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felicityfiction · 2 years
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I hate that sometimes two people only meet to say goodbye at the end.
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felicityfiction · 3 years
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find me on instagram @felicityfiction !
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felicityfiction · 3 years
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and we’re back. back to the dark cavernous abyss that is my heart. because you’re here, but everyday i think of the day you’ll go. and its so pathetic, because you just made me reveal things about myself that i have adamantly refused to acknowledge up till now. i don’t, i’m not an affectionate person. i am not. but now, i’m craving the physical affection of someone who seems permanently in the “trying” phase. it’s not worth it. i’m not worth it, and one day you’ll feel that way too. then where does that leave me?
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felicityfiction · 3 years
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for now i can convince myself i miss the memories and the place, but as reality sinks in i miss the company and the person. i miss you.
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felicityfiction · 3 years
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im so scared that you’ll see me the way i see myself. im fucking afraid of you because ur so nice to me and im not used to it.
you’re just somebody else to miss when the time comes and you inevitably find a better friend and i know everyone tells me i cant predict the future but i cant help it if i think everyone is going to leave me bc i dont deserve anything good
i can’t. i can’t do it. i sound ridiculous but i really, really cant risk it. my best friend said i may not even fall for you, but little does she know i already did. im desperately trying to get you to break my heart so that i dont get any funny ideas and its selfish and cowardly but its the only thing i know how to do. im trying to run.
im plotting a course for my own demise and trying to get you to follow so that you dont waste ur precious time and effort on someone as unworthy as me.
i dont want to feel loved because that feeling doesnt last and i get attached and it hurts when it’s gone
how can i explain to you that i dont want you to try because im scared ill miss you before you’re even gone?
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felicityfiction · 3 years
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damn... it’s been hella long since i’ve been on here??? shoot i totally lost my motivation to continue my wip ... help
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felicityfiction · 3 years
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if anyone wants to chat abt kpop or life or anything really im becoming more active on twt!! its not a stan twt or a fansite is rly just me being myself :) hope to see you there!
im @huitakes there!!
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felicityfiction · 4 years
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i wish my mind would stop wandering at ungodly hours of the night devising ways to just cut myself off from everyone bc honestly i dont matter... so much so that i cant tell anyone anything and am resorting to writing here! but it’s good i guess. no one reads this, and no one knows who i am. so i guess in a way, im finally free
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felicityfiction · 4 years
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[bulletproof glass part 4] part 3
a/n: its 5am. i needed a study break. this is terrible. im very disappointed in myself but also not sure if i can put anything out thats better. i have failed, please dont hate me :(
god, do they even teach them how to shoot?
san smirks, easily dodging a badly aimed bullet from a poorly hidden sniper. not really a sniper at all, if you ask him. just someone too cowardly to come down and face the action on the ground.
weakness.
in the chaos of a building carpark, there are guns blazing and shouts echoing, the occasional yell of pain or shattering of glass as these terribly trained excuses of henchmen hit a car instead of their intended human target.
it’s music to san’s ears.
to his left, he registers seonghwa, barrelling towards him with a wholehearted intention to get him into a car and to safety, but san is just starting to have fun.
he takes down two guys who have at least a foot on him, but he barely breaks a sweat. adrenaline is pumping through his veins, and he thinks that maybe he doesn’t have to smoke tonight to be able to get high.
this is his drug. san is addicted to the danger of it all. it’s messy and wonderful, a dance that is ingrained into san’s brain and burned into his muscle from years of first hand experience. choi san is talented, and he’s about to show it.
he sees seonghwa veer sharply to his right, and he spares a glance in his direction. just in time to see seonghwa gun down two guys who were surrounding hongjoong, trying to take him down. the leader was to be captured alive, no doubt, to be used as leverage. if his father was here, these guys would be all over him like hyenas to a carcass. but he isn’t, content to let san and seonghwa handle tonight’s minor matters.
he’s mine.
the words thrum in his ears, fuelling his slightly fatigued muscles to keep going until all their enemies were down. he was the next in line to inherit the choi name, and he sure as hell was going to make his name known to everyone in the underground.
and perhaps the child in him still preens under his father’s praise, and he’s greedy for more.
but san is amused by the sight of seonghwa fumbling in his attempt to get to hongjoong, his usual grace lost in his worry. he almost reaches out to hongjoong, then freezes and recoils like hongjoong at shot him. san feels a stab of pity, but also a brief inkling of scorn
this is what affection does to you.
hongjoong had come with few guards, despite knowing that there was a high chance that this deal would go south. perhaps he trusted san more than he let on, or he thought that san had a bigger target on his back, and he would be able to escape unscathed if it came down to it
or, san thinks, maybe he knows someone here will die to protect him.
a hand comes flying out of nowhere, barely missing san’s face, and san whips around faster than lightning. he grabs the wrist, and is about to twist and snap it when he registers the face in front of him. a smile curls onto his face.
