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birdie-vhs · 3 months ago

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彡you just had to ruin it like that

pairing' moonbin x reader

genre' fluff, non idol au

wc' 3.5k

warnings' brothers best friend trope, mentions of drinking

song rec' somethin' stupid by frank sinatra

a/n' i feel very soft and squishy after writing this

“You have got to be kidding me.”

Every year on New Year’s Eve, your family would go on a trip to stay at your grandparent’s beach house for the holiday. Even though you and your brother were now in university and living away from home, It was always your favorite few days of the year- a time where you, your parents, and your older brother could relax in peace. A time without any of your brothers annoying friends somehow finding a way to show up and ruin your peace and quiet.

“Come on, it’s his last holiday here before he goes to grad school overseas.”

Unfortunately this year, your brother had decided to invite his best friend, Moon Bin. You didn’t hate Bin. Quite the opposite, actually. You’d had a crush on him for nearly as long as you could remember. Him and your brother were two years older than you, and while you and your brother were practically best friends, Bin acted like it was his life’s personal mission to annoy the hell out of you every time you saw each other. After they graduated high school, he and your brother opted to go to a university together closer to home, while two years later, you went for one a few cities away. Your brother was a little bit hurt that you didn’t want to go to the same university as him, but to be honest, you just didn’t want to be around Bin.

“All the more reason for him to stay with his family.” The last thing you wanted at the moment was to be cooped up in a small secluded house next to the ocean with him. Honestly, you thought you’d gotten over your little crush on him when you first went off to university. You’d made your own friends, dated around, and started living your own life. But when your brother brought up bringing his closest friend on your vacation, your heart dropped into your stomach.

“Why are you being such a pill about this? I thought Bin was your favorite of my friends.” You and your brother were outside your house, putting your family’s various luggage in the back of your parents' minivan.

“Well, yeah. But that’s not really saying much. Besides, you kinda sprung this on me last minute.” You tossed your small suitcase into the trunk next to the bag of various sugary snacks and booze that your brother had packed, and your parents certainly hadn’t approved of.

“Dude, you’re acting like I invited your arch nemesis. You haven’t even seen him in like, almost three years. I mean, I know he used to pick on you a bit, but you were no better.” Your brother sat down on the edge of the trunk, pulling the hood of his sweatshirt over his head.

“Yeah, I know. I don’t know, maybe it’s just because we’ve never brought anyone else on this trip before.” You stuffed your hands in your pockets and sat down next to your brother.

“Well either way, he’ll be here any minute, and then we’ll be off.”

Your parents came out of the house, bundled up in thick coats and scarves to fend against the biting December air. As much as you loved your yearly trip to the beach, it was always so cold on the coast.

Your family were all gathered outside by the car as Bin pulled up in an Uber. He stepped out and grabbed his bag. Your mother cheered and rushed towards him, pulling him into a warm embrace, which he returned with a big smile. Your father patted Bin on the back as he approached the van. Your parents always treated him as their own.

Your brother folded down the back row of seats so Bin could fit his luggage in with the rest of yours, and you internally groaned as you realized that the three of you would have to squish together in the middle seats.

You all settled into the car and were on the highway, you squished between your brother and his giant of a best friend, headphones on, trying to ignore the fact that Bin’s knee was so close to your own, his leg was practically on top of yours.

After two painfully awkward (at least for you) hours in the car, you were finally pulling up to the beach house. You stepped outside of the car, taking your first deep breath in hours, the cold air almost painfully filling your lungs. You stared up at your grandparents house that you’ve spent every New Year’s of the past 20 years in, letting out a quiet laugh as you remembered all the mischief you and your brother used to get into during those days.

You walked around to the back of the van to grab your suitcase out of the trunk, only to find Bin standing there, holding it out for you, his backpack slung over one shoulder. You mumbled out a quiet “thanks” as you took the handle from him. The two of you started up towards the house, trailing behind your parents in an awkward silence. Bin turned his head towards you and started to open his mouth before your brother came barreling at you two from behind, slinging an arm over each of your shoulders.

