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chaengluva · 1 year ago

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Battle of the Rivals

I have already uploaded this to wattpad on my book with imagines there, I'm going to put them here too.

Regina Geogre x Fem!Reader ~

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Everyone of North Shore high knew Regina George, they knew her as the queen bee, the top of the food chain, the apex predator, everyone knew this expert for the new girl Y/n L/n. Who happened to be you, you just came from an old school that wasn't really working for you. You walked into the new school with confidence, you almost gagged at what everyone was wearing, cheap outfits. Her father owns a huge business, You were wearing Yves Saint Laurent from head to toe (as you casually wear to school)

You walked to your first class, rolling your eyes seeing everyone in the class. You sat next to this girl who had slightly dyed hair, it was the only seat available. The girl looked towards her friend on the other side of her, he smiled and looked at you, "Hello." He smiled, you looked at him with a confused expression on your face, "Umm Hi?" They glance at each other and roll their eyes, "No need to have an attitude. I'm Janis" The girl says, you roll your eyes and smile, "I'm Y/n L/n" You turn your head to the guy, "I'm Damien."

You smirk and turn your head to the teacher, she speaks up, "Hi guys we have a new student in our class," Everyone turns to look at you, smiling confidently, you saw the way everyone looked at you, knowing the effect you had on everyone, you decided to wink at a few of the boys, making them blush and go crazy. The bell rang, "Sit with us at lunch!" Janis says, you nod, grabbing your YSL bag and YSL purse, you get up and walk away, following them to the cafeteria.

Walking to the seat, you notice everyone's eyes on you, Janis and Damien do too, they smile and look at you, Damien looks at Janis and smirks, Janis just rolls her eyes, sitting down opposite You. You all start talking, you're halfway through eating your food realising that you forgot your drink, "Shit, I forgot a drink, I'll be right back." You tell Janis and Damien, they nod. You get up and bump into someone, her lunch got all over you, you gave her a disgusted look. "Watch where you are going!" She exclaimed, "Me?" You ask in shock, she nods and you roll your eyes.

"You're the one who bumped into me." You tell her, she laughs, rolling her eyes, "Listen I don't know who you were at your old school but here, I run the place." You look her up and down, rolling your eyes, "Sure you do." With that you walk off, she grabs your wrist, touching your YSL blazer, "Get your poor hands off my clothes!" The blonde girl laughs at you, "Oh please, I'm the richest girl here in North Shore." You lick your lips, "Well I guess North Shore has to change their stats!"

Walking away, leaving the girl in shock. She huffs and walks to her table, sitting next to Gretchen, the brown haired girl looks at her and pouts, "Oh Regina I'm sorry-," She touched her back to comfort her, but Regina shoved it off, "Don't touch me." Gretchen quickly hid her hands, "Was she a threat to you?" Karen asks, Regina looks at her dumbfounded on how she could even think such a thing, "Threat? Are you kidding?" Karen's facial expression changes at the tone in her voice, being scared with how angry Regina sounded.

But deep down in Regina's heart, she did see Y/n as a threat to her social status and the hierarchy of the school. She would never vocalise this, no one would ever let this go if they found out, she decided to keep quiet and hope to never see you again.

Well that didn't last long, you happened to be in her English class, Regina's eyes went wide when she saw you, writing down in your book, you look up and the two of you have eye contact for a few seconds before Regina gets flushed and quickly looks away. Regina did not like you, that would fuck everything up if she liked you (She's heavily closeted, to the point where she's still kind of in denial) She was still standing at the front of the class, the teacher was awkwardly waiting for her to sit down.

"Regina!" She yelled, bringing her back to reality, "Oh yeah," She says, "I said take a seat next to Y/n, you will be doing the project with her." Regina's eyes go wide, she then rolls them and makes her way over to the seat next to you, your bag is on the seat next to it, she just stands there, waiting for you to move the bag, which you aren't doing (on purpose) making her really annoyed.

She picked up your bag and dropped it on your lap, making you look at her in shock, "Seriously?" Regina's eyes hurt from rolling them from your attitude, "Yes seriously, I need to sit down so I can pay attention, someone has to be doing the work." You look at her, obviously annoyed, "I can do the work too you know." You argue, Regina laughs, looking down, "Sure you can." Regina says sarcastically.

Regina sits down, glancing over at you, looking you up and down before licking her lips. There was a short moment of silence, "So how is this going to work, how will we do this stupid project." You say, Regina rolls her eyes, "First of all, It's not stupid, the project goes to our final grade.. If you even care about that." Y/n was fuming with anger, she opened her mouth to start talking but Regina cut her off, taking her by surprise, "Since I'm the better person, you can come to my house," Regina said, writing down the address, handing the sticky pad to you. "Be no later than 5pm, no earlier either."

The bell rings and you groan, already sick of everyone at this school, Regina George's confidence was really annoying you. You walk up to Janis and Damien who are standing by their locker, "I hate Regina George." Janis and Damien look at each other, Damien closes his locker, and walks to stand beside you, you're in the middle of the two of them, they are both looking at you, waiting for you to spill what happened. "Well she's clearly threatened by me, I'm richer and prettier than her."

"Well we hate Regina because one time-," Damien starts but Janis hits him cutting him off, not wanting the story to be told, "Anyway, wish me luck, I have to see her after school today." Janis and Damien's eyes go wide, "What do you mean? Why would you do that?" Janis asks, "You push your YSL glasses, glaring into their eyes, making them step back slightly, "I didn't ask to go there, I have to for a project." Pausing to fix your hair, "I would never hang out with her by choice."

Walking outside of the school, Janis and Damien walk behind you, seeing you go in to your car and drive off, "Fuck, I think we have another Regina George." Damien says, annoyed, Janis laughs looking at Damien, "Nah, Regina will show her, trust me, I was friends with her, remember?" Janis says, Damien nods, as they walk to the tree they always sit under. "You're right."

It was almost 5pm, Y/n was walking up to her house, wearing a new outfit, this time wearing head to toe Prada, knocking the door, a few seconds later, Regina answers, she's wearing a white shirt and grey track pants, her hair is in a messy bun and her make up has been removed. "You know we will just be in my room." You walk in, shoving your bag in her chest, making her hold it. "I know, I have to dress for the occasion, I decided to put on something cheap."

Regina was so annoyed, she walked up to her room with you following behind, the project was already so set up, you looked around her room, "Wow, your room is.." Regina assumed what you were going to say, she smirked and said, "I know, It was my parents, but I made them trade me."

You laughed in her face, "Well that's sad, I was going to say small before I was so rudely interrupted." Regina was fuming with anger, "Look I don't know what your problem is, but I think we need to make a few things clear." You nod, "That's right, we do, I'm richer and prettier than you." You say, only making Regina more angry. She walks closer to you, you walk backwards not liking her getting in your personal space.

You hit the back of the bed, your legs fall so now you're sitting on the bed, looking up at Regina with her staring down at you. "W-what do you want Regina?" You ask shyly, "Where did that attitude go? Where's your confidence?" Regina asks, teasingly, "Just answer my question, What do you want?"

Regina licks her lips, looking at you up and down, leaning her face in so it's only inches away from yours. "You." You were taken back by her answer, it was something you weren’t expecting so it made your body jolt back. “You. Want Me? In what way?” You say honestly confused, Regina chuckles, “I could tell you.. But maybe I’ll just show you.” She leans in kissing your lips, hands moving to your waist to hold your body close to hers, you kiss back making her sigh in relief.

Her lips are still attached to yours, you move across the bed so now she is on top of you, while your leaning against the wall behind the bed, she moves her lips from yours, taking a short look at your swollen lips, your breathing gets heavier as her lips move down to your collarbone, she tugs on your shirt, wanting to kiss down your body move, she looks up at you. “R-Regina I have never done this before.” She moves her body back up so her lips are just above yours, “Do you want to?” You nod, she shakes her head, “Words baby.”

“Yes.”

Smirking, she takes off your shirt and smiles at your body, leaning closer, “You even have a designer bra?” You smile, nodding, “Only for you.” Regina smirks, reaching under your back to unclip your bra. She starts kissing your breasts, she looks up at you while she's doing so, her eyes make you go insane. You let out quiet moans, her lips going down to your waist, reaching the hem of your prada skirt, “I never would have thought you were this innocent Y/n.”

Taking the skirt off, she stares at your body for a few seconds, licking her lips, taking off your lace panties, “Tell me if it’s too much, okay baby?” You nod, she leans in, adding pleasure to your whole body, your back arches and your hands go to her hair, gripping on it for dear life.

Hours passed, you’ve been overstimulated but Regina wasn’t too rough, she only did stuff you were comfortable with, you were laying down next to Regina, breathing heavily, her hands were playing with your hair as you caught your breath, “I accept your attitude to change at school.” Regina says, breaking the silence, “Yeah, and what if it doesn’t.” You ask, she smirks, “Then I’ll just have to punish you.”

Smiling, leaning into her chest, her hands rested on your waist and pulled you closer. The two closed their eyes, falling asleep until the next morning arose. Janis and Damien will be in for a big surprise when they hear what happened.

#regina george #janis imi'ike #mean girls #mean girls 2024 #renee rapp #gxg #wlw #lesbian #reneé rapp #auli'i cravalho #angourie rice #fluff #one shot #no part 2

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rosenlily-aka-choconut · 7 months ago

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Hi! I'm the same anon who was gushing about KB the other day 😍

In your opinion, what's the difference between Lee Rang in s1 and s2?

Imo his facial expression was the first thing I noticed, which is accentuated by his makeup. In s1 rang had this permanent smirk while in s2 he looked troubled, like he was brooding about something

I think the main thing about his makeup (I like to call myself a makeup guru haha) is the eyebrows. Eyebrows set the facial expression. In s1 his eyebrows were more arched while in s2 the eyebrow arch was filled in so it looks straight and thicker. Either way KB looks gorgeous in both styles of makeup!!

What are your thoughts? 😍

Hi again!

That’s something that’s had me thinking right from when the 1st episode of 1938 dropped. You pointed out some interesting differences in makeup and the way KB is presented and presents himself, and I’d like to add a bit to that.

1938 Rang was younger, closer to the trauma he faced. That’s probably why he’s mostly irritable, wary. You can see the burden he’s carrying on his shoulders. His wounds are still raw compared to his 2020 counterpart, which is why you see him pulling out his axe a lot of times. Rang!38 is also a lot more emotional than his later self. That’s again why he falls in love while 2020 has kept himself away from it.

2020 Rang is hardened. He has faced more of the rough weather compared to his younger counterpart. He believes putting off his emotions is a way to cope with what he has been through. Which is why he hides behind that smirk most of the times.

Unlike 1938, 2020 is a smooth talker. 1938 is a little rough around the edges whereas 2020 can charm his way around easily.

Also, Rang!2020 is definitely not a virgin 😉

But there’s one thing common between both of them - they both completely melt at one kind word from Yeon 😭

In both the seasons, KB has totally nailed the role. He portrays the differences between the two versions he plays - they’re the same man and yet they’re not, and it comes out clearly.

And don’t forget Joseon Rang… He barely had 2 minutes of screen time and yet he managed to create an impression.

Edited to add visual references. For comparison purpose only 😉

Note the difference in his gait as well.

#lee rang #tale of the nine tailed #tale of the nine tailed 1938 #kim bum #kim beom

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thundermoon69 · 1 year ago

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Hollywood art's is the school I went too

My talent is sining , dancing, acting my sisters are Trina and tori vega my name is y/n marie vega

My best friend is jade west my fremenie is beck oliver my guy best friend is andre Harris.

