angels speak

[beclaudine]

pampered.

there’s something about @besunhee that claudine can’t help but admire, although that shouldn’t be any sort of shocking fact. it’s no secret than sunhee is a hardworking girl, always putting a smile on her face despite handling rude customers who abuse the kindness of workers. she always despised how awful people can be once they’re given a shot of power simply because customers are always right, or however that saying goes.

she notices sunhee having to deal with that again, so claudine interjects—telling the customer that they’re holding up the line, staring them down until they finally relented and went about their day. how does sunhee deal with this everyday? claudine would’ve lost her mind, it’s a privilege that she doesn’t have to.

claudine sticks around, both to make sure sunhee is okay and so that she can see for certain that the customer is on their best behaviour.

“is your shift over?” she asks the other girl, taking a peek at the time from her phone. “that sounded like a horrible experience, you deserve a break after that.” it’s terrible, being berated by a stranger over something out of her control. freaking karens. “we should go somewhere, do some shopping! my treat.”

[besunhee]

sunhee hates this. she truly, genuinely hates this. it's hard enough that she has to force a smile, but this customer is so terribly rude that she thinks one more word and she might throw this cake onto his face. she doesn't though, if anything her co-worker tugging at her sleeve reminds her of the fact that she needs this job more than anything.

she's glad though that claudine interjects when she does, because she feels as though she's seconds away from saying fuck it and climbing over the counter. she sighs, when the customer finally moves and her shoulders visibly relax.

everything else goes as it usually does, and sunhee finds herself melting once her shift is close to done. "yeah, i'm about done," she sighs, taking a seat opposite claudine. "thanks for earlier unnie," she smiles, because one wrong move and sunhee probably would've been out of a job.

her eyes brighten though when claudine mentions bringing her out to shop. "really?" she beams, "... your treat?" she lifts her head. sunhee has no sense of self-pride when it comes to these things though, and so her smile only grows wider. "okay! let's go! i'll go get changed!"

[jueunbe]

while jueun's never actually worked as a mascot, she's done gigs here and there as a model where she was forced to strand around all day, so she can sort of connect with the hardships the other is probably going through right now. she can't help but let out a soft chuckle when she opens up the water bottle and quickly takes a sip.

"nothing to be embarrassed about. like i said, we all need a break. if somebody comes to catch you, i'll even hide you, though i'm not sure i can do much about the mascot head," she said as she pointed out the head that was placed between the two of them.

this was a rather funny encounter because the last thing jueun expected to do was find herself on a bench with a mascot on a break as she took a break from her shopping spree. thinking about it, she wondered if she even had anything more she had to buy, or if she'll spend more time here and then head home.

"are you here until the end of the day?" usually, jueun would probably let the conversation die, but she feels like she needs to wind down herself. if the other feels uncomfortable, she'll let it die eventually but for now, she's interested in what the other's day will look like.

[besunhee]

this kind girl must be heaven sent. a guardian angel, sent to protect sunhee from the sharp eyes of her manager – the same manager that would have her stand for hours, waving to guests without so much so as a compliment or even a tip. an increment. none of that. this bottle of water, she thinks as she takes a sip, is equivalent to her saving grace in the heat of the costume. because trust sunhee to be sweating during winter.

she smiles as the girl speaks, for some reason feeling reassured. she doesn't know her personally, but already she feels a warm sort of kinship. "thank you, i'll try my best not to get us in that situation!" she laughs, though she's still slightly unwilling to put on the mascot head again. it's hot, it's stuffy and she feels as though she can hardly breathe in it.

sunhee nods slowly, sighing to herself. "yeah, and we hardly get breaks in between. our manager is working us to the bone because of christmas," she begins, perhaps sunhee needed an outlet to let out her frustrations as well. "but the holiday pay is good, so i couldn't say no that!" she laughs. "i'm sunhee by the way! thank you so much for the drink, i thought i was going to pass out!"

