Reserved

——⋆ back to normal、

rkxskm​:

Seokwoo is right, they have never been at a pool party together until today. He nods in agreement and realises that this is perhaps something he wishes to change in the future, that they get together more often for the mundane things. “You’re right… Strange…” Taeyang is obviously in thought when he now responds, desperately trying to recall the last time they did something fun.

Of course, Halloween last year was a noteworthy experience, though possibly a day that they don’t at all remember as normal—both being terrified and screaming for their lives, additionally to Taeyang being approached by a woman dressed in a costume made of tin. No, that day was anything but normal at all. “Still, I’m sure you can relax. There are eyes all over this place today.”

“What company is she in? I suppose not NOVA since I haven’t heard about this until now.” Not that he needs to know, it’s mostly for conversation’s sake. His lip twitches at the right corner in mild unease in response to the whistle, though, and Taeyang glares at the other whilst a sort of smirk appears. He can’t help but feel good about revealing the news finally, the now old news.

His shoulder tugs into another shrug, his gaze shifting to scan the visible area in front of them. With the arm comfortably around his shoulders, the two of them truly reveal how close their friendship is. “I’m not sure… I think she’s supposed to come but I don’t know when,” he hopes soon.

“Yes we’ll just have to rectify that, don’t we.” More of a statement than a question. Despite being the month’s evaluation taking place in the pseudo relaxing environment, Seokwoo still feels a little on the edge. Not just because he was looking out for Yoorim, but for several factors he has been pushing behind his mind. “Reckon we should get some escape from all this soon.”

Practically and logically he knew Taeyang is right of course, his best usually is even though Seokwoo would never admit it out loud. Taeyang has become his voice of reason for plenty of occasions throughout the last years, though Seokwoo tends to return the favour- some times rather than often, however. 

“She got into KT. You’ know I don’t see the point of this evaluation, I mean I do but if they were going to be strict about the whole thing- where is the fun in that?” Except this is the reality of things, the first hand experience of what it would be like as an idol performing in front of a crowd in say a summer festival or something. A perfect demonstration that an entertainer is an actual career- a job. 

rkxskm​:

「 ’ trainee pillow 」

he laughs and instead keeps drawing, finding himself amused with the other’s comments. This was fun for him. “are you sure you don’t want spoilers!?” he asked, laughing, pausing his drawing to watch the other draw straight and concise lines. “doing some assignments for the teachers?” he asked, curious as to what seokwoo was doing. 

he resumes coloring and shading the webcomic when seokwoo mentions that he knows that she’s going to triumph but the journey and the characters, sungyeol simply laughs. “well, there’s a lot coming. the big bad is going to be revealed, people are going to die,” he hums, as he keeps drawing. “maybe i’ll even kill off my main character in a dramatic twist…. the great thing is that my ending isn’t officially decided yet,” he said, grinning. He can get the attachment but also he is the artist and writer, so he can throw in a twists.

Shaking his head valiantly as though the it causes him great pain to reject the idea of spoiling one of his favourite on going mangas, which theatrically it does. Apparently, Seokwoo is willing to exploit connection in many things but ruining the plot of something he actually enjoys is a no go for him. 

“No not really,” he shrugs back into working on his lines, “the next sem is around the corner and I’ve decided to take up extra art stuff since I’ve more or less took up all the electives for the technical last term. So I need some practice before uni starts up again.” A part of him would always wonder how things would be if he stuck with his university and didn’t venture of into this line of work. Maybe he would have even gone pro in volleyball. 

rkxskm​: 

“Even if her husband Perseus chopped off Medusa’s head with Athena’s sword?” Wendy raises an eyebrow at Seokwoo for this. She just rolls with whatever he says. After all, she is used to it, considering who he’s related to and all. This is actually on the tame side of things, so she can’t really complain. At least they’re not starting any chaos this time, and no one will have their heads. 

