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shawol-poser · 9 days

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An Index of Some of my Tavs and Their Respective “Gaurdians “

(arranged from oldest to most recent)

Vernon Tchotchke:

- An eccentric human bard, with an obsession for all manners art and arcane energy, and an extensive repertoire to prove it.

- All prior expeditions to fund such repertoire have been handsomely sponsored by an unknown benefactor. (It was from their inheritance.)

- Was in the middle of being invited to a grand party into the Szarr palace before the beckoner briefly remembered something. They were then abducted by the Nautiloid.

- Their Gaurdian is an adventurer whom they had been corresponding with after gaining interest in their “unusual symptoms” (Valhalla Arachai)

Valhalla Arachai:

- An orphaned child left to the fates of surface dwellers, Valhalla wished for a world where all could peacefully coexist. The attempt was to become their hero, the outcome was to be feared like a villain.

- A Half-Drow rogue that has been struggling with a “sudden decline in health,” despite living no differently than he had in the past, and with no records of troubling ailments.

- He has not been able to fulfill his usual duties due this peculiar phenomenon.

- His Guardian is a mysterious noble that calls themselves, “a researcher” and had agreed to personally meet him after learning of his symptoms. They promised to help him, free of cost for their labour. (Vernon Tchotchke)

"Virgil"

- With a cowardly nature that juxtaposes his intimidating features, the half-elf draconic sorcerer has failed the expectations of many throughout the years.

- With a past that he likes to keep under lock and key out of shame, Virgil’s apprehension and inexperience is apparent as he hurriedly tries to make himself useful, but often falls short in doing anything.

- Was abducted before he could get jumped by a group of halflings. He would’ve received quite the beating too, had anything happened otherwise, for his magic seemed to have disappeared in that moment.

- His Gaurdian is an older version of his childhood acquaintance, or so he assumes. For the thief that he used to harbor in his parents’ storage room had never returned when they said they would. (Undine Milagro)

Undine Milagro

- A thieving child that knew they could be great, this human wizard clawed and swindled their way through the pockets of many to learn and call upon the weave through books and scripts.

- She eventually become a student at the academy after making a name for themselves in the city.

- While a scrooge and a tightwad in her own right, she has a soft spot for children. Especially ones that have shown to be cunning and resourceful.

- Her Gaurdian is an aspiring wizard whom she has no recollection of ever meeting. She does, however, note that he is the kind of wizard she would have become if things had turned out differently. (Rolan)

Sampaguita Surihano

- A troubled Seladrine Drow with a more troubling dilemma, this bard has confusing and conflicting thoughts that surprise even herself.

- With no recollection of who she was before the nautilloid, she can only hope to piece together who she was.

- As of late, she contemplates whether the person she was is worth remembering at all.

- Her Gaurdian is a stranger to her, but she has the smallest feeling that he might have been family.

Those are the one's that I have at least a semi-fleshed out story! These were just for fun, and the characters honesty wrote themselves!!

Some quirks, like Virgil’s “embarrassing past and juxtaposing nature,” were born out of failed ability checks, and Vernon’s “unknown benefactor” is a nod to both their noble background, and a bug/glitch that once gave me a lot more gold than I remembered having in my inventory!!

Also, if you’ve noticed that the “Dream Guardian’s” design is inconsistent with the characters designed like them, that’s because that’s how the Tav for that game would have pictured them!! That’s totally not because I didn’t bother looking back at my Tav’s before designing a new Dream Guardian—-

I hope you found them as interesting as I do, because I think I’ll be drawing them often for a while!!

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hello!! i'm here for the matchup thingie ^^

• fandoms: shinee + exo

• pronouns: she/her

• mbti + ennea: isfp 4w5

• taste in fashion: i like more simple outfits. like shirts that are just a single color bc i'm not really into stamps and all. and the shirts are in more neutral colors like black & white, or colors in a darker shades, especially red and blue. i loove stripes tho. also sweaters are my thing, and crochet tops for summer. for bottom parts, whatever is comfortable which means i like mom jeans better than skinny jeans lol (sorry if this got too long shshsjsjsj)

• aesthetic tendencies: i'm not really into makeup, the only thing i put on is lip gloss. i keep my hair natural aka curly, i dyed it dark ginger sometime ago but now i'm growing it out and thinking about dying it black (naturally it is dark brown)

• favorite features on my self: hmm i like my eyes and eyelashes, also my lips, my collabones too kinda, and my hair when it's not a mess

• favorite group era: ok this is HARD (pun unintended) omg hmm for shinee i love 1 of 1, the vibes were great and they all looked so good in those colorful fits, so that's the one. for exo tho i'm torn between monster, ko ko bop and cream soda aghshshsjsjs but i will go with ko ko bop for a single reason: red mullet baek (aka the loml)

• what i like in a partner: i like respectful people, who don't pressure me and try to make me feel comfortable through small but meaningful actions. people who are rather quiet than loud really catch my eye, but i also enjoy being around more extroverted and talkative people, although i have a hard time keeping up with them most times

• a song that sounds like me: the archer by taylot swift :,) i relate to it soo much it's crazy. mitski's thursday girl too, and lana del rey's doin' time (a friend of mine once said this song has my vibe lol i took it as a compliment)

• 3 fav songs from the groups: ok now that's hard omgggg for shinee one is definitely lucifer (my fav tt of theirs), an ode to you, and 1 of 1 (honestly i'm still getting into their discography). for exo it's forever, she's dreaming and let me in (man i changed it like 10 times help)

that's ittt, please take your time with writing! and take care of yourself too <3

Hello!! Thank you so much for your patience, it was fun working on this, so thank you for the request! All matchups that I recieve will probably be around this length, give or take, so I hope this is fine!!

For SHINee, your match is: Taemin

Sweetie, can I just ask, are you okay? The songs that you mentioned are exceptionally interesting but also rather sad— Anyway, to start off, an ISFP 4w5, to my understanding, is someone who is very introverted and appreciates living a more average life, with very few but exceptionally exciting things. Just enough to make them not quite ordinary, but just enough to fly under the majority’s radar.

As such, I believe someone that catches wind of your unusual “charm” or interests would become instantly interested in you. Especially someone like Taemin.

More under the cut.

As an idol with a lot of accolades for both group and solo works, he’s definitely someone who outside of work greatly appreciates a sense of normalcy. Being an INFP, this also heavily implies that he’s more likely to be a homebody, and that he’s someone prone to sticking to what he knows and rarely tries anything new. Being with someone who feels like they’re immediately part of his average at-home lifestyle, yet still keeps him on his toes, is definitely someone that he’d like to have in his life.

Besides, his personality is essentially a melting pot of all of his hyungs combined, so in his humble opinion, he’s all the fun that anyone could ever need.

