The forced smile was enough to make Jin frown. He knew Moon-ssi better than that and it was frankly insulting that his friend thought he could get away with pretending everything was fine when it so clearly wasn’t. And after snapping at him. Jin opened his mouth to protest but before he could, Moon-ssi had shaken and brushed him off to head towards the dining hall. If it wasn’t so dramatic, Jin might have let his mouth drop wide open. What in the world had come over Moon-ssi!
“Yah!” Jin barked at him, annoyance rolling off the little vampire in waves. He followed after Moon-ssi only so far as the hallway so they were out of sight from their teacher before he grabbed the other by the sleeve again and made to whirl him around. This time, he dug in so as to not be so easily shaken aside. “Moon-ssi, wae geurae?!” He demanded again, this time with more emphasis. “Why are you so upset, I don’t understand.” Normally if Jin did something to irritate or upset his friend he had a pretty good idea what it was, even if he hadn’t meant to. But this felt somewhat out of left field and the fact that it had happened on the tail end of their most blatant flirtation to date was making Jin nervous. He wanted to reach out and touch, fix, grab— but all his usual methods of soothing suddenly seemed like alarming red flags. He couldn’t do that if Moon-ssi was angry at him for not getting the hint to move on. Especially here in a hallway so brazenly in front of others.
“Can we just talk about this for a minute? Before going in there? Jebal.” The beg in his voice was obvious as Jin made to tug him further aside. If he could have magically transported them to their hanok, he might have— even against Moon-ssi’s will. This seemed particularly important and having it out in front of others where anyone could overhear around a corner felt like a bad idea, even if they usually spoke in their native Joseoneo. But they didn’t have a choice. Jin was not about to walk into that dining hall and put up with a sour Moon-ssi all afternoon without understanding what he’d done wrong. His heart was practically in his throat as it was.
“Yah!” Jin barked at him, annoyance rolling off the little vampire in waves. He followed after Moon-ssi only so far as the hallway so they were out of sight from their teacher before he grabbed the other by the sleeve again and made to whirl him around. This time, he dug in so as to not be so easily shaken aside. “Moon-ssi, wae geurae?!” He demanded again, this time with more emphasis. “Why are you so upset, I don’t understand.” Normally if Jin did something to irritate or upset his friend he had a pretty good idea what it was, even if he hadn’t meant to. But this felt somewhat out of left field and the fact that it had happened on the tail end of their most blatant flirtation to date was making Jin nervous. He wanted to reach out and touch, fix, grab— but all his usual methods of soothing suddenly seemed like alarming red flags. He couldn’t do that if Moon-ssi was angry at him for not getting the hint to move on. Especially here in a hallway so brazenly in front of others.
“Can we just talk about this for a minute? Before going in there? Jebal.” The beg in his voice was obvious as Jin made to tug him further aside. If he could have magically transported them to their hanok, he might have— even against Moon-ssi’s will. This seemed particularly important and having it out in front of others where anyone could overhear around a corner felt like a bad idea, even if they usually spoke in their native Joseoneo. But they didn’t have a choice. Jin was not about to walk into that dining hall and put up with a sour Moon-ssi all afternoon without understanding what he’d done wrong. His heart was practically in his throat as it was.
Ahn-Bo Jeong & muse song
** wae geurae? - Why are you like that? / What's wrong? (Informal) and jebal = please
** wae geurae? - Why are you like that? / What's wrong? (Informal) and jebal = please
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* Jin takes potions and enchantments at times to give his voice a persuasive quality.
His performances, or even a simple conversation, can sometimes suggest thoughts
and ideas to his audiences.