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we were lovers in a past life but in our first life i killed you to protect you (and because i love you) and you cursed me and my next lives to never find love until i find you again
⤿ alden & ???, @boysbye.
" what are you saying? you —— you want to break up? "
'' uhmm ... you mean you don't ? ... want to break up ? '' he'd thought so , with how little time they've spent together lately. part of midas knew what he was getting into , dating somebody like alden , who might always put his work and love for music before anybody else. still , was it that weird for midas to have his doubts about their relationship ? '' the last time we saw each other , was like ... three weeks ago. that doesn't feel like dating to me. i want to see you more than just once a month , you know. ''
“ to you i don’t exist, ain’t what you’re looking for . ” eyes won't lift to hold their stare, knowing it'll crack her . “ why d'ya gotta make shit so dramatic ? can't we make this a mutual break - up and go on with our lives ? ” / @boysbye
'' i'm not trying to make this dramatic. i just think calling it ' mutual ' is easier for you than admitting you stopped wanting this before i did. '' there's a few attempts trying to meet with jayden's gaze , but to no avail. zane sits back and rubs both hands over his face , trying to clear his head from this mess they've made together. '' you say i'm not what you're looking for like i'm supposed to nod and walk away cleanly , but that's not how this works for me. maybe i can let you go eventually , but i'm not gonna pretend it doesn't hurt just to make this easier for you. '' his heart begins to ache a little too much to think things through clearly.
" you are doing better , " he presses , not giving it up , " you said it yourself — we were just bedbound not that long ago. isn't it good enough for now to be able to do just this ? think about it and stop pushing yourself when you don't have to. "
seyoon stares out his brother a few seconds longer , as if to force the idea through , before turning away to grab a water bottle at the corner of the room.
every point kiyoon brings to the air after that is ignored , answered with nothing but silence and seyoon closing his eyes shut. it must be hard , he knows that it is .. but it's something that is simply out of their hands and it doesn't seem to be doing either of them any good for them to keep going in circles like this. for seyoon to keep shoving these positive affirmations down the other's throat.
he turns back to kiyoon and his shoulders fall when he finds him on the floor now. he looks so small like this , so dejected , and seyoon hates that he knows exactly what's going through his head. how he feels like he's letting everyone else down. he wishes he could make him believe that was far from the truth , it was , but kiyoon was stubborn and most of anything seyoon said to him was taken as nothing more than obligated kindness.
almost instantly though , seyoon meets his side , taking the spot on the floor next to him. he leans his head back against the wall instead of looking over , and it feels nice to stretch his legs out in front of him.
" you know , after you were born , i felt really guilty for a long time for not moving back home. for staying with our grandmother. i resented mom and dad too much. " the sentiment seems to come out of nowhere , but seyoon's eyes still out in front of him , focused on something in the distance as he recalls the memory. " and then dad died .. and i felt even more guilt , because i just held onto all the anger i felt while he was still alive and it wasn't until he was gone that i finally forgave him. but losing dad .. it helped me forgive mom too. i wanted to be somebody's son again. and .. i wanted to try being a real brother to you. "
kiyoon doesn't speak for a while after seyoon sits down next to him , his knees pulled up and his arms resting on top of them. his head hangs low , eyes squeezed shut in a way to hold control over his frustrations. it eventually subdues to something calmer , but gloomier at the same time. anytime their father gets brought up , it's like a blanket of loss wraps around him and the absence of him feels stronger than when he doesn't actively think about him.
he remembers seyoon's absence just as much in the years that he grew up , a lot of family dinners spent without his big brother. while there's no solid memory of it all , kiyoon knows the feeling all too well. it's what's started to feel normal after many years without his brother by his side. feelings of resentment and anger. loneliness , despite the many friends he's made.
'' i know , '' kiyoon finally says , but he doesn't move an inch away from his position. his eyes stay fixed on the floor between his legs. '' you're a good brother now. '' stuff like that isn't easily pulled from him , but kiyoon can be sentimental sometimes. and seyoon must have a reason for bringing this up , despite a lot of his senses wanting to ask his brother why he's talking about this all now. what's the point of this conversation ?