Wendy shrugs. “I mean, all the boys were named after Perseus, so it’s only fair we’re only named after a constellation as well,” she says.She allows herself to snort at the Uranus comment. “Had we gone with Uranus, I can already imagine all the jokes we’d be coming up with on that one.” She shakes her head, knowing the lack of maturity of people on stan Twitter. “Athena would have been good, but that’s just me. Terpsichore, the muse of dance, would have been fitting for Nova and all.” Another thought occurs to Wendy. “Besides, we can’t do the goddess concept. Luxe already beat us to that. We’d have become Olympia’s public enemy number one, and I would rather not have my Olympia paid membership revoked.”

“Uff you’re right, she doesn’t really sound like a good mate if she would allow her husband to behead one of her friends, aye.” Well now this really puts a perspective in their current conversation. If there was one thing is forever embedded into him and his brothers’ personality, that would be their loyalty to their loved ones. More often then not the families they chose to be a part of and not the one they are born with. “Love your group, but the name is starting to take a different turn for me, Wendy darling.”

* bicycle for two ,

@rkxskm

riding a bicycle built for two as a soloist seemed like a good idea at the time.

it’s been a couple of years since he’d ridden on one, either walking or taking his car to wherever he needed to go, but he had the sudden urge when he saw the rental station, and anyone who knows him well knows how hard it is for him to resist his own urges, especially harmless ones like this. unfortunately, all of the single rider bicycles were rented out, and only doubles were left, but he wasn’t going to let such a small setback stop him, so he decited to rent it out anyway. he kind of wishes he’d thought about it a little more now.

about three seconds in, he quickly realizes he’d underestimated just how different it would feel with an empty seat behind him; the balance is all off, and for some reason, just knowing there’s an empty seat behind him meant for someone else who is supposed to be helping him is throwing him off. it wouldn’t be a problem if he wasn’t headed straight for some stranger on the path, deja vu of another time he’d crashed his bike flashing quickly in his mind. he swerves a hard left, but he still isn’t sure he’s going to make it in time to avoid damage, so he lets out a loud yelp in warning, as loud as his voice will carry.

“incoming!”

“See ya mate! Don’t do anything I would do...or anything I wouldn’t do. There’s a grey area where you can dip your toes into.” Waving his best friend off as they separated at the entrance of the picnic. There is a lot of things that Seokwoo does do and shouldn’t while plenty of things he should be doing except he doesn’t for the sole purpose of simply giving no fucks. For one thing, he should really stop smoking, he thought dismissively as he lights up a stick. 

Another thing is to stop getting in the way of danger. He saw him first before hearing the warning. Rather stepping out of the way, as any normal person would do, Seokwoo stands his ground turning towards the stranger coming at him with a duo bike. Quickly raising his hands, he manages to snag a part of the bike, the force of the moving object with the man on it hurts him instantly but not enough to loosen his grip. “Fuck!” Seokwoo grunts as he gets dragged down the bike and the man on it. 

☼ picnic date(?)

with @rkxskm

Yunho was nervous. He was about to hang out with Seokwoo—alone—for the first time since he had crashed at his place. Well, first time outside the flat. They’d been alone plenty before but this was different. It felt almost like a… date. But it wasn’t a date. Nope, no… definitely not. Despite telling himself that this was just a hanging out type of deal, Yunho’s heart was beating like a wounded bird trapped in a cage. He’d even taken the day off from work to prepare for their… outing.

With a small sigh he squatted down to check the basket for the umpteenth time just to make sure, really sure, that nothing had moved or broken in the last two minutes. Yunho could only hope that a) they weren’t going to get food poisoning from his kimbap and b) that Seokwoo actually found it good (or at least edible). He’d packed it carefully along with several boxes of banchan and some beers. It had said that there would be food trucks available so if everything went to hell at least they wouldn’t be hungry.

( mssg ✉️➜ dearest friend seokwoo )

✉️➜ hi!! ✉️➜ I’m waiting by the big flag pole. u can’t really miss it… ✉️➜ see you soon! ^^ ✉️➜ ps. I hope ur hungry bc I brought some food for us~

Immediately after he had hit ‘send’ Yunho had the overwhelming urge to throw his phone far away and just lay down and die. God, it was a wonder how he even functioned on a daily basis around his friend. He just prayed that Seokwoo hadn’t noticed just how much he stared at him when he hoped that he wasn’t looking.  Why was he so embarrassing? And dumb? And just… fucking lame?

