❛ vivian

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 "isaac—" she calls after him, reaching out for him as he storms off, walking away from her in the midst of the moment. she needs to explain, and of course, vivian knows that the blame will not fall upon anyone but herself. after all, she hadn't told him anything about her revelation and like a fool, she allowed it to come out. she tries to grab his hand as he turns away, but he manages to escape her. even the dog seems to notice the change in atmosphere, following her owner as vivian follows isaac outside. "isaac please," she begs as he treads away toward the elevator.

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 "we were happy??? you call lying to me this whole time happiness???"" clenching his teeth and fists Isaac tried hard to prevent himself to simply throw everything. slamming his fists down against the counter, not daring to look at the female. all his wishes of being exonerate from his family were annihilated. "was my father that told you to come? no. I actually don't want to know. leave it." Isaac simply stormed off the kitchen, simply taking his belonging from her apartment abandoning as quick as he could back to his place. with that Isaac's nightmare commenced

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 she knows that she’s caught, and in that moment, as doubt and even anger begins to seep into his tone that was usually so gentle and reserved for her, vivian finds anger beginning to grow within her for no one but herself. she should have told him sooner, and that would only be her fault in the end. “i...” she sighs, turning the water off and leaving the fruits there. “i know who you are. i just... i didn’t know how to tell you—and we were so happy, and i—” looking up at him, her eyes are sorrowful and full of regrets. “i know you’re not really isaac hwang. you’re isaac kim, you’re soohyun kim’s runaway son.”

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 his eyebrows frown as he dropped all utensils, not caring if the waffles would scorch, turning his body to face the female "don't lie to me. what were you talking about?" her hesitation only made it worse, he knew she was onto something. a paranoid state arose, dark thoughts flooded Isaac's mind, was she a spy? he was certain she knew something about his life and he couldn't go on with sharing his life with someone who's using him under his father's command "what are you hiding from me, vivian?"

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 her eyes widened the slightest, her hands stopping beneath the stream of water as she realizes the words she had just allowed to leave without further contemplation. she had grown so accustomed to the idea that he was the isaac kim from her childhood that she oftentimes forgot that he was isaac hwang now. "i..." she mumbles, still allowing the water to run beneath her hands. "nothing," she shakes her head, looking down with furrowed eyebrows into the water, gnawing on her lip. "just.. i was just... talking without thinking."

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 Isaac was too distracted to analyze the female's words and what she truly meant by them. feeling his stomach growling in hunger, he stole a berry from the small bowl and sent it down his throat. "hmm yum" he said right before his brain clicked on what she just claimed "what do you mean I had a maid? I've been living alone... what are you talking about?" tilting his head in deep thought, as he started to reminisce any memory of him exposing his past to vivian, but nothing came to light, even the small thought of sleep-talking but there was never an habit of his. "...what..."

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 "two should be alright," she says, letting out a slight chuckle at his joking. he hardly seemed like the type to eat a lot, she thinks, recalling their first 'date' at the cafe and mcdonald's. still wanting to help however, she pulls a variety of fruits—strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries—from the fridge and begins to wash them as a topping. rinsing the fruits with water she says mindlessly, "i'm surprised you learned how to cook, considering that you had a maid to cook every meal for you." it comes out without thinking, without her realizing that the new isaac had not shared that part of his life with her yet.

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 a chuckle from Isaac could be heard as he started rambling around the plates and ingredients, the mood was lighting up and making him goof around by making a little dance. "no no, please go rest, I'll take care of the love waffles" plugs in the machine, takes a bowl to start the mixture, humming some random song "how many do you want?? two? three?" he yells unaware of her whereabouts just focusing on the bowl and his bad singing. "I think I'm able to eat like ... four!" lets out a loud laugh, mostly talking to himself at this point

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 “maybe one day... one lucky day,” she says, slipping off her shoes and her coat, hanging it up by the front door before releasing kina from her leash, thus allowing the small but ever energetic puppy to run about the apartment. a small chuckle leaves her lips listening to his inner monologue, and she follows him over to the kitchen. she grabs under the cabinet and pulls out the machine for him—after all, she did love cooking and had more than enough materials. “are you gonna need my help?”

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 "maybe some day soon I will love you more than I love her. that day I will be able to call you mine" for a brief moment his eyes leave kina's to nod in approval "alright captain! I'll get my hands right on it!" after walking inside the apartment, Isaac kicked off his trainers and placed kina gently on the ground, walking towards the kitchen as he was now more comfortable in walking around. washing his hand ferociously, he started to peek each shelf and open the fridge to find all the ingredients by himself "oh... here... no... here? yes! it's here. ok one... what else... flour... oh! do you have the machine or do I make it by hand, it won't look pretty though..."

