shattered dreams

KANG AREUM. Area Leader for the Ivory Hand. 27 years old. Emotional wreck. I'm still L O S T in the night, and I don't know what L I G H T is.

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gpyeongseok:

THE GYM was probably the third place one would be likely to find him if he wasn’t at his apartment or his hide out. He liked working a Kinsenthetic workout and aside from his morning jogs, he figured there was no better place to do it at than the gym. He grew quite fond of the owners at a small one near the subway station and he figured his jog to and from the Gym was a great warm up and cool down. Keeping in shape was a big thing for him, considering the copious amount of sports he did in high school. He wonders if it would make sense for him to join some recreational soccer team or maybe a lacrosse team.– Did they even have those here? He never realized how truly ignorant  he was over his home country until he finally stepped foot on it’s soil.

He stops into a convenience store, looking for some type of protein and something to drink. Ironically, he chooses three different types of Samgak Kimbap, and a liter of water before taking them up to the counter and waiting behind some stranger in front of him. However, it’s when they don’t have enough to cover the costs, that Yeong throws down the remaining amount with his usual smile before setting his food on the counter.

areum didn’t know if she was tired because of keeping her area in check or because of keeping seulki in check. they were like sisters, there was no doubt about that, and seulki was a great leader if she could say so herself, but she was also very much a child. their lull nights often consist of them crying together at dumb movies, or her stopping seulki from committing murder because of the movie. and with the gang business going around, everyone was on edge—including her. perhaps the only thing keeping her going at the moment is the fact that her mother had sent her a nice message when areum finally sent her money for her everyday necessities. areumie, save the money for yourself, she said to her but she refused; after all, she was doing this for her mother to live a comfortable life.

in any case, she was at the convenience store to pick up a few stuff. she hadn’t had the time to go grocery shopping and just when she was about to eat dinner, her fridge was empty of everything but alcohol. making a mental note to go grocery shopping the day after, she had gone straight to the convenience store and get herself a few stuff to tide her over until she found the time for herself. but it was just her luck that she didn’t have enough to pay for the things (and food) she bought. and just when she was about to ask the cashier to cancel a few of the things she bought, someone had paid for the remaining amount. surprised, she turned around and saw some guy smiling at her. fuck, why?, she thought instead. “thank you,” she mumbled lowly, taking her stuff, before looking away. “don’t think this is going to happen again.”

[musingformymuse]

I don’t need a man to make it happen    I get off being F R E E .      I don’t need a man to make me feel good         I get off doing my thing           I don’t need a ring around my finger              to m a k e me feel complete

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gp-bangtaemin:

Taemin sighed and rolled his eyes. “You’re the one who just started giving me orders yet I’m the asshole. I just love the way that you think. Now, how would you have felt had I been the one to tell you what to do? I’m sensing that you wouldn’t like that.” Taemin scoffed at her dig at The Nameless. “I think to live in this world, we must all be a little psychotic. Who would love like this and be one hundred percent sane?” He questioned. “Now, I’m going to rest for a bit.” He yawns. “You’re welcome to stay.” He smiled and got comfortable.

she wanted to pull her hair out. or strangle this kid. maybe both. she never thought the nameless could be this difficult. as much as she’s interacted with hyuk in his fight clubs, she expected that his gang members held the same sort of cold indifference—apparently not. “in case it escaped your notice, this is ivory hand territory. so yes, you are the asshole.” he was getting on her nerves and frankly, her patience was wearing thin. god, where was seulki when she needed her? “yes well your bosses are on another level of insanity.” because they technically are. only dumb people aren’t afraid of the infamous jung brothers. “ugh, you’re so annoying.”