“Minho hyung? Aren’t I enough fun though? 6v6”

He thinks that the way you dress is so cute. To him, although a bit plain, the fact that such outfits compliment you so well is an ode to how naturally charming and attractive you are. And, because they’re more on the simple side, he can subtly match with you whenever you go out without catching too much attention. Nowadays, he’s more interested in looking soft and cute anyway. So if he needs an idea on what to wear, or how he’d want to style himself, he can always count on looking at you to feel inspired!

He also loves your au naturél look. While anyone can appreciate how pretty makeup looks, he especially appreciates how fresh and sexy you look with your natural skin, and glossy lips. For whatever reason, he thinks it goes well with your curly hair, and the mostly natural colors you dye it in! It’s like he’s looking at someone who is beauty incarnate, and he always feels that simply looking at you is like a breath of fresh air. Like after a long day, he can just hug and feel refreshed!

Speaking of hair though, to an extent, Taemin can empathize with how stubborn and messy curly hair can get as he has had it at some point. If you’ll allow him, he’ll probably share some tips about how he managed to keep his tamed. (And if he can’t remember what that special hair thing was called, he’ll randomly ask his makeup and stylist noona about it)

Taemin is also very considerate and well attuned to the emotional needs of others thank to his INFP personality. Whenever he does something with you around, you can always count on him to ask if it’s something you’d like to do. And if not, given his hard-headed nature, he’d try and find a compromise that will still keep things fun and exciting for both of you.

Taemin also strikes me as someone who would take a little work with him home, as opposed to staying at a studio overtime. So he’d probably bounce some of his ideas for concepts onto you, and will willingly engage in lengthy conversations about what you think, how it could be possibly interpreted and received, and if it’s something that the fans would like.

Overall, I think someone like Taemin would be greatly entranced by someone like you :DDD

For EXO, your match is: Suho

On the more Extroverted side of the spectrum, I believe Suho, Mr. Kim Junmyeon, would love to be your match!

As a natural born leader, Suho has traits that can easily stir an exciting and fun gathering into something easy and comfortable. Having a fair share of friends who are introverts themselves, along with members that are on that end of the spectrum as well, he knows how to take care of those that prefer observing and having fun with others as opposed to being the fun.

As an Extrovert, he is usually recharged when he hangs out with people he’s very comfortable with and loves sharing things that he’s interested in with them.

This would extend to you! In the very likely scenario that he’s away on tour or preparing for a comeback, whenever something happens with the boys, or if he finds a pretty illustration or flower, he’ll snap a picture or two just to send you. One with just the object of interest, and one that has him in the frame, along with his famous uncle jokes as a caption or greeting. Most of the time, he’s sharing videos about him complaining about the members.

“I miss you like how the boys miss the point.”

He’s definitely the type of person that would want you to constantly think of him when something good happens in your life, so he’d want you to have a lot of happy memories to look back on whenever you meet. Things like picking out a matching outfit, taking candid photos of you, holding out a hand for you when crossing the road, things that make you feel properly girl-like because he wants to treat you with care. Ever the prince that he is.

He’s also the type of person that tends to take care of the people he’s with, almost in a motherly fashion. So even if he knows that you’re very capable and naturally charming, he’d love to help you out regardless. It’s a habit he’s picked up on as years of being a leader, but in the instance that you do even the smallest of favors for him, he’s eternally grateful. The boys would love you too after seeing how much their leader is whipped for you and would jokingly call both of you, “mom.”

Nowadays, Suho is super into the “casual, effortless” style, so he’d find your own style of clothing very fresh and compliments his own very well. I can also see him as being the type of person that loves to be on camera and likes taking nice pictures of himself. So after getting inspired by those aesthetic posts of couples on pinterest, he would love to take those fun and casual pictures of the two of you, if you would let him.

He loves your eyes. Whenever you two eat together and you’re too absorbed in your food to notice, he likes to watch how your eyes blink and how your eyelashes kiss your grace your cheeks ever so often! He’ll have to remind himself to kiss them later when he sends you home. Though the thought of it makes him feel sort of lonely, he knows that you’d always just be a text or picture away whenever he does go back to work. But as long as he has you right now, he’ll make the most of what he can.

Overall, I think this princely leader would love to take care of you! :DDD

#shinee #shinee matchup #exo matchup #shinee x reader #exo x reader #exo imagines #shinee imagines #lee taemin #lee taemin imagine #shinee taemin #exo suho #exo suho imagine #kim junmyeon #kim junmyeon imagine #suho matchup #taemin matchup

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shawol-poser · 2 months

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Ko-fi and Commissions!!

Hiya!! Though those of you on tumblr might’ve come to know me as, “bard,” I go by Maaka/Hante when I make my art!!

Due to certain circumstances, I’ll be opening up commissions for my art and my kofi for donations because I’m moving out with a very constricted budget.

Below are examples of my style for commission purposes:

So if you’re interested in fanart, kpop fanart, or self-insert fanart, please check out my fiverr page where a single commission is 5$ minimum!!

If you know someone who might be interested, sharing this with them will be much appreciated!!

If you don’t really want anything commissioned but would still like to help, you can reblog or share this post, or tip me for my previous works that you’ve liked through my ko-fi page!! ( +･｀ω･)b

Even just 1$ would mean a lot!! And I’m available to discuss what you’d like to have drawn 7 days a week!!

I look forward to working with you!! (ㄏ￣▽￣)ㄏ

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shawol-poser · 2 months

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K-Pop Matchups!! (Open)

As mentioned, I’ll be doing matchups for a short while just to exercise my writing because I used to do this for different fandoms back in the day and I’m in dire need of mental stimulation—-!!

However!! I’ll be limiting the fandoms to EXO, SHINee, and Super Junior!!

As such, you can request to have one matchup per fandom since I’m only doing three (3) anyway lol

Please include the following in your request:

Fandom for matchup (please mention this, or else I won’t do them)

Pronouns of choice (She/Her is default, so please specify)

MBTI + Enneagram (if you don’t know, just sum up key points of your personality

Your taste in fashion (you can mention your general aesthetic, or if you don’t have one, mention what you usually wear)

Your aesthetic tendencies (do you wear makeup or not? What style of makeup? Do you dye/style/perm/straighten/cut your hair often? etc.)

Your hobbies or interests (like what you like to do on off days, or if you're doing what you love for work, etc.)

Your favorite features on yourself and why (let’s spread some positivity :DD)

Which era of that group was your favorite (a certain music video, or a certain member from a music video)

What qualities do you like in a partner?

A song that sounds like you (can be the lyrics, the music, the music video, just specify what aspect)

3 of your favorite songs from the requested fandom (so if you chose all three, mention 9 songs)

Please be respectful when requesting, that’s all I ask!!

