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#i mean seriously. with all the bullshit that happened with my vp this time last year
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I am SO tired of bullshit happening in my life that seems like a cute fanfic trope. It's not cute when you're Suffering through it
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weilongfu · 3 years
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Wei watches HIStory 4: CTY, Ep 4
Okay, we’re going into this today already knowing that they’re probably gonna do my man Ye Xingsi dirty, so expect some manner of screaming.
Yongjie’s mom asking Yongjie if he “got his brother like he wanted,” is... an interesting start. Personally, I’d rather see Xingsi deal with his anger and grief. At least she notices Yongjie was hit by Xingsi. Although I’m 100000% sure she doesn’t know the full extent of the “mean thing” Yongjie did. If you did, you’d slap him too Miss Lin (I think Yongjie said her last name was Lin a few episodes ago?)
Also not thrilled about Yongjie saying, “You have to be mean to take the first step.”
This is literally coddling and romanticizing of what Yongjie did. Even if his mom doesn’t know the full extent of what Yongjie did, this is not the reaction we should be seeing right now to give him validity.
And now you’re giving him birthday presents too? The only birthday present he deserves is an actual personality that isn’t stalkerish or obsessed. Are you sure we’re watching Close To You or a spinoff from H1: Obsessed?!
NOOO XINGSI, LET ME COMFORT YOU. 
At least he’s got Muran since I can’t be there. Still jelly of all of Muran’s cardigans and robes. I look stupid if I try to wear those.
I’m glad Muran and Licheng took the news of Xingsi’s sexuality well. That’s the last thing we needed to see the poor guy wory about. Also, I thought Xingsi was out to them, but I guess not. Fair!
Licheng and Muran are true bros. “Yeah, do you want us to beat up the kid? Cause we will.” That’s good friends right there. But Xingsi says no need and is still blaming himself for Yongjie’s actions? NO. DO NOT.
...it looks like Xingsi says that since Yongjie might have known his sexuality for a while and it’s difficult for him to be close to anyone... that he was bewitched by Xingsi, especially cause they’re not blood brothers? WHAT KIND OF VICTIM BLAMING BULLSHIT-
Xingsi, sweetie, baby, darling, wonderfully handsome darling that I’d love to have wild consensual sexy times with, you are not at fault. Neither is your sexuality. Yongjie is at fault 100000000%. 
The fact that Muren and Licheng are not immediately telling him it’s not his fault is making me madder. 
Oh, and now we have shady Vice President making a move. Ew, it’s so greasy the way that he’s touching Teng Muren. And it looks like Licheng is starting his move to “protect” Muren. I am incredibly thankful it hasn’t started with some big macho display and also that he is warning Muren right off the bat.
Like, sure their start is kind of... not great, but it’s leaps and bounds better than what Xingsi got. Clearly this writer is capable of something, I just don’t understand why she did one pair so dirty.
Not thrilled that Muran doesn’t take him seriously. At least Xingsi does agree that Muren should be cautious. But I have a strong suspicion that the party will be bad. This writer doesn’t do subtlety well. (Pot, kettle, black.)
Looks like a pretty fun karaoke party and Licheng is sticking to Muren as much as he can. Muren eventually leaves to answer a customer phone call and Licheng follows, pretending to text. Muren complains that it looks like Licheng is trying to interfere with Muren having a good relationship with the VP, which is fair. If the rumors are exaggerated, then Licheng could be fucking up Muren’s chances of moving up the ladder or making connections within the company.
That being said, there’s nothing wrong with an abundance of caution. 
Aww... I guess Muren took it to heart quite a bit when Licheng insisted on their positions because he thinks Licheng constantly shadowing him makes it look like he thinks he’s a bottom. I mean, I don’t fault Muren too much for that, because it probably makes him feel like Licheng doesn’t think he can take care of himself. However, Licheng doesn’t want Muren to be blindsided again, like what happened with Yongjie. There’s a balance to this sort of thing and neither of them have come to terms with that vs their current rivalry/friendship and the influence of Meifang’s influence. But I don’t blame them for that either. It’s been a rough couple of days.
Noooo! Licheng don’t leave! Now you’re really leaving him vulnerable cause he’ll get drunk! I bet you he will! YAY HE WENT BACK.
Oh no, VP took Muren back home cause he “wasn’t feeling well.” Shit.
That’s not home! VP Gao, you bastard, did you roofie him?! Muren is resisting at least, but thank god Licheng got there in time. God, and the VP still has time to say it’s a misunderstanding?
Good boy, Licheng, just give him a cold shower and don’t do anything else. Please. 
Jesus, Teng Muren is skinnier than Yu Xigu ever was. Like that is... really skinny. Really really really skinny. No wonder he can wear all those really skinny cut clothes. Okay, I’m not jelly anymore. Not worth being a skeleton to wear high fashion. 
Oh yeah, and Licheng has a moment of, “holy shit,” because he’s seeing Muren naked. Fine, whatever. Not necessary.
We later find out VP Gao got moved to another office/position because someone reported something. HMMMMM. Meifang asking about the party is rude, but I’m glad Licheng plays it off without revealing more than Muren might be comfortable with. 
Okay, I’m not thrilled with this next segment because there’s a voiceover that isn’t translated and I’m not sure I’ll be able to catch what it’s saying and figure out what it says.
It says something about Teng Jingli, which means Manager Teng aka Teng Muren. And aside from just actions, I think Licheng is saying something about every time he’s around Muren in the office, he immediately leaves. And something about when he asks Muren something, he’s not given an answer? Ugh, even if you just give me Chinese subs, I could figure it out. My listening skills are not super great. I only catch every other word.
I guess this is what I get for watching with only 95% eng sub on Viki? 
Either way, based on context from what’s happening on screen, I’m going to take a stab at it and say that it’s just Licheng narrating how things have become awkward between him and Muren.
Oh, so he was still explaining things to Meifang and the other lady? Still think what’s going on is different than what the two women believe. Although, the fact that they’re saying Licheng should pursue Muren more is... questionable. I can’t believe how wrapped up they are in their own world that they can’t see how Licheng’s face really does not mean what they think it means.
Licheng gets back to the office after that lunch with Meifang and Muren comes up to confront him already. See ladies, the story the guy is selling is not what you think it is. At least they’re useful in making him listen to Muren when Muren asks to talk.
Muren asks what’s been going on and why Licheng can’t face him. Muren asks if he’s still angry about the ones and zeroes thing. Licheng assures him that’s not the case and it’s not anything to be pressed about. Muren offers to treat Licheng to a meal on the weekend to thank him for helping about the VP. Licheng says it’s not necessary and keeps refusing Muren. Muren even concedes sexual roles and Licheng still doesn’t want to talk.
I’m surprised Xingsi has the energy to comfort his friends, but I’m glad he does. And Xingsi acknowledges that something strange has happened between Muren and Licheng.
Aww, just when we were moving to something of a better place, Yongjie has to text Xingsi. At least Xingsi ignores him and asks Muren to think back on the night at the hotel. Fair, but slightly unfair. Being drugged like that can mess up your memories. 
Muren does think back, and I’m not surprised they put him back in his clothes to soak in the bath. I am surprised that he’s actually groping himself on camera. They didn’t even get that explicit with XHT/YXG in H3. 
But we also see that Muren was not alone in that bath and that might explain a lot of the awkward. 
Oh, it was Licheng’s dream? Fair. Guess you’re not that straight bro. (Be gay with me. I’ll give you a good one night stand, promise.)
Yongjie is still bugging Xingsi. Boo. Licheng is out of sorts. Licheng and Muren are being awkward. Boo. Xingsi made breakfast, yay. Product placement. Boo. Someone please put lipstick on Xingsi so his lips don’t look so gray. 
More awkward. Muren asks if Licheng wasn’t with him the whole time while he took care of his problem. More awkward. Muren realizes Licheng dreamt of him. Licheng also plays off having seen Muren do anything sexual. And then it goes into teasing and both of them running away. 
And both of them panicking. 
I mean, you can be friends after seeing your friend’s dick. It doesn’t have to be a thing. (NGL, one showed me a picture of his piercing once and the other just happened to be a little happy after I slept over one night. We’re still friends. But we’re all also gay so... Also in before anyone asks, no, not attracted to either of them.)
More after effects of Yongjie and his constant pestering. Looks like Xingsi is still not doing well if his subordinates are pointing it out. 
