PASSION

"It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself." -Dale Earnhardt

[avxjihyo]

「α little help - jihyo&jackson」

[avxjackson-blog]

Jackson was taking his sweet time as he silently paced towards the car-park where he had parked his motorbike not longer than thirty minutes before. His steps were steady yet relaxed at the same time, not wanting to rush his stride towards his vehicle as now he was focused on something else- a cigarette. Carefully trapped between the thick digits of his hand to avoid its escape, the boy was quietly basking himself in the feeling of that sweet poison that pervaded every cell of his body. Jackson had a simple rule: only one cigarette per day, period. Only because he had a bad habit he didn’t want to fuck up completely with his health and only one cigarette per day was surely healthier than smoking a full packet of cigarette (at least he belied so) and god, he had waited for that cigarette for the full day and in that exact moment he just wanted to enjoy it to the very last inhale of smoke. Completely lost in his thoughts and in the pleasing feeling of the warm smoke filling his lungs before escaping his lips in a slow, long stream of air something suddenly catches his attention without even the smallest warning. Dark orbs dart in the direction of the garage the moment the voice of a woman reaches his ears out of nowhere, feet coming to a halt and putting on pause his invisible trail of steps while, silently, his attentive gaze studies the situation that was unfolding before him. It was obvious that the older lady inside the garage needed help. He didn’t want to be impulsive as impulsiveness brings about nothing good. Instead he stands there, inhaling and exhaling the poisonous smoke at regular intervals before he decides to do his move… he had to be cute about it, approach in a casual and calm way as the last thing he wanted to do was causing troubles. After all no one likes troubles, right? With a somewhat bouncy step he approaches the garage and wearing one of his so famous charming smiles he steps within the confines of the foreign ambiance, feet carrying him closer to the older female whilst his head performs a small bow towards the lady and then towards the two (considerably bigger than him) man as his feet when in the process of halting their path once again. “Ah I’m very sorry for the interruption, I really am, but I’m having some trouble with my motorbike. Miss, would you mind come with me? I parked it in the car park around the corner and now it won’t start anymore.” 

[avxjihyo]

The mechanic winces when one of the men tighten their grip on her forearm, and Jihyo is pretty sure that with the pressure he put on it, there would be a bruise waiting for her after all this mess. Her brows furrow in slight pain and irritation at the action and Jihyo wasn’t sure whether to be scared - because god dammit these guys were humongous - or irritated because who the hell were they even, to mess with her and her garage? The brunette opens her mouth to retort something that would make a sailor blush and the two men in front of her go red in the face with when a young male walked up to them.

Now although Jihyo was quite friendly with most of her usual clients, the female was pretty sure that she hasn’t seen him anywhere before. But the feeling of thankfulness surges through her when the large male’s hand which was previously squeezing her forearms to death loosened up. Nodding her head to the apparently, new client she had, Jihyo turns once again to her harassers as she says, “Well you heard him. Now get yourselves and your cars out of my garage.” Apparently, that was the wrong thing to say as the beefy male turned to the young boy who had interrupted them with a scowl as he snarled, “Ey, can’t you see we’re busy here?” And as if to prove his point, he jostles his hand which was still clutching Jihyo’s forearm in a death grip. And at the back of her mind, the mechanic couldn’t help but sigh as she thought of why she much preferred sneaking up on her targets when she was given one to eliminate. She honestly wasn’t all that good in hand to hand combat. But give her her knives and she’s good to go. Unfortunately, she has them in a safe upstairs.

[avxjihyo]

[avxmark-deactivated20150829]

Night Cruising || Mark + Jihyo

[avxmark-deactivated20150829]

“Like I said too. It ain’t like my wheels can go on grass. I’m not riding a bicycle here. If I were, we wouldn’t have been having this conversation.”

