#I'll totally tell about my ocs for this genre if anyone asks

[stari-hun]

Actually plotlines in fanfictions happening completely separate from the story they're set in IS my favorite genre. It's literally what majority of my ocs are built on and I have one for every fandom I've ever been fixated on for a long period of time. There's nothing objectively funnier than the idea of getting a sick sense of deja vu and then your friend bursting through the door screaming "WE'RE MAKING IT OUT OF THE TIMELOOP WITH THIS ONE BOYS" then explaining that yeah this is like the third time this has all happened and for pretty much no reason other than luck you're getting quickly desensitized to this thing. But hey how long can time really loop? And besides, after the existential dread passes over, why not just make fun of it all? It's a chance to get everything you ever wanted to try done and do anything you've ever wanted. Hell even if you're not good at something, you have the time now to brute force it. Even if you and the homie break up, you're now quite literally the only two people left in existence who understand what's going on so you'll make up eventually. Just characters experiencing the effects of the story's plot but so far removed from it that they have no idea what's going on and ultimately no choice other than to adapt and vibe with it.

[cornyforjk]

Your quite treason | JJK

ᥫ᭡pairing: married exbsf!jungkook x female reader 

ᥫ᭡genre: ex best friends, forbidden love , angst rating: 16+

ᥫ᭡warnings: drug and alcohol usage, mentions of cheating, swearing, depressed, obsession, crying and all that stupid stuff.

ᥫ᭡word count: around 20K (ik it's too much but i couldn't control my feelings 😩)

ᥫ᭡summary: Your love for Jeon Jungkook was ruining your life.

ᥫ᭡inspiration: Fortnight by The Motherr Taylor Swift (ft.Post Malone)

ᥫ᭡listen to: Fortnight by The Motherr Taylor Swift (ft.Post Malone), happier by Olivia Rodrigo

ᥫ᭡Author's note: AHHHH, okay, woof. This is the first ever fanfic I'll post, tho I've written many but never posted. Please bare if there's any grammatical mistake and if my writing feels too much.

Show some love and your suggestions are welcome in the comment section 😗

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Hello Mrs. Park, how have you been?" You turn around to find Minji, speaking to you while watering the flowers of her front garden.

Minji, Jeon Minji. She always made you feel like the worst person, tho she never meant it. In fact,she's the sweetest and the kindest person you've ever known. And that's why, she's in the position you've always dreamed to be in. That's why she has the man you've always dreamt of.

And the fact, you can never be her nor in her position, makes you feel like the worst person on this earth.

"Hello, Mrs. Jeon, I've been doing just fine. How about you? " Tho your tongue burnt on the feeling of reffering her by the title,you still held up a smile. A smile behind which no one could see the pain. "I'm great, actually! But you, Mrs. Park, you look unwell." You sensed the concern to be genuine and you hated that. "Oh yeah, just tired from work. Yk it's too much these days." You replied, not wanting her to noticing anything wrong with you. "Ah, I understand. Work can get stressful, but I'm sure everything will get tell well soon." She smiles at you, and you see another reason why she's deserves the title more.

You smile back at her and thank her before leaving towards your house, your insides burning with the urge to kill her right then.

"There's a new couple shifting in the house behind ours" Jaehyun, your husband says while he's eating his breakfast. "Oh, in the Jung's? Didn't think they'll actually sell it" You reply, as you pack your lunch, not really caring for the fact. You forgot about it and the new info never crossed your mind once in the day.

It was when the bell rang and you opened the door only to face the new neighbors. Him, Oh god, It's him. Your excitement died the next second when you saw a very pretty women standing right beside him, her arm wrapped around his. "Oh-Oh hey Y/N. I totally didn't expect you! " His face evident with surprise. "You know her, babe?" The woman asked him. "Yeah, hun. She's a college friend. " That's when you felt your heart clench tightly.

Jeon Jungkook, the guy who you've been loving since your collage days even when you got married. The guy you thought of every night before you slept, the guy you thought about when woke up in the morning, the guy you thought about everytime when you ate icecream. Jeon Jungkook, was your friend who you trusted with your life. But now, he was just a stranger you know everything about. (Stranger by the loml Olivia Rodrigo, but the oc isn't over kookie😩)

"H-Hi. How are you J-Jungkook." You couldn't believe it. You've cried so many nights for him. Praying to get back in his arms, have him in your life as anyone, if not a lover. But now that he comes back, he's married. And very happily, you can see.

"I'm doing very well, Y/N. This is Jeon Minji, my wife. We have just shifted in the house right behind your backyard. So nice to see you again." You could feel your eyes pinch with pain, but you tried your best to pull up a bright smile. You can do this, you're very good at hiding feelings. Come on Y/N. "

I'm so happy to see you too. And hello Minji, nice to meet you. Well come in you both. " You move aside for them to come in but the refuse by saying, " It's fine, Y/N. We were just her to Introduce, but guess we don't need to do that. " Minji chuckles and continues, "But we'll see you soon. Have a good night. " She smiles at you, and you feel your legs tickling with jealousy. "You too have a good night, and please don't hesitate if you need any help in shifting. Both me and my husband are willing to help."

You fail to notice Jungkook stiffen as he's reminded that you're married too. He doesn't know why but he's always been uneasy with you being in a relationship and he has no idea why.

Both of them agree and leave after a short goodbye. You shut the door and you suddenly feel all the strength leaving your body. You collapse against the main door, still not believing everything that happened. All the memories that you were burying, we're now out of your control . You could hear his voice, feel his touch and his warmth. Tears made their way out of your eyes as you cry silently.

You unlock the main door to your house as you get inside. It's been so long since they've moved but you can't get yourself to move on. You reach the kitchen to grab a can of bear in an attempt to calm yourself down. But nothing seems to work, every drink or drug, leaves only a temporary effect. You continue loving jungkook even when you're high. You decide to take a cold shower when you hear the main door open again, only to see your shitty husband entering.

Jaehyun, both as a husband and a person, might be the worst guy you've ever met. You don't understand how he's able to lie on your face so smoothly. If you had control, you would have never married him. But fate and your parents had a different plan for you.

Around 2 months ago, your friend Sarah sent you a picture of Jaehyun with a girl sitting on his lap, and they were heavily making out. You didn't feel any pain in your heart but only shame, it felt like he had stepped hard on your dignity, your self respect. He made you feel like the most undeserving person, and he definitely did that intentionaly.

Ever since then, you've never started and conversation with him, disgusted to even look at him. And you guess, it makes it easier for him to leave the house whenever and stay at the girl's place. But you don't bring yourself to care, your mind always drift to jungkook and his very happy married life.

They're living their best lives, the typical rom-com like love life. Jungkook never leaves without a kiss with his wife. And Minji is always ready to welcome him by door when it's time for him to return.

When you had the same time routine, you always witnessed them being the happiest around each other and you had to change your timings. You couldn't bare seeing them being all lovey-dovey, so you leave for work earlier and arrive back home later.

"Y/N? " You were too drunk to hear him calling you. He called you out a few times before his hands reach your right arm to turn you around. "What the fuck!" You slurred, your drunkenness now evident to jungkook. "What are you doing here Y/N?? " He asks you with a strict voice, which soon melts when he sees you pout. "Kook, oh it's you thank god. I thought It was some guy again. " You said slowly as you moved closer to him. You were too drunk and high to remember the argument you had earlier. "Let's get you home Y/N. Don't you have morning classes tomorrow,hm? " He speaks very softly, as is talking to a kid. You mover your side to side, disagreeing with him and then you say, "Noo, let's have another drink and dance. I missed youuu" You wrap your arms around his neck, as your pouts grows even more. He chuckles while holding your waist just as tightly as you're holding him.

He agrees with you and empties the red cup you were having rum and coke in. Both of you weren't a fan of frat parties but whenever you're both together, everything feels the best. Jungkook's breathe fans over your neck as you both dance along On the floor by JLo.

When the chorus of the song starts you along with most of the other girls turn around to twerk along, as if it's a mandatory ritual. Jungkook's cheeks and ears turn bright pink as your ass grazed his crotch a few times while dancing and he wishes you don't notice. You turn back around to hold him again because when you weren't, you felt a certain type of coldness even when you're in bw so many people. His warmth was something which can get you just as high as a joint.

Both of you melted in each other's arms and stayed that way for so long, you didn't even know what song was playing now. "Mhmm, kookie can i kiss you? Just once I promise. " Jungkook wanted it, he wanted you to kiss him forever but he knew it's not safe for your friendship. He can't let his feelings over take him because he knows you only see him as a friend (who you might kiss sometimes 🤭) but how can he say no to you, especially when you're being so cute and adorable. So he decides to fuck it and bend down to kiss you. He captures your lips in a kiss as you both make out in the middle of the crowd. Jungkook felt like the luckiest person ever to have you like this. He has always been so happy that you're open to him with your feelings and uhm.

And you felt similar, just as euphoric and wanted this moment to last forever. Oh, how you wish to have him in all the ways possible. Even pray for it at every 11:11 you notice. And everything feels so good with him around. You were so in love with him but you knew he wasn't.

He has always been the best friend, the bestest you could ask for. But best friends can never be together, thec can never have feelings for each other because it always results in heartbreaks.

And so it did, both of yours heart broke quite terribly. When jungkook had to leave for USA after he got a job placement but he told you about it just 2 days before. Out of anger, you didn't talk to him neither did you come to see him off at the airport. Both of you were hurt, and you both had your reasons.

Next morning when you were returning from a morning run, you ran into Jungkook by the mail box. "Good Morning, Y/N" He wishes you and you just wanted to jump in his arms. "Oh, Good Morning to you too Jungkook! " You wished him back trying to match his level of energy. "How have you been? " You ask him further.

"I've been great, what about you? "

"I'm doing well too. " You reply, knowing you always feel well around him. "Good to hear that. The weather has been terrible these days" He says, trying to start a conversation.

"Yeah, ikr. It's so hot these days,even when it's just February." You both continue talking about random things when he invites you and Jaehyun over for dinner.

"Thank you for the invite, but i don't think Jaehyun will be able to make it, he comes back late these days. " You say and Jungkook could sense your hesitation on the topic of your husband. And ofc, him being the kindest human being , he asked, "oh, btw, is everything fine between you both? Minji mentioned you being very stressed these days. You know you can always reach out. " with concern evident in his eyes.

It became difficult to maintain an eye contact because you both know how terrible you're at lying to him. "W-well, yeah everything is fine between us" You say, your eyes roaming everywhere but jungkook. He knows that's not the truth so he persuades, "Y/N, yk you can't lie to me so tell me what's up? " When you finally meet his eyes, you feel like crying.

He thinks your misery is because of your husband but who's gonna tell him that he's the reason. He's why you're suffering, he's why you're depressed and he's the reason of your misery. You give him a little smile, and when you're about to continue, you get a phone call from your husband. "Uhh, I'll have to take this up. " You tell him and he says, "okay Y/N, I'll get going but please ask for any help that you need, hm? " With that you both smile at each other and leave.

"What? " You ask Jaehyun. "You're not at home? Where are you? " You turn around and see him at the main door. You scoff realising that he's coming back from that girl's place and you want to kill him right there.

It had been a week since you met him and now you were walking towards their house around 10pm. Your dad had been calling since morning but you couldn't answer his once . Though you're high as fuck but you can't find your phone, and that's why you're going to jungkook's place to ask for any of theirs phone.

You ring the bell and wait there for a few seconds. The gate opens and you're met with a just out of shower Jungkook. Your breathe hitches and you feel your cheeks burning. He's just as hot. "Umm, hi Y/N.all good? " He speaks, breaking your trance.

"Oh hellooo" You give him a 90° bow which startles him "I'm good how are youu? " Your words trail of as your brain suddenly feels numb. "Wait- are you drunk? " He recognises your drunken voice but you deny him by saying,

"Noooo. I'm not drunkk I'm Highh hehe" You start giggling and it confuses hi even more "I'm sorry to disturb you at this hour, but i need your phone." You pout, and jungkook feels like he's floating. He knows how it is, but your pout still softens him. "Come inside, it's cold. "

"Your wife isn't at home? " You ask him to which he replies, "no she's out with her friends for drinks."

"Oh cool"

You get inside his house and are amazed how pretty they've made it. This place screams jungkook and it feels so much like home. "So what brings you here? " He asks, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Ohh yeahh my phone was calling and I need to call him back but i can't find my dad" You pout again. This time he chuckles, laughing at your words.

"You can't find your dad?" His lips pulling into his iconic bunny smile.

"Yeahh, I can't find my dad. Can you give me your dad so i can call my dad, pleaseeee"

"Here you go, here's my dad" If you both were still young , he would've have teased you a lot. But you both have grown up and even though he wanted to, he couldn't.

"Thank you so muchhhh" You busy yourself dialing your no. when he asked you, "where's your husband tho? "

You were trying so hard to dial your no. correct, that you didn't realize when you said, "he's probably at his girlfriend's. "

"What"

"Holy fuck"

"Shit shit, you didn't hear anything" Your eyes widen with horror and you scolded yourself internally. "Wait fr? Jaehyun's cheating on you? And you know that?? " His eye balls almost out of the sockets, shock evident in his voice.

