about me: call me scarlett !! 02 liner, 21 years old, she/her pronouns, college student, asian-american, speaks english and mandarin, zumblrnet writer <3
rules for requesting (please read): i will only write for hyung line (jiwoong, zhang hao, hanbin, matthew, taerae), as well as ricky and gyuvin. i truly do love them all, but i will not write for gunwook or yujin because i'm not comfortable doing so due to the age gap i have with them. also, i am not comfortable writing suggestive content for ricky and gyuvin, but will gladly write fluff and angst about them!
synopsis ; grim reaper hanbin always appears at one’s last moment. that’s just who he is. he never wondered on how it’s like to be alive. but after certain few deaths in a row, he notices how the reader is always nearby, as if they are a sign of death too. curious, he starts to observe you. but what happens when he starts to wonder on how it feels to be alive?
genre ; angst, grim reaper!hanbin, death x life, deaths, not sure if it should count but i read the book thief a couple of years ago and i am not so sure if you can consider this to be inspired by that
pairings ; hanbin x reader
word count ; 1.8k words
“time of death, 10:43am. cause of death, heart failure.”
hanbin was a grim reaper, always appearing at one’s last moment. some might say you are lucky if you see him though, that gorgeous face being one of the last things you will see before you move on.
hanbin was at a children’s hospital, reading out little notes about the passed one. hanbin, who typically doesn’t feel emotions, has one weak spot which was towards kids who died too young or those who died unfairly. so he made one exception for them. he would allow them to appear in their loved ones’ dream for one final goodbye before he accompanies them to the after life.
in front of him now, in the ward, was a translucent soul of the child that just passed. upon her passing, her parents were in the room, sitting down, crying and stunned. the child looks at them, calling out mom and dad but they could not hear her.
it was a regular occurrence for hanbin, this was something he saw almost every single day. but his heart aches for the little girl.
hanbin bends down to reach the child’s eye level. she was just seven.
“kiddo,” he start to say. “do you want to talk to your mom and dad one last time?”
the child looks at him, all confused. “i’m not … seeing them anymore?”
hanbin shook his head, giving a soft smile. “i’m letting you see them one more time. you should have a chance at goodbyes. you want that, don’t you?”
the child nods, a little confused but she so desperately wanted to talk to her parents again. hanbin smiles at her, giving a soft pat on her shoulder. he leaves the room momentarily, letting the child look at her parents in privacy.
about to leave the room, the door opens, stumbling into the room and coming into face to face with him. of course, you could not see him. processing the scene in front of you, you apologised for the interruption. you had a bag with you and looked through it, before taking out a bag of oranges and a packet of dumplings, handing it to the grieving parents.
hanbin stared at you, looking at what you were doing. as far as he knew, you were a stranger. you had no ties to the family. hanbin knew he should have paid no attention to you. you were just a regular passer-by who stumbled into the wrong room. but yet for some reason, he was a little intrigued by you.
but he couldn’t figure out why.
“time of death, 12:58pm. cause of death, car accident.”
hanbin was now in the middle of the road, standing beside a car accident. the translucent soul of a middle-aged man was standing right in front of him. hanbin clicked his tongue in annoyance. “were you drinking?”
the middle-aged man shook his head. “what, no!” he denies, looking around the scene. he sees his lifeless body in the driver’s seat. he turns to look at hanbin, his already translucent soul getting even paler. “wait … are you-“
hanbin cuts him off, rolling his eyes. “don’t lie to me,” he said, his anger levels rising. there’s one thing that hanbin hated the most and that was careless people. those who risked the lives of others. “you were drinking in the middle of the day and even though you were clearly drunk, you still drove?”
the middle-aged man start to protest, disagreeing. even after death, he still had pride on the line.
hanbin puts his hand out, cutting his words off. “i’m not hearing it,” hanbin says. “you should be thankful you are the only one dead and not anyone else-“
hanbin stops talking as he looks over to the bystanders gathering on the side of the road. he spots you, again. this was the second time he had seen you in a day. the second death you witnessed.