'' you're the only one i can be really angry with , '' he admits , sighing right after he says it , maybe even regretting it a little. '' because ... ugh — i trust you. you feel safe , to me. ''
which he is glad for , but he also realizes that it's not what seyoon always deserves. not since they've become counters , and seyoon has only ever looked out for him.
kiyoon groans and sighs again , pushing his legs out in front of him , like seyoon , and leaning his head to rest against the wall , like seyoon. '' i try not to be so angry , or sad. even when i had to save you , and you were like ... so super close to death. i felt a lot of panic , but a small part of me was angry too. that you were going to leave me again. i was angrily yelling at you in my mind , like , ' why can't you fucking stay with me ? ' , and i guess that powered me through a little more ... '' kiyoon briefly looks at seyoon then , a sheepish little smile appearing. '' sorry ... ''
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the first thing hyunjun meets that morning is the splitting ache in the back of his head when he sits up , eyes in a squint beneath the harsh early light that comes through tokyo's hotel windows. the second thing , his best friend , half - naked and still passed out in the same bed right beside him. it's frightening the way his stomach flips almost immediately at the sight of him , the night before hitting him hard enough to make him feel unsteady. or perhaps that's just the copious amount of vodka still pumping through his system. how wasted did they get to go as far as they had ? obviously not wasted enough for the imagery to be so present , so vivid in his mind still.
he remembers most of it. the first taste of a kiss , the strip of their clothes , how much they'd ended up touching one another. how hard it was for him to think about anything other than how much he'd wanted yejun. what came over him ? and more importantly , how the fuck are they supposed to spend the rest of this trip together ? the four of them.
something doesn't feel right , but hyunjun is too purposefully stubborn to admit that it's the hangover. he pulls the covers off of his legs and he grabs his own clothes off the floor before heading into the room's shower. it takes him longer than usual , his body sluggish and feeling out of place ; and he half hopes , half fears that yejun's awake by the time that he's out.
a towel is draped loose around his hips as he walks out of the bathroom and hyunjun feels his body stutter , only a little , when he meets yejun's eyes across the room , the other man seemingly just beginning to wake up. hyunjun's gaze trails elsewhere and his fingers messily comb through his damp hair. " fuck , " he speaks up as he walks over to his half - open suitcase. " i drank too much again last night , didn't i ? " he forces up a chuckle that plays off well enough. " i can feel it. "
" i uh .. texted milo .. him and i are gonna go grab everyone coffee. you want anything ? zack is still asleep .. and i figured you want to shower or something. i reeked of alcohol when i woke up. "
there's by far not enough time for yejun to wake up , recollect the memories from last night , come to terms with them and then face hyunjun again. he thinks it's literally thirty seconds since waking up , before the taller walks in and immediately meets eyes with him. yejun's heart stops for a second , he swears it. why does he have to look like that right now ? when there's nothing left for yejun to imagine anymore now.
hyunjun moves on , however , and talks like nothing has happened. nothing serious between them. yejun doesn't know what to say , doesn't know if he should even say something at all.
he remains unmoved in their bed , but the longer he does so , the clearer previously blurry memories become. hyunjun , who kissed him first , undressed himself , and took things further than they ever should have. it's like their night together has been imprinted in the bed , because it all comes flooding back in so fast , yejun no longer wants to be there anymore.
'' huh ... uhm ... coffee , yeah , '' he responds slowly , and begins to drag himself away from the sheets , trying to keep his cool when there's a storm of emotions coursing through him. yejun swallows and runs a hand through his hair , clenching his jaw , willing the pain in his lower back away before he decides to stand up and wobble his way towards the shower.
'' jun , do you ... '' he feels a knot in his stomach , his heart hammering against his chest. he doesn't want to ask this. he really doesn't want to. '' last night ... how much did we drink ? '' yejun knows , but he wonders if hyunjun does. '' do you remember anything ? ''
the slightest crease appears between zack's eyes. he wants to tell him that yes , he does know that. how many times could he recall pushing milo to do more , only to be met with the same weak assurance that he's handling it. nothing ever changed. not until now.
he wants to tell him all of this , but milo doesn't allow him the space to retaliate with his own further defenses.
