moon-yeongtae

[moon-yeongtae]

Immediately Tae's eyes lit up and he smiled at the person who had stepped in his path. "Oh, wow! Yeah, actually, I'd be super interested in that. I know a dancer and he's amazing! It would be really cool if I could learn dance and maybe surprise him. The only dance moves I know are the ones he taught me. I think it would be cool to be able to bust out some hip hop moves or some ballerino stuff."

I wanna dance with somebody || Open

[moon-yeongtae]

Stomping around in the forest was never a very good idea. Tae knew that. He also knew that his boots were made for stomping and that's what he was gonna do.

Heh.

Tae giggled to himself just a little as he took a big crunching step back out onto the path and then instantly sobered up. There was a person on the path--a person that looked like Tae had just scared the shit out of them. He was just about to apologize when the person spoke again and Tae froze.

As far as he knew, nothing was behind him. His eyes went wide and he stared at his new friend. "Um--please tell me there isn't something super creepy behind me."

@pall0r-mortis

Into the Woods || Open

[moon-yeongtae]

Tae was really here to see if he could spot anything cool in the lake. Sure, he was gonna swim too, but maybe he'd also get lucky and run into some unknown species of merman or something. He was focused on his goal, his towel thrown over his shoulder, when he was stopped by a bottle of sunscreen in his path. He blinked and turned toward the person holding it out.

"Um, yeah sure." He grabbed the sunscreen and squeezed some into his hand. "I'm Tae," he said, reaching to touch the girl's back. "I feel like I should tell you that so you don't have some random stranger touching you."

@madellaine

Tit for Tat || Open

[moon-yeongtae]

Tae forgot why he was here. Why was he even talking to this person? Did he approach him to ogle? That didn't sound right. He wouldn't do that. Tae could feel the tips of his ears trying to burst into flames.

"I'm going to be honest with you. I literally can't remember." Tae looked around. What was he doing before this guy barged into his life. Oh! His face lit up.

"Snacks! I came here for snacks. My hyung knows I get snacks and stuff sometimes so it's not stealing or anything." Wait that sounded back. "I mean this is mine," he said looking at the chip bag in his hand. "I mean my family." Oh god. "I'm a Moon," he finally said.

@a-man-named-shang

Making Plans | Open

[moon-yeongtae]

Tae was the reddest he'd ever been in his entire life. This didn't happen to him. He didn't get flustered by hot people! He was impervious to charm! It was like, his super power, and his super power was really letting him down right now because the longer he looked at this guy, the less English he could remember.

"Uh--" he said intelligently.

Great, now he was going to have to move to Korea to escape the embarrassment. "So you're like, rich."

Nope. That wasn't better.

Making Plans | Open

[moon-yeongtae]

Tae was just here to buy some snacks. Or like, take some snacks--if his brother wasn't around to make him pay full price. He had a little tally in his phone and knew what he owed and he was sort of in a hurry anyway, so he was just going to pop in and pop out.

That was before he ran into--

Whoa--

"Are you on TV?" he blurted stupidly, then he flushed crimson. "I mean, uh, you look like you could be on TV. That's why I asked. There are a lot of people around here who do stuff like that. Kind of. I mean not really--but there have been some!"

Making Plans | Open

[moon-yeongtae]

Four languages? That was actually pretty impressive--not that a prom king had to know four languages, but a prom king usually was impressive. "Maybe not, but it probably doesn't hurt. Which languages do you know?"

@agentgrumpy-gils

Prom King of My Heart || Open

[moon-yeongtae]

Tae tried one more time, failed, and laughed again. "Is it easier with a bigger coin? I guess it would be. Harder to hide a bigger coin, though."

"How long have you been doing this?"

@invisible-professor

Now you see it, Now you don't {OPEN}

[moon-yeongtae]

Tae was surprised by how sorry the dude looked when he spoke. It sort of made Tae want to apologize for being accosted, which was really the opposite of how he should feel. He looked over at the guy who was ordering their drinks and then back at the very apologetic man in front of him. "Is he like, your best friend or something? I know best friends can be really enthusiastic sometimes."

@agentgrumpy-gils

Prom King of My Heart || Open

[moon-yeongtae]

What was happening?