"You pass the brid sence" exclaimed Sikowitz too tori after she went off about how she didn't care if anyone liked her performance I simply rolled my eye's Beck nudge me and I smirked

"Look I'm trying too teach you kids about the meaning of acting. You can't please everyone around you with your work the brid sence the improve is too teach you different kinds of situations were you might be place in and the outsider don't have too nesscary like it but you as an artist enjoyed and feel accomplished with it no matter the outcome." He says and. Everyone just listen too him

"Tori go take a seat" She nods and sit by cat

The bell rang "ahh, hold up cat, tori, andre, beck, robbie, jade y/n stay back. Rest of you may leave"

The rest of the class left we all looked confused "why you boot everyone out?" Cat question Sikowitz shurgs"they never do anything they just make facial expression but never speak. But anyways since yall not taking acting seriously I'm gonna pair you up with a partner and you'd have too pick a sence too do by firday."

My mouth drop so about everyone eles "I never say it was stupid" I said about too walk out of class but beck drug me back into it I pull off him

So who's getting paired with who?" Jade asked

"Ah, glad you asked

Andre and cat

Robbie tori and jade

And y/n beck

Now this count as half of your grades

"What I'm not working with him please kill me" I asked turning towards who just smiled at me

"want your death slow or fast" she asked

"Fast push me off a buliding "

"No one killing anyone" beck says she laughed and went with her group I huff annoyed

"Can't I be parnter with cat and andre and beck worked together?" I asked Sikowitz

"Now don't be such a gank y/n the penal is final no questions have your play ready by firday."

I groan sighed eye beck as he had a smirk on his face "shut it oliver"

He just chuckles we all went too lunch beck fellow me "so we're are we doing the play at my place or your's? " I shurg "figure my place will be pack so yours?" He nods "Alright well we will start after school."

"Whatever" I rolled my eyes and grab my salad payed for it we sat down

"So what are you guys planning on doing?"

I shurg" guess we figure it out tonight " I said too tori

"Oh were doing the sence from grease I play as sindy and andre as Danny" She said happy

I chuckled "so the last part?"

I asked beck sat by me I pushed him away while

Cat nodded happylily jade laughed

"We'll were doing a sence from mean girl's tori here gonna play as Katie the Lousy kangaroo" I chuckled

"Ha she set you up" Rex said witch made me laugh even harder beck just glare at me.

"Something wrong with your sister" he says too tori

"I know think it's cause my mother drop her when she was a baby"

"Shut it both of you"

I finish my food it was a half a day so school was out now I went towards my locker and rolled my eyes when I saw beck "

What?" I asked

" will we did schedule too do our project at my house."

"Right remind me why I decided that?"

"Cause it's a huge part of our grade"

I close my locker turn towards him "right"

I said and I fellow him towards his car and we drove too his rv

He opens the door and invites me in

I looked around as I drop my bag

"So, this is what the inside of your place look like?"

He raised his eyes looking at me "is it that bad?"

I shurg "no just plain I was thinking if I ever went too your place there be like bloody knifes haning on the wall naked pictures of porn stars you know"

He smirks sitting down by me with a shurg

"Well your the first girl I've invited if that says anything"

He says trying too be funny I rolled my eye's

"So explain this why you have an rv parked in your parents driveway?"

He shurgs "well they said if I live under there roof I fellow by there rules so after alot of talking and explaining what I wanted too my parents they agree

So this is my house my rules. Plus it teaches me how too be responsible " He qouted the last part sarcastically I snicker as

I nodded not gonna lie it was smart I gave him credit

"so what are we doing for the play?"

I asked him taking my coumpture out placing it on his desk.

" I really don't know I was wanting too do grease the last sence but cat and andre are doing that" He plays with his fingers guessing he was nervous

"Will I really don't know what shows you like so that makes it harder" I nodded in agreement

"Will we can do a sence from once upon a time, twisted , or a sence from fast and ferrios? "

He smirks " you watch twisted "Yeah it was a good show and the ending had me mad "

"Why?"

"Cause they cut it off too the good part"

"Are you bypassing the part that I was in it"

I shurg "I didn't pay that no mind

He throws his hands up in the air "We'll we can't do twisted I'm in there."

I sighed defeated

"This is crazy gotta come up with a play by firday and we havnt have one ideal."

"Okay will it has too be pg right?"

I nodded

"Okay so why don't we start from there

Why not do Romo and juliet?"

I scoff "that'd more for star-crossed lovers and I am not doing that with you."

"Come on it'll be perfect and plus it'll be just acting "

I stare at him

"Nope not doing it."

He sighs and look at his phone he had a smirk on his face and put his phone away.

"Okay will start by getting too know each other and see what play will be good " He states I

"Don't wanna know you bad enough I'm forced too have too do this play with you and I'm talking with you plus I pretty much have you figured out "

He had an amused look on his face

"Really? Okay lets here it"

"Ok so your favorite color is blue. Your birthday is Oct 19 , your into cars and motorcycle you have a brother on. The way and oh my favorite is that your a playboy basically after any girl you see."

He scoff "Alright the rest was right expect that one. How am I a playboy"

"Beacuse you let every gril flrit with you and it's disgusting "

"So you don't like me cause of that?"

"No I don't like you beacuse I have my reasons"

"Ok name one girl I go after

"Tori"

"Eh no she is annoying I just deal with her"

"Oh please I see the way you are with her"

Quite frankly I was getting annoyed with this conversation we were supposed too be talking about the play

"Alright so not tori but what about jade?"

"Jades my cousin so no"

"Cat? Your over protection of her"

"No I'm not saying that's secert. What about you?"

I laughed almost fall out the chair "is it robbie "

"Gross ew"

"Andre you and him are close"

"Funny but no he's more like my brother."

He nods softly

"Daniel? The guy who plays football."

"He's a player"

He nodded I was wondering what he was Getting at

"We'll I know it's not me"

I smirk little does he know it was in fact him but I wasn't saying nothing. I put my things in my bag and headed for the door but he walked in front of it

"We're you going?"

" I'm done were not getting nothing done expect bullshiting around"

"I'm sorry, I was jut trying too get too know you better that way we can try and figure out what play too do."

"By asking who my crush is?"

He looks at me "I won't ask again I promise. And I don't break my promise."

He states as he smiled softly I sigh and place my bags down

"We can do Romo and juliet" he got happy when I said that.

-----------<time skips>

"We'll I guess I should head out." I said putting my bag over my shoulders we've rehearse the sence and it was actually perfect

I was impress "it's 10 at night. If you want you can sleep over here. I'll take the floor."

"I can drive home. I'm not gonna have you sleep on the Floor beck."

For the first time we actually got along it felt great not fighting but had too push my feelings aside.

" it's too late too drive. I don't mind sleeping on. The floor."

I sighed in defeated and agree we order take out and binge watch the supernatural.

"God Sammy so hot I love a guy with long hair and plays as the bad boy type but also have a heart."

That made beck shift in his spot I smirked "he's a wanna be bad boy" he mutter

"But he has hunting skills"

He scoff " its a fake"

I just shurged time pass it was morning time I woke up and groan at the time shouldn't have stay up late I seen beck was alreadly up

"How long you been up?" I asked He shurg looking at his phone

"Since five same time I usually wake up"

I nodded "you mind if I take a quick shower?"

"Sure, jade brought over some clothes last night for you left it with my mom ill go get it from her there's towels on the stand." I nodded

"Thanks."

Once I got out the shower I pull my brush out of my bag and brush my hair I decided too leave it down and put my clothes on I walked out and beck turn and look at me.

"You should leave your hair down more often."

I smirked he hands me a cup of coffee and too my surprise he made my coffee right we grab our thing's and headed to school

We walk in together we gotten a few stars but push them away and went towards our locker.

"Hey!" Cat says sweetly "hi"

"Did you figure out what your doing for the play?" She asked

"Yes but I'm not saying nothing"

She pouted

Andre and robbie came up too me with a smile on there face I raised my eyes confused "so how it go?"

I shurg knowing they were talking about y/n and I hanging out. It was werid but we actually gotten along it felt good but I was wondering how long it would last.

"We'll we know what we're doing for the play"

Andre smirks "hey do you know her crush? We were talking about it last night but she wouldn't say."

"Her say anything too you that's a laugh" Rex says I just rolled my eye's. And look at robbie and andre

"Come on your her best friend"

Andre put his hands up "I like too keep it that way"

"If I tell she'll kill me."

Jade walk up "what we talking about" She asked amused.

"He wanting too know who y/n crush is "

She laughed "do you know" she nodded her her "yes I know but I think you should figure that out yourself."

Tori pulls me in the janitors closet I huff annoyed "what?"

I asked questionly what was she up too now

She just smiled at me "I herd you trying too figure out y/n crush"

I shurg " I can tell you"

I raised my eyes "its you. How can you not know that"

My eye's widen but I wasn't suprised I knew it was me the way she was talking about Sam Winchester

"Why did you just tell me?"

"Beacuse I'm her sister and I owe her some revenge from last time."

I was ferrous Can't belive that bitch told I found out from jade. So now I was hunting my sister down I pulled her into the janitors closet "why did you tell him!"

I yelled at her "I trusted you but you can't keep your damn mouth shut no wonder why you gotta act the way you do cause when your being you your fucking worthless all you can do is fuck up somebody eles life's cause you got none." She looked at me suprise she should no not too piss me off.

"Do you not no what you've done? Or was it your plan all along. I should punch you in the face."

Just then jade and beck came in I roll my eyes great just the person I wanted too see.

" I should use this and kill you" I said holding up the tissue paper at her she looked confused

"How you gonna kill me with that?"

"I've been in jail should we test it out?"

I question I launch at her beck and jade hold me back "easy tiger why don't you leave us time too talk" Beck says too tori she had her hands up in defense

"Gladly" and she and the rest left

Beck looked at me and I looked down "why couldn't you drop it? Why you had too ask you broke your promise"

He gave me a sad look and lift my chin up

"I tenceally I didn't you told me not too ask you about it."

I sigh softly "why are you here anyways"

"First let's put the sessiors away" He said slowly I glare at him"come on let me have them"

I sighed handed it too him he place it in his bag

Move my hair out of my face" so wanna talk?"

He asked me "not really" I pouted he smirk

"Then will you let me talk?"

I shurg "your talking now"

He glare at me and we sat down "were going to be lat-" He cut me off by smashing his lips on me I hasstited at first but slowly melt into his kiss it felt warm against my lips he bites me lips I let out a soft moan as he warp his arms around me. All my worries for that time was gone it was just him and I

He pulled away witch cause me too pout he smirks

"I like you y/n and I've known it for a while "

"No you didnt"

He nods his head" yes, that night at jades party and you were kinda drunk you told me that you liked me when we were in my car I was driving you home cause you and tori had a fight.

But I wanted you too tell me that when you were sober but you never did so I just let it go."

My eye's went wide I didn't even remember that it happen over a year ago he offer too drive me home and I was so obvious but I was defensive cause I did had a headache but that's about all I remember and then him and I went back too hating each other witch made since

"Why didnt you never talk too me about it?"

He shurgs "will I was very certain that it was just you being drunk and that we would go back too hating each other. Witch we did I didntlike it but it had too happen that way."

I looked down embarrassed "We'll we are talking about it now."

He nods lifting my head up" will you like too be my girlfriend?"

I smiled looking into his chocolate eyes and nodded

"Thought you never asked oliver."

He rolled his eyes and place his lips on mines I return the passion kiss he smiled and pull back "so is that a yes?"

I nodded "yeah"

We gotten up and he held my hands he open the door and the whole gang fall I rolled my eyes "We're you guys esdroping? "

"Umm"

"Maybe" Jade says as they all gotten up

"You guys are together!" Cat cheers

"Beck grown some balls" Rex say

Witch made jade and cat laugh

"Guys Sikowitz looking for all of you"

Tori says as she stands in the middle of the hallway we groan and walked towards clasd

"Late

Late and late"

Sikowitz said quite made

"Explain why" he says scrolling me jade and beck I bit my lips

"They got together" Jade says as she sat down Sikowitz smirk "well my plan worked."

