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narsh-poptarts · 1 year ago
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the eraser on my tablet pen has broken D: the rest of the pen works just fine but it's a hardware issue not a software one, not something i can readily fix o|< augh
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natsumischwartz · 15 days ago
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bruh 😭
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moreaujeans · 1 year ago
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why am i abt to run this calibration a Third time
#personal#the engineering chronicles#first time the machines are acting up so trainer comes over to fix them but while he’s doing that he lists a different cdn than the one we#were using in the software but i didn’t catch that until after i tried to run the actual test and it told me you can only use the same cdn#you used for the calibration and it was a different cdn than the one i had originally put before trainer came over#so i was like fine whatever i guess i need to rerun this sub range (the biggest one btw) and had to rearrange all the equipment again bc i#had gotten it set up for actual tests instead of cal#so eventually i get around#to redoing the cal. all’s going fine until we hit one frequency and the power SHOOTS up and im like hm. that’s weird. let’s bring it up to#trainer the next time he comes around and let it finish in the meantime. i do that he looks at it and goes huh well let’s go back to this#section and see what happens and it does the same thing. he goes okay well i guess there’s just smth weird at that frequency it should be#fine. so then everything after that point that we went back to needs to be rerun too. finally it finishes. i go yay time to connect the#actual device now <3 but when i pull out one of the calibration pieces the GROUND PIN FALLS OFF??#okay fine. not great but i need to tell someone. trainer says this is easier than you’d think you just need to resolder it like this. but#also that is probably the reason behind that random power spike so. need to run the calibration AGAIN#it is lunchtime and i have gotten Nothing done <3
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mocchiixxx · 3 months ago
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Unexpected Muse
(Woozi x Reader) Genre: Fluff, Humor, Accidental Genius AU
Summary: Woozi is struggling to compose a song, so he steps out for a break—only to return and find his girlfriend messing with his studio setup. What starts as harmless button-pressing turns into an accidental masterpiece, solving the problem he spent hours trying to fix. Now, he’s forced to admit that his completely untrained girlfriend might just be his greatest muse.
Woozi sighed as he stepped out of his studio, running a hand through his hair. He had been staring at the same melody for hours, tweaking every note, yet nothing sounded right. His usual creative spark felt dimmer than usual, so he decided to take a break— maybe a short walk would help clear his mind.
Meanwhile, you arrived at his studio, excited to surprise him with some snacks and moral support. However, when you walked in, the room was empty.
"Huh��� where’d he go?" you mumbled, setting the food down on a nearby table.
Your eyes drifted to the massive setup in front of you— the soundboard, the computer, the keyboard, and… so many buttons.
Curiosity got the best of you.
Cautiously, you sat down in his chair, your fingers hovering over the controls. What is he working on? you wondered, pressing a random key. A low synth sound echoed through the room.
"Ooooh," you grinned. "This is fun."
One button turned into two. Two turned into five. Before you knew it, you were layering beats, adjusting volume levels, and even adding a random melody just because it sounded nice.
Was it good? Who knew.
Was it fun? Absolutely.
You bobbed your head to your accidental track, completely unaware of time passing—until a very familiar voice cut through your focus.
"...What are you doing?"
You froze.
Turning your head slowly, you found Woozi standing by the door, arms crossed, eyebrows raised. His usual unreadable expression was on full display, but his eyes were flickering with something unreadable.
"Uh…" You gulped. "Surprise?"
Woozi sighed, dragging a hand down his face. "Please tell me you didn’t touch anything important."
"Define important," you said weakly.
He exhaled and walked over, taking your spot in the chair. His fingers moved quickly, clicking around the software. You braced yourself for a lecture, but then…
He stopped.
Frowned.
Replayed what you had done.
Again.
And again.
"...Wait." He leaned in closer to the screen, adjusting the headphones around his neck. His brows furrowed in deep concentration as he listened to your masterpiece for the fifth time.
You shifted awkwardly. "Sooo… is it bad?"
Woozi didn’t answer right away. Instead, he pulled out his keyboard and started playing along with your accidental melody. He added a few tweaks here and there, adjusting the tempo.
Then, out of nowhere, he grinned.
A real grin.
The kind he only got when inspiration struck.
"You just solved my problem," he muttered in disbelief, eyes locked onto the screen.
You blinked. "I—what?"
Woozi turned to you, his smile still lingering. "This. What you just made. It’s actually good."
Your jaw dropped. "Liar."
"I'm serious!" He laughed, shaking his head. "How did you even do this?"
You scratched your head sheepishly. "Uh… I just pressed buttons until it sounded nice?"
Woozi stared at you for a moment before letting out a deep sigh, amusement flickering in his eyes. "So, you’re telling me… I struggled for hours—and you, someone who has zero experience, just walked in and accidentally made something usable?"
You grinned. "Pretty much."
Woozi groaned, slumping in his chair. "I hate that this actually helps."
You leaned in, pressing a quick kiss to his cheek. "Guess that means I’m your muse now, huh?"
He shot you a side glance, lips twitching into a small smirk. "You’ve always been."
Your heart did a little flip.
"Okay, producer-nim," you teased. "Let’s finish this masterpiece together."
Woozi chuckled, shaking his head before pulling you into his lap, handing you a pair of headphones. "Just… don’t touch anything without telling me first."
"No promises."
"You’re going to be the death of me."
"Yet you love me."
He sighed dramatically, but his smile gave him away. "Unfortunately."
You grinned. "Fortunately."
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A/N: Woozi would absolutely be both impressed and so done if his girlfriend accidentally made a hit song. My mind just keep flooding with ideas so I have to craft them down.
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were--ralph · 1 year ago
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why exactly do you dislike generative art so much? i know its been misused by some folks, but like, why blame a tool because it gets used by shitty people? Why not just... blame the people who are shitty? I mean this in genuinely good faith, you seem like a pretty nice guy normally, but i guess it just makes me confused how... severe? your reactions are sometimes to it. There's a lot of nuance to conversation about it, and by folks a lot smarter than I (I suggest checking out the Are We Art Yet or "AWAY" group! They've got a lot on their page about the ethical use of Image generation software by individuals, and it really helped explain some things I was confused about). I know on my end, it made me think about why I personally was so reactive about Who was allowed to make art and How/Why. Again, all this in good faith, and I'm not asking you to like, Explain yourself or anything- If you just read this and decide to delete it instead of answering, all good! I just hope maybe you'll look into *why* some people advocate for generative software as strongly as they do, and listen to what they have to say about things -🦜
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if Ai genuinely generated its own content I wouldn't have as much of a problem with it, however what Ai currently does is scrape other people's art, collect it, and then build something based off of others stolen works without crediting them. It's like. stealing other peoples art, mashing it together, then saying "this is mine i can not only profit of it but i can use it to cut costs in other industries.
this is more evident by people not "making" art but instead using prompts. Its like going to McDonalds and saying "Burger. Big, Juicy, etc, etc" then instead of a worker making the burger it uses an algorithm to build a burger based off of several restaurant's recepies.
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the left is AI art, the right is one of the artists (Lindong) who it pulled the art style from. it's literally mass producing someone's artstyle by taking their art then using an algorithm to rebuild it in any context. this is even more apparent when you see ai art also tries to recreate artists watermarks and generally blends them together making it unintelligible.
Aside from that theres a lot of other ethical problems with it including generating pretty awful content, including but not limited to cp. It also uses a lot of processing power and apparently water? I haven't caught up on the newer developements i've been depressed about it tbh
Then aside from those, studios are leaning towards Ai generation to replace having to pay people. I've seen professional voice actors complain on twitter that they haven't gotten as much work since ai voice generation started, artists are being cut down and replaced by ai art then having the remaining artists fix any errors in the ai art.
Even beyond those things are the potential for misinformation. Here's an experiment: Which of these two are ai generated?
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ready?
These two are both entirely ai generated. I have no idea if they're real people, but in a few months you could ai generate a Biden sex scandal, you could generate politics in whatever situation you want, you can generate popular streamers nude, whatever. and worse yet is ai generated video is already being developed and it doesn't look bad.
I posted on this already but as of right now it only needs one clear frame of a body and it can generate motion. yeah there are issues but it's been like two years since ai development started being taken seriously and we've gotten to this point already. within another two years it'll be close to perfected. There was even tests done with tiktokers and it works. it just fucking works.
There is genuinely not one upside to ai art. at all. it's theft, it's harming peoples lives, its harming the environment, its cutting jobs back and hurting the economy, it's invading peoples privacy, its making pedophilia accessible, and more. it's a plague and there's no vaccine for it. And all because people don't want to take a year to learn anatomy.
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kiame-sama · 9 months ago
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Humans Are Extinct (Yandere!TWST x Fem!Reader) Monster AU pt 5
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(It took me way too long and saving every 5 min, but I got my laptop to run my drawing software long enough to get Leona drawn! Not overly thrilled with the pose and his legs gave me way too much trouble, but at least that is one more down!)
Warnings; Monster AU, yandere, yandere relationship, yandere behavior, stalking, obsessive behavior, possessive behavior, Romantic Yanderes, Platonic Yanderes, adult themes present, communal grooming behavior seen in most of my AU species, nesting behavior, social disconnect, attempted bullying, cooking breakfast, untrusting yet soft hearted reader, Cater unintentionally causes problems, Vampire Bats, Gnolls, Satyrs, Fauns, Kelpies, Water Nymphs, mention of Unicorns, Sphinx,
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"What... the actual hell are you doing?"
Lilia paused for just a moment, regarding you with wide and curious eyes that almost tricked you into thinking he was harmless. Almost. He took a moment with his pink tongue sticking out slightly as he blinked one eye after the other.
You were finally able to wind down for the night after what had been a long ordeal and a frightening several hours. Lilia spent the short span of time by your side, only giving you space when you bathed and even then he waited outside your door. He had proved to be a wise choice of protector given how many already tried their luck. Trein's idea had been a good one as the odd Bat already had to chase off several curious students, most just seeking to get a sniff or glance in your direction. In some ways you understood that you were an anomaly in their world and that made others curious, but at the same time you felt it was overboard for so many to be so keen to approach you.
Now you sat in the monstrously sized nest- courtesy of the Dragon that fixed up most of your current abode- with your errant guardian for the evening. Grim was curled up and fast asleep on one of the many pillows that littered the valleys and hills of blankets within the nest. You were just starting to doze off as well when you felt a warm and wet muscle trail over your skin. Naturally, you wanted to know just what on earth the strange Bat was doing and judging from the way he looked, he had actually just licked your cheek.
"Grooming you?"
"Why?"
"To help you sleep. Usually a quick bit of grooming makes Malleus and Sebek drift right off with no problem, Silver never needs much help in regards to sleep. Do Humans not groom one another?"
"... Not really. I mean, I guess they can but I don't think I've had someone literally lick me in order to clean me up."
"That wasn't a lick, that was grooming."
"You literally just licked my face."
"But I'm just grooming you?"
You stared at Lilia for a long moment, thinking back to the regular bats of your own world. Bats did often groom one another as a communal pastime, so it could be very possible he was simply doing the same for you. Though you figured these Human-like monsters would behave like Humans, there was still a high possibility that what was socially acceptable to these creatures was far beyond the realm of accepted for Humans. On top of the social disconnect you also realized that though Lilia had spoken of Humans before, he didn't really get all the aspects of Humanity or what you found acceptable.
Lilia seemed genuinely confused and hesitant. There was a strong part of him that still wanted to continue his nightly habits of lulling his nest companions to sleep before trying to rest himself. Still, he was not going to continue his semi-self-soothing communal grooming if you were angry with him over it. Not even getting his scent on you was worth making you genuinely displeased with him.
"Do you not want me to groom you?"
"... Does it help you sleep?"
"What?"
"You said it helps others sleep when you groom them, does it help you sleep too?"
"To groom or be groomed?"
"Both."
The Bat took a long moment to think as if he were honestly considering his own feelings on the matter. He didn't have to think about it for very long before he was nodding to your question.
"Yes. Both help me sleep. I am naturally nocturnal, so becoming diurnal for classes has been difficult on me. Getting my nestmates to sleep first usually helps me sleep. I wouldn't mind a bit of grooming for myself, but usually I'm the one putting others to sleep."
"... If it helps you sleep, then okay. Just... Don't get too excited, okay?"
"... Do you find grooming exciting?"
"No. Going to sleep now."
Lilia laughed softly at your curt response as you tried to close your eyes and drift off. It wasn't long into your attempt that the relaxed and wet strokes picked back up across your cheek. Perhaps he lied to you and only said it was normal. Perhaps it truly was normal for these monster men to participate in communal grooming.
You certainly didn't know and you weren't going to be awake long enough for it to matter. Maybe the Bat was right in that it helped soothe others to sleep as you were unconscious within a few moments of him starting back up.
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You woke to Grim batting at your nose with his paws. His bright blue eyes shining at you in the small light of the morning. The sun was not even above the horizon at that point and you vaguely wondered what it was the little feline-beast wanted.
"I'm hungry."
His voice was soft and a quick glance over your shoulder told you he was trying to avoid waking Lilia. The Bat was wrapped in his own wings and snuggled beneath a blanket, face completely smooth in deep rest. You similarly wanted to avoid waking your guard- both for time to yourself and because he seemed so peaceful- so you slipped out of the nest with Grim.
The halls were quiet as you made your way to the main level of the building, hoping the kitchen would be located there. Luck seemed to be on your side and you were thrilled to see both the kitchen and the food available to you. Apparently they were quite keen to keep you content and that meant giving you enough food as well.
The kitchen itself was more of an industrial type kitchen, a large sink for dishes, several ovens, large stovetop, multiple cabinets and one large fridge. Most of the pots and pans were present but seemed to have been unused for quite some time. Though the outside got fixed up, the kitchen recieved far less love. Still, you found the pans needed to get an idea of what you wanted to make. There were a handful of spices in old containers but it was slim pickings.
Despite the odd lacking of premade sauces and other such items, you knew enough to throw together a decent breakfast. It was early in the cooking process when Grim let out a sudden yowl and hiss towards the far side of the kitchen behind you. A door that led outside rattled open and you turned to see a frightening creature.
It looked like a Hyena that had been stretched and deformed into a Human shape, walking on hind legs that resembled that of a canine. The beast had shaggy fur that was a sandy blond color, darker browns spotting the pelt and highlighting the ridge of the Hyena's back. One of the most stunning and unsettling features of the creature was the bright blue eyes that looked far too Human.
As the creature's mouth opened a voice you didn't expect came from it. A light tenor that almost seemed to be accompanied by the cackle of a Hyena at the end of their sentences.
"Lookie here! Seems I found the new Human! Campus is abuzz about you crashing orientation yesterday and Leona wouldn't stop mentioning you."
You didn't know if the Hyena man was one you could trust or not and his oddly jerking motions unsettled you.
"But forget all that for now. What's that you're making? You wouldn't mind sharing some with your fellow student," a long tongue licked over his chops, "would you?"
"What were you doing out here so early?"
"Don't go being so suspicious of me, I'm a stand-up guy, shishishi. I was out gathering up some dandelions for my breakfast."
"... Dandelions?"
"What? Food's expensive here. Besides, guess I can call myself lucky coming across you like this."
The way the beast said this unsettled you and you felt more than a little cornered. Grim was quick to get between the two of you even though he was clearly untrusting of the Hyena as well.
"And what's that supposed ta mean?"
"Just saying whatever you're cooking smells good! It wouldn't be too much to add some more for me to have, right? You got all this food here, you may as well share it. Sides, Leona made it clear to all of Savanaclaw that we aren't supposed to put a single paw or claw on you."
You were partially tempted to call out for Lilia to get this monster away when you heard a heart-breaking sound. A long whining grumble came from the Hyena's stomach and he almost seemed to wince in response to the noise. It was the Hyena's stomach loudly rumbling for some food. After a moment of staring at the beast you noticed a bag at his side, leaves and bright yellow flowers sticking out of it and it was stuffed with more of the plants. Hyenas wouldn't eat just plants unless they had no other choice.
With a sigh you added more food to your pan, noticing the way the short tail of the Hyena man wagged excitedly. Grim crossed his short arms and continued to watch the newcomer with untrusting eyes, refusing to move from in between the two of you.
It was when your breakfast was almost done cooking that the Hyena suddenly changed in behavior. His ears flattened and his head bowed low, tail quickly tucking between his legs as he stared at the inside entrance to the kitchen. You glanced over to see the bright pink eyes of Lilia staring from the doorway with an almost threatening grin towards your uninvited guest. The momentary quiet made you quickly step in Lilia's path, trying to defend the odd Hyena from the Bat that was tasked with your safety.
"Wait, he was just hungry and he could smell my cooking."
"(Y/n), you have already been warned about those from Savanaclaw. Most of them were of the species that ate Humans. Gnolls like Ruggie over there were especially vicious to Humans."
"But he hasn't tried any of that today. I get that not everyone is safe, but he hasn't even tried to attack me. He just wants some breakfast. Lilia, please."
The Bat frowned slightly and gave a final glare at the blond furred beast- Ruggie the Gnoll, according to Lilia- before he relented to your pleas. Despite no longer threatening the Hyena, he made a clear show of moving himself to sit on a counter that allowed him to somewhat be inbetween you and Ruggie. It seemed Grim and Lilia both had the same idea in mind as they continued to stare the outsider down.
They only willingly broke eye contact with the hunched beast as you served four separate plates. Apparently even Lilia was keenly interested in your cooking and you could see the way the three set aside their distrust and happily dug in as you passed out the servings. Ruggie didn't even bother with cutlery as he gulped down the meal like a famished animal that hadn't eaten for days, lazily licking the plate when he was finished. Grim was similar and just shoveled food into his mouth with his little paws, his pronged tail waving excitedly. Lilia took the time to grab a fork, occasionally sending a mistrustful glare towards the Gnoll as he ate.
You felt comfortable enough to dig in as well, content that you managed to somewhat avoid conflict. It was becoming oddly normal to see the unusual beast men that lived in abundance around you, and you felt somewhat gratified to feed the clearly hungry Ruggie. The clear dandelions in his pouch told you that he didn't lie to you about gathering them up and you knew they were edible plants that even Humans could eat.
