wanderlust ;

📌crashing waves 

she doesn’t think that there is a time that will come where she doesn’t get fluttering tingles at the sight of hyungwon, bodily synonyms for pure excitement — because his presence alone was a source of comfort, even whenever she took away their surroundings. he was a soft soul that she didn’t feel the need to play herself up for, didn’t need to make sure she was continuously showing the best side of herself at all times; and that alone was something that sian doesn’t take for granted. “if we have the same brain cell, you’ve been hogging it too much, no wonder why i felt so dumb lately! i need it back won-ah, i have an exam later this week!” and lips pull into a pout while she clutches onto him with her fingers, giving his arm a slight shake as she lets out a whine. it quickly turns into a gasp as she thinks, “wait a minute .. where’s the tracker located, huh! what’s your major again?”

the grin upon her face grows wider with the affection that he gives her, lightly chuckling with glee at the way his palm rests upon her head, but she doesn’t fully understand the implication of his words until she’s gazing upon her haphazard clothing choice of the day — definitely not suitable beach material. “ah, i guess you’re right – it’d be embarrassing to be seen with me like this, mmh? gotta keep your reputation as mister big scary man,” and this time she’s giggling as she leans backwards into her dorm, pulling him inside so that he wasn’t twiddling his thumbs while he waits for her to get ready. “come, come! you can sit while i get ready, okay? and you know i’m a fan of the impulsive trips and all, but if you gave me notice i could of cooked something! we could have had a cute little picnic basket and everything!” she continues to whine but hyungwon should know that she means nothing by it, especially with the way she rummages through her closet, looking for something that would be quick enough to put on and look good as well. “lets also go to the amusement park as well – it’s been so long since we went to one together! maybe we should go there before eating though … and ooh! pick a color for me to wear – let’s match!”

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the way he female lights up and oh so carefree, hyungwon feels both honored and in peace that sian takes comfort in his presence. he couldn’t grow tired of sian’s silly jokes and banters, and their spontaneity to fulfill their wanderlust works well – an odd dynamic if you would see them from afar hanging around the campus (hyungwon does have this weird, unintentional reputation that he is unapproachable and cold). “how could a future teacher possibly build a tracking device,” he whined, his voice sounding more childlike than usual.

for someone who is almost a foot shorter than hyungwon, sian did a good job pulling the model easily inside her dorm. though his long legs almost stumbled and overlapped from the pull, the male kept his usual warm demeanor around sian. “ah seriously… you know how far i really am from my campus reputation though,” he snickered, thinking how hyungwon is really worried for sian’s image – but it is not like him to tell her trivial things like that. with a soft smile he let himself sit down inside sian’s room, looking at her rambling and packing up all at once. his eyes followed sian around, smiling and nodding to her suggestions. it might be a lot of information but for sian, hyungwon tries his best to take a mental note of it all. “i'm honestly going for a relaxed fit, as assembled,” gesturing to his gray oversized hoodie and light blue denim pants. “though i have a plain white tee underneath and a blue polo shirt inside my car when we get there. how about a blue or white casual dress? or a plain white shirt with washed up denim shorts?” hyungwon’s not the best in fashion, but it did get his gears turning as sian’s excitement rubbed off on him.

with @sgnsorin

fall semester had just started, and with the olympics done and passed, hyungwon needed to catch up with studying the notes he had written, and the reading materials digested since his professor thinks it is funny to have a graded recitation right after the festivities. hyungwon didn’t even had the opportunity to bask in the glory of winning gold for the volleyball men’s team. in between the drowning cheers and people crowding to congratulate him, he was simply put exhausted. hyungwon swore to himself he will get studying done this week, so he goes to the library and do the deed.

surprisingly, the library was packed. perhaps most of them were students who tries to get a power nap in between their classes, or some who were just at the cinth party and were too hangover to care where they decide to lay their heads and get some peace and quiet. hyungwon scanned the first floor, no other available seats are presented. he could just go back to his unit and get the said studying done there, but he doesn’t trust himself that he will study.

up to the second floor he goes, and hyungwon can’t say he was surprised to see even the second floor is packed. the librarians should wake and kick some students out. an exasperated sigh came out from his lips, almost giving up until he saw a vacant seat next to a mysterious female. his doe eyes widened, lips tight. gripping the strap of his messenger bag, he walked towards the vacant seat, tapping lightly the shoulder of the female he had recognized a few times around the campus. hyungwon has always been fascinated by her aura whenever he sees her, but he never really had a reason for him to go to her and try to strike a conversation – this would be the first.

📌 undivided

taking up a class in education for children this semester had been a completely spontaneous decision for danbi. considering that it’s entirely unrelated to her major, maybe it’s a waste of credits, but she has never been one to plan for the long term. instead, she always chooses to do what feels right in the moment, and when she was planning her classes for this semester, this was what felt right. she had decided that a class like this would be helpful to learn how to better work with the children at the orphanage, and so here she is now, making her way over to the table her partner is seated at. she plops herself down in the seat opposite his, and it doesn’t take her long to settle down. “hey, hyungwon! sorry i’m a little late, i swear i set the alarm but it didn’t go off, so my nap lasted a little longer than i wanted it to.” she explains with a sheepish grin.

