#even if LSH and CJS are not dead

[valdeswan]

36 year old KRS taking all his savings and buying a farm in a town in the middle of nowhere.

His line of work was a dangerous one, being a bodyguard for high-profile clients

After a job where KRS was blinded in one eye, he took the compensation money and his savings and quit.

His idea was to buy a small, nice house in a town far from the city. But LSH and CJS convinced him that he should buy a couple of acres and make it a farm. Their argument was something about how he should keep himself busy with something to avoid getting into trouble.

Bullshit. If you ask him. But they made him promise that after a three-hour session of them yapping, he only managed to convince them to buy something smaller. There is still a lot of space for only one person (for now)

They made him promise that once they retire, he would give them a room at the farm. KRS sometimes wonders why they tend to ask obvious questions.

The land was acquired at a low price due to its condition: weeds everywhere, rocks, and a two-story old wooden house with leaks.

He wouldn't have bought it if it weren't for the fact that the previous owner had told him he had completely redone the plumbing and wiring a few years earlier.

The only thing Roksoo carried with him when he arrived at his new residence was a bag with clothes and another with his few precious belongings: books, a coffee machine that his coworkers gave him for his birthday, and his pillow.

The moment he set foot on his new property, Roksoo kind of regretted it all because of the work the property needed. He was aware of the condition of the house when he moved in, but for some reason he thought it would be easy. Never again.

He blames LSH and CJS for putting ideas in his head about moving to a farm; this wasn't his idea about living like a slacker. He could do nothing but sigh and enter the house.

The first step creaked as he walked on it; he avoided stepping on the second one, which was obviously rotten. The board on the third and final step creaked and broke. KRS cursed and fell into the hole. He had scratches all over his calf when he managed to get his leg out of the hole.

KRS wondered if he should have been less stingy when it came to shelling out money to buy the property. It's not like he couldn't afford it; he wasn't as rich as he would have liked to be, but he wasn't lacking either.

There was nothing he could do now, so he simply sighed again and opened the creaking door. A cloud of dust made him cough and step back.

KRS mentally thanks the previous owner, who was kind enough to leave him his old tools in the shed. He left his bags on the floor and went to look for a broom to clean the interior to make it minimally habitable for the night.

Sexy Ahjussy activities. Imagine a tall, buff, black-haired middle-aged man with an eye scar🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🦅🦅🦅

[noxiousgrace]

In my mind i keep assuming krs spent his entire life alone and surviving on his own

But that isn't the case, there's clearly proof that he was at some level helped by other people

He mentions it often

He was saved by social workers from his uncle when he was a kid

LSH saved his life

Grandma kim always looked after him like her own son while LSH was gone

CJS and LSH died for him

And so many other incidents

But why does it feel like he's still all alone?

I think his tendency to self isolate is why i keep assuming he survived on his own, when he very much didn't.

Everyone fails him or leaves him eventually, he ends up all alone so often that it's hard for me to think about krs as someone who's had support.

He's had the rug pulled out from underneath him so many times, that it no longer shocks him anymore (take chapter 1-3 for example, he was so chill about waking up in another world and stated he didn't have anyone who he'd miss

But that isn't true either, krs spent 10-ish years of his life as team leader and protected his coworkers time and time again, of course people would miss him. In elisehns illusion, Kim Min Ah and Bae Puh Rum came to check up on krs who hadn't returned to work.

While he mentions the physical support and companionship he's received from other people, his mental wounds run too deep.

He keeps a very clinical count of who he owes and who owes him in return, support is not a familial thing to him, it's transactional

The biggest reason grandma Kims death affected him so much was that he owed her A LOT, she was always quick to have his back and support him, Willing to treat his bruises over and over again despite her ability being limited.

Same with CJS and LSH, they supported him more than his own family ever did (parents dead and an abusive uncle), he was devastated that he couldn't spend the rest of his life with them in order to "pay back" all of their kindness so far.

He doesn't feel responsible for their deaths, but he feels responsible for every opportunity he lost to care about them in return. He mourns the future he could've had with them and the happiness krs could've brought to CJS and LSH.

"you can't smooth things over with the dead" is something he said in the novel, around the time choi han figures out who he is and krs is ready for CH to be extremely upset with him.