"Wow, Hooman, is this what you eat all the time?"
"It's a little bland actually, I was hoping there would be more spices and herbs in the cabinets, but there isn't even half as much as I was expecting. Some jellies and jams, but no bullion, no parsley, nothing like that."
It was then Lilia spoke up, talking in between bites as he was still working on his portion.
"Humans were the main cooks and culinary types before they died out. Most of us 'monster-men' as you call us don't need to cook our foods first and eating things raw is fairly normal. It is a treat to actually have a cooked meal in a lot of places, though some places Like the Queendom of Roses have grandfathered in pastries and other confections because of how much the Queendom loved Human cooking. Lots of us don't bother cooking because we don't have to, but I guarantee a cooked meal like this would bring a good portion of others to their knees."
You made a quick mental note of Lilia's comment and figured you could try using your cooking to sway others in your favor. Ruggie certainly seemed pleased as he made an attempt to swipe what remained of Lilia's food, earning him a quick swat from the Bat's wing. Maybe those from Savanaclaw weren't that bad, if Ruggie was anything to go off of.
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The bell rang as you tried to get to your first class, upset with yourself that you turned down Lilia's offer to show you to your classes for the day. Grim was no help since he was just as lost as you but he did seem to be enough to discourage most students from getting too close. No one really tried to talk to you and all just seemed curious in your scent or reaching out as if to touch you. A quick flame from Grim was enough to dissuade them so far but the ever curious eyes continued to follow you.
When you finally reached the door to what seemed to be the right class, a figure stepped in your way and blocked you. Standing between you and the door was a Goat man with orange hair and twisting horns atop his head. On his left eye was a red heart.
"So you're the Human everyone is losing their minds over. Don't look like much to me. You don't even have magic to defend yourself if I decided to hurt you right now."
He laughed a sinister sound as he grinned hatefully at you. Grim was clearly trying to make himself seem bigger than he was, even spreading his tattered wings out to somewhat shield you despite how little they covered. The blue fire that always seemed to burn on Grim's ears burned brighter as the grey cat-beast prepared himself to fight this goat man who seemed keen to stop you from entering the classroom.
"Ace, Housewarden Riddle told us to leave the Human alone."
It was then another Goat man approached from behind the first, looking distinctly different from the orange-haired short-horned Goat that tried to block you. This second one had large Ram horns that spiraled from the top of his head down to the sides of his chin, his dark blue hair complementing his bright blue eyes. Over his right eye was the card suit of spades. His lower half was the same as the first and seemed to be goat legs with a tail flicking behind him. You could just barely see the little white spots along the top of his tail as he pushed the first Goat forward with a glare on his face.
"And who the hell are you to enforce that rule, Deuce? You're just a first-year like me."
"And we were told to not heckle the Human."
"Don't tell me you think this Human is worth being upset over?"
"I didn't say that. I'm saying you need to leave her alone."
"Why don't you make me?"
Both seemed to be ready to have a go at one another, heads slightly tilted forward so their horns were pointed at the other. It almost looked like they were going to headbutt each other until one of them relented. It was during this argument that another voice cut in, making both Goats straighten up quickly.
"Why aren't you freshmen in class already?"
The voice belonged to what looked like a centaur man with green hair, his lower half was that of a white stallion. He wore thick black rimmed glasses and had the card suit of clubs beneath his left eye. His eyes were a golden brown that seemed almost yellow when compared to his unusual green hair.
As he trotted over the two Goats quickly seemed to break up their fight, refusing to look the man in the eye even as he looked down at the four of you with his arms crossed. The man seemed to get a good look at your little group before his gaze came to a halt on you, quickly looking you up and down in surprise. He seemed to recognize you rather quickly as he uncrossed his arms, that small displeased frown disappearing from his face.
"Oh, you're the- right. Riddle did say you would be attending classes. Doesn't make much sense to me to throw you into classes with this lot, but I guess it does make it easier for the professors to keep an eye on you."
His smile dropped ever so slightly into a glare as he looked over at the two Goats. That glare then seemed to change into a wicked grin as if he just got an idea.
"How helpful of the two of you to volunteer to show the Human to her classes today."
"Wha- I didn't volunteer for that-!"
"If you don't want to sleep outside with one of Riddle's collars on, I would suggest you both step up and stop fighting."
"Of course out of every upperclassmen we run into, it has to be Trey..."
"So good of you two first-year boys to step up like this. I will be checking in at lunch and if there is a single scratch anywhere on her I'm having Riddle collar the both of you."
The one with orange hair- Ace- stomped his hoof in anger at the much larger male, seeming aghast that he was given an assignment. Deuce seemed less displeased but had a clear frown on his face. Grim was already on board with staying by you given the fact you were his ticket to a comfortable bed and good food.
"If you're so worried, do it yourself!"
"I could tell both Riddle and Professor Trein right now that you two knuckleheads were trying to stop her from getting to class and trying to bully her. I'm sure that would look great on your school records, and you'll certainly have fun not being able to use any magic with Riddle's collars on."
This seemed to unnerve Ace more than the prior threat had as his eyes widened and he took a quick step back. Both Goats had to weigh the potential risks and rewards of the situation but quickly came to the conclusion that it was best to do what the Horse man told them to. You didn't know anything about this supposed collaring business, but you did recognize the name Riddle as the Unicorn that had yelled at Grim the night before.
"Hey, hey, why is everyone standing out here? Thought classes already started, so is everyone just late?"
Another new voice interrupted and Grim's ears flicked in clear frustration at all of the new faces that seemed so keen to heckle the two of you. He was quick to turn to you now that the threat was gone and use his little claws to climb up the leg of your pants and into your arms. For such a sassy little creature, Grim certainly was keen to have you carry him around when there wasn't any threat of danger.
Approaching the now growing group of students standing outside of the classroom was a red-haired man with bright green eyes. He almost seemed to saunter over to the group as he held up his phone, the sound of a camera coming from it multiple times before before he came to a halt.
"Hold on, just need to post this to Magicam and add the right tags... #froshes #latebuddies #skipday... And post!"
"Wait, Cater, don't- please tell me you didn't post a picture of us just now."
"Of course I did! Gotta keep my followers up to date on the haps at school."
"At least tell me you blurred the Human out of the photo?"
"Oh, she's here? Wait, don't tell me," the man now known as Cater was quick to get uncomfortably close to you, making Grim's ears flatten back on his head, "you're the new Human on campus! Gotta absolutely get a selfie with you and post it for Magicam, none of my non-NRC followers believe that a Human crashed our orientation! Pics so I can prove it happened! Smile!"
You tried to pull away from the overly enthusiastic man as he held up his phone and snapped two pictures before you managed to wriggle away from his grasp. He didn't seem to be put off by your behavior at all as he quickly tapped away at his phone with a smile. Trey, however, slapped the phone out of Cater's hands quickly.
"Are you crazy, Cater?"
"Woah, Trey? What's the big deal? You're usually never this riled up."
"Tell me you didn't post that selfie already."
"Just pressed post when you hit my phone outta my hands. Not cool, Trey. Totes being so unkind to Cay-cay."
"Cater!"
"What?"
"Why would you post a picture of an extinct species to the internet? Riddle told us to try and keep others from taking pictures of her and you just go right ahead and post it?"
"What's the big deal? It's not like it's illegal or something."
Trey sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose and taking several deep breaths to try and calm himself. You were able to tell why Trey was mad but it seemed like Ace, Deuce, and Cater had no idea what the big deal was when he just took a picture with you. Meanwhile you were wondering if you should tell a Professor what happened and hope the older magic users could do more to help you than the students.
"Seems you all have plenty of time to talk instead of get to your classes, so how about a few extra assignments for you lot?"
The interrupting voice was a thankfully familiar one to you as you saw the limping gait of a familiar flying-cat man approaching. His steeley eyes were narrowed in annoyance as he drew closer, in his arms lay a black and white cat that seemed more than content to be carried around. You were surprised to see a normal cat in this strange world of monsters, but you figured there had to be some normal animals if these guys found eating one another as appalling as eating Humans seemed to be.
"Professor Trein."
You greeted the man quickly and the scowl disappeared from his face as he realized you were the one talking to him.
"Ah, (Y/n), I saw you would be in my class this morning. Are these students showing you around? I thought Lilia was your chosen guide."
"I told Lilia I didn't need help finding my classes, but I was wrong."
"Hm, then hopefully these boys have been aiding you thus far? You are at my classroom after all."
"Well, about that..."
"What happened?"
Trey interrupted the conversation then, seeming less upset and more exasperated than anything. Ace had been trying to sneak away, but the Horse man caught the back of his shirt and kept him from running off. He didn't even need to look at Ace to grab him and instead kept his attention on Trein.
"Cater posted a picture of (Y/n) to Magicam."
"... He what?"
Cater picked up his phone, pouting at the crack in the screen and whining loudly about it. He turned the phone to Trey as if to show the damage but Professor Trein snatched it from his hands, frustratedly tapping the dark screen as his cat climbed up to his shoulders to free up his hands. He didn't seem to get very far before turning it back to Cater in frustration.
"Unlock your phone, Mr. Diamond."
"What's the big deal? I just wanted to show off the Human."
"That is the 'big deal'! Why would you post a picture of an extinct species for anyone to see?"
"It's not like people are gonna show up just to see a Human-"
"Cater, I am now assigning you an essay due by tomorrow on the history of Humans since you clearly haven't paid attention to your course work from last year. You will also be deleting that picture and any others you make have taken of (Y/n)."
Another noise of complaint left the redhead as if he were about to start complaining but Trein silenced him with a glare.
"Fine, fine. Not like anyone is gonna do anything because of it- no way! This is the most likes any of my pics have gotten right after posting! That was no time at all-"
"Delete it!"
"I can delete the photos from my account, but its already been downloaded at least fifty times. Deleting it now won't do much-"
"Enough. Cater, to the Headmage's office, now. The rest of you get to your classes. I will be in to teach shortly, but first I need to notify the Headmage about this."
Trey herded you and the other two students into the room, closing the door behind you rather loudly. You could still hear Trein scolding Cater from behind the door and you all quickly took your seats. To your surprise, the only open seat was between the two Goats and they didn't seem all too upset by this fact. Though they seemed angry at being volunteered to be your guides, they weren't about to complain about it now with an angry professor right outside of the classroom.
You had no idea what Magicam was, but from the sounds of it, it must have been some kind of photo sharing application like Instagram from your world. If that was the case, the rest of this messed up world was about to realize that there was a Human sheltering at Night Raven College, and you were terrified at the idea of what that would mean for you.
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moose-mousse · 5 months ago
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Ok. I am going to let you in on a secret about how to make programming projects.
You know how people write really good code? Easy to read, easy to work with, easy to understand and very efficient?
By refactoring.
The idea that you write glorious nice code straight is an insane myth that comes from thinking tutorials is how people actually code.
That is because programming is just writing. Nothing more. Same as all other writing.
The hobbit is ~95000 words.
Do you think Tolkien created the Hobbit by writing 95 thousand words?
Of course not! He wrote many many times that. Storylines that ended up scrapped or integrated in other ways, sections that got rewritten, dialog written again and again as the rest of the story happened. Background details filled in after the story had settled down
Writing. Is. Rewriting.
Coding. Is. Refactoring.
Step 1 in programming is proof of concept. Start with the most dangerous part of your project ( danger = how little experience you have with it * how critical it is for your project to work )
Get it to do... anything.
Make proof of concept code for all the most dangerous parts of the project. Ideally there is only 1 of these. If there is more than 3 then your project is too big. ( yes, this means your projects needs to be TINY )
Then write and refactor code to get a minimum viable pruduct. It should do JUUUUUST the most important critical things.
Now you have a proper codebase. Now everytime you need to expand or fix things, also refactor the code you touch in order to do this. Make it a little bit nicer and better. Write unit tests for it. The works.
After a while, the code that works perfectly and never needs to be touched is hard to read. Which does not matter because you will never read it
And the code that you need to change often is the nicest code in the codebase.
TRYING TO GUESS AHEAD OF TIME WHAT PARTS OF THE CODE WILL BE CHANGED OFTEN IS A FOOLS ERRAND.
( also, use git. Dear god use git and commit no more than 10 lines at once and write telling descriptions for each. GIT shows WHAT you did. YOU write WHY you did it )
Is this how to make your hobby project?
Yes. And also how all good software everywhere is made.
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alexanderwales · 5 months ago
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It's been a long time since I've been a software engineer, but the skills are still there, rusty and buried, so I offered to help with some website stuff for a local organization, just a few hours of work. It was mostly just a case of fixing up some pages that had errors on them from a migration, which wouldn't have been a problem for me nine years ago, but meant that everything was going to take me much longer.
... except that now there are LLMs to ask, and you can just feed them the files, along with the error messages, and get back suggested corrections.
This sped up the work by, at a guess, 300%. I think I was most surprised by how lazy I could be with it, how much I could just paste stuff in and say "hey, why is it doing this, please fix". Kind of an eye-opening experience for me, because usually when I'm using the LLMs it's with the understanding that I have to double-check everything, that I'm mostly fishing for keywords or concepts that I can look up because of the hallucinations.
But no, for relatively simple programming work, it really does just make everything faster.
And again, I'm rusty as hell, but this is one of the big use cases, taking mediocre programmers and making them much more efficient at the kind of rote work that software engineering so unfortunately requires. Which was great for me, because I was doing volunteer work, but I do wonder about the low level programmers who might find themselves out of a job, especially those who are graduating into this environment.
#ai
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jehhskz · 5 months ago
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Love Again
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she fell first, and she fell harder
summary: you just got back to Seoul, and hopefully you'll get back into his heart too
genre: romance, fluffy cliche, second chances, smut
warning: this fic contains smut, so it was made for adults only, MDNI.
jé's note: did a little something super self indulgent, if you read this, please be kind, it's my first time and english isn't my first language. huge thank you for my girlies for all the support, special thanks to @doitforbangchan & @jeonginsleftcheek for beta reading it, your words made me happy. and it got a little big, so i had to split it into 2, the link for part 2 is here
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Drinks in hand, crowded dance floor and Chk Chk Boom's full volume, up next was Get Lit, and everybody screamed, you cheered with your best friend clinking glasses and sitting down.
“What are we celebrating?” A random glass clinked with yours and you looked to the side, a tall and really pretty guy smirked at you two. 
“Her promotion and return to Seoul!” Heyoon exclaimed excitedly and the boy chuckled, sitting down next to her.
“Oh really? That 's amazing!” He nodded to you and you grinned, thanking him.
“I am Tae-joon” He smiled at you two.
“Heyoon, and this is Y/N” Your best friend presented you both, you glanced at her and smirked, she had that look in her eyes.
It didn't take much talk for you to realize you were third wheeling, so you excused yourself saying you were going to the restroom. 
Once there, you fixed your makeup, applied some more lipstick and decided to walk around. The place was crowded, it felt like Felix invited all of Seoul to be here. 
You spotted the birthday boys, Felix dancing, Han and Seungmin talking with some friends, soon enough Chan and Minho showing up with some drinks to join them, Jeongin flirting with a girl, Heyoon making out with Tae-joon and Changbin dancing with a girl nearby. 
7 out of 8, you froze on your heels, it was your 4th time walking around, if he wasn’t there he must be… 
No, no, you shook those thoughts out of your head, and even if he was sucking faces or whatever the hell could be happening behind some of those closed doors there, it was none of your business, right? It stopped being your business a while ago, 2 years to be exactly.
But it wasn't like you were counting, anyway. 
You went to sit on the couch across Heyoon, Jeongin now was kissing the redhead he was talking to early. Too distracted watching people, you didn't perceive the boy who sat by your side. 
“Guess I lost my friend” He commented when he saw Heyoon waving at you before she and Tae-joon walked away. 
“Uh?” You looked at him with curiosity, and he motioned to Tae-joon. 
“Oh yeah, so did I” You slightly smiled, shrugging. After chat for a while, you learned his name was Min Kyu, he was a software engineer, and also had the cutest dimples when he smiled. 
He asked if you wanted to dance and his dimples appeared when you said yes, so he grabbed your hand and you two headed to the crowded dance floor. As you two swang to the beat you could feel him getting closer and his hands making its way to your waist. 
Yours found their way to his shoulders, you were having fun slowly approaching each other and you could lie to yourself saying you were taking glances around to check if Heyoon was around, but this excuse failed as soon as your heart skipped a beat. 
There, leaning against the wall, looking so effortlessly handsome in his black jacket, on top of a white shirt and a pair of dark jeans: 8/8 you checked off your list.
He was alone? That was too good to be true. 
And it really was, because it didn't take long until Changbin appeared along with 2 girls with the tiniest skirts you've ever seen.  
He stared at you, his gaze was unreadable and all you wanted was to dig a hole on the floor right there and jump in. 
“Are you alright?” Min Kyu leaned down, you could see Hyunjin's eyes still glued on you as he spoke with one of the girls, unbothered by her hand touching his arm.
 “Yeah, just a little thirsty” You looked away from him and faced Min Kyu, his eyebrows furrowed as he looked down at you with concern, his hands were still resting on your waist.
“Oh, wait here. I'll get us something to drink” He smiled and you nodded, watching him go away. 
You did your best to avoid looking in Hyunjin's direction, but curiosity kept taking the best of you and you had to take some glances, the girl was still there, the four of them now laughing at something Hyunjin said and you rolled your eyes. What could be so funny? 
He looked at you while he talked, he had that grin. Damn.
“Here's it, I saw you weren’t drinking beer so I brought you this instead ” Min Kyu's voice brought you back to reality and you turned to look at him, he handed you a lemon drink and you smiled as your fingers briefly brushed as you took the glass from his hand, taking a little sip and thanking him.
“Hmm, it's too loud in here, why don't we go talk outside?” You suggested, he smiled at you and then you realized the implication on your request, as you both made your way out. 
Too bad you were leaving, you didn't see Hyunjin's grin fading away. 
