all dogs go to heaven

kwon hyunwoo, familiar

it's been so long since hyunwoo met donggu. like what? three years? yeah something like that and they started off on such a wrong foot.. hyunwoo doesn't remember ever apologizing, even though he feels like he should have. for getting so defensive and growling at donggu when they first met. and things.. well, they have changed, a fair bit probably. enough to have a visible shift in their dynamics, and hyunwoo does apologize nowadays when the accidentally growls or snarls at donggu. he's gotten better.

"you know," hyunwoo starts " i probably shouldn't have growled at you when we first met."

it's only them two in their shared room. for once he doesn't know where juwon had gone or if eunjae had gone out with her.

"so what's it like, flying?" hyunwoo asks and its probably a horrible way to start the conversation, but they have been sat in silence for the better half of an hour. its not that he doesn't like silence, he finds it nice, but he doesn't remember the last time nari actually spend time around him. he is curious (mildly suspicious) and it raises questions of course.

he wasn't going to address the elephant in the room. so, he does what he knows best and beat around the bush.

they are sat on one of the benches around school, the weather is getting better - more sunshine and blue skies, less rain and clouds. it's nice, the warmth on his skin. kind of reminds he of something he can't quite put a name to whenever the wind rustles by. hyunwoo looks over at nari, brows raised as he waits for an answer. he isn't in a hurry, but he does want to know. whats it like for other familiars. considering he's been here for three years and it took him one whole year to get out of his familiar form… it still feels weird talking to others about things only they could understand. makes his skin itch in a way.

.... she smiled at his apology, showed that she understood. juwon hovered over her pile of clothes for a bit before eventually taking a step closer to where hyunwoo was sitting. she placed the pants she was holding on its specific pile and didn't continue talking until she sat beside hyunwoo, knees pointing towards him. juwon placed a hand on his leg, not to stop it from shaking, but to show him that she was there and she was safe. they were both safe. her smile didn't falter once as she continued to talking, her tone with a bit more pep. "i was saying that maybe we can find out something this time around. i know we said we won't force any memories to come back to us," she said, her other hand reaching out for his out of habit now. "but it doesn't hurt for us to do some digging either."

things nowadays do seem to get easier, but there were moments where hyunwoo thought he was regressing in so many ways he couldn't possible count them.

today was one of those days, where he just couldn't focus and couldn't stop the tremors in his hands, or his shaky leg or-

at least juwon was understanding and hyunwoo knows that is the least she could do, but he doesn't mind. he's watching her move, the way she puts the clothes away, the way she sits next to him, facing him. he feels his breath get stuck in his throat once her hand is on his knee and his bouncing stops for just a second before it continues. he wants to hang his head in shame, wants to reach and move her hand away because even though he knows she isn't doing this to point anything out, it feels wrong he can't stop the nerves.

"i mean," the familiar starts, finally tearing his gaze away from juwon and looking somewhere further in their room "if you think you can do it and professor kang is willing to help or he has a clue, then it should be fine. right?"

cw; implied anxiety and injuries

the aftermath of the blood moon hunt is thought, even if hyunwoo does it best to keep it under wrap. it all happened so quickly. the way they split up, learning to work with a new witch for a little while, the constant anxiety brewing under his skin at the idea of juwon being somewhere out of reach of him again... he doesn't exactly handle it well. he could have handled it better, but it's been three days since he was last in his familiar form and the tremors in his hands isn't from the anxiety today.

they are in their shared room, tucked into their own corner and going through their laundry. fresh batch of clothes, they smell nice, easy to divide as well.

hyunwoo has kept quiet, listening to juwon as she speaks, hands working on folding different pieces of clothing to keep himself busy. he hears does listen, but he doesn't really hear her. it takes him a bit longer to realise his witch had stopped talking.

"sorry-" he starts, shoulder hunching forward a little bit more as he glances at her "can you repeat that?" hyunwoo asks, head tipping to the side as he looks at juwon, brows furrowed. "i was listening i swear-" it's a lie, they both know it but he hopes she doesn't point it out.

it takes him a few seconds to decide what to do with the hoodie he was holding in his hands, before finally dropping it on the edge of the bed and taking a seat. his leg bounces as he looks at juwon, giving her his full attention.

27, aries sun, gemini ascendant, virgo moon seoul born, moved to a small village in gangwon-do in his teens familiar to @lotusless

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trigger warning: fire, massive casualty, attempt of suicide, anxiety

very loving and happy to lucky parents, but always made sure to keep him on the right tracks; he had a small family, and they moved to the big city before he was born for a better life.

they stayed there until hyunwoo shifts for the first time into a border collie around the age of 9 and things only go downhill from there. he starts lashing out and is generally not doing too well; he spends the majority of his time in his familiar form, howling and mopping around.

in his early teens his parents have had enough of him being miserable (truly they were worried he would spiral and things will just get even worse) so they started listening to him. they make a few moves to smaller cities then villages and eventually land in the one where hyunwoo meets his witch. juwon.

they bonded very quickly and became inseparable. he followed her everywhere she went, usually in his familiar form. he even went back to seoul when juwon decides she wants to, and his family stay behind in the village as they have settled in well there. he would still visit back a lot, sometimes a few times a week, more so because juwon wanted updates and he couldn't say no.

they are both 25 when their village burns down and neither of them can do anything about it but deal with the consequences of losing everything.

he doesn't handle it quite as bad as juwon, but he does spend an uncomfortable amount of time in his human form as a lowkey subconscious form of self punishment because he couldn't do anything to help then and doesn't think he can help now.

he was there when his witch jumped off the cliff and he did his best to save her, and he did but alas, they both the suffer consequences of that action.

when he first joined the school, he was basically a ticking time bomb of anxiety; huge separation anxiety issues that he couldn't quite understand because he couldn't remember anything from the event that caused them both to lose their memories. (he is doing better now but his anxiety still spikes if he is away from juwon for long periods of time) still does the whole, staying in his human form way longer than needed as a form of subconscious punishment really

that being said, he is doing a lot better now than when he first joined, those around him can see a very cheerful and playful guy under the surface, he just needs someone to hold his hand (or pet him on the head)

as for plots, anything and all goes with him really.

a familiar that wants to show him he can be away from his witch and nothing bad will happen (good luck)

witches or familiars he actually manages to let loose a bit and be his previous goofy and chatty self

someone that just doesn't like him?? for any reason, could be he wasn't strong enough to protect his witch. or he is whiny lad.

other... dog familiars?? idk they can make their own little friend group