jaehwan is not much of a keeper when it comes to secrets. in fact, he’s the epitome of an open book. even if something is meant to remain discreet, sooner or later he will end up accidentally spilling the beans, tea or anything else that can be spilled at some point. yet there’s this one and only thing that is protected like the biggest treasure, the most precious gem which cannot be touched nor discovered by any being.
making music, it is. with the habit of laughing everything off as though nothing actually bothered him, he’s not the best when it comes to taking in the critique. no matter how lighthearted and careless he might’ve ever seemed, a wrong word can pierce him like a needle.
sonam knocked on his door quite unexpectedly, but fortunately the apartment wasn’t left in a state of the most genuine battlefield — in comparison to what it happened to look like at times, now it was inches away from perfection. as he got up from the couch to let his friend in, jaehwan only managed to close his laptop on which he was giving some finishing touches to a new piece.
roaming around the place to bring the two of them some tea and a snack, upon turning around on his heel he realized that not everything was so tidied up. rapidly putting the cups down, he stormed across the room and grabbed onto the notebook held by sonam’s hands before confiscating this paper chamber of secrets, which were his lyrics gracing the pages. so he only swallowed nervously, hardly coming across a life-saving excuse.
Upon his arrival, Stella stood up, hands on her hips. “Do you know that it’s rude to make a woman wait?” She attempted to appear cross, brows furrowing while her lips tugged into a straight line. Stella had been waiting for Jaehwan at the restaurant for over an hour now. Even then, the girl was not too upset, in actual fact. The waiting time was spent wisely by exchanging messages with a certain someone. She did not notice the time until he came over.
“You’re lucky that I missed you,” she chided, squinting her eyes at him. It was rather embarrassing for her to admit that, he would probably use this against her or as blackmail later on but it was true, nonetheless. She could not recall their previous meeting. Perhaps, it had been months ever since. Somehow, she had missed all his teasing, childish as they were. The months without him were quieter if she could say so. “But since you’re so late… I guess the feeling is not mutual.”
anyone who knew jaehwan happened to get into a face-to-face contact with his lateness. not like he wasn’t organized, though — sometimes he even wrote down the dates, so he wouldn’t miss out on anything. yet his distracted mind always took over. In fact, he had been anticipating meeting stella for a long while now, especially since they hadn’t seen each other for a few months or so, but the excitement blinded him to the time shown by the clock hung up on the wall.
he stormed into the restaurant as if he was chased by a serial killer and needed a shelter. with lost eyes looking around the place, he couldn’t leave her intense red hair unnoticed. the so familiar grin crawled up his lips as he approached the table she had been sitting by. “it’s not my fault, really!” jaehwan chuckled lightly and put a hand over his heart to empathize his sincerity. “jiyong hyung just spends too much time in the bathroom...”
first of all, i’d like to really apologize for missing out so much but i’ve caught a terrible flu and my brain is basically out of service. to get things rolling again, i’ll go on a hiatus till june 24th, so please bear with my slow replies! ;;
although he wasn’t able tell the difference between daisies and carnations, and the intensifying smell of all those manifold scents overlapping each other sometimes gave him a solid headache, he never minded helping his parents around the shop, without asking for a single penny in return. he couldn’t imagine his future there, though. not due to flowers not managing to get the littlest piece of his interest — because he could force himself to learn those types and names by heart — but like every young person he wished for self-reliance and settling down instead of forever having parents for supervisors.
jaehwan took the last box out of the delivery van and soon rested his sore palms on his hips whilst giving the new roses a brief glance — in fact, those were the only ones he could recognize, probably thanks to their popularity. his father flashed a genuine smile at him, the one that was so characteristic to his son as well. the man gave him a gentle pat on the back and told him to finally grab something to eat and drink.
entering the air-conditioned shop with a small drip of sweat rolling down his forehead, he stretched his arm out for a bottle of sparkling water, which was nearly a blessing. taking a sip, a familiar figure sitting on the floor fell into his sight and an almost inaudible sound of a pencil meeting a sheet of paper. taking a slight step towards the girl, he leaned in and squinted his eyes to have a better view of the thing she was sketching.
“Well is serves him right!” She screams at the nightclub, smiling at Jaehwan, her friend, while trying to remove dead skin from under her nails. “Jae you know, your pal there is - the big, big guy - he is kinda rude. He- you know, I was just dancing there.”
if not the fact that he has to stand still and deal with each party animal wanting to barge into new city sound, this night could be quite enjoyable — oh, and if he actually decided to grab a jacket instead of going out in his ‘business’ t-shirt, which only resulted in unpleasant chills being sent down his spine once in a while.
of course, there are always those less and more problematic visitors. jaehwan is already familiar with majority of the faces frequenting the club. and some of them are welcomed with the brightest of grins meanwhile the rest is gifted just with a deadly glare that’s actually supposed to dispirit them from coming there ever again. but it will probably take him ages to master the art of maintaining the perfect impression of a tenacious bouncer. now, only his broad shoulders and muscled chest manages to fool people into thinking that he’s a hell of a tough guy.