Krs!Cale feels responsible for everyone who shows kindness to him, a part of it is because whenever someone has cared about him, his heart always cared about them in return. And krs caring about people caused them to get hurt, that's why he feels the need to protect them so that they don't fall victim to krs' affection, and he actually has enough time with them for their "kindness" to be evened out.

This is why he's annoyed when his group grows larger and larger because of his subconscious altruism, there's so many opportunities for all of them to get hurt before he's done caring about them to the amount he thinks is acceptable, it worries his emotionally stunted heart.

Anywho, i think he feels alone to me because of how little he opens up to other people. He is a self isolating king and manages to be the most famous man ever.

I want him to open up that scarred heart of his and finally allow himself to be loved beyond transactions.

[athasshi]

Me explain this to the wall in the middle of night that the trauma that Krs! Cale had is a very complicated trauma because it is very difficult to heal (well, I know there is never really a healed trauma) but most likely ... the posibility of trauma that Krs! Cale's had to heal is even smaller.

Because the trauma he has is not just a matter of his self-esteem or him thinking that he doesn't deserve love, he doesn't deserve happiness. NO, Kim Roksoo is not like that. He knows that he deserves happiness, he knows that if he wants to save others, then he has to stay alive.

He values (kinda) his own life.

But... he also firmly believes that the people he loves or cares about will end up leave nor dead, that's why he completely closed his heart and he did that for 36 fucking years.

Even though he has gained a new family, the anxiety of losing them is even greater, it's just... because our beloved Cale is not used to venting his own emotions (besides blowing up something), he doesn't know what to do to deal with his anxiety other than killing the white star as soon as possible.

The faster the better.

The ability to record he had will also be detrimental to him in this case because his trauma cycle will also continue to go round and round. He can't be triggered by something (talking about lsh or cjs) because his record will always remind him of events that he doesn't want to remember.

It's amazing for his new family to never give up to try close to him..

[space-girlllll]

So I was originally meant to post this on on another post with a bunch of AUs and headcanons but it got a bit long so I’ll post it earlier than I was meant to @salaapaoo:

Kim rok soo had always been kind of the older brother to the kids in the orphanage: 

When krs first got to the orphanage he I'm not sure the canon age but my head always goes 8 or 13 yrs old so he wasn’t that big yet but still older than a lot of them.

I read a head-canon somewhere (I cannot for the life of me remember where, but this is where I got the idea is this technically theirs help) where he took care of the younger kids there.

Just bcs of the angst potential of this, every kid he takes care of or begins to care for leaves immediately, they get adopted quickly or they’re parents come back for them, some even ended up dead. So once the orphanage workers/helpers realized this strange system, they began to dump most of the children in his care. The workers/helpers who worked at the orphanage often stole or embezzled the funds they had. Kim rok soo had to look for food and get money by himself and taking care of the kids at the same time. There would be days in which where he would starve himself for the children, they were too young they shouldn’t have to suffer the way he did. There were even times he couldn’t find any food, he would clutch the children in a close hug as they cried from hunger and pain.

Fluff time! Maybe he would come to school for them in place of PTCs (Parent Teacher Conference) taught some of them to read and write, played games with them, help them when they get sick. When they have nightmares they often run to Kim rok soo, he was there safe place, he would maybe hug them and stroke their hair, sometimes even singing them to sleep (not me using this as an excuse for an i bet on losing dogs songfic).

After the workers left the children to him, he quickly learned how to organize food for the children, tie or even cut their hair, maybe he helps them with homework in-between his own working and they all have some set time for home work and school things, and as time flies by he soon is the oldest kid there and there is no one to help him out.

As he has to leave the orphanage eventually, he left them money, that he had worked hard for himself, that he’d spent hours tolling on work to give them, so they wouldn’t be left with nothing, so they'd remember he cared. Before he left he turned to the eldest of them, she was 15 and left in charge by Kim rok soo, the caretakers wouldn’t change even after he left and he trusted her, his little sister, after quickly going through his checklist on the things he’d left behind for them, to make sure they’d be safe and happy, even with him gone, he gives her a soft smile “Don’t forget you are still a child yourself, play around and cause trouble, children should be children.” before hugging her tightly and finishing his goodbyes not being able to hear her saying “What about you Oppa?”

