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By the time Zeno takes a bite of his third rice cake, half of the sugar on their table had gone missing. What once had been an awfully spicy plate of ddeokbokki, had now become sugar with rice cakes and some vague aftertaste of hot pepper. Disgusting to most, but it had a wide smile spreading across the prince’s face instead. Unaware of how odd his taste would be perceived to the people, he had ever-so-kindly offered his savior to have a piece as well. Not one of his best plans so far, it seemed. ‘Huh?’ He blinks in confusion, surprised by the gradual loss of colour in the other’s face. ‘Didn’t you eat enough? You should have a bit more, food always helps to make me feel better when I’m sick!’

bells go off , && she S M I L E S , her expression too bright to be hurt , too vibrant to show any discomfort , there is potted soil && clay shards remaining on her sensitive , thin skin , but she looks to be completely FINE . “ ahh !! you’re always coming in when i’m having these accidents !! i’m not as clumsy as i seem , i promise . “ a voice supped with sweet honey && bouncy air , the breeze of a spring day without the WOES of falling rain .

* —  ( 태 ) ”        recording, filming, photoshoots, meetings... with her sudden busy schedules, taeyeon barely had any time to even text samuel, but it wasn’t like if she’s gotten any messages from him, anyway, and that was something that worried her a lot. the woman knew how prone her friend was to isolate himself whenever he felt down, and that’d make his depression hit him like a truck, even if was at the most random times. making sure she was done for the day, she immediately got into her car and drove to the younger’s apartment. the singer decided to stop at a cafe to get some iced coffee for them both, as if that was her way to make it up to the boy, considering she’s been sort of m.i.a for at least a week and a half, perhaps even longer than that. after a few minutes of driving, she parked her car somewhere people wouldn’t notice it was hers, only to avoid any kind of dating scandal. taeyeon had the habit of calling the other whenever she was at his door, nevertheless, after not getting her calls answered, she decided to just press in the code before finally stepping in. “sammy...? i’ve been calling you like crazy since i finished my schedules but--” her words came out as she worked on taking her shoes off and walking into the living room, a frown forming on her features as the younger was nowhere to be found. if she was already worried and nervous, then it was way worse after noticing her friend was missing. of course, before jumping to conclusions, she decided to look around his apartment, just in case the other left a note somewhere, saying he was going to be away for a few days or just anything that’d signal that he was safe. * —  ( 태 ) ”        for some reason, she decided to look in the bathroom first, but what she found scared her more than the thought of the boy being missing. she crouched down, her fingers wrapping around the small and empty plastic container of what seemed to be sleeping pills. with her heart beating like crazy against her ribcage, she stood up as fast as she could, but before she stepped out, something in the back of her mind told her to check the bathtub behind her, and so she did. it was weird when she actually listened to her instincts and didn’t act by logic. with almost trembling hands pushing the curtains open, her breath got stuck in her throat as she dropped to her knees. “y-yah... jaemin-ah...” her hands started tapping, or more like slapping his cheek as the other kept shaking him, trying to get any reaction at all from her friend, even if it was just his eyebrows twitching by the slaps to his face. the other was in a rather fetal position in the bathtub, skin pale and dark circles under his eyes, hinting that he hasn’t been sleeping properly lately, which was a sign of his stress and depression. “yah, cho jaemin! wake up already! this isn’t funny at all, idiot!”

     Ahreum wouldn’t have been able to pick out what clues allowed the stranger to tell she was sick, there were so many. Her raspy voice or the sleep that was evident in her eyes, or if it were the cough drops in her hand, but she did sound-- and feel-- sick. She lets out an airy chuckle, moving forward in the line at the GS25. She had went solely because she was feeling sick, and she was gripping tight onto the medicine in her hand, almost as if it was going to save her life-- Which, she knew wouldn’t, because her cold hadn’t and mostly likely never would become that bad. Still, she didn’t want to drop or lose the medicine she was so tightly grasping, for it was the only kind left at the store. The stranger’s voice catches her attention, and she looks back over her shoulder as she nods. Normally, she’d smile in response, but her cold and the mask she adorned were preventing her from doing so. “Mmh, I am-- It’s starting to get colder, and... Well, it’s natural to get sick in the Fall, isn’t it?” 

“Wouldn’t the suspense of expecting a twist even if there’s none coming be enough of a surprising twist in a book altogether? It’s just out of the ordinary, like a mystery~,” Sojung shrugged her shoulders a little. “It’s rather different from the norm, I like things like that. I’m not sure if the book would be interesting enough, but at least it’d be rather different. Kinda like Ladies’Code music~!”

She was really debating her life choices right now. They were only on the first movie and she could feel the life within her slowly being sucked away. She knew the silly love triangle hadn’t even formed yet and she was already dreading the awful acting that awaited them in the next movies. “Can just imagine how much money they made from this film series? It’s almost not even fair.” She sighed and sunk into her spot on the couch. “I know what you are.” “Say it. Right now.” “Vampire.” She let out a groan and pressed a pillow against her face. She was such a helpless romantic. The display of false love on the screen felt like such an insult to her very being. “But what I want to know is how is she just fine with that?!”

Sometimes, those were the exact words one needed to her. In such a situation, when Areum had been about ready to fall on the concrete floor of the sidewalk, it was also nice to hear those words as her friend was ready to catch her and keep her from possibly hurting herself. It was good to know she could count on the people she surrounded herself with. “Thank you,” she said with a kind smile as she straightened herself up with Sammy’s help, looking down to see if she had ruined the heel of her boots. Thankfully, it was intact. “You kept me from hugging the floor. Next time I’ll do the same for you. Or instead of waiting for when you’d be ready to fall, I could just buy you coffee?” She chuckled, now going back to walking side by side with her friend.