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@fblxjonghwan

run away, poor child. for death follows your steps and the fair beauty of your soul. fear not the mirror, but me who carries the dagger.

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— Alone || Jonghwan & Seolhyun

he was interesting. someone that made a habit out of helping others. that was definitely a unique sort of habit to have. she had no interest in it, of course. if people weren’t going to help her out, why should she do it for them? so many had turned their backs on her that now she didn’t really give a shit what happened to others around. “i’d be careful if i were you” she warned him, stepping over a bit of rubble on the worn-down sidewalk. “there will be plenty of people that would jump at the opportunity to take advantage of you.” she spoke from experience, which explained the bitter tone in her voice.

a taxi cab came into view. seolhyun threw out her hand, trying to signal it, but it stopped just before their spot on the side of the road and picked up someone else. she cursed. “typical” she grumbled, despite the fact that the other people were ahead of the road. she was so used to missing taxi’s, she just assumed they knew who she was. it was like it was going to her head, that everyone was after her. she needed to just relax.

He took her words into thought, her tone was definitly of somebody who had gone through quite a bad time, he somehow found himself why would people be rather harsh to others, making them lose hope in society like she seemed to have lost, in a way. However he had been through quite a bit of a share himself. He'd always help people when they were in need yet, he always kept his distance, in order to keep himself from being taken advantage of. With a slight nod he ended up mumbling "I'm always careful."

He noticed the slight grumble as the taxi picked up somebody else and he tried not to chuckle as he wanted to. Losing taxis when needed, or even buses, had become quite his area of expertise, he knew exactly how she could be feeling. "It seems like they do on purpose, taxis, always picking somebody else," he smiled trying to lighten up the mood. "Or simply passing by, ignoring you. It must be their code or something."

#twseolhyun #p;alone

— Anonymous Message || Jonghwan & Seungho

Seungho frowned subtly, tipping his head to the side. “Sorry mate, i have no idea what you’re talking about.” He was being fully honest, but it was more than obvious that the other would not take it that way. His tone had let that quite evident, in fact. Not that he minded at all about it, he knew his reputation wasn’t clean as about prank calling Jonghwan, nor about sending him anonymous messages making him miss curfew for a couple of nights. It amused him.

His gaze dropped down to the dirty asphalt, the irregularities on it making small puddles settle here and there. He wondered momentarily about the person standing in front of him. Despite hating his guts for the stupid joke, he wondered if Jonghwan was one to often think about the past. It so happened that to some the fable life managed to be better than the mundane reality they had come to face, and Seungho couldn’t help but to wonder if the huntsman was like that. It actually troubled him in a way. Being this curious about a person he disliked this much, yet, it was in vain to try to avoid his own curiousity in any way.

As a car passed by, he suddenly starting hearing a ticking sound, his eyes immediately darting up. Feeling an odd weight on his pocket, as if it was there. He widened his eyes in shock, looking around quickly. “I-i’m… i’m allucinating, i must be. This is your fault. Your fault!” he started mumbling, feeling his heartbeat racing. Panic as the ticking sound still sounded quite loud in his ears. “Make it stop!” he glared at the red haired, finally speaking louder.

"Of course you don't" Jonghwan mumbled, rolling his eyes yet again. It wasn't exactly a surprise for him, having the blond one denying it. He shrugged, perhaps it'd be better not to give it much importance as it was. His gaze carefully studying the other one. Seungho was simply staring at the floor, his expression quite impenetrable. Jonghwan assumed the other was lost in thought, it seemed to be quite a trait of those who escaped wonderland, go into a state of thought out of nowhere. The look on Seungho's face was really not that different from the one Jonghwan often saw on Lovey's. With a shrug he simply dismissed it, starting to look away from him.

He watched the car pass by with a major indiference, it was just a random black car, like many other in that city, he kept following it with his eyes until it was out of sight. It was only then that he realised that the man standing in front of him seemed rather odd. At first he had to do a major effort, trying to understand what the other was mumbling. He managed to understand "your fault" yet he had done nothing. Slowly he pulled himself away from the wall, taking a step forward towards Seungho with the intention to help him, however he suddenly remembered that this could simply be one of the other's tricks.

