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ikeuverse · 7 months

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BAD (GOOD) LUCKY — l.heeseung

PAIRING: heeseung x fem!reader GENRES: fluff, humor WC: 2.1k+

WARNINGS: a few (quick) swear words, mentions of food and that's it. nothing to worry about here, i guess. let me know if i've forgotten anything!

NOTES: this writing was supposed to come out on our heeseung's bday, but i didn't have a good couple of days. and i also had a huge creative block. after long days, maybe weeks, i managed to produce this. it's not one of my best pieces of writing and even less was i totally satisfied with it. it was my first time writing in the third person too, and I confess it was very different.… but since i promised i'd deliver something for his birthday, here it is. i hope you like it.

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Heeseung had always been a very skeptical boy about many things in his life. He had a few friends who talked about fate, karma, and anything that might involve the universe. Yes, he respected all that and sometimes – very rarely – he believed something or other they said. Like now.

He knew that everything that was happening in his day was some kind of karma from the universe. But why? Why didn't he help his coworker draft a document? Or why he accidentally bumped into someone in the street and, in his haste, forgot to apologize? Or why he was so sleepy on his way to college that he didn't say good morning to Mrs. Cho, who always stood on his balcony in the morning.

Heeseung didn't know what he had done wrong, but he knew that karma was at work.

Forgetting to hand in an important college assignment, getting lectured by his favorite teacher, forgetting to check the weather forecast, and getting soaked on the way to work. To make matters worse, Heeseung hadn't packed any extra clothes, so he didn't know what to do.

"Maybe there's something in the lost and found, I can check for you" Sunoo was a wonderful friend and Heeseung couldn't thank him enough. But the attempt didn't say it would be a success, because nothing in the company's lost and found would suit him. Or fit him for a whole day.

The only alternative was to talk to the supervisor, so he could take the laptop home and work on it while thinking about a nice hot bath and the coziness of his bed. That's what he needed.

"I can't buy an outfit, there are no stores around," he huffed, trying his best to dry his hair with the hand-drying paper from the bathroom.

Sunoo laughed, trying to think of something that could help.

But again, karma was at work.

"No light? That's got to be a joke" he wanted to shout, but he knew he could get a fine from the condominium if he did "No, no, no… I need… Shit!" Heeseung didn't know what else to do but take a shower – a cold one – and find somewhere else to work.

He had already left the company so that he could do this at home, he wouldn't leave anything else to accumulate or with karma acting on all his actions that day.

He ignored all the chills as the icy water fell on his skin, or bit his lips so hard as he took that cold shower just to wash his whole body and have a little hope that the wave of bad luck would go down the drain.

Putting on a sweatshirt and grabbing a more presentable, dry backpack, he put on his belongings and went in search of somewhere nearby where he could work.

The convenience store around the corner from his building was a bit noisy, so he knew he could lose focus at any moment. And Heeseung didn't want anything else getting in the way of his day.

Walking a little further, or perhaps a little further than he wanted, he found a small café. It was about a fifteen-minute walk from his house, he hadn't counted. But it looked like a good place and he just wanted to sit down and get to work.

What a scene from a movie, he thought to himself after looking for the most secluded table in the establishment and sitting down. He set down his laptop in time for an attendant to come over and take his order.

It wasn't long before he arrived and Heeseung could enjoy his drink and donut while he got to work. It was all he needed for the day after all the bad luck that had been hanging over him.

"Destiny has something in store for us every day of our lives."

"Everything connects and karma does exist. If you do good, it comes back to you."

"The universe reserves things for us that are inexplicable. Everything is mapped out."

The voices of his friends echoed in his mind. Could Heeseung start to believe that now? Or was he still too skeptical about all the things he had always heard from his circle of friends? Maybe the karma part would start to be real in his life after today… He couldn't say.

Taking a deep breath and with a half-smile, glancing at the clock in the corner of his computer, he noticed that he had been there for a long four hours. Looking up, the café was empty, just him and another gentleman on the other side.

Did I stay that long? Heeseung wondered as he watched the man walk up to the counter and pay for his order before leaving.

He yawned, stretched his back, and yawned again. It was time to go home, maybe the power had come back on or he could take a few minutes to rest before calling the condominium and seeing what had happened.