There is no doubt that he is abrasive and loud. However, simultaneously harbouring some dark secrets and living a private life. Seokwoo knows full well that there are better ways than using violence and acting out when his emotions get a little out of control. Perhaps talking about his disturbing thoughts or feelings with his friends and family, alas somethings are meant to be kept in the dark. 

A small smile graces his lips when he reads the message from Yunho. Making Seokwoo ponder yet again for the nth time since the other has come back if he should let someone know that he is living with his ex. One who left him abruptly after a few months of dating, practically disappearing on the face of the plant. But Seokwoo knows better now, maybe that’s why he ignores the heavy sensation slowly suffocating him and continues to enjoy the small blissful moments till he blows up again. 

rkxskm​:

「 ’ literal stars 」

Starter for @rkwendy

Wendy can’t help the chuckle she lets out when Seokwoo drops the fact on her. “I knew she was a princess and a constellation, but the goddess of dreams is brand new information,” she admits. “I know Morpheus is the god of sleep and I think dreams too, but Andromeda? That’s new information to me.” She like to think she knows her Greek myths. Then again, it’s always interesting to learn new information. 

“I would think that all of us are Andromeda,” she says with a laugh. “I just wish CEO Hyun Bin chose a woman who didn’t need to be rescued. There are many constellations that are tied to each other in concept. I just wonder why he chose the one that rescued and needed to be rescued.” She sighs. As much as she loves the group, she wonder whether it would have hurt their CEO to choose a constellation named after a more independent woman or something. 

Dear Lord he was blessed to have friends that not only went along with his bullshit but also his random spurts of musing. “Yup, she also became good homies with the snake-haired lady Medusa and the god of parties and orgies, Dyniosus.” Wiggling his brows suggestively as he gestures towards himself when mentioning the mythical god of parties. “She is told to be one of the younger goddess, not entirely sure what her relationship with Morpheus though.” 

——⋆ back to normal、

rkxskm​:

“Good thing you didn’t have it then,” he says teasingly. Of course, if he knew there was a possibility of damaging Seokwoo’s belongings, there is no way he would have pushed him into the pool—still, he has perfectly good vision and saw no risk in the act. As the next incoming splash hits, Taeyang is taken by surprise, his entire body jerking in response when contacted by the water. “Hey!” He yells, mildly in distress.

Once again, he drags water from his face, now swimming over to rest against the pool with Seokwoo. Although he doesn’t know who he is looking for, Taeyang scans the area himself. “That’s exciting. You don’t think you’re, like… catastrophic thinking right now, though? I doubt anything will happen today,” and likely not ever. Today is special, however, he supposes since they are probably under much stricter watch.

He shrugs casually in response to the question, hoping that Seokwoo understands that this isn’t the best conversation at a place like this. “You know, things are turning… I hope.” Obviously, he can’t be for sure that things are getting better, but he can hope as it seems that way. Turning slightly to face the other properly, his smile glows subtly. “We’re good.” Is all he says, yet it’s more than enough to reveal what has happened.

“Serves you right.” Snorting at his friend’s mildly unamused expression. Seokwoo’s own expression softens into light mirth, gaze finally moving away from strangers to regard the man in front of him. Technically he has known Taeyang for as long as he has been in Seoul, moving into the same high school as him and even joining the same volleyball club. 

Yet it hit him strangely as he regards him with a realization, “I think this is the first time we’ve ever been to a pool party together.” Heck Seokwoo does not even remember going on proper lads trip out with Taeyang before. Given the fact that there were years spent when the two of them had drifted apart but nonetheless, “strange...” 

starter for @rkohsehun

The restaurant he chose to take them to is located nearby the outskirts of Seoul. Seokwoo is well aware of his younger brother’s fame and success as an idol but even before then, him and Minsoo could often be spotted in an international tabloids. Mostly in a scuffle. The results of having wealthily, rich and famous parents. 

rkxskm​:

「 ’ trainee pillow 」

starter for @rksxngyeol

Sungyeol actually liked hanging out with Seokwoo. It was nice having a friend to bounce ideas and colors off of since it was a rare occasion for him. it is honestly jusy nice and sungyeol isn’t sure where this drawing bonding started but he doesn’t really care, since he’s just happy to have more friends around. He sketches quietly on his tablet and moves it to a more comforatble angle when seokwoo moves to lay his head in his lap. 

