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[mccnxhild]

ethan knew lashing out at her wasn't the best way to go about things - but it came out because he had been so worried. he makes sure to lower the ac in the car to keep it cool inside. when she apologizes he sighs softly. "you didn't ruin my night." he tells her more gently this time. "i'm glad you called me to come and get you." he tells her. "i was just .. worried that you were alone. your call freaked me out - you sounded so gone and the thought of you being alone.." he paused. "i would have raised hell if something happened to you."

in her drunk haze, thea knew that ethan was right. but words were hard and the car window was so cold and so nice against her forehead. "i wasn't planning on getting like ..." she gestures with a hand before letting out a sigh. even with thea knowing she can hold her own, sometimes shit can just happen. "everyone has their own shit ... i got too rowdy and too competitive." it comes out kind of slurred but thea is trying to sober up as much as she can. once she able to focus a bit better, she turns her head slightly to look at him. "i'm sorry that i ruined your night ..."

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when he points out that they would call her if they did need something she knew he was right. and it wasn't like her team was truly on their own - someone else was there supervising them. as he touches her she looks up a him her brows furrowed together. "i always joked how i was married to my job.. but in a moment like this it really feels like i am.. i don't know where the job ends and i begin.." mina can feel how tight her body was as he tells her she needed to take care of herself the way she does her patients. she laughs a bit when he tells her they need to take a few grounding breaths and she does manage to do so, her shoulders slumping a bit. when he apologizes she shakes her head. "nono, that's not on you.. you shouldn't have to monitor me and make sure i relax like a normal person." she looks to him giving a sad smile. "i'm sorry..i'm really making this vacation not fun.."

"well ... don't you think that maybe if they did need your or felt like they couldn't do something they would have called you?" he questions tenderly. lifting his hands up, jumin carefully places them against mina's arms and runs his hands up and down her arms in a comforting manner. "i know you take pride in your department and in your team, but you should be able to take time off. you are a person too, you know? and you trust your team right? you worrying like this is kind of a disservice to them. they are fully capable just like you are. you need to take care of yourself the way you take care of your patients." he pauses for a moment while he thinks over his next set of words. "well - I think we need to take a few deep breaths to ground ourselves, because thinking we are only of use at our jobs is not healthy or productive." jumin does give her a soft smile though. "maybe i should have been more attentive and helped you relax more, i'm sorry."

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taken back by the outburst he looks to her blinking for a moment watching her stomp her foot. "uh .. okay." he nods and pulls out a book from under the counter. "this is our style of arrangements, when do you need the bouquet by?" when asked about deliveries he nods. "We do - but it's dependent on what you order, when, where it's going.. things like that. sometimes we need notice if we have to special order supplies.."

“ flowers ! i need you to give me the best and most expensive bouquet of flowers you can make. ” she pulls out her phone and the image she saw only fuels her anger further. she stomps her foot and groans. “ make sure it's big and colorful, okay ?! i don't care how much. do you also do deliveries ? ”

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admittedly emiko felt bad - her wanting to keep it from him was her way of trying to protect him, trying to not be a bother. she fiddles with the blanket on her lap and sighs softly. "i .. i didn't think i was going to be admitted - i came just for some chest pain i just thought i would get some meds and be on my way. i didn't want to make my issues your problem.." she tells him softly. shaking her head she watched as he pulled up a chair. "not yet they have to do tests and stuff before i can. i'm okay.."

he was right. she is hiding something from him. though he must say that his insecurity got the best of him. now that he's looking at her, he wishes his initial thought was the correct one and not this. he wish she was cheating on him, than this. anything but her being back in the hospital. “ why didn't you tell me ? ” he asks softly, not wanting to pick a fight, but just wants to understand. “ i could have come here with you. ” he sighs, pulling one of the chair. “ did you eat? how are you feeling ? ”

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he stops her in her place eyes glancing up at him when he asked what was going on her head. and honestly it was going a thousand miles a minute. pausing to think when he asked her why she wanted to call she chews on her lip. "i.. i don't know how to turn it off? how to not be in go-go-go mode. i've never had a real vacation since i started - i don't know how to not be in control. its my department i don't think they've ever been without me for so long i just.." she sighs her shoulders slumping. truthfully mina didn't know how to relax to let things just roll off her bad to allow herself a time for grace. "i'm only of use when i'm there?"

