#okay i'm sorry i had to

[filmbyjy]

BUSINESS PROPOSAL > twenty-four! meeting the grandmother😵‍💫

synopsis > being the amazing friend you were, you had helped your friend who desperately did not want to go on the blind date so you went as her. however, you were dumbfounded to find out that the CEO was your friend’s blind date! hopefully, he doesn’t recognise you.

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word count: 2.1K words (what the- okay i got carried away)

a/n: okay so here is the outfit I described for when you meet sunghoon's grandmother for the first time. also AHHHHHHHH YOU AND SUNGHOON ACCIDENTAL KISS!!

you never thought you'd be doing this. you had dignity but you also knew you had loans to pay up for university. you needed the money, just simply working at 'Beauty World' wasn't enough.

but why were you digging yourself in a hole? the CEO was the guy asking you for help! what if he finds out?

"he won't find out. he is dumb." your dear cousin, sunoo, says. he was laying down on your bed after he decided to come unnoticed.

you gave the boy a sarcastic smile.

"oh really now? i mean, he did become a CEO at 19. only smart people can take over a company at such young age."

"he is business smart, not lady smart. trust me. i've been working with him directly for 3 years now."

"well this is a contractual relationship so it's business related! you think he isn't just going to brush past the fact that i'm not actually named Mo Chaewon??"

"why did you blurt out chaewon? is it cause of that stupid soap opera drama playing on TV? honestly, she's kinda living the same situation like you. except...the guy is even more sappier than sunghoon hyung." sunoo throws your plushie. you catch it.

"how was i supposed to know that character and me have the same first name! it's completely a coincidence."

your phone rings. sunoo eyes it, he goes to reach for it when you snatched it away from him and answered it. sunoo stands close to you to listen in to what sunghoon wanted to say.

"uh hey, what is it? it's kinda late you know."

"practice." sunghoon says.

"practice? practice what?" you asked confused.

"flirting with me. being all girlfriend with me."

"can't i just come up on the spot. i mean, we kinda already established from yesterday our backstory? you know...us meeting at harvard?"

"well, i need to see if you can flirt with me tomorrow."

"i'm not going to flirt with you on the phone. also it's late, i have work tomorrow."

"too bad, do it." sunghoon demanded. you sighed.

"it's better to do it face to face you know." you say.

"great idea! i'm in front of your house right now." your eyes widened and so does sunoo's.

he mumbles the words 'my car is downstairs' which causes you to panic.

"why are you here?"

"like i said, practice."

"oh my god. hold on. i'm coming down and we are not going to stay near my house. my parents are overprotective and if they see you, all hell will break loose."

"okay-" you end the call. "kim sunoo, you need to sneak out. now!"

"how about i stay at your house?" sunoo says.

"fine but leave after i drag sunghoon out."

"alright, i'll leave." sunoo huffs.

and so you went to drag sunghoon away from your home so your parents wouldn't see him.

"what the fuck are you doing here? it's not right for you to just randomly appear at my house! especially a girl's house!" you mutter through your gritted teeth.

"is it wrong for me to appear at my fake girlfriend's house?"

"yes. look, my parents are-" you spot hunter and danielle walking up the hill and so you panic. you grabbed sunghoon and hid with him near the garden.

"oh come on, just one bite danielle?" hunter whines.

"no." danielle says as she happily chews on the snack. the both of them walked past the door and went up to the house. you sighed in relief.

"look sunghoon, i think we should meet up earlier to practice for your meeting with your grandmother tomorrow. my family is coming home and they are just chaotic." you try to push sunghoon away.

"what? no? i'm busy tomorrow. you don't know how hard it is to be a CEO of a company. there are tons of meetings with clients, approving of products to sell-"

"look, please just leave." just as you pushed sunghoon away, you spot your parents and so you panicked and tripped over something.

when you tripped, you fell first and sunghoon falls on top of you. your lips touched. the both of you too shocked to move.

"did those two rascals reach home yet?" mrs.mo asks.

"yes honey, danielle just texted me. do you really think the twins would come home late and go to the arcade?"