“we’re allies here, did you forget? how can it be acceptable to try and take me out?”
“wasn’t trying to take you out. distracted. person shooting. wanted to get your attention.” yunho is speaking in breathless pants, sweat beading on his forehead. he grabs san and tugs, and san finds himself going willingly. he lets himself get pushed behind a pillar, as yunho scans for more aggressive men in black.
there’s a feeling san can’t pinpoint blooming in his chest, and he shoves it away, letting his god awful flirtatious nature come up as a defence.
“so sweet of you, darling. but you look more tired than me. i’d have been perfectly fine, but i appreciate the sentiment.”
yunho doesn’t realise he’s stilll holding san’s wrist, too busy being on the lookout.
“shut up.” he scowls
san sees a brief release of tension in yunho’s shoulders when he spots hongjoong safe, a few meters away surrounded by the remainder of his guards.
“you should go join them, sweetheart. it’s time for you to flee.”
yunho’s eyes snap towards him, and he angrily spits, “we’re not fleeing, you bastard.”
san wants to laugh again, because infruriating yunho is so, so enjoyable. “i didn’t mean anything. they’re all gone, anyway. we won. no point staying around for the cleanup.” he lifts his wrist to yunho’s eyes, and they widen exponentially. yunho drops his wrist and steps back, putting some distance between him and san. san decides he preferred it when yunho was pressed against him.
yunho makes to walk away towards a gesturing hongjoong, but san’s the one to reach out this time.
“thank you, yunho. i appreciate it.” yunho seems surprised by the sincereity that laces san’s words, but he quickly reminds himself that san is more than a proficient liar. he pushes san’s hand off his wrist, suddenly wishing he hadn’t tried to help.
stupid, stupid yunho.
“and don’t worry, baby. you always have my attention.”
and there it is, classic san. can’t have a conversation without dropping some kind of comment that made yunho’s skin crawl. yunho flinches, and walks away. san is staring after him, his lips upturned.
yunho picks his way through the bodies littered on the ground, trying to ignore both the vast amounts of blood, and the way that his ears are burning.
if hongjoong notices how red he is, he presumes that it’s from the physical exertion. he’s scanning yunho for injuries, relieved to find none. regardless, he pushes yunho towards the car, ready to take him away from everything and shelter him as best he can.
he shouldn’t have brought him here in the first place.
hongjoong can’t help the deep tug in his gut that compels him to look around once more before stepping into the car.
seonghwa is rushing towards san, and san is smiling so broadly it disturbs hongjoong. he’s certain that san is a psychopath, or at least someone who enjoys witnessing pain. or maybe he’s so desensitized that this has all become a game for him.
either way, hongjoong darts his eyes down and gets into the car. he pretends that the relief flooding his chest is for himself, for yunho and for his other men. not for the bodyguard of his rival gang leader, who just so happened to perhaps have saved his life.
fuck this.
hongjoong is absolutely fucking screwed.
yunho spends the same car ride trying to forget the deep voice echoing in his ears and the hand around his wrist. he’s all too aware that he was frantically searching for san the entire time the fight was happening, barely registering his members. he should feel guilty, he knows, and he berates himself fiercely.
why yunho, why? he’s a sadistic monster, he could have killed you and called it an accident!
but somehow, yunho can’t bring himself to regret that he threw himself in front of a guy that could very well be holding a gun to his temple in the near future.
yunho is also, absolutely fucking screwed
“he tried to help me, hwa. isn’t that so cute? i could’ve taken all of them blindfolded, but it’s still adorable.”
seonghwa purses his lips, a sharp pang striking a chord in his heart.
san is sitting on his desk, swinging his legs back and forth as he recounts the night to him, nevermind that seonghwa was supposed to be the one delivering the report.
“that’s the first time someone besides me has done that for you, san.” seonghwa says quietly, more to himself than to san. but his charge, his friend, hears it anyway.
“i’m attractive, hwa. what can i say? you tried to play hero too. good job on that, by the way.”
seonghwa flinches at the reminder. it was too close for comfort, the way hongjoong had been a split second from being overpowered, and seonghwa had moved before he had time to think.