“what now?” the man asked, desperate. “can i at least see my wife again-“
“no.”
hanbin looks at you one more time, wondering what would you do. he sees you calling for an ambulance and running towards the car, trying to drag the lifeless body of the soul that was in front of him out of the car. hanbin was confused about you. why would you do that? no one else was doing anything, why were you so different?
“time of death, 4:14pm. cause of death, fire.”
hanbin turns to another person.
“time of death, 4:16pm. cause of death, fire.”
this time, it was a whole group of souls he had to accompany. a fire broke out at an office building and even though there were more casualties than deaths, it was still much more than one. the fire was still ongoing, so the number of souls he had to accompany was only going to get bigger and bigger.
while gathering all the confused souls, he spots you in the crowd, again. what is this? he thought. why are you everywhere? everywhere you went, you left a trail of death behind.
hanbin, confused, looks at you once more. intrigued on what you would do. then, as if you had no bright idea ever in your life, you made a run into the burning building. hanbin was shocked. what the-?
without even thinking much, he ran after you. he followed you into the building. he was a grim reaper, he couldn’t be killed twice. the fires had no effect on him. he lost sight of you but he searched the entire building, looking for you. was this how you both will officially meet? with your stupid idea of running into a burning building?
then, he hears a cough from the distance. he headed towards the sound, wondering whether it was you or another possible casualty. he sees you in a distance, carrying someone on your back. hanbin, looks at you confused. you were willing to risk your life to save another? he felt a sudden surge of anger. how could you be so careless? why did you care about another person’s life more than your own? especially since it was a stranger.
he watched you struggle but before the fire went even bigger, you and the person you saved made it out. alive.
despite all the confused souls of the dead wandering around, hanbin could not take his eyes off you. who are you?
hanbin put his duties aside. he has worked for over hundreds of years. he should have some time off. he have only existed for the pure purpose of accompanying people to the afterlife. but now, he was quietly following you from behind.
he wasn’t a stalker or anything, he was just intrigued by you. and hanbin was almost certain that something may happen to you so he wanted to be there as soon as you passed, not because he wanted to prevent it from happening.
he follows you into your apartment. and even though you could not see him at all, hanbin stayed at the balcony so that he was out of your way. he observed you from the balcony. he looks at how you start to prepare your own food, how you start to play some music, how you stopped making food momentarily just to dance along to the music. he looks at how you start singing alone, completely ignoring the food you were cooking.
hanbin cringed a bit, he could sense the food was getting burnt. but he forgets all about it, looking at how you dance to the music. you made the moves look effortless, hanbin was already more intrigued by you. you had witnessed multiple deaths on that very day, and yet, somehow, you made sure you had something to look forward to.
hanbin stays at the balcony, eyeing you carefully. you were different from everyone he had seen so far.
and he hoped you stayed that way.
hanbin was back on your balcony, looking at how you were crying over a tv show. humans were always a symbol of worthless to him. humans do the same things over and over again and most often, they die with a meaningless death, leaving a meaningless life behind. but yet you were so different. he has watched you laugh, cry, be angry and be so, so happy. how did you do it?
this became a regular occurrence. hanbin would fulfil his grim reaper duties throughout the day but by the evening, he was on your balcony, observing you. at times when you were out, he would follow you from afar, just in case you died.
he had follow you to little hang outs with your friends, seeing how you smile and laugh with them. for once, he loved seeing your smile. he probably has the way you smile memorised into his head already. it was the way you brighten up the room with your presence alone, managing to bring a smile on hanbin’s face too.
seeing the way you live your life, hanbin had a thought. what if he was alive? how would that feel? would he be like you too, helping everyone and making everyone smile? but hanbin was okay with still being a grim reaper. he got to see how you live your life. he saw the way you were so happy with just being alive. and with that, he was content.
hanbin was content that he, the grim reaper, was falling in love with life.
hanbin watches you get into the car after a hangout with your friend. this has now being going a months. he fell for life, and a part of him desperately wishes he was alive. he had never wanted to be alive before meeting you. and yet you, you were something.
