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nemalionnicole · 5 years ago

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Scenario 1: Park Jaehyung’s

[23:40 Jae hits you up and asks for help with an emergency.]

You grab the nearest jacket you could find and rush to the front door to meet Jae. You never even question the cheeky look on his face when you yank the car door open, almost hit your head in your haste and miserably fail with the seatbelts, just so you can immediately deal with this emergency of his.

“What’s up? What did you do this time?”

“Hey! Let’s not assume that all emergencies are linked to me. For all we know, Dowoon actually swallowed Brian’s guitar pick. I don’t know why they blamed me when he lost it the last time.”

You just laugh off his argument which wasn’t even believable as he started the engine and started to drive off. Minutes were passing by and you were getting anxious, Where is his emergency? You already passed by the dorms, the studio, the hospital, the cemetery… Not that someone’s death actually occurred to you. No way! It didn’t help your anxiety as well that Jae’s in a very happy mood as he sings and taps his fingers to the beat of There’s Nothing Holding Me Back blaring from the speakers.

“Jae, where are we going? It’s been minutes! The emergency might not even be an emergency anymore.” He gives you a funny look, checks his watch and starts speeding off. “Alright Ms. Patience, we’re going to the emergency. It’s almost time anyway.”

He stops by a park, the one you already passed by thrice earlier. It was dark so you were squinting through the car window to see what was out there. In your blind moments, you never notice how Jae was suddenly on your side of the car and was literally dragging you to a picnic mat neatly placed on the grass. “Wait here,” he says as he sprints back to the car and wrestles to get something from the backseat. Oh crap. This better not be a prank, you thought to yourself. Cause if it was, Jae had another thing coming for him than this fake emergency.

He returns with a birthday cake and sings you your birthday song, all while covering the candle with his palm so the flame wouldn’t die out. You were a bit shocked. You knew it was your birthday, but his emergency agenda totally caught you off guard. The sneaky brat!

“Happy birthday! Make a wish birthday girl,” he says happily as he holds the cake to you. You give him a dirty look at first for tricking you, but then you do as he wishes since he went through the trouble of preparing this for you. He takes his seat across you and starts taking the food out so you can properly celebrate your midnight birthday event.

“You know, you’re lucky it didn’t rain today. This would’ve been a complete failure if it had,” you say jokingly after you guys already ate what he brought.

“Well, let’s just be thankful it didn’t, yeah? Cause that would’ve really been an emergency!” he laughs and you laugh with him.

This has been a good start for your birthday so far, a midnight picnic in the park with the stars and the car’s headlights as your spotlight, with your laughter accompanying the music playing from his speakers.

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nemalionnicole · 5 years ago

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Scenario 2: Byun Baekhyun’s

[07:00 Baekhyun calls and forces you to go karaoke-ing with him.]

Ring ring ring ring…

Your phone has been ringing nonstop for a while now it could actually pass off for an alarm clock. You’ve been ignoring it for a while as well in hopes that the caller will get the message and stop. It’s still 7AM for crying out loud! What person in their right mind is awake at this ungodly hour during a weekend? You were looking forward to this day because you can finally sleep in. You even pulled an all-nighter rewatching Goblin the other night. But this call was making it impossible to catch up on sleep. You burrow your head in your pillow to block out the noise and will yourself to dreamland again but whoever was calling was relentless. The call would end and not a moment later, your phone will be ringing again.

“OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!” you screamed and grabbed your phone from the bedside table, pressed the answer button, and in a not so cheery mood dealt with the person on the other line, “Yes, hello??? WHO IS THIS?”

Ack. Your throat felt like sandpaper. You heard a muffled laugh from the other line, the person clearly amused with your strained morning voice. You suddenly remembered that you were screaming and bawling at your laptop screen last night during the rooftop scene when Euntak pulled the sword from Kim Shin. Hence, the male-teen-in-his-puberty voice. The early morning coldness wasn’t making your voice sound any better and so was this person.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you… Good morning, birthday girl!”

“Oh god. Baekhyun! WHY?”

