Challenge #2 -- Entry 5
Title: Coup de Téléphone
Pairing: Seung Gi/Mike, One sided Seung Gi/Yoona
Rating: PG
Summary: Just another day, just another call, just another heart.
Song(s) used for inspiration: {어느 날 Pt. 2 ; Casker}
She said that it would be forever. In their high school days, with shoddy promise rings and clumsy first kisses. Their countless dates, decision to go to the same college, choice to stay in different apartments for the time being.
Seung Gi-ah~? I know I said I would call yesterday, and the day before that, but things came up. I'm really really sorry! I swear I'll make it up to you, okay? With anything you want, I'll even try to cook! I'll call you back in an hour, I have to get to a meeting. Bye, love!~
That things would never end. It was a promise at his college graduation, greeted with a kiss once he got accepted into a company for a job. Their first night, first morning after.
Seung Gi-ah? So yesterday was sort of a fluke, I'm sorry okay? It was just a hello and goodbye anyways nothing big. I got really caught up at the office, there's this new worker and I have to show him the ropes. Nothing's going on, don't worry. I'll be fine, call you back later.
That it was just a phase, she said she was just going through some strange moments. Like when she was persistent in saying he was her first love, when he remembered the one time she mentioned an ex boyfriend she sometimes remembered. But she was his first foolish fall into love, and considered to be the only . She had brushed it off with a simple smile and cheeky kiss, also saying that nothing would ever go between them.
Seung Gi? My phone broke, and I couldn't meet, or contact you at all. There was just no time, okay? I'm sorry, but things are getting hectic and everything. I do still love you! Really! I know it's been a while, maybe a few weeks or something, but I'll be back soon.
She lied.
Seung Gi? This... will be my last call. Truthfully the coworker I talked about, I'm...sort of with him. I've been with him for... a while? I can't see you anymore, it just wasn't working out. It was fun, it really was, but there just wasn't anything left between us. Maybe we were together for too long? Sorry. Goodbye, I hope you find someone else!
-------------Step one---------------
Squares of light scattered themselves onto a puddle of messed up blankets huddled onto the bed's surface, the apartment completely silent. It was a complete and utter mess, with empty cups toppled sideways onto the floor, and more than a few tatters of photographs shoved into dusty corners. A soft rustle, a curly haired head popping out, before retracting back into the blanketed shell like a frightened turtle. Almost everything was cracked, or in the completely wrong place after being thrown across the room.
It was safe to say, that Seung Gi was not a happy man.
The silence was broken once again by a shrill sounding ringtone, a little hand held phone lighting up the apparent darkness and shaking its way across the wooden nightstand. He ignored it, at least until it tumbled off the edge and bumped clumsily onto his head. Fumbling with drowsy hands, all Seung Gi could do was flick the thing open to stop the noise, only to be greeted by a furious shout.
"Seung Gi! You better get off your ass this moment, it's been weeks-"
Abruptly cut off by another snap of the wrist, Seung Gi rudely hanging up on his infuriated friend. But he didn't care. Nothing, nothing mattered anymore. Not him, not her, not them.
Because there was no them anymore. Just an empty hole, where his heart used to be.
A loud grumble broke his train of thought, sending the blunt message to his brain that he was starving. And also that there was nothing to eat anymore, a faint memory of an empty cupboard flitting back into his mind. Seung Gi didn't want to get over it, he didn't want to forget. Because she was there for almost all of his life, the staggering feeling of being alone and betrayed finally settling in among the numb phases fading away. It was different, and ripping him apart from the inside out.
Stumbling out of the overbearing pile of blankets, it was a long process of taking a shower where Seung Gi couldn't feel the temperature of the water, dressing up in some clothes that sent bad memories of the times when he wore them with her, and finally making it out the door with some money shoved in his pockets and a phone in the other. The lights in the hallways burned his eyes, Seung Gi crouching in front of his door for more than a few moments to try and recover. Ignoring the strange glances by the other people in the hallway, he managed to make it out of the building to find that there was a light drizzle of rain hitting the bleak pavement.
And all Seung Gi had on was a simple long sleeved shirt and jeans, combined with sneakers and it wasn't exactly the best wardrobe choice for a chilly November evening. Even if he couldn't feel the temperature though the thin fabric, and instead chose to push through the wind and avoid the curious looks given by the "overdressed" people walking along the street.
By the time Seung Gi reached the little bakery, his dark colored shirt was a bit more than damp, and his hair was starting to turn limp and plaster itself to his chilled forehead. With a cheery ring of the little bell, he entered the shockingly warm shop only to feel the harsh impact of crashing into someone and tumbling onto the floor, Seung Gi's head barely missing the glass door.