I’m looking forward to them :DDD

#shinee x reader #shinee #exo x reader #exo imagines #SHINee imagines #Super Junior #Super Junior Imagines #Super Junior x reader #Kpop x reader #Kpop imagines #Kpop matchups #SHINee matchups #Super Junior matchups #EXO matchups #Suju #suju imagines #suju matchups

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shawol-poser · 2 months

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SUJU fanart based off of this meme lol which is very interchangeable with *any* member given a certain time (except Eunhyuk and Kyuhyun, they're exclusively yappers and judgers respectively).

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shawol-poser · 2 months

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“For that special moment where you realize your bias is the same height as you. (I’m 5’8)” - Lee Da Hae

Thank you so much Ms. Lee (a friend) for commissioning this shitpost lol

#art #exo #exo fanart #exol #Kpop fanart #exo imagine #exo suho #kim junmyeon #kim junmyeon imagine #self insert fanart #exo imagines

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shawol-poser · 2 months

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To My Lover From Afar; Record 2

Pairing: Alien AU! Do Kyungsoo x Actress!Reader |CW: Mentions of death, mentions of suicide, but not a lot.|Heavily inspired by the drama series. "My Love From Another Star."||Word Count: 2.9k.

Summary: Do Kyungsoo has been living on planet Earth for the past 400 years after having failed to return home due to unforeseen circumstances. With only a few months remaining before his long-awaited return, he's found himself caught in problems and people that he thought he had left behind centuries ago. Is this what humans call, "fate?"

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“Here.” A young lady, seemingly no older than 16, presents her savior with a poorly rolled scroll.

The hands that hold them out for the other to take slightly tinted, a dark hue staining the underside of her fingernails.

The man in front of her, her savior, accepts it graciously despite its sorry state. Eyes filled with curiosity as he unrolls it.

“Forgive my ignorance, however I cannot read the alien texts that the visitors of the gisaeng house carry around. Hence, my inability to write a hanging scroll. I hope this will suffice in its stead.”

Once his eyes finally greet the contents of the paper, there is nothing he can do but marvel at the ink that washes over it.

A figure that seemed to be the unidentified flying object that brought him to Earth is positioned on the upper corner of the composition. A shape that resembles the moon, floating through a field with tall grass and reeds.

What catches his attention the most however is the sight of his own visage staring back at him. The only difference being the dark robes he once wore, a stark contrast to his current chima jeogori, the image clearly referencing their first encounter.

From what he’s gathered, a young lady such as the one in front of him was expected to be skilled in the arts. But the style presented in front of him wasn’t reminiscent of a style from the current century.

Rather, it more closely resembled a photograph.

His silence must’ve worried the young lady as she spoke up hurriedly. “Look, I’m sorry it’s not what you expected. If you don’t like it, you can just give it back–” she reached out her hand to the man, but he only stepped back and shook his head with a smile.

The shift in the young lady’s diction amusing him as he did. Continuing to marvel at the work in his possession shortly after in silence again.

She stares at him strangely before tilting her head in question.

“You’re very strange, sir. Not that it’s a bad thing, but I’ll definitely remember you because of it.”

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“Oh Y/n? The actress?” In the dabbang across the road, Lee Kwangsoo’s voice rose above the ambience of the room. Eyes wide as he looks at Kyungsoo with disbelief.

Kyungsoo shook his head out of his wandering stupor, and properly paid attention to the older man in front of him. He had decided to meet up with an old friend to inform him of his nearing departure.

And over a round or two of Janggi, a game that Kwangsoo really did not have patience for, the professor had off-handedly mentioned the student that had seemed to be boycotting his lectures.

“Ah, you know her?” The alien’s question is answered with a smack to the arm by his friend from the other side of the table, along with a rather loud verbal response.

“Of course I do! How can you not know who she is? Of course she’s barely in class, she’s too busy being on every commercial and every article on your phone!”

The younger-looking man looks surprised at Mr. Lee’s reaction. “But I don’t have a phone.”

“Now that’s on you! I’ve been telling you for 30 years now to get a phone and you still don’t listen.” While Kyungsoo normally doesn’t like being told what to do like this, especially when it could cause a scene, he smiles after hearing Kwangsoo’s words.

He’s never thought of himself as the sentimental kind, but he does think that he’ll eventually come to miss being scolded like this.

He shakes his head.

“I’ve never needed a phone. Especially not now that I’m leaving soon.” He moves to tidy up the pieces they rented at the dabbang, which prompts a sigh from the man in front of him.

“Three months, huh? I never thought I’d see the day that you’d go home…Ah, it seems all too sudden now.” He takes a sip of the black tea in front of him, seemingly deep in thought, until his expression brightens again.

“Right, I’ve been meaning to ask,”

Do Kyungsoo looks up at him after packing the board and nods in acknowledgement.

“You’ve been here for over 400 years, and you couldn’t go home for a really long while…why is that?”

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“Is the food good?” Chanyeol asks from his side of the table, waiting for your response.

“Hm? Oh uh,” you look at your untouched food and immediately try to cut through the steak in front of you to taste it.

Chanyeol had invited you to a restaurant in a rather upscale part of the city to celebrate his return, but you simply didn’t have an appetite after today.

You hated looking ungrateful, so you expressed your thanks honestly despite this.

“It tastes really good. Thanks for inviting me out.” You responded after swallowing.

Chanyeol frowns at this.

“Hey, I’m sorry I dragged you out here. I just thought you didn’t have any plans tonight.” You sigh and face him earnestly.

“It’s– It’s not your fault, okay? Don’t fucking apologize. A lot has just been going on, and I didn’t have time to rest today.”

Being on set all morning, being chauffeured by X&O’s second, having cameras shoved in your face by being with said X&O’s second, finding out that attendance is mandatory for passing a class, and stressing about a research due tomorrow is putting you so on edge, that you feel like vomiting.

“Anyway, I’ll be fine. So lighten up.” And at your command, he does. As if whatever he was worried about in the first place completely leaves him. Only a bright smile is left on his face.

“Hmm. Whatever it is that you’re worrying about, I’m sure you can do it. Don’t stress about it too much,” He pauses to take another bite of his own steak, continuing only once the meat is in his mouth.

“You’ll get wrinkles faster, did you know that?”

“I liked you more when you were away, did you know that?” He only laughs at your empty words and without even realizing it, you find yourself smiling again.

Your stomach still feels uncomfortably full, but at least you feel a little better.

“Ah, by the way, how has your production work been doing?”

His expression softens as he starts explaining to you all that’s happened while he was in America. About the things that he's learned during one of the music camps he went to, and the people he met at said camps.

“In short, I think I’m getting closer to where I want to be, but that’s still a long time from now.”

“I’m proud of you, Park Chanyeol.”

