your voice broke off as you nuzzled your head closer to Jooheon’s body even though it was very close already, your hand gripping onto his gray hooded jacket.

Everything suddenly became clear to Jooheon, now remembering you had suddenly begun watching Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth, a popular Korean drama which one of your favorite characters was BTS’ very own Kim Taehyung, playing the fun character of Hansung. A wave of relief washed over him as he held you, he even tried to restrain a laugh since you were crying hysterically over a character. “Ah, Y/N, you really scared me! I thought someone broke in and hurt you when I heard you cry from outside! See, I didn’t even close the door,” Jooheon’s voice was playful, teasing you in an attempt to soothe your cries. He pointed to the door, nudging you lightly to get you to open your eyes and look, but you continued to cling onto him. When he saw that you were still crying, he sighed with a smile on his face, rubbing you arm gently to comfort you. “Aw, come on, onto the couch we go.” He lifted you in his arms from his lap and carried you swiftly over to the black leather couch, laying you gently down so your head was resting on the arm. He turned around quickly, and headed to the door, closing it and locking it. “Mm, do you want to eat anything?” He asked while he took off his shoes and jacket, putting them away out of the way safely.

Your cries began to die down as you wrapped the blanket harder. You slowed down your breathing, taking slow deep breaths, turning so you were now staring into the ceiling. Flashes of the memory of how Hansung died, making you tear up a little more, but not that much. You held the blanket in your hands in fists as you lay there in a small ball.

“Hm?” Jooheon was now in your sight, as he leaned over you, getting your attention and then sitting on the edge of the couch with you. The time wasn’t too late so some places were still open, it was just around after dinner time. Around the time people got home from work and some were still on the way and dusk had just fallen upon the sky.

You raised your eyebrows in confusion, missing what he had asked before. The corner of your lips was down, practically pouting as you moved so now you laid in Jooheon’s lap. His body was like a natural heater for you, no matter how cold it was outside or if he claimed to be cold, you would hug him and his body heat would be able to warm you up, which was also one of many reasons why you loved your Joohoney.

“Did you eat yet, baby?” He looked down to you, brushing your hair with his fingers, letting your silky strands slip through your fingers. Normally when you cried, you became very childlike; pouting, staying with Jooheon, wanting to hold him or wanting him to hold you, if he walked around the loft or the studio, you would follow, trailing behind him and he simply let you be while you wanted and needed his attention on you. Sometimes he used this neediness as an excuse to tease you which most of the time would make you cry even more and then he would stop and apologize.

“Mm mm..” You shook your head in his lap, bringing up the blanket in your hand to wipe away remaining tears as you bit your lip. You could barely breathe from your nose, your eyes were puffier and sorer than ever. The soft blanket was slightly damp around the area you held it, covering and keeping your body warm in the cool, spacious loft, wearing a simple shirt and short sports shorts and small bumblebee socks Jooheon had gotten for you when he went to Japan.

“Do you wanna eat?” a small smile remained on Jooheon’s face. He peered down to your small face, your eyes wide, simply staring off into space with the occasional sniffle and wipe with the blanket. “Baby?”

You shook your head once again. No food, no matter if it was your favorite or not, well maybe, could make you feel better. You didn’t feel anything, you were numb except for sadness for Hansung and comfort from Jooheon. Your hands slowly released the grip on the blanket, and reached them up slowly, snaking them around Jooheon, holding him, which was all you needed; him.

“Do you.. Want ice cream?” Jooheon suggested, pausing his hand motions through your hair, knowing he got your attention as you lifted your head, looking into his gentle dark eyes as you contemplated. He knew ice cream was your weakness, no matter what you said whether you were hungry or not. “I know you can’t resist ice cream, Y/N~” He looked down into your eyes, as you looked back into his crescent-shaped ones, his dimples beginning to cave inwards. “I promise you you’ll feel much better~ I’ll take care of you,” He bent down, peppering your face with kisses.

You knew he was right; no matter how sick or sad or mad or anything you felt, ice cream always made it better (i’m sorry if you’re lactose intolerant and can’t eat ice cream;-;). You poured your lips out, looking at the door making your ‘thinking’ face but Jooheon knew you did indeed want ice cream.

“Come on, put on your shoes~” He took ahold of your hands, pulling you up and took you over to the door area, slipping on your shoes. He held your hand firmly, leading you out the apartment building where the two of you resides for almost a year and a half. His hand was soft as he held the back of your hand in his palm, gently rubbing his thumb over your knuckles every now and then. “To ice cream!” Jooheon chimed as he held your hand now as the two of you walked side by side. He swung your intertwined hands lightly in hopes of raising your spirits to your normal bubbly self but seeing it wasn’t really working. “What have you been doing all day?” He changed the subject trying to bring your mind off of Hansung’s death. He knew Hansung was going to die anyways from social media and he wasn’t as captivated by the show as you were so he was unfazed by this fictional character’s death.

You felt like you couldn’t even speak; all you wanted to do was to curl up in a ball and rewatch the scene even though it hurt you to see him die and would make you cry once again, but you were peculiar in that way. It felt as if your heart was in your throat, blocking you from speaking, resulting in you hugging Jooheon’s arm as the two of you began walking towards the entrance to the apartment building, passing the front desk clerk reading a book. “I just stayed home binge watching Hwarang,” your voice was a whisper feeling how dry and rough it was as your spoke which only made you didn’t want to speak. A cool breeze welcomed the two of you while walking through the glass double doors, fortunately, Jooheon’s body heat was very warm resulting in the wind not bothering you too much. “How about you?” You turned your face towards him so he could hear you better while walking down the block towards the ice cream parlor at the end of the block on the corner.