"I'm sorry, are you okay?" a somewhat middle toned voice dragged the man out of his muddled shock, eyes focusing only to see a somewhat feminine looking boy that had practically collapsed onto him and was staring at the dazed other with a worried look. A shuddering breath from the sudden warm contact and a hitch in his heartbeat that Seung Gi refused to admit, he managed to pull on a plastic smile and say a few apologies of his own.
Yet the other didn't climb off or make a move to shuffle away, his eyes still open wide and looking down at the somewhat confused Seung Gi underneath him. Until their eyes caught each other, Seung Gi's heart speeding up with thoughts quickly leaving his head.
This must be what it feels like when time slows down the lazy thought filtered through finally, the older just dazed as he watched the boy's lips move in soundless words. Everything was outlined in Seung Gi's mind, from the continuous flush of red scattering itself across to the little quirk of his clumsy actions, or how his eyes crinkled slightly with a tug of the lips.
And as if someone had pressed play, Seung Gi was pushing the surprisingly light other off and saying apologies that didn't even register, before grabbing his phone that had tumbled onto the cold floor and turning right around. Before Seung Gi knew it he was already halfway down the block, head swimming and heart pounding with fast footsteps against the pavement. It was a welcome rush from his piercing place in old memories and the dull pain of heartbreak, the cold air now pricking his lungs painfully instead of the barely known ache.
It was like being alive, all over again.
-------------Step two---------------
Hello? I think, we might have switched phones by accident. [A fumble of words, hesitant and stumbling syllables.] Would it be, fine to meet up? Because I really do need it back for school and things and you looked really los-
I think you would need your phone back too, a lot of people have been calling asking how you are. I didn't mean to pick it up, but my brother was asleep and it wouldn't have been a good thing for him to wake up. He sort of gets irritated and tells me to turn it off, but then what if it's important?
[Rambling, stuttering, falling.]
I'm sorry this message is probably getting too long.
My name is Mike. And, how does 12 PM tomorrow at that cafe sound?
Could you, call me- this number back to confirm it?
I'll be waiting, [Awkward, how horribly awkward he mourns silently, exasperated] see you again?
Bye.
And the only thing Seung Gi knew, was that he hadn't smiled in a while and that maybe, just maybe, it was time to make another phone call.
Pairing: Seung Gi/Mike, One sided Seung Gi/Yoona
Rating: PG
Summary: Just another day, just another call, just another heart.
Song(s) used for inspiration: {어느 날 Pt. 2 ; Casker}
She said that it would be forever. In their high school days, with shoddy promise rings and clumsy first kisses. Their countless dates, decision to go to the same college, choice to stay in different apartments for the time being.
Seung Gi-ah~? I know I said I would call yesterday, and the day before that, but things came up. I'm really really sorry! I swear I'll make it up to you, okay? With anything you want, I'll even try to cook! I'll call you back in an hour, I have to get to a meeting. Bye, love!~
That things would never end. It was a promise at his college graduation, greeted with a kiss once he got accepted into a company for a job. Their first night, first morning after.
Seung Gi-ah? So yesterday was sort of a fluke, I'm sorry okay? It was just a hello and goodbye anyways nothing big. I got really caught up at the office, there's this new worker and I have to show him the ropes. Nothing's going on, don't worry. I'll be fine, call you back later.
That it was just a phase, she said she was just going through some strange moments. Like when she was persistent in saying he was her first love, when he remembered the one time she mentioned an ex boyfriend she sometimes remembered. But she was his first foolish fall into love, and considered to be the only . She had brushed it off with a simple smile and cheeky kiss, also saying that nothing would ever go between them.
Seung Gi? My phone broke, and I couldn't meet, or contact you at all. There was just no time, okay? I'm sorry, but things are getting hectic and everything. I do still love you! Really! I know it's been a while, maybe a few weeks or something, but I'll be back soon.
She lied.
Seung Gi? This... will be my last call. Truthfully the coworker I talked about, I'm...sort of with him. I've been with him for... a while? I can't see you anymore, it just wasn't working out. It was fun, it really was, but there just wasn't anything left between us. Maybe we were together for too long? Sorry. Goodbye, I hope you find someone else!
-------------Step one---------------
Squares of light scattered themselves onto a puddle of messed up blankets huddled onto the bed's surface, the apartment completely silent. It was a complete and utter mess, with empty cups toppled sideways onto the floor, and more than a few tatters of photographs shoved into dusty corners. A soft rustle, a curly haired head popping out, before retracting back into the blanketed shell like a frightened turtle. Almost everything was cracked, or in the completely wrong place after being thrown across the room.
