❛ that was an accident. i swear that was an accident! ❜
Truth be told, Taesung hadn't been paying attention to his surrounding at all. The music blasting through his earbuds was loud enough that it drowned out everything else. Including where he was walking and the people around him. So whenever he felt someone knock into his arm, his balance was also messed with and the folder full of possible song choices for him to choreograph was sent flying out of his hand and onto the ground, papers falling out of it and scattering all over the place. "Son of a bitch." He mumbles, mostly to himself as he started to pick up some of the papers. However, as he was doing so, he heard another voice cut through his earbuds thanks to a short pause in one of the songs that was on his playlist. The voice caused him to pull his phone out of his pocket, pausing the music before completely removing the earbuds from his ears only to shove his phone and earbuds back into his front pocket. "Oh- uh, no please don't worry about it." Taesung starts, gathering up the last few papers before he's tucking them back into the folder that had been in his arm before the run-in happened. Thankfully, none of them were harmed too bad. A few small rips around the edges and some wrinkling of the paper.. nothing that would kill him or his work so honestly? There was no harm done.
"I'm serious, don't worry about it, okay?" He says as he stands back up, tucking the folder back under his arm as he turned to finally face the person he'd run into. "It's fine, honestly." He shrugs, dusting himself off before he's looking through his folder again but making sure she could see that all the papers weren't harmed in the process of them being scattered all over the place. "Just a few wrinkles and tiny tears... nothing that's going to harm me or the paper. Besides, these were rough playlist drafts anyways. You just gave me another reason to rewrite them. I've been putting it off for so long anyways." Taesung shrugs with a chuckle, patting the top of the folder lightly as he gave her a genuine smile. "So thanks for making my procrastinating ass actually do something I've needed to do for months. Even if it wasn't in the most conventional way."
The question would have usually gotten under Taesung's skin and irritated him just for the fact he usually didn't have enough time to repeat everything he said to people. However, he couldn't take it personally this time and he actually did have enough time to repeat himself, so he simply shrugged lightly and gave the other a grin. "Yeah, it's nothing big though, that I can promise you." Tae replies, shifting the bag that was thrown over one shoulder to the other to let some of weight off his right shoulder, dispersing it to his left for the time being as he waited for an empty taxi. He wouldn't have even been out waiting for one, but his car wouldn't start and he wasn't sure why and honestly? Tae had been feeling too lazy to try and figure it out or call someone else to come figure it out for him, so he left it parked where it was and decided to take a taxi to the few spots he actually had to go to today.
"I simply said I liked your shoes." The male explains, gesturing towards the other's feet and the ground before shaking his head lightly. "I could have come up with something so much cooler than that, huh?" It comes out of his mouth with a chuckle, an annoyed sigh following suit. He wasn't annoyed at the other, but at himself. He could have told some huge and dramatic story just to get a laugh out of the other, yet he went for the most basic compliment he had in his book. Was it a lie? No.. not at all, it had been what he'd said in the first place, actually.. but he'd had a chance to be over-dramatic and he missed the opportunity to do so and he was annoyed at that fact. "Let's start over, shall we?" Taesung asks, taking a step back, back to his original position he'd been standing at when Alex had asked him if he'd been speaking to him. "I was speaking to, actually." He starts, brows raising as if he's about to tell the best story the other's ever heard. "I asked if you happened to see my friend? Running around in one of those weird skin-tight body suits? I think his was camouflage, if my memory serves me correctly. He lost a bet due to his sports team losing and his 'punishment' of sorts was having to run around town in nothing but that thing." The red-head continues, trying his best to keep a straight face, but fails almost instantly, a string of laughter passing his lips before he's waving off his story with one of his hands. "That actually happened once, but that was a long time ago." He says between laughter. "In all seriousness, though. Where did you get those shoes? I've got to get me some."
❛ i see you around the area a lot. do you work around here? ❜
The question caused him to chuckle lightly, turning around in his place in line to face her. “I suppose you could say that, yeah.” Taesung replies with a nod of his head. Truthfully, he did work around the area, but he wasn’t limited to just that area so that was why he’d replied like he had. “You might see me in here more often than you would at my workplace, though. I can’t function without a Peppermint Mocha Frappe to start my day. Probably a horrible choice for me, and I’m sure my trainer would hate to know that’s what I tend to drink, but you can keep a secret right?” He grins lightly, shrugging his shoulder before taking a small step backwards to keep his place in line due to another person in line deciding that the coffee really must not be worth the wait. Taesung couldn’t help but to raise his brow as he watched the person stomp out of line, mumbling curses and insults under their breath in the process. “Damn, and here I thought I was the grumpiest person in the morning without my coffee.” He jokes, shaking his head as the person finally made it out the front door.
