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𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐭;

Nari needed a change.

Not just a cute "let's change my nail art" change. The kind of visceral need, that would make her feel better about herself, about who she is. She had tried, before, to make a change in appearance, to try to look less like her father, but this time, it was different. This time, it was more about reclaiming her identity.

She could've gone in any direction. Tattoos, piercings, wardrobe.

But she was standing in her bathroom, some dye stains on her cheek and on her elbows, her shirt barely passing her thighs, and she was facing her reflection. Red. Her hair was red. She was going through the "serpents crisis", as Junseo had called his own red hair era, and there was no stopping it now.

No stopping, yes, because she could hear the keys jingle in the front door. Cordelia, her beloved, her wife, the apple of her eye, was coming home. And Nari had red hair. This could go absolutely go wrong, at any time. But, through the mirror, her gaze crosses Cordelia's one. No questions. No remarks.

Hunger, mostly.

Apparently, red hair was a great idea.

Hyunsu was going through a dramatic crisis. A life-ending one.

His hair was growing. And while Min-Ah had done a fantastic job with the red hair, there was no denying the black roots coming back to life, considering the poor way he was caring for his hair and its color. And now, as Hyunsu woke up, he had to face the inevitable.

He was feeling unattractive. And that could never happen.

He could have asked Min-Ah. He could have just dye his hair black, erase the problem altogether.

But Hyunsu going through something dramatic was not especially known to be reasonable. That man was the definition of "overreacting", and he made sure of it when he came home that day, his hair practically white, and his forever present smirk on his face. He just looked at Tayden, with all the confident he could ever manage.

Not a lot of words were actually needed. Just two.

"Bedroom. Now."

Yeah, Hyunsu definitely felt better about himself now.

It's not like Yerim was ever ashamed of wearing glasses.

She just found it more comfortable to wear contact lenses. It was easier, she did not have to worry about her makeup being hidden by the frame of her glasses, and it was honestly, at this point, an habit.

But, well, she had been staying at Ujin's house for some days now, and she was running out of her saline solution, and it was growing quite uncomfortable wearing the lenses. She didn't think too much when she put on her glasses.

She should've, probably, when she realized she might have caused an involuntary heart attack to Ujin who was simply coming home, while she was just reading, glasses on, sitting in his sofa.

Not a lot stayed on her afterwards.

But the glasses?

That stayed.

Min-Ah has known a lot of embarrassing moments in her life.

But there was embarrassing, and there was humiliating moments. Like the way the boys kept going on and on and on about her hair stuck in the shower drain. "Girly things" they called it, but Min-Ah knew. It was mostly due to the years and years of bleaching said hair that was honestly holding on for dear life.

She had to do something about it, at least not to endure Tayden's remarks, Hyunsu's laughs, and Sulli's sympathetic stares.

Bye bye the blonde, let's go the black. Something way more natural. Something that wouldn't risk her going bald before reaching her thirties.

And sure, Tayden was still making remarks.

And Hyunsu was still laughing.

But well, Sulli was looking at her differently now. It was not sympathy.

It was lust.

She could endure absolutely everything, just for that look.

Rei lost a bet.

It never happened a lot. Usually, her cold stare would prevent her from ending into stupid situations, just like this one, but there was no stopping Cordelia and Junseo. It didn't get better when Sam got involved. And somehow, now, she's almost strapped down a chair in her boyfriend's bathroom, three pairs of hands in her hair, and her glaring at her friends through the mirror.

She lost a bet.

And now she was fucking blonde.

To say she was not happy about it was the understatement of the year.

And when Gabriel came home, she was absolutely ready to rant about it to him. Complain, maybe even fake a tear, beg him to take her to a hair dresser or something. But he just looked at her. A lot. And then he giggled.

Fucking.

Giggled.

Called her pretty, and kept running his hand through her as if it was going to disappear in any minute.

And well, Rei could not break her boyfriend's heart now, could she?

Junseo had done stupid shit in his life. Through every heartbreak, and every joy, his hair had to suffer.

And now, it was time to face the consequences of his actions. Also known as : his hair was falling, and Junseo was making himself sick with that.

And just like all of the times before, Junseo had to face it. It was time for a change, at least the kind of change that would not make him look like he had three strands of hair on his head. And he shaved everything; didn't even think about it more than ten minutes, just went on with it.

And then, sat in the dark for three hours.

"Reflecting", he called it, when Bambi came home.