“Hey, don’t take that tone with me. Just because it’s your birthday doesn’t mean I’ll spare you your honorifics lesson. It’s Baekhyun oppa. Im older than you!”

“But I never call you tha---“

“Anyway, what do you think about karaoke with me right now?”

“Im sorry, what?”

“Good? Good. Ok! See you in a bit.”

“NO, BAEK WAIT! NOT GOOD! NOT GOOD!”

Beep beep beep beep… You stared at the words “call ended” flashing on your screen. Did Baekhyun just call you at 7AM, basically ordered you to go to karaoke with him, then ended the call? Because your brain was running at 1 Mbps and an event that happened as fast as that was all too much to understand this early in the morning. You kept staring at your phone like it was going to give you a redo of whatever happened until the display on the screen turned black completely. The sudden sound of a car horn broke you out of your trance and you offered a silent prayer that it didn’t come from who you thought it did. You peered through your window and sadly, it was not your day today.

It’s not like you didn’t want to spend your birthday with Baek, there’s nothing you would want more than that. There are just some factors that should be considered for you to be in that happy place. Like the time not being 7AM, you getting your planned 10 hours of sleep, your throat not dry like the dessert, and your body not weighing like bricks.

Honk honk honk honk… Ugh. You internally groaned. Alright! You’re up. You typed a quick message to Baek, telling him to wait a bit so you can get ready. You kicked the sheets off you and begrudgingly trudged to the bathroom to take a shower. You chose to wear some lazy jeans and a loose shirt. You did a final check of your outfit on the mirror and once you thought that you were already presentable, you grabbed your bag and went out to meet him.

The moment Baek saw your approaching figure, he was out of the car in a flash and pushing you to the passenger seat. Once you were seated, he buckled your seat belt while showing that boxy smile of his then closed the door. You turned your attention ahead but then you heard tapping on your side of the window, and Baek was still there, waving at you like a kid when you looked at him. That gave you a good laugh. You waved back at him and mouthed, “Let’s go,” so you can finally go to the karaoke he woke you up this early in the morning for. He can do the most absurd things at the most questionable times, drag you into it against your will, and he’ll still be able to make you laugh even when you didn’t even feel like smiling. Baekhyun was amazing like that.

After an hour of driving, you finally arrived at your destination. This was the karaoke place he started going to frequently this year. He always mentions it to you but you’ve never actually had the time to check the place out. You can see why he liked it so much though. The place was big and flashy even in daylight. It would probably be blinding at night when all the neon lights are turned on. You heard him getting out of the car and you did the same. You were just following after him as he got you guys settled with a room and some food.

You can see that he really went here a lot. He already knew his way around the halls, the staff didn’t even have to accompany you guys to his usual karaoke room. Baek didn’t waste time the moment you guys were settled in. He started reserving song after song and only stopped when the maximum number of songs on queue was reached. He grabbed the mic and sang his first song choice, a ballad. You always knew he had an amazing voice and that ballads make him sound even more amazing. The air-conditioned room and Baek singing a slow song was making you sleepy. His voice just had that natural calming feeling to it. It was not helping that most of the songs he reserved were slow songs too. Great! You thought to yourself. At this rate you’ll be out asleep before the food even comes.

“Oh no! I forgot something in the car. Can you wait here for a while? I won’t take long, I promise,” he said and rushed out of the room. Just as he did, the staff came with the food he ordered. It was clearly not for a two-person serving. He ordered too much but who were you to complain? Free food is free food! You thanked the staff and started munching on the finger foods. You’ll wait for Baek to come back so you two can eat the main meal together.

You were listening to the minus one of the current song playing while eating the cheese sticks when the lights suddenly went out. What the heck? You reached for the service phone and was about to call for assistance when the door suddenly opened and Baek came inside holding a birthday cake and singing ‘happy birthday’ to you. He halted before you and made you hold the cake. “Make a wish!” he said, and so, you closed your eyes to do so and blew the candles.

