the image of the grim reaper comes from one of the darkest periods in human history – the black death. the grim reaper is always shown in a large black cloak, a skeletal face and hands, glowing eyes, and a scythe.
he put on a black backsnap cap, slipped into a t-shirt and jeans and breathed out. it was unusual for grim to wear comfortable, casual clothes like this, as he usually prefered to be seen in formal clothes. and even as grim he usually wore black leather gloves and a coat or a leather jacket. it was more than obvious that his prefered colour was black. it was rare for others to see him in white shirts or other coloured clothes.
picking up his bingo book, he looked at the photo once again, memorizing it, before he took off. grim was awakened, but this time he wasn't here to kill, but to tail a target. casually walking through the streets he looked around, pretending to be just an ordinary guy on his way home or on a walk to some convenience store to buy ramen and kimchi. people passed by, nobody seemed suspicious of him, despite him wearing all black. in this kind of age it was the usual look, simple, yet strangely chic looking. but that wasn't the reason for him to chose this colour.
black was the colour of his eyes, pitch-black, jet-black like the night he was melting into whenever he was on the hunt. the colour of blood, crimson red melted into that very colour, whenever he started to fight and to kill. it hid the stains left behind by his targets as well as the wounds on his body. black was the colour of the grim reaper, the eponym of his alias and personification of death, that very death he was almost certainly brought, whenever he set his eyes on a prey. dohwan was a creature of the night and the black coat he wore, like the cloak of the reaper himself, allowed him, the hitman to hide in the shadows, menacing the victims beyond their sight.
i always think of you before i fall asleep, the words you said, the way you looked.
the things we laughed about, the silent moments we shared. and when i dream,
i’ll dream of you. because it’s about you. it’s always about you.
one, midnight.
i. LEAVE A LIGHT ON ( ACOUSTIC ) / TOM WALKER
tell me what's been happening, what's been on your mind. lately you've been searching for a darker place to hide, that's alright. but if you carry on abusing, you'll be robbed from us. I refuse to lose another friend to drugs. just come home, don't let go.
( 💌 ) please. I know I’ve sent over twenty texts but please... just reply. please let me know you’re okay. your grandma said you weren’t home. where are you? come home. come to mine. come to me. please.
DELIVERED 2:33 AM ✔️
ii. BLACKOUT / FREYA RIDINGS
if you would've just let me in, who knows what could've been? they tell me to forget, but I don't want to. your face is all I seem to see. how can I blackout you?
( 💌 ) I can’t stop worrying about you
SAVE TO DRAFTS? NO
( 💌 ) let me in. I know you’re home, I can see your light on. you don’t have to do this alone. I’m always here. let me take care of you.
CAS IS TYPING...
iii. HUMAN / DODIE FEAT. TOM WALKER
I want to give you your grin. so tell me you can't bear a room that I'm not in. paint me in trust, I'll be your best friend. call me the one. this night just can't end.
( 📞 ) “you can’t call me your best friend for the first time over text, asshole! I want to hear you say it out lo—”
DISCONNECTED ❌
iv. LET YOU LOVE ME ( ACOUSTIC ) / RITA ORA
I should've stayed with you last night instead of going out to find trouble. that's just trouble (yeah). I think I run away sometimes, whenever I get too vulnerable. that's not your fault.
( 💌 ) are you pushing me away? am I too annoying? don’t you want to spend time with me anymore? why do you always stand me up...
SAVE TO DRAFTS? NO
v. SOS ( ACOUSTIC ) / COREY GRAY
can you hear me? s.o.s. help me put my mind to rest.
( 📞 ) “just talk to me, cas. keep talking to me while I come to you. don’t disappear on me or I swear to god...”
ACCEPT VIDEO CALL? YES
two, dawn.
i. ONE / LEWIS CAPALDI
you don't know what you got till it's gone, know when it's right till it's wrong. in search of perfect when you had it with you all along. you broke her heart down with ease. now I'm pickin' up every piece. you must be so hard to please.
( 💌 ) I’m so glad I told you about everything — about seulgi, about my dad, about how I felt. you always seem to have the right words to make everything better. I always thought he loved me and even when I didn’t, a part of me still couldn’t accept it. you have no idea how much it meant to hear it from someone else. from you. thank you. goodnight, cas. sleep well ❤️
DELIVERED 1:56 AM ✔️
ii. DON’T DESERVE YOU / PLUMB
I don't deserve your love, but you give it to me anyway. can't get enough, you're everything I need. and when I walk away, take off running and come right after me. it's what you do, and I don't deserve you.
( 📞 ) “sounds like a shitty day... wanna get pizza and watch a movie? today doesn’t have to be all bad, you know. what do you want? I’ll order while you ride over here. safely. don’t you dare go fast or get distracted.”
CALL DURATION: 23 MINUTES
iii. BROKEN / JESS GLYNNE
you always have the words that never let me down, let me down. always make me laugh somehow. you tell me don't worry when I've done wrong. it's something that I'll never know; how you can love someone so broken, so right? 'cause all I ever wanted was a little bit of paradise.