“i’m sorry for getting distracted.” he had failed. seonghwa was supposed to protect san, yet he had some kind of messed up tunnel vision and sixth sense that led him to jump to the defence of someone he isn’t even supposed to associate with-
“don’t apologise. i’m a better fighter than you, or him. i didn’t need it.”
i forgive you. i understand. don’t worry, you did the right thing.
that’s how they communicate. with hidden meanings and the hope that the other party understands.
in spite of everything that went down, seonghwa’s frantic about one thing, and one thing above all.
it absolutely terrifies him how choi san is whistling a happy tune from his lips recounting the way jung yunho had tried to press him into a wall for his own safety. san chalks it all up to nothing, but seonghwa sees more. san isn’t just amused, he’s happy.
he’s happy that jung yunho had tried to save him.
it’s mortifying, seeing this unknown emotion on san. seonghwa knows how to deal with an angry san, a drunk san and an indifferent san. seonghwa knows san.
but seonghwa has never seen san care. and it sure as hell feels like san is starting to care.
“would you have done it?” he whispers, and san trails off, narrowing his eyes at him.
“what are you talking about?”
“would you have jumped in front of a gun to save him?” seonghwa bites his lip. please, please say something snarky and cocky and arrogant.
“i’d just shoot the source of danger, hwa. have you lost your touch? can’t protect someone if i’m dead, now can i? remember that next time, i doubt hongjoong would want to see you die in front of him.”
seonghwa’s ears are ringing.
protect someone? san, since when have you ever wanted to protect someone? everyone is disposable to you, no? why him? why now?
but seonghwa swallows all his words, and san continues on his painfully oblivious humming. he can’t even tell that this emotion is new and different. he can’t tell that his mind is drifting to a hand gripping his wrist, and the pressure of another body pressed against his.
word of the day: endearment. maybe san would do good to learn some new vocabulary, so he can put a label to that weird sensation in his chest, and his burning desire to see jung yunho again.
maybe, san would come to his senses. seonghwa can only hope.
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felicityfiction · 4 years
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Reblog if it's okay to befriend you, ask questions, ask for advice, rant, vent, let something off your chest, or just have a nice chat.
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felicityfiction · 4 years
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im so out of it recently like i really just lost all my motivation to study, which is really bad news since i have the most important exams ive ever taken in a month
i fractured my foot and now my movements are restricted and im so frustrated at that and i dont want to do anything im so irritable all the time and i have no idea what to do
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felicityfiction · 4 years
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gush about your idols to me! (im bored...)
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felicityfiction · 4 years
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[bulletproof glass part 3] part 2
“choi san is dangerous”
those were the first words that hongjoong uttered after the fateful meeting in the warehouse. “maybe i underestimated him.”
yunho remembers hongjoong having a nightmare that night, ending with a loud shout of “YUNHO!” and the banging open of his door, a frenzied hongjoong barging in his room, gasping for air like someone was choking him. yunho remembers hongjoong startling him awake, only to have hongjoong gather him in his arms and mutter incomprehensible things into his ears while he just sat there, helpless and confused.
“they can’t take me, hyung. it’s okay. i’m here, i’m safe.”
a frantic shake of the head. “no, you’re not. i made you a target since the day i took you to see them. i shouldn’t have done that, but i couldn’t leave you alone.”
“i know, hyung. it’s alright. we’re okay. i can protect myself”
a muffled laugh. “as much as that gun is loaded, yunho, we both know you can‘t bring yourself to shoot.”
yunho purses his lips, drawing back and holding hongjoong at arms length. “i’ll shoot it if anyone threatens you, hyung. threatens us. you know that.”
hongjoong sighs, and wonders for the nth time why he brought this sweet soul into the tainted abyss of the underworld.
he sleeps much better after that, though, buried in 185cm of yunho.
“hello again, yunho ssi”
yunho, in his sleep deprived, coffee induced haze, barely recognises the person standing in front of him. “huh.” he manages to utter, sounding so incredibly dumb that even he himself winces. damn it, yunho. get it together
but then he realises he shouldn’t even be engaging with choi san, who’s holding a latte to his lips and grinning at him like they shared some kind of inside joke.
yunho thinks he should find a new cafe to frequent. he can’t keep being distracted by devilishly attractive mafia bosses while he‘s trying to work on his dissertation. shame, the coffee here is the best he’s had in a while.