But his thoughts were interrupted by the front door. A bang as it opened and a girl rushed in, her eyes quickly meeting those of the attendant before she excused herself and went to a corner of the cafe.

The table was not far from Heeseung's and he could hear slight sniffles as the same attendant who had come to his table hours before was now attending to the woman.

"Just a coffee, please" her voice was broken and he didn't have to turn and face her to know that she was crying.

A break-up? A dismissal? Heeseung didn't know what had happened, but now his trip home could be postponed. Perhaps he was curious to know why the woman was like that, or just slightly worried about the way she had quickly entered the establishment.

Heeseung wanted to turn and face her, just to see if his thoughts were right or just out of a little curiosity.

He let the waiter take her order and, at that moment, Heeseung turned around cautiously. He just hadn't counted on the woman already looking in his direction.

Damn it, Heeseung wanted to curse himself for being so nosy, turning to his table as quickly as he had turned to face her. He thought he'd gone mad when he heard a low laugh after he straightened up… Had he made that woman laugh? No, it wasn't possible. Then, turning around once more, he faced her while she was still looking at him.

"Are you okay?" was the first thing that crossed Heeseung's mind as they both held each other's gaze for long seconds.

"I'll be fine" she said, smiling straight away.

He tried to ignore her watery eyes as he watched her smile, reflecting the act and smiling at the same time. He didn't know how or where the idea came from to get up and walk across the few tables that separated them, taking a seat right in front of her.

The girl looked at him expectantly, attentively sipping her coffee, waiting to hear what he was going to say next.

Heeseung didn't know either. He at least had no idea why he had gotten up in the first place, he just did it and the next thing he knew, he was facing her.

"Tough day, huh?" the question was rhetorical, but the girl still nodded in agreement and sighed, leaving her glass on the table "My day sucked too."

"You seem fine to me" she smiled amusedly, which made Heeseung let out a little laugh and lean his arms on the table.

"If I tell you what my day was like, do you promise to believe me?"

"I promise" she said simply, and Heeseung smiled at that.

Of course, he would tell her every detail of his day, even the most embarrassing ones since he woke up. His theories about why everything was happening and even his cold shower and the lack of power in the apartment. He wouldn't let any of it pass as he watched her laugh with every little sentence.

And strangely, the boy felt good putting it all out there to a stranger who just agreed – now and then letting out a chuckle – and paid all the attention in the world to every single thing he said.

"So I guess your day was a lot heavier than mine" she said as soon as he had finished telling her everything. Maybe it was time for her to share.

Heeseung took his time, waited patiently, and even encouraged her to say something. She didn't seem apprehensive, let alone embarrassed about opening up. Strangely, she felt comfortable talking.

"A job promotion was taken away from me" she sighed after a long while, leaning back in her chair and playing with her empty coffee cup "I worked so hard for it, you know? I worked so hard for a whole year to… Just… Have it snatched away."

He realized that she might cry at any moment and, damn it, that had made Heeseung panic. Why did a stranger crying in front of him put him off?

Spotting the attendant, he decided to order the most sugary, chocolate-filled drinks available.

"On me" he said before she could even say no.

And for long minutes they both drank that chocolate milkshake without saying a word, just laughing at each other as they shared glances across the cafe.

"I forgot to tell you something" the girl decided as she wiped her mouth.

The sadness had faded a little after a moment shared with that stranger. Heeseung, curious and attentive, also abandoned his drink to pay attention to her.

"I hear you" he straightened up.

"The job is with my so-called work friend" she nibbled her lower lip and sighed, remembering what her flatmate – and best friend – had told her "Because she had sex with my boss and that's why she got it. Not for what she had to offer as an employee."

"Oh my God!" Heeseung almost screamed at that information. He barely knew the girl, but her sharing it like that made it all the better "So she's got your job, but not on merit. How… Ridiculous!"

"Exactly" and then, for the first time, he heard the laughter of the girl in front of him. A contagious laugh that made her even more beautiful.

"And I have to go now" after a long time, that was sure to happen "How much do I owe you for the milkshake?"

Yes, she was so beautiful. Heeseung wouldn't deny that.

