choi yunjae

            not  even  bothering  to  acknowledge  the  accusations,  his  response  was  far  too  easy  to  see  through,  especially  when  this  happens  to  her  too.  eyes  narrowing  further,  minsun  was  practically  yelling  in  her  head  that  this  one  was  not  fully  human.  "  you're  the  reason  she  passed  out.  "  soft-spoken  as  ever,  but  resolute,  dahee  folded  her  arms  tighter  across  her  chest,  a  small  huff  escaping  her.  "  looks  like  you've  got  no  trouble  handling  her  yourself,  anyway.  "  she  nodded  toward  his  build,  stepping  in  closer  for  a  better  look.  and  fine,  yes,  she  could  now  understand  why  her  friend  was  so  obsessed.  especially  with  those  eyes  staring  straight  into  hers.  there  was  a  strange  energy  about  him,  unnerving,  yet  not  something  that  elicited  fear  in  her.  "  she  lives  nearby.  can  you  carry  her  until  we  get  to  her  apartment  ?  "

       "  i  don't  understand  why  you're  so  accusing.  "   tongue  clicks  against  roof  of  his  mouth,  annoyance  feigned  on  his  expression  as  he  truly  didn't  pay  a  thought  to  what  this  woman  thought  about  him   ;   he  had  managed  to  carry  out  his  task  and  feed  the  demon  within,  even  though  yunjae  had  been  shocked  with  the  amount  of  obsession  this  fan  felt  toward  him.   "  cold-hearted  i  see.  "   murmuring  underneath  his  breath  before  he  with  ease  is  then  lifting  the  unconscious  body  in  a  bridal  style,  knowing  already  he'd  have  no  trouble  transporting  this  person   —-  just  didn't  expect  to  be  a  taxi  for  strangers  like  this.   "  sure,  lead  the  way  ?  "   nudging  head  as  he  started  to  follow  beside  the  other  woman,  not  really  shying  his  gaze  from  glimpsing  at  her,  intrigued  how  it  seemed  like  his  charms  wasn't  effecting  her  at  all.   "  so,  tell  me   ...   are  you  a  hater  ?  "   never  being  the  best  with  small  talk  but,  silence  also  made  things  awkward  in  a  way   ;   especially  with  people  he  didn't  know.

               ❝   what—   what   the   hell   was   that   ?   ❞   inquiry   is   rasped   in   the   base   of   esophagus.   chest   rising   and   falling   as   pair   finds   themselves   in   makeshift   safe   haven   in   the   form   of   elongated   hallway   seemingly   devoid   of   any   other   lifeforms   or   presence.   blonde   is   unable   to   make   any   sense   out   of   strange,   blood   -   curdling   happening   that   took   place   only   a   few   floors   up,   but   the   fear   tangled   somewhere   amidst   burning   lungs   bears   a   hefty   weight.   eyes   are   searching   other's   countenance   for   answers   mouth   have   yet   to   offer,   instructions   ringing   in   ear   drum   alongside   heartbeat.   ❝   next   time   you   tell   me   that   you   know   a   place,   it   would   be   wonderful   if   you   mentioned   there's   a   one   hundred   percent   chance   of   it   being   haunted.   ❞   harshly   whispers,   accusatory   finger   raised   like   a   weapon.

       emotion  of  fear  was  so  evident  on  the  expression  of  anya,  feeling  how  the  dreadful  feelings  was  beginning  to  fill  the  creature  living  within  and  it  meant  his  initial  plan  of  bringing  femme  here,  had  gone  in  his  favor  in  the  end.   “  i  thought  you  knew  i  loved  going  to  these  places  ~  ”   smile  of  endearment  painting  his  sharp  features  at  the  appearance  of  her  homemade  weapon,  reaching  out  to  allow  slender  digits  to  soft  wrap  around  her  nimbler  hand   ;   touch  soft  as  he's  guiding  the  two  of  them  back  toward  the  main  room  of  the  abandoned  hotel,  left  behind  from  an  unfinished  constructions  due  to  lack  of  fulfilled  payments  to  the  company.   “  it's  a  bit  fun  though,  isn't  it   ?   exploring  these  places.  ”   glimpsing  at  her  and  thankful  the  lighten  from  the  outside  light  post,  could've  failed  her  eyes  from  the  purple-like  markings  flashing  at  his  nape.   “  i'll  allow  you  to  calm  down,  then  i  think  we  should  look  at  another  floor.  ”   clear  he  wasn't  gonna  give  anya  a  chance  to  reject  that  idea,  yunjae  enjoyed  spending  time  with  her  after  all.

