#seongjoong matching

[hyukei]

⤷ 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 ⭑ 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵!

Made by me

[gemjellyart]

✨Couple?! ;)✨

A little doodle of matching matz because that's what we were served yesterday (KST) lol

[shykpop]

Hongjoong+seonghwa matching icons

[potatomountain]

“Red Suits You” Spoiler

Vampire Seongjoong x fem!reader!

Synopsis: Your sight was 20/20, just everything was gray. Everything except emotions, and the inhumane/supernatural. Red wasn’t a color you liked to see, but two vampires have deemed that the color that suits you most, in more ways than one.

Spoiler for another work I’ve been workin on. No release date yet ^^

Following two predators into a secluded room in their den was perhaps the most stupidest idea you had ever had.

Yet you did so.

Grabbing your hand and pulling you closer to her, Ari didn't even look in your direction. "Yes please." Only when they turned their backs did she glance at you with pure excitement and a low squeal. Forcing a smile you let her drag you after them, every step you took you filling you with more dread until it took most of the focus you could spare to keep it in check. If they knew you were afraid, they would question why; if they figured out that you knew what they were, you were as good as dead.

But how long could you play this game of charades when your very pulse could give you away? A simple nervous tick they would notice, or the pure fear they could no doubt smell if you let it get too overwhelming.

They approached a small black velvet curtain, the taller pushing it aside and letting the monochrome one lead you both down the small and eeriely lit hallway. You couldn’t help but look back, watching the crowd of sweaty bodies as you passed the man in red. Quickly the view was cut off by the man in red's form, the black curtain falling closed and a very noticeable difference sound already.

Magic no doubt. It wasn't often you ran into magic like this, but the purpose for the muffled sound barrier was obvious: so no screams could be heard past the velvet barrier.

Your heart rate spiked once more, palms feeling a bit sweaty as you held on tighter to Ari's hand. She didn't seem to notice how much quieter it was, but she did notice your reaction. "Aw are you nervous?"

You could feel both red gazes on you at her not too subtle question. To be put on the spot like this did not help you at all, but you were quick to try and turn it into an opportunity. Flushing at her question, you nodded admittance and kept your eyes downcast. "Of course I'm nervous... they're really hot." You hushed your words in a shy manner, knowing that Ari would buy it.

But would they?

"We're really flattered you think so-" The man in front started, approaching a dark door with a confident grin.

"-but we'd say that you are the attractive ones." The taller one finished, his words a hum by your ear and giving you a start. You hadn't realized he had gotten so close, which just had you pressing closer to your best friend. The amused chuckle he let out at your retreat only had your nerves on edge further. "And cute."

They were smooth, but of course they were. Who knew how many decades or centuries they had to perfect the hunt like this. Ari was smitten for it, not even aware of how you latched on as she stared at the monochrome vampire before you. He had opened the door to a lavish but also simple lounge of colors you couldn't place, but had a distinct feeling it matched the two vampires you were unfortunately trapped between.

"Oh my... this is so nice. Don't you agree?" Ari turned her eyes to lock onto yours, a silent message just for you brimming in them. Not wanting to answer, you just nodded and brought the forgotten wine glass to your lips as an excuse, looking around. You knew she wanted you to interact, to compliment them more and show an interest, but despite the resolve to protect Ari you were still too scared to do much.

What could you do against two vampires after all? Nothing. You were just a human with an odd sight. One who kept their head down and avoided them and the underworld as much as you possibly could because you knew it wasn't your place.

"My name is Seonghwa, its a pleasure to meet such beautiful ladies. Have a seat, relax, and I'll fetch even better wine." The man in red grabbed your attention while the other was already moving to sit in one of the large backed chairs to one side of the room. Behind the chairs sat a simple enough bar that Seonghwa moved over to with ease.

Ari took his words to heart and pulled you over to the loveseat across from the chairs, sitting you down so you were facing the still nameless vampire. With much enthusiasm she introduced you while you remained mute. "And my name is Ari, it's our pleasure really."

Cautiously you watched the back of Seonghwa between the two chairs, wondering if you could make out just what he was doing as he seemed to open another bottle of wine you couldn't recall where he grabbed it from. Ari was watching the vampire before you while he seemed to have his red eyes fixated on your face.

