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He has had enough, he was a resilient man, he could deal with nearly anything the writer threw at him but this crossed a line. Why did Suhyang have to be here? Her face was bright and innocent, he could feel his heart break under the weight of guilt. He felt the urge to throw a couple of Danoh approved curses as the writer.
"Hello," Suhyang had somehow got in front of him while he was thinking, "dried squid fairy~" she playfully sung his name, she was just as playful and sweet as before, her eyes shining.
"Hello lovely lady~" he sung back, he heard a shrill scream from one of the female students, being one of his fans, leaning forward excitedly.
He was glad the writer gave him more normal fans who mostly left him alone, in comparison to A3, who constantly had a girl or two clinging to their arms.
Suhyang smiled but it was dimmer than before, she said goodbye as she left, he was confused at her sudden departure, watching her walk away, her demeanor sullen. He wanted to hold her.
"Squid Fairy!" He felt an arm wrap around his neck and a small body cling to his side, glancing he saw the two menaces, Eun Danoh and Lee Dohwa.
Eun Danoh was clinging to his side, having to look straight up to look at him, she had a charming smile, Lee Dohwa had one arm wrapped over his shoulder, causing him to have to lean towards the boy from the pull, he had an equally charismatic grin on his boyish face.
He felt his face pull into a shape of suffering, the two giggled, rather demonic the pair were.
"What?" He asked, his voice strained, preparing for the torture deedledum and deedledee were about to drag him through.
Danoh fluttered her hands excitedly against his side, Dohwa had even started bouncing on his heels, it was an admittedly a cute display from the pair.
"You know Juda?" Dohwa started, Jinmichae judged him slightly, he couldn't not know her, she was the main character after all, however he politely kept his mouth shut, he did see Danoh hit him slightly though.
Dohwa coughed, embarrassed.
"Well, yeah, of course, but-" Danoh obviously decided Dohwa was taking too long as she started talking instead, and, in true Danoh fashion, got straight to the point.
"Juda is aware!" Danoh stated, her eyes bright and Dohwa nodded along happily.
"Juda?" He asked, he honestly hadn't expected that, Juda hadn't been a major character in Trumpet Creeper so he hadn't expected her to become aware. Well, he hadn't expected anyone else to be aware either. Maybe he had bad foresight?
"Uh huh, we left her in the kitchen, we said we'll explain everything to her but we needed to get you and Haru is already with her, isn't this exciting!" Danoh rambled, dragging his arm, Dohwa was bouncing bubbly on his side, having let him go.
Inside the kitchen the air was slightly awkward, Jinmichae noted that Juda and Haru have never officially met and wondered why Danoh and Dohwa left them together. He came to the conclusion the pair of extroverts probably didn't realise that Juda and Haru would just sit in silence, too shy to start a conversation. The pair probably wouldn't understand the concept of shyness, too shameless and determined to ever feel shy. Oh, how he wished he could half of their optimistic confidence.
Juda's face instantly lit up at the sight of the two familiar faces, Haru looked like a puppet getting cut from his strings, his rigid posture instantly relaxing, he could help but wince in pity for the pair.
"Juda, this is Dried Squid Fairy, he's practically our dad at this point, Squid Fairy this is Juda, the newest member of aware comic kids club!" Danoh, once again, took the lead, holding the other girl in a side hug, using her entire body to demonstrate her words, Juda looked confused but not scared, he was glad Danoh had friends who could handle her brand of...extreme.
"Aware comic kids...club?" He couldn't help but mutter, the name being entirely new, he hadn't thought he was loud enough to be heard but Dohwa leaned over, resting his head on his shoulder.
"Yeah, Danoh made the name up like...ten minutes ago" he helpfully supplied.
"I'm not a kid" he whispered back, Danoh was on a whole rant, he saw she was already explaining the stage and shadow with his little milk carton people, it made his feel warm seeing how she had taken so well to explaining the situation to others.
Dohwa shrugged.
"You're not our dad either, she doesn't care honestly" Dohwa said, and, Jinmichae wasn't sure how he missed that, why were his priorities on the name and not on the fact Danoh called him dad.
He looked at Dohwa, still leaning comfortable on his shoulder.
"Do you think of me like a dad as well?" He asked, curious, Dohwa blinked at him.
"Yeah, you're like, the dad friend, you look after us and try to keep us out of trouble, you're the only adult I feel that I can, I don't know, trust? You understand what I'm going through and you try to help us a lot. So, yeah, I guess I see you kinda as a dad or something" Dohwa had always been exceedingly honest but hearing such a genuine answer made his face flush, his brain immediately clicked into place, kids. Yeah, these four were his kids.
"So you're the main character, how do you feel?" Danoh finally finished. Juda, for her part, looked mostly unaffected, her face in a thinking pout, he saw the puppy eyes Dohwa was making at her and felt his heart warm at the love sick boy being so painstakingly obvious. It was endearing.
"That's...a lot," Juda finally said, glancing at the other girl, before flicking towards the other occupants in the room. "But, I'm glad I have so many people here to help me through this." She said finally, she gave a pretty smile up at Danoh who returned it twice the size.
"You'll love being aware, you don't know cringe until you're saying the most cheesy lines in existence, but, you can also laugh when someone else is forced to say them, you'll love Dohwa's face when he has to say something cringe, he looks like he swallows a lemon," Danoh talked a mile a minute, Dohwa managed a disgruntled "Hey!" Which got a chuckle from Juda and Haru, Danoh continued full force, Juda listened, truly happy, Haru watched with hearts in his eyes and Dohwa butted in with hilarious quips that sent him and the others into laughing fits. He was happy. Then, in the corner of his eye, he saw dark hair. Suhyang.
He gently patted Dohwa away, waving off his quiet questions, he sneaked to the door, the teenagers -except Dohwa- not noticing his disappearance.
He saw her walking away, his longer legs striding quickly, grabbing her wrist.
"Suhyang!" He helped as he pulled, he pulled an inch too hard, the girl twisted into his arms, looking up at his with wide eyes. He let go, now she was in front of him again he was unsure of what to say, his eyes mesmerising her face in the darkened hallway.
"I-I'm sorry, I-" he stumbled before he felt a hand, soft, on his face.
"Jinmichae...do you remember me?" She asked, quiet. He felt the tears pick his eyes as he breathed.
"I could never forget you." He responded.
Her kisses were the same, soft, sweet and dry, brimming with love that made everything in his soul ache, he held her closer.
"I love you" he gasped when they split, lips still touching intimately. She pulled him in by the neck.
"I love you so much" she whispered, pulling their faces away but still holding his neck, and him her waist. He felt the tears going down his cheek.
He laughed, horse and wet.
"Guess the kids got a mum now too" he choked out, his laughing turned into genuine joy at the abrupt "what!" From the girl in his arms.
The girl he was never letting go of, the writer could stick it up his-