all the texts pls dear 🦋
TW subtle depressive thoughts / escapism
● a morning text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 00:12 › you better be awake by 5
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⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 07:45 › did i say 5? i meant 8 🤭🤷♀️
● a angry text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 14:23 › what the fuck kai⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 14:25 › DON’T FUCKING TALK TO ME⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 14:26 › you better be ready to have my fist meet your FUCKING FACE
● a drunk text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 00:01 › kai … kai …. 야 …….⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 00:01 › i lovu ⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 00:04 › iM kidnafing⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 00:05 › i HATE yunr GUTS
● a vague text
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:59 › i just want to be left alone
● a worried text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 20:00 › i don’t know who else to turn to⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 20:07 › if you’re gone i don’t have anyone else⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 20:10 › kai ………… please let me know you’re okay⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 20:10 › please tell me what i did wrong
● a text not meant for you ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 00:03 › do you ever want to disappear?
● a sassy text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 06:30 › morons like you are truly a one of a kind 🙄
● a long-winded confession text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 24:10 › thanks for being a constant presence in my life
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⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 00:02 › thanks for tonight, kaikai
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⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 03:09 › i can’t sleep⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 03:10 › i can’t stop thinking, kaikai
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⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 06:30 › forget what i said last night, i’m fine now
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⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:11 › i know i don’t say it often, kaikai but i’m really thankful you’re still here and haven’t left⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:11 › so many people leave⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:13 › and i know why they do⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:14 › and i can’t blame them even i want to⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:18 › if i were them, i’d leave me too⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:20 › i’m just so tired⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:21 › sometimes i feel like it’s not worth it⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:21 › i pretend like i’m worth it⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:21 › but it’s just pretending, right?⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:21 › because i’m not worth it, ykno⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:25 › sometimes i’m ready to just go away and not come back like jihye⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:26 › because then maybe everyone will be at peace⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 23:30 › i wish jihye took me with her
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⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 01:00 › would you tell me not to leave?
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⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 05:45 › please delete those texts, kai, they’re embarrassing
● a misguided advice text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 14:49 › if you’re into her, why don’t you keep your dick slack for once and tell her with words
● a desperate text ━━━ ・
⁺ 📞 › ( 16 ) OUTGOING CALL › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › VOICEMAIL.
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⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 13:02 › S.O.S.
● a congratulatory text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 14:18 › must be nice having one brain cell⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 14:19 › omg you have two? Amazing
● a text that should have never been sent ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 琳凯HEADASS💢. › 01:01 › are you going to leave me like jiyi did?
u alrdy kno we need all of the txts sis 💖
● a morning text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 06:43 › good morning 언니💕💕💕⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 06:43 › i hope you get some sleep⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 06:40 › i’m sorry me and junsu kept you up all night⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 06:55 › i made sure to leave you some food on the table to eat and some advil just in case⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 07:00 › have a good day 언니💕
● a angry text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 18:23 › @mmjunsu IS SUCH A FUCKING IDIOT 언니 🤬😡😤😠⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 18:23 › he just came and fucking blamed me for his pink uniform⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 18:23 › i’d never rat you out unnie so you’re safe⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 18:23 › BUT WHAT THE FUCK JUNSU IS SUCH AN ASSHOLE⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 18:23 › 🤬🤬🤬⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 18:23 › he’s such a little bitch ⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 18:23 › I HATE HIM
● a drunk text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:01 › 언니 언니 언니 언니 언니 언니⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:01 › itsj soooooooooooooooooooh muc h fun !!! drikknling⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:01 › I FEEEEEEEL SO FREKJIKY⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:01 › fuckk kwak ji daazm⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:01 › fuckk @mmjihye⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:01 › 1000000% fuckkkkfa em bijches⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:01 › ps dnon t blame @mmchoa
● a vague text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:00 › why does nothing ever go right
● a worried text ━━━ ・
⁺ 📞 › ( 28 ) OUTGOING CALL › 짱미 언니💕. › VOICEMAIL.