"Uhh, no no, Yk I'm-im drunk, don't mind that" You tried to play it off but jungkook wouldn't even budge. "Y/N, ik you're telling the truth, you don't have to lie to me. " His eyes full of concern and once again you feel your brain going numb. And you were starting to feel sober, which was even worse.

"Uhmm, I'll have to take your phone over so i can listen to my phone ring. " You ran quickly in an attempt to save yourself from further embarrassment.

Later in your room, you find your phone in your bathroom floor (you have no idea why) And now you have to return jungkook's phone back to him.

You gather so courage and reach his house. You plan on giving it to him and leaving right after thanking him.

And you did so, but after you turned around to leave, he held you arm in an attempt to turn you back. "Y/N, please talk to me. How long have you known this? " You see genuine concern in his eyes and feek like hugging him and crying on his chest.

"Uhh, just let it be jungkook."

"No, tell me. " His voice stern now.

"Why do you even care. It's nine of your business"

"But i just can't see you get hurt. " His voice soft again.

You looked in his eyes, and scoffed. "You can't se me hurt? Of all the hurt I've ever experienced, you have been one reason every fucking time. And you can't see me hurt? Wow"

Jungkook's face falls,but that doesn't stop you. "You fucking hurt me more than anyone does. I don't even care jaehyun's cheating one. It doesn't hurt me. But you do. You hurt me so much that i can't even feel any other pain. " Your voice now louder. Your eyes pinch with pain, tears threatening to fall. But no, you can't do this, not in front of him at least.

"How do i hurt you? " His voice low like a whisper. "Good question Jungkook. You wanna know how you hurt me? How don't wanna know since when you've been hurting me? "

"Y/N you're still mad at what happened almost 10 years ago? " A frown appears on his face and his tone makes you feel as if you're at fault.

"I wouldn't have been if it didn't affect me so much. And why do expect me to not? You told me fucking 2 days before you were leaving for Florida? You never called while you were there. You were living your life and here I was dying. I was suffering." Years finally rolled down your cheeks. And jungkook wanted to wile them down and hug you to make you feel better.

But he was feeling the similar frustration you were feeling. And it became evident when he said, " You weren't the only one Y/N! I was also hurt. You didn't even come to see me off at the airport even when I texted-begged you over text. I wanted to apologize you that day and tell you something important. But you decided to be egoistic and didn't come. And that's why I never called. Even when I was in utter need of help and support, I couldn't call you. Because I lost the level of trust and I knew you won't even pick up. "

His word felt like slap. He's right, you were being a bitch when you didn't meet of on the last day, but you were mad too. "I would have, I was missing you so much, I would have definitely. I would have caught the first flight to Florida only to be with you again." Your words were now slurred due to your crying, when you finally broke and jungkook felt like crying too.

"I know it's wrong, it's so so so wrong but I can't help myself. I can't control myself" You covered your face as you cried even harder. And when you felt his arms engulfing you, you couldn't hepl but wrap your arms around him too. Jungkook stands there caressing your back while he himself cries silently.

"It's so wrong I still can't move on-" Jungkook's heart picks up speed. He's not ready for this. You suddenly pulll away from him and wipe your tears. "I'll get going jungkook. " You left before you could do something that maight ruin not one but many hearts.

And for the next few weeks you so neither jungkook nor his wife and you were very glad for it. It was untill one Tuesday morning when you swa both of them in front of their house. And they were not kissing or anything but arguing? You heard Minji saying, "what has happened to you? You're so distant these days kook. You don't even kiss me a goodbye??" To which jungkook replies, "it's nothing baby, I'm just stressed with work and things are getting lost in the back of me brain. Come here lemme kiss you" You were shocked when you heard Minji saying "No, you're first gonna tell me who else you're so in love with"

"What the hell, Minji? Why would you say that? " Jungkook was just as shocked. You didn't want to hear anything further so you stepped out of the fence and that's when Minji calls you out. "Mrs.Park! Good morning!"

And hearing your name from her mouth, Jungkook's eyes light up and he turns around quickly to look at you. He couldn't control but then he blurted out, "Nice sweater, Y/N."

Minji called you out to check something and she was right. She was right. "Oh Good morning, Jeon fam. And thank you Jungkook. Hope you guys have a nice day!" You wished them and hurriedly left.

And so did Minji. Jungkook was left standing there.

It took him 2 minutes to finally understand how he reacted and complimented you which was totally out of his mind.

And he finally realises how fucked up he is.

[mariabtsos]

One That I Want ||m.yg|| Chapter 6: Ripped at the Seams

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Description: It is summer of 1956, and leader of the T-Birds Yoongi is working at a food joint at the beach to make extra money over the summer, when he meets a pretty girl. They start a summer fling that unfortunately had to come to end, but an unexpected turn of events will bring them back together.

Genre: 1950s au, angst, fluff, some smut, Greaser!Yoongi x Square/Goody-Two-Shoes!OC.

TW: underage drinking and smoking, sexual content, violence, misogyny (it’s the 1950s so peak macho man era).

Word Count: 2.2k

Lottie had found out a bit more about Taehyung after her call with Wendy, he sounded like such a well rounded individual, not only was he captain of the soccer team, he sang in the school's choir, and was in the school's jazz band. He was a social butterfly, a chameleon almost, he was able to adapt to any social situation he wanted, at least according to Wendy.

Lottie was at her locker, taking out the books and notebooks she would need for her next class, when all the sudden she saw an arm next to her head, she turned around completely to see a tall, wide-shouldered boy next to her.

"Hey baby," he said with a smile, his tone was very suave.

"Um, hi," she said, a bit taken aback by the nickname, she didn't recall meeting him before for him to be calling her that.

"I'm Kim Seokjin, nice to meet you beautiful," he introduced himself, he stood straight and put his hand out for her to shake. "Charlotte Hutchins, nice to meet you as well," she shook his hand briefly, turning back to her locker to get the rest of her stuff.

"Say, I haven't seen you around here before, you new?" Jin asked, although he already knew she was.

"Yup, just moved here from the US," Lottie replied back politely, she thought back to Miyeon's comment about all the boys here being deadbeats and couldn't help but disagree, so far everyone she'd met was extremely good-looking and sweet, this guy especially was a heartthrob if Lottie had ever seen one.

"Your Korean is great for a foreigner, if you need any help with your classes let me know, I'm actually an almost straight A student," he leaned in when sharing that last bit of information, "don't tell anyone that, they'll think I'm a nerd otherwise," he rubbed the nape of neck, making Lottie giggle.

"I'll keep that in mind, I gotta split, but I'll see you around!" She said, closing her locker and walking off to class.

Jin had to admit she was a total knockout, especially up close, she was adorable, he hoped he could see her again, maybe he could convince the guys to go to the pep rally on Friday, Jin had no clue whether she'd made the team or not, but it was definitely worth a shot.

When he finally made it to class, announcements were going on, "...if you're not going to be an athlete, be an athletic supporter, please come out to the pep rally tonight," the loud "beep" at the end indicated announcements were done, however, Mrs. Song, their language teacher had something to add, "Alright everyone, if you can prove you went to the rally I'll excuse your lowest test grade, which I'm sure will help a lot of you greatly," she looked at Hobi when she stated the last bit, Jin took a sit next Hoseok who was just playing with his comb.

"Shit, that could help me a ton in this class," He told the older, "I don't want my old man to go ape over my grades," he continued.

"Then let's tell Yoongs, he'd probably understand, plus he has Mrs. Song too, so I'm sure he has some test grade he wants gone," Jin stated with a small smile to which Hobi simply nodded.

The day went by quickly, soon Lottie found herself getting ready in the girls' locker room with the rest of the team.

"Now remember girls!" Wendy called to them, "we only come out after Coach Bang has finished his little 'we want victory' speech, okay?"

"Okay," the rest replied, making their captain smile with approval. She noticed Lottie pacing back and forth so she went up to her right away.

"Hey! What's goin' on?" She asked, placing her hand on her friend's shoulder.

"It's just, I can't believe I'm doing this after so long, I'm getting the zorros a bit," Lottie admitted. "You'll do great Lottie! You made the team for a reason!" Wendy reassured her, and Lottie was grateful for that.

Out at the field's parking lot, Yoongi, Hobi, Jin, and Jimin were waiting on Namjoon to get to the pep rally, Jin was excited to see if Charlotte would be there, maybe he could score some necking with her tonight. Yoongi looked on as he watched Hobi and Jimin sing a stupid song they had just come up with.

"Do a split, give a yell, shake a tit for Central Hell," they were spinning around with their arms linked, making the leader roll his eyes at their ridiculousness.

"Guys!" He yelled, making the two of them turn towards him, "be cool," and to that the two of them straightened their leather jackets, Jimin combing his hair looking around. Just then, they heard a few loud pops and Namjoon arrived with a new set of dusty wheels.

"Where'd ya get this hyung, the junkyard?" Jimin giggled as he walked to the beaten up beetle his friend had arrived with.

"Bite me," Namjoon answered aggressively, "this is what I saved up my summer wages for, imma race her at thunder road," he spoke proudly, getting out of the car to greet the rest of the gang.

"She's going to need a lot more to race at thunder road," they heard a familiar voice, when they saw it was their rival gang.

"What are you Scorpions doin’ here? This ain't your turf," Hobi questioned them, walking up to their leader and getting up close.

"When you lose at thunder road it will be," another stated. Yoongi made his way through his friends and got up close to their leader.

"Listen Jaebeom, if Namjoon says he'll race his car at thunder road, he'll race it at thunder road." Yoongi held his head up high, especially since he was a few inches shorter than the Scorpion leader.

"That's right," Namjoon added, "now beat it before I beat your face in," the rival gang left after that not before bucking up to them aggressively, leaving the guys with a bitter taste in their mouth. "They're cruisin' for a bruisin', especially Jackson, he's getting on my last nerve." Namjoon spoke.

"It'll be okay, if this continues though we'll be ready to rumble," Jin assured his dongsaeng.

"Enough with being angry, I want to see the new set of paper shakers!" Hobi changed the conversation, walking to the field, his friends trailing close behind.

"...and I'll tell you what I told my boys, you may not have strength, skill, or muscle, but after 7 years you know what we do have?" Coach Bang asked the crowd of students, which was Lottie's queue, to head out.

"WHAT?" The crowd asked back.

"The law of averages!" Coach responded, the band started playing and the cheerleaders trickled out.

Lottie did a few high kicks, and then they started a simple routine. Once that was all good and done, they just hung around the crowd cheering and having a good time. Lottie walked away for a moment to go see her friends.

"Hey girls! How'd you think I did?" She asked.

"You did great!" Nayeon told her, "by the way, did you want to come over and have a sleepover with us?"

"That sounds like fun!" Lottie replied. "It should be, it'll be like an initiation," Miyeon explained with a mischievous grin.

"You mean to be a Pink Lady?! I'll definitely figure something out, what time should I be there?"

"Eight o'clock?" Nayeon suggested, "that's not past your bedtime is it?" Kim asked sarcastically.

"No, on Fridays it isn't 'til ten!" Lottie rebutted happily.

Kim looked on as the foreigner continued her conversation with Nayeon, a hint of bitterness in her eyes. "Why are you so harsh on the girl?" Miyeon asked, filing her nails slightly.

"She's just bitter over Yoongi, Miyeonie," Jiyoon said. "Are you?" Miyeon couldn't believe Kim would be stuck on a guy like that.

The leader looked around the field a bit and came across the boys on the other side, it looked like they were just walking up, including the man of the hour, Min Yoongi. Her brain started to create a plan, a way to get revenge on Yoongi whilst keeping Lottie away from him. "As a matter of fact- oh Lottie!" She called the foreigner over, her and Nayeon walked up to her, "sweetie, come with me, I got a surprise for you," she smiled, Nayeon could tell whatever she had planned wasn't going to be fun for Lottie.

Kim led the pack as they made their way through the crowd, she made it to the guys first, tapping Yoongi on the shoulder.

"Hey Yoongs," she greeted the pale boy, who turned, giving her a lazy side smile.

"Hey Kim, looking good," he said shortly, he didn't want to waste time on her, it was enough that they had fooled around for most of the year last year, he was tired of her. "Thanks, I got a surprise for you."

"Oh yeah?" He questioned, earning a simple nod back from her, "razzle my berries then," he requested, turning to his boys wiggling his eyebrows.

"Oh, I bet I will," she smiled, "Girls!" She called, and at that moment, Jiyoon and Miyeon pushed Lottie to the front of the group.

Yoongi's heart accelerated at the realization of who was in front of him, so did Lottie's. Jin's on the other hand dropped, there went his tiny crush for the foreigner. They just stared at each other for a few seconds before Yoongi broke the silence.

"Lottie?!"

"Oh my goodness, hi Yoongi!" She replied excitedly, walking up closer to him, the girls in the back giggling except for Nayeon.

"What're you doing here?! I thought you were going back to the US?" He asked, shocked at the fact that she was there, so close to him again.

"We had a change of plans, what happened to your boarding school?" She asked him. "I just didn't want you to think-" he started explaining, but stopped.

