( ✧ . ✲ 덬 ( @sxmdeok ) !! ➡ 근원 )
The request was rather odd and out of nowhere, but he wasn’t someone to turn something like this down. And so he raised his hand to hold hers, smiling sweetly, wondering what was wrong. “Woah, your hand is so soft!”
she was rarely one for public skinship - for the one thing that scares her the most as far as her career is concerned is being caught up in a scandal. more often than not, she knows, they tend to evaporate with time ... until some event of a more scandalous value takes place and imprisons everyone’s attention. but even then, she wants to keep her reputation as clean as she can. she isn’t like her thicker-skinned peers who can handle, or perhaps even find amusement in, being talked about so religiously; in fact, her anxiety is so severe that just thinking about it makes her throat tighter.
thankfully, the gesture that could be distorted as having some sort of romantic intent is just between the two of them ... almost. yorae had somehow succeeded in dragging deok to a book signing with her - god knows she couldn’t go to this kind of event on her own, or she’d embarrass herself right into her grave. the author of one of her favorite books is right there, about ten people away from her. she can see her face. the vocalist’s lips press into a nervous line behind the surgical mask doing its damnedest to conceal her identity - after all, she had publicly recommended the book a few months ago, and beyond that, there was always a chance that a fan is in the vicinity. not that she detests being recognized, but she doesn’t want the attention to be shifted to her. she didn’t write the book, after all.
“deok, what do i do? what do i say? what if i say something stupid when it’s my turn?” she frets, grasping his hand gently. his compliment registers in her mind, then, and distractedly, she giggles, “thanks! i got this new lotion and i really like it, it smells like apple slices -” another person moves and the line progresses, thus her worry returns.
“오모 ... i’m going to need the biggest bowl of ramen ever, after this.”