[sunnyvegapc-deactivated20250706]

Looking up from his music notes, Taejun blinks in surprise at the generous gesture. "Oh, I— thank you, but you really don't have to…" he starts, the ingrained military brat politeness kicking in. But the cake does look tempting, and Taejun thinks he should at least eat something else today besides convenience store kimbap. Carefully setting aside his notebook, he offers a shy but genuine smile. "Are you sure it's okay? I don't want to keep you past closing…" His fingers fidget with the hem of his untucked graphic t-shirt, a nervous habit that he feels he might be imposing.

The mention of "cool things" makes him duck his head slightly, ears turning pink. "Unless you count living at the noraebang cool?" he offers with a soft laugh. "Been working on this song cover. Trying to get the feeling just right, you know?" He catches himself starting to ramble about music and stops, taking a bite of cheesecake instead. His eyes widen appreciatively at the sweet taste, "Daebak! This is really good!”

Taejun looks at the clock’s time on the cafe wall and starts to feel guilty. “The least I can do is help wipe down tables or something," he offers earnestly. “Since you're letting me hide out here past closing and feeding me cheesecake,” he says then scoops another piece of cheesecake into his mouth, blissfully savoring every bite. “Or you can tell me who made this cake…I think I want to marry them,” he laughs.

[besunhee]

she doesn't want to admit it, but it does get a little lonely sometimes during closing – especially when there's no one around. so all the more reason for her to enjoy taejun's company. he's easy to talk to, and a regular at the cafe. so she doesn't mind sneaking in a few snacks for him here and there.

"yeah? that's really cool," she smiles. sunhee has never been particularly passionate about anything, so hearing someone talk about their interests has her ears perking up, even wondering what it might be like to care about something as much as taejun does. but her smile only grows wider when taejun compliments the cheesecake.

"no! leave that to me, you can just enjoy the cheesecake," dramatically, she waves her hand to make an x, laughing, but her laugh is a little loud. "seriously?" she asks, and her eyes immediately light up. "wanna know a secret?" she leans in, looking around for an added dramatic effect. "i made the cheesecake. i've been trying to get our boss to let us sell more of these! i'm glad you like it!" jokingly, she places her hand in front of taejun's face. "okay! where's my wedding ring?"

[jueunbe]

✦ . ˚ — @besunhee

the term shopping until you dropped was literally made for jueun because when she came out on a shopping spree, she made sure to spend all day getting what she wanted. that's why the end of the year was her favorite because there were so many sales that caught her eye.

she found herself at lotte mall again during this time of the year. however, she needed a break from all the shopping she's already done. her arms felt like they were about to fall off. taking a seat at one of the benches, she hadn't realized who she sat next to until the giant mascot head caught her attention as it sat between her and the stranger.

jueun could only assume the other girl was on a break or something, but she looked terribly exhausted. she could only imagine how tiring it was to work in the mall at this time of the year. "we all need a break, don't we?" she offered before handing the stranger an unopened water bottle she had on her. "here. you look like you need it more than me."

[besunhee]

it had been second nature to sunhee to jump at this opportunity when her friend had told her that a part-time job that paid well was available. she didn't quite care what it was, as long as it fit her schedule and she could make a good amount of money ( that and if it wasn't something completely insane and out of pocket ). still, as she sits on the bench, she thinks that maybe, just maybe, she should be a little pickier the next time she says yes to a part-time job no matter how well it pays. it's winter but sunhee is sweating, and almost out of breath.

it's exactly why she'd decided to take a short self-imposed break. despite the fact that she'd been given the instruction to specifically not take off her mascot head anywhere visible, she can't quite find it in herself to care. not when she's covered in her own sweat.

"so hot... i hate this so much..." she mumbles to herself, "want water so bad..."

she doesn't realize that she has company until she hears a voice call out to her, and an unopened bottle of water offered in front of her. "huh?" she blinks, turning around to be faced with a girl. immediately, her cheeks turn red. "o-oh!" she replies, flustered. "i –..." she can't find it in herself to say no though, absolutely parched. "thank you...!" she reaches out to accept the drink and takes a sip. "thank you," she repeats again. "this is embarrassing," she finally laughs.

