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 Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:13 pm
 +Where's the door again...?+ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Thinking he had Kaoru's attention, Dae-hyun continued talking until he noticed the guy had taken a much keener interest in the butterfly that had passed them. Halting their conversation long enough for Kaoru to grab a jar and get into position to catch it. "Hmm. I work at this alternative fashion store right now, just over at the plaza. Not to advertise or anything, but if you're ever looking for a good place to shop or just hang out, it's good. There are some people who just come to talk, but as long as the work all gets done, we don't mind. I mean, the more people standing around in the store, the better business appears, right?" Feeling that he was getting too into his job, Dae-hyun watched in silence as Kaoru pushed the butterfly into the jar, rather than waiting for it to crawl in on its own.
"Thanks," he replied, glancing at his own arm as though he had forgotten he'd had tattoos. "Everyone says it's really painful, but it's not so bad if you go somewhere they know what they're doing. Same with piercings. If you go somewhere cheap and inexperienced, you're probably going to get yourself hurt just as bad as if you did it to yourself. Of course, piercing yourself is easier than inking yourself," Dae-hyun added with a slight chuckle, remembering the old days when he and his friends would pierce each other up in someone's room. Sometimes it was pretty fun, and most of them got pretty good at it. Looking straight into Kaoru's face again, Dae-hyun wondered if he'd done any of his own rings or maybe gotten any of his friend to do them.
Hearing a slight burst in Kaoru's voice as he mentioned snakes, Dae-hyun was nervous that he might be afraid of them. However, it seemed the boy might actually have an appreciation for them, which was encouraging. "Yeah, I love snakes. I've got this cute baby emerald tree boa back in my room named Mitzy...damn, she's the cutest thing you've ever seen," he said with a gentle smile despite himself. "She's still pretty small now, but someday she'll be big enough for me to wear around my shoulders. You can't really take them anywhere, but it'll still be pretty cool to have some pictures like that, right?" Even though he hadn't thought of it when he'd first picked up the last of the clutch from the pet store, having a snake for the band to take pictures with might actually be pretty awesome and get them some attention. Snakes were always in fashion, after all.
"So, do you collect them for decorations?" Dae-hyun asked, pointing at the jar still clutched in Kaoru's hands preciously. In the past he had seen a few display cases full of dead butterflies pinned to a board with their wings prettily spread and hung like a painting. It was somewhat gruesome, but not too unpleasant to appreciate as art. "I've never actually collected anything...but I know a bunch of people who do. You should see my one friend's house. He collects masks and keeps them all over the walls of his bedroom and dining hall. It's crazy, but really cool." Following Kaoru's eyes over to one of the other houses as he was distracted, Dae-hyun couldn't really see anything, and asked, "How are the neighbors around here?" Even though they would be neighbors themselves, he already trusted this guy more than most of the other people he assumed lived there.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*+...And who are you supposed to be?+
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:26 am
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Kaoru smiled softly to Dae-hyun as he talked about his shop and the mention of his tattoos. "So... they're not that painful...?" Kaoru asked, looking at every curve of Dae-hyun's body that held a magnificent tattoo. "Do you have any tattoo artists at this shop...?" Wondered Kaoru. "I had always wanted some but... I had always thought it too painful... I did all my own piercings myself; It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would." The collector murmured, gently touching the corner of his lips where a thin hole was placed at.
Kaoru let his smile fade away as the other had mentioned having a snake of his own. Kaoru almost shivered.
"Y-yeah.. It would make some... pretty cool photos." Kaoru agreed, letting his smile return.
He shifted slightly, keeping the butterfly close to him, as if he were afraid to lose it.
"I love butterflies... Small, pretty things they are... I make things out of them sometimes... Portraits or scenes out of butterflies. Masks... frighten me." Kaoru looked away at the mention of masks. They always stared, always smiled, as if they silently mocked you while your back was turned. To have so many of them in one spot, Kaoru didn't think he couldn't handle it. Thankfully, he didn't have to worry about it now.
"I never liked them, not since I was younger... I'll never like them." Kaoru tapped his fingers in a rythm on the glass of the butterfly's barrier.
"Neighbours... I hate kids...!" Kaoru snapped, not meaning to sound so violent as he looked to the house next to his own.
"I never liked them.. But we don't cross. The parents don't like me, and I definitely hate the kids." Kaoru felt his jaw seemed to be clench tight. Neighbours; he hated them and they equally disliked him. All the mocking and ignorance; Kaoru could never take it well.
His narrowing glare at the neighbouring house vanished as he averted his gaze back to Dae-hyun. Glancing down, he appologized.