( 📞 ) “you know you’re not as bad as you seem to think you are, right? you think I don’t know you help the elderly cross the street and I bet you even save kittens, too. you can’t fool me. don’t give me none of this ‘bad to be around’ shit; we’ve been over this, cas. I’m right beside you, no matter what.”
VIDEO CALL DURATION: 1 HOUR, 6 MINUTES
iv. HERE WITH ME ( ACOUSTIC ) / DANIEL ROBINSON
can I tell you something just between you and me? when I hear your voice, I know I'm finally free. every single word is perfect as it can be and I need you here with me. when you lift me up, I know that I'll never fall. I can speak to you by saying nothing at all. every single time, I find it harder to breathe, 'cause I need you here with me.
( 💌 ) are you busy? can you call me? I’m sorry I’m a pain. I had a nightmare... don’t come over. it’s too late and too far, but... I need you.
BIG BIRD IS CALLING... 📞
v. INTERTWINED / DODIE
skin, heat, hair in your mouth. feet touching feet. oh, you and I, safe from the world, though the world will try. oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain, but we can stay here and laugh away the fear.
( 💌 ) when you’re with me, I feel like I can take on the world.
BAD BOI IS TYPING...
vi. SAY YOU WON’T LET GO / CHLARA
I met you in the dark, you lit me up. you made me feel as though I was enough. we danced the night away, we drank too much. I held your hair back when you were throwing up.
( 📞 ) “hey. this is... a voicemail. you’re asleep in the next room but I want you to hear this when you wake up before you think about leaving or... feeling bad. I’d do this a million times over to know you’re safe. the only hard part of this for me is seeing the sadness in your eyes but the joy when it’s all over... it’s so worth it. so don’t you dare worry about me. you’re everything I need. I hope you slept well. your snores give me the impression that you are, but... heh. see you soon.”
DISCONNECTED ❌
vii. WALK IN THE SUN / MCFLY
I wonder what it's like to fly so high, or to breathe under the sea. I wonder if some day I'll be good with goodbyes. but I'll be okay if you come along with me.
( 💌 ) if you went away, would you take me with you?
L(OSER)OML IS CALLING... 📞
viii. TIGHTROPE / MICHELLE WILLIAMS
hand in my hand and we promised to never let go. we're walking the tightrope. high in the sky, we can see the whole world down below. we're walking the tightrope. never sure, never know how far we could fall. but it's all an adventure that comes with a breathtaking view. walking the tightrope.
( 💌 ) are you doing it? are you looking at the stars? aren’t they pretty? next time we can’t sleep, we should go out on your bike somewhere quiet and watch the stars. is that okay? is it too much?
DELIVERED 2:07 AM ✔️
ix. DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF / NATALIE & BEN WOODWARD
don't be so hard on yourself, no. learn to forgive, learn to let go. everyone trips, everyone falls. so don't be so hard on yourself, no.
( 📞 ) “you always tell me all the shit I went through wasn’t my fault, so when are you going to see that yours wasn’t your fault either? what happened with your family... that’s not on you, cas. just like mine. we both have to learn to be kinder to ourselves. you taught me that.”
CALL DURATION: 1 HOUR, 37 MINUTES
x. HERE COMES THE SUN / JACOB COLLIER FEAT. DODIE
little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting. little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear. here comes the sun. here comes the sun, and I say it's all right.
( 💌 ) my heart skips a beat when you call me sunshine.
SAVE TO DRAFTS? YES
three, daylight.
i. WOULD YOU BE SO KIND / DODIE
oh would you be so kind, as to fall in love with me, you see, I'm trying. I know you know that I like you, but that's not enough. so if you will, please fall in love. I think it's only fair, there's gotta be some butterflies somewhere. wanna share? 'cause I like you, but that's not enough. so if you will, please fall in love with me.
( 💌 ) when are you going to fall in love with me, huh? asshole...
DELIVERED 7:18 PM ✔️
PHONE SHUTTING DOWN... ARE YOU SURE? YES
ii. KISS ME ( LIVE ACOUSTIC ) / THE MACARONS PROJECT
kiss me out of the bearded barley. nightly, beside the green, green grass. swing, swing, swing the spinning step. you'll wear those shoes and I will wear that dress.
( 📞 ) “did you really mean it? about my first kiss? you’re sure it’s not weird that I haven’t had it yet? isn’t it corny wanting to wait for the right guy?”
ACCEPT VIDEO CALL? YES
iii. I DON’T CARE ( ACOUSTIC ) / ED SHEERAN
'cause I don't care when I'm with my baby, yeah. all the bad things disappear and you're making me feel like maybe I am somebody. I can deal with the bad nights when I'm with my baby, yeah.
( 📞 ) “well, of course I make you happy. I’m me. but... hearing it makes me happy, too. I was always so trapped, but you make me feel free. it’s good to know that you feel the same.”
CALL DURATION: 57 MINUTES
iv. NEVER SEEN ANYTHING “QUITE LIKE YOU” ( ACOUSTIC ) / THE SCRIPT
when it's right it's more than right, ‘cause you feel it more than feel. I could take this moment now right into the grave with me.