Jade just laugh me and beck looked confused but shurg it away.

Everyone did there sence

It was mine and becks turn.

We gotten up on stage

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Sikowitz dim the lights beck and i made our way too the stage and by each other .

JULIET

O comfortable friar! where is my lord?

I do remember well where I should be,

And there I am. Where is my Romeo?

(Noise within)

FRIAR LAURENCE

I hear some noise. Lady, come from that nest

Of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep:

A greater power than we can contradict

Hath thwarted our intents. Come, come away.

Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead;

And Paris too. Come, I'll dispose of thee

Among a sisterhood of holy nuns:

Stay not to question, for the watch is coming;

Come, go, good Juliet,

(Noise again)

I dare no longer stay.

JULIET

Go, get thee hence, for I will not away.

(Exit FRIAR LAURENCE)

What's here? a cup, closed in my true love's hand?

Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end:

O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop

To help me after? I will kiss thy lips;

Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,

To make die with a restorative.

(Kisses him)

Thy lips are warm.

First Watchman

[Within] Lead, boy: which way?

JULIET

Yea, noise? then I'll be brief. O happy dagger!

(Snatching ROMEO's dagger)

This is thy sheath;

(Stabs herself)

there rust, and let me die.

(Falls on ROMEO's body, and dies)

We both bow and everyone claps jade smirks as she seen Sikowitz "don't tell me you were gonna cry?"

"Baby " Rex mutters tori cat and andre laughs

"No I wasn't crying. But probably the best performance of Romo and juliet. Good job you too. Now go take a seat."

I smiled so did beck we went and sit by jade "nice job" she says I gasp "is jade being nice?"

Beck smirks "Oh shut it." She says and I lean my head on beck shoulders he place his hands I mines so yeah today ended pretty good.

#Emonies to lovers #beck oliver #x reader #victorious #interactive play #falling for you

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absolutebl · 2 years ago

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Who are your top 10 actors in thai bl?? I've heard that thailand is the weakest when it comes to acting in bl so is it true??? Bcuz I've watched so many bls from thailand and the acting is not as atrocious as I've been led to believe. Or maybe it's just me🤔

Ooo, good question. I'm not going to worry over this one, jut pick a bunch off the top of my head.

My Current Top 10 Thai BL Actors

Nanon

Khaotung

Saint

Ohm

Talay

Fluke P (The Shipper)

First

Gun

Fluke N (although he's often type cast)

Perth T (his flaw is sexual chemistry)

I didn't pick anyone who I haven't seen play multiple roles.

My definition of good acting?

Those who can:

cry and smile/laugh well (so execute the full scope of emotions),

have on screen chemistry (with BL partners but also friendships, older generations, other cast members),

execute body language (not just facial expressions),

have the capacity to be somewhat of a chameleon (AKA broad range),

have no fear of being ugly on screen (the ability to put aside ego).

Under those circumstances (particularly the last two) there a many Japanese and Taiwanese actors who satisfy my particular criteria better than Thai or Korean actors .

Ones I considered listing, but am not familiar enough with their range to include:

Net

PP Krit

Ones to watch out for?

Fourth (My School President)

Santa (My Only 12%)

Noh (Nitiman)

James (Bed Friend)

Favorite Thai BL Character Actors

versatile actors amongst the BL actors

(source)

#asked and answered #thai actors #favorite actors #nanon korapat #khaotung thanawat #saint suppapong #ohm pawat #lay talay #fluke pusit #first kanaphan #gun atthaphan #fluke natouch #perth tanapon

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thr4shit · 10 months ago

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so.. I'm rewatching Arkangel (y'know, normal things) it's pissing me off again, but now that I know it will, I can actually kind of focus better. And (not so) fun fact:

He was ready to run.

(I had to make these gifs by hand and I've never made gifs before that's why all of them look so janky- sorry guys.)

quickly looks for an exit and shifts his footing

literally not even facing her (body turned ready to flee, but making partial eye contact as if hoping it wouldn't be too obvious) not to mention he tilts his head down slightly keeping her arms in his clear range of vision

had his hands up as if pleading for her to calm down (possibly even deflect a strike if one came) and still had his body turned if he needed to run (not to mention his goddamn breathing and facial expression, he's terrified)

He was afraid of the confrontation (probably because of his dad). The quick, almost instinctual reaction to make an escape plan definitely pushes the idea this isn't his first time in a confrontation that could've easily turned violent.

He did what he was (unfortunately) used to, kept his head down and agreed or denied until he was free. He did what she wanted so he wouldn't get hurt.

I seriously, seriously hate that this happened to him, I know why it did but he already had dealt with that enough and work was (probably) his only space away from that.

I want to hug him or just promise him it'll get better. He needs something, I just wish I could give that something to him.

#ryan tribecky #just noticed #i need to hug him #black mirror: arkangel #my gifs (they're bad sorry)

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lapsedgamer · 1 year ago

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Alan Wake II (PS5)

Golly, where to even begin with this one. The first Alan Wake met me at the tail end of my reintroduction to gaming, one of a bundle of titles I got in one of those insane Xbox marketplace sales. It wowed me with its intentional storytelling and structure, but the hiking and shooting that made up the second hour of each chapter wore on me a bit. Control hit during a PS4 golden age, and wowed me with its ambitious combination of an open-world structure, inventive multimedia storytelling and systems-driven action. The AWE DLC reminded me what I'd loved about Alan Wake, and hyped me up for the now inevitable yet excitingly undefinable prospect of a sequel. Edge magazine's preview article on the game last year, with its hits of metatextual complexity and genre fiction pastiche pushed the game into essential, buy-a-console-for-this territory. It is the reason I bought - and kept a PS5 Slim.

And it's all so very much not what I could have predicted. The bones of the Alan Wake combat system are still here, yes, but used more sparingly, in more inventive ways, and with greater variety. The narrative starts out at a level of metatextual complexity that the first game had steadily built to, and only escalates further. Yet while esoteric mysteries draw you in, it's the human stakes that create and drive the conflict.

It sometimes feels crass to talk about a game's technological achievements, but Alan Wake II is also one of the most visually effective games I've played in years. There is no risk of mistaking the live-action scenes for the in-game ones, but the consistency in visuals between the two, and the first-rate facial animation, let Remedy intertwine them in fun, effective ways.

And speaking of performances, Ilka Villi's turn as Wake is probably the most fun I've had watching an actor since Manon Gage in Immortality. He's capable of not just a great expressive range - to the point where he gets the occasional borderline-unrecognisable extra role in the story - but real emotional nuance. All this while having most of his dialogue dubbed over by the always excellent Matthew Porretta.

It's fun, it's wild, it's creative, it's just-one-more-page compelling, it's pretty much up there with Tears of the Kingdom as my favourite game released in 2023. I'm restraining myself for now blowing another 20 hours on a second play-through even thought I have umpteen big new games to play. I cannot wait to see what this team does next.

#alan wake 2 #alan wake ii #remedy #epic games #alan wake #ps5

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thefloatingstone · 2 years ago

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How do I give my anime designs more character? I don’t want them to look bland, especially not the girls!

I had a whole different argument here and suddenly realised I was answering a question you didn't ask. I'm sick at the moment so my brain isn't working the best so forgive me if my answers seems a bit all over the place.

Most importantly, and something i think a LOT of modern anime does badly these days, is to not be afraid to PUSH the expressions of your anime girls.

if you'll forgive the mini-rant; modern anime has a really bad habit of not allowing female characters to have "ugly" expressions. Or when they do, they make them simplified emojis or make the one second of extreme emotion SO extreme it becomes completely off putting. Especially as there will be a tendency to only push an extreme expression in one single episode during a "dramatic scene".

This results in most girls in modern anime looking more like the limited expression range of a Vtuber than actual characters. There ARE exceptions, but this is a MASSIVE issue which was not the case in the 80s or 90s and only really started becoming more common around the mid 2000s.

Comparison examples! (you know I love those). I am using still images instead of gifs so the animation doesn't mask the drawing. But I'll show some animated gifs later in this ask

This extends beyond just facial expressions tho. Or rather... it doesn't.

Most modern anime shows will have the characters pull expressions in their face, but have their bodies relatively static, even in extreme emotions. If you compare the two screenshots above, the more modern example has a more extreme push to her eyes, but in the Dirty pair screenshot, not only is Kei's mouth open very wide, but her head is tilted backwards and to the side, her shoulders are drawn up, and she gives the impression even in a still image that she is in the middle of a physical reaction to something which annoyed her. Similarly, Yuri down there is also annoyed, and even though we only really see her eyes, you can tell she's hunched over and seething. In the modern anime screenshot she's just.... got the default "these are my angry eyes!" face with nothing really happening elsewhere.

Her shoulders I guess are kind of drawn up but so barely you wouldn't be blamed to think they always look like that.

And this comes to the second point.

DRAW FROM LIFE AND/OR PHOTOS.

There is NOTHING wrong using a pose doll to figure out a challenging pose. I have used pose dolls when I am unsure how a certain pose looks from a specific angle. But looking at real life, whether photos or if you can, life drawing, will be your biggest tool in figuring out how to breathe more life into your poses and art.

Now, to answer the ACTUAL question you asked about design;

I have to admit that character design is not a strength of mine. I have little to no practice with it myself and when I design OCs I end up not liking them or not enjoying their designs. I feel someone far more skilled at the design part of design might have better input, but I can tell you what I know just from observation;

The first BIG advice is; do not confuse interesting design with clutter.

This doesn't mean strip down your character design to look like a Y/N drawing, but more have every element you introduce into your design be there with some kind of thought in mind as to how it applies to the character and who they are as a person. This is a mistake I often see made with characters both OCs as well as professionally. Where character designers seem to think adding MORE to a design will make a character more interesting to look at. (PreCure has this problem a LOT)

Giving your character too many details without some kind of larger unification or idea, makes them harder to envision for people, because there's too much visual noise.

If I tell you to think of Link from Legend of Zelda, it doesn't matter WHICH Link you picture 9although at the moment it's most likely TotK or BotW Link), Link has unified design elements which means regardless of how detailed or cluttered his outfit becomes, we all know what Link looks like;

1: Blonde hair on the longer side usually, with fringe and side bangs 2: blue diamond shaped eyes, pointed ears, light skin 3: wears some variation of green. Can dress in other colours but Green is an identifying colour. Even in ToTK and BotW where he is most often shown in blue, Green is still the vast majority of the outfits and gear he will wear 4: boots and light coloured tights/pants 5: Twink

You don't need to look at a picture of Link to know this is what Link looks like. Other details like his earring, belts, gloves, bracers, undershirt etc are all there and enhance these elements and distinguish one Link from another exist, but they are not the unifying elements to Link's character design.

On top of this, all of Link's character design make SENSE for his character, what he does, where he comes from etc.

He is a Hylian so he has pointed ears and is generally elf-like in appearance. He spends most of his time in European forests so he dresses in green. When he wears other colours it usually corresponds to where he is currently traveling. He carries a sword and shield so he has a belt with scabbard. He carries an entire pantry worth of food with him, so he has various satchels and bags on his person (but not too many or the design becomes cluttered). He wears light protective gear to show he gets into fights but they are usually not heavy in nature because Link is nimble and relies heavily on movement.

This doesn't tell us anything about his personality because Link doesn't really have one, but it's a very strong character design all the same and informs us what kind of character he is and what sort of life he leads as well as what sort of background he might have (He is a skilled adventurer. Not a rich sheltered boy who has never been outside of a city before or something of the like).