Jonghwan stood still in that place, looking extremely bewildered. "Make what stop?" he asked, frowning at Seungho's words. He couldn't see nor hear anything. He could only wonder about what the hell was going on. "Look what the fuck are you trying to do? There's nothing going on. Nothing i can stop." His eyes scrutinized the other's actions and expression more thoroughly. He seemed affected by something, but Jonghwan couldn't really get what.

Had the rabbit lost his mind again? Or was he just pulling another prank on him?

#twseungho #p;anonymousmessage

— Anonymous Message || Jonghwan & Seungho

He stood at a safe distance from the other, yet close enough to see the expression on the other’s face. “What are you implying that i did really?” he asked in a cheery tone, quite obviously a fake one. “I must say.. you should really reconsider you career choice, you look like a poorly paid whore, it suits you quite well.”

Their relationship pretty much summed up to insults, words of pure desdain, pranks and ways to get one another in trouble. Deep down he quite enjoyed it, after all, if his life happened to be perfect he would most likely end up falling back into a state of dementia only because things were too easy. Yet Jonghwan was really somebody that bothered him just by existing.

Even if this had all started with a stupid joke said by the other - at least he claimed to be a joke but Seungho still had his doubts, - the red haired had never really inspired him trust. Even if everybody else, especially his roommate, would trust him their lives.

"A poorly paid whore... that's quite a compliment comming from you, i've honestly heard you call me way worse." Jonghwan rolled his eyes, it would always come down to this, without a shadow of doubt.

He took a step back, only to lean his back against the red brick wall behind him. Chances were that he would most likely end up staying like that for a while, quite foolishly he had to admit. "You sent me the message" he said slowly, his voice reflecting nothing other than indiference. The accusation had really no support whatsoever, only Jonghwan's suspicion. But after all, looking back at all the times he had got prank calls, prank assignements and even god knows what more from Seungho, only to make the red haired mess up, he didn't really need much to reach this conclusion and taking it for absolut truth.

#p;anonymousmessage #twseungho

— Alone || Jonghwan & Seolhyun

seolhyun nodded. the one and only. he seemed so proud about it, even if it was quietly so. she wondered what had been going on in his mind at that time. what had the queen done after he had presented the heart to her? did she realize it was a fake? seolhyun had never really paid all that much attention to other fables. now she sort of wish she had. ”so tell me, hunter” she began as they hobbled towards the main road. he was right; it was a good thing that it wasn’t raining. she had no umbrella and he seemed to not have one either.

"are you always this helpful?" she asked. she couldn’t imagine he would normally go out of his way for someone like her, but as she had just previously come to realize, she really didn’t know him at all. they came to the main street and she looked to the right and to the left, trying to see the familiar brilliant yellow of the taxi’s in this city. she never liked taking these things. so many people had sat in them before her and she was sure that no one would wash them afterwards. after all, why would they?

The question caught him by surprise. In all honesty, he never thought much about what he did, let alone how to classify it that simply. He just did what seemed best according to situations, in a way one could really consider him helpful. Yet it reminded him of the time someone had told him he went around acting like somebody he could never aim to be, at the time the word prince or knight had been mentioned, and it had revolted him quite a lot. It bothered him that he was thought to have second intentions with his actions, being those to be thought of as something like that.

With a slight shrug he discarded those thoughts, she wasn't obviously talking about it in those terms in anyway. "In a way i guess.." he said in a bit of a low tone. "I don't like to see others in distress, or exposed to trouble for that matter, so i just... try to make it better. It became quite a habit really."

#p;alone #twseolhyun

"Are you, perhaps, hiding anything from me?"

"Hiding? Why would i do such a thing?"

— Anonymous Message || Jonghwan & Seungho

(...)