"I'm sorry... I.. I didn't mean to snap..." He whispered, wondering if Dae-hyun now thought him more of wierdo than before. Kaoru ran his hand through his hair, trying to calm his nerves. He looked back to the house, feeling watched, still. "Would you... Would you like to... come.. in...?" Kaoru asked slowly. He wondered if it was an appropriate thing to ask. His heart beat raced like never before. Inviting his beloved inside his home; hat if he thought it was too dark or too dull? Maybe he would come to find Kaoru's secrets... Kaoru wondered if it was a good thing to ask afterall.
❝...In the §prїηġ ßréézé...❞
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:20 am
+Where's the door again...?+ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Glad to see that Kaoru might be a little interested in visiting the shop, Dae-hyun admitted, "No, we don't have any tattoo or piercing artists there. Wish we did, but we would have to set up separate areas for them, hire the people, find the customers...No, we're just a clothing store. There's a good place in the mall that does piercings, though, and a tattoo shop in town I can recommend if you ever looking for some ink." Eve though Kaoru didn't have tattoos, Dae-hyun thought it wouldn't look bad on him. Maybe not something like the writing all over his own arm, but something a little more delicate. Perhaps a butterfly would do, since the guy seemed to love them so much. Eve though it seemed like butterflies would be his "thing," Dae-hyun didn't see him wearing anything with a butterfly on it. Of course, there had to be a first for everything.
"That's pretty impressive," Dae-hyun said, marveling at all of the different piercing Koaru had and thinking about how hard it must have been to do all of them for himself. Nodding at Koaru's agreement, Dae-hyun said, "Yeah, it wasn't really what I had in mind when I first got her. See, I used to work at the pet shop I bought her at and they got a few baby snakes recently. One of my pals from there tipped me off and I went down just to look. When I saw her, though, I just had to get her. I'd always wanted a snake, and they're surprisingly low-maintenance if you know what you're doing. I mean, you feed them one every week or two, turn the heat lamp on and off when you have to, keep the tank clean...but that's about it. I mean, they aren't for everyone," he cautioned, knowing that some people could take that to mean that it was an amateur's safe-bet, "but if you're good with snakes, they're really rewarding.
Frowning a bit, Dae-hyun wondered what it was about masks that Kaoru didn't like. Personally they weren't his thing, but they were cool to look at and, on the right person with the right outfit, they could be pretty stylish. Scratching his neck a bit, he rubbed the spot a hickey had been just a day ago. It was mostly faded, but itched every now and then. Looking over at the other house with Kaoru, Dae-hyun understood what he meant. There were some good kids in the world, quiet ones with smiles who obeyed their parents and teachers. They would go to school smiling with their homework done and subjects studied, and come home smiling with hundreds on their papers and ready for a good meal with their families. They would read their books and maybe play ball in the yard a little before going to bed right on time and starting up the next day like little actors repeating their routines.
Hearing a meek apology, Dae-hyun glanced at Kaoru and raised an eyebrow. "That's fine. I mean, if they annoy you, that's too bad. You've got a right to dislike whoever, though. It doesn't bother me." What did annoy him was when people apologized for just being themselves, even when they weren't hurting anyone. In a way, being sorry when it was unnecessary was even worse than not being sorry when you should be. However, he cut Kaoru some slack since he didn't know him very well and he seemed like a quiet person by nature. Perhaps he had merely frightened himself with his outburst.
"Huh?" Dae-hyun asked, having not been paying complete attention to what was being said. "Uhh, sure, just give me a minute," he said after checking the time on his phone. Walking back to his own house, he took out the new key he'd gotten and locked the front door securely. Walking back over, he nodded, showing he was done. Before they got inside, Dae-hyun asked, "You a lonely bachelor too? Seems like it'd be hard to pick anyone up in this neighborhood. Not like there's much place for singles to swing except in town, huh?" he asked, looking down both sides of the block at the perfectly kept cars, lawns, and house fronts. It didn't seem likely that there were any mixers or parties going on regularly, which was a little disappointing, but not unexpected.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~+...And who are you supposed to be?+
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:56 pm
Kaoru ✺ Masako
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❝...Within the мση†ħ of ₳prїℓ, Love is §мéℓℓїηġ §ωéé†ℓy...❞
((I believe its my turn that my posts seem to be getting smaller and smaller ><'' ))
Kaoru tilted his head slightly, enjoying every sound that emitted from the pierced lips of Dae-hyun. Kaoru kept his eyes locked to Dae-hyun. Mentioning the tattoo shop, Kaoru shook his head. "No... I'd do it myself... It'd take practice.. But I have enough skin to sacrifice." He told him. "I want butterflies... and kanji..." The words were quiet as Kaoru averted his gaze for the moment, having images rapidly pass through his mind about what he should get and where. His sight returned to focus to Dae-hyun. "I can work if you want." He he said monotonously, crossing his arms, keeping the jar safe in his hand. The white butterfly fluttered about, feeling the movement.