If it was even a conversation by this point. Mark was stubborn which was plenty obvious for everyone who confronted him. Losing was one thing he didn’t like. The other was apologizing. Although he vowed to never become like his father, never apologizing was something he had in common with him. It made him feel dumb to admit that he was wrong - though people would argue otherwise. 

“You know what? I should’ve ran you over. Then I could have carried on without having to stand here with you. You could have easily sidestepped as well.”

[avxjihyo]

The older woman simply stares at the boy for a second as she inclines her head before she deadpans, “You’re quite stubborn and unbelievably annoying.” Although Jihyo could admit that a lot of people had called her stubborn, but the boy’s own surpassed her’s to new levels. At least she knew when to apologize when a situation calls for it.

“This is the first time I’ve ever debated on someone with something akin to our situation.” Smirking slightly ass he placed a hand on her hip, the mechanic says, “It’s quite amusing and irritating now that I think about it.”

[avxjihyo]

「fixer upper - jihyo&kwon」

[nathanxwoo-blog]

Yukwon watched the woman immediately analyze his (stolen) vehicle and took the brief time to catch his breath and calm down a bit. He was thankful for her closing up, knowing that fixing up this thing would indeed take over the last bit of time she had to use on her job. He also smiled a little in response to her answer, feeling a bit luckier than ever in his current state.

“Complete makeover please.” The adrenaline was gone, leaving the tipsy back in business. “See this crazy beat up white thing? Bullet holes and broken glass…oldliscenceplate, and this ol’ used bumper, heh..?” He spoke clearly but too, easy for a guy who just escaped a car chase. He held his chin in thought and squinted his eyes at the car before looking back to the woman. “Maybe a red paint job..no too flashy. Silver! Yeah, with some sparkle and a new license plate!” In his head, he thought he was doing a phenomenal job masking the fact that he just stole this car. When obviously, he just stole this car.

Yukwon suddenly looked as if he forgot his mother’s birthday and quickly bowed in the direction of the quite decent looking mechanic. “Where are my manners, I’m Yukwon. Call me Kwon.” He extended his hand as a western touch in his polite but not too bow, then looked the woman in the eyes as he put on his best smile. “And you are..?”

[avxjihyo]

The brunette gazes upon the vehicle and mentally writes down what the male was saying. As the bullet holes were mainly by the bumper and at the back of the car, that leaves Jihyo only a hand-full to work with. Working with bullet holes were quite easy anyways. She just had to buck and hammer them as flat as she can and then weld them together. And if he wanted a paint job, they’d have to wait for the metal to cool.

And with the broken car windows, she’ll vacuum the whole inside first, then the inner door panel comes off, remove the broken sheet as well as the shards and the new glass has to be shimmied in place. And after everything’s bolted back together, she was done. And the repair of the windshield was just as easy as the car windows. All in all, the main thing that would cost him the most was the replacement of the license plate. After all, it was considered illegal to even sell those things.

It was quite obvious that either the male had just been from a high chase fight, and he either owns the car her brought in or stole it. But hey, if he doesn’t include her and her work in it, it’s all good. Nodding her head in greeting as well and offering the male a small smile that really resembled a smirk, the brunette says as she shakes his hand in a firm grip, “Jihyo.” Her glaze flicks over to the vehicle once more as she retracts her hand as she says, “But I have to admit that the thing that’s gonna cost you the most is that license plate. What’s your price?”

[avxjihyo]

「ground zero - ri&jihyo」

[avxseungri-blog]

Every time he was assigned with a new target, it was at one of the worst times they could possibly do it. What kind of dumbass was in control of his luck even? The blonde bartender ignored the annoying mild pain in his shoulder and sneaked behind one of the large metal boxes on the opposite side, his eyes glancing at the photo in his hand and out purely on this new target – which seemed to match the features. Making sure he wouldn’t lose him out of his sight he crept a few steps closer. 