As he was starting to get to a block closer to the complex a he found himself looking at a shadow. That was all he could see at first, yet as he squinted his eyes he noticed a person. A red haired man it seemed. That immediately made his lips curve up in a slightly cruel smirk. There was only one man that dared to go around at that time, in those conditions and with such a flashy hair color that he knew of. The Huntsman.

The night had suddenly taken a turn to become interesting, he thought.

Jonghwan kept his eyes focused on the approaching shadow, still trying to identify who could it be. It was only when the other stepped closer to a lamplight that he recognized the distinctive light blond - actually more white than anything - hair that was ridiculously flat against the other's head due to the rain.

"I should've guessed," he mumbled, releasing the grip he detained of the pocket knife in his jacket. The one approaching was no threat, at least not like that. The white rabbit, Seungho as he was known now, had made a truly heroic effort in trying to make Jonghwan's life a living hell, however he had never laid a finger on him. Perhaps because he was aware that it would end up backfiring.

Suffice it to say, Jonghwan had fought back. No matter how many times the other would try to screw him over, Jonghwan would pay back, getting the other in some sort of trouble. Some would call them pointlessly immature, he couldn't exactly deny it, however nobody really know why they behaved that way. It was a matter that dwelled between the two.

"You did this didn't you?" he asked, louder so that the other one would hear him.

#p;anonymousmessage #twseungho

#twgwen #[ i just had to do this

— Anonymous Message || Jonghwan & Seungho

If he had to point out something he really hated, that would have to be rain. The water droplets made everything a mess; people would run around desperate to run from it, traffic would jam, the streets would be full with umbrellas - not to mention slippery - and visibility would dimish. Everything would become simply chaotic because of rain, and it always got in the way of his job. Asides that, one other reason for him to hate the damn climatic condition was that he'd get soaked, another nuisance.

With a sigh he brushed some red strands away from his face, or attempt to at least, considering that the water had pretty much glued them to his forehead. He began to wonder why was he really there. Jonghwan pulled the phone from his pocket in order to read the anonymous message he had recieved not so long ago. It wasn't at all uncommon for him to get anonymous messages, they would usually be assignements for a new job. However, this one had been an odd one, reading only the coordinates of the corner where he stood. Thrusting the phone back from he'd took it he shrugged.

It was passedmidnight.

Soon enough he started listening to something other than the rain falling. Footsteps. Slow footsteps heading towards him. He tried to get a decent look to who was comming, yet that was pretty much in vain since he couldn't see past the rain. Instinctively he reached for the small knife on the pocket of his jacket. Just in case.

#p;anonymousmessage #twseungho

— Alone || Jonghwan & Seolhyun

there was really no point in making this any more difficult than it had to be. she could accept his help, get out, and be done with him and all other strangers for the rest of hte day. that’s all that really mattered. “sure” she muttered, holding onto him tightly for her balance. really, he was being a gentleman and it was more than she could say for any of the other men in this city. she probably shouldn’t be giving him such a hard time. the thing was, she was just used to everything being a ruse, something with ulterior motives.

this man didn’t seem to have any. not that she could tell, at least. his arms were strong and his body was warm. she hadn’t felt a genuine warmth like this in ages. “so you’re the huntsman” she whispered. she hadn’t meant to initiate a conversation. it was more like a statement for herself, for the conversations that she sometimes held in her mind. she felt stupid for letting it out, but there it was, out in the open. what had he done in his fable? attempted to hunt down a girl, wasn’t that right? and when he had gotten cold feat, he had presented an animals heart instead, to the queen. seolhyun knew of that queen very well. she didn’t much like her.

The whispered words caught him by surprise. Nevertheless he nodded, humming briefly in a bit of a reply before adding "the one and only" in a murmur. He somehow had assumed, by her tone, that her words had been spoken as a statement, therefore he wasn't exactly up to discuss it anyway. Not that there was much to say about it either ways.

He kept supporting her in shorter steps than usual as they walked out of the alley. "Luckily it wasn't raining", he ended up commenting out loud, scoffing as he realised he had really spoken his thoughts. He hated the rain, something that made not much sense for much people, but he couldn't really stand the water droplets. He side eyed her briefly just to check if she looked alright, averting his gaze soon enough.

