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CHA HUN. '94-liner; living at the umbrella house. [ roleplay only ]

[94cha-blog]

❛ birthday girl ❜

[seulgixsl-blog]

Surprised, Seulgi’s eyes widened slightly. She had no idea at first who it could be, and she really wasn’t sure who else Hun had befriended in the sharehouse other than the tall, rowdy male proclaiming himself to be a cash-strapped, jobless rock star from the sixth floor. Then there was Joohyun, too. At the thought of the tickets coming from the older woman, the smile on Seulgi’s face turned into a curt one. It bothered her, but she tried her best to shrug the feeling off. There wasn’t wrong with the tickets coming from Joohyun, was there? “Ah… I like all days, honestly. Maybe the second or third. There’s one here I feel you might like.” She then described the film to she was referring to to Hun, which distracted her to a slight extent. “What do you think?”

Laughing, Seulgi drew her arms away at Hun’s protest, then continued with trying to put the pin on herself again. In the middle of her attempt, she spoke again.  “Are you sure you want to go the festival with me, though?” She took a deep breath, then asked a question she felt would make her look petty. Still, she wanted to hear what he would say. “Won’t there be someone else you’d like to go to the movies with?” 

[94cha-blog]

He listens as Seulgi describes a movie about the startup of a band; she seems a little too keen on one of the actors, if he does say so himself--but he pretends to ignore that bit, since the plot really does genuinely interest him. “It’s showing on which day again? I’ll make sure to be free for it,” he assures her with an encouraging smile. He’s confused as to why Seulgi keeps asking if he has someone else he’d love to go with--isn’t he here, offering these tickets to her? On her birthday too, at that. Besides, he thinks he’s been pretty obvious about the fact that he likes her, and he thinks she’s been pretty reactive to this fact. “I mean-- you don’t see me asking anyone else, do you?” He comments, using a light teasing tone.

[seulgixsl-blog]

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“Were they?” Seulgi, back then, didn’t exactly have anyone to tell those stories to, aside from her parents who pretty much lived those stories with her. She would have been very lonely, and perhaps resentful during her early teens if not for Hun. Now that she thought of it, he had done a lot more for him than she thought, which made standing him up when they were supposed to meet seem even more stupid than it already was. She reminded herself that they had just settled that, though, and returned her attention to their conversation. 

“I was always worried I would bore you, but when I read your letters, it never seemed that way. That… really meant a lot. Did you try cooking any of the recipies, by the way? Like the Feijoada?” About this, Seulgi was genuinely curious.  Sharing with him recipes was another way she could share her experiences with him. There was a point back then that she wanted to make it seem that she was experiencing everything beside him. “It was hard to write how the food tasted;  I sent you recipes so you could taste them, too.”

What he said next caught her off-guard. Blood rose to her cheeks, and there was no way for her to hide it other than by looking down on her plate again. “Y-yah, don’t say that,” she said, forcing out a laugh. “I look exactly the same… but thank you, anyway.” While living abroad, her looks got her a lot of compliments, but it was wildly different to hear them from him. 

[94cha-blog]

“Of course I did-” He laughs, nodding. He’d always been eager to try making most of the recipes that Seulgi would send him. Unfortunately, for most of them, a lot of the ingredients weren’t indigenous to South Korea, and were either hard to come by, or really expensive. Eventually, he’d attempted using local replacements, but the results ranged from decent to disastrous, so he;d opted out of telling Seulgi about his trials. He'd told himself hell show her pictures once he’s perfected them, but alas, by the time he made his first good tasting Feijoada (and even now he gets confused how to say that), he and Seulgi had already lost contact. “You know, I still have those recipes--I can try and make it for you, if you want?”

“You do look the same--but different?” He smiles; maybe it’s just different because pictures didn’t do her justice. He wants to say this out loud, but even he wonders if maybe that is laying it on a little too thick. That last thing he wants is to sound insincere in his praise of her. “I really meant what I said, you know.”