"Boarding school?! Pfft!" Yoongi heard Jimin in the back giggling.

"Well, I just didn't want no ties," he quickly corrected, "you know how it is, rockin' and rollin'." Lottie was genuinely confused at that statement, what did he mean? Was this the same Yoongi who had asked her if she would stay with him? "Yoongi?" She was in shock.

"That's my name, don't wear it out, will you dolly?" He asked, sounding uninterested. "What happened to the Yoongi I met at the beach?" She felt the tears welling up in her eyes, Yoongi wouldn't even look at her for more than a second.

"I don't know, maybe there's two of us," his friends laughed with him, except for Jin, who couldn't help but feel bad, "try taking out a missing person ad, or the yellow pages!" He suggested.

Lottie felt her heart break into a million pieces, just last week she was gushing about how wonderful of a guy he was, daydreaming of the next summer hoping to see him again, and this is what she found? Out of all the times she had thought about this moment, this was never something she imagined and it broke her.

"You're a fake, and a phony, and I wish I'd never laid eyes on you!" She yelled, throwing her pompoms at his face and then running off.

"I bet that's not the only thing she laid on ya!" She heard one of his friends say, meaning he had lied to them about what they'd done.

She ran so far she was back at the locker room doors, where Taehyung was hanging out with his teammates, as soon as he saw her state he bid his friends goodbye and jogged to her.

"Hey baby, what happened?" He asked her, grabbing her face, he felt terrible when he saw her puffy red eyes, tears furiously going down her face. At that moment, when Lottie felt she had no one, she wrapped her arms around Taehyung. The blond hugged her back, caressing her head.

"That's it let it out, now, please tell me what happened? I can have my guys pound whoever did this to you." He assured her, she pulled away, a weak giggle leaving her lips.

"No need, he's not worth wasting your time," Lottie said matter-of-factly, she decided to trust Taehyung with a summary of what had happened, not wanting to go into details that will make her go back to that distressed state.

"What a germ!" Taehyung insulted Yoongi, "you definitely deserve a proper fella, not some fake out with a bad haircut!" He continued, making Lottie laugh.

She saw Nayeon coming from the corner of her eye. "At least I'm glad I'm going to this sleepover to get my mind off it," she stated.

"Well, if you'd like, I could take you out one of these days, there's a diner close by, they have killer milkshakes," the blond smiled.

"I'll definitely keep that in mind, I'll give you a bell later?" Lottie told him, as she got up to walk to Nayeon. "I'll look forward to it baby!" Taehyung answered happily.

A/n: The big reveal happened!! I'm so excited because after this I'll follow the general plot of Grease but add my own twist to it! I can't for you guys to see what I have in store! Please reblog and like this post, and feel free to leave constructive criticism and what you thought of this chapter!

[cj-writes-things]

~Introduction Post~

Hi, I'm cj

My pseudonym/pen name is Chris Shades (cringe I know but it made sense at the time)

I identify as genderfluid and use any pronouns (including it/its and neos, I'm chill with pretty much whatever, not a huge fan of she/her but don't mind it all that much either)

🩷🤍💜🖤💙

At the time of this post, I'm 18 and in my freshman year of college as an english major

I hope to be a writer, whether it be books, poetry, songs, shows- you name it, I just love to tell a good story

I'm queer (somewhere under the bi umbrella, maybe on the a-spec, and as mentioned above, genderfluid) and neurodivergent (AuDHD and possibly some other things I haven't quite figured out yet), so homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc. will not be tolerated here

Things I'll probably post about here:

*My writing (obviously)*

**Music**

Art of various forms

Personal stories/experiences/musings

Photography- if I ever get a good camera :')

Dreams/goals

Whatever my current hyperfixation/special interest is (usually fandom-related)

Mental health, psychology, neurodiversity, etc.

✨️Aesthetics✨️

And I'd totally love to discuss/answer questions about any of those topics!

I'm also very interested in history, mythology, space, animals, theatre, and travel

*For the most part, I intend to use this blog to post fanfics, poetry, songs, and pieces of the multiple book series I have in the works

I look forward to sharing my stories with you all, but I do ask that you engage with my work in a respectful and considerate manner. If you don't like something, obviously you don't have to read it; constructive criticism is welcome and even encouraged but don't just hate-comment bc I do tend to take things very personally, and please don't ever repost without credit or use my work without permission as I do hope to eventually publish some of this stuff

(Also, I absolutely love talking about my OCs and the worlds they inhabit, so please please please don't hesitate to ask me about them)*

**I cannot for the life of me recognize or comprehend the genres and I may not be familiar with every single song or artist but I live and breathe music, I love to sing, I'm listening to music in my earbuds almost 24/7, I really want to learn an instrument (planning to start working on guitar this summer) and maybe even be in a band someday, and I'm always happy to give or receive song/artist recommendations or share specially curated playlists (including OC/series based playlists) if anyone's interested**

Fun facts:

I have a little sister and three dogs

I love the rain

I want to learn sign language

I was in a horrendous production of Alice in my senior year of high school (I played the caterpillar)

I absolutely cannot settle on an aesthetic; I love so many of them so much, so my style is kind of all over the place

I have an awful, stupid sense of humor (think dad jokes, corny puns, etc.)

Contact options:

"Ask" button under the blog title

Messages here on tumblr

Email: chrisshadesofficial@gmail.com

Phone number: [REDACTED]

You can also find me on...

My main tumblr blog: @duck-in-a-thrift-store

Instagram: mx.harris05

Among Us: MxHarris (username), tiemint#1852 (friend code)

YouTube Music: you can check out some of my playlists here

That's it for now I guess, I might eventually be on ao3 and/or webtoon and if that happens I'll update this with the relevant info

~Tagging~

(subject to frequent changes/updates, still in the works)

Music:

#cj's music recs

#song of the day

#cj's playlists

Warrior cats fanfic:

#love over law

#LoL Secrets (arc 1)

#LoL Truth (arc 2)

#LoL character

#LoL song

Side note: since I can only have one pinned post at a time, the love over law master post can be found here

Other writing:

#miscellaneous short stories

#common tale with a twist

#the prince × the pauper

[lyra-brie]

Intro Post

(Every few days I remember something I forgot or have new links to add lol it's constantly changing a little bit)

So I go by Lyra (or Library lol) and I use she/her pronouns. That's all I can think of to put here lol.

I'm a reader and a writer. I love romantic fantasy in both, but I'll read almost anything. Not really into horror, but I've dabbled in most other genres when it comes to reading, all the way to non-fiction. I'm always accepting new recs even though I have a ridiculous tbr and wishlist lol.

Always happy to talk about books with anyone, but be wary of that once you get me started I won't ever stop annoying you about it lol.

Some of my favorites right now are:

The Folk of the Air trilogy [the cruel prince, etc]

The Grishaverse books [my favorite is either Crooked Kingdom or Rule of Wolves]

Once Upon a Broken Heart series (as of Oct 15. I'm hyperfixating on this one, so you're getting a lot of fandom content for them)

I have ADHD (if you couldn't tell from my overuse of parenthesis and brackets [every thought comes with a bonus thought and sometimes an extra bonus thought like this!]). I'm a Christian with more progressive theology, but this blog is a safe place for everyone as long as we're all loving to each other and respect each other's beliefs and identities (and I love having good faith dialogue [not debates!! 0 interest in theological debates.], I love hearing other perspectives and getting to talk about it, so feel free to dm me about that, too). I'm an ISFJ and a 9w1, and I don't know that much about it yet but I love typology. I also love video games, mostly Stardew Valley and the sims right now (thinking about making a secondary blog for that).

I post fandom stuff and writing things for my wips. You'll probably get lots of stuff for my wip Idk, Dragons ocs once NaNo starts. And just random stuff for whatever I'm hyperfixating on in the moment lol. I'm totally open to asks about anything involving my wips or fandom-related asks. I participate in Storyteller Saturday and Worldbuilding Wednesday every week, and feel free to ask for any of the other events, too. Tag games are also cool!

I also have an instagram @lyra.brie and you'll find a couple pics of my crocheted dinosaurs, some random faith thoughts, and song. I'm very inactive there, but feel free to check it out.

And now the fun part!! Intros to my wips and ocs:

Wisteria and Wanderlust: you can find the blurb here, as well as the link to my wattpad which has a few snippets and skits and full character intros. An overview of Zal and Clay's dynamic here.

Short overviews of the original three here.

Unnamed Academic Rivals WIP: here is a sort of summary I wrote.

I Don't Know, Dragons [this is a placeholder title, but I might just keep it lol]: this post isn't exactly a blurb, but it's everything I know so far that I can share without spoiling. (I actually need to update it and make a real post for it soon lol. The main development is that Elara's love interest is a werewolf boy.) This one is still in the planning stage so everything is heavily subject to change. I'll be doing it as my NaNo project this year, so it's posted about a lot right now. New Cynthia post here.

The Flourescent Iguana: here's the intro post. I've finished the first draft of this one, but it needs heavy replotting/rewriting.

Writing Snippets

I only have two actual writing bits on here so far, but I intend to have more, so I'll update this as I go! (Let me know if you guys want me to post the Wisteria and Wanderlust stuff I have on wattpad here, too, cuz I can totally do that.)

Idk, Dragons:

I have a bunch of small snippets posted under #nano updates

Fanfics:

EvaJacks "Who Are You?" FanFic

EvaJacks Bunny Saving FanFic

EvaJacks Baby Dragon FanFic

Wisteria and Wanderlust:

Just a quote

Poetry/Songs:

Just Broken

~~~

So that's me! I'm always happy to make new friends and my dms are open, feel free to message me just to ramble about your wip or a hyperfixation!

@writeblrsupport

[minyoongees]

comethru || myg

✧ pairing: manager!yoongi x worker!reader

✧ genre: slight angst? hurt/comfort, pathetic attempt at crack, barely there fluff

✧ word count: 2k

✧ summary: Yoongi saves you from heinous karens

✧ snip: "We have a coupon for a free meal at your restaurant and we demand you open it right now!!" this bitch—

✧ warnings: karens, oc gets all panicky, bubbling anxiety, rude af people, unhealthy relations with parents, unrequited love? (oc doesn’t really know)

This fic was genuinely fun to write! I know I did not do a very good job on this it’s lengthy with useless info but it just felt important. Let me know what you think of this!

Also, the title is inspired by Jeremy Zucker's comethru

As a new worker in a big restaurant, there are a few words one could dread to hear. For example, 'You're fired' sounds horrifying, gut wrenching, all your student loans flash before your eyes. It's scary, yes, but it's not as dreadful as the infamous —

"Can I see your manager?"

"Ma'am I already told you the restaurant opens at 11:30 am, and none of the staff arrives before 11, but I'd be happy to serve you at 11:30" you assured.

BANG!

One of the three ladies with a blonde bob cut hit at the door again.

"We don't talk to low class workers, call your manager!" Called out another from the group while the bangs continued. It was so loud you were almost afraid that they will tear this place down.

"Because of the unavailability of the manager, a low class worker is all you'll have to speak to for now," you spat, "but I'd be happiest if you don't speak to me at all"

Numerous loud gasps were heard. If the head chef heard you talking like this, you'll be out of the restaurant sooner than these karens can call your manager.

"HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE THAT TO A CUSTOMER???"

"Ma'am since you have not walked into the restaurant yet, you are not our customer." you tried to explain, "The restaurant opens at 11:30 ma'am which is just in an hour and a half, I suggest you wait outside on one of the tables."

Even though it was kinda against the rules to sit on the tables unless you eat at the restaurant, but you desperately needed to get rid of the situation. The restaurant didn't even open yet, so what could be the big deal about them sitting on the benches outside. You were just hoping your manager would be understanding.

Anticipating another harsh string of words from them, the total silence that hit you surprised you. You pulled the blinds lower and peeked through them. The ladies were seated on the chairs outside, looking through their phones. Even though a bit shocked that they decided to do what you asked so easily, you didn't wanna jinx it. You thanked your lucky stars and moved on to getting the coffee machine started.

The day hasn't even started yet and the karens are here to disrupt the place already. Being the newbie, you have to come early to get this place started and on top of that, people like them are making it even harder. You clearly don't get paid enough for this.

Moving on to wiping all the tables, you were wishing that when your manger arrives, he'll understand the situation. To come to think of it, he's actually a good man and been nothing but nice to you since you joined here a month ago. He even covered up for you when you broke a plate. Another time he took the blame upon himself when you put a bit too much salt in of the dishes and a few people left unsatisfied. He's been sheltering you ever since you joined here and you've been enjoying this more than you should. Yet you still can't help but hope he handles it this time too and saves you from these heinous Karens.

brrring brrring brrring!!

The sounds catches you off guard not because of it's sudden penetration into the too good to be true silence, but because it shouldn't be ringing when it's the restaurant's hours closed. Nevertheless against your better judgement you pick it up and place the receiver between your ear and shoulder.

"Thanks for calling the Nile's! My name is y/n, how can I help you today?"

"We have a coupon for a free meal at your restaurant and we demand you open it right now!!"

this bitch—

"Ma'am as I explained already, the restaurant opens at 11:30 and if you walk in by then, I'll be happy to serve you and make use of your coupons too." Is it too early to quit?

"Am I talking to the manager?" she asked penetratingly.

"The manager is not here yet, but as soon as he arrives, I'll make sure you're the first person he talks to." you tried calmly hoping it would help.

The woman on the line took a deep breath but nothing could prepare you for the coming onslaught of distress.

"Missy you've been saying this to us since the morning and yet your manager isn't here. You should not open a restaurant when you do not know how to run it.”

She was so loud you couldn't even hear yourself losing the will to live.

"You do not know my husband. If he gets to know about the way you've treated me today, your restaurant will be closed forever." She threatened and you could hear her talking from the outside. Did she know that you did not own the restaurant?? "You should be grateful to me for not telling. Now open this damn door RIGHT NOW!!”

Another round of bangs started ringing and it echoed through the walls. They seemed louder than you know they should've been. And it was the trigger. The helplessness of the situation created panic. Your eyes unfocused, your stomach churned and your heartbeat escalated. You felt trapped.

Her shrill sound coming from the phone felt like it was piercing your ear drums and you could no longer understand what she was saying. So you slammed the receiver back into place, not knowing what to do anymore.

The grip on the cloth between your fingers seemed weak. You have always been a strong woman, dealing with irrational people all your life since you spent most of it around such people. But the karens have been tormenting you since the past 30 minutes and it was bound to get to you, sooner or later. Though you'd hoped for later rather than sooner. They way they started banging on the door while demanding something from you seemed so familiar to the way your parents banged on your bedroom door when you locked yourself in to save yourself from them.

Anywho, the situation is delayed for now and you have to calm down and start working again or you won't be done till the rest of the staff comes around. You don't know till when you'll be living under Yoongi's shadows and he'll be protecting you.

You put your hands on your face and let out a deep breath. Back to work bitches.

You started wiping the tables again, trying to think about something else. That 'something else' had a lot of options for you like, how are you going to repay your student loan that you took to go to college and didn't even help you land a decent job, or how your mom has been pestering you since months to get married and you haven't the found the best way to tell her yet that you wanna focus on your career for now and become a chef, or... well let's just say you had better things to worry about. But your train off thoughts was cut short when the phone rang again.

You already knew who was calling, so you decided against picking up. The ear splitting sound of the phone again echoed through the walls and it made you want to throw the phone against a wall. You know the restaurant phones should be loud enough to be heard by the staff even when the place is busy, but it did not help with the way it was making you feel.

After what seemed like forever, it stopped ringing and you went on to work again. The phone rang several times after that and with each ring, you felt your patience slipping farther away from you. You had half the mind to pick up the phone and tell them off, but you knew it would only anger them further. Yet you couldn't let this go on so after at least a dozen calls, you decided to pick it up.

"Thanks for calling at the Nile's! My name is y/n how can I help you today?" you spoke through a sigh.

"I'VE BEEN CALLING AT THIS DAMN RESTAURANT SINCE THE PAST 2 HOURS AND NOBODY HAS PICKED IT UP." she bellowed. If you thought she was loud and shrill earlier, you would change your mind now. Also, 2 hours????? you weren’t even here 2 hours ago!

"I HAVE GOT ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON MY PHONE AND I WILL POST THIS ALL ON FACEBOOK THE WAY YOU HAVE TREATED ME IS NOT AT ALL A WAY TO TREAT A CUSTOMER." she didn't even pause for a breath "WAIT TILL MY HUSBAND HEARS ABOUT THIS."

You didn't dare say anything for the fear that anything that may come out of your mouth right now, may anger her further, considering, you were not the manager she hoped to talk to.

There was small hustle on the other end. You could hear the ladies outside arguing a little. After a short pause, someone spoke again.

"Am I talking to manager?" this was not the woman who yelled at you earlier but someone else.

"Yes you are, ma'am"

You let out a small shriek. Surprised to see the receiver that was in your hands a moment ago, placed against Yoongi's ear. When the hell did he get here and how did you not even realize?? Even so, a strange feeling of safety filled up your chest at the sight of him and you felt like you could breath again.

"No ma'am, we cannot do that for you. As y/n here explained to you, the restaurant opens at 11:30 and no exceptions will be made for anyone." he explained calmly and it had you hoping that they'd listen to him if not you.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused to you ma'am."

You just stood being a witness to one side of the conversation. You could hear someone talking outside the restaurant as well, but couldn't make out their exact words.

You admired his calm even in such a patronizing situation. At least to you, it was that way. In your eyes, he seemed so serene, his lips moved to utter the most calming sounds and you felt like you'd hand over your life to him if he asked you for it.

You really needed to practice professional work ethics when it came to him.

"Yes we will take care of this in the future, thank you for your suggestion."

"Ma'am we do not accept any kind of coupons for any of the meals provided here. Are you sure it is the same restaurant?"

Wait. But we do accept coupons here at the Nile's...

"No ma'am we cannot do that for you. There is no such policy, and we do not accept coupons."

"You can totally go ahead and call the police for yourself and we'll be sure to tell them how have harassed one of our workers over here." He said in an unbothered tone, gaze floating to you and you strangely found yourself looking away.

"Sure thing. Thank you for calling!"

And he placed the receiver back, as if job accomplished.

"Are you okay y/n?" He questioned. In his deep eyes, you saw genuine concern for yourself and you wanted to stay there for some while more. His voice was music to your ears and you did not want your own voice to taint the air around.

But he asked you something.

"Yeah." you said breathlessly and cleared your throat. "Yes, I'm fine, thanks for the help Yoongi"

It was something he insisted you call him even though the rules say he is your senior and should be addressed as so.

"Such people are so irritating and do not deserve to be let out of their homes. What kind of a husband would it be, huh!" he wondered, "though I question if there is any husband at all or she was just bluffing."

"Yeah I know right?" you didn't know what to say. "Though it was really impressive the way you handled them, I could never!"

He laughed at that. Sounded so heavenly, your knees kind of gave out.

And it was another day when he saved you. Why does he do that for you? Why was he here here so early? Why does he even try to get to close to you?

These are questions you do not have the answers to yet. You hope to get them someday. But you are happy they you are right now. Or maybe you are too afraid that the answers to these questions wouldn't be what you'd like to hear. Maybe he was just being nice and you being a horndog took the hint wrong way.

But for now, you have all the time (45 mins max before some other employee comes) to enjoy this moment with him alone in the closed restaurant, surrounded by the smell of food and his cologne and you have no idea which you like better. You wouldn't have it any other way.

masterlist | fin. 

[capricornwriter5]

Is this healthy or toxic? - Chapter 16 (last chapter)

Pairing: Changkyun x female OC

Genre: smut, fluff, angst, sad with happy ending. Warning: soft drugs, explicit, violence

Words: 7k; Chapters: 16

Summary: What began as a casual relationship ended up becoming the most important thing for Changkyun. While fighting for his relationship, the rapper faces his greatest insecurities with the help of the love of his life and other members of Monsta X.

Chapter 16 - The UNO Card

Since Liv knew her rapper better than anyone, she didn't enter Kihyun's apartment, on the contrary, she sat on the front steps, knowing it was a matter of minutes before Changkyun would arrive. Sure enough, Liv could soon see I.M's car pulling up in front of the apartment. The two approached until they were face to face. All insecurities aside, the singer took Liv's hands and spoke more clearly than ever before.

"I still love you exactly the same as before, nothing has changed for me. You are the kindest, funniest, bravest, and smartest person I know. You knew all about me and still loved me like no one ever did before, Liv. You are still the only person I want to see by my side every morning, you still enchant me like the first time I saw you, I keep getting nervous when you look into my eyes and a kiss from you makes me lose my mind. I want to make music with you again and I want to make love to you every day. I am totally willing to give my all to make this work."

"Kyun, I..."

"If you are no longer in love with me, I'll do everything to make you love me again. I don't know how I did it the first time, but I will do it again." He said getting a smile from Liv.

"I never stopped loving you and I'll always be in love with you."

"Then let's give ourselves another chance, Liv, we deserve it. It's you and me, we've been through a lot together, we've grown up together, we can do this, just trust us a little bit, just a little bit and I'll take care of the rest. I promised you before you left, I'll take care of everything. The only thing I want in my life is to make you fall in love with me even more, to keep that smile on your face, and to be with you, so you never feel alone again."

"Kyun, I'll go back to America. I'm very afraid of taking more risks, I can't go up and down in my life anymore, I no longer have the strength for that."

"I'll take the risks, my love." He said kissing her forehead. "I'm not offering you a relationship, Liv, I'm offering you a life together."

"At some point, I'll have to go back." She said reluctantly to leave.

"Liv, let me be with you, please. I don't care how, I just want to be with you and for you to be happy with me. When we started you were willing to try everything, you said yes to everything because from that moment you loved me, you were right, I didn't know how to love, at least not as you did, but now, Liv, let me show you that I love you the same."

"Are you not scared of me leaving?"

"Baby, what terrifies me is the idea of ​​spending another day without you. I don't want to think about another morning where I don't hear you waking me up just like you wrote in that song. Don't worry about what happens tomorrow, we'll go little by little if that's what you want."

"How can I go little by little with the man I love?" Liv asked sighing and smiling resigned. "I didn't return for work, since I wrote that message I wanted to tell you that I love you, and when I saw you in the cafeteria all I wanted was to go home with you. I love you, Kyun."

I.M's smile before approaching to kiss her was something Olivia would be never able to forget. The love with which he kissed her again made the girl's heart run wild. Olivia felt her legs flank a little with the touch of Changkyun on the back of her neck. There, the girl giggled nervously and stopped the kiss.

"Sorry, am I going too fast?"

"No! Not at all, you just tickled me. Let's go inside." When they were about to open the door, Liv remembered Kihyun's warning and didn't even dare to touch the doorknob.

"What happened?" I.M asked hugging her from behind.

"Ki warned me that I couldn't let you enter the house. He told me that if something happened between us in his apartment, he was going to sell it."

"Seriously?" He asked laughing. "He clearly has no idea about everything that happened in the dorm, because he'd have sold it a long time ago."

"Kyun!" She said covering her face and looking so cute that the singer hugged her tightly.

"Do you still want to come home with me?"

"Do you still have the apartment?"

"It is our home, even if we have the house we dream of, we are not going to sell our apartment." He said stealing a kiss. "Do you want to go?" Liv nodded and got into the car with Changkyun.