#p;alone #twseolhyun

— Alone || Jonghwan & Seolhyun

(...)

"Okay you, Huntsman" Seolhyun fluttered her fingers, calling him over. "Wanna help me out?" She asked him, looking at him with eyes that almost said that if he didn’t he’d pay, but how could she possibly make him pay? She had no power as it was, and he was being helpful, kind, despite knowing her name now. She really needed to stop pushing everyone else away. He had done nothing to her and, of all people, he would probably understand what it was like to be so hastily judged for their past acts.

So she stood there and waited for him. She couldn’t believe she was going to let him put his hands on her, but she supposed his were just as clean as anybody else’s, and probably more so.

He walked over to her as signaled him to approach, albeit somewhat sheepishly. Uncertainty as to how he could help her without being awkward was something taking over control of his head at this point. Carefully he brought her arm to over one of his shoulders mumbling "you could hold onto to me and i can help you keep balance till we get out of here."

A slight chuckle still escaped his lips nonetheless, as he couldn't help but to find this whole situation amusing. He slowly pulled her from the wall, starting to walk towards the exit, his mind puzzling how odd could've this encounter been under other circumstances. It wasn't uncommon for him to end up picturing how this life could've been were they still who they used to be. Eventually he discarded such foolish thoughts, focusing in helping her walk.

#p;alone #twseolhyun

Honest Mistake || Jonghwan & Daehyun

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not even once in his life did daehyun think about becoming the target of a hunter. why would he, anyway? he barely had any connections to other fables, let alone citizens of new york city. whenever the twins went on robbery missions, they were extremely careful, cautious enough to not get caught. and daehyun had always deemed himself to be on the safe side of life. he bid a co-worker goodbye after another successful mission of cleaning, unaware of what was about to happen in the span of a couple of seconds.

hues of brown widened and a loud gasp fell from his lips when his body was forced against the bricked wall. the harsh tone of the unknown man had daehyun raise his brows almost up to his hairline. who the hell did this guy think he was? what was wrong with people in this town? “‘scuse you, pal, my name is none of your interest and you best learn a couple of manners because, really, that is not how you approach someone,” came the response, voice laced with indifference and his hands reaching up to push the man away from him. the close proximity was highly uncomfortable.

"Manners have never been my top priority when i'm busy with work." He took a step back, nevertheless keeping the other within an arm's reach just in case. "I always see you around, i just need to know if you have anything to do with the men that just left down the alley," he pointed to that direction with a subtle tipping of his head.

He took a brief moment, wondering if softening would be a better option, after all, the one trapped seemed everything but guilty of anything related to his target. He exhaled softly, letting his expression soften, the man seemed familiar to some extent, and it was from something other than that corner where they both stood at the moment. "Look, you're not exactly endangered really, i just need to know really."

It wasn't at all a lie, he wouldn't be endangered, unless he actually went to tell this encounter to Jonghwan's target. However the huntsman thought wise to only imply that if really needed.

#p;honestmistake #twhansel

— Open The Door || Jonghwan & Jiyeon

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Her eyes gazed over the small gesture of his hands, following the movement with her head as she lifted her body to have a better view of the small cabinet stocked with bottles “Do you only have that?” she asked subtly expecting that the other would have more than alcohol on his house except from water of course, and even wondering if the male have some food at his house. “What do you do for living really?” She asked again in the same subtly way as before, getting up from the sofa, leaning closer at the small cabinet taking two bottles randomly. ” I will take two— One for me and another for Dovey” she smile happily at the bottles somewhat a devilish giggle sound like leaves her lips.

While speaking out her mind of what she would do later with Dovey, you words where muffed with hers, just noticing after a time that you were trying to say something. Alice stands up after a brief moment staring at you while tipping her head to a side, not really knowing at thing what you said “Who may be back? The cockroaches? Man don’t worry about them” she says while a small laugh leave her lips.