“we’re supposed to be doing something on learning styles, right? can i just say, i have absolutely no idea what we’ve been doing in class all week? not much idea on what we have to do for this project either, it’s my first time in a class like this, so i’m a complete noob!” she gives a soft laugh, before proceeding to ramble on about how the attention span of this child at the orphanage lasts for ten minutes tops when she tries to help him with homework, though she comes to a stop when she suddenly realises that he isn’t responding to anything she says at all. “hey, are you listening to me? do you even know i’m here? earth to hyungwon!” her expression turns incredulous at how he hasn’t moved one bit from his position since she sat down five minutes ago, and she snaps her fingers in front of his face, an amused smile slowly spreading across her lips.

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the sound of the laptop’s keyboard clicking is like a relaxing pit-pat for the male. like a true capricorn, finishing the work comes first. work hard, play harder (or for hyungwon’s case, sleep longer). the young model was in his zone; heck, he arrived 15 minutes earlier than the agreed time. anyone who worked with hyungwon knows how focused he could be when he is up for it. forced tasks on the other hand is a different story left to be told in a different time.

so when he started to feel and see with his peripheral vision a waving hand in front of his face, hyungwon was pulled back to reality and stopped typing. looking up to see whose hand was it, he sees an amused danbi. “ah… sorry…” hyungwon slowly realizes what happened, letting himself lean back to the sofa and chuckling out of embarrassment. “i had a tunnel vision back there,” he gave out an excuse, shaking his head when he realized it didn’t really matter and whatever trance he was in won’t help their project be done anyway. “have you ordered something? you can get something first and i’ll try to fill you in with a draft outline i did about learning styles when you come back,” he gave a small smile. hyungwon knew danbi wasn’t familiar with the topic at all, and he was more than willing to help her out.

honesty hour - accepting!

“five years... i’ll be twenty-eight,” hyungwon deadpans, in deep thought on what and where does he see himself in that time. “i probably just finished my military service by then. i always planned to do it after getting my undergraduate degree. and i would probably start doing my master’s, but i don’t know if i will continue it here. perhaps i’m also preparing for inheriting our company... but i really don’t want to do it.”

honesty hour - accepting!

“i think this song does the job! lyrics-wise it describes how i could be. chill. just here for a good time, and wishing i can live in a virtual game where i hang around cute animals. the melody also fit!”

honesty hour - accepting!

“definitely!!” hyungwon declared in a heartbeat. “we’re like an atom compared to the entire galaxy, it’s impossible that there’s no other life wandering around the other planets! perhaps they’re just elusive, or they belong to a different system, but either way no one can change my mind that aliens of some kind exist.”

yeeun loves hyungwon. yes, she did just meet him and yes, they might have only shared like three sentences with each other. but that’s more than enough for her because he’s up for a fun time, he’s down to drink more with her, he’s saying slightly nihilistic things that yeeun agrees with (because live fast, die young!) that’s more than she can say for the people she came to the club with. “that’s the fucking spirit!” she cheers, letting out a burst of excited laughter as she easily calls the bartender over and orders two more tequila shots. with expert ease, she licks the salt covering the glass before downing the shot and sucking on a slice of lime. “your turn!” she exclaims, nudging him lightly as if egging him on.

but yeeun notices that he’s rather unstable on her feet and he’s swinging his hands in a very uncoordinated fashion. a small part of yeeun knows that she should be more cautious for him – he’s clearly more inebriated than she is and she’s not even sure if he came with friends. how is he even going to get home? but she’s never one to be rational, especially on a night out and with a stranger who’s equally as intent to have a good time.  so, she ignores the thought in her mind, simply presuming that hyungwon will just, you know, teleport home. (yeeun also has somewhat conditioned herself to call an uber after leaving clubs – she’s not sure how but maybe it was after the twentieth time out that her fingers just knew how to click ‘home’ on the ride-sharing app. and there has been many mornings where she woke up in her own room, unsure of how she even got there. so, she just assumes hyungwon is like that too. drunken logic is admittedly slightly flawed.)

suddenly, the music switches to the latest ariana grande song and yeeun just loses her mind. “hyungwon!” she squeals excitedly as she gets up on her feet, bopping her head to the beat, “drink it, drink it! we gotta go dance! i love this song!”

once the shot glass laced with salt is right in front of the trashed model, hyungwon licks the edge and downs the tequila dangerously fast. he lets out more giggling, and suddenly winces at how the alcohol hurts his throat. “oh my god, that was—” he didn’t let himself finish as his hand immediately reached out to the lime slice to suck on it. “to hell with the horrible world!”

was it like chae hyungwon to hang around with a random stranger in a club, getting wasted and carried away without any supervision of his friends? probably. he’s so used to being uptight with himself on normal days. blame how he was raised, but hyungwon always cared about choosing company that he thinks will help him better himself. though he is surrounded with people that cares for him truly, tonight has been shifted to not care at all and let go of what weighs him down. as the song blasts through his ears, hyungwon follows yeeun’s lead. almost stumbling as he stands up, he reaches yeeun’s hand and pulling her to the dancefloor, swaying to the beat of the song.

honesty hour - accepting!

“oh,” hyungwon was not surprised this question was asked. he was kind of half expecting for this to come up sooner or later. “there’s a lot of stories that exposes the industry already. so for me, the worst aspect of modeling is how you’re supposed to get in it in the first place. if you have no connections, don’t expect to get in and last long. if it wasn’t for my family’s last name, i wouldn’t be there at all.” he pauses and thinks if he should talk more.

📸 instagram update ;