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yoon sanghyuk. 23 + bookshop owner.

[yoonhyvk]

XIAOSI‌.

––––––– 「   as the afternoon stretched into lake evening, xiaosi had been perfectly content to waste the time away with the other man, letting a comfortable silence blanket the air around him. he looked up from his notebook when he heard sanghyuk start to speak, eyes wide as he listened and was hit by how sincere his friend’s words were.   “   oh, um, of course,   ”   xiaosi nodded, trying to hide how it caught him off guard. he wasn’t used to anyone wanting to take care of him, or look out for him at all  ––  and as much as he wanted to let that lessen how tightly he kept his guard up all of the time, it really just made the pit in his stomach sink more, knowing that he wasn’t being completely honest with sanghyuk about his life.   “   i doubt i’m ever going to murder someone, hyuk.   ”   xiaosi felt himself let out a soft bout of laughter,   “   but i suppose i’ll keep that in mind.   ”    」

     “  i didn’t mean it like  that  ,  ”  sanghyuk says  ,  and  god  ,  xiaosi reminds him so much of his brother  .  the younger yoon had said much the  same  —  and  ,  sanghyuk thinks bitterly  ,  technically  he wasn’t  wrong  .  but if hyuk can keep xiaosi from the  same  tragedies  ,  maybe his  guilt  will fade  .  “  i just  —  meant that you can  trust  me  ,  you can tell me  anything  .  even that you’re a wanted criminal  —  i’m not saying you  are  or ever  will be  ,  but–  anything  ,  no matter  how  ridiculous  .  ”  he feels  weird  ,  being so  open  with someone  ,  admitting that he  cares  ,  but his fear that  something  will go wrong outweighs the  weirdness  of it  .  “  you’re like a brother to me  ,  i don’t want anything to happen to you  .  ”

[yoonhyvk]

HANEUL‌.

               the   adviser   huffs   and   drums   his   fingertips   on   top   of   the   counter   in   an   almost   impatient   manner  .   he’d   had   some   business   to   attend   to   earlier   which   was   why   he   ran   later  than   expected   to   pick   up   his   purchase  .   haneul   is   not   usually   so   pompous   when   dealing   with   strangers  ,   although   he’s   had   a   long   day   and   just   wanted   to   grab   his   book   and   go   without   the   attitude  .      ❛      you   said   you   close   in   ten   minutes  ,      ❜      he   glances   at   the   clock   on   the   wall  ,      ❛      is   it   really   going   to   take   you   more   than   five   minutes   to   hand   me   something   ?      ❜      he   sighs   before   pulling   out   his   wallet   and   thumbing   through   the   various   cash   and   cards   inside   with   a   lopsided   frown  .      ❛      how   much   do   you   want   ?      ❜

     “  how much do i  want  ?  i wasn’t  asking  for money  !  ”  sanghyuk is  even more  irritated now  ,  wanting nothing more than to get the  entitled  customer  out  of his shop  .  “  it’ll take me  ages  to just  find  the book  ,  let alone scan it and all  that  .  if you come back  tomorrow  i can have it ready as soon as you walk in  ,  it’ll be much faster and  easier  for both of us  .  ”  he’s got a  deadline  to meet  ,  and if he  misses  it he’ll have to stay awake  even longer  ,  which is  really  not something hyuk is  mentally  prepared for right now  .  he sighs  .  “  fine  ,  i’ll go find it  .  next time—  ”  he  sincerely  hopes there’s never a  ‘  next time  ’  —  but just in case  “  —make sure not to show up  right  before closing  .  ”

[yoonhyvk]

WINIFRED‌.

“  ‘ello back at ya’  !  ”  the brunette is currently the personification of alice in wonderland’s cheshire cat as she walks into the bookstore  ,  footsteps as steady and as elegants as her moves when making an entrance in middle of a ballet performance  .  winnie is a sunshine child with a good mood as she walks to the nearest bookshelf   ,  her little grin not even twitching at sanghyuk’s suggestion  .  “  having a good day  ,  yes  ?  ”  she almost giggled when saying that  ,  instead opting to keep it to herself while pulling a certain book out of its place  ,  but only to place it back to venture through another aisle  .  “  i’m looking for this one  ,  big  ,  dumb coding book i saw the other day  .  don’t worry  ,  i will be out in a few  ,  i promise  .  ”

     hyuk  scowls  at the bubbly girl  ,  anger  heightened  by her complete refusal to  take a hint  .  “  if you could wait  this  long to come get it  ,  can’t you also just wait till  tomorrow  ?  ”  he challenges  ,  thoroughly ready to just  physically  throw her out if it comes to it  .  it’s so much  easier  to close the shop quickly when nobody comes in this  late  .  “  the computer-related books are in the  next  row  ,  ”  he advises  ,  hoping she’ll find her book  quickly  so he can close  .  maybe i  should  hire an assistant  ,  hyuk contemplates  ,  but the idea of giving anyone else  control  over his shop is distinctly  unappealing  .  “  if you don’t find it in the next  five  minutes  ,  i’m shutting down the register  .  ”

[yoonhyvk]

HANEUL‌.

               haneul   had   entire   shelves   of   books   in   his   office  ,   most   of   which   being   first   editions   of   classic   literary   reads  .   today  ,   he   was   set   to   have   a   rare   copy   of   the   iliad   delivered   to   sanghyuk’s   store   for   pickup  .   he   knew   of   the   owner’s   personal   ties   to   the   kumiho  ,   however  ,   his   job   was   behind   the   scenes   so   he   managed   to   easily   hide   his   own   affiliation   with   the   crew  .      ❛      i’m   just   here   to   retrieve   something   that   i   ordered  ,      ❜      he   holds   up   a   slip   of   paper   between   his   index   and   middle   finger   with   a   brow   raised  .      ❛      i   appreciate   the   suggestion   but   it’s   already   been   paid   for   and   therefore   belongs   to   me  .      ❜      the   male   walks   closer   to   the   counter   and   waves   the   receipt   around   almost   tauntingly   in   front   of   sanghyuk  .

