how to catch a thief (and decide if you want to keep him)

[edoriko]

how to catch a thief (and decide if you want to keep him)
xiukai
pg-13; 11k
Inspector Kim Minseok has to balance his search for the jewel thief KAI with the stresses of taking care of four lazy subordinates and his relationship with a dancer named Kim Jongin.
-originally written for tiny_hyung and posted here

Comments

[charliebnim]

This is so amazing!!!!!!!! Omg

[edoriko]

thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! =u=

thanks for reading and commenting~

[insuu2d2vee]

Reminds me of Conan & Kaito TBH...urgh I miss those...

Anyways...

"It's one of the many streets near the palace, and many of the houses are in an older traditional Korean style."

Assuming said palace is either Gyeongbokgung or the Changdeokgung-Changgyeonggung duo (since the distance between the 3 palaces is pretty small even during the Joseon Dynasty), you might be referring to Bukchon Hanok Village, where, as the former residential area of high-ranking government officials and the nobility, the houses there are (semi-)preserved in the hanok (traditional Korean housing) style.

Therefore, the World Jewelry Museum is probably located in either of these neighborhoods: Wonseo-dong, Jae-dong, Gye-dong, Gahoe-dong and Insa-dong.

Also, it's "family of businessmen"...keep your subject-verb agreements in terms of plurals consistent...

[edoriko]

I based Kai's style off of Kaito, so it makes sense if he reminds you of him. c:

I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say with the rest of your comment, but I fixed the use of hanok and pluralization of businessmen.

Not only is the World Jewelry Museum a real place, but I also looked it up on Google streetview to get a sense of what the location would look like. You can see for yourself where it is! Also because I've been to Bukchon Village before, I used what I remembered about the area to fill in the details. I'm not Korean so I might make mistakes when it comes to the usage of Korean, but I do have a bit of knowledge about the location.

[insuu2d2vee]

Well, you didn't have to fix with the hanok, since a random passerby with no knowledge of Korean culture would just ignore what a word like hanok is.

Oh so it's a real place! And since you remembered what the Bukchon area looked like you placed it in there...even though the Museum is in Hwa-dong, both are in Jongno-gu District. XP

Trust me, I'm not Korean. I just know things. :)

[edoriko]

There are traditional houses all throughout that area from what I remember. And from looking at streetview you can see traditional style houses nearby. It doesn't have to be in the Bukchon Village to have hanok style houses nearby.

So... no I didn't set it in the Bukchon Village, I set it in the location where it's supposed to be.

[edoriko]

Thank you c:

I'm glad you had fun reading it! ^o^ Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[tackwoon]

omg how is it that i have never read this before ; A ; this was a really really nice read!!! i have always loved mafia and heist!aus so this is totally my cup of tea ;;;; i'm really glad that you kept it on the lighter side (THIS IS TOTALLY FLUFF IM SO IN LOVE) bc with all the angsty fics i've been digesting lately i'm surprised i've not gone to the hospital for abnormally active tear ducts ;~;

minseok is so lovely and so forgiving and just so perfect istg!!! AND JONGIN HOOD FTW OK. i am also weak for blushing jongin and sortadumb!jongin LIKE HOW DO YOU NOT GET THE SEX INNUENDO. HOW. MINSEOK IS NOT EVEN TRYING TO BE INCONSPICUOUS. in fact, i think i'm just a sucker for jongin ; ^ ; oh my sad life.

thank you soooooo much for writing this <3 i really enjoyed reading it!!! ilysm uwu

[cptncharlotte]

aaaaaHAHAHHAAAAAAAH THIS WAS SO GOOD OMG