“Ah, have you been watching the show since you woke up?” He glanced over to you, placing his other hand over yours, rubbing his thumb over your hand’s skin. “And I was just in the studio today with Changkyun and Wonho, brainstorming some ideas for new songs, but overall, it was a pretty relaxing day.”

The warm colors of the sunset filled the evening sky with golden orange and pink and purple hues with the last golden rays shining over the tops of trees. The two of you walked on and while slowly approaching the ice cream shop did you feel your mood rise from the slumps. The corners of your lips curled upwards as Jooheon walked ahead of ou only to turn around and make cute poses and faces at you with his “kukukaka,” but you couldn’t help but burst out in a small fit of laughter as he pretended you were a baby, well you are his baby and spoke in baby talk to you. “Ah, Joohoney, you’re so precious~” You walked up to him, pressing your hands on each of his cheeks, rubbing your thumbs over his face down to his dimples as he smiled, snaking his arms around your waist locking you in his grasp.

“I know.” He did a dramatic hair flip although his hair was nowhere near the length he wanted to flip. “Now let’s get ice cream!” He lifted you by the waist and spun you around, taking you by the hands into the ice cream store, holding the door for you. The sound of a chime filled your ears when the door of the small parlor opened. This parlor had been opened years before the two of you moved in, run by an elderly couple though the way they moved made for their age seemed fake.

“Ah, look, sweetie, our favorite customers have returned,” the elderly man’s voice was cheerful as he wiped down tables. He wore a white shirt with black pants and suspenders with an apron, smiling at the two of you.

“What can we get you two love birds on this lovely evening?” His wife sat behind the counter putting on gloves, ready for your orders, smiling kindly. “The usual?” She began grabbing waffle cones, ready to scoop.

“Yes please~” Jooheon replied as you nodded. “Thank you!” He chimed as he paid before leading you to one of the old fashioned booths each with the small jukebox attached to the wall on the black and white checkered floors. When the two of you first began coming here, you guys would sit at the counter in the pink and blue high leathered swivel chairs, sipping on milkshakes or eating ice cream on the warmer sided days, enjoying life together. The two of you were the only ones in the parlor now though since it was a weekday and school was still going on, but coming to a close end towards summer which would be when the parlor would be the busiest, attracting customers with their low prices and the delicious cold goodness they made. Joohoney sat next to you in the red leathered cushioned booth, playing with your hands in his on the table, melting on the inside how small your hands were in his. “Ah, they’re so small,” he couldn’t help from thinking no matter how many times he held them, the corners of his lips curling upwards as he played with them with your head laying on his shoulder. The natural scent of you filled his nostrils, relaxing him further though he was calm before. His heart throbbed for you, not letting a day pass where he wouldn’t not think about you; how unpredictable and spontaneous you were such as once you barged into his studio and taking him away with permission, of course, to travel around with you for the day. But also how some days you were the polar opposite, practically staying one place and refusing to leave such as today, binge watching tv shows or reading or just something simply in the middle such as a do it yourself project.

It was so peaceful at this very moment; you were with your love and it was moments like these where you could really appreciate each other presences. You covered your yawn which snuck up on you, wiping your eyes afterward, feeling sleep after you cried so much, which now looking back made you smile at how silly you were being over a fictional character, getting too wrapped up into the show. The cold air in the parlor raised goosebumps over your arms and legs, making you raise your shoulder to try to warm your body. Jooheon noticed this and wrapped your arms around you.

“If you’re cold, just tell me,” he said cooly with the most gentle eyes as he looked at you. Light music from the eighties played. He felt how cold your arm was as his arm draped over it, your head against his left arm and your back against his chest, sure you could feel his heartbeat against your back. Even after the two of you had been together for a while, he still tried to act cool in front of you, especially in front of the other members, though you knew he had the softest spot for you, practically melting to a puddle on the inside as you did cute things in front of him such as asking if you could hold hands, especially after something that upset him. You knew he was still upset but he softened up towards you by feeling it with how he held your hand, always being gentle.

“Here you go, kids,” the wife’s dulcet voice caught your attention, making you sit up. “The classic (insert your fav ice cream flavor) for Y/N and okdongja for Jooheon. Enjoy kids!” She gave you two a sweet smile before walking back.

“I haven’t had ice cream in a while, thank you.” You pecked a kiss onto Jooheon’s cheek as he licked his ice cream; vanilla on the outside and chocolate on the inside. You didn’t know how they did it, but according to Jooheon, they were ice cream wizards, always able to create and put together the wackiest yet most delicious flavors together. You licked your own ice cream, tasting the cold goodness sprawled over your tongue as it melted in your mouth.

Jooheon walked next to you, opening the door and holding it for you. “Thank you! See you next time!” He called out to the parlor owners who waved the two of you off. “Ah, I will forever love okdongja.” He licked the vanilla remains off his lips as he used his free hand and took yours, swinging them back and forth as the two of you walked back home. The sun was still setting, but it was very low at this time; it’s golden colors earlier now blended into the darker night sky. The street lamps were on, their old weathered and stained glass made the light appear golden yellow as well. The weather was warmer outside, hugging your skin gently.

“What would I do without my Joohoney,” you giggled as you playfully nudged him, forever grateful for having him by your side through the ups and downs in your life. You wouldn’t change anything about your life from the past if it meant spending the rest of your days with Jooheon.

“You would be a crying mess, rocking back and forth over Hansung.” He looked you dead in the eyes with the straightest voice you've ever heard from him, leaving you with an ‘o’ shape on your mouth as he then broke out in laughter, knowing he was one hundred percent right.

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