Kinetic

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At night, Byun Baekhyun roams the city as a masked vigilante under the moniker Kinese, hunting tirelessly for his brother’s murderer. And all the while trying to stay two steps ahead of Elektra, fellow vigilante with a pain-in-the- ideology that she keeps on trying to shove down his throat. 

During the day, he’s a sleep-deprived third year university student balancing two headache-inducing majors and running on way too much caffeine to be healthy. Sleep is a luxury, obviously. Not a necessity.

When Baekhyun’s forced to relocate after he accidentally gets his favourite cafe burnt down, he’s left trying to figure out whether or not he can slap dating onto his to-do list as well because the barista at his new haunt is awfully cute.

 

Foreword

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for dinjin's writing contest (click the banner to be redirected!) 

because the word limit is 10k, i'm hoping that this means i literally cannot turn this into 40 chapters. i hope not. 

the lovely cover and background was done by mwymaew (click the banner to be redirected!)

reviewed by daisy review shop (click the banner to be redirected!)

also reviewed by lust review shop, thank u so much!! 

the prompts (i think) i will be using: 

#037: “this isn't just chemistry. it's the whole periodic table.” ―ghost of you

 

#046: “only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.” —stephen king

 

#050: “there are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.” ―sabaa tahir, an ember in the ashes

 

#055: “there is no such thing as justice, all the best that we can hope for is revenge.” ―emilie autumn

 

some little notes:

- i'm still debating whether this'll be split into chapters or one smack huge chapter, so we shall see? either way, i'll be completing it before uploading, be it 4 chapters one 1. it is 5 chapters!

- will be written from baekhyun and eunju's pov; 3rd person, present tense

- will be under 10k words. or literally 10k, on the dot. let's see if i'm capable!

- so it's kind of a mix between a cafe-meet-cute and vigilante!au and another that i will not disclose at this time :')

- inspired by spiderman if you can't tell, and also miraculous ladybug. if you've watched the show you'll know lmaooo

 

here's some of my other fics if you want to check them out!

 

cutlass - baekhyun x oc, pirate!au, fantasy, action, romance, angst, completed

 

x marks the spot - sequel to cutlass, baekhyun x oc, jongdae x oc, pirate!au, fantasy, action, romance, angst, completed

 

prodigy - prequel to cutlass, baekhyun centric, coming of age, fantasy, ongoing

 

message in a bottle - baekhyun x oc, model!au, bakery!au, romcom, ongoing

 

every frayed edge - jongdae x oc, highschool!au, slice of life, coming of age, angst, healing, hurt and comfort, ongoing

 

crescendo - baekhyun x oc, university!au, orchestra!au, healing, hurt and comfort, romance, completed

 

on angels' wings - baekhyun x oc, angel!au, slice of life, hurt and comfort, healing, coming of age, romance, angst, completed

 

windwalker - kyungsoo x oc, prince!au, assassin!au, fantasy, action, adventure, romance, ongoing

 

fire to ash - chanyeol x oc, king!au, romance, angst, completed

 

 

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_Nora_0607 905 streak #1
Chapter 5: Wait that’s it? I expected more but it’s okay.
Revenge cannot make you happy rather it makes you more miserable.
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Chapter 4: <span class='smalltext text--lighter'>Comment on <a href='/story/view/1495635/4'>Part IV: The Art of Self-...</a></span>
It’s sad but I’m still hopeful that everything will get sorted out
_Nora_0607 905 streak #3
Chapter 3: This is amazing
_Nora_0607 905 streak #4
Chapter 2: Never even in my dreams I would have thought Elektra was eunju
luv_kero 2435 streak #5
Chapter 5: omg im crying nooooo breadboy don't be sad :'(

And I think one reason why some people are SO pessimistic is because they're afraid of being let down, of their hopes being dashed to pieces. So it's just easier to assume the worst and never be let down by any expectations. :( And it breaks my heart to know that both Baekhyun and Eunju are suffering so much right now, especially since neither of them wanted this. T^T

also i love jongdae so much
he's literally the BEST best friend a person could ever have
pls be my best friend, jongdae :')

But ahhhh, my anxiety is SPIKING with every mention of Hwang Chisoo and the timer ticking down to the deadline. x___x Because who knows what that piece of garbage has planned and I feel like Baekhyun is so overwhelmed by his emotions right now, so it'll be easier for Hwang Chisoo to goad him into any traps that he's probably set. >___> And omg, SO MANY BOMB ATTACKS. THAT IS TERRIFYING. Q___Q THIS GUY IS ACTUALLY PSYCHO.

BUT AHHH, ELEKTRA CAME!! I knew she wouldn't be able to let Kinese go ahead without confronting him first. :') And I love that she chose not to use the voice-changer, that she wanted to talk to him as Eunju. She's human too, even with her powers, and she's still the same girl Baekhyun knew and loved before the big reveal. But omg, nooooo, all of Baekhyun's self-loathing is hurting me as well. ;~; Seeing him internally fall apart like this is breaking my heart into smithereens and I'm crying inside for him, because he's just so HURT by everything and he doesn't deserve to be in such pain. T^T

And oh my god, I love the points that Eunju brought up. They're so profound and I don't think I've ever deeply thought of revenge being a paradox like that. It's absolutely fascinating and I think the world would be a much better place if people weren't so blinded by NEEDING revenge, especially when it does just bring more hurt to everyone involved. :'( And ahhhh, the way that Eunju validated Baekhyun's feelings while still trying to steer him away from hurting himself even more got me MESSED UP. He's so lucky to have her and I'm just so relieved that they've reached this level of understanding before Baekhyun hurt himself even more. >___<

ALSO, QUEEN OF SUBVERTING EXPECTATIONS!! I really thought they'd confront Hwang Chisoo in the end, but I LOVE how the focus at the end was on Eunju helping Baekhyun take his first steps to healing himself instead. SCREW HWANG CHISOO ANYWAY. HE DOESN'T DESERVE ANY SCREENTIME, HAHA. But yeah, I'm SO happy and proud of Eunju for understanding and helping Baekhyun when he needed someone most, and of Baekhyun for allowing himself to accept help from someone he felt was against him since it's too easy to keep those blinders on and self-sabotage yourself. It was painful, but incredibly cathartic and necessary for both of them, and I know they'll be able to heal with each other's support after all of this. :')

i love this so much and how much thought you put into it and how you were able to make it flow so well, even within the word count constraints, and i hope breadboy and eunju live happily ever after this and now i miss breadboy even more and ahhhhh we still have over half a yr left until he returns but at least we have his sporadic tweets to hold onto while we wait :') but anyway YOU ARE THE BEST ILYSM AND THIS WAS ANOTHER FANTASTIC STORY FROM YOU AND I BOW DOWN TO YOUR GREATNESS!!
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