"I'm experienced enough in piercings... There's more than on my face you know." He mentioned. The words from his mouth came out more suggestive than he intentioned.
"But... I was stupid to try a nose piercing first... I might still have a scar from that..."
Shaking his head, Kaoru moved on. "I used to visit a pet shop a lot... I loved birds but... Unfortunately, they never lasted..." Kaoru noticed the small spot on Dae-hyun's neck and bit his lip to keep from glaring. So... Someone had stolen away his beloved? Kaoru would keep that to himself for later...
Listening to Dae-hyun after his outburst and apology, he nodded quietly.
"Y-yeah..." He whispered, running his fingers through his hair. Kids were just plain annoying to him. But he knew it would me mostly the fault of the parents who never teach them anything.
Kaoru's face seemed to beam as Dae-hyun agreed to go inside to his home. Kaoru had forgotten to breath for a moment; His heart stopping between beats. As he watched his future-lover walk to his own home, Kaoru wiped his hands. They were becoming very sweaty. He would hate himself for dropping and damaging the delicate bug inside its container. His lips twitched into a small smile as Dae-hyun came back towards him.
"Yeah... I live on my own... This place doesn't exactly have.. The best type of people..." Kaoru quickly turned around, jumping to his door step as he pushed open his door. He left it open as he went in, letting Dae-hyun just walk in if he wished. Quickly, he shut the door to his private room tightly and securely after placing the butterfly inside. He walked back to the door, smiling softly to Dae-hyun. He ran his fingers though his hair as he turned away for a moment. "I don't have a lot of stuff inside... Kinda plain..." He shared, looking inside his own nearly empty home.
It was almost as if everything was the same colour; just those shades of grey. Kaoru chewed the inside of his lip, hoping his love life wouldn't think of it too... depressing.
❝...In the §prїηġ ßréézé...❞
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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:46 pm
+Where's the door again...?+ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~"Really?" Dae-hyun asked, surprised to hear that Koaru would go through all of the trouble to learn how to tattoo just so that he could do it himself. Perhaps he had a hard time trusting tattoo artists, and Dae-hyun couldn't blame him. Many of them were rather unscrupulous, although if you knew where to go and who to ask for, there was really nothing to worry about. Chuckling when butterflies came up again, he asked, "So...butterflies are your thing then, huh? Would you get the kanji for butterfly, then?" Although it was just a tease, Dae-hyun thought that Kaoru would seriously get both pictures of an the kanji for butterflies if he ever got around to actually inking himself. It would suit him, he thought, seeing as he was kind of small and fragile himself.
Nodding, Dae-hyun said, "Yeah, I've got others too. Most of them closed up, though, 'cause I don't really bother putting the rings in anymore where no one can see them. It's just troublesome when I have to take them off and put them back on all the time, so I just stopped." With all of the gigs he went to and the people he met, Dae-hyun had gotten annoyed having to take off any of his more obstructive piercings and had opted to simply let them shut. It was too much effort and he realized that no one could see them when he had his clothes on, anyway. Glancing involuntarily at Kaoru's nose when he mentioned screwing up, Dae-hyun had to wonder that, if there was a scar there, he couldn't see it.
"Hmm. Birds do have a habit of dying pretty fast if they get stressed or even slightly mishandled. Reptiles can be sensitive too, but I just seem to have an easier time with them for some reason," Dae-hyun commented, looking up at the sky to see if there were any birds around. Seeing nothing, he looked back down at Kaoru, and was surprised to realize how much shorter the other man was. Although he'd noticed their height difference before, it suddenly seemed so dramatic. Laughing at Kaoru's comment on the neighborhoods, Dae-hyun agreed, "Yeah, I honestly didn't expect much from a place like this. Actually, I'm pretty relieved to have met you today. It doesn't look like there's anyone else in this neighborhood who suits my style. Unless their hiding?" he asked, wondering if there were other hidden treasures in their suburbia.
Once they were both inside, Dae-hyun looked around curiously, only to be rather disappointed. It was terribly bland inside the house, and dark to boot. Not that he wasn't used to having all of the lights off, but it was odd to find that someone lived their daily life inside of their own house in that way. There was surprisingly little decoration considering how much Koaru had seemed to love butterflies, and Dae-hyun wondered if he spent more of his time in a different room. As he stood there waiting to see something interesting, it occurred to him that, with such a boring house, there was really little reason for Kaoru to have invited him inside at all. "So...is grey your favourite colour?" he had to ask, half out of sarcasm and half out of desperation for something to talk about. There was hardly anything around to inspire conversation, and Dae-hyun felt rather awkward standing in the entrance to a house with nothing to say.
