under the water;

"Don’t look at me like that. It is a logical and reasonable excuse to give up."

"I refuse to let you do such a thing. If you do that, I'm never getting you that ring you want."

"I am only kidding. What will I do if your fanboys increase? Then I might really have to let you go since it will be too tiring to keep you."

"We could--Wait, what? I wasn't saying--I'm not even going to try."

"Oh? I didn’t know you were a guy who wants looks over personality. Your secret boyfriend could have a wonderful personality."

"Whatever you say, Soo Ah. Whatever you say."

"I don’t think that will work."

"I’ll tell her you have a secret boyfriend."

"Secret boyfriend. As if I'll find anyone who'd be more handsome than me?"

inpinitaize

#jw;vis

"And what shall I say when she asks me why?”

"That...Well...their bad for my health?"

she carefully observed his expression as he skimmed the contents of the small photo album — letting his surprising glee settle in the depths of her mind before she smiled a small smile. sure, she had given presents before, but most times, it was for birthdays and christmas. big holidays that dictated a gift exchange — a simple watch or tie or something he had wanted at the time sufficed as a decent present. but this one was different. this one carried more thought and more care; a personal present made by her ( her who is not good at photography ) to apologize for her sudden disappearance. “it’s horrible. you don’t have to lie. it’s not as good as the ones you take.”

yet she stilled laughed as she crawled over to him — smaller body settling in next to him as she hooked an arm around his. her chin perched peacefully on his shoulder as she pointed to a picture. “the person i was with took us up to a mountain. beautiful trees and flowers, but the whole entire time, i was worried about mountain lions.” then she turned the page to show the next picture. “he took us to a night market filled with..bet you didn’t expect me to go to one, huh? high class princess being knocked around by middle class foreigners.” ebony eyes peeked at him — the grip on his arm tightened.

"it wasn’t the same without you." her head dipped; her mumbles muffled by his shirt as she took in his clean scent. best friends — that is what they are. friends that are too close to be considered as completely platonic. friends that tell each other everything. unexpected friends — and she is rather content in the bonds that she had made ( with only two people ) for she had people that cared enough about her to worry. so she would look up at him with her round eyes as she promised to take him with her next time. “i promise. taiwan is simply breathtaking. that should be placed on our list of places to run away to, jae. we can live in one of those super tall buildings in the city! and go grocery shopping at the local morning market.”

He found himself humming softly as he would observe each photo that was in that journal. It was true, that what she had done wasn't exactly the best type of photos, but the mere thought that she actually made such a thing was something that he treasured most. Besides, Soo Ah wasn't one who was well known for hand made gifts (he'd like to think that he was definitely better at it than her), but he couldn't help but feel grateful for such a thing. "Yeah, but still--I'd like to think that you might have gotten the hang of it, after spending a few times with me when I do shoots. It's better than nothing, Soo." He told her with a grin playing o his lips, head turned to her and his hand patting her head.

As he found the other close to him, Jaewoo found himself relaxing a bit into the position that she had brought the two of them in. It almost came natural for him to stare at her, just for a few seconds too long before his attention moved back to the photos that she was pointing out to him. He nodded his head along to her words, trying to picture her just wandering along the streets, enjoying that nature that surrounded her. "Mountain lions?" He asked her, an eyebrow raising as he found himself laughing at the thought of it. "Well, maybe they didn't think you'd be too delicious that's why they never came close." As the next page came, his eyes grew wide as he recognized just where she was. It even had him pulling the album closer to him just to make sure that he wasn't looking at it wrongly. "You actually walked around here? My, you're definitely maturing, princess. Who could have thought that you could have walked around with them like that? I'm pretty sure you enjoyed it, right?"