Cap over his head, protecting half of his face from exposure, along with the typical black mask to cover the lips and nose area. Ri was set to go. His usual tactic in his mind while he recalculates the procedure to be carried out just to be sure of leaving no mistakes and no traces of himself. That was the first rule. Whatever happened, allowing himself to be ever spotted would end his career on the go, plus it was too much of hassle to move out of the city with a new name. Careful and sneaky steps, eyes on the target, his feet all the closer to the boat itself, and to slip into unnoticed was a piece of cake.

~

There were quiet a few people on board, but as soon as they went around to the other side, he headed to the first target; if he couldn’t control the wheel of the boat it’d take a lot more effort of being subtle about the kills. He might’ve felt just slight sympathy for the women, they’re in on a bad  day at a bad time – that is, if he wasn’t already stone cold blooded maniac when it came to this particular job. All in all; to the first task.

His senses were quick to shoot up and he freezes in his tracks, just a short step away from the door having detected another presence from the inside of the control room; thankfully the little circular window at the top allowing him a quick sneak peek, and worse – his first target seemed to have been knocked down too. How come he missed the extra on board? He couldn’t have – so why..Brows furrowed in confusion he begins over calculating all over, it seemed like the first task was about to be changed around a little. He gripped the gun tightly in his hand and turned the handle to have it pointed perfectly at the extra figure once he takes that final step in. “What’s this? Have I got a rival here too?”

[avxjihyo]

The captain of the boat was now disposed of. Using one of her knives in the stitched pocket of her black boots, the task was easy enough when the elder man had no idea of her presence as she mercilessly slit his throat before he toppled to the ground, her hand catching him before he made a sound to avoid detection.

Thankful for the leather gloves she was wearing as crimson blood stained her hands, Jihyo takes over the wheel and flicks her gaze to the multitude of equipment provided. A GPS, the usual gear shift and a multitude of blinking lights that she was pretty sure weren’t in most cars. So the brunette stuck to the gear and GPS, driving the yacht at a constant speed towards the deeper waters.

Her eyes narrows when she feels a lurking presence behind the door. Inconspicuously turning her head as her sixth sense is confirmed, Jihyo subtly places her knife which was slipped into her jacket’s sleeve - was it quite obvious that said weapon was her favorite? - before feeling more than seeing the gun the male was in possession of pointing towards her. Adjusting her grip on the steering wheel, making sure that the small knife was hidden from plain sight, the brunette sing songs, “We wouldn’t want the master to here now, ne?” Turning her head slightly as she made eye contact with the blonde, Jihyo adds, “We wouldn’t want him to run off after he hears the gun shot, hm?”

[avxjihyo]

「fixer upper - jihyo&kwon」

[nathanxwoo-blog]

One, two, maybe three drinks it was? Quality champagne didn’t just pop up daily and who was Yukwon to refuse a few glasses from the extremely dazzling target given to him not 2 hours before. It’s sad that she had to die though, looking so young and full of life for the age he knew he could never guess. In his tipsy stupor, he could’ve sworn she was flirting too.

That was just before he pointed the tip of a silencer to her silky white blouse and pulled the trigger. He was supposed to lace her drink but after much contemplation on the trip to the five star hotel, he figured he’d keep them for himself instead. Plus, he was never a fan of the Shakespearean type murder. Too mushy for his tastes.

If only his head was in the game, however. Yukwon took too sweet of his time walking away from the hotel room, that the woman’s bodyguards had already found her bleeding corpse still warm before Kwon could make it into the elevator. He not only had to fight his way through a group of pissed off guards when the double doors reopened, but on his way out, steal the first car he could find from a very distraught valet. The wind blew in his hair as he laughed out in false victory, only to turn his head and find 3 jet black cars racing after him. Shit.

Somehow managing to drive the car expertly in his state of adrenaline overtaking his light head to get out of sight in this highly expensive, Volkswagen? Yukwon interrupted many intersections and probably caused a few minor accidents from the many twists and turns his wits told him to take. Soon they were shooting at him, which was exactly what he didn’t need since the overhead was down, so he fumbled with the foreign car’s buttons until finally managing to find the damned thing to close it before one of the shooters could get a bullet through his skull. 

