#All proceeding ones will also be rushed it's midterms

[ratwizz]

"friendship lesson secured the end."

Davekat week!!!! @davekatweek day one late submission this is my favorite conversation they have :]

[jeontaehui]

 TAEHEE WITH SUPERM

baekhyun baekhee

there was this tension at the start. you wouldn’t notice it at first glance but when you really pay attention to how the both of them act around each other ,,, you’ll just wonder how they are off-cam.

taehee mentioned during wgu era baekhyun was one of her role models when it came to the entertainment industry ,, so some fans wondered maybe there was still this senior-junior relationship between them while the rest were getting close with her.

but baekhyun hates awkward. luckily, they were roommates when they came to the states for their debut. 

he figured he could get closer to taehee by making her laugh a lot, and he succeeded !!! it was easy since they basically shared the same humor.

he also took her out to eat when they came back to korea ,, discovered her love for playing video games and that they had a lot more in common

taehee enjoys playing hard to get when it comes to baekhyun.

(superm midterm exam ep. 1) “but you said i was your role model!!!” “when it came to being funny, yes...?” “W H A T !!!!”

as much as possible, baekhyun wants taehee to show off or be given attention to. whether that came to lines on the script or bragging about what she can do, not only does he do this as a leader but as someone who wants to show that taehee is as capable as them.

(200913 vlive) taehee comes up to the camera and nervously laughs, “yah, how do i do this?!” she turns around to face the rest of the boys who have challenged her into doing taemin’s killing part in the ‘criminal’ mv. “just do it like you would usually do!” baekhyun encourages cheerfully. “don’t act shy! you know you can do it.”

iconic moment (mtopia ep. 11-2) "whoever competes with baekhyun hyung is likely to lose,” kai says, watching as the eldest prep himself for the game. hearing this, taehee instantly shot up from her seat and moved to the red square opposite of baekhyun. though determined, she lets out a casual remark, “i’ll fight him,” and the others laugh. 

ever since the first game of the night, baekhyun and taehee teased each other back and forth, trying to get the other off their game. the scoreboard between the two of them was currently 2:1, with taehee having won the paper cup game and the team game with mark and the others. baekhyun glances to the side nervously, until an idea pops in his head. 

he lights up her candle shortly and hands it to her, “here.” taehee accepts the candle without protest as she sat down, until kai says, “he gave you the weaker candle.” her head snaps up to see baekhyun dead set on making his flame stronger than hers, his fierce expression making all of them crack up. “oppa!” taehee complains but she laughs. “yah, baekhyun hyung, that’s unfair!” taeyong backs the maknae up, well aware of the feeling of losing quickly to their leader. “jeon taehee, you better win this,” taeyong tells her, his tone was laced with seriousness yet his pout said otherwise. “avenge me,” and taehee gives him a salute and a wink in return. 

not sooner than later, their match begins. their hot battle keeping the members on their toes, they too were aware of their rivalry from earlier. “jeon taehee, let’s go!” mark cheers. although taehee could barely see with the water getting in her eyes and hair, she moved her candle in all directions in defense to her opponent’s shooting (at this point, taehee figured baekhyun was just trying to shoot at her face but she’s not complaining... that much). with a sharp aim, taehee was able to distinguish baekhyun’s candle in just less than a minute. 

“i think water went into my nose,” taehee giggles as she lowers her candle down, removing any excess water from her eyes once her other hand was free. meanwhile baekhyun looked shell-shocked, taemin and the others laughing more at the result. “hyung, you looked like you won!” kai teases him further. “i won,” baekhyun jokingly seethes, “I WON!”

taehee laughs, “알았어, loser.” the team breaks off into a louder fit while baekhyun smiles in disbelief. taehee sure was different. 

song falling by trevor daniel

taemin 2tae

despite both of them being the most quiet during the first meeting, the both of them got closer the quickest !!!!

first day they were like ‘hi hello annyeong’. next day, they’re sharing recipes, having inside jokes, mini-handshake (courtesy of taehee), play-fighting, making funny faces at each other whenever they make eye contact during dance practices ....

dance prodigies !!! amazing, talented, remarkable dance prodigies !!! aces at everything !!!! their stage presence !!!!

(superm reveal which member has the best hair and who is the funniest of the group | billboard) “these two,” taeyong gestures to taehee and to taemin, “how do i say this? they look immoral on stage.” the others chuckle at his bluntness, “i think that would be the best term for it.”

taehee finds taemin very cute and would willingly watch his aegyo.

(’one’ dance practice behind) “hyung, you are honestly so cute,” taehee centers the camera to taemin, “times like these, i wish you were my younger brother.” he laughs. 

meanwhile, taemin finds himself laughing at taehee’s antics most of the time (totally didn’t expect the chaotic energy coming from this one).

taehee always manages to find her place next to taemin somehow, and when taemin turns to find out she was beside him this whole time, he’d smile at her and pat the top of her head. 

taemin became one of taehee’s comfort people !!!! from having a senior-junior relationship to being one of taehee’s most trusted friends, they grew really close after time and related well with each other.

iconic moment (’one’ dance practice behind) “woah, oppa you look really pretty from this angle,” taehee tilts the camera to the sides until taemin starts doing aegyo, causing laughter to bubble from the girl. “hey! hyung, why are you seriously so cute?”

taemin recalls the other day he and taehee hung out together, and he sits up straight before telling the story. “you know what taehee did the other day?” his lips break into a wide smile, his tone piquing interest from ten and mark. “what did she say?” mark said. 

“she said, ‘hyung, it think it would be nice if you were my dongsaeng.’ and i haven’t said anything yet and she said, ‘yaja time? start. taeminnie, what do you want to do?’”

mark and ten burst out laughing, taehee feigns ignorance. “what? when was that? i don’t remember that.”

taemin chuckles, “taehee is really so precious.”

song it’s tricky by run d.m.c

kai kaihee

kai was a bit awkward with taehee too at first.

he was very cautious around her, even if it was just standing close to her during photoshoots.

kai, keeping his distance: “is this okay?”

director: “closer!!!!”

kai: fuck

but now he teases the hell out of her you’d probably mistake them for being friends for a long time.

(superm on knowing bros) “baekhyun hyung? baekhyun . hyung???? you seriously find him the most attractive out of all of us?????” “BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER!!!!!!” “YOU NEED TO GET YOUR EYES CHECKED THEN”

he makes fun of her accent (jokingly ofc) but also loves it.

“how do you say ‘귤’ in english?” “tangerine” “ahh you are so cute !!!!!!”

also teases her by wrapping his arm around her shoulders and proceeding to shake her aggressively.

before superm, kai already found taehee super cool .... he was probably intimidated by her.

when kai is not teasing taehee, they’re both teasing mark.

in the end, there is an i-will-tease-the-heck-out-of-you-until-your-ears-turn-red kai and a im-her-father-no-one-touch-her kai

iconic moment (mtopia ep. 11-1) “i feel like taehee would get this though,” baekhyun says and the others agree with him, taehee’s agile. they all watch as she puts her hands on each side of the toaster, preparing herself by biting on thin air. “okay, i’ll start now!”

using her left thumb, she pushed the press handle down and released. but instead of catching the piece of bread, she caught her tongue in between her teeth. she immediately pulled back and brought her hands to her mouth, walking away the pain as the members pointed out she wasn’t able to succeed. kai was the first to notice her, “what’s wrong, taehee?”

“i bit my tongue and it hurts so much,” she winces. kai cackles, “바보! taehee!”

“it was an accident!” she exclaims. “i know but you don’t put your tongue out like that!”

taehee grumbles at kai’s remark as she sat beside him. the latter pulls her close by the shoulder and ruffles her hair, laughing as she poked her cheek. “you want to eat bread?” kai smiles at her, already reaching out for the plate of extras. 

“i’m gonna eat bread.”

song mambo no. 5 (a little bit of ....) by lou bega

taeyong yonghee

taehee’s all up for the ‘taeyong babie’ agenda since it’s so cute to see the older members tease and baby taeyong.

knowing that baekhyun likes to poke the fun out of these two, taeyong and taehee would team up against him.

(superm mtopia ep. 1) “taehee, let’s make baekhyun hyung out,” taeyong tells her, taehee mirroring the determined look on his face. “we got this.”

taeyong hypes taehee up like a stage dad or something lol he’d go like, “WOOOO!!! THAT’S MY BABY,” and taehee would find herself smiling before resuming to whatever she was doing. 

taehee had to stop herself from clowning taeyong when they went surfing for mtopia and instead gave him tips and all. of course, she tries to bite her lip from laughing while doing so.

(mtopia ep. 3) taehee goes to sit beside a nervous taeyong on the dock as he waits for his turn. chuckling, she says, “hyung, just pace yourself, alright? don’t rush—“ but then kai cuts her off, also noticing the scared look on the rapper’s expression, “you won’t die anyways.” taehee whips her head back to glare at kai, though it was clear she was trying to hold in her laughs. “HEY!”

iconic moment (mtopia ep. 2) taehee was the first to pick out of the eight of them. whether she’ll start shedding tears or not, her fate relies on the fifth sushi she had chosen, hoping that it wasn’t the one with wasabi. “it’s the one. she lost it,” baekhyun says as he tries to throw taehee off guard. “it’s not,” she replies, though her eyes said otherwise.

once she grabs the piece of sushi in between her chopsticks, she takes a tentative glance towards the staff and keeps her eyes on them as she took it in whole. taehee knew she was doomed on the first chew, the spiciness of the paste burns her tongue and brings tears to her face. she laughs dryly as a few tears slipped down her face and sniffs, “i never knew wasabi was this spicy.” the boys behind her laugh at the crack in her voice, the staff handing her a tissue as she staggered back to her place beside taeyong who immediately wrapped his arms around her to comfort her. “taehee can’t handle spicy foods well,” taeyong chuckles, “are you okay?”

“yeah, my mouth just feels like it’s burning!,” taehee exclaims, her wild gestures adding humor to her expression. taeyong lets out a hearty laugh as he gave her water, “have this.” he watches her down the water in one go, though there were still tears in her eyes, “taehee, you are too cute. i’m serious.” taehee laughs as she wiped her eyes, and they continue with the game. 

song train wreck by james arthur

ten tnt

they are literal geniuses !!!! but... they have their moments.

(200930 live) “he’s the main character in ‘aladdin’, right?,” and with knowing smiles, the others nod at ten’s question. clueless, ten decides to ask more, “what was his name? a whole new world~” and baekhyun and mark tell him he’s right, but ten has literally no clue. chuckling at his cuteness, taehee speaks up, “hyung! he’s the main character in ‘aladdin’! aladdin!” mark and kai laugh loudly at her hint, she was already giving him an answer. kai notices that, like ten, taehee hadn’t got her question correct yet with all the obvious hints they were giving her, and so he laughs harder. “taehee! don’t act like you’ve got you’re question correct!,” the said girl shrugs exaggeratedly, bringing her hands up in the air as if to question the heavens. “you told me he was powerful! so is he like a superhero or something? thor?,” she exclaims, and the others began laughing at her guess, the maknae unaware of the large ‘LEE SOOMAN’ on her cap. “who is it?!”

their banter that goes back and forth are one of the things that make the members’ stomachs hurt from laughing. 

(superm: ready to fly in la) “the three maknaes are my babies,” ten tells the camera, tilting his head to look taehee into the eye before continuing, “but then you’d be my least favorite.”

taehee knows that ten secretly has her as the favorite loves her too, so she always makes it a point to call him cute or something to throw him off guard. 

iconic moment (superm as we wish ep. 1) it was very obvious how taehee felt about ten’s drama. she tried to hold back her smiles but ten was just too cute, it made her heart run in circles. when his drama ended, the boys praised ten’s performance, but baekhyun noticed how much taehee liked it. he calls her out,  “taehee-ssi, you seem to like this very much.” 

a surprised ‘really?’ comes from ten while taehee spoke. “ten oppa just looked so.... natural while doing it,” taehee says, her words and expressions assuring ten he really did a great job. “my heart is doing flips right now?”

the boys laughed, “did you fall for him?” and before taehee got to answer their leader’s question, ten said, “i’ll date you based on your performance.”

