#i:one

[jbxhgd]

the quiet,

( @hgdkyungsoo )

considering the fact that, for once, he doesn’t have to go to hongik that afternoon—not having any classes to attend in that particular day, as most of his classmates would be dealing with their own projects (which he had already done his own)—jaebum decides to take a walk. since his girlfriend seemed to have disappeared ever since the rumors about her being dating were out, he thinks that it’s for the best not to get a bad reaction and just chill.

his first idea was to go home and see if he could find something to watch—or maybe to play, it’d been so long since he played videogames that he actually misses it. but in the end, he finds himself stopping in front of a café. he’s addicted to caffeine, that wasn’t new, but the place was somewhere he had never been before. and it seems nice, with the whole puppies there and all.

before he changes his mind and goes away, he pushes the door open and enters the place. it’s a bit crowded, but not too crowded. most of the people, kids even, were next to the dogs, even with their coffees in hands. jaebum smiles lightly at the place—it’s comfortable, distracting enough for him to spend some time just… chilling. just probably calling to his sister—who’s most likely laughing at his face on this very moment while she reads the news about soojung being dating a colleague.

maybe it’s for the best if he doesn’t call her now and leave it to be done later. standing on the line, he waits for his turn and grins at the guy who calls out for his turn. “a black eye, please,” he orders, paying it off before standing there and waiting for his drink.

[jbxhgd]

friendship update

& @hgdsubin —

    “… leave your message after the beep!” jaebum hears that message for the fifth day in a roll and shakes his head, already knowing where this would go. subin was too much like him, and that was both a blessing and a curse—clearly because he liked to annoy her sometimes and she would simply ignore his calls. not to say she drank a way more coffee than he did, which (rarely) made him a bit worried. but well, he knows her too well—enough to know she is not dead yet and has only seeing his name on her phone and ignoring instead of answering.

    with that in mind, he decides to go at her place just to check up on her. and also because he needs a time out—he had spent too many days into his studio, studying or working on his classes, and he could use some fresh air and good company. not that he considered her that great, but at least they shared some traces of their personalities and their friendship never got old because of that—in fact, she was probably more like him than his own twin sister.

    jaebum keeps his earbuds on while walking around hongdae and towards subin’s place. he decided not to use his skateboard this time, basically because he could use some walking for a change. and also because he’s sure they won’t stay much longer there, once his place is to take her out of her room as well.

    knocking on marigold’s door once he arrives, he takes a look around the street and put his phone and earbuds into his pocket, hearing steps on the other side. jaebum thinks of yelling at his friend, but then again, it was a shared house and that sound could be from one of her housemates.

[jbxhgd]

what do you mean?

& @hgdbbsoul​ —

    it had been a few weeks since she left hongdae. and even with the random texts he started sending her after her drama was on tv, jaebum still thinks it’s been more time than it actually has since the last time he saw or talked to her. and, also, they haven’t talked properly since… well, the day they were playing never have i ever and ended up expressing just a few of each other’s feelings. or, maybe, that was just the alcohol talking. on soojung’s side, of course, because jaebum knows what he has done and what he was feeling—he wasn’t even near drunk at that moment which only made things more confusing.

    to add up, he asked her out—and she thought he wasn’t serious, and said not to call it a date, because they were friends. jaebum rolls his eyes at this thought, shaking his head. of course they were friends—who said they weren’t? but in the end they agreed to meet up as soon as she was in hongdae, which happened to be on that very weekend. he dressed up like usual—leather jacket, dark jeans, boots and some random shirt he got in his closet. jaebum wasn’t really thinking at anything while getting ready, besides the fact that he missed her company. and they weren’t used to meet up that much, even being close friends, so this was a bit awkward for him.

    he leaves the house before the dawn, planning on his head what they could do that night—as he didn’t really have a plan when he told her they should go out, besides taking her somewhere to have dinner. but he didn’t choose the place either. it takes him quite a few minutes till he is in front of her apartment door, knocking on the door and running his hand through his hair.