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gpliling:

“Can a girl not even walk around now?” A strong pout was stuck on her lips as she looked over at Areum. If Liling had truly been planning to get up to some mischief whilst in Ivory Hand territory she wouldn’t be nearly as offended but she hadn’t been. Which made the accusation seem nothing but unfair in her eyes.  “I’m not even armed, I couldn’t mess anything up here even if I wanted to.” The statement wasn’t entirely true. There was a minimum of three blades hidden on her at any time but she had no intention to use them. Which counted enough as being unarmed in Liling’s book.

what was it with the nameless and being completely insensitive and stubborn? this was the second time she’s had to deal with someone from that completely dangerous gang—although the female before her was at least a bit more tolerable than the other one. the other one was just obnoxious. but then again, the female before her was probably just the same; hell, she doesn’t even believe her when she said she wasn’t armed. “what gang member walks around unarmed?”, she couldn’t help but blurt out then.

[musingformymuse]

ME, MYSELF AND I - G-EAZY x BEBE REXHA

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gpsoonhee:

“i’m no threat to you, areum-ssi.“ was the first thing that soonhee said as she approached, at least wanting to let her know that she wasn’t exactly here to cause har, she was actually just checking on some loose ends. trying to figure out where some of her members were the night of the massacre that took place. it left her searching high and low through all areas, and for once, soonhee wasn’t decked out in her usual pristine and rich attire.but a more dark and business like look, because that was what she was here for right now. business. not to flirt her way through things, or to appear innocent and sweet. she was here as a leader, but she didn’t need areum thinking she was here to try and mess anything up. “i’m just working out some things, i’m not here to hurt you, or pose a threat. i’m alone. you already know we’ve lost too much for me to come here and try and start something that i won’t be able to finish.“

areum had looked at soonhee a bit longer, making sure that the other female was telling the truth. sure, she knew her from the older jung’s fight clubs, and while the fight club was an unspoken neutral ground for them, it didn’t mean that anywhere else wasn’t. but she figured that soonhee wasn’t lying when she saw how serious she looked and completely different from who the snake leader apparently was. and so she nodded, letting her know that she believed her, although still wary of whatever it is that soonhee brought with her. “let me guess: gang wars?” technically, they haven’t reached that level yet, but it was going in that direction and areum was not excited for it at all. it meant getting their hands dirty and having to talk to people they didn’t need to talk to. god, she hated unnecessary violence—probably why she can never be fond of the nameless and their psychotic leaders. “i do hope this gets resolved soon. was there anything specific you were looking for?” not that she wanted to help soonhee; areum just wanted her off the area as soon as possible.

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mood

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{ @gplux }

kang areum thought herself lucky to be in the gang of the ivory hand. that she was put in a gang of all females, staying with each other through thick and thin and finding the friendship that she had so desperately wished to have when she was in high school. and she may not spend as much time in central than most, areum never failed to catch up on some of her closest friends in there.

and it was why she knew about what happened with lux. it was concerning when she heard about lux walking in front of a moving bus and got himself hit on purpose, as if to take away his own life because of some dumbass. god, she didn’t like men at all. and when she heard that lux was in her area, she had left her post to her most trusted—just for a little while—so she could go meet her friend. even so, areum was worried that in the time that she took to walk to where lux was would have the worst case scenario happening and it was her conscience and her head on the line. it was when she turned the corner and saw her friend did she finally breathe a sigh of relief. “lux!”

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gpatticus:

when it came to gang life, atticus supposed the one thing that he tended to like avoiding was.. death? he could stand it (usually forgot about it), but he’d signed up to street race illegally for a.. cause? not watch people die, day in day out. either way, it didn’t mean atticus didn’t like hearing the daily gang gossip, and from what he’d heard today, something had gone down between the strongest gang, and the newest. he was intrigued, yes. but atticus would kind of rather just stick to gossip than have to confront any of that face on. and it was why he was minding his own business right now, sitting on the hood of one of his too many cars that he’d been focusing on tuning up a little. and covered in a little too much grease probably, he just sat there a little too casually watching a couple of street rats kids throw weak punches at each other as he munched down on gross takeaway ramyun. 

until he heard movement behind him.