“You two ready to get fucked up tonight?” He giggled, referring to the several bottles of alcohol that he had brought in his bag. You and Bin shared an amused glance before you ascended the long staircase up to the house, hoisting your suitcase up with you. You probably should’ve brought a backpack.

“I think I’ll pass.” You sighed as you lugged up the stairs. “I’ve got to finish a paper before I go back to campus in a few days.”

“You know, you’ve somehow gotten less fun since you started uni.” Your brother huffed. You rolled your eyes at him as you continued to struggle with your suitcase. Bin, seemingly tired of your huffing and puffing, wordlessly took the suitcase from your hands, leaving you dumbfounded as he and your brother continued up the stairs. You stared in shock at how easily Bin carried your heavy suitcase, and you came to the sudden realization that he looked much more broad than the last time you saw him.

You shook your head as if to clear it and rushed up the stairs to catch up to the two boys.

Once you’d all gotten settled into the house and claimed your bedrooms, you and your mother got started on dinner. You’d gotten started on chopping and peeling various vegetables for the stew your mom always made on New Years, when none other than Bin sidled up to you, leaning on the counter, observing your hands as they peeled a potato.

You glared at him through the corner of your eye as you continued peeling the potato in your hands. You could practically hear the smug look on his face as he leaned just a little closer. You sighed in frustration and set the potato and peeler down, turning to face Bin, who was smirking at you. “Can I help you?”

He rolled his eyes and poked you in the side, causing you to jump back a bit, which allowed him to stand where you were and take your place chopping and peeling vegetables.

“Just as annoying as I remember you.” You sighed and crossed your arms, leaning on the counter as Bin had done previously. You watched Bin as he chopped the now peeled potato, and you realized now that he’d rolled the sleeves of his sweater up, that your previous observation of him being broader than before had been nothing short of an understatement. He was ripped. You supposed your brother had been dragging Bin to the gym with him since they started university. You couldn’t take your eyes off his arms as they flexed while he chopped. You could see his muscles working, veins popping out, but his skin still looked so soft-

You glanced up at Bin’s face to see him looking down at you smugly. You quickly turned your head away from him so he wouldn’t see your reddening face. You heard him chuckle from behind you and the scraping of the knife as he discarded the potato peels into the trash.

“So…” You turned to face him again as he spoke, but you deliberately avoided looking at his arms. “It’s been a while. How’ve you been?”

“I’ve been alright. Living life, you know?”

He nodded as he started on a carrot, not before rolling up the sleeve of his sweater a little bit higher, causing you to glance down at it. You could see him smirk again.

“That’s good. You made many friends yet?”

“A few.”

“They haven’t figured out how annoying you are yet?”

You rolled your eyes and lightly smacked his bicep, which you regretted doing as soon as you felt how firm the muscle there was.

“Any boyfriends…or girlfriends?”

“...I’m focusing on my degree right now.”

Bin looked like he was about to say something before your mother stepped in and started fussing over him.

“Now Binnie, why are you cutting those vegetables? You should be relaxing.”

“Just trying to help out, mom.”

You rolled your eyes when he referred to her as “mom”. You always hated when he did that, and he knew it, judging by the look he gave you after he said it. You walked away from the kitchen and towards the staircase that led upstairs, giving one more passing glare to Bin, who just gave you yet another smug grin as you walked past.

When you arrived in your room on the upper level of the house, you immediately walked towards your bed and flopped down face first into your pillow, once you did, you let out a muffled scream of frustration.

You really thought your crush on Bin was gone. You thought that you just had a crush on him because he was older, and taller, and more experienced. And you thought that now you yourself were older, taller, and more experienced, you would be unaffected by him. But clearly, you were wrong. Why did he have to get buff? Why did his face have to get more handsome? You might’ve just been seeing things, but you were pretty sure he’d gotten even taller since you’d last seen him.