Only when he muttered your name did you pull your gaze to his, breath hitching at his expression. The pure lust in his eyes and the way he was biting down on his lip would have been quite hot normally, but your fear overwhelmed any desire that tried to form in your gut. You couldn't tell if he was looking at you like a hot meal or as if he genuinely wanted to fuck you. With an ankle propped up over his other knee, hands folded leisurely in his lap and a confidance to his posture, you were sure he believed he was going to have you as either. "I'm Hongjoong, so you know what name to chant later."

[i-luvsang]

hi marimoon ^^ saw your post from four days ago, and i hooe i'm not too late for this? ateez req incoming.

in honor of october (based off smth that happened this friday for me), teacher/employee reader and the guys preparing for kindergartners up til third graders going trick or treating tomorrow!! they probably planned matching outfits, some of them. hwa as toothless and somebody as light fury, for example. surprisingly i cant think of a specific member to pair this with? i just think its cute,,

just imagine these guys playing bits of the characters they're dressed up as,, aughh

pls take care of yourself!! missing u lots, marimoon

; 🌂

HELLOOOO you are absolutely not too late, though i am late to the whole october and halloween thing here lmao. was struggling with this request and i thought maybe my thoughts would flow better if i wasn't thinking of it as a formal request and just blabbed about it right here. but i adore this concept so i still wanted to write something about it and get something to you even if it's messy and possibly ends up incoherent :))

nonetheless, i hope you enjoy my word vomit because i truly do love this idea and you for planting it in my head <3 (only cw is alcohol mention, which has nothing to do with the children i promise lmao)

first of all i love this idea of this au where they're all teachers. given the kindergarten through third graders it's kinda perfect because each grade can have two teachers and they're like teacher pairs and it's cute and fun. and to add reader into this i thought it would be super cute if reader was like the school librarian and gets to interact with all the teachers and their classes. i was thinking about san and woo as the kindergarten teachers just because of how well they played with little arin and ayun. and then yeosang and jjong with the first graders just cuz i think they'd be so cute with younger kids but first graders are slightly less insane than kindergartners maybe ?? plus i think they'd be the funniest pair of teachers like i just adore they're dynamic and i'm just thinking about jongho turning all the children against yeosang and they just relentlessly tease him forever <3333 next up in second grade i put yunho and mingi and idk this is such a horrible idea like they would never get anywhere that classroom is just screaming and more screaming and the quiet kids are just like save us please :D and last but not least, we have seongjoong as the third grade teachers because i think they'd be the only one's who can discipline older kids and that hongjoong might die if the kids were even less mature that the third graders already are.

and then yeah, you are the school librarian (or some other staff member that frequently works with the classes but i'm just saying librarian bc i work at my school's library and what's fanfic without it being a self insert <3). and yeah you get to be besties with all of them because they're a whole big squad that kinda scares the other teachers but they kidnapped you into their group because you're just so cool and awesome and they love you and the things you do for their students <3

what they also love about you is that you love halloween and always help them prepare for taking the students trick or treating. i like the idea that all the pairs of teachers have a tradition of matching their costumes. and this year, it goes (mostly) great for (almost) all of them. the night before the event, the nine of you have a halloween party amongst yourselves, a tradition that started a few years ago. obviously, you all show up to seonghwa's apartment in costume.

this year, san and wooyoung have defaulted on onesie costumes, explaining that before, they had attempted to diy complicated anime character costumes. it was going well (or so they say) until yesterday when they realized they had neither the skills or time to finish the costumes. they are very pleased when you tell them you're a big fan of their matching kuromi and my melody onesies, and that you think the kids will also enjoy these far more than whatever elaborate plan they had before. jongho, on the other hand, is having a blast making fun of them.

and while woosan are stunning in their hello kitty costumes, yeosang and jongho are really vying for your favorite pair this year. though, it looks like yeosang’s thick biceps are struggling against the sleeves of his snow white dress despite his lovely features being complimented by the femininity of the outfit. jongho looks as charming (completely unfunny pun intended) as always in his prince charming outfit, ready to unknowingly continue stealing the hearts of all of his student’s parents.