“i didn’t even say yes!”

song positions by ariana grande

lucas luhee

lucas took one look at him, mark, and taehee and just went, “you know if someone took a look at us, they’d think taehee was the oldest.” (taehee had punched him on the shoulder while mark hit the table, laughing)

but then he clarified that it was just because taehee had this motherly aura around her and that she takes care of him and mark really well. 

from then on, lucas would accidentally call taehee ‘noona’; sometimes, he would call her that intentionally when asking for the snacks that were kept in her bag, or teasing her.

(superm as we wish ep. 2) “unnie,” they hear taehee say from the monitor. while the boys accompanied each other in different work environments, taehee went alone to a little café to try out the experience herself. she found herself well acquainted with one of the staff members that had showed her around, and she found herself asking, “how old are you?” the boys erupted into choruses of ‘ooh’s’ when they heard her, baekhyun jokingly asking if she was there to find a date. taehee shakes her head shyly, but she busts out laughing when lucas shouts, “NOONA, FIGHTING!”

we see more of taehee being a baby with lucas in superm :(

he’d give her piggyback rides or ask her if she’s eaten yet, and if she says no, lucas would be like, “come on, man! the last time i saw you eat was breakfast but you only ate a sandwich. wait for me here, i’ll get you a plate.”

iconic moment (mtopia ep. 11-2) as mark and kai shoot each other’s candles out with their water guns, taehee leans into lucas’ side as she laughs with her head buried into his shoulder. it was an endearing sight to see them comparing hand sizes, both of their eyes widening at the size difference. “you’re hand is so small!,” lucas says. “well, duh. your hand is like the size of my face!”

song rather be by clean bandit (ft. jess glynne)

mark markhee

taehee knows so well that superm mark lee is a different breed

(the story of ‘jopping’) “you look so handsome these days,” taehee said to mark as she took in his appearance, causing the latter to become shy and flustered, “really?”

but mark caught onto it this year and ‘complained’ that taehee had favoritism .... to superm mark

“you’re cute in 127 and dream!!!! you’re different here, what’s wrong with that?”

taehee LOVED ‘talk about’. she posted a video of her jamming to it in her manager’s car on twitter.

in mtopia, taehee literally took a glance at mark’s quiz in the first episode and said, “ahh you should get this one the first try, it’s easy.” cue a pouty mark

during games, mark knows taehee in and out so it comes off as an advantage to him and a disadvantage to her. 

(mtopia ep. 6) “it’s taehee. taehee is the liar.”

mark and taehee are roommates most of the time and their nightly routines just consist of putting face masks on each other and listening to music while waiting!

iconic moment (mtopia ep. 11-2) “sleepover!!!!,” taehee says excitedly as she sat on the bed with mark. she had just finished brushing her teeth while mark brought out facemasks from his bag. “you wanna put them on each other?,” mark asks, tearing one of the packets open already. 

he turns his head to his right and giggles. taehee had her bangs tied up in a short ponytail, her eyebrows arched in a cheery smile. “you look like 뚱이!,” mark laughs, “dude, seriously. you’re so cute.”

“whatever, just put it on,” taehee rolls her eyes playfully as she hit mark’s shoulder. she closes her eyes but hears mark chuckle again. opening only her left eye, she says, “what’s wrong?”

“you’re really cute,” mark repeats, both of taehee’s eyes now wide open at his compliment. she goes to say something but chooses against it, closing her eyes back again when mark begins putting the mask on her face. 

song until the last falling star by matthew perryman jones

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Fifth: Birthday Party

The winter season had finally given way to spring, the cherry blossoms blooming around the campus. Your dorms still sucked, but one thing that was good was the beautiful pink trees welcoming you whenever you left or arrived from school or work. The entrance was full of cherry blossoms, and when you rushed to your early classes in the mornings, you'd catch cats curled up and sleeping on the fallen leaves.

Even though you enjoyed winter, you couldn’t deny the magical hope spring always managed to plant in you. If the smog wasn’t too severe (and in spring it always was) you could smell the distant scent of flowers, grass and life. Students and professors were scattered around the campus, making videos and pictures, the white and pink cherries a huge attraction even for the dullest person out there.

For some reason, however, this season also made you incredibly sad.

A very unnerving, in the corner creeping, emotion of yearning, longing, pining and all the other synonyms that expressed missing something you couldn’t quite pinpoint were eating you away. The sadness that made your mood so incredibly low and sad that you couldn't enjoy the cherry blossom season as much as you used to. It was a huge love of yours; every year during high school taking a long walk, wearing the uniform skirt not so horrible anymore while you and Yuyeon laughed at something stupid. That magical instance when the gentle breeze blew and the leaves created a pink rain fall--

Someone hitting you with folded paper was what snapped you out of your thoughts. You turned around, glaring at the intruder. “Yah, Oh Sehun!” you shouted, scowling.

Sehun was smiling brightly, your face expression entertaining him. “You looked like you were thinking too deeply. Didn’t want an accident.”

You rolled your eyes and watched him sit down on the bench opposite you. He put his backpack next to him before leaning on his elbows on the table. “Meaning?” 

“You don’t think, you just do stuff. Thinking could have damaged you further and we don’t want-“

Your fist landed on his bicep and he laughed harder, not even bothering to fake the pain. “You are so dead, Sehun!”

After he calmed down he pretended to tap the tears away around his eyes which made you roll your eyes again. “Anyway, you know it’s next weekend, right?”

You frowned. “What is next weekend?” 

Your question came out like a bite of an angry dog but you almost immediately forgot about your bicker when you spotted Yuyeon from afar; she was mingled among a small crowd of students but you could see whom she was talking to very well. After all, you saw the guy almost daily. Chul. 

They seemed to be deep in conversation and he was nodding thoughtfully, taking her every word. While she was explaining something, he looked up to run his eyes over their surroundings carefully which, in your eyes, looked a little off.

“Hey-“ Sehun waved his hand in front of your face, “I’m right here, don’t ignore me. And Yuyeon was supposed to tell you.”

You snapped your eyes back to Sehun, still frowning. “She didn’t tell me anything regarding next week.”

Sehun groaned like a kid. “You’re a terrible friend anyway! You should have known it’s my birthday!”

Your eyes widened and you scrambled for your school diary (that was a huge mess) and aggressively listed through the pages until you landed on the second week of April. With small letters, Sehun’s birthday was noted on the paper with a little flower next to it.

“I’m not a bad friend, look,” you pouted, pushing your diary in his face. 

With a sigh he was fast to push your hand away. “Well, mark it better. You’re coming for a little camping trip.”

“Camping trip? During school?”

Sehun looked at you dumbfoundedly before he started to giggle. “This is university, sweetheart, there is no such thing as school night anymore, and it’s funny that out of all people you complain when you’re the naughtiest kid on the campus. And besides, it’s on the weekend. You don’t work either,” he clicked his tongue and then proceeded to flick your forehead. “So no excuses.”

“Ouch, you DUCK!” you growled, massaging the throbbing skin with your fingers. “Why is your birthday in April out of all months!”

“Whoa, whoa, I could hear you guys from afar already,” a new voice chirped in and your eyes immediately snapped towards your best friend.

A little shocked at her cheerful attitude, you looked at the place you last saw her with Chul but, of course, he was nowhere to be seen anymore. The last thing you'd expect her to be like after a conversation with Chul was cheerful.

“It’s your fault, Yuyeon-ah. You forgot to tell Nari that I’m having a camping trip.”

“Oh,” Yuyeon seemed genuinely surprised as she sat down on the bench next to you. “It slipped my mind completely - and no, not your birthday but the trip!” She held her hands up quickly in defense before he could flick her forehead as well, Sehun’s scowling eyes sending daggers her way.

“Wonderful friends I have,” he muttered and shook his head in disappointment. “Well, you don’t have to come if you don’t want to. Thankfully I have friends who actually care,” he said and stood up, throwing his backpack over his shoulder.

Both you and Yuyeon followed him with your eyes, perplexed at his sudden change of attitude. “Where are you going?” you spoke up at the same time with Yuyeon.

“Have some stuff to do for class. See you, losers!”

“What did just happen…”

“Well. Whatever, Sehun is weird,” you dismissed, not sparing his retreating figure any more glance as you turned to your friend. Swiftly bringing out your phone from your pocket, you searched for one contact you saved in the morning, and pushed the device into Yuyeon’s hands, ignoring her perplexed expression. “I need a favor. You need to call the police for me.”

“What?” She was only able to raise her eyebrows and give you a pathetic look. “What is it about?”

“I need them to come during the festival, it’s the security measures,” you said, almost whining because you yourself hated this irrelevant task you were given. “And I can’t risk that someone particular will pick up the phone.”

Yuyeon sighed but she had a soft expression as she nodded. She still threw you a skeptical look. “First of all, it’s bold of you to think that you’d have the pleasure to speak to the captain of the police himself when I’m sure they have some lowly workers doing this kind of job. Second? Fuck Chul. The hell is he thinking - giving you all the trash work, as if he isn’t the student president.”

Yuyeon mentioning Chul when they were just meeting minutes ago didn’t sit well with you. She didn’t mention talking to him whatsoever and you concluded she didn’t have the intention of doing it at all. Observing her for a little longer, you decided to deal with that problem later. She was your best friend. She would never do something to harm you.

After explaining all the details to Yuyeon, she finally called. It took almost fifteen minutes with the whole call procedure until you could talk with the relevant person in charge. To your and Yuyeon’s surprise, they already knew about the topic.

“Oh, so the event has been reported? And you already have a team to send for that day?” Yuyeon was repeating everything the person on the other side told her, giving you a surprised stare.

You shrugged, albeit worriedly before muttering under your nose: “Why did that fucker-“

“Alright, great. Thank you!” She put down the phone with a huff. “Well, that’s that. They already knew about this.” Her knee was going up and down, her teeth gnawing on her lower lip, tearing the dried skin. “Is Chul testing you or something? Why is he making you do stuff only for it to be already resolved?”

You shrugged again. “At least it’s done. Thank you,” you murmured, widening your eyes into those of a puppy before you pushed out your lower lip, pouting.

Yuyeon rolled her eyes and flicked you on the forehead. What was it with your friends flicking you today?

You scrubbed at the red spot on your forehead as she said: “Don’t mention it. What wouldn’t I do for this troublemaker, huh?” She smiled at you and pushed your phone into your hand. “Are you confident about running? And MCing for that bitch?”

You deflated even more. Your body was not built for running. And Siamsa requesting you to be the MC was just as suspicious as the whole police thingy being already resolved. “Nope! But who cares! It’s Oh Sehun’s birthday and you didn’t even bother telling me about the camping trip?”

She looked surprised for a moment before she realized something. “Oh, right, it slipped my mind. I have class projects and well… sorry. I was supposed to tell you.” Yuyeon looked apologetic and you wanted to ask what was the issue but decided against it.

“It’s okay. But I think he is legit mad.”

“I know.”

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After that, the days became a blur. You tried your best to juggle running between studying sessions. Sometimes you would stay in the dorm room but the squeals of girls on the corridor would irritate you to the bits which eventually led you out of the dorms and into a coffee shop. 

Assignments were piling up and Sehun’s trip was happening just before the midterms which wasn’t the best news. You tried hard to focus but the unstable job you had was also giving you a hard time. There had been another case where you didn’t manage to bring a box to the right door yet… much later you received a confirmation text. It was giving you stress. And you started to regret taking up the job at some point. Someone must have been delivering them. You were suspicious of this for a while but was too preoccupied with the task at hand to try to catch the culprit.

Well, could they be called a culprit when, in fact, they were doing you a favor? If more than anything, it was the unsettling feeling that you were being played by someone you probably didn't know, since Chul was doing anything but talking about this job.

Instead, he was always hot on your heels, were it the running practice that you swore you’d give up, because coach Lim was relentless, or he was bothering you about the damn MC thing, bugging you about doing well and trying to be your best possible version. Just thinking about having to pretend in front of Siamsa, when you knew she was Baekhyun's ex, and a complete piranha behind the scenes, made you go nuts. It had certainly been a while since you wanted to be done with something this much and at the same time dreading the moment it would come.

