#thread:han

[hanverses]

@yeseuul

Han scrolls down his contact list with the remaining strength in him. He sits down on the bench after the doctor confirmed the death of the old lady, and Han can't stop the tears running down his face. There are not many people he can call and trust enough, but a name stops him from scrolling down the names. He taps the button and presses the phone against his ear. The monotone dial tone rings, and his head spins from crying too much.

[hanverses]

Twenty

a thread with @memseni (Harin)

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Meeting someone new after his last break up had not been an urgent matter on Han’s agenda. It was traumatizing nor noxious, a delightful kind of love even that Han often thought he didn’t deserve the amount of affection she gave unconditionally. People say you shouldn't take things for granted, and up to some point, Han might have become dependent on that kind of comfort. It faltered as unhurried as how the season changed, natural and inevitable. So when the opportunity to meet someone knew came to his door, it took Han a while to realize he has been single for months now. Works and new opportunities had been taking most of his time which was the only reasonable excuse he could give whenever his friends asked him to go back socializing. 

The ‘stop being boring and bring back the old Han we know’ comment fumed him a little. 

So when the sun was up on the next day, he was already on his way to the meeting point of a cafe he had never heard before. It seemed the neighborhood had made minor changes, yet enough to fascinate him how much it had opened up to different stores and constructions. According to the map, the cafe was hidden far from the main street, only accessible through smaller roads where fewer people passing by. It was rather unusual for Han to walk around that side of the block as if it opened up to different universe he barely visited before. He checked on his device again and made sure the board sign hanging ten feet away from the road was the right place he was heading to. He took a deep breath and entered the cafe.

It was quite empty even though the time was close to lunchtime, but from the number of seats he counted when Han walked in, it seemed it was not an ideal place for a heavy meal. There were only a few sets of tables with 4 seats on each one, clustered on different corners in the room. He looked around, to see if the person he was supposed to meet that day already arrived. There was a middle-aged woman with her puppy in one corner, but Han didn’t think his friends would prank him to meet up with an older lady. Another person with long black hair down to her shoulders was sitting deep into the room; if he didn’t catch her making a light move, Han would think he was seeing a ghost.

He clutched the bag strap on his shoulder tighter and proceeded to greet the lady. “Excuse me,” he said. “Are you, by any chance, Harin-ssi?”

[hanverses]

@ofblacksuits / “you okay?”

Dominic blinks, looking up as he hears the other address him. “Yeah, I’m fine.” Really, who’s fine these days? “I’m okay. Just…a bit cloudy upstairs.”

Han moves closer and looks up to the sky as a joke. “Goodness, I don’t know what’s happen to you but if it’s cloudy and about to rain, I should’ve brought an umbrella.” He lets a silent filling in the space between them for a moment. “Okay that’s a bad joke, don’t fight me--”

[hanverses]

the first record

@yeseuul

In one corner in front of the subway station, Han is probing on his new camera while waiting for Yeseul to show up. They agreed to give the dog cafe a try--using Bomi as an excuse so she could make a new friend--so Han could practice on his interest in video making with the device given by a friend a few months ago. Hoping from one cafe to another had become his hobby at some point, and somehow the idea of recording the atmosphere has come into his mind. This would be an attempt to channel his creativity since being active in social media might give him additional income.

Han has to squat down just so Bomi, the puppy, can give a better look at what he’s doing with the camera setting. “Look, Bomi. This is how you do it. Do you think we can get some great footages?” The puppy wags its tail. “I think so too. Let’s do our best today!”