Walking a little father in, Dae-hyun finally asked, "So where do you work?" It had finally occurred to him that they would at least have some common things to talk about that any grown man could relate to: relationships, work, hobbies, music. Feeling stupid for having panicked so quickly, Dae-hyun continued, "I'm also in a band, although for now it doesn't pay as much as my day job. I've been trying to get us published, but no deal yet. I figure that once we get a little better and a little more popular, we'll be able to get something small at least, maybe just releasing an album, but anything good right now." Hoping to chain together multiple subjects, he added, "Speaking of, what kind of music are you into? We mostly play punk...it's our thing. But we do covers now and then, or make up something to switch it up for the crowd. We've done all kinds of stuff together."~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~+...And who are you supposed to be?+
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:05 pm
Kaoru ✺ Masako███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ❝...Within the мση†ħ of ₳prїℓ, Love is §мéℓℓїηġ §ωéé†ℓy...❞
Kaoru smiled looking up to Dae-hyun. "Yes.. I want a kanji of it on my right shoulder blade!" He said with determination. "I really like them..." Kaoru asid shyly, looking down for a moment. "It'll probably be hard, though... Doing it myself in such a place.. Maybe I should get a butterfly on my hip..." He thought aloud, but he didn't mind. Opening up like a venus fly-trap to his beautiful mate was exactly what he needed. His own dark eyes scanned the decorated skin of his soulmate. He was so intrigued by the designs all over him.
"So, they're just healed now...? I keep mine all the time.. I forget about them sometimes. Accidentally fell asleep with all of my face piercings in... I had new holes made in my face next morning..." Kaoru gently touched his cheek where a small hole was still there. A little out of place for a normal piercing. "The others, though, don't bother me as much. But I make sure to take out certain ones for certain things..." Kaoru ran his fingers through his hair. A small quirk he did when he was nervous or just a bit embarrassed, and sometimes just plain upset or angry(which wasn't the case now). Letting his fingertips slide to his nose, Kaoru went on, "My first piercing, I tried to bridge my nose... Didn't work; I accidentally broke it. Left a nasty scar but its almost gone, thankfully..." Kaoru looked to Dae-hyun as he laughed, cocking his head just slightly. His lips twitched to a small smile before vanishing. Playing along wouldn't hurt, even if he never had a sense of humour.
"If they're so sensitive to such things.. Maybe I shouldn't have ever gotten any... I don't have any, any more, I'm all for butterflies..." All his small birds, usually parakeets, ended up dead on their side after a while staying with Kaoru. His anger issues more than likely scared them to literal death. Kaoru did feel bad for them, though. Blaming himself for the small creatures' deaths.
One skipped beat after another, Kaoru felt his heart almost soar. "I'm.. I'm Glad you moved here, then... Its been pretty lonely..." The young man said, looking down. "No one, really... Just you and me like this." He answered.
As he came into his own home, shutting the door behind Dae-hyun, he ran fingers through his hair once more, looking away, almost ashamed. The colour was so dim, he ran his fingers through his hair. "I just.. haven't gotten around to it... That's all..." he defended. Running his fingers through his hair helped calm his nerves. Which he happened to do for the tenth time.
"Um.. Work...? I just... work on the computer... I work with customer service in my room. Its better than dealing with real ignorance or just plain stupidity face to face. I'm sort of an angry person if I have to deal with it in person." Kaoru crossed his arms, walking to the couch that sat in the room. He sat on the arm of the chair, crossing his legs as he looked to Dae-hyun. "I don't think I could handle driving to a place either... I sort of... developed a... Fear of cars..." He said, turning away, slightly embarrassed to say, but he had good reason to be frightened.
Brightened eyes turned to Dae-hyun at the mention of his band. "You're in a band...? That's so cool..." He breathed, feeling like a giddy teen.
At the mention of music, Kaoru answered, "Well.. I like heavy metal... But I also like classical... Any mix of the two is also great. Punk or techno, even certain pop, but metal is my poison of choice." He gave a sincere smile to the other.
"I was forced to be taught piano and other classical instruments at a young age. I suppose that's pretty common now. I never liked playing, really, so I rebelled." Kaoru leaned back, his head against the wall as he sat on the couch's arm.