Now I'm gonna compare him to the character design of a Mass Effect character which I don't THINK you'd have played since your profile says you're a teen and the game is rated M 👀 (or you might have, idk I'm not your mom) but ANYWAY! Looking at a character design which tells us about their PERSONALITY as well as way of living.

I'm not going to use any of the aliens as examples because then you have to bring in the subject of alien species into the equation and how they stand apart from the various other members of their species and etc etc. So we'll talk about a human character.

So... this is Jack

Although you may think her tattoos make her design cluttered, they don't because you don't really need to know what every individual tattoo looks like. You just know "Jack is covered in Tattoos".

So just looking at her, you can pretty much instantly pin down her personality. That being; she will most likely fucking stab you if you say one thing to annoy her.

She's like a punk on steroids. Shaved head, heavy make up, COVERED in tattoos, both ears capped in some futuristic piercings, some or other heavy duty uniform except she decided she'd rather walk around fucking topless and boots that could crush a man's skull.

Everything about her design screams "don't fuck with me I am VERY unhinged and will kill a man for less than the $4 in his pocket".

Jacks' entire personality is on display in her design. And the design as a whole present a single concept of who she is as a person, while ALSO tying into her backstory and lifestyle. (escaped prisoner from high security facility, still wearing the prison uniform, has been in an unknown number of gangs, has an extremely casual approach to sex and sexuality, uses her intimidation as a first line of defense to prevent people from getting close to her indicating a painful past)

And then you compare her to her design in the following game

This is a great design because it not only informs you on Jack's personality, but also her GROWTH AS A CHARACTER.

Her design is, at least compared to her first appearance, softer. She's grown her hair long enough to tie it into a ponytail, making her appear more feminine. But she still shaves the sides so you know she can still shank you if she wants.

Her outfit is still VERY revealing but she's also dressed borderline decently. She is not as defensive any more and could probably even walk around in normal society without getting a ticket (and then shooting the cop in response).

However even covered up, she's wearing a leather studded jacket, and she is still displaying her tattoos on her chest and hands proudly. She's still the same person... just less likely to murder you (although the option is still there if needed).

Now compare these character designs to some others which I would count as being "too busy" and tell me if these designs tell you ANYTHING about what kind of personalities these characters might have, what kind of lifestyle to they live, what do their environments and world looks like, or what it says about them

Fun fact; that last one is NOT a magical girl, but is in fact an alchemist who is living in a slowly dying world whose resources are being depleted and the future looks grim and hopeless as humanity tries to navigate this slow apocalypse.

I have no idea if any of that made sense or is useful in any way, but hopefully you get what I mean?

Look at real life. Don't rely on just referencing other anime and pose dolls. Don't clutter a character design with details that don't mean anything. make the parts of your character design you use have meaning or purpose. Even if that purpose is just "to give them a silhouette different to the other characters so she's easy to identify by sight"

#C-Puff answers #long post

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lawyeronabike · 2 years ago

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Book Talk #2: The Mind of Jay Gatsby

A traditional reading of The Great Gatsby focuses on what the novel teaches us about class, bigotry, and the American Dream. It's an important reading, but one that is already well worn. I'm going to assume you are already familiar with it and/or can research it when you feel like it. But this post is not about that reading.

I want to talk about the characters of The Great Gatsby, not as devices to advance theme or plot, but as whole, fleshed out people who are still compelling a near century after being written. So I ask...

What makes Gatsby tick? Why is he the way he is? He has a perfectly normal problem: he wants this girl. He has an absolutely puzzling solution. Throw massive parties. Let’s investigate.

Some people think it’s just the premise of the book, and must be accepted. Some people take Nick Carraway’s view, that Gatsby’s gift for hope is to be romanticized, admired, and protected. I don’t. I think that Jay Gastsby is neither some tragic hero or a plot premise to remain unquestioned. Upon my most recent reading of The Great Gatsby, I discovered a new headcanon that better explains his behavior than any I’ve heard before.

Jay Gatsby is autistic.

Yes I’m playing armchair psychologist. No I’m not qualified. It’s fine, because this a fictional character. Also, it’s a good conversation starter. I’m not the first to think of this (shoutout to tumblr users @thegreatgatsbyglitters & @confirmedpsycho, and @thegreatsandwich on aO3) but it’s not often discussed. It gets far less discussion than the “Nick is gay” reading (which I also buy). So let’s see if we can remedy this.

So the CDC lists the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for autism. It seems as good as any place to start.

The three main requirements are as such:

Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested by the following, currently or by history (examples are illustrative, not exhaustive; see text):

Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity, ranging, for example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect; to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions.

Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction, ranging, for example, from poorly integrated verbal and nonverbal communication; to abnormalities in eye contact and body language or deficits in understanding and use of gestures; to a total lack of facial expressions and nonverbal communication.

Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships, ranging, for example, from difficulties adjusting behavior to suit various social contexts; to difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in making friends; to absence of interest in peers.

And compare them against the evidence in the book

1. If throwing giant parties to attract the attention of your beloved isn’t “abnormal approach,” I don’t know what it. Furthermore, when Gatsby decides to escalate attempts, he decides to ask Jordan Baker to ask Nick if he will have Daisy over for tea so Gatsby can drop in.

Pictured Above: A perfectly straightforward and reasonable way to get a girl's attention

2. This is most prominently seen in chapter six. Tom and his two riding friends, the Sloanes, arrive at Gatsby’s house on horseback unannounced. Gatsby invites them inside, which is declined. Mrs. Sloane then invites Nick and Gatsby to a dinner party.

Gatsby looked at me questioningly. He wanted to go and he didn’t see that Mr Sloane had determined he shouldn’t.‘I’m afraid I won’t be able to,’ I said. ‘Well, you come,’ she urged, concentrating on Gatsby.

Here, Nick is flat out telling us that the invitation was only extended to be polite, and that Gatsby didn’t realize this. He heard the words, and failed to notice all the other social cues that were saying he shouldn’t accept. He accepts the invitation.

3. Difficulties in adjusting behavior to suit various social contexts. Gatsby has a hard time interacting in a friendly, social setting, and treats a lot of his encounters like business deals. Here’s a clear example.

Nick has just agreed to host Daisy for dinner, just as Gatsby requested. Gatsby then proceeds to offer Nick the chance to make some money. Gatsby sees this as repaying the debt he owes to Nick, and has a hard time comprehending that Nick is doing a favor for a friend.

‘Well, this would interest you. It wouldn’t take up much of your time and you might pick up a nice bit of money. It happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing.’

I realize now that under different circumstances that conversation might have been one of the crises of my life. But, because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service to be rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there.

A diagnoses also requires two of the following four:

1. Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech (e.g., simple motor stereotypes, lining up toys or flipping objects, echolalia, idiosyncratic phrases).

2. Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior (e.g., extreme distress at small changes, difficulties with transitions, rigid thinking patterns, greeting rituals, need to take same route or eat same food every day).

3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus (e.g., strong attachment to or preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or perseverative interests).

4. Hyper- or hyporeactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment (e.g. apparent indifference to pain/temperature, adverse response to specific sounds or textures, excessive smelling or touching of objects, visual fascination with lights or movement).

Gatsby fits all four.

The strongest evidence I saw for this is that Gatsby says “Old Sport” a lot.

2. We find evidence for this right at the end of the book. Gatsby’s dad shows a schedule Jay made for himself as a teenager. It plots out his time from 6AM to 9PM.

3. This should prove to be the most controversial subclaim in this post. Some people with autism fixate on trains. Some fixate on dinosaurs. Many autistic people have a singular, overriding interest. I argue that Gatsby’s autistic fixation is Daisy, or rather, the idea of her.

4. Hypersensitivity to sounds. Gatsby spends a remarkably little amount of time at his own parties. He usually is happy to leave the raucous festivities to others. He just hosts. One way to interpret this is an aversion to loud noises, often common for people on the autism spectrum.

One other thing, Gatsby is a bad liar. Holes in in backstory emerge throughout the book as he tells it to Tom or Nick. Furthermore, he can’t even convincingly tell Nick that he was the one driving the car that killed Myrtle. Nick figures out pretty quickly that it was Daisy. This supports a reading of autistic Jay Gatsby because many autistic people don’t realize all the nonverbal signs that give away liars, so they can’t fix them in their own performance when they try to lie.

Why does it matter?

First off, representation matters, but it also affects the themes of the story. His pining over Daisy becomes much less romanticized and much more pitiable. In chapter one, Nick describes Gatsby -

It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again.

More objectively, it could be described as the curse of hope, haunted by a nostalgia for things that never were, and a future that can never be. It is a ceaseless need for the unattainable, a self inflicted torture that can end only varying degrees of sorrow. In this way, The Great Gatsby becomes not just a story of themes and ideas, but of realistic people.

It explains why Gatsby refuses to accept that the past cannot be repeated, that Daisy has a new life and is oblivious to the fact that Nick is in love with him (like I said earlier, this interpretation makes a lot of sense to me).

The first time I read this book, it was a story about the American Dream, about prejudice, and about love. It still is all that, but now, I also see a story about flawed human beings, and about how we all, for better or worse, run amok, changing the course of each other's lives. Seeing all this on a subsequent reading encourages me to read more carefully in the future, to distrust narrators (don't implicitly accept their point of view), and be more quick to notice what kind of people are involved in the story. There are queer and neurodivergent characters in places you might not expect, including the foremost novel of the jazz age.

And if you still don’t believe this theory, I encourage you to mindfully read the book again. It’s not long. You will probably even find evidence I overlooked. Besides, you’re probably overdue to reread it anyway.

#the great gatsby #nick carraway #jay gatsby #autsitic #autism #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #literature #erasure #representation matters #media representation #classic literature

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divinegrump · 1 year ago

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A disagreement post on "Do It Again"

I have some discomfort with this, especially with it blowing up everywhere and I have a couple things I want to share about it.

I don't see this as the face of someone saying "do it again." I could see how at the beginning of this clip Aziraphale may want it again, but there is no command here, no asking. What I see is a person having a panic attack, a person who is terrified by everything he's feeling and the sheer magnitude of it.

But that is not asking for it again. And that is not consent.

And coming across all the "do it again" posts where everyone is so surprised by it (and excited)- why is it so surprising? Could it be that the audience didn't see this the first (couple) times they watched it? Could it be that there is surprise because they didn't see it? Because it isn't there?

And this genuinely scares me. As someone who has had people misinterpret my boundaries, and has misinterpreted others boundaries and learned from it, it makes me so incredibly uncomfortable. This has the potential for negative repercussions: how this simply is not true and teaches potential pattern recognition of a facial cue that does not mean what people think it means.

Also this information has been passed through multiple people, and through that has become incredibly reductive

Originally there was a lot more nuance- certainly not enough to cover the whole range of emotion, but it had not yet been stripped of the layers it has, etc.

Also just a side note that Michael Sheen is too good of an actor, his facial expressions are so nuanced and beautiful, for this look to be reduced to "do it again."

I do want to put in a note to say that I understand the excitement about learning something new about Good Omens, I totally have that, too. But not with this, and not with the way people are handling it. I am not, by any means, telling you that you are bad for doing this or for being excited. What I am doing is asking you to examine how you speak about this and take what I'm saying into consideration.

Thank you for reading

#consent #facial cues #do it again #good omens #aziraphale #crowley #michael sheen #david tennant #the kiss #go s2

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cheekypeakyblinder · 2 years ago

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢

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Hey guys! I usually don't really write here, but I want to thank you guys for the love <3 From this point on John and Franny are dating or in a relationship, i love it so so so much. Hopefully, you guys enjoy it as much as me writing it.