"Being depressed about hair" was closer to the truth.

That changed quickly, though, when he noticed the amount of time Bambi would push her fingers through the hair - or lack of, if we're being honest. She called him a stress ball. Said it was comforting, how soft his hair was now. It made him feel useful, somehow.

And well, Junseo loved to make his girl happy anyway.

Kinam was a lot of things, but he was mostly pragmatic. In other words, he knew he was probably close to being bald. Not "pushing forties and slowly losing hair" bald. More like... One bleach away bald.

And he's seen the damages of it.

He's seen Junseo going through it, and one thing was sure, Kinam did not want to have to rock the buzzcut. He could not. The emotional damage would be too big.

So black it is. Time to preserve what was left of his hair.

And it was the weirdest shit, having to face himself in the mirror, after such a drasting change. It became even weirder when Sam fell to his knees, two seconds away from sobbing, clutching his imaginary pearls, and gasping for air. And if he was being honest, Kinam was three seconds away from throwing himself at the first car that would cross the road.

But then, in the middle of his dramatics, Sam called him "the prettiest man known to earth".

Plans to off himself postponed : Kinam has now a boy to thank for his cute compliments.

Violet was shaking. Pure fear was going through her, shaky hands and hyperventilating. The whole package. And what was not helping was the dye box looking right back at her, threatening her whole well being.

Gabriel had just commented something about her inability to change anything about her. How she sometimes was still looking the thirteen year old he left behind. It was just a comment, but it shook her to her core, because, as much as she didn't want to admit it : Gabriel was right.

It was not the drastic change, not the dramatic glow up people could've expected from other people. It was just hair being slightly more reddish, but it was enough to shake her entire being.

And maybe she was clutching Minsu's shirt a little bit too hard, when he dyed her hair.

Maybe she was actively refusing to look at him, too. Just for a little while.

But he was grinning at her like it was the cutest thing in the world. Like he was offering her the safest place that could ever exist. And well, for his smile, Violet could go through some changes, even if it made her shaky.

The first time Minjae made love with Delilah, he made a promise with himself : he'd never cut his hair, and take away her inability to pull on it.

But, well. The situation was getting out of hands. His bangs were reaching his eyes, and as much as he liked Delilah pulling on his hair, he liked even more to look at her. So the hair, it had to go. Thank God, it was happening the same week Junseo was going through his tenth mental breakdown of the month, and had just shaved his hair.

So not a lot of people realized that Minjae also cut his hair.

Somehow, Minjae had convinced himself that it would tarnish Delilah's affection.

He was wrong. He was so wrong.

His scalp hurt for hours after she put his hands on him.

Jade, most of the times, had stupid ideas, and could not be stopped when it came to it. She always blamed it on two things : not having parents, and adoring to raise Kyugsu's blood pressure.

And well, the latter was the option for the day. She woke up with too much energy, and a need for chaos, and the only way she could satisfy this need was by doing another stupid things : she was going blonde.

She spent the whole day at the hair salon, not answering her phone, no matter how much it was vibrating against her thigh for Kyungsu kept calling her.

And then she came home.

Got ready to be scolded for hours, just because she wasn't updating Kyungsu about anything going on.

But he stopped mid-rant. Brows furrowed, ready to raise his voice a bit more, he stopped dead in his tracks.

"Are you trying to distract me with your new hair color?"

"Is it working?"

"... maybe."

Yeah, Jade loved this game.

Contrary to what most people believed, Iseul and Jade usually share one braincell only; and it would be stupid to believe the younger girl was alone at the hair salon.

Iseul was sitting right next to her, doing the exact same stupid shit.

She was going blonde as well.

It was not out of malice, not because she wanted to play with Kaz's feelings. But well, she could use a change. At least, she won't have to remember the way her brother gripped her hair, sometimes.

Hair hold memories or something like that.

But well. Kaz did react. Not dramatically. He did not make a big deal out of it. He did not gasp, or screamed.

He just smiled.

And well, maybe Iseul could thank Jade for her stupid ideas.

Eunwoo was known for a lot of things, but one of them was his hair.

His wonderful, luscious hair, cascading over his shoulders, that would sometimes make him look almost feminine.

But well, Eunwoo was also very, very lazy.

And one day, he just snapped. Cut his hair short. Goodbye the womanly look, hello the fuckboy era.

