g/ inspired by “persona 3”: angst, friendship, supernatural
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a.n/ hello~ it’s me~ it’s been a while since i stepped foot in tumblr! sorry for disappearing without notice but i’ve not been in the writing mood for some time, life too has been busy. in honour of spoop month, here’s another piece to the series. i don’t know how many of you are still around but enjoy! happy halloween!
t.w/ ghost, blood, death
[First Quarter]
“Don’t.”
You stop in your tracks. Why? He warns you out of good nature but never is able to explain more. He doesn’t know either, he tells you it’s a bad time to go and you might see something you wish to forget. There’s no turning back when it happens. Unfortunately, the inevitable already happened. You’ve seen him, an anomaly in your usually normal life. Kim Hongjoong. A dead man. A ghost in your apartment.
“Have you gone out there? In the hidden hour?”
Hongjoong shakes his head. He doesn’t remember anything related to his death. As a ghost, he feels everything that living humans doesn’t feel. The danger, the restlessness, the wailing, the torment. He calls it the hidden hour, a secret hour where those without potentials turn into coffins and those with are preys. The hidden hour is where the dead become the living. Yet Hongjoong is still a ghost and you, a human, apparently with potential, are now sitting on your bed. The dark blue sky is tinted green with the half golden moon, so big and close to Earth almost as if the distance is reduced by half.
The coffins, water turning into blood, the gigantic moon are nothing compared to the lofty skyscraper of a tower appearing out of nowhere. A pseudo gothic edifice formed with the surrounding buildings pierce through the moon. It’s horrifyingly beautiful and Hongjoong agrees with your musing.
“I don’t know. Maybe I have. I can never seem to remember anything after a certain time. I can feel it nearing again, crawling under my skin.”
You look over at him, Hongjoong appears with his black and white striped polo shirt. Your first wild guess was a dead runaway prisoner but he miffly shut down the idea. No prisoner is as fashionable as he is. His hair matches his polo, black and white, cleanly split in half. Your second guess was Cruella cosplay which he took more graciously. A trailblazer of their own.
“You should sleep. There’s not much we can do at this time. If they sense you, you might as well be food for the dead.”
You tuck yourself in and Hongjoong too because he keeps you company while he contemplates life. The blanket goes through him but it's the thought that counts.
“Goodnight, Joong.”
[Waxing Gibbous]
“Joong? Hongjoong?”
Silence greets you in the hidden hour's eerie ambiance. You can hear the guttural noises the shadows are making down the street, louder than what you’re used to. Perhaps it's the moon phases, slowly but surely getting fuller each day, and each day, Hongjoong seems to disappear longer or have trouble appearing. Are ghosts affected by the phases? Why are you the only one who can see him? You’ve asked the apartment staff and none seem to know the existence of Kim Hongjoong.
“I’m here…”
Hongjoong looks a bit worse for wear. Did he lose weight? There are telltale of dark shadows under his eyes and his cheeks look slightly sunken in. The hidden hour. Where the dead becomes the living.
“Are the shadows giving you trouble?”
He slightly winced at your comment, it seems to hit the mark. He shut your window when the groaning of the shadows grew louder, clutching his forehead as if he had a very painful headache. You urge him to sit down, the blanket goes through him again but he never goes through your bed, what an interesting ghostly concept. He sinks further into your pillow, burying half of his face into it.
“That and my head feels like they’re splitting in half. I have dreams that don't feel like dreams. It’s always the same, it gets clearer each time.”
You reach forward to brush his fringes in comfort and your fingers painfully buzz with sharp static electricity. Well, that never happened before, your fingers usually pass through him with goosebumps trailing up your arms. He gives you an apologetic frown, too spent for another word.
“It’s alright, Joong, though I do wish I could see your dream so you don’t have to shoulder it yourself.”
His brows furrowed and he shakes his head. You should have been careful with what you wished for. It wouldn’t be long until you wished that his dream didn’t come true because that will be the last time you see your friendly ghost roommate.
[Full Moon]
Dreams do come true. The ear splitting roar you hear in your shared dream with Hongjoong becomes a reality. The bridge shakes and your footing is unstable. He can’t hear you, he’s too far. No, you couldn’t get close. There are instances where you are scared but this… This is fear.
Hongjoong is solid, he has pushed you away from him, his hands warm and strong against your shoulders. He drops to his knees, clawing at his head and letting out a heart wrenching scream. You feel suffocated within his presence.
“Make it stop! I just want to be free! I don’t want to hurt anyone!”
You jump, ignoring the handing in your ribcage, the twisting in your stomach and the cold sweat dripping down. Hongjoong, your ghost roommate, is alive. Your arms wrap around him, coughing when his elbow struck your chest but you held him. He burns inhumanly hot.
“It’s okay, Joongie. I’m right here. Be free.”
You didn’t know the implication of your statement, you didn’t know until Hongjoong looked at you with desperation, pain and guilt. But in that moment, he’s relieved and so are you. In an instant you feel bone chilling coldness seeping into you, so cold it burns. You hear shadows roaring and closing all around you, blood thick and pungent soaking your trousers, and coffins towering over you. Hongjoong starts to disappear, lighter and more translucent with each passing second.
“You must survive.”
Hongjoong’s parting word brings a specific memory. Those with potential are food for the living dead. The frantic rushing and jumping of shadows to feast, they were close enough for you to feel their teeth before you heard something shatter. The bell from the tower in the middle of the chime with intensity that rattles your teeth and eardrums.