~ {♡} ~ 
Min Kyu guided you outside, it was nice there. Some couples were kissing on the benches while a few other people were just talking and smoking, you chuckled, comparing the contrast with the agitation from inside although you could still listen to the music coming from there. 
You two sat down at a secluded bench, talking and enjoying your drinks, you smiled and nodded at his words, deep down wishing he wouldn’t ask you anything that required an actual reply. Yeah your body was outside, but your mind was away, lost in the different scenarios that could be happening inside there.
But luckily you didn't have to worry about appearing to be rude to Min Kyu as words weren't necessary at that moment, you realized that as you watched him closing the distance between you. 
He was going to kiss you and you'd like it, of course you would. 
He was cute, he was being nice, and most important: he wasn't there talking to mini skirts bitches and letting them rub him as if he was some kind of genie in a bottle ready to grant their dirty wishes. 
The gentle touch of his hand putting a strand of your hair behind your ear brought you back to reality, you looked at him and his cute dimples as he smiled leaning closer, you closed your eyes, his lips barely inches from yours. 
Focus on him, y/n. It was happening!
Oh, sorireul jireuneun naega oh… 
You two jumped at the loud intro of Thunderous.
Min Kyu is a Stay? Really? 
Another check on your list: his cologne smelled good plus he had good taste in music. Although listening to your ex's song when you were about to kiss someone new feels a little weird, you had to admit.
His trembling hand reached for his phone inside his pocket, he rolled his eyes at the name on screen.
“Ji-an, what's up?” He looked annoyed as he heard her speaking on the other side. 
“You did what?” He closed his eyes and ran his hand through his hair, he was annoyed. 
“No, you're not. Say your friends goodbye, I’m going there, you're still grounded, did you forget that?” His voice was hard as he spoke his last words and ended the call. 
He turned to you, offering a shy smile. 
“I'm sorry, my sister is grounded and our parents are out of town, she thought it meant a free pass to her to get some friends over” He looked disappointed, and so did you, but you gave him an understanding smile. 
“It's alright” You gently squeezed his hand. 
“I'm sorry, maybe we can meet up another time? I'd love to see you again” He handed his phone to you and you added your number on the device before giving it back to him.
“I'd love that” You smiled as he gave you a kiss on the cheek before leaving. You watched him go and sighed, deciding to go back inside, maybe you could meet some friend there and distract your mind.
Hyunjin knew you'd be there, Felix had told him about you moving back, and it would be a lie to say he wasn't eager to see you. 
You looked pretty in your crimson dress with matching crimson soft lips that he still remembered how they felt on his own. He sighed, you looked prettier than he remembered. 
He hadn't seen you during those years, all he knew from you was little snippets he overheard here and there from the boys and mutual friends. There was a boy, back in Busan, he rolled his eyes, of course there was, but it was over now, he assumed as he watched you and Min Kyu so closely. 
Hyunjin was annoyed, he wanted to go there and ruin whatever Min Kyu’s plan was, and he was about to do it, when he was interrupted by Changbin and his friends. He sighed, he wasn't in the mood today.
Your annoyed stare caught his attention and he smirked, maybe he was in the mood today. He saw your struggle to look away, your hands clenching as the girl touched his arm, he grinned, he was having fun, until he watched you two leaving. 
Getting rid of them wasn't easy, but when he was heading outside Min Kyu passed him by, and he was in a hurry and alone. 
Hm, interesting, Hyunjin thought.
As you were crossing the door you were surprised by a collision. Your drink spilled on your dress and on the floor. 
“Oh shit! Don't you look where you're going?” You were looking down, checking your dress. “It will stain” a well known chuckle made you lift your head.
“Look who's back” He crossed his arms, smirking at you.
“Hyunjin…” Your eyes widened as you glanced at him, your breathing getting caught on your throat.
“Aren't you going to present me to your boyfriend?” He looked around, before grinning at you and you looked down.
“He's not my… damn, it's staining!” His gaze followed your desperate hand on the wet spot on the dress. 
He rolled his eyes and grabbed you by your wrist, pulling you inside making you follow him to the restroom. 
He opened the door and you two got in, after closing it behind him, he quickly kneeled down in front of you, making you gasp. 
“What are you doing?” You asked with gritted teeth.
“Cleaning up your mess, what else do you think I am doing?” He grabbed some tissues and started dabbing it on the fabric, his free hand holding your leg. 
He suddenly looked up at you, grinning. “Ohh you thought I was about to…”
You trembled slightly, looking up to the ceiling and wishing he didn't notice, but he did, his grin getting wilder.
“You really did, y/n you naugh…” His eyes sparked with mischief.
“Stop it!” You hissed and he chuckled, you grabbed the tissue from his hand and started dabbing the almost gone stain.
“You stop it!” He pushed your hand away and grabbed the tissue back, going back to his previous task, the grip on your thigh got slightly harder. 
“Are you done?” A few moments passed when you asked, looking down, the stain was gone, thank God. 
“Almost…” You watched as he dragged the tissue to your thigh, cleaning the tiny droplets there. 
His lips were parted and he was taking his time as he cleaned the nonexistent droplets. Your heart wanted to believe he was using a silly excuse to touch you, as you felt his fingertips brushing against your skin every so often, but your brain was telling you he was just into autopilot, cleaning up the mess he did, and for all you know it could be the alcohol playing too. 
You two were startled as the door opened suddenly, looking to the side you saw a very drunk girl step in. She looked from you to Hyunjin who was still kneeling in front of you, with his hands on your thighs and she giggled.
“Opss, am I interrupting something?” 
“No, nothing. I’m already leaving” You saw the way she was looking at him after your reply, and didn't think twice before you act as you wrapped your fingers around his wrist and pulled him to stand up. “Actually, we are leaving!” 
The drunk girl waved him goodbye and signed a “call me” as you dragged him out with you, Hyunjin laughed and you realized you were still holding him and dragging him to wherever. You let go of his hand, cheeks getting warm.
“You're still jealous of me” His tone was cocky as he stopped by your side, lifting his chin.
“You wish!” You did your best to look unbothered, crossing your arms and looking away.
“You're. You almost made me fall on my face just to get me away from that girl” 
“Well, if you wanna talk to her so badly, go after her then” You said nonchalantly, but deep inside you were burning, and not in a good way.
“Awn, I forgot how cute you get when you're jealous” He squeezed your cheeks, laughing.
“Stop that!” You slapped his hands and he laughed more. “I already said I'm not” 
“Admit it. You die for me” You stared at him and it wasn't a good idea, because when he said that, he licked his lips as he nodded. 
God, you were not the strongest soldier. 
“Y/N and Hyunjin!” A drunk Felix appeared, he threw an arm over each of your shoulders, bringing you close. “Two of my favorite people!”
“C'mon, we are about to go play spin the bottle” He started dragging you two with him, but you stopped.
“Lixie, no, I can't play, I was just about to leave and…”
“She's looking for her boyfriend” Hyunjin said and Felix's lips turned down.
“I already said he's not my boyfriend!” You snapped at him.
“Perfect, so you can play” Felix clapped, grinning again and you shook your head no.
“Just a few rounds, please. You can't say no to the birthday person, it's the rule” Felix insisted as he held both of yours hands.
“Your birthday's only sunday” You scoffed.
“Well, but it's my birthday and I would like to see you play” Jisung suddenly appeared behind you, you jolted and it made Hyunjin and Felix chuckle.
“Yeah, he's right, now come with us” Felix held you by your shoulders before you could try to protest some more and guided you to where the group was.
You were nervous as you sat down on the floor and took a look around, the boys were all there, along with some of their friends, Yuna, Chaeryeong, Nabi and some other girls you didn't know yet. 
Quickly glancing at him, your heart sank when Hyunjin sat down beside you. The way those girls looked at him made your stomach twist and you wanted to get up and leave, not wanting to watch him kissing randoms. 
Felix gently squeezed your hand when you shifted on your seat, probably sensing what you were trying to do. You sighed, staying in place and he smirked, tapping your hand.
Some rounds went down and it wasn't getting any easier on your anxiety, but at least Hyunjin hadn't kissed anyone yet. 
Yet… The look on those girls' eyes when it was their turn made your stomach twist each time. 
He took glances at you every time the bottle stopped, noticing your sigh of relief, and he couldn’t help but smirk to himself, you had never been good at concealing anything, especially your feelings for him and he finds it adorable. 
But if we were being honest, he felt relief too when the bottle didn't stop at you.
It was Chaeryeong’s turn and judging by the way everybody screamed when the bottle stopped at Changbin and their heated makeout, you realized you had a lot to catch up on in your friends lives. 
Being there for a good while now, you were ready to get up and leave, when Seungmin screamed it was your turn now and you dead stared at him, a smirk crossing the menace's face.
Everybody's eyes were on you as your shaking hand grabbed the bottle and you held your breath as it spinned and spinned.
Until it lost speed and stopped at Jisung…
And then at Hyunjin. You looked up and saw Changbin's mischievous smile. It happened too quickly and it seemed like everybody was too drunk to notice when he nudged the bottle with his foot. 
Everybody cheered, well, almost everybody, you didn't see it but those girls staring at him early had pouts on their mouths, one of them - mini skirt from earlier - tried to protest but Minho quickly covered her mouth with his hand.
You turned to face him, his piercing eyes already staring at you. You were glad the music was loud, otherwise everyone would be able to hear your heart beating like drums and you glanced down. 
Stereo Love came on and you rolled your eyes, it was the same song that was playing when he kissed you for the first time, ironically at this same club, only difference you didn't have expectators. 
Wasn't it funny how life always found ways to mess up with you?
Hyunjin touched your chin with his slender finger, lifting your face as he leaned closer, his piercing eyes going from your eyes to your lips. You closed yours and then you felt his breath against your face, mingling with your own, his plump lips brushing against yours lightly. 
Feeling your lips being pressed against his own, your lips connected, his tongue slowly running on your bottom lip and you parted them giving him entrance. Your hands wrapped around his neck, going up to play with his hair as his hands snaked around your waist and then he swiftly placed you on his lap, making you softly moan against his lips in surprise. 
He smirked, realizing how much he missed your little sounds. One hand went on your hair, his fingers entangling on the strands and angling your head to deepen the kiss. Somebody whistled, but you didn't even notice. The only thing you noticed was the groan that escaped his throat when your nails slightly scratched the back of his neck, earning a bite on your bottom lip as response, and then the sounds were escaping from your lips again. 
Your mind was foggy as you felt his soft lips on yours.
Oh how much you missed his kisses, the taste of his lips, his scent… And from the way he was kissing you, it seemed like he missed it too. 
The kiss was hungry, as your tongues explored each other’s mouths, his grip on your hips getting harder as you pulled his hair.
It happened in a blur, in a moment you were playing a silly game, sitting on his lap, devouring each other and on the other your back was pressed against the wall, you two hidden in a corner of the club, your soft moans mixing with the music as he had his leg in between yours, one hand on your hips pulling you closer to him, pressing your bodies together and the volume in his pants was making you dizzy. 
You whined in protest when his lips left yours, chasing them again and he chuckled, giving you a peck before making a trail of kisses from your jaw to your neck, finding that spot under your ear that made you shiver. 
“I knew it, you still like me…” He smirked against your skin as he whispered in your ear. 
God, he was so cocky… And you found it so fucking hot! 
You rolled your eyes and instead of lying you decided to shut him up by grabbing his face and kissing him again. He was taken back by your sudden attitude, but was quick to kiss you back even more intensively.
Hyunjin loved it when you got bold like this, your hand went to his shoulder, sliding down his chest and to the south. He moaned in anticipation.  
Your fingertips brushed the outline of his bulge when the annoying buzz of your phone snapped you back to reality. You jolted, withdrawing your hand and he whined, trying to grab your wrist to put your hand back in, but you were already picking your phone.
“Ignore it” His voice was muffled as he peppered kisses and nibbles at your neck. 
“I can't, it's Heyoon” You read her text telling you to go meet her at the entrance.
“Always the cockblock” He sighed, making you laugh, remembering how it was always her, the one interrupting you two. 
“I've gotta leave” There was a hint of disappointment in your voice. 
“You know, I could take you home later” His offer made your heart skip a beat, you glanced back at him.
“C'mon, I know you want that ride” And there it was, the devilish grin again while he pulled you by your waist. Your breath hitched.
~ {♡} ~ 
You clutched your staff ID badge as if you were holding a golden ticket, looking around you realized not much had changed since the last time you were there. 
The feeling was good, familiar even, as you walked down the reception of the company, staff and trainees were passing you by in a hurry and as you looked at those hopeful faces couldn’t help but wonder if one of those people belonged to the group you would be assigned for. 
The email didn't say much, actually it was only a notification that you got selected and was about to start in the following month, more details would soon be explained when you started, but as for now you knew you'd be part of a staff team. 
The adorned walls with posters of JYP’s biggest groups caught  your attention, you stopped in front of the Stray Kids one and smiled, memories passing in front of you, their singing practices, their playful banters in their dorm, their burst of laughter filling every room they were in…
Until your eyes landed on Hyunjin, and the sound of laughter gave space for the silence and the distance and then the tears, your heart shrinked and you remembered last saturday, his gaze, his plump lips, his grip… Your heart just shrinked some more. 
“Y/n?” You turned around and saw a tall man standing behind you. Nodding at him, he introduced himself.
“Nice to meet you Joo-wan” You smiled at him.
“Nice to meet you too, y/n. You'll be working with me in the staff team” Joo-wan shook your hand “C'mon, I'll show you around before taking you to meet the group” His smile was warm as he motioned for you to follow him for a little tour of the company. 
As you walked around he introduced you to some other staff members, shared some curiosities about the company, guidelines, your responsibilities, all that stuff. You read the sign up when you reached the last door: dance practice, Joo-wan stopped with his hand on the knob, turning to you and saying the last but maybe more important rule of here: do not date the idols.
Then he opened the door and walked in with you. The boys were chatting, sitting on the floor and some others on the couch while they were taking a break from practicing.
They all turned their heads to your direction. 
“Boys, come on here I want you to meet someone!” They stopped talking and looked at you, a huge smile appearing on their faces. Well, some faces, there was an expression in particular that was quite difficult to read.
“Y/N!” They came to you, Felix and Han stopping at each side and hugging you together, making you laugh, the sunshine twins were really the sweetest. 
“Hi boys” You hugged them back.
“Oh, so you already know each other?” Joo-wan looked surprised at you and them.
“I did my internship here like three years ago, and we met in the halls, I was working in another area at that time” You explained to him, the boys still attached to each side of you.
“Oh that's great y'all are familiar with each other because the group you'll be working with it's them” He smiled and your mouth fell agap, eyes widening. 
“Really?” You were truly surprised, all this time you imagined you'd be assigned to a new group, one that didn't even debut yet. Working with an already successful group as big as SKZ could be very intimidating. 
Joo-wan and the boys chuckled seeing your surprise, his phone started ringing and he picked it out of his pocket.
“Oh, just give me a minute, I've got to pick this call” He excused himself and went out of the door with his phone in hand, the boys gathered around you.
“Welcome to the fam, y/n!” Felix hugged you tight.
“You're gonna have so much fun!” You heard Han's voice.
“Yeah, you're gonna love it!” Minho reached out and playfully ruffled up your hair and you let out a squeal, shifting away from him. 
“Minhoo, stop it!” You whined, putting your hands on your hair.
“Yeah Minho, don’t do that!” Seungmin intervened, stepping closer to you and fixing your hair.
“Thank you, Minnie” You smiled at him and his lips turned up into a mischievous smile as he ruffled up what he just fixed seconds later, chuckling “Here's it, much better” 
The boys all laughed at you as you wiggled away from him.
“You two stop or I'll ask to switch groups” You whined again and the boys laughed, watching you fix your hair.
“Just arrived and already leaving? Nuh nuh, we can't let you do that” Seungmin said shaking his head.
“Yeah baby, you signed the contract you're stuck with us now. No turning back” Changbin smirked and you rolled your eyes.
“It's like a marriage,” Said Jeongin cheekly.
“Through good and bad or whatever they say” Han chuckled when Felix completed Jeongin's phrase.
“What?” You playfully crossed your arms “I want divorce, then” 
“Not gonna happen sweetheart, should have read between the lines: this is not a 7 day trial, there's no turning back now!” Minho mischievous said.
“Guess I'm stuck…” You shrugged looking up to the ceiling. 
“Without a doubt” Changbin nodded.
“Y'all better behave then!” You crossed your arms, rolling your eyes.
“We…” Chan started, a mischievous spark on his eyes as he look at the boys “...will definitely not do that” 
“I'm not even surprised at this point” You lifted your hands and rubbed your temples. 
“C'mon, you love us” Han threw an arm over your shoulder, hugging you.
“Only on even days” You rolled your eyes and they all laughed. 
“Y/n!” Joo-wan appeared at the door, “Come with me, I'll introduce you to the rest of the team” 
“Okay” You turned back to the boys, quickly glancing at Hyunjin as you said “See you later then” They all waved you goodbye and watched you leave. 
Hyunjin pretended to not see the smirk on Felix's lips as he elbowed him. 
“Let's go back to practice” He said, already heading to turn the music back on.
~ {♡} ~ 
Your first day of work was good, spent most of your day following Joo-wan's steps, the team was amazing and very welcoming to you. From watching their interactions you learned Joo-wan's a good boss, he was hardworking and with a vision for results but also open to the others’ ideas which was nice, not like those “pushy” bosses you met previously in your past jobs. 
Also, applying for the job on JYP, you weren’t delusional to think you wouldn't come across Hyunjin, it was bound to happen sooner or later and you were fine with it.
At least that's what you said to Heyoon when you showed her the job ad. 
Did she believe in you? Of course not! 
To be honest, deep down not even you believed in yourself. The day you got the email announcing you got the job you played a whole fanfic in your head about how you two would meet again in the halls and sparks would fly like a Taylor Swift song and ta-da, just a few days later you'd be texting Heyoon saying you were back together. 
Then Felix's birthday happened, you hadn't heard from Hyunjin the whole week after. Did he even have your number anymore? Because he didn’t ask for it saturday. 