YONGJIE NO! HOW DARE YOU BAIT XINGSI LIKE THAT! Does this kid not have any other fucking strategies than to be a creep? At least Xingsi calls him out for using such dirty tactics to get his attention. But Yongjie saying that this is supposed to help Xingsi understand his feelings for him? Still rude. Like, this is all bad and I’m convinced this isn’t going to give Yongjie any sort of valid arc. 
Yongjie says that standing on the edge is how he felt when he was ten. He explains his backstory and how his world collapsed when his dad died and how it was like standing up there with no one to hold him back. Yongjie said he didn’t want to tell his mom to avoid hurting her feelings. (I mean, think of how all this could have been avoided if Yongjie was comfortable talking to his mom?) 
We get a flashback where Xingsi relates to Yongjie because both of them have lost a parent at this point. Xingsi reassures Yongjie that they’re family and he does like them. But you know, this only does cement that Xingsi has only ever seen him as a brother. He even says as much. Yongjie falling in love immediately and not wanting to see Xingsi as a brother is kind of... not impossible. I’m actually mildly impressed he’s held on to those sorts of feelings for ten years. 
In no way does it make what he’s done right. I want to make that clear. It doesn’t make what he’s doing right now right either.
I know I’m supposed to feel bad for Yongjie saying that he relies on Xingsi for being the one holding him back and giving him warmth and connection despite how he feels like he’s standing on that edge. But in the context of what he’s done to Xingsi, in the context of Xingsi’s emotions and need to heal and sort out what’s been done TO HIM, this really does feel manipulative. I’m not sure I can take it with the emotional context they want it to have. If we follow this scene up later with Yongjie back to being smug about being back in Xingsi’s remotely good books, I’ll know it’s manipulative for sure. If we follow it up with actual growth... Well it still won’t be great, but it’s better than the manipulative alternative
Look, more awkward Licheng and Muren. And suggestive wording. God, Licheng, get your foot out of your mouth. 
How much do I want to bet they get stuck in the elevator together?
Licheng making observations about how cute Muren is not outside of my expectations post VP scene. Now Muren just has to say something about how handsome Licheng is.
Turns out Xingsi took Yongjie home. Fair, he’s a good gege. Even if Yongjie doesn’t deserve it. The little bastard. 
Their mom comes in to check and tells Xingsi to let go of Yongjie’s hand since he won’t wake up anyway. She also says how Yongjie hasn’t been sleeping well and it must have caught up to him. I wish it was actual guilt that was eating up Yongjie. I really really wish it was. 
Ah, Asian family guilt. You’re not a good son because you haven’t been visiting. Rolling my eyes. I’m sure my family will pull the same thing at some point. When I actually move out. At least they’re having a good time.
Yongjie really didn’t wake up until morning huh? Looking for your Xingsi-ge? (YOU DON’T DESERVE HIM!) Yongjie looking at his hands, remembering the warmth of your Xingsi-ge? 
Oh look. he’s still there! Yongjie, be more appreciative. Yongjie asks if Xingsi has come home, but Xingsi insists it was just for one night. Yongjie insists it won’t be and says there will be more. Presumptuous bro, presumptuous.  
Oh. Oh he said, “I’ll let you come home.” He’s... he’s still pushing for that plan of his huh? 
And... and you’ve induced a panic attack or a crying fit. And then you just shove Xingsi into the bathroom. To let him cry it out while you coldly go sit to eat breakfast? WHAT THE FUCK EVEN, YONGJIE?! 
Okay, I’m like 60% the standing on a building was manipulation and 40% honest cry for his brother to still be by his side. But that percentage is dropping because it doesn’t look like Yongjie learned or felt a damn thing outside of his own selfish wants. Disappointing. The resolution to this is not going to be good. We’re wasting time continuing to make Yongjie just completely obsessed.
Not even a preview for next week. That’s fine. I’m sure you won’t impress me next week either. But you can keep trying.
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sopewriters · 4 years
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Mιɳԃ Gαɱҽʂ | 01
Summary: With a murderer prowling the streets, and a charming villain on the loose, all bets are off.
Pairing: Jaehhyun X Reader; Hero x Villain AU
Word Count: 4.9K
Warning(s): None yet.
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“Run the tape again.”
The screen flickers dimly, lighting up your gaunt features. Every part of you screams of exhaustion, as it should – you’ve hardly gotten any sleep all night. Your fingers tap against the desk in front of you, restless, and it takes everything in you not to bounce your leg.
The man beside you – your partner – looks at your tense jaw, pursed lips, and frowns. “You can take a break for tonight, you know. I doubt they’ll come back so soon.”
“But you don’t know that.” You correct harshly, making him recoil. Guilt stabs at you, and you sigh. “Sorry, I… I’m sorry Mark, I shouldn’t have snapped at you like that.”
Mark smiles at you, and you only now notice the pallor of his cheeks, the shadows under his eyes. Your partner hasn’t gotten anymore sleep than you have. With a large, cracking yawn that could probably split a lesser man’s face open, you shake your head.
The protest – or lack, thereof – building on Mark’s lips immediately dies, and he exhales heavily.
“This guy is unreal.” He comments, dropping back into his seat beside you. “How does he avoid the cameras so well? They were even set up so no one would be able to dodge them – is this his Gift, do you think?”
You cast a wry glance at him, then. “No, Mark, we both know for a fact that his Gift isn’t invisibility. Remember the one time he made some sort of illusion to throw the cops off his trail?”
“Ah, right.” Something like awe passes quickly over his face, though he’s careful to school his expression at your chiding glance. “I forgot.”
“Funny, you were gushing about how wicked Joker was for weeks.” You nudge him lightly, a tiny grin on your lips – probably for the first time tonight. “It was cute.”
His cheeks immediately flush – adorable – and you wish there were better lighting so you could see them better.
Unfortunately, being a superpowered vigilante can really cast a wrench in your budget. Not everyone can be a millionaire-cum-superhero, no matter how much they’d love to be. And balancing the criminal nightlife with your actual life… well. University has always been particularly unforgiving.
“______…” He grouses, burying his face in his palms as you laugh. “Why’re you always so mean to me?”
“You just make it really easy.”
“ ______!”
“What? Am I wrong?”
Mark huffs out a breath, pushing away from the desk and standing up to flick on the light. “I’m not even gonna bother. I know you aren’t going to drop it!”
“You’re – oh my fucking god, turn the lights back off!” The measly light you do have is still blinding, making your head almost ache from how bright they are. “Mark!”
“Oh, how the tables have turned.” He laughs, dodging one of your well-timed swipes. “Alright, I’m going to jet before you actually manage to hit me again. Please try and get some rest? We’ll go over this again tomorrow.”
He looks at you imploringly.
You laugh fakely. “Oh, yeah, of course!”
Mark sighs, resigned, and gives you a waning smile as he moves to leave. He pauses, briefly. “We should really find a new HQ.”
You look around at your converted closet, thinking he’s not wrong. But, again, life isn’t quite like the movies and you don’t really have the money to spare on much beyond your daily necessities. Frozen food isn’t quite as cheap as it used to be around these parts. If anything, you’re lucky you have a walk-in closet large enough to accommodate a small desk, especially in your dorm.
Going to an expensive college in a rich part of town does have some benefits even if, tuition aside, you’re financially on your own.
“We’ll see,” you mumble tiredly, head thumping softly against said desk. “You know how tight our budget is.”
“Yeah, I do.” Mark looks apologetic, giving you a quick wave before he’s stepping out, likely heading back to his own room.
Now that he’s gone, though, your place is entirely too quiet, and it really puts you on edge. At least Mark turned the light on, earlier – you might as well credit him for that – so it’s not as creepy as it could be. But still.
You turn back to the monitor, mouth pursing into a frown as you watch the slight flicker of shadows – the criminal’s only trail. Something about this guy doesn’t seem all that right, and it’s seriously making you paranoid. You’ve never interacted with him, though – that, as it seems, only really happens to the licensed superheroes in your sector – but there’s just something about him…
You turn off the monitor with a sigh, wondering why on earth you’ve stupidly chosen to deal with this guy, of all people. You ignore the little niggling in the back of your mind that tells you that you’re really just trying to put off real-life responsibilities by taking unnecessary tasks upon yourself; that’s totally not true, no. What – why would anyone think that?!
