#ALSO HOORAY TUMBLR ALLOWS EDITING ASKS AGAIN

[natasha-in-space]

Hey Matsuda lover anon once again. Im so sorry for getting annoying about matsuda-yoosung dynamic in your asks all the time. I just love love your takes on the two men's dynamic.

I just saw in the tags about Matsuda and Yoosung sharing local snacks from each other's countries (Japan and Korea respectively) i just got this thought in my head

So there are certain snacks which are very popular in both the countries respectively but are known by different names and sometimes produced by different brands like Japan has Pocky sticks from the Glico company and Korea has Pepero sticks from the Lotte company.

Another snack both the countries share is...Fish Shaped Cakes. In Japan they are known as Taiyaki and in Korea they are called Bungeoppang. And I just thought of a moment between the two men related to fish shaped cakes around the time they had just began to learn each others languages and are yet to be fluent and occasionally spoke english

I imagined that on one fine day while the two men were walking around the town, talking to each other, yoosung notices a guy selling fish shaped cakes on his cart and exclaims "Oh Bungeoppang! I missed them!" and runs towards the cart. An initially confused Matsuda goes "wait what!" and notices his younger friend near the taiyaki cart and quickly walks towards it. Meanwhile yoosung was struggling to explain the taiyaki guy that he wants two taiyakis cuz the latter couldnt understand him. Matsuda who was standing right behind Yoosung calmly explains the seller to give them two taiyakis.

An embarassed yoosung takes out his wallet to pay the guy to which matsuda responds by gently pushing the younger man's hands as yoosung was trying to take out a few currency notes. Matsuda nods his head and winks at him, gesturing the younger man that he will pay for the taiyakis.

The two men are now sitting near a lake enjoying their taiyakis and talking in between.

"Matsuda hyung you never let me pay for anything!"

"When I go to your place, you will pay for stuff okay"

"When will you come to my place"

"When I get time, my days have been very busy"

"I hope you come soon, you will really like it. I will introduce you to the rest of my friends"

"Okay"

"In the next party I will send you an invitation, please dont decline this time"

"Thank you and sure"

".....so you guys call taiyaki bungeoppang huh?"

AHHH Matsuda being invited to RFA parties from then on is something that hasn't crossed my mind, but you are SO right on that! It's a wonderful opportunity to network, practice your spoken Korean, and do some charity work.

That said, I can't blame Yoosung for being a bit clumsy when it comes to food you thought you knew so well. I know I would react the same way. There is something exciting about seeing familiar treats in a different country! I bet this would encourage a long discussion on all the different snacks and foods between them. They definitely make a small bucket list each on what foods they would like to try. Yoosung is a huge food lover, so that's definitely up his alley, while Matsuda just enjoys trying out new things, especially with good company. Food trips are such a fun activity to plan!

And that little exchange between them that you wrote out? I love it so much. Yoosung calling Matsuda 'hyung', and Matsuda playfully reassuring him on not bothering with payment while he's the one visiting... it's the kind of laid-back friendship that makes me smile. They are buddies your honor!