Did he even remember what happened? Judging by the way he looked at you today, he did. 
“Stop it” You looked at Heyoon when she popped your bubble of thoughts. 
“But I'm not doing anything” You whined, putting your hands down on your lap.
“Puff, you've got that look in your face” Heyoon rolled her eyes. 
“What look?” Your eyes widened. 
“That ‘Hyunjin’ look” You could feel your cheeks burning at the accusation, but tried to sound nonchalant anyway.
“What is that even supposed to mean?”
“You know exactly what it means” She grabbed your wrists and pulled your hands close, looking at them “and stop biting your nails, you're ruining the nail polish”
“Oh, I'll fix it” After seeing your teeth ripped off the tip of your nail polish you jumped out of the couch and went to your bathroom, coming back with the manicure basket and placing it on the coffee table. You picked the color you used previously.
“No, not this color, it's looking boring” She took the little basket from your hands and fished the crimson glass “Use this, much better” She shook it with a grin and put it in your hand.
“I don’t know Yoon, I think it’s a little too much for work, I usually use this one for when I’m going out” You looked at the glass uncertainty.
“Exactly! Perfect for our double date with Tae-joon and Min Kyu” She clapped and you looked at her confused.
“Uh, the text I sent you earlier? Tae wants to meet up tomorrow, and he said his friend asked about you, so…”
“Oh yeah, right. The coffee date” You vaguely remembered her text floating somewhere in the conversation you two were engaging earlier. 
“I was expecting you’d be more excited? He's so cute and has dimples!” Your friend's reaction made you chuckle.
“He is, but don’t you think it's a little weird tho? I mean… Hyunjin's tongue was inside my mouth just minutes after he left” 
“Yeah, but it was because of a silly game and it was just in your mouth because I interrupted because otherwise it would be inside your…” She teased.
“Bestie, shhh. Don't say it!” You felt your cheeks burning as you jumped and covered her mouth, muffling her laugh. 
“And he left before it happened, he had no idea anyway. Plus… It's been like forever since you've been on a proper date, you could use a little distraction…” Heyoon playfully poked your side and you jumped. “Get some d…”
“Heyoon!” You exclaimed and she laughs more.
~ {♡} ~ 
Hyunjin saw you kneeling on the floor, your cheek against the glass of the vending machine while your arm was shoved inside, he chuckled at your visible struggle and decided to walk to you. He stopped just a few steps behind you and crossed his arms, you cursed under your breath, too annoyed at the machine to realize he was there.
You pulled your arm back and smacked the machine to make the can fall, but your attempt was unsuccessful. You sighed.
“C'mon, I don’t have any more money left!” You cried out, smacking it again. 
You heard chuckles and turned around, seeing Hyunjin stepping closer and you sighed. 
“Breaking stuff on your first week? Hm, I don’t think Joo-wan will like to hear about that” 
“What do you want?” 
“I just finished practice, thought I'd grab something to drink, but now I can’t because you broke the machine” 
“It was already broken when I arrived!” You complained, crossing your arms in front of your chest. 
“Yeah, right” He smirked and placed a hand on your shoulder, slightly pushing you to the side. 
You watched intently as he kneeled down in front of the machine and shoved his arm inside like you previously did, easily grabbing the Sprite that was stuck. 
He stood up and gave it to you.
“Thanks” You murmured while taking it, your fingers brushing briefly. 
He didn’t show any reaction, neither did you, but deep inside you shivered. Just like him.
You opened the can and took a sip, he watched as you leaned on the wall and grabbed your phone from your backpocket, absentmindedly scrolling. 
“You're unbelievable” He scoffed, crossing his arms.
“Excuse me?” You looked up confused at him.
“One day, you're going all octopus on me, and the other you act as if I don’t exist” His tone gave away his annoyance and the way he rolled his eyes just confirmed it.
“What? You were the one getting all handsy!” You stopped mid way from drinking your soda, side eyeing him. 
He smirked at you, grabbing the can off your hand and taking a long sip. 
You gulped as you watched his adam's apple bobbing. 
“What's so interesting for you to be ignoring me, anyways?” He grabbed your phone from your hand, looking at the screen with curiosity.
He saw you had your calendar open, various notes with work stuff related content written, as he was reading, a notification popped up and he rolled his eyes. It was a text from Min Kyu. 
“Give it back!” You tried to grab your phone back, but he turned his back to you, his fingers quickly typing something. 
“What are you doing? Give it back!” You tried to reach and pick the device from him again, but he wiggled from you and lifted his arm up, holding your phone above his head, laughing as you failed to reach.
“Oh y/n, you're not supposed to be on your phone during work hours, you know?” He shook your phone in front of you, pulling it back when you tried to pick it again.
“Last night was great, wanna meet up again Friday?” Hyunjin mocked, reading the words from Min Kyu's text to you. His gaze met yours as he continued, now reading what he replied as you “No, thanks!” 
“Oh my God, stop it!” Your cheeks were burning from embarrassment, you smacked his chest and he feigned hurt, placing his hand where you hit him. You quickly grabbed your phone back, checking to see what he really did.
“You sent it” You looked back at him surprised, for a moment you thought he was just pretending to annoy you.
“Of course I did, I was even polite, so I don’t know why you are so bothered by it” He scoffed and continued, his voice low now, as he stared at your eyes “Plus… You will be busy with me, so it's not like you will be free anyways”
“With you?” Your heart skipped a beat and you truly hoped he didn’t notice the weakness in your voice or the spark that crossed your eyes.
“Yeah, we got some stuff from the tour to discuss, we got a meeting at the studio after we record some new songs” He shrugged, speaking nonchalantly, grinning when he saw your lips turning down in a disappointment you failed to conceal in time before getting caught.
“It's written on your calendar” His tone now was teasing as he approached you, and you mentally cursed yourself, looking down.
You felt his fingers touch your chin, lifting your face up to look at him, his gaze intense as it met your eyes. 
“You thought it was just us?” Hyunjin grinned, he had a mischievous spark in his eyes as he teased you, his fingers still holding your chin.
“What? No, of course not!” You shook your head in denial and he chuckled. 
“Cute” Your heart jumped as you watched him lean closer, whispering in a secretive way, as if somebody could hear your conversation, although there were only the two of you in the hall “Maybe we could…”
“Get lost!” He shouted and you jolted, heart almost escaping up your throat. 
“What the hell?” Your hand flew to your chest, feeling your rapid heart beat. You were so entranced by him, that you didn’t see when he looked over you, spotting the heads peeking behind the wall meters away from you both.
“No, not you” He shook his head and pointed behind you “These two” 
You turned around and all you saw was a fast glimpse of the brunette and blonde hairs as they pulled back inside. 
Thanks to the sunshine twins, the mood was ruined now and you wouldn't sleep at night thinking about what Hyunjin was about to say.
Your cheeks were burning when you turned back to him and noticed Hyunjin was annoyed as he took another long sip of your soda, he jerked his head for you to look behind you again, there was Joo-wan coming with some papers in hand looking for you. 
“Thanks for the soda!” Hyunjin quickly tapped your shoulder before leaving, lifting his hand and waving the can of Sprite before chugging it as he walked to the other direction.
“Hey, that’s mine!” You screamed at him, taking one step to follow him but being stopped on your track by Joo-wan's hand on your shoulder. You heard Hyunjin's laugh as he passed through the door.
“Y/n, great to see you here. I've got some things to discuss with you…” Joo-wan was agitated as he handed you the papers, speaking fast as he listed all the details you needed to take care of: contact with stylists, location for the promo photoshoots, confirm the special appearances on tv shows, just to say a few.
“...also show the ideas for the boys and see if they want to make any changes and all that” He glanced at you giving a thumbs up “Got it?”
“Yeah yeah, I will talk with them” You nodded, trying to make mental notes from everything he said to you.
“Don't worry, soon enough you will know all those things by heart” He chuckled, giving you a reassuring smile and flexing his arm “Fighting!” 
“Fighting!” You repeated, flexing your arm too. 
“Have you tried this? It says it's supposed to give you an energy boost, they have it in the cafeteria” Joo-wan showed you the little carton on his hand, it said high on caffeine on it and you chuckled, that’s why he was so energetic.
“Oh, I think I should go and try it then” You smiled politely at him as you excused yourself, there was a long day ahead.
~ {♡} ~
It was lunch time which meant the cafeteria was quite crowded when you made your way to the line and grabbed some food. As you walked around looking for a place to sit, a loud shout caught your attention, and you turned to the left to be greeted by the boys.
“Hey new girl, come sit with us!” Changbin shouted and you laughed, making your way to their table. You sat between Chan and Jeongin, Jisung was in front of you on the opposite side with Hyunjin by his side. 
Enjoying your meals together, laughing and chatting with them felt good, just like the old good times you spent together in this same place. The cafeteria may have changed, but luckily your friendship remained the same. 
You and Hyunjin weren’t talking, but the stolen glimpses of each other sure felt like that time too, those cute early stages when you would keep looking at him, trying to get his attention and praying he would ask you out. 
“Hyunee” A girl appeared by his side and you automatically rolled your eyes and didn't see it but he noticed it and smirked. Oh, just like the old times, indeed.
“Hyun, you're meeting me up later to help me practice, right?” The girl had that tone, and it annoyed you even more. 
“Yeah, sure” He might had sounded nonchalantly but he stared directly at you when he replied, clearly with the intention of annoying you.
“He can't help you today” You nonchalantly said, shrugging.
“Excuse me?” She raised an eyebrow looking at you in disbelief. 
“He's busy with the group activities” You replied not even bothering looking at her, still eating your lunch.
“Mhm, maybe we could meet up…” She rolled her eyes at you and placed her hand on Hyunjin's arm. 
It looked like a claw squeezing the flesh and your grip on the hashi got tighter.
“Beloved? I think you didn't hear me right, so I will say it again, he's very busy, which means he has no time, okay?” Your voice was sweet, calm even, such a contrast to how you were feeling inside when you saw she wouldn’t let go of his arm.
“Plus, Jyp didn't contract dance instructors for trainees to bother idols like this, did you have any problem with choreography? Ask for their help and work harder” 
The boys looked at you in awe, including Hyunjin - who was smirking the whole time - clearly enjoying the situation, you couldn’t help it, the words were slipping off your mouth as if they had come to life. 
It wasn't jealousy. Of course not.
You’d intervene if it was with any of the boys, it was just basic etiquette, it just happened to be with Hyunjin. It's insane how it always happens to be him. 
If stares could kill, you'd fall drop dead right there. 
“Chae-hee, you're a trainee part of LuaX, right? We weren’t introduced yet, I'm y/n and I'm the…” You kept your sweet persona, even feigning a smile at her.
“Our leader” Chan said giggling at the same time you said you were their staff. 
“You… know who I am?” Chae-hee's eyes were widened in surprise, and you wanted to laugh at how her aura changed so suddenly. 
“Who doesn't?” Seungmin scoffed and Minho nodded, chuckling, he had a point. 
Chae-hee was known in the halls not only for her beauty, but also for her demeanor. She's new to the agency, just joined as a trainee at the end of last year, but already has two strikes under her name. 
“Oh sweetheart, of course I do. What type of staff would I be if I didn’t?” That was a lie, you only knew who she was because you recognized her from the pictures and tea spilled to you by other staff people. 
Honestly, it was none of your business what she had been up to. Until now…
You looked around before leaning in, as if you were about to share a secret, and you kind of were.
“I don’t even know if I should be telling you this but you've been walking on thin ice lately” Your gaze went to her hand on his arm then back at her “I think you don’t wanna get caught on the same drama again, do you?” 
She pulled her hand off, shaking her head at you. Hyunjin and the boys quietly chuckled looking at each other, it was never so easy to get rid of Chae-hee like it was now. 
“Yeah, I thought so” You leaned back on your chair, smiling at her “This life can be quite difficult, specially for someone who haven’t debuted yet” 
Chae-hee looked down, her expression was quite hard to read, but at least she let go of his arm, so you took that as a good sign. Right? 
But then a spark crossed her eyes and she leaned in, whispering something in his ear, and you gripped the hashi again as you watched him nodding. She stood up again and looked at you with a smirk. 
“Well, guess I'm going. See you around, y/n, boys” She still had that teasing grin as she passed you and you rolled your eyes.
“What annoying bitch” You murmured under your breath and Chan giggled and murmured he agreed.
“Wow new girl, the way you protected your man was hot” Changbin's comment made you choke on your water. 
“Oh my God, no no, he's not…” Your cheeks were burning and you placed your glass back down. 
“It didn’t see like it when you were making out at the party” Seungmin teased and the boys chuckled.
“That was just a silly game, we were drunk. Plus, Changbin kissed Chaeryeong and it doesn't mean they are dating” 
“This way you hurt my feelings” Hyunjin chuckled and you glanced at him and he stopped.
“Uh, actually we are” Changbin confessed shyly and you turned back to look at him, your mouth falling agap and you squealed.
“Okay, you gotta tell me everything!” Your enthusiasm made the boys chuckle, they missed your spontaneous reactions. Yeah, it felt good to be back. 
~ {♡} ~ 
Arriving in the agency, your hands were full as you jiggled the coffee cups you brought for the boys: a little treat for their hard work. It had been a month since you came back and things were great, well, almost everything.
New house? Beautiful.
Work? Amazing. 
Your love life? Thanks to Hyunjin, it went from 5 to 0 really quick.
You and Min Kyu were still in touch but he was super busy with work and to top that, he would be leaving for a couple days for a work trip, so you barely talked. But if you were being honest, it wasn't like you really cared.
Yeah, you knew this was ‘wrong’, you were tired of hearing Heyoon go off about how cute you'd look together, how Hyunjin belonged to the past, how you needed to be a strong independent woman who didn't need a man, bla bla bla, but the heart wants what the heart wants, and yours only wanted him. 
As for him, he was very aware of your feelings, ever since day one, damn ever since you laid your eyes on that cute boy who held the door for you when you arrived at the agency for the first time. He wanted you too, but he was younger and full of hormones, he was just a boy, thinking with his other head, and there were also the bans, that later he would learn wasn't as black and white as it seemed, and the pressure from his building career…
You know the saying: what was a droplet on a glass already full of water?
Well, in Hyunjin's perspective, it was all it took for the glass to overflow. 
‘Maybe we should stop this’, was what you said to him that night, ‘Yeah, maybe we should', was his reply, and just like that, there was no you and Hyunjin anymore. You wouldn’t lie, the thought of him wanting to end things with you crossed your mind more times than you'd like to admit, and you'd cry at night and even avoid him the next day, as if this silly act would prevent you from hearing the words coming out of his mouth. 
Why were you the one saying it then? You didn't know for sure, you were stressed, drunk, and most importantly you thought he would tell you to go to sleep, tomorrow would be a new day. It's just that he didn’t, he was acting weird for days, you felt it even from the way he kissed you, something was off, but then he didn’t even ask you why, didn't even try to change your mind, he only gave you one more kiss, a “goodbye” one before he watched you go back inside your house. 
That kiss was good, unlike that other one, it gave you hope you'd wake the next day to a text from him and you’d spend the day together and pretend this conversation never happened. But unfortunately, you woke to a thousand messages from Heyoon, telling you that he got back to the party, shortly after he left you home. 
~ {♡} ~ 
Back to the present, everyday you sacrificed those 5 more minutes of sleep to put on your makeup and get all dolled up for work, looked for excuses to talk to him or just be around him, tried to catch his attention, truly oblivious to the sunshine twins keeping up with you two like their personal kdrama.
One day during practice, Han even had the audacity to appear with some candies, handing them to Felix as he sat on the couch, both watching intently as Hyunjin was teasing you about what he was planning to do on tour:
“For real, y/n. Just imagine it, me walking in the crowd during Get Lit, stays will go crazy!” He was gesturing with his hands, his eyes sparkling and he could clearly picture the image on his head, and it wasn't of the stays going crazy, no no, it was you with fire coming out from your eyes.
“Yeah, they will and that's exactly the problem!” You rolled your eyes and he chuckled softly. 
“I don’t see how giving the fans the best day of their lives could be a problem” He chuckled again.
“You know exactly what I'm talking about” You stared at him, then had a realization as he was slightly pulling his t-shirt up, a peak of his abs showing. 
“Oh my God, that's why you are hitting the gym lately, to let people feel you up!” Your eyes widened and he smirked, taking a few steps to close the distance between you, his piercing eyes locked with yours.
“Don't be jealous, y/nnie. I let you feel me up too…” His voice was low, his hands still on the hem of his t-shirt, that devilish grin appearing on his plump lips and he leaned in. 
“I'll let you feel everything” He whispered in your ear, making your cheeks burn and a shiver ran down your body.
“Oh, he's sexy” Felix murmured, eating his candy, his eyes fixated on you and Hyunjin, Han nodded, his cheeks fluffy from his mouth full of candy. Neither you or Hyunjin noticed them watching you.
Teasing you, that seemed to be Hyunjin's favorite hobby after painting, annoying you with his comments, blocking your way as you’d walk around, stealing your drinks and food, and even sending you kisses while practicing. He was having fun, especially when he could get you all flustered. 
~ {♡} ~ 
“Protein cookies n cream shake for you” You handed Changbin his beverage, he happily thanked you. 
“A strawberry frappuccino for you…” You handed Felix his and his face lighted up as he took a sip. 
“And an iced americano for you” You were about to hand Hyunjin his, when you saw he already had a cup on his hand. “Oh, you already got one” He noticed your lips slightly turning down and looked around.
“Hey Wook, you like vanilla latte?” He called the other staff who was nearby.
“Yeah, why?” Wook replied, coming closer to him.
“Here, for you” Hyunjin handed him the cup he has holding and picked yours from your hand “And this one is mine” 
“Hmm, much better, thanks y/nnie” He said after taking a sip and for a moment you wondered why he had a drink he didn’t like. 
Maybe he was in a hurry and ordered it wrong. Maybe the waiter was too busy and got it wrong. Or… Chae-hee.