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⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 05:05 › i know you’re working on a very important case but you didn’t come home last night⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 05:06 › PLEASE CALL ME 언니⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 05:06 › 언니, please don’t be dead in a ditch somewhere, come home
● a text not meant for you ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 22:00 › @mmdaeil is such a loser⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 22:01 › I’M GOING TO MAKE HIM PAY FOR BREAKING UP WITH 언니⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 22:05 › how?⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 22:06 › well obviously i’m going to mass text his phone with death threats until he a ) leaves the country b ) changes his number c ) dies d ) makes a public apology because how dare he break up with THE kwak jungmi
● a sassy text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 03:02 › 언니, it’s 3 in the morning⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 03:03 › i know you don’t sleep at night⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 03:02 › but some of us need sleep to function as proper humans in this lifetime
● a long-winded confession text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:49 › ever since jihye 언니 left i always had a feeling you’d leave me too and i wouldn’t blame you⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:51 › i know it’s so hard to deal with me i fucking know⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:53 › you put up with so much and me and junsu don’t make it easier⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:54 › so thank you so much, 언니, for still being here⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:55 › i love you so much and i really don’t know what i’d do if you were to ever leave⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:55 › everything seems to fall apart when i do things but you always make it all better you do so much and all i do is create messes for you to clean up⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:57 › can you come to my room i don’t want to sleep alone tonight⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:59 › i can’t stop crying 언니 they won’t stop⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:59 › you’re my favorite person in the whole world 언니
● a misguided advice text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 13:08 › i say kick him in the balls, not like he’ll be needing them in the future
● a desperate text ━━━ ・
⁺ 📞 › ( 10 ) OUTGOING CALL › 짱미 언니💕. › VOICEMAIL.
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⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 09:59 › 언니 !!! 언니 !!! 언니 !!!!!⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 10:00 › please tell me you’re still home⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 10:03 › help me, everyone said they weren’t going to vote for me for class rep⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 10:05 › i can’t lose this too 언니
● a congratulatory text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 21:59 › congratulations 언니 🥳⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 22:01 › i know it’s no witch weekly spread⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 03:02 › but a playboy exert is nothing to be ashamed of
● a text that should have never been sent ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 짱미 언니💕. › 00:01 › everyone hates me, you hate me a little, too 헐
a person who acts unwisely under the guise of a love potion ; we don’t call it love. see also: jina and @mmgyul, the annual yosul commencement party, amidst confusing, tormented hearts.
𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒, 𝐉𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒. maybe it wouldn’t hurt when she notices the way his eyes are never on hers and the realization strikes her faster than cold water on a monday morning. she never had a chance, did she? she wants him to look at her, see her -- please. the words are deaf on the lips because jina never begs, but her heart bleeds in consequence. the flowers in her lungs once so full in bloom, vibrant and lovely quickly wilt, and she wants to breathe -- cough, feel the air slither it’s way into her chest rather than the way they shrivel up. locking her breath and keeping her entertained with the disillusion that this wasn’t true. but she can’t -- she feels them crush into her windpipe and all she feels is daffodils, roses and lilies, discontempt, devastation and frustration.
her eyes are hearts, heavily so, eclipsed onto him and he can’t seem to see her. why won’t he see her? these feelings are too familiar, they grow fangs and sink into the very cracks she had thought she had successfully glued together. but jina, oh jina, she never learns.
a girl of nineteen, she doesn’t know love.
she can’t seem to get her bearings together ; they’re powerful and her heart aches, painful -- the cracks appear again. faster this time, undoing months of forgetting, of pretending; they break where they once lay, deeper, and deeper and the flowers in her lungs die. why so? because he doesn’t say the words he once had said.
instead, “hold that thought, i’ll be right back” is spoken into the void and jina lets him. she lets him slip through her fingers like all those times because her eyes are full of broken hearts and she doesn’t have it in her to stop him. it hurts, but she pretends it doesn’t.
pretending is fine, it saves her the heartbreak. because no, he wasn’t going to do this to her again, was he? ( he has, he will, he can’t stop but jina doesn’t want to end this so soon -- this soon -- they just reconciled )
memories of when she first confessed flood and she feels the gash in her heart tear just a bit more as fingers wind into small fists. the wound is stale, dried blood rounds the corners and all yun has to do is dip dainty little fingers in and pull, for everything to come apart. perhaps, months apart did nothing to cure the heartache, she fears. it’s secured when he reaches his target and she has to force a breath because the flowers are too much, they’re ashes instead of air and she’s coughing up death; in the midst, her heart constricts.
time stills and she rarely notices the way hangyul comes and never leaves; acknowledgement falls flat because all jina can see is what she doesn’t believe.
jina thinks if she blinks it won’t hurt. she thinks if her eyes close for just a second, that it isn’t real -- that reality is far more kinder than her nightmares, than dreams could ever be. but through glass eyes, all she sees is the way he’s falling into her and jina can’t look away.
was this love?
