#i live for jinwoo being awkward but trying his best guide for jinchul

[hanakihan]

some AB AU brainrot ideas for Chulwoo i had before, during and after I got my diploma (and survived):

- when jinchul ‘awakened’ (or more like was violently informed of what exactly he is) he really struggled with his own mana, because it started to mix and transform into that of AB’s original essence and it operates on a whole other level than mana, it doesn’t even work like mana. So it just started to bottle up in him and since human body isn’t created to hold the essence of a god in it, it started to backfire really badly because jinchul has no idea how to release or contain excessive essence without accidentally erasing half the world in process. Before things escalated to worst scenario Jinwoo stepped in and proposed a sparring match to exhaust most of essence because as of now he’s the closest to what a god is so it should be relatively fine. It worked but it also left a chunk of land completely destroyed in process of spar, which was fixed with remains of excessive essence which surprised both of them because one unconscious thought and land again became blooming and flourishing. That was pretty much the begging of their ‘little experiments to decide what can and can’t be done without accidentally destroying everything’. Jinchul unlike Jinwoo doesn’t have a guiding system so in a sense jinwoo with his experience becomes one.

- jinwoo was the one to initiate whole ‘regulation through physical contact’ thing. Jinchul wasn’t excited about this one because he’s not a touchy person really and he was kinda afraid pure in all senses energy can harm Jinwoo who’s on darker spectrum. Turned out there’s nothing harmful about whole process, and even better is that jinwoo can either nullify it or convert some of it into his own to stack later as a sort of emergency resource. Jinwoo even joked that interacting with Jinchul’s energy is like touching sea of stars, as weird as it sounds. Everything aside jinchul appreciates when jinwoo silently touches him and tunes worst of bottled up essence without being asked to.

- they both wondered why exactly jinchul’s essence is bottomless no matter how much of it Jinwoo turned and jinchul theorized that maybe it’s all coming from world they live in by itself. World was created using insane amounts of essence and now as world lives and exists it keeps being produced and returns to its initial source which created an endless loop. Jinchul joked that maybe after his death same thing as with supernovas and black holes will happen but honestly it stopped being funny after a minute of serious thought about it. World somehow lived and existed without proper God’s vessel, and it may as well continue so, but they’re worried of what will happen if all the bottled energy loses its vessel. Jinchul took jinwoo’s vow to do everything to stop it if it comes to worst scenario.

- jinchul really cares about gunhee and after some time he unconsciously healed him. he was really happy about it but also realized he needs to keep his thoughts and feelings even more in check because apparently everything can come true if his feelings or desire are strong enough. Situation with gunhee also made him realize he’s not really bound by hunter’s classification and can be a proficient healer as well (which he mostly practices on jinwoo after their especially long sparring sessions). Later on jinchul understood that he can create real miracles that can alter their plane of existence but he also realizes it comes at high price for him. Those are saved as a last resort.

- even if jinchul is a god, his appearance doesn’t alter itself to match his new status like jinwoo’s body did. Place them together side by side and it’s funny how jinwoo looks more like a god than actual god standing beside him. Jinwoo did said once that simplicity suits jinchul best. One day jinwoo showed jinchul his monarch’s armor with altered appearance (which jinwoo doesn’t really like but it gets job done) which made jinchul wonder if it’s based on previous incarnation’s appearance of purely an unconscious aesthetic choice. The disappointment he experienced later with his own altered godly form because apparently god didn’t wear that much armor at all instead giving preference to long flowy robes and lighter approach. Jinwoo did stare at it for longer that is considered appropriate because oh, starlight in flowing locks, universe is steady gaze and purity of snow and stars creating an image of god and you don’t see it every day (he won’t say out loud it’s beautiful)

- sometimes jinchul starts to know or remember things he shouldn’t by itself. Events of centuries ago, the knowledge unknown to humanity, reminiscing of something with distant disconnected stare into distance. People around are unnerved when it happens, because if he looks in their eyes like that they feel like they’re judged by powers above. It’s same as if staring into Jinwoo’s eyes for too long, because you’ll stare into void and it will stare at you back. As a bonus points sometimes jinwoo and jinchul can accidentally talk in whole other language never known to humanity and it’s such natural thing they don’t believe until someone plays a recording of one such conversation to them.

- with time jinchul’s appearance starts to alter like Jinwoo’s. In jinchul’s case he doesn’t change physically that much, hair getting more pure white streaks, eyes becoming brighter, richer molten gold with starlight in it. Sometimes his voice gets an outwordly echo to it, sometimes his blood turns into liquid gold. Jinwoo looks like he’s made from darkest of nights, a void given human shape, while jinchul is made of purest light and snow.

- because of who and what they are, jinchul and jinwoo’s interaction dynamic also changed accordingly in a way. there’s some moments people misunderstand, but for these two it’s a normal thing that they don’t even notice.

- it was by pure accident they realized that jinchul in fact can turn jinwoo’s summons into his own. Jinchul accidentally touched Igris and to their surprise knight’s appearance changed accordingly, a pure white armor with ornaments and red rose. Igris himself was utterly confused because he does remember serving jinwoo but he also now serves this person his liege hangs out with. it’s same moment both understand they can undo it by jinwoo touching his summons again, but now they’re curious on how others will change so everyone eventually comes through this experience.

- it also turns out jinchul can create his own personal summons from things and concepts. he once thought about moon rabbit while staring at full moon and thought itself was so silly he ended up with an actual moon rabbit on his lap that was created from moonlight. Jinwoo actually laughed when jinchul asked his guidance on how to handle summons, because seeing a serious man in a suit with moonlight made rabbit in hands is kinda cute.

- jinwoo is pleasantly cold, and one time Jinchul handles excessive essence too badly he woke up with jinwoo in same bed because apparently hand holding wasn’t enough to nullify all of it and jinchul started to have a really bad fever. Jinchul did had a thought it’s inappropriate for two adult men to sleep in same bed but he’s tired and sleepy so it’s a talk for another time. For jinwoo though jinchul is actually pleasantly warm because usually human touch isn’t even warm enough to be felt.

- everyone but those two notice that they’re ridiculously close to be just coworkers/beings of same plane of existence so people started to place actual bets on when they’ll actually start dating. Gunhee is the one to constantly ask jinchul about his relationship progression with jinwoo to jinchul’s confusion.

- just like jinwoo occasionally feels phantom pains on where he lost his leg or got any severe damage, jinchul equally feels phantom pains on being impaled multiple times. First time it actually happened it was so bad jinchul actually thought he was impaled multiple times and it took jinwoo a hour to drag jinchul’s panicking mind out of it. Jinwoo suffers same way but he’s long used to it and does know it’s not real, but it doesn’t make overall experience better.

- one day they both kinda exploded and told each other really mean things they didn’t really meant. Jinchul was first to stop and realize they went overboard, mostly because his outburst started to affect reality, and he’s also the one to apologize to jinwoo. Jinwoo also apologizes but notes that it’s worse for jinchul - he not only didn’t had guidance, but also fills the role of a god, which is much worse. It was also the time they had their first really awkward moment induced kiss. Which is even funnier because it happened during argument and they didn’t even realized it at first. Then realization hit and they were like ‘…oh’. But then again they already slept in same bed several times without any care so it’s not a big issue for them, just a start of proper feelings realization.