That was really all Tae could manage to think before he was ushered into a seat across from a guy he'd definitely seen around but didn't really know. "I--uh--Chai?" he said dumbly then looked at the other guy in confusion as the first guy walked off.

"So I hear you're up for prom king?"

Prom King of My Heart || Open

[moon-yeongtae]

The guy did some kind of complicated looking maneuver with the coin, running it between his fingers. Tae had seen that done before in movies, but seeing it in person was even more wild. Like, he knew the coin was in the guys hand, but watching him flip it between his fingers then only stick out the back, he could almost be convinced he actually was performing real magic. He took the coin when the guy offered it and tried to do the same.

He failed. Miserably. The coin slipped between his fingers and fell to the ground and he picked it up, laughing. "Wait, wait! I can do this. My eomma says she's never met anyone more stubborn than me."

Tae took the coin and tried again, managing to not drop it this time. It still wasn't smooth, but it was better.

@invisible-professor

Now you see it, Now you don't {OPEN}

[moon-yeongtae]

Tae listened in fascination. It was like he was in a masterclass! Sort of. He wasn't actually learning anything yet, but he wanted to make sure he didn't miss a single thing this guy said. This was the most interesting thing to happen to him all week. (A blessing and a curse, truly, because in Swynlake, sometimes you didn't want things to be interesting.) "Can you show me how? Do you have time? I'm not holding you up, am I?"

@invisible-professor

Now you see it, Now you don't {OPEN}

[moon-yeongtae]

Tae hadn't seen How to Train Your Dragon, but he'd heard of it and he'd definitely be down for watching it. "That's the animated one, right? With the adorable black dragon that kind of looks like a cat?" That dragon was everywhere and no one could deny it was adorable. "I didn't know that was one of your favorite movies. I've never seen it but I'd probably like it. Is it your absolute favorite?"

@a-merman-not-a-guppy

Old Friends, New Adventures | Carrotflakes

[moon-yeongtae]

Tae got so excited about the Fast and Furious movies he didn't even really register that Finn was holding his hand and pulling him. "The Fast and Furious movies! I don't know if you'd like them, actually, but you might. We could try. Or we could watch something you like. Or maybe we could take turns. I don't want to just make you watch things like Die Hard and Fast and Furious without you getting a chance too." Tae laughed and then let go of Finn's hand so he could skip ahead a little, turning around and walking backwards to talk to Finn. "They are really good movies though. Kind of violent, but good."

@a-merman-not-a-guppy

Old Friends, New Adventures | Carrotflakes

[moon-yeongtae]

"Holy shit!" Tae said, then his eyes went wide and he looked at the man. "Sorry for cursing," he said, looking around to make sure there were no kids. He spotted a kid and their mother walking quickly away from him and he winced. Oops.

"How long have you had to practice these? That was really good." Tae had seen coin tricks before in like, movies and stuff, but it was different when the coin was coming from your own ear. And yeah, Tae knew it was all misdirection and stuff, but that made it even cooler. Like, this dude could trick Tae even when Tae knew it was a trick. That was some talent.

@invisible-professor

Now you see it, Now you don't {OPEN}

[moon-yeongtae]

Well, fuck that was a really sweet thing to say and not something Tae had expected to hear. Tae's family was, for lack of a better term, emotionally constipated, and even though Tae didn't really have that problem, he'd learned to coexist around it. He wasn't used to people saying nice things like that out of the blue. When someone showed emotion, it was usually because it was dragged out of them kicking and screaming and Tae didn't know what to do with docile emotion freely given.

Tae stared at Finn, his ears turning stupidly pink while hot embarrassment burned in his chest. He squirmed. "Yeah, well, you deserve nice things too," he mumbled, unable to think of anything else to say.

@a-merman-not-a-guppy

Old Friends, New Adventures | Carrotflakes

[moon-yeongtae]

Tae nodded eagerly before he could stop himself then cleared his throat. "I mean, yeah I do. I've only seen it a few times though and never this close. It's even cooler close up because you would think you'd be able to see how it's done, but you can't." Tae moved a little closer.

"Do you know any more tricks?"

@invisible-professor

Now you see it, Now you don't {OPEN}