“what do you want.” he sighs out, not bothering to try and intimidate san into going away. somehow,within three meetings, he already understands san more than most people do.
choi san cannot be cowed.
“like i said last time, nothing. just wanted to say hi. and good luck on whatever you’re doing, it looks difficult.” choi san hums, still staring at him, and yunho, much to his horror, finds the tips of his ears going hot.
san’s grin morphs into a smirk. “i told you before, yunho- we’ll probably be meeting a lot. and it’s probably to my benefit that you look cute almost all the time. even holding a gun.”
what is this guy‘s problem?!
yunho grits his teeth, willing himself to ignore the man. “i am busy. go away.”
“of course, of course. see you soon, cutie.” san winks, and to yunho’s horror, the blush on his ears creeps onto his cheeks.
“i hope not.”
“darling, we don’t always get what we want in life.” san chirps merrily, and yunho tenses. choi san is dangerous.
warning alarms go off in his head when san leans in closer, just like he did the last time they met. this time, yunho forces himself not to shrink away. he can’t shoot me in broad daylight. he’s a mafia boss, not an idiot.
“but i’m the exception. i always get what i want. and right now, jung yunho, i want you.”
yunho chokes on air, and san whirls around on his heels, strutting off, a satisfied smile decorating his chiseled features. making yunho flustered was his new favourite past time.
while yunho is still recovering, an employee brings out a piece of hazelnut cake and sets it on his table. yunho eyes it suspiciously. “sorry, i didn’t order that.”
“yes, but that gentleman just now did. told us to bring it to you. oh, and he left a message. enjoy, sir!”
a card is slipped onto his table, and yunho can’t resist.
eyeing the cake and gingerly picking up the fork with his left hand, he turns the card around with his right hand and blinks.
you intrigue me, jung yunho. hazelnut is your favourite right? i bet you’re wondering how i know, though the answer won’t surprise you. i’ll get to know you more, and maybe you’ll want me to know you too.
by the way, my name is san, since you never use it. here’s my number. i trust you won’t do anything with it, but maybe save it. i’ll see you again.
for gods’ sake. was a mafia boss flirting with him?
“san. what’s your intention with yunho?”
“god, seonghwa, you’ve asked me that so many times. i told you, he’s a bit of fun and amusement. such an innocent thing. maybe i want to ruin him. who knows? i just like messing with him.”
seonghwa pursed his lips, eyeing san cautiously while he spins in his leather chair behind his gigantic desk.
“there’s no time for amusement.”
you have to kill him.
“that’s where you are wrong, my dear stick in the mud.” san tuts at him. “there’s always time for fun, and jung yunho is the best fun i’ve had in a while.”
“usually you sleep with the fun on the first try.” seonghwa deadpans.
san laughs, and then contemplates. “true. but he knows me, knows what i am. he’ll take more effort, if i want to go there. but strangely, i’m not sure that’s what i even want out of him.”
“why do you care so much about him?” seonghwa bites his tongue, regretting his statement immediately when he sees san tense.
“i don’t. i’m just bored, seonghwa. don’t get anything screwed up inside your head.”
god, seonghwa wants to tell him so bad.
they’re going to make you kill him
stay away from him
i don’t want you to hurt
“i’ll have him soon. and then i won’t want him anymore, just like all the others.” san whirls around in his chair to face the window, the view of seoul greeting him. “they’re all so easy.”
seonghwa knows jung yunho isn’t easy. he’s not a toy, and he won’t fall for san.
at least, seonghwa hopes he won’t. he hopes that jung yunho is intelligent and cares enough about his own wellbeing to stay away from san. then maybe the elders would reconsider his target, and seonghwa won’t have to look hongjoong in the eye and tell him that his little brother is about to be killed-
seonghwa grips his phone tightly, standing outside an apartment smack in the middle of hongdae. he’s trying to decide whether or not to knock, when the door opens and decides for him.
kim hongjoong stands before seonghwa, in all the glory that one can at 4am in the morning.
“the fuck?” is the only thing he gets in lieu of a greeting.
seonghwa can’t help the little smile that crawls onto his face, or the little flame of warmth that blooms, just for a split second, in his heart.
this apartment is hongjoong’s secret hideout, away from all the filth and burden that he carries in his day to day life.
somehow, seonghwa has been let in on the secret.
“hey.” seonghwa manages, biting his lips to keep from spilling everything out.