Yukwon went in circles to be honest, not really knowing where the hell he was going but rather just going to save his ass, when luck struck in his favor when he found himself on a very street with blocked off traffic. He led the cars right into it when he turned at the last second and sent the ignorant missiles straight into their false target while he drove away to find the nearest place to dump the very evidence he was in that would lead every official right to his doorstep. And lady luck bared her fruits once more in the form of a car garage some ten minutes away from the site of the accident, which Yukwon hastily pulled up in, setting the car in park before exiting the busted up vehicle while donning a rushed smile on his face. “Hey, you’re still open right?”

[avxjihyo]

Looking up from her bike, Jihyo narrows her eyes when she catches a glimpse of the bullet holes near the car’s bumper. Giving the vehicle a once over, the mechanic concludes that it was one of those cars where presentation is a bigger priority than speed or anything else. Nodding her head as she got off the bike she had been tinkering minutes ago, the brunette says, “Yeah.”

Taking a few steps closer to the car, the brunette pats the hood before making her way to the large doorway meant for cars to pass through. Although something smelled fishy about the whole situation, Jihyo didn’t have any qualms regarding fixing the thing up. As long as she or her shop didn’t get involved in the mess the guy was probably in, all was good. But still, a girl had to take some precautionary measures nonetheless.

Walking over to the side and slowly rolling down the metal railing of the shop so that the inside wouldn’t be visible after turning off some of the lights outside, the mechanic calls out, “You missed the closing time by an hour and a half at most.” Giving the railing of her shop one last glance, making sure that it was fully closed, Jihyo makes her way once more to her customer. “What can I do for you?”

[avxjihyo]

[avxjihyo]

「ground zero - ri&jihyo」

As much as Jihyo loved playing with her target’s minds and emotions rather than killing them off quickly and quietly, there were just some situations that forced her to execute the latter of the two; now being her prime example. Hiding inside a dark alleyway near the pier, the female takes note that her target was just about to board his yacht with two willing women in tow. Clicking her tongue as the captain boards the boat, asking the trio to wait for a few moments as he’ll be managing some things in the control room, Jihyo concludes that she had no choice but to kill the women as well as the captain. Going through her options on how she could execute this, a plan formulates itself into Jihyo’s mind and she thinks to herself that although she hasn’t tinkered much with boats, the day time mechanic reckons that it’s engine should be quite similar to one of a car’s. 

She could make it look like they could’ve hit something in the water, and with a little help from some oil and her handy lighter, she could start a fire on the vehicle after navigating them farther into the ocean. Far enough for the explosion to not grab too much attention, yet close enough to the shore for her to swim to after her job was done. Slipping onto the boat undetected as her target and the two females made their way to the deck pf the vehicle, the mechanic makes her way to the control room, planning to take out the captain first before driving the boat to the deep waters herself.

[avxjihyo]

「fixer upper - jihyo&kwon」

It was late into the evening, and as she tinkered with the Yamaha motorbike she had swiped from one of her target’s garage when she had payed him a visit at his own home as he bid his life goodbye, Jihyo takes note that she’s got about an hour and a half - two tops - before she shut down her garage at the usual 9 o’clock. After all, she still had to clean up afterwards.

Screwing the last bolt to the belly pan of the bike after changing the engine to a more modern and upgraded one by hers truly, the mechanic stands up, stretching her legs a bit when her knees protest at the sudden action. Probably because she’s been at it for an hour straight. Hooking her leg over the vehicle and flipping down the kill switch before turning the key. The bike automatically performs a self-check, and after making sure she’s in neutral, Jihyo presses the start button and grins to herself when the familiar sound, almost purr of the engine greets her ears. The mechanic had just turned the key once again to turn the bike off when a car came lumbering in to her garage.