"not danielle but i don't trust hunter."

"honey, your son is an angel. i don't think he would do such things." mr.mo says.

mrs.mo grumbles. the both of them entered the shop to put down some supplies. the door shuts. sunghoon pulls away and touches his lips.

"w-we should meet tomorrow instead." he stands up and clears his throat, "2pm, meet me at the location that i will send you."

before you could even mutter a word out, sunghoon leaves quickly. you could've sworn you saw a blush playing on his cheeks.

the next morning, you woke up. you were glancing at the clock and that's when you realise you only had an hour to get ready. you quickly went to shower and put on the best dress to look presentable. you quickly went over to the place that sunghoon messaged you for.

"sorry for being a little late."

for a split second, you swore you saw sunghoon's eyes widened. like he was caught of guard by your appearance. maybe it was the way you dressed? was it too short? did you look over the top? were the ruffles too much? wait, would his grandmother even allow shoulders to be seen.

sunghoon clears his throat, "it's fine, just we have 30 minutes to drive over to where my grandmother wants to meet you."

"of course, umm what do you want to practice?"

"get our love story straight."

"uhh can't we just say we met at harvard since i'm apparently one too?"

"you know we can't have my grandmother knowing your family owns a fried chicken business."

"okay, fine. then how about we say...hmm that i was your classmate?"

"she knows the list of classmates i had in harvard."

"what? what kind of grandmother-"

"she was protective and only wanted me to focus on studies which meant no lady distractions."

"kinda ironic that now she wants you to get your dick-" you stopped yourself.

"from getting my dick wet? yeah, i know. the irony. i'm only 23, i'm still young." sunghoon swishes back his hair in annoyance. "so get our fake love story straight. what is your idea. other than being classmates?"

you tried to put together a cute love story from any dramas or stories you've read but you weren't sure if sunghoon would really fit any of them. until an idea pops in your head.

"how about i say we were academic rivals? i don't have to be your classmate? we can say that i also studied the same thing but i was in a different class. universities have different classes."

"academic rivals? then what?"

"we were academic rivals but were actually in love with each other. let's say...hmm, we got together during the graduation celebration! like a confession to say 'oh i never really hated you, i actually liked you.'."

"that's not a bad idea i guess."

"then, we can say we dated for a few months and then you moved to new york for work which caused our breakup. you can say that you used your work in New York to distract you hence you became a workaholic but inside you were hurting."

sunghoon sighs, "let's go with that. you can tell her everything you planned. i'll just sit there."

you clapped your hands in excitement, "really? she'll be convinced right?"

"yeah sure, come on let's go." sunghoon leads you to his car.

sunghoon drives you to the restaurant.

"don't mess anything up." sunghoon whispers in your ears. you stepped away while laughing awkwardly.

"heh, of course. i won't let you down."

the both of you entered the restaurant. his grandmother was waiting and when she spots sunghoon enter the place.

"ah, you must be her." she shakes a waitress's hand who coincidentally stood near sunghoon. she awkwardly smiles.

"grandma, that's not her." sunghoon says. you appeared next to sunghoon while smiling and shyly waving at her.

it was clear his grandmother was in shock. maybe you shouldn't have went overboard with the dress but honestly you dressed way worse during the first meeting with her grandson. if he somehow took a liking to you previously...hopefully she would be open to accepting you. let's hope you played your cards right and convinced her.

once you settled down and ordered.

"i'll get straight to the point. you look very rough for my grandson. like a party girl. the dress is way above your knee and your shoulders are seen. moreover, you got streaks in your hair." she brutally says.

"ah." great, of course she's brutally honest.

sunghoon rolls his eyes.

"that's over the top grandma."

"i only want what's best for you. you can't just let someone like her sway you. there is a possibility she might just be after your wealth you know?"

