— 1:27 AM

her refusal to his help is subtle, but he catches it, hand reaching out– almost finding his sleeve before it’s retracted quickly, almost immediately, coolness touching her cheek and easing the swelling. it’s only when he leans in closer that he is enlightened as to how bad the bruise really is. blood vessels definitely burst, a yellow-ish tint starting to surround the redness. it must hurt, he muses, but he knows that she’s far too prideful to show any signs of pain, other than the single wince and the split second where she’s shutting her eyes tightly. whoever did this is in for a lot of trouble.

she’s brought out of her reverie at the mention of the documents, pulling out a nondescript white envelop from the bag and passing it to him. he takes it in hand, placing the glass of ice in hers gently– but not without a look directed at her. the photos, although taken from non-discrete angles, show clearly the train of events. it reminds him of why she’s the best in the business. he flips through each stack, skimming through the information on the back, the furrow between his brows growing. it isn’t the first time that he’s encountered stragglers that think they can beat the system and outsmart him– but he’s cautious in every occurrence. you can never be too careful. 

he’s nodding along at her explanation, her words filling in the gaps that the photos can’t tell. “they’re getting ballsy, these artists”, there is no fear in his words, only tiredness, laced with a slight twinge of boredom. they’d be taken care of, dealt with harshly, as always, without a hitch in operations. “so who did this”, he gestures at her cheek, “to you? the daddy-coaxer or the blackmailer?”

After she was done explaining her information to him she set the cold glass down again, her fingers slightly wiping away the wetness of the glass from her cheek afterwards. She would be taking care of her cheek as soon as she returned to her apartment, when she had some time to herself and didn’t need to keep her pride. Hanako leaves some time for the male to check the photos she had just given him, letting him get the whole picture. Sometimes she simply unveiled things like these to her clients and she knew that for some of them it was a real shock. To him it wouldn’t be, she was sure.

As he worded his thoughts she got the realization that she was indeed right about him, his words were bland and almost as if he had expected something like this happening. “Well, as I said, put them on a shorter leash.” Her words were said in a mix of teasing and giving advice. If she was the type to care genuinely for others she might have been shocked, would have maybe offered her help, but she simply wasn’t and so all she could do was give a snarky remark.

Hanako saw as he turned his attention to her again, his eyes falling onto her bruised cheek again and his finger even pointing towards it. The question makes her tongue click against the roof of her mouth and she questioned him with a look before asking in return “Do you think some bitch that simply bats her eyelashes in order to get some more money from her sugardaddy would be able to pull such a thing on me?” and thus clearly stating that it was the girl trying to turn against him. “And I can tell you one thing: if you don’t end her then I will the next time I see her.”

♡ —- 200+ FOLLOWER APPRECIATION!

hi everyone! wow, i’m not really sure where to start with this. you guys have made my time here so amazing and i feel so blessed to have so many amazing and supporting friends and followers. this is my first ever follow forever post, so i’m sorry of the edit is a little crappy, but i needed to show my appreciation for you all.

it hasn’t been long since i started this blog and already i’ve made so many new friends and role play partners. you guys have made this experience so wonderful that i can’t begin to put it into words how much i cherish you all. even if we haven’t spoken, please know that i love your presence on my dash and that if i weren’t such a shy butt i’d be trying to engage with all of you. 

again, thank you all so so much —- for supporting me and helping myself and my muse grow. being here has been an experience that i will never forget.

—- SPECIAL MENTIONS!

to my closest friends here, to the people who are always beside me when i need them. i love you guys and you deserve only the best that life has to offer. 

@oculvus ; my dearest wife, where do i begin with you? i can’t believe how far we’ve come and how close we are now. i never imagined we’d become so close but i am so grateful that i have you here beside me. you are one of the people here who have kept me from leaving when i was overwhelmed and for that, i thank you. you opened my eyes and taught me that i should not let others walk all over me and that means so much to me. through knowing you i have become a better person and i don’t know how to show my appreciation to you. just know that i love you, and i will always be here for you just like how you have been here for me.

@gvssamer ; MY HYUNG! the one and only person who has stuck beside me from the start. it’s been nearly five years now and you’ve seen me at my best and at my worst and you never turned me away when i needed you most. we’ve laughed together, cried together, and fought together, but no matter what we’ve been through we always come out stronger. i don’t say it enough, but i appreciate you so so much and our friendship is so dear to me. you probably don’t realize it because i never say it, but i cherish you like no other. i know i haven’t been the best to you and that i’ve made my mistakes, and i can only say that i’m sorry and that i’m grateful that you have forgiven me. i will always be here when you need me, no matter what — you can come to me. && on a less mushy and serious note, you know my deepest darkest rp secrets dating back to my first ever rp blog and you better take them to your grave.