" oh come on , what does — of course we can be honest with each other. don't say that. milo , hey — " the younger already has his back turned before making his way across the hall. out of zack's sight , out of his reach.
on the floor , the plastic bag full of snacks is left behind and the sight of it both pains zack and irritates him. he thinks of milo's face before he walked away , his soft eyes flinching through emotions of shame and hurt and anger. zack picks up the bag and lets it hang loose off his fingers before stepping in front of milo's shut door.
" milo , " he tries , soothing his voice into something a little calmer than he had used before. " don't lock yourself away like this. i don't want to do this. " the bag of goods is gently placed between him and the frame of the door , where he'll leave it if no resolve comes. he gives a small sigh and he leans against the wall dividing them before trying once more. " i know you're taking this whole thing as me lying and hiding from you , but that's not what it is. that's not what i did. okay ? you take care of everyone .. your mom , your sister. but who takes care of you with something like this ? " it's quiet for a moment , and zack takes advantage of the silence to lean closer and try to hear anything from the other side.
nothing.
" i just wanted to be the one to do that. to take care of this so that , for once , you didn't have to. milo .. please , come on. "
it's not long before milo's on his knees , the rest of his body leaned forward as his head is hidden between his arms in his best attempt to keep his panic under control. zack's voice comes through the door , but it's soft and milo has to try his utter best to register it while not completely losing it.
'' go away , '' his voice trembles from both distress and the sheer volume he has to speak in for zack to hear the words. it's muffled , but loud enough that he hopes zack stops talking and leaves him alone for a bit.
his chest tightens more , and milo squeezes his eyes shut , a couple of tears easily spilling as his body shakes. he's angry and he feels betrayed. he can't find it in himself yet to try and understand things from zack's point of view , his emotions completely clouding his judgement of the situation. the thought that zack has given his father money for months makes him feel sick with shivers. he doesn't know how much time has passed when his body has finally calmed down , and his muscles ache from the intense strain he's put on them to hold himself grounded.
milo gets up to his feet and sniffles , wiping at the tears that have stained his cheeks as he finds a bag and begins to throw random necessities and clothes inside of it. he needs to get out and go to a place where he doesn't feel this smothered by lies and deception.
it breaks his heart altogether , crying even more now as he's about to head out of the door and separate himself from the one person he thought he could never live without. and he can't , because that's how attached milo has grown to zack , and he doesn't want to leave ... but he doesn't want to be around zack either.
he opens his door once he's finished packing most of the stuff he thinks he needs , not looking out and nearly stumbling over the plastic bag filled with snacks. it makes milo pout at the idea that zack put this here , but he continues to head for the hallway as he passes the living room , where zack is at together with their pets. mimmy strides towards him , but milo shakes his head and looks at zack. '' i'm going to my mom , '' he states , immediately looking away before he cries even more.
" i don't know , " he answers. but the lie tastes too bitter in an already sour throat. " a few months. i think i went to my father at the end of february. "
his gaze is avoided entirely and zack can feel the tether between them loosening. was it much worse than he had presumed it to be ? or did he always know that it was wrong , that milo would hate it , that this is the reason he had avoided bringing it up on his own ?
the embarrassment seeps deeper into his skin the more milo digs and the frustration that is pointed at his father starts to shift into something ugly and overbearing. he knows that he isn't the victim here , knows that milo has been more caught off guard than he has and owns the right to chastise him , yet zack begins to grow incredibly defensive.
" tell you for what reason ? " warmth floods zack's face. behind his guilt , a slow anger rises. " so you could immediately tell me to not worry about it and keep letting it happen ? you never would have let me get involved. you can at least admit that. "
a few months of hiding the fact he was giving money to milo's father. a few months of lying whenever milo would just happen to mention his horrible parent , and how calm it's been lately. how nice it had been. he doesn't want to tell zack that now , though.