Thomas had told her to get dressed for a really nice special occasion. So Franny did. She pulled a nice pullover dress out of her closet and pinned up her hair nicely. She left a few strains and wet them, she curled her hair around a pencil and let it sit for a while. Franny applied her makeup and then took the pencils out. She left her dad's house and walked over to Polly's.

'Fran you look gorgeous.' Polly said stroking her hair. Polly was looking happily at Franny but Franny could feel something was not okay. 'Polly, what's happening?' Franny asked her while she saw Polly lit a cigarette and it was done with shaking hands. 'I promised I wouldn't tell you, but..' Franny could see Polly was fighting herself. 'Polly what's going on you frighten me..' Franny said turning to her and laying a hand on her shoulder.

'I wish it was you that got married today..' Polly said with tears in her eyes. 'You're so good with our John..' 'Polly, what's happening why are you crying? I actually might have some good news for you... We kissed last night, it was not much because we needed to go back downstairs for the permit. But we were both so happy that he just.. He did it..' Franny said her smile was the brightest it could have been.

Which made Polly explode. 'Polly, what's wrong I thought you would think it would be good news?' Franny said now completely lost. 'It's even worse now..' Polly said between deep breaths. 'Poll.. What's happening today..' Franny asked her.

An hour later.

All the blinders had gathered around at a sight close to the Lee's Thomas had done something and most of them or at least John thought it was going to be some wild west cowboy standoff. But boy was he wrong. Arthur and Thomas walked towards the car, where John came out with the others. 'Ready boys?' Thomas asked them. Everyone gathered around with knives and manchettes. 'John ready?' Thomas asked John. 'Yeah, I'm fine.' He said to Thomas. 'Have a drink.' Arthur said passing him a flask. John took a sip passing it around to a few others after.

'What? Why are you all staring at me for? What?' John said as he saw everyone was looking at him. 'Good. Let's go.' Thomas said and they all walked forward. They entered Lee territory. 'Tommy? What's the plan we're in shotgun range.' John said putting a hand on his brother's shoulder. To which the whole group stopped.

'John, before you go into battle..' Thomas started. 'There's something you're going to need.' They all pulled out flowers. Making John look awfully suspicious. Thomas was putting it on John's coat. 'Tommy, What are you bloody doing?' John said even more scared now. Thomas put his hands on both sides of John's face. 'Smile, John, it's a wedding.' Thomas said with a smile.

'Whose bloody wedding?' John asked him with scared eyes. 'Now if we'd told you, you wouldn't have come.' Thomas said his hands had slid to John's shoulders.' There's a girl in the Lee family who's going a bit wild. And she needs to marry her off.' Thomas explained but John knew where this was going.

'FUCK OFF!' Was the first thing he yelled. All the men they had brought gathered around him and tried to hold him in reins. 'JOHN!' Thomas took his head between his hands again. 'No Tommy.' John said. Which made Thomas frown. 'I've finally got this thing working for both me and Fran.' John said.' It's finally going in the right direction. Yesterday I took a fucking step and she was all aboard. You can't just fucking marry me off now Tommy. It'll break her and me both. We belong together.' Suddenly Thomas's facial expression changed.

He knew he actually fucked something up and that didn't happen to Thomas often. He had worked himself up a hole he couldn't get out of. Now that they were in the shotgun range of the Lees. They couldn't just walk out. When they suddenly saw the Lees all going up on alert.

'I'LL KILL HIM MYSELF! LOWER YOUR FUCKING GUNS!'

'Fuck' both Thomas and John said at the same time.' What's bloody happening?' Arthur asked but before someone could talk there was a gun in Thomas his neck. Making all the men surrounding John take their weapons. 'You have three fucking seconds to tell them to lower them, Thomas Shelby.' It was a bitter and broken voice. 'Nice work Polly.' Thomas said closing her eyes.

The men all lowered their guns when they saw it was Franny. She walked around Thomas. She was still looking the same as this morning only there were mud spots on the lower part of her dress. Franny took the gun out of Thomas his neck and hold it. 'First, you do me dirty with fucking Kimber. Then you let the fucking Lees attack me when I'm all alone in the betting shop. And now after all these years knowing my feelings you marry John off after what happened yesterday.' Franny spat it out like venom.

'Fran..' John started. 'Oh don't you fucking start.' Franny said waving her gun at him. 'Did you know?' She then took her attention from Thomas to John. 'Fran.. I..' John started. 'No John I didn't ask for excuses. I asked did you know? It's a yes or no question.' Franny said her voice tone didn't change.

'No, he did not.' Thomas then said. 'The both of you have been dancing around each other since John put his feet back on English soil. I never thought you would go through with any of it. And the only way I could soften up my deal with the Lees was by marrying them into our family. Since John lost Martha I thought it would be a good deal to help them and John out with the kids.' He said. 'But what I didn't know was about yesterday.'

'And now what. John marries a Lee girl because otherwise you get killed sounds rather foolish doesn't it.' Franny said. All the men surrounding them were listening to them speak. It was like reading the gossip newspaper their wives read but they secretly read them on the toilet. 'Well Franny, truth be told. Now I'm fucked.' Thomas said 'No your not.' Arthur then said. 'I'll do it.' He told them.

John who had been awfully quiet. Looking at Franny who still was holding her gun toward Thomas his leg. She was looking him dead in the eye. He always knew she had something. She was kind, sweet, and really a caring person. Always thought of others before herself. But now when after all these fuck ups where she had been a part of. She was over it. Franny looked stunning with her hair like that. He loved her and he fucking knew it. But he snapped out of it when Arthur put himself up.

'Would you do that Arthur?' John asked his older brother. 'You have been drooling over Francis Corbynn ever since you first saw her John boy. And since I still have no wife this might be an opportunity for all of us.' he said.

Franny took the hold of the gun and she held it loosely to her side. She was waiting on what Thomas had to say. he just nodded at Arthur and took him in for a hug. Then after he let go Franny walked over him and took him in an embrace. 'I've always been rooting for the both of you.' Arthur said while patting her back. Then it was John's turn. And after that, they all walked over to the Lees terrain.

John and Franny were a little behind and John then took his change and offered her his arm. 'Franny Shelby.' I like the ring to that.' He said with a smirk. 'Oh fuck off.' Franny said with an even bigger smirk on her face. They all walked over to the big trailer in the middle of the campsite. And there stood Johnny dogs and an older woman. Probably the head of the Lee family. John kissed the knuckles of Franny's hand and then walked over to stand with his brothers. 'Will he do?' Thomas asked presenting Arthur. She was eyeing him up and down for a second before smiling.' He'll do.' She said and they all cheered for Arthur.

They all moved on to the altar. And John came standing next to Franny. He just smiled at her with his smirk and she couldn't help but smile back. 'She'd better be under 50.' Arthur had mumbled. They were standing behind Thomas. When Polly arrived with Ada. Polly smiled at Franny and Franny mouthed thank you back at Polly. Ada stood next to Thomas.' you look well.' Thomas told Ada.

Later that evening.

It was a real wedding. There was food, there was alcohol, and dancing with the music. Everyone was dancing and drinking. Arthur was dancing with Esme his new wife. And Ada was drinking quite a lot too. Even for her condition. Ada was almost full term and the baby could be any day now.

John and Franny however were standing behind a trailer. The music still in range. They both had quite the drink. When John pushed her up against the trailer. he put his leg between her legs and her arms against the trailer. 'I knew I was fucked when Tommy told me. But then there was my guardian angel putting a fucking gun to my brother's head.' He said with a smirk. 'I didn't know what came over me..' Franny said looking down. 'The only thing I thought was that you looked so fucking hot while doing that.' John said lifting her chin with his fingers and kissing her deeply. Franny directly answered and returned it.

After a while of making out. They heard yelling from the party. And it was none other than Drunk Ada making a fuss. 'Oh, fuck me, your sister's calling.' Franny said as both of them were listening to the noise. 'My pleasure.' John said with a dirty smirk. 'Oh keep it together you have taken a step down for quite a while, you can hold it in for another day.' Franny said rolling her eyes as she pushed herself off him and they walked back to the party. They both entered the party again.

Getting a wink from Arthur. 'Come on Ada slow down.' Thomas asked her. 'He chooses his brother's wives!' She said looking at Thomas. 'He hunts his own sister down like a rat and tries to kill his own brother-in-law.' Ada spat 'Sit her down!' John said. 'Ada please.' Franny said holding her arm. 'He won't even let me have a fucking dance!' She continued. 'At a fucking wedding!' she added.

When she suddenly cramped down. 'Holy shit.' Franny said. 'Water, right. she's in labor!' Franny exclaimed. Putting the whole Shelby family in line.

'Bloody fucking Ada, you pick your fucking time!' Arthur shouted. When Franny turned around.

'Shut the fuck up Arthur. The baby comes, when the baby comes!' Franny told him and they all walked with Ada toward the car. 'Damn John, I didn't know she had such a temper good luck.' Arthur patted John on the back. Franny shot death glares and stares back at Arthur while helping Ada. 'I bloody know, isn't she amazing.' John answered smirking while walking after them.

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Amy Elena and I walked headed to the boarding house after getting a call from Stefan. Damon opened he door "hello Elena, Amy" Elena let out a sigh "Stefan here? He called. Said it was important"

"right this way" he said moving out of the way "hey" Stefan said as we walked in "what is this about?" Stefan suddenly moved showing the vampire that kidnapped us "you"

We moved to the couches where Artemis sat with a glass of whiskey and a book "okay, you have to understand that I only know what I've picked up over the years and I don't know what's true and what's not true. That's the problem with all this vampire crap. But Klaus and Andreas I know are real"

"who are they?" "They're originals. They're legends" Damon said "first generation of vampires" Stefan clarified after seeing Elena's facial expression.

"Like Elijah" "no Elijah, was the Easter bunny compare to Klaus and Andreas. He's a foot soldier. Klaus is the real deal" "Klaus and Andreas are known to be the oldest" before anything else could be said a chuckle rang out.

We turned to Artemis who hadn't looked up from the book she was reading "got something to say old friend?" Damon said giving her a slight glare "Klaus and Andreas aren't the oldest, I'll tell you that" she said shaking her head.

"Ok so you're saying that the oldest vampires in the history of time are coming after us?" Elena said pulling the conversation back into focus " "yes" "no" rose and Stefan said at the same time "I mean, if what she's saying is true" "which it is" " And you're not just saying this so we don't kill you" "I'm not" "then we're looking at a solid maybe"

"Look Elijah's dead right? No one knows you two even exist. And Artemis is helping protect everyone which means you'll both be safe" "not that you know of" rose budded in "not helping" Damon said giving her a look.

"Look, I've never met anyone who is laid eyes on them. I mean, we're talking about centuries of truth, mixed with fiction. We don't even know what's real. They could just be some stupid bedtime stories"

"They're real! And they don't give up. If they want something, they get it. If you're not afraid then you an idiot" "alright we're shaking. You made your point" Elena sighed and got up, pulling me with her.

"you got anything to add?" Elena said to Artemis. Artemis closed her book and stood up "Klaus and Andreas are real. I know for a fact about Andreas because I used to stay with him at one point"

Everyone was shocked except me because I knew that that she had left out information to them "and Klaus I bumped into on multiple occasions but I tried my best to stay clear. Point is I know both and rose has told you is true. I'll do my best and make sure to protect Amy's loved ones but it also means you need to stop putting yourself in danger" she said looking at Elena "if you draw Klaus you could possibly draw Andreas out and I can't have that just yet"

Elena glared At Artemis "ok, well we have to go" Elena said pulling me towards the exit "where you going?" Stefan said standing up "school. We're late" "let me uh grab my stuff. I'll go with you" he said walking towards us but Elena shook her head "that's ok. We know where it is" she pulling me again. We walked through the forest, Caroline following behind us.

