what's your motive with me, baby? because i don't trust nobody lately. i twist and turn, moving just like a SERPENT, new times are coming just like a virgin. get you all outta my head, because lately i'm better off dead. i say this all out of respect, sometimes i want nothing with you: wearing your love like MEDALLIONS. riding shotgun, melting, fading, under stars and the sun.
hui: if some adventures dont end in death, all the more reason to go !
hui: if you get in the car AND make it out alive, remember to sell it and
hui: and give me half the money 💗💗💗
HE DOESN’T MISS the pink tint that spreads across the others face, making him EVEN MORE adorable. he restricts himself from proceeding with any further actions that are wanted in that moment, letting this play out. although, the pink on hui’s cheeks makes the others smug expression stay, the corner of his lip curling up even more. kaito WANTS to comment on the affect he had on hui MOMENTARILY, but he decided to keep it as a memory, rather than fighting hui on the fact that it HAPPENED. kaito wasn’t in the mood to lose an argument. shirt suddenly free from the other’s grasp, he gives a light chuckle while fixing the mess that was created – the shirt wrinkled easily, and that was never an okay look. ❝ ah, but you’re still here, aren’t you ? so, not ridiculous enough to scare you off. ❞ eyes glance down at the unconscious action of hui biting his lip, before he’s clearing his throat, taking a step back and meeting the others eyes once more. ❝ but you didn’t FORGET, did you ? i think you knew exactly what you were doing yesterday. FRANKLY, i think i deserve at least something in return for those games. ❞ kaito is being stubborn as he shakes his head no, refusing to give into hui to the point where he gives the laptop back immediately. too bad he wants to spend time with hui more than giving into his needs. ❝ nope. not until you spend some quality time with me, THEN you get your laptop back. i think that’s a good negotiation. or, at least, the best one you’re going to get. ❞
THAT'S JUST THE WAY the world turns ━ or at least that’s just the way THEIR world turns, the pair of them. sometimes, hui can’t help but wonder whether there’s going to be a moment where they get sick of pushing and pulling, a fist curled in a shirt one day, fingers dancing on hips one night, waking up in the mornings and shoving the other’s limbs off themselves. ( frankly by now, he’s almost TIRED of it but then he’s too scared to even think about what that could mean. ) “ i’m still here since you’re holding my laptop hostage and throwing a tantrum just because chai hyung kisses better than you. ” there’s a crease between his eyebrows when he draws them together, patience thinning out by the second ━ and hui’s not a patient person by any means.
but he lets out a surprised laugh ━ more stunned that kaito had noticed hui’s ( apparently not so ) fruitless attempts at working him up than the fact that it had actually WORKED. “ you know, i might really end up punishing you if you don’t behave. i’m not in the mood to negotiate, you’re giving me back my laptop.” he answers, his tone dipping lower and eyes flickering dangerously. there’s a thin line between annoyance and anger, yet hui is unsure of how he’s still dancing on it. his resolve weakens slightly though, as it always does, and he sighs. “ you’re just huffy because you feel ignored. instead of just watching, if you want a kiss so bad, ” he tilts his chin up, “ why don’t you come get it? ”
━ ⋆۵乂 joon looked over again, once he’d averted his eyes back down at the half eaten plate he offered a soft smile. “don’t worry about it.” he hummed in response to the boy’s apology and he looked back over, his lips twitching into another smile and a laugh escapes his lips. honestly he hadn’t laughed in a while but the comment seems to amuse him. “ i was sort of hoping i didn’t look bad but.. i must obviously. “ he laughed again, not being able to help it.
BEING AROUND joon after they separated has always been ODD to a certain extent━ maybe it’s the effect of seeing someone entirely vulnerable on the streets juxtaposed with the glamour of being the leader of a gang. ( hui finds that it’s entirely too difficult to get used to seeing the elder like that. ) “ i mean, i guess it’s not THAT bad ... ” his delivery falls particularly flat and he cringes, wringing his wrists. “ sorry, i just━ ” worry about him? of course hui does. “ um. can i have some of your food? ”
.｡*ﾟ+.*. — hearing sudden thumps emanating from the shared apartment was not something minseok expected to hear at early in the morning, choosing to ignore it in favor of the belief it’s their upper neighbors being up to no good. though, his dazed and sleepy mind recalled his six-something cats living within the vicinity, placing the blame on them instead of the aforementioned accussed. trudging out of his bed to ensure that everything was in order, hoping none of his cats destroyed the place. he found that none of his darlings were to be found in their usual spots, arousing suspicion as called to them while trying to maintain his voice down for his sleeping roommate. ❝mewnch, mewdame, meowy, klawhlo, pawcasso, mewnet; where are you? ❞ he asks into the air as if someone were to answer, greeted with one of his beloved: mewnch, who nudged at his leg insistently.