'' you don't know that , '' milo snaps back , not expecting to give into the edge he's been feeling already. but zack is resentful and defensive , maybe even a little hurt. milo doesn't understand. '' you never told me. you lied to me. you went behind my back ! that's not fair — '' he swallows down a quiet sob , and with it barely avoids choking on his words. he just can't seem to wrap his head around the fact zack would do something like that , in this way , without ever communicating with milo for even a little bit.
milo begins to rub his chest harder , and bites down on his lip to contain any painful noises as his mind races through his ... their options. what now ?
'' this is not ... i — i thought we could be honest with each other , '' milo manages to push out before the air around him becomes suffocating and zack's words become too much. he takes a few steps back , before turning around and heading toward his own room. it's a miracle he hasn't spat out in a panic attack yet , but feels it reaching for the surfaces as he closes the door behind him and crouches down on the ground , keeping his head between his arms in an attempt to find some form of solace inside the chaos that is his mind and body at the moment.
he can just barely hear the front door click open over the volume of his music , and then comes that hidden hike of eagerness that he always gets when his partner comes around. the approaching steps are slow , shuffled , and zack turns his chair just enough to find something off in milo's demeanor. it's not the usual look on his face when he comes home bearing snacks for the two of them.
" welcome back , boyfriend. " he turns his chair a little more so that he's now fully facing the other. he doesn't even notice the papers in his hands until they're dropped on his desk. zack's heart sinks.
the top page is the same agreement he'd watched his father write up. the one that he promised to zack , swore on everything for the first time in his life , that he would keep between them. zack doesn't know why he , for the first time in his life , believed him.
his back is to milo now , facing the papers that he no longer reads as he closes his eyes beneath his nervous engulfment while milo continues to talk. he's guilty and he's sorry , but he also isn't at all , and mostly he's so fucking angry with his father. because this isn't the way milo was supposed to find out. it wasn't supposed to be from anyone but him.
" milo , " the word springs out of him like a doleful sigh , but the other keeps on explaining. zack opens his eyes then and he turns in his seat still , unsure how to physically handle what's unfolding before him. " milo , i'm .. i was going to tell you. i was going to tell you about this. "
now , zack rises from his chair and he chances a step forward , hoping being closer would somehow magically make this all easier. but it doesn't. because he can see that rise and fall of panic in his partner's eyes and for the first time in a while , he doesn't know if he should reach out and soothe it. " yes , alright , i've been — i've been sending your dad money. just for a little while. just to get him off your back and until i could figure out something else. " saying it all out loud like this only makes zack feel worse , but he goes on in his full honesty. " but it worked , didn't it ? he hasn't been bothering you. so it's fine. he's not getting anymore money. he's not — he's not going to bother you or your family anymore. it's done. i promise. please , this was just to help you. "
it stings and it hurts more than he could've anticipated , the sharp pain worsening inside his chest as zack confirms all of it. that he's been giving milo's dad money to stay away from him , and putting together a restraining order together with his father — all behind his back , and milo had no idea. not for even a second that he ever had an odd feeling around zack.
'' for how long , exactly ? '' part of him wants to know , but milo realizes that doesn't even matter. he shakes his head quickly , looking down , unable to look zack in the eyes for what must be the first time since they discovered who they were to each other. when they used to meet as gangjae and doha. '' no ... why not just talk to me ? i — '' he's found it strange already , the lack of contact his father has been showing him or his mother or sister. there has been none , and while he sometimes wondered why , milo just did not have the energy to ask and find out why.
but he never imagined it would be because of zack , and his father. '' why keep this from me ? that's my dad. this is so ... so fucked up. '' his breathing begins to pick up a little , and his disbelief slowly twists into something more bitter. uglier. while zack swears he meant well by this , milo doesn't feel the sincerity of it. not when it's been done in secret , and in a way his father didn't deserve to get away with it. not with the money from his boyfriend. '' i don't understand , zack. why couldn't you tell me ? '' there's a hint of desperation in his voice now , wanting to know what happened to the unconditional trust they had in each other.
