𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐀𝐘

audrey nodded her head. she was glad that he seemed to relax a bit after knowing that she would indeed eat everything. she smiled as he placed the order and looked to him after. “sounds like a lot of food. they all sound great though,” she exclaimed. besides, if he had picked those out from the menu, there must have been a reason for it. “i’m curious though as to how you decided on those options,” she noted, looking to him to see if he would share his secret.

The softest chuckle escapes his lips as his eyes were just deadset on his own son. Looking at the baby with such love, he had never felt before. ❝ He looks like you a little, our little Yang. Now we need a Yin, right? To have Yin & Yang.. ❞ He chuckles at his own dumbness, that was what america had did to him. ❝ I missed you my dear, so much..but I felt like I missed something else completely… ❞ Yusheng had seemingly felt that hole of not witnessing his first childs birth, going through that journey with Mei.

hyorin scrunched up her face at his commentary. sometimes, she wondered how she went to university and ended up in such a position. however, she did hope that this change in her responsibilities could help her do something that she actually wanted to do. “i know, right?” she sighed loudly as she took another bite of food. “it’s a dog eat dog world though. i don’t know how i can do it in the position i’m in now. i’m sure she sees me at the bottom of the totem pole,” she noted, her frown growing larger.

The crash had happened in an instant. One second, she was driving down the street and listening to the radio, humming along to a new song she didn’t quite know the lyrics to yet. She could remember what happened after that. A bright light and then.. Silence. 

No, not quite silence. A ringing, though. A high-pitched ringing in her ears that deafened her to the sounds of the sirens and the crunching of metal around her. Lulled her into a silent state of unrest where she lingered between the two worlds. She remembers seeing her mother, standing on the other side, shrouding in light and waiting for her to cross over. 

But something held her back. Like a rope holding her and keeping her from crossing over the threshold. She fought for it but it seemed hopeless. She watched her mom whisper something, but it was too faint for Naeyeong to hear. Before she could ask what she said, she was jolted awake by a stinging pain in her side. 

“W-What’s this?” Her heartbeat sped up. There was a voice in her head that told her not to panic, but how could she stay calm in a situation like this? The smell of anti-septic and bleach penetrated her nose and it took all the energy she had in her not to break down. Instead, she froze. Her muscles ached, but only dully. It was obvious that she had some sort of medicine pumping through her veins, keeping the pain at bay. The adrenaline and mixture of pain killers was enough to hold the excruciating pain from hitting her, but the haze offered her no answers.

What had happened? Where was she? Who was she? 

“Wh-what happened?” Her voice rang out like a frog’s croak. How long had she been laying here? How long had she been asleep? Or had she really been asleep at all? She remembers seeing a woman, mumbling something to her but for all its worth she can remember who it was. The fact that it was her mother escaping her mind completely. In fact, the more she focuses, the harder it becomes to even remember her own name. Was this Hell?

 “..Am I dead?”

he  could  feel  a  lump  in  his  throat,  trying to  swallow  it  over  and  over  again  but  it  didn’t  work.  the  doctors said  she  might  have  a  temporal  memory loss,  there  was  a  chance of  her  being  paralyzed  after  this,  which  jaehyun  prayed to  god  to  not  happen or  there  was  even  a  chance for  her  to  never  wake  up  and  he  had  been  preparing  for  each  and  every  possible outcome  of  this  very  bad  scenario  that  destiny  has  written  for  them.

“ we  ...  we  were  in  a  car  crash.  you  took  the  most  damage. i  -- ”  before  he  could  tell  her  more,  the  next  inquiry  truly  stunned  him  into  silence. ‘ i  wish  i  was  dead ’.  his  eyes  misted  over  and  all  he  could  do  was  to  look  away  from  her  -  towards  the  ceiling,  towards the  corner  of  the  room.  “ you’re not  dead,  no. ”  he  finally  muttered, voice  cracking  with  emotions.  the  guilt  was  going  to  eat  him  alive,  that  was  for  sure.

from  the  past  three  days,  jaehyun only  leaned  her  name.  ong  naeyeong.  nobody gave  him  any  other  information, not  that  they  were  obliged  to. but  no  family members  seemed  to  have  come  to  visit, unlike  his  own  mother and father  who  were  worried  sick.  he  hid  from  them  the  whole  truth  and  it  was  starting  to  weight  on  his  consciousness.  this  wasn’t  right, god  it  was  awful.  “ you’ve  just  been  asleep for  ...  three  or  four  days.  i  don’t  remember exactly. ”  maybe  it  was  more  than  four,  granted  he  too  was  told  to  have  spelt  for  almost two  days.

in  this  place,  with  so  much  going  on  in  his  head,  jaehyun has  started  losing track  of  time.  it  was  the  last  thing  he  cared  about, honestly.  “ do  you  remember anything  from  the  ...  accident? ” now  that  was  tactless.

upon  arriving,  he  saw  that  many  men  and  women  alike  were  already  outside.  “ come  on,  guys.  let’s  show  them  how  well  trained  we  are! ”  he  roared  and  hopped  off  the  machine,  gesturing  for  everyone  to  get  on  with  their  tasks.  he  was  often  the  one  to  rush  into  the  biggest  fire  and  scout  the  place  as  much  as  possible,  to  be  sure  nobody  would  be  left  inside.

a  few  of  his  teammates  have  done  the  same  now  too.  some  would  say  that  what  they  do  is  heroic  but  to  thomas,  that  is  just  being  dutiful.  there’s  no  such  thing  as  a  hero,  there’s  only  the  strong  and  the  weak. 

he  couldn’t  hear  much,  other  than  the  cracking  sounds  of  his  surrounding  burning,  but  he  was  able  to  catch  a  glimpse  of  a  person’s  movements.  a  few  strides  and  he  was  almost  at  the  corner  where  someone  was  struggling  to  get  up.  they  could  have  been  injured  or  just  dizzy  from  all  the  smoke.  it  was  a  woman,  that  he  could  tell  when  he  was  close  enough.  it  took  one  swift  movement  for  him  to  pick  her  up  and  carry  her  towards  the  exit.  that  until  he  was  suddenly  knocked  on  the  floor  by  the  burning  timber  that  fell.  the  piece  was  a  little  bigger  than  him,  causing  him  to  struggle  in  attempt  to  get  out  from  under  it.  at  least,  he  could  react  so  much  to  almost  throw  the  woman  forward  so  she  doesn’t  get  hurt. 

his  clothes  were  almost  burning,  he  could  feel  the  extreme  warmth  from  his  left  shoulder  down  his  entire  side  and  even  leg.  his  helmet  must  have  been  damaged  too  for  he  could  feel  something  trickling  down  the  side  of  his  face  too.  definitely  not  sweat.  he  was  lucky  that  a  fellow  came  along  and  helped  them  both  until  the  entire  ceiling  fell  down,  possibly  due  to  the  weight  of  the  water  that’s  been  poured  too. / @lcvexdrunk​

             /    &    .    chase  was  beginning  to  find  a  good  pace  between  working  behind  the  counter,  trying  not  to  spend  too  long  chatting  with  customers  she  realized  were  in  her  department,  and  checking  her  phone  for  twitch  updates.  the  ache  in  her  chest  from  lack  of  sleep  began  to  subside  minutes  into  her  moving  back  and  forth,  and  she  considered  that  a  win  in  itself.  whether  it  was  the  red bull  or  the  motivation  to  speed  things  along  to  open  up  the  twitch  app,  she  wouldn’t  expose  herself  if  it  ended  being  a  result  of  the  latter.  