“Baek?” you asked the empty space in front of you because your eyes opened to an area where he should’ve been. “Hey, where are you?” you questioned as you looked left and right. You heard a hum to the tune of Beautiful by Crush from behind you and you turned to see him standing behind you. He was smiling and he kept humming the intro of the song, which by the way, was the current song playing on the karaoke at the moment. He did the Goblin thing! The blowing of the flame and Kim Shin appearing behind Euntak right after! You looked at him with disbelief and laughed really loud at his antics. He was doing a great job making you laugh on a really early Saturday morning. If he keeps doing this, bombarding you with calls earlier was becoming worth the trouble somehow.

“Happy birthday! Im sorry about the calls earlier,” he scratched his neck like a shy teenage boy, “I was up early because I was a bit of excited to celebrate your birthday here with you and I couldn’t wait till this afternoon.”

“Awe, thanks Baek. Sorry for yelling at the phone earlier too,” you laughed, “I was just really sleepy. But seriously, thanks for doing all this. Im happy you woke me up for this,” you genuinely smiled and that was more than enough to lift his sagging shoulders from the bother he thought he gave you. He was smiling brightly and it was just like a scene from a kdrama. You even had the background music to your moment!

You put the cake on the table and took your seat while Baek grabbed the mic and started singing his reserved songs again. This half of the songs reserved were osts and his voice just made everything sound heavenly to your ears. You couldn’t even stop the smile forming on your face while you watched him singing in front of you. He would look back and smile at you from time to time, grab some finger food every now and then, and continue singing. He took the seat beside you when he got tired and you two started eating your breakfast.

You started the day like that. At a karaoke room with him doing a private concert for you, taking your song requests, and singing like an angel effortlessly every time. He’s making you happy just by standing there. To think you could’ve missed this if you pushed through to ignore his calls earlier. And as the day went on, you found yourself taking back all that you said. Nothing could’ve been better than spending your birthday with Baek at 7AM, it was ok that you didn’t get your 10 hours of sleep, it was ok even if your body felt like it was carrying a boulder, and surprisingly, it was ok even if your throat hurts. There was no doubt anymore, today was your day after all.

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nemalionnicole · 5 years ago

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Scenario 3: Lee Taeyong’s

[01:11 Taeyong texts you that he’s on his way to your place.]

You were lying on your bed, just casually scrolling thru the latest ig posts of the people you follow when the pop up notification showed Taeyong’s message. At the shock of what you just read, you dropped your phone which landed on your face, the pain replacing the sleepiness you felt. You were fully awake by now and amidst your face massaging and grunts, you managed to call Taeyong’s number. Once the call got thru and he answered, you immediately bombarded him with questions before he even had the chance to speak.

“What do you mean you’re on your way?! Why do you want to come over this early? Did something wrong happen? LEE TAEYONG, DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO JISUNG?! ARE THE DREAMIES OK? WHERE ARE YOU?!”

“Good morning to you too, I guess? And to answer your questions, nothing is wrong, Jisung is ok, the Dreamies are ok. Im sorry this was too sudden, I wanted to celebrate your birthday with you! And I meant just that, I was on my way. But Im already outside your house now,” you hear him laugh through the phone after he said that.

You peer thru your bedroom window, and sure enough, there Taeyong was, in sweat pants and a black shirt, leaning back on his car with the phone still in his ears. “Hey, you. Good morning! Can I come in?” he asks through the phone while looking at you by the window. You gave him an incredulous look because he really was here! So suddenly and unexpected too, all because he wanted to celebrate your birthday with you? What a thoughtful dork.

“No, you can’t. Bye Taeyong! Be careful on your way back,” you say as you made your way downstairs to welcome him inside. He was laughing harder now. He knew you were just joking and your footsteps were really loud, he could probably hear it through the phone. When you opened the door, he was already there holding a birthday cake on one hand and plastic bags filled with snacks on the other.

You ended the call and tried your best attempt to plaster a deadpan serious expression on your face when you met his eyes. “Hey, don’t give me that look! I know you wouldn’t be asleep till three in the morning anyway. And besides, I brought cake for you! C’mon, let me give you a mini birthday party. Please?” he says with that full on pleading look on his face as he lifts his hands to show you all the stuff he brought. This boy really knows how to use his charm speaking abilities to the full potential. He knew you couldn’t resist him when he gives you that look.