“do you need something?” hongjoong’s voice is husky, and seonghwa feels slightly apologetic for waking him up. especially since he has no idea why he’s there, other than the fact that his feet took him there of their own accord.
so he decides to be honest. “wanted to see you. that’s all. i can go now.”
he doesn’t move, registering hongjoong’s slight widening of his eyes and the way he seems to be more alert.
god, if choi san knew how dangerous it was to be so, so attracted to the enemy, maybe he would stay away. but seonghwa is a hypocrite.
kim hongjoong is his biggest secret.
there’s a pale hand on his wrist, tugging him into the apartment, and seonghwa complies easily.
he has always, always been weak for kim hongjoong.
here, in this apartment, he tosses aside his persona as a senior member of the choi mafia, and hongjoong sheds the title of leader. at least for a while, they both pretend like they’re just normal people, enjoying each other’s company
and maybe they both secretly entertain the thought that they might be normal people, who don’t want to let each other go.
within each meeting on opposite sides, with the threat of dying ever present, hongjoong will never admit it, but he doesn’t think he could shoot seonghwa. or hurt him. or do anything besides gather the taller man into a tight embrace and press his lips against the tatoo on his neck. the insignia of his gang. maybe, if he kisses it hard enough,it will fade away and hongjoong can take him into his arms without feeling like he’s playing with fire.
there’s not supposed to be trust between them. but seonghwa bares his neck a bit more, and he knows he’s long gone , unable to stay away from hongjoong.
if it came down to it, they’d both shoot themselves before they would each other. of course, neither of them says that, because that would mean crossing a line that they couldn’t afford to. they’d trip over the web of strings and not be able to catch themselves. on the surface, they don’t speak of each other. but at night, seonghwa’s thoughts flit over to hongjoong automatically.
and seonghwa wants.
he wants so,so badly.
and he’s scared that san wants, too.
san, who covers for him silently and doesn’t use hongjoong as leverage against seonghwa. san, who has so much more on the line.
charming, seductive choi san, who wouldn’t be able to realise he’s in too deep because he thinks himself invincible and beyond attachment.
in hongjoong’s bedroom that night, buried under the sheets, seonghwa prays and prays, but he feels hopeless.
he’s always prayed to wake up the next day and still be here, next to hongjoong without a gun between them.
but tonight, he thinks of san.
there’s a mountainload of guilt in his chest. the knowledge that san will be tasked to kill, and seonghwa will be forced to choose between two sides of himself that have been clashing from the beginning
in his heart, seonghwa knows. he knows because he can read san like an open book. he’s grown up with san, and he feels suffocated at the thought that san doesn’t know himself as well as he thinks. san is plunging head first into the deep end.
san’s falling, and seonghwa might not be able to catch him.
A/N: i really didnt think this through. i dont know how i want the story to develop because i am an impatient prick who wants to get to the climax but can’t put together a good enough storyline to get there and shfhnfew i’m so frustrated
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felicityfiction · 4 years
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its 3am im in a weird angsty mood and i just wanted to write smth down in case it becomes inspiration..??
in all the stories ive read that end in heartbreak there’s always a pattern ( i love angst i dont know why sometimes i just want to cry)
and it got me thinking
apologising for being in love must be one of the most painful things to feel? bc it’s so out of your control and somehow it’s still either wrong or not allowed or going to make the situation worse
apologising for feeling in general is horrible
but (i have no experience) i figure that love must be different?? i seriously do not understand love, which is why i struggle to write about it so much.
what is it? and why do people feel so bad about experiencing it that there are so many stories that end in a broken heart?
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[bulletproof glass part 2] part 1
jung yunho.
see, san and yunho are not strangers. at least, not to san.
choi san knows that jung yunho is in the same position as him. well, nearly
he’s not anyone important, a mere subordinate to a leader named kim hongjoong. according to what intelligence they have on hongjoong, jung yunho is something of a brother. but not being blood related, he has no chance of succeeding him as leader.
here’s another tidbit of information. jung yunho is what choi san would consider a coward. he cries too easily, hurts too openly and loves far, far too many. most of all, he hesitates to kill. not even a human, just a fly. jung yunho is a fish out of water in the realm of the mafias.
so actually, he’s nothing like san. san, who feels at home with a pistol in his bedside drawer, a dagger under his pillow, and a burning desire to cause pain and agony.
if choi san was bulletproof, then jung yunho was glass.
when choi san sees jung yunho for the second time in his life, he’s standing at his father’s side, facing down hongjoong,who looks far too pleased with himself.