yet, these costumes, along with yunho and mingi's, are causing a lot of noise because the tall pair of best friends showed up as a princess and his knight in shining armor. jongho is indignant, convinced that he and yeosang's costumes are far better. yeosang is drowning a bit in the shouting, but doing his best to defend himself when he gets the chance. wooyoung has told yeosang that he's a costume repeater because he played snow white in a play in middle school, but san thinks it looks cooler this time because of yeo's far bigger muscles. mingi says he looks prettier because his dress his pink and yunho won't really defend him on it, but insists that the costumes are different enough because he's a knight, not a prince (and that he's cooler for that same reason).

this time, seonghwa has chosen neither to be a part of the chaos nor to attempt to stop it, and is instead happily perched on the couch with a glass of wine because he is finally satisfied with his costume this year.

time and time again, seonghwa insists on dressing as toothless, convinced that it's the perfect costume for him. and time and time again, he begs hongjoong to be a matching light fury with him. and, you know it... time and time again, hongjoong has refused. he's offered to dress as hiccup, and maybe a different dragon, but he refuses to complete seonghwa's request. secretly, you think it's just hongjoong's way of getting back at seonghwa for the printer incident. but finally, seonghwa found a solution to make his dreams come true and just completely ditched hongjoong as his costume partner.

that is where you come in, sitting next to seonghwa in a matching light fury costume. hongjoong is actually still a part of this costume, dressed as hiccup so that the kids don't question him, but his part in this plan a bit irrelevant to seonghwa. he's just so happy to finally have completed this costume, and will not stop bragging about it to everyone in the room. he's told you that he won't allow you to be anywhere but at his side tomorrow so that he can show off your costumes, and you just nod along despite knowing that your job and large groups of children will certainly take you else where.

but aside from the fighting regarding jongsang and yungi's costumes, the night was lots of fun in which you all exercising your very special crafty skills that come with being elementary school workers. so there are so very adorable decorations that you'll set up in the morning tomorrow and another lovely set of halloween memories with your favorite people <33

[hongthoven]

Would you ever write about seongjoong/matz?

Listen- I don't think you quite understand just HOW MUCH I'm obsessed with Matz. If I even dared to TRY and write about them, every single particle of my body would instantly COMBUST and even then every fiber in my muscles would still sparkle with electricity from the excitment and absolute PANIC of trying to match the intensity of my love for them through some piece of writing.

[atiny-piratequeen]

Do any of the monsters’ magics adhere to planetary placements, seasons, emotions or anything of the likes?

Planetary placements no bc i wont even pretend i understand anything regarding that,

Seasons, yes, but only Yeosang (his primary owers change elements depending on the season and the state of The Forest)

Emotions-all of them have a berserker mode. Some....*wheeze* a bit more than others (Woo, Mingi, Yunho, SeongJoong)

Hongjoong has elemental weapons he got after winning a match with a certain yokai. Now people call him the trickster or something when he uses them idk

[rainy-astrology]

thank u sm for replying to my ask about hongjoong, hope u are doing well!

do u think certain members are meant to be together? even tho a lot of ships on groups are obviously put on to draw in fans who might ship them do u think theres any genuine relationships between group members or do they see themselves as being coworkers? again i think woosan and seongjoong are quite interesting but idk if its real or not or if delulus just want it to be real.

do u also think kpop is deliberately aiming for younger generations with its constsnt flood of tiktok related junk that it puts out? altho i find myself being fond of a few members of every other group or maybe i like their songs idrc for the latest trendy tiktok things its just gimmick after gimmicks nd i think kpop is profitting so much off younger groups who are more willingly going to get hooked on such trends to promote their groups. theres barely groups my age to follow literally even gidle have been a let down, is that just the members self sabotaging? lately their songs quality seem to be going downhill to the point where if a group releases noise its not remotely interesting enough or i might listen a few times but i dont feel any sort of vibe from it. oh its another thing theyre doing for tiktok to get hooked on another dance yadayadayada do u have any similar thoughts on why so many songs are just badly done auto tuned as heck and generic lyrics that arent inspiring? kpop couldve had so much going for it just to be like ehhh heres more of the samey groups where all members look dress and sound similar.

idk no ones ever really asked me to date so im like ehh whatever to dating atm if i was supposed to be in relationship someone wouldve asked me by now but they havent so i will take that as a means of being single until the day i die or some shit. also maybe my looks or facial expressions just arent pretty or not expressive (i have that glare that the likes of lee know tends to have, might put someone off from approaching me) or im underskilled in a lot of aspects that some ppl may judge me for as being talentless or behind in life, hbu?