glancing over the line briefly to calculate its length superficially, he folds his hands together and bears up with yet another puff of wind. in front of him there’s a guy whose look borders on forced flamboyance. his sunglasses are so polished up that they sparkle more than the stars spread across the dark skyline above their heads and the velvet suit possibly costed him much more than jaehwan’s rent. he nods at him firmly, moving out of the way to let him enter.
and this action continued for following couple of minutes. an exhausting routine. sometimes he was too tired to even check whether a person seemed decent enough to go in and not cause any unnecessary trouble. when he was convinced that this night won’t be anything special, then everything changed with his co-worker appearing behind his back — evidently, with a delinquent.
it takes him a few seconds to recognize aecha in the female brought by the security guard. furrowing his eyebrows in slight confusion, the corners of his mouth twitched as if he’s to say something — a word of explanation or excuse for his clearly not-so-sober friend — yet the male walked away, leaving good luck echoing in his head mercilessly.
“are you sure you were just dancing? he doesn’t get that mad often...” not to let her trip over her own feet, jaehwan wraps his arm around her and leans in to gaze into her absent eyes. “come on, be honest.”
sms » lil shortie aye hello :^ )sms » lil shortie pls bring me some coffee real quicksms » lil shortie luv ya
✉ for a text that wasn’t sent
sms » lil shortie shit i just got so emotional failed to sendsms » lil shortie why do i always try to help everyone when i can’t even help myself? failed to send
► for a text that wasn’t meant for you
sms » lil shortie let me be a chicken nuggetsms » lil shortie and take a dip in your sauce ;)sms » lil shortie friggity fracksms » lil shortie don’t think that was meant for you ok
☎ for a rushed text
sms » lil shortie ohsht that my bus gtg
⁇ for a drunk text
sms » lil shortie u upp???sms » lil shortie i nwwd a ridw hmee
♥ for a romantic text
sms » lil shortie ✨ <- is this stella’s eyes emoji?sms » lil shortie because it’s hella sparkling
✿ for a suggestive text
sms » lil shortie ji hyung just came homesms » lil shortie and i’m pretty sure he’s up for some cuddle timesms » lil shortie wink wink
💋 for a sexual/naughty text
sms » lil shortie my height is not the only big thing about me 🍆
ø for a late night text
sms » lil shortie ji hyung is snoring like some damn monstersms » lil shortie let me strangle him pLEASE
✘ for a hateful text
sms » lil shortie NO sms » lil shortie I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW SHORT I USED TO BE
!! for a threatening text
sms » lil shortie remind me of how hotter my roommate is one more timesms » lil shortie and i’ll make sure you forget our address
# for a random text
sms » lil shortie guess who’s hungry again
@ for a scared text
sms » lil shortie i’m waiting for my bussms » lil shortie and some weird guy is staring at mesms » lil shortie and he’s tallersms » lil shortie should i run away or
& for a loving text
sms » lil shortie behind all my teasing there’s the truest sympathy ♥
% for a curious text
sms » lil shortie but… why would you want to know what he smells like?
ツ for an excited text
sms » lil shortie YOU KNOW WHAT!!!sms » lil shortie APPARENTLY MY PICKUP LINES WORK
$ for an accidental text
sms » lil shortie hyung… are you really so blind?sms » lil shortie oh you’re no hyung right
↕ for a scared/worried text
sms » lil shortie you haven’t answered my text in agessms » lil shortie are you all okay? should i come over with some ice cream?
♀ for a heartbreaking text
sms » lil shortie i will never make myself as happy as i make everyone else
“i’m sorry, i probably look so rude.” she wipes the corner of her eye and pats the chair beside her, offers him an invitation to join her. “i just… does that ever work?”
there was always this subtle tinge, that made coffee taste better when jaehwan wasn’t the one to make it. switching on a kettle and finding a clean mug is no philosophy, but with way too many distractions around he rarely manages to enjoy the pleasant heat coat his tongue, gracing his each taste bud with familiar bitterness and then a hint of milkiness.
his long fingers loosely embracing the cup he emptied in mere seconds, eyes unblinkingly gazing ahead as if he’s in a mood more pensive than ever and only a pair of nerdy glasses could be a cherry on top to this image. even if he does get lost in his thoughts, they rarely go beyond food. now, it’s just the very few hours of sleep exposing its results.
with the blank expression constantly washing over his face, he sits idly all alone by a table settled in the corner until he realizes his lifeless posture — thanks to the caffeine eventually kicking in and a truly angelic stranger finally falling into his sight.
as though given a sudden shot of energy, jaehwan perks up to soon walk up to the female with honey brown hair, who is obviously absorbed by something of greater importance than a random guy appearing out of no where. the characteristic frisky smile of his is already spread across his lips and he slowly reaches out his hand to tap her shoulder gently and grab her attention as well.
“guess what i’m wearing?” the corners of his mouth go upwards and form a wider grin. “the smile you gave me,” he adds in an evidently flirtatious manner. and her laughter is not only music to his ears but also a relief.
“where words fail,” immediately taking seat on the offered chair, he quirks an eyebrow playfully. “then, there goes my unfailing charm.”
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