#bcneyard

“If you touch my candy, I will rip off your arms. Step back from the candy bowl.”

– ☯ @bcneyard | *  LOST   IN   SPACE          ↳ TAOJIN & MOONYOUNG

          “Then why do you keep coming?” TAOJIN asked bluntly, looking over at the male. He shifted his flashlight so it would light up the room without blinding the other person. He still wasn’t really sure how there ‘ghost hunts’ were supposed to work. Mostly it just felt like they were going to very loud, very dark places and walking around until they got bored. But it was something to do, at least.

          He’d never been afraid of ghosts. Sure, the idea was mildly unsettling. But at the same time, there was something almost hopeful about them. It solidified, to him, that there was somewhere to go after this life. And that was a comforting feeling.

          This particular member of the group he’d found himself in never looked to be having a good time. He seemed so nervous and afraid of the entire thing. TAOJIN didn’t understand why he didn’t just avoid tagging along all together. It wasn’t like anyone was forcing them to be there. Right?

– ☯ @bcneyard | * idiots to lovers romantic starters         ↳ TAOJIN & SOOJIN

          TAOJIN couldn’t help but to give a very slight smile as the boy in front of him rambled. He could see how most people would struggle to follow a train of thought such as his. It made unnecessary stops, and shifted tracks without warning. Sometimes it even picked up passengers it wasn’t supposed to, or dropped off goods it shouldn’t have even had. The way he conducted himself was a whirlwind of impulse and emotion. Honestly? TAOJIN thought those kinds of people were the most fun to talk to.

          He shifted as he watched the near-stranger. He was a friend of a friend. An acquaintance he still wasn’t quite used to. But he seemed harmless enough, and his odd nature gave him an amusing sort of allure.

– ☯ @bcneyard | — reassurance starters           ↳ TAOJIN & MNGYU

          His eyebrows furrowed and forehead creased, making him look even more like a marionette than he already did. He stared at the other, trying to make out his features to see how serious he was. Even in the growing darkness of the evening, he was able to see the expression on MINGYU’s face. He felt confused.

          He was used to spending the nighttime alone. Most normal people were either asleep, or in a situation where they didn’t want to be bothered. And this guy -- he barely even knew him. Why would be want to be pestered like that?

– ☯ @bcneyard | — reassurance starters           ↳ TAOJIN & NAMSUN

          “Am I okay with being touched?” He repeated the question almost instinctually, the expression on his face one of obvious confusion. The cogs in his mind were stammering and grinding together, trying to understand a question like that, and even moreso, how he was meant to answer. He’d never been given an option for something like that before -- or if he was, it was merely a formality that he knew how to follow. It was always, ‘you’re okay with this right? This is fine, isn’t it?’ It was always more of an instruction than a true question. No one had ever actually asked him before. And now, he wasn’t sure how to respond.

          He wasn’t altogether adverse to the idea of being touched by other people, but so often it came as such a surprise when it happened that it startled him to his core. He wasn’t used to being warned beforehand. But, somehow, it felt... comforting? Strange.