He knows that you really mean it. He’s been sharing his dreams of pursuing music with you for a really long time now.

And even if he did have to take a 5 year course in a degree that he didn’t like because his father told him to, your encouragement to keep his passion for music alive had been one of the only things keeping him going.

He smiles that boyishly charming smile of his before speaking again.

“Ah right, about today,” The way he starts makes you look at him with laser focus, which he seems to shrink at.

“You know what, never mind.”

“Oh come on, what is it?”

“You were staring at me.”

Your face scrunches up at this.

“Am I supposed to not look at you when you’re talking?”

“I mean—“

“Don’t answer that.”

He looks down at his pretty much done plate, then looks at you. Fidgeting with something in his coat all the while before steeling his expression. As if making up his mind about something.

“Earlier this morning, I was serious. What I said on the car ride to uni.”

You huff and slump a bit at that. “And I know that—“ you’re cut off when he places a pretty black box on the table.

It’s certainly a lofty looking thing.

For something so small, the silver lacework on the double-sided opening looks smaller and really stands out against the black velvet. A sign that the box itself must’ve been curated for a special occasion, along with what was inside.

The sight of it confuses you because you’re definitely feeling something, but you just don’t know what.

You only feel it get stronger once he opens up said box and pushes it towards you.

“Isn’t waiting for 14 years long enough? Oh Y/n, let’s get married.”

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Do Kyungsoo thinks deeply about what to say. He knows what happened, but he’s finding trouble piecing them together into words that will make sense.

“There was an accident.”

Mr. Lee’s eyebrows shoot up at this. “An accident?”

He had thought of many reasons for Kyungsoo’s inability to go home, but this wasn’t the kind of reason he was thinking of at all.

Kyungsoo nods despite his friend’s shock.

“There was someone I was looking after. Long ago, I had spent all the time I had before I left by their side to keep them safe.”

He looks at his hands with that familiar blank expression and exhales calmly.

“In the end, that person ended up dying anyway. I thought that would’ve been the last I saw of her, but something strange happened.”

Now that makes his friend perk right back up again.

“Strange how?”

“On the 29th of December, 12 years ago, I saw something. Maybe I was just tired that night. I was a surgeon in Gyeonggi and there had been a lot of accidents in the area, but I had a bad feeling.”

He recounts feeling ill and weak for a moment when flashing images of a dark place, a sign, and a crying girl running away onto an empty street had suddenly occupied his thoughts.

“So I went there.”

It was strange.

He found himself on the street he saw in his mind just moments before. Just in time to witness everything.

“Oh Y/n, stop!”

“Screw you! Just leave me alone!”

Running in clothes that looked nowhere near appropriate for the weather and worn out running shoes, the girl he saw in his premonition clearly wasn’t paying attention to where she was going. The street light obviously flashing red, telling any pedestrian to stop, but an empty road meant nothing to most.

Her included, it would seem.

He considered leaving once he saw what looked to be a normal squabble amongst friends, but stopped when he saw a speeding truck ready to converge with the young girl the moment she stepped past the pavement.

That moment must have been when it began.

He’s never thought much about anything. He simply does what he is told and obeys silently because more than the unnecessary small talk of his colleagues, and definitely more than being asked lousy questions, he absolutely hates inconveniencing others.

Which is why it surprised him when he found himself moving not of his own accord, as if on autopilot. Using his abilities to freeze time to pull the girl into his arms, then letting nature run its own course again after moving onto the other side of the street.

He looked behind him to check on the truck, before looking at the person in his arms. Finding the same startled, but fierce -looking young woman from 400 years ago with furrowed brows staring back at him.

He smiled gently to reassure the poor woman.

Or at least that was his intention.

His shock must have trumped whatever expression he had as the woman could only stare at him strangely before tilting her head in question.

“You’re very strange, sir.”

The heart-achingly familiar dialogue could only sour the expression he wanted to show. There were no words that he could say that felt right at that moment, and so he just stood there with her in his arms.

This must have alarmed the young girl as her tears from earlier dried immediately as she tried to wave off her comment with a shaky hand. Worried that she had offended him.

“Not that it’s a bad thing! I promise! It makes you more memorable!”

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“Chanyeol-ah,” You look at the ring in the now open box, before turning to look at him directly. “You bought me a ring on my birthday in senior year.”

He readies himself for what’s about to happen, no longer surprised. “I did. But you didn’t accept it.”

You frown once you look at the box again, before pushing it back towards him. “And I’m not going to accept it today either. I’m sorry.”

He sighs, but immediately looks back at you, as if realizing something. “H—Hey, it was worth a shot!”

He’s worried that you might think too deeply into his expression, like you normally do, so he continues.

Undeterred by the dulling pain in his chest.

“I’m not too surprised, but that doesn’t mean I’m not disappointed.”

“I’m really sorry.”

“For what? You said what you wanted, right? Don’t apologize for that, really.” He chuckles as he playfully punches your shoulder.

“Besides, it’s not like I’m giving up. I’ve waited this long, what’s the harm in waiting a bit longer?”

Your still frown only deepens at this. “You’re a really good guy Chanyeol, but I don’t think you should keep waiting.”

“If you really think I’m a good guy, why don’t you tell me the real reason why you don’t want to get married then? “It’s not like I’m not going to get married.”

“Then why not this year?” He’s confident that you’ll marry him, he’s certain of it. But now he just wants to know why not soon.

You stare down at your plate with wide, twitching eyes, wondering if you should bring this up to him again.

Your mouth moves faster than your brain this time.

“The guy that saved me. You remember him, right?”

He tilts his head to the side, knowing immediately who you’re talking about, but can’t seem to answer.

“I mean, I do, but I don’t remember his face.”

You expected that. “I want to find him. You know, thank him for what he did.”

He furrows his brows in question at your response and jolts back up on his seat. Eyes wide.

“Are you really, seriously, holding off marriage for that?”

“I know it’s stupid but—”

“You didn’t even have a conversation with that guy, nor spend hours talking to him, none of that!”

“So that makes it worse! Are you saying that you’d be okay with your wife, who isn’t me by the way,” you immediately stressed out before he got any ideas, “to keep on looking for another man until she finds him and thanks him? And what if she never does and she just keeps on looking for him? Wouldn’t you rather she find him before she agrees to marry you? Otherwise, it just looks like she’s disappointed it's you that walks through her door and not him.”

He thinks about what you just said with a strange amount of seriousness, nodding as you explain yourself.

He then straightens up his back and crosses his arms. Eyes immediately lighting up in mischief as a smile crept on his face. As if liking the implication he conjured up on his own.

“You’ve thought about this a lot, haven’t you?”

“That’s not the fucking point, kid. The point is, I’m sure I’m never going to get that guy out of my head. Completely sure. And I’d feel really bad for the person that I said yes to if I’m still thinking about some other guy while I’m married.”