" Tell everyone I wasn't feeling well and I went home from school" "can't believe I'm agreeing to this" Caroline grumbled "I'm a terrible liar!" And keep Stefan busy. I don't want him knowing what I'm up to" "I'm even worse at duplicity. And you know this!"

"You managed to keep us occupied when Katherine paid Stefan a visit" I gave Elena a glare "low blow Elena" "that's because she threatened me" suddenly panic ran over her face Not that I'm saying you should use that as a tactic it's- Stefan's gonna see right through me!"

"Caroline, as our friend do you promise or not" I looked at Elena annoyed at how she was manipulating Caroline "you just had to break out the girlfriend code" she sighed Elena gave her a look and Caroline finally gave in "ok, I promise"

"Elena why are we doing this? Artemis has promised to keep us safe" Elena glared at me "yea but how much do we really know about her. She could be hiding things" Elena then scoffed "she tried to kidnap you Amy" she said before turning and heading into the tomb.

"Why don't you want Stefan to know?" Caroline asked as we came to a stop at the tomb door "because he would never be ok with me doing this" "with good reason" I grumbled under my breath so only Caroline heard which made her smile at me.

"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Caroline asked "Yes. She's the only one who knows they truth about Klaus and Andreas. The only one who can tell us how to stop them"

"But you're asking for the truth from someone who's probably never given it. Are you sure about this?" "Yes, we can't just sit back and wait. We have to know Caroline" "Katherine?" Caroline called "we'll be ok from here" "Hello, Elena. Amy" Katherine smirked.

"You come to watch me wither away? Good-bye, Caroline" she said glaring at Care "As long as we stay on this side of the door, she can't hurt us" when Care didn't move Elena spoke again "Please" she nodded and left.

"Stefan know you're here?" "We brought you some things" Elena said resetting the bag on a ledge "You came to bribe me? What is it that you want?" "We want you to tell us about Klaus and Andreas" "Hmm You two have been busy"

"we also brought you this. It's your family history. It says in here that the family line ended with you. Obviously that's not true" Katherine scoffed "You think that if you brought me some family keepsake, that I'd open up?"

"I also brought you this" Elena said pulling out a bottle of blood which made Katherine run towards us only to be stopped by the barrier "You don't look so good. How long before your body shuts down? 10, 20 years? Must be painful to desiccate and mummify. I can't even imagine." Elena snarked.

"You have the Petrova fire." She said sliding down the wall "More blood?" Elena said as we sat down "It's a long story, Klaus and I, goes all the way back to England, 1492, after I left Bulgaria. Or was thrown out. Thrown out? My family, your true ancestors...They disowned me. My indiscretions were not tolerated at that time. I had a baby out of wedlock. The shame." She said rolling her eyes.

"It was kept secret?" "Mm-hmm. My baby was given away. I was banished to England and I had to learn to adjust. So I quickly became English. It was there that I caught the eye of a nobleman named Klaus. I was taken with him at first, until I found out what he was and what he wanted from me...And then I ran like hell" suddenly we were pulled into a memory of Katherine's.

Flashback 1492

"She's here. Katerina! I know you're near! I can smell your blood. It's pointless to run. Klaus'll find you wherever you are" Elijah said with a group of vampires "This way. There's more blood over there" Trevor said appearing next to Elijah.

Once they were gone Katherine got up but was grabbed by Trevor "Head east. I can't lead them astray much longer." "I can't run anymore." "Another mile. There's a cottage. You'll be safe there. Go now. Go!"

Flashback over

"So...What did Klaus want?" "Same thing that he'll want from you. He wants to break the curse" "By sacrificing the Petrova doppelgänger" "He wanted to drain every single drop of blood from my body" she then turned to me.

"but Andreas...he was way worse then Klaus. I bumped into him when he was with the your doppelgänger. She ran like I did but unlike me she didn't escape. He got to her and killed her out of rage then blamed his sister for her escape" my eyes widened.

With Damon

Damon "All right, rosebud. I need some answers" I said walking up the steps to the couch but then I noticed she was crying "Oh, please don't tell me you're crying 'cause your buddy Trevor lost his head" I grumbled.

"You always been this sensitive?" Rose chuckled wiping her tears away "There's a little vampire switch you can just pfft for this very reason. Takes the emotion out of it." I said not caring "Yeah, you switch yours, I'll switch mine"

"Is that a dig?" I scoffed "It's an observation. Being in love with your brother's girlfriend must be difficult." "I'm not in love with anyone" I said shaking my head "You wanna try that again?" I sped in front of her "Don't get on my bad side" I said calmly "Then show me your good side" she said with a smile.

"How do I find Klaus?" I rolled my eyes "You don't find Klaus. He finds you" "Come on. Somebody's gotta know somebody who knows where he is, right?"I said crossing my arms "Add another 200 somebodies to that, and you're still not even close." Rose said sitting down

"Humor me. You got in touch with Elijah. How'd you do it?" "Through a very low somebody on the totem pole. A guy named Slater in Richmond." "Perfect. I'll drive" I said grabbing my eyes "No. You forget not all of us can do sun." "Then you drive." I said putting the keys in her hand "Come on." I said walking off.

#TVD #elijah mikaelson #niklaus mikaelson #rebecca mikaelson #kol mikaelson #finn mikaelson #oc #siblings #mikaelson daughter #damon salvatore #stefan salvatore #elena gilbert

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Amour-Haine & Co. | Chapter 2 |

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"Our COO had a tough first two weeks, and I want to make it up to her."

"Dear Advertising, Web-Designing, and App Developing departments of Oksan & Co.,

From now on, I would like to ask you to direct any questions concerning our network, as well as project-related questions to one of our two CEOs, Jeon Wonwoo. Files can also be handed over to him, as he will be conducting and going through every single one, to make sure the three new merged companies can work to the best of their abilities. We are looking forward to a good and friendly work environment and healthy and happy work-based relationships.

Yours sincerely,

COO Yoon (Y/N)"

This was the email you had sent out to the employees of the company last Friday, making it the last thing on your To-Do list before you had left the building. From Wednesday to Friday, you had let the staff come in and out of your office, leaving files and binders behind, asking you questions you didn't even know the answers to, as well as complaining about other co-workers. You waited for the end of the week to inform all employees about the new guidelines, that the CEO didn't know of... yet. Thankfully, Jeon Wonwoo and his new IT team hadn't fully yet figured out the old network your father and his workers had built up, therefore still giving you access to the email account of the CEO, which you used gladly.

Your action got you to sleep peacefully, and enjoy the weekend as much as you possibly could, also being the reason why you entered the office with a smile on your face on Monday.

On your way to your room, you passed other employees and greeted them with a bright smile. Walking through the hallways until you reached your office, the calming thought of knowing you wouldn't have to go through any kinds of files you didn't have any knowledge about didn't leave your mind.

As soon as you reached your desk, you shrugged the bag off your shoulder and threw yourself onto the rolling chair. You unknowingly started humming while turning on the computer, finding comfort in knowing no one was going to barge into your office. Before you could start your relaxed workday, a knock on the door stopped you,

"Good morning," Jisoo's cheerful voice rang through your ear, making you smile,

"Morning!"

He crossed the floor until he reached your desk and took a seat in one of the chairs in front of it, looking at you with a smirk. You were typing in the password to get into your computer as you noticed him staring, "Hm?" you wondered, your eyes not leaving the screen.

"You really are something else, you know?"

You let your glance shift over to him, looked at him with raised eyebrows, "What?" and chuckled. He copied your facial expression and leaned forward,

"You're just gonna direct everything you've done to our boss?"

You leaned back, a smirk plastered on your lips, "Tit for tat."

"He's not just gonna let it slide that easily, you're well aware of that, right?" Jisoo worried for you. He had seen the state you had been in throughout the entire week before, and he was not going to let you go through something like that again.

A heavy breath left your lips. You knew it may not have been professional, but did you care? No. No, not really, if you were completely honest with yourself. Because neither was it professional what Jeon Wonwoo was doing with you and your position within the company. And there was no one you could talk to about it who could potentially change that man's mind. So, this would do for the time being.

"Like I said, I'm ready. I don't care what he's gonna do," you propped yourself back up in the chair, "I'm not backing down that easily."

Jisoo pushed himself up onto his feet, ready to leave your office again, to continue his actual job, that you sometimes forgot wasn't chatting with you,

"I always liked that about you." And he left with a smile.

The day went on to be unsurprisingly quiet, as you didn't get interrupted while answering some work-related emails that had made their way into your inbox. After the merging of Oksan Inc., Vortex & Co., and Goyang & Co., other companies had started becoming interested in potentially investing or working with Oksan & Co..

It seemed like the decision made by your father had attracted a lot of other CEOs, which you were thankful for, but for all the wrong reasons. You had to push your pride away and actually focus on the companies well-being, which resulted in you accepting more offers than your humane heart would have ever wanted you to - but you had to separate your work persona from your private one, and thank god you had always been good at that.

The sound of your voice interrupted the work process you had going on. Without drawing your eyes away from the screen, reading another mail, you reached to your right, getting a holt of your phone. After turning it around, you found Jisoo's contact name right at the top with a short message underneath:

Jisoo:

Cafeteria in 5 minutes! :)

Reminding you of the fact that it was already 1 pm and you had had the possibility of starting your lunch at 12, but got distracted by the computer in front of you. You decided to finish the last paragraph you had to read and got up right after, three minutes later. As you were getting your things together, putting all the important stuff you wouldn't want to leave unattended into your bag, a deep voice made you look up,

"We are looking forward to a good and friendly work environment and healthy and happy work-based relationships?" Letting the last sentence of the email you had sent out sound like a question. "We are?" Jeon Wonwoo wondered with one raised eyebrow, looking at you as he kept on standing in the door.

"Yes, we are." You simply stated, already done with packing your bag and ready to leave, but the man didn't let you go that easily.

He nodded slowly, taking big steps into your office, making you sigh, as his eyes found the floor, "I don't know if I would call the COO letting the CEO do all the work a happy and healthy work-based relationship." As the last word fell from his lips, Jeon Wonwoo raised his head, daring to stare into your eyes that hadn't left his form the moment he had appeared.

You shrugged your shoulders and threw the bag over your shoulder, "I'm happy and healthy because of it." And left the room after sending him one last smile, leaving him standing with a smirk while his eyes followed your moving silhouette.

On your way to the elevator, your phone let you know about another message that had just come in.

Jisoo:

You coming?

You quickly replied with a 'Yep' and pushed the button to go downstairs.

Walking into the big open space, you found the man waving at you quickly. You walked over to the table and were about to open your mouth when he beat you to it, "Where the hell have you been, loca?" Making you stop in your tracks, right in front of him.

"I can go back," you warned him, knowing he knew how much you cringed at the quote, getting a chuckle from him in response and him raising his hands in defence, "Sorry, sorry, sorry," he laughed, "Sit. Please." And with a smile, you did just so.

"But seriously," he started again, "Usually, you're here before me."

You placed the bag on the ground and grabbed the fork from the plate that Jisoo had placed pre your arrival, already knowing your usual order,

"Jeon Wonwoo visited me." You simply answered and took the first bite.

The man in front of you slightly choked on the coke he was drinking and quickly put it down, "H-He visited you? What did he say?"

You shook your head, "Nothing important... just wanted to analyse my email, I guess."

After a comfortable meal and chat with your co-worker, you made it back to the elevator, already being 10 minutes late than you should be. As the both of you were waiting for the metal doors to open, a figure appeared next to you, "Good afternoon, Miss Yoon."