[bexria]

besunhee

sunhee's always been a fan of festivities. not because she's one to celebrate them much, but because other people are – and that in turn meant a higher pay rate for her odd jobs. so festivities are great! they're awesome, really! still, if there's a certain celebration that she enjoys, it's most definitely a tie between halloween and christmas. not just because of the higher pay grade, but because of the cold air, and winter weather. she always enjoyed dressing up in winter outfits and the decorations. the minute october comes to a close though, the said decorations go up, and when she arrives at ria's place, it's made even more obvious. "i don't mind at all! i love dogs!" she beams, looking around the house for the said animals. "your house is cute unnie, it's cozy and christmas ready," she laughs, making her way towards ria. "so i'm your guinea pig for today? your makeup guinea pig?" she raises an eyebrow, but makes no attempt to stop ria. after all, it sounds pretty fun. "okay then! make sure i look pretty though! i want to take some pictures!"

ria can never get enough of christmas, ideally it’d be christmas every month of the year, or maybe not every month, ria loves halloween as well. but she loves christmas, and one month of christmas isn’t enough for her, hence she starts her christmas activities in november already. and now that she lives alone (temporarily, it is still her brother’s place) it’s easier to start celebrating christmas a month in advance. usually the christmas decorations would’ve had to wait until december, now it’s the start of november and they’re already up.

“mango is very friendly, and so is the cat seaweed, she loves cuddles and being petted, they’re truly both angels” mango (the dog) shows up and ria gives it a few pets, “you’re welcome to pet him as well, he loves it” she smiles at sunhee. “ah, it’s not my place, it’s actually my brother’s place, but he has something going on i’m not allowed to really talk about” she shrugs “so temporarily it’ll be my place, though having lived here alone for a few months makes me want to actual move out of my parents’ place”. she turns to sunhee “i’m glad you like it though, i spent a lot of time decorating” she smiles.

“correct, you’re my guinea pig for today, but don’t worry, i’ve practiced make up for years, it can’t turn out that bad”. “would you like something to drink?”.

[besunhee]

sunhee listens as ria explains more about the animals and ria's explanation about the house. she doesn't ask too much though, she knows when things are better left unsaid – her own family circumstances have made her realize at least that much. so instead she smiles, and nods her head in understanding. "living alone might be nice," sunhee laughs. it's something she's thought about before at least, to move out of her mum's place, to live independently and away from her.

but it isn't exactly something she'd like to think of during christmas season of all things. so she laughs good naturedly and takes a step closer to ria, taking a look around the place. it's decorated prettily, something sunhee wishes she could do in her own home; but realizes that she can't.

"i trust you unnie," she beams, giving her a thumbs up. sunhee isn't exactly skilled in makeup either, so she's sure that ria is miles and leaps better than her. "oh sure!" her eyes light up. "hm... do you have juice? i'm tired of coffee from working at the coffee shop," she jokes.

[besunhee]

after hours // starter for @betaejun

sunhee shouldn't be doing this – really, she shouldn't. but she doesn't care enough to think about the consequences, and it's not as though she's doing anything bad. if anything she'll call it good customer service. taejun's a regular customer and she's seen him enough times to be comfortable in his presence.

so in all honesty, sunhee doesn't see any harm in letting him stay a little longer than business hours as she cleans up the cafe. she's on the closing shift, and her co-worker had been forced to run off after an emergency. so really, sunhee actually quite liked and enjoyed the extra company that taejun presented to her.

she goes behind the counter, and pulls out a cake; a cheesecake, their last one for the day, before she puts it on a plate, and places it in front of taejun. "for you," she smiles, "it's on the house, since you're keeping me company and all!"

sunhee decides to take a short break, and sits opposite taejun. "are you doing anything cool these days?" she asks, tilting her head.

[noelxbe]

after practice

prior to being a trainee, noel has seemed to work everywhere. if he wasn’t at school, he’d often be at one of his part-time jobs. with becoming a trainee he had to quit a few jobs, but he remained being busy. noel had made a lot of friends through work, even the places he only worked a short time at he’d made friends from. noel enjoyed working, whatever was thrown at him, it was an opportunity to see others which he was quite happy with due to how social was, and it was an opportunity to make money.

he’s been a bit busy with project green lately, mainly just seen his fellow project green members. and as much as noel enjoys spending time with them, he misses seeing other faces. he’s agreed to meet up with a friend ( @besunhee ) and old colleague once practice is done. he’s tired but the cold air is waking him up. he steps into the café, waving excitedly at sunhee, “are you finished with work yet?” he asks as he walks up to her. 