Maybe he meets the girl again, during the apocalypse when she joins team 1 under Team leader Lee soo hyuk’s lead as a grade 1 ability swordsman. The two stay close, despite the time that had past Kim rok soo couldn’t help but still treat her the same way he did when she was a child he had been one too, taking care of her, making sure she was alright and not overworking, she even became close with Cjs and Lsh as Krs slowly befriended them. She teased krs often and complained along with cjs and lsh about his bad habits of sacrificing himself (like all younger siblings do such as myself).

They were all happy, they really were, till the massacre incident finally came and blew his entire world away, his brothers, his sister, his friends and family, the team that was his entire life, was gone and he was left with nothing but the broken pieces of his life, memories, and dreams of what could’ve been. Memories of playing with small giddy children, memories of older siblings being there for him and helping him, all disappearing as fast as the life was sucked out his family.

After the transmigration, there would be times when he looked at Lilly and saw her. The younger sister that he cared for and raised. He sees her in Lilly's brown hair, their shared sword style, and sometimes he would even slip up and call lily by her name. After a few times, Lilly finally asks "Oraeboni, who is (name)?" He freezes as the records of her death rewind in his mind. He can't stop it. Lilly resembles her too much, so he distances himself, hoping that it would lessen the pain. Lilly and (name) look like they could've been sisters... Almost like twins with how Lilly looks almost exactly like the little girl he raised. It hurts too much... He can't be there.

During the end of part 1 when GoD told Cale about Sui, he tells him a bit more than that. He tells him about someone else who reincarnated in the world-- in Roan. His little sister had been reincarnated as Lilly Henituse, the little sister of the original owner of this body. The God of Death then explains that he couldn't return her memories to her. Despite all of the things that Cale had changed and accomplished, GoD still couldn't return Lilly’s memories from her previous lifeto her.

 When he sees her again, he's just devastated and pulls her close, holding her tightly as he slowly rubs the back of her head like how he always had in their previous lives. Meanwhile, the others are just confused because he usually has a sad look in his eyes whenever he would look at her before quickly averting his eyes. They're happy to see the two of them getting along though. LIlly is confused at first, but the hug felt so warm and strangely familiar. She's sure that she's felt it before, but the thought is quickly replaced with feelings of content from being hugged by her oraeboni

[moonsoupstar-ao3]

that's good! don't overwork yourself! 😺

Yoooo! I don't really think I'm going to do it so there's the transmigrante!Soo's (both ideas)

They're polysoos too, but you can ignore it if you're not into it <3

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To clarify, LSH transmigrated into Fredo, CJS into Cale and KRS into White Star (yes, GoD kick WS from the body like a ball)

OG!WS didn't do much before he was exchanged (like, he only put the plan for the capital and the wolves on) for KRS in that life but he's not dead-dead, he's currently in the body of a baby somewhere remote on the Eastern Continent, he's not going to have the means to act until after the adultes and even then he'll be more of a nuisance than a threat (at least for a while).

KRS did not read the entire novel, just as the canon only went up to the fifth volume.

CJS read the novel in his adolescence cuz' there was a copy in his house, but he don't remember too much of it (only the first two volume).

LSH is... well, his position is secure and he has a very clear idea of what to do, even if he don't read the novel at all. He meets KRS first and together they determine that probably, if they are lucky enough, CJS is also reincarnated in this world.

In the end the three of them meet, everyone is very confused about why three of the strongest and most lunatic men in this world are hugging each other as if they haven't seen each other in an eternity and speaking in a language that only CH seems to have an idea of what it is.

They locking themselves in a room together for almost three whole days and people assume a LOT of things but the reality is that they were walking around, catching up, deciding where they are going to make their new house with farm and chord, taking up their platonic marriage vows and making out a little because CJS loves kissing and his (again) husbands love to spoil him.

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CH doesn't speak much Korean these days, forgot most of what he knew and is now resuming his classes with KRS along with the kids (Raon, Hong, On, Dodori and all the others).

Bc yes, KRS go for all the childrens and people who need help, just because he can.

CJS left the heir position officially and for a while was a "free spirit", post-canon he usually travels around the world (or as far as he can) but spends a lot of time wherever his husbands are.

KRS dismantled Arm and most of WS's plans shortly after reincarnating so he has free time, if he's not lounging around, glued to some other "Soo" or the kids, he finds himself generating mayhem for fun.