You didn’t know how long you’d been wallowing over your crush, but soon enough, your already tipsy older brother burst into your room to tell you that dinner was ready.

Dinner itself was fairly uneventful, your brother drank nearly an entire bottle of wine, you kept your eyes firmly on your stew so you wouldn’t look up and make unintended eye contact with Bin, who was sat across from you. And of course, your parents fawned over Bin and praised him for going off to a prestigious foreign university for his graduate degree.

After dinner, you volunteered to do the dishes, and Bin immediately offered to help. You tried to decline, but with your mother praising him for how much of a nice young man he was, you figured it was a losing battle.

“So, no boyfriend?”

“Bin, that is the second time you’ve asked me.”

“And?”

“Still no.”

Again, you could practically hear his smirk.

You resisted the urge to splash soapy water on him as you handed him another bowl to dry.

“You know,” he started as he put the bowl away in the cupboard, “you’re a lot different than I remember you.”

“How so?” You handed him another bowl.

“Well, you’re not as short, for one.”

This time, you did splash soapy water on him. Which was definitely a mistake, since after he was done swearing at you, he turned his back to you and removed his sweater, leaving him in just a white t-shirt, which appeared to be a little bit small for him as it hugged his back just enough for you to see the outline of the well-toned muscles.

You quickly averted your eyes as he turned back around, this time handing him a handful of spoons.

As soon as the two of you were done with the dishes, you wordlessly retreated to your room, passing by your parents and brother in the living room who were working on another bottle of wine while watching a movie on the TV.

Once you made it to your room, you took a deep breath and sat cross-legged on your bed, taking your laptop out of your bag and deciding to actually try to get to work on your paper. This proved to be a struggle, since every other word seemed to remind you of the tall handsome man downstairs.

You couldn’t tell how long you’d been staring at your computer screen, but when you heard a gentle knock on the door, you glanced at the clock on your screen which read “11:15 PM”.

You groaned as you stood up from the bed, stretching your stiff limbs before opening the door.

You were taken aback when you saw Bin standing there, wearing a puffy jacket and holding a beer in each hand.

“Come on, we’re gonna go for a walk.”

You stared at him incredulously for a second. “That…sounds like a threat?”

He rolled his eyes, handed you one of the beers, and gestured for you to follow him downstairs. You hesitated for a second, looking back at the laptop on your bed before sighing and following.

You glanced into the living room as you walked past, and saw your brother passed out on the couch, leaning on your dad’s shoulder as he and your mom watched the TV.

Bin waited patiently by the front door for you as you put on your boots, coat, and scarf. As soon as you were done, he opened the door and wordlessly gestured for you to go out.

The walk to the beach was short, but silent. You wondered what was going through Bin’s mind as the two of you walked along the sand. Even with the loud crashing waves of the ocean beside you, your mind was anything but quiet. You found yourself staring at Bin’s face as you walked beside him. His jawline had gotten sharper, you noticed, and he definitely was a bit taller.

“You’ve been staring at me all night, you know.”

You paused and quickly looked down at your sand-covered boots. “No, I haven’t.” You lamely lied, immediately cringing at yourself.

You heard him chuckle beside you as the two of you continued on.

Eventually, Bin stopped walking. The two of you were far enough down the beach for the lights of the beach house to be a small speckle in the distance, and the small town down the highway just close enough to where you could see the lights on the boardwalk.

“So…” Bin opened his beer, “no boyfriend.”

You rolled your eyes so hard you could’ve sworn you felt them stick for a second. “For the third and final time, Bin; no. I do not have a boyfriend. You can stop judging me.” You opened your beer and took a long sip. You had a feeling you were going to need it.

“Okay, well, that one wasn’t a question. It was a statement. And for your information, I’m not judging you. I don’t have a girlfriend, either.”

You felt your heart jump at that, but you shook your head in false pity. “Why not? Haven’t found a girl willing to put up with you yet?”