he kept telling himself that he is only watching you in case you die and he should be there right at that moment. he could not afford to have a lost soul roaming around the streets. that would end up making you a ghost.
as you drive off, hanbin felt a gut-wrenching pain. oh no.
it was time.
hanbin knew he should not argue against the higher-ups, but he could not let you die. no. he had to stop it. out of everyone, you did not deserve it.
hanbin tries again and again to manifest something, but his abilities just stopped at accompanying those to the afterlife.
he could not change what’s already decided.
but that doesn’t meant he shouldn’t try.
he quickly follows your car, trying to harness any power in him to stop anything that could cause your death. hanbin simply won’t allow it to happen. not you. anyone but you-
he saw it. he witnessed everything. he sees you. and you-
saw him?
“time of death—” hanbin starts to say against his will. “—12:04am, cause of death, car accident.” his voice was soft.
why, out of everyone, did it have to be you? why did he, the grim reaper, have to fall for you?
death and life can’t mix. and even though you were dead, you still had the shot of being alive. but him?
he was the grim reaper, who is never alive, and who can never be alive.
tags. zhang hao x gn! reader. jealousy..? kind of.
( —ㅅ— ) : crode writinf these … zhanf hao be mine. plz .. tbe last one is a text i genuinely received from my best friend literally nothing tops the moment they texted me this liekekenndn just kms this is why im in love with them n no one comes close Ok nye
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ahhh i’d be happy to! thank you for sending in this request anon 😚
again this request was from my old account, im trying to answer as many as i can find!
tarae things ✧˖°🌷📎⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚
ft. you hehe
๑ to start, taerae’s the kind of guy that is never late to respond to texts. he’ll leave his notifications AND his ringer on incase of emergency, but it doubles when you message him so he can respond to your thoughts right away.
๑ designated photographer 📸 can and will capture everyone’s best and worst moments. and if there’s a location he deems worthy, you better believe he’ll be stopping for half an hour until his photo storage is full.
๑ he’s such a gentleman URGHH, very joshua of seventeen-esque. he leaves quite the impression to everyone he meets but when he’s with you/meeting you for the first time he acts so suave, holding the door for you, pulling your chair out, or sending you a dapper smiles in between glances.
๑ on the topic of being a gentlemen, i feel like he’s crazy talented quite naturally (we already know this sof). he naturally adapts to hobbies extremely well.
๑ and if you’re terrible at cooking, don’t worry about it! because taerae can cook too. 😉
๑ he seems like such a momma’s boy, learned nothing but the best from her and it really shows with how gentle and detail-oriented he is around those he’s close with.
๑ remembers every little detail. that necklace you liked in a gift shop window? already packaged for the next upcoming holiday. lost your keys? he’ll specifically remind you that you placed them in one of the grocery bags on the way up to your home.
๑ don’t ask about phone numbers though, he can’t remember those for his life.
๑ the one thing tarae would actually forget is to write in names for peoples numbers. you have to force him to change your contact to “full name” 10 months in because he’d eventually think a scammer hacked his phone. (in conclusion, he’s blocked your number many times)
๑ pet names!! taerae absolutely adores the romantic kinds. baby, sweetheart, honey, but taerae prefers to say them only when he’s with you. Not that he’s embarrassed by it, he simply thinks it’s more meaningful if said in the comfort of your privacy.
๑ besides his glass-shattering pipes (which he has done before) he hums anywhere, at anytime. but not the loud annoying kind. more like the softer, prominent kind where eventually you can’t even hear yourself think.
↑ it’s also always those loveboat-type ballads from like the 70/80’s. he gets updated about current music trends months after they release but still prefers to hum melodies that might very well make you break down in tears.