Upon arriving at the apartment, Liv could see the excitement of Changkyun opening the door, she had seldom seen him so happy, and it was because he was dying of joy just with the idea of Liv seeing the surprises he had for her. "Welcome home, sweetheart." He said opening the door and the first thing the girl saw was that he had changed the back of the room and now had a beautiful garden.

"Kyun, it's beautiful! I had no idea you wanted to have a garden."

"Don't you remember what you told me in France? You wanted us to take one more step in our relationship, I thought we were going to take like ten steps." Liv laughed bringing back the idea of the dog. "We already have a place for him to be comfortable, now we just need to go for him. And maybe a cat so the dog doesn't feel alone."

"You're not thinking about a dog, you love cats." Liv couldn't stop smiling, especially when they get closer to the garden so Liv could see all the details. "I can't believe it. You even made a house for him. Baby, since when...?"

"It was ready last Christmas." He replied with his cheeks a little flushed because at that moment they had not even the slightest contact.

"It's beautiful. I'm pretty sure our dog is going to need a cat." Liv said standing on tiptoe to kiss him. "Did you make any more changes?"

"Just one more, do you want to see it?"

"Of course"

Changkyun took her hand and led her to their room. Just being there Olivia felt so nostalgic that she stopped to see that everything was still the same, their bed, each other's nightstands, even the lamp that I.M had bought her. It really felt like coming home.

"I thought that when you came back you weren't going to have the things you liked, so I tried to find something that looked like it." I.M opened the closet doors and Liv was shocked to see that the compartments where she kept her clothes were not empty; on the contrary, I.M had refilled them but this time with things that he had bought himself. "If you don't like something, we can find something else." He said with a shy smile while Liv saw everything. Changkyun paid so much attention to all the details that had to do with her, that he had actually bought just what Liv wore when they were together.

"No way..." She said seeing a shirt she used to have of her favorite movie. "I didn't know you paid so much attention to this kind of things, Kyun. I just can't believe you made all of this."

"I didn't want to forget you, I didn't want to forget anything about you." He answered, taking her by the waist to bring her closer to him. "Besides, this is your house, you couldn't go back and not find your things."

"How are you the same boy I met eating chocolates and the one who didn't even turn to see me when I spoke to him?" She asked playing with I.M's dark hair

"Oh, don't worry, he's still there." Liv laughed and at that moment Changkyun took advantage and lowering his hands, took her by the legs to lift her.

For Changkyun seeing Liv laying back on their bed and smiling at him like she was doing was like a dream come true. He had literally dreamed night after night that this moment would come. That night, the tenderness of I.M's actions evidenced how much he loved her.

Since the first kiss in the bed, Changkyun and Olivia let them go and suddenly, they were the same couple as before. They smiled mischievously at each other, caressed each other, repeated how much they loved each other and how much they desired each other.

I.M brought his lips to the girl's neck and began to spread kisses around it, those kisses that drove Liv crazy and made her shiver with so much pleasure. After some time, Liv's hands were under his shirt, feeling how Changkyun's muscles had gotten bigger, he was not the same man as before she left. Without notice, I.M' reached her breasts, he lift the bra without losing a single moment of kissing the love of his life. The smirk on Changkyun got bigger after having let his hands pass underneath the fabric since he could feel how much Liv wanted him, how excited she was. Once again, I.M smiled at the sight of his girl's abdomen brushing against his, it was something she did to ask him to continue since the first night they spent together.

"Tonight we'll get back every single second we lost, gorgeous." I.M affirmed placing his hands on Liv's shoulders to lower the straps of her bra while his lips kissed everything that the lingerie allows.

The clasp of the bra lost all its use when I.M opened it, allowing the rapper to throw it to the ground. Finally, he could kiss his dancer as both wanted and it was a matter of seconds for Liv to start moaning and playing with her singer's hair while he devoured her breasts. Meanwhile, I.M didn't stop touching Liv's abdomen, arms, neck, every part he wanted to feel all the time apart. I.M refused to leave her breasts until his kisses had marked every inch of skin. With great care he turned her over in bed, leaving the dancer lying on her elbows. As soon as Liv sensed I.M's lips again on her neck and how he took her from the butt, she giggled in the sexiest and playful way.

"You are perfect, Liv." She turned around and kissed him at the same time she disappeared his rapper's shirt. Immediately she noticed a new tattoo on his pectorals.

"Kyun, are those camellias?"

"There will be time to explain it later." He answered with a tender smile while lifting Liv up, that's how he managed to sit in bed with the girl on his lap.

The passion of the kisses exploded and neither of them wanted to wait any longer, especially not after Liv laid down I.M and took off his pants while her tongue traveled from his neck until his hip bones. A wink from Olivia was enough for I.M to know what she was going to do, and just thinking about it made him burn with desire. First her hands, then her lips, and finally her tongue, all of them leading Changkyun to lose control and to be everything but embarrassed to vocalize how much he was enjoying it. It was so sexy to hear his reaction towards every flick of Liv's hands and movement of her tongue, that the girl was enjoying as much as him.

I.M had missed seeing his girl doing exactly that and he tried to fix his gaze on her; however, the sensations and vibrations all over his body forced him to close his eyes and bowed his head to the back.

"Come here." I.M commanded with a very hoarse voice and stopping her; otherwise, he couldn't make it and Liv knew it, that's why she smirked getting back to him. "You're driving me crazy." Liv was about to answer, but he muted his dancer by letting his hand enter her underwear. There was nothing in the world that aroused him more than touching his girlfriend and seeing her losing control. Liv didn't even have to ask him what or how she wanted, since I.M knew it better than anyone, even better than her.

After a while, he stopped just to lower the last of the clothes that were in the way. With a kind smile on his face, I.M approached Liv and giving a kiss on the tip of her nose, he repeated he loved her. However, words were not enough and both of them wanted to feel what they've been dreaming for months.

Olivia had never felt I.M so expressive as that night, it was not only a matter of pleasure or desire, which he was obviously feeling, if not love. There wasn't a moment all night that he didn't show his girl how he felt about her. After a while, Liv rested on the rapper's chest, who didn't let more than a minute pass without kissing her forehead while stroking her hair.

"There is something I want to give you, but I don't want to get up." I.M said in her ear and Liv looked at him carefully.

"I'm not going anywhere, Kyun. If you want, I can go with you." When trying to get up, Changkyun laid her down again and, cornering her with his arms, didn't let her move.

"Let me do it."

In a few minutes Changkyun had returned and Liv was waiting for him sitting on the bed, covering herself with the sheet.

"Before you open it. Do you remember our last vacation?" Liv nodded with a smile. "Do you remember you saw me working on something? I wasn't hiding anything from you, I was working on something for you, this is it."

Liv opened it without suspecting what it could be, and when she saw that it was an album, she didn't get what was happening since she had already listened to his songs. "Is it the original album?" I.M shook his head negatively.

"The one that I released was made after you left, not this one. These are the first songs I wrote and produced, the ones in which I worked when we lived together. I didn't want to show them to you until they were ready." He said smiling shyly. "I also didn't want to show them to the producers we work with because I didn't want it to be for anyone else. There are things that I won't share with anyone, only with you."

"I thought you didn't want me to listen to them."

"It was never about that, Liv, I always trusted you, from day one." He said taking her hands. "It took me a long time to realize what you meant to me, and when I did, you weren't here and I couldn't reach you. Never in all my life have I felt more fear than in these two years. What if I became a person you wanted to forget? What would I do if the only woman I ever loved stopped loving me? Liv, until I saw you in that cafe again I could remember what a heartbeat felt like. I don't want to be the person I am without you, I am very afraid of how sad and lonely I feel when you are not with me."

Liv brought him to her side and lying back down, made I.M rest her head on her chest. "I told you a long time ago, baby. You got me since the first day. That will never change, no matter what happens, it will always be you and me." She said hugging him tightly and closing her eyes, more hesitant of returning to the United States than ever. "Look how far we have come, we did not know what we were doing, we fought against everything, not even our friends thought we could make it and look at us now. I'm glad we've both been so stubborn. We beat the odds together, we're still growing together, Kyun. You're still the one I run to, you're still the one I want to kiss goodnight for life. I love you, my handsome rapper." She said caressing his face and kissing him again.

They stayed that way for a long time until they got up together, as Liv wanted to hear I.M's album, which turned out to be very different from the one released. The one I.M had shared with the world was basically about his feelings for Liv and how his life had changed for her. He had done it to show her how much he loved her and that he no longer wanted to hide what they had. Their relationship was the best thing that had happened to him, it was not something to be ashamed of, much less keep it a secret. However, the album Liv listened to that night was totally different. They were the singer's fears, all the insecurities that tortured him for years. The songs of course also talked about her and everything that he doubted when they started, especially the fear that he was afraid of ruining everything or not being who she deserved. Liv understood from that album that even when they were just starting to date, she meant a lot to Changkyun. The lyrics were very personal, much more than Olivia thought at some point, it was natural that he did not want to share them with anyone, at least with someone other than her.

With that, the girl was sure that I.M had finished showing her not only who he really was, but how much he trusted her.

That night they did not talk more about the possibility of Liv returning to the United States or how they would carry their relationship from now on, the only thing that mattered was that they were together again. The next morning, when they were still in bed, Changkyun noticed that Liv was looking at him suspiciously as if waiting for him to do something.

"What's up, princess?"

"I'm waiting for you to realize we don't have orange juice and start running."

"I told you that I had learned from my mistakes." He said smiling from ear to ear. "Not only do I have juice for you, but I also finally learned how to make a decent coffee."

"I don't believe you, that's impossible!" Changkyun raised an eyebrow and taking her in his arms, sat her down while he prepared everything. He really had juice and had really learned how to make coffee.

The following days the couple was inseparable, they only left the apartment to work. Besides, the timing was perfect because Changkyun didn't have any tours and neither did Liv's group.

Soon they were working together again, with the difference that this time they were working with his lyrics, not just hers. It seemed to Olivia the cutest thing in the world to see him strive to do everything in the best way. Before they broke up, I.M was a loving and thoughtful boyfriend, but now he was twice as much. Also, now he valued Liv's cuddles even more, so it was enough for the girl to smile at him or hold his hand for him to fall directly into her arms. Liv felt exactly the same way, it was getting more and more evident to Changkyun that his dancer didn't want to return to the States since her hugs were getting longer and the way she looked at him said everything to him. However, time began to run, she had to return, and that started to anguish her.

"Baby, aren't you going to dinner today either? You haven't eaten practically anything." Changkyun said when he saw her playing with the food.

"I'm not very hungry."

"What's the matter? You know you can tell me anything."

"Time's running..."

"Precious" He called getting up to approach her. Crouching down, he was level with Liv so he could speak to her better. "We'll be fine, no matter what you decide." He affirmed with a smile but Liv was not at all calm with the topic. "I have an idea. This food is not your favorite, what do you say if we go to the movies and ask for something that you do like?"

"To the movies today? But we haven't planned anything, we don't know how many people will go and..."

"Nothing that a couple of caps and masks can't solve, don't worry." He said helping her to stand up. "So, is that a yes? Can I take you on a date?"

"Any time"

*****

All the members of Monsta X knew that their maknae was not sleeping in the dorm and they assumed that something was happening with Liv, but they did not want to ask, they preferred to give him time and have him tell them if they had got back together or not. While they could see an obvious change in the rapper's attitude, they weren't too sure that things had been sorted out so soon.

With a week to go until Liv had to return was Kihyun's birthday, who wanted to celebrate it just with the members and his sister at a house far from the city. After the last party together, Changkyun vowed that he would never go overboard with alcohol again, especially since he didn't want to give Minhyuk another black eye. That night Olivia and Changkyun were the only ones sober; however, that didn't stop them from having a great time with everyone else.

"I think Hyungwon didn't learn his lesson," Changkyun said surprising Liv in the kitchen, who was looking for something to eat. "He's asking for jelly, we should keep the alcohol away, don't you think?"

"Even if we hide it, he'll find it. He seduced a girl just for the shots, I no longer trust Hyungwon when there's jelly in the middle."

"How do you feel? It's the first time we hang out with the group again."

"Better than ever, at least until now, I'm waiting for the moment when everything gets out of control." The members' laughs were heard at every corner of the house, especially after started playing a game that none of them really understood well, so they did not stop blaming each other.

"We could leave them there, it will take them another couple of hours to understand the rules of the game."

"Where do you want to go?" Liv asked, wrapping her arms around I.M's waist.

Just when Changkyun was about to answer her, Hyungwon walked into the kitchen, and seeing them so close and so loving to each other, he smiled mischievously. He tried to leave without making a sound but ended up crashing into a table.

"My God! Are you ok?" Liv asked when she saw everything Hyungwon had thrown away, but he was so drunk that he barely said a couple of words and disappeared. "Sometimes, just sometimes, I think maybe you're not the weirdest of all, Kyun."

"Yeah... me too"

After going back to the others and trying to explain what the game was about, they all started betting such ridiculous things that it seemed like a joke. They had started with simple things like money until they climbed and soon they could already hear Minhyuk gambling his car.

"Shouldn't we stop them?" Liv asked very softly to Changkyun.

"No, they won't remember anything tomorrow."

"I'm betting something big, Kihyun, I don't want your stupid koi fish." Minhyuk said very angrily. "Bet your apartment at least!"

"I can't, it's not totally mine right now, Liv is staying there."

"That makes no sense!" Minhyuk answered without really understanding what Kihyun was saying. "Why is Liv going to be living there if she and Changkyun have their apartment?"

