Fanfic: music drabbles [Lotus Leaves]
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.
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All right, lemme explain this. I wanted to use this drabble meme again to write a bit of my upcoming huge fanfic that I'm planning for like two months already orz
It's going to be a historical!AU with all members from SHINee and B2ST. The main couple will be crossover, Junhyung/Onew but there'll be lots more ㅋㅋ
I don't wanna spoil the story, so just a few important facts:
JuNew (Junhyung/Onew)
2AM - Because You Said No
Sun was setting behind their tired backs that were bent down out of exhaustion. The hunt took up whole day and the way back was rather gloomy. The rest of the company already left them, everyone heading into a different direction.
"I'll never understand what is so entertaining about running around through the woods, hunting down animals. It tires the horses, it tires us as well," Junhyung noted, gently stroking his horse's neck. It was sweating and he could hear the animal panting heavily.
Jinki didn't say anything to that, putting on that reflective expression again. A few moments later, he blurted out something not related at all: "Do you ever wonder how would our lives be if you weren't here?"
"No. Right minister took me up and I'm sure it was fate that made him do it. It's supposed to be like this."
het!JongKey (Jonghyun/Key - Gwiboon)
Super Junior - 진심 (All My Heart)
Examining the table with her sharp, unforgiving eyes, Gwiboon moved the tea set a few centimeters to the left. Now it was perfect.
Soon the door slided to the side, showing a silhoutte first and then Jonghyun himself, dressed up in festive hanbok. It felt uncomfortable as he hasn't wore it in a long time and now it was slighty more loose then before. It must have been chuseok that he had it on last time, but it seemed more like a decade passed since that.
"I'm glad you are back home again, dear," Gwiboon said, eyes fixed onto the ground, sitting properly with hands in lap.
Squatting in front of her, Jonghyun gently touched her chin so that she looked up to him.
"I promised I'll never leave you yet I had no other choice. But my heart has been here all this time."
het!KiSeung (Kikwang/Hyunseung - Hyunsu)
Super Junior - 미인아 (BONAMANA)
An egg came flying over, making Hyunsu dodge out just in the right time for it to land onto her arm only. It wasn't the first time they were rejected like this, but it hurt their pride nevertheless. It also made them lose a bit of the hope they were struggling so hard to have.
"You rascal!" rage took over him as Kikwang stepped forward to smack the culprit. "No one will throw eggs at my beautiful wife!"
Hyunsu meant to stop him - it will hard for them to come back to this city if he causes some trouble after all. But those words made her regain a bit of the lost pride. Giggling secrectly, she just stood there, watching Kikwang fight for her.
het!Taemin/Yoseob - Yoseon
B2ST - Fiction (Japanese version)
As usual, she came down just when the sun exchanged its place with the still transparent moon. And as usual, Taemin was on the other side of the river, hidden behind the cypress tree that had his name on, showing the territory here belongs to him only.
He did not know her name nor has he ever talked to her. But it felt like he knows everything about her just from the movements she made. The way she walked down the hillside, lifting up her hanbok a bit so that it doesn't get wet. She was elegant, yet childish. As soon as she reached the water, her eyes sparkled mirroring the glittery river. Then she'd carefully put the laundry out of her basket.
Was she real or not? Taemin didn't know, but he wished she wasn't. He wished they were both from a novel, main characters that are destined to be together.
2Jun (Doojoon/Junhyung)
BACK-ON - Colors
Stealing was not a problem for him. He learnt it as a kid and he had his own group of children that he divided the booty with. He'd get caught from time to time, but nothing serious would come out of it. They had to do this to live on and even the rich ones knew that, even if they weren't doing anything to help them.
There was this one kid that refused to steal and that bothered Doojoon. He looked thin, obviously on the verge of fainting out of hunger, but he wouldn't even take the food he offered him.
"It's stolen." Junhyung would retort, turning his head to the side. "I'm not like you."
Doojoon snorted. "World isn't black and white, y'know. I'm stealing because I want to survive, not because I'm bad."
het!DooSeob (Doojoon/Yoseob)
アリス九號. - h.a.n.a.b.i.
"It's so beautiful, isn't it, my lord?"
Doojoon didn't answer. He wasn't watching the fireworks sparkling above their heads, lighting up the castle and even the marketplace. People around them ceased their work, aweing and gazing at the colourful sky. It was lighting up the hearts of struggling poor people for a few seconds. But not Doojoon's.
Yoseon looked up to him for a while, lips parted in question. She was beautiful. Her slender neck, small face and dark, deep eyes. She was way too beautiful for him. Or so he would say to himself, trying to find a reason why can't he love her.