[avxjihyo]

「squabble - jihyo&hyolyn」

[avx-hyolyn-deactivated20150810]

Hyolyn could only glare at the man who came to fetch her from her massage about a commotion downstairs. She got up and quickly threw on a long silk robe and some flats. She walked downstairs, robe billowing out behind her as she came to stand between the woman and the man.

“What is going on here?” she asked, looking at the man for two seconds for before looking to the woman. 

She looked at the man who was looking as if he was going to pass out. She pointed to the bartender. “Call an ambulance.” She turned to the woman.

“What happened?” she asked, eye narrowed. 

[avxjihyo]

The mechanic doesn’t even bat an eyelash when a woman intervenes. Different hotels have various managers, from beefy men to admittedly beautiful looking women. Blinking, Jihyo motions to the male as she says her cover up story, “I work for him as an assistant of sorts and when I told him that the company’s stocks and investments were going down, he just started pointing fingers.”

Not forgetting to shuffle her feet as she fidgeted with her clutch, which was all for show. “He’s also had a bit too much to drink before we came here.” Jihyo says as she gazes upon the man who was passed out on the floor, on the verge of death as he mumbled incoherent curses, probably to herself. Although most Hitmen liked their activities swift and quiet, Jihyo loved to play around with her targets. Bowing deeply to the woman, the mechanic says, “I’m very sorry for the commotion we’ve caused.”

[sokr]

ME

[avxmark-deactivated20150829]

Night Cruising || Mark + Jihyo

[avxmark-deactivated20150829]

He stared at her blankly, “The fuck? That’s completely different. There’s a light.” He pointed out, “That is irrelevant to this situation right now. This is more like, you walking in the middle of the road while it’s too damn dark to see anything and then bam, car doesn’t see you and hits you. Oh wait. That’s exactly how it is.”

His arms getting numb from having them over his head for too long, he relieved himself by setting the tip of the board to the ground and leaned against it. “Seriously. Get out of the stinkin’ way, lady.”

[avxjihyo]

Raising an eyebrow calmly, Jihyo says, “Although I admit that my analogy earlier regarding pedestrian lanes may be faulty, yours is even worse than mine. I have to remind you that this is actually a sidewalk and surprisingly, people walk on it. Isn’t that shocking?”

The muscle on top of the mechanic’s left brow twitches in irritation, cause the boy definitely needed an attitude adjustment. Jihyo would’ve let the incident slide and even laugh it off is the person who almost hit her actually apologized. Heck, she would even apologize as well and say she was off in her own world and had thought that whoever was skating by would skate around her because of how slow she was going, if that was the case. But it was obviously not. “I think not. This is a sidewalk and I was calmly walking on it mere minutes ago before you decided that if I didn’t move out of the way, it was better running me over with your flimsy skateboard.”

[avxmark-deactivated20150829]

Night Cruising || Mark + Jihyo

[avxmark-deactivated20150829]

“I’ve got wheels, you don’t. You could’ve sidestepped.” He blew the bangs out of his hair again - he really should get a hair cut soon. “How to do you skateboard over grass? Huh? Normal people would move out of the way before they get ran over.” 

The heir swung the board over his shoulder so it sat against the back of his neck with his wrists over the top edge to keep it in place. Growing up with only the love from his mother, Mark learned to respect women. Apparently that concept just went straight out of the window the moment he had to get off his board for this interruption. In the end, the boy was spoiled even when he didn’t have the most normal of childhood.  

[avxjihyo]

Inclining her head - because to her, the boy’s reasoning was absolutely ridiculous - Jihyo says, “If a person was walking across the pedestrian lane with the light for the cars indicating that the vehicles should stop and a car hits her, would the civilian be held responsible because she didn’t look?”