[chahun-s]

[94cha-blog]

❛ birthday girl ❜

[seulgixsl-blog]

“Ah, I want to thank your friend personally,” she laughed. Seulgi was then quick to shake her head at Hun implying that she might want to go with her other friends instead. “Oh no, what makes you think that?” A small chuckle left her lips, the only hint of how thrilled she was that they were going together she was willing to show. She wasn’t sure if Hun would like to go, though. The films Seulgi wanted to catch at the festival were far from popular and she didn’t want him getting bored there, as happy as she was that she could go with him. “Are you sure, though? I mean, I’d… love to go with you.” She swallowed a bit of air before continuing, “but I’m just surprised – pleasantly surprised – that you’re interested in going.”

She then ran a hand through her hair and let out a quiet laugh, trying to mask how flattered she felt with what he said. “Actually, I don’t, but now I want to give it a try.” Afterwards, she tried to put it on herself, but halfway through her attempt, she looked up at Hun with a small, mischievous grin. “Maybe it looks good on you, too?” she teased, trying not to laugh.

[94cha-blog]

“Oh, you can if you want--” He comments, too happy to be thinking properly about what’s coming out of his mouth. “She lives right here in the sharehouse with us, actually.” His smile widens, canines showing, to assure her that he really does want to go see the movies with her--never mind that he doesn’t really recognise any of the titles, he can just look them up before the go. At least one is bound to be interesting to him, he thinks.”I’m pretty sure, don’t worry--is there any particular day you want to go?”

He watches, eyes reflecting softness as she starts to put the clip on; he laughs though when she stops, and instead tries to reach for his head. “What, no--!” He immediately raises his arms as a shield, laughing while trying to evade her touch.

[seulgixsl-blog]

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[seulgixsl-blog]

She was in the middle of taking a bite when Hun spoke again all of a sudden, saying things she didn’t expect to hear, at least not right then and there, and not after what just transpired. It took her a lot of effort to not drop the fork she was using, and in general, to still appear composed. Truthfully, she wasn’t entirely surprised; she did get the feeling he did back then, and those feelings weren’t one-sided as well. Seulgi had hoped Hun liked her a lot, too.

Still, she wasn’t sure how to take it now that years have passed, and if she was ready to say that she liked him back. Then again, though, she already spilled a lot more than she thought she would that day. There didn’t seem to be any harm in going a bit further. And it was all just in the past, wasn’t it? After a long pause, she spoke softly. “I did, too, actually… I think,” she said with a small laugh. “I was always happy and excited to receive a letter from you, at the very least, no matter how bad my day was, but I always felt like I was so obvious.” Again, she laughed, trying to pass it off as one of the silly things one does at age fifteen, though in reality, she really just wasn’t sure what to say.

[94cha-blog]

“Yeah, that’s how it was for me, too,” he admits, agreeing to what the female across him is saying about their written correspondence from the past. He isn’t sure where all this confidence is coming from, but he's sitting up straight, feeling like he’s ready to admit anything and everything he has been feeling for her--both then and now. “You always had very nice stories, and to me, it was exciting knowing about all these foreign places--” He laughs, remembering something she used to do for him. “Remember, sometimes you would even send me local recipes from the towns you lived in?” This didn’t really happen that many times, but still, he’s kept those handful of recipes in store, even perfecting some of them, in the hopes of feeding his cooking to her one day. Luckily, this is an actual possibility now.

“And, you know--” A brief moment of shyness passes over him again, and it shows in the way he smiles and the way he ducks her head, just a little. “I thought you were really pretty in the few pictures you would send.” He pauses, clearing his throat and doing his best to meet her eyes before he speaks again. “You’re even prettier now, in person.”

[94cha-blog]

❛ birthday girl ❜

[seulgixsl-blog]

“Ah… with–” She felt relieved for an instant when Hun answered he had not waited long, but she also couldn’t help but feel a little jealous. He had been with Joohyun when she saw him at the doorstep, and though she didn’t know how long the older woman had been there, Seulgi couldn’t help but wonder if Hun’s answer had anything to do with her. She tried not to show any of it, though; and she stopped herself from continuing her sentence and instead just gave him a small smile. “It was super cold outside. If you waited too long, you might get sick,” was all she said about it. She thought she should be happy enough to receive a small token from Hun.

Once they got inside, she learned Hun got her a couple more things, it seemed. “Thank you…” Due to her surprise, there wasn’t much she could say as she received the gifts. She ran her fingers over the fabric of the pouch before opening it to see what it contained. “Oh, this is pretty!” She held the pin daintily between her fingers, and brought it closer for a better look. Afterwards, she opened the envelope and her jaw dropped open when she saw the movie festival tickets. “How did you get these? I tried getting them yesterday but they had already run out.” A huge grin spread across her face. “We’re going, right?” she asked hopefully, holding up the two tickets.

