・❥ resort center

@♡ blinded_lamb ᵍᵃʸᵒᵘⁿᵍ she remembered his name, but who could forget his name when he so clearly looked into her eyes and chanted her name like a spell during their previous encounter: gayoung, gayoung, gayoung. likewise, he wouldn't forget her name nor face again. how could he? as he casted his spell, it was him who was enchanted by the fierce brown eyes of gayoung, gayoung, gayoung. who would have known fate would give him an excuse to say hello as she lounged before him on the chair he'd claimed for himself, dressed to be kissed by the sun. (RYU SUNJAE!! RYU SUNJAE!! RYU SUNJAE!!)

before he could utter a word out about the bright shirt fluttering behind her on her lounge chair or how he would quickly get out of her hair, wooseok was surprised to hear gayoung interject with a proposition to protect her body (with sunscreen), essentially asking him to put his hands all over her body. had she misunderstood his intentions for approaching her? or did he come off as someone subservient? regardless of her intentions, her offer had rendered him absolutely speechless.

wooseok, first and foremost an esteemed marine investigator, was acutely aware of the eyes who watched him. subordinates who looked up to him as a senior, a nation which would scrutinize his every move, and, most importantly, his sweet beautiful mother who would put every televised frame of him into a scrapbook if she could. the unchaste image of his hands rubbing over this woman's bare skin could easily find its way onto television screens across the country, or worse, plastered all over tiktok and social media. he couldn't afford to look like a lustful little simp boy in front of the entire internet. no, no, he needed to set an example as, not only a superior, but as a public servant to be respectful and exert self control in the palm of temptation.

the choice for wooseok was obvious. he took one look at the way her swimwear hugged tight around her curves with every inch of her exposed skin inviting the rays of the summer sun to kiss her golden. there was no way he could be tempted by such a sight, he was stronger than that, but then his eyes landed on her hypnotizing gaze as she flashed her dark brown eyes behind her sunglasses and he was compelled to say, "well, we can't have you burning in this heat, can we?" he snatched the bottle of sunscreen from her hand against his will and motioned her to expose her back to him first, ordering her, "turn over." so much for an esteemed investigator, wooseok was no better than any other man.

@♡ blinded_tanuki ʷᵒᵒˢᵉᵒᵏ frail nothings fail to hold her interest in the company of strangers huddled in the sharehouse pool pretending to adore each other's presence. it begins with a person's awful joke, picked up by the eager participant beside them who aims to catch their attention by laughing rambunctiously, and before you know, a perfect picture of individuals in harmony comes into play. she wanted none of that, not when she had secrets to keep and words to repress.

so with a swift decision did she carry her straw beach bag packed with her handy essentials, making her way towards the resort center where peace awaits. that was until she was greeted by occupied lounge chairs, leaving the only unoccupied space her only target. little did she know that the burden of taking part in introductory conversations or small talk, as one would call it, followed her in the form of a rather charming participant that she had been sharing glances with for a couple of days now. "that's impossible now that you're catching them for me instead." she briefly replies, acknowledging the shadows cast towards her by his towering form—admittedly a sight one would kill for.

"wooseok, right?" her lithe fingers hold onto the temple of her sunnies to take a good look at the man before her. "listen, i was in a hurry to leave the sharehouse. since you're already shielding me from the sun, do you mind extending that protection to my body?" her eyes regard him with subtle sincerity and trust, perceiving the male as someone harmless based on what he has shown her from passing encounters they have shared. "well?" she raises her hand now holding a bottle of sunscreen, giving him the choice to take it or otherwise.

@♡ blinded_lamb ᵍᵃʸᵒᵘⁿᵍ summer had officially arrived with the heat of the blazing sun rivaling the sweltering heat of a certain man: a marine investigator, wooseok, who was in his natural habitat in the water. the cool pool water embraced him like a lover's caress, each through the liquid silk vanquished the summer heat as he danced endlessly through the cerulean depths.

he hadn't intended on staying in the pool so long, but time slipped through his fingers in the water's embrace. before he knew it, someone had taken the lounge chair where he had hung his flamboyantly bright hawaiian shirt, his cell phone face-up and unlocked on the side table beside it. "ope, lemme get that out of her way," he murmured with a simper as he swam toward the stranger who turned out not so strange at all, but a contestant like himself.

rising from the water dripping wet, droplets clung to his sculpted form, catching the sunlight and transforming into a myriad of sparkling jewels as he approached her with a dimpled smile that stretched across his face. his tall figure shielded her from the sun as he greeted, "funny running into you here, catching some rays?"

@♡ blinded_tiger ˡᶦˢᵃ "i forgot the tigress actually pounces. oof, there you go!" returning the tight embrace while in a fit of laughter, soojung regards the woman with a fondness for her ability to make something as daunting as lingerie shopping sound exciting. "lisa, i've never worn any of those things." there was a hint of shyness in her confession, and soojung swore she felt her cheeks blush with embarrassment, yet she was appreciative of her dear friend's effort to help her get in touch with an unfamiliar physical manifestation of her self-esteem: uality. "i trust you! just don't get me like a string or something... i am not prepared to look like a secondhand reincarnation of eve." linking her arms with the other, she gestures towards the center, "shall we? we don't want to keep your man waiting for his present."

@♡ blinded_doveᶠ no matter how the situation might have been perceived, it was easy to guess that lisa was intent on stirring things up. but if it meant spicing up some good times for someone so near and dear to her, then who was she to deny embodying the devil in disguise nestling so diligently atop of dove’s shoulder? honing its entirety with a red sundress, white sneakers, and some black sunnies, the smile on her face grew ever so wide as soon as her steps brought her close enough to the woman of the hour. ambushing her with a tight embrace, lisa was quick to exclaim, “babeeees, are you excited? because i know i am! i hope you’ve been thinking about what to get, because today we’re not holding back!”

@♡ blinded_tiger ˡᶦˢᵃ clad in a navy blue, linen button-front crop tank, white linen shorts, and tan slides, soojung stood cluelessly by the entrance of the resort center as she waited for lisa—today’s perpetrator of a rather perplexing adventure. unfortunately for the little dove, last night’s eventful hullabaloo was not enough to challenge her sanity. never did it occur to her that lingerie shopping would be an activity she would participate in, especially in a dating show. “i think i’m gonna throw up,” she mutters, quickly getting a whiff of her herbal inhaler to keep the hangover away and perhaps, the excuses she would make later on when she meets her soon-to-be husband while she holds onto what her beloved tiger would call a murder weapon.