You duck your head out of your closet, tentatively stepping out into your actual room. There isn’t much in there; just your bed, a cabinet for your papers and files, and a dresser in which your clothes actually go. Most of the place is just free space, honestly, and you could have your whole hero setup here, but… secrecy is important. And your closet is a lot more private than your room itself, for obvious reasons.
“ ______ !!” The door slams open, and your enraged best friend storms inside.
Case in point.
“Hey, F/N…” You say awkwardly, leaning against your bed so you can look at her fuming face. “Um. Fancy seeing you here?”
“Why aren’t you in bed?” She pinches the bridge of her nose, a frustrated sigh escaping her lips. “It’s almost midnight!”
“Why aren’t you asleep?” You counter, eyes catching onto her mussed hair, puffy eyes. “I was so quiet; how could I possibly have—?”
“Mark.” She says simply, to which you inwardly groan. Of course. Mark “Clumsy” Lee lives up to his name, yet again. “Are you sure you two aren’t dating? He’s been over for whole nights before.”
“What, are girls and guys not allowed to spend the night without dating or screwing around?” You snap defensively. Too defensively, judging by the smirk forming on her face. “No. No, no, no. Whatever bullshit you’re going to spew at me right now, save it, because I sure as hell won’t like it.”
“I’m just saying, denial isn’t just a river in Egypt,” she sings, ducking to narrowly avoid a pillow projectile. “It’s not a big deal! Mark’s super cute.”
“And you can have him.” You mutter in response, shuddering at the thought of dating him. Being in close quarters has really educated you to some of his more… quirky habits, and you couldn’t ever deal with that on a permanent basis. Plus, he’s not really your type.
F/N just rolls her eyes at you. “Whatever, pretend all you want. I know the truth though.”
“Is there something you actually need?” You level her with a flat stare. “Or are you just trying to snoop in on me?”
She smiles guiltily, like the guilty person she is. It might as well be branded on her forehead, G-U-I-L-T-Y, and you really hope she trips over one of her stupid pencils and stumbles down to hell.
What? You can be petty if you want to be, and it’s all in your head anyway. No one will ever know.
“No, there’s nothing important.” She assures you, though you really don’t need her assurance. “I just… worry about you sometimes, you know?”
“Well gee, thanks for making my night a whole lot better with that vote of confidence.” You mutter, sarcastic as ever, though your subsequent words die on your tongue at her sharp look.
“Relax, you know I didn’t mean it like that. I just wanted to know if you were going to go to bed, or if you couldn’t sleep or something.” She shrugs. “I’m being rebellious and staying up past my bedtime.”
Well.
You grin sharply at that. Maybe she can stay in the land of the living for a little longer. You take back everything you thought just a few moments ago. “Oh, have I been waiting for this day.”
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So. Staying up last night was possibly the worst decision you’ve ever made. Your eyes feel like they might just pop out of their sockets any moment now and the only thing that could possibly make this better is a good cup of coffee. Or, even better, two.
But life, as always, is cruel.
“I hate you.” You mutter at your coffee pot, squinting angrily at it through stinging eyes. “You had one fucking job.”
Yep. The coffee pot, as fate would have it, has completely broken down – just to deprive you of your life, of course, no big deal. Who even needs to be awake for their 8AM discussion anyway, right?
“Stupid, useless hunk of garbage, I should just melt you down already.” Your fevered death chant follows you all the way to the front door as you sling your backpack over your shoulder. It stops there, though, because you’re too tired to keep it up.
F/N’s lucky she doesn’t have to wake up early today, and you angrily curse her in your head because goodwill? It’s all gone now. Maybe she’ll get a really bad case of the Hiccups. Maybe it’ll be terminal Hiccups.
You cringe at your own deviousness.
You manage to bike all the way to class without perishing which, in your books, deserves a gold star. You don’t know how you’ve done it, but you’ve somehow managed to not get hit by a car, or a bus, or a truck, or another bike, or a pedestrian (though you wouldn’t really mind that last option. People really need to stop looking at their phones while they walk, holy shit). It’s a miracle, truly.
Maybe it’s because you’ve got to attend a Classics discussion; shockingly, it’s one of your more bearable classes. Scratch that, it’s possibly one of your favorites. You might be a STEM major, but the way they discuss mythology in this class really gets to you.
And, of course, there’s your TA too. He’s probably one of the kindest, sweetest people you know – and that’s saying something, given that you know Mark and are even acquainted with Wong Yukhei, the Student Council VP. No, you don’t know how that happened and, frankly, don’t care to find out either.
“Hey there, ______.” You look up at the sound of your name, seeing your TA cock his head at you a little quizzically. “You okay? You seem a little out of breath.”
Yeah, it’s no big, I practically just pulled an all-nighter and biked all the way here using the mothballs that are my eyes, with the level of coffee running through my bloodstream hitting a critical low. It’s fine, it’s totally fine! And if you weren’t the unobservant piece of crap, sweetheart you are, I’d feel a hell of a lot better—
“I’m fine.” You make an effort not to let your gasps for air grow too obvious, giving him a strained smile. “I just, um – just biked here.”
“Ah, I see. You can come inside, you know, sit down.” He holds the door wide open for you, letting you slip inside. “Do you have water? Would you like me to get you some?”
He gives you an appraising look. “Though, something tells me you need something stronger? Coffee, maybe?”
He holds up a thermos, shaking it gently with a questioning look on his face; and, on cue, your mouth begins to water. You need it. You must have it.
“What gave it away?” You chuckle weakly, before shaking your head. “No thanks, Jungwoo, but I appreciate it.”
You last remaining braincells cry, extremely sorry for your loss.
Jungwoo sighs, “I don’t mind sharing, ______, trust me. I promise I didn’t poison it or anything, and I won’t give you much – just a tiny cup.”
He pours some out into the cap of his flask, offering it to you. You stare at the beautifully crafted drink of perfection, steam gently curling off it, and wonder if Kim Jungwoo is a god. He must be, with this sort of impeccable timing.
Still, you’d feel a little awkward taking a drink from a TA that you actually don’t know all that well. That… might not be a good idea.
“I’m really fine.” You smile tightly at him. “I promise. Thank you, though.”
But why?! your brain cells demand, and you don’t have a satisfactory answer for them.
“If you’re sure.” He shrugs it off easily, smile never dimming. He’s pretty cute when he smiles – basically, all the time – but he isn’t really your type.
You think back to the crush you used to harbor on Yukhei. Your cheeks burn when you remember that you still find your gaze fixed to his long, slender fingers on more than one occasion – but you can’t help that. He’s just… too much. It’s unfair, really. But yeah, that’s your type. Tall and handsome, and unfair.
Great, and now you’re thinking about Jung Jaehyun.
You settle back into your desk and will your blush away as you begin pulling out a notebook and a pencil. You don’t usually take notes during section – not unless you’ve got some big essay coming up that he’d review in class – but it gives you something to do instead of just sitting idle.
You quickly sneak a peek at Jungwoo and, seeing that he’s preoccupied leafing through some of his notes, play a game of Catch the Pen. You locate the nearest shadow and guide your pencil through it, propelling it with enough of a velocity for it to hurtle out of another shadow to nestle comfortably between your fingers. It’s basically like playing catch with yourself.
And yeah, it got boring after the third or fourth time, but your only other option is using your phone, which – hey, not a bad idea. A quick scroll through your social media has you holding back your coos when you see videos of cute puppies attempting to do even cuter things. God, do you love dogs.
It’s only when Jungwoo raps his fist against his desk – a cue for all of you to start paying attention – that you notice that the empty desks from before have all been filled up. You quickly stash your phone in your back pocket, before leaning forward on your desk, settling your cheek in the palm of your hand as you force yourself to pay attention.
Ah, damn it. Your eyes still sting.
“Good morning guys!” Jungwoo beams at you, entirely too cheery for your tastes, given that it’s eight in the fucking morning. “How were your weekends?”
Your mind flashes back to your weekend, and you suppress a wince. Yeah. That was… not a good time, especially for the vigilante Caligo – for you. After getting your ass pummeled by a random guy in a mask – a random guy who you think just might be Joker, thief extraordinaire, and the person who you were watching through the footage last night – you weren’t really having a great time.