"Actually, I'm staying there." Liv said a little uncomfortable since everyone was watching her carefully.

"That can't be true, no, no, no!" Hyungwon said barely able to vocalize clearly. "Why haven't you two officially got back together, huh? You love each other! Liv, you even recommended him to that producer and Changkyun was no step away from leaving the group just to go for you! Why aren't you together?"

"Hyung, you're drunk, stop it." Changkyun said, giving him some water.

"No, I'm perfectly sober. I'm serious! It hurts me a lot to know that you are not even living together!" He said with a broken voice and everyone could swear that he would start crying right there. Hyungwon had caused the most awkward silence of all, which was ended by Wonho just as affected as him, clearly, they had drunk too much.

"Well, I think the same! I've never seen a couple who love each other more than you two! Get back together, live in your apartment. Changkyun, you love her, we all know that, Liv, you love him too, so there's nothing else to think about."

"Yes, let's all celebrate that Liv and Changkyun are officially together!" Hyungwon said wiping the tears that had fallen.

I.M couldn't help but laugh seeing his hyungs act like that, but when he saw Liv, she was quite serious, she had even gotten up from the table and left without saying a word. Changkyun immediately got up and followed her. No one suspected that something bad had happened, so the others continued at the party.

"Baby, what's up? Don't listen to them, they are too drunk." He said trying to take her hand but Olivia moved it. "Liv?"

"How can you be so calm? Changkyun, I only have a week left here and I don't know what will happen to us."

"Because I trust us." He said approaching her again. "It doesn't matter if it's here, in the United States, or wherever. We'll be fine."

"Kyun, we've fucked things up over and over again!" I.M understood how anxious and stressed his girlfriend felt just by the way she took out and put again her rings.

"My love, you look exactly the same as me when we went on our first date." He said smiling tenderly and taking her hands, he kissed them.

"Changkyun, this is serious!"

"I'm serious too. Baby, do you love me?"

"You know I do! Of course, I love you, but still! I am afraid and..."

"Liv, that's enough. If you want to return, that's fine, precious, return to the United States, I will visit you as much as I can and every time you want to come, I will be here waiting for you. We don't have to rush anything, I promised you I wouldn't pressure you. You do not have to worry."

"I have only one week left. I don't want to be away from you, I can't do it again." Liv hugged him and hid her face on the rapper's chest.

"What do you want to do?"

"I don't know..."

"Honey, look at me for a moment." He asked in her ear and so Liv raised her face. "I just released an album, the group has worked a lot, if you want to return to the United States for a while, I can ask for a time out, take vacations, I can go with you."

"What? No! You can't leave everything here."

"I want to be with you, you have accompanied me a lot, I can and want to do the same. Do you want to return to the United States? Let's go together. Also, stop worrying about us messing things up, we've done it so many times already, I highly doubt we can make it worse." He said making her laugh and relax quite a bit.

"I love you, but this is not the time for you to take a vacation, you love what you do and you are living the best moment."

"I just got you back."

"And you're never going to lose me again."

"Liv, I wasn't lying when I told you that I want a life with you... It's okay if you need time to think about it, don't feel bad if you want to return to the United States, I'll understand."

"Will you still be my Kyun?"

"All my life, no matter where you are." He said touching her forehead with his.

"Baby" Liv called very softly because of how close they were. The rapper knew that she would ask for something, because every time Liv was about to do so, she began to play with his boyfriend's shirt. "I really don't want to go back inside, we don't know if Hyungwon is still crying. Can we stay here a little longer alone?"

"I was about to ask you the same." He said with a smile.

*****

With only one day to go back to the United States, Olivia had already packed everything; however, it had been terribly difficult for her. The image of I.M and her apartment kept coming back to her mind. There came a time when she sat down to look at the plane ticket and think about what to do, but a call brought her back to reality, especially when she saw that they were Kihyun's parents.

Liv understood practically nothing of that call, as they told her that her parents' house looked beautiful. The girl thought they were talking about the new building that she thought the new owners had built; however, they kept telling her other things. Curiosity got the better of her and she ended up going to see with her own eyes what the couple was talking about.

Indeed, Olivia was able to see that her house had not been demolished; on the contrary, it looked better than ever, it had been painted and the garden was beautiful, just as her parents had it before. What surprised the girl the most was seeing that the lights inside the house were on. She wanted to go in but she didn't have the keys. Her first instinct was to look inside a small lamp on the side of the door, her parents always kept a key there. Liv found not only the key but a key ring with a dancer exactly like a necklace Changkyun had given Liv a long time ago. Without understanding what was happening, the girl opened the door and upon entering and being able to see everything well, her mouth was open. The house was in perfect shape, not like when she and her boyfriend had gone. Again there were paintings and furniture, there were even flowers, it was more than evident that someone had been keeping the house in perfect condition. The shock reached its highest point when Liv saw a new door at the end of the hall that led to the bedrooms.

A gasp came from the lips of the young woman after opening this new door and seeing that the house had a new room. In front of her was a dance practice room, there were mirrors, speakers, accessories, there was everything she might need to dance. What most caught her attention was that there were paintings of her father adorning the place and they were not ordinary paintings, they all had to do with dancing. Liv totally ignored that those artworks had been inside the box she and I.M took out from the house some years ago.

And not only the paintings, but the essence of her mother was also printed in the furniture design, even in the lighting. Even the windows had beautiful murals that Liv's mom loved and had always asked her husband to use at home. Liv didn't even have to think much to identify her parents' stamp on everything. Shocked by what she was seeing, the girl sat down to try to assimilate everything, but the last painting at the end of the room caught her attention.

The girl took it and saw the designs of the house and the drawings that her parents had made when they planned that surprise for her, she recognized her mother's handwriting in the comments made next to the designs, but she also recognized the drawings of her dad, they had both planned this for her as a surprise, but they hadn't had time to carry it out. Olivia opened the frame of the painting so that she could better look at the designs, but as she did so, more papers fell on her legs, they were the property papers. The girl could clearly read that the house had been first owned by her parents, then hers, then new buyers, but the name that followed left her cold. Changkyun, that was the name of the previous owner of the house, and it did not stop there, the most recent name was hers, the house had become hers again, the transfer had been made by Changkyun two years ago. In case there was any doubt, the last thing Liv found among all the papers was the UNO card where she had written her phone number, Changkyun had left it hoping that at some moment she would see it.

*****

For his part, the rapper had been waiting for his girlfriend. She had told him she would be there early, but Liv did not answer his calls or messages, which surprised him a lot, especially since Olivia had been very clear that she wanted to spend with him as long as possible before returning to the United States.

I.M was checking his cell phone when he heard that the door of the apartment was opened and he did not have time to say a word, he could barely receive Liv in his arms because of the speed at which she arrived and threw herself at him.

"Liv!" He said very scaredly, thinking that something bad had happened since he even heard her cry, and when he saw her suitcases at the entrance, his confusion grew even more.

"How did you do that!? How did you get the house back, how did you keep it that way, how did you do what my parents couldn't!?"

The first thing Changkyun did was wipe her tears, pour her something to drink, and sit down with her to explain everything. Her dad's drawings and the designs of the new section that would be for her were in the box that they had collected and that Liv had left in the apartment when she left. He explained that he contacted the lawyer and after making sure there was no problem with the house, he had put it back in her name. He also told her that he had endured the pain and her absence only because he had focused on having the perfect home for her. I.M had gone practically every day during the remodeling process, he had made sure everything was perfect.

"I wanted you to recover what was yours and that you could have your home back." He said smiling tenderly at her.

"Thank you so much for everything you did for me, you don't know how it felt to see all that, it was like seeing my parents again. But I already have my home, and it is here with you." Liv answered taking his face. "I'm not going anywhere, Kyun, I don't want to go, I want to be here with you, in our house."

"Liv, are you serious? Won't you go?"

"No, I had decided when I was packing, I didn't feel well, all this time I've thought about it. Nowhere have I been happier than when I lived here with you, I felt at home, it's where I belong. You've always made me feel this way." She said without stopping kissing him. "I love you and I want to be with you the rest of my life."

*****

Six months after, Liv had returned to work with her group, she was practically dedicated to them. She had even agreed to dance with them on stage, something she hadn't wanted before, but she felt so comfortable with the boys that they ended up convincing her. Liv also helped them from time to time with production, so she had a lot of work to do.

Changkyun was already working on his second solo album but this time he was doing it with Liv by his side, they spent hours in the studio but never realized it because they really had a better time than anyone else when they were together, plus they made an excellent team. When I.M was exhausted or out of new ideas, Liv gave him all the life and energy he needed. And when there was too much to do and they were overwhelmed, Changkyun knew exactly what to do and what to say to make Liv feel peace and quiet again.

Something Liv loved was that when she and Changkyun weren't seeing each other for tours or other activities, the rapper wrote every day proposing different drinks for them to try when they met again, exactly the same as before they started dating.

One night they arranged to go to dinner with the others at the same place where Kihyun had taken Liv the first time she returned to Korea, the same night that she had talked to I.M all night; now, everyone was talking about it and laughing teasing the couple.

"At that time I didn't realize it, but now that they say it, it's true, Changkyun completely monopolized Liv." Shownu said.

"I honestly don't know how he got her, because for at least an hour he didn't say a word." Kihyun said laughing.

"If we think about it, we were all part of their relationship at some point." Said Hyungwon.

"You didn't do anything, Hyungwon, shut up." Wonho said with his whole mouth full of food. "Kihyun was in charge of introducing them, Jooheon that they had a second date, Shownu, Minhyuk, and I had to put up with Changkyun for two years."

"You're forgetting your slap at your party. Do you remember how upset he got?" Jooheon asked laughing.

"What? What happened at that party? You didn't tell me." Liv said to I.M, who had his face red from embarrassment.

"Nothing happened, they are exaggerating."

"We are not exaggerating!" Wonho and Jooheon said in unison.

"I just made him open his eyes, he looked like an idiot staring at you and I told him to go talk to you or not to complain if you went with someone else."

"Wonho!" Liv said hugging her boyfriend and kissing his cheek.

"Maybe it did help us a bit..." Changkyun said without wanting to accept that Wonho had done a lot that night.

"Anyway, we all did something except you, Hyungwon, the only thing you contributed was a stupid limbo dance in which Minhyuk was about to lose his eye." Shownu said causing a general laugh.

"If it hadn't been for me on Kihyun's birthday, Liv wouldn't have decided to stay."

"You were drunk, you didn't even speak clearly, you ended up crying with Wonho." Liv said pushing him with her shoulder, as she had him next to him.

"But you can't deny that I gave you the push you needed."

"What you did was get Liv to stress out." I.M said seriously but of course everyone else ended up laughing.

After a while of talking and eating with the others, Olivia saw Changkyun acting strangely. "Baby, are you okay? You are acting weird today." Liv said very softly so that only he would listen, without even noticing that the other members saw each other in an conspiratorial way.

"Yes, everything is perfect. The thing is... this food is very spicy." He said smiling forcibly and taking more of his soda.

"Eh? But it's what you always order. If you want, we go to the apartment and eat something different, we can go buy something. Or I can cook you something!" She smiled at him and Changkyun even swallowed hard as he nodded.

When they said goodbye to the rest, Liv did not see, but Jooheon was clapping under the table, Kihyun covered his face, Shownu and Wonho hugged each other, Hyungwon was about to cry and Minhyuk took pictures of them secretly.

*****

When they arrived at the apartment, Changkyun didn't eat, despite the fact that Liv had prepared his favorite food, the rapper practically did not touch it.

"We were in that place where there are many board games that you love and we didn't play any. Do you want us to play something?" I.M asked.

"Do we have games here? I thought they were lost when we brought them to Kihyun's birthday."

"We still have the UNO cards." He said smiling mischievously since it was the first game they had played together.

"Are you sure you want to lose again?"

"You never beat me, Olivia." He said raising an eyebrow and taking her by the hand so they could move to the living room.

Liv was so focused on winning, that she didn't realize that Changkyun had hidden a card under his leg, he was as desperate to win as she was and when the moment came, the rapper smiled from ear to ear, took the card he had hidden and threw it.

"Uno!" Changkyun said.

"It can't be possible!" Liv said without seeing the card well since she was very busy fighting with her boyfriend. "Why does this always have to happen? You cheat, Changkyun!" She said leaving her cards aside, but she was surprised that I.M did not answer her, his gaze moved between the card he had thrown and the eyes of his girlfriend. Liv followed his gaze and when she saw the card I.M had thrown, she thought she was imagining it.

If it hadn't been for Changkyun taking the card with a very shaking hand and bringing it to hers, Liv would have thought she was dreaming. In the same way that she had written her phone number to him the first night, now the girl could see I.M's handwriting in a phrase that she was not expecting to receive at the time "Will you marry me?"

Before she can answer, or even digest what was happening, Liv saw the love of her life kneeling in front of her and taking out a little box that he had hidden close to where they were playing.

" Kyun..."

"Liv, since we started we have grown together. You've taught me what I'm capable of as long as we're together. Every morning by your side is a dream for me, no matter what we are doing, if I am with you, I'm happy. You taught me from what it feels like to go on a first date to what it feels like to be in the arms of the love of my life. Everything with you has been new, wonderful. You even gave me the strength to take risks that I would never have considered. Every single thing that has happened in our relationship has brought us closer and I would love for that to continue to happen for the rest of our lives. Liv, you have shown me in a thousand ways that you love me, would you let me show you every day of our lives how much I love you? Will you marry me?"

