[Team One] Protective Instincts

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IS THIS THE REEEEAAAAAL LIIIIIIFE
IS THIS JUST FANTASYYYYYYY
CAUGHT IN A LAAAANDSLIIIIIIIIDE
NO ESCAPE FROM REALITYYYYYYY

/ahem.

(I blame you, edae.)

EDIT: I GOT SO DISTRACTED BY BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY THAT I FORGOT TO POST MY ANNOUNCEMENT JFC GDI APRIL =_=)9 Anyway, so I'm flying back West to London on Tuesday and I won't be arriving until Wednesday~ I'll be mostly away from the interwebbubbles starting Monday and probably won't be back until Friday while I get over jetlag, as well as celebrate a friend's birthday (by making copious amounts of food to put in her freezer, it's astounding how bad Master's students are at feeding themselves OMFG). As always, if anyone has any highly urgent business, please direct them towards my Twitter (@_jojibear) or, if you have them, my Line or KakaoTalk. (Warning: contacting me on KKT will result in copious amounts of Choo Sarang, SISTAR and VIXX stickers spamming up our conversation.) Otherwise, please continue to have fun, and I'll see you all next week-end-ish~ o/ -- Failbot!Mod out.

"Give up on her," was the first thing Jongdae heard when he entered the room, an uncharacteristically stern expression on Zhou Mi's face greeting him from just beyond the door. "I see what you are about, Kim Jongdae, and I advise you to stop it at once. Do not raise her hopes like this; it would be too cruel to her. She already has more than enough to deal with, and she does not need to add 'disappointment in love' to her list."

"I have no inten—" Jongdae began, and then stopped, the last few of Zhou Mi's words registering completely in his overwhelmed mind. "Wait, but you said 'disappointment in love.' Does this mean that she does like me, then, that I am not reading her wrong?"

Zhou Mi carefully observed Jongdae, regarding his brightened features and excited tone of voice, and sighed in part resignation, part relief. There was no mistaking Jongdae's intentions or feelings after such a display of enthusiasm — the boy meant well and genuinely cared for Liyin, going by everything Zhou Mi had observed up until now. There was little else he could ask for in a suitor for Liyin's affections, really.

"Yes," he answered after a short while, "she does care for you very much." Then, he smiled, and if his expression was a little tight, it was only because he did not relish the thought of losing his best friend to practically a boy. (And yes, he realised it was probably a little strange to have such paternal-like feelings on the matter.) "I retract my earlier comment: please do not give up on her. Please always make her happy."

/tosses the baton on to slashedsilver