     sanghyuk runs his business on the basis that it exists to pay his bills and to help him find new reading material  .  on some level  ,  he does  enjoy  running the bookshop  ,  but the whole  customer service  thing has never been his strong point  .  some uppity  rich kid  demanding  their book is on the  lowest  end of his  bucket list  .  “  yeah  ,  yeah  ,  legally  it belongs to you  ,  but that doesn’t mean i’m somehow  obliged  to hand it over  right this instant  .  ”  he rolls his eyes  .  “  come back tomorrow  .  preferably not  right  before closing  .  ”  this level of resistance is possibly slightly  unnecessary  ,  but hyuk is  tired  and has his  other  job after this  ,  and he really just wants to go home and  sleep  .  

[yoonhyvk]

closed starter for @vibrctos

     sanghyuk has very few people whose presence he genuinely enjoys  —  he’s not the most  open  person  ,  so it’s  difficult  for him to get close enough to someone to call them a  friend  .  xiaosi is one of the  few  people that fall into that category  .  the younger  reminds  sanghyuk of his  brother  ,  he thinks  —  young  and  bright  and  full of potential  .  and it doesn’t help when hyuk  misses  his brother so badly  ,  but the rest of the time  ,  xiaosi is a  surrogate  sibling on whom he can shower  love  and  protection  .  

     “  you know if you  ever  need anything  ,  even if it’s just  new  music books  ,  you can tell me  ,  ”  he says  .  “  i’m  always  going to be  here  for you  .  even if you  murder  someone  .  ”  it would be a little  hypocritical  if he wasn’t  ,  given his own  side-job  .

[yoonhyvk]

     sanghyuk is not having a good day  .  that’s not a particularly  difficult  feat for him to manage  ,  given that he’s perpetually either  miserable  or  angry  ,  but he’s dealt with  too many  kumiho members for one day  (  so  ,  somewhere between  one  and  infinity  )  .  and  the books he ordered in  still  haven’t arrived  ,  and the most the postal service can say is  we’re looking into it  .  so when the door to the  small  bookshop swings open  ,  the most he can do is look up and  groan  .  “  shop’s closing in  ten minutes  ,  ”  he calls  ,  trying not to sound  too  disgruntled  .  “  i’d recommend coming back  tomorrow  .  ”  or never  .  but business is business  ,  and the rent for the shop is due  next week  ,  and he’s been  trying  to tone down on the  hired killer  stuff  .  

[yoonhyvk]

     hello  (  again  )  ,  im tessa  ,  my other child is artemis aka grumpy computer nerd brat and this new brat is  yoon sanghyuk  ,  the most frustrating creature on planet earth  .  he’s also a giant ball of angst and i guess i just have a thing for making characters for people to hate  .  i’ll write a starter  /  reply to a starter  /  all of the above  soon  ,  but in the meantime like this to plot  (  although just messaging me either here or on discord would probably be safer than waiting for me to message u first  )  .

( jeon wonwoo, cis male, he/him, 23. ) — i hear that YOON SANGHYUK has been living in seoul for around SEVEN YEARS and works as a BOOKSHOP OWNER. rumor has it, they can be STRAIGHTFORWARD & CAREFUL but also CLOSED-OFF & MASOCHISTIC which is why punches exchanged in unseen spaces, blown-out lightbulbs, broken skin on knuckles and dead houseplants makes me think of them.

BULLET POINTS OR SOMETHING

there’s something slightly tragic about yoon sanghyuk  .  he carries himself as if the weight of the world rests on his shoulders  ,  but he smiles like  angels  are his friends  .  and yet even in his smile  ,  there’s something that says  i am in pain  .

ask him about the picture taped to the cash register of the bookshop  ,  and he’ll go quiet  ,  ask you to hurry up and pay so you can  leave  .  the picture looks like him  ,  but younger and prettier and smiling like the sun  .

sanghyuk is the kind of person you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley at night  ,  because he would never be there without a  reason  ,  and are there any good reasons for that  ?

in simple terms  :  yoon sanghyuk is a bookshop owner  .  yoon sanghyuk also occasionally murders people  .  it helps pay rent  .

sanghyuk’s little brother was a member of the kumiho  .  key word  ,  of course  ,  being  was  .  a simple mistake left him  torn  from this world  ,  and his elder brother  reeling  ,  struggling to pick up the pieces  .

he was  angry  .  at the world  ,  at the police  ,  at the kumiho  ,  at his  brother  .  the loss ate him alive  .  and so he sought  revenge  ,  left the guilty officer  writhing  in a dark forgotten corner  .

he is still angry  ,  still bitter  ,  still trying to  find  his brother’s body  .  he has not moved on  .  how can he  ,  when  anyone  who knows of his brother’s death  refuses  to tell him the  truth  ?  

WANTED PLOTS

...  what if his brother is alive  ...  please  ...  give me family angst  ...  im begging u

members of the kumiho that he bugs the most  (  either just bullying them out of the shop or actively trying to get info out of them abt what might have happened to his bro  )

“  we had a relationship but then you’re part of the heist crew my brother died for so i broke up with u but i still like u i think um help  ???  ”

n e thing angsty  please  .