๑ on the topic of music, you’ll never have to worry about finding new songs ever again, this guy is LOADED with spotify playlists that he’s just urging to send you. you’ll wake up to 8 new artists he followed yesterday… and then he’ll remember to say “oh, good morning sweetheart 😁”
๑ last random thought, i have a feeling he makes cute little animals with paper clips, it’s his go to hobby. and he’ll just leave them all around the house for you to find :)
ahhh i’d be happy to! thank you for sending in this request anon 😚
again this request was from my old account, im trying to answer as many as i can find!
tarae things ✧˖°🌷📎⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚
ft. you hehe
๑ to start, taerae’s the kind of guy that is never late to respond to texts. he’ll leave his notifications AND his ringer on incase of emergency, but it doubles when you message him so he can respond to your thoughts right away.
๑ designated photographer 📸 can and will capture everyone’s best and worst moments. and if there’s a location he deems worthy, you better believe he’ll be stopping for half an hour until his photo storage is full.
๑ he’s such a gentleman URGHH, very joshua of seventeen-esque. he leaves quite the impression to everyone he meets but when he’s with you/meeting you for the first time he acts so suave, holding the door for you, pulling your chair out, or sending you a dapper smiles in between glances.
๑ on the topic of being a gentlemen, i feel like he’s crazy talented quite naturally (we already know this sof). he naturally adapts to hobbies extremely well.
๑ and if you’re terrible at cooking, don’t worry about it! because taerae can cook too. 😉
๑ he seems like such a momma’s boy, learned nothing but the best from her and it really shows with how gentle and detail-oriented he is around those he’s close with.
๑ remembers every little detail. that necklace you liked in a gift shop window? already packaged for the next upcoming holiday. lost your keys? he’ll specifically remind you that you placed them in one of the grocery bags on the way up to your home.
๑ don’t ask about phone numbers though, he can’t remember those for his life.
๑ the one thing tarae would actually forget is to write in names for peoples numbers. you have to force him to change your contact to “full name” 10 months in because he’d eventually think a scammer hacked his phone. (in conclusion, he’s blocked your number many times)
๑ pet names!! taerae absolutely adores the romantic kinds. baby, sweetheart, honey, but taerae prefers to say them only when he’s with you. Not that he’s embarrassed by it, he simply thinks it’s more meaningful if said in the comfort of your privacy.
๑ besides his glass-shattering pipes (which he has done before) he hums anywhere, at anytime. but not the loud annoying kind. more like the softer, prominent kind where eventually you can’t even hear yourself think.
↑ it’s also always those loveboat-type ballads from like the 70/80’s. he gets updated about current music trends months after they release but still prefers to hum melodies that might very well make you break down in tears.
๑ on the topic of music, you’ll never have to worry about finding new songs ever again, this guy is LOADED with spotify playlists that he’s just urging to send you. you’ll wake up to 8 new artists he followed yesterday… and then he’ll remember to say “oh, good morning sweetheart 😁”
๑ last random thought, i have a feeling he makes cute little animals with paper clips, it’s his go to hobby. and he’ll just leave them all around the house for you to find :)
— i genuinely think zhang hao would get jealous very easily
— and boy is he scary when he is jealous
— like he wouldn't even try to hide or tone down his expressions
— have you guys seen that clip of zhang hao's reaction when he saw gyuvin cuddling hanbin lmfao
— and the one where he gets up and manually separates jiwoong and taerae's hands
— bro was MAD
— overall zhang hao strikes me as a pretty possessive person and he is not afraid to proactively show it
— your sweater would get stuck on a doorknob while you were walking by and hanbin, who happened to be nearby, offers to detangle you
— hao sees the entire interaction and he is practically fuming
— storms up to you guys and immediately moves hanbin's hand away from your sweater
— "thanks hanbin, but i can take care of it from here"
— gets super touchy and doesn't let go of your hand for the next 30 minutes
— "hao, i'm not going anywhere, don't worry. also my hand is getting numb...."