Not to mention your purpled cheek, courtesy of a deck to the face. You bruise like a peach and you’re really fucking lucky that F/N has a healing ability and a penchant to not ask difficult questions. She probably thinks you’re getting caught up in some shady business – drugs, maybe? – and honestly, that wouldn’t be too far from the truth, if a little exaggerated.
Jungwoo, luckily, takes the grumbled mutterings from the rest of your class that perfectly encapsulate your weekend experience in stride, beaming excitedly and holding up a faded copy of the translation of Ovid’s The Fall of Icarus. “Well, nothing better than this to turn that around, yeah?”
You hold back a sigh as you flip to the page he’ll inevitably bring up. You’d rather read about Icarus, who the book’s title deceptively alludes to, than the rest of these short stories. But, well. As life would have it—
“Let’s talk about what happened with Theseus and the Minotaur, shall we?”
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A part of you is grateful that you’ve managed to survive most of your day, and it’s really only the thought of going to your chem lab that makes you perk up.
Now, don’t be misled; you still hate having to go to lab. The actual practice, in itself, isn’t all that hard, but the fact that you have to do it at all is just so ugh. Frankly, you’re only going because it’s required for your major, because fuck chemistry, and doubly fuck organic chemistry. It’s all just way too stressful.
But, well, back to the main point: lab is only really fun because you get a whole two and a half hours to fully appreciate some A+ eye-candy. Not that you would ever actually want to objectify him that way, but your TA is just so gorgeous that it’s unfair, really. Just a smile from him could have you tripping over your feet and potentially spilling dangerous chemicals all over yourself.
As it is, you’ve managed to survive so far, if only to irritate F/N with your very accurate description of how sharp his jawline is, how his dimple is to die for, how he just looks so dependable and warm and—
“Hey Jaehyun.” You greet him as you wait outside the lab. No one’s really allowed in until your TA – Jaehyun, basically – lets you.
Jung Jaehyun, AKA “God who has literally descended from the Heavens to bless your undeserving soul”, smiles at you and – aw, yeah, there it is. That fucking dimple. Paired with his soft, unassuming smile, and the reassuring warmth of his eyes as they look at you through the soft fringe of his hair—
Deadly. That’s what he is.
“Hey ______, how’s it going?” He greets cheerily, not unlike Jungwoo earlier. The only difference is that it’s actually a humane hour of the day right now; a little past noon as opposed to oh, you know, the crack of dawn. You still hate any and all sunlight, no doubt about it – especially with the night lending itself to your element – but at least you’re somewhat awake now.
Jaehyun fiddles with the keyhole before pushing the door open. Is a lab coat supposed to look this good on a person? You aren’t sure.
“It’s pretty meh.” You offer him a shrug and what you hope is not a dorky smile. “Just stressed, you know.”
“Oh, I figured.” He nods, raising an eyebrow. “Apparently Professor Kim’s being super hard on you guys for this first midterm and, I won’t lie, with her past record…” Jaehyun winces. “Yeah, things might be a little stressful. But you’re capable, and I know you can do it with the right amount of hard work and effort.”
Then, like he hasn’t just sprung an unwarranted pep talk on what’s left of your dreary soul, he disappears behind the door. You stare at it like it’ll give you the answers racing through your mind; what the fuck, how the hell does he know exactly what to say, how the fuck is he always so gorgeous…? etcetera, etcetera.
Immediately, you pull out your phone and text F/N.
 You:
Oh my fucking god, I think Jaehyun and I just had a moment
Not like a Moment but he literally just gave me the best pep talk in my life, 5 stars on yelp
Jaehyun’s my TA btw
 Checking the time, you impatiently rock forward on the balls of your feet, biting at your lips. You figure that, maybe, instead of constantly thinking about how gorgeous Jaehyun is, you should probably also start thinking about the experiment for today. It’s just some simple identification tests, thank goodness, but those could take a long time – especially if you have to share your resources with the rest of the class.
Sharing is caring, they say and they’re wrong. Sharing, in most cases, is essentially just shooting yourself in the foot, and you’ll stand by that until the end of time. You used to share everything – even your heart – after all, and where did that get you?
You shove all of that away, filing it into the mental Untouchable cabinet and locking it up. You’re a busy person now, and you can’t waste time delving into the past. For all your bravado and bluster, though, you just… sometimes feel like you always make the worst decisions for yourself and you’re just tired of having to put yourself through the same things again and again. Like – like clockwork.
The door cracks open, and Jaehyun pokes his head outside. “Huh, that’s weird. No one else is here yet?”
A quick glance around you shows you that no, there really isn’t anyone else here yet. What the fuck? You check your phone, though, and see you still have ten minutes before lab actually begins. Ah, yeah, that makes a lot more sense now.
“You can come in anyway.” Jaehyun grins at you charmingly, and you dimly wonder if he knows the effect he has on people, with how easily he throws that smile around. “Maybe get set up? You can’t start before the rest of your class is here, obviously, but you can still be prepared.”
“Of course!” You beam at him, a little shocked at how easy it is to smile at him. With how things have been going, with both your personal life and – ehem – line of work, this is actually nothing short of a miracle.
Jaehyun really is a great guy and you think to yourself, a little sadly, that whoever gets to date him is a really lucky person. It’s not like you expect for life to work out like a fairytale with you as the persevering royal protagonist who gets the prince she’s only ever dreamed of.
Oh, you wish though. Sometimes, you even wish you had the power to make wishes come true instead of the shadow manipulation that comes so easily to you. When you think about it, you immediately discard the thought; you’re happy with your Gift, though it does get a little tricky navigating its faults.
Faults that Joker took advantage of over the weekend, obviously. You seriously screwed that one up though, to be fair, you kind of had to get home pronto to finish up your biology lab report. Still, a screw up is, ultimately, a screw up. It’s not going to change just because you slapped some excuses onto it.
Your fingers spasm, clenching tightly around your lab notebook and digging into its spiral binding as you remember, all too vividly, what happened over the weekend; the way Joker just slid out of your bindings and smirked at you, lips brushing against your ear as he revealed it was all a lie—
The spiking pain in your hand forces you to let go of your book, allowing it to drop onto the table with a muffled thump. It was all your fault, really, for not realizing that, since Joker had a Gift that allowed him to make illusions, he would obviously take advantage of it to distract you.
You were such a fucking idiot.
“Hey.” Your lab partner slides into the seat beside yours, effectively distracting you from thinking about your Weekend Failure some more. “Please tell me that I’m not the only one who thinks that the data for this lab report was ridiculous.”
“You’re not.” A light smile pulls at your lips and you try to forget about everything else. “It was pretty crazy.”
It’s not until you step out of lab a few hours later, blinking the sun out of your eyes, that you see that F/N’s finally responded to your texts.
 Wifey!! <3:
i’m glad he was so kind to you!
and yeah babe, i think you’d realize i know who Jaehyun is by now
you’ve only mentioned him a billion times
you’re such a puppy
You:
He was really nice man, he made me feel like I could actually do this
I mean idk how long it’ll last but it’s nice of him to even try ;-;
And I think you’d realize I know I’m a puppy by now
You’ve only told me, like, a billion times
 Let it be said that you’re never one to let the opportunity to be petty go to waste.
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A week later, you’re sprinting up the street between your favorite Thai place and the café F/N likes to frequent, short puffs of breath escaping your lungs into the cold night air. Your worn sneakers slap against the concrete as you try to find a secluded location for you to change covertly into more appropriate ‘crime-fighting’ clothing, when your frantic gaze lands on a relatively abandoned alleyway.
Key word: ‘relatively’, because there’s really only a cat in there, of course.
“Fuck yeah!” You whisper triumphantly under your breath, stepping into the shadows cast by the nightlights, letting their familiar chill wash over you, twist its way around your waist and seep under your skin, a comfortable, cool pressure—
And you’re out again, a couple of blocks ahead of where you started, and sprint up the street, jumping shadows to the second floor of a building, from where you see figure flying overhead.
You smirk. Right on time.
“Hey! Mind giving me a lift?!” You holler up, and with a flick of his wrist, you’re being lifted off your feet, propelled to the very top of the building. A grin pulls at the corner of your mouth, and you give in as you zip along after the figure ahead, who’s dressed in dark blue. “Thanks G!”
Gravitas – Mark – spares a look at you through his mask as he runs ahead, leaping gracefully over to the next building. “Hey Caligo!”
