nocturnal.

[midni8]

pheripeteia​:

method makes beauty. jiyeon knows this well. each step is a mandate and art itself is the cohesion rewarded by perfection. she thinks this is applicable anywhere, seldom finds her thoughts to ever be disproven. it goes beyond morning rituals and punctual bedtimes, applies itself to things mostly. things being and staying in place. which means jaeyi’s recent aversion toward her is bad; jaeyi is a thing meant to stay in place. meant to stay where jiyeon could see her. jiyeon, in her unapproachable, undetectable vantagepoint, stowed away at the top of an ivory tower whereupon her gaze had seized all. sometimes cruel, forever unending. 

it’s important, she thinks. it’s what she says in the text message she sends to jaeyi. the text message jaeyi ignores. it’s not really something jiyeon has to spend much time deliberating over—whether or not she should see her. parking her car in the lot, jiyeon takes her swift steps with pride, swept along by the incipient, autumnal chill. she’s got a plastic bag with her, full of the things she describes as having noted because she refuses to say she had to learn it. omits whatever meaningfulness accompanies plans for brunch and walks on beaches and pastimes like that. discarding it means she doesn’t really have to think about why jaeyi is creating the space between them that jiyeon knows she’s creating. it means jiyeon only needs to think that jaeyi shouldn’t be doing that, not when she’s treated her so well.

“hey,” jiyeon waves from behind the glass of the campus’ security post. she tilts her head, countenances softness like a gentle offering, a neutral one. “you didn’t answer my text message yesterday. i was worried sick about you. i told you it scares me, jaeyi. working alone at night. you could’ve let me know you had a shift today.” 

jiyeon pauses and then issues challenge, “i thought you were ignoring me.”

@midni8 \ two tone 

    twenty-four.. and a half years of ups and downs, and moon jaeyi hardly ever learns. she tries , god bless her soul , she really does but is it her fault if cynicism was a gene nowhere to be found within her. no matter the amount of people that came and went from her life.. no matter the times her father sided with abandonment , the way he disguised it with sweet little words was all it took for jaeyi to fall right back in. 

     jaeyi sees a flicker of it now — you see , she’s really trying.. jiyeon feels like a calm storm , a sour candy that encompasses a disturbing surprise within its cherry sweet exterior. she stares at the text message and painfully struggles to not respond right away. despises the feeling of being used... of being a fool , but warms at the thought of flickering genuine concern , of kind words and even kinder actions. 

     and in this way , she goes back and forth. 

     it’s important... a deep sigh escapes as she finally readies herself to type out an apology when the recipient stands in front of her, waving sweetly and melting the first line of defences. jiyeon could never do something like that.. not intentionally. jaeyi understands loss and understands how it can govern your actions. she smiles back , a warm one that only softens further at the concern. the door clicks as she steps out from her desk, it’s chillier than she’d remembered but jaeyi remains unwavering — in front of the wind.. in front of her. she stands her ground. 

     “ i’m sorry.. i was just about to text you! ” she responds, eyebrows knitted together as she approaches the other, looks down at the bag full of things and then back up into brown orbs that hardly ever told her anything. “ but.. what are you doing here? .. you really just came all the way here to check up on me? ” her endearing tone betrays her just a touch, ever so slightly laced with suspicion before she laughs it off. “ i could never ignore you! i’m sorry i made you worry. ” pleading eyes and an apologetic smile look to her before she grabs the bag and leads the pair towards her little booth. 