turning a corner, seok could see some sort of figure enter the bathroom and close it, barely making a noise. he thought it was hui until he realized that no the other’s room was nowhere near the back of the apartment, prompting a spooked seokie to scoop mewnch (who suddenly hissed) and nearly face-plant onto the floor in a hurry to his friend’s room. still knocking politely to let his presence be known, minseok quickly stated, ❝ hui, i’m pretty sure our apartment is haunted. ❞ he occassionally glanced out of the room as if half expecting the figure to just barrel down out of nowhere. ❝ i saw a ghost go into the bathroom in plain daylight! plain! and mewnch started to hiss! ❞
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF — no doubt some ridiculous assumption based on the pair’s entirely too different personalities— hui finds that minseok is a more than pleasant roommate. extremely pleasant, really. ( or maybe he’s just biased, the elder having a RIGHTFULLY SPECIAL place in his heart. ) even so, sometimes after the hacker wakes up at some godforsaken time in the day, he finds himself politely peeling off the abundance of different coloured cat hairs that sit atop his clothes. ( alright, so he IS biased. ) his sleep pattern has always been disorganized and scruffy, like an impatient child gluing two puzzles together that aren’t meant to fit and he often drifts off on the couch more often than his own bed — provided, minseok doesn’t carry him half asleep to his room, of course. however, it’s just an unspoken rule amongst the two that when zhao hui sleeps— let him sleep.
which is why, he’s a little more than surprised when there’s a hesitant knock on his door and, always having been a light sleeper, he squints at the sudden light when the elder opens the door, looking more bedruffled than usual. “ what? ” he echoes, rubbing a hand over his eye and sitting up on his bed. hui can’t help it, but the look he throws minseok is one of distrust as he purses his lips. he’d fallen for other rose golden members’ tricks one too many times. two years later, and hui’s still as dumb. “ hyung, are you pranking me? ”
*ﾟ+.*.｡ — there’s only a small bit of clear liquid in the bottom of the bottle haeil is holding, and he twirls it around, and around, and around with disinterest. a part of him wants to get up and grab another, but the lazier part of him–the larger part of him–decides the movement isn’t quite worth it. instead he finally sets it down and away to his side, opting instead to give his back a large, cat-like stretch. there were more comfortable places haeil could find himself other than the floor ( like a bed, of all things ), but the soft kisses hui had teased him with to get him down here was worth the ache in his shoulders. he almost feels as though he’s in high school again: the memories of house parties as fuzzy and hazy as the room filled with smoke had been. and hui fits in perfectly with that scenario. making it hard for haeil to think. making his heart beat faster than it should. the younger male always had a knack of doing that, though, and over time haeil had become more fond of it than he should–but that wasn’t something he liked to think about.
he’s content like this, laying on the floor lazily next to hui. he doesn’t pull away when the other reaches out to grab his hand like he would have before. he doesn’t scoff or roll over or get up to leave. instead he gives hui’s palm a soft squeeze with his own, bringing his fingers up to his mouth so haeil can nip at them playfully before leaving a soft kiss on the tip of each one. the older male blames the alcohol for making him so brazen in his affection, though haeil knows ( when he really, really thinks about it ) that it was only a matter of time. hui had wormed his way right between his rib cage and it didn’t seem as though he was planning on leaving any time soon. haeil wasn’t sure he wanted him to leave.
nothing but a soft hum leaves his lips, and haeil tilts his head to finally look over towards him. the hesitance on hui’s face makes haeil want to straddle the other man and kiss away all his worries, but they had all the time in the world for that. instead he allows his lips to curl into a small, but sincere smile. he hadn’t even thought about leaving. that’s how in deep he seemed to be now. ❝ would you like me to stay? ❞
WHATEVER THEY HAVE should stop ━ the rational side of him argues, chips away at every single thought that twists a coil in the bottom of hui’s stomach. there’s so much wrong that can happen between the two of them, differences not even a GALAXY could fill all simplified down into: haeil and hui. ( how can he live with himself knowing that the word temporary hangs loose in the air like a warning sign? ) red lions, rose golden━ sometimes, hui pretends not to notice the hushed whispers that he hears at hq, the tension that rises at the mention of the other gangs, tongue sharp and ready to cut like a knife because god forbid the war spinning out of control. it’s in these moments, when he’s on the floor, vulnerable and exhaustion pulling away at his mind ( lack of sleep and alcohol had NEVER been a good mix for anyone ) but still not scared of haeil, that hui remembers just how naive he himself really is. am i a fool for trusting so deeply?
