Vartouhi tipped her head at the stranger, blinking curiously, and then tipped her head down to look at where their hands had touched. It seemed the other had left a little sticker on her hand. The alien let out a soft laugh, surprised that even strangers could play the game together. When she looked up, her smile was warm. “It is so strange, to be the intimidating one. Usually it is the other way around!” She bowed politely. “My name is Vartouhi. It is quite interesting to meet you in this manner, but I hope we will be laughing about it as friends not too long from now.”

[ txt > flower child ] hardly disembodied. there was definitely a body attached to the one I sent you…[ txt > flower child ] i’m really hurt actually. not aesthetically pleasing??[ txt > flower child ] what did you think i meant by ‘trimming the hedges’?

“As soon as I can, babe. I miss you too.”

Posted here!!

No, no. It’s not that…it’s just..it’s been a long week.

I’m here. Unfortunately. What can I do for you?

Seung Joo waited patiently, running his fingers through her silken black hair, until she at least looked up at him. He gently tapped her lips with his fingers and snickered quietly. “Maximum fifteen minutes,” he replied, thinking of all he would have to leave behind for the night if he just took those fifteen minutes to try to finish his work. But he had not failed to notice how her hands were gripping him and decided that work was way less important than her well-being. Wrapping his arms around her, he carried her like a bride to their bed and softly landed her on her side of the mattress before kneeling down next to her, his hands resuming its soothing motion in her hair. “Sleep now, babe.”

It was the same nightmare as usual. His coming home to his siblings, aunt and uncle brutally massacred. The walls and floor splattered with blood and guts. His heart throbbing in his throat, tearing with a heartbroken scream. His eyes shot open as his entire body jerked up as he sat in the bed. The shadows casted by the moonlight took the form of the monsters of his nightmare. "Fuck, no..." he muttered, running a hand through his hair and turning to his girlfriend. But instead of her, it was Joo Hee, his sister, who was sitting next to him. He jumped back, trying to get out of bed but in his precipitation, he fell back, ending up directly against the wall as he tried to escape his sister. "You're not here," he whimpered, his voice breaking from the pain of seeing her again. "You're dead. You're not here. You're dead!!"