[besunhee]

sunhee works a million odd jobs. really, she does. but a constant is her part-time work at the cafe. it isn't terrible, and it brings in a decent amount of money. it helps that while some customers were insufferable (ew), there were a select few that were funny and made her day. and her co-workers were nice, that was enough reason for sunhee to stay.

she smiles when she sees a familiar face though, a particularly nice co-worker that's gotten busy lately, someone she hadn't seen in a while. "oppa!" she beams, waving him over. "not yet, soon though. there's hardly anyone here today but you," she laughs. "you look tired, wait here!"

and while she knows she shouldn't be giving away free drinks, she thinks that noel might be an exception. and so she grabs a cup, and quickly makes him something to drink. "here, for you. you look exhausted. my shift should be over in another ten minutes though. do you want a slice of cake?"

[bexria]

merry christmas! (already?)

the thirty-first was barely over, she’d barely taken off the costume, and then it was time for christmas season. ria loved christmas, and as soon as it was november first for ria, she would start listening to christmas music, find her christmas pajamas and start planning her christmas gifts. usually her parents wouldn’t let her decorate their house until december, but as her brother wasn’t living in his apartment at the moment, ria had taken over it and it was already decorated for christmas.

she’s invited sunhee over, evil christmas intentions in her mind. “hey sunhee!” she says with a smile on her lips, welcoming in the other. “i hope you don’t mind my brother’s dog and cat is here, i’m kinda taking care of them while he isn't here”. she’s walking down the hallway before turning around to look at the other “the reason why i invited you over? i wanted to practice christmas make up on someone else! i know some might think november is too early for all the christmas stuff, but as you can see” she looks around at all the christmas decorations hanging “i begin doing christmas stuff as soon as it becomes november”.

on the way to -> @besunhee

[besunhee]

sunhee's always been a fan of festivities. not because she's one to celebrate them much, but because other people are – and that in turn meant a higher pay rate for her odd jobs. so festivities are great! they're awesome, really! still, if there's a certain celebration that she enjoys, it's most definitely a tie between halloween and christmas. not just because of the higher pay grade, but because of the cold air, and winter weather. she always enjoyed dressing up in winter outfits and the decorations.

the minute october comes to a close though, the said decorations go up, and when she arrives at ria's place, it's made even more obvious. "i don't mind at all! i love dogs!" she beams, looking around the house for the said animals. "your house is cute unnie, it's cozy and christmas ready," she laughs, making her way towards ria. "so i'm your guinea pig for today? your makeup guinea pig?" she raises an eyebrow, but makes no attempt to stop ria. after all, it sounds pretty fun. "okay then! make sure i look pretty though! i want to take some pictures!"

[expergoe]

HANEUL 240508 MIDAS TOUCH cr. skyblue

[eunaebe]

"oh my god," eunae breathes a sigh of relief at the stranger's words, thankful that she wasn't the only one getting attacked by cobwebs. "tell me about it! i feel like i need to go to the doctor's office after this; that much cotton, is it cotton? can't be good for me," she says with a laugh.

"the shop is cute though," her eyes glance around at the decorations, as well as what the owners have for sale, while she continues to make small talk. "but kind of packed, isn’t it? i didn't really know what i was looking in before i came, but know i really don’t know what i’m looking for,” she says with a chuckle.

[besunhee]

it's not like sunhee's particularly friendly, but what she finds is that she's somehow able to get along well with others a lot easier than most. which isn't a horrible thing, if anything, she's glad. the girl makes her laugh, and she has to put a hand over her mouth. "i'm not laughing at you!" she clarifies, "i'm laughing because it's true! it can't be good for us!" sunhee smiles, and gently she brushes off some cobwebs from the stranger's shoulder.

