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Nemu's face is wet—not tears (it’s never been tears), but wet nonetheless. She’s clenching a brush in her uninjured hand, one with a fine, thin tip. There’s two ceramic pots on the sink, each filled with ink.

Akon carefully dips his pinkie in one. It comes out pitch-dark and familiar.

“It’s difficult,” Nemu says. “I never thought it would be difficult.”

ཐིཋྀ - ཐིཋྀ - ཐིཋྀ

Kurotsuchi Mayuri dies in the battle against the Wandenreich.

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: ATEEZ (Band) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Kim Hongjoong & Park Seonghwa Characters: Kim Hongjoong, Park Seonghwa, ATEEZ Ensemble, Background & Cameo Characters, Kpop cameos - Character Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Magic, Magical Realism, Witches, Spirits, Ghosts, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Loneliness, Death, Mystery, Relationship(s), Other Additional Tags to Be Added Series: Part 2 of Hongjoong's travel agency for lost souls Summary:

The furthest distance in the world wasn’t between life and death.

Touched by the eum of magic, Kim Hongjoong stood on the threshold of both and knew this better than anyone.

Because the furthest distance in the world was the gap caused by loneliness.

But even with decreasing distances, injustice and anger can still fester in old wounds.

And the lesson of how much more grievous the consequences of anger were than the cause of it, was something they could only conquer together.

“You can still redeem your manliness!” Iba calls down to him.  “All will be forgiven if you join ranks with your brothers!” “No thanks,” Akon says dryly.  “I choose life.”

“First of all, I keep telling you that Isane is fine,” Captain Kotetsu sighs.  “We’ve both been captains for a couple years—” “One year and ten months.” “—I’m rounding up—our promotions haven’t changed us that much, have they?” Captain—Isane asks, then pauses, as if seeing Nemu for the first time.  She holds a hand over her chest.  “I mean in here.  Where it counts.” Nemu holds her own hand in a similar gesture up to her forehead.  “Personality is stored in neural pathways, not in aortas.”  

Chapters: 1/5 Fandom: ATEEZ (Band) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Kim Hongjoong & Park Seonghwa Characters: Kim Hongjoong, Park Seonghwa, Stray Kids Ensemble, Background & Cameo Characters, Kpop cameos - Character Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Magic, Magical Realism, Witches, Spirits, Ghosts, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Loneliness, Death, Mystery Series: Part 1 of Hongjoong's travel agency for lost souls Summary:

The furthest distance in the world wasn’t between life and death.

Touched by the eum of magic, Kim Hongjoong stood on the threshold of both and knew this better than anyone.

He was a spirit witch, as the mundanes kindly called him when they asked for his help.

A necromancer, the magic-touched whispered behind his back.

A lone witch.

Because the furthest distance in the world was the gap caused by loneliness.