Her name was written in the cup when Wook drank. You scoffed, after your first and much luckily only encounter, she had been quiet, out of sight out of mind, at least that's what you thought, but truth was that Chae-hee had been subtly around, in the coffees Hyunjin always passed up to someone at the reception, hanging on the agency at evening when everyone was gone but the boys, and she would “forget” something behind and needed to come get back. 
Neither Hyunjin or the boys told you about those things, it was just a normal day in their lives at this point, each experienced it too at some moment or better saying moments, the girls were usually trainees or newly idols and if they were lucky, they would get their way with them and that was all. He wouldn’t tell you, but despite being a bitch, Chae-hee was his type so yes he was attracted to her, and yes he was thinking about having his fun with her and he would, if he didn’t see you at the boys’ party that day. 
“What's wrong?” Hyunjin asked, nudging you after he plopped down by your side on the couch.
“Nothing, why?” The boys were all sprawling out on the floor, panting as they just finished practicing, you glanced at him, sweaty and hot in his gray sweatpants, you looked away.
“You are acting weird today, quiet even. It's so unlike you, what's worrying that pretty little head of yours?” He looked at you, leaning closer and your heart skipped a beat.
“Did I do something?” Ironically, Hyunjin didn’t have that teasing tone this time.
“What? No, of course not” You brushed off, shrugging and looking away.
He didn’t do anything and that's exactly what the problem was.
“I just had a hard time sleeping last night, that’s all” You sighed. 
“Couldn’t stop thinking about me, I see” He chuckled lightly.
“You wish!” You scoffed. Obviously he was right, you were watching vídeos of him before bed, but he didn’t need to know that. 
“I know. You don’t fool me, doll” His hand landed on your thigh casually, and you turned to him again. Your heart skipped a beat.
“So, what was it, fanfics, fancams, TikToks?” His fingertips drummed on your thigh and his eyes sparkled “Thirsty TikToks, maybe?” Hyunjin squeezed your thigh and you jolted, flustering hard and he chuckled, letting go of the flesh and giving it gentle taps. 
“It was!” Hyunjin grinned and he leaned even closer.
“Ohh y/nnie, you know you don’t need these things, I can take care of it for you. You know?” His fingers dangerously slidding to your inner thigh as he whispered “All you have to do is ask nicely”  
Your skin tingled under his touch and you were glad you chose pants instead of a skirt today, that way there was zero risk of him or anyone see the damp in your panties. Sighing under your breath, you placed your hand over his, stopping his moves.
“No, it wasn't” You murmured through gritted teeth and he chuckled, you turned away again. 
“Hey lovebirds, sucking face's only after work. Let's keep it professional, shall we?” Minho shouted at you two, and all the boys laughed, Hyunjin included. You flipped Minho off. 
“Alright, boys. Break is over, let’s start again” Chan stood up and the boys whined.
“I will get back to practice now, try not to miss me much” He playfully smacked your thigh and got up, running back to the center of the room to reunite with the boys.
~ {♡} ~
“Na-yeon isn't a good dancer, she keeps messing the routine up, Hong-jo” Chae-hee kept playing with the straw of her finished juice, sitting on the chair in front of the main staff responsible for LuaX. 
“She did pretty well at last’s week showcase” Hong-jo pushed Chae-hee's feet off her table.
“Hunf, that’s only because she knew you'd be watching, she isn't like this normally” Chae-hee leaned in, resting her face on her hands “I think you should switch our positions, let me take the center” 
“Chae-hee…” 
“Please, please, Hong-jo. At least think about it” She put her hands together as she pleaded.
“Fine” Hong-jo sighed “Now, excuse me. I need to finish some working and you need to record with the girls” The staff tapped her on the shoulder, motioning for the girl to get off of her chair.
“Thank you, Hong-jo” Chae-hee got up in a jump and happily exited the staff's office. 
“Hey lady, don’t go there” A female voice surprised Chae-hee as she touched the restroom's door knob, she turned around with curiosity.
“The door knob is broken, you could end up stuck” The woman stopped in front of the door, pinning a warning sign. 
“Oh, I will go for another one then, thank you” The woman smiled at Chae-hee and walked away. 
Chae-hee was looking around at the posters hanging at wall, she stopped in front of the Stray Kids one, smirking while she admired Hyunjin. That was when she heard your voice from another room. 
What a coincidence, you were complaining to someone that you should slow down on the water, because now you had to go to the restroom every 10 minutes and you were afraid you'd have to leave in the middle of an important meeting that was just about to start.
An idea popped in her mind and she smirked. 
Ever since you met, everything has changed and Chae-hee noticed it, but that was okay, she wasn't stressing over it, nobody ever said No to her before, and she wouldn’t let this be the first time, but as much as she hated to admit, you were right and she had to be careful. Careful and have patience. 
Quickly, Chae-hee pulled the sign off and ran, turning the left just in time before you opened the door and stepped into the empty hall. You knocked on the door and were glad it was empty, you didn't think you’d make it until you reached the other restroom.
You got in and locked the door. Chae-hee waited a bit before going back and pinning the warning up and running away again. 
After finishing, you washed your hands and went to unlock the door, it made a muffled - tique - sound and didn't open. You tried again, nothing.
Weird, you thought to yourself, trying once more, pulling the door knob with a little force. Another tique sound, this time louder. 
You held the handle as it fell off from the door. Trying to put it back, you realized it didn't attach, oh shit.
Grabbing your phone from your backpocket, you quickly typed a message to Joo-wan, letting him know that you were stuck. You frowned when you got the notification: your message couldn’t be delivered, you sighed, trying Woo’s number, same, the group chat, nothing.
You tried calling, but it failed too. Looking down at your phone, the tiny sign of out of service was up on the screen. 
“Is there anybody here?” You screamed three times, but didn't get any response. 
There wasn't, it was morning, time of the day most of the meetings happened, which meant the staff people were in the designated rooms that of course had to be far away from where you were. 
Tried using your phone again, still out of service. The notification of the meeting popped up on the screen and you wanted to cry, wasn't just important because it was about the tour, but also you were going to present yours and the boys ideas, you needed to get out.
“Woah, watch out!” Na-yeon held a very giggly Chae-hee who stumbled on her while running.
“Na-yeon!” Chae-hee's eyes widened “What were you doing here?”
“I was about to go to the restroom and grab some water, why?” Na-yeon stared at her with curiosity. 
“Don't go there, the door's broken. Come on, let’s go to the cafeteria, I will buy you a juice” Chae-hee turned Na-yeon around and threw an arm over her shoulder, squeezing her as they walked together. 
“Oh, thanks but you really don’t need to” Na-yeon shook her head, she was confused, Chae-hee never treated her with anything, wasn’t even nice to her to be honest. 
“I insist “Chae-hee grip on her arm got slightly tighter, she had a grin on her lips “You did so well during the showcase, you'll be a star Na-yeon” 
“You thought so? Thank you, Chae-hee” Na-yeon smiled with sincerity, truly believing the older words.
“Of course, you were amazing!” And just like that, Chae-hee guided her away from the hall, and especially: away from a desperate and locked you. 
~ {♡} ~
Hyunjin was walking in circles at this point, in almost two months working there, it was the first time you didn't show up for a meeting. Thinking about it, he just realized he didn’t see you at all today.
Damn, he was missing you.
He strolled around, discreetly sneaking up to the staff's office, practice rooms, cafeteria and there was no sight of you. The strangest part was that today was important, and it wasn't like you to miss meetings. 
“Can you stop?” Hyunjin stopped shaking his leg when Felix asked.
“Sorry” And Felix laughed, touching his own head.
“Much better, I was feeling like you were trying to make my brain fall off” He chuckled, his eyes still closed as he kept lying on Hyunjin's lap.
“Don't worry, she’s fine” Felix smirked.
“I am not worried” Hyunjin scoffed “I just find it strange, she never misses work” 
“Maybe she was busy” Felix said nonchalantly, and Hyunjin scoffed again.
“Too busy to even stop a little and come see us?” Hyunjin was quick, he almost said ‘me’ instead of ‘us’, but of course Felix knew what he meant, and chuckled.
“Yeah, right, she would never forget us like that” And Hyunjin rolled his eyes.
“Hmm, yesterday she mentioned something about not feeling so well, maybe she took the day off” Felix opened his eyes and smirked teasing his friend “Maybe we could stop by her place later, pay her a visit” 
Hyunjin noded absentmindedly, maybe Felix was right, you probably weren’t feeling too well and took a day off to rest. 
“Awn, look at him missing his girlfriend, how cute” Felix lifted his hand and pinched Hyunjin's cheek.
“Stop it” Hyunjin slapped his hand away, but his cheeks turned slightly pink from the blonde's comment. 
Meanwhile, you were still stuck. Doing your best to stay calm, you kept trying to text and call your contacts, to shout in hope someone would be passing by, but it’s been 3 hours now, and you were getting scared, it was not possible the same agency with halls that were always so full of people, suddenly be so empty today.
People were passing, but very few and they were all busy speaking with their headphones. 
You were sitting on the floor, hugging your knees, some tears rolled down your face. 
“I am stuck, somebody help, please” You sighed and then you heard some steps, you got up and started smacking the door to try to catch their attention.
But just like it appeared, the footsteps were gone, you rested your forehead against the door. Maybe you imagined it.
Chae-hee stepped away, covering her mouth to prevent her giggles to escape, she kept coming every now and then, having fun as she heard your calls for help. She was going to let you out, she wasn't mean, she just needed for you to mess up your work and as a bonus, stay away from Hyunjin too. 
She grinned, clapping her hands. It was a win/win situation for her. 
~{♡}~
5 and half an hour in, you picked a candy you kept in your pocket, your phone battery was getting low and it was scaring you more. 
You were rolling the wrapping paper around your fingers, an attempt to calm you down when you heard some whistling and you stood up again. 
Ice cream, it was his whistle. He was there.
“Hyunjin?” You screamed, crossing your fingers it was him and he would hear you.
“Y/n?” He stopped on track, looking around.
“Hyunjin, oh my God, it's really you!” You started crying and he saw the warning on the door.
“Y/n, calm down. What's happening?” He tried to sooth you, thinking for a way to get you out.
“The door's knob came out and won't come back, I've been stuck here all day, help me, please” You cried out, Hyunjin tried to open it from the outside, but it only made a click sound and nothing, you cried again.
“Okay, calm down, I will get you out” He ran his hands through his hair “Step back”
“Okay” You took a few steps back, nervously fidgeting the hem of your shirt.
Hyunjin turned the knob again, twisting it a few times before pushing the door and turning again with force, seeing it didn't work, he took a step back and kicked the door with all his strenght. 
One, two times and then the door was open. 
“Hyunjin!” All it took was just a few long strides and you threw yourself on him, wrapping your arms around his neck and holding him tight. 
“Shh, I'm here, everything's okay now” He soothed you, running his hand through your hair, holding you tight too, until your breathing calmed down.
“Why did you get in here? Didn't you read the sign?” He asked when he broke the embrace, but kept holding you by your shoulders.
“What sign? There was nothing when I came here” You wipped the tears away and turned to look at the door, seeing the warning sign that clearly wasn't there before.
“That's so weird, I don’t remember seeing this before” You tried to remember. Were you in such a hurry to use the toilette that you didn’t pay attention?
Well, you were a little distracted, so wouldn’t be strange if that was what happened. 
“Hm, maybe you slow down a little, you are working too hard” You nodded and he grabbed your wrist “Now c'mon, let’s get out of here”
“Oh wait, just a minute!” You subtly pulled your hand back and stepped in front of the mirror. 
Your eye mascara was messed up from crying and your make up was a little smudged, so you grabbed some tissues. Hyunjin crossed his arm, watching as you fixed it.
“Alright, now we can go” You turned to him when you finished.
“You're cute” He chuckled and held his hand out for you and you took it, shaking your head as you two went to the other room to pick your purse and leave. 
It felt natural. It felt good.
Chae-hee just finished her practice and was going to release you, when she saw you and Hyunjin walking at the end of the hall. He was nudging you and you both were laughing, Chae-hee groaned, that wasn't suppose to happen. 
Thinking quickly, she picked up her phone and snapped a picture. She smirked, looking at the screen.
“What are you doing?” Na-yeon stopped by her side. 
“Oh Na-yeon, isn't it obvious? I'm gathering proof” The younger looked at her with confusion and Chae-hee rolled her eyes.
“No dating in the workplace?”
“Ohh, no dating idols rule!” Na-yeon exclaimed and then murmured giggling “This one you know too well”
“What did you say?” Chae-hee snapped and Na-yeon shook her head, stopping.
“Nothing, nothing” The older side eyed her, scoffing. 
“But, who do you think are dating?” 
“Hyunjin and y/n, haven’t you just seem them?” Her face twisted in annoyance, you two were gone.
“Yeah and?” Na-yeon questioned her “They didn't see to be doing anything, but talk” 
“Oh my God, Na-yeon! Stop being so naive!” Chae-hee rubbed her temples. 
“It's obvious something’s going on, he was wrapped around my finger and now he changed after this girl came around”
If you asked Na-yeon or anyone from their circle, they would tell you a different story, but Chae-hee was mad and Na-yeon thought it would be better no disagree with her fanfic now. 
“She's his staff, she needs to talk to him. I’m sure it’s nothing” The brunette lightly rubbed the other's arm, trying to sooth.
“Hmm, should I go talk with Chan or straight to Joo-wan?” Chae-hee was thinking out loud, tapping the tip of her phone on her chin.
“Or maybe you could just leave it?” Na-yeon suggested and Chae-hee rolled her eyes.
“Na-yeon, at which side are you?” 
“Yours, of course” Na-yeon replied without even thinking “And that's why I'm telling you to let it go, I don’t want you to get in trouble” 
“Hmm, okay” Was all Chae-hee said. 
She wouldn’t leave it aside.
~ {♡} ~
“Are we close yet?” You turned to Hyunjin with curiosity.
“Almost there” He chuckled, taking a turn on the road. It was the second time you asked.
You opened the Mc Donalds bag that you were holding and picked some french fries and ate them. 
“I’m serious, we are almost there” Hyunjin chuckled when he side glanced you and saw you enjoying your fries.
“Ugh, I’m starving” You admitted and he chuckled again.
“Gimme some too” He opened his mouth and you giggled.
“Here” You took some fries and fed him, your eyes widened when he unnecessarily wrapped his lips around your fingertips, you quickly pulled your hand, flustering. 
“Uh, enough fries. We can eat more when we arrive” You said shyly and he chuckled. 
You spent the rest of the drive in silence, it felt awkward for you, but luckily it lasted just about 10 minutes until he stopped in a secluded spot. You recognized the place right away, Seokchon Park.
“Let’s sit outside” He gently tapped your thigh, his hand felt warm against your skin. 
“Hm, sit outside while wearing a skirt? I don’t think it’s a good idea” You’d regret your clothing choice today, but he just touched your thigh so you could say it was the right option.
“It's okay, there's only us here. Nobody's gonna see anything” He shrugged. 
“That's just one of the problems” You shook your head and he got it right away.
“C’mon doll, we can't properly see the stars from here. Let's go outside” He nudged your side and grinned, that grin that could convince you to do anything he wanted. 
“Fine” You sighed and his grin got wider, but then you pointed a finger at him “But no funny business!” 
“Okay, no funny business” He grinned and got out of the car, followed by you.
He helped you climb on the car hood, and you sat by his side, handing him his burger and grabbing yours. You listened intently as Hyunjin told you about the meeting and his day, as you two ate, he assured you he and the boys talked about your ideas and Joo-wan was excited to bring them to life, and it made you smile a little, you were still disappointed you couldn’t be there with them.
Hyunjin and you finished eating and were enjoying the silence, drinking your milk-shake and looking at the stars. You felt chills when you glanced at him while he wasn't looking, he looked so pretty under the moonlight.
You sighed and he looked at you, making you quickly turn away and he quietly chuckled. He observed you as you finished your milk-shake, still looking anywhere but him.
He slowly scooted closer and you kept acting unbothered, until his knee was touching yours, he quietly chuckled again, finding your attempt to ignore him endearing. His hand rested on your exposed thigh, fingertips tracing lazy patterns on your skin, near your knee.
You quickly glanced down and stood still, but your skin was tingling. His hand slid further up a little, his gaze locked on you, watching intently as you kept looking away and bit the straw.
Hyunjin scooted closer, as if it was that even possible, his body almost pressing against yours, fingertips dangerously coming closer to the hem of your skirt and you sighed. 
“You didn't thank me for saving you” His voice was low, his eyes still on you.
“Of course I did!” You put your cup down and looked at him.
“Uh uh, I mean a proper thank you” He shook his head, his movements stopped but his hand kept on your thigh.
“That would be?” You raised an eyebrow, and he turned his face, poking his cheek with a mischievous smile.
Your heart could explode from his cuteness, but you tried to act nonchalantly as you leaned closer and kissed his cheek.
“Good, now?” You asked when you pulled back.
“Nuh nuh, more” He shook his head, and you chuckled slightly.
“More?” 
“Uhumm” He nodded, his eyes were closed and that mischievous smile was still there.
You leaned in, kissing his cheek again, and again and again as he kept saying “more”, until he started to slowly turn his head and when you realized, he was capturing your lips with his, cupping your face and you didn't try to pull back, no, instead you kissed him back, giving him sweet little kisses until you felt his tongue on your bottom lip and then entering in your mouth. 
Smiling, you felt his thumb caressing your cheek, his tongue slowly touching yours as your lips moved in sync. He tasted sweet, like strawberry, and your heart was beating so fast, you could swear he was listening. 
The minutes were going by, you whining every time he would part from you for breathing, chasing his lips again, because you didn't need air, you needed him. His kisses were so good, you'd kiss him forever if he'd let you, so he would smile and give you small pecks before starting to kiss you again, loving how you craved more of him.
His hand slowly slid down from your cheek to your neck, until it reached its final destination: he lightly squeezed your breast and the soft sound that escaped your lips just pushed him to do it again, but squeezing a little harder now. Hyunjin's lips started making a trail of kisses to your jaw and you tilted your head slightly, giving him a better access to your neck, your skin was tingling as he started nibbling the sensitive spot. 