And she wouldn't deny how handsome the boy in front of her was either. Who had just bought her one of the best milkshakes she'd ever had.

The moment when they would part, say goodbye, and never see each other again. But Heeseung didn't want that to happen. So those words were only realized after they came out of his mouth.

"I don't know, you can pay me back next time we see each other."

Oh… Had that really happened?

"Like a date?" she smiled shyly, her cheeks turning redder than the coffee shop upholstery. Heeseung thought it was adorable.

"Like a date" he said, reaching into his pocket for his cell phone and sliding it onto the table.

In a nutshell, it was understandable that she could put her number into the phone and, as soon as she did, Heeseung took the phone in his hands.

"Y/n?" he read the name as soon as she stood up, seeing that the girl had stopped all her movements to look at him "A very nice name. It suits you."

"Thank you" she smiled and waited for him to get up and pack his things before escorting her out of the café and walking a few steps together to the corner where they would eventually part "And what's your name, unluck boy?"

Nice nickname, Heeseung thought after he laughed at that, packing his backpack with all his belongings to go home.

"My name is Heeseung."

"A beautiful name, just like you" she couldn't make the same move, could she? But she did. And it was his turn to feel his cheeks burn quickly before she waved him away "I'll be waiting for your message, unlucky boy."

She greeted him one last time before turning the next corner and disappearing from Heeseung's view. Leaving him with a silly grin on his face and the thought that he wasn't a bad luck boy from the moment the universe put her in that cafe, at exactly the time Heeseung needed.

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thepixelelf · 4 months

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Hi! I've really been enjoying oby and I'd like to ask a question about it if that's ok? As I was reading, I thought about the amount of planning that must go into it. How do you go about planning a long series like that or any fic in general? Do you sit down and plan them or is it more of a you start off with an idea and it develops as it goes? I'm curious because I know whenever I'm doing art, I'll maybe have the vaguest sketch but then the final piece is completely different ahaha. I enjoy learning how other people think, sorry about the random question haha

I love this question!

Fun fact, the initial idea for Oh Baby, You came to me while I was in Taiwan in May/June 2022, about 11 months before the masterlist was finally posted! At the time, I was stuck in a govt mandated covid hotel with my mom for 10 days and unemployed (the best combination for fic ideas to brew). I made all the fake twt profiles in that hotel room, drafted a basic plot summary (like the one on the masterlist), and then let the wip sit for many months.

I was actually pretty scared to try and tackle something like oby-- it's got relatively heavy themes for something like an smau, and I don't exactly have a great record with completing series, but the level of support and love oby has received really helped!! I feel so lucky to have you awesome readers 💕

As for my planning process, it's actually quite simple! I basically start out with keystone moments-- sometimes I write them down, but sometimes I just keep them in mind. For instance, the oby list (in my mind, not in writing) looked a little something like this:

You took Mingyu's scandal baby, resulting in Jihoon misunderstanding the situation and making Wonwoo cut you out of his life

3 years later, Wonwoo moves back and into the apartment across the hall on the same day as Orion's bday party

CEO Cheol sees you at Mingyu's house and starts to suspect you and Mingyu are Orion's parents

Cheol starts going on "dates" with you, and you feel happy and liked in a romantic sense for the first time in years

Confrontation at the concert where everything comes to light

(more but I'm not spoiling <3)

You can probably tell, but I didn't exactly stick to this plan!! While I do have keystone moments in mind, I usually let my character's lead the way. However I think they'd react to a situation, I let them, even if it messes my timeline up a little. Sometimes this leads to things taking a lot longer than I expect, and sometimes actually makes readers hate characters that I think are justified (to an extent) lol

Anyways, I basically write every chapter the night before, always with the next keystone moment in mind, and the overall plot too.

I don't know if you've ever read or plan to read my tbz smau Hood, but that ended up being 100+ parts, and took over a year for me to write (with a couple breaks). Still, I always knew how it was going to end, I just needed to guide my characters there!