You turned your head to the left and had to look up slightly, even though you were wearing heels, and found the face of Kim Mingyu just as he also greeted Jisoo to your right.

"Good afternoon, Mister Kim," you sent him a kind smile and thanked whoever was up there the moment the elevator finally arrived. The tall man put his arm out, motioning for you to step in first, which you thanked him for with a nod, and followed after the other male had also entered.

Never had an elevator ride felt as long as this one did, but apparently, the CEO knew how to small-talk.

"I must say," he fixed his tie with his free hand that wasn't holding the briefcase, "I'm quite offended."

Jisoo's and your head snapped to look at him, "Sorry?" You wondered, eyebrows raised.

A chuckle left Kim Mingyu's lips, "You trust Wonwoo more than me? With all the work?"

Referring to your email, in which you had asked the employees to direct any questions and files to Jeon Wonwoo, the CEO. You didn't mention the co-CEO Kim Mingyu...

You let out a heavy breath, smiling at the light-hearted comment coming from the man to your right, delighted at the humour he had used. "With all due respect, it's most definitely not because I trust him more than you. I... just thought you might already have a lot to do on your own since the entire lower floor is yours, Sir. Mister Jeon seemed a bit bored to me, if I may say so."

He chuckled, "Yes, you may say so. But you may also drop the formalities," and reached his hand out for you to take, "Mingyu." Your eyes drifted down, only to shoot back up and find his kind eyes already looking at you. Jisoo... seemed to may have been right... he was not the one you should be hating on because he was not making you feel miserable.

"Y/N," you smiled back at him and shook his hand, slightly surprised at the tightness of his grip.

The 'ding' of the elevator made the two of you break eye contact, and Mingyu was the first to let go, "Well then," he nodded, "Nice to see you again, Y/N," before addressing the man behind you as well, "Have a good day, Mister Hong." As he exited the small room, your guys' pairs of eyes followed his figure, watching him as he disappeared around the corner. You leaned back on the railing on the wall when Jisoo's head turned towards you, looking at you with wide eyes, "See you again?!" He wondered in a loud voice once the doors had closed.

Your eyes found his, quickly realising what was going through the man's mind, "Not like that!" You stopped him, "We met in my apartment complex last week," and continued your story while both of you walked out to enter the advertisement office floor again, "He said his sister lives there."

"And I thought you already had him wrapped around your fingers..." Jisoo sighed, "I was so excited..."

You chuckled at his comment, always delighted to hear about the person he would tell you you could be.

"But!" He startled you suddenly, "It's never too late," stopping at his office space that he shared with other employees, giving you a smirk.

"No," you shut him down, "No, stop." Not even wanting to know about his mind drifting off to whatever fantasy he had created in his mind for your future. He had a wild life and a wild mind, as you had found out throughout the years of knowing him. Once he started laughing, you couldn't help but join in, getting affected by the sound. But your fun got quickly interrupted by a stern voice coming from beside you,

"I'm not paying you to chat and laugh." Jeon Wonwoo suddenly appeared, noticing the two of you were not in your usual position of working. While Jisoo changed his attitude immediately, bowing and apologizing to his boss, you turned to the side, seeing he had already passed you but was still close enough.

"But you're not paying us at all yet," referring to the fact that he had taken over your father's company in the middle of the month, meaning that your next paycheck would still be in the name of the former CEO, therefore was HE not paying you just yet. Your statement made him turn around and find the bright smile that you sent him, tilting your head in a sarcastically cute manner.

Jeon Wonwoo made his way back, taking slow, yet big steps to approach you, "You want to discuss that in my office, Miss Yoon?" With his hands hidden in his pockets, he stopped right in front of you, not daring to look away from your glance.

You crossed your arms, trying your best to get intimidated by the taller man almost hovering over you, "A CEO should be able to accept when he's in the wrong and gets corrected by the COO."

A slight smirk made its way onto the man's lips, "Oh, I do accept and understand it," looking down before finding your eyes again, "But I don't think you know that I still haven't signed the final contracts about your paychecks yet. One small change and your earnings will be a lot less than before."

"You can't do that," you scuffed at his threat.

"I can do a lot more than you realise," he continued with his warning voice, "But," and chuckled, "My bad... how would you know."

That freaking bastard.

That motherf-

He knew exactly he had hit a soft spot with that statement. With that smirk that wouldn't leave his lips and the hands that were casually resting in his pockets... he knew it. And god, did you hate him for it.

After one last squint and glare, you brushed past him quickly, making sure to bump shoulders with him as you did, but it didn't even make him stumble like you hoped it would - and that just made you even madder. Passing the other offices, you were happy once you had finally reached yours again but stopped in your tracks as soon as you had walked in. It was not most definitely not in the state you had left it in.

The desk that you remembered being pretty much empty was once again filled with folders, from thin to big, in all types of colours, as well as empty black and grey ones. Thank god, you had just gotten past that time of the month, because if not... this would have been your last straw.

Closing your eyes, you took a deep breath but before you could even open them again,

"You really thought I was just going to let it slide like that?" That deep voice was going to haunt you even in your dreams. You could try to avoid it... it wouldn't work, you knew that.

You turned around, only then noticing how close he was to you, making you take a few small steps back, "Hire a fucking assistant to do your shit," you hissed at him without hesitation.

He entered your office, crossed the room and let himself down on the couch with a coffee table in front of it, "That is neither my shit nor would it be the job of an assistant," pronouncing the swearword you had used particularly sharp after he had told you to watch your language when talking to the CEO.

"Then I'm going to hire one," you simply stated, walking over to the desk and placing your bag on top of the mountain of paper, cardboard, and plastic.

Jeon Wonwoo chuckled at your comment, "Just so I can fire them again?" Making you roll your eyes and let out a heavy breath. He stood up with a smack of his lips and started roaming the room slowly, "I'm gonna assume you haven't realised it yet... even though you appear to be quite smart," he spoke the later part softly, "So I'm just gonna tell you this straight up," before looking you dead in the eyes, "Don't try to win. Just... don't. Because you won't." He came closer to the desk that was separating the two of you, "No matter what you even plan on doing... I'm already at least five steps ahead of you. Whatever you're going to try to do... I will be able to fight back," his eyes scanned the room, noticing you weren't going to interrupt him, before continuing, "I don't know what you're trying to prove here. Or... more like who you're trying to prove it to. But it won't work." With a smile, he ended his speech, "So stop unless you want to lose your job."

As much as his words had left you speechless, you weren't raised to let yourself get put down by some young wannabe entrepreneur, "You can't fire me." Fuck... your voice was shakier than you expected it to be.

Jeon Wonwoo chuckled, "I actually can-"

"I built this company!" You interrupted him with your raised voice, filled with anger and frustration, "I was the one to send out email after email, trying to get some kind of fucking sponsor! I was the one who studied every little thing about what it actually means to have a company instead of just getting the random idea of wanting to have one! I looked for employees to help us out even though we wouldn't be able to pay them much! And now I, as the COO, can do so much more than you know, and I can't be fired!"

"Maybe in the old company," the man seemed unfazed by your outburst, deciding to use an annoying calm tone, "With the new one came new contracts. The one you signed last week? Written by me. I should probably let you read through what you actually signed in your moment of rage." With one last sarcastic facial, the CEO turned his back to you, leaving you unable to talk back as you were able to just stand there in shock. He was right. In the old company, you had always known that the person in the position of COO wasn't able to get fired. Why? You never questioned it. But now... Jeon Wonwoo, in the new position of the owner of the company, had the right to change anything he wanted to change - and so he apparently also did with the contracts. You cursed your past self for not reading through those papers. A mistake you would normally never do, but you had let your anger take over you and your mind...

As you thought he had already left your office, his voice ringing through your ear once again, told you otherwise, "Before considering firing you... maybe I should ask Mister Yoon how to deal with you..." he wondered out loud. How dare he mention his name. You and your father had never had the best relationship. Even though you had worked for him, he never acknowledged the work you were doing for him but was the perfect example of a gaslighting parent, that took your work and credited it as his own, letting the light shine on him.

"Get out," you spat out, ready to cry once that bastard had left your office, but he just continued looking at you, tilting his head slightly pressing his lips together, unhappy with the choice of your words. As much as you would have to respect him, you couldn't at that moment, "Get out before I throw something at you." You warned him one last time, making him squint his eyes, "Mm..." and turn around, "Doesn't sound like employee of the month to me."

"How long has she been lying here like that?"

"I don't know... I came in like thirty minutes ago and passed her office."

"She looks dead."

"What? You think so? Oh god... imagine if work actually kills you."

"I'm not dead, idiots."

The two men screeched and jumped, holding onto each other as they both looked at you wide-eyed. You rubbed your eyes and tried straightening your back but quickly realised that would take longer than expected, thanks to your incredibly uncomfortable position on the carpet.

"You looked like a corpse. Are you kidding me?!" Jisoo raised his voice, filled with concern.

With a heavy breath and the strength you had left in your arms, you managed to push yourself up, sitting with your legs crossed underneath you.

Mingyu looked at you with scrunched eyebrows, "Did you sleep here?" His voice made you look up and sigh,

"Sorry for calling you an idiot, I didn't realise it was you." Remembering the somewhat good terms you were on with the co-CEO.

"It's alright," he chuckled, sitting down on the sofa right next to you, picking up one of the files that surrounded you. Yes, yes you did fall asleep at your workplace. And who was to blame? You can answer that question yourself.

After yesterday's conversation, you had to admit, you got slightly intimidated, knowing that you didn't have as much power as the previous COO had - not even as much power as you had as the President... So yes, you did feel threatened, but it didn't mean you were going to give in as easily as he had probably hoped you would. Again, you were raised differently, had to deal with all kinds of difficult people throughout your life... Jeon Wonwoo was just another one of them.

As Mingyu's fingers turned page after page, his eyes raking over each line they held, he got confused, "You know about HTML and coding?"

With Jisoo's help, you were standing on both of your feet and got to straighten down your hair and clothes, "No," you simply stated, picking up the files you had managed to go through and putting them back on your desk. Last night, you thought it was a good idea to change your position from sitting at your desk to making yourself comfortable on the floor.

"Why do you have these then?" He wondered, getting up to help you.

"Ask your bastard of CEO," with the annoyed undertone of your voice, he knew not to bother you more and decided to let it slide, but definitely not forget about it completely.

You were thankful for it, but Jisoo had a different idea, "He's been giving her all kinds of stuff that she has no idea about. You should have seen the files from last week-" one stern look by you made him shut up quickly. As thankful as you were to have that man by your side, and it looked like Mingyu wasn't too bad of a person to have around either, you still didn't want to dwell on something you were able to/wanted to deal with yourself.

"Alright," the tallest one in the room spoke up after helping you with the folders, "You," he pointed at you, "Go home and get some sleep. Proper sleep." He quickly added, noticing you were about to interrupt him.

"No," you began shaking your head and pushed back the bag he was trying to hand you, "These stupid folders are just gonna get more and more. I want them to be done as soon as possible."

"And I'm gonna deal with them," after dealing with Wonwoo, he added in his mind. "Please, don't worry about them. Get some rest. You've worked hard enough." But as much as he kept on talking, you continued shaking your head, making him frustrated, "My driver's still downstairs, do you want him to drive you?"

"What? No! No!" You quickly stopped him, waving your hands, "You have a driver? Of course, you have a driver...," with a hand on your forehead, you tried to get your thoughts ordered again, "No, no... I have my car..."

Mingyu was still standing next to you, arms reaching out to you with his hands grasping the handles of your bag, "Then go," he nodded towards the door, "Come on."

"(Y/N), go," Jisoo assured her. You had thrown yourself onto the chair, now sighing, unsure of what to do. Looking up to your left, the co-CEO nodded at you with a smile, wiggling with your bag.