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 she watches him chase kina around, an amused chuckle leaving her lips at the sight of a tall and lanky man attempting to catch up to a small, white puppy. things were nice like this—for the first time since her parents’ passing, for perhaps even for a longer time before then, she doesn’t feel alone. she feels... happy. content. cared for in the most genuine sense, not because she existed to make someone else look good. “she did bring us together, didn’t she? and you still like her more than me,” she scoffs, finding the image of him holding up her dog all too much for her heart. pressing the button to the twenty-fourth floor she says, “i do have al the ingredients. you cook, i’ll wash the dishes?” stepping out she begins to walk back to her apartment, sliding the key in then stepping in.

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 letting go of vivian as Isaac starts running after kina in circles playing careless as they were walking back "oh you're right! I still need to make waffles, do you have the ingredients? I didn't check... hehe" scratches the back of his head ashamed for being so clumsy and irresponsible with details today, truth to be told Isaac wasn't even planning on sleeping with her last night either, so everything was rushed. sliding inside the elevator he picks up kina "she was the one to find me... that day... " a loving gaze could be seen between Isaac and the puppy "...she brought us together..."

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 she blinks at him, lips slightly agape at the way he can laugh in the laugh of such morbid topics. but she should have expected it—she had heard rumors about congressman kim and his behavior. they were rumors at their base, but these past few weeks she had found herself wondering... why did isaac leave? she masks her contemplation with a small chuckle, shaking her head as they round the block back into the apartment complex lobby. “just.. about how good the breakfast you’re making me will be.” she presses the button on the elevator, awaiting the opening of the door.

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 lifting his head towards the sky allowing the morning breeze to invade his visage peacefully "we can schedule for another day, of course! it's too due, impossible to make it today" a the smile on Isaac's tiers was a sincere one, he was indeed looking forward to make his working days less painful and with some more life in it. "the bodies aren't that bad! they talk sometimes, it's quite funny. once I got a fresh one, he released his last breath with me, I got emotional" laughing sneaking his left upper limb around her torso, poking her cheek "what are you thinking? still about classes? or how kina loves me more now?"

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 it feels as though a sudden weight in their relationship has been lifted; for a few weeks now vivian has pondered over their status. of course, she was rather easy-going and didn't completely enjoy labels, but since coming to the realization of his true identity, her thoughts have been rocky. even now, she wonders: when the truth comes out, will he still want to be with her? she masks her worry with a small smile. "i'd come and bring you food, of course. maybe not today, but another time? i have class all day but... maybe another day i can come visit you." as kina begins to walk more, taking in the morning air, she follows her with a chuckle. "we can just... eat outside or something. away from the... bodies."

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 her answer made him feel butterflies in his stomach, it was mutual, not just a fling or infatuation. having her confirmation took off a weight from his shoulder, but now the tricky part was asking her out. Isaac only asked one person to be his, he had no experience or knew what a girl like once getting asked. certainly he cannot inquire her directly and ruin his surprise. guess was time to talk to the dead bodies to make plans flow his brain. "ok, we'll do it!" they stop near the tree they first met, bringing memories back "I mean... you may not be able to enter but I can eat out for lunch. are you cooking or do you want to eat at some place?"

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 perhaps he's right. perhaps their quickly burgeoning relationship isn't an omen that vivian has lost it all, but a sign that she can begin to have everything she needed. "just do it, hm..." she mumbles softly, giving his hand a slight squeeze as they make their way out comfortably together. stepping out together proudly, she could not be more happy. "let's do it," she agrees with him. they stop as kina stops, taking a pause near the grass to relish in the morning dew. he's here now with her beside him, and for a second it's almost as though she cannot remember a time before him. "do you think... i could come visit you at work sometime? maybe for lunch?"

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 "crazy? I don't know the definition of crazy, the world isn't a sane place anyway. I believe it's up to each individual to create their own madness and call it life... sometimes love..." au contraire of his main morbid persona, there's a philosophical hidden side that comes out mostly when he's sober. isaac was afraid of his infatuation towards vivian, keeping him a step back but also craving to take a bold step forward. they shared already so many nice moments, intimate ones too. "what if..." words start to trail off his tiers "...we just do it?" his eyes fixed on the happy kina walking around running towards the grass, his heart sunk with doubts and unanswered questions running through his head. "what if..."

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 in front of him, she rolls her eyes for the sake of providing a comedic sense to their conversation, but she can’t help but pinpoint a singular syllable—love. was what they had love? she surely enjoyed seeing him nearly every day, and the feelings which emerged in her chest at the sight of his rare (except for whenever she was around) and gummy smile was akin to the butterflies one would connect to a crush. as she listens to his words, eyes not on him but on kina running circles on the elevator floor. “... it could be like that. you and me everyday.” it was a crazy thought—they weren’t even dating yet. but even still the thought makes her smile. the elevator doors slide open and she begins to walk hand-in-hand with him, meeting the cold morning air as they walk outside. “would that be a crazy thought? god, i think i’m going crazy sometimes, how much i like you.”