[94cha-blog]

“Well--” Hun's laughter is a little awkward, and he cautiously reaches up to ruffle his hair from the back. “I figured yeah, we could go? Unless you want to invite one of your film friends instead--” He’s hoping that isn’t the case, of course. He might not be much of a film enthusiast, at least not in the way Seulgi is, but he doesn’t mind being introduced to that world if she’s the one who’s going to do it. “I saw about the festival online, and, I know a friend involved with the marketing of it.” He shrugs; he’d managed to score the tickets cheap because of Joohyun, whose company was involved in sponsoring the event.

“The pin,” he adds, with a simple gesture towards his other gift. “I wasn’t really sure if you even wear accessories like that,” he admits bashfully, head lowering a little. “I thought it would look pretty on you, though.”

[yourdailyseulgi]

[seulgixsl-blog]

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After a short moment of being surprised at his reaction, she laughed softly along with him. “Well, yeah. Fifteen, I think, to be exact…” Seulgi was somehow relieved to see Hun’s response. He didn’t seem to be judging her for it, not with the crooked smile on his face that made her heart seem to beat a little faster. The same crooked smile also made her feel self-conscious, and sent her gaze back to the empty plate in front of her. 

“I feel less… dumb about it now, now that I’ve told you,” she admitted once she could manage meeting his gaze again. “Still dumb, but a lot less, so I guess it’s a good thing we talked about it.” She then offered him a small smile. She had always been anxious about this day happening, and it had always made her feel a bit more tense than she should around him. With the past now out of the way, though, she was ready to enjoy the rest of the afternoon with him and to proceed with their plans. 

[94cha-blog]

Suddenly, the atmosphere around them seems a tad bit brighter; Hun certainly feels lighter, like some heavy thing has been lifted off his chest. Now that the topic of their past is out in the open and discussed, he’s feeling like all of it from before really is silly. They were youthful misunderstandings, and it’s nice that after all these years, being honest with Seulgi is still something that makes him feel good.

The food they ordered is brought to them shortly after, bringing a pause to the current topic of discussion, as conversation is instead redirected to their opinions on the dishes served. It tastes good, and before long, conversation is halted completely as they savor the Argentinian dishes brought to them. Hun, however, would still occasionally look up just so he can watch as Seulgi eats. It’s funny how even something as simple as this makes him find her adorable.

“You know,” he starts to attempt talking again, in between bites. “I really liked you a lot back then. I had.. a big crush.”

[94cha-blog]

❛ birthday girl ❜

[seulgixsl-blog]

“You were?” Despite the jealousy she felt from seeing him with Joohyun, a small smile forced its way to her lips. There was no way she could stay the slightest bit upset, thinking that Hun must have waited in the cold for her. Before she could say anything else, though, Hun handed her the can of Pringles. She covered her mouth with one hand and let out a laugh as she received it. It was a simple gift, but the fact that Hun remembered that little fact about her was enough of a present already. “Ah, yes, I do indeed. I’m glad you remembered it, thank you.” The small smile she had a few seconds ago turned into a wide, toothy grin.

“Have you been waiting long?” she asked, trying not to open the can of Pringles right then and there. She then resumed walking towards the door, though she did so more slowly this time so they could walk together.

[94cha-blog]

“Wait--” He starts again, but then he realizes that it would probably be better to give her the rest of his gifts within the warm confines of the sharehouse, rather than outside in the cold. "I haven’t, not really,” he explains as he falls into step with her. The truth is, he had probably been out there for around  half an hour, maybe even more, but it didn’t feel like such a long time to him. This was probably in part due to the welcomed presence of Joohyun, but he doesn’t consciously realize this. “Time flew,” he just adds, smiling. 

“Wait, though,” he repeats once they’re inside the house, and right near the bottom of the stair case. “I have some other things--” He holds out the small pouch containing the hairpin, together with the envelope which had the movie festival tickets inside. He watches anxiously as she receives them, eyes focused on her face for her reaction. Hopefully, he had chosen well with his presents.