Jaewoo had moved to another page, showing her at another place, looking as happy as he knew for her to be. It must have been good for her, to take that breather. If he could, he actually would have gotten away to another country just to relax. He might have gone to Hongkong or Greece, anywhere far from the city. A small smile came to his lips as he gently rested his head on hers for a moment, only moving his eyes to meet hers. "Well, Seoul wasn't the same without you too." He told her, nodding his head slowly, that sincerity coming out of his tone. It definitely hadn't been, despite having his own set of friends in the city, Soo Ah always had her certain touch to making things lighter and better for him, despite the crap that he had to take everyday. "I'd like that. Maybe we could even hike up mountains and look for mountain lions together. Feed you to them before I go, yes?"

"Leave my thoughts alone, Jaewoo. You were the one making suggestive comments. But fine —- what were you trying to tell me?"

"Just that she could help you fend off those women that might come my way and try to take me away from you, since she happens to like you a lot."

"You should really watch what you say. I don’t care what your little fantasies involve, but I am not asking your mother to help me handcuff you.”

"What? I don't think you're thinking right, Soo Ah. Are you hungry or something? Because, that was not what was I was trying to tell you. You and your thoughts."

but i look at you. i look at you, and god, constellations are bursting, fires are dying, silence is deafening, the whole damn world is terrifying - - - — — and im falling, god, i’m falling, i’m falling in love with you.

#jw;quotes

"There is no point in interrogating the possible candidates because no one will ever be good enough for you. You know that. No one will be able to pass my test. You should just be a good little boy and don’t stray away."

"Don't stray away, huh? Well, that's pretty cute of you to say. However, I think you'll manage to actually force me to do that with those handcuffs of yours. Might as well let you talk to my mom about that then, what do you think? You might coax her to helping you with that. You know how much she likes you."

"I wouldn’t want to be Romeo & Juliet anyways — a tragic fate doesn’t sound very appealing. We would have to kill ourselves. No, no. Well if that is the case, I suppose I’ll just settle."

"Tragic fates aren't so interesting at all and I would hate it if you were to die because of a guy. As for settling, a girl like you shouldn't do that. You're way too good to settle and besides, didn't you tell me to try and not do the same with women? Which is why, I might need to let you interrogate whoever it is that could be a possible candidate to be my wife. What do you think? Or would you still want to keep me to yourself, hm, beautiful?"

#sooahxth #jw;rep

artemisxth

She clasped her hands together as she spoke. “Well, I think that’s all the information you’ll get about me,” Artemis said, then letting out a giggle of laughter. There was a sense of humor that she liked about her acquaintance. At the thought about what Jaewoo said, the girl never thought about it as a responsible, but more like a chore. She was a bit jealous of people who had more time to play around and have fun compared to her. Every year was busy season in the fashion industry, so it was hard for Artemis to even adjust in the first place. “If there was one thing if I could change about my life, it would probably be this, but then again, I wouldn’t have met so many wonderful people.” Although she didn’t mean to get depressed, but the girl was quite happy with how her life is as well. She never had much friends back when she was living in the States due to do reasons, but being here, Artemis never expected to smile brightly that often. “You know,” she spoke, “being a CEO isn’t all that great. The reputation that title has given can be dangerous, so I’m quite jealous of the amount of time you have. I do love this job at the same time because I’m allowed to create outfits.” Her fingers linked together as her eyes and lip began to smile.

#jw;rep #jw;gc2 #artemisxth

"Well, I've pretty much picked up that you enjoy sharing things about yourself, hm?" Jaewoo asked her as he had raised an eyebrow. It was pretty interesting to see how easily she had divulged such things to him, but then again, it wasn't like such a thing was unusual in a place like Jeguk. People just enjoyed talking about what they had, what their family had, most of the time, which may mean that the female wasn't really boasting. He wasn't one who knew her quite well, which was why he found himself enjoy her company. A hum came out of his lips and simply nodded at the words that she had given out to him. "I know." was what he told her, hearing her talk about being a CEO. He knew that all too well from his brother. "I see it everyday, but hey. It's not like it could be different for someone else. Someone might be enjoying it as much as one hates it, right?" A chuckle followed it as he had crossed his arms about his chest and his head was tilted to the side and turned to look at her. "At least you enjoy it at some point though. I don't think I would if I were to become CEO for our company."

