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no, i don't give a.... i just came to burn some. sip it slow up outta this cup. you can't tell me i ain't turnt up. baby, you should slow it down some.

[safashq-blog]

kisangg:

safashq:

As soon as Ki-Sang nodded, Safa was beaming at him, excited to get any sort of response out of him– especially a positive one. “Great!” she exclaimed, standing up. “I’m supposed to go meet my friend, but please. Come into the salon anytime Monday through Friday and I’ll take care of you, okay?”

Oh, thank God, she was leaving. Ki-Sang had been worried he would have to take the rude route and speed-walk away from the table in the middle of the ( one-sided ) conversation, but he had been spared. He gave her a brief nod, then ducked his head, letting himself relax and watch her leave out of the corner of his eye.

[safashq-blog]

knustdrcm:

“Perhaps for younger individuals. Older people do tend to require a decrease in sodium intake. I wouldn’t say it is a scam, necessarily.”

“Okay, but it’s only a decrease of 30 milligrams per serving. That’s ridiculous. They just want the heart healthy stamp on their box so that more unsuspecting, health conscious people will buy them.”

[safashq-blog]

kisangg:

That was actually a nice offer. Ki-Sang usually had his mother cut his hair, but that tended to be a coin toss between looking good and looking barely passable  — she wasn’t a hair dresser, after all. And Safa did know him well enough that she wouldn’t get too angry at him for not responding, even if she was no doubt even more chatty than the ones he’d gone to as a kid… Plus, well. Maybe if he agreed, she would go away?

Doing his best to look directly at her ( though he still doesn’t meet her eyes ) he nodded.

As soon as Ki-Sang nodded, Safa was beaming at him, excited to get any sort of response out of him-- especially a positive one. “Great!” she exclaimed, standing up. “I’m supposed to go meet my friend, but please. Come into the salon anytime Monday through Friday and I’ll take care of you, okay?”

[safashq-blog]

juliettapls:

“ what are you , like eighteen ? do you really need heart healthy cereal ? “ julietta shakes her head “ cheerios are gross anyway. “

“Twenty-one,” Safa corrected lightly, unbothered. “And I was just checking out of curiosity. Like, I might as well try to be healthier, you know? But no. Cheerios is conning us all.”

[safashq-blog]

Safa was standing in the cereal aisle at the grocery store, looking critically at the back of a box. "Do you know that the only difference between regular cheerios and ‘heart healthy’ cheerios is, like, 30 milligrams of sodium ?? Like... what a scam.”

[safashq-blog]

kisangg:

On the better days, Safa was a familiar enough face to elicit a few words out of Ki-Sang — something that Ki-Sang usually regretted, because it only encouraged her — but today was not one of those days. That was abundantly obvious by Ki-Sang’s response, which was a quiet huff and a fork-full of salad shoved into his mouth. 

          — At least he wasn’t running away ( yet. )

The more awkward that things got, the more determined Safa became. It was almost unreal. Her smile widened, and she continued on, determined. “Anyway! If you ever decide to change your hair, you should come into the salon where I work. Or just the next time you need a trim!  It’s on Main Street and I’d give you your first cut free!”

[safashq-blog]

emmettbice:

Emmett can’t say anything at first. He had spent the few months trying to feel prepared for this moment: to look his little sister in the eye again, after five years of inexcusable absence. He had thought he was ready for it. He didn’t flinch at Safa’s words, didn’t shrink away from her righteous anger. Emmett had known she would be pissed, and he had  ( reluctantly )  accepted that Safa didn’t feel ready to reconnect with him. What he hadn’t prepared for, though, was seeing her. 

Safa was barely sixteen when Emmett left, still growing into her gangling limbs and learning how to apply her make-up properly, but the Safa in front of him now was a grown woman. Logically, Emmett had known  — of course he had. But he hadn’t been prepared for how much it would gut him to see it with his own eyes.

Finally, finally, after a too-long silence of just staring, Emmett shook himself back into motion.

“Listen, I’m just here to see Mom. I didn’t know you’d be here. I wasn’t — ” Emmett’s voice choked. Damn it. He didn’t want to get upset in front of her; that wasn’t fair, and it wouldn’t help anything. “ — I wasn’t trying to ambush you, Saf. Mom didn’t tell me you’d be here, I swear.

“But — ”  Emmett tried to smile, without success. “I did want to see you. Not like this, but…” 

As angry as she was, Safa couldn’t help the way that her heart ached a little at the sight of her big brother standing right in front of her after all these years. Part of her did still miss him-- but that didn’t matter. It was too late for all of this. Maybe if it was four or five years ago, things would be different. Emmett had missed his chance, Safa told herself. She didn’t owe him anything.

Despite all this, Safa was a little emotional about seeing her brother again. She couldn’t help it. To her immense frustration, she felt her eyes welling up as well, and she wiped under them impatiently, scowling at him. “I used to want to see you, too,” she snapped, a little childish. "But sometimes we don’t get what we want.”