I do kind of the same thing with long written fics, just without the whole one chapter per week thing

I hope this answered your curiosities :] feel free to ask me any other questions 💕

#asks #completely-zoned-out #comments:oby

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ezamevolni · 1 year

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Thanks for the quick take on their living situation. Love the fact that you have multiple drafts that you can prolong until 2025 ( but please don't, lol. Dying to read more about them, so don't make us suffer to wait that long. 😃)

Speaking of their living situation a bit more, I agree that there are far more risks for them, so I am kind of curious how they approach that if they are together, together in the future after military.

Hope you get the chance to discuss about the infamous vlives for JK, one where Jin hinted at sleeping and resulting JK to end recording right after, and the recent one, where drunk, chaotic Jin appeared before his enlistment. Question, did Jin stay? ( I want to say yes, but there was an indication by JK that staff was waiting for Jin).

On the note with Jin's bday live, I know some jinkookers assume that JK was there. However, I disagree. Jin wouldn't lie, and there's no reason to lie about something like that. Some also assumed that Yoongi was there because of the cat noise, but I wanted to note that Jin's friend Hyunbin has a cat, too. (So, if you want to write about Jin's bday live, please look into his gaming friend circle, who he was close with who could have also been there, cos not everyone talked about it)

Hello again! Replied a lot slower because I was struggling to push out that really long post... I told myself I'm not allowed to post anything until I get that one done. And it worked!

Not making excuses🫣 when I say I'm not prolonging anything but just have a lot of ideas for posts. I also would like to tackle the housing topic when I've got some dots connected and some substance to my opinions ;) So I have some earlier ideas I would be working on first, hope you'll stick around and have fun reading those.

The infamous vlives you're referring to are Jk's birthday vlive in 2021 and 2022 I believe.

Jk's birthday vlive 2022 with drunk Jin: I did a bit of a rambling analysis on Jin being there, here's the post if you're interested in checking it out :) Feel free to dm if you want to discuss more.

Jk's birthday vlive 2021 when Jin posted right before Jk signed off: I found it to be semi-sweet and semi-funny. Jin really told everyone he was waiting for Jk to come back to bed but since he was taking so long, Jin's sleeping first. Hmph. Meanwhile Jk had already stated 5 minutes earlier that it's going to be his 'last last last song', although he said that a couple songs ago too. Eventually their timing matched in a weird way, Jin posted the birthday message thinking Jk was going to keep going, and Jk signed off just as Jin posted 😂

What happens after the live ended is up to you to decide. Not baiting you to go delulu but really, we don't know 🤷🏻‍♀️

Regarding Jin's birthday vlives, I have no idea whether for the duration of the lives if Jk was there or not, because there aren't any clear indicators saying that he was. He could have been, he also could have not been. But since his presence was not felt and Jin jokingly complained about Jk being 'ungrateful' for not going over, it's fine to take Jin's word as it is. Not a big deal. The lives were like less than 25 minutes in total and Jin didn't seem super interested in staying on camera anyway. If Jk wasn't at Jin's place for those 25 minutes, I think it's fine. I wonder why some fans need Jk and Jin to be stuck together 24/7 every waking moment for the ship to be valid. Take a breather, if needed, just imagine that Jin kicked Jk out before starting the live and only let him back inside once he was done. There. Jinkook were together on Jin's birthday aside for 25 minutes that day.

Instead of the negatives or the unseen, I like to focus on the subtle and sweet. Like that heart-shaped chocolate cake front and center, which Jin 'disregarded' entirely. btw chocolate is their thing.

Besides it's not like he wasn't aware of it...he had to pull the hamster cake closer to him to light the candles then push it back to the side to show to the camera, all the while refusing to move the chocolate heart in the way. Wouldn't it be easier to light and cut the hamster cake Jinnie, if it was right in front of you the entire time? Why leave that chocolate obstacle in your way YOU CAN CLEARLY MOVE IT OR NOT EVEN SHOW IT SINCE YOU PRETENDED IT DIDN"T EXIST ANYWAY. (I actually do get worked up at times when I think about the games they're playing right in front of us. I'm lucky I actually support them. Those rascals.)

The intent to disregard the chocolate heart is further highlighted by his mention of another cake that didn't even make it to the big screen. Jin lit and hand-sliced the hamster cake prepped by the company, then verbally brought up a princess cake his neighborhood friends had brought over (no visuals), however the sizable Maraschino cherry topped, dripped with chocolate, bouncy and moist special heart-shaped bundt cake didn't even get an honorable mention. That's what makes this one special special.