"grandma-"

"hoon, it's okay." you squeezed sunghoon's hands, making sure his grandmother was able to see it.

you looked straight at his grandmother. "ma'am, i completely understand that you do not trust me since i am wearing something inappropriate and i look like a player. i completely won't lie, me and sunghoon had a very rocky relationship especially before we dated, we never got along. i've always doubted myself and also knew that we were never compatible. sunghoon was also the one who chased after me after we broke up. i was surprised he even wanted to remain together. i do love him with my whole heart, it took very long to even realise i loved him so while i'm not expecting you to accept us straight away. i hope you'd at least eventually warm up to it?"

it gets silent. his grandmother sighs.

"alright then, how about we go out after this for something so i get to know you a little more."

sunghoon's face lit up, he was shocked to even hear his grandmother say those words. however, he knew that this extra 'get to know you' wasn't supposed to even happen. considering this was only supposed to be a one time thing. sunghoon turns to look at you, expecting you to say no.

"uh." you looked at sunghoon and then back at his grandmother. "sure." that's when sunghoon's jaw clenches.

"great."

fast forward to after the little lunch you had with his grandmother. you and sunghoon left a little earlier since his grandmother wanted to settle the bill. sunghoon pinches the bridge of his nose.

"you were supposed to say no."

"well, i can't just say no to your grandmother. she wanted to get to know her grandson's girlfriend more."

"we agreed to not say yes if she asks."

"when the fuck did we agree?"

"it's common knowledge with contractual relationships?"

"look-"

"we'll take my car. i think buying some steamed buns would be great desserts." his grandmother mentions. you smiled and nodded. she enters the car.

"let's just go and you can go back to your little CEO job, okay?" you pulled sunghoon.

you arrived at this little steamed bun shop near the ocean. the view was amazing, the cool air blowing onto your face. you enjoyed eating with his grandmother until sunghoon had to answer a call from his work.

"look, chaewon. i won't lie, you are really a great girl. i'm sorry i doubted you." his grandmother says. you shook your head.

"it's okay. my appearance can be overwhelming at times."

"no no, i should have never judged a book by its cover. you are beautiful and have such a funny personality. i hope you and sunghoon will remain together."

"thank you."

"you should call sunghoon. he has been pretty busy with that call over there. he hasn't eaten a single one of these buns. he should eat it while it's still warm." you nod and went over to sunghoon.

when you came back with sunghoon, his grandmother looks at him in disappointment.

"yah, park sunghoon. you rascal!"

"huh?"

"you should have pity on your girlfriend! she must've had no time to tell you about this!" his grandmother hands him the concert tickets that romin gave to you. "the concert is today and there are two tickets!"

"i have work grandmother, i can't go-"

"well it's your girlfriend. you should go. come on, i'll send you two there."

"grandmother-"

"no, let's go. it's will be starting soon so let's go!"

sunghoon looks over at you, irritated. you only slightly bowed at him to apologise.

why did she have to see the ticket? now you were forced to go to a concert your apparent crush gave you.

let's just hope nothing bad happens

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[s-aint-elmo]

the theme is same faces

(ID in alt text)

bonus + design notes:

sparknotes:

tridentarii: the building block was "lions" (corona's mane of hair and king vibes + ianthe's scar lionking swagger) but i think i lost that plot at some point. regardless peep the earrings for symbols of their twisted mutualism. also they have dimples <3 bc on corona they're perfect and on ianthe (when she smiles wide enough) they're sickeningly dissonant

the nonas: harrow has curls bc i think the only thing funnier than saddling a nun who's been shaving her head since infancy with fast-growing hair is for that hair to be horrible messy springy curls that are barely spared from frizz by the sheer grease #bathingisn'tsafeformern. please also applaud my restraint in adhering to canon and not giving nona dimples. she deserved them

the sixth: came to me fully formed honestly. palamedes calls camilla beautiful enough for the alexandrites so i just let my heart and sapphism take the wheel here. for pal when i first read gtn i visualized him very differently but other artists made such a compelling case for scruffy pal that now i can't see him any other way

the second: also let my heart take the wheel here. wanted to draw a man carved out of hardwood so i did <3 at the caliber of necromancer that g1d is i know he probably wouldn't have so much scarring but the heart wants what it wants (cool factor). in my head and in my heart they're from wake

naberius: i don't have anything to say in my defense. i rewatched teen beach movie, found the perfect face claim and set the wheels of fate in motion. i think babs is hot the way a ken doll is hot, y'know? it takes yanny piloting his flesh mecha for him to be gender (<- testimonial from my masc nb friend)

