#celxlili

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[ －today is a day like any other. walking out of the casino from the backdoor, she only have time to sneak away from some people who want to talk to her before she escapes to the nearest cafe in the area. how long would her driver to take to pick her up? looking down at her phone, she notices a text. it’s him letting her know that he is late because of an accident ; ] a latte with cinnamon, please. [ －hara orders to the baterista, paying for the hot drink before she turns around to find a seat. the place was full and there aren’t many empty tables. finding one at the corner, she sits down and waits. it’s going to be a long night. ; ]

[text to: lilili] if this is about your underwear on the mirror over the bar at work

[text to: lilili] then no

[text to: lilili] I had nothing to do with that

Seunghyun checked his watch for the third time that afternoon, hoping the newbie wasn't going to be late. He needed to show her around the bar and the back kitchen before getting on with his own work up on the stage, and that would definitely take more than an hour. The Dive wasn't open yet, but the sooner he could get started on his work, the sooner he could finish with it and take a smoke break. He wasn't jonesing for it yet but he liked his schedule of one cig every few hours and he was almost due for his nicotine injection.

Plus he hated doing these kinds of side jobs at The Dive, the ones his boss was too damn drunk or stupid to do himself. For some reason, the guy had decided that Seunghyun being the DJ meant he was somehow the senior operative at this joint and therefore responsible for everyone and everything that happened. He didn't know why the fuck this place didn't have a proper manager, but every time he complained about it, he just ended up arguing with his boss. And he hated talking to that asshole. Besides, by now most of the workers in the club respected Seunghyun anyway, so it was basically a moot point.

Today the boss had figured that they were short-staffed, which surprised Seunghyun that he even knew how many staff members there were, so he'd hired in some girl Seunghyun was to meet and train. Seunghyun didn't know jack-shit about waitressing, but at least maybe he could show her around. He sat at the bar and sipped a water when he saw her walk in, lifting a hand up to catch her attention. "Choi-ssi, correct?" the corner of his lips turned up. It was odd calling someone else by his own name.

7: firm kiss

“I just don’t know what to do..”

Seunghyun sat next to Jinri with his hand in his lap and his eyes downcast, staring at the rubble on the ground, the little white stones that made up the driveway. He didn’t know what to say or do or how to help her. He didn’t think he really could help her. Fuck, he was so bad at this. He didn’t know how to have friends who were girls, it was just so hard. But then now that he thought about it, the guys he knew weren’t all that better…

He actually expected Jinri’s demon Lili to show up any moment now, despite the fact that Seunghyun didn’t really want to talk to that side of her. He like how Jinri actually was without the demon- but that was his stance on everything. He just didn’t like demons, despite being half of one. “You’re… You’re going to be okay though…” he wished his voice sounded stronger and more assured, but really, he wasn’t. And he was a shit liar.

He looked up at her to see how his words might have affected her, but she didn’t seem phased at all. Like she hadn’t even heard him. “Jinri?” He leaned closer to her and nudged her shoulder lightly. “I promise okay? I’ll look out for you…”

“I don’t need you to.” Her voice was quiet, on the verge of tears and something else. She was about to shut down and let the demon take over, he could feel it. He didn’t want that to happen.

“I do. Jinri, look at me.” He ducked his head towards her to try and catch her attention and when she finally did skirt her gaze up at him, he put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her square on the mouth. It wasn’t romantic or light or feathery, it wasn’t meant to cause any sort of inner turmoil inside either of them. It was just a hard peck on the lips, something to jolt her out of her dwindling thoughts and bring her attention back onto him. She stared up at him but his worried, furrowed eyebrows reassured her of their friendship. “I promise you. I will make sure you’re okay.”

“Are you the demon now? Making a contract by kiss?”

13: hand kiss

5: eyelid kiss (○´3｀)ﾉ

there’s a pinch in jiyong’s heart and he’d be lying if he said he didn’t feel it. he’s not overwhelmed with sadness, but his heart jerked, and that is something, but the jet-black haired doesn’t seem least bit faze. or maybe she is, but she masks her feelings well enough nothing leaks. he reckons, if it hasn’t been the previous john doe’s heart that jiyong hastily grabbed from, he won’t be the state he is in today.

he sees her to the front porch, luggage lining neatly along the pavement and she awaits for her cab to arrive. jiyong told her he could help her move (back), but she insisted in traditional methods, because she needs to get used to it. 

(not having jiyong around that is, she doesn’t add.)

he feels the pinch now, but he knows, gdragon will be able to shake it off later on and it’d be as if it never even happened, memories distant at the back of his mind. there’s nothing to fix here, not anymore, he supposed; lili has always been adamant and obstinate on her decisions once she’s made up her mind. and jiyong is tired of her games and the cheats she draw. but he swears he sees a tear rolling down, before she whips her back to him. 

the ginger sees the cab coming over from afar, and all else might be too late, but this time he won’t be. he whirls her around, pulls her in another embrace, then wipes the tear away and gently kisses her eyelid. 

celxlili

It was a sunday afternoon and Byulyi had just finished her grocery shopping. She was already walking along the streets of Seoul with a paper bag on both of her hands -- walking her way home but paused upon seeing a familiar figure from afar. Could it be? No -- it can’t be. Was it really Lili? Her eyes widened out of shock -- she was frozen, and unable to move. The memories of the past -- a few years ago suddenly appeared on her mind, a flashback of how they met, how they part ways. Should she approach her? Byulyi was the one to pull away after all, she was the one who took the initiative to stay away from the latter after that one argument they had before. Nevertheless, she was still relieved and quite happy to see her well. 

Byulyi already expected that this would turn awkward, considering that she was the one to pull away from her yet here she is trying to come back into Lili’s life. But, it was all in the past. It was probably fate that brought them together once again, she was sure of it. What else would be the reason for them to bump into each other again, right? And so, not wanting to waste the opportunity that was given to her, she decided to finally approach the latter, hoping that this would turn out okay. Would she still welcome Byulyi into her life? There was one way to find out, after all.