“Wouldn’t they already feel that way towards your ‘ikemen’ or whatever?”

“No they fucking wouldn’t! I’d indoctrinate them into enjoying them with me. It’s not hard, you know? You already like SHINee and a bunch of other guys I listen to, so it can’t be that hard.” You huff out with your arms crossed, leaning back into your chair in thought as if cursing the possibility.

Park Chanyeol can only observe you from his own chair, shaking his head with a laugh after a while.

He can’t help but both be in awe and disbelief that you are the person that he likes.

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As Do Kyungsoo enters the lobby to of his apartment complex, he spaces out like he usually does. Reflecting on his conversation with Mr. Lee. His feet carrying him home out of muscle memory.

He wonders if that night at the hospital made him see things that never really happened. That the girl he saved 12 years ago was just from another sad dream.

Still, if it wasn’t a dream, he would've liked to see her again before he left.

‘Then again, I probably can’t.’

He’s learned not to waste his breath sighing and being disappointed in things like this, so he settles for staring at the elevator door absently.

Waiting to get off on his floor so that he can prepare for just another day.

Another normal day with nothing exciting to shake up his heart.

Another day where he gets to live silently.

But just like how fate had gifted him an opportunity 400 years ago, fate has decided to gift him another.

A gift in the form of a vaguely familiar woman whose eyes widen upon meeting his own in between the gaps of the opening elevator door.

“Professor Do Kyungsoo?”

‘Whether anyone likes it or not, some things are just bound to happen.’

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Masterlist!!

[Last Update: 02/17/24]

I didn’t think I’d write this much already, so I decided that I’d start making a masterlist/master post for my current series’!!

Replay (The 'KEY' x reader insert Anthology)

Pairing: Kim Kibum x Fem! Makeup Artist! Ex-classmate! reader

Summary: A collection of, "Kim Kibum x Makeup Artist! Ex-classmate! reader" one shots as told through various times the reader is mentioned in different variety shows that "SHINee's KEY" has been featured in!!

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Listening to: ▷ Replay, Track 1 ▷ Replay, Track 2 01:43 ━━━━●───── 03:50 ⇆ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ↻

To My Lover From Afar (Do Kyungsoo x reader x Park Chanyeol)

Pairing: Alien AU! Do Kyungsoo x Actress!Reader

|| CW: Mentions of death, mentions of suicide, but not a lot.||Heavily inspired by the drama series. "My Love From Another Star."||

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ᯓ★ To My Lover; Record 1 ᯓ★ To My Lover; Record 2

#masterlist #shinee x reader #kim kibum x reader #shinee #shinee key x reader #exo x reader #do kyungsoo x reader #SHINee imagines #exo imagines #do Kyungsoo imagines #park chanyeol imagines #park chanyeol x reader #chanyeol x reader

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To My Lover From Afar: Record 1

Pairing: Alien AU! Do Kyungsoo x Actress!Reader |CW: Mentions of death, mentions of suicide, but not a lot.|Heavily inspired by the drama series. "My Love From Another Star."|| Word Count: 3k.

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He wouldn’t consider himself a helpful person. He wouldn’t consider himself anything, really.

He’s never thought much about anything. He simply does what he is told and obeys silently because more than the unnecessary chewing sounds of his fellowmen, and definitely more than being the center of attention, he absolutely hates inconveniencing others.

Which is why it surprised him when he found himself moving not of his own accord, as if on autopilot. Using his abilities to freeze time to pull the palanquin aside, then letting nature run its own course again after relocating them to a nearby area.

He opened the entrance of the vessel to find a startled, but fierce -looking young woman with furrowed brows staring back at him. Dressed in flashy colors that showed her status, if the state of the palanquin wasn’t enough. He smiled gently to reassure the poor woman as he held out his hand for hers to take, which she took, but not without regarding him warily.

His experiences over the years were still vivid in his mind.

One would think that after all this time, you’d forget them with how long you live. From thrilling nights, to mundane one-off meetings, not everything can be so easily forgotten.

A misfortune brought about by his own existence.

Which is why he’s here now as he is.

“1601. The first year of Gwanghae’s rule. The Records of Joseon Dynasty report an unidentified flying object seen in the sky.” From staring at his own hands, he looks up at the camera he’s set up. “It was that very object that brought me to Joseon. The people on Earth named my star KMT 184.05. A planet very much like Earth.”

Over the years, since the Joseon era until now, he’s recorded all of his notable observations on various mediums. What was once, ‘Hanyang’ 300 years ago is now, ‘Seoul.’ And after having lived there for years, he has fully adapted to life on Earth. His only weaknesses so far are his inability to share blood and bodily fluid with humans, however he is rarely in a situation that would require it.

His continued refusal to a night out with his colleagues might seem suspicious, but many simply think he’s unsociable. Or arrogant.

He doesn't concern himself with anyone but himself. He simply does what he is expected and obeys silently because more than the unnecessary small talk of his colleagues, and definitely more than lousy questions, he absolutely hates inconveniencing others.

Which is why he doesn’t bother using his abilities to help anyone. “It’s meaningless for me to get involved in their lives,” is what he always tells himself. Just like how he couldn’t return home for over four centuries, whether anyone likes it or not, some things are just bound to happen.

“Earthlings call this phenomenon, ‘Fate.’” He looks down at the hourglass as the sand on the upper half starts diminishing, then looks back up.

“A new fate is beginning.”He smiles a bit at the thought.

“The comet I’ve waited 400 years for will be coming to Earth soon. In three months, I can finally return to the planet I came from.”

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“Ah, sorry to ask, but have you moved my stuff already?” Around 700 meters away from the alien's apartment, you ask your manager about the state of your belongings.

You’ve asked your management company what a good place would be to move to, given your current filming location, and you were told that "Moonrise Palace" was one. You’ve scoped out the available units, and while you wished for something on the lower floors, the unit on the 20th floor was the only one that was both within your taste and space.

It was also a lot more spacious than you were used to, but you suppose that wouldn’t be so bad.

The owner also boasted about how soundproof the higher floors were in comparison to their lower counterparts.

So you agreed to move there.

“Who do you take me for? Of course I have.” Your manager joked as he handed you your drink from the cafe nearby, phone in the other hand.

“Ah, I see.” You thanked him as you received the cup and drank from it.

And like clockwork, Mingyu, your manager, took a picture of you mid-drink, and started typing away on his phone to post on your company’s SNS account.

You notice this and sighed. “Can we stop doing this every time?”

“When you’ve decided to make your own account where you can post your own pictures, maybe.” He says without looking up from his phone.

The thought makes a chill crawl up your spine.