And why would this cake without a name be from Jk? Watch their MAMA 2020 Bangtan Bombs✨ As always, the answers are already given.

As for the mystery cat, maybe it's a cute lil phantom haunting the members' houses. Idk if it's even real. Or maybe it's one of the staff's. I'm not that interested in following the trail of the cat noises. And if Yoongi was there, he would be on camera. Jin will make him.

Idk, not every trail is worth following if you dig. I've learnt that it's best to recognize the ship's main gives and hone in on those. Can't go after every will-o-the-wisp we see. 😉

#asks #jinkook #Jinkookers are lucky #we get our crumbs pre-verified #they're afraid we won't get it and their cleverness doesn't get acknowledged #they like that sense of achievement and as good Jinkookers we'll let them have it

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sparkagrace · 2 years

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Loveliest of lovelies, my darling, Tej 💖💖💖

I thought I’d take a page out of @musette22 ‘s book, because she’s right, and life is too short to hold back and not spread the love as uninhibited-ly as possible, and you deserve ALL the love really. The ask you sent me yesterday, as well as your bday message to Minnie, and all of the texts full of love and support you send me every day, they really just show how incredibly a loving person you are 💕💕💕💕

You’re the most freaking adorable, the most ridiculously talented, the sweetest of friends, and I’m so freaking grateful for you. Can you believe we’ve only know each other for a little over 2 months? I definitely can’t, because it feels like I’ve known you forever, and I never want that to change. 💖 This fandom is so freaking blessed to have you.

I’ve expressed this to you in a couple different ways, I think, but I don’t think it’s ever enough, so I’m gonna do it this way too. Thank you so much for inspiring me, for encouraging me, for listening to each and every idea, for being the best damn cheerleader anyone could ever ask for, for making writing fics just an ABSOLUTE joy, just because you are in my little corner 🥰🥰 . It means the world to me, really.

And on top of that - I don’t even know if I told you - but I’d been going through a rough time lately, just not feeling all that great, and to talk to you every day, share my love for stucky and evanstan and cry over Sebastian with you, have our little fic club chats, READ your amazing freaking fics, all of that? That definitely made my day more times than I can count. You’re such a bright light, such a beautiful soul & I honestly can’t express how grateful I am for our friendship 💖

I love you I love you I love you 💛💛💛💛💛

MAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?!

I'm so glad I wasn't in a public place because I would have been a puddle. I have no words. I am speechless. I don't know what I've done to deserve you. You have honestly made my day with this lovely message. It's National @musette22 Day so celebrating through our mutual love for her seems so apt to do 🎈🎉🥳️

To think it's just been two months we've known each other but I can't imagine this little space on the internet without you in it. I've loved watching you fill my dash with your fics, your reblogs, your messages of love to our mutuals and our little fic book club. You've added so much joy and love to this fandom! 😭 There's no-one else I'd rather fight off DM rumours and defend our boys with! 💗💗💗

You can come bother me about Evanstan or Stucky any time! I love seeing my phone light up with a message from you. Whether it's just an idea or a draft you've cooked up an hour before, it thrills me every time! You've taught me so much about my own writing too. 💖 You know I've been in a pretty deep writing funk lately, and you're part of the reason I'm slowly coming out of it. Just seeing you go from concept to draft to fic within hours has helped me overthink less about my own work (and be less likely to scare myself out of writing it). I'm so glad that we're both doing the Stucky Bingo this round and I cannot wait to see what your wonderful brain comes up with! I know it'll be fantastic! 🥰️

Thank you for cheerleading me! ✨ I'm sorry you've been through such a tough time lately, but I'm so touched to hear that I played even a small part in helping you through it 💞 I think I've told you before that I was in a very bad place by the time I finished lane lines, so I can relate and I hope you know my door is always open for you whenever you need! 💗💗

I love you so much, Maya! Thanks for sending such a heartwarming message. You've totally made me want to go sob into my pillow because I don't think I deserve such kind words, but thank you so much for making my entire day 😭😭😭

#beautiful humans #idk how to function right now #i'm so in my feels #maya 💖💖💖

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