⁺ 🔍 › SEARCHING ・・・ 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. @mmdaeil › SENT.
⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:30 › good evening ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:31 › i hope you’ve enjoyed today, you arrogantly pompous, insignificant living trash ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:31 › today can mark the first day of your eternal punishment ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:32 › call it a last meal of the sorts ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:33 › for what you ask? ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:33 › well if you can’t even figure that out ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:34 › unfortunately i’m not the right person to ask ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:35 › all i’m going to say is ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:36 › YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR FUCKING KNEE CAPS YOU DOUCHE
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⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 05:10 › good fucking morning fuckaroo ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 05:11 › hope you eat shit at practice ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 05:11 › maybe then your face wouldn’t look as much of a goblin’s ass ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 05:12 › oh wait? it’s permanently like that? ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 05:15 › gfys 😕
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⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 14:00 › 놈.
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⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:00 › i meant what i said ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 18:02 › call it a love tap but i hope you liked getting your face shoved into the dirt
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⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 00:00 › congrats you survived today, 놈. ⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 00:00 › tomorrow is another day
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⁺ 💬 › 🚫대일 씹새끼🚫. › 05:00 › 😈
𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄. it’s the youth full of untied shoelaces, pinky promises and blushes alongside pleasant grins. nine is a time to be remembered and jina makes sure to savor it as best as she can. years ahead of her, and she’s sure this year will be the most memorable yet. she can just feel it in her bones.
it’s also finely-chopped bangs cut just above the brow, hair that tickles her jaw and wondrous eyes that stare at the clock across from the hall as she awaits jiyi’s arrival. shes giddy nerves and overly-presumptuous at the front door. today was the day. jina doesn’t have many friends, but that’s okay because she has jiyi and jina wouldn’t trade the other girl for anyone in the world ( except maybe her sisters but that’s a different story, they were blood ) and while jiyi wasn’t blood nor one of her five other siblings, jina thought she came pretty close.
when she’s not busy snaking on the treats their ahjumma had left behind in the den, jina is back to pacing in front of the door. just as anxious, just as excited as she was before. the minute hand is loud in the empty hallway and jina can’t help but watch time move just as slow as she counted down the seconds until the older girl’s arrival.
just when she hears the bell, she’s all squeals and childish mumbles as she’s racing for the last two steps towards the door before any of her sisters, or worse, junsu comes in to interrupt them. stubby fingers and tipped toes are fumbling with the lock on the door, pushing it open slightly to peek ( because their ahjumma had always told her that it wasn’t safe to open the door for strangers, she should always look at the screen and check to see the arrival of the persons, safety first! ) but she throws caution and once confirmation is had: jina is throwing the door wide, threshold out in the open as she welcomes her friend with open arms.
launching her small little body to collide with the other’s in a joyous embrace, arms immediately going round tiny shoulders as she jumps in place. “jiyi, you’re here!” she’s here! she’s really here! her heart soars and a part of her wants to take this happiness and bottle it up. a contagious feeling that makes even her fingertips sparkle in glee. “come inside, come inside! ahjumma made some snacks for us!” she says, hands unhook themselves from the other’s shoulders to search for a hand unto her own; tugging the other through and letting the door lock behind them.
“i’m so happy you’re here, we can play now!”
WHERE’D YOU GO ; @mmjina past: 2009
jiyi is ten, and she has the world balanced neatly in her hands.
she’s all grown up – final year of grade school, and finally allowed to go over to her best friend’s house without their house elf following, all by herself. she’s prepared for every possible situation, in her magically enlarged bag: an umbrella ( in case it rains ), her phone ( to call her mum ), a jacket ( though she’s sure jina’s house won’t be cold ), four different sets of toys ( one of which is a whole kitchen play set in case they decide to play restaurant ), two gifts ( one for jina, obviously, and the other one for little junsu ) and all the snacks she could fit into the rest of the space available ( enough for a week long camping trip, probably ).