He scoffed and took a sip of his beer, shaking his head.

“Nah, I just haven’t found one I really want to be with.”

“Well, what type of girl do you want to be with?”

“You tell me what type of guy you want to be with, and I’ll tell you what type of girl I want to be with.”

You rolled your eyes and took a deep breath, not sure if you were willing to play this game. And yet, you did. “I just want a guy who’s not a total dickhead to me. Someone my family likes, someone my friends like, someone who’ll give me space to breathe, and encourages me to complete my education and have my own career.”

You looked up at Bin, expecting him to be smugly smirking down at you as he typically did, but instead, he was looking at you softly, almost warmly.

“What about you?” You quickly asked in a lame attempt to ease the tension.

He huffed out a laugh, taking another sip. “I don’t know. Maybe someone who I’ve known for a while. I don’t like the idea of getting into a relationship with someone I don’t know well.”

You took a sip in an attempt to conceal the rising blush on your face.

“And maybe…someone I can poke fun at. Not in a mean way, you know? Just someone I can joke around with.”

You could feel his eyes on you, and you were hoping it was dark enough so he couldn’t see how red your face had gotten.

“It’s almost midnight.” You said, looking up at the sky to see if you could spot any distant fireworks.

Bin didn’t say anything, but you could still feel his eyes were fixated on you. You took a deep breath and looked up at him, meeting his eyes. You couldn’t describe the look on his face if you tried. He’d never looked at you like that before. No one had ever looked at you like that before.

“What?” You asked softly, your voice barely above a whisper.

Still, he said nothing, but you jumped in place as you felt his hand slip into yours, entwining your fingers.

“Your hands are cold.” He breathed out, his eyes not leaving yours.

“Yeah, well, it’s cold out.” You couldn’t break the eye contact.

The two of you stood in silence for what felt like an hour. You couldn’t decipher the look on his face, but every now and again, his eyes would flit down to a lower spot on your face. The vague question of why he would be looking at your nose flowed through your mind before the two of you were startled by a loud bang.

The two of you looked over towards the town, and saw fireworks lighting up the sky.

You looked back up at him, his eyes finding yours a moment later.

“Happy new year.”

He gave you a small smile before looking down at his feet. “You know, there’s this tradition that people do at midnight on new years.I don’t know if you’ve heard of it.”

Your heart started beating faster. “I think I know what you’re talking about.”

You held your breath as Bin’s hand left yours and moved up to your cheek. You saw his eyes scanning your face for a moment before slowly leaning in. You closed your eyes, expecting to feel his lips on yours, but he stopped. You could feel his warm breath on your face, and you opened your eyes to see him looking down at you hesitantly.

You breathed out before taking in another deep breath and bringing your hand to the back of his neck, pulling him down the rest of the way.

Your stomach fluttered in a way that you’d never felt before. You wrapped your other arm around Bin, prompting him to do the same. You’d kissed your fair share of men, even a few girls, but none of them had made you feel the way that Bin was making you feel. You felt like your heart was about to burst out of your chest the way it does in cartoons. You two could have been standing there wrapped in each other for hours, and neither of you would have noticed. You could only think of each other, you could only feel each other.

Eventually, the two of you pulled away for breath. You made eye contact for a split second before you turned your eyes downward, feeling your face heat up again at the way he looked at you. He chuckled at your embarrassment and pulled you closer to him, resting his chin on your shoulder.

“You know,” he started, voice muffled as he pressed his face into your neck, “I think I love you.”

You held in the giddy giggle that threatened to escape, and instead pressed your face into his shoulder. “Well, I know I love you. I have for a long time.”

Bin pulled away from your neck, prompting you to look up at him. He looked down at you, giving you another smug grin. He let out a teasing “ooh”, giggling as you hid your face in your hands.

“You just had to ruin it like that.” You groaned. Bin giggled again, pulling your hands away from your face and leaning down to give a gentle peck to your nose.

“You know I love you.”

“I do now.”