jumin didn't pretend to know anything about mina's job. for the most part - all he knew about doctors and stuff like that was from stuff he had seen on tv or from her. part of him was really hoping that this vacation would be a good escape for her. but it's almost like she is playing every bad situation that could be happening. watching her pace around makes a feeling of guilt rise in his chest. but jumin is quick to finish his drink before he stands up to walk over to her while she is pacing. "hey - what's going on in that head of yours?" he asks tentatively. "do you really want to call someone and check in, or do you just feel obligated to do it because it's your area?" he isn't asking to be mean, but he also doesn't know how to help her without asking a question like this.

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she shakes her head smiling a bit at the other when he calls her the meanest of them all. "totally." she laughs. when he asked her if everything was okay she nods her head despite what she's feeling. "yeah no, totally everything's cool."

“ oh but you are, you are the meanest of them all, ” he continues to tease her. the smile on his face however falter upon seeing the change in her face after reading the message. “ everything cool ? ”

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"yes i will make sure the sides are crispy." she nods her head smiling to him. "me mean? i don't have a mean bone in my body and i did not yell at you." she giggled as she begins to get everything out a text comes her way making her stop and read over it a small sigh leaving her lips placing her phone down trying to ignore the message.

“ and don't forget the crispy sides! i love the crispy sides. i promise, i'll do the clean up. i'd offer my assistance but last time i did, you yelled at me. you're kinda mean. ”

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yuna can't silence the nagging voice in the back fo her head but nods none the less. "the funfetti with chocolate chips? yeah i can do that for you of course." she agrees.

“ if you really want to help. can you make me those fun pancakes you do instead ? it's been a while since i had those. ”

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honestly devyn wasn't even sure why she had called the other - knowing that surely he would seem bothered by her and knowing he was probably playing something he really cared about. there was a long pause on her end after he answered. picking at the skin around her nails as she moves the phone. "now sounds like a bad time. never mind." she mumbled into the phone a sigh leaving her lips.

not even the world ending outside could tear his focus away from the new campaign he was obsessing over, or so he liked to believe. but the second his phone buzzed and her name lit up the screen, he reached for it without hesitation. he always claimed she annoyed him, like her presence was a distraction he barely tolerated. but that's far from the truth. “ none of your business, ” he muttered, voice flat, already regretting how fast he’d answered. “ what do you want ? ”

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"hey hey calm down okay?" leo places his hands on the other's shoulders trying to ease them as they were clearly freaking out just a bit. he tries to soothe by gently rubbing his thumbs against their arm softly. "start from the top and walk me through what's going on 'kay?" // @angelscored

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working in the flower shop had it's perks for sure - he often was the only one here when scheduled so no one to tell him what to do. daewon was reading a comic when the door chime rung and he looks up at the guest walking in. "hi there- anything i can help you with?" he asked tilting his head to the side. // @angelscored

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more often then not family parties were tiresome to devyn - not wanting to sit around people her parents were fake friends with, and dealing with her sister always one upping her. it as the last place she wanted to be. with glass of wine in hand she headed to the balcony for fresh air before making a phone call. "hey.. what are you doing right now?" //@angelscored

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there was a look of shock on emi's face when the other walked into her hospital room, having not told them she was here on purpose to keep them from worrying too much. "w-what are you doing here? how.. how did you know?" //@angelscored

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the shocked expression on his face was un-hideable. her reaction was not something he had been expecting. sitting up right je looks her over and shakes his head. "wow - just wow liv." he starts. "ya' know i really don't think this is actually going to work out at this point. i don't know how many times i have told you, i like what i do. i don't want to work in a shitty fucking office we're i'm cooped up all day." she says running fingers through his hair. "i'm really not that broke i'm frugal and don't like living as lavishly as you. i just really think you and i are done we're simply incompatible."

“ you’re poor ! ” she blurts out loud, unnecessary, but deeply cathartic. she’s been holding it in for too long. his financial situation has been gnawing at her, quietly undermining everything. she always told herself she wasn’t shallow. turns out, maybe she is. “ i’m pissed off that you won’t just stop being poor and get a better job, ” she says, voice fueled with agitation. “ i can’t date a broke guy forever. you need to be better. ” and then, like it’s the simplest solution in the world: “i told you. just apply to my dad’s company. he’ll set you up in an office with a great view.”