If that wasn't giving you anxiety, you also had to make sure not to go to the running track outside of your scheduled training. The possibility of running into Baekhyun was scaring you. Unable to pinpoint why exactly, you just decided to ignore the topic, despite finding yourself daydreaming about facing him again. Daydreaming about certain moments with him that actually happened, but they were buried deep inside you, hidden under stocks and stocks of much more memorable memories than those created with him.

Since you never saw him after that incident where you slapped him, you were more relaxed (and a little guilty).

Currently, you took the empty beer bottle in your hands, music blasting loudly as you stood up on the top of the table, enjoying the cheering from your small audience that you stole away from the birthday boy, Sehun.

You pushed me away with your very hands

Once were so wanted by me

As soon as Yuyeon recognized the lyrics, she jumped up to join you, taking an empty soju bottle in her hand and made a microphone out of it. You were fast to drape your heavy arm around her neck and shouted:

What can I do?

What should I do?

I no longer have your breath with me

But I am still loving you

Sehun was facepalming in the background because you had been high on this song since last year, after the harsh breakup. He knew the signs very well and he could only sigh harder when he saw a message from the only person missing at the late night party:

Just arrived

Coming in now

“Oh, dear,” he scrunched up his face, looking at you exaggeratedly rolling your hips to follow Rain's dance moves. He had to admit you were too good at those moves.

As soon as you heard cat calls, your hands went flying up to your hair, lifting it up to reveal your neck before you pushed your bum out, sliding your hands lower, outlining your breasts.

“Jesus, she is on fire!” someone shouted.

You giggled loudly and Yuyeon slapped your butt, making you squeal before the both of you continued with the song that made you want to weep and give up yourself to someone at the same time; give up yourself to a certain someone.

With the way you used to look into my eyes

You dramatically turned to Yuyeon who mimicked you, both of you staring into each other's eyes before you turned back to back, feeling her bum pressed into yours. With a swift sway of your head, you got rid of your messy hair that was obscuring your sight, spotting a mop of messy blond hair before singing:

Please turn back to me and just feel my heart

And could you please tell me

Your eyes locked with Baekhyun's who was standing motionlessly on the doorstep, staring at you with an unreadable expression. 

That you still love me

The words left your mouth, and you became breathless. 

Was it the booze? Or did Byun Baekhyun just look hundred times more appealing to you after drinking? What was the captain even doing there in the first place? Wasn't he a little old to be here celebrating Oh Sehun's birthday with the kids that he thought you were?

Not daring to even blink, you continued your charade, enjoying the way his eyes wandered down your body when you swayed your hips to the rhythm, rolling your hips to the surface of the table and enjoying yourself a little too much. You were wearing hip jeans and a crop top, the textile straining over your breasts just the way you wanted it to be tonight. The revealed belly and the dimples on your lower back just above the belt of your jeans was teasing enough to bring a little craze to the audience you earned. Your want doubled with the knowledge that Baekhyun was present.

Eventually, you turned to Yuyeon and finished singing the heartfelt song, while your brain was trying to ignore the fact that the person you imagined in this song was present in the room.

“Hey, thanks a lot for dropping by,” Sehun greeted Baekhyun when he walked over to him. Baekhyun had a slight smile on his lips.

“Happy birthday, buddy,” he wished and bumped fists before patting him on the shoulder. “You decided to keep a low image this year?” asked Baekhyun when Sehun pushed a red cup into his hand and sat next to Sehun, once again angled the way so that he could see your eyes the whole time.

Sehun raised a thick eyebrow before tipping his chin towards yours and Yuyeon's direction. “Is that what you call a low image?”

Baekhyun shook his head, but he was amused. He let his eyes wander back to you for a moment, just when you were getting off the table. One guy held your hand, helping you down while bulging his eyes at your breasts. Baekhyun suppressed the annoyance bubbling inside of him at the sight. “Did she have a lot to drink?”

“Well, she had enough to become her old self,” mumbled Sehun, taking a calculating sip from his beer. “Enough to want to make a scene, so I'd watch myself if I were you.”

“She hates me. I don't think she'll even acknowledge me.”

Sehun let out a snort and Baekhyun shot him a curious look. “That whole fucking song was about you. She acknowledged you just fine.”

Baekhyun let out a breathy laugh of disbelief. The images of meeting your heated gaze over the crowd while you were rolling your hips around left him just a little breathless. You were too sexy for Baekhyun. And too forbidden.

Before the both of them could fall into silence, Sehun said: “Did you resolve anything with Siamsa? I love you, dude, but I can't let your stupid ex ruin Nari anymore.”

Baekhyun wasn't surprised at the change of the topic. Sehun had been bugging him after he found out you were requested by Siamsa herself to be the MC of her short stage during the university festival.

Baekhyun was restless about the whole deal, especially after her unexpected visit at his place. About that he didn't tell the younger male, not wanting him to worry even more. “Don't worry, Sehunah, I have it under control.”

“Well, make sure you really do,” muttered Sehun as he leaned closer to Baekhyun. “She acts strong, but she is anything but that.”

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It was two hours later when you found yourself in the crowd, dancing by yourself. Yuyeon wasn't around anymore, being snatched away by a guy while you were drinking shot by shot, enjoying yourself and at the same time desperately trying to stay sober because Baekhyun was lurking around. And that made your heart beat too wildly; the alcohol had nothing to do with it.

There were so many bodies around you, sweating and grinding against each other. It almost made you want to turn back until you felt someone’s front pressed to your back. Under normal circumstances you’d immediately pull away but his scent wafted over your senses and you just knew.

It was him.

His breath was on the back of your hair, a little irregular, and then you felt his feather touch on the inside of your arms as he trailed his fingertips over the sensitive skin of the inside of your elbows until he let them dance over your wrists and pushed the fingers through the slits of your hands, interlacing your fingers.

Spikes of electricity shot through your insides and you hummed though you knew he couldn’t hear you over the loud music. Involuntarily you pressed yourself back and his breath fanned your neck as he lowered his head.

There were so many things you should have done immediately; push him away or walk away but despite your turbulent emotions that kept clashing in a fight with brain and heart, you felt safe in his arms, in his presence and his touch. His nose traveled your cheek and he nuzzled the side of your face with his. Your heart was about to jump out of your rib cage. The urge to just turn and kiss him was so strong but ugh. You still hated him so much. So, so much. To the point you wanted to scream and shout and at the same time kiss him senseless and let him have his way with you.

“Why is it that whenever I try to avoid you, you appear?” he murmured into your ear and you tried to shimmy away from the ticklish feeling. “Why is it that whenever I’m with another one, you’re the one I see behind my closed eyes?” You felt the lightest of touches of his lips that were parted, so smooth and so alluring, teasing you on the side of your cheek. “Why is it always you, Lee Nari?”

You almost thought it wasn't real. It couldn't. Baekhyun would do anything but a move on you.

But one swift turn and you faced him, his eyes focused on yours. “And why is it always you, Byun Baekhyun?” you squeezed his fingers gently, still interlaced with yours. 

“You should go and rest, Nari, you had enough to drink,” he told you suddenly, moving closer. He realized that booze was talking more than what he would have said under normal circumstances.

Breathily, you zoomed in on his lips, bewitched by the way they shaped whenever he said certain words. The would pucker and form a cute pout and-

“Nari, let's get you to sleep,” he repeated.

“Do you still want me, Baekhyun?” you asked instead, almost eagerly.

Baekhyun wasn't surprised, yet he didn't answer. You were intoxicated and he expected some kind of confrontation, but the longing in your eyes spoke volumes and he knew you wouldn't be slapping him tonight. He had only two cups of beer but he already knew he was acting braver than he should have. The need to kiss you and just be with you only grew and alcohol made his well preserved restraints weaker.

“You don't want me anymore, right?” you said, misunderstanding his silence. You stepped away. “If I would have wanted to build up the bridges you would have said no and still play with my feelings,” you whispered, heart-broken. Even though I still want you so bad…

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A/N: I do not know when will be the next update, sorry about that. Ive been focusing a lot on AY since my writing juices are overflowing for that story for now. Sorry to make you wait and I do hope you stick around ��💛

This chapter is a little breaking point; next chapter the festival is going down! Poor Nari...

Here is my new curiouscat if you want to let me know your thoughts ^^

[potaeto-writes]

Falling: I

Monday, July 15, 9:30 a.m.

'Another day, another dunce'

She thought, rolling her eyes at the beautiful sight of Yeosang and Aeri making out near the school's front gate. She always felt a twinge looking at the school playboy, Yeosang, especially when he was with the popular meanie. For a reason she never understood, she wanted to be different to him, more than a bet or a game. But she was Heejin, the scholarship girl, the nerd, the transfer kid, the outcast. She was aloof and alone, and not very interesting at first sight. She looked pretty even in her formal clothes, but she was not interested in anything but studies and music, or so it seemed.

She had caused a stir on her second day, when she publicly rejected Yeosang. She wasn't rude about it, she actually said the most logical, inoffensive things, in an extremely soft tone and small voice. But the audacity of a girl to reject The Kang Yeosang in itself was enough to get the whole school talking.

Now, about 2 weeks later, she sat at the last bench in class, headphones on, ignoring the students filtering in. The bell rang, a distant echo in the song, and students rushed in at once. Yeosang and his friend group occupied all the seats in front of her, filling the column of 9. She took it as cue to be ready, stuffing her headphones in her bag to be able to pay attention. The teacher walked in, and there was some anticipation as to why their entire grade had gathered here.

"Seniors, as you are aware, the midterms will be coming up soon. You will also have to do a group project, which will construct 30% of your overall grade, and be evaluated separate from the theory papers. This year, I have given you all a common, but vast and grave topic. No matter what stream you've chosen, you should know about it. The topic is suicide. Get as creative as you want, but I require either a hard copy or a soft copy of your project. Your groups will be column-wise, as you are seated right now. Your deadline is the 5th of August. Oh, and one more thing. Just to make this a bit more fun, we're making this a competition. May the best team win."

The teacher left the class chuckling, and Heejin walked out for the next class, knowing this homeroom had stretched out a bit too much. But as she did this, the eight boys she passed stopped chattering and gaped at her, then proceeding to look at each other with an expression that said, we're fucked.

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Tuesday, July 16, 00:00

As was customary, most of the crowd exited the musty building at midnight, their favourites having stepped off the ring for the night. This crowd had far too many misguided teens, Yeosang being one of them. He watched street fights to relieve his own stress for free.

In the thronging crowd, a smaller population pushed to get into the building, tasteful of more intense fights. Yeosang's shoulder suddenly hit one of these people, and he shouted at them to watch where they were going. Heejin bit back a sharp remark, thinking that it was just a kid. If she had known back then who it was, she told me all hell would have broken loose.

But that night, she didn't, so she made her way in, walking to one corner of the ring and swishing her French braid to one shoulder. Soon, the fight began.

Dodging a burly man's attacks, she got into close range and hit him in the face with a drop kick. As he staggered backward, she gave a punch to his chest and swept her leg behind his, bringing him to the ground with a thud. The fight had ended within 2 minutes.

She kept fighting and winning, making money with every passing minute. About half an hour in, she ended her last fight and left. Back on campus, she went through a hole in the wall, reaching her room and preparing to go to bed.

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Hope you liked it! There's a lot more coming, so I hope you'll stick around and enjoy. Also this was 666 words lmao

Stay safe and hydrated!

~Potato-nim

[fredweesleyismyslut]

Love me not - Fred Weasley x reader

A/N: Hey guys!  I finished taking a midterm exam yesterday which I half studied for but hopefully I didn’t fail or I might just cry and dehydrate myself.  Anywho, a lovely person requested a jealous Fred Weasley smut and I really hope I delivered accordingly because my mind kept blanking as I was writing this haha.  Anyways, enjoy!!