"it really is! i'm supposed to buy decorations for this store i work at but..." she scrunches her nose, just a little. "i'm not the best at interior design," she admits, "and i can't tell what's spooky and what's not," she looks at the two decorations in her hands and sighs. "oh! i'm sunhee by the way! i'm working at a small stall across here, we're selling halloween themed drinks!"

[bechaerin]

chaerin has a habit of visiting the same places once she grows comfortable with them. the same convenience store near her school, the same gym near her apartment complex and so on. so, it's no surprise when she starts getting familiar with the workers there.

the last thing, however, she expects is to see sunhee at some ghost walking tour her friend had signed her up for. funny thing is her friend abandoned her last minute, so chaerin was looking for her chance to escape when she ends up bumping into sunhee instead.

"oh, thank goodness. sunhee!" she can't stop the excitement upon seeing a familiar face among the crowd, and she quickly clings onto the younger female. "i'm so glad to see you here." letting out a breath, she gives the other a warm smile before explaining her situation.

"my friend signed us up for this tour, and then she abandoned me last minute. do you mind if i walk around with you?"

[besunhee]

her smile is wide when chaerin greets her back; always happy to see the older girl. it's funny though – that the first time they meet outside sunhee's work place is here, in the middle of a halloween tour. she laughs and allows her friend to cling on to her. if anything, sunhee finds herself doing the same, relishing in the close contact.

"me too!" she beams, happy. "ah, really?" she has to tilt her head to look up at chaerin, and she offers the older girl a slight pout. "really? ah, that sucks!" and it really does suck, sunhee is more than familiar with that feeling. "the last time i came for this tour, my friends all ditched me for their stupid boyfriends too..." she sighs, recalling the exact situation she was in.

thankfully, she'd made a friend that night – if not she's pretty sure she'd have been lonely throughout. which is exactly what she doesn't want happening to chaerin. so instead she leans closer towards the older girl and beams.

"of course! it'll be fun! it's my second time coming here," she replies with a smile. "ah... the first time i was a little distracted, but it seemed really interesting! so i decided to come again today. i'm glad i met you, unnie!"

[eunaebe]

━━ halloween market◞ remembrance candy.· ( @besunhee )

with october finally rolling around and shops starting to decorate in orange and black, if finally occurs to eunae that spooky season is upon her. halloween is a time of celebration; a time to eat a little too much candy and enjoy the polarizing pumpkin spice flavor. while not one to really get too far into the festivities, she wants to celebrate anyways, even a little bit.

'tis the season and all that.

the entrance of the small shop is donned with cobwebs galore and eunae's pretty sure she ingested a little bit of the fuzz walking in. she picks at her tongue, trying to be sneaky about it but failing as she walks towards the back where a rack of clothing caught her eye. she's almost there when her shoulder makes contact with another and the pianist lets out a small yelp.

"sorry, i didn't see you there," she says, admitting that the accident was her fault. "i was distracted by, well," eunae laughs. "pretty much everything in here!" she refrains from telling the other girl that she was too busy trying to get cobweb fragments out of her mouth to notice her.

[besunhee]

sunhee doesn't quite know how she'd ended up in this situation. a ton of odd jobs here and there, and she's been tasked to pick up a bunch of decor for a small stall her manager would be holding for halloween.

despite the fact that it isn't her own money that she's spending, sunhee still finds herself frugal – comparing the price of even the smallest of things ( why was this pumpkin shaped skull a dollar less than the other? whatever – she'll go for the cheaper option ). which is exactly how she'd found herself in this predicament. standing in the store, for over an hour, comparing item over item.

it's a job that sunhee takes seriously; decor and not overspending. in fact, she takes it so seriously, that she barely realizes the presence of anyone else around her. that is of course, until she's accidentally hit on the shoulder by a total stranger.

her eyes widen, and sunhee herself stumbles. after all, she's never been the most physically fit. she turns around and finds herself face to face with a girl, who she can only assume had probably ingested some cobwebs along the way ( because sunhee had accidentally done the same ). "it's fine!" she says, laughing as well. "yeah, there's a lot of things here! i bumped my head into a fake skeleton like fifty time. and the cobwebs kept getting caught in my mouth and nose!"