A grin pulls at the corner of your lips through your own mask, fully visible since it only extends to the bridge of your nose. He wants to play it like that, does he?
“Impressive, but you’ve got nothing on me!” You arch in a graceful backflip over the gap between the buildings, landing steadily on your feet.
Mark chuckles lightly at you, shaking his head when you skip ahead of him through the shadows. Like you aren’t going to wring out every advantage your Gift could possibly give you; there’s no way you’re letting him have the satisfaction of possibly being better than you.
“See anyone we need to beat up?” You slow your pace enough for him to run beside you, not needing to shout to be heard.
Mark’s mask covers his entire face, but you’re pretty sure you know the look he’s got on his face right now; that little dip between his eyebrows and the lightest pout on his lips. He’s really too predictable.
“We aren’t looking for people to beat up.” He corrects you. “We’re looking for people to save.”
You come to a stop so you can face him properly, hands settling on your hips. The seriousness of the situation doesn’t stop you from keeping the playfulness from your voice, though, forced as it might sound.
“Now that’s the mind of a future hero-in-the-making.” You shrug, mouth pursing into a tense smile. “The rest of us don’t really care so much about that, you know.”
Mark falters, nearly tripping over himself even though he’s slowed to a walk. “That isn’t what I was trying to imply, you know that.”
“I know.” You provide him with another half-shrug. “I’m just saying that I’m here to beat people up; you can call it saving people or whatever else satisfies your hero-complex but, at the end of the day, someone’s still getting beat.”
No matter how close the two of you are, this is an age old argument that neither of you have been able to shake off; the constant debate of vigilantism versus heroism. At the end of the day, you’re getting the same things done, so why Mark needs to get so prickly about it is beyond you.
He is training to be a hero – which you’ve grudgingly accepted, despite your misgivings – so that might be it. Unlike you, he’s always interested in those caped fantasies, in saving the day and happy endings. Even he has to admit it; Mark is the definition of a happy fool.
And you? Well, that’d make you the tortured genius – though there’s nothing particularly genius about you. Just tortured.
“At the end of the day, we’re still saving people too.” Mark’s voice is low, brittle. “We’ve talked about this before.”
“And we’ve always ended it the same way.” You force yourself to keep your calm, though you itch to blow up at him. “So what makes this time so different?”
Mark starts forward, about to answer, only to be interrupted by a familiar voice. A very unwelcome voice.
“Hope I’m not interrupting!”
There’s a muffled thump, like someone’s landing on their feet, as you slowly turn around, eyes growing wide behind your mask.
Decked out in a tight-fitting leather bodysuit and a black choker, which delicately circles his neck, he looks at you with dancing, mischievous eyes. The black eye mask that sculpts itself to his face prevents you from being able figure out who the man behind the mask is, but that isn’t your priority right now, because you know who this is, standing in front of you with that cheeky grin.
“Joker.”
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Written By: Midnight
The amazing moodboard was done by Sangria! Blessed that I am to have such a perfect wife <3
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Summary: You weren’t quite sure how you ended up working with the aloof Yoonji on your student council campaign, but you did know that that girl was starting to make you question yourself. I mean, if she’s even a girl at all... 
Pairing: Yoonji/Reader Yoongi/Reader
Genre: Smut, Fluff
Word Count: 4477
Warnings (if applicable): None yet
A/N: Haha, here’s a Yoonji fic because I’m gay trash. Just to clarify though, Yoonji is actually just Yoongi dressing as a girl in this fic. That’s p important.
Chapters: 1 2 
“Please be sure to vote for me as student body president!” You say, handing what feels like the thousandth button out to what feels like the thousandth student. The boy merely nods politely at you, but he does pin the button to his lapel. So you consider that a success.
You’d been doing this all day. And now it seems like there are a sea of students with your tastefully printed button pinned to their jackets and backpacks. You aren’t particularly worried about winning; the other student running against you tended to rub people the wrong way. Still, you refuse to just rest on your laurels. You were going to put your all into this race, just like you were going to put your all into the presidency - if you won it, that is.
“Hey, oh my god. There you are!” You turn towards the sound of the voice and find your friend Soonmi standing before you.
“We have a problem, lady.” She pants, and you briefly wonder if she’d run to get to you. “It’s Eunyoung.” Your running opponent. “She’s gotten Jimin to run as her VP!”
You could have sworn time stood still. Jimin? Run with Eunyoung? This was certainly a prospect that had never crossed your mind. You haven’t even begun considering running partners yet!
Jimin was the most popular boy in your grade, possibly in the whole school as well. Even with Eunyoung’s generally intolerable disposition, people would still vote for her if Jimin was by her side. You are screwed. So screwed.
“I didn’t think Jimin even knew Eunyoung? Why is he running with her?!” You hiss through your teeth, trying to retain your composure.
“Yeah, he basically didn’t.” Soonmi responds. “At least, I knew he wasn’t a fan. Eunyoung basically bribed him by convincing him it would impress Yoonji.”
You scoff under your breath. Impress Yoonji? Not likely. But I guess you have to give the kid points for trying.
“What the fuck are we going to do?” Soonmi bemoans and you internally agree with her.
“I guess I just have to get a running mate that boosts my campaign as much as Jimin did?”
“Where are you going to get that? Jimin is the most popular boy in school… you’re basically the most popular girl! It’s like you can only go down.” Soonmi cries.
“I’m not quite the most popular girl in school, Soonmi. But maybe I can get who is to be my VP.” You flick your hair over your shoulder as Soonmi’s mouth drops open.
“Y-You can’t be serious… there’s no way.”
“There has to be a way. If I want to win I need her. I need Yoonji.”
That’s how you find yourself waiting outside of the infamous Min Yoonji’s classroom at the end of last period. It hadn’t been hard to find out her schedule. Just asking one of the boys in her weird little fanclub gave you more than enough information on the girl.
You stood awkwardly as the room began to empty, a bit relieved that she hadn’t been the first person out, forcing you to make cause more of a scene than was necessary. When she exits the classroom, you almost chicken out - almost. You need her to join your campaign if you want to win. You need to do this.
You can understand why so many people fawn over her. She’s basically like a real-life porcelain doll. She always looked so effortlessly flawless. And not in the way that you tried to, either - where you put hours of work in every morning just to look put together. But really, genuinely Min Yoonji put no effort into her appearance. And it totally worked for her. You’d be jealous of her, if that wasn’t so 2004 of you. Instead you try to extol her blase nature, at least to yourself anyway.
Her eyes pass over yours as she walks out of the classroom, not pausing even for a second.
“Ah,” you try to keep your voice calm, “excuse me! Min Yoonji!”
The girl pauses momentarily turning briefly back towards you, tilting her head minutely to the side in question.
“I, uh, I wanted to talk, um, to discuss something with you.” You stutter out. “If you’re free, that is.”
You’re a little bit surprised at the way your voice quavers as you speak. You haven’t had trouble with your stutter in years. It only came out when you were particularly nervous now. Like really nervous. It didn’t even happen in front of crowds or for oral presentations anymore. So Yoonji must truly be a force to be reckoned with.
Her eyes flicker over to yours.
“I’m not.” She says simply, before turning to walk away.
Trying to remain undeterred, you follow her as she walks. She was tall - for a girl - and so you have to maintain a slight jog to keep up with her. Yoonji doesn’t slow down when she sees your predicament, and so you just have to do your best not to pant as you speak.
“I’m not sure if you knew this, Yoonji,” you start, but her quick glare has you backtracking, “M-Min Yoonji, s-sorry. I’m uh, running for student body president.”
“Yeah, I’ve seen the pins.”
“O-Oh good.” You’re starting to run out of breath so you decide to just spit it out. “Well, you see, I need someone to run as my vice president with me and well I think that if we ran together we’d--”
“No.”
“Please, Min Yoonji, just hear--”
“No.”
“You’ll get to beat Park Jimin if we win!”
The taller girl suddenly stops, and you nearly walk straight into her. She turns to face you, a small grimace gracing her lips.
“What the fuck do you mean?”
You flinch at her language.
“Well, I heard that Jimin is running as Eunyoung’s VP, so if you ran with me you’d, you know… beat him. M-Maybe that’s not something you want, but I just heard he’s always all over you or whatever. I don’t know. I’m sorry.”