Ofc, no prob, I hope you are doing well yourself.

I think it's a mix of both. Some groups have genuine friendships with each other and some groups are simply coworkers. Both are fine. As long as they are mature about differences and treat each other with basic respect and decency (literally the bare minimum), then I don't see the issue at all. Being an idol is just a job after all. If they are able to form a genuine connection with a member or all of them, then that's great.

Do I think certain members are meant to be together? No. I don't think anyone is meant to be together tbh. The idea of fated partners and soulmates is cute, but I don't think exists. It works best in fiction. But I know some people's bonds and compatibilities are so strong that it can feel like they were fated and that's totally fine. It's sweet. Even my best friend and I joke about us being meant to be and being "married". And yes I do agree that some ships are definitely pushed more to the public to draw more attention. Some ships may be close, some ships may not be, and we'll never 100% know as we are not those people. If you want my own thoughts on WooSan and SeongJoong though, I do think they're actually close, just not in the way some delulus try to say lol. WooSan have a matching tattoo (it would be absolutely insane to have something permanent with a person you're not close to lmao) and SeongJoong have expressed deep care to each other several times. Even though astrology isn't everything, it's interesting how SeongJoong's synastry is so harmonious.

Yes most likely, I think kpop has often been targeted towards younger audiences. Especially now with so many young people debuting. The industry is saturated and very competitive, so maybe that's why a lot of songs lately are a bit generic and uninspiring. Its heavy use of TikTok I'm sure is just a way to promote and gain attention since it's one of the biggest social media platforms rn. I can't speak much for gidle as I don't follow them...I don't think it's self sabotage though, it just sounds like you are not vibing with their music anymore. Sounds like you are losing interest with kpop in general and that's ok.

Why do you want to wait for someone to ask you out? Why don't you pursue someone? Maybe it's you who has to make the move - don't wait for it. But only if you care that much lol. I don't think you have be very pretty and expressive to get a date, but looks can def play a part in attracting someone. You don't have to be the prettiest or the best in general really to get someone though.

I'm aro ace with no interest in pursuing romance, so it isn't a concern of mine at all. I also have the same deal of having an angry face unintentionally at times + also quite expressionless and I don't consider my looks to be traditionally pretty (not calling myself ugly, i do think i'm pretty, just not by society's standards), yet I've still had people crush on me somehow 😅 if it's possible for me then it's possible for you lmao.

[kiwibomb]

seongjoong matching icons!! please like or reblog if you save it! 🌿

[hanguangjunlanzhan]

Matching Ateez icons <3

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[hseungwoo]

Soulmates | For Aurora universe | original story by Kallen @ hj_pan_cake on AO3. | only using kindlespice’s gia reshade preset (a fave)

[hyukei]

⤷ 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 ⭑ 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵!

made by me

[kim-hong-joongie]

Not me and the besties freaking out because Seonghwa gave him a FREAKING RING!?!?!?!?

Also the symboooool!!

Are you kidding me?

[ceojongho]

hwabracadabra

[mingissmile1117]

Chapter 2, Dimly Lit Alleyways

2796 words

Waiting so long for cheap watered down coffee every morning was something Seonghwa was also getting tired of. But, Seonghwa would rather drink free shitty coffee that his apartment complex offered early in the morning than wasting 7 dollar's for a sugary ass drink at Starbies.

Seonghwa had a lot to do today (you know, other than his appointment with the "matchmaker"), and was in need for some energy. Since his roommates both had morning shifts, he was the one to always keep the apartment in check. It's not like he was complaining though, keeping everything organized and clean was his thing.

After chugging down his not so tasteful coffee, Seonghwa walked out to his car and ready to go on with his day.

Just as he was about to open the driver's side door, Seonghwa spotted a short man dressed in all black and an awfully familiar buzz cut.

"Oh? Seonghwa? Good morning!" Hongjoong waved his hand at the red head, holding a bag over his shoulder, clearly on his way somewhere.

The taller blushed softly, embarrassed that he was caught staring. Excitement sparked inside him; he was happy to get to see the other again, especially after not having a proper goodbye last night.