You sat waiting for your boyfriend, Fred Weasley, to get out of class.  Waiting patiently you flipped through a book you were currently reading, half paying attention to the book and half paying attention to the awaiting sound of doors opening, you heard footsteps coming from your right.  The footsteps belonged to Cedric Diggory, one of your good friends from Hufflepuff.  He sat next to you and started talking, “What’s that book about?” he took it from your hands and started reading the summary.  “Rude!  I was about to explain it myself.”  He chuckled as he pushed your flailing arms away, “I decided to take it upon myself, you’d explain it in a weird way anyways and I’d end up having to read the summary.”  Huffing you slapped his shoulder, “What are you doing out here anyway?”  He smiled as he handed your book back, “Walking around, class was let out early.  You?”  Nodding your head towards the door you replied, “Fred, he has class.  We’re supposed to meet up and study together.”  “As if you’re actually going to study...not with him at least.” he chuckled softly.  “I always end up having to study later at night...not today though I’ll force his arse study if I have to.”  You nodded with determination in your eyes as Cedric burst out laughing, “As if that’ll happen!”  He pushed your hair away from your face and proceeded to flick your nose, “If you need help I’ll come study with you later, y/n.”  You nodded as you crinkled your nose, “Thanks that’d be great and you can bring Cho.”  He nodded wrapping his arm around your shoulders.  You were fine with Cedric’s skinship because you knew he only had platonic feelings for you and vice versa, however, there had been many times such as now where people would assume you two were together.  You heard hushed whispering from the corner, “Are those two dating?  Oh my, I can kinda see it though….they’re cute.” giggling from a group of first-year girls came around the corner as they eyed you, walking by, there had been multiple occasions where you had to shut down rumors that people had made between the two of you.  Hufflepuff’s golden boy and you, the outsider, but somehow fit well with the golden boy.  Rolling your eyes at the girl you stood up as the classroom door opened and Fred came rushing out, “Did you wait long y/n?”  “Nope, Cedric gave me company while I waited, although he was a rightful pain.”  Cedric laughed as he slapped your shoulder before giving Fred an acknowledging nod and walking off.  Fred knew the two of you were just friends and didn’t care, and for all, it counts the two of them were quite an unlikely pair of friends whenever you three hung out.  

The next couple of days went by in a flash as you were busy preparing for a test in potions, Snape already had it out for you since you were dating Fred so you didn’t want to make it any easier for him to take points from you.  You hadn’t heard the buzz of rumors going around until Fred came up to you, peacefully studying in an empty classroom, humming a song to yourself that you couldn’t seem to get out of your head.  “Can we talk?”  he asked, voice harsher than you were used to, so you agreed immediately.  “Is something wrong?”  you looked at him, worry creasing between your brows.  Fred instinctively brushed his fingers between your brows, “You’re gonna get worry lines if you keep doing that.”  He pulled his fingers away, “I-I trust you but I just wanted to make sure of something.”  You nodded, heart starting to accelerate with worry, you could feel the blood rushing in your ears as you waited.  A sigh escaped his lips before he questioned, “I’ve been hearing rumors, that I know aren’t true, but I just wanted to confirm it with you.  D-did Cedric kiss you a couple of days ago?”  At the question, you couldn’t help yourself as giggles escaped your lips, “And here I thought you were gonna tell me something serious like that you were dying or some shit.”  Fred’s cheeks brightened, almost as red as his hair, as he stuttered out, “I know it’s a stupid question but I-I just…”  You cut him off kissing his lips, “To answer your question, no he didn’t kiss me I’m quite sure he’s got it going well with Cho, and either way we’d both be grossed out by the idea of kissing each other.”  More giggles escaped your lips as a mischievous glint hit your eyes as you pushed Fred to the closed door, kissing him softly as you locked the door behind him,  “I promise you have nothing to worry about, Fred.  My heart is all yours...so let me show you.”  Fred bit his lips as his eyes lit with the playful fire he always had in them.  His hands danced across your neck as he pulled you in for another kiss, lips barely touching yours, his other hand ran down your arm before coming back up to play with the collar of your shirt.  You slowly unbuttoned your shirt, pulling away from his lips as you stared into his eyes, letting the shirt fall down your shoulders.  “Oh Merlin, you’re so beautiful.”  His eyes burned holes in your body as they moved across your body, hands pulling you closer before pulling your skirt down roughly.  “I swear Fred if you rip this one I’m gonna kill you.  It’s embarrassing whenever I have to get a new one and they wonder how I’m managing to rip so many skirts in one school year.”  Fred laughed as he pulled the rest of down gently, careful not to rip it, then proceeded to unbutton his own shirt as you got down to your knees.  Your hands idled up his legs as you pulled the buttons apart agonizingly slowly as you met Fred’s green eyes.  Pulling the pants down to his ankles you palmed him through his briefs before pulling those down too.  Tongue sliding up his length before you placed the tip in his mouth.  Relaxing your mouth you bobbed your head down the rest of his length, trying to not gag as it hit the back of your throat.  Deep, throaty moans escaped Fred’s mouth as his hips thrust forward instinctively, you gagged slightly as you moved your free hand down your body to your aching core.  Fred watched as his hand placed itself on the top of your head, gripping it ever so slightly that it pulled at your scalp, moaning around his length you ran your fingers through your wetness, fingers slicking as you pushed a couple in.  Fred seemed to lose control as his hips thrust more involuntarily, watching you finger yourself.  He pulled your mouth away from his length as he pulled you up, “I want to be inside you.”  His fingers ran over the cotton covering your slick, “God, you’re already so wet for me, aren’t you baby?”  Moaning at the contact you nodded as his hand gripped your hair.  His fingers pushed aside the cotton as he pushed his cock in, slowly filling you up as you adjusted to the length.  He gave a second before thrusting in, hitting you at exactly the right spot.  His hand placed over your mouth as he shushed you, “Quiet, or we’ll get spotted, don’t want that do we?”  You shook your head as you heard footsteps of other students walking outside.  His hips moved at a faster pace than before as his other hand circled and pinched at your clit.  Moans escaped your mouth, as the sound of his skin slapping on your resounded throughout the room.  The unholy noises were so loud in your ears, you wondered if anyone else was hearing this, the thought pushing you further.  “You like the idea of someone catching us don’t you?” Fred groaned out his breaths getting heavier and more uneven, along with his thrusts.  You replied with a long groan as your breath hitched when his he thrust especially rough, hands gripping your hips so hard you knew it would leave bruises.  He grabbed his tie from the floor and stuffed it in your mouth, “Any louder and we’ll have to stop.” he said in your ear, groaning softly at the feeling of you squeezing around his length as you reached your high, eyes rolling back and spit pooling in your mouth from the tie.  He grunted out breathily as he thrust his last few before reaching his high as well as you pulsated around his length, squeezing his cum out.  He rode out his high before pulling out, the liquid leaking out and dripping down your thighs.  The underwear snapped back into place as the liquid continued to pool inside the cotton.  “Maybe I should make more rumors with Cedric then we can do this more.  You’re cute when you’re jealous.”  Fred’s face brightened as he was catching his breath pulling his clothes on, “I wasn’t jealous…”  Chuckling you pulled your clothes up as well, “I love you, Fred Weasley and yes you were, it’s cute.”  Fred looked away cheeks flushed from the activity but also embarrassment, “I love you too, y/n.” he smiled cheekily at you as he replied, “If this is what I get for being jealous then maybe I will do it more often.”  Laughing you questioned seriously, “Do I have sex hair?  I told Cedric and Cho I’d study with them later.”  “Well, if I did my job correctly then yes.” he replied, as you punched his chest.  “I’m being serious, you dork.”  He patted your hair down and fixed it as best he could, before placing a kiss on your forehead.  You two walked out, playing innocent as you walked down the hall hand in hand meet your best friend, who unknowingly allowed you to have unbelievably hot sex with your boyfriend in a classroom. 

[seovienrose]

soccer club captain mingyu x yearbook editor reader au! pt 2

continue from pt 1

mingyu is very close to seungcheol, the soccer club former captain and school alumni as he came to monitor the progress of soccer club under mingyu’s leadership

the 10 players, lining up and standing across each others trying to pass the ball to each other as a warm up

so the team was divided to into 6:6 with seungcheol as the goalkeeper for the opposite team 

the game started with a loud whistle and seokmin got the ball, trying to score into the opposite goal, he passed the ball to the team’s striker, mingyu and mingyu striked a goal easily

jihoon, then tackled a ball from seokmin and almost landed a goal but was blocked by chan, the team’s goalkeeper

after 2 hours of games, the practice ended and mingyu’s team won with 8:6

seungcheol knew he entrusted the soccer club to a reliable person 

“good game today mingyu and others, i have lots of fun monitoring and playing with you guys today! good luck with upcoming regional tournament! now lets go to mcdonalds boys its my treat!”

since its been half of the year, the yearbook committees had gotten so busy to catch up with activities within the months (sports day, academic decathlon, language week etc)

since that bread and milk day, mingyu and you didn’t come across each other except that time you met him at the school gate and he blushed suddenly

what drugs he’s consuming

anyways, you were discussing with yearbook journalists and photographers about having them manage their time properly according to upcoming events due to midterm examinations coming soon

a lot of teachers complained that some yearbook committees had to miss classes frequently because of activities held by the school (its inevitable you know)

you went to your work desk after briefing but the photographers and journalists still sat around the meeting table 

you were eavesdropping to minghao talking to other photographers about regional soccer tournament apparently being held soon and who’s getting the tickets

“mingyu got me a front seat ticket and he said he is inviting someone else too”

“he is probably inviting the girl in the theatre club, no?”

“dunno...”

WHATS THE DEETS WITH THE THEATRE CLUB GIRL

“well im not suprised if they still keep in contact with each other”

as much as you pretended to be unbothered you cant help yourself to be engaged in their conversation about mingyu

until the assistant editor of yours, soonyoung or people call him mr hochi came breaking the chit chatter to end with his arms crossed

hochi is much feared by the committees compared to the chief editor yourself since he is a year older and stricter with the yearbook’s precision

he was the chief editor for 3 years consecutively before you and decided to become an assistant because a lot of past committees quitted because of his leadership lol

“i didn’t appoint you guys to gossip but to do your job as yearbook committees, i don’t want to hear any complaints again from teacher about any of you slacking or missing out in classes”

with that everyone parted ways and continue doing their things at their personal desks

that was just an appreciation advertisement for our mr hochi lets get back to your love story

when you went to your locker to pick up english literature books, you saw a note stuck on the locker door

‘hey can we meet at equipments stores around 4 am right after our evening class, don’t be late i have to attend my soccer practice at 4:15 pm, sincerely mingyu’

okay why he wants to meet you at 4 in the morning but the practice at 4:15 pm???

you just laughed and proceeded to your literature class

after your literature class, you went straight to equipments stores and saw mingyu were fiddling around with something in his hands

“why do you want to meet me at 4 am?”

mingyu was half shOOKETH when he heard your voice and he had this “what???” face

“you wrote 4 am in the note” and you laughed again

mingyu was rubbing his neck and kinda laughed too, “i wrote that in hurry because i was in rush to my mathematics class”

you nodded and he smiled in awe after looking at you

“ah actually i want to give you this..i don’t know if you’re free but i’d be honoured if you can come to my tournament”

(my readers be like pretends to be surprise.gif lmao)

HE GAVE YOU THE VIP SEAT TO THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT YEAYYYY

“oh....” you just accepted it shyly

suddenly he rummaged his adidas convertible and took out an egg tart and strawberry milk again this time

you feel so overwhelmed you want to burst when he gave them to you

“y/n do come to my tournament this saturday alright? i would be so happy if the chief editor herself could come and give her personal feedback!! i gtg now, bye!!”

“thank you mingyu..”

mingyu walked away and went to field after making you feeling so flushed

the following morning, when you walk to the hall you met minghao and he greeted you a good morning

“y/n i already talk to the graphic and layout designer to reformat the yearbook design since we’re adding new segment”

“what segment?”

“either advertisements or candids section, what do you think is better?”

“for 2 pages? nobody is gonna be entertained with ads” and someone was running in the busy hall, pushing your shoulder making your file in your arms fell

minghao collected your file and tilted his head to the side

“y/n..you’re going to mingyu’s tournament?”

little did you remember that the soccer tournament ticket was in your clear file and minghao had to see that

“y-yes...”

“we’re going together then!!!” minghao jumped a little and stopped his track, “wait a minute...so you’re the girl he is currently having a crush on?”

