REVIVAL

London: How do you take your tea?

Paris: Describe your favorite kiss.

Dublin: Do you believe in Soul mates?

Oslo: What keeps you warm?

Amsterdam: What is your ideal night out?

Los Angeles: What would you change about yourself?

Milan: How do you think others describe you?

Prague: What is your favorite season?

New York City: What gets you up in the morning?

Hong Kong: What is your earliest childhood memory?

Tel Aviv: What is your favorite thing about your family?

Las Vegas: Have you ever broken a heart?

Madrid: Describe your aesthetic.

Chicago: What do you ache for?

Toronto: Describe your ideal partner.

Sorrento: What is your weakness?

Cairo: Whats your favorite quote?

Budapest: What tattoo do you want?

Mumbai: What is your favorite scent?

Stockholm: What scares you?

jongin is currently participating in japanese magazine’s vivi for a series of special movies/videos. the short broadcast video for the said event has been uploaded to vivi’s official youtube channel.

160318-160320: exoplanet #2 concludes the ending of their ‘the exo’luxion tour’ performed in various countries such as north america, korea, and indonesia. the tour counted a total of fourty-four performances since march 7th, 2015. the last encore concert was held in seoul, south korea in the olympic gymnastics arena.

due to being injured, jongin was unable to perform thoroughly with the rest of his members. for the duration of the three days in concert, he sat and maintained minimal movement to not apply stress to his left ankle.

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‘it won’t hurt, i swear’.

he couldn’t help but to laugh quietly, underneath his breath. he was sure to not have phased disrespect with his laughter, but once he laughed, he felt more to himself in bursts of amusement. “doing bad things have to result into getting hurt now?” jongin didn’t proceed to prod with a series of questions, more so for a tasteless investigation. once he had became quiet, he began to think rather than burden the other in continuous rambles. the sun was still out; the air felt warm, and the people were going about their day’s responsibilities. might it be the restlessness that was subjected to the need for oddity. oddity in living through episodes that was near reckless. as long as it proves the arrangement for adrenaline, purposely taking fun in structures for adventure, then so be it. it was only until now that jongin spent his minutes in silence. the conversation was bound to be animated.

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Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 56 truths about you. At the end, choose 10 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.

Tagged by: @goreravens & @zeniism. Tagging: @ruwei. @arigio. @hvmansacrifice. @wcrkaholic. @mauvaischonte. @ohsn94. @vitolity. @foxglowe. @dulvcet. @ezist. As always, if you have done this before, do pay no attention to mind.

WHAT WAS YOUR: Last Beverage: ❝ Water. ❞ Last phone call: ❝ My last phone call was to my manager, clarifying yesterday’s— or today’s, schedule. ❞ Last text message: ❝ Sent to one of my sisters, wishing her a quick recovery since she has fallen ill. ❞ Last song you listened to: ❝ I’m a Flirt by R. Kelly. ❞ Last time you cried: ❝ I can’t seem to remember.. It wasn’t recent, nor long ago, however. ❞

HAVE YOU EVER: 
 Dated someone twice: ❝ No. ❞ Been cheated on: ❝ No, not that I could remember. Perhaps they did it so discreetly, I never noticed. Doesn’t seem to matter since we’re not in each other’s lives anymore. ❞ Kissed someone and regretted it: ❝ No.. ❞ Lost someone special: ❝ Yes.. ❞ Been depressed: ❝ Very sad, but not as far as being depressed, I think. ❞ Been drunk and threw up: ❝ No. ❞

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS: ❝ Sky blue, red, black. ❞

LAST YEAR, HAVE YOU: 
 Made a new friend: ❝ Yes. ❞ Fallen out of love: ❝ No. ❞ Laughed until you cried: ❝ Yes! Plenty of times, actually. ❞ Met someone who changed you: ❝ I think so. So yes, yes. Probably. ❞ Found out who your true friends are: ❝ Yes. ❞ Found out someone was talking about you: ❝ Yes. It’s inescapable.❞

FIRSTS: 
 First surgery: ❝ Yes. ❞ First piercing: ❝ Yes. ❞ First best friend: ❝ A classmate that I once disliked due to my poor judgment. After talking, we grew to like each other. ❞ First sport you joined: ❝ Joined as in a team? I never.. really joined a team, but I was doing taekwondo when I was younger. ❞ First vacation: ❝ I travel often due to my profession, but most of the time, the traveling to different countries are more work orientated than a vacation. My first vacation was probably a trip to Jeju with my classmates and friends when I was in high school. That, or going to Japan with Taemin. It’s one or the other. I forgot. ❞ First pair of trainers: ❝ Pretty sure they were Nikes. ❞