“Jinnie…” 
“Hm?” He hummed, lips still attached to your neck, alternating between kissing and nibbling. 
“We can't do it here…” You sighed, he was pulling the collar of your shirt down, and you knew he was about to mark you.
“Hmm, yeah… You're right” He fixed your shirt and hopped off the car. You looked at him with surprise, was he really giving up so easily?
Of course not. 
“Let’s get back inside” He held his hand out for you and helped you get down.
“Backseat, lady” You giggled when you felt his hands on your shoulder, turning you and gently guiding you to the second door, when you tried to open the passenger's one. 
“We aren’t doing anything tho…” You warned him, sliding on the seat, quickly followed by him “No funny business, remember?” 
“Right, I'm not doing anything” Hyunjin words didn't match his actions, as he held your waist and wasted no time in swiftly pulling you up on his lap. 
“Hyunjin!” You squealed in surprise and he tilted his head.
“Yeah, say my name again” He closed his eyes and smirked.
“Stop it!” You smacked his arm and he chuckled, opening his eyes and staring at yours, but then his laughing stopped, his gaze getting darker as he leaned closer.
“Don't worry, we won’t do anything. I just wanna play with it a little, and you'll let me, right?” His hands found their way on your butt, he grabbed the flesh through the fabric of your skirt, pulling you closer to him and you sighed, nodding. 
“Good girl” You clenched around nothing when you heard him saying that, his hands going to the hem of your shirt and getting under the fabric.
Feeling the warmth of your skin under his palms made him hum in satisfaction, and you regretted choosing simple cotton panties today. But it’s not like you imagined Hyunjin would be playing with the waistband of it on a random tuesday, better saying, you did, more times you'd like to admit, you just didn't think today would be the day. 
Well, at least that was okay, Hyunjin liked it when you’d wear them, ‘feels more spontaneous' like this. 
He made another trail of kisses from your jaw up to your lips, kissing you slowly as his fingers hooked on the waistband, playing with it. 
“Feel it? How much I missed you?” He groaned as he pressed his bulge on you, and you saw stars when your hips involuntarily rocked against it.
“Hmm, I'm guessing you missed me too?” He whispered and you nodded slightly.
“Let’s see how much you missed me…” And there it was, that devilish grin on his lips as his hand went to the front of your panties, fingertips brushing against your middle.
His free hand went back to pull the collar of your shirt and he darted his tongue out, slowly licking before starting sucking your skin, he felt his fingers getting wet through the fabric and Hyunjin's hum of satisfaction was easily the prettiest sound you've ever heard, better saying, the second, first was when he moaned your name. 
You shivered, letting your own hands roam over his shoulders and chest, quietly sighing and tugging his t-shirt when you felt him pressing his fingers against your panties, rubbing your pussy through the fabric. You buried your face on his shoulder, your hips moving against his fingers, you whined in annoyance.
“Is this annoying you, doll?” He teased you, grinning after giving you a small love bite that made you moan.
“Getting on the way?” And you nodded slightly, humming.
“Don't worry, Jinnie got you” He cooed and then pushed it to the side, his fingers now freely feeling you, getting soaked with your arousal.
So wet and warm. He groaned, imagining how good it would feel on his cock, and it twitched inside his boxer. 
“Is that better?” He teased, hearing your soft muffled sounds, his fingers lazily tracing figure 8's on your clit, you kissed his shoulder, nodding.
Your hand slid under his t-shirt and his breath hitched when your nails lightly scratched his abs, his fingers increasing the pace on your bundle of nerves. You leaned in and started kissing his neck.
“Wanna take care of you, too” You murmured against his skin and your hand lightly palmed his outline and he took a deep breath.
“You… don’t need to” Hyunjin whispered, deep down wishing you wouldn't listen to him. 
“Oh, but I do…” You whispered in his ear “I wanna play with it too” You cooed and bit his neck very lightly, careful because you couldn’t mark him for obvious reasons. 
He groaned, twitching under your palm and you smirked, giving it a light squeeze. Dark eyes watching intently as you took your hand to your lips and delicately licked it before slid under his sweatpants and boxers, you sighed, wishing you were somewhere else, your moves were restricted, there was so much you wanted to do to him, to kiss him, explore him, to show how much you loved him…
Hyunjin could sense your frustration and deep down it made him happy, he always loved how you’d be all over him, as if you couldn’t get enough of him. He knew he should wait, make it special and all, but you were looking so cute, sitting there under the stars and the pretty full moon, he couldn’t help it, he needed to kiss you, and once he did, he couldn’t stop too.
Eyes closed, lips brushing against each other’s, turning into passionate kisses and soon enough you both were lost into your own little world, the soft sounds filling the small space getting louder as your hand dragged up and down his length, pace in sync with his digits pressing and tracing figures in your clit. 
“Are you close?” You rested your forehead against his, eyes still closed as you whispered, breath hitching as you were rocking your hips against his fingers, feeling your climax building.
“Mhmm yeah, keep going” He groaned, hips bucking up, he was tensing up as he gripped tighter on your waist and fingers going faster.
You held tight into him as you came, his name slipping off your lips in a cry, head resting again on his shoulder, you kissed his neck, just a few more strokes and he was moaning your name as his warm release slid down your fingers, you smiled against his skin, he held you tight too, pulling you closer and you stayed like that for a while, feeling each other’s heart beat as you calmed down. 
~ {♡} ~ 
Hyunjin drove you back home, you took a nice and warm shower, changed into new pajamas, grabbed Jiniret and slid under the covers, you were almost sleeping when your phone buzzed with the notification of a new message:
Jagiya: just got back. sleep well 😘 
Your heart jumped, he still had your number saved. You smiled, texting him and putting your phone back on the nightstand.
Drifting to sleep cuddling Jiniret, you had a good night of sleep after a long time.
Next day at the agency the stress started early in the practice room.
“Uh Chae-hee, I don’t understand what you want me to see?” Chan crossed his arms in front of his body and looked at her. 
“Here Chan, how can you not see it?” Chae-hee pointed at the screen, the picture she took of you and Hyunjin.
Had spent most of the night working with 3racha, Chan's patience was starting to wear thin for having to deal with whatever silly drama the girl was trying to start.
“Yeah, y/n and Hyunjin walking together, so?” 
“Don't you think they are too close to each other?” Chae-hee asked whispering “I mean, I was paying attention and they seem too close around the agency”
“Ah, Chae-hee, seriously?” Chan laughed “This is the ‘important’ thing you needed to talk to me about?” 
“Yeah, because…” She started, but Chan motioned for her to stop, shaking his head.
Chan threw his arm over Na-yeon and the younger blushed, taking by surprise when he side hugged her. Chae-hee’s eyes widened. 
“Does it look like Na-yeon and I are dating?” He asked her and she shook her head. 
“Good, but let’s check again, just to make sure, okay?” He kept his arm over Na-yeon and turned them to the opposite direction, asking Minho the same question.
“What? No, what is this about?” Minho chuckled and then completed “We all know that I’m Na-yeon’s type, if she was about to date anyone from here, this would be me” He smirked and she blushed harder. 
Chan chuckled, his arm leaving Na-yeon's figure and he turned back to Chae-hee. 
“See? If that was the case, not only y/n would be dating all of us, but we also would be caught into a crazy net of love affairs” He shrugged.
“Heyy, good morning everyone” You entered the room followed by Hyunjin and Jeongin, Chae-hee gritted her teeth.
As your usual routine, you were handing them their coffees.
“I asked for them to slow down the caffeine today, because I heard you Mr. have been sleeping badly lately” You handed Chan his coffee. 
“That's not fair, why only Hyunjin's has a heart on his?” Changbin whined “Y/nnie, are you playing favorites? I thought I was your bias” 
Chae-hee glanced from you to Hyunjin and then Chan, who was just laughing with the boys. 
“Binnie, gotta start exercising your brain too” Seungmin approached Changbin and turned his beverage around, showing the heart drawn on the cup. 
“Ops, my bad” Changbin's cheeks turned red, making everyone laugh.
“See? I don’t have favorites, I love you all the same” You giggled “Now, I think you owe me a chocolate frappuccino as an apology” 
“Oh girls, I'm sorry I didn’t know you'd be here, I'd bring you coffee too” You said to Chae-hee and Na-yeon.
“It's okay, there's no need to” Na-yeon smiled with sincerity to you. She liked you, never believing the stuff Chae-hee said about you, it was pretty clear to her that her colleague was just jealous.
“Here, to make your day sweet” You smiled at them, giving each a candy you picked from your purse. 
They thanked you, Na-yeon smiling and happy, contrary to Chae-hee murmuring and annoyed. 
You wouldn't lie, you weren’t pleased to see her there either, but you'd keep your distance and hopefully Hyunjin would too and everything was going to be fine. 
“Well, we should be going. C'mon Na-yeon” Chae-hee pulled Na-yeon by her arm and you had the impression the girl trembled slightly.
~ {♡} ~
“I'm glad you're coming on tour with us” Hyunjin leaned on your kitchen's island, watching your back as you worked on the oven, the delicious aroma of the treat you're making filling the air. 
“Me too, I’ve never traveled like this before, this will be fun” You replied, grabbing the pan and turning around to face him.
“Here is it!” You smiled, placing the pan on top of the counter and Hyunjin's mouth watered.
“Finally!” He grabbed the spoon he had separated by his side and was going to take some of the cream when you held his wrist. 
“Wait, wait. It’s too hot, you're gonna burn your tongue” You warned him, there was strings of foggy coming up from inside the pan.
“Oh, c'mon” He pouted, letting go of his spoon and you chuckled. He was so cute.
Heyoon was working late today, so you invited him over. The boys didn't know he was there, both agreeing to keep it just between the two of you, Hyunjin lied to them he was going to a painting class. 
They seemed to believe him, except maybe for Felix, who told him to be careful when painting the insides and giggled. That little menace, he was spending too much time with Seungmin.
You looked at him, still in his practice clothes, fluffy hair contorning his pretty face and the cutest pout ever. 
“Ughh, you're so cute, I could just eat you!” You leaned up on the counter, and your hands flew to his cheeks, squeezing them a little hard in your aggressive affection moment.
Hyunjin groaned and cupped your face, pulling up, giving you a quick peck on your lips before nibbling the bottom one, making you squeal.
“Hey, what are you doing? I said I’m the one eating!” You protested, just realizing he was pulling you up over the counter when you felt his hands on your waist, your body dragging against the cold marble, butt up in the air. 
“Not if I eat you up first” He murmured against your lips before giving you more kiss, then helped you get on your knees and then let your legs slid off, now properly sitting on the counter. 
“You're crazy, you know that?” You chuckled, your arms flew over his shoulders, pulling him closer after he parted your legs, making room for him to stand between them. 
Hyunjin chuckled and shook his head, his hands found their way on your hips, pulling you closer to him, lips brushing against yours. You closed your eyes, relishing the feeling of his soft lips, giving him sweet little kisses and nuzzling your noses together making him chuckle. 
“C'mon, let’s go to the couch” You gently pushed him and hopped off the counter, grabbing the spoons with one hand and the other grabbing his wrist, Hyunjin picked the pan and followed you to the other room.
You picked the remote control on the coffee table and lied on your back on the couch, tapping your parted legs for him to settle in between. Hyunjin smiled, lying down with his back against your chest and body settling between your legs, pulling the fluffy pink blanket over you both.
He smiled again when you hugged him, arms resting over his shoulders, fingers absentmindedly caressing his chest while you watched the opening of Mr Queen. 
“Mhmm, this is delicious” Hyunjin hummed after trying the treat you made. You leaned forward and gave a kiss on the top of his head.
“It's called brigadeiro. This girl who used to live in my building made them for me, and it was love at the first bite” You explained to him, happy he enjoyed it, the treat was perfect for moments like this.
“It's really good” Enjoying it so much, he almost forgot to feed you some brigadeiro too. 
“Jinnie, I want some too” Hyunjin laughed, he was sure if he turned around right now, he would see a pout on your lips.
Hyunjin got a spoonful and turned around, feeding you. He smiled watching you savoring the treat, and then gave you a peck before lying back.
Caressing him, holding him while watching your favorite drama, you couldn’t help but smile, from doing the same thing cuddling Jiniret to now getting to do it with his dad, you felt your heart full of happiness. It truly felt like a dream, and wouldn’t want anyone to pinch you. 
Hours passed and the notification with a message asking if you wanted to keep watching showed up. You looked down at him, Hyunjin was strangely quiet for a while, you soft giggled and carded your fingers through his fluffy hair.
“Hey, are you awake?” You whispered, not really wanting to wake him up, because it was good to stay like this.
Silence. You kissed the top of his head.
“Jinnie?” 
“Just five more minutes” He purred sleepy, eyes still closed, holding the blanket closer. You giggled and let him nap some more, caressing his hair.
“You can spend the night, if you want to” You whispered softly and he nodded, but didn't move. 
“I gotta go” Hyunjin sighed after some minutes, and slowly got up, he sat and looked at you, scratching lightly. 
“Really?” You pouted and he caressed your cheek with his thumb.
“Yeah, the boys don't know I am here, and Changbin will get suspicious if I don’t come back home” He shrugged, reluctantly getting up.
“Alright, then” You got up too and walked him to the door. 
“I’ll stay another time, okay?” He said softly, cupping your cheeks and tilting your face to look at him and you nodded.
“And soon you'll get the chance to sleep with me every night” He teased about the tour and you flustered, shaking your head, making him chuckle. 
“Don't act like you aren’t all eager, counting the days…” 
“I'm not!” You tried to sound unbothered.
“I bet you're the one responsible for booking the rooms, making sure mine's next yours…” Hyunjin had a mischievous smile while teasing you.
And he was partially right, you weren’t responsible for the bookings, but you already checked how many doors until his. 
You shook your head and he took your hands in his, intertwining your fingers and pulling you close.
“You can't wait to put your hands on me, admit it” He whispered in your ear and then leaned back, smirking at you. 
“Hunf, I'm completely fine” You scoffed.
“Yeah, right…” He placed both your hands on his chest, tapping gently the back of them with his, piercing eyes locked on yours.
“For how long? Half an hour? 15 minutes maybe?” He teased and you stopped your hands that were already automatically running down. 
He chuckled and you smacked him.
“Stop playing me” You whined, pouting. 
“You can't keep your hands to yourself, y/nnie. It’s okay, if I was you I wouldn’t too” He teased, and honestly, he was right. 
Yeah, Hyunjin was right and you were stubborn, so that's how you ended up in your little bet, he was convinced you'd lost it in 3 days, a week maximum, but you'd prove him wrong.
You had plans but they were ruined as he sent you a goodnight text and a reminder that you'd be cheating if you avoided him for the next few days.
Jagiya: [sent a picture]
You drooled when you saw the selfie he sent you, it was him in his bathroom, wet hair just out of the shower and you could see the droplets running down his chest. 
Your hand was sliding down your shorts, when you saw the three dots: Hyunjin was typing.
Jagiya: remember, hands off yourself too, goodnight baby 😘
Your hand quickly came up and you scoffed. You could imagine his grin when he sent that, and you'd get rid of that really quick.
You got up and stopped in front of the mirror, the lilac short doll was pretty, you fluffied your hair, then pulled the top a little down, showing some cleavage to the camera and snapped a picture.
You: [sent a picture]
You: no touching! goodnight, jagiya 😘 
That night Hyunjin experienced his first of many blue balls.
~ {♡} ~
“Oh, they finally fixed it. Great!” You said stopping near Na-yeon, who was getting a soda from the vending machine.
“Hi, y/n. What's up?” She turned to face you, she was smiling, although it didn't reach her eyes.
“Good. Is there something wrong?” You asked her and Na-yeon's eyes widened.
“What? No, why?” She tried to brush it off, but you saw the lilac marks on her arm as she sipped her beverage.
“Na-yeon, you're hurt. What happened?” You touched the mark and she hissed, it was recent then.
“Oh this?” Na-yeon turned her arm, looking at them and shrugging as if it was nothing “I slipped on practice, that was all” 
It didn’t look like bruises you'd get from a simple fall, you were about to try to make her tell you the truth, when the can you were holding was suddenly taken off your hand. You looked from your empty hand to the boy a few steps further.
Hyunjin, of course. Na-yeon took the chance to escape you when you shouted at him, excusing herself that she needed to go practice. 
“Na-yeon?” You called, but she just waved and kept walking.
You sighed and turned on your heels, you'd talk to her later. But you didn't see her for the rest of the day or week.
~ {♡} ~
Week 3 of the challenge was almost complete and even you were surprised with yourself. Especially with the amount of time you had been spending together.
Chae-hee had been around too, a little too much for your liking, if you were being honest, and although you weren’t saying much, your expressions and actions were loud enough for Hyunjin to know it was bothering you and he wanted to reassure you everything was fine. 
So that’s how you ended up there that friday night, you both were hanging at his place, like you had been doing lately, but something was different this time and you could tell from the moment he invited you.
“Cheers to me!” You raised your glass after Hyunjin poured you more soju. 
“To my balls!” He said, clinking his glass with yours and drinking the shot right away.
“Oh my God, don’t say such a thing!” You flustered, chuckling and so did him. 
Hyunjin grabbed the bottle and shook, he stuck his tongue out and poured the last few droplets, pouting after when he looked at the coffee table and saw the other bottles were empty too.
“Ugh, I'm so tired” He plopped by your side and stretched his arms up and then they fell on his thighs.
You didn't miss it when his hand slid dangerously to his waistband, but something clearly clicked inside his head and he pulled back, resting it on his abs. 
He almost let his intrusive thoughts win. 
Your breath hitched. You'd let yours. 
Placing your hand on his thigh, you started to rub lazy circles on the fabric, Hyunjin slid down on the couch and closed his eyes, a slight smile forming on his lips as he knew what was coming next, his cock twitched in anticipation. 
You leaned forward, lips trailing kisses on his neck and he sighed as your hand started to wander more deliberate now, reaching everywhere but where he needed you the most. He groaned. 
“My baby is tired, uh?” You cooed and he nodded.