LSH became the new king of Endable Kingdom, he has a lot of work to do but he always makes time for everyone's visits, especially his children and husbands.

Technically no one but them knows about their marriage but everyone smells something going on between them, especially after those three days locked up. There are a lot of rumors out there, they don't deny or affirm anything.

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About the other idea, is almost the same au except each comes from a different version of the Earth.

KRS comes from an Earth where the three had been married for a decade and a half and is very interested in remarrying them (he's not going to force them or anything ofc).

CJS comes from a version where he only knows KRS, they got along extremely well even though they knew each other relatively recently (two years), he transmigrated a year after the start of the apocalypse and hopes his KRS will be fine without him (he is, though he still has him on his mind)

LSH doesn't know any of them, he also comes from an apocalyptic world but was alone (with his team but never really forming strong relationships), he meets KRS!WS almost by chance and they end up spending a lot of time together, he also falls in love with the concept that is CJS

“Lee Soo Hyuk wasn't the type to fall in love at first sight and he didn't believe in falling in love with someone he didn't know either, but the way Kim Rok Soo talked about them, about Choi Jung Soo, with that soft tone and the bright gaze made it impossible for him not to fall in love, even if just a little, with the ray of sunshine that seemed so unreal.”

[snazzydwarf]

Imo OG!Cale wasn't really given a choice in the matter, same as KRS!Cale.

Why?

It was either he, and everyone else who's left dies or he turns back time. It's not really a choice when one thing is so much worse then the other, it's more like an inevitable that has come to pass.

Cale loves his family so sooo much, sure he would've been stoked to have the chance of knowing his family could come back... But he can't see them again.

To Cale, even though his family may be alive again the past, right now they are dead. They have been dead for many years and he's had to carry that burden for so long.

It would have been crushing to know that your family is back, that the friends you've made or gotten close to during the war are alive, but you will never see them again.

I also think that if he really pushed, he could have gone back in time himself and not KRS.

However I think he knows that he wouldn't be able to stop White Star. Cale would have lacked alot of information that was in the guide book and he was also simply a soldier.

I don't know his ranks, but I assume he wasn't leading the charge since the beginning, so he would have lacked the knowledge of a commander or a leader.

Also it's not all bad for KRS either. I feel like we shouldn't just ignore the fact this deal was also good for him.

KRS had lost everyone who was important to him by that point, the same as Cale.

It was why he's so chill, even happy, with being in the body of Cale.

He has a new chance of life, he got a new family that loves him, he has kids and a home to return to. (I also believe the curse that was on him due to the whole White Star thing is now null and void.)

He also now has (mega spoilers here that isn't talked about in the fic btw)

Sui Khan, aka LSH! He has one of his closest back, and even CJS is... Kinda back? I don't know much about what's happening with him, but he's floating around now!

So it's a win win for everyone!

They both won out on the deal, even if KRS wasn't informed about it before hand, and they both wouldn't trade their life's back anyways.

What did Og!Cale sacrifice?

Genuine question...

Hear me out;

I'm reading the latest chapter of 'In an Instant' by Messy_haired_bum and something just clicked in my head.

See, I know that the Og!Cale is a fan favorite, something that I didn't really understand because we don't know a whole lot about the guy, but there's just something that's been stopping me from getting enamored with him via various fanfictions I've read even though they've made the Og!Cale very lovable, and I didn't really know what it was, for a long time, until now.

There are various posts circulating around saying that Og!Cale sacrificed himself greatly with the deal he made with the GoD, and at a time, I believed that. But... reading this chapter opened my eyes and made me think, what did Og!Cale sacrificed?

What did he sacrifice that he didn't already lose?

A lot of ppl say that Og!Cale lost everything to be KRS but the only thing he had left was his identity. That's... not a lot to be honest. Not enough, actually.

Now, I can hear y'all thinking "Current!Cale got his wealth, backing, and a family–", but so did Current!KRS.

Current!KRS also didn't need to deal with a world war involving a megalomaniac, entire enemy nations, and a literal divine being.

Og!Cale was a foot soldier for 40 years, most likely didn't help a lot against Arm and The White Star, and he died without any (known) great feats but he's given such an amazing opportunity to take over the body of someone that'll need to deal with all those problems? An opportunity of rebirth that even Lee Soo Hyuk wasn't given until he gave one up of his abilities to help seal a deity?

He knows he couldn't shoulder the burden of saving the world so he just... washed his hands off that responsibility... And then occupied the body of a high-ranking well-known individual to then go off and get a happy ending with his reincarnated mom.

As the excerpt above said, it's a win-win for him, he doesn't get soul-crushing responsibilities, he gets a high-ranking position that grants him power, he can deal with the learning curve due to being given Og!KRS's abilities and having an actual reliable guide, and he gets to be back with his mom.

And...

... If Current!Cale ever fails?

He can just shrug and say it's not his problem anymore.

He's got his new happy life now. (I'm not saying he will, I'm just saying he could, if he was a lesser man)

Current!Cale lost everything he had too, all the fruits of his labors, the results of him dealing with all sorts of issues and problems for years, just... taken away by a stranger in his body. You can say KRS!Cale wasn't really happy, that Og!Cale didn't know if the body he'll end up in would be okay, that he gambled with his life in taking over Og!KRS's life.

Life that... he was about to lose anyways.

It just wasn't fair...

If we ignore the fact the KRS!Cale is literally thriving and just look subjectively at the situation of the body switch, KRS!Cale got the short end of the bloody, hellish, rotting stick.

I can only get closure if I personally find out if Og!Cale ever gave a fuck about the uninvolved, innocent guy that he sent to deal with a 20 year war, and not in the 'Is he doing the saving he's supposed to?' typa way, I want to find out if he ever feels guilty of the responsibility that he gave the man, if he ever worries for KRS!Cale's personal safety and mental health, for putting an innocent man through war. An innocent man that couldn't just stand by, as the world he found himself in, burns around him.

I don't want to dislike the current KRS, I want to love him actually, but this is my current perspective on the matter and you guys are free to share yours so that I can broaden my mindset about Og!Cale (pls do, I wanna like the guy but I wanna know if he's a good guy first, I wanna know why ppl love him so I can love him as well)

[blueteller]

I was reading through your posts earlier and saw the one about LSH CJS & KRS' abilities, and it made me want to share my personal headcanon for another Ability of KRS. As a disclaimer, I think this is very unlikely to be canon, but I found it such an interesting idea that I have pretty much integrated it into my headcanons and just wanted to share since you were also guessing about potential other abilities for him. Basically, I think an interesting third ability for KRS would be: being in the right place at the right time. I know it sounds pretty lackluster, but hear me out. Over the course of canon, there have been a LOT of lucky coincidences for Cale. He is constantly stumbling into people who desperately need his help at exactly the right moment to provide it (and earn their undying loyalty.) Hannah and Jack are just one of many examples of this. It's like his random encounter chance is at 100% at all times. Now, I do understand this is run of the mill for fiction, and in order to have a good and interesting story you need to maintain a certain suspension of disbelief for the lucky/unlucky coincidences the protagonist runs into, and I have no issues with that, which is why I say I doubt this is a canon ability. BUT, I do think it would be both interesting and reasonable within the setting for KRS to have that sort of ability. To explain my imagined details, it is basically an intuition of "if you go to this place at this time, then something you want/need to do will be there". No hints or anything about what will happen, just "go here and figure the rest out on your own." For the guy who can never leave anyone to suffer, even as he insists he wants to be a slacker, I think it would be something he couldn't ignore. Basically, it is a useless and even confusing ability for anyone but Cale, who has maxed out observation and strategy skills allowing him to notice the Random Encounters in his vicinity. It would also explain all the times he just so happens to run into exactly the person he needs to solve either a current or future problem. Honestly, what inspired me to think about this was the idea that a lot of Cale's dear friends and family members would straight up be dead if he hadn't coincidentally been there to give them the opportunity to save themselves, and it made me really sad so I came up with an Ability to fix it. I basically overthought things so much the power of Cale's protagonist halo leading him to story-relevant events was unable to soothe me, lol.

That's truly, really interesting! I don't think you overthought this at all – because it matches quite well with a certain theory of mine! …Well, not 100%, but hear me out.

Personally, I don't believe that Cale has a "luck" ability.

It's still a solid theory, of course – because if he had such an ability, there's a high possibility that he wouldn't realize it (having lived an extremely difficult life, on the top of being emotionally dense). In his previous life as Kim Rok Soo, he was under the Curse of the God of Death, which caused him constant misfortune and suffering. However, a "luck" ability would alleviate the symptoms a bit. Meaning: despite the odds, KRS still survived. He still made friends. He still experienced joy. Perhaps it was just because the Curse was weakened for KRS in comparison to the White Star, but perhaps he also had a natural affinity for good fortune, which helped him out.

I don't believe that's the case, though. Because you forget another important factor in TCF which hadn't been explained in detail yet: and that is Karma.

Now, according too google, Karma (in Hinduism and Buddhism) is "the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences." In TCF, it seems Karma is some form of energy, which can be obtained in three ways:

being naturally born with it

saving a lot of people by sacrificing yourself

stealing from other people by killing them

While we know that Karma can be used for transportation between universes ("I dedicate my Karma", a method used by the Hunters), and also having a lot of it means ascention into a divine being like a God or a Wanderer… I believe that Karma is also tied to fate, in a way. Good fate, to be specific.

Someone like KRS, who bore the Curse by no fault of his own, his Karma would remain unaffected. He would have earned a lot of it by saving people through-out his life and sacrificing himself constantly. Remember the incident where Choi Jung Soo and Lee Soo Hyuk died? KRS decided to stay and sacrifice himself, too. Just because he didn't die doesn't mean his sacrifice didn't count.

My point is: I think KRS got a lot of Karma. Which means there was a lot of good fortune in store for him. However, due to the Curse blocking all of it (or most of it, who knows), it was bottled up and unavailable… until the moment he transmigrated as Cale.

As Cale, he suddenly had a huge untapped reserves of good fortune on his side. And I think that was the reason why he was so lucky. He was guided to all the allies he would need by this force of Karma, which is directly tied to Fate. He was even able to alter the fate of the Black Dragon's – Raon's – death. The narrative stated that it was such an important event, that even Nature took notice of it and had to "accept" Raon as living in the world. Cale's earned Karma was so powerful he was able to implement such a huge change.

To sum it up, I don't think Cale is lucky because he's a protagonist written that way, or because it's an ability of his. I really think it's because of Karma, and that we will find out more about it in the future.

Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with me! I hope my reply did not disappoint 😊

[author-luna]

TCF AU pitches

I haven’t posted in a very long while, especially anything related to my fic on AO3 (yes i know that I havent updated it since I posted it-)

But in the mean time, I did write a couple of things, ambled ideas and pitched a few AUs on discord which I will be putting up here (and maybe flesh out and post on AO3)

Without further ado, there ya go:

Modern day where KRS and Cale are siblings, with KRS being like 10 or 12 years older (this has a purpose I swear)

KRS went to a different city for colleges, and Cale was das because his big brother is now gone and not many people are there to talk with.

It that’s alright, he still has his mum and , albeit very busy, dad , right?

Wrong

It takes only 2 months for Jour to become bedridden because of an unknown disease, 2 more years and she’s gone.

In those 2 years, 8 years old Cale had to watch as his father loses his sanity with each passing day.

At first he held it in for the sake of his sons, but when Jour doesn’t make any progress, he starts slipping away

In the end, after the funeral where Cale had to comfort his father, Deruth loses his last thread of sanity

Cale is so so scared because his once warm and loving mother isn’t there anymore, there is no big brother he can hide behind and even his father starts screaming and crying whenever he looks at Cale

He thinks he has to endure it, because his father still loves him and he can’t abandoned him, but he’s only 8 and an 8 years old can only take that much

It takes him a wine bottle being thrown at him to muster up the courage and call KRS in the dead of the night, at first with an icy voice

But when KRS hoarsely takes the call and asks “Cale, is that you? Why are you up so late?” He starts crying and bawling

Through hiccuped sentences, KRS finally understands what’s happing and tells him to lock himself in a room with enough food and water to last him 3 days, he’ll come to get him.

Cale can’t help the glimmer of hope that spars indeed of him, the thought of seeing his brother again and having someone finally help him

When KRS finally comes home, he knocks on the door of Cale’s room and Cale doesn’t answer at first

KRS talks to Cale, asking him to open the door, and when Cale realizes it’s KRS, he flings open the door and throws himself at his brother

KRS hugs Cale’s trembling figure, mentally swearing at himself for not noticing that something was wrong. Cale almost always called him. When the calls dwindled and eventually vanished to almost none, he hadn’t thought anything of it

They admit Deruth into a hospital for mental trauma and he starts getting treated

Legally, custody is transferred over to KRS as he is an adult with the capacity to take care of Cale

All of the money and other things that belong to the Henituse family Also belongs to KRS, which he used to buy a better place for him and Cale

He takes Cale with him to the city he’s studying in, and enrolls Cale at a nearby school after a while (it takes Cale almost a year to be able to go to school due all the trauma) and gets him a therapist to deal with the loss of his mother and father

Cue Soos moment

LSH and CJS are KRS friends in college, and when they find out he is taking care of his little brother, they help him out

And Cale got used to calling them sometimes as uncles

Or calling them hyung because they are KRS friends and CJS and LSH tease KRS to also call them hyung

In school, Cale gets to know Choi Han and Alberu (I know that CH is supposed to be CJS uncle once removed but here he is younger)

At first he doesn’t like Alberu, his face so blinding it hurts his eyes

But after a series of accidents, they become friends and soon CH joins them

Cale also takes a side job in his teen years, where he takes care of his neighbors kids (On, Hong and Raon)

All of them adore him

Years pass by, and Cale and KRS heal from their wounds

When Cale turns 16 (KRS is around 26-28) their father gets out of the hospital

At first, they don’t have much contact, but it grows overtime

They’re very awkward around eachother, mainly because Deruth realizes that both of his sons are grown up and he didn’t get to see Cale’s growth

When he falls for Violan and eventually married her, Cale feels like a wall stands between them

When they visit over their breaks, he feels the slighted sting of jealousy as he watches Deruth laugh and talk with Violan and Basen (*I used to have this as well*, he thinks to himself)

But he soon gets over it, and is instead happy for them, even if he longs to fit into the picture

When Lily is born, the rift continues to grow

It’s almost like KRS and Cale don’t belong into the Henituse family, like discarded puzzle pieces that no longer fit into the new and shiny picture

He feels bitter, and so does KRS

But after a talk together, They realize that maybe they’ll never fit into the new family, at lest, as long as they don’t try

Deruth is ashamed and scared, he had hurt and abandoned his sons

But one day, they ask him to talk

And they talk until the night, spilling all the words they kept bottled up, talking about the burdens they carried for so long

It’s awkward at first, but with time the conversation flows

They clear up misunderstandings and understand eachother

When they walk out of the room, if feels like they flipped to a new page, a new chapter, where life might even look a bit brighter

Maybe they go to family therapy or sth as well, but they improve their relationship and the wall that stood between them slowly crumbles

Or alternatively:

KRS and Cale decide that maybe it’s better to walk away from the burdens and to return to their new family, where they are right home and fit in just perfect.

They go low contact and enjoy their lives with their friends and family

[anrisimps]

-Krs's baby pics and videos smh being teleported to Fredo's desk (GoD is that you?)

- Fredo didnt know who this human baby was , in strange clothing and even stranger surroundings. He found the concept of videos novel and absentmindedly surfed through the videos

- inspired by these he decided to create a device to make such "videos" for his cute son given it worked on the same principle as video communication devices.

-the human child gave off a familiar feeling but he couldnt recall anyone. The giggling toddler and his mother laughing at the father's expense was amusing tho

- after sketching out half baked ideas he forgot abt them until it was discovered by Naru

Naru was just there to borrow some books from his father's office when he found a tablet what the fuck- on his table. He was infinitely curious now. He dropped the books and grabbed the tablet. Hyung and jung soo could wait. Probably. He made himself comfortable and turned it on. Nothing could have prepared him for the sight infront of him. His dead parents were holding his younger self , chortling at one of his antics. He hardly remembered anything from his childhood. Scrolling dazedly through the pics he unconsciously recorded everything. From their laugh lines to the crows feet near their eyes. He wondered what it would like have been if they hadnt died so early. Lost in his thoughts he didnt hear the door opening and didnt notice anything amiss until two set of hands grabbed him. He started.

"Rok soo ya! So this is where you disappeared off to!" Lsh said and ruffled his hair.

"Rok- no Naru, you promised to come back soonnn"

Rolling his eyes at both of them, he shifted back into the couch and sighed.

" I was just about to come back.." and subtly tried to hide the tablet but ofc it didnt escape from their attention.

"Is that a tablet???!!

- cue in to them watching the videos together & Lsh and cjs having a field day embarassing krs after each picture/ video

- in one of the videos Krs was being held by his mom who was trying really hard to get him to eat something. Apparently he did not eat his lunch unless he was looking at pretty shiny things...or people for that matter.

" Rok soo ya really likes shiny things doesnt he hyung?" cjs cackled.

" What about us rok soo? Are we handsome enough to get you to eat?" lsh teased krs.

" No. Get out both of you"

Ofc he was ignored in favour of his younger self. Young krs was fidgeting in his mother's hold ,pouting in misery. His father came in thr periphery of the video and gave an exasperated sigh.

"Aigoo Roksoo-ya still hasnt eaten anything ?"

Just then the scene on the tv changed and a child actor appeared and young krs's eyes brightened in recognition.

"Appa look!"

His parents turned towards the tv and started laughing about how their cute son never changed. Naru didnt remember anything abt this actor either. His younger self was most enamoured by said person. That person looked a little familiar though. Beside him lsh blushed and started coughing.

"Is it just me or that child looks familiar?" cjs said to no one in particular. Naru nodded.

He turned towards lsh with a look that said ' whats wrong with you' when his mother in the video chattered happily

" My baby really likes that child doesnt he? What was his name- Ah Lee Soo hyuk! That child is gonna become a great actor when he grows up. Roksoo do you like him very much?" his mother teased the younger krs who just giggled happily in response.

Naru ,on the other hand, choked and suddenly he was as red as his trashy hyung nim's hair. There was a beat of silence before cjs started laughing so hard that he shed a few tears.

"Ahahahhahhaha Roksoooo. You have been crushing on Soo hyuk hyung ever since you were a toddler? Hhahahahahh"

Lsh who had recovered from some of his embarrassment smiled charmingly.

" Dongsaeng...I did not know you liked me so much. Hehe c'mere and give this hyung a kiss. "

Naru turned even a brighter shade of red.

"Yo..you both shut up"

Just then the younger krs piped up

" Im gonna marry him when i grow older! :D"

"..."

"..."

"...."

" Pfft- hahahhahaah "

Cjs was now rolling on the floor while clutching his stomach while lsh looked like his ego received a massive boost which it definitely did. His smirk became even more infuriating and he preened under all that attention.

"Roksoo you cant just marry every pretty person you see out there" , his mother laughed prettily while feeding him and then the video was cut short.

" Hear hear" , cjs giggled " Only if Ahjumma knew that her child would actually end up marrying the famous child actor lsh "

He climbed onto the couch and plopped back beside Naru. Lsh batted his eyes at him and asked if he was pretty making Naru smack him in the stomach. Cjs cuddled Naru from the other side.

" Our dongsaeng was such a cutie when he was young. Not like you are any less cute now Naru-ya"

Whatever Naru was about to say in retort was cut short when another voice spoke up behind them , making all of them jump up.

" Ofcourse my son is absolutely adorable in either of his forms"

" Aaaah-" ,cjs shrieked and Naru slapped a hand across his mouth to silence him.

" What are you doing here father?"

" Ho. I should be asking you that my sweet son. I have been standing here for the past 10 minutes. Never thought I would see something so intresting."

Naru wanted to dig a whole in the ground and die. Please. This insufferable vampire was never gonna let him live this down.

" Do you find your father handsome too , my son? I can assure you I am still very popular amongst the..yknow..crowd"

"NO"

"Hehe my son is so cute"

"Go away"

" Aw you were such a cute baby then. Why are you so rude to your poor father." , Fredo fake sobbed.

" Thats it. I am not having this conversation anymore." Naru ran walked out of that door.

In his haste he had forgotten about that tablet left on the couch. Future Naru would come to regret that decision later on. Present Naru covered his twitching lips with his hands and smiled fondly as he walked back to his room with his thoughts circling around the treasure trove of memories he chanced upon today.

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Omake

Fredo: So I heard you both were married to my son * smiles menacingly*

Lsh :

Cjs :

Lsh & Cjs : Haha we're in danger.

Hmmm having a lot of thoughts abt realfakedokja's fic totvdf....

Polysoos as Naru and Sui khan and Cjs (in his child form?) in the Endable kingdom and pepper some papa Fredo in the mix *cries*