“what crush? what about the theatre club girl?”

minghao was standing with his hand hanging to his waist, “so you overheard our conversation?”

you nodded

“we guessed him and the theatre club girl were a thing but turned out she was pestering mingyu one-sided”

he walked to the stairs to go to his literature class and you continued your way to your physics class after bidding goodbyes

in the literature class, minghao interrogating mingyu session

“dude, you’re flirting with y/n now?”

mingyu ignored the latter but he was actually flustered to answer

“do you expect a full page coverage of you and soccer club in the yearbook by doing this?”

mg: “what the hell minghao?”

minghao: “okay im just kidding”

mg: “she’s too adorable”

minghao: “adorable? didnt she get mad at you for sleeping on the couch in a prohibited room?”

mingyu was in his dreamy state because he was reminded of your smile

he was like that for 1 minute and minghao snapped his fingers

“okay fine i like her genuinely i want to keep her in pocket stop asking me” 

saturday arrived aka the awaited soccer tournament day

your father lifted you off at the town’s stadium and you saw minghao with his camera bag and camera tripod

“hi do you need help mr photographer?”

minghao: “sure thing, do you have the ticket? lets go in”

you helped carried the adapters and batteries bag and got inside the soccer hall 

mingyu who happened to be searching for vending machine found you and minghao

HE INSTANTLY TURNED INTO THE BIGGEST PUPPY EVER

he came running to you and grinned as wide as he can

“you came y/n!!!” 

he looked at your shoulder and noticed the adapter bag belonged to minghao and rolled his eyes as he took the bag off your shoulder

“yOU MADE HER HOLD YOUR THINGS???!!!”

minghao was like -_______- “shut up mingyu” 

“i offered to help because those seemed heavy” 

after the chaos mingyu held minghao’s both camera and adapters bags then lead both of you to your vip seats

minghao set up his tripod and started adjusting his camera

you were inspecting the soccer hall

can you guess what mingyu was doing?

DING DONG DAENG 

he was looking at you tenderly like he hadn’t seen you for 10 million years, he was really infatuated with you

you said “don’t you have like rehearsal or stuff to do other than looking at me like a creep?”

mingyu blushed again and excused himself to the waiting room to brief to his soccer club teammates

“i have never seen him so invested in a girl like that before, he likes you like a lot y/n”

“really minghao, you think so?”

anyways the tournament began, for the first halves of the game your school team seemed sloppy and demotivated because “apparently they seemed nervous” the commentator said

during the interval time, you can see and hear mingyu shouted really loudly to give encouragements toward his teams

the coach also were guiding them and giving careful advices before their second halves started 

mingyu on the field were looking at you and minghao, smiling half-heartedly

you took this opportunity to make a big heart with your arms and mingyu instantly laughed, continued running to his position

seokmin, jihoon and mingyu scored 4 goals during the second halves with chan managing to block 2 goals and 1 free kick from opposite team

your school soccer club took the trophy home with last minute goal from jihoon with 9:7 and all of the players were roaring happily doing their circle hugs

after the final match ended, you waited by the side of field 

mingyu saw you in the crowds and he ran towards you

“congratulations mingyu, i enjoyed it!!”

“well im hoping you could come for another tournaments”

“i would love to......date you and also go to your other tournaments.”

mingyu was SHOOKETH AGAin its like he was getting heart attack

“what?????”

“you didn’t hear it wrong, boyfriend”

mg: “so it’s day one today?”

you nodded and beamed like the brightest sun ever

mingyu gently kissed your cheek and you both half-hugged since mingyu was sweating lol

little did you know, minghao captured the picture of mingyu kissing your cheek perfectly

[all-hail-the-witcher]

hi, im here to steal all your candles

ship: blinkxmush genre: fluff edited: kinda mostly warnings: 2.5 curse words, mentions of demon summoning ?? word count: 1272 _______________________________ Blink was sitting in his apartment having a nice time binge watching Friends and eating rocky road ice cream straight out of the carton with a spoon. No, no one had broken up with him recently, but he had taken his last midterm that morning -calculus- and felt like he deserved a night on the couch. Plus most of his friends had their last midterm the following morning and were studying so there wasn’t anyone to hang out with. So, naturally, he was surprised when he heard a frantic knock on his apartment door. If this was a random frosh playing a prank on him, that kid was going to be hella sorry. He hadn’t been friends with Spot for 10 years without picking up on how to land a solid punch. Blink lazily threw open the door to reveal not a troublesome frosh, but the Cute Boy from his criminal justice class. Suddenly, Blink became very conscious of the fact that he was wearing a pair of gray sweats and a long sleeve blue shirt with several holes in the hem. In an attempt to hide the holes -and look cool- Blink leaned against the door frame. “Um, hi?” It came out as a confused question and Blink mentally slapped himself. Cute boys don’t just show up at your door everyday, idiot. “Hey, sorry to bother you, and this might sound weird, but I’m here to steal all your candles.” The sentence came out in a rush and it took Blink a second to process what Cute Boy had just said. “I- you- what?” Blink furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. Did Cute Boy just say he was there to steal all of his candles? Man, what was this guy on? Cute Boy ran his hand through his light brown hair, looking awkwardly down at his feet. Damn, why did he have to be so attractive? “It’s kind of a long story, but I really do need to steal all your candles.” Blink had a half a second long internal argument with himself. He could a. let Cute Boy in, let him steal his candles, listen to his story, maybe learn his name, and possibly get murdered, or he could b. slam the door in Cute Boy’s face, go back to Friends, never learn his name, keep his candles, continue admiring Cute Boy from afar in class and not take his chances on getting murdered. The choice was simple, really. “Well, you’re lucky I have time,” he said, giving what he hoped was a cute smile and opening the door to his apartment. He didn’t particularly enjoy candles anyway, and the candles that were in the apartment belonged to his roommate Spot, who was currently studying for biology with Davey. He supposed Spot wouldn’t mind losing his scented candles if it meant Blink could interact with Cute Boy. “Thank you so much!” Cute Boy said as he hurried into the apartment after Blink. “I’m Mush, by the way.” Mush. The name, however unusual, fit Cute Boy perfectly, making him even more attractive in Blink’s mind. “Blink.” He tore his eyes away from Mush as he shuffled over to the coffee table and opened to drawer where he knew Spot kept his candles. “So are you going to tell me why you need to steal my roommates candles?” “Oh shit, they’re your roommate’s?” Mush sat on the couch, pulling his hand out of his too big gray sweatshirt to run through his hair. “Will he be mad if I take them?” The time Jack borrowed one of Spot’s good writing pens and accidentally lost it crossed Blink’s mind. Spot had refused to so much as talk to Jack until he bought him a new pen. “Uh, no, I don’t think so,” Blink said hesitantly, knowing that that was a blatant lie. He could buy Spot more candles if it came to that. “I’m assuming we’re not getting these back though, right?” “Yeah probably not.” Mush watched as Blink placed several fall and christmas themed candles on the table. “See, my friend Race, he lives down the hall-” “Oh yeah, I know Race. He lives with Albert, right?” Of course Race was behind this nonsense. He and Albert were the kings of practical and sometimes nonsensical jokes. However, he and Race were going to have to speak about the fact that he knew Mush and never bothered to introduce him to Blink. Who knew race had hot friends? Blink was going to have to start hanging out with him more. “Yeah. So anyway,” Mush paused, trying to figure out how to phrase what he was going to say next. “I’m not sure how to say this, but he and Albert had some sort of bet about midterms - I’m not exactly sure of the details - and now Race has to try to raise a demon in their living room, and he sent me to get candles from the neighbors. Personally, I think it’s just an excuse for he and Albert to made a stupid video for their YouTube channel, but whatever.” Blink say up, furrowing his eyebrows and biting his lip, trying to find the logic - if there was any - in that. “Well,” he said after a minute. “At least this means they’ll probably get kicked out in the near future and I won’t have to deal with hearing their 2am raves.” Mush laughed. Of course he had to have a nice laugh. Blink willed the butterflies in his stomach to stop fluttering because he shouldn’t be that attracted to someone’s laugh dammit. “That would be a definite plus side to this situation,” Mush agreed. “Those two can be a handful.” “Can be?” Blink asked, taking out the last candle - visions of sugarplums - and placing it on the table. “Try all the time. They cause trouble even in their sleep, I don’t know who approved them living together.” “Certainly wasn’t me,” Mush smiled as he picked up the candles by using the front of his too big sweatshirt as a carrying device, exposing part of his very toned stomach. Of course he had to have abs. There went the butterflies again. “Especially because I’m going to have to supervise this demon summoning event. Hopefully nothing insane happens and nothing lights on fire.” Blink followed Mush to the door. “Like that’s even a possibility.” “Well, uh, thanks for the candles,” Mush said awkwardly as he stepped into the hall. “I should really get back before shit starts to go down. And,” he added, “I apologize in advance if they set the fire alarm off.” “Ah, you’d think by now I’d be used to it,” Blink said, earning a lopsided smirk from Mush. “Bye, Mush.” “Bye, nice meeting you!” Blink closed the door as Mush hurried down the hall back to Albert and Race’s place, a happy smile on his face. It was a good thing Spot wasn’t around, otherwise he’d tease him for blushing. God, why was he so attractive. Begrudgingly, Blink headed back to the couch to finish bingeing Friends and drown his unrequited feelings in the remains of his ice cream. He had just sat down when he noticed a purple post it stuck on the coffee table. You’re cute, wanna go out for coffee sometime? xxx-xxx-xxxx -Mush Blink’s heart felt like it was about to explode as he read the note several more times to make sure it was in fact, real. He stuck it carefully back on the coffee table and collapsed into his blankets, grinning like an idiot. Maybe, just maybe, this wouldn’t be a one sided love story after all. _______________________________ i found this prompt in the depths of my google drive and I thought hey why not and proceeded to plan the whole thing during ballet also race and albert are little shits and also the best ship ever expect to see more of them soon feedback is always appreciated !!

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Who Are The 10 Republicans Who Voted To Impeach

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Who Are The 10 Republicans Who Voted To Impeach

Illinois Rep Adam Kinzinger

Here are the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump

Kinzinger, first elected to Congress in 2010 when voters swept House Republicans into power, has relied on his military background in crafting his legislative priorities, especially on foreign policy. The veteran of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan serves on the House Foreign Affairs panel, as well as Energy and Commerce. Kinzinger initially defended Trumps foreign policy and national security posture, but by 2018 he had become a critic of the commander in chief.;

He voted in line with the president on legislation 90 percent of the time during the Trump years, according to CQ Vote Watch. Kinzinger voted with Trump 85 percent of the time in 2019. Trump carried Kinzingers 16th District, which stretches from Illinois Wisconsin border north of Rockford to its line with Indiana, in 2020. Trump got 57 percent of the vote in the district, according to Daily Kos Elections, while Kinzinger got 65 percent.

He immediately condemned Trump in a video statement on Jan. 6. The storming of the Capitol was a coup attempt, with the purpose of overturning the election of a duly elected president, he said. The current president incited this coup, encouraged it, and did little to protect the Capitol and the Constitution.

Rep Tom Rice South Carolina

Rep. Tom Rice, representing South Carolinas 7th Congressional District, voted to impeach Trump, though he had not spoken out publicly about his decision prior to the vote.

In a statement after the vote Wednesday, Rice said he was not sure whether Trumps speech before the mobs attack amounted to incitement of a riot, but any reasonable person could see the potential for violence.

Once the violence began, when the Capitol was under siege, when the Capitol Police were being beaten and killed, and when the Vice President and the Congress were being locked down, the President was watching and tweeted about the Vice Presidents lack of courage, Rice wrote.

I have backed this President through thick and thin for four years. I campaigned for him and voted for him twice. But, this utter failure is inexcusable.

John Katko Of New York

Mr. Katkos moderate brand of politics has returned him to Washington for four terms despite his seats perennial status as a top Democratic target, and he has said he is running again in 2022.

In 2022, his real threat may come from the right. Mr. Trump has yet to endorse a primary challenger but he wrote to New York Republican leaders in June of his eagerness to do so, vowing: Katko will never win again.

Far from backing down, Mr. Katko on Wednesday told The Syracuse Post-Standard that Mr. Trump should not be the leader of the Republican Party. It would have been a lot easier if I didnt vote on the impeachment vote, but I did it because it was the right thing to do, he said.