Finally he took in the colours exploding in the sky. They weren't half as beautiful as her. So why was his heart like this?
DooNew (Doojoon/Onew)
김현중 - 나는 네 남자야
Included in my story especially for kasayu kk
"Junhyung! Over here!" Waving his hand cheerfully, Doojoon jumped up and down on the stone bridge. He's been waiting over an hour for the scholars to come out of the main gate and he refused to miss the moment.
The called one noticed him and slowly made its way down the road, hesitantly followed by a sheepishly looking boy. Doojoon pretended to still wave at his friend, while his eyes seeked out the boy who followed Junhyung.
"Nice to see you again!" Even Doojoon wasn't sure whom did he said that sentence to. It should have been Junhyung, his friend from times they were both still poor and stealing food to survive. That world was now unknown to Junhyung, while he was still stuck struggling to live on.
And yet there was something that made him forget his troubles. "Nice to see you too, Kim Jinki-ssi." He bowed down in front of the other boy, making him slightly bow down as well. That left Doojoon perplexed and even more unsure about his feelings.
Lee family (Yoseon = Yoseob, Hyunsu = Hyunseung, Kikwang, Junhyung)
U-Kiss - 빙글빙글
"Why can't you sell me to some rich family too?" Yoseon retorted, hands crossed, eyes teary.
Hyunsu sighed, too tired to scold her daughter for being impudent against her parents. "Junhyung-oppa wasn't sold. Stop saying such nonsense."
"How else would he become a yangban's son? I want to be like that too so that I can marry the man I like!"
"Even if we could give you to a yangban's family, who would want such a disobedient daughter?" Hyunsu understood her troubles, but it couldn't be fixed so easily. Nothing in the world of a woman was easy. "You will grow up and forget your childish love. You will marry Yoon Doojoon and love him too, in a different way that is."
Kim family (Taemin, Gwiboon = Key, Jonghyun, Jinki)
L'arc~en~ciel - Cureless
Spinning around the room in circles didn't help his brain to work faster at all. Incredibly strong fear was burning down his whole body, making him unable to come up with a solution. It felt like the whole world's future rested on his shoulders and that height made him feel slow and tired. Jinki wasn't usually a quick thinker, but he did come up with something clever when he was given time. But that he lacked right now.
A door opening suddenly interrupted his turning ritual. It was his older brother, concerns carved in his face.
"You should go to bed already, Jinki."
Jinki bowed down to his brother obediently, stepping up to put out the candle's light. Before he did so, he turned back to Jonghyun. "Is there really no cure for Junhyung at all?"
"There are things that can't be rewritten. You can change your abilites and personality through studying, but you cannot change your origin."
OT11 (SHINee + B2ST)
After School - 너 때문에
Oh if they could be like those lotus leaves. If the rain bruising their backs and shoulders would leave them unharmed, growing strongly atop of the uncertain waters.
In the end it didn't matter whose fault their troubles were. They didn't have a solution, their futures were dark. So they needed to brace themselves, accept a fate that is floating above their heads and that cannot be changed no matter how hard they try. Doing that meant growing up.
But they did not want to grow up. Jinki did not want to give up Junhyung's potential. He did not want to forget the boy just because he was not worth recognizing due to his origin. Yoseon did not want to grow up side by side a man she doesn't love and who doesn't love her. Nor did Taemin want to forget a beauty that couldn't be described in books and that he wanted to possess so badly. Minho did not want to grow up realizing he hasn't done enough for his brother. Nor did his brother want to finally open eyes to the world to see he's been just a problem for everyone.
Becoming lotus leaves won't make them happier. Not until they grow up.
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"Lotus Leaves" is a working title for the fanfic. It's taken from a Korean poem (sijo) that I really loved ;A;
Fragile lotus leaves are swept with rain, but it makes no mark.
The rain comes harder, but the leaves remain unharmed.
Oh, that my mind were a lotus leaf, unstained by the world's strife.
- Jeong Cheol (1536 - 1593)
I really hope someone will actually read it when I start writing the whole thing, it ought to be long with all the characters and their stories x"D I haven't fully developed some of the characters yet, so this was rather from the beginnings of the fic (except for the Junhyung/Jinki, I have everything in mind about them already hehe)
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All right, lemme explain this. I wanted to use this drabble meme again to write a bit of my upcoming huge fanfic that I'm planning for like two months already orz
It's going to be a historical!AU with all members from SHINee and B2ST. The main couple will be crossover, Junhyung/Onew but there'll be lots more ㅋㅋ
I don't wanna spoil the story, so just a few important facts:
- SHINee are the yangbans, meaning the aristocracy while B2ST are the poor citizens x"D Except for Dongwoon but I'm not saying out his and Minho's story here, need to save something as surprise ke.