[infinitblaq]

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Seulgi was quick to shake her head in response to his question. “No, there wasn’t anyone.” It was easier to look him in the eye, now that the conversation had strayed slightly into a different topic. A bit of the embarrassment she felt at what she said just a few minutes ago faded as well. “High school was terrible, I didn’t have a lot of anyone–” She then took a sip of water to cut herself off. That was not the time to bring up her bitterness during that time of her life.

“So.. there… that was why.” A forced laugh followed her words as she ran her fingers through her hair. For some reason, it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off her chest, though at the same time, she wondered what Hun thought of her now. She tried her hardest to phrase a question in her mind, but she wasn’t sure how she would like to come off as with asking, or if she was ready to know. “It was a silly reason, wasn’t it…?”

[94cha-blog]

I didn’t have a lot of anyone. These words coming from Seulgi give Hun a lot of mixed feelings. This is why they had initially connected; both of them weren’t good at making friends in school, and somehow, they found comfort in confiding to someone over letters instead of physical conversation. That’s why he had been so excited when they were finally about to meet in person; letters were nice but at some point, having someone to hang out with becomes imperative.

He had been lucky enough that he had grown out of his awkwardness in high school; or rather, people far more outgoing than he is had taken him under their wing, allowing him to have friends, or at least people to hang out with after school. From what Seulgi is saying, it doesn’t seem as if she has had that.

“It’s not silly, all things considered that was happening during that time, he assures her with a small, crooked smile. “Plus how old were we? Fourteen? Fifteen?” he laughs; he knows kids that age make a lot of silly decisions--he doesn’t even want to try and recall if he had anything like that.

[94cha-blog]

❛ birthday girl ❜

[seulgixsl-blog]

The gesture Joohyun made towards Hun before she left caught Seulgi’s attention. She watched the older woman walk away, wondering what that could mean. On most cases, Seulgi would see it as a sign of friendship, but knowing what kind of relationship Hun and Joohyun had in the past, it was easy to think there was something more to the way she touched his arm. Too easy, in fact, that Seulgi could only muster a half-smile in response to Hun’s greeting.

“Ah, you remembered,” she mumbled quietly, looking down on the ground to hide her face. She couldn’t look Hun in the eye, nor did she want him to see whatever hint of disappointment was there in her facial expression. “Thank you.” She turned aside, intending to walk past him to get to the door, but despite what she just saw, she couldn’t bring herself to leave him, and a part of her hoped there would me more to this encounter. “It’s cold… don’t you want to go inside?”

[94cha-blog]

Hun’s smile slightly falters at the strangely cold response that Seulgi gives him. He wonders if she’s had a bad day, and the thought makes him feel sad--this is her day, after all, and it should be a happy one. She starts to walk right past him, and he’s about to grab her arm to stop her, but instead he remembers to lean down and grab the can of Pringles that he’d left sitting on the steps.

“Wai--” He begins to say, when he turns to follow, only to smile when he finds that she had paused, looking like she’s waiting for him. “Yeah, I was just waiting for you,” he explains. It’s easy not to get so tongue-tied around her now--quite a feat considering how they had been when they had first met up at the sharehouse. “I got you something,” he adds, falling into step with her. More accurately he got her some things. “Here, you love these right?” He says, offering the can of addictive potato crisps first.

[chahun-s]

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[94cha-blog]

❛ birthday girl ❜

[seulgixsl-blog]

Much to Seulgi’s surprise, her colleagues had prepared a small celebration for her at work. It wasn’t much more than a small spread of food and a birthday song, but it put a spring in Seulgi’s step as she headed back to the sharehouse. It was already a bit later than the usual time she got home on Wednesdays; her birthday didn’t excuse her from the loads of work that needed to be done, and she was eager to wrap up what had been a good day so far. That was, unless, there was a surprise waiting for her at home. Seulgi found herself expecting something from a certain someone, and as much as she tried to brush those expectations off, they made her cheeks feel flush in the cold winter air. As the sharehouse came to view, she noticed a familiar male figure sitting on the steps. Seulgi knew immediately that it was the certain someone she had been thinking of. The corners of her lips curled up in a small grin as she increased her pace, until she realized that Hun was with someone else, and it just wasn’t anyone. The expression on her face tightened upon seeing Joohyun there, cheerfully chatting with Hun on the front steps. Seulgi took a step back, unsure of what to feel. Part of her was disappointed, and also embarrassed for some reason. The only thing that made sense in her mind at the moment was to try to recall if the sharehouse had a back entrance she could use instead. Before she could do anything, however, it seemed that her presence had caught Joohyun’s attention. The older woman stopped talking and gave Seulgi a small, bashful wave. Seulgi returned the gesture with a forced smile, then her gaze went to Hun. Her expectations had faded, but they were still there.

