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[ a sense of excitement bubbled up within adder as he readied the portal to head to the underworld for a few hours. normally, he would disappear on his own to check on some things but this time to decided to bring someone with him. not just anyone either even if they had a very unlikely bond with one another, adder found himself drawn to hyunki. he could not explain it at all but for once he did not feel the need to.

once he had everything set, he went to find the guy in question. when he did find him, he tried to hug him from behind. touch being a new experience for him as well, especially someone not recoiling from it. ]

Ready to go yet? If you need someone to tell you that you're the fairest in the land.... [ a light tease, really. ]

[ nightmares pounded through adder's body, the visions of blood poured over him and screams clawed away at his skin. he jerked awake with a gasp, twisting himself out of the bed, he moved towards the door to lead him outside. heaving in air once he managed it, blurry eyes looking everywhere until they landed on something. no, someone.

hyunki. ]

Do - you ever go inside? [ he asked, tone sounding more fragile than usual, frayed right at the edges. ] Do you - mind if....can I sit with you?

[ he felt foolish to ask but the memories of not too long ago were too fresh in his mind to be alone at the moment. ]

[she is thankful for text. even so, she stood in front of her mirror for a good ten minutes first, brushing her hair, applying a little gloss, fixing a dress and a smile that he couldn't even see.]

hyunki? i'm allie. i don't think we've ever properly spoken before. i hope you can forgive that rudeness.

[as promised, there's a little box outside of hyunki's...well, adder's room not long after their conversation. contents: condoms, cherry flavored lube, two bottles of water, washcloths, some flower petals, a container of dark chocolate brownies and some of the strawberries that devan is helping him grow.

oh, and a hand-drawn outline of a body with x's in various places, along with the advice "try touching here!" and "lick here!" etc. just in case you needed some ideas.]

Edited 2018-09-18 22:36 (UTC)

[it's early, but hopefully not too early. minsu's in the kitchen, fixing himself some toast before he starts on the house breakfast, looking out the window at the trees when a question occurs to him:]

are you awake?

[that's not the real question. unfortunately.]

Edited 2018-09-23 22:07 (UTC)

[ Dal couldn't have predicted that shopping for clothes would be so much fun. For some reason, he thought it was going to be stressful.

But the company was really nice and Hyunki's a good person to have at your side when you need help being patient with yourself. Dal's grateful for that. And for the fact that he has clothes that fit now.

There's a good chance he's said his thanks about fifty times since they started back to the house. He's saying it again as they walk up to the door to Hyunki and Adder's room. ]

I'm really grateful for your help today, really, [ he says, clutching his bags of treasure. ] I'm- I'm excited to show off what I got.

i love you so fucking much.

[ the first time it happened, they were cooking together with nothing out of the ordinary until hyunki reached up to grab or something, gifting adder with the sight of lace. at first, he thought nothing much about it because topsiders wore plenty of things he never understood. the fashion trends throughout the centuries had been odd at best but he tried to adapt as best as he could.

when it happened again, though, adder took a little more notice of the red lace this time greeting him as hyunki's shirt rose as he hugged someone.

interesting.

but they were not alone and adder never wanted to embarrass hyunki so he kept the questioning to himself and made a mental note to ask later.

sadly, they were too busy from there for him to bring it up but one night two weeks later after he first saw the sight, he could not hold it in any longer - ]

Are you wearing lingerie? [ to be honest, he probably could have worded it in a more gentle way but tended to be blunt more often than not.]

I might - be mistaken but it looked like you were wearing something lacy here and there the past couple of weeks.

[ he let out a slow breath, moving onto his knees on the bed, trying to reach for hyunki. ] You know I'll be into anything you are, right?

[ from the very beginning, the titans were underestimated by all the others, chained and locked away like animals with little regard for them again. other than the taunting and sneering comments, of course, so who should really be surprised by what ended up happening? the titans were released, freed, by sources unknown but the endless list offered little clues when the queen of the gods had countless enemies. she created chaos worse than any other being in all the cosmos combined. a feat and because of this the elders of the universe allowed the for the uprising.

for his involvement as one of the big three, the titans targeted him too and stole him away to the land between lands. the breath between breaths. a thin line between what could be and what should be. night and day, the crows feasted on his flesh, tearing him apart before he snapped back together. pure agony radiated from every inch of him until he found himself blinking against a sudden darkness.

his hands clutched onto - sheets? blood clung to his skin as he moved and whimpered to sit up. the room he shared with hyunki sharpened into focus around him much to slowly for someone with his abilities. speaking of, the pain should have left him already and yet.

stumbling from the bed, he left trails of blood on the way to the bathroom, almost gasping at his own reflection. he looked like actual death, paler and with the darkest circles underneath his eyes. shivers ran up and down his entire body now covered in the ugliest scars. it looked as if someone had sewn together his skin in the wrong way. why hadn't he healed already and looked like himself?

he tried to call onto the fire and shadows but nothing happened. instead, another wave of pain shook him and he had to clutch onto the sink hard to keep from buckling. had he tried so normally he would have jerked the entire sink from the wall but now? it only ached his fingers and left his nails bloody where he dug them in too hard. ]

[ Rock fell asleep dreaming of doing the same thing he was doing when he was awake: running and running and running. He doesn't even remember why he was running, but there's a sinister feeling to it in his dreams.

Running away from something? He can't think of what he'd be running from. Whatever it is, it feels like it's getting closer.

And closer. And closer and-

He bolts upright, shaking and panting and with the feeling that his head's in a vice. Pressing his palms to his temples, he tries to get his bearings. Where is he? How did he get here? When did he transform back? Everything's very... muddy. ]

off to the underworld they go.

*secret garden*. wink wink.

secret garden. wink wink.