"Good morning Hongjoong! Where are you headed to?" Seonghwa asked, leaning on his car as the other walked over to him.

"On my way to run some errands. I'm gonna be busy with some work later so I figured I should get my stuff done early. What about you?"

"Same! My roommates both have morning shifts, so I'm the one always running around getting stuff done before I clock in at the bar. What time do you work later? Maybe we can get our errands done together and hang out for a bit?" Seonghwa asked trying to be smooth, biting his lip while anxiously waiting for an answer.

"I would love to! I have a awhile, I don't have to go until 4." Hongjoong smiled softly. "We can take my car. You can put your bag in the backseat."

~

Seonghwa held a bag of off brand laundry pods as he looked over the ingredients.

"I wouldn't get that kind, they suck." Hongjoong walked over to Seonghwa, putting a bottle of bleach in his basket.

"Oh have you used this kind before?" Seonghwa asked, putting the bag back on the shelf. His eyes grazed over the many options he had to choose from, his hand reaching out.

"Yeah, I did. It made me and my roommates clothes really itchy." Hongjoong scrunched his nose.

Seonghwa remembered, the man from last night that took Hongjoong away. He swallowed dryly, "Roomates? Is one of them like your boyfriend or something?" Seonghwa tried to say as nonchalantly as possible with an airy chuckle.

Hongjoongs head whipped over to look at the taller. "No, no way. My roommates? Mingi, Yuhno? There both dating eachother. Plus they're not my type." Hongjoong shrugged his shoulders.

Seonghwa let out a deep breath, good. That's good.

After getting a few groceries, Hongjoong gave Seonghwa a ride back to his apartment. The two bid their goodbyes, because Hongjoong had other plans that he couldn't bring Seonghwa to. Seonghwa wanted to ask what, but prying for answers he didn't need wasn't his thing.

When Seonghwa went to put his key in his apartment doors lock, he was surprised to find it already unlocked. He guessed someone was home early, but why? Neither of his roomates had told him about having a day off.

"Hello?" Seonghwa dropped his groceries off at the door as he hung his keys up.

"Oh! Your home?" Yuhno yelled, which was what Seonghwa figured was from the kitchen.

"Of course I'm home. Why are you here so early?" He asked, slipping off his shoes. Seonghwa walked over to the kitchen archway, leaning on the hard wood.

Seonghwa watched amusingly as he saw Yunho cutting up vegetables and spices and throwing them into a large pot filled with water.

"You're making broth? What for?"

"Soondubu jjigae." He answered quickly, stirring the pot with a wooden spoon.

"Really? Do we even have any tofu?" He asked, walking over to the oven.

"Ah- don't get any closer." Yunho put his hand out, keeping eye contact with the broth. "This is my working space right now. And yes, we do now. I went grocery shopping for ingredients."

"You went shopping?" Seonghwa asked, surprised. "How long- when did you get off work?"

"About an hour and a half ago."

"Why?" Seonghwa asked, his eyebrow high.

"The schedules got mixed up. Apparently they weren't supposed to have me in today."

"Oh... so you decide to take hours slaving over the stove instead of resting." Seonghwa smirked, folding his arms.

"Yeah, I need something to focus on. Anyways, where were you?" Yunho placed the lid on the pot and turned up the heat on the stove. He rested his hand on his hip, dusting the other off on his apron.

"I went shopping with a friend." Seonghwa smiled, his teeth showing.

"Oh? And who's this friend?" Yunho asked, "You don't tell me and Mingi about your friends very often."

"This guy I met at the bar last night." Seonghwa diverted his eyes. "He's really nice..."

"Damn, you only met him last night and you already like him?" Yunho chuckled, licking the his teeth.

Seonghwas head shot up, making eye contact with Yunho. "Like him?!" He held up his hands defensely, frantically shaking his head. "No- no I don't like him... Well I do but not like that."

Yunho looked at him, tilting his head without saying a word. Seonghwa blushed softly, relaxing his arms in defeat.

"Am I that obvious? Plus it's not like I... like like him. It's just a little crush." He scratched his head, looking down at his feet

"Yeah suuuure." Yunho said, throwing an apron at Seonghwa. "Since you're gonna be home for a while, you're gonna help me."