He stood there for a brief moment, blinking as he tried to even assimilate all the things she had asked and said. A slight amused scoffed ended up escaping him, "What's with you and cockroaches really?" he asked playfully, changing his sitting position on the armchair, now resting both his legs over one arm while leaning his back on the other. "I thought you knew by now though.." he paused shortly, letting his gaze turn to the window, "what i do for a living, i mean. I hunt people down, for those who lack the skills or are just to lazy to do so. So do not expect me to be swimming in luxury here."

He honestly could however, if only he chose to be wise enough not to spend all his money in stupid addictions or superfluous stuff whenever his conscience escaped him.

#p;openthedoor #twjiyeon #[ yes the cockroaches will come back.. they're my friends

— Alone || Jonghwan & Seolhyun

(...)

"Alright, I suppose I could take you up on your offer, erm.. what did you say your name was?" She was terrible with names. It wasn’t a memory thing, she just never paid attention. She didn’t expect that it would matter what his name was when it came down to it. "Anyway.. yeah.. taxi" That meant walking out to the main road together but surely she could manage that..

"Jonghwan," he said, shrugging subtly, "If you prefer i also go by the name of Huntsman though." It wouldn't be the first time, nor certainly the last, that he ended up saying the name had always answered to, as if it happened to be a mere nickname. He sheepishly took a step forward, "We should probably get to the main street then, and hope that taxis still drive around these parts at this time of the night."

In a way this situation reminded him or real hunting, only in the aspect that each and every movement of his was really cuatious. He didn't really want to do something that would cause her to attack him, the situation was really shady as it was. He couldn't keep from wondering about why he always had this need of helping others, especially women, when he was, to most people's eyes, nothing but a scumbag. Not that he ever felt the need to prove anybody wrong other than himself.

Perhaps that was the reason. Making himself see he could be something better.

— Alone || Jonghwan & Seolhyun

(...)

"I’m Seolhyun" She replied finally, waiting to see if he betrayed any sign of recognition.

Seolhyun... The name did ring a bell. He brought his hand up, rubbing the nape of his neck as he thought for a brief moment, his eyes dropping to the floor. He had seen the name on boxes back at Complex A. He had memory of having read all the names there one time he had looked for Lovey's room number. Raising his eyes back up to her he felt his lips curve up in another hint of a smile, however he opted not to say a thing. After all, and although he was a fable, he was ignorant to what most of the others had become once they had moved to the city. Plus, not all had nice reactions when they came across each others.

"Well, it's nice to meet you. I suppose it's safe to say that" he chuckled briefly. Still standing at safe distance, knowing that the whole situation and encounter still seemed far too farfetched.

He found himself pondering on which would be easier to get her back at the complex. He did know some shortcuts, but he guessed she probably knew those as well. Being those not exactly the best paths to choose at a time like that. The taxi was possibly the best solution. But that would be up to her to decide.

— Open The Door || Jonghwan & Jiyeon

(...)

Not everyone would listen to her, she would rather speak to herself when blurting all her thoughts out, however Jonghwan did ever said a word about her speaking so much or how rude she could be sometimes. People him are a mystery to Alice, sh was interested on his personality and wondering what kind of replies she would get from him, that where some of her thoughts as she looked at him in the window. “Do you have some drinks? I am thirsty for talking so much” she whined a bit while shaking her legs on the sofa.

Jonghwan merely raised both eyebrows in a arching way, surprised as the girl told about the car incident. His mind drifting into thoughts of how was she even alive. Each time she'd get herself into a weirder situation. He turned to the side, tipping his head in a quick gesture towards the small cabinet stocked with bottles, some of them half empty, some of them half full. "If you're up for alcohol you'll find them there. If not, i can only offer you tap water."

His eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a small group of guys outside on the street, hurried steps and heads turning quick. "I think she went this way," he could hear them say as they ran right towards the opposite direction. Lucky once again. He scoffed again and pulled himself away from the window and coming to sit back on his armchair, a slight smile stretched on his lips. "They went away, just so you know. However i wouldn't recommend to leave right away. They may come back," he said lightly.

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