It was very liberating to say the least, to not have to wake up early to brush his hair. It was also very... interesting seeing the way Hyun-Ki reacted.

Poor boy positively mourned. You'd think somebody in his family died. But no, it was just hair. And he felt even more confident like that.

Turns out, it was precisely that, that was sending Hyun-Ki in a spiral. He was not mourning Eunwoo's hair. He was mourning his own sanity.

That 100% made Eunwoo more insufferable.

Sunwoo knew he was hot. He could state it like it was a simple fact, just like somebody would talk about the weather.

He's hot. That's probably the only thing he has going on for him. So he would make sure his appearance is always perfect. Always attractive. So people wouldn't see the flaws.

Ginger was a vibe, he'll admit it but it was a pain in the ass to maintain. And then, because he was talking simply with Jinny, he learnt a devastating fact.

Jinny's favorite color was red.

And see, he knew he was hot.

And he wanted to attract people.

But when he dyed his hair dark red, he knew he wanted to attract Jinny even more.

There was one thing that Seung hated more than anything : the way he looked like his brothers. That was the case when they were young, and, now that he caught glimpses of Hyunsu and Kyungsu, he knew it was still the case.

That had to change, even if it took hours for him to convince himself to do it. And to dye his hair red.

Red.

He could've gone more.... subtle. But he really, really didn't want to look like his brothers anymore.

But he made a mistake. A terrible one at that.

He forgot Maggie could go feral at times.

And nobody could prepare him to the way that Maggie literally jumped his bones the minute she came home. And well.... after that many time in the bedroom, Seung had to come to a conclusion.

He didn't want to look like his brothers.

But he really didn't mind Maggie's obvious support in this plan.

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the og basketball four + their associated weather.

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Nari, who, no matter what she does, will always have the scent of sea salt clinging to her, like an eternal summer breeze, reminding her that maybe, she does belong to the sea after all.

Hyunsu who, because he lives with somebody who is deeply addicted to his morning coffee, can never really take off the coffee scent of off him, staining his skin in the most delicious, toe-curling way.

Yerim who, like a cute winter feeling, will always smell faintly of vanilla, no matter what she will apply on her skin. It's in her shampoo, her shower gel, her natural smell - she's just the vanilla girl after all.

Min-Ah whose smell reminds everyone of a cherry, plump, rich, and sweet, but charming all over. She's enticing, tempting, behind her smiles and her perfume, knowing exactly what she's doing.

Rei, who's obsessed with cleanliness, who cannot stand the idea of anything clinging to her like her bruises used to do, but who will, irrevocably, like the nicest comforter, always smell like cotton.

Junseo who, even though he spent his whole life trying to escape sweetness and sugar, will have a coconut scent clinging to his skin like it belongs there, balancing all of the bitterness on his tongue.

Kinam, the overly sweet boy, practically overbearing with his sweetness, who smells, always, like cotton candy, like rides in fairies, and nights filled with laughters and memories.

Violet who sticks to her favorite smell, her favorite fruit, her favorite everything, and only swears by the pear scent, not overly sweet, not that bitter, a perfect balance she clings to in her life.

Minjae who, no matter he tries to refute where he comes from, cannot escape his scent of rich leather, something quite expensive, something quite used, which embodies his entire persona so well.

Jade, who spends so much time taking care of herself, to the point she now always has the scent of cream lingering to her, something soft, something comforting, nice to come home to.

Iseul who, just as a summer memory, cannot escape her scent of peach, something fruity, something sweet, that will always smell like somebody you want to cling to, no matter what.

Eunwoo and his daring scent, who will always remind everyone of citrus, of lemon, for its daring, for it's not as sweet as you'd expect from him, but still overly fascinating.

Sunwoo and his rich scent of honey, who will always smell like the home you want to come to at night, who would lure anyone into his comforting hugs, reminding of a childhood who sometimes escaped too quickly.

Seung who, despite his obsession with everything sterilized, everything cleand and sanitized, always have this quite lavender scent to him, the peculiar smell of sage, quite rich, quite odd, and always standing out.

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my characters and their details - the 100 edition.

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my characters and their details - the pirates edition.

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my characters and their details - the bodyguard edition.

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we're only getting older, baby, and I've been thinking about it lately, does it ever drive you crazy just how fast the night changes?

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the og4 of the fight club + the cinnamon roll trend.