"Which eventually lead to what I am now... Sort of ties in my fear of cars, I guess... I was in an accident when I tried to run away, mad at my parents... A car hit me and I hit my head pretty hard... First thing I remember..? A blue and purple butterfly with glitter... On a little girl's pink shirt. She asked if I was okay. I don't remember much else that day." Kaoru sighed to himself, touching just above his right temple as he quietly closed his eyes. He never meant to bring up his own sensitive subject. It was what sort of made him what he was. Hitting his head to hard sort of knocked something into him that day. Or out of him.
❝...In the §prїηġ ßréézé...❞
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 1:48 pm
+Where's the door again...?+ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~((Heh, I love your avatar. XD))Smiling and giving a chuckle, Dae-hyun said, "Butterfly on Your Right Shoulder...I like it." Although he doubted Kaoru understood, it was enough that he found it amusing. Chuckling again, he said, "Yeah, it's hard enough to scratch an itch there, or get it with a washcloth. I can't imagine how hard it might be to actually try and give yourself a tattoo there." Hoping he didn't sound like he was insulting Kaoru's determination, he said, "Yeah, it might be easier to start with something like the hip, something where you can see and reach it pretty easily." Although Dae-hyun had only ever pierced someone, he could imagine it was similar to doing a tattoo, except that it took less time to complete and was easier to get rid of if you didn't like it.
Touching a place on his ear where he'd let a hole close before, Dae-hyun said, "Yeah, most of them. Depending on where you have it, the skin heals at different rates, so it can be harder or easier to let a hole close depending on where you have it. Of course, that means you can't leave ring out too long if the piercing is in fast-healing skin." Smiling a bit, Dae-hyun had to wonder what it would be like to fall asleep with as many piercings as Kaoru had. There had been times when he'd gone to bed with his rings in, but he wasn't prone to moving much during the night, so he usually laid on his back the whole time. Still, it couldn't be a safe thing to do on a regular basis. Wincing a bit when Kaoru mentioned breaking his nose, Dae-hyun said, "Aaaand, that's why I started with ear lobes. I didn't even start doing the cartilage parts of the ear until...well, about a year after I started. It can be pretty dangerous if you don't know what you're doing."
Leaning against a wall rather than taking a seat, Dae-hyun carefully looked Kaoru over as they spoke. It was certainly rare to find someone like him living in such a normal neighborhood, and Dae-hyun had to wonder why he lived there alone if he hated the neighbors so much. They'd only met, though, and he was hesitant to ask too many personal questions. Dae-hyun understood well that everyone had their own skeletons, and that it wasn't a good idea to go looking for them. Shrugging, Dae-hyun didn't really think much about birds and their limitations. "I mean, if you know how to take care of them well, they can be good pets, but for the most part they just don't have very long life spans. They aren't like dogs or other large animals. Like butterflies, they just weren't made to last that long," he pointed out, hoping to make a connection that Kaoru could understand.
"Huh?" Dae-hyun asked, looking around at Kaoru. "Oh, no, I just meant...everything's grey. I thought you liked it." Whenever he was over his friends' places, Dae-hyun could always guess something about their taste based on their decorations. Like the one who liked masks, or another who liked plant and flower patterns. "So what colour are you planning on painting it?" he asked casually, trying to sound more interested than he really was. Personally, he kept a rather bare house, preferring not to have too many things to take care of other than his snake. Playing with the keys in his pocket as they talked, Dae-hyun cocked his head slightly when Kaoru mentioned his work. "Oh. That must be convenient. I mean, I don't have too far to drive, but it's gotta be great to just work from home. I mean, you don't even have to get dressed up or anything."
"Cars, huh?" he asked, starting to feel a little uncomfortable talking. Something about Kaoru was both intriguing and off putting, although Dae-hyun had no idea what it was about him. He looked a lot like any fan in the audience during a gig might, but there was something in his eyes that Dae-hyun wanted to distance himself from. Glad to talk about the band, Dae-hyun said, "Yeah, three friends and I play together. It isn't anything too impressive, but we're getting more popular here and there, which always helps. I'm hoping that we'll eventually be able to open for someone amazing and then we'll get some kind of break. It may seem unrealistic, but stranger things have happened, don't you think?" Always of the opinion that 'truth is stranger than fiction,' Dae-hyun rarely scrapped an idea just because it didn't seem perfectly reasonable. It usually took someone else pointing out several downsides to discourage him.
Nodding, Dae-hyun said, "We don't have any kind of classical, and none of us can really play anything even close to classical, but sometimes when we do covers and need a synth, our bassist plays. Her parents made her take piano lessons when she was a kid too, but she turned over to synthesizers as soon as she'd saved up enough to buy herself one. If you like metal you should come to our next concert and check us out. If you're free, that is," he added, not wanting to impose on his new neighbor if he had more important things to do. "There's always a few other bands with different sounds as well, since we're not big enough yet to play a whole concert ourselves, so you might get to hear some other cool stuff. I play the lead guitar, and I sing too. We've also got a rhythm guitarist and a drummer, obviously. Luckily, we all seem to get along outside of the performances, too, so we all keep an eye on each other."