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hana hadn't exactly noticed the flowers until he pointed them out and then as he began to sneeze she quietly walks over to take them from him to relieve him of it. gently putting them down on the counter she's actually looking at him now. the truth was - she was scared and being scared made her lash out in anger not knowing how to deal with it. "i.." she started followed by a sigh her shoulders sinking. "i'm not mad.." she mumbled. "i'm intimidated by her - she's smarter then me, and really pretty and clearly likes you because why else would she be so touchy feely with you and who wouldn't like you - you're so nice and thoughtful and i'm just a raging bitch." the words come out of her mouth like word vomit at this point. "i believe and trust you.. it's her that makes me feel uneasy- i don't want to be the girlfriend who has to sit in on you and your lap partners study sessions..."

“ well technically, you can't see me behind this bouquet of flowers, ” he pauses when a sneeze attempts to escape his lips, “ which i am severely allergic to by the way ” and right on cue, he sneezes. “ but i'm sorry, ” he sighs as he follows her around. “ i still don't understand why you're so mad. i told you, she was just a lab partner. we just had to work through a project. i don't get why you're being mad at me, ” and that's the truth. though his peers did pointed out how touchy the other female could be, but he just saw it as her being caring. nothing wrong with that, right? “ do you want me to fail and lose my scholarship ? i mean, technically i can do it myself but i feel bad if i just left her out of the project, ” he sighs. relationships are indeed tough. especially for someone like him who has no sense of awareness. “ listen next time, you can join our study session. you can stay with us so you know i'm not lying. ”

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for a moment all she can do is stare at the other - it was like her brain was trying to play catch up with what was actually going on and she couldn't exactly believe it. book in her arms she looks at him as he explains that he couldn't stop thinking about them. his words seem and feel genuine - it didn't shrink the ache that she felt about their situation but maybe it soothed it. hearing him say that he wish he fought harder and wished he hadn't made her doubt how he felt she felt a lump in her throat. his words hang heavy in the air as she stands there staring like a deer caught in headlights. she dreamt of this scene happening - him running back to her, but never did she imagine it would actually happen "i um.." she barely gets out obviously shocked. "why.. why don't you come in and get out of the rain?" is what she manages to get out before stepping aside to let him inside.

his eyes meet hers like he hadn’t seen her in years, even if it’d only been weeks. the sound of rain between them somehow quieter than the storm in his chest. “ i know i shouldn't be here. i know that. ” he runs a hand through damp hair, breath caught somewhere between relief and nerves. “ i didn’t come to make this harder for you, i swear. i just … i couldn’t stop thinking about you. about us. ” his voice lowers, obviously tired. “i thought i was doing the right thing walking away. but all i’ve done since is wish i hadn’t. wish i fought harder. wish i told you how much you meant to me before i made you doubt it.” he looks at her. “i’m sorry,” he breathes. “i’m sorry for all of it. for the silence. for leaving. for only realizing how much you were worth when i wasn’t beside you anymore.” he pauses. he lets the words settle, lets her choose what to do with them. “ but if there’s still room even just a little, i want to try again. to do it right this time. ”

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he watched as she began tearing his eyes widening at the sight. "aish sh sh sh..." he tries to soothe as he ushered her inside his room. "stop yelling." he tells her shutting the door and making her sit down. "of course those stories were fake - that's the whole point of summer camp. someone tells cheesy fake stories to freak everyone else out but geez had i known you would have reacted like this..." he paused and looked at her for a moment. "i would have toned it down a bit." he gently ruffles the top of her head. "now stop that blubbering you're okay." he assured her gently wiping away some tears on her cheeks.

she laid restless in bed, chewing on the corner of her pillow while tucked hidden under her sheet. every sound causes her to jump. she should know better than to believe a silly story, but here she is, letting her imagination run wild. the only way she can stop her brain from projecting images and making something out of nothing is to hear it is all fake. hugging her issued pillow, she knocked on his door. desperate for answer. when he answered, she is quick to hit him with her pillow as the water works begin. “ i scared you? you scared me! ” she hits him again. “ tell me all of those stories are fake and you just made it up! ” she demanded before hitting him again.