Just like that the hidden hour ends. The twisted skyscraper disappears in a blink. The coffins towering over you turn into pedestrians, yelling and screaming at your state. You probably look similar to a notorious serial killer caught in the bloody act. In your arms is the cold body of Kim Hongjoong.
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befriending siren!jihoon perhaps. as he gets comfortable with your presence, he would playfully splash you with water using his tail.
Thank you so much for requesting! I love this one 😫😫😍😍💕💕💕
That's very cute! Imagine you going for a swim late at night to clear your head, and as you get to the beach you see something glimmering in the water. You wonder what it is so you start walking slower and more quietly, and you see a boy attached to the shimmering thing. A boy with a shimmering fish tail?
You make a noticeable sound of shock, making him look up, gasp and before you know it he's gone, swam away really fast. You'd shout after him, but he wouldn't even look around.
The next night you'd go back, and there he'd be again. You'd watch him from a distance,,, hear him sing with an enchanting voice. His voice would lead you to walk closer to him without really noticing it. As soon as he’d see you, he’d stop singing and look at you for a few seconds before swimming away again. His beautiful, shimmering tail behind him.
You kept coming back every night, and each night he would look at you a little longer before swimming away. Until one day you could say hi, and introduce yourself to him. A small conversation would follow, but only a little while before he’d swim away again.
From then on you’d have small conversations every night, he sometimes would sing a little, and they would last longer and longer. The conversations would get more and more fun as he gets more comfortable with you around, his smile was gorgeous and his laugh melodious and you’d soon see his laugh almost every day.
He would totally splash you with water if you say something funny or teasing. just to tease you back. You would splash him back with your feet, or hands, but that wouldn’t do much. You’d sit on the dock together looking at the stars, and the view on the water, he’d point at where he lived.
“Quite far away,” he’d say “but it’s gorgeous.” his eyes looking dreamy as he thinks about it. A smile around his lips.
“I hope I can see it one day.” You’d smile, and follow his gaze.
That would make his eyes turn into little half moons, as he smiled awkwardly, but happily. You knew you would never be able to, but you swear you could see it in your dreams every time after he described what it looked like.
slow dancing in the kitchen with chan while waiting for the cookies to bake is me being soft right now
that would be so precious, the two of you would be playing music quietly and just twirling around the kitchen with your fingers laced together. or you'd just like rock to the music and chan would be just in love. not only for the cookies but because he's spending genuine time with you.
Playing with Cheol’s hair to get him to sleep on the plane to ease off his motion sickness. It’s a bonus if he snuggles close to you.
he so cute i lub him :-( can u imagine him being your best friend and sitting beside him when you board your flight to Tokyo,,you knew about his motion sickness but you’d never seen him so bad,he’d have his eyes closed as he leaned back in his seat,holding onto the arm rests and breathing deeply,,you’d gently rub his arm to get his attention and he’d open one eye to look at you,,you’d feel so bad and ask him if there was anything you could do,,without letting him answer your face would light up and you’d hold a finger up to him as you reach down to root in your bag,,you’d pop back up holding a little pill bottle with a smile on your face,,you’d be explaining to him,as you unscrewed the lid,that you had picked up some motion sickness pills before you had left just in case he needed them,,you’d be grabbing a water bottle and forcing it along with two little pills into his hand telling him to thank you later,,his face would be so pale as he swallowed them and you’d feel your heart breaking for him,,you’d be explaining that they should kick in withing 20 minutes and till them he should try to rest,,you’d smile softly at him before tapping your shoulder,,he’d rest his head on your shoulder and you’d run your fingers through his hair telling him in a whisper that it was going to be okay,,he’d wrap an arm around your waist nuzzling deeper into your neck before letting out a groggy little thank you and telling you how he owes you big time,,
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you are truly a phenomenal writer with amazing concepts, beautiful language and the most lovely words. i hope you continue to use this gift because it would be a loss for us if you ever leave!
being a hwa stan is a whole job in itself (there’s a meme about hwa stan being the strongest but let me tell you, we have a lot of heart transplants done to survive). you know his shirt is see through? because it is. joong and mingi, i have no words. jongho baby... i want to hug. yeosang needs line and screen time, i need monday to come faster so i can see yeo’s parts. woo and san, heaven’s above they’re dangerous. yunho, where do i begin, this nation’s bf... *mwah*
awwoh my....his shirt....i didnt even notice. i gotta rewatch for the 100th time to focus on that now. JONGHO my baby his voice is BEAUTIFUL isnt it??? ur so right. and omg yeosang....he was done dirty once again 😭 same, i cant wait to see/hear him in the mv although probably for 0.2 secs. yes hongjoong and mingi killed it as always !! ur right....woo and san should come with a warning label bc i was not prepared for how they attacked me. im suing. and yunho 😭😭 did they DAB during his part??? we still stan, he is made of gold. unrelated but his part in the chorus of "light", no joke, is the reason i exist. and it was bc of that i bothered to look into ateez. when i heard it i genuinely saw the light (pun intended but that was so perfect hueheieheiehe)
i can’t believe hala hala!ateez is done already... magnificent work, hana ✨ ✨
Seriously, thank you so much for all the support and love you gave it!! It was a really fun series to create and maybe something similar might come later once the album drops