It was safe to say, that Seung Gi was not a happy man.
The silence was broken once again by a shrill sounding ringtone, a little hand held phone lighting up the apparent darkness and shaking its way across the wooden nightstand. He ignored it, at least until it tumbled off the edge and bumped clumsily onto his head. Fumbling with drowsy hands, all Seung Gi could do was flick the thing open to stop the noise, only to be greeted by a furious shout.
"Seung Gi! You better get off your ass this moment, it's been weeks-"
Abruptly cut off by another snap of the wrist, Seung Gi rudely hanging up on his infuriated friend. But he didn't care. Nothing, nothing mattered anymore. Not him, not her, not them.
Because there was no them anymore. Just an empty hole, where his heart used to be.
A loud grumble broke his train of thought, sending the blunt message to his brain that he was starving. And also that there was nothing to eat anymore, a faint memory of an empty cupboard flitting back into his mind. Seung Gi didn't want to get over it, he didn't want to forget. Because she was there for almost all of his life, the staggering feeling of being alone and betrayed finally settling in among the numb phases fading away. It was different, and ripping him apart from the inside out.
Stumbling out of the overbearing pile of blankets, it was a long process of taking a shower where Seung Gi couldn't feel the temperature of the water, dressing up in some clothes that sent bad memories of the times when he wore them with her, and finally making it out the door with some money shoved in his pockets and a phone in the other. The lights in the hallways burned his eyes, Seung Gi crouching in front of his door for more than a few moments to try and recover. Ignoring the strange glances by the other people in the hallway, he managed to make it out of the building to find that there was a light drizzle of rain hitting the bleak pavement.
And all Seung Gi had on was a simple long sleeved shirt and jeans, combined with sneakers and it wasn't exactly the best wardrobe choice for a chilly November evening. Even if he couldn't feel the temperature though the thin fabric, and instead chose to push through the wind and avoid the curious looks given by the "overdressed" people walking along the street.
By the time Seung Gi reached the little bakery, his dark colored shirt was a bit more than damp, and his hair was starting to turn limp and plaster itself to his chilled forehead. With a cheery ring of the little bell, he entered the shockingly warm shop only to feel the harsh impact of crashing into someone and tumbling onto the floor, Seung Gi's head barely missing the glass door.
"I'm sorry, are you okay?" a somewhat middle toned voice dragged the man out of his muddled shock, eyes focusing only to see a somewhat feminine looking boy that had practically collapsed onto him and was staring at the dazed other with a worried look. A shuddering breath from the sudden warm contact and a hitch in his heartbeat that Seung Gi refused to admit, he managed to pull on a plastic smile and say a few apologies of his own.
Yet the other didn't climb off or make a move to shuffle away, his eyes still open wide and looking down at the somewhat confused Seung Gi underneath him. Until their eyes caught each other, Seung Gi's heart speeding up with thoughts quickly leaving his head.
This must be what it feels like when time slows down the lazy thought filtered through finally, the older just dazed as he watched the boy's lips move in soundless words. Everything was outlined in Seung Gi's mind, from the continuous flush of red scattering itself across to the little quirk of his clumsy actions, or how his eyes crinkled slightly with a tug of the lips.
And as if someone had pressed play, Seung Gi was pushing the surprisingly light other off and saying apologies that didn't even register, before grabbing his phone that had tumbled onto the cold floor and turning right around. Before Seung Gi knew it he was already halfway down the block, head swimming and heart pounding with fast footsteps against the pavement. It was a welcome rush from his piercing place in old memories and the dull pain of heartbreak, the cold air now pricking his lungs painfully instead of the barely known ache.
It was like being alive, all over again.
-------------Step two---------------
Hello? I think, we might have switched phones by accident. [A fumble of words, hesitant and stumbling syllables.] Would it be, fine to meet up? Because I really do need it back for school and things and you looked really los-
I think you would need your phone back too, a lot of people have been calling asking how you are. I didn't mean to pick it up, but my brother was asleep and it wouldn't have been a good thing for him to wake up. He sort of gets irritated and tells me to turn it off, but then what if it's important?
[Rambling, stuttering, falling.]
I'm sorry this message is probably getting too long.
My name is Mike. And, how does 12 PM tomorrow at that cafe sound?
Could you, call me- this number back to confirm it?
I'll be waiting, [Awkward, how horribly awkward he mourns silently, exasperated] see you again?
Bye.
And the only thing Seung Gi knew, was that he hadn't smiled in a while and that maybe, just maybe, it was time to make another phone call.