#but fr i hope you and your dad bonded the heck out

[thecryptidart1st]

Yeah. <3 my dad loves RE

He was 8 when the first one came out.

He's excited about me being into it now.

Processing the fact that the original RE kids have their own kids rn

(but for serious, I’m legit glad that you and your dad are bonding through Resident Evil. Kudos! I hope its been well)

[cupidoargiades]

childhood promises (pt 1)

hyunwoo had been your best friend since kindergarten. even at an age that young, you were the epitome of best friends forever. you guys were like a two-for-one deal; you get one, you get the other for free. there was no way you'd be leaving his side, and vice versa. the friendship lasted all the way through high school, until a big move along with growing up broke the bond. you try and contact him again, but will the budded flowers bloom again after all those years?

you and hyunwoo had made a promise when you were just kids. when you get older, and when you have enough money, get married on the big playground in your area. it had a big field where the ceremony would take place, and the party would be in the playground's tower, with the buffet located in the sandbox (worst idea ever, who wants sand in their food?). you even kept the drawing of the marriage somewhere safe, where nobody but you would be able to find it.

however, the friendship began to shift meaning as you two got older. you seemed to drift apart when he pursued his music career, and he only focussed on that. only seeing him a few times a month, you noticed he didn't really put any effort into the friendship anymore. "there's no way you'd be leaving his side" became purely hypothetical.

your parents were never the richest couple on the block, so when your dad got offered a new job on the other side of the country, he couldn't help but refuse. he was promised almost double of the salary he got back then, which was just enough to sustain a family. it didn't take long for your family to move. even though hyunwoo and you already started to disconnect, it seemed like the friendship came to an abrupt end.

the busy lives of you and your family went on, and hyunwoo debuted under starship entertainment. his group: monsta x. his stage name was shownu; an abbreviation for son hyunwoo. to see him become so succesful, while you were busy with opening up your own business, felt a little downgrading. as if he was saying 'ha, look at how far i've made it without you'.

of course, paying for the whole building while your café was only on the ground floor got too expensive, so you decided to move above the café. though it was smaller than your apartment, it was big enough for you and it made travelling for work so much easier.

your future seemed to light up a little, while monsta x's livin' it up started playing on your spotify.

livin' it up.

that's it.

let's break out of this repetitive life.

let's make life a shangri-la, a paradise on earth.

to fulfill your dreams and promises however, seemed further away than it looked like. especially the most important childhood promise. you had to contact hyunwoo again.

you tried to contact him on all platforms you could. instagram, twitter, fancafe, weibo, heck even their business email.

all seemed to have failed: two weeks later, there still was no reply. until a you got a next from an unknown number.

unknown:

Sorry if this is the wrong person, but I hope you didn't change your phone number. My manager has shown me the messages you sent, and I really want to hang out sometime. Contact me on this number if this is indeed y/n. Love, SHW

love, shw

love, son hyunwoo.

even though it was just a text, you felt the tension in those last words. as if they screamed 'i don't know whether you still like me or not, and i don't know whether i still like you or not either, so i don't know what to send, but kind regards seems to official, but love, ... seems so-' you know the drill.

you:

hey! :) yeah it's still me lol getting a new phone number is such a hassle so i just kept the same

thanks so much for texting me btw

unknown:

Sorry for not msg'ing you back earlier, I was really busy working on new music

It's a busy life these days

you:

sounds promising...

lmk if youre free, i kinda want to hang out to catch up on eachother

im running a cafe atm so if you wanna hang there, we can

unknown:

Tbh, I'd love that, but the manager wants me and the boys to stay inside

It's really cold out

I'll send the adress of the company, meet me there Saturday at 12:30

Or later if you don't want to eat with me and the boys

you:

nah 12:30 is fine

see you saturday :)

unknown:

Gotcha

See you then!

Oh

And don't forget to bundle up if you don't want to catch a cold

you:

will do, woo, dw

ill bring some snacks too

unknown:

Ooooo

Bonus points

Fr now though, see you Saturday

you:

yes yes

sleep well tonight

unknown:

You too

Sweet dreams :)