four-leaved clover ☘

mpxesther​:

(...) The thought alone frightened her for a moment. But, she pushed down the anxiety, and instead, gently, she moved her hand to lead him deeper into the shop. “What is your name again?” She asks, slowly reaching the back counter. Leaning against it, she once again scanned his face, hoping for something to jump out. “Oh! And thank you for bringing the treats.”

his attention is pulled back to the person in front of him when she reaches out a hand to put on his shoulder and tells him that she is esther. immediately the smile on his face widens to beam utter happiness and delight up at her, and his eyes shine with delight as he takes her in. he barely catches her next words in all of his single-minded focus, but when she mentions possibly losing some of her memories, some deep-rooted instinct to reassure her kicks in and he immediately straightens up properly.

“no, no!” he says straight away. “you didn’t!” he lets her lead him a little further into the shop before pausing again so he can introduce himself properly. he was raised with manners, after all, he should show them off! “my name is han jisung, or han. i’m felix’s boyfriend. he told me about you and i had nothing to do today so i thought we could hang out!”

@mpxesther 

hefting the bag a little better over his shoulder, han reaches for the door handle and gently pushes it open before heading inside of the building. he makes sure the door doesn’t fall closed harshly behind him and then takes all of his bright-eyed enthusiasm over to the first person in sight.

“hi, hello, could you tell me where i could find esther noona? i’ve brought some homemade dog treats and some cat food and i’m here to hang out with her.” he beams a bright smile at the person - who might be esther herself for all he knows - and then looks around to take in the animals that are in the room already, wondering if he would be allowed to just sort of exist here forever.

@mpxcharlotte 

"noona!”

there are a few things that stop han jisung from just bursting into a room and going straight for his goal. the fact that said room is a book store and his goal is the girl standing behind the counter is so far down that list it might as well not even be on there.

so he strides across the distance between the door and the register, draping himself bodily over the space where usually people put the books they want to buy and looking up at charlotte with wide eyes. they’ve met maybe two or three times, the first time being when she saved him from some thugs and bought him a drink, but that’s more than enough to convince jisung that she is, in fact, a dear friend of his.

so when he spotted her through the book store window right as he was in the middle of pondering the great mysteries of life, there was only one thing to do: go inside and get her advice. so he rolls over until he’s on his back and can look up at charlotte upside-down.

Cheerful Escapade

(...) Davina was unable to put the game down. So, as she walked down the street, she was completely distracted by the device in her hand. For the most part, she had managed to avoid many of the rushing people on the street. However, it did not take long for the woman to walk straight into another person, who had been just as distracted as she had been. It was luck that neither person fell, but she immediately looked up at them with a gasp.

“Oh gosh! I’m so sorry!”

here’s the thing: for the past couple of weeks, jisung has been bored. basically since the year started, he’s just been hanging out, spending time, trying to make something happen for him. bored, bored, bored out of his mind. and what does he automatically turn to when he’s bored? that’s right: old habits. old habits that die hard and earn him a little glimpse of adventure even when sometimes it’s too easy.

too easy to bump into the girl not paying attention at all. too easy to pretend he himself wasn’t paying attention at all either. too easy to slip her wallet from her pocket in the collision and hide it within his own jacket. too easy to put a hand on her elbow, to help steady her in order to make sure neither of them would tumble down to the ground.

there's a brief moment of confusion when he looks up and sees someone he doesn't know at all, but then all of his polite and friendly instincts kick in and he levels the woman with an easy smile.

"oh, just my boyfriend's at work and my friends are busy," he says, shrugging off the issue because it is a non-issue in his eyes anyway. "but i really wanted to take a walk around the park, so i came by myself."

han looks over to see what angela’s holding in her hand, immediately brightening as he recognises the bracelet. “oh my god, thank you!” he chimes, reaching for it and immediately slipping it back around his wrist, clicking it closed properly so he won’t lose it a second time.

“thank you so much, noona!” he immediately beams at her, hugging the arm with the bracelet on to his chest and smiling at her with great warmth. “i thought i’d never find it again. this was a gift from my mother, you know? i would’ve been devastated if it had really been gone.”

"because i'm in love with you."

the words slip past his lips with some sort of complete, thoughtless, suddenness that they leave him temporarily stunned himself. but then the truth of them settles into his chest like a full on realisation and he simply smiles at his boyfriend, wide and warm and full of that exact feeling he’d just put into words, absolutely zero expectations behind it, only his own truth.

mpcedric​:

(...) He interrupted himself, retrieving his phone to start freezing his bank cards, just for precaution. “I’m also aware there’s no use chasing you. And I’d most likely make a fool of myself by dragging you to the station.” Cedric tapped the other’s shoulders, his smile still visible but expression more serious. “I want it back you hear me? And I’ll keep an eye on you but for now… Enjoy your day.”

han watches the way the officer seems to accept his explanation and turns more towards his own phone to do who knows what. possibly note down han’s name just for future reference, or maybe he’s checking to see if his lover has texted, who knows? in the end whatever happens earns him a way out, because the next words out of the man’s mouth are a dismissal if ever he’s heard any.