- There's the Lee family, Kikwang and girl Hyunseung (Hyunsu) married and girl Yoseob (Yoseon) being their daughter. Junhyung is Hyunsu's brother.
- Then there's the Kim family, Jonghyun and girl Key (Gwiboon) married and Taemin being their son. Again, Onew is Jonghyun's brother.
- Doojoon doesn't have any blood connection with the families, but he's in an arranged marriage with Yoseon.
- Dongwoon and Minho are brothers (Choi family), not saying more.
JuNew (Junhyung/Onew)
2AM - Because You Said No
Sun was setting behind their tired backs that were bent down out of exhaustion. The hunt took up whole day and the way back was rather gloomy. The rest of the company already left them, everyone heading into a different direction.
"I'll never understand what is so entertaining about running around through the woods, hunting down animals. It tires the horses, it tires us as well," Junhyung noted, gently stroking his horse's neck. It was sweating and he could hear the animal panting heavily.
Jinki didn't say anything to that, putting on that reflective expression again. A few moments later, he blurted out something not related at all: "Do you ever wonder how would our lives be if you weren't here?"
"No. Right minister took me up and I'm sure it was fate that made him do it. It's supposed to be like this."
het!JongKey (Jonghyun/Key - Gwiboon)
Super Junior - 진심 (All My Heart)
Examining the table with her sharp, unforgiving eyes, Gwiboon moved the tea set a few centimeters to the left. Now it was perfect.
Soon the door slided to the side, showing a silhoutte first and then Jonghyun himself, dressed up in festive hanbok. It felt uncomfortable as he hasn't wore it in a long time and now it was slighty more loose then before. It must have been chuseok that he had it on last time, but it seemed more like a decade passed since that.
"I'm glad you are back home again, dear," Gwiboon said, eyes fixed onto the ground, sitting properly with hands in lap.
Squatting in front of her, Jonghyun gently touched her chin so that she looked up to him.
"I promised I'll never leave you yet I had no other choice. But my heart has been here all this time."
het!KiSeung (Kikwang/Hyunseung - Hyunsu)
Super Junior - 미인아 (BONAMANA)
An egg came flying over, making Hyunsu dodge out just in the right time for it to land onto her arm only. It wasn't the first time they were rejected like this, but it hurt their pride nevertheless. It also made them lose a bit of the hope they were struggling so hard to have.
"You rascal!" rage took over him as Kikwang stepped forward to smack the culprit. "No one will throw eggs at my beautiful wife!"
Hyunsu meant to stop him - it will hard for them to come back to this city if he causes some trouble after all. But those words made her regain a bit of the lost pride. Giggling secrectly, she just stood there, watching Kikwang fight for her.
het!Taemin/Yoseob - Yoseon
B2ST - Fiction (Japanese version)
As usual, she came down just when the sun exchanged its place with the still transparent moon. And as usual, Taemin was on the other side of the river, hidden behind the cypress tree that had his name on, showing the territory here belongs to him only.
He did not know her name nor has he ever talked to her. But it felt like he knows everything about her just from the movements she made. The way she walked down the hillside, lifting up her hanbok a bit so that it doesn't get wet. She was elegant, yet childish. As soon as she reached the water, her eyes sparkled mirroring the glittery river. Then she'd carefully put the laundry out of her basket.
Was she real or not? Taemin didn't know, but he wished she wasn't. He wished they were both from a novel, main characters that are destined to be together.
2Jun (Doojoon/Junhyung)
BACK-ON - Colors
Stealing was not a problem for him. He learnt it as a kid and he had his own group of children that he divided the booty with. He'd get caught from time to time, but nothing serious would come out of it. They had to do this to live on and even the rich ones knew that, even if they weren't doing anything to help them.
There was this one kid that refused to steal and that bothered Doojoon. He looked thin, obviously on the verge of fainting out of hunger, but he wouldn't even take the food he offered him.
"It's stolen." Junhyung would retort, turning his head to the side. "I'm not like you."
Doojoon snorted. "World isn't black and white, y'know. I'm stealing because I want to survive, not because I'm bad."
het!DooSeob (Doojoon/Yoseob)
アリス九號. - h.a.n.a.b.i.
"It's so beautiful, isn't it, my lord?"