You do have an SNS account, various in fact, but they were all devoted to the many fandoms you were in. All of which have amassed quite the following over the years. From serious written reviews, to almost cringe-worthy, thirsty professions for your favorite characters, you’ve posted them all.

So with both the “you” as a famous Hallyu star actress of 2023, and the “you” as the faceless owner of these accounts, you can’t even imagine how messy your career would look if they were able to link these two personas together because of one misclick, or mispost.

Hell, nowadays people can even guess who they’re talking to based on how they type.

You shake thought out of your head. “Isn’t it fine as it is then?”

Mingyu finally looks at you after posting the picture to greet you with a horrified face. “What are you saying? You’re a star, you need to stay trendy and relatable!” The expression makes you laugh and he only huffs at you. After having worked with each other for 3 years, you’ve grown comfortable with teasing each other.

“Anyway, we should get you to class, you haven’t gone in a while. You’re done for the day, right? Because we’re not.” You sigh and head to the van with him, ready for another long lecture of social media etiquette in the hopes of getting you to make one.

Which was the intention, if it weren’t for a certain chaebol interrupting you two. The doubling of the already frequent camera flashes making you see afterimages.

“Ah– Hyung!” Mingyu bows as he greets him, but is ignored as the man makes his way to you.

“Oh Y/n!” The man regards you with an easy smile, his boyish charm peaking through with the way he jogs towards you two.

“You’ve gotten so much prettier since I last saw you.” He moves in to hug you, but your eyebrows only knit together and skew upwards as you put your hand on his chest to keep him at a distance.

“Yah, Park Chanyeol. When did you get back?” He grabs your hand and moves in closer regardless with a smile and a laugh.

“Just 30 minutes ago! I’m on a break right now, but that doesn’t matter. You haven’t seen me in 6 months, aren’t you glad to see me?”

“I don’t have the luxury to be glad when you’re around.”

“Isn’t that exciting then? I’m keeping you on your toes!”

“Rather than that, wouldn’t you be ‘stressing me out’ then?”

“I heard you were heading to uni anyway. Let me drive you! I–...” He looks almost shy as he pauses, which makes you sigh for probably the third time in the past hour.

“I really wanted to see you.”

“And I really didn’t–” You notice your manager watching the exchange and remembered what you were supposed to be doing. “Look, as much as I really appreciate it, I have to go-–”

“Let me take you then. You’re going to your university right?” The incessant offer makes you want to immediately refuse, but you’re interrupted by your manager.

“Hyung, that’s a great idea!” He then turns to you and lowers his voice in a scolding manner. “Noona, this will be good for you, I promise.” He smiles warmly at the both of you and escorts you to your friend’s car.

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“Well, aren’t you in a good mood.” If there’s anything you know about Chanyeol from knowing him for so long, it’s that he only fusses with his hair when he’s excited.

That, and the constant checking of his reflection on anything that he can see himself on. In this case, his rear-view mirror.

“Of course! Why wouldn’t I be when you’re by my side?” He looks at you through the mirror and waits for your reaction as he continues.

“Isn’t the timing of things incredible? Hey, you should cut down on your schedule! That way, when you graduate next year, we can get married–”

“Ah, you can just drop me of there by the taxi–”

“Oh come on, what's your problem? Do you not have any plans to get married?”

“I didn’t say that–”

“So you will someday?”

“Yeah, maybe–”

“Then why don’t you just marry me? The earlier, the better! It could be fun!”

“I said that I’d get married someday, maybe, just for sure not next year.”

“Why not?” You looked at him, ready to curse him out, but noticed that the question was serious. His confusion clear through the mirror despite keeping his eyes on the road.

“Are you serious? What about all of the posters and merch I have of all of those ikemen? My precious Masamune Date, my beloved SHINee, huh? 2D, 3D, I’m not throwing them away just to make some guy comfortable. I want to keep them in my room, I need inspiration! Besides,”

You pause to catch your breath, which unintentionally leaves Chanyeol hanging on to the words that come out of your mouth after.

“What about my job, huh? At this age, I’m surprised I’m still getting romantic roles. Getting married basically guarantees my next one being some ajhumma in a shitty comedy.” He laughs at your foul mouth, one that he’s grown accustomed to over the years, but he reassures you.

“You? An ajhumma? That would be pretty funny, but I doubt it. You’d still be pretty, marriage wouldn’t change that, and you’d still get those romantic rom-com roles. When there are no more offers, I can just ask my father to produce something for you to star in!”

Ah, there goes your fourth sigh. You really wonder sometimes if he’s using the rich kid card seriously or not.

“I don’t do rom-coms, have you seen my fanfics? I want to do something steamy.”

A hush falls over the car ride and you almost want to laugh at your friend’s rapidly pailing face.

“You’re really funny, you know that?”

“I wasn’t kidding.”

“Something,... steamy?”

“Yeah. You don’t like that?”

Chanyeol chuckles, and you can’t tell if it’s out of awkwardness or nervousness. “No! I mean– of course, I like that, you know! Rom-coms aren’t your style, and you’d be great at the steamy stuff since, uh, you know so much in uh, your writing–”

“My writing with those kissing and bedding scenes?” You push further to make him see your point and he not so subtly fans himself with the neckline of his shirt.

“H-Hey, I get it, okay! I’m studying in America! My mind is open to stuff like that, you know? This here is an American mind!” He emphasizes this by tapping his temple. “I understand the difference between your professional career and your private life.”

“I really don’t care if you get it or not, as long as the person I marry has that mindset.” He laughs again, finding comfort in your words despite them showing clear refusal.

“Isn’t that me then? I’ve told you a thousand times since middle school.” He turns to look at you earnestly before returning his eyes onto the road, continuing his sentiments as he does.

“I know you speak English, but we’re speaking Korean right now. So there’s no way you’d misunderstand this, right?

You look at him from the corner of your, admiring his resolve, but feeling firm about your stance. “...I got it, alright?”

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So that was what Mingyu meant, huh? It seemed that everyone that saw you leave with Chanyeol were clamoring to find news about your relationship, and so some nosy camera men from various media outlets waited at what seemed like all possible entrances to your university.

The memory of people pushing to snap pictures of you literally seconds ago makes you curse internally. Your manager soon tagged along and accompanied you to class as a buffer, which you were thankful for.

You loved acting, truly. You loved your job almost as much as your posters. But sometimes the attention you receive outside of your job and right in your face was really tiring.

Speaking of attention,

“She’s so much prettier in real life.”

“Her fingers, they look so delicate, just like her.”

“I want to be the chair that she sits on.”

‘Okay, that’s fucking weird to say out loud, but I can’t complain because I’d probably say that about Sanada-san too.’ You thought to yourself.

“She clearly got her nose done.”

“No skincare can be that good, that’s for sure botox.”