cracking  her  knuckles  individually  before  starting  on  the  next  order,  chase  couldn’t  help  but  take  some  of  the  orders  meant  for  the  counter,  seeing  the  new  employee  struggle  a  little  bit  with  getting  the  orders  out  on  time.  probably  not  yet  wanting  to  admit  defeat  with  themselves,  they  weren’t  letting  anyone  know  they  were  getting  behind,  but  chase  was  nosey  and  immediately  noticed  the  growing  list  of  orders  for  the  ‘  to  -  go  ‘  screen.  right  before  starting  a  table  order,  she  would  finish  up  a  couple  of  the  orders  flooding  in  to  go,  placing  them  on  the  counter  and  tapping  the  ‘  complete  ‘  before  returning  to  her  own  work.  the  aid  hadn’t  delayed  chase’s  own  time  in  getting  out  table  orders,  just  slowing  them  down  as  she  had  been  speeding  before.  it  didn’t  take  long  for  the  ‘  to  -  go  ‘  list  to  calm  down,  chase  returning  to  speeding  through  her  own  orders  once  she  realized  the  new  hire  had  it  under  control.

rolling  out  from  behind  the  counter  with  a  plated  croissant  and  a  strawberry  milkshake,  chase  scanned  the  tables  for  the  familiar  table  holder  assigned  to  this  order,  finding  the  owner  of  the  order  to  be  in  the  corner  of  the  shop.  sliding  between  tables  and  mumbling  ‘  hello  ‘  to  any  familiar  faces  with  a  head  dip,  chase  finally  found  herself  upon  the  customer  of  the  very  …  summer  -  y  order.  setting  the  food  down  behind  the  screen  of  the  customer’s  laptop,  chase  didn’t  want  to  set  the  drink  too  close  in  fear  it  might  be  knocked  over.

“  here’s  your  croissant  and  strawberry  milkshake  …  i  don’t  usually  make  milkshakes  for  people  doing  work  and  not  usually  with  a  croissant.  is  that  your  usual  ?  “  chase  inquired,  not  able  to  help  herself  as  she  wiped  her  slightly  damp  hand  off  on  her  apron  from  the  milkshake.

between  giving  his  order  and  it  arriving, deul  was  able  to  tap  away  a  few  sentences on  his  laptop. the  day  has  started  not  too  long  ago  for  him  and  all  that  he  needed was  a  little more  time  to  get  his  creative  juices flowing  -  exactly why  he  has  come  to  this  place. peace  and  serenity, a  contrast  to  the  diner  his  sister works  at  or  the  bar  in  which  he  hangs  out  with  the  others at  night,  talking  over  and  over  the  plans  for  cleaning  up  their  community. 

with  the  girl  from  the  counter approaching,  deul  adorned a  small  smile  which  slowly grew  bigger.  the  inquiry  of  the  other  amused  him  but  it  also  made  hm  realize how  his  sister’s taste  has  rubbed off  on  him  as  well.  big  time.  “ thank  you.  ah,  this  is  quite  funny, i  must  say. ”  he  began,  letting out  a  chuckle in  the  process. “ i  normally have  coffee  ...  dark  and  bitter.  such  a  contrast, right?  my  sister is  crazy  about  milkshakes  -  she  consumes them  and  she  also  makes  them  for  other  people. i  must  have  been  brainwashed, preferring  those  sweet  beverages  over  a  good  old  cup  of  coffee? ” 

he  was  supposed  to  the  be  influencer  but  sometimes,  the  younger  seemed to  be  doing  better  job  at  convincing him  and  the  others  into  succumbing  to  something  new  or  a  plan  she  has  come  up  with.  fascinating,  really. “ i  suppose my  order  really is  unusual  and  ...  i  have  no  deadlines  chasing me,  hence  why  i  can  allow  myself to  spend  the  day  chatting with  the  super  polite  and  friendly  employee or  just  sip  milkshake  and  wait  for  something  or  someone  to  inspire  me. ”  

much  mwahs  to  you  too