[inkskinned]

i had a dream last night that i organized a tumblr meetup and we all agreed to go to a local bar together. so i go to the bar but it was a really busy night and i didn't want to ask every stranger "are u here for tumblr reasons" bc that's embarrassing and i'm shy. so i just got a drink and felt very awkward & hoped someone would approach me. tried to look inviting and like i was from tumblr but not like i was "from tumblr". when i left some girl stopped me to ask if i was there for the meetup but i was too shy and asked what's tumblr?

in the dream i went home to make a post about how nobody showed up to the tumblr meetup but my entire dash was people saying they'd gone to the bar but were too fucking shy to admit to being on tumblr so we'd all just had a drink and gone home

[simplenefelibata]

as much as i love sam knowing about destiel before dean does, there's something about "i mean yeah my brother and his angel best friend are really weird about each other, live together, co-parent a kid, nearly kill themselves every time the other is gone, stand too close and stare at the other's mouth while they talk, but i mean to each their own i guess??" that's so special to me

[saywhatyouwillbut]

nora going from writing an ace-spec main to a (probably allosexual) bi main, and the difference is so chef's kiss. they're both disasters don't get me wrong, but jean having attraction in his inner monologue even with the trauma he's been through implies to me that neil's demisexuality has absolutely nothing to do with his trauma. hilarious in retrospect because, if i remember correctly, neil in his inner monologue basically blames his lack of sexual attraction on his mother's abuse the few times he kissed girls when he was on the run, but he doesn't have a single sexual thought until andrew lets him in on his feelings in book three,,, meanwhile jean's out here actively fighting his bisexuality like his life depends on it (he thinks it does) (he'll learn it doesn't eventually)

[payidaresque]

*in narrator's voice* she was, indeed, not having it

[plutonicbees]

cassie sandsmark star jorts from issue #23 of yj98 you have always been famous to me

(before pic + additional photos and unnecessary ramblings under the cut)

I made these jorts in 22 hours over the course of 3 days! pure willpower via my love for cassie sandsmark because I am a total novice in sewing and i am still not very good at it. (i really just combined various tutorials and improvised on measurements and then regretted improvising measurements later on).

I thrifted these jeans last year for cassie vibes (even though I had already made her star-spangled red bellbottoms at that point) and wasn't a fan of how they fit + I couldn't figure out how to style them. I enjoyed sewing in the panels to flare them out and then everything else (cargo pockets and sewing in stars) was hell <3

the pockets are not placed well (nor are they particularly well-made), the hem is uneven, the stars are quite janky (and I think I stitched on too many), I probably stabbed my fingers a million times, and I am so in love with them

[deoidesign]

making mobile game ads for my webcomic. it's enrichment.

[formulaonedirection]

lock up your dads he's on the loose

[puccafangirl]

Fear crying in response to Joy's hit too close to home "You feel less joy when you get older" quote is everything to me y'all. Look at him. ;A;

[toffeecoffeee]

(tw angst, also not a ship they are siblings)

Love!!

loss.

[vickdoom]

had to color swatch Zack for that last post and ended up with all these 🤦.

[starflungwaddledee]

at long last i present... a proper starstruck dee reference sheet! 🎀✨ have a peruse and learn a little bit (but not too much!) about this totally normal waddle dee!

[forgettable-au]

I love it when you guys like all of my posts but sometimes you'll get to the veryyy old stuff and it's so embarrassing cause my art looked SO different and also THE STORY WAS SOO DIFFERENT (I retconned lot of stuff at some point)

But also I'm so glad this comic is finally being posted and seeing old posts getting attention reminds me of how much I've progressed ♡ so that's nice

Still embarrassing ...

But very nice♡ glad to see new people finding this au everyday

[k9effect]

Bradley "Boyfriend" Bradshaw

Messy hair, hickies and soft clothes <3

[lover-of-mine]

Buck, Eddie and The lightning mirroring the well.