“Her eyes, come on! That’s clearly surgery.”

‘It’s called learning makeup. Why don’t you stop wasting your damn time caring about me and start minding your own shit.’

A mixture of positive and negative whispers filled the room the moment you entered and sat on your seat. A few flashes on cameras also greeted you. You’ll admit that it’s been a few weeks since you’ve sat there again because of the drama you were shooting, but it seems that no one has claimed it while you were away.

You feel your manager elbow you a bit after giving up on stopping the people in the class from taking pictures. He rubs the space between his own brows, and you realize that you’ve been furrowing your own for a while now.

“Y/n, you’re so obvious. You look like you’re swearing at them with your eyes.” You blink away whatever expression you might’ve had on left and try to relax as you slump into your space.

Not long after, you joined your classmates in greeting your lecturer and only then have you really seen his face.

You’ve been to his class before, of course. But after only attending what was probably only 30% of the time, and stressing more about how to hide your face when you do go, you’ve never really noticed,

“He’s pretty good-looking.”

It was a small comment, you were sure of it. Not even Mingyu who was right next to you heard it. So your lecturer raising his head from his podium to look at you, was that just a coincidence?

You bowed anyway when you made eye contact, just to be polite, and debated on keeping your head down for the rest of the lesson.

“Oh for fuck’s sake, Y/n.”

Class couldn’t have ended earlier. As much as you’ve found biological anthropology to be of interest, all you wanted was to have time to yourself before eventually having to return to stressing about anything and everything.

You were so ready to leave in fact, your manager was just waiting outside the classroom door, but your professor seemed to have other plans.

“Oh Y/n, I’d like to talk to you.” He looked up from his records on the table, and gestured for you to approach him.

The few stragglers that were just about to leave were suddenly very interested in the conversation and were ready to whip out their phones had they not been stared down and dismissed by him.

You breathed out the tension building up in you and nodded as you neared his table. His gaze back on the papers in front of him.

‘You didn’t do anything wrong, so stop acting like you have. You can’t have pissed him off when you barely even remember his face, so you’re sure you haven’t done anything incriminating.’

You waited for him to speak, keeping a polite distance. Wringing out your fingers as you do, a nervous habit of yours.

“You know that my class has an expected 80% attendance, correct?”

“Eh?” This was news to you. Is that why you’ve been repeating this course for a while now? “Ah, of course, I’m very sorry about that. I’ll be sure to attend more regularly.”

He shakes his head before finally looking at you. And while your eye contact is less direct, given his pair of glasses that separate your gazes, you don’t feel any less anxious.

“I don’t know what you do in your free time, but attendance is a requirement. I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve marked you present in the last semester.”

“I understand your point sir, but I have a job that requires me to be avaiable at all times.”

“Many other students taking this course have jobs like you, you know? And they take the initiative to still regularly attend classes because they value their education.”

Ah.

Could it be…

He doesn’t know who you are?

You really don’t like using the, ‘I’m famous’ card, but surely it could help in this situation, right?

“With all due respect sir, I’m currently–”

“Also, please remember to submit your essay tomorrow. You’re not exempted from the deadline unless you present a medical certificate excusing your absence for the past few weeks. Please refer to your notes from today for your paper’s coverage.”

He doesn’t even let you get a word in, nor does he look at you, as he gathers his things.

“I’m looking forward to your work, so please do it.”

“...Yes, professor Do.” You sense no sincerity in his words, but you know it’s for formality’s sake. Still. Having to prepare and finish an essay with nothing to go on but today’s notes by tomorrow is insane to even you.

The self-proclaimed, ‘Queen of Procrastination.’

He gets up to leave, and you bow to show your thanks as he exits the room. Leaving no one left but yourself to steam with your thoughts.

Not that you could’ve thought about much because a notification from your phone quickly destroyed the spiral in your head before it could fully form.

You quickly checked to see the preview of the message on your homescreen. A simple bubble that read, ‘Let’s have dinner, ok?’ from Chanyeol with a cute sticker following it.

“Ah, shit. Here we go again.”

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Ahhh, I hope this was serviceable-- It's been a while since writing a series like this has greatly excited me, and I'm glad that this was what got me into the process of it. Anyways, feel free to share your thoughts on my writing, maybe the pacing(?) of the story, the amount of dialogue, etc.

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Re-watched the Exist Countdown and sketched the members pt. 1 ( ￣ー￣)φ__

#exo #exo fanart #park chanyeol #do Kyungsoo #kim jongdae #kim junmyeon #exo chanyeol #exo chen #exo do #exo suho #rkgk

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To My Lover From Afar Teaser

Pairing: Alien AU! Do Kyungsoo x Actress!Reader ||CW: Mentions of death, mentions of suicide, but not a lot.||Heavily inspired by the drama series. "My Love From Another Star."||

Entry 1

"I've worked 15 years to get to where I am now, and all my hard work is just...suddenly gone because of one unverified rumor with no concrete evidence."

You've never thought you would be in this situation. Sitting and talking about your current problems with your robotic neighbor because you have no friends, and no family that can listen. He doesn't even look at you. Eyes trained on his glass of water beside yours that he brought out when he begrudgingly invited you in.

"I'm just some bitch that drove a beautiful actress insane to the point of death. Some impudent bitch that continues to live her life like she isn't guilty."

You might as well be talking to yourself at this point, but his presence somehow lessens the emptiness you've felt in the last few days.

"But you're not. You didn't do it. That should be enough."

"I thought that too. Clearly, I was wrong. A lot of people don't think of it that way, and with the way things are going, things just might turn for the worse." You put your head in your hands, sighing out as you think about what you 're going to do.

Fans of the actress had left various hate mail through your company, and management decided that they wouldn't do anything since your contract was expiring within the month anyway.

So you left.

But what was worse was that it seemed as if some fans knew where you lived. Curtesy of various gifts that were left on your apartment's front door with pictures of the actress and dead rats.

Your neighbor stares at your hunched form from the couch seat quite far from you, but the closest he's ever been to most. He thinks for a moment before he notices you lift your head with an unreadable expression on your face.

"What is it?" He asks.

"Should I have said yes?" You wonder out loud.

"For?"

Your face turns to look at him, but your eyes stick to your glass of water. "You know my friend, right? Park Chanyeol. He proposed to me today." He looks away to look at his own glass when your eyes finally look at him, which prompts you to look away as well.

"If I can't sign in with another company, since I'm sure my last one won't accept my renewal, I'm pretty much broke. My mom can't handle money well, and my brother's still going to college."

You look down at your hands and observe the lines of your palms before rubbing them and continuing.

"I can't live miserably for their sake, but right now I'm running out of hope. He told me today that if I said yes, he'd take care of me and my family until he dies. That he'll take care of us really, really well." You scoff at the idea. You've been talking for so long that you don't even realize your neighbor, Do Kyungsoo, had turned to look at you after some time.

