Ante Mortem

Description

Time is a luxury and we only know how precious it is when we lose it.

It's the same for Jonghyun, Minjung, Kibum and Taemin who are all staring Death in the eyes, wishing they had more time. 

In a world where you're doomed from birth and where your numbers are written on your wrist lies legends of a mysterious creature that watches over Earth and makes sure it never stops. 

 

Foreword

  

 

Ohoy.

Ante Mortem is a long-term project of mine. I cannot tell you a time-line, though, even if I wish to. I just hope you can look behind the long-term and will follow me nonetheless. 

 

This story is inspired by some wild brainstorming I did and I'm still pretty surprised I came up with it, to be honest. Anyway, this is just rambling. 

 

Ante Mortem is latin and means before death and it holds an importance to the storyline so see if you can guess what exactly is supposed to happen before death.

 

Do read the warnings because they are there for a reason. If you have unpleasant memories with homo- or transphobia, please consider reading this story again. 

 

You might have noticed that there are a few pairings crossing as well such as Minjung and Kibum having two different partners. Just roll with that. It's going to be fine. 

 

Short explanation on the universe: 

Every person is born with a number on their wrist. This number is called the hour count and it counts down the hours before a person's death. 

An hour count can be affected by different things such as accidents, bad decisions, good decisions and so on. It can go from 400.000 to 0 in a heartbeat, however, it cannot exceed the number it was at birth. 

A child with an hour count of 35.040 hours (= 4 years) will die when they're 4 no matter what the parents do to alter the hour count. (The child can die before their 4th year as well but they cannot turn older than 4). 

Legends in this universe speaks of a creature, the personification of Time, that can alter hour counts and grant a person more life. 

 

Anyway, I hope you'll follow. Please do comment if you read. They mean everything to me. ^-^

// Kim Minji


THE AVERAGE LIFE IS 700.000 HOURS

 

 


 

ante mortem
 

written by kim minji
 

characters

           * Lee Jinki
           * Kim jonghyun
           * kim kibum
           * choi minjung
           * lee taemin

 

pairings

           * minkey
           * jongkey
           * 2min

 

genre

           * fantasy
           * angst
           * romance

 

warnings

* terminal illness
* homophobia
* Transphobia
* Crimes

 

contains

* genderbended characters
* polyamorous relationships
* trans characters
* Non-binary characters
* Genderneutral pronouns

 

copyright belongs to missminew and this story must not be redistributed  or translated without my permission.
 

credits

           * Shin-oppa / poster
           * style-ran (color house) / former poster

 

 

 

 



 

 

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Cereal_Shipper #1
Chapter 2: I am so late to comment this ! Sorry (>.<)
I just thought back of your blog post about sad endings there because that's only the first chapter and BAM Kibum has a cancer
I love Kibum and Minjung's relationship (;-;) they're so different but it works !
"Jonghyun is also on the right side of the law." HA ! If you knew, Kibum... Will he, btw ? Will he find out about Jonghyun ?
Holy , losing 2 years for one kill is A LOT ! (Am I saying two years a heavy price to pay for taking an innocent life... Okay, I think it's because the hitman is Jonghyun ! Jonghyun ♥ and I feel sympathy for hitmen because of Leon: the Professional...)
Okay, I don't want to be rude but Minjung kinda seems like an arrogant in that part with her family... Although I know she isn't like that at all, but reading that just gave me that impression... I don't like the way she speaks about the maids and all :') Like hey, I get that they're working there on their own free will while she feels trapped in her situation but it's not an excuse to be rude to everyone young Lady ! (do I sound like her mother there omg no I hate that woman)
Can I say that Taemin's parents are mean and I hate them ? Because they're mean and I hate them. A lot. I hate them a lot.
Also, poor Taeminnie lost his scholarship (;-;) I wanna give him a hug ♥
Okay, Minjung and Taemin are really cute together. Just saying (;-;)
I WANT MORE OF JINKI ! I can't wait to see him interact with the others (;-;)
I can't wait for the next chapter, Minji ! :D ♥
-roselynn-
#2
Wow this sounds absolutely amazing! I don't read SHINee fics often, but I just had to subscribe to follow this! I'll be looking forward to reading this when I got the time to -- also expect comment spam from me.
Cereal_Shipper #3
Chapter 1: You updated ! :D
Well, you already know what I think about this anyway but... I still think it's amazing (*-*) and I can't wait for the next chapter !
Cereal_Shipper #4
You created the story ! :D