#gnminjae

[gnmika-blog]

video games and no chill;

@gnminjae

This is, by far, the best idea Mika’s ever had.

Sure, he only met Minjae four days ago, and he’s only been over to his house once before, and he didn’t text Minjae before setting out for his house, the other boy did say that Mika could come over ‘any time’. So--there’s no time like the present!

Mostly, though, he’s just excited to be able to play. Minjae’s kind of like the cherry on top of the massive cake. The cake being free access to his massive library of games.

Unfortunately, Minjae’s the first friend Mika’s made in Korea. And he hasn’t had the time or willpower to go to the store and get proper service for his phone to answer his texts. With no service, he doesn’t really have a way to tell Minjae he’s here. Like, now.

It’s the best idea Mika’s ever had, but certainly not the most well-planned one. 

“Well...” he mumbles to himself and surveys the porch. It’s pretty basic. A potted plant, a mat by the door, and a chair. It reminds him of the typical front seen in a family-friendly TV show. He didn’t get a good look of it the first time he came over to Minjae’s place, but it’s so basic that he almost expects there to be-- “If this works...”

Nudging back the mat back with his shoe, he rolls his eyes, mostly in fondness. “Of course.” He snatches up the key. “Just like the movies.” The key fits in perfectly and Mika tiptoes inside, slipping off his shoes and shutting the door as quietly as possible behind him.

“Minjae,” he whispers, peering around the corner into the living room. “Hey! Sorry for coming over so suddenly. Can I use your PS4?”

[gnsora]

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a memory that makes them feel guilty

ah... not doing more for sunggeun. him staying in seoul even after their families had given up on their apartment and pulled them back to town was worrying enough, but somehow they had lost contact, and sora had had no idea what had happened to him. she had no idea if he was okay, if he was housed, clothed, fed, if he had another contract... all she knew was that he was completely alone out there, and she kicks herself often for not sticking out there with him or sending him money, or even just searching for him to drag him home. she just... left him out there. it eats her up whenever she lets herself get lost in thought, her mind almost always goes to him and drowns her in regrets. 

[gnminhyung-blog]

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–– memories ___ 💓༄ a memory about their friends

friends – friends that he hold near and dear to his heart. friends that he knows he can count on in the end. friends that’ll have his back even when the world freezes over twice, combusts three times. it brings a smile to his face, thinking about the good old times – times he used to share. gaenari’s been a place bustling with memories, good and bad, and while the bad memories are the ones he’s haunted by the most, it’s the good he tries to focus on in his daily life. for his sake – for everyone’s sake. “well, there was this one time i was walking someone’s dog for them, and suddenly it started to run without warning – needless to say, i had to buy one of my friend’s lunch because the dog i was dog-sitting ate their lunch. i won’t say who, though – i don’t want to get it out there that their day was ruined by a dog. out of context, that sounds really bad.”

[gnmika-blog]

* BIRTHDAY BASH

if there’s one thing minjae is proud of, it’s his ability to give awesome birthday gifts. well, maybe they’re not really awesome, but he tries his best to make sure they’re meaningful! something beyond the standard gift baskets or boxes of chocolate, at least, something his friends would actually enjoy. it might be a little too early to call mika a friend, but when minjae heard his birthday was soon, he felt compelled to try and do something for him! … he doesn’t actually know a lot about mika, though, so a personalized gift is kind of hard to figure out, but minjae tries.

a second obstacle comes in the form of the fact that… minjae has no idea where mika lives. he doesn’t even have mika’s number, though mika knows both his phone number and address. his clumsy attempts to figure it out his address hit a dead end, but help comes from an unlikely source: his grandparents. apparently, mika’s family members had been talking about his birthday—and minjae discovers they live on pinetree street. after carefully wrapping his gift for minjae ( and after several tape mishaps ), minjae gets dressed and heads out.

it’s not a long walk to pinetree street, to be honest, and minjae is in high spirits despite the weather. upon reaching mika’s house, he waits patiently, picking at the hastily tied bow on top. he’s pretty nervous about this gift, but he really hopes mika will like it!

it’s a refurbished nintendo ds with a couple of horror themed game cartridges minjae bought off the internet. mika always comes to his house to use his systems and he seems to like horror… and this isn’t a playstation or anything, but this way, mika can at least play some games at home too! 

hmmmmm… maybe no one is home. should minjae just leave the present here and go? 