 feeling  a  pulsing  energy  suddenly  hit  her  on  the  chest,  which,  unbeknownst  to  her  at  the  time,  came  simultaneously  as  the  markings  appeared  on  his  hand,  but  she  doesn't  catch  it.  the  right  corner  of  her  lips  twitches  up  at  the  formal  term,  "  i'm  24  .  .  "  she  shares,  tiers  jutting  in  a  pout  in  thought,  head  canting  as  she  gives  him  another  once  over  when  he  stands  fully  upright,  enjoying  the  view.  "  i'm  guessing  you're  younger  than  me  ?  "  resting  back,  palms  flat  against  the  wooden  counter,  legs  spreading  apart  a  little  as  she  continues  to  survey  him.  "  so,  how  do  these  shoots  work  ?  "

returning  down  to  his  bag  to  collect  a  few  more  items  and  this  time  standing  on  her  other  side,  doing  a  repeat  of  prior  acts.   "  all  of  this  equipment  is  supposedly  ways  of  communicating  with  the  other  side,  or  able  to  read  the  presence  of  a  spirit.  "   pointing  at  the  lot  before  he's  reaching  over  sunhee's  frame  to  grab  a  specific  device,  purposely  allowing  for  his  waist  to  bump  against  her  knee   ;   a  deliberate  touch  to  just  verify  there  was  more  than  just  an  initial  attraction.   "  this  is  a  spirit  box,  runs  through  frequencies  that  ghosts  can  then  use  to  speak  to  us.  "   although,  yunjae  could  already  sense  there  was  two  or  three  here  who  his  demon  form  already  had  a  cognizance  toward.   "  and  then  i  normally  just  wander  the  halls,  rooms  ...  if  i  get  a  sense  of  something,  i  move  toward  it.  "   strong  gaze  holding  hers  and  yet,  it  wavers  down  to  pouty  plumbs,  momentarily  making  his  breath  shakily  emit  from  him.   "  do  you  wanna  join  me  in  your  parlor  for  it  ?  "

              ❛  i'll  take  that  as  a  compliment.  ❜  leaning  back  on  his  hands  a  little  more,  watching  yunjae  with  a  gaze  that  didn't  exactly  hide  how  much  he  liked  the  view.  ❛  you  say  you  are  just  getting  air,  but  i'm  not  buying  that.  feels  more  like  you  came  up  here  hoping  i  would  be  around.  ❜  there  was  a  short  pause,  shoulders  moving  as  if  stretching.  ❛  can't  really  blame  you,  though.  guess  i'm  the  type  people  wanna  keep  close.  ❜  in  all  honesty,  people  would  run  away  from  him.

       gaze  wandered  out  over  the  city  being  lit  up  by  all  the  people  still  awake  at  this  hour,  when  his  attention  is  brought  back  on  minjun  upon  his  words   ;   soft  chortle  sounded.   "  you're  so  shameless  when  you  talk.  "   turning  and  letting  his  back  lean  against  brick  wall,  elbows  resting  atop  as  a  low  hum  emits.   "  if  we  look  past  you  trying  to  snatch  my  wallet  first  thing,  then  yes   ...   you're  one  to  keep  around.  "   teasing  smirk  tugging  at  the  ends  of  his  lips  as  eyes  locked  with  opposite  cat-like  ones.   "  is  that  still  your  go-to  first  impression  ?  "

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"I mean, if you're not interested in free pastries..." She slid a sidelong glance at Yunjae. "I can leave."

     frame is seen resting back into his chair, slender fingers reaching up to rub along the back of his nape a bit while gaze remains onto her.  " you can stay, noona. "  confirming, knowing just how much the woman worked, so this must've been a form of forced time off.  " how come you're off early though ? "  questioning with a single brow slightly heaving upward, soft smile on face as he finally caves in and reaches for one of the pastries haeseul had brought along with her.