"Fine..." Seonghwa sighned, tying the apron strings behind him. He glanced at the little clock that was hung next to the cabinets. He noticed it was only a few minutes after 1, which gave him only 4 more hours until his meet-up.

"How long is this going to take?" Seonghwa asked, pulling the apron down a bit.

"Well we should let the stock simmer for 5-7 hours. We can prepare the other ingredients and leave them in the fridge while we wait."

Seonghwas eyes widened. "Huh? 7 hours just for some flavored water?"

"Yes, Seonghwa, just for some flavored water."

~

Seonghwa wiped a bead of sweat rolling down his forehead, "Who knew cooking could be so draining. We're done for now, right?" He asked Yunho, rushing to take his apron off without waiting for an answer.

"Yes, yes we are Seonghwa. Go ahead, go do whatever you want now, I won't keep you." Yunho waved his hand at the other, playfully rolling his eyes.

Seonghwa folded the apron, placing it on the counter for Yunho. He walked to his room without a second thought, getting on his computer.

He noticed a message on discord as it was the first app to startup. Seonghwas eyebrow lifted, it was a message from that matchmaker dude. He didn't remember giving them his discord when be sighed up, he barely ever used it.

"I had something come up, therefore I'm going to have to move your appointment from 5 to 3 pm. Sorry for the inconvenience, I hope to see you soon." Seonghwa read outloud, squinting his eyes as he read the bright computer screen. The messager had also sent him the location of the meeting, which was only a few minutes away.

"3?" He mumbled, looking at the time on the computer screen.

It read 2:48

"Shit!" Seonghwa shot up from his chair, hastily grabbing his phone that was charging on his nightstand.

He swiftly ran to the front door, fumbling to get on his shoes.

"Where are you going? The-" Yunho started, cleaning something in the kitchen.

"I'll be back soon!" Seonghwa interrupted the younger, grabbing his car keys. He slammed the door behind him, sprinting to his car.

~

It was bright outside, and the sun sat neatly behind the clouds. The standard time that the sun set in Korea was around 5 pm, which Seonghwa figured why his appointment was supposed to be at that time. But 3 pm? Seriously? Everyone that was out would be able to see Seonghwa and whoever the messager was. Seonghwa wasn't sure if he would be meeting in a dark alleyway or in a suspicious building. Between those two options, people would be able to clearly see him either go into a rundown building or talk with a most likely suspicious man. That made him worry a bit, he didn't want his reputation to be tarnished.

He tried to take a deep breath. What he was doing wasn't bad, right? So why should he have to worry so much. He must've have been zoning out the entire time he was driving, because before he knew it, he was at the designated address.

He parked his car at the side of the road. As he slowly got out of his car to look around him. On the way, Seonghwa had to use Google maps, as he had never really been in this area of town before. Tall, rundown looking apartment buildings cluttered the street. Some of their windows were covered with boards, and plants crawled up their sides.

Seonghwa pulled out his phone, looking at the time. It was only 2:56. Thankfully, he wasn't late.

He went through discord on his phone, texting the messenger that he was there. Well, not quite. He was in the area, but he wasn't sure exactly which building he was supposed to go to.

Seonghwas heads snapped over to the sound of a door clicking open. On front of his eyes was a tall 8 story building. None of the windows were knocked out like the others and the outside looked like it was frequently kept clean. Luckily, he was parked right across from the residence.

A tall, slender man walked out, holding the door wearing all black. On on his head was a flat top hat with a wide rim, and his was adorned by a plain black mask. He wore a matte black suit and tie with shiney black formal shoes.

He stood at the door without a word, as if waiting for Seonghwa.

Hastily, the red head made his way to the door, bowing at that man to thank him. The man closed the door, and held his hand out, gesturing down the long hallway that was in front of them. He started walking, again, without a word. Seonghwa figured he was supposed to follow him, so he did.

The floors were hard oak wood, and the walls were a meek white. The hallway was filled with doors, alternating on each side. The door wear labeled with the word "office" with a letter and number. The place was quite organized, which Seonghwa liked.

After an elevator trip and a few more hallways, the man had led Seonghwa to a tall double door. The man inserted some sort of card into a scanner on the front of the door. After a long beep and click, he opened the door, and gestured for Seonghwa to walk in.