You watch with baited breath as Yoonji’s tongue pokes into her cheek. Her eyes aren’t on you, they’re focused on something in the distance. The side of her mouth quirks up just briefly before she schools her expression, and then she’s looking directly at you. Her dark eyes seem to gaze all the way into your soul and it all but takes your breath away.
“S-So?” You ask hesitantly.
“Fine. I’ll run with you,” she dismisses, “but you better learn how to stop stuttering all the time. Don’t you have to do a lot of public presenting as student body president? I don’t want you to embarrass me.”
Your mouth opens and closes a few times like a fish, and Yoonji’s lips pull down in annoyance.
“I’m sorry, Min Yoonji,” you look down hard at your feet, “n-normally I’m not… I haven’t stuttered for a long time. You just…”
“I make you nervous?” She supplies, and you glance up to see her utterly impassive face.
You simply nod.
“Good.” She sighs out. “Then you won’t try to bother me or anything. Here, give me your
cell phone.”
“M-My ce-”
“Yes. Your cell phone. We are running partners now, aren’t we? We’re going to need to be able to contact each other.” She holds out her hand impatiently.
“Oh, right. Yeah. That’s great thinking Min Yoonji, thank you.” You quickly shuffle your
your phone out of your pocket and hand it to her.
She enters her information, then sends herself a text, in case she needs to get a hold of you as well.
“There. I’ll contact you later and you can fill me in on the details more properly. I don’t just want to beat Jimin. I want to annihilate him.”
Your eyes widen comically, but you nod your head nonetheless. Anything Min Yoonji wants from you, she would get. She was your ticket to the top, so to speak. You can’t afford to lose her, not if you want to win.
She had already walked away as you pulled yourself out of your daydream, and it’s only the bright light of Yoonji’s contact information on your phone that lets you know the interaction even happened in the first place.
What a weird day this was turning out to be.
“I can’t fucking believe you got Yoonji to agree to this?” Soonmi nearly shouts over the phone.
“Yeah, she must really hate Park Jimin if she’s this desperate to beat him.” You respond flopping back on your pillows.
“I totally feel bad for him. I mean really, he’s definitely the hottest boy in school… I would bang him.”
You chuckle and hum in agreement.
“I was talking to Taehyung, and he said that Jimin has like.. Legit abs. I tried asking about his dick, but Tae wouldn’t say anything.”
“Jesus Christ Soonmi. Why can’t you let any of these men live?” You chuckle again, and Soonmi scoffs. As if the very prospect of it had never occurred to her.
“Babe,” she coos, “it’s been ages since we’ve gotten laid. I mean seriously! You haven’t even tried dating since Jihoon broke it off with you! And that was like, six months ago! I have to get my thrills where I can, and that’s imagining that Jimin’s dick is just as sexy as the rest of him!”
Before you can respond, your phone vibrates against your ear. You expect it to be the singular buzz of a text, but the accompanying tone signifies that someone’s calling you. You briefly pull your phone away from your ear to check the caller ID.
“Oh fuck, Soonmi I gotta go!” You say frantically. “It’s Yoonji.”
Soonmi’s following shriek is cut short as you disconnect your call, and switch over to where Yoonji is waiting.
“H-Hello?” You mentally kick yourself for stuttering, even after she’d told you not to.
“Still nervous even over the phone, I see.” Comes Yoonji’s gravelly tone. You’re always so surprised when you hear her voice. It’s much lower than you would’ve expected. Nevertheless, it seems to suit the girl.
“I guess so. I’m sorry.” You finally choke out.
“It’s fine, it’s kind of cute.” She says in response and you shoot up from where you lay on your bed. Cute? Yoonji had just called you cute…
“Anyway,” she continues, “I’d like to discuss some of your ideas for this student council bullshit. If I’m doing this, I’m doing this. Are you free now? It’ll be brief.”
You’re sure your soul leaves your body at that, and you peak a glance at the digital clock on your nightstand. It was only 7:30, and you still have hours left of free time. You’d originally planned to spend it binge watching the Kardashian’s - a guilty and oh so secret pleasure of yours - but… You don’t think you could say no to Yoonji even if you wanted to.
“I-I’m free. Why?”
“Good then. I’ll come over. What’s your address? Nevermind just text it to me.” And with that, Yoonji hangs up the phone, leaving you no chance to argue.
You do as she says, texting her with trembling hands. Your parents won’t mind if you have company, especially if it’s for student council. Then you call Soonmi back.
“BITCH!” She screams as soon as she picks up her phone. “Spill that tea! What’d the mysterious Min Yoonji want?”
“She’s coming over. She called me cute.” You respond weakly, your stomach turning at the prospect of Yoonji being here. In your room.
Your phone’s speaker crackles at how loud Soonmi’s voice gets. She’s always been very excitable.
“Oh my god! Literally no one has ever been able to crack Yoonji, if you do it, you’ll seriously be like… the most popular girl in school. What the fuck? And she called you cute? I’m seriously shook. Who knew Yoonji had a heart buried under all that ice.”
She kept rambling as you stare blankly. You glance around your room. It was decidedly feminine, pink curtains, cream colored walls, a pink bedspread. You’d always liked your room, likening it to a page out of one of those garden magazines your mother used to buy. But imagining Min Yoonji standing in here, like the queen of darkness herself, you felt a bit faint. She would think it was childish, wouldn’t she?
“Bitch??? Hey bitch, you there?” Soonmi’s voice manages to break through your worried daydream.
“Sorry, I’m here. I’m just nervous!” You respond and Soonmi calms down immediately.  
“Why are you nervous?” She asks.
“It’s just… Yoonji. She makes me really nervous, like… stutter nervous. I don’t know. It’s so lame, but she’s really, like, cool? I guess? I want her to like me. Plus I need her help if I want to win this election.”
“Listen. You really shouldn’t worry so much. Yoonji is just a girl, you know? She’s just a tough nut to crack. Just be yourself and it’ll be fine. If she doesn’t like you then she’s a goddamn idiot, I’m serious. Plus… she at least likes you a little bit? She called you cute, didn’t she?”
You smile softly. Even though Soonmi can be a handful, she’s always supportive when you need her to be.
Before you get the chance to tell her so, there’s a knock on your door. You hear your mother answer it, and your stomach drops down to your feet.
“Oh fuck, I gotta go, she’s here.” You don’t wait for her response, hanging up and bouncing to your feet. Soonmi will understand, she’s done the same thing to you a bunch of times. Usually that’s when she has boys over, but still.
You straighten your skirt and blanche as you realize you have the first few buttons of your blouse undone, something you’d done as you’d taken off your bowtie when you’d come home.
There’s no time to fix it though, because your door swings open. Your mother smiles at you, before shuffling Yoonji inside your room and closing the door as the exits.
Yoonji’s still in her uniform, and she gives you a once over, her eyes lingering at the top of your shirt. Then she takes a cursory look around your room, smirking slightly at it.
“This is cute.” She says. “Just what I imagined your room to look like.”
You don’t respond, and Yoonji doesn’t expect you to. Still though, your cheeks heat up at the thought of Yoonji imagining being here, in your room.
“So,” she says, taking a seat on the edge of your bed, crossing her legs demurely, since she’s still in her uniform as well. “What were your plans on the election. How are we going to announce our partnership?”
“W-Well, by this time next week I have to report my running mate to--”
“No, that’s not quickly enough. It’s already public that Jimin is running with that girl. They can’t be afforded any more of a headstart than the one that they already have.”
“You’re really taking this seriously, huh? Thank you.” You blurt out, and you feel your cheeks redden more at your careless words.
“Are you going to keep standing in the middle of the room?” Yoonji scoffs in response, choosing not to acknowledge what you’d said. “You’re being annoying. Come here.” She reaches out and grabs your forearm, pulling you toward the bed with surprising strength.
Her touch catches you off guard and you stumble a bit, tripping and awkwardly crashing into Yoonji’s body. She heaves an exasperated sigh as she easily steadies you, her arms catching your hips and maneuvering you easily into the space next to her on the bed. Much to your surprise, she doesn’t admonish you for your clumsiness, and in your mortification, you’re too overwhelmed to apologize either.
She doesn’t seem to care either way, though, and as she lets out another sigh, you realize how close you are to her.
