#* ∙ ♡ ◞ DECLAN LEE ✗ interactions.

[iinvu]

                         ⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡ to. @lovesruined

                     " —— and i'm telling you, nothing happened. i took care of it. now, please stop gesticulating like that. you'll hurt yourself. "

[iinvu]

                        ⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡ to. @arsoneds

                    " well,  i can think of some ways to wear you out. "

[iinvu]

                         ⋆｡ﾟ��︎｡ to. @moonbaits

                    " what is it, another article? i told you to stop reading those. "

[iinvu]

                         ⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡ to. @crue11

                    " okay, angel, i wasn't going to say anything until next year ( at the latest ), but i'm not sure fried rice is supposed to be that green, " hand is cautious, and perhaps a bit sheepish, as he reaches around the other's frame to turn off the stove. " how about i make you something? something that won't give you food poisoning. "

[iinvu]

                         ⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡ to. @cinnamcroll

                    " you know how hard this is for me. can't you be a little more patient with me? "

[iinvu]

                    eyes fall to the hand on his arm; even as kids she always knew how to talk him down, implore him to see reason. " then what do i do? just —— just let him get away with it all? after everything he's done? " it seemed like it was a little too late to be deliberating his course of action, but leave it to falen to leave him questioning things he already made up his mind on. " if it means he'll get what he deserves in the end, shouldn't it be worth it? "

                            ' you don't have to carry the brunt of his actions all on your shoulders , that just isn't fair to yourself. ' cautiously , her hand reaches to rest on his arm and gives what she hopes , is a reassuring squeeze to his bicep. ' at this rate , dec , i'm worried you'll self destruct yourself. i know it probably doesn't mean much coming from me , but i still care. i really do. seeing you unraveling like this is just awful ━━ and don't you think that your father knows , the toll this is all taking on you ? he just , seems to be toying with you. trying to see how much it'll take to break you entirely. '

[iinvu]

                    " don't you trust me? " accusation is thrown in jest, head slightly tilted as an easy smile settles onto features. " if anything, i had to do pre - emptive damage control in case you came swinging like a cement truck. " @deathskissed

declan's words made a hint of a smile form on lips, brown eyes lift to finally settle 'pon his countenance. if ahreum was so sure, she could almost see how concerned he genuinely was. a sigh tumbled free of her as arms drop away from chest. " and you are sure you handled it? "

[iinvu]

                    " we're going to prove you innocent. " it's said with so much conviction it was like he already had. " what does it matter what anyone else has to say about it? "

"it's not as easy as you think to just . . . ignore what they're saying about me."

[iinvu]

                    her reaction is completely justified; as expected, he wasn't apt interpersonally, and therefore fell a couple steps too short when it came to tact. he wishes he had a proper excuse besides protection from a perceived threat. " this wasn't about you at all. i know you would have understood, you would have done everything to understand. but i won't place a target on your back. " calm, collected, but with a storm brewing in his eyes. " you would be involved by association, and i didn't want that for you. i still don't. "

for  a  moment,  lily  remains  speechless  as  her  mind  searches  for  the  words  that  can  accurately  describe  how  she's  feeling  right  now.  "don't  be  upset  with  you?"  she  repeats,  as  if  it  would  help  declan  realise  how  absurd  he  sounds.  "imagine  being  cut  off  without  any  explanation  —  wouldn't  that  upset  you?"  lily  rarely  gets  angry  and  it's  even  rarer  for  her  to  let  it  show,  but  she  can't  contain  herself  this  time.  "you  could  have  just  told  me...  do  you  think  i  wouldn't  have  understood?"  it  would  have  been  better  than  being  left  in  the  dark,  abandoned  without  a  reason  by  someone  she  cherishes  so  much  in  her  life.

[iinvu]

                    " you're right. i'm actually worrying about you hurting others unnecessarily. " she was more than capable of it, he knew that much. but a fiery temper would only result in her getting harmed. " so, please. let it go, hm? "

arms fold across chest as gaze settled on declan, full lips purse in clear displeasure. " you shouldn't worry about me hurting myself. " ahreum cannot help the snort that left her, head shaking.

