#make it have consequences! make jin woo deciding to trust people a big moment!

[blackkatmagic]

Once again screaming wailing gnashing my teeth over the lost and ignored themes of distrust, worthlessness, ambition, and loyalty in Son Jin Woo.

Like!! This is a man who explicitly says he learned to never trust other people because they always turn on him and betray him eventually, and raises soldiers from the dead with the explicit feeling that they're desperately reaching out to him, specifically, to save them from death. He surrounds himself with an army of fanatically loyal undead, and it's mentioned a few times that he's just as fanatically loyal to them in return, that he mourns every single one, and it's purely his own willpower that lets him reanimate them, that how much he wants them to be his is what gives him the power to raise them.

He's quiet and ruthless and set up to be a remorseless killer who doesn't give a damn about anyone but those he decides to love, who follows and surveils his loved ones at all times so he knows they're safe, who uses people without pause and doesn't care what people think about him. He loves fighting and gets a thrill from every time he gains power, says explicitly that as he levels up he feels more and more divorced from humanity, and only relies on his shadow army! He's a villain-coded figure in the role of hero and it's!! so cool!!!

And yet the narrative takes all these interesting bits and just. never addresses them. There's no consequence of Jin Woo feeling any of this. The whole series devolves into bland power fantasy/Gary Stu ridiculousness where the whole world can be divided into Good Guys Who Love the Protagonist and Bad Guys Who Hate/Are Jealous of the Protagonist. What a waste. We could have had it aaaaaall.

[f-l-writes]

Lies

Warnings: Swearing, cheating accusations

Probably some typos, I rarely proofread and tend to just re-read once the story is posted to fix it. 

Word Count: 1.8K

Genre: Angst and Fluff

Requested: @taeyoapple / @sxngminhx

Hope you enjoy and feel free to request!

You let out a sigh, pinching the bridge of your nose. Looking up, you were faced with the sad, dark eyes of the beautiful man who sat across from you at the cafe table.

“Dong Min,” you began, your eyes scanning his with a hint of hurt betrayal buried deep inside of them. “I didn’t cheat on you. Much less with your groupmate. You’ve known me for years, so why would you make that assumption?”

Dong Min, at the strike of noon, had texted you, calling you to the cafe that was near Fantagio. When you arrived, he was already sat down, his eyes focused intensely on his phone and a vein in his neck popping out.

He’s angry about something… You had thought to yourself upon seeing the vein. You had then taken care to approach, your mind reeling over a thousand and one things he could have been angry about. One thing that never crossed your mind, however, was cheating. After all, why would it? You hadn’t cheated on him, so it wasn’t a concern. When he brought it up, though, you were shocked.

“What do you mean cheating?” you had questioned him, narrowing your eyes at him as angry began to boil in your stomach.

“I said what I meant,” he replied. “Are you or are you not cheating on me?” his voice was quiet, but furious. It was an anger that scared you to the core.

You had seen him angry before but it was never this quiet anger. It was always a burst of frustration and it was never at you. It was always at someone else and he was just venting to you. Now, with you in the spotlight of his anger, you felt afraid. Not afraid that he would hurt you, especially not in a public setting, but scared he would leave you.

Dong Min had been everything you ever wanted in a man and more. He was the epitome of perfect in your eyes and you would do everything you could to keep him as yours. You couldn’t even imagine what it would be like to live without him, he had been such a large part of your life.

Now, however, your were faced with the crumbling reality of he could leave me right now for something I didn’t do.

“Of course not, Dong Min! Why the hell would I ever do that? Especially to you? You know I love you!”

That’s when he brought out the messages. Messages you never sent yet were there clear as day.

“Explain these then.”

Your eyes scanned the messages that were supposedly from you to Bin. None of them were sexual, but they were flirty. Much of it was you supposedly calling Bin “babe” and “sweetheart” and things along those lines. It was plans for dates and how you couldn’t see him because you were going on a date with Dong Min that day.

As you read the messages, the anger in your gut grew. “You really think I would send this to Bin? I hardly talk to him! I’ve never even properly had a conversation with him, Dong Min! You are my boyfriend, not him! I love you, not him!” you knew you were causing a scene, but you couldn’t help it. He was accusing you of something you would never, in a million years, do to him.

“Then what the fuck do you expect me to believe? That these are fake? That he just used an app to create these?”

“Exactly, Lee Dong Min! Cause I never wrote those things to him! You know I would never write those things to him, Dong Min,” suddenly your voice dropped and you were biting back on frustrated and angry tears. “I can’t believe you would accuse me of cheating on you. Do you really think I’m that horrible of a person that I would go behind your back?” You didn’t understand. It didn’t click and you were getting increasingly infuriated and disappointed at the same time.

“I don’t know, Y/N! I don’t know because even when we were just friends, you would always keep secrets from me! You never told me things that you should have! You avoided telling me important things! So, no, I don’t know if you’re telling me the truth after all the shit you pulled years ago!”