The top Republican on the Homeland Security Committee, Mr. Katko labored this year to negotiate with Democrats on the makeup and scope of a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack. But Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leader, rejected a compromise endorsed by Mr. Katko because it would not have examined unrelated political violence associated with the left.

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Liz Cheney John Katko And Dan Newhouse Among 10 House Republicans Who Voted In Favour Of Motion

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump a second time on Wednesday. The House voted 232-197 in favour of an unprecedented second impeachment just one week after the violence at the U.S. Capitol.

Those 232 votes were cast in favour of the bill by 222 Democrats along with 10 Republicans, members of Trump’s own party.

The Republicans;include:

Trump Expected To Make A Statement On Impeachment Proceedings Official Says

From CNNs Kaitlan Collins and Jim Acosta

President Trump will make a statement reacting to todays impeachment proceedings soon, an official familiar with the matter tells CNN. It will likely be a video.

The House has just voted to impeach President Trump for the second time making him the only US president to ever be impeached twice. The resolution passed 232 to 197.

The impeachment resolution the House voted on charges Trump with;a single article, incitement of insurrection, for his role in last weeks deadly Capitol riot.

More on this: A White House official said aides to the President are concerned the video he is recording this evening will be removed by YouTube, as Trump has seen his presence on social media vanish in recent days as tech giants like Twitter and Facebook have cracked down on the Presidents often false and irresponsible content.;

The official said the plan is to post the video on whitehouse.gov. But YouTube is used by the White House to post videos on the official government site.;The official said news outlets would be wise to make a digital recording of the video as soon as possible, in the event it is pulled down by YouTube.

The Oval Office is under consideration as a location for recording the video. It could be posted sometime during the next couple of hours.

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Trumps Ready To Fight

Fox News reports that the only Republican who voted to impeach Trump that isnt facing a primary challenger is Rep. John Katko .

They write that Katko appeared to get back into good graces with GOP leadership quickly after his impeachment vote and noted he was one of the faces of a border trip with House Republicans earlier this year.;

He did, however, join Cheney, Kinzinger, and the other Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, in also voting to establish a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol protests.

Supporters of a Jan. 6 commission are settling on a backup plan to fully probe the Capitol attack: a select House committee

But theyre worried that even in a best-case scenario, itll become a total circus. New from me:

Sam Brodey

In April, CNBC;revealed that Trumps leadership PAC Save America has $85 million on hand heading into the midterms, something one person with knowledge of the matter describes as a gargantuan sum of cash.

Another report indicates Trump is teaming up with Newt Gingrich on a new MAGA doctrine for the Republican Party, using the famed Contract with America as a framework.

With an eye toward winning back the House and Senate in the 2022 midterm elections, Donald Trump has begun crafting a policy agenda outlining a MAGA doctrine.

And hes teaming up with Newt Gingrich to do it.

Staying Above The Fray

As autumn approaches, the pressure on Bice from within her party appears to be lifting. Oklahoma GOP leaders have said nothing about her since party Chairman John Bennett posted a rebuke on Facebook in May following her Jan. 6 commission vote. Bennetts post is now blocked from public view, and he did not respond to a request for an interview.

Bice, who voted in January to oppose certification of the presidential result in Arizona, has repeatedly given the same explanation for her stance;on both the 2020 presidential election and the Capitol riot, positions she reiterated in an interview with CQ Roll Call.;

She said she wanted to make a statement about the integrity of state lawmakers control over how elections are administered, noting a 2020 state Supreme Court ruling that allowed voters to cast absentee ballots without getting them notarized.

Voting rights advocates said the measure would protect voters during the coronavirus pandemic, but state Republican lawmakers called the decision judicial overreach and rushed a party-line bill through the Legislature restoring the requirement.;

Oklahoma could have become a statistic like other states that had their election laws changed by judicial or executive decree, Bice said. For me, that was something that was very troubling.

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Of The 10 House Republicans Who Voted For Impeachment Already Have Primary Challengers

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The Times reported that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell believes the president committed impeachable offenses and is “pleased” at the prospect of his impeachment.

“I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate,” McConnell said on Wednesday.;

Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey also said publicly that Trump violated his oath of office.

“I do think the president committed impeachable offenses,” Toomey told Fox News. “I’m not sure it’s desirable to attempt to force him out, what, a day or two or three prior to the day on which he’s going to be finished anyway so I’m not clear that’s the best path forward.”

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Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski;;and said if the GOP couldn’t separate itself from Trump, she may leave the party. Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse also said he would seriously consider any articles of impeachment against the president in the wake of the violence.

Other GOP Senators including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah, and John Thune of South Dakota have openly criticized the president’s attempts to overturn the election.;

Insider will continue updating this list.

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Report: 9 Of The 10 Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Trump Facing Primary Challengers

Nine out of the 10 Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump are facing primary challenges for their congressional seats.

Fox News reports that a majority of those who joined Democrats and the media circus during the second impeachment trial are facing a barrage of pro-Trump primary challengers.

Some of them, like Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger , according to Fox, may have a very hard time holding on to their seats.

The former President has vowed to back challengers to any Republicans who voted in favor of impeachment as they gear up for a fight in 2022.

Republicans who voted for impeachment face barrage of pro-Trump primary challengers

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Ohio Gop Censures 10 Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Trump

LEWIS CENTER, Ohio The Ohio Republican Party censured U.S. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez and nine other GOP representatives Friday for voting in February to impeach former President Donald Trump, in a nearly unanimous vote of the powerful central committee.

The vote made the Cleveland area congressman the eighth of the 10 defectors to be rebuked or censured by a state or local party. Efforts against two others failed to take hold.

The resolution to censure that was approved by the committee called Trumps second impeachment process meritless, unprecedented, unconstitutional and purposeless. Along a narrower vote, the committee also approved a second resolution, which hadnt been on the agenda, calling on Gonzalez to resign.

Messages seeking comment were left with both Gonzalezs campaign and his government office.

The question was brought by a party now led by Bob Paduchik, a Trump adviser and loyalist who ascended as chair after the resignation of Jane Timken, who is pursuing a coveted open Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Rob Portman.

Timken has faced criticism from rivals in the GOP Senate primary for as chair initially defending and not rebuking Gonzalez, who has strongly stood by his vote despite an onslaught from party conservatives.

Timken has since called for his resignation and touted her loyalty to and work and fundraising for Trump. Pro-Timken fliers were placed at every seat at Fridays committee meeting.

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The 10 Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Donald Trump

Ten House Republicans joined every Democrat in voting yes, in the most bipartisan impeachment in US history

Ten Republican members of the US House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump over the deadly insurrection at the Capitol, making it the most bipartisan presidential impeachment in US history.

The break with the president stood in sharp contrast to the unanimous support for Trump among House Republicans when he was first impeached by Democrats in 2019.

All Democrats who voted supported impeachment, while 197 Republicans voted no.

The Republican votes made it a historic moment. In comparison, five Democrats voted to impeach Bill Clinton in 1998.

How the Senate will fall on Trumps second impeachment trial vote remains to be seen. Two-thirds of the 100-member body are required to convict a president, meaning 17 Republicans would have to join Democrats to render a guilty verdict. So far only a small number of Republican senators have indicated an openness to convicting the president in a senate trial, which is now set to begin after Bidens inauguration. Mitch McConnell, the top-ranking Republican in the Senate, indicated to colleagues that he is undecided on how he would vote.

Below are the Republicans who voted for impeachment in the House of Representatives:

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The gop votes were in sharp contrast to the unanimous support for trump among house republicans when he was impeached by democrats in december 2019. cheney, whose decision to buck trump sparked an immediate backlash within the gop, was the only member of her partys leadership to support impeachment, which was opposed by 197 republicans. The 10 who voted with democrats to impeach trump could give a degree of cover and open the door a little wider for republicans in the senate to vote to convict trump. sen. With 10 republican votes, trumps second impeachment was the most bipartisan one in history. by comparison, five democrats voted to impeach bill clinton in 1998. here are the 10 republicans:. With 10 republican votes, trumps second impeachment was the most bipartisan one in history. by comparison, five democrats voted to impeach bill clinton in 1998. here are the 10 republicans:. the ten republicans in the house who voted for trumps impeachment were;house republican conference chair liz cheney. letters to the editor aug 20 2021. The ten republicans in the house who voted for trumps impeachment were;house republican conference chair liz cheney. letters to the editor aug 20 2021. ten house republicans crossed party lines on wednesday and voted to impeach president trump which is 10 more than the amount to go against him the first time around.

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Rep Jaime Herrera Beutler

While Beutler admitted that she did not vote for Trump in 2016, she did back the president for a second term in 2020.

On Tuesday, the congresswoman announced she would vote to impeach, saying: The Presidents offenses, in my reading of the Constitution, were impeachable based on the indisputable evidence we already have.

I understand the argument that the best course is not to further inflame the country or alienate Republican voters, she added. But I am a Republican voter I see that my own party will be best served when those among us choose truth.

Here Are The House Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Trump

Ten GOP;House members joined Democrats in voting to impeach President Trump

It marks the first time in the countrys history that a president has been impeached twice in one term.

Its also the most bipartisan impeachment vote in the nations history.

Hugh Thompson RiceSC state Rep. Russell Fry launches primary bid against Rice over impeachment votePro-impeachment Republicans outpace GOP rivals in second-quarter fundraisingCheney, Kinzinger are sole GOP votes for Jan. 6 select committeeMORE was the most conservative of the members who supported the effort.

He said a reasonable person would see Trumps remarks to a crowd before the mob attacked the Capitol as having the potential to lead to violence.

Under the strict definition of the law, I dont know if the presidents speech last Wednesday morning amounted to incitement of a riot, but any reasonable person could see the potential for violence, he said.

Rice also took aim at the president for going after Vice President Pence.;

I have backed this President through thick and thin for four years. I campaigned for him and voted for him twice. But, this utter failure is inexcusable, he said in a statement.;

The ten Republicans in the House who voted for Trumps impeachment were;House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney

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Trump Calls For No Violence As Congress Moves To Impeach Him For Role In Riot

This time, there will be more. Some Republican senators have called on Trump to resign, and even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he is undecided at this point.

Trumps impeachment wont lead to his removal even if he is convicted because of the timeline. The Senate is adjourned until Tuesday. The next day, Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president. But theres another penalty the Constitution allows for as a result of a Senate conviction that could be appealing to some Republican senators banning Trump from holding office again.

While there is some debate as to the definition of office in the Constitution and whether that would apply to running for president or even Congress, that kind of public rebuke would send a strong message that Republicans are ready to move on from Trumpism.

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POLITICO Playbook: What Trump still doesn’t get about Pelosi

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POLITICO Playbook: What Trump still doesn’t get about Pelosi

A QUICK REALITY CHECK … PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMPtweeted this — in part — on Christmas: “Why should Crazy Nancy Pelosi, just because she has a slight majority in the House, be allowed to Impeach the President of the United States?”

WELL, DEFINE“slight.” SpeakerNANCYPELOSIstarted out this Congress with a 36-seat majority — which is the fifth-largest of all majorities since the 105th Congress, in 1997-1999.PELOSIhad the largest majority in the last decade — 79 seats — which came just afterBARACK OBAMAwon the White House, between 2009 and 2011. The smallest majority was seven seats, between 2001 and 2003. Republicans held a 19-seat majority when they impeachedBILL CLINTON.

IT’S POSSIBLEthat Trump has never fundamentally understood the power shift in Washington brought about by the 2018 midterms. He went from dealing with an all-Republican Congress to having to fend off a ferocious Democratic majority in the House that has largely held together despite its geographic and ideological diversity. That is one reason, perhaps, that he finds himself impeached heading into 2020.

ALSO:This missive fromTRUMPcame after this presidential message: “Together, we must strive to foster a culture of deeper understanding and respect—traits that exemplify the teachings of Christ.”

IN CASE SAN FRANCISCO DEMS ARE LOOKING FOR TRUMP’S ADVICE, @realDonaldTrumpthis morning:“‘Nancy Pelosi has no leverage over the Senate. Mitch McConnell did not nose his way into the impeachment process in the House, and she has no standing in the Senate.’ Brad Blakeman. Crazy Nancy should clean up her filthy dirty District & help the homeless there. A primary for N?”