“And to finally answer your question, I do work around here.” Taesung continues, running a hand through his hair to move the red colored locks out of his face. "I’m a dance instructor at Make A Move Dance Studio. I’m only there part time, so that’s why I said you’ve probably seen me around here more often than there.. considering the studio I work in doesn’t have a ton of windows to the outside world. Unless you’re there for some reason?“ The male asks, shrugging lightly as a small smile pulling on the corners of his lips. He was really good at remembering faces, so he was either having an off day, or the other didn’t happen to come around his work place all that often. “As much as I absolutely love what I do, I happen to have a slight addiction to coffee and this just happens to be my favorite spot. Other than the dog cafe, but that’s another story for another time.” Tae laughs, half turning so that he could see just where he was in line and just how much longer he had to hold the conversation he was currently having. “If you’d like to see me more, you could always come over to the studio when I’m working? Beginner lessons are pretty cheap and they’re fun to try out if you’re bored.” He muses, pulling out his wallet so that he could order before a slight smirk pulls back onto his features. “I’ll take a Peppermint Mocha Frappe.” He starts, pointing to the size cup he wants before he’s turning back around to gesture towards Jaehwa. “And whatever she’s having is going on my bill as well. Gotta treat a new friend to some of the best coffee in the area, right?”
He doesn't hear the question at first, too focused on the video that was playing on his laptop's screen to realize it had even been directed at him. Taesung was sat in his usual spot at the coffee shop, watching the dance practice that he'd asked one of his fellow instructors to record so that he could watch it and critique his own moves. A mistake on his part. He was far too hard on himself even when he didn't have the recording to point out small little mistakes he'd made here and there. Mistakes that no one but him could even notice due to the fact he had been the one to create the choreography and so to the outside world it probably looked so polished and refined. But not to him, not in the slightest. He had been counting the times he was off beat by a fraction of a second and the amount of times he didn't hit a mark where he was supposed to hit it and at that point, the list was hitting double digits. Unacceptable in his mind, even if no one else thought that way.
However, after he'd registered that the voice had indeed been talking to him and that he actually recognized it, he cleared his throat and quickly paused the video. "Shit- sorry." He mumbles out as he slams his laptop shut and almost catches his finger in it in the process, trying to avoid having to talk about the video of himself dancing because he didn't want to go into just how many things he found wrong with it. Nor did he want the embarrassment of admitting he'd be that focused on a video of himself. "No it's not- it's not taken." Taesung continues, gesturing towards the seat before finally looking up to see the voices owner. Honestly? He knew it was Jiae, he didn't need to look up to figure it out and there was a part of him that didn't want to at all. That part of him that fully believed he'd probably ruined their friendship, the part of him that was convinced she probably hated him for it. He did, somewhat. But he couldn't dwell on that now. She was there, it had to be for a reason, right? Unless she really didn't hate him and that nothing had changed between the two. That was wishful thinking, wasn't it? He couldn't let his mind wander that far.
"Hi Jiae.." The male states, rubbing the back of his neck before he's trying to make himself seem as comfortable as possible even though there was that small bit of him that felt guilty for avoiding her like he had been. Could she really blame him though? Who knew. "What's up? Come to join me for coffee or to watch me judge myself and my abilities as a dancer?"
❛ you are not much of a help. thanks anyway, though. ❜
A sigh could be heard falling from Taesung's lips as the other spoke, a possible roll of his eyes could have been caught too had one been looking in his direction. "I never said I was good at helping." The male spoke, a certain nonchalant attitude to his tone that made it clear that he hadn't been hurt or offended by Beyongsu's words. In fact, he embraced them. There wasn't a whole lot Tae was good at, if he really thought about it. He could cook, clean, do things like that around the house and he could dance. Those were the things in his life that he knew the best and everything else? Well it got thrown to the curb because it lacked importance in his life. Meaning that him knowing how to help people in certain situations, or him having advice seemed to be a lost cause. He tried, or at least attempted to try sometimes because there was a side of him that didn't like to see the people around him struggle, even if it wasn't anything that was life threatening or harming to them.