you’re a hacker, behind the laptops, it’d be a hassle to lose and replace you, don’t get physically involved, words he’s heard countless times before. yet he returns to the same place monthly, weekly, daily, oversized sweater hanging off one shoulder, mouth already forming the words ‘can i stay?’ or more commonly at his own place, ‘can you stay?’ his gaze falls upon the elder, flushed and undoubtedly amused. ( he looks so beautiful like this, hui thinks with a tinge of bitterness, he doesn’t even know what he’s doing. ) he crinkles his nose at the kisses, concealing his pleasant surprise with a much too fake, displeased noise. “ stop it. ”
months, and hui still finds it difficult to ask. maybe it’s the stigma of actually WANTING something and asking to get it, maybe it’s just because it’s haeil out of everyone else. he musters up the courage, a pause of silence, before━ “ can you stay here tonight? ” by now his focus has dropped to the bottle in front of him that’s suddenly awfully interesting. one hand holds onto haeil’s, the other shakes as he fiddles with his shirt. his voice goes quieter. “ please stay, hyung. ”
━ ⋆۵乂 joon sat quietly, on his own. he’d ventured out yet again just to keep his mind off different things. despite the fact that he was well aware of someone staring at him, he’d tried his damnedest to ignore it. he was a people person, always had been, but not today. finally after another five minutes he moved his gaze to his food. “ it’s rude to stare you know. “ he sighed, speaking loud enough knowing they’d hear him.
" SORRY, " he says, though by the tone of his voice AND the fact that he was still staring at the elder did little to confirm the reliability of his apology. hui taps his fingers on the table, knee bouncing up and down and he shrugs easily, almost like he’s not an inch away from burning holes into the side of joon’s head. “ you ━ sorry to say this, hyung ━ you kind of look like shit. not in the good way. ”
HE'S NOT EXACTLY SURE what possesses him to attend a party out of all social gatherings ㅡ until he takes a sip of his drink, peering across the room at a specific person, dimples deep in his cheeks and head thrown back in laughter and then he remembers ㅡ ah, it was for him. there’s too many bodies around hui, their warmth radiating off of them onto him but none of them are lee gunhwi so they don’t really matter. ( an inconvenience at most. ) a blink of an eye and he sets his cup down somewhere, stumbling over somebody’s foot when he reaches the aforementioned. a hand around a wrist, whispering into his ear ‘don’t you want to come with me?’ and he pulls the other to a much less crowded place.
GRANTED, there isn’t actually many ‘much less crowded’ places at the party, but he finds that the sofa that sits in the middle of the living room where he can perch himself upon the other’s lap, arms looped around his neck will have to do for now. there aren’t that many people in the room besides them anyways. hui tilts his head and in the darkness he THINKS he can just make out the other’s face. he makes a noise of content, pressing his thumb into the dip of gunhwi’s dimple and letting out a laugh. “ you know, you look like a toddler from up here. ”
SURPRISE WAS LIMITED there was an ounce of awareness in the male’s body that he would get an angered reaction out of hui. yet, there was still adoration held within the male as he watched an angered face make its way into his sight of vision there wasn’t anything scary about hui. not to kaito, at least. as the repercussions start, he can’t hide the smug look on his features. one, he got exactly what he wanted: attention. two, hui was a lot closer to him than what kaito had expected from this reaction. it was a win - win situation for himself and himself only. the male takes it upon himself to pucker his lips and throw the other a little air kiss at their close proximity a grin slowly taking over. ❝ PLURAL ? last i checked i’m the only one that has the BALLS to actually hide it on you. different spot every time, baby. don’t WORRY, i made sure it’s protected so nothing can hurt your child. it has lots of cushion around it. ❞ a very small and vague hint, but he didn’t really think the other would begin a search for it. ❝ all i want is a LITTLE attention. an hour at most. i’d say two, but maybe i’d come off as a greedy. what do you say ? ❞