"Of course I do, Kyun!" Liv said causing the most spectacular smile of all on the rapper's face as he placed the ring on her.

*****

"Do you think he already did it?" Kihyun asked very excited.

"Totally! If it were something else, I would doubt it, but it's Changkyun asking Liv to be his wife, he's not going to waste any more time." Wonho answered feeling proud of the change in the maknae.

"The detail of the card is going to kill her, I too would get married just to see that." Minhyuk said.

"Well, in the end, it seems that the youngest of the group was braver than all of us." Shownu said.

"And the first of us to get engaged, it's amazing. Although honestly, it was to be expected, I think that no one here has had the smile that Changkyun does now." Hyungwon said.

"If life gives you such an opportunity, you have to take it, Liv and I.M knew it from day one." Jooheon said thinking that he, in their position, he would definitely do the same.

✮ Chapter 15

💜 Hi, lovely Monbebe, thank you for reading the whole story, for your likes and sweet comments. I hope you'd enjoyed the fanfic. I'm thinking about writing an epilogue for Liv and Kyun soon. 💜

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Can We Talk? (5/9)

Requested : yes

15. “Fun fact : I haven't listened to a single thing you just told me.”

14. “Are you blushing?”

from my Prompts list

Requests are : OPEN

pairing : Wonwoo x Mingyu, other Seventeen members make an appearance, fem!OC (Mina) x Mingyu

genre : Enemies to lovers!AU, College!AU, a bit of angst, Wonwoo and Mingyu are the same age to simplify the story

word count : 12.5k

warnings : cursing, mentions of violence (not graphic), a small fight (a few pushes, nothing more), alcohol consumption

A/N : I got carried away with this request. Hope you all enjoy 💜

MASTERLIST | PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR | PART FIVE | PART SIX | PART SEVEN | PART EIGHT | EPILOGUE

Lunch with Soonyoung, Minghao and Jun had become a daily occurrence, the three men quickly finding their place in their friend group. Sometimes, Joshua's gym partner would show up too, earning thunderous glances and musters of “Cheater” from Jeonghan under his breath. Seokmin looked confused, but loved chatting with anyone and was a real sunshine to have on gloomy days.

Wonwoo had never replied to Mingyu's text. No matter how many times Mingyu would check his phone, the message still read Delivered with no follow-up. Mingyu was disappointed, to say the least, and he decided against telling his friends about replying to Wonwoo in the first place. He didn't need scolding, I told you so's or pity from them anymore.

Since the debut of the semester, a month ago, Mingyu had seen Wonwoo a total of two times at the dorm : on his first day, and last week when he inadvertently needed to go to the bathroom after coming home whilst Wonwoo was getting out of the shower. Mingyu had never closed a door so fast, and he had never heard Wonwoo squeal so high either.

Now that he thought about it, maybe that was why Wonwoo was avoiding him. He would avoid himself, too.

“You know what would be nice?” Soonyoung declared to the whole table, smiling ever so brightly.

They all waited for a follow-up, but it was Soonyoung talking, and this man lived for the attention.

“What would be nice?” Seokmin asked, making Soonyoung smile even wider.

“If we all gathered our friends for a game night!” he exclaimed his idea, getting cheers from Chan and Seokmin.

“Yeah, we haven't met your friends yet, Minnie,” Joshua told Seokmin.

The man nodded his head happily as Jeonghan scoffed at the nickname.

“That would be awesome! My friends are a bunch of introverts, I'm sure they'd love a gaming night!”

The group agreed on the plan, already talking about the games they'd like to play. Minghao stood up from his chair.

“I have a better idea,” he announced.

“If it's not murder, I'm in,” Jun nodded his head, gulping on his pudding.

“My parents own a lake house not far from here. We could spend the weekend there,” Minghao offered.

“Hell yeah,” Soonyoung threw his fist in the air. “Hao, you really do have the best ideas ever. Except that dance move in the choreography we did last week-”

“And murder,” Jun added, getting a worried glance from Seokmin.

“Okay, everyone except Soonyoung can come,” Minghao simply stated, earning woops from everyone at the table.

Soonyoung shrugged.

“I'll get in, whether you like it or not,” he smiled innocently.

“I'll text my friends, hopefully they can all come, too!” Seokmin said excitedly, already grabbing his phone.

“It's gonna be like a mega sleepover, just like in the old days!” Chan cheered.

“Yeah... Just like the old days,” Mingyu nodded, smiling at his friends' excitation.

As the weekend came closer, the friend group was buzzing. Seokmin's friend group were all able to come, and everyone was getting ready, talking about the games and consoles they would bring, who was in charge of snacks and whatnot.

Saturday morning came, and Mingyu got in his car with Joshua, Chan and Jeonghan, all excitedly driving to the lake house. The unoccupied backseat and the truck was filled to the brim with their luggage.

“We're only leaving for two days,” Chan whined, crushed between Joshua, and Mingyu's bags. “Why the fuck did you bring so much stuff?”

“What if I'm cold?” Mingyu asked. “Or what if I want the wear a specific shirt and I don't have it? Or pee on myself four times? I only have three pairs of underwear!”

“I'm gonna make you pee yourself four times,” Chan mumbled under his breath.

Luckily, the drive to the lake house was fairly quick and without any problem, Jeonghan being the trusted direction-giver only making them go off-route to get himself a coffee at Starbucks. They arrived soon after Minghao, Jun, Soonyoung and Seokmin.

“Welcome to the plaza del party,” Soonyoung bowed in front of them, giggling.

“That doesn't even make sense,” Joshua retorted.

“You must be so much fun at parties,” Soonyoung snorted.

Joshua decided against replying, instead helping Mingyu get their luggage out of the car. Chan was already gone doing something somewhere with Jun and Soonyoung, while Minghao and Seokmin were getting the place ready for the night.

“Hi guys!” Minghao greeted them as they entered the house. “How was the ride?”

“Pretty uneventful,” Mingyu answered, stepping out of the way to let Jeonghan carry his bag inside.

“Just how it should be,” Minghao nodded, instructing Seokmin to not drop that vase because it has his grand-grand-grand-mother's ashes in it.

By the face he made while saying that, Mingyu was at least 80% sure Minghao was bullshitting, but he won't test his theory.

“Where are the rooms?” Mingyu asked, looking around.

It was a fairly big house, but still small for the number of guests there would be tonight.

“So, we'll be around three guys per room, they're all upstairs,” Minghao told him. “I sleep in my own room alone, and no one in my parents' room. It's locked anyway, but I'm looking at you Jeonghan.”

“I would never,” Jeonghan smiled, batting his eyelashes. “Unrelated, which room is it again?”

“Hannie,” Joshua rolled his eyes, smiling nonetheless. “Come on, unless you want to be stuck with Chan and Soonyoung in the same room, I'd suggest we team up with Gyu.”

The three men grabbed their bags, heading upstairs when a cellphone rang in the room.

“Oh!” Seokmin ran to the coffee table in the living room, grabbing his phone. “It's Wonwoo, he's probably calling me to say they're getting closer.”

Mingyu froze, dropping his bag. Jeonghan's eyes were wide open, whilst Joshua almost went into fight or flight mode. Even Minghao looked shocked, apparently not knowing who he had invited over for the weekend.

Seokmin answered the phone, bubbly as ever, clueless about the mood dropping drastically in the room.

“Hao,” Joshua shout-whispered. “Did you know he was coming?”

Minghao shook his head.

“Never imagined Seokmin could be friends with a guy like that.”

“Is it too late for me to leave?” Mingyu asked, eyeing the door.

“And leave us here with no car and no way of coming home?” Jeonghan whined. “At least take me with you, we can leave the others here.”

“I can hear you, idiot,” Joshua poked Jeonghan's cheek. “Now, come on, Mingyu. You can't let this ruin your weekend, let's just ignore him.”

“Oh, I can and I will let it ruin my weekend,” Mingyu whined.

“I'll figure out something,” Minghao tilted his head. “Don't worry, I can talk to Seokmin about it, if you want?”

Mingyu shrugged, defeated. Why does Wonwoo have to come ruin everything all the time?

“I'll talk to Minnie, Hannie you can go and help Gyu set up the room for us?” Joshua offered.

Mingyu nodded, grabbing one of Joshua's bags as Jeonghan let the other fall on the floor.

“What? I'm not strong like you.”

The taller man grabbed the second bag, carrying now four luggage in his arms. Joshua patted him in the arm.

“It's going to be okay, trust me.”

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Is this healthy or toxic? - Chapter 11

Pairing: Changkyun x female OC

Genre: smut, fluff, angst, sad with happy ending. Warning: soft drugs, explicit, violence

Words: 4k

Summary: What began as a casual relationship ended up becoming the most important thing for Changkyun. While fighting for his relationship, the rapper faces his greatest insecurities with the help of the love of his life and other members of Monsta X. Chapters: 16

Chapter 11 - The Two Reunions

"Well, that turned out better than we expected, right?" Jooheon asked IM and Liv when they were leaving work.

However, he didn't get an answer from I.M, who walked straight to the car. Olivia knew that he was not going to leave her just because he didn't start the car, but she saw him so furious, that she could swear that he wouldn't even let her get in the car.

"Shit. How will you deal with him?"

"Don't worry, I'll talk to him. Thanks for helping." The girl said touching his back before leaving.

******

When they got home, I.M looked for something to eat, took the plate and locked himself in his study. Liv waited for him in the room for a couple of hours, but when he entered, he went straight to brush his teeth.

"So you're not going to tell me anything?" The girl asked approaching him.

"I'd rather not do it."

"Changkyun, I did it because it was the last chance you were going to have with those producers to show what you can do."

"Olivia, I'm serious, don't force me to say what I think about what happened today."

"Please, tell me something." After saying that, I.M's gaze was so withering that his girlfriend swallowed hard. "I know you're upset with me, but try to understand why I did it. You wouldn't have let an opportunity like this slip away from me either."

"I'd never dare to do what you did today."

"All I did was show our bosses what you are capable of."

"No!" He said with a voice too hoarse. "You didn't do that! You disrespected me, you took my things without authorization, you entered my computer, you took out a personal file and you shared it."

"But everything went well, Kyun you saw how they reacted, your name will come before anyone else, this'll help you a lot."

"Olivia, I don't care! I couldn't care less! How would you've reacted if I took photos of your parents and asked you in front of other people what happened?"

"It's totally different."

"No, it's no different! Those were my personal things, my privacy! Never again dare to do something like that. How do you ask me to trust you if you do this? That is why I didn't want to show you anything!"

"What did you say?" Liv asked barely audible. "Changkyun, are you telling me that you really don't trust me?"

"I'm telling you that trust is earned, and the one I gave you, you broke it."

"You told me a long time ago that you dreamed of working as a producer, which was what you were most passionate about in life. You didn't dare to take the opportunity that you had in front of you and I was not going to let that happen."

"It was my decision, not yours!"

"I've opened up to you more than to myself, I told you things that I didn't even dare to say out loud, and you are telling me that you can't trust me and that it's none of my business? We are in a relationship, this is a two-way street."

"I trusted you, Olivia. I know we're in a relationship, I share everything with you!"

"Of course not! You let me listen to that song just because I found it on your computer. You promised me that you'd talk to the producers and you didn't, you don't let me see what you write, when I ask you or try to advise you, you shut me up. You don't trust me, I.M, you were upset with me because I needed some time to talk to you about something that marked my life, you were about to break up with me because of that, and now you tell me that you can't share your things with me? How the hell is this going to work if the only one doing her part is me?"

"You know that is not true, I've also put all of me!"

"No! You listen to me, you don't talk to me, you completely close yourself. You asked me to let you in and I did, but you're not doing the same. If you are going to continue behaving in this way, then tell me now, it can't be possible that you are reacting like that when all I was looking for was to help you."

"What you did was not right, you know that. I can't even imagine how you would have reacted if I did something like that to you."

"If I didn't act, you were never going to do it. Do you think I want to be the one who always takes the first step in this relationship? It's fucking exhausting, Changkyun! If I didn't do that today, you were going to continue hiding here, producing only for you, you'd continue dreaming of something that you can perfectly achieve but you are afraid to try. How come you don't realize that your insecurities have been robbing you of all your opportunities all these years? Enough is enough, react! If I were to keep quiet and accept everything you say, we wouldn't even be together because you're afraid of feeling, you're afraid of taking risks."

Changkyun knew it was true, Jooheon had told him, Wonho too, even Kihyun. They had all told him too many times, but hearing it from Olivia hit him harder than any other thing.

"I didn't want you to see me like that." I.M confessed sitting on the bed without seeing his girlfriend's face. Liv knew how depressed and ashamed he was.

"Honey, it's okay. You've seen me like this before and you helped me a lot. I love you, I just want to help you too." Liv said sitting behind him and leaning her forehead on the rapper's back. "You told me, it's okay to be afraid, but you can't stay without doing anything. If you have a hard time trusting yourself, then trust me, you are capable of doing whatever you want, not just in music, don't let your insecurities hurt you more. Stop pushing away everyone who wants to help you. Take advantage of today, I understand if you are upset with me, you have every right and every reason, but don't be proud and take advantage of this. Don't hide your productions anymore, they are too good for you to keep them just for yourself." She said kissing his shoulders and leaving because she thought he wanted to be alone, and Liv couldn't blame him, after all she had not acted in the best way.

"Where are you going?" Changkyun asked when he saw that Liv took some keys from the nightstand.

"I think it's better that I sleep in my apartment today, you are upset with me and you are right. I'm sorry."

The discussion that night had been quite strong and the two of them had totally valid points. I.M felt that Liv had broken his trust and Liv was more certain than ever that despite everything she had tried, she still couldn't get Changkyun to trust her, after all, he had practically accepted it from her. While Olivia had lived for years taking risks, I.M was much more cautious and reserved and it was expected that at some point their personalities would collide, but, in turn, it was precisely that balance that they had that made their relationship unique and that the two they will hold on so much. I.M represented stability and tranquility for Liv, while the girl gave life and confidence to the rapper.

At around two in the morning, Olivia was asleep when she heard a noise in her room and when she opened her eyes, she saw her boyfriend lie down next to her and hug her. I.M was upset, of course, but the absence of Liv that night was much stronger and made him react.

"What are you doing here?" Liv asked taking his face in her hands to convince herself that it was not a dream.

"Please stop assuming that when something bad happens between us you have to go." I.M begged her. "I've never wanted you away from me, I don't care what happens, I don't want you to do this again. I need you, Liv." With those last words from the singer, the couple stopped arguing for that night, but even though they both apologized, they weren't at their best. The atmosphere was still a bit tense between them and the fact that they had so much work made it even more difficult for them to find time for themselves.