Lips formed in a pout at his honest answer. "I'm glad my fear keeps you entertained," she said in a cold tone that came out softer than how she felt, melting immediately at the touch to her hair. "Because I like spending time with you," she admitted with a tinge of pink on her cheeks, the fear she felt turning to embarrassment hearing herself say it out loud. "You never invite me anywhere nice. Just these terrifying houses! Why can't you bring me somewhere that's warm, and happy -- or a place we can actually talk to each other without scaring me to death all the time. I'm beginning to think you're scaring me away on purpose..."

     always so observant, so he's instantly taking notice of how her cheeks were painting the skin in red, a smirk unable to really hide itself on own features.  " it's also warm here if you wear enough clothes. "  sentence is meant as a poor attempt to joke with her, allowing knuckle of his head to gently prod against the spot of blushed skin, smile more mild now as homme knew he shouldn't keep bringing sunhee here  ;  the voice in his head just always urged for a side quest, just a small visit to draw out fear for the shortest of moments.  " if you could decide, where'd you want us to go together the most ? "  fingers smooth out over her cheek, typical of him to calm down the fear he had deliberately been looking for to begin with.

she tilted her head in agreement. she wasn't going to argue that the weather was the most thrilling topic, not when she was just using it as a scape goat. " do it? and here i thought i hid that well. " she laughed, though she wasn't completely joking on that. she did often try to appear more cold and distant than she really was deep down. her gaze drifted to the window, with the pain pounding against it. mouth hung open for a second, almost nervous chuckle emitted from her lips. " sure ... as long as you don't let me go out there alone. since you won't melt and all. " aster wasn't going to let herself be the only one challenged, stepping back towards the door.

     the amusement in his eyes seem to quickly falter away the very instant aster wanted him to join, even using his own phrase of not being made of sugar against him  —-  walked directly into his own trap on that.  " sounds like i don't really have a choice. "  standing and ensuring their stuff were looked after, yunjae strides into the direction that femme was already wandering off to  ;  opening the door and the sound of rain hitting the ground is almost all filling the air outside, hand lowered and allowed for slender digits to curl around aster's hand, slowly walking out there and allowing for the cool water to dripple down over their frames.  " i refuse to dance though, you gotta do that on your own. "  speaking over the sound, smile evident on his features now.

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            big,  round  eyes  lock  onto  him,  she  instinctively  takes  a  few  steps  back,  arms  folding  over  her  chest,  "  i  don't  know,  you  tell  me.  "  her  voice,  still  gentle,  carries  a  newfound  firmness.  "  so  you're  telling  me  i'm  imagining  this  ?  because  i  swear  i  saw  your  eyes  change  when  you  spoke  to  my  friend,  and  now  she's  just  conveniently  passed  out  on  the  pavement.  "  maybe  it  was  the  fact  that  strange  things  happened  to  her  too,  but  dahee  couldn't  shake  the  feeling  that  something  was  off  about  this  guy.  the  very  same  one  her  friend  had  been  obsessively  following  online  and  was  so  desperate  to  meet.

       single  brow  lifts  in  question,  only  to  have  a  minor  snort  emit  from  his  pair  of  lips.   "  eyes  don't  just  change  by  themselves,  are  you  sure  you  and  your  friend  haven't  been  smoking  something  ?  "   words  fall  from  lips  almost  too  smoothly,  like  an  excuse  had  been  hiding  up  his  sleeve  the  entire  time.  obviously,  yunjae  had  taken  advantage  of  this  woman's  friend  being  a  fan  of  his,  lost  control  with  just  how  much  of  the  obsessive  emotion  the  fan  had  contained.   "  shouldn't  you  be  helping  out  ?  "   querying  as  yunjae  was  squatting  down  to  the  unconscious  body,  allowing  a  strong  arm  around  the  femme's  slumping  body,  lifting  her  to  stand  and  support  weakly  on  her  feet.