Smiling a little bitterly at Kaoru's memories, Dae-hyun realized why he felt uncomfortable around this guy. He was the kind of person who didn't mind talking about depressing things once he found someone who would listen to him. Dae-hyun, on the other hand, always tried to keep things positive, since he had gotten used to talking people down from stupid situations. Not only that, but there wasn't much he could say in response. Glancing at a curtained window, Dae-hyun asked, "Did you ever try to run away again after that?" Even though he'd attempted to run away himself once or twice, Dae-hyun had never been away from home for long as a child. There was just something about him that pulled him back to people he knew, whether or not he liked their company. Something about being alone was oppressive to him, even if it meant freedom. It was somewhat destructive, especially with any relationships he tried to have, but it was something he couldn't help.
Even though something in his heart told him not to encourage Kaoru too much, he still didn't want to leave him hanging. "So, are you free this Saturday?" he asked, wondering if he would later regret it. "That's when we're playing, Saturday night at a little place in the city. If you're free, why don't you stop by for a bit? It's only $10 to stay all night, I think, and they've got a bar there too. This is one of our smaller gigs," he added, hoping Kaoru didn't think they were nobodies. "Sometimes we do these places to get our name around, but for the most part we play in clubs and places with larger crowds, ones where it costs a little more to get in and you can hardly hear unless you're backstage." Whenever he mentioned the back stage, Dae-hyun couldn't help but imagine what kind of girl he'd get his arms around after their set. Even though he was sitting in the middle of Kaoru's room, different types of girls stared strutting through his brain as he tried to decide which he liked best.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~+...And who are you supposed to be?+
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:10 pm
Kaoru ✺ Masako███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ❝...Within the мση†ħ of ₳prїℓ, Love is §мéℓℓїηġ §ωéé†ℓy...❞
(( Fufufufufu~ Why thank you~ <3))
Kaoru rubbed the bridge of his nose for a moment, remembering the amount of temporary pain he endured. "It hurt like s**t... It was a stupid move on my part. Exactly; its dangerous. I couldn't imagine what might go wrong if I tried more sensitive areas first... I honestly thought about it but I wasn't that stupid." Kaoru mention, biting his lip slightly. Thankfully, Kaoru was more experienced in piercing and could do it much better than back then. He would have no worry now to try to pierce himself again. He wondered to himself.. What if he could find himself close enough to pierce his beloved? HHis heart fluttered at the idea of touching that skin with cold needle. His fingers twitched, almost able to feel warm skin. He would save this thought for later... Now was too soon.
Kaoru listened carefully to his beloved, hearing how he compared the insect of his dreams to fowls. He tilted his head, able to picture the similarities between the two different creatures.
"So fragile, they must be..." His voice sounded monotonously. He turned to look to Dae-hyun who had taken his place by the wall. Looking up to his glum walls, Kaoru furrowed his brows.
"I don't know what i want to do with them.. Everything is grey so that we could've had a base colour and paint over it. But after my old roomate left, I never got around to it... Maybe red. Deep red, like warm blood. A lively colour... Maybe dark purple. I'd want to have some photos or paintings hung around sometime too. I think I'll keep the floor grey." Kaoru wasn't sure what he might do with his home. The colour of blood, a nice deep red to him was appealing. Or the shade purple he might want. His butterflies would look lovely around the room if the walls were purple.
"I haven't given it much thought... I don't want a lot, just something simple.. I don't want to maintain something everyday..." Kaoru placed his hands behind his head, looking out to nothing specifically.
"Hmm.. Yeah, work is usually okay... Until you get some strange lady at nine in the morning on a wednesday asking to get her porn channels ordered..." Kaoru mention, dead serious. "Its so weird having those kind of people come on! I mean, its such a random time of day, a little creepy." Kaoru cracked a small smile, giving a faint laugh.
"Some people are stranger than I am. Which I suppose is a relief. I don't want to be as much as an outcast and I sometimes think I am..." Kaoru thought of the other times he had strange calls, some trying to get him to say his address, others just having odd requests for service. Shaking his head, Kaoru, pulled a few strands of hair from his face.
"Hmm.. I hope you guys eventually find some sort of break or big gig. Just make sure you don't get drunk off the fame and crash. Its happened to the unlikely." He told to Dae-hyun, looking at him with dark eyes.
Kaoru raised a slight eyebrow at the next question he was asked, but it wasn't unexpected to him.
