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Nightshade (Hongbin & Daehyun)

“..Kibum.. My name is Kibum." He smiled as well and tilted his head as the other did. Almost as if he were copying his actions. "..Please don’t run away.. Not yet.." He said sadly, his brows furrowing.

Hongbin frowned a bit. "Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. Why don't you come with me back to my place? It's not that fancy but.. At least it's not a box or something." He smiled reassuringly and held his hand out for the other to take.

Taemin blinked. “If you do that my hyung will beat you up if you scare me!” He pouted and hugged himself tight. “Besides, you can’t come from underneath my bed. My mattress is on the floor so nyehhh” He stuck his tongue out at him.

Hongbin laughed and scratched the other boy's ear again. "Don't worry, I wouldn't really ever do something like that to you~ You're too cute~"

"Well, now you have friends that speak back, right?" he smiled, nodding his head a little. "Having the shadows as friends and having others as friends must be a little better?"

Hongbin hummed and nodded in response. "It's nice to have someone talking with me who doesn't just want to throw insults at me."

Hyemin only nodded with a soft smile on her face, sitting down once she was placed down by the male. “It’s fine with me~” she replied softly, tugging the male’s coat over her shoulders. “It’s so cold-” she mumbled, sniffling slightly before sneezing. 

Hongbin turned quickly in shock at the sound of the sneeze. "Oh no.." He looked around frantically, gathering blankets from a box and goes over to the girl, wrapping them all around her. "Is this better? I'm sorry I couldn't think of any place warmer.. This is just where I usually stay.." He puffed his cheeks a little and looked down.

"Why is it curious about my aura?" The redhead asked, his brow furrowing before he curiously stared at the shadow. 

Hongbin hummed as he thought of how to explain. "Well.. Everyone has a different aura that they automatically radiate. My shadows can see auras from every living or non living being. And sometimes an aura will come along that they find interesting. Hence why they like you so much~"

She listened quietly to his story, her heart breaking as Hongbin continued to recite the memories. “Oh Hongbin..”  It was rare that she did this with a stranger, but Hyuna wrapped an arm around his shoulders.  ”That story doesn’t have a happy ending… well I suppose that chapter of your life?  If that makes sense.”  It was a thing, for her to compare someone’s life to a story book.  The actual story never really ended but the segments of life.. they became the chapters-  ”Could we become friends?  From what I’ve seen, I think you’re a lovely person.”  Truly wanting to befriend him, she peered over, a soft hum sounding from her throat.

Hongbin blinked a few times in confusion. "Friends? You want to be friends with me?" He honestly was shocked. Most people either feared him or avoided him because of his low rank. This was something new to him.

Hongbin sighed and slumped back against the wall, feeling a bit tired. He had that uncomfortable feeling in the pit of his stomach that he usually got from what he remembered to be guilt. "Is there anything I can do to make this up to you?"

(My nail beds may never recover from the dirt -Sigh- Personally mine isn’t even worth it really. So much taxes get taken out I ended up getting more working for less an hour at my last job)

( My nails are yellow now and break too easily and my hair refuses to grow.. I haven't got it cut since September last year and it's grown maybe an inch since then.. I make a decent $10 an hour as a temp, which I have been for 8 months now which is ridiculous.. And everyone now hates my guts there too.. Don't know why.. I really wish I didn't have to work there honestly.. I don't even like Honda cars.. -sobs- We should all just move onto an island and never work in factories again.. We'll all just farm for a living.. )