౨ৎ ⋆｡˚                       ❛ bit harsh —- you didn’t even ask me about my wand or tiara .. ❜ it was giving glinda - fied . had d e v i o u s plans for his demise —- the afternoon ! ❛ guess i’ll just have to crack on .. all alone ♪ there’s no one here beside me ! ❜

       lips  flatline  while  gaze  glimpses  over  at  her,  only  to  trail  away  again  as  he's  rubbing  digits  along  his  nape.   "  no  matter  what  this  is,  i  don't  think  i  want  much  part  in  it.  "   always  a  honest  guy,  sora's  act  seeming  like  she  had  dressed  up  for  halloween,  a  little  too  early.

 taking  a  long  drag  before  flicking  the  cigarette  to  the  pavement,  sunny  was  quietly  pleased  to  discover  he  was  a  believer  rather  than  a  skeptic.  "  that's  good,  you'll  definitely  come  into  contact  with  some  of  them.  there's  a  funeral  home  down  the  street  too,  so  sometimes  they  linger  around  my  shop  when  they  have  nowhere  to  go.  "  the  ones  who  stuck  around  were  usually  the  broken,  the  abrupt  endings.  this  time,  her  lips  curled  into  a  wider  grin.  "  sure,  i'm  curious  to  see  how  you  do  these  investigations.  "  also  curious  how  he'd  handle  the  interactions  with  the  spirits.  pushing  open  the  glass  door  to  her  shop,  she  steps  inside,  but  not  without  looking  over  her  shoulder  for  a  moment.  "  follow  me,  pretty  boy.  "

appearing  inside  as  the  glass  doors  opened  for  his  entrance  to  be  made,  the  voices  already  beginning  to  communicate  with  his  other  side  living  freely  inside  of  him   ;   needing  to  focus  back  a  little  on  the  only  other  person  in  here.   "  so  when  did  you  start  up  business  here  ?  "   placing  the  duffle  bag  down  to  the  side,  squatting  down  and  he  noticed  his  markings  at  his  hand  slightly  appearing  due  to  the  immense  spiritual  energy  already  flying  through  the  shop.   "  it's  clear  that  you've  attracted  a  lot  of   ...   beings  to  this  place,  sunhee-nim.  "   while  also  himself  being a part of that list, finding her rather  attractive,  pearly  whites  bite  his  lip  momentarily  before  he's  showing  his  tall  stance  again.   "  how  old  are  you   ?   i  feel  like  these  formalities  isn't  doing  it  for  me.  "   honest  while  slender  digits  were  changing  batteries  inside  some  of  the  equipment  he  had  with  him.

" oh, yeah, like what? " aster asked with a raise her brows, trying to look completely amazing that there could be something more interesting to talk about. " if you aren't living life like you're a main character in a movie, are you even really living life at all? " she questioned, though, if it really was heavily raining outside, you wouldn't find aster out there. " oh good, i was really worried about that. not sure if i could live with myself if i ever got you out in the rain and melted. "

     " approximately any other topic. "  the male having always found the weather to be something nobody could control, yet the mundane people spent so many hours of their daily life to ponder about it.  " sounds like you've got it all figured out. "  thick brow lifts upward a bit in question, subtle smile appearing on his features while slight roll of eyes is made upon aster's minor joke.  " ahah, you totally strike me as the type who'd worry. "  gaze falls out onto droplets slowly trickling down the window they were seated beside.  " then go out there, prove that you'd do it. "  voice hinted with a challenge, mischief clearly evident in the glint of his eyes.

"Yunjae, don't!" Just as quick as Sunhee had been to ignore it the first time, Sunhee was behind him pulling back on his other arm to get him away from the door as it suddenly felt much colder in the home than it had before. "Can't we just leave? Why do you invite me to these places when you know how much I get scared by them?" she whined, as if he liked seeing her scared all the time. Yet, she still came every time he invited her. "We don't have to stay, this place is clearly haunted enough. It's freezing in here!"

     soft chuckle causes eyes to form minor crescents at the way she was desperately pulling him away from the door, already aware of there being spirits in the building but, the fear she was emanating with such ease made him want to keep teasing her.  " because i like seeing you like this, it amuses me. "  direct and honest, not seeing why he'd need to really sugarcoat anything for sunhee  ;  hand coming up to brush a straying strand of her hair behind ear.  " tell me why you keep agreeing coming to these places with me, then i'll consider us leaving. "  head tips, curiosity in his eyes but it was more the desire to hear what she truly felt in that moment.