“our territory, choi. you’re intruding. we still have rules here, you know.”
san doesn’t like that they’re meeting in hongjoong’s territory. his father’s choice of guard was sparse. himself, seonghwa and eden. of course, there was an armoured vehicle waiting five feet from where they stood, but in a gunfight, five feet was impossible to cross. san’s arrogance is hereditary.
but still, choi san is not afraid. he’s alert, aware of the five guards behind hongjoong, each armed with hand guns and knives. they stand ramrod straight behind their leader, eyes darting left and right, as if san’s father could pull an army of assassins out of thin air to unleash upon them. san smirks. newbies
he could take them down blindfolded with one hand.
“a small mistake, kim. our runner went off course. please, accept my sincere apologies. i guarantee it will not happen again.” sarcasm drips from san’s father’s words, and san finds himself amused. “we brought replacement goods. i’m sure you’ll find them up to standard.” he snaps his fingers and san moves towards hongjoong.
all at once, there are five guns trained on him, and he laughs. “relax, boys. i won’t touch your leader.” not here, anyway.
he drops the box a few meters from hongjoong’s feet with a mock bow. he sees the leader’s eyebrows raise in amusement, and san thinks that perhaps him and hongjoong could get along in another universe. “this one has some bite, choi.”
san retreats back to his father’s side, satisfied that he captured the attention of hongjoong. of course, you’d have to be blind not to be at least intrigued by choi san.
“of course. he’s mine.”
that’s unexpected. san’s identity usually wasn’t revealed unless absolutely necessary. you know, to prevent the target on his back from growing bigger. evidently, san’s father doesn’t think that hongjoong poses any real threat. san begs to differ, because he sees something in hongjoong’s eyes sharpen.
“don’t be a fool, kim.” the warning is glaring. the closest san has gotten to paternal affection in his lifetime were the times that his father warded off threats to his life. how fun.
“never, choi. i wouldn’t underestimate yours.”
san’s father clicks his tongue, and turns on his heels. “the songs, they could be out to get us next. i heard the leader just died, and new one is fiesty, doesn’t know how to respect the order. might need to put out a little warning. i’ll be in touch.”
“see you around, choi.”
san’s father halts in his steps, a grin slinking onto his face. “by the way, kim. i thought your little brother preferred to stay indoors, away from any potential violence? why, he looks rather comfortable out here with a gun in his hands, don’t you think? might consider training him.”
immediately, hongjoong’s voice becomes harsher. “he’ll do what he wants, choi. i don’t need your opinions.”
san, still facing him, sees the man directly behind hongjoong stiffen at his father’s words. bingo
“of course, of course. it’s just that he’s rather precious, isn’t he?” san’s father taps his heel against the floor as a form of goodbye, and strolls out of the warehouse with eden trailing behind him.
san thinks that there’s nothing hongjoong would like more than to put a bullet in his father’s back. the thought cracks him up.
he does a once over of the man behind hongjoong. he’s quite a bit taller than san, and he looks like if he worked out a bit more, he could be intimidating. but of course, his face was his downfall. he had eyes that were much too big to look intimidating, and perhaps the softest facial features san had ever seen in his life. he fidgets in his place, eyes downcast.
“bet you can’t wait for your old man to kick the bucket so you can gain power, huh?”
san laughs, a light tinkling laugh that seonghwa has learned to mean imminent danger. “i don’t need him to be dead to take power, hongjoong.” the leader’s first name rolls off his tongue smoothly, pulling hongjoong down and forcing him to see san as an equal. the man behind hongjoong looks up, and san winks.
jung yunho visibly pales, and san’s decided he’s had enough fun for tonight.
he stalks off after his father with a wave, pleased that he’s made an impression on the kim leader that was not to be forgotten.
in the car, seonghwa looks troubled, glancing at san several times while fisting his hands in his shirt.
“what now?” san can’t be bothered with any of seonghwa’s nagginess today. it’s probably something to do with maintaining amicable relations and knowing his place, blahblah. if anything, san just earned hongjoong’s respect.
“nothing.” any other time, san would pry, because he could. but today, he takes seonghwa’s flimsy excuse and relaxs into his seat.
the first time choi san sees jung yunho, he’s sixteen, and been permitted to sit in on meetings with his father for the first time.
hongjoong has come to declare himself the new leader of his group, as per tradition. san’s father accepts, because he’s really not that interested in the kims territory, seeing as it’s much smaller than their own.
san barely notices the boy behind hongjoong who shakes in his shoes. he does notice when hongjoong reaches out a hand to rest it on the boy’s shoulder. a form of comfort, san muses.
weakness.
san is sure this boy would be the downfall of kim hongjoong. but then hongjoong is gone after signing some contracts that continue their fragile alliance, taking the boy out of the room and out of san’s mind.
he learns the boy’s name.
