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Image 1: A drawing of two heavily scarred hands with their fingers linked, one palm facing up and the other palm facing down. The background is a warmly-colored photograph of flowers. There are text excerpts on the image which look as if they’ve been cut out unevenly from a page. The text reads:
He huffs as Yoo Joonghyuk cups his fingers in his hands, thumbs rubbing over his palms in a circling rhythm. Really, he doesn’t mind the touch itself. It’s just that he hasn’t quite gotten used to Yoo Joonghyuk’s attempts at emotional honesty. They’re clumsy and uncertain, but still backed by an unwavering bravery Kim Dokja can’t openly admit to lacking.
He receives and halfway reciprocates more than he initiates, still feeling too afraid of his possible resentment to comfortably assume he wants any part of his companionship.
He knows, but knowing is only one small part of taking in information.
He swallows thickly, steeling himself. He wiggles one hand out of the man’s hold, mechanically sliding their fingers together before he can tense in response and assume he’s behaving cowardly. Even this much is almost terrifying.
For five absolutely agonizing seconds they sit there, one hand held properly and the other in an awkward tangle. Yoo Joonghyuk very lightly squeezes their chained fingers, as if testing something. It’s a lot of bone. It isn’t a very comfortable hold. It still soothes his impatient heart a little regardless.
Yoo Joonghyuk releases the properly held pair, mirroring this baffling position instead. One palm facing up, the other palm facing down.
“…It’s uncomfortable.” ‘Ahgh, you’re too blunt!’
Image 2: A drawing of two heavily scarred hands with their fingers linked, palms touching. The background is a warmly-colored photograph of flowers. There are text excerpts on the image which look as if they’ve been cut out unevenly from a page. The text reads:
Kim Dokja grimaces as Yoo Joonghyuk pulls their fingers apart, leaving him feeling almost shameful. Yes, he isn’t any good at this.
He’s about to take his own hands back into his personal space when Yoo Joonghyuk forklifts his own under his, tilting them, sliding his fingers up his palms and slotting them together that way.
Kim Dokja is suddenly struck with a strange scandalized feeling, as if he’s doing something he shouldn’t be. He stares at their clasped hands in a wide-eyed daze before hearing a sound that is the emotional equivalent of being hit in the back of the head with a hammer.
He snaps his head up to look at Yoo Joonghyuk - his eyes slightly crinkled, lips curling into a little smile, head tilted slightly as he chucklesat him.
“What?”
Yoo Joonghyuk shakes his head. “It’s nothing.” He reigns in his face, putting on that cool and composed look that lets Kim Dokja know he feels caught.
it’s so hard being friends with attractive assholes, pour one out for kdj. also “objectively” my ass
Objectively. If Kim Dokja were to make make an observation, objectively. It’s a known fact by everyone that Han Sooyoung and Yoo Joonghyuk are stupidly and uselessly — no, not entirely useless; it comes with its uses — attractive. They are handsome people and know it, those bastards. Han Sooyoung is shameless about it. Yoo Joonghyuk acts like he isn’t aware of it but he fully is and uses to his advantage whenever he wants.
And okay, listen. Kim Dokja is only one man. He isn’t going to be not affected by it, especially when they push themselves right into face — because they have no sense of personal space, those bastards. He’s tried not notice it, before, tried to close his eyes to it, but considering who they are, throws that idea out of the window within seconds of thinking of it. He, instead, tries to hide the knowledge from them. If they knew that he finds them even the littlest bit attractive they’d never let it go. He’d be endlessly tormented for entirety. Kim Dokja shudders. Yeah, he’s going to take this secret to the grave.
It’s getting progressively harder than he originally thought.
He needs to be prepared. This is what he tells himself repeatedly in his head. He needs coins. This is just — a faster way to get them. Since they’re exhausted for the day, and there’s no other “quick” and “easy” and — less dangerous, he‘d also say but dealing Joonghyuk is anything but less dangerous.
In fact, he’s currently fearing for his life as he approaches him.
This post inspired by the multiple times I’ve shoved something up my friends’ mouth whenever I feed them something. Bridget if you’re seeing this don’t be offende—
[ID: An 11 page lyrical comic with “Let it Be” by Blackmill and Veela centering around Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint during the 73rd Demon King fight. The panels are as follows: 1: Kim Dokja’s hand reaching out. It read “All she’s got.” 2: Kim Dokja’s hand having found Yoo Joonghyuk’s face, hold his cheek which is bloodied. Yoo Joonghyuk grips Kim Dokja’s sleeve with a heartbroken expression and watery eyes. It read “is the way he looks.” 3: Kim Dokja with only his mouth and chest visible. He has black wings behind him and is bleeding from his mouth and nose while smiling. Yoo Joonghyuk’s sword has pierced his chest and the wound is bleeding through his shirt. It reads “many miles on the other side.” 4: Yoo Joonghyuk looking down in a daze with a textbox behind him, implying his thoughts of letting himself die and regress for the team. It reads “he had overheard her choice.” 5: Kim Dokja’s grabbing a ragged crystal-shaped jade that will transform him into the demon king. It reads “and he delved off her cliffside.” 6: Kim Dokja looking at the camera with a surprised expression with small horns starting to grow from his head. It reads “sacrifice?” 7: Kim Dokja in the same position but looking downward with a sad smile on his face and as the horns grow taller. It reads “he just wants to help.” 8:Kim Dokja with full black wigs and tall horns smiling sadly with his eye closed as Shin Yoosung and Lee Gilyoung clutch his shirt, devastated and crying. The background around Kim Dokja has a white circle behind his head like a halo. It reads “holds the world like a baby.” 9: A close up bust of Kim Dokja, grinning open-mouthed with pointed teeth and looking a little pained and sweating like the transformation is taking hold of him. His eyes look unfocused and black wings are beginning to sprout from his back. It reads “take his mask off.” 10: Kim Dokja with his head down and eyes obscured. His horns are tall and the black wings behind him are spread. It reads “and lulls his head.” 11: Closeup of Yoo Joonghyuk who’s looking up in pained disbelief and grief. There are tears in his eyes and blood on his face and running from his nose. It reads “then she sees him in the screen.” /END ID]
the hot goths are bringing their normie office worker partners coffee and pastries
just barely late for goth day AGAIN but. as is my curse bsfbhj
[ID: DIgital fanart of Yoo Joonghyuk and Min Jiwon from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. They are both styled in goth fashion. Yoo Joonghyuk is a tan Korean man with short wavy black hair. He has four ear, two eye brow, and two nose piercings all in silver. He’s wearing a black turtleneck that has a tiddy window and a studded choker with dangling silver necklaces and an upside-down cross. He has a dark gray cardigan pulled over his shoulders and is holding a coffee to go cup. Min Jiwon is a tan Korean woman with curly brown hair. She has three ear and one nose piercing and a lip ring. She’s wearing a gold choker and gold bat and crescent moon necklace. She has a black sleeveless turtleneck and a dark red sweater fallen off her sleeves. She’s holding a to go bag. Yoo Joonghyuk is staring ahead stoic while Min Jiwon smiles with half lidded eyes. /end ID]
and the office workers in question
[ID: Monochrome drawing of Kim Dokja and Yoo Sangah. Kim Dokja is visibly shocked and bright red as he drops a stack of papers he was holding, staring down (implied at Yoo Joonghyuk’s chest). Yoo Sangah has her hands clasped and is grinning and delighted. /end ID]