"No.. I couldn't run away. Its hard to go outside any more.. As I'm sure you witnessed earlier. I mean, it just takes some getting used to, being outside a comfort zone, but I'll eventually be able to handle it." Kaoru wasn't sure if he'd be able to cross the street if he were outside. He might freak out and run back inside before he got to the road. It was hard enough just getting through the door without proper motivation. After hitting his head, something short-circuited. he knew that for sure. He was sure anyone would be able to tell he wasn't exactly 'normal'.
"That little girl's turned into a real brat now. She lives next door still, I think she has a baby brother, not sure though. But I just don't like them... They've pulled a few pranks that ended up backfiring. Almost literally. They caught my garden on fire once, throwing firecrackers." Kaoru sighed, relaxing himself.
At the mention of a concert on Saturday, Kaoru ran his fingers through his hair, unsure of his own courage.
"Yeah.. I have nothing to do... Can't guarantee I'll make it, though. But I can certainly try. About what time, though...? I get off work at eight, sometimes eight-thirty."
Kaoru crossed his arms once more, turning his body to let his legs dangle from the couch's arm as he faced Dae-hyun.
❝...In the §prїηġ ßréézé...❞
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Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 4:49 am
Kaoru ✺ Masako███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ❝...Within the мση†ħ of ₳prїℓ, Love is §мéℓℓїηġ §ωéé†ℓy...❞
((Bump...? ;.; ))
❝...In the §prїηġ ßréézé...❞
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:35 pm
Futile_Jenova Kaoru ✺ Masako███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ❞...Within the мση†ħ of ₳prїℓ, Love is §мéℓℓїηġ §ωéé†ℓy...❞
((Bump))
❞...In the §prїηġ ßréézé...❞
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 7:21 pm
+Where's the door again...?+ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~((I am soooooooo sorry this took so long. Between finals and my own laziness, I could never find the drive to finish it, even though I'd started it a while ago. >.> However, thanks to a jellybean-induced sugar rush, it is now complete!!!))"Huh? Oh, so you weren't alone before," Dae-hyun said, slightly surprised. It wasn't hard to imagine Kaoru living with someone, in fact, Dae-hyun knew a lot of people who had housemates so that they wouldn't feel lonely or for extra safety, but it was surprising that he hadn't gotten another when the first dropped out. "Did he just find somewhere to live?" he asked, hoping that he wasn't hitting a sore spot. Rubbing one of the studs on his gloves with an idle finger, Dae-hyun tried to picture the walls in different shades of red and purple, as Kaoru was describing it. "I think either colour is good. But for the walls...I think purple would be more calming. Right?" he asked, glancing at Kaoru's eyes to see if he liked the idea. For some reason, Dae-hyun thought Kaoru was the kind of guy who really needed to relax more often.
Opening his mouth to continue, Dae-hyun paused as his phone vibrated in his pocket. Stopping and reaching in, he pulled it out and flipped it open. Making a weird face at the screen, he shook his head and stuck it back in his pocket. Looking back up, he tried to remember what he was going to say, and opened his mouth a little, but couldn't think of it. Whatever he'd meant to say was gone completely, and all he could do was stare. "I guess that's the downside of it," he suggested after Kaoru had mentioned the weirdos from work. "I mean, it wouldn't be fair if you got to stay home to work and never got any troublesome customers. Trust me, we've gotten our share of freaks and trouble makers in the store. After all, the world is full of 'em. You can't really expect to even go a day without bumping into one. Although I'll bet there are plenty of people who would look at us like that," he added with a smirk, actually enjoying his outcast status.
"I get drunk plenty, but you don't have to worry about fame going to my head," Dae-hyun assured him, knowing that even if he said it, it wasn't very convincing. "I'm actually a pretty simple guy. I mean, I like to look cool, but I like living the way I do now. I don’t really need anything else. Plus, if I ever do something stupid, you can rely on our bassist to smack some sense into me. She's pretty strict about us not acting like total idiots." Crossing his arms over his chest, Dae-hyun crossed his legs and ooked at the floor, only slightly unsure of himself. Just like Kaoru said, something like that could happen even to the best people; it certainly wasn’t uncommon. “How about you, huh? Will you keep an eye on me while I’m around here to make sure I don’t do anything stupid? My mates would all really appreciate it, I’m sure,” he said with a smile, hoping that he and Kaoru would continue to be friends as long as they were neighbors.