“if i turn around and see a scratch on the black paint then i’ll run you down..“ he muttered around a mouthful of the noodles, trying to finish them quickly because he did have manners, but his cars were his babies and he didn’t want anyone touching them with nothing but a light hand. which was different from when he was racing.

all this stuff going down between gangs was giving her a headache that she didn’t need. bullshit happening at the upper tiers meant the lower tiers were filled with dumb confrontations between gangs and being area leader meant she had to keep her people in check. as much as she wanted to avoid interacting with the opposite gender, she knew that being area leader meant just that. she was just glad that she was in the ivory hand because being in the ivory hand meant less problems. it also meant having friends like seulki, the rest of the girls and lux around.

she had been on the way back to her apartment after running a few personal errands when she had almost bumped into a black car parked by the side of the street. areum had cursed and held her bag before she heard a voice threaten her and her mood had just plunged even further. fuck, i hate men, she thought then. “nice try. i didn’t touch your precious car,” she bit out. “who even has a black car out in the evening anyway.”

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gp-bangtaemin:

Taemin like people telling him what do. He especially didn’t like people from other gangs telling him what to do. Taemin proceeded to lean against the tree and crossed his arms. “Nah, I don’t think that I will. See, the mistake you made was telling me what I should do. I don’t like that. So, I’m just gonna chill here for as long as I want. Maybe I’ll do some star gazing. Maybe I’ll take a nap. Who knows?” He smirked and looked up at the starless sky. “Well, maybe not star gazing.”

men. they were always a bunch of assholes no matter what anyone said about them. she didn’t like interacting with them at any point in time, but it seems as if the gods hated her. ha. figures. “you know what i don’t like? assholes. and you’re one right now.” she didn’t find any sort of humour in his star gazing comment as well. and when she was about to go off on him again, she saw his tattoo. a goddamn feather. “nameless. fuck. i should’ve known you’d be in the same gang as the psychotic and manipulative jungs.”

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being area leader wasn’t exactly an easy feat, and areum was at least glad that she only lead an area and not the whole gang. and now that gang tensions were high up on the scale, she’s pretty sure everyone at central are oiling up their machines and getting ready for war. and as much as she didn’t want to, she needs her area ready as well. hell, she was still angry at the trashing and the dead client issue. but now there was someone in her territory and as much as she hated confrontation, areum definitely needed to keep her area clean of rats. “if you don’t have any business here, i suggest you leave. now.”

[musingformymuse]

I don’t need a hand to hold,         even when the night is c o l d;                 I got that FIRE in my soul.

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intro post

hey everyone! it’s iya here (24, gmt+8, she/her) with my second muse. this is a sideblog tho so i can’t follow back from areum. anyway i’ve been wanting to use shin sekyung for a while now (legit i have so much muse for k-actors lately that i might bring another actor bab on here so i mean...). and i figured i should use her here! so facts about my girl:

Kang Areum, 27, Area Leader for the Ivory Hand

She’s an only child and grew up without a father.

Areum isn’t exactly fond of men 700% so @ every male on Gangpae: you can’t seduce her lmao (unless she can actually trust your ass)

But she’s nice to people who are not male so there’s that

TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE Okay so Areum as raped when she was 15 years old and this was the very reason why she started distrusting men (this is further explained in her background)

She hasn’t talked about this with anyone so yeah there’s that too.

Areum’s also part of Hyuk’s fight clubs because she was raised and trained by an MMA fighter when she left home. Not that she trusts Hyuk but the fight club did give her reason for being.

Eventually, she was recruited in the Ivory Hand and currently one of their Area Leaders.

She’s delicate-looking okay and actually delicate too but she can hold her own.

Also, she’s not interested in anyone because Nope @ relationships.

But she wants her own kid tho so she’s ???? about it still.

In any case, you can read more about her on her profile or background!

If you wanna plot, just come hmu on Hyuk or Skype!

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Shin Se Kyung - Cosmopolitan Magazine July Issue ‘17

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My future? My dreams? Yes, I suppose I did have those things at one time. And right now, I’m paying the price of having a dream that was too big to handle.

Yoon So-ah, Bride of the Water God episode 6 (via jayenfangirlconfessions)

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