[94cha-blog]

Mid-conversation, something seems to catch Joohyun’s attention, causing Hun to look towards the same direction that the older female is gazing at. His expression brightens up when he sees that it’s her, finally--Seulgi is home. he lifts a hand to wave at her, not even realising what kind of expression the other female has on her face. It certainly isn’t an excited one, especially when one considers that it’s her birthday.

Hun doesn’t really think much either of the conversation between him and Joohyun that is suddenly halted. He hops up on his feet, eagerly awaiting as Seulgi moves towards them. He almost takes one step forward but decides against it out of embarrassment, and fear of looking too eager. Beside him, Joohyun also gets up on her feet, giving him a quick squeeze on his arm before whispering a quick “I’ll see you around” and turning around to walk back into the house.

“Hey,” he calls out, voice even when Seulgi is finally close enough to hear him. “Happy birthday!”

[94cha-blog]

❛ birthday girl ❜

@94seulq

Hun sits by the front steps of the share house, a tall can of Pringles sitting on his side, and one of his presents, wrapped and packaged in a small box, nervously held in his hands. He’s not sure if she even likes wearing hair clips but he had seen them and he;d thought of her immediately; more than that thought--he had gotten a pair of tickets to an upcoming film festival he recalls her mentioning to him once. Hopefully, she hasn’t had the time to grab a pair of her own, since a lot of his allowance had gone into the purchase. He checks his phone for the time, knowing that Seulgi usually comes home around this time during Wednesdays. It’s early, but of course he’s impatient--things have been going rather well between them recently after all. 

He’s humming under his breath, trying to distract himself, when he hears footsteps approaching him. When he looks up, he’s surprised to find Joohyun instead of Seulgi. “Ah, noona!” He greets her, immediately stand up on his feet. The older female smiles back, asking him what he’s doing there, and he chuckles, feeling a little shy suddenly. He does offer the seat next to him, just to be polite, not really expecting the other to agree. Instead, he’s once again surprised when she takes him up on the offer. Small talk flows easily, and he’s curious why she’s even at home when he’s used to hardly seeing her around because of her work responsibilities. Pretty soon, he isn’t constantly checking for the time anymore, engrossed instead in the comfortable rapport he still has with his former girlfriend.

[seulgixsl-blog]

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Seulgi took a deep breath. It was hard to remember exactly when. As her anger and dismay over her parents’ split waned over the years, her regret about missed chances with Hun grew. “I’ve always known I did was terrible.”  Her gaze remained directed towards the table top. It would be impossible for her to speak freely if she were to look at him directly. 

“Then I found out you had someone.” As she spoke, she wanted the earth to swallow her whole, but she couldn’t seem to stop either. She had kept this in for years, after all. “It’s stupid but when I saw that, I couldn’t stop thinking about how I should have shown up to meet you..” She could only hope that despite her attempts to speak vaguely, Hun would be able to put two and two together. After that, she managed to looked up at him and offered a small smile.

[94cha-blog]

True enough, Hun did manage to find a special someone during his years in high school. His ex-girlfriend (his first, and so far only one) was someone that he hadn’t expected to come into his life. In fact, if anything, they were two people pushed together by circumstances--if meddling friends can be referred to in such a way. They’d had good memories, especially after he had convinced himself that Seulgi was a lost cause who was never going to show up in his life again. That last bit bit turned out to not quite be so true, but at that time, it was. Still, as mean as it might be, it does secretly give him a bit of satisfaction knowing that seeing him with another girl had caused the female with him now to add on to her regret of not meeting him. 

“Ah, well.” He doesn’t know what it is he should say, though. It would be weird to suddenly start on an explanation about his ex when he doesn’t owe Seulgi that. “What about you, though? Did you? Find anyone else, I mean.”

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