“kim hongjoong has an achilles’ heel, i see.” twirling a cigarette between his fingers, san’s father looks thoughtfully at his advisor. “who is that?”
“jung yunho, sir. a childhood friend. perhaps a brother,of sorts. nothing to be worried about.”
“oh, i’m the opposite of worried. he’s leverage. might come in handy one day, who knows?”
jung yunho. the name means nothing to san.
the third time san sees jung yunho, it’s at his favourite cafe.
the boy is sipping a pink smoothie, eyes focused on a laptop in front of him, fingers flying over the keyboard.
san wonders why he remembers him so easily.
he looks young. far too pure for what san knows he’s involved in. he looks much more at ease among the normal population, dressed in a hoodie emblazoned with the insignia of seoul university.
a student. how peculiar, seeing as there’s really no need for him to be worried about finding a job.
if san didn’t know better, he’d think that yunho looked rather cute.
“hello.”
mental note 1: jung yunho startles easily. the smoothie nearly topples over onto his laptop, and he fumbles around to straighten the cup.
“don’t look so scared. i’m not here to do anything.” san spreads his hands in a gesture of peace, disregarding the dagger hidden in his boot, of course.
“what do you want?”
mental note 2: jung yunho tries very hard to be scary.
“nothing. just thought i’d come and chat.”
“like we have anything to chat about.” yunho’s posture becomes guarded, and he has a hand wrapped around his phone, ready to dial for someone to come get him in case san attacked him. which was a ridiculous notion, because they were in public, and san would prefer not to get banned from this cafe. they have very good coffee.
“you’re rather interesting, jung yunho.” san drops his voice to a whisper, leaning in closer across the table as yunho shrinks back, eyes wide. “a member of the korean mafia and the seoul university basketball team, i see. odd combination, wouldn’t you think?”
yunho shuts his eyes momentarily, and opens them to find san’s blazing irises staring directly into his. he feels vulnerable, like choi san was trespassing into his soul. “i don’t think that’s really any of your business. go away.”
san leans back, bringing his coffee to his lips. how cute, he can’t curse.
“i’m choi san. i think we’ll be seeing each other around, darling.” san leaves yunho gaping after him, his grip on his phone now slack, but his heart is beating erratically fast.
seonghwa is waiting outside the cafe, and once again, worry graces his friend’s features.
“who-“
“seonghwa, you’re going to age prematurely if you keep frowning like that. there’s nothing to worry about.”
“why were you fraternising with kim hongjoong’s brother?”
san chuckles. seonghwa was always so dramatic. “i wasn’t fraternising. i was being friendly. we’ll probably be meeting more often, and it’s nice to have a few familiar faces, don’t you think?”
“like you would be friendly, choi san.”
“you wound me.” san tosses his car keys at seonghwa and clambers into the backseat of his car. “don’t think i didn’t notice, seonghwa. you seem like you know kim hongjoong, more than my father does.”
seonghwa has to swallow his shock, but san sees the tightening of his grip on the steering wheel. “i have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“sure, seonghwa. i believe you. i always do.”
san chews on his straw, and unknowingly makes another mental note.
he wants to see jung yunho again.
the first time seonghwa sees jung yunho, it’s a photo on a tablet, five days before they meet hongjoong in the warehouse.
“of course, you can’t tell him yet. we’re still trying to decide the method. that’d break the rules.” seonghwa nods his understanding, but his heartbeat pounds in his ears.
he’s san’s initiation. hongjoong can’t hurt us over him, not unless he wants a war that he can’t win.
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does anyone know how i can link the multiple posts of the same story together.....??? im a tech noob lmao
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[bulletproof glass part 1]
bulletproof glass is a paradoxical concept. glass is fragile and shatters under the slightest pressure. it can cut, sting and hurt anyone in close proximity. bulletproof materials are strong and nearly invincible, withstanding the immense pressure and force generated from a weapon intended to hurt. it’s intended to protect.
seonghwa thinks that san’s heart is exactly like that.
it takes a lot to enter, and you’d have to fight against something you think is unbreakable. but once you get in, you’re dealing with something too precious and vulnerable for this world, and maybe you regret coming in because you’re scared you’re going to cause hurt.