it's not an angry kind of feeling , because milo is able to suppress most of it when he returns , and it doesn't exactly feel like sadness either. it's more like disbelief , and pure confusion. as if it's supposed to be a joke. a fever dream. zack will tell him soon enough that none of it is true , right ?
so why does it feel like his heart is nearly beating out of his chest ? it's too tight , his ribcage , and it hurts. his movements are slow , dreading to face his boyfriend and making it come true. feet shuffle towards zack's room , where he finds him behind his computer. '' i'm back , '' he announces himself as he slowly approaches zack. the plastic bag filled with snacks from his late night run to the store in one hand , a couple of papers in the other hand. he drops the plastic bag on the ground , and carelessly drops the papers on the desk.
'' your dad was in the parking lot. you weren't answering his calls , he said , '' milo feels like throwing up already , and exhales a huge sigh that doesn't elevate even a single bit of anxiety. his entire body feels like it's going to cramp up , and he wants to curl himself into a ball on the ground. '' he gave me the restraining order , for my dad. he said you would know what to do. ''
milo takes a small step back , a hand coming up to place upon his chest , rubbing the space there for any sense of serenity. '' a-and that you could stop giving him money now. '' his head starts to spin now that he's said it all , and it still does not make sense to him. '' zack ... '' milo quietly says , '' what — what is this ? i-i don't understand. ''
it's the second grab of her wrist that has jio slowing standing upright , his eyes focusing in on the man's face with no interest of what his intentions could possibly be. why he's here or what he wants with her. jio doesn't care. he only wants to know who the hell this guy thinks he is.
nabi is able to pull herself away from him , but just as quick does this annoyance try to move towards her again. jio squints in a concentrated focus and right as the stranger attempts his hand out to her , his own eyes squeeze shut and a look of pain suddenly falls upon his face. he lets out a cry and his hands come up to hold his head , all while jio never lets go of the hold his gaze has on him. in reality , the man will be left undamaged , only feeling the mimic of an illusioned pain , harsh and throbbing against the front of his skull. but that doesn't mean it hurts any less. it's obvious when the guy now hunched over in agony takes his own steps back , and jio appears from behind his place behind the bar. " she told you to go , " he speaks up , softening his eyes then. the man now seems to be able to stand up a little straighter and unknowingly finds the source of his torment. " so why don't we go ? "
it's all he has to say ; the man , albeit slow and wavering as if trying to fight his own movements , looks to nabi once and then back to jio before he turns on his heels and heads toward the door he entered from. jio , who follows close behind him out the same door , doesn't offer her a look at all.
a bewildered expression paints her face when kitae is stricken by a sudden headache — worse enough that he lets go of her and gives her the chance to take a few steps back away from him. behind her , jio appears and with a gentle voice , urges the unpleasant presence of kitae to leave the club.
without any more words that could've possibly led to an altercation , the man turns and heads for the exit with jio close to him. nabi stands there for a moment as the pair disappears to outside , her heartbeat rapid and breathing heightened while trying to shake off the odd feeling the interaction gave her just now. the random migraine , and the way he said nothing else as if scared of jio.
nabi feels her legs slightly shake as she begins to walk toward the exit as well , quietly pushing the door ajar and looking through the gap. she does not want to draw too much attention to herself in case they might still be just outside down the alleyway , or in case kitae comes back.
out of sight out of mind the moment the woman disappears down the hall , except nabi never really does seem to escape his mind. as jio turns his own corner back behind the bar , his hands work to wipe down it's sticky surface while his thoughts continue to be enveloped by her. he doesn't typically cross the line with women. it's not necessarily needed to work his magic on them to get them to do things for him — his eyes have always done that naturally. but still , even the times he's tried with her , just to be sure . . nothing. what makes her different than every one else he can swoon and trick and reel in like the gullible , brainless fish they all are ?