and her dress is pretty, too, just in case jina’s older sisters or her mum are in. they usually aren’t ( she’s never even seen jina’s mum, but she’s probably pretty like jina! ), but just in case, she wants to make a good impression on her first solo visit to jina’s house. so she’d picked her nicest dress in gossamer blue, with delicately hand stitched cherry blossoms and her prettiest head band that she knows will match jina’s favourite one. hopefully, jina’s mum will like her enough to invite her again, and she can have another playdate with jina, maybe even as soon as tomorrow! that thought gives her an extra bounce in her step, and she reaches jina’s doorstep right on time.
jiyi’s just tall enough to reach the doorbell on her tiptoes, and she presses the bell once before scuttling quickly to the front of the gate so jina will be able to see her. she bounces up and down on her heels, waiting for her best friend to answer the door.
she can’t wait!
some Angsty texts pls... n maybe a 2009 one :^)
● a angry text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 21:59 › YOU KNOW WHAT FUCK YOU WON JIYI⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 22:00 › ALL YOU DO IS FUCKING TAKE AND NEVER LEAVE ANYTHING FOR THE REST OF US⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 22:02 › i hope you choke on your princess reputation⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 22:03 › it’s as fake as you, barbie doll
● a drunk text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:52 › do yon ever tnkink abou t huw we wer bxsts frienaas⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:54 › i fucsnking dont you ‘ er a waste of time and Spaxce⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:55 › 존못
a vague text
⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 23:59 › did you even give a shit about me?
● a text not meant for you ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:01 › you mean so much to me⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:01 › i love you
● a sassy text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 15:27 › wow can you be any more plastic?⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 15:29 › mother nature just called, she wants you to know you’re fucking up the environment
● a long-winded confession text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:10 › how the fuck can you walk around like you didn’t just fucking throw me away like trash⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:10 › i hate your fucking guts⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:10 › it’s not fucking fair that you thought our friendship was expendable but everyone else was somehow above me?⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:10 › the first person i thought was my best friend and she fucking does that shit⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:10 › really fucks with a nine year old’s mind⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:10 › that’s just who you are tho, right?⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:10 › you fucking use people jiyi⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:10 › you think i’m a fucking manipulative bitch?⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 00:10 › well look in the fucking mirror princess, you’re not as shiny as you think
● a misguided advice text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 19:12 › why don’t you just go obliviate yourself?
● a desperate text ━━━ ・ CIRCA. 2009
⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 12:13 › hey jiyi, 어머니 said you can come over today!⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 12:15 › what time do you want to come over?⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 12:50 › jiyi?⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 13:01 › hellooooo ~ jiyi ~⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 13:30 › jiyi?
・ ・ ・
⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 16:01 › jiyi?
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⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 15:35 › jiyi please tell me what i did wrong⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 15:36 › i don’t understand⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 15:40 › please tell me so i can fix it⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 15:41 › we can still be friends please tell me what i can do⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 15:43 › i thought we were best friends!⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 15:45 › is my mom really that bad of a person?⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 15:46 › please talk to me⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 15:48 › you’re my best friend⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 15:53 › do you not care about me?⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 15:54 › is there something wrong with me?
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⁺ 💬 › 💕💕지이. › 18:58 › do you not like me anymore?
● a congratulatory text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 02:15 › congratu-fucking-lations on being the shittiest person with no opinion whatsoever 10 years later
● a text that should have never been sent ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🚫JIYI쓰레기🚫. › 23:04 › can’t you ever think for yourself, jiyi?
similar but not quite the same, virtually so; but frankly, not enough. see also: jina and @mmyuanlan before the peace treaty, the glo-up, and insert the manic one on one competition between the two smartest girls in their cohort. CIRCA 2017
𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍, you want to be better than the rest.
you read books until they’re practically imprinted in your mind. you close your eyes and your mind still runs a mile a minute, keep up, keep up -- they taunt you. you’re to be the best, not ahead of the curve, you are the curve. self-awareness is second to self-egos; pampered and bruised. tossed to wolves and torn apart all for the sake of an outstanding academic reputation. the next day, it will begin again.
it’s a repetitive cycle, the slate is never clean, it’s darkened with blood and sweat and tears jina never cries because her eyes are bloodshot and her smile is strained. but she raises her hand high, shoulder brush, maybe a little too passive-aggressively against another’s. she doesn’t spare the slightest glance backwards as her name is spoken like a spell, like it’s obvious that she would be the first to come up with the answer.
