Purple Haired Friend
You're visit the set of Squid Game 2 , to surprise your Father Ha-neul Kang. Unfortunately, you get lost while searching for him and end up near the men's toilets, completely shy and lost of orientation. Luckily for you, an Actor with black and purple hair and a big heart , is your savior. Or in short Words - Seung-hyun helps a Toddler to find her Father on the set of Squid Game 2.
â A little Gift for the very talented @thanosscross. The Way you write Seung Hyun is super inspiring and made me try my very ever first Jump , into writing something, that is about the filming Set of an Series/ the Actor Career Focus Point. I can imagine that T.O.P// Seung Hyun as a very gentle soul , with a good Heart for Kids, so yeah i hope i could surprise you with this small Project <3 â
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TW: None, just a lot of Cuteness and Fluffness (at least i tried to write it so ^^)
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"âŚ.Appa will definitely be happy to see us, it will be a great surprise! Sometimes there are a lot of people on a set, he said, so we have to be good and not cause any trouble, okay? And when we see Appa, we'll shout "surprise" really loudly, okay?" - the words of your big brother Min-Jun come into your field of vision, as does the face of the 9-year-old, while your mother parks the car in the studio's visitor parking lot and puts on the handbrake.
It was a special day and, unlike your older brother, you still can't understand the bigger picture , behind your father - Ha-Neul-Kang's - public life and the man's associated success as an actor in film productions and television series.
For you, since you have better understood the rough structure of the day, it is completely normal that your father comes home earlier or later due to the working day and the overtime during filming.
Sometimes you visit him as a family on the set of different productions and in most cases you hardly notice the hustle and bustle and the crowds of people on the studio premises.
In the past , you usually slept through the whole drama or shyly fled into your mother's arms and avoided all eye contact⌠it was strange to often see your father under makeup and with a different haircut, it always took a lot of convincing for your father to really convince you that this stranger was not a strange person but still your Appa.
You were always more of a shy, timid toddler and your third birthday, which you celebrated together with the family a few days ago (Ha-Neul specially blew up the balloons on the decorated dining room table himself and hoped that they would blow out the candles on the chocolate cake for you!) didn't really change much⌠well⌠apart from the fact that your big brother seemed to somehow lure you out of your shell with his euphoria about the surprise visit.
"Surprise!" you say, giggling and clapping your hands once.
"Not until we see Appa and are allowed to go to him, Silly," your big brother replied and helped you to unbuckle the seat belt of the child seat before your mother picked you up and took Min-Jun's hand to go through security together and then let one of the nice crew members lead you through the long corridors and hallways of the set.
"Mommy? Down? wanna walk like Min-Ju" - you say as you make a short stop and are near the cafeteria, where your mother and brother meet a family friend (mother and daughter) whose father also stars in the Netflix series Squid Game and they start talking.
"You stay with Mommy and Min-Ju, okay? Don't run away or walk off okay", - your mother said to you as she slowly put you on the floor. You obeyâŚfor a period of 2 minutesâŚthe adult women talk, your big brother and the big girl talk too andâŚoh does that one adult look like your dad? In the suitâŚsometimes your dad wears a similar suit.
You tug on your mommy's sleeve once but she is so engrossed in the conversation with the other adult, that she didn't notice for the momentâŚand your big brother started playing rock paper scissors with the other girl and then a mini version of tagâŚwhat if the man in the suit was Appa and wouldn't hear if they all shouted surprise?
You look away from your mother and big brother, the man in the suit is talking to another adult and then walks away from the hallwayâŚyou can still hear the parting words of the suit wearer's conversation partner echoing over to you.
"âŚ..you should go to the mask trailer - Gong-Yoo"
Gong-YooâŚ.wasn't that the last name that Mommy and Appa sometimes use to answer a phone call - KangâŚ.Gong-YooâŚ..that sounded kind of the same and since you couldn't see the man's face for the moment, you decided to do the most sensible thing your little 3-year-old brain was capable of - follow the suit man who could possibly be your father. Great idea right?
Maybe it was because the set of a series production was so crowded that several people were bustling around the aisles and a school class was visiting that no one noticed how clumsily and shyly you were simply following the man in the suit, like a little duckling blindly following its mother duck⌠until you lost your bearings because the man whose name sounded so similar to the name your parents always use to answer boring adult calls, of course didn't know or notice that someone was following him.
(How were you supposed to know that the actor playing the salesman/recruiter would just take a quick bathroom break before going to the make-up room and that he just happened to wear a similar suit to your father at premieres and press conferences/interviews was really mean of fate, wasn't it?)
In any case, you lose sight of the man because you quickly lose sight of your father and find yourself completely clueless and shy in front of the men's toilets in the studio. You look around uncertainly, but there is no sign of the suit wearer or your father anywhereâŚwhere were Mommy and Min-Ju again?
You stumble somewhat aimlessly into the area of ââthe sinks in the men's restroom in the hope of spotting the suit there, but here too there was a gaping emptinessâŚyou became afraid and were about to cry quietly when the footsteps approached and suddenly stopped.
"Hello - are you lost, young lady?"
You flinch and look up for a momentâŚnot far from the sinks stood an adult in a green suit and purple-black hair. His look seemed to be confused and surprised at the same time to find a young child completely alone in the bathroomsâŚbut your overwhelm and fear made this question and the appearance of the strange man, even more threatening for youâŚwhere was your family?
You shake your head, sniff fearfully and shyly take a few steps back towards the toilet cabines.
Now the first tears are running down your cheeks and a quiet whimper escapes you.
"Mommy! Appa! Min-Ju!" - you cry quietly and of course you don't trust the strange adult one bit.
You have always been shy around strangers and just wanted the safety of your family around you.
