Pure Imagination (Solo Leveling)

Lava Cake

The world doesn't stop turning, no matter how much people sometimes wished it did. Even though across the sea, South Korea's 10th S Rank is destroying the Giants with his Shadows, the world cannot stop and watch. It cannot pause and give the people a break, just so they can watch this massacre.

All they could do was put the news on the background, and carve enough time out of their day to watch it.

That didn't mean South Korea stopped their own broadcasting.

Breaking News: S Rank Hunter Sung Jin Woo and S Rank Hunter Min Matsuno Yuki Spotted Sharing a Kiss Outside Hunter's Association Doors

Yuki, Jin Ah, and Kyung He stared at the picture of him and Jin Woo sharing a small kiss before Jin Woo got in his van. The back of Yuki's hair was stark white against Jin Woo's black hair, and Yuki didn't realize just how small he looked next to Jin Woo.

"I didn't realize that this was Newsworthy." Kyung He tilted her head, "Was this not a public relationship?"

"Well, it is now." Jin Ah couldn't stop laughing and Yuki stared blankly at the television screen. His cheeks flaming even though his face was impassive as he watched how the reporter talked about how they were sighted.

'It was already speculated that Sung Jin Woo-ssi was in a relationship with a man, pictures taken a month ago of him with who appears to be Min Matsuno Yuki, the now newly declared 11th S Rank of South Korea.'

Jin Ah stopped laughing when photo's from that blog, the one fucking blog that ruined Yuki's cafe, appeared once more on the television. Although not as intimate as the one of them kissing, it was still a bit embarrassing to see himself on the screen pressing against Jin Woo.

"Was 'the man' part necessary?" The high school girl bit out, irritation in her voice as the News droned on and on about it. Yuki's phone vibrated, and when he looked at the message he smiled, 'Congratulations.' It was from Hunter Cha Hae In.

He sent a quick 'thank you' text as well as an invitation to grab coffee. He didn't expect a 'yes' reply so quickly. Standing from the table, he grabbed his plate, Kyung He's, and Jin Ah's and made his way to the kitchen. Jin Ah was grumbling about how the News couldn't have picked another topic to talk about, while Kyung He shook her head at her daughter's exaggerated facial expressions.

Yuki wiped the food off the plate in the trash, and then began washing the dishes. Kyung He no longer trying to fight him about the chore, used to the young man taking on some of the household chores whenever he visited. She had asked Jin Ah when she first woke up, if Jin Ah and Jin Woo made Yuki do all the house chores. Her daughter's red face and spluttering didn't shock her.

"He helped out in the beginning, but then Jin Woo and I got the hang of it."

Kyung He shook her head, a sigh on her lips and Jin Ah changed the channel. This one now shows what is going on in Japan. The sound of urgency and chaos echoed throughout the apartment, and a Japanese reporter frantically yelled into the mic as shadows and giants fought in the back.

Yuki peeked out of the kitchen to watch Igris decapitate a giant. 'Too much blood, too much blood.' He returned his attention to the task at hand, which was figuring out when he and Cha Hae In wanted to meet and where. He has learned over the two days he's been an S Rank, that there are certain places that are 'safe' for S Ranks.

In other words, places that don't allow paparazzis in or have private rooms. Being an S Rank means you have influence, and wherever you go people are going to look into it. They will dig up. Every. Little. Thing about the place you visited, ate at, shopped, took a picture in front of to dissect it and criticize you. If the place has an iffy background, even if you do not of it, congratulations you are now associated with that place and their old views.