#( riposte. )

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“ i just wanted to say… shit. ”

          thick eyebrows raise high on their ridge, the lids beneath them unveiling dark hues riddled with confusion. ( and some amusement, but primarily the former emotion ). a fanged smile is offered, and added to it is the tilt of a head, almost canine-like in nature as surely a dog would cant its cranium in a manner so similar, should it feel a state of perplexity akin to that of seunghyun.           ❛ . . . jacksonah, you worked up so much nerve, only to say that? ah---and i don’t even understand . . . what about shit? what kind of shit are we talking about here---? ❜ and then the realization becomes him, that perhaps the younger had simply forgotten a premeditated statement.           or had he? seunghyun can’t be sure, and as he thinks to visually inspect the younger’s countenance for clues, he’s turned his head away. in . . . embarrassment? usually, the rapper is gifted in deciphering body language, but he is struggling here. immensely.           ❛ ah, wait---------what’s wrong? were you going to say something else? ❜

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❛ it says ‘positive’.❜

* THREE WORD  STARTERS.STATUS: NOT ACCEPTING.

          curious oculi widen in response to the statement. obviously, it had been meant to catch the elder of the two rappers off guard, or perhaps only to garner the remainder of the attention of which he had only been giving the younger man about half ( maybe even one-fourth---but he is a busy man and paperwork does not do itself ). the ravenous fringe splayed across seunghyun’s forehead stirs as his head shifts on its axis, eyes enabled proper regard of the one who’d spoken to him about fifteen seconds ago.           ❛ . . . what says positive . . .?  ❜ inquires a sonorous tone, even lower than usual and paired with the raise of a brow and lazily half-lidded eyes. he means to look unamused, somewhat stern, but most of seunghyun’s expressions translate to just lazy when he isn’t actively trying. maybe there is some sort of connection there, one he has yet to decipher.           ❛ i hope you’re talking about someone’s attitude, or something. don’t frighten me this way, i’m too old for this. do you want me to die, bobby? ❜

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"please don't go"

* THREE WORD  STARTERS.STATUS: NOT ACCEPTING.

          he thought she’d been asleep. this is why her plea startles him---just slightly, just enough to stir his relaxed demeanor; the single nanosecond as the needle comes to contact with the balloon before it pops. the violent burst of air never happens, though . . . time seems to stop before his calm exterior can unravel, and by some aid of the post-midnight darkness, he remains equable. seunghyun is rather unsure of what a ‘normal’ day in his life consists, and yet he knows it isn’t this------his tendency to remain distant and untouched by the myriad of people he’d come to contact with not just everyday, but in his lifetime abandons him here. maybe it’s his soft spot . . . when he’d seen her crying, it would have felt almost---unethical to pass her by, like some sort of sin of omission.           no words had passed between them, not until now. he’d only wrapped an arm around her, and lent her a broad shoulder, two elements concocting to whisper a more meaningful comfort than any words ever could. his eyes soften, though they hadn’t been very firm to begin with, and he nods his head weakly, yet genuinely.           an undetectably fast glance at the ticking rolex apprises 12.32am, but he figures, should she really need it, he can spare her more of his time. it isn’t as though he would sleep, even in the comforting depths of his mattress, anyway.           ❛ i won’t, yumi. ❜

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❛ i’d like none. ❜

* THREE WORD  STARTERS.STATUS: ACCEPTING.

          his brow ridge lowers, dragging thick eyebrows downward in the process as the eldest scrutinizes the maknae like he’d just committed a crime. of course this is partially exaggerated, and upon second glance, the slightly protruding lower lip and dramatized narrowing of eyes certifies the jovial nature of such a mock-hostile countenance. long arms cross over a broad chest and the raven-haired rapper tilts his head to the right side, as though he the other had spoken in tongues to him.           ❛ what is that supposed to mean? ❜ he inquires with a theatrical coldness, ❛ riyah, you were just whining to me thirty seconds ago how much you wanted food. and now that i have the damn phone in my hand, you suddenly don’t want anything? ❜ a faint, somewhat panicked ‘hello?’ sounds on the other line, and seunghyun consoles the employee of the chinese restaurant that she hadn’t ailed him in any way, and that they just needed another moment. short after, daggerlike eyes return to his bandmate.           ❛ you’re tipping the delivery man, when he gets here. regardless of anything. ❜

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"are you drunk?"

* THREE WORD  STARTERS.STATUS: ACCEPTING.

          prior to any actual words leaving his lips, the sole answer to the woman’s question is a low, rumbling giggle—one that actually extends for a duration just long enough to provide an affirmative to the vocalized wonder. truthfully, seunghyun is not drunk, by dictionary definition, at least. he is bordering tipsy, the alcohol in his system is enough to render him far more outspoken and giggly than that of his normal disposition.            dark oculi peer through lengthy eyelashes to see the female placed at his side, her legs dangling freely from the barstool—the buckles of her heeled shoes catching the light and, therefore, seunghyun’s attention. he has a tendency to be rather juvenile with enough alcohol …  significantly so.           ❛ mmmmm, what makes you ask? ❜ he, in all his puerility, responds to her question with one of his own, ❛ i might be. i don’t … i don’t really know, ah. ❜

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"Maybe they were just joking?" || Welcome to I(nternet)E(xplorer)! :p

          ❛ there’s a difference between joking and being rude, though . . . the line is thin, but it exists. trust me, i know. ❜ this is stated rather monotonously as seunghyun regards the younger male with sober eyes. the elder rapper is far from affected by the ill-mannered comment, as it’s been more then ten years of dealing with negative, nonconstructive criticism. but he’s always been one to take such things in stride, so he doesn’t do much else besides wave a hand and murmur half-heartedly, ❛ i’m not offended, not significantly so. but that was distasteful of them, and i’d rather not oblige it more than i already have. ❜

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"I bet they make better pet's than dessert." {; Welcome to IE!

          ❛ better pets than dessert . . . ❜ he repeats, as though the other male had spoken into a hollow cavern and his voice reciprocates from every wall. the echo is mostly for comprehensive purposes; as it is one of seunghyun’s many thoughtful little quirks------a very pensive man, he has many ways of showing it. lazily, his eyes roll purposelessly around in their sockets, a few long fingers drumming against the sleek surface of the booth table.           ❛ what do you mean? ❜ all that thought and no conclusion---at least he’d tried, he’d mentally console himself. ❛ are pets and desserts suddenly interchangeable? have i missed something . . . ? or is that a quote from a show i don’t know? ❜