“That was years ago, Dong Min! I haven’t lied to you in years! And the only reason I lied to you then was because I knew you would get angry like this! I knew it and I wanted to avoid it!” You raised your voice again, anger taking over despite the tears that were now streaming down your face.

“I can’t do this anymore.” those five words sent a shock through your entire being. “I just can’t. I’m done. I’m done with you. I’m done with this relationship. I don’t want you around the dorm and I don’t want you around my friends. I want you gone.” his voice was quiet, his eyes refusing to meet yours.

“You can’t stop me from meeting up with the boys, Dong Min. No matter what, they’re still my friends. You don't control who they meet up with or who I meet up with.” your tone was cold, bitter. You were fighting back the sadness that threatened to close your throat and suffocate you. Inside, your heart was breaking I'm a thousand different places and it felt like your chest was being shredded with the claws of monster. You hated it. But what were you to do? If this was his final decision, then you had no reason to fight him anymore.

Just as you moved to stand, the door to the café slammed open and in stormed Jin Woo, pulling Bin by the arm over to where you and Dong Min sat. You'd never seen Him Woo truly angry. Usually it was just playful and teasing or extremely contained, but this was pure and unbridled anger. He was furious.

“You tell them what the fuck you did now or so help me God I will beat the shit out of you when we get back to the dorms, Moon Bin.” Jin Woo's voice was low as to not pull any further attention to the table (despite having most of the cafe's attention as is).

Bin scoffed at the shorter black-haired man, his dark brown eyes focusing on the ceiling for a moment before he looked back to Dong Min, a devilish grin growing on his face. “I didn't really think you would fall for it, Dong Min,” he chuckled. “Seriously, I hardly talk to them. I won't say I wouldn't mind-” Jin Woo delivered a slap to the back of the male's head, causing him to swear quietly before putting his focus back in the two at the table.

“Fine, if it's such a big deal, I'm sorry. I didn't think you would think they were real. I figured your logic would win over your feelings and you would know we don't talk much. I just wanted to see how you would react.”

Dong Min stood, his eyes burning darkly with an anger you hoped was never focused on you. “I just broke up with them because of your little “prank” Moon Bin! What the fuck were you thinking when you made these, huh? Are you that thick that you couldn't see possible consequences?” he snapped.

“Not my fault you don't trust them more. If you're going to let little fake chats get in the way of things, then you need to evaluate just how much you actually trust them. Cause to me, it doesn't seem like you trust them a lot, Dong Min.” with that, the dark haired boy stormed out of the cafe, deciding to leave before any more problems could arise.

Jin Woo stayed behind, his eyes softening from a rage to a concern as he saw your tear-stained face. He pulled you into a hug, rubbing your back softly as he spoke to Dong Min.

“Please reconsider breaking up with them, Dong Min. They didn’t do anything wrong. It wasn’t their fault.”

You couldn’t see it, but Dong Min was slumped down in his chair, hands tugging lightly at his hair. His forehead was creased in frustration and stress and his eyes were red with unshed tears. You could hear him murmuring something to himself but you couldn’t hear what. When you were finally released from Jin Woo’s grasp and saw the wrecked state of Dong Min, you could have sworn you felt your heart crumble more than it already had. Carefully, you wandered over to him, kneeling beside the man. Now, you could hear what was being said and, if it was possible, your heart shattered even more.

“I’m so fucking stupid. Why would I ever believe him over her. What is wrong with me?”

Tentatively, you wrapped your arms around the man, holding him tighter than you ever had before. Your head rested comfortably against his abdomen and you wanted nothing more than to take away his negative feelings and replace them with happiness.

“There’s nothing wrong with you, Dong Min. We were both stupid,” you commented, your voice muffled slightly by your cheek being pressed in by his abdomen.

While you would have moved to speak more clearly, he was holding you in a vice grip. You couldn’t say you were against it. Of course you couldn’t. This is what you wanted. To make up and carry on with your relationship. Your heart still ached at the thought of his words from earlier, but you knew he said it out of spite. Out of frustration. You knew he didn’t mean it, especially now that he knew the truth.

“I’m so sorry for believing him over you,” he stated quietly, his slender fingers now running through your hair carefully. “I should have guessed there was something wrong and I should have been more willing to hear what you had to say.”

“It’s fine, Dong Min. Just please… If you’re unsure about something, please just be civil and I’ll tell you the truth. And next time, let’s not bring it to the cafe. Now all these people know our business,” you were half-joking, glad that the whole ordeal was done and over with.

Hearing Jin Woo excuse himself from behind the two of you, you only gave a noise of acknowledgement before pulling away from Dong Min. “Why don’t we head out and go to a park? We could use the air.”

He nodded, his eyes now clear of the irritated red that had resided there only moments before and, despite the mussed hair his hands had caused, he looked calm again. He looked happier.

“Let’s get a move on, then, Y/N,” he stated, showing you the beautiful smile that you had loved since the moment you met him.

You smiled back, standing up and, once you had paid and apologized to everyone for disrupting their morning, the two of your were on your way.