He stares at you for a while before asking. "Then why did you say no?"

Your eyes light up like they've sobered up as you reply. "I know, right? I don't know why either."

He looks away for one moment but his eyes are on you once again when you continue. "...Should I say yes right now?"

"What are you saying?" It looks like his interjection surprised him too because he blinks away the look he had before explaining himself. "It's barbaric to talk about wealth when considering marriage!"

"Says who?"

"Says 'Myungshimbogam'."

"Are you sure you just graduated two years ago, or 300 years ago?"

"It's full of wisdom. You don't even know what's in the writing."

"I know you're old fashioned and that you're good at what you do." You start and as much as you don't like asking for help and bothering anyone else, he's probably the only person that can help you out of this mess.

"So please," His polite sitting posture is broken when you grab his hand in both of yours and kneel on his carpeted floor.

"Please help me, Do Kyungsoo."

#exo imagines #exo do kyungsoo #exo x reader #do kyungsoo x reader #kyungsoo x reader #I said that I'd do it if no one did #so here I am #exo do #exo drabble #exo fanfic

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Hi are you taking requests??

If so can i get one with Taemin?

He and the reader used to date, she’s also a singer and recently made a comeback so Tae “accidentally” liked her posts on ig, fan edits of them and rumors emerged about them going back and fans going crazy over them…

Thanks

The soft glow of his phone illuminated Taemin's face in the dimly lit room as he absentmindedly scrolled through his Instagram feed. It had been a while since he last checked up on old acquaintances, but tonight, curiosity led him to explore what his closest one had been up to.

Your group’s Instagram account had posted individual teaser images for each member. Mood samplers, and hints of your comback’s album concept had been showing up on his feed more frequently which excited him. SM Entertainment was all about not reusing concepts within a group, but seeing one that he’s done fit your image so well surprised him.

He had always looked forward to updates about you on your group’s official account after having unfollowed each other’s personal accounts on the social media platform after your breakup. It was a mutual decision to do so. While the grounds of said breakup were on the pleasant side, you both figured that you would distance yourselves moving forward so as to have the topic of your relationship be of lesser significance.

You’ve heard of interviewers constantly bringing up the previous relationships of other idols that have dated within the industry and have decided to take the proper precautions to prevent it from happening.

You had dated when you were both so new to the world of being a performer. You had both been regular guests on a variety show that was shot over the span of half a year and bonded over your similar experiences of going to school while preparing for your debut and the freedom that you had missed to do things outside of the idol life. You were both such close friends, and Taemin has always been the type to fall for someone fast. It was only natural that you would end up dating.

And maybe that was a mistake. Taemin has already apologized for his behavior in his youth recently, but you had expressed that it was understandable. Being young, not knowing how to manage one’s romantic expectations while managing their partner’s, and constantly being jealous, he apologized for it all. You had also fallen short as your schedules just never seemed to meet anymore, but Taemin really wished it had worked out. Sometimes, he still does and occasionally talks about it to his other members or his manager.

There was truly nothing that either of you could have done for each other while maintaining a steady career, and so you parted ways but remained civil whenever you both had obligations to meet for various events. You stayed out of each other’s inner circle to help with the other’s “cleaner image.”

And you had intended for it to stay that way, until that singular interaction caused an uproar in both yours and his fandom.

Because he had liked a post from your group’s account.

Specifically the post that had featured you individually.

You’re not really sure how it happened so quickly, but it did. One liked post birthed many rumors and questions on Taemin’s sudden interest. Many fans weren’t even aware of the past you two had shared. It was only because this event that compilations and pictures of the both of you from your early debut days had been revived and revisited by many. Fans and those that weren’t.

It didn’t help that various fan accounts worked tirelessly to create mesmerizing edits of Taemin and you side by side, stoking the flames of speculation. The digital realm became a canvas for your imagined reunion, and before long, rumors began to circulate about the possibility of the former flames reigniting their romance.

Taemin, blissfully unaware of the storm brewing on social media, continued his routine. His manager hadn’t even informed him about the situation, and it seemed like none of his other members knew about it either until the start of their V Live.

Comments instantly flooded the platform that at first confused them all.

“‘Taemin and Y/n are so cute,’” Key had read aloud as the comment was in English and immediately made a face at the youngest.

“Yah, Taemin-ah, what did you do this time?” He tried to play it off as a normal situation, fully expecting him to play along like he usually does when they tease Minho, but he saw no recognition in his face.

“Eh?” Taemin looked up at Key and had his normal smile and then looked at the camera with an innocent look on his face.

“They’re asking about Y/n. They’re saying you two are cute, what did you talk about this time? You fool!” Key shot back with furrowed brows as he explained the question in Korean which only confused the maknae more.

Minho and Onew looked at each other for a moment before attempting to move closer to the screen to try and see what the other comments were saying, making Key and Taemin do the same.

After spotting a quickly passing comment, Minho let out a laugh. “Yah, Taemin-ah! W-What are you doing liking a girl-group’s post by yourself?” Minho laughed out as he smacked Taemin’s arm after reading the explanation from a stray comment.

He knew about him still liking you, but for him to make such a rookie mistake like that was so cute to the idol athlete as he continued to assault the younger one.

Taemin still looked shocked though as he can barely remember committing such an incriminating act. “I didn’t know!”

“How can you say that with such an innocent face when your like is still here?” Key showed your group’s post with just you on it after quickly searching it up. This evidence couldn’t have been doctored either as it was your official post with Taemin’s official personal account under, “liked by.”

“I didn’t know!” He kept laughing despite his shocked face and kept waving his hand as he looked at literally anyone who would meet his eyes in the room. Onew joined Minho as he laughed while Key just sneered and continued to read other comments that had nothing to do with Taemin at all. Those of which were scarce.

Deciding to embrace the situation, Taemin decided to send you a message while they were still live. In a lighthearted tone, he acknowledged the chaos unfolding online and expressed amusement at the fan-created narratives. You had responded similarly and apologized for the unwanted attention which he denied and said that it was fine.

This interaction did nothing to quell the rumors however.

Recognizing the need to address the situation, Taemin’s management team and yours had asked to hold a meeting asking about how the both of you would like to stir the news. They had suggested creating a joint statement clarifying the nature of your current relationship, but the other option seemed to catch both yours and his attention.

“Taemin is releasing a new album soon. Based on the fans’ mostly positive reaction to the rumor, why not just pretend like you’re dating? It will surely push the publicity of blth of your comebacks out there.”

#shinee x reader #shinee taemin x reader #shinee taemin #taemin shinee #this was kind of ass #I just wanted to get this out quick lol #thank you for the request anon

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