SOMETIMES he wonders exactly where he went wrong to the point that the other seems to hold an AMUSED face ( or facade? he never really knows ) against all of hui’s evidently fruitless ㅡ and frankly, sad ㅡ attempts to intimidate him. he sets his jaw, chin tilting up as though he’s asking ‘what?’ without words, a perfect picture of obstinate. a brief second passes, his gaze dropping an inch to the other’s pursed mouth before he forces himself to drag his eyes back up, hardening his expression. if there’s light pink dotted across his cheeks, suddenly AWARE of the almost unnecessary close proximity of them both, he doesn’t say anything about it. the distressing problem is that kaito’s always been pretty ㅡ painfully so, with a seemingly permanent curve to his lips and bright eyes ㅡ but being inches away from something so effortlessly attractive, smug and infuriating all at the same time frustrates hui more than he wants to admit. “ you’re ridiculous. ” he deadpans, bottom lip caught between teeth as he reluctantly lets go of his shirt. “ is this because i forgot to kiss you yesterday? ” there’s a glower on his features, foot tapping impatiently. “ i don't have an hour to waste. give me my laptop, you greedy child. ”
AT PRECISELY 3:02am, hui decides that min haeil is painstakingly out of his league. not even in the simple, oh, it’s a schoolboy crush sort of way, but a sharp one that constantly bites at his chest until there’s a dull ache that settles and stays there. ( as if ㅡ as if it would HELP, he chews at his bottom lip and takes another sip of the soju, bottle feeling heavy in his shaking hands that he hopes the elder doesn’t see. but haeil probably does. he always sees through everything. ) a blink of weary eyes, and he shifts from his position on the floor, breathing out a heavy sigh.
half of him HATES the fact that they don’t seem to be able to talk unless haeil’s seated in his lap, mouth molding against mouth and even then it’s hard to actually speak, when they’re occupied with something else. the other half is just glad that haeil’s decided to spend his time in hui’s presence in the first place. his head throbs at the thought, at the QUESTIONS he wants answered so he hums under his breath lowly, eyes closed as his hand scrambles to find haeil’s, only relaxing when their fingers are interconnected and the younger refuses to let go. yes, haeil is out of his league, but hui is selfish. ALWAYS has been, for the elder. “ are .. are you staying tonight? ”
one visit . all it took was one ( 1 ) visit to see his parents and the twenty - two year old was now sporting a busted lip , a couple of scars &. what felt like a bruised side . to add onto it , jaebum stupidly kicked a fire hydrant outta pure frustration , now adding a aching foot to his long list of injuries . the driver took out his packs of cigarettes ( a new habit he developed ) then proceeded to pull out his lighter right after. jae’s nerves were all over the place, but he refused to cry . that didn’t mean he wasn’t on the verge of losing his sanity . “ oh , come on … ” he mumbled under his breath . the lighter wouldn’t work , making him groan out loud . “ for fuck’s sake ! ” he then chucked the small item god knows where while running a hand down his face. out of the corner of his eye , he noticed he’d gain a viewer . so he turned towards them with his arms stretched out . “ enjoying the show , asshole !? ”
IT'S NOT SURPRISING that wandering outside at some unholy time leads to a spectacle, and for hui it just so happens that his eyes skim across a much too familiar figure going through an evidently unpleasant time. he HEARS the frustration before he sees it, the tired body frame of a twenty two year old ( hui remembers long nights with backs against pillows, quiet questions being asked between the pair like ‘what is this?’ to ‘what happened to us?’, the quiet lull of breathing in the chilly air, a hand in hand ) and it takes him all his willpower to set his jaw. the lighter is thrown near his feet, and hui somehow manages to fix his composure enough to out an impassive laugh. “ what, you think i’m really spending my time watching you? ” OH, he is. his gaze flickers down to the lighter, and he steps on it with the heel of his foot, biting the inside of his cheek hard enough that he feels he might draw blood. he doesn’t break the lighter though, no, he doesn’t think he can bring himself to break something else of jae’s besides what was left of them. “ i .. i don’t like thinking about you smoking. it’s bad for you, you idiot. ”
KAITO HAD BEEN planning this for days now and he finally got the opportunity to achieve his goal. hui was nowhere to be seen kaito finally had every opportunity to hide his most prized possession: the laptop. it was SITTING there out in the open, calling out to him to desperately do it. so, that’s exactly what kaito did. it was hidden safely in his closet, he even went the extra mile to make sure that there was cushion around it JUST IN CASE he didn’t want any accidents to occur on his watch. he had very little doubt that it WASN’T going to end well for him, but he figured; what was there to lose ? there was a large smile on his face the entire time he waited finally, the attention he craved from the other would be fulfilled, EVEN if was negative attention. ❝ i have a SMALL negotiation for you. i’m holding something very dear to you hostage SAFELY, though. now, you can spend some time with WELL DESERVED human interaction ! ❞