“Ah, my manga? Supposed to update it in two days.” he hums, with a grin. he’s glad that seokwoo is enjoying his manga. he laughs at the comment about leaving his fans hanging on a cfliff hanger. “But you know that the hero always triumphs no matter the obstacle in the path. besides, there’s a pretty big twist coming in in the next few chapters. Not the next one, but for sure, the one after that,” he says, grinning. He resumes sketching and grins even wider. “I’m actually finishing up the last of the panels for the next chapter right now. Then jut inking and colors left!” 

This time he draw straight and concise lines, as much as he can without a ruler. He is almost successful, Seokwoo always thinks that he is but once the drawing if submitted to his professor, the old man would argue otherwise. But he needs to practice drawing up a templates before university starts up. Although he was used to using tablets, Seokwoo always appreciated hand drawn art in a different level. 

— `, ● tell me you’re proud .

rkxskm​:

Yoorim doesn’t find the time to greet her cousin, his approach so rushed that she barely realises that he’s there until he has a grip on her arm—while he doesn’t mean to hurt her, the grip puts sudden pressure on sore muscles and results in a squeaky ‘ouch’. It all happened too fast for her to understand why Seokwoo is yelling at her, demanding to know whether she is hurt and potentially who has hurt her. Gazing at him with teary eyes, Yoorim is obviously not happy with how overprotective he is right now.

“What the heck—let me go!” She pulls her arm out of his grasp, sniffling to try pull herself together already. “Does crying only mean one thing to you, oppa? That something is wrong?” The words leave her before she can think them through but if the two of them have one family trait in common, it’s the fact that they act on emotions rather than logic. Instead of telling the reason behind her tears, Yoorim thrusts the one flyer in his direction—in fact, she practically slaps it onto his chest in a childish manner.

A flash of anger is quickly replaced with another wave of relief, the feeling bringing with a set of hiccups before she breaks into tears again. She launches forward, forcing Seokwoo into an embrace and it feels good to feel small for a change; with her height, Yoorim typically feels like a giant, both with male and female friends. Not in his arms, though, not in his arms.  “It—it looks like, like we are in a race together now!” It comes out a whine through sobs and hiccups, her grip tightening around his slim neck.

His intense stare remains trained at her expressive features. Aside from their height, one would only have to look at their same set of stubborn brows that sat comfortable below their crown and stiff chin. Their grandmother would often say they had the same nose too, but Seokwoo would always argue otherwise, old age and all that taken into consideration. 

Yoorim is right though, crying often meant one thing to him when it came to her, that she was in some form of discomfort or pain. But then again, she cries for almost anything, according to him. He remains silent, harshly accepting the tell all flyer of every trainee that KT had to distribute as some form of weird initiation. However, before Seokwoo could even say anything he finds a handful of his cousin in his embrace. 

“Fuck-!” Seokwoo quickly lets out a startled laugh, picking her up and twirling her around, as he used to do when they were children. Ecstatic emotions slams into him like a freight train, he lets Yoorim go, placing a big chaste kiss on her forehead before fishing his phone out. 

❥   sms ◞  석우CAPTAIN 🚨  ❯  happy birthday seokwoo oppa!!! ❥   sms ◞  석우CAPTAIN 🚨  ❯  i’ll try to visit the company in a few days so i can drop off your gift okay? ❥   sms ◞  석우CAPTAIN 🚨  ❯  make sure to save a little time for me 😛

message sent •••   [ image attached: screen shot of star bright casting auditions ] message sent •••   wish me luck! ~~~~~ i think i’m going to need it  😂😂 

📤◞  seokwoo hyung, happy birthday.

📤◞  i have a gift for you, so let’s meet up for a moment?