commotion sounds from down the hall again , the loud chatter of all the dancers slipping through the door when it opens , and jio pretends not to notice when she walks by. he pretends for as long as he can , which is up until some tall uncertain man stops nabi. it's a face he doesn't recognize but she seems to. he'll watch from behind the bar , lining up glasses and busying himself with the rags , just to make sure the man doesn't try anything on her. for a moment he thinks that he'd let him. after all , he'd just be keeping his eyes to himself. part of him even considers pushing it further , getting in the man's head and inciting whatever small flicker of aggression he can sense. then she'll really need his help. but in the end , jio doesn't overstep. not yet. he notices the cautious step that nabi takes and leans his elbows forward against the bar , fiddling with an empty glass in his palms and itching for the stranger to try something , anything on nabi that could get him involved.
kitae doesn't leave , or seems to be scared by her so-called threat of whistling down whatever security is still around. instead he reaches for her again , grabbing her wrist again and this time not easily letting go like before. nabi yanks her hand back to no avail , and her heart starts to race as the situation slowly escalates.
'' why ? i wouldn't hurt you. you think i would ? '' kitae asks , tone still as pleading , but so manipulating at the same time. nabi looks down at her wrist which he won't let go of , and scoffs. '' if you wouldn't , then let go — '' before the dancer can finish her sentence , she's pulled in for a forceful hug that causes her to freeze in place. it takes away nearly all of her ways to get away from the man that won't leave her alone , so her wide eyes look around quickly as customers and other workers have mostly exited the closing club already. her gaze finds jio's moving figure behind the bar , and concerned eyes in desperate need of help quietly try to find his gaze.
⋆。゚☁︎。 to. @boysbye
" no, don't move yet, " hushed tone and gentle hands keep her frame still, " you're still bleeding, and i haven't finished bandaging your arm. " coffee table before them is littered with bloodied tissues and cotton balls, tubes of various ointments ( antibacterial, wound - healing, pain - relief, he spared no chance that she could get some sort of infection or hepatitis ) and bandage wrappers. he'd worry about the mess after ensuring she was properly taken care of. " you can't lose it without me there, elif. you know that. "
'' ngh — ugh ... '' she wouldn't have actually been able to get up anyway , and dayton is lucky he's the only one she tolerates this kind behavior from. once her head is rested back against the couch's cushions , she tries to loosen the tension in her entire body , her eyes fluttering closed as the man cleans her wounds for her. '' it's not like i can control it , '' she mumbles tiredly. it's true. she barely remembers how she ended up here , covered in several cuts and gashes caused by god knows what. did she break another mirror ? flip over the dining table made of glass ?
elif opens her eyes again to look at dayton , and watches him work his wonderful medical skills on her. '' where were you ? ... i missed you. ''
" you don't know ? " he questions , looking at her with just as much confusion. at least she seems to be okay moving around , talking just as fine , but the sight of her alone is enough to induce panic. the blood staining her damp clothes and her disorienting stare. he doesn't understand how she'd end up here and in such disorder when they'd only just talked not too long ago. " are you in pain ? and your - your clothes .. aren't you freezing ? let me get you a towel , please .. "
but her questions stop him no further than a few feet. how awful the man had felt for keeping such a chunk of his life a secret for so long. it wasn't just her though , nobody outside of his family knew of this place. the business. the spirit realm. one day he would tell her , when the timing was right , that's what he'd always promised himself. but that wouldn't be today. not when she's in such a state.
" this is the bed and breakfast , " he answers the easier half of her inquiry , " the one i told you i worked at sometimes. " moonsik frowns as he briefly disappears around the corner , grabbing the clean towel he'd previously tossed when she’d walked in. when he returns to her side he drapes it around her shoulders , careful as he pulls her frame closer to his. the warmth of his palm meets her cheek and concern fills him at how cold her skin feels against him. " what do you mean you thought you were heading to my place ? i don't live anywhere near here — did you follow me here , baby ? did you .. do you remember going through anything .. strange before finding this building ? "
for a moment , frankie stays still to figure out if she's in pain or if it's just the cold that moonsik mentions. but she honestly feels barely anything unpleasant , other than knowing that moonsik is warm to touch and she craves for more of it.