spoiler: it’s going to hurt.
physically, choi san looks like a warrior. he’s built of nothing but lean muscle, and could take on others twice his height and build without breaking a sweat. he‘s on the shorter side, sure. but he more than makes up for it in strength and attitude. his gaze cut like a knife, and could make even the most steadfast of people cower in fear.
perks of being a mafia boss’ son, eh?
to anyone on the outside, choi san is unbreakable.
sometimes, he even manages to fool seonghwa. but there’s the little things. a brief twitch of his lips, or a slight tightening of his jaw that betrays him to his closest confidante. seonghwa wouldn’t claim to be a friend, there’s little room for affection in their business. but he’s as close as san has to a friend in his world.
his world. a world into which he was born and raised, but not expected to survive. there were people trying to kill him from the moment he took his first breath, and there sure as hell will be someone there when he takes his last, gleefully awaiting his reward. but choi san learned. he fought and hardened himself to the world, earning the respect of his father and the older generation of gang members. that’s not to say he’s treated like anything more than an impudent brat most of the time, but that’s okay. he’s about to turn 21, and get officially introduced as the heir to the top spot in the gang. the title in itself commands respect and complete obedience.
san is 12 when he first learns of the test.
his mother sits him down on his bed and wrings her hands. “sannie, baby, there’s something you need to know. it concerns your future.” san is supposed to be an innocent child still. but the year prior, he had seen someone shot in front of him, punishment for disobeying his father. after a bout of vomiting and crying, san comes to terms with his reality. and now, he’s no longer scared of blood. or of anything, really
he doesn’t understand why his mother is so nervous.
bit by bit, he learns. the test is simple, really.
just kill someone.
of course, that someone will be chosen for him, by his father and his advisors. apparently, the test is supposed to be really difficult. and from his mother’s sorrowful eyes, san thinks that there might be a reason. he just doesn’t know it yet.
to 12 year old san, the test will be the easiest one of his life.
so he grins at his mom, and asks “do i get to use a gun?”
20 year old san has the blood of countless people on his hands. dealers that thought they could outsmart him, hitmen who thought they could take him out. regrettably, some were collateral. but hey, this was the business.
“this is going to stain, isn’t it... shit, i really liked this jacket”
san peels off the leather jacket, the smell of iron thick in the air. he tosses it onto the floor of his office without a second thought.
“you didn’t have to gut him like that, your gun was right there. you probably could have saved it.” seonghwa wrinkled his nose, staring distastefully at the mess on san’s desk.
“where’s the fun in that, darling?” san flashes a grin, dangerously attractive and eerily unnerving.
seonghwa sucks in a breath. he’s probably forgotten about it.
“san. do you remember the test?”
“what test?” san is pouring himself a glass of whiskey from the stash under his desk, barely paying seonghwa any attention as he relishes in replaying the memories from that night. nothing like a good kill to get your adrenaline running.
“your initiation.”
“ah, that. it’s so simple! i wonder if they really think i’ll fail. how many have i killed so far? they’d be fools to think i’d cower suddenly. never done that before.” san narrows his eyes as he straightens and looks at his companion. “why do you look skeptical?”
he strolls over to seonghwa, tapping his fingers against his glass. he looks his friend up and down lazily, like a lion sizing up its prey. “do you doubt me, seonghwa?”
a shake the head. “i could never. but san, they’re cruel. you know who your father had to kill, right?”
san tosses his head and barks out a laugh, walking over and plopping himself down across from seonghwa on his leather armchair. “yes. i found it quite funny, actually. who told him to go off frolicking with some girl, thinking that they wouldn’t find out and use it against him?honestly, it was an amateur move. dad was better off after that. no more of that stupid nonsense they call attachment.”
“I know.”
“and what of it, seonghwa? there’s no one like that for me, they’ve got nothing. i haven’t made a friend since i was 12. they can’t get to me, sweetheart. don’t fret.”
seonghwa pinches his lips together. san’s always been so arrogant. “don’t call me that, choi san. and anyway, I wasn’t fretting. just thought you could use the reminder. maybe pick out who they might choose.”
another tinkling laugh. his laugh was far more delicate than he was. “okay, darling. but i won’t need to waste my time. i won’t hesitate. not for anyone.”
even bulletproof glass needs to be replaced after awhile, because its ability to withstand the pressure weakens over time and exposure. but most people don’t realise until its too late. until it cracks under the strain.
choi san meets jung yunho the next night. and the bulletproof heart is put to the test for the first time.
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