( 💌 ) I know we did... basically nothing all day but... today was perfect. more than perfect. thank you ❤️
SWEETER THAN HONEY IS CALLING... 📞
v. ALL MY LOVE / GEORGE EZRA
all my love is yours. all my time is ours. all my reckless dreams and all my restless hours. no matter where you go, baby, I'll be there. no matter where you go, baby, I'll be there, I'll be there.
( 💌 ) so about that summer wedding...
BEACH BABE IS TYPING...
vi. I REALLY LIKE YOU / CARLY RAE JEPSEN
who gave you eyes like that, said you could keep them? I don’t know how to act or if I should be leavin'. I'm running outta time, going outta my mind. I need to tell you something, yeah, I need to tell you something, yeah. I really really really really really really like you, and I want you, do you want me, do you want me too?
( 💌 ) I really!!! like you!!! really like!!! I want to marry you one day kind of like!!! and I don’t know how much longer I can hold it in!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! please kill or kiss me!!! I don’t mind either way!!!!!!!!
SAVE TO DRAFTS? YES
vii. I BELIEVE / JONAS BROTHERS
every night, every day, how about every lifetime? yeah, I know what they say, and that's fine. 'cause I'm here to stay through the good and the bad times. babe, you send me to space and you're mine, yeah.
( 📞 ) “you and me? forever? you’re sure? you know that means you’re stuck with me, right? no matter what? you definitely want that?”
CALL DURATION: 2 HOURS, 14 MINUTES
viii. ALL ABOUT YOU / MCFLY
yesterday you asked me something I thought you knew. so I told you with a smile its all about you. then you whispered in my ear and you told me, too. said you made my life worthwhile, it’s all about you.
( 📞 ) “why are you laughing? it’s just a question! what if you have other girls you want to spend time with! I m-mean— other friends!”
ACCEPT VIDEO CALL? YES
ix. ANYWHERE WITH YOU IS HOME / KHS, SAM TSUI & ALYSON STONER
oh and I'll go wherever the wind blows, just as long as you are by my side. and I'll be wherever this road leads, just as long as you are here tonight. anywhere with you is home.
( 💌 ) you would? you’d take me with you? just say the word. where do you want to go first?
MR WORLDWIDE 🌍 IS TYPING...
x. ABSOLUTELY SMITTEN / DODIE
did you just whisper in her ear? words she only dreamed to hear? pretty lady, look at how he's smiling, I think he likes you! and it's too late, you believe in fate, you're absolutely smitten, you'll never let her go.
( 📞 ) “yeah, I’m smitten with you. so what? it’s not like you can blame me. hang on, someone’s at the door... who’s knocking at this time of ni— cas?”
DISCONNECTED ❌
a solo detailing your muse’s first day on the job.
seoul. three years ago.
Sungki had just finished his probation and received a first official assignment. He was to be assisting in a murder case as an officer. He received the file and his instructions and told to report to the detective in charge. Unluckily for him, the detective in charge of the murder case was someone Sungki knew reasonably well. The man was one of his father's coworker's but made it well known that he didn't like the idea of Sungki as a child joining his father on the cases, claiming that it was terrible for a child to see such things.
The man always hated him and now Sungki had to work under him. The detective was Jung Hyunjoon and Sungki feared working under the man. He approached the detective at his desk. "Detective Jung. I'm your new assistant," he said, introducing himself politely. He bowed respectfully before hesitantly staring at the man, awaiting his job classification.
For a long time, Sungki had wanted to be a detective, so of course, he'd be put to assist the best detective in the department even if the man hated him. The older man looked at him annoyed. "Yes, yes, I know who you are. Still can't believe that you managed to make it this far," he stated. Sungki straightened. "No, sir. I worked hard on where I am and I assure you, despite my pretty face, I am an entirely capable officer. I finished near the top of the class." he said, aiming to make an impression of some sort. Jung Hyunjoon laughed loudly as though the mere thought was funny. "Alright. Prove it. You're assigned to Forensics, which means you're going to be going back and forth between the CSI lab and the office, bringing evidence for checking," he stated. That would keep this upstart from the case.
Sungki nodded and with a solid “Yes, sir,” rushed off to his job classification. He hadn’t realized that this meant a lot of desk duty rather than fieldwork. He wanted to do more but he wouldn’t be allowed. Maybe, if he solved the case single-handedly, maybe that would show something to that awful detective. He began reading the case files in more detail, and something felt off about the case. Maybe it was the strange sense of familiarity, like he had seen something like this before, or maybe this strange feeling that they weren’t looking at the right clues. He spent a lot of time gazing at the clues and the details when it suddenly hit him why it was so familiar...
The case reminded him of a similar situation when he first joined the academy. His dad had been working on a murder case at the time, and it bore strange similarities to this one. Maybe he got released. There was a lack of evidence five years ago, but he was pretty sure this was the same person. It was a lot messier though. But this was only the first day. He could figure out more tomorrow...
(The case did get solved by Sungki. Turns out his hunch was correct. )