— FOR THE RECORD:California does not have traditional primaries. It has a “jungle primary,” in which both parties participate, and the top two vote-getters face off in the general election. In 2018,PELOSIgot68.5%in a seven-candidate jungle primary field — the next highest vote-getter got9.1%.She won the general election with86.8%.

A PEEK UNDER THE HOOD … NYT, A1 … ERIC LIPTONandSTEVE EDER: “For Trump Organization, Office Skyscrapers Make Up for Lagging Hotels”:“With hotel expansion plans thwarted, marquee hotels in New York, Panama and Toronto stripped of the Trump name, and revenues lagging or relatively flat at properties like Doral, rising rent collections at office and commercial properties have provided the Trump Organization a sorely needed boost.

“Revenues at office towers on Sixth Avenue in Midtown, on Wall Streetin downtown Manhattan and at a third building in San Francisco — cities that are centers of political opposition to the president — have each jumped during Mr. Trump’s tenure in the White House, outperforming the family’s much better recognized assets like Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York, financial filings show. ‘Our office buildings are killing it,’ Eric Trump said in an interview. ‘It is under appreciated.’” NYT

BIG POLITICO MAG INVESTIGATION — “How Close Did Russia Really Come to Hacking the 2016 Election?”by Kim Zetter: “Government reports indicate a Florida election technology company was hacked in 2016. There’s plenty the public doesn’t know about the incident—but should—going into 2020.”

— WAPO: “U.S. Cybercom contemplates information warfare to counter Russian interference in 2020 election,”by Ellen Nakashima: “Military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could be deployed against senior Russian officials and oligarchs if Moscow tries to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections through hacking election systems or sowing widespread discord, according to current and former U.S. officials.

“One option being explored by U.S. Cyber Command would target senior leadershipand Russian elites, though probably not President Vladimir Putin, which would be considered too provocative, said the current and former officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the issue’s sensitivity. The idea would be to show that the target’s sensitive personal data could be hit if the interference did not stop, though officials declined to be more specific.” WaPo

— “Election officials learn military mindset ahead of 2020 vote,”by AP’s Christina Cassidy

Good Thursday morning.Happy Boxing Day.

FLAGGING FOR STEPHEN MILLER AND CO. — L.A. TIMES: “Seeing a Central American surge, Mexicans join the asylum line at the U.S. border,”by Patrick McDonald in Matamoros, Mexico: “Word about Central Americans and others gaining U.S. footholds via the asylum process has spread to violence-racked areas of Mexico, prompting many to head north to border towns, from Matamoros on the Gulf of Mexico to Tijuana on the Pacific.

“‘First we heard about the caravans,then we heard that the Central Americans were getting asylum in the United States,’ said José Antonio Mendoza, 28, another asylum hopeful here from Guerrero, the western Mexican state where Acapulco is also situated. ‘And then we heard that asylum was also a possibility for Mexicans.’ Mendoza has been waiting here for two months with his wife and two children, ages 3 and 7.” LAT

A USEFUL UPDATE ON THE GOVERNMENT,via WaPo’s Greg Miller and Greg Jaffe: “The new Russia adviser at the White House — the third in just six months — has no meaningful background on the subject. The only expert on Ukraine has never spoken with President Trump, only been mocked by him publicly.

“The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv will soon be without its highest-rankingdiplomat for the second time in a year, as another ambassador departs after being undermined by the U.S. president and his personal attorney.

“The CIA analyst who triggered the impeachment inquiry continues to workon issues relating to Russia and Ukraine, but when threats against him spike — often seemingly spurred by presidential tweets — he is driven to and from work by armed security officers.

“Having been impeached by the House, Trump faces trialin the Senate on charges that he abused the power of his office and sought to obstruct Congress. But the jarring developments over the past three months have also exposed the extent to which the national security establishment and the values that have traditionally guided American foreign policy are facing an extraordinary trial of their own under Trump’s presidency.” WaPo

HMM … “Murkowski ‘disturbed’ by McConnell’s vow for ‘total coordination’ with White House for impeachment trial,”by KTUU’s Sean Maguire: “‘And in fairness, when I heard that I was disturbed,’ Murkowski said before describing that there should be distance between the White House and the Senate in how the trial is conducted. ‘To me it means that we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense, and so I heard what leader McConnell had said, I happened to think that that has further confused the process.’

“Murkowski was critical of the impeachment processconducted in the House of Representatives that she describes as rushed. … She says the Senate is now being asked to cure deficiencies in the evidence that will be presented at the trial, particularly when it comes to whether key witnesses should be brought forward to testify … Murkowski remains undecided how she would vote when the trial takes place.” KTUU

— WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS?It’s tough to tell. If Murkowski is, indeed, disturbed by McConnell’s words, does that mean she will build a coalition and block the rules for impeachment? Does she believeTRUMPshould be removed from office? We need to see how this will translate into action to fully understand the implications.

DOUG LETTER PROFILE … WAPO: “In court, he speaks for Speaker Nancy Pelosi,”by Ann Marimow: “After a 40-year career at the Justice Department, defending policies of presidential administrations from both parties, Letter now speaks for the speaker in courtrooms throughout the country while advising House leaders on impeachment. …

“With his small team of lawyers, Letter is locked in pitched battleswith the Trump administration, which has vowed to fight all congressional subpoenas for documents and testimony — and resisted cooperating with House impeachment proceedings. As general counsel to the House, Letter has a hand in an outsize number of fast-moving legal fights between Congress and the president. …

“Letter, 66, sleeps only four hours on a typical night,according to friends and former colleagues. When he’s not in court or crafting legal filings, he briefs Democrats on strategy and advises House leaders on impeachment. He talks frequently with Pelosi in meetings, by phone or in texts, with messages that also touch on a shared affinity for sports teams from the Bay Area, where Letter grew up.” WaPo

2020 WATCH …

— “Democrats seize on anti-Obamacare ruling to steamroll GOP in 2020,”by Alice Miranda Ollstein and James Arkin: “A court ruling last week putting the Affordable Care Act further in jeopardy may provide the opening Democrats have been waiting for to regain the upper hand on health care against Republicans in 2020.

“At the most recent Democratic presidential debate,candidates largely avoided discussing the lawsuit or Republicans’ years-long efforts to dismantle Obamacare, and instead continued their intra-party battle over Medicare for All.

“But Senate Democrats, Democratic candidatesand outside groups backing them immediately jumped on the news of the federal appeals court ruling — blasting out ads and statements reminding voters of Republicans’ votes to repeal the 2010 health care law, support the lawsuit and confirm the judges who may bring about Obamacare’s demise.” POLITICO

— BUTTIGIEG POLICY X-RAY … WAPO: “Buttigieg health plan hinges on ‘supercharged’ version of unpopular Obamacare mandate,”by Jeff Stein and Chelsea Janes: “Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg sells his health-care plan as a moderate alternative to Medicare-for-all — offering a government-sponsored plan to those who want it while letting others keep their private and employer-sponsored insurance.

“But the South Bend, Ind., mayor’s plan has a catch:If you choose not to enroll in any coverage, you could still be on the hook for thousands of dollars. Under Buttigieg’s proposal, Americans who lack coverage would be automatically enrolled in the government plan, potentially saddling them with a big bill at the end of the year for ‘retroactive’ coverage.

“Buttigieg’s campaign has said the proposal will ensure the candidate’s promiseof universal health coverage — without eliminating private insurance, as some of his more liberal opponents have proposed.

“But critics say the policy represents an expanded versionof one of the least popular aspects of President Obama’s 2010 health-care law: the individual mandate, which fined Americans for not having health insurance. The mandate was repealed by the 2017 Republican tax law and ruled unconstitutional last week by an appeals court. None of the other leading Democratic hopefuls have reprised it as part of their health-care plans.” WaPo

— NYT’S KATIE GLUECKin Creston, Iowa:“The ‘But I Would Vote for Joe Biden’ Republicans”:“The voters at campaign events for Joseph R. Biden Jr. here in Iowa and across the country aren’t just shopping for a candidate for themselves.

“As they jostle to take pictures with the former vice presidentand listen to him preach about national unity, they are often thinking about someone else — a dad, a neighbor or a colleague. They consider the political leanings of people close to them who are uncomfortable with the most liberal presidential contenders, but who hate the chaos of the Trump era and are receptive to the kind of centrist, seasoned candidacy Mr. Biden offers.

“Some Democrats have been warning the party not to obsessover these potential swing voters, arguing that electability calculations about mythical undecided moderates are futile at this moment of extreme political polarization. But for many Biden supporters, those voters are their Republican-leaning relatives and friends. And their perspectives are an increasingly prominent consideration as the Iowa caucuses near.”

TRUMP’S THURSDAY —The president has nothing on his public schedule today.

HAPPENING TODAY — “Netanyahu’s Survival Is Tested as Likud Party Holds Leadership Vote,”by NYT’s Isabel Kershner in Jerusalem: “With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future on the line — and possibly Israel’s — members of his conservative Likud party voted Thursday on whether to stick with their scandal-scarred leader or replace him ahead of a general election in March.

“Mr. Netanyahu, who was indicted last month on corruption chargesincluding bribery, was widely expected to prevail over his challenger, Gideon Saar, a seasoned but less popular party veteran. Even so, this is the most serious challenge to the prime minister’s party leadership since 2005, and fears of a low turnout on a day of bad weather made the outcome harder to predict.

“The result of the vote, expected to be known early Friday,will determine whether Mr. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, will lead Likud into the country’s third parliamentary election in less than a year.” NYT

— POLITICAL CHAOS IN IRAQ … THE NATIONAL: “Iraq president Barham Salih offers to step down amid protests”:“Iraqi President Barham Salih has handed his resignation to parliament after refusing to endorse a nominee for the prime ministership from an Iran backed political group.

“He said that he would rather step downthan pick a new prime minister rejected by demonstrators but as the constitution does not allow him to reject a nomination he would resign. Parliament will now have to meet to discuss and vote on the resignation. If they endorse the move, Mr Salih will step down.

“Parliament’s Binaa bloc on Wednesday nominated Assad Al Eidani,the governor of Basra and a former minister of youth and sports. The alliance is led by Iranian-backed politician Hadi Al Amiri.” The National

CRACKDOWN IN MOSCOW — “Russian authorities raid Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s Moscow office,”by Reuters’ Andrew Osborn and Anastasia Teterevleva: “Russian authorities raided the Moscow headquarters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday, using power tools to gain entry before dragging Navalny out by force and confiscating technical equipment such as laptops.

“Navalny and his allies said the raidon his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) was carried out by the Federal Bailiffs Service and was connected to his refusal to delete a video investigation which leveled graft allegations against Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov.” Reuters

— EARLIER … WSJ: “In a Big Shift, Russians Take to the Streets Over Everyday Complaints”

FOR YOUR RADAR — REUTERS/BEIJING: “China, Russia, Iran to hold joint naval drills starting Friday”:“China, Iran and Russia will hold joint naval drills starting on Friday in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman, China’s defense ministry said on Thursday，amid heightened tension in the region between Iran and the United States.

“China will send the Xining, a guided missile destroyer,to the drills, which will last until Monday, and are meant to deepen cooperation between the three countries’ navies, ministry spokesman Wu Qian told a monthly news briefing.” Reuters

L.A. TIMES: “Americans are retiring to Vietnam, for cheap healthcare and a decent living standard,”by Ralph Jennings

Send tips to Eli Okun and Garrett Ross at politicoplaybook@politico.com.

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Matthew Verghese,deputy COS and communications director for Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.).How he’s celebrating:“I’ve come to love having my birthday right after Christmas because every year I get a chance to go home to Maryland and celebrate with family and friends new and old. … Luckily, my boss — Congressman Brown — is letting me skip staffing him when he presides over the pro-forma session this morning. Last year he had an interview on ‘Morning Joe’ at 7 a.m. on the government shutdown, which was far too early a start for my birthday.”Playbook Q&A

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Hillary Clinton op-ed says Mueller report shows a ‘crime was committed against all Americans,’ urges Democrats not to rush to impeach Trump, Defence Online

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Previous Secretary of Condition Hillary Clinton wrote an op-ed cautioning Democrats against speeding to impeachment immediately after the launch of the Mueller report.