— "oH sorry"
hanbin
—hanbin also strikes me as being quite possessive
— remember that one clip where zhang hao is touching taerae's leg and hanbin was in the back, watching it all unfold with a scary look on his face
— but then when taerae looks behind him to check for hanbin's expression, hanbin suddenly smiles like nothing happened
— so the main difference between zhang hao and hanbin is that hanbin actually tones down his emotions he is feeling at the time
— when he sees zhang hao showing you pictures on his phone while standing a little too close to you for his liking, hanbin sees literal red
— when you bring it up to him later,
— "is everything alright hanbin? i saw you glaring at me a while ago when i was with hao"
— "yes. everything is just fine. "
— he would feign a reassuring smile (a scarily believing one too)
— due to his leader position, hanbin has the tendency to be a control freak sometimes, and that translates over to your relationship with him as well
— but remember in that one video hanbin he said he resolves his anger easily
— so i think hanbin would quickly get over himself and acknowledge that there was no need for jealousy
— he eventually apologizes to you for acting this way
gyuvin
— i think gyuvin would get jealous quite easily since he is still quite young and needs more time to process this intense emotion
— gyuvin feels a twinge of jealously whenever he sees you laughing at ricky's jokes
— he would get insecure and start comparing himself to others :(
— tries to brush off his jealousy with humor
— "bitches be obsessed with y/n ⁉️ it's me i'm bitches ‼️🔥"
— "gyu, what's wrong?"
— "okay be honest y/n do you think ricky is funnier than me"
— reassuring gyuvin was really simple: just hug him
— gyuvin forgives you so quickly and wraps you in a big hug
taerae
— he is so gentle-natured and soft-hearted
— so i think taerae's heart would break a little when he overhears you asking matthew for advice about what shoes to pair with your outfit
— he is your boyfriend, NOT matthew!!! was his sense of style so awful you didn't wanna ask him for his opinion?
— lowkey gets offended but would never say that out loud
— instead he just becomes really really quiet
— taerae knows it's petty but he gives you the silent treatment and feels guilty about it the whole time
— taerae isn't trying to hurt you, but he just wants space and time for himself to think things through before he says anything he regrets
— comes out of hibernation after 24 hours and talks it through with you honestly
— "y/n i'm so sorry for ignoring you, i just wasn't being right in the head at the time and i let my emotions get the best of me"
ricky
— moderately gets jealous from time to time
— doesn't act like his usual self and sighs a lot out of frustration
— in my perspective, ricky is not usually touchy with loved ones, especially not in public
— but ricky starts acting more clingy than usual when he is jealous, which makes you ask him if everything was okay
— he admits to you that he didn't like it when you paid more attention to gyuvin's dog than him when you guys went over to gyuvin's the other day
— "ricky, you're jealous of..... eumpappa?" 💀
— "NO WHAT. well..... maybe a little. BUT i just wanted your attention :("
jiwoong
— i think jiwoong wouldn't really get jealous that often due to the life experiences and wisdom he already has (he is only 24 i accidentally made him sound ancient)
— being an actor, jiwoong definitely knows about having to kiss other actors while filming a romance drama,
— all while some actors are in their own actual relationships
— they know to set aside personal life for professionalism
— so i feel like jiwoong would understand and know how to separate the two
— knows that your relationsbip with him is valuable and you aren't trying to leave him when you spend alone time with the other boys
— honestly i can see jiwoong giving advice to the other boys who get jealous more often
— "taerae, i really think y/n just happened to ask matthew about the shoes because you had your airpods in and your head in a book. and no one wants to be interrupted when they're listening to music and reading."
matthew
— my boy matthew is so chill (it's the canadian in him)
— he almost never gets jealous
— except for maybe when you mention your childhood crush on nick from zootopia for some reason??? 💀
— matthew legit doesn't bat an eye when you tell him you're going to the grocery store to buy some ingredients for taerae's birthday cake
— "i wanna come along y/n!!! i know exactly what taerae would like."
— it's so sweet how matthew fully trusts you and the other zb1 boys
— if anything, matthew usually ENCOURAGES you to hang out with his friends
Aw thank you for the scenarios I liked them a lot ;) I like the way you write the members hehe its like the way I think of them too
hehehe you're very welcome anon !! i'm so happy to hear that you liked then a lot 🥹 and thank you so much !! i can't wait to learn more about their personalities as time goes on and more content gets released