     “ are these for me?? — what would i ever do without you , son jiyeon? ”

[midni8]

♡  — one late afternoon  /  starter for @acrosol

    moon jaeyi is a lot of things ; she’s the deeply rooted tree in the midst of a hurricane , she’s the calming voice in your head that tells you that everything’s going to be okay , she’s the knowing eyes that can tell what’s behind a smile... & she’s also a dog-lover , but that’s more a fun fact than anything else. 

    another thing jaeyi prides herself in being is somewhat of a decent enough , kind of , sort of , good-ish photographer — her camera, the best side kick, that tells her things her own eyes might miss. a photograph can speak a thousand words and what not. it’s not often that she admires her own work but this particular image seems captivating enough to have her take pride in the work. of course , she’d credit the muse more than anything. “ she looks so cool... ” jaeyi murmured to herself as she looked at the blown up, framed picture of the taekwondo student. a steely gaze with just a touch of sweat that glistened her face , the jawline sharp as a knife, taut as the student looked to the side , the sunlight shining through helped with the glimmer in her eyes, and strands of hair perfectly shaping her facial features — an ‘ a ’ worthy picture if you asked her. 

    the woman hangs outside room 301 , a leg up on the wall as she leans against it and waits for the future owner of the picture to show up. — full disclosure , jaeyi’s had this captured moment for a week now , the timing never matched or she forgot to pass it along, y’know? it’s when she was back at the taekwondo room in the morning, taking some pictures for an assignment when she remembered , because.. the picture of yua from this morning and the one from a week ago were... different. and from all the things moon jaeyi is , she’s also a little too aware of people and their countenance.. an occupational hazard if you will. even without the camera jaeyi could tell how something was.. off. 

    “ — yua ! ” the woman calls out as she sees the captain walk out the door. she approaches her with a bright smile and a small present hidden behind her back. “ hi.. i just wanted to say thank you for letting me take those pictures this past week , it’s really helped with my assignment, i owe you one! ” 

    it’s still there , that little scrunch in her eyebrow.. a crestfallen look that she didn’t really have to be highly observant to see and it makes jaeyi’s smile drop just for a second before she perks up again. “ ah right! speaking of... ” the framed picture is brought out to the front and extended towards the other. “ look.. it’s you! isn’t it a cool picture? you look so awesome honestly , i had to blow it up! i thought you might wanna have it.. ” 

[midni8]

KANG SEULGI  24  CIS FEMALE  SHE/HER — ; where do you get your inspiration, MOON JAE-YI ? you’re so ALLOCENTRIC , i can’t help but think of PASSING CUTE NOTES DURING CLASS, DRIED OUT FLOWERS AND BURDENED SHOULDERS when i hear your name. your friends tell me you can be UNPREDICTABLE sometimes . i guess it’s understandable given the circumstances . besides , i can’t even imagine how stressful PHOTOGRAPHY classes must be — not to mention you’re also in SODALITES (MEMBER) & MISS TATE (GUITAR) ! you’re a NEWCOMER , right ? yeah , i thought so . either way , welcome to mugunghwa !  ( ria , 21+ , gmt , she/her )

EDIT:  re-positng this because ofc i get shadow banned five minutes in 😭 sorry for the delay everyone, promise to send out plotting messages now! 

hi hi!! i feel like i’m dropping in the middle of season 2 djfhk but i bring to you this dork and self-proclaimed mom friend, moon jaeyi (and miss seulgi <333) so all is forgiven right? pls love us 😇 she’s your local night guard at mugunghwa so if you wanna bring her some midnight snacks or coffee?? yes please thank u <3 bringing her in was definitely a spur of the moment kinda thing so please bear with me while i figure her bg out but here are her stats and i’ll definitely have more info below the cut as well as some potential plots (hopefully)!!! i love brainstorming though so if you’d like to plot, hit the lil heart and i’ll come to you <3

history

moon jaeyi. 24. photography major. security guard. member of the women’s soccer team and guitarist for miss tate!

there isn’t much to jaeyi, to be honest. born and raised in busan to an average, middle-class family , she was the local kid who brought smiles to everyone’s face  

despite familial struggles , jaeyi was always a glass half full kind of person , a kid (and teen) who believed in santa claus and a kid who always made it to the nice list

her mom owned a local bunsik restaurant ( and yes jaeyi always stood on her tippy toes and watched her mom cook ) and her father was.. uh... well he did a lot of things.. he tried trading stock , working in real estate , building a business... nothing worked but jaeyi didn’t know that really , he always smiled and pretended like everything was okay.

narrator: everything was not okay.