The cold, early morning wind passes through them, sending the mechanic’s hair into disarray. Tucking a loose strand behind her ear, Jihyo places most of her weight on one foot as she crosses her arms over her chest, one eyebrow piqued inquiringly as she waits for the younger male’s answer.

[avxjihyo]

「squabble - jihyo&hyolyn」

It was quite normal for Jihyo to go undercover to get closer to her targets. And more often than not, they were high profile people. Nodding her head absent-mindedly as her target inched closer to her, his sweaty hand heavy on her hip, Jihyo fought her urge to cringe at the meaty appendage on her person. The Hitman had already slipped three pills into the man’s drink; which dissolved into nothingness merely after a few seconds with the liquid.

Jihyo looks on intently as the man chugs down half of his drink and she inches closer to him, and when he’s finally hit with the first wave of nausea, the businessman flicks his alarmed gaze t her. “Don’t worry. The pills I slipped into your drink act slowly. Slowly shutting down your organs one by one.” Grinning, the brunette says lightly, “You’ve got about, ten minutes at most?” The man’s face is the depiction of furious as he flips over their table, the sound of glass echoing through the restaurant of the hotel he resided in as the other patrons looked at them curiously. 

The man bulldozes in her direction, probably wanting to tackle her, and Jihyo only has a second to sigh in relief due to the fact that she had decided to wear a pantsuit instead of a dress as she agilely dodges her target, smiling slightly when she takes note that his movements were slow and sluggish, probably due to the pills. The waiters are trying to calm him down now, probably thinking that he had reacted badly to whatever she said to him in private earlier. Despite how she hated it when men thought that women couldn’t do anything to even remotely harm their gender, it served as a pro in this case as never had she been looked at with suspicion - half due to their prejudice and the other due to her dainty appearance.

[eluvnel]

Jihyo dancing to her signature dance song “Hot Issue”

[avxmark-deactivated20150829]

Night Cruising || Mark + Jihyo

[avxmark-deactivated20150829]

He clicked his tongue, annoyed that the lady was going to be difficult.

Just what I needed. He thought to himself as he hugged the board to his chest with the wheels sticking out. 

“Look, lady.” A hand rested on the back of his neck while bored eyes peered through his bangs, “Clearly you’re the dumb one here.” Manners blatantly were thrown out the window from the very start, “You heard wheels rolling and you didn’t even bother to move out of the way? Like, who does that? If you wanted to be ran over, you should’ve said so.”

He rested his chin on the tip of the board and blew his bangs out of his face. Having to deal with many difficult people from day-to-day basis, although he wasn’t sure if he could count in his father if they rarely talked to one another. Mark did not want another to shit on his day. 

[avxjihyo]

Merely raising an eyebrow at the young boy’s statement, Jihyo cocks her hip to the side, one hand resting leisurely on her side and the other propped on said hip. “You were the one behind me. I thought that since you saw me walking down the sidewalk, I assumed you would be the one maneuvering around me - like any other normal person would.”

Jihyo wasn’t angry per se, but more of slightly irritated. With her garage up and running smoothly, the mechanic had to deal with more difficult customers compared to the male in front of her who was irritated with her because he almost ran her over with his skateboard. Snorting to herself at how she phrased the situation, the mechanic rolls her shoulders leisurely. Go figure.

[avxjihyo]

「α little help - jihyo&(open)」

Trying to get these goons out of her garage, Jihyo glares up at the beefy men as she tries to push them out of her shop. Her work place was quite open: with the garage door up, one could visibly see what was happening inside the shop. “Look here bud. If neither of you can pay for the upgrades you want on your cars, then get the hell out of my garage.” 

Admittedly, despite the mechanic’s harsh words and movements, Jihyo was quite thin and petite, meaning there was no way in hell she can push out two muscly guys out of her work place by herself. Looking past the two males to the large, open door way which served as an entrance to people as well as cars, the mechanic could only hope that a person would actually take pity on her and try to kick some sense into these two thugs.