Noctifer

for you, i’d bleed myself dry

“I had lived just for the moment but once I met you I realized that everything had a meaning.”

Fallin Flower 🌺

It's the way Joowon is so utterly attuned to what Dongsik needs—whether or not Dongsik is asking for it—that it's instinctive, being by his side, taking his side.

Shielding him, protecting him, fighting for him.

It's no wonder all the people in their lives—Nam Sangbae, Oh Jihwa, Yoo Jaeyi, Kwon Hyeok, Park Jeongje, even Lee Changjin—have all noticed this, themselves:

How Joowon fits so seamlessly into Dongsik's life as his partner.

“It’s not just where you lay your head. It's not just where you make your bed. As long as we're together, does it matter where we go?”

still sobbing my eyes out over this scene. dongsik has never been angry at joowon like this—not this raw and real anger. but he's angry now because joowon just nearly ruined his own life to keep dongsik safe, and dongsik is not the sort of person who can stand for such a thing. he'll let joowon go to hell, yes, but not without following him down.

it's like: how dare joowon run off like that and risk his hide for dongsik? how dare he not breathe a word of his plans, leaving dongsik to sniff the trail out on his own through sheer intuition? what would he have done if dongsik hadn't reached him in time, hadn't predicted what he was planning? did joowon know how absolutely terrified dongsik was when he ran off? did he hear the relief in dongsik's "han joowon!" when he finally emerged from the house? did he know dongsik was running through a hundred different scenarios in his head on the way there in which he failed to save joowon from danger, in which he would arrive and find joowon on the ground, choking on his own blood, just like lee sangyeop?

“I hear you call my name and it feels like home.”

FRIEND: You smile. You smile and I cannot recognise the monster which hides behind your teeth. You have altered beyond belief.