there are times where she feels she is being melodramatic — where the ranges of her emotions are heightened by exaggeration. fragile, fragile being, the outcome of noble birth is breakable fine china, and she plays the part well. underneath her somewhat tough exterior lies a certain fragility that would break if someone were to simply poke at it. but nestled against his chest & cocooned by his arms, she feels like she is unbreakable. she feels stronger and better; and she wants to stay in this position until she is forced away from him — to be able to listen to the sound of his heartbeat. “no. I should apologize.” she mumbled against his chest. “I worried you — that is wrong of me. even after promising to run away with you, I just left you.”

as her fingers danced across the smooth surface of his skin, she could feel his warm breath caressing her like a gentle breeze. and it made her realize just how close their faces are at this very moment. so close. so very, very close. how easy it would be to just — no, no. eyes closed, deep breath taken to calm her unsteady nerves. now is not the time for youthful hormones to come undone. especially in his room where his father could come in at any moment. so she moved away before a gleeful expression brightened her face. “I am certain you will like your gift.” hurried hands reached for her discarded pink suitcase sitting in the corner of his room — pulling it close to her before she flips it & unzips it to showcase numerous clothes and shoes and other feminine necessities. “where is it…” digging into her messy suitcase ( messing it up more ), she pulled out shirts and jackets and pants and skirts and dresses, only to stop when her fingers touched the surface of his present.

"ah — ta da." smiling at him from her current position ( kneeling in front of her suitcase on his floor ), she threw a little photo album at him. "the pictures are not as good as the ones you take, but I tried my best. it is a photo journal." embarrassment paints her face — now that she said her gift out loud, it sounded rather embarrassing.

With the chain of thoughts being broken, he found himself adjusting his body in such a way wherein he could be able to face the other better as she looked through the contents of her suitcase to find that certain present that she obtained for him. Considering that he didn't even know where the hell his friend had gone, he only found himself curious to see what she had gotten. A part of him was rather surprised to see how easily he was able to let the issue between them pass. A part of him expected to be rather harsh about it, lecture her on how dangerous that could have been, but maybe that was for another time. All he knew was that he felt really happy to have her around him now. Besides, forgiveness is key to any great friendship, right? He could, at least, do such to her because they were the closest of friends. After all, she was the only girl whom he could consider as one of his best friends.

He didn't have an easy time with befriending women. It was mainly because had no idea how to approach them, he only ended up flirting with most of them and eventually breaking their hearts. He wasn't even going to try and deny the fact that maybe there was a certain phase where the two had just been more than friends, but what had him be this caring towards her that no matter what she had stuck by him and he had done the same. Jaewoo wasn't exactly sure how that possible, but it somehow worked and they were still just as good as any other pair. What they did together, it was pretty normal for any boy and girl friendship now, right?

Taking in a deep breath, he shook the thought away from his head, not wanting to ponder on such thoughts too much. Soo Ah might pick it up if he zoned out too long. Afterwards, he had turned his attention back to her and got up onto his feet to be able to pick up the photo album that she threw at him. He settled onto the ground with his legs crossed against each other, the photo journal open on his lap as he looked through the pages. It was probably the first time that he's been able to received such a thing from her. It was exactly why his smile seemed to have reached its highest point as he had scanned each photo, promising himself to be able to fully look at them later. Soo Ah was his main focus now.

"No, no." He told her, chuckling softly as he stopped on one of the pages. "It's..it's really good, for a beginner, if I must say." With his eyes that rested on gift, he had lifted his eyes back to her, that smile never even fading by just a bit. "It's perfect, Soo. Thank you. You better take me there next time you plan to visit, alright?"