“You've been working so hard, let y/nnie take care of you, okay?” And he purred. 
His eyes were still closed when he purred, lying there in his practice clothes, hair disheveled and pretty plush lips so inviting. And all you wanted was just to pounce on him right there.
You touched his cheek gently, turning his face to you and capturing his lips in a slow kiss, tongue tracing the outline before he gave you entrance, deepening the kiss. Your hand went back to his lower abs, sliding under the hem of his t-shirt and scratching with your nails lightly there, earning groans from him, his bulge starting to become evident in his pants.
As you were about to slide your hand there, you stopped. The bet, Hyunjin remembered.
“Keep going” He grabbed your wrist and placed your hand there, his moan made you press your legs together.
“But what about not touching?” You whispered.
“I don’t give a damn about it, I just need you now” His eyes were dark as he bucked his hips against your hand.
And just like that, you were kneeling on the fluffy rug of his living room, fingers hooked on his sweatpants slowly dragging the piece down, revealing his black boxers. His cock strained by the fabric made your mouth water and he smirked. 
You leaned forward, licking the outline and he hissed. You did it one more time before holding the waistband between your teeth, pulling it down, using your fingers to help
He groaned, throwing his head back and there it was, glistening with precum that leaked, long and not too thick, pretty and pink, beautiful… Just like everything about him.
Hyunjin watched intently as you wetted your lips and twitched when you gave his tip a little kiss, your hand wrapped around the base, lazily stroking him a few times before licking up, wrapping your lips around the tip.
“Oh shit” His hands flew to your hair, holding it into a makeshift ponytail as you lowered your head, bobbing your head and taking more of him. 
You looked up at him, his sounds, the way he bucked his hips up, grip tightening in your hair, it was driving you insane. Your free hand played with his balls and your lips on him like you were savoring your favorite lollipop.
“Fuck, y/n” He groaned and pushed your head, the sight of you gagging on his cock made him roll his eyes to the back of his head.
Tears gathered in the corner of your eyes as you choked on him, the tip hitting the back of your throat, you bobbed your head up and down.
Doing your best to ignore your gag reflex until it got too much, you gave gentle taps on his thigh,  he loosed the grip on your hair and you lifted your head resuming in lick and sucking him again.
“Baby, I'm gonna… Oh shit” Hyunjin moaned and you sucked harder, trying to take more of him again.
Eyes locked on him, a silent plea that he was more than happy to oblige, white ropes soon enough sliding down your throat. You let him go with a pop, tongue swirling the tip, licking him clean, eyes intently watching him, with half lidded eyes staring at you, chest rapidly coming up and down. 
“That was so hot, c'mon here. Let me take care of you, too” Hyunjin beckoned with his finger and you climbed on top of him.
He tilted your head and kissed you, tasting himself on your lips as he gently moved you, pushing you to lay on the couch. Sloting between your thighs, he kept kissing you as his hand roamed over your body, until he bunched up your skirt, grinning when he saw the black lace being unveiled.
“Somebody was planning to get lucky today, uh?” He teased you, lowering himself and nibbling your inner thigh, making you whimper. 
Hyunjin made a trail of open mouth kisses on your thighs, nibbling and suckling the flesh, making sure you'd have traces of him tomorrow. Your soft sounds echoed in the room, and a moan a little louder slipped when he traced your middle with his fingers.
“Doll, you're so wet already” He teased, but feeling proud of his effect on you. 
“Jinnie…” You sighed and he chuckled softly.
“Yes?” He kept running his fingers very lightly, wetting the pads and chuckling when you'd buck your hips up, seeking for more contact.
“Oh, I see somebody's getting eager” Hyunjin teased again and pressed his thumb, forcing the fabric against your slick, making you moan.
He stopped teasing you soon, seeing your annoyed glance at him, he lowered himself between your legs and pushed the lace to the side, smirking as he saw your glistening core.
“Don't worry, doll. I won’t tease you…” His breath blowing air on your middle, you squirmed slightly “not today”
Hyunjin licked a strip up, humming as he just tasted his favorite dessert. Your heart skipped a beat as he looked at you and grabbed your wrists, guiding your hands on his hair, he loved it when you'd play with it while he'd eat you out.
Your fingers carded on his hair and he kept licking you up, teasing your entrance with his tongue before slowly tracing patterns all over your pussy, savoring you. 
“My sweet, sweet y/nnie” He hummed, gripping your thighs, fingers digging on the flesh holding you in place. 
He groaned when he teased your clit with his tongue and you slightly pulled his hair, biting your lower lip to hold back your moans. 
“Don't hold back, I wanna hear you” He said and as he wrapped his lips on your clit, sucking on the nub. Your moans echoed through the room.
“Yeah, just like that” He smirked, sucking harder.
He circled your entrance with his fingers, coating them with your juices before slowly pushing his finger in, and then a brief moment later a second slid up too, making you gasp. His fingers stopped for a moment, tongue still playing with your clit before he moved his fingers again, slowly pumping in and out of you.
“Jinnie… oh shit!” Your mind was foggy, the world slowly disappearing before your eyes, leaving just the two of you.
“So good, so fucking good” Your cries became louder as he found that sensitive spot inside you, his tongue swirling and teasing on your clit and you came without warning, shaking and gripping on his hair as you called out his name, clenching around his fingers.
He kept lapping on you until you stopped shaking, licking all your juices off you and giving your nub a final kiss before he placed your panties back in place and sat on his heels. Hyunjin smirked, admiring your disheveled figure in front of him. 
“I won” He chuckled, pulling your skirt down again, straightening the fabric, the sight of the faint lilac mark peeking under the hem made him smile. 
It took you a minute to realize what he was talking about, you crossed your arms over your chest. 
“That's not fair, you said it was okay!” You pouted and then murmured “And you touched too!” 
“Never said I could keep my hands off of you” He said flirting and your heart jumped. 
Hyunjin hovered over you, and you wrapped your arms around his neck, pulling him to lay on top of you. You stayed like this for some time, just kissing him, feeling each other’s heartbeats in the silence of the house. 
Until the sound of the door being open snapped you back to reality.
“Hyunjin-a, I'm home. You better not be dressed” Changbin shouted from the door, you heard him leaving his shoes at the threshold and soon enough he appeared in front of the couch.
“Oh, you’re dressed. How disappointing” Changbin faked a pout looking at Hyunjin who laughed while greeting him. 
Changbin's eyes scanned the coffee, the empty soju's bottles catching his attention. He recalled the second pair of shoes at the threshold and then he turned to the right.
“Y/nnie, what a lovely surprise!” He had a cheeky smile that made you fluster as he greeted you when you came out of the bathroom.
~ {♡} ~ 
You smiled looking at the wave emoji shining in your calendar: the Australia concert was coming soon and luckily Joo-wan put you in the group who were going with the boys, touring could be very overwhelming behind the scenes too, as an alternative to make the work easier Joo-wan splitted the staff in teams and each would be responsible for a different portion of the tour. You were over the moon, it would be your first time in the country and it was even better to experience it with Hyunjin.
You were excited to spend the day on the beach, to meet Berry, to meet their aussie friends at the party Hannah was planning on throwing for them. Not to mention the days off they would have after.
Thinking about it made you smile. Quality time with the boy of your dreams in Australia, after all those years of working and not proper vacation? What else could you ask for? 
An email notification popped up on the screen, bursting your daydream bubble and your lips turned upside down as you read the beginning of the message: Sorry to inform, but…
There was a problem with your visa application and due to the amount of pending requests, there would be a delay in analysing and delivering your permission. You fell on your back on the mattress, texting Joo-wan and then Hyunjin, who got as upset as you were.
And just like that, your plans got swiped under by the wave. 
All your attempts to get it fixed in time didn't work, all the company did was ensure you to keep your stuff packed, because it would be ready for the Japan dates. 
In his attempt to let you somehow be ‘part of it', Hyunjin kept sending you photos and vídeos of his days there, showing you the venue, the places they visited to record the SKZ Code episodes and cute videos of Berry of course.
Jagiya: [sent a picture] 
Jagiya: check out this room, it's the fanciest, i threw my Versace robe there so now it'll be mine. 
You zoomed the picture, you had been looking for Jiniret all day, and now you found him.
You: ohh so that’s where that sneaky little ferret was, i've been looking for him everywhere 👀
Jagiya: [sent a picture]
Jagiya: he said he wanted to come on tour with his dad 
Your heart flustered as you looked at the selfie of Hyunjin hugging the plushie, pretending to kiss it. 
You: jiniret’s living his best life 🤧
~ {♡} ~ 
Hyunjin checked his phone, there were no new messages so he settled it back on the couch. It was almost show time and you had been gone since the other day's morning, which was weird because you loved to yap and didn’t even read his messages from now. 
You were up to something, Hyunjin thought. 
A knock on the door caught his attention, everyone was here and their food was delivered already. You went missing all day. 
What if?
He grinned, standing up and running to the door, so that's why you were gone. How sweet, you were planning a surprise for him. 
But Hyunjin's smile faded as soon as he opened the door.
“Chae-hee, what are you doing here?” 
“Hi, Hyun!” She had a smirk on her red lips “We came to support our favorite group!” 
Chae-hee pulled Na-yeon to stand by her side, Ha-ri and Ji-soo, the other girls from her group were behind them. 
“Wow Na-yeon, first in Seoul and now you came to watch me here too?” Minho teased her, appearing behind Hyunjin “You must really like me then” He winked at her and she blushed.
“Don't get into your head, their miles were just about to expire!” Jeongin said cheekly and Minho grabbed the nearest cushion and threw it at him. 
“We leave Korea to have some break from Chae-hee and she manages to appear here too. Is this what that mercury retrograde thing means?” Seungmin murmured, making Chan laugh.
“Er… girls, nice to see you here. Why don't you get inside, we just bought some pizza” Chan politely said when he appeared in the living room, it wasn't like he was pleased to see them there, but now they were and there was not much they could do.
“Oh we would love to” Chae-hee took a step and linked her arm with Hyunjin “Let’s go, Hyun. I’m starving”
~ {♡} ~
Back in Korea, you plopped down on your couch after a much needed shower, sighing, you grabbed your phone, checking the messages Hyunjin sent to you. You couldn’t help but smile at the ones asking where you were.
Heyoon's sister was moving and she recruited you both to help pack, unpack and organize her new apartment. Everytime you'd close your eyes, you saw boxes and boxes falling down in front of you like pieces of Tetris, you texted him. 
It was almost show time, you opened Instagram to see if you could find someone streaming and the first image that appeared was a picture of Sydney Opera House posted by Chae-hee. 
~ {♡} ~
The boys were flawless, as usual, and after the show there was a party waiting for them at the house. In typical Stray Kids style, the vibes were chaotic by the time they arrived from the venue. 
There was people dancing, chatting and making out, the music was blasting, the cups were always full and the boys were hyped, reunited with their friends from there, new friends they just made and even Chaeryeong appeared as a surprise for Changbin. It was fun, until somebody broke a vase and Chan decided to hide all the glasses and delicate decor before Joo-wan would choose to put an end to the party, then it was all good. 
“What are you doing?” Ha-ri's question made Chae-hee jolt. The girl appeared behind her, peeking over her shoulder.
“Oh my God, Ha-ri, don’t walk around scaring people like this” Chae-hee finished pouring the vodka in the drink she was making. 
“Hm, this looks pretty. What's it?” Ha-ri grabbed one of the cups filled with red liquid, she took a sip and almost spat. 
“Chae-hee, what did you put in here?” Her eyes widened.
“Just a little bit of vodka” Chae-hee shrugged feigning innocence and Ha-ri blinked.
“A little bit? It tastes as if you poured the whole bottle in there” 
“Oh Ha-ri, you're too dramatic” She grabbed the cup from her and took a sip, noticing her friend was right.
“See?” Ha-ri chuckled “It's energy with vodka and not vodka with energy” 
“Yeah, you're right. I'll make a new one” Chae-hee half smiled, grabbing another cup. Ha-ri turned around, missing her friend's eye roll.
“Hey, are you alone?” A blonde aussie approached Ha-ri, Chae-hee smirked, right on time.
“I'm with…” Ha-ri was about to point to the brunette, but she shook her head, Ha-ri hand fell to her side. 
Less than a minute later the boy was guiding Ha-ri to the improvised dancefloor. Chae-hee watched the scene unfold with a smile, before returning to her drinks making. 
Chae-hee looked around, near the aussie line making out with some girls, it was Na-yeon dancing with Minho. 
“Lucky bitch” Chae-hee murmured to herself, turning to the other side, then she spotted him.
Hyunjin was going to sit on the couch with Jeongin, they talked a little and then the maknae stood up, leaving him alone. Perfect.
~ Part 2 ~
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minimoll7 · 7 months ago
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Ugh I literally cannot find anything on google. I just want to enjoy a simple game without all of these annoying issues suddenly popping up because of windows updating of all things. And I don't have a lot of time either!! I'm leaving soonish and I'll probably be gone for a while so I really wanted to relax a little bit but I guess not x(
Google is just telling me what save states are or how to fix memory card issues. Or just showing me results for different emulators altogether
All I want to know is why I can load a save state but can't actually save a new state!! F1 isn't working and save stating manually by going into the program itself isn't working!!! There's always a small little skip in the game when I save state, its not doing that. Its a clear indication that its not working
But *why?* Why is it not working?? The folders are there and as far as I'm concerned they are fine. Nothing in the video settings seem off. The only thing I can think of is going to my external hard drive and copying that version of the program onto here. If its settings related, then maybe that could fix it as I've never messed with the settings until that annoying full screen issue came along
I just hope this works because its just. I get stressed out way to easily and I know its stupid. But its not like I really have anyone to teach me this stuff. Like I kind of do but one person is constantly busy and prioritizes himself above all else, so getting him to help can be a huge pain in of itself. And the other person knows less overall and is less likely to be able to help (tho I definitely appreciate his willingness to try and also his patience). Its just. ugh. Updates ruins everything
Wow okay so windows update messed with my PS1 emulator, specifically with how it looks when full screened. Since then tho, there's been 2 more updates and now that full screen issue is fixed
But now save states aren't working. For reference, I'm using ePSXe. Anyways, loading a save state works just fine. But it won't actually save state anymore
Google isn't helping because everyone's issues are different from mine or google can't seem to understand what I'm actually looking for. This is genuinely so frustrating
#i guess just to be clear when i speak ill of updates#i don't really mean video game updates#for the most part those are always good#or at least neutral#but updates with literally anything else? they annoy me#i get that there IS a genuine purpose to them like i do completely understand that#its just annoying and they rarely ever change or add anything that i actually like#also i just hate changes (like with software i mean)#whether its simply a skill issue or because i'm autistic#having to deal with unwanted changes can severely stress me out#to the point of anxiety attacks or meltdowns#i hope and pray that i won't be like this forever that someday i can have more patience with this sort of thing#because i get it my stress over this stuff is ridiculous and i hate it#i just.. don't know what to do about it..#and it doesn't help that in this kind of context these things happen against my will and there's like nothing i can do about it#like yeah of course windows updated like 3 times in a row and messed with my crap#chances are i either can fix it but in an incredibly frustrating way or just have to deal with it#bluh windows updated that photo app. why does a photo viewing program need to constantly updated?? but anyways its like#its worse now. i can't even access the task bar while in it i have to hit the home button#and everything has been moved around and AI crap is showing up as if i want or need that for viewing photos#idk that's a tangent this has nothing to do with the post#i just hate updates
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For anyone wondering about my computer, here's the current dealio:
graphics card issue resolved by installing Steam from the Steam site; apparently the one in the app store is an alternate version that's notoriously buggy. Thanks lapsuslapsiis and purple-hel for tipping me off about this.
the game that was experiencing said issue runs now, but it for some reason so laggy as to literally be unplayable (which, since the issue was a graphics memory space thing, makes me really really hope that the issue is actually resolved and this isn't same issue different symptom). I have some fresh new ram coming in the mail so if it's a general memory issue then that might solve it.
I thought that switching hard drives had solved the freezing issue; turns out it hasn't. Freezing seems to be less frequent, which might mean something (since the OS switch I've got a lot more free space on the hard drive, so if it's a memory issue then there might be more wiggle room there) or it might just be random. Again, I've got ram coming in the mail, so that'll either solve the issue or it won't.
Since switching to Linux, I've experienced a fair bit of general lag; programs are much slower to respond, and are especially a lot slower to open, than they were on Windows. Computer people might recognise this as "the exact opposite of what most people experience when trading Windows for Linux". Linux has always been as fast or faster on my other computers but it's slow here. I might be totally off-base here but this also leads me to suspect a memory hardware issue -- lagging and freezing are probably the same problem, and less demand on the computer systems might just mean trading lagging for some of the freezing.
I floated earlier that the freezing might actually be the computer suddenly failing to recognise all input devices, which are all USB devices (I've had issues with it recognising my internet dongle, also USB, before). Since it's either a hardware issue or a bios issue (sudden onset makes me think hardware), I was worried that this might mean something fucked on the motherboard. We can put this theory to rest -- it's now frozen multiple times during youtube videos and when it does, the videos freeze and loop about 1 second of sound. It's definitely freezing, not just failing all inputs.
So in conclusion, I've got 8GB of ram in this thing and I suspect some of it might be broken, and there's 64GB of shiny new ram coming in the mail to replace it, and the switch will either fix all of my problems or it won't. If I keep randomly guessing then something I try will have to work eventually. If it doesn't work then it might be a video card software issue re: Nvidia on Linux, and also a hardware motherboard issue causing the freezes that had me switch in the first place, but I'm hoping it's the ram thing which is so much cheaper and easier to fix.
Also this beast has had memory issues for literal years at this point so this might just be the tipping point re: ram.
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lyssasdrafts · 1 year ago
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★ 𓈒 ݁ STAR—CROSSED (rhysand x reader) ⊹
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chapter six: (written) ✧
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“guess who!”
morrigan’s voice wakes you, causing you to jolt up from your table at the library. you had come here in the afternoon and it was already evening, meaning the sunlight from the library’s large windows had faded and it was starting to become dimly lit. the bright light from your laptop screen only further causes your eyes to strain.