“Hmm? Ah...” Dae-hyun said uncomfortably, remembering the way Kaoru had darted in and out of his house when they’d met earlier. It had looked painful for him, but Dae-hyun hadn’t been sure until now that he was agoraphobic. “Are you seeing anyone for it?” he asked, hoping that it wasn’t pushy of him to ask such personal questions. Kaoru seemed like a cool guy, but Dae-hyun had seen on television how bad agoraphobics could get. Sometimes they shut down so much that they wouldn’t even go out to get food. Clearing his mind of unpleasantries, Dae-hyun chuckled lightly again and said, “Yeah, I never got very far from home, either. Whenever I would run away, I would just come back in the end. It kind of defeated the purpose, but...I was such a bonehead back then. I guess I still am, a little bit.”
"The doors open at eight, but we aren't the first act. I'm pretty sure we don't go on until ten, so even if you come a little late, you won't have missed us. Hey, do you want me to pick you up when I go? I mean, I live right across the street, and if you're done around eight, then we can leave at the same time, no problem. I could even introduce you to my band mates and maybe some of the groupies, if you like. We may be a small band, but you'd be surprised how many dedicated fans we have." Looking Kaoru up and down again, Dae-hyun smirked and added, "And with your awesome fashion, you could probably bag someone to keep you company whenever I have to be backstage." It had become something of a hobby of Dae-hyun's to pick up a new partner after each show. However, he had a rule to never make it serious and never bring them home, so luckily it didn't interfere with his personal life much. Even though Kaoru seemed nervous around people, he still might have the luck to find himself someone at one of the concerts, which Dae-hyun thought might be good for him.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~+...And who are you supposed to be?+
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:51 pm
Kaoru ✺ Masako███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ❝...Within the мση†ħ of ₳prїℓ, Love is §мéℓℓїηġ §ωéé†ℓy...❞
(( 'Tis okay~! I just got finished with finals myself and I'll be going on vacation next 2 weeks so I might no be able to get on at the time, myself.))
The quirky man looked to Dae-hyun at the mention of his old room-mate. He chewed his lips slightly at the question. "Yeah... He's... definitely somewhere else now..." He said slowly, thinking of his way to word it. His room-mate was no longer with him, yes. Kaoru fidgeted a bit, shifting his shoulders for a moment. He tilted his head, looking at the cell phone Dae-hyun pulled out. "Something wrong...?" He asked quietly.
Nodding quietly to Dae-hyun's statement, he thought over the colouring and decoration of his house. Purple... Just for him, then, he'd make the walls purple! Whenever he'd get to it, at least. The man thought to himself, wondering if he'd get too distracted by certain things.
He gave a small smile to Dae-hyun as the other told him he wouldn't let the fame get to him. More or less, however, he smiled at the fact he gets drunk quite a bit. He made a mental note; hopefully it could work to his advantage.
"O' course I will... I'll keep a close eye on you..." Kaoru stated, emphasising subtly, a smirk tugging at his lips. However, his expression faded, almost shocked and fairly hurt to hear being asked about going to a doctor or shrink. He looked away, running his fingers through his hair slowly. "I... I don't want to... I'm fine...! I'm perfectly fine!!! I don't need anything for it!!" He yelled, his voice raising and octave or two. His arms wrapped around his body, he didn't face the other boy leaning on his wall. A hand reached to his hair and slightly twirled and twisted a thin lock uncomfortably.
"I... I don't know if I can..." He sad, answering to the offer. Being around new people, in a crowded area, away from home and his precious collection... He didn't think it would end well. He shook his head a few times, still playing with his hair. "I guess... It's okay..." He whispered, pulling up one knee. "Even so... I don't like company too much... Only certain people..." His voice was still quiet, very timid now. He didn't look back to Dae-hyun, his finger taking more strands of hair. He began to twist them into a lazy braid.
He pointed to the door to his room, still keeping to himself. "Can you... Can you get me the pins... and the broken butterfly case...?" He asked apprehensively. He reached into his pocket, taking a small key out. He held it towards Dae-hyun shakily. It never occurred to him his room was still in bad shape; the broken chair and the glass fragments everywhere. Things still riddled the floor from his jar rampage upon meeting Dae-hyun.
❝...In the §prїηġ ßréézé...❞
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:18 pm
Futile_Jenova Kaoru ✺ Masako███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ❞...Within the мση†ħ of ₳prїℓ, Love is §мéℓℓїηġ §ωéé†ℓy...❞
((Bump))
❞...In the §prїηġ ßréézé...❞
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 9:26 pm
Futile_Jenova Kaoru ✺ Masako███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ❞...Within the мση†ħ of ₳prїℓ, Love is §мéℓℓїηġ §ωéé†ℓy...❞
((Bump...? ;~; plz don't let my poor little old Kao-chan wither away in his lonely cubby of broken butterflies~~~ ))
❞...In the §prїηġ ßréézé...❞
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