be who you are.

so.. kaz definitely had a bad habit of doing things before thinking or thoughts catching up on him, and this was definitely one of those times. oh it was one of those times, and this wasn’t how he should have approached this situation.. but here was. he was in the situation, and he would deal with it, even if that was letting ice take everything he needed to get out on him. “okay i-- yea.. okay. that was shitty and i’m sorry. you know i don’t think sometimes, and that was stupid of me.” he’d never meant to hurt ice though, and well it wasn’t like there wasn’t one or two songs in his past albums about the other. probably more than one or two, but he didn’t need anyone keeping count on that front. he was the fuck up here after all. “i’m not going to correct you on that but i do still try not to be that much of an asshole and-- i am sorry. but i didn’t tell anyone i was coming back, ice. i didn’t think far enough for that, i just wanted to come home and i finally could. if i’d realised what i was doing and this.. all of this, i would’ve texted you before i got on the flight. no-- you have never been a joke to me. not you or the relationship, no. i’m sorry, and i know that words mean nothing, but i know there’s nothing else i can offer when i can’t change the past.”

naru wasn’t too surprised at how quickly yisoo got there, even if he did flinch a little at the sound of the door opening so suddenly. he was still trying to hold back his tears though. the sobs. and the freezing ice cold feeling spreading through him was helping nothing in this situation either as he shook his head weakly. for once, naru would admit defeat in his own battle between the walls being built and cracking down. he couldn’t hide his vulnerability in a moment like this. the loud tone though had naru jumping again, sobs rising in his throat again because he had no words to explain what was happening and why he was like this-- why he was soaking in the bath. he didn’t have the words to describe that pain right now, and that dam that was holding back his cries broke a little when the arms were suddenly around him and holding him. “i-- i-i’m-- i’m sorry. m’s-sorry-- i-- i shouldn’t have s-said all of that or-- or p-pushed you away. i’m sorry, s’my fault,” he got out weakly, words a little choked up as he clung to their shirt weakly. god, to have your heart break felt horrible, and he could feel the struggle to breathe and hold back the pain building up all over again. “i just-- i-i was scared and-- i’m sorry--”

“i-- you want me to try?“ kiha asked quietly, eyes a little wider. he hadn’t really seen this conversation leading into him attempting to do something he had no clue on. it sounded like a recipe for disaster. “times like these and i remember we have very different upbringings.. my grandparents only ever taught me how to hide from them. but you really enjoyed dance that much?“ he was curious, even if he was intimidating as all hell by the actual action of doing it. “if i break anything i’m not going to the emergency room. you’ve said it now so you can click my leg back into place when it pops, yes?“ he was joking, mostly. but the emergency room was among his worst nightmares. the amount of people and the business and just-- everything about it made a shiver run down his spine. “i feel like i don’t have much of an option to say no.. but you won’t laugh at me?“ the option of picking a song was nice though, maybe that would make it easier.

cali hissed a little, glaring back at gabriel at the way the action changed instead. not that he was too surprised anyway, calling that out was a gamble, but one he was willing to take. “well you should’ve fucking broken it, shouldn’t you?” he’d honestly thought that the other would have too. that he wouldn’t be stuck in past gestures between them both. that was surprising.. he still wasn’t exactly sure how he was supposed to feel. “dashing? seriously?” his glare hardened just a little, “so you want to blame me now on the cash you spent by your own means?” he shouldn’t be surprised that gabriel would search for him, but at the time and in recent time, it wasn’t something he was able to ever let himself linger on. the effect that his disappearance would cause. “i never claimed to be good at it, or wanted to be-- and it wasn’t my fucking choice. do you expect me to apologise for what happened when you don’t know the fucking half of it, gabriel? i won’t.”

calix got hired for many jobs, but most were never more exciting that some jackass high class bastard that had fucked his client over, or some bullshit like that. but never a royal. that was interesting though, and well as an ex prince ( because fuck that shit ) himself, he didn’t ask too many questions before accepting the job. it would pay well and for all he knew it would benefit more people or some shit. he didn’t know what the princess had done, but that usually wasn’t much of his business. all of that was what had led up to him managing to sneak his way into the palace this night, finding every route he could possibly encounter and ever escape route too. it was quietest at these hours, and cali was far too skilled to be caught like this too, so he’s quiet as he stalks towards her room.

lore’s eyes snapped up, frown on her face because she definitely had to have heard that one wrong. “ex-fucking-scuse me?” her head tilting, stare sharp because she was definitely used to getting comments made about her job and that it was no job for a woman, but god this one completely topped the cake on everything. “sorry your dick’s too fucking small to understand that i can do a job better than any man ever can, whilst not charging over the fuckin’ top for some half assed shit job. that isn’t even going into everything else than i can probably do better than you-- like oh your little girlfriend over there? oh i can definitely please her way better than you know how, buddy. so step back in your damn lane before i fucking-- hey!” lore practically squawked, or squeaked maybe, batting at the arm that was currently dragging her away. now she might be five foot-- but that could be five foot or pure rage, and lore believed that she definitely had the right to evoke that rage on the dumbass that she was dragged from. which now had her glare directed at the other instead, “i could take him!”

“what.. why are you here? wait-- is it midnight again? is it closing--“ naru mumbled, worry tinging his voice as he pulled out his phone to try and quickly get the time.

“i think we might be dealing with the most incompetent yet completely random criminal i have ever seen or read up on,“ venti giggled before sipping from the draw of the iced coffee he’d picked up on the way back to station. it was definitely one of the more entertaining than sinister cases that he’d had the pleasure of working on, and sometimes he’d take that over the harder cases. “like really.. the witness said the suspect broke in through the window-- it checked out. but then panicked realising the house wasn’t empty and fell out the window trying to get out.“ he was giggling all over again then too as he pulled himself into his own desk now, legs crossed up on the seat as he peered over at the other, “even the witness seemed more baffled than anything, i think the shock had mostly worn off. but.. i’m calling this is a very inexperienced idiot.“

“what? is it.. is it really that strange to never have slow danced? is that wrong?“ kiha asked softly, head tilted just a little from where he was leaning on the counter, coffee mug wrapped up in his hands. drinking coffee far past midnight was weird to all, except kiha ( and he was sure the other had come to accept that face too hopefully ). he just didn’t sleep well ever. but this topic itself was weird to them, unsure of how to approach it considering kiha himself had never realised it was a problem. or not a problem but.. a situation? “you know i never really did the whole.. “school” thing, and i rarely leave my apartment. people freak me out.. so slow dancing is just strange to me, i guess? i’d probably step on someone’s toe. or break my ankle.. and i don’t want to go to the emergency room, i’ll die.“