[iinvu]

                    " i am not a sore loser. i can graciously take a fair loss. " lies, lies and more lies. " i go first this time, though. "

" you know i should be grading projects right now, but ... fuck it. bring the board out. and you better not be a sore loser this time. "

[iinvu]

                    " it's fine to disagree. but i have a responsibility. " self - imposed, potentially harmful and definitely dangerous, but he was nothing if not dedicated. no one knew him better than she did, though, and hearing his mission statement laid out so plainly made him twitch a little. " —— you know how he is. i can't keep letting him get away scot - free. "

                             ' dec , i'm not upset. i just , have to be truthful and tell you that i don't agree with your actions. not to say i don't understand them ━━ you feel it's your responsibility to answer for your dad's actions , am i right ? that's why you did what you did ? '

[iinvu]

                    " put it on for me, " deceived, swindled and made to cook —— the worst part was he was too intuitive to be naively fooled, but too foolish to care, and too smitten to quibble. " tea would be lovely. nothing too strong though, i'll need you to taste - test. " he takes over the kitchen without complaint, and maybe he even times dumping whatever atrocity jaeyoung was cooking up in the garbage for when he thought the other wasn't looking so that he wouldn't end up hurting his feelings. there was no need to go to the hospital for food poisoning, declan wasn't that foolish. yet. " maybe after tea, you can just sit and relax. " i wouldn't you to put anything extra into the food and make it inedible. " you're too pretty to be in the kitchen, anyway. " i'm pretty too, just stare at me and ogle.

 his confused frown morphs into a smile when declan finally decides to put a stop to his miserable show of trying to cook — while his life was never a story of spoiled princes and silver spoons , jaeyoung always acts spoiled ; doesn't know how to cook , doesn't like it , doesn't want to . ‘ ah– if you insist . ‘ and just to be sure declan will get to work , he gets to undo the apron from around the thin waist to hand it to the other . ‘ there . do you want me to make you tea while you cook ? ‘ and just like an angel , his head tilts to flash a lovely smile to the taller man ; eyelashes bat . that's his favorite petname , he better hear it more today .

[iinvu]

                    " i don't have much of an explanation . . . " he trails off, because he did, he had so much he could say and so much he could let her in on, but what would that matter? he had kept his distance to prevent letting her in and causing trouble for her. " i just wanted you to be safe. you were —— are —— important to me. i couldn't take it if something happened to you. "

The words that left Declan's mouth had Maia scoffing slightly. The way she had been abruptly cut off and left wondering what happened to the man she was somewhat crazy about. "You don't want me to be upset with you? Don't you think I deserve some kind of explanation? I had begun assuming the worst."

[iinvu]

                    " i know that i didn't need to. i wanted to. you're important to me, and i wanted you to be safe. " especially considering the measures declan had resorted to. " gabriel, " there was a name he hadn't said in a while. " i know that i didn't make it easy. but i didn't want to hurt you. you know that i didn't want to hurt you, right? "

“ i’m not upset. “ the slight crack in his voice says otherwise but he chooses to push past it, not really caring if the other had picked up on it or not. “ you didn’t have to protect me, i would’ve been fine. “ would he have been? clearly this situation went beyond declan’s silence over the years so who’s to say if he would’ve been safe or not. “ i spent months thinking it was something i did — do you not know what that does to a person? “ 

[iinvu]

                    " did it ever cross your mind that your insufferable personality was the thing keeping me from taking the next step with you? if you have no patience for me, then i have no need for you. go on and leave if you're so unhappy, no one's stopping you. "

                ˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥         "patient? don't make me laugh, declan. i've been nothing but patient. i'm torn on if you're a walking commercial for being the most miserable man in existence, or erectile dysfunction. how long are you going to mope around? it's been like ... two weeks. get over it, you can't fix the fucking past and your future is going to be me leaving your sorry self."