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[ccxyuna]

Curiosity Kills the Cat

@ccminki

It was a rare thing for Yura to ever go to a library. Unsurprisingly, her eyes quickly caught something else than the books surrounding her, which she was actually supposed to look at. After all she'd promised to research something for a friend... oh well, too bad for the friend.

And what she saw instead was surely not supposed to be seen by her eyes – just like she surely wasn't supposed to be behind the library's front desk. And yet Yura had gotten curious and stepped further. She took the sketchbook and started to turn pages, looking at the different sketches.

She couldn't really make anything of it, but continued to go through it anyway. Yura even forgot to check if the owner was coming anywhere close and whether it would've been better to leave unseen.

[ccsoobin-blog]

page 394.

delicate fingers traced over spines, searching, until they found the place to slip the book into. such a simple task should feel misplaced for the woman who’s always itching to do something, but the library had a special, different air to it. a peaceful quiet, accompanied by shelves and shelves of books. fictional, non-fictional. she smiled, then looked over the trolley to a familiar male.

“i think i’m used to it here, now.” it had only been a short while since soobin began working at the library, having taken it up as a replacement of her previous hostess job. the new life was still uncomfortable, but the library she could appreciate. “it’s nice not having to force conversation, or feign interest. nobody really wants to talk at all.”

minki had joined the order long before she was soobin. even, technically, before she was cindy. she was now a higher rank, and she wondered if that bothered him. he seemed content, but soobin wasn’t the best at reading people. changwook said she distrusts too easily. he doesn’t understand why, so his opinion is invalid.

she glanced around the library, despite already knowing it was empty. “i haven’t seen you around the mansion much lately. are you hiding someplace i can’t find you?” her tone is fond, gaze curious. “it’s hard now i live away, i can’t keep up with everyone like i used to.”

( ccminki )

[cctaehyung]

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ft. @ccminki

after his first visit to the library in this timeline, he’s made sure to avoid one person in particular whenever he visits. every time ricky goes there, he’s just certain that things will not end well the moment he walks into the door if he was ever recognized. with the benefit of it being the place it was, he was able to be quiet and be unnoticed by some people. but he has to avoid eye contact as he visits it and he wears a hoodie to cover the flashy and obvious red hair. he might have looked a bit sketchy, but he was sure people knew he didn’t mean harm. 

coming to the building for an important purpose (like he usually does), it’s the usual apparel and the usual motive to avoid him for his visit here. he quickly looks around the library from the floor he was on to see if he was in sight at all and though he was safe now, he doesn’t take the hood of his hoodie off just yet. what if he came the moment he goes to a shelf? what if he was upstairs? he needed to be sure so that no conflict comes up between the both of them if something happens. ricky was known for causing shit and he could cause some drama even in the library, even if it was silent. 

boy problems aside, he really did need to get a book. a cooking book, to be specific. he’s always made korean cuisine and he’s been wanting to branch out and make something new for himself. not american lunches, obviously. he could go to mcdonalds just for a big mac or shakeshack for a mushroom burger. all he knew was that he wanted to try something new. try something that looked delicious that he made. 

here’s the problem though: he’s never gotten a cookbook in the library. he’s not one to talk to strangers, but the only person he knew that worked in the library was someone who didn’t even want to see him to begin with. perhaps this will be the time he stretches out and talks to someone new. who knows? maybe a friendship can be gained from there and he wouldn’t even need to bother said person and just go to this new librarian friend whenever he needed help. 

so he looks around until he finds a young man who he suspects to work in the building. he’s not exactly sure, but he’ll ask to be safe. calmly, he walks to the other man and though he has a bit of a shady appearance right now, his question would hopefully take away suspicions. “um excuse me,” he speaks softly, “uh... do you work here?”