You scooch yourself back quickly, crossing your legs and sitting so you can face the older girl before you. Yoonji moves as well, shifting to rest gently on her hips so she can face you as well. You’re unsure of what to say, and Yoonji trails one of her hands through her short dark hair. You’re struck with a pang of jealousy at how beautiful she is. No wonder all the boys at school are trying to sleep with her.
“So?” She tries again, with slightly less patience. “Do you know how we can announce our running together? Or do I have to come up with that on my own?”
“N-No, I can think of something!” You retort. “What if we just… old school announced it over the intercom at the beginning of the day? Soonmi does morning announcements so…”
Yoonji nods swiftly.
“Fine. And another thing… about your buttons…” She says, glancing to the visible one she can see adorning your backpack.
“What about my buttons?” You’re immediately defensive, you can’t help it. You worked hard on those buttons! Yoonji can’t come in here and just take over completely? The buttons are important to you!
“Relax, princess.” She says, and a shiver shoots up your back at her pet name. “They’re cute,” her eyes briefly rake over you, “like you. I don’t want to change them. I was going to say, don’t you think we should add my name to them too?”
“Y-You like my buttons…?” You question incredulously.
“Yes.”
“And… you want your name to be on my buttons?”
“Yes.”
“With my name and everything?” Your heartbeat, which had been racing like a rabbit’s since Yoonji had entered your room, was now pounding. Soaring, almost. You aren’t sure why the prospect of Yoonji’s name sitting snugly with yours was so appealing, but as your cheeks flush once more, you can’t deny that the thought makes you happy.
“Of course. I’m running with you, aren’t I?” She huffs.
In an uncontrollable gesture, you leap at her, wrapping your arms around her neck and hugging tightly. She’s visibly taken aback by the gesture, and you immediately feel her hands venture to your hips to push you off of her. She hesitates though, and at the happy little squeak you emit, she changes course and wraps her arms around you as well.
The hug is brief, but you don’t think you’ve ever felt happier. You whine slightly as Yoonji undoes her arms from around your waist, holding onto her neck tightly, unwilling to lose the moment. Her movements are gentle at first, but soon she becomes impatient.
You’re not quite sure how it happens, but Yoonji flips you quickly, your back pressing into the bed beneath you as she hovers above you, your arms still around her neck.
You’re paralyzed, Yoonji’s dark eyes piercing into yours. She slowly pulls your hands off of her, but pins them down to the bed in a word of warning.
“Don’t be a brat, princess.” She whispers. “You wont like what happens.”
“Y-Yoonji, w-what are you--” you stutter, trying to rationalize what had just happened.
“I have to leave.” She says, again in that uncharacteristically quiet voice. “I’ll come back tomorrow. After we’ve announced we’re running. We can talk more then.”
With that Yoonji is up, and out of your room before you can even bid her a proper goodbye.
You however, are still frozen on your bed. Wondering what the actual fuck just happened.
Yoongi stumbles into his house blindly. It’s just late enough for him to be shrouded in darkness when he enters, but he doesn’t mind. He lets his back fall against the door and tries to breathe. He needs to get a fucking hold of himself.
He’s never been more grateful to have parents who are never home.
He dashes up to his room, locking the door behind him as he enters. Geez, you had really gotten under his skin - metaphorically and literally, he supposes. He’d known you were cute, obviously. That’s why he even bothered to listen to you talking in the first place. And then the idea of Jimin losing to him was too good to pass up, that aggravating creep. He just couldn’t get a clue, no matter how many times Yoongi rebuked his advances. Yoongi had almost blown the whole thing one day, when he had had enough. How satisfying, he imagined, it would be to watch Jimin’s face twist in horror when he learned that Yoongi had a dick, was a man…
If only that was a possibility.
You though, were another story. Yoongi had noticed you the year before. You had always been kind of popular, but after you broke up with your long term boyfriend, your popularity had  skyrocketed again. Yoongi had admired the way you’d politely declined all the skeevy teenaged school boys’ advances. He was never that nice to them.
He knew you were pretty, he wasn’t blind. But he tried to respect you. He didn’t like getting leered at, so he imagined you sure as hell didn’t. Especially when you were actually helpless when he wasn’t. So he kept his distance.
Plus there was that whole thing where he was a girl, or whatever.
But today, god. It was too much for him to deny, really. You were so nervous around him, and he hated that it turned him on, but it did. He chalked it up to unavoidable exposure to toxic masculinity or something. But damn if you didn’t look cute as hell, stuttering away, blushing. All because of him - or… her, as it were.
And your room. Your pretty pink room. Fuck, he was just one man. How many fantasies could one girl encompass? You were going to be the death of him.
He flops down on his bed, pressing his forearm down over his eyes. For a few moments, his mind stays blissfully empty, but soon enough, you pop back in.
You always looked so fucking happy when he gave you what you wanted. That cute little smile that scrunched up your nose a bit. Jesus, he’d really give you just about anything if you’d always smile like that. It was almost as good as when you blushed.
And it was so so easy to get you to blush. The red colored your cheeks and trailed down your neck. Yoongi couldn’t help but wonder just how low that flush would dip.
His dick twitched in his tight boxer shorts at the thought and he groans in annoyance. Still though, he allows himself the pleasure of trailing his hand down to the hem of his uniform’s skirt, flipping it up, and palming over his semi-hard length.
Yoongi thought of the tantalizing way your shirt had been unbuttoned; just two innocent little buttons and it had his mouth watering. He could imagine your sighs and gasps as he unbuttoned it the rest of the way. Soft little mewls escaping from you as his mouth explored inch upon inch of newly exposed skin. You would whine his name, he’s sure, in that sweet, soft, lilting voice of yours. Just begging him to touch you properly, to make you feel good, in your own innocent way.
He thrust his tights and boxers down his legs, throwing both over the side of the bed. He hated those tights, and it only added to his arousal to have them off. Yoongi slowly trailed his fingers up his thighs, the way he imagined you would. Your shy little hands shaking slightly as you try to work up the courage to touch him properly.
When he finally grasps his length in his hand, he lets out a shaky breath. In his mind’s eye, you are looking at him. You’re wide eyes meeting his.
“Y-Yoongi, is this okay?” You ask and he nods, trailing his fingers along your jaw to ease your nerves. Then there was that smile from you again.
That devastating smile.
“You’re so big, Yoongi,” you coo, and Yoongi allows his hand to speed up slightly, and he lets out a small grunt.
You’re under him again, his fantasy rapidly changing, It was still so vivid in his mind, the way you had looked so shocked and adorably confused. And when he’d held your hands down, he had felt the proverbial nail in his fucking coffin. You’d unknowingly squeezed your thighs together, Yoongi had felt the movement against his thighs.
Yoongi had gotten hard right there. The skirt that was now hiked up around his waist only did so much to hide it and he couldn’t let you see. So he’d run.
He’d left you there all wet and wanting. Not that you even realized it yet. He was Yoonji afterall. He’d never heard of you swinging that way.
He wants to fuck you in your school skirt, and he hates himself for it. But he just knows that his dick would look perfect pressing into your tight pussy, your panties pushed to the side and your skirt still sitting on your hips. Maybe you’ll even let him fuck you at school. Let him cum inside of you and walk around the rest of the day smelling like him.
His hand twisted as the images in his head got dirtier and dirtier; you crawling into his lap and moving your hips, grinding. Throwing your head back as his name spilled from your lips over and over again; your perfect rosey mouth wrapped around his length, your eyes watering as he uses your hair to fuck into your throat. But he knows you’ll love it, he just fucking knows you would; Him spanking your ass till it was as red as your face got when he talked to you; He imagined Jimin walking in on the two of you, leaving horrified as he realizes the two most fuckable girls in school were fucking each other; Him eating out your sweet pussy whenever he wants. In school closests, on top of your pretty pink bedspread, in public restrooms; You begging him to let you cum, to fuck you good and hard like no one else had before, to fill you up with his cum and make sure the only thing you could remember was how good it felt to get pounded by his cock; your sweet voice keening in his ear as he fucked you, “Yoongi, Yoongi, please cum inside of me, god! I need to feel you! Want you to fill me up!” The thought of such a good girl, his good girl, getting dirty just for him, only for him.
“Oh fuck.”
Yoongi cums suddenly, with a sharp grunt. It’s an earth-shattering orgasm, one he was sure would only be topped by actually fucking you.
He’s soiled his uniform, he notices as he calms down. God fucking damn it, what in the hell were you doing to him?! Now he had laundry to do.