[shoutabe]

when the stranger responds to him kindly, shouta breathes a sigh of relief—glad to see that she seems friendly. his biggest fear is being rejected, or scoffed at, for trying to kickstart a conversation. sadly, that's happened to him more often than he'd care to admit to. in his experience, other human beings lean quite mean and self-absorbed, which is why he insists on approaching everyone with warmth and kindness. maybe this new friend is someone who operates similarly?

"fallen angels are still kinda like monsters, right?" he asks, genuine. "i see what you were going for, and it's cool! it's much better than mine. i stole my sister's makeup and did the easiest cat-face i could do, then stole a pair of ears she had laying around..." the admission makes him blush slightly, then he shrugs his shoulders. "she really had my back here." a shy smile tugs at the corners of his lips, and he turns to her as she starts to speak again.

when he learns her name, he commits it to memory; hoping that he'll use it more often, but that's only if things work out the way he wants them to, and they become pals. "sunhee's a nice name! do people ever call you sunny?" it's a pretty obvious moniker, he realizes that, but part of why he asks is to see if it's one she likes or not. for all he knows, she hates it. "yeah, i'm here by myself. my friend forgot they had a paper due tomorrow, so they had to stay in and get to work."

the insecure part of him wonders if that was just an excuse to bail, but he's trying not to think about it too much. it is what it is. "are you here alone, too? if so, maybe we can take the rest of the tour together?" hopefully she doesn't think he's asking her out on a date or anything like that. he realizes how this looks, or could seem.

"i feel like it'd be more fun to have someone to talk to about the things they tell us. what about you?"

[besunhee]

this is pretty great, sunhee thinks. she'd come here completely upset that her friends had left her in lieu of their boyfriends. but fuck them! she's made a new friend now, and judging from appearances alone, sunhee can only guess that they're both around the same age. which is something that she's more than happy about.

he's cute too, in a way that makes sunhee happy – happy enough to forget the anger that had surged her when she arrived. "it's cute!" she beams, leaning in to take a closer look at his makeup. it's pretty well-done, probably a lot better than sunhee could have ever done for herself. "it looks really good too! i tried my hardest with the makeup, but i don't think i got the look i wanted right..." she scrunches her nose a little, as she walks beside the boy.

she laughs though, when he asks if anyone has ever called her sunny. "i used to get called that a lot back in middle school. nowadays people don't really call me that," she admits, sighing a little. "i liked that nickname though. sunny! it's cute isn't it?" she smiles.

"ah, really? that sucks," she pouts a little but pats his back, already feeling an odd sort of bond with the boy beside her. "yeah... my friends were supposed to come with me but... they got dragged away by their boyfriends at the last minute," she sighs. it's not that sunhee's upset that she's single – she really couldn't care less about that – but the fact that she'd been ditched for them was something that hurt her.

her face brightens though, when he suggests that they go for the tour together. "really?" she replies, smiling. "... sure! i'd love that!" she takes a step closer to him, glad with the turnout of things. "yeah, me too! since we were both 'ditched' by our friends, let's have fun together, shouta!"

[besunhee]

going ghost! // starter for @bechaerin

the tour quite honestly had been interesting. and whilst sunhee hadn't gotten really caught much information the first time, there's a reason she's decided to go for a second time. this time, determined to actually listen attentively ( and not get spooked out at the mention of a ghost possibly watching them ).

sunhee isn't the type to repeat costumes twice though, so she's dressed as a ghost today. a classic! long black hair, white dress and face make-up... a little spooky ( thank you youtube makeup tutorials! ). it's a loose fitting costume, and easy to walk around, which quite honestly is something that sunhee needs in particular for this tour.

she's entering the tour group, slightly late, when she spots a familiar face. it takes her a moment though. it's hard to tell with so many people, and with everyone dressed up sunhee can't be too sure that she's right. still, she's sure it's chaerin, it has to be! she'd recognize her anywhere! a loyal customer!

she straightens her white cloth, and walks towards the older girl, her bangs falling into her face to cover her eyes. without a word, she taps on chaerin's shoulder gently. "hello... unnie," she greets.