"Did you got lost? Were is your Family? Oh no, we can look for them together?" - the voice of the man with the purple hair took on a very cautious and calming tone as you keep backing away and land backwards on your bottom in your fear of this overwhelming situation.
"You don't need to be afraidâŚactuallyâŚI think I'll just sit down for a litle while as well okay?" - the tone was still calming and you still watched with fear and uncertainty as the purple adult man simply sat down cross-legged on the floor a few steps away from you and gave you spaceâŚhe didn't go any further towards you and with this gesture he put himself at eye level with youâŚwhich in this case was not only very sensitive, but also the right decision for your shy nature.
There was silence for a moment and your quiet crying echoed off the high ceilings of the bathroom.
"Is orange your favorite color? Look, two of my fingernails are orange too," said the man in a now shy toneâŚjust like you feel, shy and unsure.
You briefly look down at the color of the orange jacket you are wearing.
It is your favorite jacketâŚand one of your favorite colors. At home you have orange rubber boots with little ducks on them.
Mommy said you can't wear those rubber boots today, because it hasn't rained.
"Orange?" - you say carefully and tap your T-shirt once and then you cast a very cautious glance at the purple adult , who is still sitting cross-legged on the floor and holding out his hand to you so that you can see that one of his fingernails is also orange.
Then the stranger held out his other hand to you, one of the fingernails was also painted orange.
"OneâŚtwoâŚtwo orange" - you say, looking from the stranger's hands back to your T-shirt and lowering your gaze again.
"Do you know the other colors to? My Fingernails very colorful today aren´t they?" - the adult said kindly, somewhat in his shy tone, and the fact that he stayed where he was and made no attempt to simply pick you up or even grab your hand or otherwise pressure you, made you look up in dismay⌠and crawl very carefully closer to the man, at arm's length of course - to look at the other colors on his fingernails.
He was right⌠there were other colors besides orange. What colorful fingernails.
"That's right, it really does look like a rainbow, hm? May I ask what your name is, young lady? My name is Seung-Hyun," - the adult replied with a quiet laugh at the rainbow comparison.
It took a moment, until you could come out of your shell a little further and shyly answer the questionâŚbut the interest in the dark colors on the back of Seung-hyun's hand captured your interest.
"Me - Nali.....Ouchie on Seung hand?", was your reply.
A gentle smile creeps onto the adult's face as he answers your question.
"This one? Oh no, it's a tattoo⌠well, not a real one, it's just color, but shhh, don't tell, okay Nali?", he said playfully and a few moments later he makes a shhh gesture by holding a finger in front of his mouth.
You imitate him and carefully do the same.
Then your gaze slides back to the adult's hair and you tilt your head for a moment.
"Hair too, shhh - secret?" - you ask, pointing to the man's purple-black hair.
"Not really, but I know a magic trick - what do you have behind your right ear, Nali?", said Seung in surprise and his right hand went once in the direction of your left ear before you heard something jingling and looked surprised into Seung's still closed hand.
"What's behind Nali's ear? Magic trick?", you said now, a little curious.
"Hm⌠it sounds like⌠you can't find a coin? But⌠oh, I can't open my hand, the magic trick was probably too difficult for me⌠can you maybe help me?", said Seung to you in surprise and when he tried to open his fist, he couldn't do it even with all his effort⌠that must have been a pretty difficult magic trick!
You nod, thawing out a little more with every passing minute and Seung's calm, level-headed and slightly shy manner suits your own insecure character, he is just right when dealing with you and the fact that he can do magic is a great bonus.
"Nali help Seung⌠but how?" you ask and nod once.
"Okay Nali⌠we'll both say the magic spell now - and then you have to tap my fist once, OK?"
You nod again and after your new friend whispers the magic spell to you very quietly, you do exactly what he told you and oooooh it worked! After you carefully tapped Seung's closed fist, the adult was able to open it very slowly and one of the rings appeared (which he had previously taken off without you noticing)
"Magic! Ring! Nali helped!" - you say in surprise and clap your hands once.
"Well done Nali⌠would you like to hold the ring for me for a moment? I don't want to lose it⌠if you want to hold my hand, we could see if we can find your family?" - Seugn suggested and you very slowly and carefully take the ring and nod slowly.
Your haired purple friend was nice to you and you slowly stand up, bridge the last few steps and very carefully reach for the hand - or rather the little and ring finger of Seugn's right hand, while your free hand holds the ring proudly and importantly.
Seugn slowly stands up too and nods at you in praise before you leave the sanitary facilities of the men's toilet together.
In the hallway, Seugn makes sure that you don't get lost, but you continue to hold onto his little finger and ring finger, as you walk on the adult's right side and repeatedly make cautious eye contact with him.
He asks you, among other things, if you know where you last saw your family, if you know the names of your mommy and your appa and how old you are.
You know the answer to some of the questions, but you just shake your head to the others and when a group of crew members pass you, you press yourself closer to the man's leg for protection.
"Oh, thank God! Nali!" - your father's voice echoes across the hallway and both Seugn and your steps stop - you don't let go of your new purple-haired friend and look in the direction from which your father's voice echoes to you.
A short exchange of words followed between Seugn and Ha-Neul before your mother and big brother joined the group and expressed their relief at finding you.
You, still holding Seugn's hand, cast a long, critical look at your Appa⌠before you burst into a childish giggle and utter the following unfiltered words.
"Appa long hair! No purple ! Appa look funny!"
Your parents told you again , that it wasn't okay to just run away like that (they worried a lot) and that they were very grateful to , Seugn for finding you and bringing you back.
And yet you were a little sad, when you had to say goodbye to your new purple-haired friend - because he had to shoot a new scene with the other actors very soon.
Seugn forgot to take the ring back, though.
By pure Coincidence.
Of course.
THE END