'' oh ... yes , '' in some sort of confused daze , she nods and takes a little look around the place. it looks like any other ordinary bed and breakfast. cozy , a little outdated but chic still , with its own very charm. frankie can see why moonsik would want to help out here whenever he can. it's nice.
her shoulders tense when there's a towel draped over them , but soon moonsik takes her in his arms and some of that tension releases as she finds herself in the safest place that she knows. '' i got into a fight with my mother and just needed to get out of the house , so i was heading for yours. ''
frankie tries to reach further down her memories for whatever happened then , which might have led her here to this place that looks nothing like moonsik's home. '' mmh ... it was raining , and i didn't have an umbrella , so i was running for a bit ... '' just as she was mentally entering moonsik's neighbourhood , there was a bright flash of light and a loud bang. a collision , bones cracking , and lots of pain.
frankie flinches in her boyfriend's arms , and her hand immediately goes to feel for the back of her head. it stings to touch and when she brings her palm back into vision , there's more blood. her breathing picks up. '' moon ... '' she says , blinking rapidly. '' there's ... so much blood. ''
her eyes narrow yet she says nothing — instead opting to destroying him with her looks rather than her words … though it is tempting to rip right into him here in the middle of this boujee restaurant for the general public to see . but no , evelyn can’t do that , not when she’s currently trying to clean up her image . she can’t take full control of her family’s estate if she’s plastered on the front page of every tabloid for being a brat . that was the old evelyn , this new and barely improved her is going to have more fun ( she thinks ) killing him with passive aggressiveness .
“ yeah , well , lucky for you i really like the food they serve here, ” she finally says , flatly , keeping her eyes trained on him as he orders a drink and asks for the menu . even their waiter seems to catch the disastrous vibe of this ‘ date ’ .
no , actually, lucky for him that he’s so hot — if not ev would have been ditched him and slandered his name on the tea app or her personal favorite : are we dating the same guy? facebook groups warning other women in the area to steer clear of apollo manabat .
she takes another sip of her wine before asking, “ so how are you going to make it up to me ? because you’ve made me look like a proper fool . i think the waiter was this close to offering me a pity meal for being stood up . ”
she has every right to be this dissatisfied with apollo tardiness , but all that courage he had to build up outside of the restaurant seems to deflate in mere seconds as she near demands him to make it up to her as soon and good as possible. '' how about ... we just enjoy this evening now that we're both here ? ''
oh , that's so lame and he knows it. they both know it , but what could he possible offer her as a solution to her embarrassment other than the gift of moving on from the situation ?
a second of hesitation , before he leans forward and slides his hand across the table , reaching for hers and picking it up. '' hm ? '' he tilts his head to the side , beseeching her into forgiving him. '' what are you going to order ? i'll have what you have. ''
when she steps away , he continues in momentary awe of the interior of her home. all the little knickknacks and things he can't quite figure out. she's an interesting one , yet so is everything else about this place and all the strange people within it.
small clinks and the soft pour of liquid draw him back in and myeongsu watches her from where he sits , a complete daze of everything that he can't make sense of. he's stopped trying and now just waits , waits for her to surprise and excite him.
eyes widen at the tiny glass cup floating his way rather quickly and just in time his hands come up catch it , the warmth real and growing in his palms. " thanks , " he says , looking down at the mysterious beverage that awaits his tasting. he wastes not a second more before delving in , his mind curious to the wonders it will bring him if it's anything like the feast from earlier. it washes over his tongue and it's not a flavor he recognizes but will relish in as he drinks it down in one go , mouth full as he looks up and grins at her. enough to say , it's delicious.