"All I’m saying is that there's nothing in this world that can't be fixed, okay, maybe not fixed.. but definitely forgotten about with a little bit of whiskey. Or a lot of whiskey. I can't judge." The red-headed male chuckles briefly, a shrug falling from his shoulders as he spoke. "I don't have the right answers or the ability to help you correctly because as we both know - I'm shit at stuff like that... but I do have the means to try and help you forget about the issue at hand for a little while." He tries once again, a certain smirk pulling on the edges of his mouth as he crossed one leg over the other. An attempt to get more comfortable in the seat he just so happened to place himself in only moments ago. "Look at it this way... I could have just shown up at your door and told you to get ready, like I have a million other times. At least I actually gave you some warning this time." Taesung teases the other male lightly, wiggling his brow ever-so-slightly. "So what do you say? You going to leave me hanging and make me do a 'walk of shame' out that door or are you going to go forget about the rest of the world for a little bit with me?"
DAEHANGNO PROMPTS #001 ; POSTED JULY 21ST, 2018 KST.
so, our first prompt has finally come! daehangno has opened for opened for almost a week, and we believe that a little ice breaker would help with assisting plots among the members! the rules are simple: reblog this post, and strikethrough the ones that do not apply to your character, if applicable. these sentence starters are specifically tailored for daehangno, written by the admin, so please do not reblog and circulate them outside this roleplay, thank you! there’s no time limit to reblogging and answering this, but your replies will only count towards activity if they’re more than 200 words per reply. now, without further ado, have fun!
❛ there isn’t much rain as of late. ❜
❛ the weather forecast is always wrong, it seems.❜
❛ aren’t you the person living next door? ❜
❛ i see you around the area a lot. do you work around here? ❜
❛ hey, aren’t you like, my neighbor? ❜
❛ can i help you carry your stuff? it seems heavy. ❜
❛ look, i know this is creepy, but can i please borrow the restroom? ❜
❛ i saw you in the magazine before, i think. are you a model by any chance? ❜
❛ look what you’ve done! now i’m late for work, and drenched in coffee. ❜
❛ is this your dog? you should’ve cleaned after it. ❜
❛ you scraped your knees. i have first aid, maybe we can go to my place? ❜
❛ is this seat taken? ❜
❛ you are not much of a help. thanks anyway, though. ❜
❛ are you done? ❜
❛ we’re not going to make it for the screening. ❜
❛ that was awesome! how did you learn that? ❜
❛ may i see what you were working on? ❜
❛ there are so many things to do. i don’t think i can accompany you. ❜
❛ you’re new to this area, aren’t you? ❜
❛ that was an accident. i swear that was an accident! ❜
❛ do you know this song? i know the tunes but i cannot remember the title. ❜
❛ you look like a mess, to be honest. what happened? ❜
❛ yeah, it’s getting more difficult to get into universities these days. ❜
❛ what do you work as? ❜
❛ are you talking to me? ❜
❛ are you my friend’s friend? pretty sure i’ve seen you somewhere. ❜
❛ do you know how much this costs? ❜
❛ i don’t think i make a good acquaintance. ❜
❛ i can’t seem to talk to strangers usually, but you’re interesting. ❜
❛ have you heard of this song before? it’s so good, i’ve had it on repeat for weeks. ❜
hi my name is caitlyn and im TRASH but i promise you this is the last ooc post i’m going to be making before i actually start going through the starter tag and whatnot. currently i feel like a zombie ( i feel like hobi does in that gif, tbh. ) bc i’ve been up since like 5 am and had to do inventory at my job today BUT i have the next two days off so i promise ya’ll you will have my undivided attention soon !
ya’ll have been so incredibly nice it’s UNREAL and i just wanna let you know how much i appreciate it !! i’m about to grab some dinner with my mom but i’ll be home soon and then i’ll be back to reply to all the messages !!
hello ya’ll !! sliding in risky business style to give you this chaotic as hell intro post because that’s what i’m good at !! my name is caitlyn, i live in cst ( gmt -5 ) and i’m so beyond exited to be here !! i will say that i’m really good at playing semi-trashy characters, and taesung is really no different than that BUT i also live for anything pain and angst involved ?? ig i just love to hurt my babies ?? anyways, under the cut is some basic stats and a bit about tae’s personality. you can find a basic list of wanted plots for him right HERE as well !!
feel freel to like this and i’ll slide into your dms for plotting, OR if you’d like, you can contact me on discord ( @yoongi’s lil roar 😔#6937 ) because to be honest, i do tend to respond there a little bit quicker than i do on tumblr but i will be on both for the rest of the evening !! can’t wait to start writing with ya’ll !!
