Minho imagines what it feels to see the difference between red and green. He wonders if blue has a violent sort of appearance, wonders how black looks when it isn’t so often subdued by the millions of shades of gray to already exist. Minho has always wondered this; it is likely the reason why the walls of his apartment are lined with artwork to the point that he is running out of space. He wakes up every morning and is soothed by their presence—he can only imagine what it will be like to wake up one day and be able to see what they truly hold. ( That promise comes with plenty; it also comes with promise of finding his soulmate, the inevitable which waits for him somewhere in the future. It’s a good thing Minho is good at dealing with uncertainty, because there is plenty of it in this world of theirs. )
But it’s true, he’s running out of room in his walls to put up artwork and has been thinking of a solution for this. The solution he reaches is—why not a different form of art? Sculpture making had come to mind, and Minho had researched some places for him to visit in the arts district with that goal in mind. He had been making his way to the third pick he had chosen, actually, when his feet had slowed in the passing of this shop. It was a pottery studio, not exactly what he had set out to look for– -but something had called to him, had his feet moving before he could question why.
The doorbell chimed sweetly at his arrival, and his footsteps were slow as he made his way into the door. His curious eyes were already roaming, drinking in everything that lay from top to bottom in the studio with an almost greedy sort of curiosity, the smile settling instinctually on his lips one of joyed satisfaction at having found a place like this. ( Perhaps it wouldn’t be a problem after all that he was running out of wall space; Minho still had plenty of empty surfaces to decorate with these gems. ) It was when the voice spoke that his gaze finally broke from its venture and turned to the man in front of him
- –And then, everything bloomed. If he had been inhaling a breath, it got stuck in his chest for a moment as color bled in beautiful, sweet around the edges of the face that held his attention. Wow. It was a lot to take in, but Minho was having a hard time focusing on anything other than the smiling face in front of him. The smile that had been slipping onto his face before, broke out into something bigger, something indulgent. “Hi,” He finally replied, the breath he had been holding breathing out as his shoulders eased some, gaze blinking, but unwilling to move from the man’s face. “You’re…” He tried, though the words died on his lips, being eaten alive by a smile that seemed to grow even wider, something dopey about it—something so sincere. “Hi.” Minho repeats, for lack of processing, but a wish to speak, to communicate.
It’s that same tinkling of the door that snaps him out of it, the padded footsteps of another customer wandering in finally breaking him from his reverie. He doesn’t know where to start, doesn’t know where to even look—but he doesn’t quite want to look away just yet. “– -Minho. I’m, I’m Minho.” He offers, finally, brain kicking somewhat into pace and offering a greeting other than the ‘hi’ he had already repeated twice.
Waking up this morning, Kyuchul had expected for it to be like most other days that he had- wake up, go to to shop to sell and create some new pieces, come back home, eat too much for dinner, and eventually fall asleep on his couch while in the middle of a show. It was a little boring and it was definitely a routine, but it was what fit for him and the life that he was living. But what hadn’t been squeezed into his plans for the day was the factor that he would end up seeing the greens and tans that his studio were painted, or seeing the bright pinks of the posters on his ad board by the front door, or seeing the warm, deep brown color of this particular customer’s eyes.
Then again though, could anyone really plan when they were going to meet their soulmate? Because if he had known that it was going to be happening today, he definitely would have washed his hair this morning.
At the repeated greeting coming from the other man, the smile just grew on Kyuchul’s face, mostly out of the fact that even he wasn’t really able to find the words for anything intelligent right now either. At least another customer opening up the door was enough to snap both of them out whatever... spell had washed over both of them. Even if Kyuchul didn’t pull his gaze away to greet this new customer walking in. And thinking of such a thing... right. Greetings.
“I’m Chul. Uh- Kyuchul, actually. Not that it really matters. I guess. You can call me whichever,” he explained with a small laugh, feeling the tips of his ears get a little hot. He’d read about it plenty but what ever was the proper etiquette for finally meeting one’s soulmate, anyways?
And as much as he knew that it was probably not good business sense, Kyuchul suddenly could only think about closing up early today and spending it sitting somewhere with Minho and just talking, getting to know him. Even if he didn’t know what Minho’s other plans for the day held already. Which really, while the other customer in his shop was browsing around, he wanted to find out just what exactly. “So... how’re you?” He finally asked, another small grin finding home on his face. He couldn’t help it, honestly.