" oh , um — " he swallows the last of it , " i don't want to intrude. i mean , you've already shared so much with me. all of you have. "
he relaxes into the cushion pressed against his back , feeling a lightness crown his head. his body is loose around him , and suddenly , myeongsu dreads the idea of walking all the way back to such an uninteresting home , full of no one but his uninteresting self. this girl is a magnet , beautiful and irresistible through the eyes that watch him , call out to him. how could he possibly go ?
he rises from where he sits to join the spot beside her , setting down the empty cup on a near surface. " forgive me , i'm .. i'm usually the shy type. but , i don't know , right now i don't feel like myself. you're sure it's okay that i stay ? here ? with you ? just until the morning .. "
her eyes grow in size , brows raising in complete amusement as dahlia watches the human finish the drink in one , swift movement. his smile , adorable and reassuring her that he likes it. there shouldn't be a doubt about it , though. he should like anything she gives him.
'' oh , but you're not — you're absolutely not intruding , '' the fairy protests , forgetting to take any more sips of the leafbrew herself as myeongsu gets up and takes a seat right next to her , to her own surprise. his warmth is a welcome feeling , their arms touching , setting even her skin ablaze where it usually wouldn't so fast.
dahlia slowly nods along to his words , setting down her cup of leafbrew and freeing her hands so she can carefully reach forward and brush away the locks from his forehead , tugging some of it behind his ear. '' just until the morning , yeah ... of course that's fine. ''
she places her dainty hand across his forehead as if to check for his temperature , and perhaps he is a little warmer than a human maybe should be , but him not feeling like himself has got nothing to do with his temperature and all to do with the magic of her forest. still , she doesn't want to tell him that.
'' you're not too warm , '' dahlia quietly mumbles , letting her hand lower so she can hold the side of his face. myeongsu is so soft and tender to touch , and it's an incredible and light feeling to finally feel him again after so many years of waiting and yearning. '' how about a bit of rest ? i'll go get nuri , while you lie down. the festivities continue tonight. you should feel rested for that. ''
the fairy gives him an enticing smile , her thumb caressing his cheek for a while as the pair gets lost in each other's gazes. even she forgets what she's supposed to do , until children's laughter from outside breaks down her trance and dahlia pulls back her hands.
'' i'll be back , '' she whispers , leaning forward and pressing a featherlight kiss against myeongsu's cheek , so delicate he might've missed the touch if he wasn't already solely focusing on her.
as promised , she heads out to find the human's companion and is quick to find it surrounded by a group of fairy children cooing and petting the creature. its tail is wagging feverishly , and even more so when dahlia approaches.
it doesn't take much for nuri to follow her back to his human , and when she crosses the threshold of her abode again , dahlia finds myeongsu sound asleep , buried between her cushions. nuri finds a place on the softest , mossy-covered spot to lie down while the fairy floats forward and gently reclines herself in a resting position next to myeongsu , curled up against his strong figure and waiting for him to wake up again.
" what do you mean? i'm not doing anything, i'm just observing, quietly, and being nondisruptive, " comes her huffed response. outward appearance was stoic, perhaps even stony, as she tried her hardest not to disrupt his routine. mimi cared too much about him to jeopardize his career. she definitely was wishing his partner would fall, twist her ankle and be unable to perform with him, though. she didn't like how close they seemed, how nicely they seemed to fit together, how they expertly seemed to craft a familiarity that she knew couldn't possibly actually rival hers with him.
" we didn't give it an honest try. " jai didn't need to tell her what this entailed, what he was referencing. it haunted her every waking day. " you just came back from your leave, found a dainty new partner and forgot all about me. "
'' but we did , mimi ... '' she doesn't react to his attempt to reach out for her , so his hand falls back to his side , but the affectionate smile on his face remains. despite her tantrums and obvious jealousy , his soft spot for her stays true. '' you've got your own new partner now. you guys look amazing — you are amazing on the ice. i don't think i could compete with that. my knee isn't what it used to be. we wouldn't be what we were. ''
part of him is just making up excuses , reasons for why they wouldn't work out again. but part of him doesn't want to move on , just like she obviously doesn't. '' and how could i possibly forget you ? you're part of the reason who i am today. '' a teasing , little smile appears. '' in a good way , of course. '' / @hellrisings