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burning bridges

& @hgdxseunghoon —

    when hyerim said she had invited seunghoon, he honestly thought the guy would be smart enough not to go—there was no way he wouldn’t know jaebum would be there… it was his birthday. yet, there he was… talking to people around and even approaching the older twin, which only made him get mad. who did he think he is? showing up like that, talking to his sister like he didn’t ruin her life?

    however, jaebum tries to keep his cool for his own sake. even though he could feel his hands shaking, he would just take a deep breath and continue his life, smiling and drinking with his friends, ignoring everything that involved hyerim and seunghoon for as much as he could.

    but, by the end of the night he wasn’t sober enough to control his anger. and, besides, most people were going home and too happy to notice mad jaebum. he watches when the guy lives the club by the front door and, quickly, he runs after him, getting to the door before it even closed itself. pushing it open wide, he leaves and feels the cold air outside—and though that makes him shake a bit, the jacket he was wearing not really enough for that kind of weather, it doesn’t stop him.

    “yah! i thought i told you to stay the hell out of our way!” he yells at the other’s back.

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run

& @hgdjimin —

    it had been a while since the last time he felt that way. all that anger, throwing fists, feeling pissed—he thought he was over it. it had been years since the last time this kind of thing happened, being still back in busan, when his trigger was his father’s complaints and pressure. back then, he used to go out and about with his skateboard to think—and when he didn’t do it, he was with park jimin. the guy was like a younger brother he never had, and knew him so well that he was one of the few people who actually helped jaebum to get over this little problem of his, simply because they were quite opposites.

    thinking of that, when feeling this way, the first person he would look for was jimin. deciding on doing something fun like the old times, jaebum buys and packs some stuff to go camping. of course it was winter and this was a terrible idea, but it would at least make both of them escape and have time for each other. thing that it was quite hard sometimes, as jaebum was too much of an outgoing and the other was more indoors. camping would be good, it would be just the two of them, it would be fun.

    he stops in front of jimin’s door, ready to go, and knocks on his door. if he knew the guy enough, then he would accept it after a few explanations. jaebum just hopes everything would go well. “jimin-ah, come out~” he sings as he hears the steps inside, probably walking towards the door, and leans closer to it, as he could look into peephole.

[jbxhgd]

forever young

& @kangsyeonxhgd —

    usually, this could be awkward. yet, he couldn’t help it. jaebum was really easy to talk to and that was clearly why people simply started talking to him—although he looked like a serious guy, he was actually nice enough for even his students being comfortable with him. seungyeon wasn’t really his student—and never had been, as when he became a teacher she was graduating—but still could be awkward.

    jaebum walks into the coffee shop and looks around, smiling as he finds the younger girl sitting near the window. he finds himself sitting across her after getting a coffee for himself and places the cup on the table. “annyeong” he surprises her, waving his hand. “it’s been a while, huh, seungyeon-sshi?”

[jbxhgd]

love will remember

& @hgdxseunghoon​ —

    he’s late to class and runs down the stairs with his backpack in one hand. it’s a cold morning and he forgot to take a better jacket, but at this point he really doesn’t care. he’d run to class anyways, he doubt he’d feel cold till the moment he needed to go back home.

    soon, he’s running. his routine is all wrong just because he went to sleep too late last night. having just a few hours to rest, he ended up not hearing his alarm. jaebum barely watches his way as he runs, only avoiding to bump onto random people—once that would only take more of his time.

    yet, he runs into someone. once running, he almost fall on his face, but he got to balance himself before looking up at however it is, ready to apologize quickly and continue his way. but that’s pretty impossible now.

[jbxhgd]

keep each other company

& @hgdxcl —

    he walks beside her on the street, quietly and unsure of what to tall her. his hand brushes hers time or another, as he is still unsure of grabbing hers like he did once. they weren’t a couple, not even close to be one—but they pretended once, and the feelings that created were more real than it was supposed to.

    jaebum takes a look at her as they walk together. after that hug, that took him several minutes to pull away, he didn’t find much words to tell her besides the question “can i walk you home?”. there were so many questions in his head and none of them were good enough to be asked on the first moment they’ve found each other.

    holding his breath a little, he takes her hand into his, her fingers between his. he needs to talk. he needs to know more about her. with that in mind, his first good question pops up in his head. “what have you been doing since then? is everything better now?”