After another second passed with you thinking about the possible consequences, you stood up and snatched the bag out of the man's grasp, the tired expression not leaving your face.

"Go and get some rest. Don't worry about this," Mingyu pointed to the folders spread over the entirety of your desk's top. With another sigh, a nod, and a quiet "Good night," you left the office, not caring about saying goodbye to anyone else.

"What are we gonna do with that now?" Jisoo wondered, motioning towards the table once he was sure you couldn't hear them anymore.

The co-CEO shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know," and looked ahead through the glass, trying to spy into the other office that was empty and would be for the next few hours, "But I know who does."

Five folders, filled fully with paper, heavy in Mingyu's arms, got dropped onto Wonwoo's desk without a warning, startling the man who was leaning back in his chair, focused on his phone,

"What the fu-?!"

The man in front of the CEO leaned forward, resting his hand on the top of the desk, "I should be asking you that. What the fuck are you doing?!" He was enraged, Wonwoo could tell. He raised his eyebrows, letting his friend know to continue, "With (Y/N). You're trying to drown her in these?" Grabbing one heavy cardboard folder before dropping it again.

The older man crossed his arms and leaned back slightly more, "What? You're on first-name basis with her now?"

Mingyu scuffed, "Jesus Christ... Don't change the subject. What are you trying to do? Huh? Only a week into this, and you're already acting like an asshole?"

Wonwoo took a deep breath and stood up, rolling up the sleeves of his dress shirt, "This isn't something you should bother yourself with. Alright?"

"But I am bothering myself with it," Mingyu stood his ground, his eyes following the other man's frame, "She's the only COO of this company."

"Exactly. The only one. Obviously, she's gonna have a lot to do," the older one crossed his arms, not giving in and not planning on doing so.

The taller man rolled his eyes and sighed, clearly annoyed by his friend's attitude, "You know that's not the fucking work a COO should do. That's employee stuff. More importantly MY employees' stuff. None of this should even bother her. She's in advertising, not programming." He tried explaining the right point of view of the situation even though he could feel the passive energy coming from the CEO. They've been friends long enough - he could tell when he was talking to a wall instead of his best friend.

"Being a CEO is even more work" Wonwoo stated, "And you heard her," he pointed at Mingyu, "She wanted the title. She thought she could lead an entire company," with big steps, he continued roaming the room, "How could she ever do that if she can't even handle a bit of paperwork? A CEO has to know about E-V-E-R-Y-THING that goes on in his company-"

"So that's it?" The younger man's face held a shocked expression, "You're just trying to show her how much she doesn't deserve that title?!" He turned his face away, not wanting to look at his friend anymore, "Jeez... alright, do whatever the fuck you think is right, but just know if you continue treating our only COO like shit, I'm gonna start acting on it. You're better than that..."

"What do you think you're gonna do? She works on my floor. You go and handle your own one downstairs," Wonwoo started using his deeper threatening voice, not daring to back off.

"I'm still co-CEO," Mingyu simply answered, "And she's taking the rest of the week off." He finished before storming out of the room, with the oldest of the two cursing under his breath,

"Yeah... go and decide that for your little girlfriend..."

"Good morning, m'lady," a loud familiar voice made you look up from your phone, your eyes widening at the sight of him,

"What the hell are you doing here?" Seeing Mingyu at 9 in the morning in front of your apartment complex was definitely not something you were expecting. But there he stood. With a coffee shop paper cup in one hand, while the other was holding the door to the passenger side of a black car open. He nodded his head for you to come closer, a bright smile plastered on his face. You were still unsure of the situation, therefore squinted your eyes and took slow steps forward, which the co-CEO obviously seemed to not like,

"Hurry up, the coffee's gonna get cold."

With five quick steps, you were standing in front of him as close as comfortably possible, "Why are you here?" You truly were confused as hell. Ever since the text message from him last Tuesday, god knows where he had gotten your number from- probably Jisoo, you realised, you hadn't talked or seen him. He had told you to stay at home for the rest of the week and not even dare to come into the office, making you worried about the state of the floors, immediately thinking of the worst like a fire or... something as bad as a fire... you just weren't sure what exactly.

"Well," Mingyu started, getting a hold of your free hand and placing the coffee in it as he pushed you gently towards the car, "Our COO had a tough first two weeks, and I want to make it up to her."

"Mingyu-" you started, but he stopped you,

"No. Get in," quickly realising that it sounded slightly wrong after he noticed your facial expression changing, "Please?" You chuckled and did as you were told, earning yourself a smile from the giant puppy man as he put his hand on the rim of the hood, in case you were to bump your head and closed the door as soon as you were sitting comfortably.

"So?" You started once he had been driving for a bit, apparently not feeling the need to start a conversation.

"So?" Mingyu teasingly repeated, looking at you with big eyes and a smile on his lips.

"What is this?" Motioning all around you, still not fully understanding what he was trying to do here. He could have just answered you. He could have, yes. But he didn't want to,

"That," he pointed at the cup in your hands, "Is a hot white Mocca with two extra pumps of-"

"Mingyu," you let your stern voice out, surprising him slightly, taken aback by your sudden change in sound.

He sighed, turning right, "I told you. You had a tough first two weeks. As a COO you shouldn't have to do all of those things, that's not your job."

"And it's not your job to make up for it," you corrected him, trying to make him understand that as much as you hated him two weeks ago, you had to admit that you had been in the wrong with the type of person you thought he was.

Mingyu chuckled with a sad undertone, "What? You think Wonwoo's gonna do it?"

You scuffed loudly, letting him know about the ridiculousness of his statement, "Pfff, no! I'm not expecting anything from him. What can you expect from an asshole?" Adding the last question rhetorically.

The co-CEO sent you a shocked facial expression, "Ooh..." but started cackling once you reacted to it,

"You're gonna lecture me about my use of words too now?!"

"No," he laughed, "That's Wonwoo's thing... even though that man curses more than me probably." Making you chuckle.

After spending a few minutes in silence, looking around the car and drinking your coffee, you realised something, interrupting the quietness, "I thought you said you had a driver."

"I do," he answered quickly, attentive to every word you were saying, "Well... the company does. He's Wonwoo's and my driver. I prefer driving on my own though," he explained, turning the wheel with one hand to enter the parking garage of the office building, "BUT I have to admit... having a driver does have its perks when you're drunk or hungover."

You started giggling and nodding your head, "Of course."

Once the car came to a stop, Mingyu was quick to turn off the car, take off his seatbelt, and sprint over to the passenger side, opening the door for you while you were trying to get your bag to stay on your shoulder. You looked up, perplexed at the gesture, "You don't have to do that, you know," referring to him holding the doors open for you as well as reaching his hand out for you to get out of the seat easier. The man looked at you with scrunched eyebrows, opening the door behind your to get his briefcase from the backseat, "Wow," he sighed, "You're really not letting a man do anything nice for you."

Your mouth hung open slightly. How dare he assu- well... he wasn't wrong. Your experiences with men of all kinds hadn't been the best.

"My bad," you exaggerated your apology, not only with the tone of your voice but also by bowing, letting your head almost reach the floor, making him laugh out loud and pull you back up, getting a laugh from you as well. The sharing of your good mood was quickly interrupted by someone clearing their throat behind you. Turning around, you came to sight with one of the men you hadn't had the best experiences with,

"Morning," he greeted, more so only his friend after giving you a head nod that you reciprocated. The taller man turned to you, seeing you welcoming the CEO as well, before turning back to his friend, "Hey."

Without exchanging another word, the three of you started making your way to the elevator that would get up upstairs. Let the awkward silence begin...

Deciding you wanted to avoid it as much as possible, you started taking quick steps, overtaking both men with their long-ass legs. Mingyu noticed it and was about to catch up with you, but a hand on his arm stopped him and pulled him back,

"You're her personal driver now?" Wonwoo wondered, not expecting the two of you to show up together.

He shrugged the grip off and huffed, "Jesus, calm down. I'm trying to make better what you messed up."

"She messed it up herself," the CEO snapped back in a quiet but stern voice.

Mingyu scuffed, "Alright," rolled his eyes and caught up with you before you could enter the elevator on your own.

Ever since the elevator ride, with Mingyu alone, thank god, you had been stuck in your office room, once again, sending out work emails as well as creating new schedules for the entire company, instead of only the advertising department. The last week gave you time to think. And damn, did you use it. After the "talk" well... more of a discussion or whatever, the words from Jeon Wonwoo's lips didn't leave your mind. You weren't able to just shake them off. No, not the words that created the name of your father, but the words that let you know that with one wrong action, gesture, or statement, you could be jobless within a second. There was nothing else you could do then to get yourself together and work like you've never worked before. You still would not accept any shit thrown at you, even from the CEO, but maybe you should tone it down with... specific words you had used before... or very expressive gestures you had made. Let's see how long that would last. But you had promised yourself to try.

Well, this was your job, after all. And there was no other option than for you to just WORK. 'You don't have to like him and he doesn't have to like you,' you had told yourself, 'But you have to show him the respect he doesn't deserve and fight passively against him instead of actively. Don't let him notice what you're trying to do.' If only you were as smooth as you had thought you were.

"Miss Yoon," a voice coming from the door made you look up, finding the familiar pair of eyes of an employee you had known for a longer time, "We need you in meeting room 2." You were confused at first, but after taking a look at the clock, you realised it was already 3pm, reminding you of the meeting that was mentioned in the last email you had received Friday night.

"Oh," you shot up from your chair and quickly collected the most important papers and something to write with, "Yes, sorry."

With hasty steps, you followed him into the other room, in which other employees and Jeon Wonwoo were already waiting. No Kim Mingyu in sight whatsoever.

"I'm sorry, I'm late," you excused yourself with a bow before taking a seat in the empty chair, reserved for you, across from the CEO.

"You're forgetting about meetings," he stated. Maybe it was supposed to be a question, but it sure didn't sound like one. You rose your head up to look at him, fiddling with the pen between your fingers,

"Finding interns for your company might be a bit more important, don't you think?"

"I didn't ask you to find new interns," he kept his glance on you, clearly trying to intimidate you, but you just shrugged your shoulders, "Well." Before turning to the employee standing in front of the projected picture on the wall and sending him a kind smile, for him to begin.

Already only 2 minutes into his presentation, you noticed how big of a mistake it was to even let him start... this clearly wasn't a project idea for the advertising department, so what the hell were you doing there. Also, as for one, he had no idea what he was talking about, you, thanks to the files you had had to put in an order and summarize, knew more about what he was trying to explain, and two, you hadn't ever seen him before. You sighed, lowered your head, and started writing down all the things you noticed about not only his idea per se but also about him as a presenter - like his posture, his way of speech, mimics, gestures, etc.

As much as you tried to focus on him, you couldn't. You really couldn't. Which made you start thinking about one of the ideas you had had a few months back but never got to present, thanks to the CEO that your father was.

Wonwoo looked up at the sound of a heavy breath falling from your lips, but his eyes quickly drifted down to what you were scribbling, being able to make out some sketches as well as words. He had noticed you hadn't been giving much attention to the presenter, and was about to speak up, but decided against it once he saw you working on your own idea, most definitely for your department rather than the app development one, like the man in front of you.

The presentation wasn't good. It wasn't even close. He didn't know who that guy was, probably someone from advertising he had never crossed paths with in the office, who wanted to give programming a go. But for somebody working in that department, he was worst than anyone from the web design floor down below would be, in presenting the same idea even though they also have almost no knowledge in it.

He didn't even try to focus, already knowing he wouldn’t do so anyways, therefore letting his eyes not leave your paper, covered in scribbles and drawings of black ink. Whatever you were thinking about could only be better than what everyone else in the room had to listen to. That was for sure.

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