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[besunhee]

a look into sunhee's phone!

her most used apps: sunhee's most used application is instagram and a beauty application. she spends a lot of time editing her photos, before posting them on instagram.

most contacted person: sunhee isn't great at texting, but she does contact yeseul the most out of all her friends.

personal photo albums: sunhee's photo albums are organized to a T. every curated look has it's own album, every special day out, and anything she finds particularly pretty, she'll create an album for as well.

favourite playlist: a playlist full of songs about pretty girls – because sunhee wants to be a pretty girl.

wallpapers: her lock screen wallpaper is a photo of her and some friends, and her home screen wallpaper is a photo of the sky.

[shoutabe]

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dressed in extremely minimalistic black cat get-up, shouta timidly walks in tandem with the others partaking in tonight's ghost tour; taking in the sights, learning about seoul's creepier underbelly, and trying to enjoy his time despite being all on his own. his friend bailed on him very last minute, and being that he was already on the way to the tour's meeting place, he decided to go it alone, not wanting his night to go to waste completely. besides, he genuinely is interested in learning more about the city. he's been living in korea for awhile now, but he knows there's always more to discover.

there's a part of him that hopes he can maybe make a new friend tonight, as well, but he has a sinking suspicion that his timidity will squander those plans. it's always been hard for him to kickstart the conversation. typically he blooms from the wall, a flower that craves oxygen, who hopes it's striking enough for someone to come give it sustenance. sometimes that works, but for the most part, people are too engrossed in whatever it is they're doing to pause and chat.

he understands this, but as shy as he can be, it makes it difficult to build a wider social network. it's been his goal to put himself out there more, so there's pressure on him to change his ways, but it's self-inflicted, and often, he takes the easy way out. however, he notices another person near his age seems to be taking the tour alone, too, and for a second, he wonders what it'd be like to talk to them; wonders if they'd get along or have anything in common.

in this moment, a figurative angel pops up on his shoulder and encourages him to stop thinking about the possibilities, and just say hi to them, so that's what he decides to do. swallowing his nerves, he picks up his pace so he's walking alongside them now. "h—hey!" he starts, hoping he doesn't seem awkward or weird. "i like your costume! i wish i was creative enough to do something like that." he acknowledges that his thrown-together look is not as good as theirs, making him feel lame.

"i'm shouta, by-the-way!"

[besunhee]

she's going to kill them – she's going to kill her friends, she's going to absolutely destroy them when she finds them. why, why in the world did they think that it was a good idea to go on this ghost tour, and then simply ditch sunhee the very minute their boyfriends were free? she hates it – hates it so so much, but knows that she isn't exactly in the position to say anything.

that and the fact that she's actually put in effort for her costume too, and they aren't here to witness it... sucks. she frowns, sends a bunch of thumbs down emojis to her group chat (who she knows won't reply – they're too busy making out with their boyfriends to care), and decides to just maybe try and enjoy herself. even if she isn't a big horror fan.

she does enjoy the dressing up aspect of halloween – but that's about as far as her affections for the festivities go. sunhee hates horror, gets scared too easily. but she's paid good money to be here, and money isn't something that's exactly disposable to her. so it's fine. whatever!

the tour at the very least isn't horrendous, even if being alone feels like it. sunhee listens to the guide carefully though, trying not to let the hairs on her body raise. that is of course, until she notices a boy speaking to her.

she turns to him, clearly confused, until she takes note of his slightly flustered demeanour. she blinks, before she smiles – he's probably here alone too. did his friends ditch him, like mine? "hi!" she replies. subconsciously, she tugs at her outfit – it isn't anything too extravagant but she did try – some face makeup, a pair of makeshift wings, and shorts. it probably isn't obvious, but sunhee had tried hard to look like a monster from the kdrama, sweet home.

"thank you! i think i look more like... a fallen angel than anything, but i was going for a monster vibe!" she laughs, slowing her pace to match the boy's. "i'm sunhee," she introduces herself. "i like your outfit too! are you here on your own, shouta?" she asks.