Doojoon didn't answer. He wasn't watching the fireworks sparkling above their heads, lighting up the castle and even the marketplace. People around them ceased their work, aweing and gazing at the colourful sky. It was lighting up the hearts of struggling poor people for a few seconds. But not Doojoon's.
Yoseon looked up to him for a while, lips parted in question. She was beautiful. Her slender neck, small face and dark, deep eyes. She was way too beautiful for him. Or so he would say to himself, trying to find a reason why can't he love her.
Finally he took in the colours exploding in the sky. They weren't half as beautiful as her. So why was his heart like this?
DooNew (Doojoon/Onew)
김현중 - 나는 네 남자야
Included in my story especially for kasayu kk
"Junhyung! Over here!" Waving his hand cheerfully, Doojoon jumped up and down on the stone bridge. He's been waiting over an hour for the scholars to come out of the main gate and he refused to miss the moment.
The called one noticed him and slowly made its way down the road, hesitantly followed by a sheepishly looking boy. Doojoon pretended to still wave at his friend, while his eyes seeked out the boy who followed Junhyung.
"Nice to see you again!" Even Doojoon wasn't sure whom did he said that sentence to. It should have been Junhyung, his friend from times they were both still poor and stealing food to survive. That world was now unknown to Junhyung, while he was still stuck struggling to live on.
And yet there was something that made him forget his troubles. "Nice to see you too, Kim Jinki-ssi." He bowed down in front of the other boy, making him slightly bow down as well. That left Doojoon perplexed and even more unsure about his feelings.
Lee family (Yoseon = Yoseob, Hyunsu = Hyunseung, Kikwang, Junhyung)
U-Kiss - 빙글빙글
"Why can't you sell me to some rich family too?" Yoseon retorted, hands crossed, eyes teary.
Hyunsu sighed, too tired to scold her daughter for being impudent against her parents. "Junhyung-oppa wasn't sold. Stop saying such nonsense."
"How else would he become a yangban's son? I want to be like that too so that I can marry the man I like!"
"Even if we could give you to a yangban's family, who would want such a disobedient daughter?" Hyunsu understood her troubles, but it couldn't be fixed so easily. Nothing in the world of a woman was easy. "You will grow up and forget your childish love. You will marry Yoon Doojoon and love him too, in a different way that is."
Kim family (Taemin, Gwiboon = Key, Jonghyun, Jinki)
L'arc~en~ciel - Cureless
Spinning around the room in circles didn't help his brain to work faster at all. Incredibly strong fear was burning down his whole body, making him unable to come up with a solution. It felt like the whole world's future rested on his shoulders and that height made him feel slow and tired. Jinki wasn't usually a quick thinker, but he did come up with something clever when he was given time. But that he lacked right now.
A door opening suddenly interrupted his turning ritual. It was his older brother, concerns carved in his face.
"You should go to bed already, Jinki."
Jinki bowed down to his brother obediently, stepping up to put out the candle's light. Before he did so, he turned back to Jonghyun. "Is there really no cure for Junhyung at all?"
"There are things that can't be rewritten. You can change your abilites and personality through studying, but you cannot change your origin."
OT11 (SHINee + B2ST)
After School - 너 때문에
Oh if they could be like those lotus leaves. If the rain bruising their backs and shoulders would leave them unharmed, growing strongly atop of the uncertain waters.
In the end it didn't matter whose fault their troubles were. They didn't have a solution, their futures were dark. So they needed to brace themselves, accept a fate that is floating above their heads and that cannot be changed no matter how hard they try. Doing that meant growing up.
But they did not want to grow up. Jinki did not want to give up Junhyung's potential. He did not want to forget the boy just because he was not worth recognizing due to his origin. Yoseon did not want to grow up side by side a man she doesn't love and who doesn't love her. Nor did Taemin want to forget a beauty that couldn't be described in books and that he wanted to possess so badly. Minho did not want to grow up realizing he hasn't done enough for his brother. Nor did his brother want to finally open eyes to the world to see he's been just a problem for everyone.
Becoming lotus leaves won't make them happier. Not until they grow up.
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"Lotus Leaves" is a working title for the fanfic. It's taken from a Korean poem (sijo) that I really loved ;A;
Fragile lotus leaves are swept with rain, but it makes no mark.
The rain comes harder, but the leaves remain unharmed.
Oh, that my mind were a lotus leaf, unstained by the world's strife.
- Jeong Cheol (1536 - 1593)
I really hope someone will actually read it when I start writing the whole thing, it ought to be long with all the characters and their stories x"D I haven't fully developed some of the characters yet, so this was rather from the beginnings of the fic (except for the Junhyung/Jinki, I have everything in mind about them already hehe)