#roksoo

There are 4 reasons:

1. OgCale is canonically 4 years older than KrsCale.

2. I enjoy the "cheerful older brother & quiet younger brother" trope.

3. KRS could NEVER have too many hyungs.

Alver with a flower: He loves me

Alver with a flower: He loves me not

Alver with a flower: He loves me

Rosalyn: What is his highness doing?

Tasha: He is just testing his luck

Rosalyn: For what?

or has it?

I'd like to first curse out the God of Death, the other Gods, and this fucking Demon.

Chapter 5: Surprise After Surprise

1.

Soo Hyuk: “I think Cale won't come today."

Jung Soo: "Maybe he found another tavern. Maybe he fell sick. Maybe he left the city—"

Roksoo: "Stop."

Jung Soo: "—maybe he married—"

Roksoo: "I said STOP."

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2.

Roksoo: "His lashes cast shadows on his cheeks."

Jung Soo: "Are you writing poetry or taking notes?"

Roksoo: "Yes."

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3.

The trio: necks cracked in unison

Cale: from across the room "Sounded like a bag of chips. Disgusting."

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4.

Cale: "You three have the ugliest faces I've ever seen."

The Trio: internally ‘He noticed our faces. He NOTICED them.’

Cale: watching them smile "...That was an insult.”

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5.

Soo Hyuk, reading the invitation: "The Count wants to see us."

Jung Soo: "Are we getting executed?"

Soo Hyuk: "...Probably not."

Jung Soo: "That's not a no!”

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6.

Deruth: "Name your reward. Gold? Land?"

Roksoo: "Cale."

Deruth: "...What?"

Roksoo: "I mean— A JOB. A job near him. Definitely not him specifically. That would be weird.”

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7.

Deruth: "Cale talked comfortably with you. That's rare."

The Trio: internally ‘WE ARE THE CHOSEN ONES!’

The Trio: externally "Oh really? How nice. We didn't notice. At all.”

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8.

Deruth: "What about becoming Cale's personal guard?"

The Trio's collective brain: ERROR 404: SANITY NOT FOUND

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9.

Deruth: “Do you want to work for Cale?"

Roksoo: "NO."

Deruth: "I'm sorry?"

Roksoo: "I mean— YES. We accept. Very yes. The yes-est yes that ever yessed."

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10.

Beacrox: serving bland food "Eat."

Soo Hyuk: poking the meat "Did you... did you boil this with mud water?"

Beacrox: "Eat or I'll boil you next.”

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11.

Soo Hyuk: "I think Beacrox hates us."

Jung Soo: "For what?! We literally just got here!"

Roksoo: chewing "Maybe he can sense that we're obsessed with his charge."

Jung Soo: "...That's fair actually."

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12.

Ron: "Their eyes light up whenever the young master is mentioned."

Beacrox: "Spies?"

Ron: "No. Worse."

Beacrox: "...Simps?"

Ron: "Yes.”

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13.

Roksoo: "I need a new notebook. No, three notebooks. No, a library."

Soo Hyuk: "Please don't build a shrine."

Chapter 7: The Aftermath

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65361781/chapters/217681176

Cale: "A small wind can knock him out. Even a four year old can beat him up."

Roksoo, from the couch: "I'm RIGHT here."

Cale: "See? He can't even defend himself properly."

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Cale: "Eat."

Roksoo: "I'm not hungry—"

Cale: "EAT."

Roksoo: eats

Cale: "Good boy."

Roksoo: "I'm not a dog."

Cale: "Then stop acting like one that needs to be told three times."

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Lily: "I thought you kidnapped my brother!"

Roksoo: "I said that as a JOKE."

Lily: "Jokes are supposed to be funny."

Roksoo: "IT WAS FUNNY."

Lily: "Was it though?"

Roksoo: "...No."

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Basen: "Your background was too clean. That made me suspicious."

Roksoo: "So I'm being punished for... having being a good person?"

Basen: "...When you say it like that it sounds bad."

Roksoo: "That's because it IS bad."

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Cale: flicks Roksoo's forehead

Roksoo: "What was that for?"

Cale: "For being emotionally mature. It's unsettling."

Roksoo: "That's the weirdest reason anyone has ever hit me."