hello ya'll !! sliding in risky business style to give you this chaotic as hell intro post because that's what i'm good at !! my name is caitlyn, i live in cst ( gmt -5 ) and i'm so beyond exited to be here !! i will say that i'm really good at playing semi-trashy characters, and taesung is really no different than that BUT i also live for anything pain and angst involved ?? ig i just love to hurt my babies ?? anyways, under the cut is some basic stats and a bit about tae's personality. you can find a basic list of wanted plots for him right HERE as well !!
feel freel to like this and i'll slide into your dms for plotting, OR if you'd like, you can contact me on discord ( @yoongi's lil roar 😔#6937 ) because to be honest, i do tend to respond there a little bit quicker than i do on tumblr but i will be on both for the rest of the evening !! can't wait to start writing with ya'll !!
STATISTICS.
FULL NAME: baek taesung.
NICKNAME(S): tae, taetae ( mostly used by his mother. ).
AGE: twenty-four.
DATE OF BIRTH: october 31st.
ZODIAC SIGN: scorpio.
PLACE OF BIRTH: daegu, south korea.
GENDER: cismale.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual.
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: bisexual.
RELIGION: n/a.
OCCUPATION: choreographer & dance instructor.
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english, korean, french, spanish, russian, chinese, japanese, italian, romanian, gaelic and bulgarian.
hides behind a wall of sarcasm, cockiness, & lust. has somewhat of a short temper when it comes to certain things so there's a grumpy side to him as well.
doesn’t really care to get to know people and had a tendency to push people away before they get too close to him. because he really… doesn’t want to get hurt & doesn’t want to lead anyone on
wears glasses to read and mess w computers, but hates them a lot and probably won’t wear them if people are around.
wardrobe ranges from very expensive suits to pairs of sweats he's owned for ten years, likes to look like he's got money for the most part but if he's got a day off, he's in hoodies, sweats and anything loose and comfortable he can find.
is …. stubborn as hell and refuses to ask for help with anything. and i do mean anything.
his things are his children and he makes sure almost everything he owns gets treated as such.
loves halloween so much?? even though it’s his birthday?? he gets so hype for that holiday it’s unreal.
fluent in a lot of languages, picked them up so that he didn’t need translators for anyone he might happen to be choreographing anything for.
literally just trying to live his life and have the most fun he can ??
on the flip side of that, though, he's extremely dedicated to his work. there's been many, many occasions where taesung has spent over twelve hours in either his 'studio' in his apartment, or in the actual studio.
overworks himself 24/7 and that's due to him never saying no to the possibility of new clients or keeping old ones satisfied. slept in the studio once only to get up and practice for another five hours before he actually realized he hadn't eaten in almost twenty-four hours.
is the biggest flirt you will ever meet?? like if he’s speaking to you… its usually flirty. unless, of course you happen to be a client, have known him for a while or have shown that you're just not interested in him. ( believe me, his ego doesn't like that bit, but he'll respect it and get over it eventually. )
will try to get everyone to go to bars n parties with him because that’s his life in a nutshell ??
a huge nerd on the inside though like owns so many comic books, loves to play video games, read books, watch naruto, that kind of stuff.
super, super intelligent. could probably work @ nasa but instead he decided to do what he does & he honestly… ain’t complaining. he loves what he does and wouldn't trade it for the world.
due to him overworking and stressing himself out on a daily basis, he tends to lean towards alcohol and various other substances to help de-stress him at the end of the day.
taesung is one of the most loyal and caring people in the world, but has always been raised to believe that if he showed that side of himself, people would view him as weak or try to walk all over him because of it. so he usually keeps that side of him all reserved as possible.
full of horrible and cheesy pick up lines and jokes and frequently texts people said pick up lines and jokes just for the fun of it.
owns a book that is full of nothing but blank pages and keeps it on his coffee table because he ‘relates’ to it.
super into fitness, always has been. leans more towards anything that isn't anywhere related to dancing. figured out he loves boxing one night and has stuck with it ever since. if you can't find him in his apartment or the studio, you can find him at the gym.
is one of those people who’s instagram feed is nothing but pictures of his belongings, suits, cars & food, maybe a few selfies here and there and there's also plenty of dance videos of either things he's choreographed or what he's currently teaching at the dance studio.
has a bad habit of smoking whenever he’s stressed out, which is usually all of the time so he smokes far more than he should but he is trying to quit.
highkey into cuddling and all the cute stuff like that, but due to the wall he keeps up around him, very few people know that.
a burnt cupcake who has really good intentions but has EXTREMELY horrible execution skills.