“Congress ought to keep substantive hearings that construct on the Mueller report and fill in its gaps, not bounce straight to an up-or-down vote on impeachment,” she wrote.

Clinton stated the Mueller report documented “a really serious criminal offense in opposition to the American people today.”

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Former Secretary of Point out Hillary Clinton thinks particular counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election interference paperwork “a serious criminal offense in opposition to the American folks.”

In a new op-ed, released in The Washington Article on Wednesday, Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee, shared her feelings on the conclusions of the report and also urged Democrats to be methodical when it will come to the likelihood of impeachment.

The op-ed will come less than a week just after a redacted edition of Mueller’s report was made community. The report was break up into two volumes: one concentrated on the investigation into election interference, the other looked at obstruction of justice – and it integrated a litany of probably damning allegations versus President Donald Trump.

Read extra: Jared Kushner downplays Russian interference in 2016 election, says it was just ‘a couple of Facebook ads’

Clinton, who acknowledged that remaining the losing applicant may possibly not make her “the proper messenger,” also argued that her past working experience as Secretary of State, a US Senator, to start with lady, and a staff lawyer with Home Judiciary Committee’s 1974 Watergate impeachment inquiry give her some viewpoint on the issue.

She’s concerned about the broader countrywide security implications linked to Russian election interference and called for a fee to be founded to focus on this concern.

“Our election was corrupted, our democracy assaulted, our sovereignty and safety violated,” Clinton wrote. “This is the definitive conclusion of exclusive counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report. It documents a serious crime versus the American persons.”

Mueller in his report concluded that Russia interfered in the election to advantage Trump’s campaign and damage Clinton’s, though the report did not set up that users of the president’s marketing campaign “conspired or coordinated” with the Kremlin.

Clinton went on to say that the discussion above how to avert Russian election interference in the potential and how to hold Trump accountable for “obstructing the investigation and possibly breaking the law” has been “reduced to a wrong option: speedy impeachment or almost nothing.”

The previous presidential candidate reported there is a “better way to consider about the decisions ahead.”

Go through additional: Hillary Clinton suggests the Mueller report proved Trump would be indicted for obstruction of justice if he was not president

Echoing remarks from Democratic leaders like Property Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, Clinton referred to Mueller’s report as a “road map” and urged versus a partisan process relocating forward.

“It’s up to users of both equally events to see the place that road map qualified prospects – to the eventual submitting of posts of impeachment, or not,” Clinton explained.

She went on to say that Republicans “rushed to judgment” with impeachment proceedings from her partner, previous President Bill Clinton, in 1998 and urged Democrats towards earning the similar miscalculation, and Clinton held up the Watergate inquiry as a route to follow.

“Congress need to keep substantive hearings that establish on the Mueller report and fill in its gaps, not soar straight to an up-or-down vote on impeachment,” she wrote.

Meanwhile, Clinton stated Dwelling Democrats should not ignore to “stay concentrated on the reasonable agenda that voters demanded in the midterms, from defending well being treatment to investing in infrastructure.” Noting that sizeable legislation was handed all through the Watergate inquiry.

“We have to get this right,” Clinton explained in summary. “The Mueller report is not just a reckoning about our new heritage it is a warning about the long run. Unless of course checked, the Russians will interfere all over again in 2020, and maybe other adversaries, this kind of as China or North Korea, will as properly. This is an urgent risk.”

“A criminal offense was committed in opposition to all Americans,” she included, “and all People in america should really desire motion and accountability.”

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Summary: In which you, a student-athlete, believes that you are not good enough. Reggie Mantle thinks otherwise.

Life as a student-athlete meant several hours of sweat, hard work, and tears every day in a year. Each training was a step towards the rewards of building muscle and reaping what you sowed. Training as this year’s Volleyball co-captain took a lot from you, especially your academic and sleeping hours. You were entirely happy to be an athlete for Riverdale, as you loved the sport terribly; but your parents were starting to notice how your grades were slowly deteriorating. You’ve been in sports since you were a kid, but this year’s set of teachers had been tougher.

You’ve always been exceptionally bright on most subjects, especially Mathematics; though, as the year progressed, you were starting to find yourself slipping on Pre-Calculus. It was weird to see yourself receive lower marks than you usually got, but it got to the point where in the marks you were acquiring suddenly attracted your mom’s radar.

The past few weeks were full of threats coming from your mom telling you that she’ll pull you out of Volleyball unless you would be able to raise up your grade. Since then, it had been a tortuous path of constantly re-checking homework answers and trying to review every free period.

This anxiety tickling you to your core had not only affected your sleeping schedule, which was never really good in the first place, but also your very deep friendship with Reggie Mantle. Your relationship with the boy had been rooted since the day he pushed off a kid pulling your hair when you were in kindergarten. He had always been there for you, and you did the same for him; despite his tendency to be brash and mean, you understood that it was because he had underlying issues that came from his non-existent parents, who only showed their presence on weekends when they didn’t have charity dinners or gala’s to religiously attend.

Reggie loved showing himself off as a pride-filled jerk who could do whatever he wanted. You would always tell him to tone it down once you’ve seen him cross the line. He’d listen to you, maybe, for a few days; however, he’d always come back to his façade. A broken bowl glued together could only hold itself so far. You didn’t really know what to do with him, but you made sure that he’d kept himself off any party favors or too much drinking.

Besides your hectic schedule, you always made sure to visit him once in a while. You knew he desperately wished for any sort of attention, and when you visited him, you know he’d never tell you that he never failed to bask it in.

So, that was how your life worked. Studying, training, dinners with Reggie- you were going to drop anytime soon; but since you were happy, you were going to keep doing it.

You just didn’t think that you would drop earlier than expected.

The Pre-Calc midterm was going to be your saving grade if you just studied for it right. You thought of hiring a tutor, but you shrugged it off, thinking that you could study for it by yourself as you, like Reggie, also had a great and big, prideful heart.

The weekend before the midterms was handled by you and Reggie eating at Pop’s for your ritual breakfast routine. You had ordered a plate of buttermilk pancakes while the other boy got his usual big breakfast plate. He could eat a dinosaur compared to you.

Tapping your fingers down the metallic, black and white table, the football player shifted in his seat before glancing at you oddly. “What’s wrong with you, [y/n]?” He questioned, a half-part concerned and another pressing as hard as possible not to look like he cared that much. Reggie didn’t like looking soft.

You shook your head, gripping your coffee cup. “Nothing. Just nervous for the midterms.”

He scoffed, checking his phone for notifications. “Since when? You always do great.”

You laughed a bit nervously, knowing that it was a fact. But god no, this year was different. You could feel the thunderstorm coming from down the corner.

“Yeah, but I’ve been struggling… for a while now,” you told him, sighing. “My pre-calc got so low that mom’s been telling me she’s gonna cut me off the team.”

“Shit, really?” And his eyes widen just a bit. “You could have asked someone to tutor you, though.”

“Thought about it. Kinda lazy, so I didn’t bother.” Then you looked at him, an idea popping. “You could tutor me.”

You didn’t know why you hadn’t asked Reggie in the first place.

It was sort of an assumed reason to think that Reggie Mantle couldn’t hold down a math question, as he was a stereotypical jock. Though since he was a kid, Reggie did every possible thing to get his parents’ to notice him. Until this day, the methodology of being the best had strung its way into his soul. Another thing he hated admitting, but he was pretty damn good at Math and Chemistry.

“I’m bullshit at tutoring, no offense,” the handsome boy shot you down in a flash. “And I’m kind of busy, sorry.”

You took his words with a nod, but felt a little bit hurt. You were his best friend- you expected him to act as comfortable as possible to you. But then again, you thought that it wasn’t his fault that he acted too brash. The way he was surveying the perimeter told you that he was hoping no one had heard your hopeful tutoring question. Reggie had an easy target to hit. Under his so-called jerkish stance of being ‘Mantle the Magnificent’, he was just a boy with an uneasy and insecure self.

He continued, “You could do this, you’re [y/n]. Who else could do better?” And then he proceeded to inhale his food as a sign of a conversation stopper.

You nodded to yourself, sighing, and crossed your fingers under the table, hoping for the best.

The questions were quickly becoming fuzzy in front of your eyes, as you could feel yourself falling through the cracks. One look at the questionnaire, and your fingers started to shake. It wasn’t a pre-calc exam, since that was the next one. Still, this chemistry exam was making your brain hurt, and wrists tight from the excessive air coming from the a.c. You were extremely nervous; possibly because you had not studied for this as much as you did for calculus.

When you officially finished everything, you took off from the room- because you were feeling a little off and everything seemed too surreal. You got to your locker, but then the bell had rung- and goodness, you felt really shitty. Things just weren’t going your way today, and you assumed it was due to the four cups of coffee you had ingested the night before. Your breath was shorting out, and you felt that you were going to pass out any time soon.

Abruptly, a hand clutched your arm. “Yo [y/n], you alright?” A deep and familiar voice greeted your ear. It was Reggie.

You planned to sigh in relief and fall in his arms for a comforting hug, but a sob met your throat and the next thing you know, you were flooded with tears.

“-shit, shit, shit, [y/n].” A continuous string of curses came from Reggie’s mouth, before he hugged you tight- an arm around your lower back and a warm hand pulling you near his chest. You had thought at how oddly it felt like home to in a marginally close proximity with him, and how comforting it especially was to be hugged by the 6’3 teenager.

You willed yourself to calm down and breathe in what was Reggie Mantle.

“I’m-I’m s-sorry,” You hiccupped, “I was just panicking and shit, oh goodness.”

Then you gave an extremely shaky chuckle, which Reggie visibly frowned over.

“T-things just weren’t good. Today.” You told him, explaining, patting his arm. He still didn’t answer. “I had a lot of coffee and I had training last night and coach got really mad and shit, I hate everything right now and I feel the worst and, and…”

You looked at him, mind blazing, eyes detached and wet. “God, I hate you. You’re so collected and perfect, right now.” You muttered, weak, pissed, and all in all, in a sour, sour mood.

“What?” His brows arched in perplexity at what you had just quietly told yourself.

“Iloveyoufuckyouwhatever,” you angrily growled at your own confusion and marched off to your next room as the bell suddenly rung.

“What? What did you just say?” Reggie hollered, bewildered- his letterman-clothed-self wondering what was going on.

“Nothing! I meant it in a friend way!” You shrieked quickly, your back at him, and running to your next class while being flummoxed at your stupid self.

After calming yourself down and focusing on the test, you were able to come out of the room in a balance of embarrassment and doubt when you found Reggie, his tall and unassuming self, waiting for you outside.

Shit, you thought. And you cringed as you he followed you down beside him towards the lunch area outside.

“So,” he started off, “What was that all about?” He asked innocently while tucking in his jacket inside his backpack on top of their usual table. You greeted Moose and the some of the other boys talking who took your presence normally, and looked over at Reggie, your best friend- whom you are not supposed to be treating awkwardly.

“Nothing- nothing, really.” You covered in a rush, biting your cheeks. He paused, then told you, “Come on, let’s go to the bleachers.”

When you got to the bleachers by his obscene pulling, you threw everything at him like a milk carton over spilling. You had never kept anything from Reggie- he was everything to you- and you were used to his boyish nonjudgmental looks that he gave every time you ranted to him. So, yes, you complained about your stuffed-up problems, and he took everything in his stride. Just like you thought how he would take it.

“…It’s just that I constantly feel that I’m not good enough and everything is just taking a toll on me.” You finished, huffing. Looking down, you could a new set of tears coming. “I just need-“

Reggie takes your lips like a duck to water- and in surprise and bewilderment, you blushed and felt the surreal experience of his lips. Besides being shocked, you followed his lead and pressed fingers against his face. For some reason, it had not felt weird to kiss Reggie Mantle, the boy who went over for dinner every Friday because he never ate with his own parents, and who got genuinely mad at you when you hadn’t given him a Valentines’ Day present in middle school once.

You were used to your proud, and just a bit broken, best friend.

“You’ve always, continuously been good enough,” Reggie gruffly whispered- in Mantle fashion, proud and tough and hardly amiable- fingers caressing your face when you guys broke away from each other.

“You have been more than good for me ever since I met you, [y/n]. I want you to know that.”

You kissed him again so he couldn’t see you cry.

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