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birdie-vhs · 9 months ago

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how you can help palestine

*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*

Donations

donations currently reaching gaza:

‼️ help buy e-sims for people in gaza

donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza

donate direct aid to gaza - ehab rida (longtime activist and volunteer, has been carrying out donations and humanitarian projects in gaza since 2021)

palestine children's relief fund

world food programme

aid to gaza - taawon/bank of palestine

help gaza’s children

female hygiene kits for gaza - pious project

donate to UNRWA

urgent humanitarian aid to palestinians - anera

medical aid for palestinians

urgent support for medical professionals in gaza

donate to ahmed (@/90-ghost on tumblr)

he is born, raised and based in gaza. please help him reach his goal of $50K to get his family to safety across the rafah border into egypt. as of right now… it’s $7.5K per person to evacuate gaza.

help journalist yousef escape gaza to treat his cancer

help mohamed evacuate gaza to get treatment for himself and his daughter

support palestinians: buy a keffiyeh from the last and only factory in palestine - hirbawi

secondary donations:

click to donate - arab.org

emergency relief for gaza - pious projects

palestine red crescent society

save palestine - islamic relief canada

send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association

help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction

donate for the recovery of hisham awartani

one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.

Petitions

‼️ urge icj to invite gazan journalists to testify

international cultural workers to strike from german cultural institutions for their complicity in oppressing palestinians and promoting genocide - strike germany

petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military

demand ceasefire - amnesty international

open call for immediate ceasefire

american government call for immediate ceasefire

american government to stop funding israeli military

ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au

petition to get canva to address their pro-israel stance

invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war

suspend israel from international sports - diem25

UK to expel israeli ambassador - change.org

gaza healthcare workers for nobel peace prize - change.org

teachers around the world demand ceasefire - teachers for palestine

president whitten: reinstate samia halaby retrospective NOW - action network

demand the immediate release of mansour shouman

location specific petitions

gaza call for lasting ceasefire - oxfam (UK)

end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)

email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)

protect gaza civilians - islamic relief (UK)

stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)

@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)

ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)

call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)

note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.

no forced displacement! - action network

australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)

immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)

email your MPs - stand with palestine (AUS)

‼️ australian senate to investigate australian citizens in the IDF for war crimes allegations - fpm (AUS)

‼️ arms embargo on israel - cjpme (CANADA)

sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)

ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)

call on your local mayor and council to demand ceasefire - LeadNow (CANADA)

cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)

écrivez aux député-es et sénateurs-trices - association france palestine solidarité (FRANCE)

write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)

skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)

singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)

contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)

write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)

template of letters you can send (EU)

guide on how to contact your MPs in EU

p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something

multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)

includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations

den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)

māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)

deem israeli actions as war crimes - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)

basta ao genocídio em Gaza! - awaaz (BRAZIL)

globo e grande mídia, parem de desumanizar civis palestinos - the intercept (BRAZIL)

manifesto ao governo brasileiro - petição pública (BRAZIL)

Campaigns

‼️ justice for palestine

reach out to countries to back up south africa’s invoke genocide convention at the ICJ

‼️ international criminal court

submit evidences of israeli war crimes

friends of al-aqsa

❥ UK-specific

urge your MP to speak up for palestine

hands off al-aqsa

stop administrative detention

petition for UK to stop arming israel

❥ International

boycott puma — email them to end their partnership with israel

boycott coca-cola

islamic relief canada

urge your MP to rally for ceasefire

decolonise palestine

poster campaign to raise awareness on the war crimes being committed against palestinians

text/call campaign for people living in USA

text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel

download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)

fax campaign for people in the USA

go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day

here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)

here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)

‼️ BDS movement

get involved in boycotting companies associated with israel

palestine diaspora network

global strike guide - join the global strike!

please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!

UPCOMING PROTESTS

PALESTINIAN LITERATURE READING LIST

PALESTINIAN BUSINESSES

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