@lilivms ; you, sweet baby have become so special to me. it’s been a while since we met but it’s only been lately that we’ve become close, which makes me regret not reaching out to you more in the past. you are probably the sweetest person who i know, you care for people so deeply and you would do anything for the ones you love and i admire you for that. you’ve been here for me when i needed you and we’ve had times where we relied on each other and in those times, i was able to see how precious you are. you’re such an amazing friend and you always make me laugh ( MOSTLY AT OUR STUPID OBNOXIOUS TYPOS BUT .. .) and i hope that we continue to grow closer, and remain friends for a long time. 

@pvrpse ; the most emo, satanic asshole i know. ( just kidding, that’s only kaze. ) we met recently, or rather, a few months back now and our friendship has become precious to me over time. i can be myself around you which is saying a lot in itself because i feel the need to filter myself around a lot of people, but you’re so real that i don’t feel like i have to pretend. somehow we usually end up bitching to each other but lets be real, that’s what makes our friendship so precious. you’re one of the few people that were here for me when things got rough lately and one of the reasons why i stayed too. i adore you & your shithead of a muse so much and i’ve always lowkey admired your writing. i’m hoping that we can become closer in the future and i want you to know that i’ll always be here for you.

—- THE BABES!

below are the people who i interact with often / or who i bond with ooc. the ones who are close to mina ( or are becoming close ) and also the people who i cherish having here. thank you all so much for being here with me.

@yngimin ; @romantsu ; @arthurai ; @submrsn ; @chiaso ; @csyng ; @hnla ; @yienetic ; @9di1.

—- PRECIOUS GEMS!

the ones who i admire and want to write with / or are already writing with. the people who i hope i will have the chance to write with more or bond with in the future. i love seeing you on my dash and writing with you so much.

when she’d swung the door open, she certainly hadn’t been expecting to find her inebriated friend at her door, but she didn’t stop the woman as she sauntered into her apartment. closing the door and putting the wine back down, she followed hanako into the kitchen. it was clear that she’d had quite a bit to drink, although she was far from being wasted, she was definitely past the state of being merely tipsy. eris watched from the edge of the kitchen as hanako expertly manoeuvred around her living space, fighting against the amused twitch of her lips in case her friend took it the wrong way. ❝ you’re not drunk at all, ❞ she supplied after hanako seemed to be done drinking from her tap, ❝ which is exactly why you’ve mistaken my apartment for yours. ❞

and then there was no longer holding back her grin. finally stepping closer, eris grabbed the glass from hanako’s hand and placed it in the sink before wrapping an arm around her friend’s waist –– it was more of a friendly gesture than anything, especially since the woman seemed to have no trouble holding herself up –– and leading her towards the bathroom. ❝ c’mon, let’s get you out of those clothes and in the shower. ❞ despite her curiosity, eris had no plans to ask hanako where she’d been and what she’d been doing. that wasn’t how their friendship worked. she knew there was more to hanako than what the petite woman presented, just as hanako must’ve known that eris had so many more layers to her, but mutual respect for each other’s secrets was the reason why she considered hanako one of her few close friends. ❝ alright, bathroom’s here. i trust you’ll be fine in there without me. leave the door unlocked though, just in case. ❞

she ushered hanako into the bathroom, waiting outside for a moment to make sure the lock didn’t click in place, and only leaving once she heard the shower running. her first stop was her bedroom, where she pulled out another set of pjs (which were really just an old tee shirt and pyjama bottoms) and laid them out on the bed. next, she returned to the kitchen, rinsing off the glass from before and then going about boiling some water for tea. the shower would probably sober hanako up a little, and hopefully the tea would help her sleep. she made a mug for each of them, deciding to move back to the bathroom, so that they could settle down to sleep once they finish the tea. entering the bedroom with the mugs in hand, she found hanako just finishing getting dressed. ❝ that was quick, ❞ she commented, a teasing smile on her lips as she held one of the mugs out to her friend, placing her own down on the bedside table. ❝ get in bed, i’ll towel dry your hair for you. ❞

A hum vibrates in the back of her throat and Hanako moves her head in a slow nod to signal that she understood what Eris had told her and she steps further into the bathroom, waiting until the door was closed before slowly pulling her clothes off, even managing to fold them neatly and put them on one pile before entering the shower and washing off all the worries of the day. A soft sigh follows the warm water running down her spine and she runs her fingers through her hair before quickly finishing her shower and getting out quickly. Hanako dries herself off and grabs her clothes, taking them with her to head straight to the bedroom (luckily she remembered the way from the very few times she had been here). 