AS LIMITED as it can be ㅡ hui LIKES to think that he has enough patience to survive a day in his world, but whether that’s for his own sake or for the others, he chooses not to dwell on. yet there are some days, some PEOPLE ( takashi kaito ) that truly test him down to the bone. ( truthfully, hui would have kicked kaito’s ass by not if it weren’t for the fact that a) there’s no physical way he could win against whatever the fuck kaito’s body structure was, b) chai would proceed to kick hui’s ass for trying to kick kaito’s ass and c) the japanese male snores in his sleep, an embarrassingly endearing fact. ) except he hears the words that the other says, and hui’s eyes narrow until they’re slits, burning with something akin to WHITE anger. “ are you out of your mind? ” he asks, voice low and quiet, though the danger is unmistakable. he takes a step forward, hands raised until they curl into the front of kaito’s shirt and he skillfully ignores the smug look the other throws down at him. “ how many times do i need to tell you fools to stop hiding my laptop? ”
this is literally the SAME as my previous intro post ... but please ignore that. nyways hello again i’m honestly so glad pab is back n running (thx to our lovely admins). i’m sun ( she/her, gmt+1 ) and this is my son hui, who’s the residential baby hacker of rose golden ! under the cut is a tldr of him and links to his profile and plots ! if youd like to plot, please hmu on ims or my discord @REGULAR-IRREGULAR#6921 or like this post and i’ll message you !
: *✧･ﾟ [ DONG SICHENG, CIS MALE, HE/HIM ] so, HUI ZHAO, you think you have what it takes to join ROSE GOLDEN? at only TWENTY, i hope you know what it is you’re signing up for. there’s more to it than just the reputation. are you ready to be a HACKER? being ZEALOUS might help you out, however let’s hope they don’t get tired of you being SNARKY. good luck to you.
PROFILE / PLOTS !
hui zhao, 20 and a hacker for rose golden and perpetually angry tired
born in china to two v. high maintenance parents, aka very influential people (mother was a supermodel and father was a dodgy yet successful lawyer) who basically, from a young age forced him to be educated to his maximum abilities and constantly stressed him the fuck out !
typical lonely childhood, spent years slaving over books and being home schooled (including languages, like korean) etc. (does it connect to his lack of ability to show affection now and inability to adapt to overly social scenarios? mayhaps!)
graduated high school at 14 and yeah it was a show of his intelligence but he had a moment of revelation where he just thought what am i doing with my life ..... his parents had effectively stripped him of friendships and human encounters and everything kind that’s typically associated with childhood
how does he retaliate ? he steals 5 million dollars off his parents and runs off to korea. there might have been better ways to handle that situation but not in this world !
upon deflecting paparazzi and dipping from public eye as well as hiding away from his parents for around a year, hui runs into a bunch of ppl who offer to take him in and help him (whats he gonna do? say no?)
uhh yeah it’s a ragtag group but hui learns to use his intelligence more efficiently and, as his iq is obviously his strongest point, is tailored to become (drum rolls) a hacker! spends a couple of years working as one and accepting odd jobs here and there, not for money because he doesnt need it but mostly because he truly does enjoy watching people and knowing everything about them while they know absolutely nothing about him
when he was 18, he was approached by a member of rose golden who had heard about his outstanding abilities and thus he was recruited into the gang ! thanks minseok oppa
now he’s just been in the gang for around two years, filthy rich and chilling with that big wad of cash in his bank account that he probably spends on bread and stickers
spoiler alert: he’s stayed pretty lowkey for the most part which is why his parents haven’t found him yet. spoiler spoiler alert: they probably never will
personality wise: genuinely is soft for members in the gang .... as he’s never really been in a group, let alone a homely environment he tends to dote on fellow rose golden members more than he admits ! but then hui vc: everyone else can choke
has literally .. the least amount of sympathy for other gangs unless he personally knows the people there. he likes to think of everything as more business and doesnt really bother trying to develop relationships as it’s a waste of time
is fluent in mandarin, cantonese and korean but when he’s annoyed he pretends not to know korean (10/10 tactic)
probably knows your social security number ... check your bank balance every day kids
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