pretty hurts.

eagerness and anticipation is evident in her features as the faun continues to tug her older sister by the hand through the forest. at the ripe age of eighteen–at least in human terms, since that was nothing in comparison to another faun–seoyoung is finally going to take her first few steps into busan. she let go of the general fear of being in a completely new environment, had confidence in her shape-shifting, and with sohyun’s presence she had absolutely nothing to fear. their parents were hesitant with her being so accident prone, but she pleaded desperately with promise that she would not make any mistakes like before.

“quickly, quickly! i can see the road that will take us to busan!” her voice is filled with energy and optimism, eyes shining with glee as her grip on the other’s hand tighten just slightly. she had been waiting weeks and the day had finally come; her heart was racing, having long ago traded her goat legs for human ones temporarily with the use of her magic. 

fingers intertwine with her elder sibling’s when they make it on the road, she’s given a seconds worth of the view before she’s reminded to hide her horns and finally places a baseball cap. no humans in sight, no mistakes made, she looks to sohyun with mild concern and a small bit of laughter to rid the look on her face, “let’s go find the ocean, i wanna see the ocean!” 

while this is the first time she's being allowed to see the city, sohyun's been there a few times with their parents. in a way, she never really understood why they never took the younger with them, things would've been much more fun growing up, and she wouldn't have grown so bored while having to portrait as a human teenage girl. so, to be fairly honest, when she was directed to keep an eye at the faun now that she was finally being allowed to leave the forest, sohyun couldn't be happier. less excited, yes—tired? pretty much, but still content in seeing how the younger reacts and shouts at her as they run.

and she laughs. a thing that she's more used to do in the company of seoyoung. keeping her grip on her hand tighter, she looks around the empty road and takes her breath before turning to look at the faun—only to find her wearing a cap. right, the horns, sohyun would've told her about it if she reminded, but she really didn't while they were running. too busy making sure she wouldn't step on anything alive. "can we not run that fast this time, though?" she wonders, sucking in all the air she can into her lungs.

swinging their holding hands, sohyun points at the direction they should go and starts walking fast, dragging her sister with her. both of them looked like two young humans, probably younger than they were—normal clothing, as their parents requested, nothing to catch people's attention. for a second, she thanks mentally they actually live in a city that has an ocean to be seen. if they lived more into the country, it would’ve been quite a disappointment to tell seoyoung they couldn't do that for now.

     wandering through the club, he comes upon the bar once more – there’s no jaebum tonight, which rather disappoints him. teasing the bartender is always fun, and the other is certainly easy on the eyes. but that isn’t to say that there is no other prey. he sets sight upon a girl sitting at the bar who clearly has no idea what anything in the human world is. 

she is distracted, to say the least. nails recently painted in black tapping on the counter, head tilted to the side as she observes the bartender. she is distracted enough not to notice when the guy stops right next to her—almost jumping when she hears the voice, eyes looking up at the male.

now, the way he looks at her is absolutely scary. at least for her. sohyun takes a second to actually react, barely able to gulp as she shifts on her heels, changing her weight from one leg to the other. he isn’t human, an alert almost rings inside of her head—but that isn’t hard to notice, really. human males were scary, but nothing (definitely nothing) compared to this.