like it’s expected, because she was kwak jina.
this was her reputation. untainted by her mother’s crimes, unhindered by the legacies her sisters unravel: no -- kwak jina is unlike her sisters before her. she is not serious, she is not fun personified; she’s not a breath of fresh air nor does she excel at escapism.
she’s haughty, possessive, temperamental and withers at the lack of attention. above all, she is an egoist. she wants to be the best, second in line had never been her frame of work nor would she bow down to someone like -- she blinks, smile ripe against bright teeth -- someone like yuanlan. the name rolls off her tongue as she stares at the list of students, written off by examination scores and paired like cattle for their latest DADA practicum. unlike last time, perhaps the advantage had been lost.
because right next to yuanlan’s was her own -- she bites back a groan, heavily feeling her eyes roll to the back of her head as she turns to stare the other down, arms crossed before she makes up her mind and makes the first move. “it appears,” she breathes through her nose, trying to calm the flares of annoyance already prickling at the back of her neck. “the professor thought it was wise to pair us up for today’s practicum.” her tone is flat, a declaration of if you fuck this up -- i’ll fuck you up whispered between unwritten lines.
she grew up so beautifully 😫 😫
All texts for your new papa 👊
● a morning text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 06:12 › 오빠 i know its early but do you know where i can get jabberknoll feathers?
● a angry text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 18:45 › 야 !!!!! 오빠 !!!!⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 18:46 › THE LEECHES YOU GAVE ME WON’T COME OFF⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 18:46 › they fucking look like hickies !!!⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 18:50 › HOW AM I GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO 언니 ?!
● a drunk text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 00:01 › 오빠 you’we lik e my Dad⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 00:01 › i shfold call you 아빠⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 00:02 › 아빠 !! 아빠 !! 아빠 !!
a vague text
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 23:59 › are you going to leave me too?
● a worried text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 20:00 › 오빠 i don’t know who else to turn to⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 20:07 › if you’re gone i don’t have anyone else⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 20:10 › please tell me what i did wrong
● a text not meant for you ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 00:01 › do you ever get the feeling of disappearing?
● a sassy text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 15:27 › for fuck’s sakes, it’s either gucci or nothing else
● a long-winded confession text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 24:10 › thanks for being here 오빠
● a misguided advice text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 14:49 › i don’t know? you should just punch them to shut them up
● a desperate text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 13:02 › 오빠 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 13:03 › PLEASE ANSWER IT’S URGENT⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 13:05 › DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN BUY THE NEW MIU MIU F/W2020 LINE
● a congratulatory text ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 12:05 › congratulations on being the only person on earth with a brain, 오빠⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 12:06 › everyone else are a bunch of headasses 🙄
● a text that should have never been sent ━━━ ・
⁺ 💬 › 🔫오빠. › 01:39 › can you be my new 아빠?
things you said over the phone
things you said with the tv on mute
things you said when you were proud
things you said under your breath
things you said with sorrow between your fists
things you said when you were lost
things you said when our world began to crumble
things you said with too many days between us
things you didn’t say at all
things you said that i wasn’t meant to hear
things you said you’ll never forget
things you said with clammy hands
things you said when fear cut deep
things you said while a fever stole your mind
things you said with rage between your teeth
things you were afraid to say
things you said when no one else was around
things you said when the sun was shining
things you said with blooming bruises and stinging cuts
things you said when we were safe
things you said without thinking
things you said that kept me grounded
things you said you loved about me
things you said you hated about me
things you said when you lied
things you said with scraped knees
things you said with tears in your eyes
things you said while holding my hand
things you said in the car
things you said under the stars
things you said at my grave
things you said at the kitchen table
things you said on the porch at 3 am
things you said in a gas station parking lot
things you said in a hotel room
things you said in the waiting room
things you said while you stroked my hair
things you said that made me feel loved
things you said when i was crying
things you said while i cried in your arms
things you said when you thought i was asleep
things you said in your sleep
things you said when you kissed me goodnight
things you said after a nightmare
things you said before death snatched you
things you said that i wish you hadn’t
things you said when it ended
things you said when you met my friends
things you said when we first met
things you said when they took me away
⁺ EYES ON ME LIKE I’M A 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄, BUT YOU BETTER RECOGNIZE, I’M NOT YOUR 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋 ⧆