#everyone should go bother gaya now that she's free from the shadow realm hehe

[velvetineblue]

❝ Tomorrow, I'm gonna wake up and I'll be fifty. I'll still be doing this shit. And that's all right. That's fine. ❞ (From Gaya)

they walk around the garage, eyeing the rare and precious imports, their voices and footsteps echoing against the walls of the spacious room. nobody else but Tai and Quinn were around: only the upper echelon of the gang were allowed to know that Kang 'Gaya' was a 'friend' of the Black Fang family . . . " you really think we'll make it to fifty? " he asks, as they appraise the gang's inventory of automobiles. her and him, rebels and family-traitors . . . didn't seem very likely they'd see their golden years. ( he pretends not to know it, their unwritten doom; ) " . . . yeah, I guess so. fifty's right around the corner— for you. " he teases, with a grin . ( as if his age is so different; he's trailing right behind her in numbers. don't tell him that though. ) " it's fine with me, too— especially if you outlive that old man; your dad. " two fingers brush specks of grey dust off the hood of a bright yellow, shiny sports car. his voice lowers significantly; their garage is meant to be protected from unwelcome ears, but you can never be too careful. ( especially not after that unpleasant incident with that DETECTIVE; Naeun . . . )

" you're not chickening out on that, right? " it's not because she's his daughter that he asks. others might question how someone could plot the death of their Own Father: but Taiyang doesn't. no, he knows it: sometimes, family is the easiest target. history breeds resentment in you . . . the time spent together shows you all of their flaws; unlike a stranger, you couldn't convince yourself that your father was an innocent, undeserving of the act . . .

that's not why he asks. he just needs to make sure that Gaya is going to get it DONE; isn't being impeded by her fear of consequences, or punishment, or anything else. his desire for this one man's end is unusually urgent, but he doesn't say why. ( one might assume that it's because the minister is a 'bad man'— the very kind that Black Fang is known to target. but truthfully, that isn't why he frets; . . . it's because if Gaya doesn't do it soon, he's worried that Quinn will . and if she does, what happens next? that chain-reaction of events is one he'd rather not have to worry about. no, he's not usually one to be afraid of consequences, or troubled by uncertain futures, but . . . when it concerns Quinn's future, her safety, all bets are off. )