Seonghwa hesitantly took a step into the room. Instantly, a warm smell if vanilla hit his nose, it made him release his shoulders for a moment. The door slammed shut behind, which put his guard back up. As he slowly walked forward, he noticed the space around him. Expensive looking paintings hung neatly on the white walls. There were no windows, so the only light coming in were from the dim wall lamps.

Looking in front of him, he noticed 4 lanky pillars, with black curtains on all sides, almost like a makeshift room.

His fingers grazed over the silky fabric, but he wasn't sure if he was allowed to touch them.

"You may walk in." A clear voice spoke, obviously from behind the curtain.

Seonghwa did so, pulling back the heavy fabric to reveal a man in all black sitting behind a dark wood desk. He nodded his head to the single chair infront of the desk. With a nervous glance, Seonghwa sat down, but not with bowing first.

He sat stifly for a moment, taking a good look at the man in front of him. He wore the same clothes as the man that brought him here, but he was covered in expensive looking jewelry.

Since he was wearing a mask and his hair was covered by a hat, all Seonghwa could make out was his eyes. They were brown, with long dark lashes.

The man infront of him stayed devoid of any emotions, raising his eyebrow.

"Ah- sorry for my incompetence," He bowed in his seat, as his hands stay folded over in his lap. "Hello, my name his Park Seonghwa. We both know why I'm here. I'm a little embarrassed to say it outloud..." His eyes darted to the side.

"Hello, Seonghwa." The man spoke clearly. "You can call me Mr. Pyeonghong." He shoved a few papers and a pen towards Seonghwa. "Once you sign these papers and we talk about payment methoda, we can start the true discussion." The man sat back in his chair, spreading his legs with a hand resting on his thigh.

Seonghwa picked up the pen solemnly. "Payment?" He asked.

"Well so you think you were going to get this for free?"

Seonghwa shook his head as he scanned over the papers. After signing his name a few times, he set the pen down. He stared at Mr. Pyeonghong, his boba like eyes were filled with an undistinguished emotion. Excitement? Worry? Regret?

He wasn't too sure himself.

After talking about a few more things and what the service he was going to get would look like, and when it would happen. Seonghwa was told he would get updates through his phone number now, instead of discord, which was good to say the least.

"And for the final question... who is your crush? This is the entire reason your here, and the most vital information you will give."

Seonghwa hesitated for a moment, taking a deep breath. "His name is Hongjoong... I'm not sure of his last name... I think it's..."

"Kim." Mr. Pyeonghong looked at Seonghwa for a moment.

Seonghwa head shot up at the man curiously. "How did you...?"

"I know everything." Mr. Pyeonghong said in a monotone voice, trying to keep his emotions in check. He looked down at his watch briefly. "I see it is time for the end of your appointment, Seonghwa. You may leave my office and someone should be out there to escort you."

Seonghwa stoop up with a nod and bowed at the man. "Thank you for your time." Hs smiled.

As Seonghwa left the man's office, he felt kind of weird. Now that he though about it, that man had a sense of familiarity about him, but he just couldn't put his finger on it.

Hongjoong slammed his hand on his desk angrily. "Yeosang!" He yelled for his assistant, ripping of his hat and mask. Hurried steps instantly followed Hongjoongs voice, coming out of a door from the side of his office.

Yeosang lifted up the curtain so he could greet his boss with a meek bow. "Yes sir." He kept his eyes glued to the floor, hunching his back.

"What did I tell you about sending in clients files late!" Hongjoong stoop up, a look of anger on his face. He might not have been taller than his subordinate, but his powerful demeanor made up for it.

"I'm sorry sir, the department that-"

"I don't care about all of that! I gave you this position because I thought you would be able to handle it! Since that last clients file that I just had came in late, I wasn't able to decline it. I know that man personally. Don't you know my number one rule?!"

"To not let anyone you know figure out about your company, sir." Yeosang said, standing.

With an angry huff, Hongjoong wVed his hand. "Just- leave. You're dismissed." Hongjoong sat down in his chair as his subordinate walked away.

It's not that he didn't like Seonghwa back, he really did. But how would he be able to explain, well, everything. He figured Seonghwa was a smart guy, it wouldn't be long until he connected the pieces.

Hongjoong grabbed his phone, dialing up his good friends number.

"Hello, Seonghwa? Do you mind hanging out next week?"

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