“Can I come in?” he asks again. You purposely counted ten seconds in your head before you answer him just to pretend that he can’t get you to say yes to him that easily. But he already knew what you were up to so he gave you a flick on the forehead while laughing at your attempt. You cleared your throat to hide your embarrassment, stepped aside to let him in, and locked the door once he was finally inside.

“Alright birthday girl, leave the preparations to me. Just sit by the couch and I’ll call you when I’m done setting the table,” he orders and pushes you away from the dining room despite your protests. The boy was adamant though, you couldn’t tell him otherwise. And so, despite your feeble tries at resisting, he finally forced you to stay by the living room and listen to some songs on the radio.

You watched him take out the snacks from the plastic bags from where you were sitting. He was walking back and forth from the table to the cupboards, probably looking for the utensils and plates. You were laughing at the sight of him getting flustered, mentally calculating how long it will take before he asks where they are. You payed him no mind, casually scrolling thru your feeds on social media when you noticed a pair of feet standing before you. Right where you wanted him, you internally laughed.

He’s got this sheepish look on his face and you couldn’t hide the teasing smile starting to creep on your face. “You’re already done? That was fast!” you feigned shock and stood up from the couch to head to the table. “NO! WAIT! Im not yet done!” he says in a rush as he grabbed unto your shoulders to stop you from going any further.

“I kinda rearranged the placement of the utensils, Taeyong. Just let me help! You’ll still give a mean mini birthday party even if you get some help from the birthday girl.” You can see that he wasn’t happy with what you were suggesting because he was starting to give you that pout.

You flicked his forehead because of his stubbornness, then proceeded to make your way to the kitchen. He followed after you and the two of you worked hand in hand to finally set the table. Just as you were reaching to unbox the cake, Taeyong was already beside you in a heartbeat to stop you yet again.

“NO, NO, NO, NO! NOT THE CAKE! Let me at least have the chance to do this right. The birthday cake is my duty,” he says as he holds the carton as far away from you as possible. You had that flustered look on your face at how fast he took it from you. One minute you were holding the carton, the other minute your hands were carton-less. He twirls his finger at your face, ordering you to turn around so he can prepare the cake.

You just rolled your eyes at him, “Taeyong, what are you even? Why---“

“Shhhhhhhh. Just turn around.”

You did as you were told and a minute later you can hear Taeyong singing ‘Happy birthday to you’ as he circles around and brings the cake in front of you. You were taken aback when you saw the way he was smiling at you. You always knew he was gorgeous, but in this moment, his looks were magnified a thousand times more that you had to do a double take just to confirm to yourself that this boy was really real. You must’ve been openly staring because Taeyong cleared his throat to catch your attention again. You mentally cursed yourself. His good looks are too much to deal with this early in the morning.

“Hey, are you ok?” he asks with a worried look on his face. You blinked rapidly to recollect yourself, cleared your throat with your eyes looking anywhere but him.

“Yep. I’m good. Sorry. My thoughts are probably just flying everywhere cause it’s nearly 2AM,” you half lied. The other truthful half explains itself with the fact that you indeed get lost in your head during the wee hours of the morning. There’s just something about the quietness and coldness that makes you project your thoughts into space. But really, for this moment, it was 90% him and 10% the time’s fault.

You blow the candles and prayed to God that you can make it through this event of his. Please.

He finally puts the cake on the table and straps a birthday hat on you that shows Lightning McQueen’s face, and then one that shows Mater’s face on himself. He starts to laugh at your outfit, matching pajamas and a triangle paper hat on your head. He found joy in this because according to him, “This was not a sight he sees everyday!” Glad you can make him laugh then.

