Bad Guy// BTS x Stray Kids

Artificial Blond

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An expert from the diary of possible suspect and victim, Hwang Hyunjin.

Dear Diary,

Wow, I'm really sounding cliché, huh? People should really come up with better ways to start diaries; maybe an 'oh my gAwd you won't believe what happened today' or a 'dearest pieces of dead tree tied together by pieces of sheep skin'... scratch that, dear diary is okay.

My name's Hwang Hyunjin. I don't know why you need to know that, since you aren't alive, and anyone reading this is a creep.

My friends had the 'genius' idea of visiting this island for our summer holidays. We just finished our A-levels [A/N: They're about 18] and felt like we needed a break, so I agreed. God knows how Minho got the money, but I'm not passing up a free holiday. You'd be crazy to do that. So right now, I'm in the plane on my way to this tiny island off the coast of Yeosu. The flight's quite late so my little light is on to write this, which makes me feel slightly self-conscious since everyone else's light is decidedly off. The babies have stopped crying (thank god) and their mothers are snoring away, and I'm starting to think that maybe the only ones awake right now are the overweight man beside me and me myself.

This diary thing was not my idea. Let me make that clear. I don't take pride in writing all of my thoughts and feelings down. I'm more of a 'bottle it up' kind of guy. It's certainly not the best approach to dealing with things, but it's worked for me my whole life. In fact, the only reason I'm writing this sort of thing down is because Dr Liu made me. Happy now, Liu?

The reasons for her decision aren't something I feel like writing down on a tiny plane, especially when the guy next to me keeps reading this. I don't think he understands Korean, so I can tell you that I have named him 'the balding eagle' for his very red and very devoid of hair head. Honestly though, that man is annoying me. A minute ago, he asks me if I'm a Kpop star. 10 seconds later, he swears he saw me in one of his daughter's (and I quote) 'Asian drama thingies'. I think he meant a Kdrama. He probably doesn't understand this but I'd rather not, you know?

Anyway, the flight isn't very long so I'll be there in about an hour I guess? This really cute guy is sitting next to me on the other side and he's completely knocked out. That's fine by me, I have no problem listening to my music while I write in my little feelings book. His head's leaning on my shoulder, which I don't mind because I'm not going to lie - he looks adorable. Chan is basically dead to the world on the row behind, and I wouldn't be surprised if he started a new acapella career entitled "the volcanic snores of a loud Australian". I swear, I'm going to get a burst eardrum one of these days.

Since a name probably isn't enough, maybe I should describe what I look like. Dr Liu says I need to fill up about a page, and apparently it'll help me cope. I don't have much to write, so this should do the job. I'm 19, for starters. My hair's honey brown - you know the kind that's somewhere between blonde and brown? It's not naturally like that, but I like it that way. I'd like to say I'm pretty tall, but that's in comparison to the rest of my friends. Compared to the general public, I'm average at best. Add in an oversized shirt (preferably striped) and ladies and gentlemen, Hwang Hyunjin at your service.

I might ditch this now. The balding eagle has finally stopped looking at my book. We're landing in 20 minutes anyways.

Well, until next time.
-Hwang Hyunjin
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A telephone call between Hwang Hyunjin and Doctor Liu upon arrival:

Hwang: Hey Liu!
Dr. Liu: Hyunjin? What do you want?
Hwang: Nothing much, can't a guy talk to his favourite therapist?
*Dr. Liu laughs*
Dr. Liu: How's the diary going?
Hwang: I mean I'm doing it, but that doesn't mean I think it's gonna do anything.
Dr. Liu: Just keep doing as I instructed. How's the other thing going?
Hwang: What, you mean...? [unintelligible]
Dr.Liu: Yes. That.
Hwang: Okay, I guess? Better than earlier at least.
Noise on Hwang's line - people
Hwang: Look, I've got to go.
Dr. Liu: Remember what we talked about last session
Hwang: Yeah, yeah. Bye
Hwang hangs up.
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