Mika knows what his grandparents are doing—being overbearing as usual, that is. He understands that they’re happy to have some of their family back in Korea again, but the last thing he needs is them trying to spread his name around town as the adult male that doesn’t have any friends to celebrate his birthday with. Especially under his Korean name. 

So when they tell him “Junghwa! Someone is coming over to celebrate with you!” his first instinct is to his room, pack his bag with five water bottles, and then yell he’s going out. Again. Ignoring the fact he got home less than thirty minutes ago. He just can’t handle anymore of their pity, both out of annoyance and embarrassment.

They’re still nagging at him as he tugs on his shoes. Ignoring them, he swings open the door and—

“Minjae?” He blinks. It’s such a bizarre sight that beyond the fact that the person standing on his porch is, indeed, Minjae, it takes him a moment to realize that it’s Minjae’s home that his grandparents called. This town was too tiny for its own good. Minjae looks just as surprised as he does for a moment, before Mika is practically forced to accept the box in his hands.

It’s pretty heavy, and clearly the wrapping is self-made by Minjae’s hands. But now that there’s someone in front of him, all dressed up and pensively excited for Mika’s birthday, he feels terrible for getting mad at his grandparents—and the supposed stranger who isn’t really a stranger. He didn’t even recognize how lonely and quite frankly, depressed he was, over having no one around today until Minjae is smiling so sincerely at him.

“… Um, thank you,” he says. Fingering the bow at the top, he tugs it open just enough to see the Nintendo logo in the corner of the box. Mika’s always been well-off, so it’s not as if he ever had to beg for anything he wanted as a child (including gaming systems), but he hasn’t had the emotional energy to buy his own since coming here. He’s not exactly worthy of spending any money right now.

Yet Minjae clearly disagrees, and he’s well aware that it must’ve cost at least a small sum of money from his pocket. Coming from someone evidently a lot less spoiled than Mika, it means a lot more. Taking a deep breath (and trying very hard not to cry suddenly, screw his tear ducts), he takes a step back to place the gift on the table near his door before he brings Minjae into a tight hug.

“Thank you,” he says again. He holds onto him for a few seconds too long, betraying how fucking long it’s been since he hugged anyone that wasn’t his family, and then releases him with a small smile. “I really appreciate it.” 

[gnjieun-blog]

OUTSIDE THE GAME

@gnminjae

Jieun nags a lot, but it’s out of love. Really. She hates seeing her friends waste their lives and time---and Minjae is one of those people.

It’s not that she hates video games. She actually loves them. But not to the point where she’ll spend all her time, indoors and out, glued to her phone or some gaming system. The world is vast and there’s so many people and opportunities out there. She can’t imagine leaving her house just to play more games that she could also be playing alone.

She wasn’t planning on stopping Minjae when she passed him (Gaenari is a small town, she sees him pretty much every day) until she saw his thumb flicking furiously across his screen and then a batch of noises that told her he was not enjoying the outdoors as intended. Sighing, she turns right around to tap on his shoulder, plastering on her best smile.

“Minjae-ya!” she says before he has the chance to say anything back. “What are you doing out here? Taking a walk? Why are you on your phone, huh? It’s such a nice day outside! I’m going to an event in the park, you should come join us! It’s good to socialize in the summer months, else you’ll get lonely.”

[gnxeunbi-blog]

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💝- A memory that made them feel loved

TW: Food

Once in grade school, she was supposed to bring in food for her class. She was told this a week ahead of time, which meant ten-year-old Eunbi had a week to distract herself with other things and ultimately forget that she was supposed to do so.  Jolting out of bed at midnight, she rushed to her parent’s room, practically falling onto the floor to wake them up, tears streaming down her little cheeks. They scolded her and told her to go back to bed, that she should have let them know about it when she had first heard about it. 

The next morning when she made her way out to the kitchen, she found multiple containers filled with gimbap along with her father, who had fallen asleep at the kitchen table after staying up late and making it for her to bring to school so she wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of her class.