After the teasing laughs, wrestling to get the birthday hat off, and forehead flicks, here you two were in the living room with full bellies listening to the radio. “I love this song!” Taeyong exclaims as Can’t Stop the Feeling continues to play. “You love every song that you can dance to, Tae. And you’ve been saying that to the past three songs already,” you matter-of-factly say to him. He gives you a cheeky grin and continued to rock his body to the beat.

It’s probably been thirty minutes since the two of you started chilling in the living room and Taeyong was starting to move his limbs to dance at least more half decently than before. Where he got this energy this early in the morning, you never know. You were pretty beat so you just closed your eyes and tapped your feet to the beat in your seat across from him.

The screeching sound of furniture being moved made you open your eyes and pull a ‘Taeyong, what are you doing this time?’ face at your guest. He laughs at you but makes no move to explain himself and just continued to move other pieces of furniture aside. You were too tired to argue with him and you knew he was going to put those all back later anyway so you just let him be. After he was finished with God knows what, he stood before you and asked you to dance with him.

“HAHAHAHAHA! Look Tae, I know my heads out in space right now, but it’s not to that extent. You know I can’t dance to save my life!” you exasperated with matching arm movements. This was on another level of embarrassment. Catching you gawking was one thing, but dancing with him on purpose was another thing. You knew better than to dance with this dancing machine. You’ll look like a crippled bear dancing next to him.

“Awe come on. Please? It’s just the two of us. And don’t worry about embarrassing yourself! That was just one time. Ten and Jae’s not even around this time so it’s good,” he pleads to you while doing the Macarena. You were not budging though and he was getting too immersed in the song so he stopped begging. For now.

You two looked like this, him dancing to every song that played on the radio, and you just tapping your feet and nodding to him when he looked your direction in one of his dance moves every once in a while. You thought he finally gave up convincing you to dance, but when Long Flight played, he was in front of you again to do another pleading act. “Pleaseeeeeeeeee. We have to dance to this! It’s my song. You wouldn’t reject your buddy, right?” Oh God. You wanted to turn him down again, but he looked so hopeful and eager you just couldn’t bring yourself to do it one more time. And so, reluctantly, you stood up and did your best attempt at what you’d call a dance in a party move.

“There you go! See? Isn’t this fun?” he asks happily while he dances with you. Kudos to him, he notched his dancing skill down when you agreed to dance to his song. And halfway through the song, you did realize that this was indeed fun. You guys weren’t really doing some Step It Up dancing, just moving your bodies to the beat and jumping around like crazed adults high on sugar.

You didn’t imagine celebrating your 22nd birthday like this, dancing in the makeshift dancefloor in the living room with Taeyong, clad in your pajamas with the Cars birthday hat he bought still strapped on your head. It was just perfect how it seems that everything else was toned down and it was only the two of you allowed to be so vivid in this moment. Because it was only you and him dancing to My My My! at 3AM. Because it was only the two of you sharing this together. Yes, this was just perfect.

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nemalionnicole · 5 years ago

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Scenario 4: Han Seungwoo’s

[20:30 Seungwoo calls and asks you to watch a movie with him.]

It was thirty minutes after the call when the two of you finally arrived at the mall. His request was so sudden, you had to make him wait before you were finally good to go. You did a quick scan of the number of people buzzing around the mall to mentally picture how crowded it was, but to your surprise, the place wasn’t that crowded at all for a Saturday night.

Seungwoo immediately brisk walks to the cinema with you in tow and only stops once the two of you were already in front of the ticketing booth.

“Two tickets for cinema 6 please,” he says to the cashier as he fishes for cash in his wallet. You don’t miss the startrucked look of the woman behind the booth when Seungwoo handed her the cash. You internally laughed at the scene before you, typical Seungwoo reactions. It wasn’t really his fault that God made him a friggin’ super model with his perfect physique. Even in simple tee and ripped jeans, he manages to turn heads when he passes by.

He hands you your ticket and your brows furrow when you notice that the movie doesn’t start till another hour. You waved it to his face and lightly smacked it on his forehead as payment for rushing you to the booth and giving you an unnecessary run so late into the day already.

