lovely i'll have you know that i HADNT thought of them before cuz i got real busy with my irl stuff but every single time i looked at your ask all i could think about is bratty hyune slashing and swirling his sword infront of chans face tryna intimidate him and them two getting into duels / sparring each other and getting all agitated and hot and bothered by each other. chan using heavier swords and hyune maybe dual wielding with much lighter ones, their fighting styles entirely different, their forms entirely different, chan insisting on discipline and proper etiquette while hyune is an opportunity grabber, never afraid to play dirty if he gets that final blow, that kill shot. that's why he's good at his job, being an assassin doesn't necessarily mean he has to win every fight, be stronger than his opponent, but instead he just needs to land one clean, fatal blow. and he's swift, good at looking for weaknesses. that's why he sees through the cracks in chan's facade, sees the elitist pride he has and knows he lowkey looks down upon hyunjin for being younger, less experienced in martial arts and more carefree and still having minho's favour. and he sees the internal battle chan fights every time hyunjin is hurt when he returns home from one of his missions, or bleeds in one of their sparring matches. he sees the way chan has to hold himself back from showing his concern, from caring for hyune. he sees the way chan's fingers twitch in anticipation, just short of holding hyunjin's body when they meet at night under the guise of a fight.

anyway i took that and ran away with it, thank you for making me think of them LOL