in the midst of their financial struggle , her mom got pregnant once again and thus was born her baby brother

not only was it a lot of physical and financial responsibility— jaemin, her brother, got really sick a little while after he was born and hospital bills would not pay themselves...

jaeyi has been working ever since she can remember , first it was just helping her mom out at the restaurant , then it was a part-time job at the convenience store , tutoring kids on the side and so on..

the family manages to get by but then classic dad decides to leave the family because it’s “too much” for him and jaeyi’s sunshine personality faces it’s very first solid crack

things like how after her brother was born, she never got any attention didn’t really bother her at first but all those negative feelings start to surface after her dad left

she somehow holds it together for the sake of her mom and tries to focus on school and her jobs

manages to get scholarship for college in seoul and chooses to major in psychology because it’s “interesting” and psychologists get paid a lot ok — honestly she didn’t know what she wanted to know , doesn’t really know what she likes or dislikes ;_;

OKAY! backstory within a backstory..... but the one notable thing she got from her father besides daddy issues was a film camera... you see where this is going.. jaeyi, as a kid, was obsessed with taking pictures and her father always encouraged her and told her she had a knack for it.... after her dad left, she definitely couldn’t even look at that camera — end of backstory

mugunghwa

long story short — jaeyi’s mom sees her struggle with college, feels guilty, blows dust off of her old camera and tells her to “follow her dreams”

living in busan their whole life , they’ve definitely heard of mugunghwa university and jaeyi always secretly dreamed of going there so she works hard for a year, builds her portfolio and really polishes her photography skills and voila!

jaeyi still picks up odd jobs to help with tuition and helps her family which is how she ends up as a security guard!

almost immediately feels the difference in the social class but doesn’t let it get to her too much and just smiles her way through it

personality

the biggest “i can fix him/her” personality

as mentioned, jaeyi’s your local mom friend, she’s gotten so used to taking care of her family and that definitely shows with her others too! a self-sacrificing loyal puppy, if you will..

of course there are degrees to this personality and life has helped her simmer down, so the zeal she had once isn’t really as strong but call it denial or whatever you will, jaeyi will always push/shove her feelings deep down and smile.. she’ll focus all her energy on the people around her and hardly ever talk about herself

she’s never struggled with making friends and is admittedly charming and sweet and kind but the people of mugunghwa do sometimes intimidate her

although, the initial hesitant behaviour might make her seem cold, jaeyi’s far from it

super hardworking and diligent, will try not to do things half-heartedly and definitely struggles with balance

which is probably why her romantic life struggles too.. if it’s commitment you need, jaeyi’s not the one for you. she’s 100% the sweep you off your feet, buy you flowers and plan romantic dates butttt run away in the last moment kind of person ( thank you mum and dad for messing up her idea of love <33 )

honestly she might just have to learn to love herself first.... or at least figure herself out. how does one do that?

with the recent events!! — being the guard during the night everything happened, jaeyi definitely carries some guilt and has been struggling with her job lately, she’s thought of quitting a few times ever since but doesn’t like the idea of running away

plots

to be honest, it’s late, i’m tired and i’ve got nothing ;_;

gimme all the classic plots though; best friends, exes, fwbs, soccer buddies, band members

someone who knows her from seoul college days 

someone she’s met during one of her many part-time jobs! maybe she served you coffee? brought you your takeout? saw you when she worked at the convenience store?

someone who leans on jaeyi for emotional support and comes to her whenever they’re struggling

someone she likes taking pictures of ( not in a creepy way!! in a “you’re my muse” kinda way )

someone who comes by to hangout with her sometimes while she’s on night guard duty ( shh don’t tell anyone )

she’s a great secret keeper (real) so someone who confides in her

for a change, someone who insists on taking care of jaeyi because clearly, she’s overworked, doesn’t sleep and lives in a town called denial

ooohhh someone who heavily blames jaeyi for what happened and how she didn’t do her job right and that’s why jisoo d*ed

i might add more after some sleep but honestly, i’m down for anything <3

[myy-moonflower]

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[wolsim]

How does he warm our hearts like so?

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