“what are you doing here?” you say after letting out a yawn and stretching out your arms. you move slightly, patting down a seat for mor.
“just wanted to check up on you,” she shrugs. her attention shifts to the papers scattered around the desk, confirming that you had been reviewing your notes all afternoon. mor frowns when she notices the dark circles under your eyes and quietly fixes your hair while you talk about what you were studying for.
your laptop, however, was for a different task. you had been touching up some of the photos you took at rhysand’s photoshoot on your editing software, meaning his face was plastered across your screen. you cringe at the image and at the sight of the man who caused you so much irritation, no matter how good the photoshoot had turned out.
“are you making a fan edit of me now?” rhysand peers over your shoulder.
once again, you’re taken by suprise, almost jumping out of your seat when he appears next to you. perhaps it runs in their family.
“where did you come from?” morrigan almost yells at him. rhysand had been standing behind the both of you, hands in his pockets as he leans over to look at your screen.
“don’t get the wrong idea,” you retort. “i’m editing your photos from our photoshoot.” rhysand gives you a satisfied smile. perhaps it was even genuine.
“i came here to study,” he says, pulling up a chair and moving to sit across from you. “mind if i sit here?”
“actually, yes,” mor says irreverently. her cousin gives her an annoyed look and she crosses her arms. “no wonder my roommate can’t stand you.”
“i can definitely confirm he’s difficult to work with,” you give her a smirk while the both of you hold in your laugh at rhysand’s dismay.
“i will admit, the photoshoot did look good though,” you say hesitantly. “and thank you for crediting me,” you add, “it really helped me as a photographer.”
rhysand feigns shock, “is y/n being genuine for once?”
you immediately take back your words, “i liked you better when you were picking an argument with me.” you could recall the moments since that photoshoot where rhysand had acted normal in class despite knowing about your passion: when you got your exams back, or last week when you scored one point higher than him, or today in class when you started a debate about the formation of the universe. the entire class had witnessed your argument and you could’ve sworn your teacher sighed that you two were bickering again.
“you know that i was right today,” rhysand says, “as i typically am.”
you try not to roll your eyes at him, instead sorting through your notebooks and papers to find the reading you did earlier. “i know i’m right because i actually study the material. it says here that—”
morrigan had already mentally tuned out of your conversation with rhysand, rolling her eyes when you start shoving notes into her cousin’s face. “can the two of you please argue another time?” she almost yawns.
in the corner of your eye, you can see that familiar golden-brown hair peeking out from behind a bookshelf. you want to roll your eyes as you realize she’s watching how rhysand acts with you. nesta would definitely be teasing you about this later. you notice a second person’s hand covering her face as she giggles, spotting her brighter hair between the gaps in the books, and realize elain was spying on you too.
maybe going to the library was a bad idea today.
rhysand, the oblivious fool that he was, did not see the sisters behind him watching you. you wondered if he was even aware people did this to him, considering how your friends were definitely not the only people on campus to be interested in him like this. you nearly cringed as he continued rambling about how his argument was right, never dropping that satisfied look on his face. he hadn’t realized that you weren’t focused on the conversation anymore.
“do you always have to challenge me, rhysand?” you finally ask.
“do you always have to be right, y/n?” he quickly counters, further proving your point.
“well maybe, it’s because—”
you’re interrupted by the sound of loud footsteps and two large figures walking up to you, causing a few heads to turn in the library, including nesta and elain. you don’t recognize cassian and azriel, who you only knew as rhysand’s friends, until they come up behind rhysand and cassian starts to talk.
azriel pulls up a chair to sit with the both of you while cassian stands behind rhysand, hugging his friend from the back. rhysand seems amused, exchanging greetings with his friends before they finally noticed your presence.
“sorry, y/n, i hope you don’t mind us stealing away your boyfriend for a minute,” cassian gives you a smug look. “we just need rhys for a moment.”
you stare blankly at cassian, blinking. is that what they’ve been thinking? maybe rhysand had become more tolerable to you, but you still had every right to be annoyed with his friends. cassian looked like he was about to start laughing at rhysand before you look him straight in the eyes.
you lean back into your chair, crossing your arms and glaring at cassian, “he’s not my boyfriend.”
“he talks about you all the time,” azriel chimes in. this was perhaps your first time hearing his voice properly. in the few classes you had with him, azriel rarely spoke and brushed off anyone who tried to start a conversation with him. even a few more heads turned towards him when he spoke in front of you.
a look of panic flashed in rhysand’s eyes and he gave azriel a nudge with his arm, causing the dark haired boy to chuckle. morrigan makes a disgusted face, giving cassian and azriel a look that would’ve made you shut up instantly. but instead, they both continued.
“well then, i can’t really blame you for not wanting to date rhysand,” cassian is now standing over your table, placing his hands in his pockets as he leans down towards you. “he’s insufferable.”
“he is,” the cold tone remains in your voice, though an amused smile begins to tug on your lips.
“don’t say that, y/n. he’ll be so heartbroken later,” azriel speaks, a similar reluctant smirk appearing on his face too.
“that’s enough!” rhysand snaps, “stop embarassing me.”
you’re about to burst out laughing with cassian when rhysand suddenly slams his hands on the table, insisting that his friends leave with him. you don’t object to rhysand cutting his visit to the library short, watching how mor chuckles as rhysand drags azriel away and bids cassian to follow behind them. it’s like the four of them have a secret that you’re not in on. cassian gives you a playful wave goodbye that you hesitantly return before the three of them quickly disappear from your peripheral vision.
“that was… interesting,” you say to morrigan, only moments before nesta and elain confront you. you were still trying to process the fact that cassian and azriel had even looked in your direction, let alone without any disgust. some of the rudest people you knew on campus had just started a conversation with you, all because you happened to know rhysand.
nesta pretends to dust off the books on the shelves as she walks towards you, tracing the patterns on your wooden desk once she reaches you, her eyes almost bulging when she glances at all your papers. “y/n,” she says in a sing-song voice, it’s the first time you’ve ever seen her smile like that, “what was that about?”
elain doesn’t even bother to be discrete, simply trailing behind nesta and appearing behind her. although she obviously isn’t as curious, her eyes are also widened like she has questions about that interaction too.
morrigan nearly scoffs, “you mean rhysand?”
“i already know about him,” nesta’s smile almost drops completly as her face twists, “who was that big, strong friend he brought?”
“you mean cassian?” you say, mor nearly starts laughing again.
“he seems cute,” nesta shrugs, then continues teasing you. “does our y/n now have men fawning over you?” she gives you a look with a smirk.
“absolutely not.”
elain suddenly joins, her voice remains quiet and hesitant when she asks, “what about the taller one?”
she receives a look from both you and nesta, and you’re suddenly reminded of just how coldly azriel treats people. perhaps nesta would get along with him, but your other friends would definitely dislike him if they saw him in class the way you did.
“he seems kind,” elain softly says.
“something tells me you’ll be seeing a lot more from the three of them,” morrigan playfully hits your arm, your three friends officially ganging up on you to your dismay.
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— NOTES
cassian and azriel teasing rhysand 🤭
almost got the whole gang in one place 🫶 cassian and azriel finally make their first appearance
nesta noticing cassian 👀 my nessian self just had to add it
— TAGLIST
@thelov3lybookworm @starsand @lilah-asteria @therealmoonstone @just-a-social-casualty-1 @ashjade19 @girlontheblock @cherry-cin @daughterofthemoons-stuff @starswholistenanddreamsanswered @sweet-chai-amore @kierramofficial @noelli-smv @c-dizzle99 @littlestw01f @marina468 @dragneel-brothers
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xiao-come-home · 1 year ago
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stone faced anon (💫 anon if it's free) here; as someone who has a hyperfixation in IT and coding I also think it would be very funny if Boothill had an s/o who wasn't necessarily a mechanic but like a software engineer or just a real big nerd about coding or something. He'll be experiencing a malfunction or a memory leak and go "oh yeah this happens sometimes don't worry about it" and then 10 minutes later he's sitting down plugged into a laptop listening to his s/o rant about how terrible his code is (crack hc: boothill's code was written in javascript) and how it's a wonder he hasn't bricked* yet
Would also be mad funny if Boothill ever got hacked and his s/o basically says "no you're not" and uses a previously made system restore point or something because of course they would both use and design every feature imaginable to keep Boothill in control of his own body, can you imagine the stress that losing control would cause him?? Even better if whoever designed him originally intentionally left a backdoor incase he ever went against their orders and when they try to use it his s/o just goes "oh yeah I quarantined and encrypted all the old files related to that backdoor and whatever else you were planning on a partition as bait and personally rewrote every file and function involved since your code is *an actual crime against technology*. by the way i'm going to go ahead and format that partition i mentioned, boothill- we won't be needing anything on it now that we can trace whoever made it. trust me, this won't be happening ever again."
*(bricking is a term mostly used to refer to hardware that's been rendered basically completely nonfunctional and beyond saving by using it wrong, mostly by messing with system files. Kinda like how windows can't even repair itself if you delete the system32 folder. Though i guess you could still install it with a usb stick if you formatted your pc- i digress you get what I mean. also since this almost happened to me recently: if you manage to fill up a hard drive to the brim, with literally 0 bytes of space left, that bricks it. reminder to check your storage thoroughly and often!)
Honestly wow I read it all and I'm a little bit speechless 🥹 thank you 💫 anon, it was great 🙏
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Boothill would DEFINITELY appreciate a s/o who's a tech savvy in general! I think at some point, he'd be pretty shocked you're so knowledgeable and just sit there, listening to you rant.. and just letting you do your thing.
Don't get me wrong, he definitely knows a lot about his body, his system and the way he works, but once you start to get in the zone and explain stuff to him, berate his code even, he just sits next to you, plugged in to your laptop, leaning his cheek against his hand listening to you like he obviously understands everything you say.
His other hand begins to gently play with a stand of your hair, humming deeply when the soft clicking sounds of your keyboard reach his ears; he twirls your hair with his fingers and chuckles, "mmm, really now?" Boothill raises an eyebrow, "encryptin' this, encryptin' that... How about we do somethin' more fun instead?" And then you shut him down from your laptop (😭).
Jokes aside, he'd feel very secure with you especially when he first got his new body, just knowing you'll probably fix a lot of things that could possibly blow up his face in no time, maybe even improve his life even more.
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holylulusworld · 9 months ago
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Bad day at work
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Summary: It’s a bad day at the office.
Pairing: Jake Jensen x fem!Reader
Warnings: short reader, enemies to…, language
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You groan and slam your hand onto the table. This fucking meeting could’ve been an email. No one had anything to say, and now you are left with more workload and less information than before.
On top of all, the new software your boss forces you to use is messing with your files. You can’t find shit any longer and are already on the edge. One false word, and you will murder the next person daring to distract you.
“Fuck you!” You grunt and throw your wireless mouse at the wall. Great, now your mouse is broken too. “This is the wrong day to mess with me, you fucker!”
Staring at the broken mouse, you sigh. There is no way around it. You'll need to call IT to ask for help. It’s just that you hate asking for help. Most of the time, they ask you to switch it off and on again. As if that ever solved your IT problems.
“Fuck…shit…dog poop!” You curse loudly. “I guess there’s no way out this time. With a broken mouse and the software messing with my files.”
You take a deep breath before you grab your phone to call the IT. It rings a few times before a grumpy voice answers your call. While you describe your problem, the guy chews audibly. You roll your eyes. None of the IT guys seems to take their job seriously.
“Did you try to switch your computer off, and on again?” You huff into the phone. Why do they always ask you shit like that? “Miss, did you hear me.”
“The software is not working. It’s messing with my computer. Switching my computer off will do shit,” you snarl at the IT guy. If he eats while you ask him to solve your computer problems, you can be unfriendly.
“Miss, you don’t have to be rude,” the IT dude dares to hang up the phone. You’re fuming. If he’s not going to haul his ass up to your office to fix your problem, you’ll bring your laptop to him and slap the cockiness out of him with it.
You get up from your chair and slam your laptop shut. Huffing, you look at your broken mouse. Well, they can fix this for you, too.
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“IT DUDE!” You yell at the guy with spiky hair and glasses. “Was that you on the phone?”
He dips his head to watch you storm toward him. “Hello, there,” he grins as you throw the broken mouse at him. “What can I do for you? Name’s Jensen.”
“I don’t care if you are Winona Applebee,” you growl. “If I call you for help, you haul your ass up to my office and do your job!”
Jensen cocks a brow. “Miss, please lower your voice. I know IT problems can be stressful, but I won’t allow you to talk like that to me or my team.”
“What are you going to do about it?” You throw your laptop in his lap and put your hands on your hips. “I’ll get you fired if you don’t get to work.”
Laughing in your face, Jensen rises from his seat. You didn’t know he was so much taller than you. Suddenly aware that he’s dwarfing you, you take a step back.
“I’ll show you what happens when you mess with the IT crowd…”
Part 2
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Tags in reblog.
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illym · 2 years ago
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I think this might be one of my favorites which I really shouldn't say when I've only read like 10. It's very funny.
Original & cleaned comics under the cut, along with details.
Translation assistance: @reunioninn
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original text below the comic:
Third comic I picked managed to hit me with what I assume to be wordplay. I tried to make sure the joke landed correctly.
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All of the below is now moot, since the issue wasn't a pun or wordplay, but the format that Robo-Ky speaks in. He speaks exclusively in Katakana which translation software has trouble translating. Now that I know this, I'll hopefully be able to get it translated into 'regular' Japanese for more accurate translation.
In panel three, DeepL translated [ ソコニ 立ツナ! ] as [ There you go. Tuna! ]. When I checked a bit further, DeepL further defined it as [ canned tuna (from canned tuna standing on its own) ]. Two other sources defined it as [ rope, cord, line ] and [ to leave, to stand, to move oneself, to stand (up for something ]. All of the different definitions and the title led me to believe that it was a pun I couldn't understand.
I decided that using a 'direct' translation would... Just make it too nonsensical, especially since I wouldn't be able to explain the joke. Since the joke is that Anji is mistaking Robo-Ky as sleeping when he's actually doing something else, i decided that keeping the beginning of what Robo-Ky says [ there you go. ] would be a... decent compromise? I did the best that I could.
This is probably what'll feel iffiest about using translation software to translate these instead of doing it myself; I know that there's something I'm missing, and using context clues only gets so far when it's a pun or the like.
But on the other hand, there aren't many people translating these, and putting requests in to those people when there are so many comics I want to see translated is exceptionally selfish.
If anyone who understands Japanese personally wants to team up with me to translate these, I wouldn't say no.
If you have a better translation, or can explain what I missed here, send me an ask or a message with it and I'll either update the translation and update the credits with your username, or rewrite the dialogue that I changed the most to fit better with the original meaning.
The first version of this comic that I posted:
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Leaving this in the post to keep a record. I think it was a decent guess, personally. But that's just me.
second version (it's so minor, but i felt it flowed better with 'just' so I HAD to fix it.)
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cleolinda · 2 months ago
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State of the Hill
SHORT VERSION: I will continue to write and post recaps to go with Ian's SH2 streams whether I can get my own video to work or not. We will get creative if necessary.
LONG VERSION: Things are not going great right now! The OBS recording software has decided that it hates me personally. I have been spending hours every day beating my head against this wall, sleeping on it overnight, coming back with some new approach, and hitting brick again.
It started as "the game's frame rate has become unplayable but OBS records that fine," and then I updated everything on earth, and the game looked great in person but the recordings were fucked. Shaky, jumpy. (Note: The cinematics record just fine. It's only the gameplay.)
At this point, I am working through my list of fix options. I have rolled back the NVIDIA drivers; despite NVIDIA fucking the game community over, that doesn't seem to be the problem. Downloading the Streamlabs plugin did not help; I only want to record, not stream, so I am going to uninstall Streamlabs (which seems very nice otherwise, but I don't need it), probably uninstall and reinstall an earlier version of OBS, and then, somewhere along the way, see if Avast Security is blocking something. Yes, I have enough storage. Yes, I have enough RAM. Yes, I have turned the computer off and on again. Yes, it is plugged in. I reinstalled a repair version of Windows at one point, so please believe I am trying everything I can think of. And when I run out of things to think of, I will look into other game + voice recording software, and we will start the troubleshooting cycle all over again (which is fitting, I guess).
(Actually, I tried repairing Windows because something happened to Microsoft Edge along the way--Microsoft Dot Com swears it's already installed, but every time I accidentally click some Windows news link I didn't want, it tells me there's no app to open an "edge link." Like, I didn't want or use Edge anyway, but it alarms me that I didn't choose for it to go away. But the OBS saga was happening before Edge went missing, so it's probably unrelated.)
Anyway, my point is, I am reducing my tech panic by telling myself that I will not have the fifth Silent Hill 2 video ready next week, and that this is okay, because you will have Ian's stream/upload if you want to see the full gameplay, and I will simply continue writing the recap as usual. I can still play the game, after all, and I have my muttered practice recordings from right before the frame rate got untenable. I know what I want to talk about for a recording that never actually happened. I can get any screenshots I want, and I can link to existing clips of the cutscenes.
The reason writing this is important to me, even if only three people read it, is because I have spent a lot of my life not finishing things. I am going to continue to look for any way possible to keep going with the means that I have (here's hoping I don't fall off a cliff, or my house sink into the sea) (I am nowhere near a sea) (that won't stop my luck). I am just giving myself over to radical acceptance of this bullshit situation--while I do continue trying to fix it, yes--so that any outcome is okay. I will sit and talk into Voice Memo on my phone like I am telling you a goddamn campfire story if there comes a time when that is all that remains to me. And then, of course, there's [gestures at everything] going on and maybe video games are not something we will care or worry about in the near future. My point is, I find that when I start putting a Plan B out into the universe, I find that Plan A often works itself out instead, and if it doesn't: I still have Plan B.
(Look where I was in the game. Look at it. I was so hype. If I weren't emotionally repressed I would cry. Universe, don't you want me to record this? Universe, pls.)
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