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« Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies, I'll tell you my sins, and you can sharpen your knife. Offer me that deathless death, oh, good God, let me give you my life. »

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I have a feeling you got everything you wanted, and you're not wastin' time stuck here like me. You're just thinkin' it's a small thing that happened, the world ended when it happened to me. or the incident that costed lan her brother.

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my characters and their future; the café crew edition.

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my characters and their future; the idiots edition.

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my characters and their future; the serpents edition.

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my characters and their details - the fight club edition.

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- 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧; the serpent girls on their wedding day.

- 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒊;

Nari and Cordelia had been talking about it a lot, beforehand. More like competing about it. Arguing about who was going to be the first one to go down on one knee. Admittedly, Nari was fucked for the very beginning - and oh, how through her tears of joy was she still a little bit frustrated to not have been the one to propose. She only had one condition, tho. She might have failed the proposal, but she was going to marry her girl by the beach. Right by the sea, with the love of her life - god, the two things she loved the most in the world in one place. What a way to finally feel complete.

- 𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎;

Yerim had to admit, the whole proposal thing was a surprise. She just gave birth to their twins, was probably a mess, of sweat, and tears, and a little bit of blood too, and Ujin downright panicked - looked at her right in the eyes, and asked her to marry him. Call it euphoria of the moment or something like that - but it's with the same glee that Yerim said yes. They'd only have to make it a little bit more romantic when they retell the story to their friends. The wedding was made to be quite simple; they had kids to deal with, and not a lot of time to give to their own moment - but they also had a handful of uncles and aunts that would assure they'd have the greatest day of their lives, just the two of them.

- 𝒎𝒊𝒏-𝒂𝒉;

Min-Ah really thought she'd be the most emotional person on her wedding day - or maybe Sulli, you know, the actual husband. She didn't expect her wedding to end up with three grown ass men sobbing like little kids and clutching her like they were losing her to the greatest danger on the Earth. She couldn't ignore, either, the way the girls stayed closer to Sulli, trying to bully him into crying his heart out. In the end, neither Min-Ah nor Sulli cried when they saw each other. They just smiled - content, serene. Min-Ah knew she was not Sulli's first love. But she was his last. And she was at peace with that.

- 𝒓𝒆𝒊;

When Gabriel proposed to Rei, she flat out said "no". A no that resonated a lot, that could have changed their entire relationship, if she hadn't add "I'm not getting married pregnant." Gabriel didn't know she was pregnant. Gabriel cried. And he cried even more on their wedding day, two kids already there, the third one on the way because her man was unstoppable anyway - and Rei, for the first time in what felt like years, smiled freely, unafraid of what could come now. She had everything she wanted - her kids, her man, her life.

- 𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒕;

When Minsu had the idea to propose to Violet, the first person he talked to was Violet herself. Oh, of course, the boys were outraged - he had to endure quite the silent treatment by Junseo who was anyway determined to fight for the best man title. But that was just the kind of person Minsu was - knowing his girl would freak the fuck out if he had tried to surprise her with it. They had the quietest wedding of the whole bunch - except, probably, for the ugly cries of Gabriel and Junseo (who did win the best man title) where, for the first time ever, Violet realized she wouldn't have minded a little bit more noise. It was just her love for Minsu that was resonating through those sounds.

- 𝒋𝒂𝒅𝒆;

Oh Jade really tried to fake her surprise, when Kyungsu proposed to her - the tears, the open mouth, everything. As always, he saw right through her - she had found the ring while cleaning weeks ago, and has been ready ever since, like, nails done hair done ready. Once again, they were both too obvious with it - just like with everything else in their relationship. Admittedly, while being some of the poorest, they probably had the most grandiose wedding out of all the group - Jade was not about to have a small cute wedding when she was marrying the love of her life goddamn it. She was going to show everyone how in love she was with the fool standing at the altar - with her soft smiles, and the tears she kept at her waterlines, and the way she said "I do", so loud probably all of the stars heard it.

- 𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒍;

Nobody was surprised Iseul and Kaz wanted to get married - that girl hadn't been going around wearing her promise ring for so long for nothing. Still, there was always something overly complicated that would prevent them for getting married. Until Kaz said fuck it. And maybe it wasn't the kind of wedding that is so magnficient that you'd cry thinking about it. Maybe it didn't look the most expensive, or the most completed. But it didn't matter. Because the minute they saw each other, it's like it all stopped. Like they were meant to live this moment. And that was what mattered the most.

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my characters and their details - the idiots edition.