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 "no blood, just my love for you fell on floor and I had to pick up that's why I had to get it" Isaac took vivian's hand, waiting for her to close the door before walking together to the elevator. the same place they first shared a kiss, not an intimate one but was a moment Isaac can't forget. leaning his back against the lift's wall, he pulled her closer to hug her and steal a few kisses from her. "feels nice, surreal, but nice" in the back of his mind he was still dazzled by how that girl was able to flip his world upside down with a single encounter. "I wished every day would be like this, me and you, sharing house and working on our life together" many people would call him crazy, but he felt like he knew her since forever and it wasn't rushing to think how drunk in love he was.

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 a small chuckle leaves her lips as he reappears after doing his business, and she gives him a kiss upon his tiers for all his hard work. “you got too excited, i think. you didn’t leave any blood on my floor where you fell, did you?” she teases, handing him kina’s leash as she allows him to take the reigns for this time around. truly, she didn’t mind having to walk kina, for that was her job as her owner; though he had promised to do it, she didn’t mind after all. “let’s go,” she says, opening the front door, kina immediately beginning to sprint outside into the hall.

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 breathing in and out for a couple of minutes as he slowly regain full control of his senses and vision "I'm sorry... I just... I'm fine. I promise" Isaac pulled away slowly sealing her lips with a soft peck "let me get read really quick and I'll go with you" showing her his thumbs up before rushing to the bathroom to empty his bladder and wash his teeth. running out to the door sliding in his trainers and posing like military "ay captain, I'm ready!" his expression was rather serious, still feeling guilty for making her walk kina and wait for him still

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 “you really hit your head, didn’t you?” she sighs, pressing her hand to his forehead. tugging him by the arm she forces him to take a seat on the couch, shaking her head and mumbling, “jeez, i have to take care of you and her?” whilst she waits for him to come to, she clicks kina’s leash into her collar, the small but energetic dog running around at isaac’s feet. “we have to make this a quick walk, i have class and you work,” she tells him, pressing a kiss to his cheek before going to grab his shoes for him.

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 unable to fully see straight, as the cells were flowing his sight, Isaac felt vivian's arms and wrapped his arms around her torso "I need to walk kina..." the sense of responsibility was higher his own health, as always has been, he promised to walk kina out while vivian sleeps and to get her breakfast. "where's kina?" chin fell on her shoulder taking advantage to embrace her closely almost fitting with his dream earlier "i'm sorry I fell asleep-"

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 whilst she’s slipping on her morning coat and her new shoes that he had gifted her (which she currently wore with pride and a bashful smile at the reminder of him), she manages to catch the sound of his rambunctious yell, quickly followed by the resonant sound of his immediate descent to the ground. her eyebrows furrow, and while kina runs around the living room in obvious need of a walk, she walks over to him. clutching his head, she asks, “did you fall? oh my god, you crazy man...”

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 "kina... walk..." Isaac managed to hear those words while still being trapped in the dream, kina suddenly appears in the boat barking catching his attention as he's projected back to reality. "KINA'S WALK!" he jumped out of bed, tripping in the sheets falling face first, luckily his arms supported his ostentatious fall. "ouchie..." getting himself off the ground rubbing his arms while looking for vivian. his heart rate explored being in danger of a syncope, feeling himself weak and dizzy, Isaac's hands fumble the walls around him

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 a light giggle sounds from her lips as he mumbles, the young woman finding his morning voice all too interesting. though, the california morning sun shines bright through the blinds and, with a glance at the clock, vivian sees that it’s nearing 6:30am. she needs to take kina for a walk, and prepare breakfast before her class at 8. “mm, you stay here and sleep, i’ll be back,” she tells him, carefully escaping his embrace before rising to her feet. tiptoeing out, she rushes to find her dog in her dog bed.

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 light snores could be heard from Isaac, laying on his back with his hand on his stomach and the other wrapped around the female. the softness of her tiers woke him a bit, causing Isaac to nudge and grumble "huh... five more minutes please" he said turning his head to the other side as he wanted to continue his dream, of course she was in it. he dreamed of them going on a date on a boat, watching the sunset together and spending the night at sea

@『 ✧ 』isaac hwang。 "mm, goodnight, oppa," she says into his chest, burrowing into his familiar and comfortable warmth whilst she closes her eyes and a quiet yawn escapes her lips. her final thought before slipping into her homely dreamland is of how happy she is, content here in his arms.

[ timeskip ]

when she wakes, her first conceptualization of the situation is of how warm she is. stretching her legs a bit, she looks up at isaac and smiles, pressing a kiss to his jaw directly above her. that was surely one of the best nights she had had in a long while.

@『 ✧ 』vivian jung。 a bit grumpily, Isaac starts washing his teeth, still with his eyes closed. going for a quick wash instead a full wash, he was glad she took him to bed after. “huh” nodding as he reached the edge and launches himself, sneaking under the sheets turning his body to the mid in case she wants to snuggle as they both sleep. “goodnight” he mumbles slowly dozing off into the dreamland