“Sorry,” he sheepishly says, “I thought we were running late. But let’s look at the bright side, we can use the time to buy snacks in the supermarket!” You didn’t really need to answer to that. You both knew that it was, of course, not a problem with you. It wasn’t a problem when he suddenly called to watch a movie because you were bored anyway. And most definitely, it wasn’t a problem when you nearly broke your leg by the escalator earlier in his haste. He wouldn’t have let anything bad happen to you anyway, not if he can help it. You just really wanted to smack his head.

The scene of the two of you in the chip’s isle of the supermarket would probably be best described by the unsuspecting onlooker as, “Two really hungry adults with no regards towards the health of their kidneys.” It was true somehow, considering the piling bag of chips on your cart. And even then, Seungwoo showed no signs to stop adding more chips any time sooner.

It was around three back and forth trips to the drinks and chips area when you two finally decided to pay for the food. “This is too much junk for a day! Are you sure we should buy all of this? We’re going to get kidney stones at this rate,” you jokingly say to him as the cashier scanned the endless contents of your cart. He just gives you that signature close-lipped smile of his, where his lips curl upward accompanied with crescent eyes. There was obviously no more room for argument anymore, not when he already gave you that smile. He was a foul play. His existence was a whole level of unfair to everyone else!

When he finished paying, he takes the bag and you two head to the cinemas. There was still time to spare before the next showing and since it was a free seating movie, you guys were allowed entrance already. He chooses the seat in the middle isle, which was his best seat of choice because according to him, “You feel like you’re eye to eye with the characters in this area. You don’t have to look sideways, you just have to look at the front!” You just let him be and took the seat beside him so you can finally get yourself settled.

The screen was still black and you noticed that apart from the two of you, the only other people in the cinema were the two teenagers by the frontmost seats. It was still minutes before the start of the movie so you just jammed to the music the cinema was playing at the moment. You notice Seungwoo dancing along to the current song, TiO. It was just in his seat but his wriggling dance was nothing to be made fun of. You knew that once provoked, he was going to go all out on this hoe agenda of his so you just sipped your cola and ignored him. But you’re purposeful ignoring could only go so long because the moment another body roll inducing song blared from the speakers, Seungwoo was wriggling in his seat again, this time wrigglier than before. You suddenly choke on your cola at the sight, and Seungwoo being the great friend that he is, took this as a sign to finally stand and do random body rolls and embarrassing sexy dances instead of helping you with your choking fit.

“STAHAP! STOP IT! STOP IT, PLEASE!” you say in between coughs and laughs. You two were being pretty loud you were sure you would’ve been earning dirty glances from people if the place was packed. Let’s just thank God that the cinema is almost empty tonight, you thought to yourself. This movie night would’ve been an embarrassing disaster if it wasn’t.

The lights suddenly went out and the music stops playing. Seungwoo, who was laughing just as loud as you were earlier, takes his seat and you smack his head. Again. This time, with the intent of making him pay for almost choking you to death with that little show of his. He laughs out loud and you give him a death glare, one that he didn’t even see because he was already looking at the screen showing trailers of the upcoming movies next year. You decided to do the same and focus on the screen as well. You’ll just get him later for this.

It hasn’t even been a minute since your attention left him when he started nudging your arm. “What? You better not be doing that funny body rolling anymore. There’s no more music and the movie’s about to start!” you say without taking your eyes off the screen.

He starts his answer with a lighthearted laugh, “Yeah, sorry about that. I was just trying to make the birthday girl laugh. I must say it worked pretty well. Happy birthday, by the way! Let’s eat after this. Dinner’s on me.”

You gave him a quick glance and was met with that stupidly handsome face of his. Huh. “Don’t you think you’re going to get away that easy! I’m not going to forgive you just like that. But definitely, you should treat me to dinner later,” was what you said but the look you gave him said otherwise. He was already forgiven. You can never really be mad at him for long.

And so you smiled despite yourself. You smiled even though you should’ve at least pretended to be a bit mad. You smiled despite the terrified screams of the actors from the horror trailer you were watching. You smiled because, well, he gave you a reason to smile.

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