Once Eris returned to the room Hana was already done getting dressed in the clothes she had put on the bed, standing with her towel still around her shoulders to keep her hair from wetting the clothes. The sweet scent of hot tea fills the room and draws another hum from the informant. “You’re too good to me, Eris.” She spoke while reaching her hand out to take the mug, blowing on the hot liquid as she sat down on the mattress, sipping from the drink as she shifted her position. “But I still don’t know why I ended up here instead of my own apartment.” Hanako chuckles, turning her back towards the other to make it easier for her to dry off her hair.

“But you know, I still have an advice for you: never mix scotch and tequila. Bad idea.” Her hand was risen and she wiggles her finger in the air as if to lecture the other before she laughs, already feeling sobered up after her shower and now the tea was helping a lot as well. A little bit of smalltalk follows, asking what the other had been doing that day, if she had been busy when Hanako had intruded her flat like this and so on. Each of their mugs emptied quickly and once the cup was set aside she already flopped forward into the pillows, a little, also unusual, giggle following her actions. Her eyes close. “I am tired.” It’s an murmur that halfway stops in the pillow when her head turns and she becomes way too comfortable.

“You’re too nice, Leon.” Her voice is a bit weak but the tone as usual taunting as she shifts her eyes to the mob leader, standing there while holding his leg, trying not to fall to his knees. “Seriously.” She lets go of his arm, her hand though grabbing his and turning the gun once again to aim at the leader’s head. “You better run, asshole, compared to him I am not nice.” Hanako’s eye squinted at the man and she pushes her finger to lay on his in oder to possibly pull the trigger, the man shaking in fear, running for his life but not realizing he’s running towards a street. There hasn’t been a car crossing ever since he had caught the woman but to his disadvantage it’s exactly the moment when he sets foot on the street that a car runs him over. 

there’s something different in the way she walks in, hurried, almost furious— it has kade perched at the edge of his seat, eyes following her visage until he can make out her face, and the redness that it was now taken on. the sunglasses come off and even with her head held high, he can see the shock that lingers on her features, which he analyses carefully, bourbon in his hand now untouched.

her little speech has an amused smile tugging at the corners of his lips— uncharacteristic, by his standards. it would’ve offended him on most days but she was probably right, both in her bark and bite. “noted”, he murmurs, hiding his smile at the edge of his glass as he tips down the rest of his drink, setting it back down on the table. “i mean, you could always do it… but i’m not helping you clean up the mess, and you’re going to have to answer to higher ups”, it’s spoken nonchalantly, as if he isn’t talking about taking a human life— he’s been numbed to the business.

the whine that leaves her lips and the silent winces in pain have him ordering a cup of ice. and he’s turning on his barstool, facing her so that he can have it up against the swollen part of her face, gaze softening slightly as she whimpers once again. whoever it was that hit her threw a mean punch— he has to be careful while addressing this.

“what do you have for me?”

the level of disrespect on the idol’s part has him clenching his jaw, stoic now as they go back to discussing business. he can only hope that no one caught it on tape.

She’s ready to talk business and get out of here. It’s not that the pain clouds her mind but the discomfort of the bruise makes her obviously uncomfortable, a fact she tries to hide as best as possible. Yet the sounds she makes do not help and when he orders a glass of ice she’s almost up to grasp his sleeve and stop him from doing whatever he was about to. Her mind screams at her not to let him do such a thing. To no avail, the glass slowly eases the pain after a single last wince, for a second her eyes display the pain as she squeezes them shut. 

It’s only when he asks about the information that she snaps back into reality, her body leaning back, away from the healing coldness of the glass in his hand. “Of course...” Her head bobs in a slow nod and she reaches into her bag, pulling out a white envelope, reaching it towards him. “Photos as prove. One of your idols is embezzling money from you, she has some of her daddies paying more than all the others without them knowing.” Her hand gestured as she spoke before she props up her arm on the counter.

“There’s also one that seems to be collecting blackmailing material against you. She seems very set on getting through with her little plan.” Hanako then shrugs, it’s not a lot she has to tell today but this should be enough for Kade to handle right now. “That’s all for now. I wrote the info down on the back of the photos. If I have any updates things will go as always.”

- Name: Orihara Hanako - Eye Color: Dark Brown. - Hair Style/Color: long, wavy, copper brown. - Height: 168 cm. - Clothing style: comfortable but chic, jeans, fashionable top, coat, sneakers or heels, sunglasses. - Best physical feature: Hair, eyes, smile.