Standing on her parents’ doorstep, Safa felt torn. She wasn’t sure whether she should continue inside to see her mother as promised and ignore Emmett for the remainder of the afternoon, or if she should just leave. She thought that she probably had the right to storm off to her car and drive away, but she knew that some small part of her would still feel guilty. Annoyed with the whole situation, she huffed again, teeth grinding. “Mom really conned me. I can’t believe this.”

[safashq-blog]

kisangg:

Oh, God, she was coming over. Of course she was  — Ki-Sang hadn’t had any luck in the past getting Safa to ignore him, why would today be any different? As Safa took her seat, Ki-Sang shook his head and sank into his chair. Why was this girl so damn persistent? 

Only hesitating for a moment, Safa took a breath before starting to speak again, hiding her inward disappointment with the fact that Ki-Sang was ignoring her again. “Your hair looks great,” she told him, latching onto a subject that she was used to talking about. “Are you parting it differently? I like it.”

[safashq-blog]

Safa was just minding her business-- a rare activity for her. Her mother had asked her to come over for lunch today, and as always, Safa had agreed. She loved her parents-- and, more than that, she was really the only child that they had left. It would be cruel to deny her mother time with her only living daughter.

She wasn’t thinking about much as she walked up to her parents’ house, just internally going over her work schedule for next week. When she heard movement behind her, she cast a glance over her shoulder, assuming that it was a random jogger, or perhaps a neighbor walking their dog. She was prepared to call out a greeting-- and then she froze. The man who was walking toward her parents’ house was familiar, if older than the last time Safa had seen him, and she huffed out a breath, shaking her head.

“Really, Emmett? Did me ignoring all of your calls, texts, emails, and the Edible Arrangement really not get the message across that I don’t want to see you?”

@emmettbice

[kisangg-blog]

@safashq

Oh, no  — 

Ki-Sang knows it’s rude. He feels bad. He doesn’t want to inwardly cringe every time he sees Safa enter his line of sight. It’s not like she’s a bad person. In fact, Ki-Sang likes her, at least in theory. What he doesn’t like is how hard she always tries to strike up a conversation with him. 

—  Maybe if he just ducks his head and concentrates on his meal, she won’t notice him.

[safashq-blog]

As soon as Safa spotted Ki-Sang sitting in the diner, she changed directions and headed right over to him. She was oblivious to his discomfort. She was on a mission. It had been years since Safa first started trying to befriend him, and damn it, she wasn’t giving up now. She wasn’t sure why the boy seemed to dislike her, but she was determined to change that. To kill him with kindness, so to speak. 

         “Ki-Sang! Hi there. How have you been?”

[safashq-blog]

jvnmoon:

‘ you’re joking, right ? i haven’t seen someone wear something like that since 2001. where do you shop ? forever 21 ? ‘

safa looked down at the dress that she was wearing before looking back up at the other girl and arching an eyebrow. “ well, i like it, ” she said, shrugging. " but to each their own, i guess. i mean, i wouldn’t ever wear what you have on.... but i wouldn’t ever judge it, either !! different people have different tastes, and that’s okay. ”

[safashq-blog]

hi !! i’m v tired right now and this will probably be bad but i’m ellie and i’m stoked to be back in a tumblr group after months of only twitter rping. this is gonna be a lil bio post. lms if you wanna plot and all that jazz xoxo

safa rae adel

age: twenty-one gender: female star sign: pisces occupation: beautician

safa grew up as one of three children. she had on older half brother, emmett, and an older sister, amenah. her family tended to be loud and communicate aggressively, but as the youngest, safa was babied a little by her parents. she tended to try to avoid conflict-- but she still has the family temper, and there were times when she would get fed up and go off. she was a generally happy child, and she had a pretty average, middle class upbringing.

when safa was sixteen, things changed. her sister, amenah, died suddenly in a car accident, and her brother left town right after that. suddenly, safa found herself the only child. not wanting to burden her parents, she dealt with her grief mostly by repressing it and getting stoned with her friends. aside from the illegal pot smoking, safa was a fairly well-behaved child. her grades were thoroughly average, and when she graduated high school, she decided that she wanted to learn a trade. she went through cosmetology school and now works in the salon in town.

safa holds on to a lot of bitterness toward her older brother for leaving when she needed him, and she never really properly dealt with her sister’s death-- instead, she just buried her feelings. still, she really is an overall happy and optimistic person. she’s almost annoyingly friendly and wants to be friends with everyone. she has a bubbly personality and can be a little pushy without realizing, and her lack of tact can frustrate and/or embarrass others. however, she is a loyal and kindhearted friend, and she's always willing to lend a helping hand to those who need it. when she’s not at work or with friends, she’s largely lazy. she tends to spend her nights sitting at home, watching netflix and smoking. she doesn’t go out often, but when she does, she’s a lightweight. overall, she’s just a very chill and positive person to be around.

[dailythirlwall]

[oh-girl-among-the-roses]

She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.

Sappho (via oh-girl-among-the-roses)

[leighsroyalty]

11/04