“i’ll look around still. maybe whoever took it left it somewhere after grabbing your cash,” he says, shrugging lightly. “i hope you have a better rest of your day, officer.” he dips into another polite little bow and then walks off in the direction he’d been going earlier.

mpxyuna​:

(...) “By the way, you probably shouldn’t ask randoms to do stuff in your banking app, you know. Someone could take advantage and steal all your money or something,” she commented, trying to keep it casual so that he did not get an inkling that it had crossed her mind to do just that, herself.

he’s asked to spell the name he wants to give the account, and since she tilts the screen towards him a little, he can do so perfectly timed with how she types it out. then she proceeds to warn him about the risks of asking random people to help him with his bank application. he’s been warned against the dangers of giving out his password or his bank account details to strangers plenty of times before, but it’s not like he really dreads losing his money. it’s not like he can’t earn it back rather quickly as well - perhaps not all of it, but definitely plenty to keep living the comfortable life he lives now.

“aw, thank you, it’s so nice of you to warn me about that,” he says brightly. “but you didn’t look like someone who woul take advantage of me and i don’t really know anyone with enough time to help me with silly things like this.” he beams her a bright smile and then takes his phone back from her when she’s done, quickly trying to open up the settings himself again to do what she had done. it seems to work, so he instantly beams another bright grin her way.

mptaho​:

(...) “uh, not really?” he answered, a little confused as he glanced between the stranger and the kitten. “i found him wailing in the tree but i’m… a little afraid of heights, so i was nervous about climbing the tree. i work as a vet so i wanted to take the baby in to get checked,” taho explained, his voice soft but was filled with gratitude. “thank you, for helping get him down. he was crying so loudly.”

“oh, that’s probably a good idea!” he immediately chimes when told the other man wanted to get the kitten checked out at his vet practice. “who knows how long it’s been up there, perhaps it’s malnourished, too!” he reaches up and over his shoulder to gently run a finger over the kitten’s fur, which luckily lets him do that. it seems entirely content to be curled up in the hood of his sweater, probably warm against his back and happy to no longer be up high in a tree. as he strokes its little furry head another time, he can even feel the kitten begin to purr.

“i’ll walk with you?” he suggests. “also if you know a safer way of transporting this little one than in the hood of my sweater maybe we should do that too? though she seems content enough just to exist there right now.” he tries to glance back, but really, the hood being on his back, right behind his shoulders, doesn’t make it possible for him to see it in any way. “maybe she’ll be fine if we just walk?”

This year Han’s going to the Hallow’s Eve Ball as Ash Ketchum with @mpxfelix as his trusty partner Pikachu!

mp-skylar​:

(...) “Literally anything that proves you’re actually twenty-one. Passport or any other IDs with your picture on it and your birth date would work,” she explains, trying to be quick as she doesn’t really wanna deal with legalities right now. It’s been a long evening for her, and she’d rather be home than deal with an underage call.

he blinks as the bartender points out where something is supposed to be on his id, taking it in and trying to remember what he’s seen other ids look like. but then this is a mount phoenix id and he’s only ever seen his own. guess this warrants him a trip to the town hall. it must mean there’ll be something in it for him, or else his luck would not have slipped up like this.

taking the id back from the bartender and listening to her explanation, he just sighs deeply. “oh my god,” he mutters when she’s done talking, and promptly hops off his stool at the bar, trudging over to the exit of the club without any further conversation.

...

mpxyuna​:

(...) If it was a bait, though, she was not going to take it. Disseminating wealth from individuals wasn’t really her style, anyway. So she took the phone - carefully, as if it were made of porcelain. She was definitely still wary. “What did you want to change the account name to?”

absolutely certain the girl must be asking him about some technology term, jisung takes a second look at his phone and frowns lightly. “no, it’s a samsung. galaxy, i think?” he’s really not well-versed in cellphones and their types, but he got this one from his mother not long before he came to the island, so even though it’s not the newest one it’s still very decent, he thinks.

luckily the girl seems convinced to help him, because she carefully takes the phone from him and looks at his screen. after a moment, she asks him what he wants to change the name to and he instantly starts to grin brightly.

mpcedric​:

(...) At that point he was more interested in the other’s secret and how exactly was he able to get away with such action. The wallet had nothing too important aside from his ID and bank cards that he could easily freeze with his phone in seconds. "I’m new in town, so I’m not familiar with every single demigod’s skills. Please enlighten me and no repercussions will come to you.“

he listens to the police officer offer up explanations as to what he might have done with the wallet, meekly staying in place and just listening to the officer continue to threaten him a little with possible consequences before telling him to fess up.

“none of those things, i assure you,” is what he starts his reply with. “no black holes or invisibility - is that a thing?” his eyes briefly flicker with curiosity before he retains himself from asking anything more. “i’m a son of benzaiten. she’s the japanese goddess of fortune. i’ve got no special skills to speak of, really. can’t even handle my phone right.”