A/N: Haha, here you go! I’m super into Yoonji. Also, I am sorry to leave it on such a.... note. Let me know what you think ;)
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miasswier · 6 years
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miasswier’s ultimate glee ranking: no 74
74: A Katy or a Gaga
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Written by: Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner. Directed by: Ian Brennan
Overall Thoughts: I think a big part of why this episode is so low is based on the fact that it comes right after “The Quarterback”. Not only is it basically filler coming after the strongest, most emotional episode Glee ever made, but it also feels a little too happy-go-lucky too fast. I mean, last week they were all crying non-stop, but now a week has past and they’re like, done grieving? I know they kept up with the Finn mourning throughout the rest of the show, but seriously, right now it feels like they’re moving on a little too fast. Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy this episode. It has it’s funny parts, and most of the stories are interesting. But it definitely feels too soon to be having such a silly, fun, typical Glee episode.
What I Like:
I actually do enjoy Penny in this episode, as she feels more fleshed-out, and less “look at me I’m so quirky and that’s my only personality trait”. It’s too bad they wrote her off the show immediately after she got interesting.
ELLIOTT STARCHILD GILBERT IS HERE Y’ALL. Adam Lambert is my ALL TIME favourite guest star. I love Elliott so damn much. Holy shit.
Rachel being so amazing and supportive of Kurt, while also calling him out on his bullshit. It’s interesting to me how Santana obviously wasn’t able to get to Kurt, so she shows Rachel the video and knows that Rachel will. Sometimes you need a kind voice telling you to grow the fuck up.
The way that Marley tells Unique she refuses to get freaked out about Jake and Bree. She is fully aware that if Jake cheats on her, it’s totally on him. I love how much she’s grown since we were introduced to her.
Kurt’s convo with Elliott GOSH LOOK AT THESE BEST FRIENDS.
Sam’s love of True Jackson VP and Blaine being so judgmental of it
“What if we had sparklers but we’re inside? That’s crazy” and Blaine rubbing Marley’s arm like “oh honey”
The whole scene where they’re trying to come up with the name for the band like oh my GOD.
Dani being so excited when Kurt says he’s taking girls in his band
Marley standing up for herself and her desire to not have sex. Which like, is wild to me how much Jake is acting like she’s being out of line. YOU TWO ARE FIFTEEN/SIXTEEN YEARS OLD. WHY IS THIS SUCH A BIG DEAL.
What I Don’t Like:
They basically realized they hadn’t done anything with Jake and Marley yet, probably couldn’t come up with a way to make them interesting, so had Jake cheat on Marley with literally zero build up. It all happens within this one episode, and it’s really unsatisfying. The thing that sucks is that I feel like they were building up toward this since they introduced these characters, but kind of forgot along the way. If they had made it more obvious that their relationship was stagnant in Jake’s eyes, that he was getting frustrated, and that Marley was growing more and more sure of her decisions and her knowledge that the only way she could change this would be to do something she doesn’t want to do, then I could have bought it. But we get cute Jarley, cute Jarley, cute Jarley, NOTHING, and then boom, cheating. Ugh.
The Penny and Sam story just feels unnecessary since this is the last episode she’s in. It’s set up like the start of an amazing romance, but there’s nothing else for them. It feels like Kadam in “Girls (and Boys) on Film”
The fact that the first song sung by Kurt’s band isn’t even sung by Kurt. He doesn’t even have a solo line. Neither does Santana. I just. WHAT. Hello @ writers: THIS IS KURT’S BAND.
Kurt being so unnecessarily mean to Elliott. It hurts my heart, and reeks of season one Kurt, which sucks because he’s grown so damn much.
As I’ve already said, this episode is just filler, which is annoying as hell, especially considering what episode it followed.
The build-up to Throat Explosion and then they didn’t even do anything that amazing at Nationals lmao
Songs:
Marry the Night: I love one (1) man. Elliott fucking destroys this song. I am in love.
Applause: This is one of my fave Glee covers ever, mostly because of that one line Blaine has near the end. The actual performance gives me a headache, but this cover. THIS COVER. Seriously, one of my faves.
Wide Awake: An amazing cover as well. I love the stripped down version of this. And all their voices sound so amazing together.
Roar: The only song this episode I don’t really jive with, but that’s mostly because of the fact that Kurt doesn’t get to sing in it. It’s a cool performance, though, and they do a good job of cutting between Lima and NYC. Also, I ADORE the way Marley says hey to Bree, confused by why she’s there, but not looking suspicious of her at all. Still showing she trusts Jake, but knows if he fucks up it’s on him.
Final Thoughts: I think if this episode had come at another point in the season, it would be ranked higher. It still loses points for being a filler episode, but having it be right after “The Quarterback” just makes it feel trivial. I enjoy watching it, don’t get me wrong, but more-so in a random way. Like, if I feel like watching it outside the chronology of the show, I enjoy it a lot more. Watching it right after “The Quarterback” just leaves me feeling like… well, nothing, to be honest. Empty.
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So I picked up this book because it had an interesting premise. It’s a romance, written by both a woman and a man. I read an article (I think in Writer’s Digest, but don’t hold me to it, its been a while) about the two authors describing the process they used to bring this book together. It’s a neat idea, having a romance written by a woman writing the female character and a man writing the males’ VP.
Which, was a hook for me. It’s not common in romance for men to write, especially without using a pen name, usually that of a woman. Plus, the male author is former military, which is definitely something you don’t see often in the romance section.
God, I wanted to like this book more than I did. The plot was interesting. A commercial director gets tapped to fill in on the last 4 days of a movie shoot, but the moment she arrives things don’t quite add up. Random script changes, uncooperative actors, faulty equipment, an ex-husband trying to take over the shoot and a mysterious financier making problems in the background, it all sounded so interesting.
 The main character, Lucy Armstrong, started out so likable, but as the book went on, became more of an “emotional female” stereotype. Thankfully, they pulled her out of it and actually made her a useful, dependable character again at the end where it counted, but it seemed that the authors were going to take her into fragile damsel territory and drop her off without a map to get her home.
Not every female character has to be She-Ra, but they wrote her as being dependable, hyper-competent, and take no bullshit. But later she does things in the story that undermine that. She knows that her set is being sabotaged, but rather than try to find out what’s happening, she picks fights with everyone. I guess I know what they were aiming for, but I wanted to shake her and tell her to sit down, shut up, and think for a moment before she charged off to do yet another stupid thing. Plus, the way she fell oh-so-suddenly in love seemed a bit out of character as well. Strong, independent woman who takes care of everyone before herself, who has made a successful directing career in New York City, who instantly turns to mush after spending a day and a half with a man who drives her crazy . . . maybe I’m a cynic, but I felt it was a stretch.
The hero, J.T Wilder, was likable if a little bland, but he wasn’t a crazy, screaming raging alpha male, which is a definite welcome change from the usual military hero type. I’ll take bland over batshit crazy any day.
The plot was brisk, and I have to admit threw me a few curves, which was a welcome surprise. I’ve read enough action romances to usually guess the beats, so I was happy in that regard.
But there’s one thing about this book that just drove me up the freakin’ wall. I tried to get around it, but it got to the point of weirdness.
The book was obsessed with boobs. Like, constantly, the characters were commenting on, noticing, and ogling, the boobs of all the female characters. It was inescapable. Gunfight, random aside about boobs. Personal confession time? Boobs. Boobs. Sweater Cannons. Funbags. Honkers. Just constantly mentioning boobs. And I use that word deliberately, because literally every character that mentioned a woman’s breasts they referred to them as boobs. Come to think of it, I don’t even remember seeing the word breasts in the book. Just boobs. Which, I guess it could have been worse. It could have been bazongas, or any other fore-mentioned words.
I mean, I guess they were going for showing how red-blooded heterosexual male the men were, but seriously, if I’m reading a romance book between a man and a woman, I work on the assumption that the guy likes boobs. It’s kind of a given. I would have preferred if they had shown more of what ELSE about the heroine the hero liked, or at least not focused on the boob thing so much. It got weird to the point of being uncomfortable.
I don’t regret reading it, as the ending mostly made up for some of the short comings, but I don’t know that I would go out of my way to read anything else by these two.
Final Verdict: 3 ½ stars out of 5. Fun but not a keeper.
ACJ
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