RIGHT NOW: 
 Eating: ❝ Nothing at the moment. I had an apple some time ago. ❞ Drinking: ❝ Pocari sweat. ❞ I’m about to: ❝ Take a nap. ❞ Waiting for: ❝ My ankle to recover. ❞

YOUR FUTURE: 
 Want kids: ❝ Yes.. for the future, I think that’d be wonderful. ❞ Get married: ❝ Definitely! Yes. ❞ Career: ❝ I want to still be able to dance and learn. Performing and having a certain love for a passion never dies. There’s no such thing as retirement. Well, of course, technically— yes, but for me, no. I don’t want my career to ever take a halt. I want it to keep going. Always. ❞

WHICH IS BETTER: 
 Lips or eyes: ❝ Eyes. I’ll go with eyes. ❞ Hugs or Kisses: ❝ Hugs. ❞ Shorter or Taller: ❝ Neither. ❞ Older or younger: ❝ Doesn’t matter. ❞ Romantic or Spontaneous: ❝ Whatever goes. ❞ Nice stomach or nice arms: ❝ Doesn’t matter. ❞ Sensitive or Loud: ❝ Sensitive. ❞ Hook-up or relationship: ❝ I don’t have the energy for a relationship, but I don’t like the sound of a hook-up, so.. I suppose a relationship sounds better. ❞ Trouble maker or hesitant: ❝ Hesitant. ❞

HAVE YOU EVER: 
 Kissed a stranger: ❝ No. ❞ Drank hard liquor: ❝ No. ❞ Lost glasses/contacts: ❝ No. ❞ Sex on first date: ❝ No, no. ❞ Broke someone’s heart: ❝ I personally don’t think I have, but, I’m not entirely sure. ❞ Been arrested: ❝ Never. ❞ Turned someone down: ❝ Yes.. just gently, however. ❞ Cried when someone died: ❝ Yes. ❞ Fallen for a friend: ❝ Yes. ❞

STATUS: Arrived from Malaysia to Korea. ACTIVITY: EXO PLANET #2, The EXO’LUXION in Seoul. Unable to perform due to health complications.

EXO 카이 JUST POSTED A MESSAGE.

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► SMS: OPHELIA.      ー feeeel the volcanic eruption with every bite!      ー spicy. but not that spicy. i like chicken in its glory of diversity.      ー the best part was the chicken biting shots. i was well fed for the day.

delivered. 11:48 pm.

► SMS: OPHELIA.      ー wait. shouldnt you be sleeping..

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ah, but the silence was ceaseless. the silence was stubborn. there was no denying that they have reciprocated failure in ways to speak, or gesture. how irrational it would be for jongin to muster up a sad, unconvincing interruption that would better deter them both. it would take courage. it would take the boldness of chivalry, yet the bliss of ignorance, to not know where he stood in yoosuk’s life. he had known that they weren’t dubbed as friends of the sort, but as individuals. the undetermined fracture of it all was bleak. scarce. it was a bad fortune to know that the best forms of cruelty was to be neglected.

jongin sighed. he sighed with an evident dislike that overthrew him. his face, however, no longer appeared to have suffered any pain. he had regret the loss of something, whether or not if it was taken by account of his own actions. it was though all the short lived encounters of they and them, the supposed us and we, played a broken record in his head. and to look at him, thinking as if he were to be at fault. so he sat, among yoosuk, in unbreaking silence. during this period, he had felt the return of remorse that could not be found for.

he sat as though he was suffocating. he sat as though his thoughts were suspended, almost, without knowing when they’d gradually offer melancholy to its own nature. he hated the moments, and he hated the indifference, the neutral indifference, fogging up the premises of his question. he wished to have addressed this in a more bitter manner. but, instead, his voice was small. his voice was weighted with the burden of dread, no louder than a muted inquiry. he came to look upon it with a distinguished loathing, for that he couldn’t hide. the overwhelmingness of unease, anxiety, which carried throughout his words.

he avoids contact with yoosuk’s eyes. jongin felt a certain sense of ambiguity, the remembrance of how his curiousness and incidents of openness lead to here, and now. he hears the ends of yoosuk speaking, but something doesn’t quite sit well with jongin. ‘i will never replace you’, he says, and jongin subconsciously wants to dig his nails into his skin. just like the myth of believing, instead, he wants to cross his fingers behind his back.

‘you’ve got nothing to fear’, and jongin’s eyes lift to the crack in the ceiling, outwardly grown like an old vein clinging to a dying tree. he could readily displace the meaning of ferment. jongin cannot be deceived, he will not be deceived, and he refuses to be deceived. once, he looks into yoosuk’s eyes, and back towards the crack on the ceiling.

“you don’t have to lie,” he responds, unexpectedly. jongin breathes through his nose and his lips are parted, “if you don’t have the time to see me, then say so. it could save us you and i time. it’s fine if you have other company.”