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“That fancy stuff not your forte?” She guessed while blue eyes looked over his features for an answer. Lips twitching as he spoke the last sentence. It was so sweet and pure, in genuinely touched her. “Give and take. It’s a thing with love.”

“Even though I’m in the film and tv industry and not the makeup industry, I still feel ya on the portfolios. Like it’s supposed to be a representation of your work. Yeah, my parent’s dog answers to anything, too, even though his name is Baraq. Well, I think it kinda stems from me not growing up with pets, but then, as I mentioned, my parents now have a dog. They adopted him after I moved out.” 

“That’s a bit of a morbid question. Ah... I don’t know. I think I’d just want to make people sit through a 3 hour movie, out of spite. I’m so bad with music. Maybe some classical stuff -- I don’t know what people play at funerals. I wasn’t allowed to go to my dad’s, so...”

“Shit, Skylar almost dying. Maybe my mother moving back to South Korea without telling me. But I didn’t really want to see her, anyway, so maybe it’s for the best.”

“Hey, it may be legal but it don’t make it official till ya really feel it, I think. Ya gotta feel that shit, ya know? And even if it’s not a real ceremony, ya can still mark it with a nice dinner or somethin’.” She posed up the offered idea that rolled off the top of her head.

“It’s funny, because I was looking at some makeup artist portfolios on Instagram, and I stumbled upon yours, and I would be honored to have you as my makeup artist. And yeah, I named him Onigiri, after the rice balls. He’s pure white, though. Yeah, David and I discussed it before we started looking on Petfinder. I would be annoyed if he brought an animal in without discussing it with me first.” 

“I don’t say mean things. I just tell people the truth, darling.”

The more he divulged, the more she could wrap her own mind around the premise. “Ah, now that all makes sense. I’d say it’s pretty romantic, myself. Just cause you’re married doesn’t mean ya gotta change everythin’ anyways. And just think! When ya are ready, ya already did that step. If ya’d like ya could do another ceremony to celebrate it, too.”

“Fair enough.” Charles didn’t know what else to expect from this interaction. Obviously the other wasn’t looking to have a conversation but rather just to hear himself talk, at least that’s how Charles felt based on his attitude. “Well, enjoy the married life. I’m going to get back to my paper.”

Yoosung cleared his throat, barely able to keep himself from rolling his eyes. “I’m giving you advice and you’re just going to ignore it? That’s not very polite.” He said with a raise of his eyebrow. “I just mean that you have to make your own happiness.” Maybe he was being a hypocrite, for he knew he’d been completely miserable before he’d met Skylar, but the other didn’t have to know that.

“Oh,” said Hodaya. “Well, I don’t want to spoil the surprise of my dress. But let’s just say it wasn’t cheap. Yeah, his name is Onigiri. Aw, I guess Trashbag is kinda endearing.”

“Downsides? Not really, nothing has really... changed. Isn’t that how it’s supposed to be? We’re working on better communication, I’ve started seeing a therapist. It’s terrifying, but I think we’re only getting better. Maybe the only downside is that I really have to get used to this last name. Not that I hate it, it just sounds... weird.”