*****

Just a couple of days before finishing the project, Olivia had seen her family again, this time she had prepared dinner for them in her apartment and while she was talking with her uncles, the youngest cousin of all, who was practically a baby, approached her and he got a drawing he had made of the choreographer, something that touched the girl's heart. Her aunt took the opportunity to tell her that now that she had even won the youngest of the family, she should spend more time with them, stay a few weekends at home with them.

"Can I really do that?" Olivia asked fearful of having heard wrong, especially since the older of her cousins ​​shook his head negatively and left the apartment.

"Of course you do, may I have a moment?" The woman said leaving behind the young man.

"Could you please go back inside?"

"Mom, this is not right, at least be honest with her."

"Good evening." I.M said arriving at the apartment and hearing that last thing. "I'm Changkyun, Olivia's boyfriend." He said introducing himself before entering.

"Sure, we were waiting for you! I am one of her aunts." The smile that came with that greeting gave the singer a very bad impression.

"We better get inside, Liv must be waiting."

I.M was as polite as he could that night because he knew it was important to Liv, besides, he saw her smiling with the baby and he didn't even know that his girlfriend liked children until that night. They had had so much work that he hadn't been able to ask much about her family reunions. Finally, when they were alone, Liv told him how everything was going, told him that they had even invited her to visit them and that she felt happier than ever now that she felt that she had a family again. I.M convinced himself that it wasn't an appropriate time to tell her what he heard outside.

"I can't visit them next weekend because I have a surprise for you."

"A surprise?"

"Yes, since our last discussion we haven't been able to spend much time together and even if you say no, I know you and you are still a bit serious. So something occurred to me. We’ll, go to your favorite place, just us."

"Precious, we have to finish the project, next week will be the most difficult."

"Kyun, please, I miss you." She said sitting on her boyfriend's lap. "I made a huge mistake when I shared your song without your permission, let me fix it, please. I no longer want tense moments between us, this is not us, this is not our relationship."

"How are we going to justify that we are not there all weekend? They'll call us day and night. What will happen to your practices with your group?"

"I don't care, the only thing I care about is fixing things between us."

"Liv..."

"Okay, not all weekend, just one night."

"Baby, I can't leave for two days, even if I want to, I can't right now."

The girl had no idea, but he had also been thinking about how to fix things. Since I.M knew that Liv thought that he didn't trust her, he was preparing a copy of what could be his first album. The first person, and actually the only one with whom he wanted to share it was her. However, despite he was desperate to finish it as soon as possible, he also missed her and needed that time alone.

"One day? Please one day alone, away from all this."

"Ok, let's go." He accepted kissing her forehead.

In the end, I.M was the one who asked his girlfriend to spend the night away from the city. Everything was going great, they were the same couple, even as affectionate as always until the girl went to bathe and when she returned, she found him working on the computer.

"Kyun! You promised me you wouldn't work. We've already finished everything about the project." When Olivia was about sitting next to him, I.M was too fast and closed the computer. His reaction seemed strange to Liv, as he did exactly the same thing every time he worked on his music and he didn't want her to see.

"It's not what you think, don't make that face, please. It was a good day, let's not fight."

"Don't worry, I wasn't going to ask or say anything."

"Liv, no... please." He asked, hugging her so hard that he ended up lifting her. "I have good news for you, I asked for vacation, you had told me several times that you wanted to go to Spain, we could finally travel together. Do you think you can also get some days from work?"

"Are you serious? I can't believe it!" She said extremely excited and I.M nodded with a smile, since he wanted to use that trip to show her the songs that he had been working on. "I'll talk to my boss tomorrow! We will be able to be alone without having to hide! You'll even be able to go with me to buy souvenirs for my family."

"Whatever you want, princess, I promise you that all my time will be yours." I.M said caressing her neck gently before kissing her.

*****

In the end, being away those days from everything helped the couple a lot. They hadn't spoken again about what happened with I.M's song but the rapper didn't seem upset anymore and Olivia hadn't mentioned anything to him that had to do with trust issues. Also, being done with the project had helped them relax, especially I.M, who couldn't wait for their vacation.

"Baby, it's too early, what are you doing up at this time?" Changkyun asked practically asleep in bed but seeing that his girlfriend was walking around the room looking for something.

"I have to leave early, the boys are going to show me a new album that is almost ready and they want me to start working on the choreographies as soon as possible. Then, I'll lunch with my aunts and, if I'm not wrong, I have other two meetings. Have you seen the bracelet you gave me for my birthday?"

"Don't you have it on?" He asked looking extremely funny since his eyes were barely open and his hair was a total mess. Also, he had gotten tangled in all the covers and couldn't even move well. On the other hand, his girlfriend looked beautiful and when Liv came over to kiss him, she laughed a lot when she saw him like that. "Normally I don't look so ugly, you know that. It shouldn't be fair for you to walk around looking like this while I don't even understand what day it is today."

"You don't look ugly, you look adorable. But the cuteness won't save you today. I'm sure you lost that bracelet when you moved everything around because, according to you, the furniture looked better from the other side of the room."

"I haven't touched anything, besides, you wouldn't miss it if you didn't have so many things throughout the house."

"Are you calling me messy? Changkyun, I found a sock in the oven yesterday! It was so strange that I couldn't even ask."

"I swear there is an explanation." He said laughing a lot. "If you stay for breakfast with me, I promise to forget that you lost a gift that I gave you with so much love. And I'm also going to forget that you're wearing a bracelet Kihyun gave you instead of wearing mine."

"I didn't lose it, it'll surely appear tomorrow on the heater with some of yours that, by the way, are also all over the house."

"It's very early, Liv, stay a little longer." He said taking her by the wrist and making her lie down with him again.

"Kyun, could you join me for lunch today?"

"Do you want me to go? I thought you wanted to be alone with them, of course I'll go. I just have to see the producers first and then, I'll go to your apartment." I.M promised with a tender smile.

"Great! Then we can go see the boys."

"What if you and I stay here alone? Why do we want to go see Minhyuk and Hyungwon without understanding what's going on all night?"

"Don't be rude. You told them that we were going to dinner today, you even talked to Wonho."

"I can't wait for that trip to Spain." He said hugging her tightly.

*****

I.M tried to finish earlier the meeting, he had even written to Olivia saying that he would be at her apartment before her family; however, when he was about to leave, some assistants came in with lunches for him and the producers.

"Kid, where are you going? Sit down, we ordered food for you, the meeting is not over." The oldest of the producers said.

"Sir, I'm sorry, I didn't know we were going to eat together and I have plans, I need to go."

The producer looked at him strangely, as he was used to all young idols and producers not making any other plans before seeing him, especially if it was Changkyun. "Where are you going? I am sure that if it is a meeting or photoshoot, we can ask for more time for you. Tell me, who were you seeing?" I.M cursed inside, he couldn't say that he would see his girlfriend and he couldn't think of someone important enough that he had to go out and leave his bosses there. “Is it a woman? Do you have a girlfriend? Better sit down and tell us who it is!"

"No, no sir." He said immediately. "It's nothing like that."

"Then sit down, send a message to my assistant with the name of the person you would see, he will take care of everything. Let's eat." Changkyun sat down again and as best he could he wrote to Liv explaining what was happening and apologizing for not being able to be with her.

Liv. "Kyun, you really can't come?"

I.M. "Baby, they bought lunch without notifying me before. I'm sorry."

Liv. "Please let me know when you're free, I need to talk to you."

I.M was about to answer but the other men completely distracted him, asking him what he thought of some new ideas they had. The conversation continued and they were glad to know that the first project had only recently been on the market but it was going great, which they wanted to celebrate.

*****

"Olivia, dear, if you think about it, it's only fair. We are your father's sisters, we don't want to have to go to a lawyer. All we want is for you to give us what is due to us, we have a lot of debts and that money would serve us a lot."

"Also, you can't forget that we raised you for a long time."

"It's just that ... I sold the house. I'd love to help you out, but I've already sold it. If you give me a little time, I could get some of that money back and..."

"Wait a minute. Did you dare to sell that house without consulting us first? We have as much right as you. That is illegal, Olivia."

"But I consulted everything with a lawyer, I would never steal something from you." She said highly anguished, for the tone conversation was getting very uncomfortable. Since they had come home, Liv had felt her aunts with a different attitude than before, and not only them, their husbands as well.

"Either you fix this quickly, or we'll sue you. You violated the rights of your aunts." One of the men commented.

"Olivia, we try to get closer to you in the best way, you know, to do things calmly, but you are showing us something totally different. You acted behind our backs, I see we didn't make a mistake by taking you away from our family."

"So all this time what you wanted was the money from the house?"

"You couldn't expect us to accept you as part of the family just like that, after all, we all know that you had something to do with that accident, why else did our brother, his wife and son die and you did stay alive? What happened that night, Olivia?" When Liv heard that from one of her aunts she got up from the chair immediately, it was a lot to assimilate. They had used her out of interest, and now they were also blaming her for the accident. It was precisely at that moment that she wrote to I.M, as the situation was spiraling out of control.

"We've gotten to know each other, we've been able to have a different relationship. I'm sure we can talk about this differently, find some lawyers to help us, I don't want to have problems with you."

"We already told you, we did it like that out of respect for your father's memory, but if you had considered us your family, you'd not have sold the house in that way, you acted like a thief."

"It was my parents' house, I had no idea that you..."

"Fix this immediately, give us that money or we'll sue you, was it not enough to have to share our children's food with you, now you are also going to leave us with nothing? You're nothing more than a selfish girl, you always have been, you have never thought of anyone other than yourself and we all know that something like that happened the night of the accident."

Liv didn't even have time to say anything else when her aunts had stormed out of the house with her. The girl was near collapsing, had it not been for the fact that she was confident that she would talk to her boyfriend shortly and that everything would be fine, she wouldn't have been able to left out the house. She didn't even wait, Liv knew that Changkyun was in a meeting but she took her things and left as fast as she could to the company.

*****

For his part, lunch with the producers was getting longer and Changkyun couldn't even see his cell phone because it would be rude, he had already tried to take it out several times because he felt it vibrating, but every time he lowered his gaze, his bosses spoke to him.

"Boy, calm down a little." One of the producers said when he noticed that I.M saw his watch every time. "The only valid reason for me to be like that is for me to go see a woman, nothing else would rush me. Come on, tell us the truth. There's nothing wrong with you dating someone, you're young, but you have to take care of your image. Take into account that some people are already talking about you."

"What do you mean?"

"You don't know? There are people saying that something is happening between you and Olivia, they say that they've seen you going out together several times."

"She's my friend, as well as many other people who work here." I.M tried to answer sounding as natural as he could, but of course, he was worried that the rumors had already started, and it was not only because of him, but because of Liv, that was not even his company and there were already people talking about her.

"Friends? I.M, please, that girl sighs for you, it's obvious, she even had the audacity to speak for you on several occasions."

"Sir, between Olivia and me absolutely nothing happens, we have many friends in common; in fact, we knew each other before the project, she's as close to me as she's to Jooheon, even to other members of our group as well."

"Well, if that's the case and you don't have any interest, then I'll ask her out." The youngest producer in the group said with a nasty smile on his face.

"You are going to end up putting her in an awkward position and we cannot lose her for the next project. We already know that she has a shitty attitude, but she's key. Also, if her company finds out that she is dating you, they could even fire her." The third producer said.

"Fire her? That's not gonna happen. The way that brat talks to me is not common, no one else would dare to answer me like she does." The oldest of the men mentioned. "If she has had the guts to speak to me as she has, it is because she knows that she has the support of someone big behind her. If I have not put her in her place, it is precisely because of that. I don't know who the hell she has between her legs, but I suspect that he's someone important, even someone who could be above me. Who else could make her feel so safe? Changkyun, you are right not to mess with her, women like her are worse than the devil."

"You're right, how else would she get this far? The girl is good, and she is beautiful, but that isn't enough. Damn! Someone has her in his bed before me." The producer who was interested in Liv laughed in such a way that the other producers did the same, while I.M felt his blood rush to his head, he had not even realized when he had tense his fists but couldn't say a word. Anything he said would only heighten suspicions. "I.M, you're her friend, why don't you tell us more? Where does she come from, huh? How did she get this far? Is it her family, is her family powerful? Who are her parents?"

"Don't ask that, ask who she's fucking." The older producer said.

"Come on, you're her friend, we already know, but you can't deny that this girl has the worst attitude, she's unprofessional, you used to get angry when she proposed a new song." Said the third producer laughing and I.M could not find the words to say what he thought, he thought Liv was the most professional person he had ever met, she was kind to everyone and extremely talented. It never bothered him to hear her propose a different song, he was upset because it distressed him to know that his girlfriend was discovering his insecurities.

"The worst thing about all of this is that she really thinks that she is a musician, the only thing she knows how to do is dance, and that's because she has used her body to..." The third producer spoke.

"Sir" I.M interrupted with a tone of voice that sounded lower than usual. Changkyun more than anyone there knew how good Liv was at composing, but how could he tell them that they've been working together for more than a year without the subject of them being a couple coming up again?

"What?" He asked challengingly.

"I think we should keep working." When I.M said that he hated himself like never before.

He wasn't able to say anything else, he just couldn't, Liv didn't deserve that, he had every opportunity to defend her, but the only thing he could do was ask them to change the topic. At that point, he didn't know which was worse, the producers' comments, or not having been able to speak up and defend the person he loved the most in his life.

"Anyway, it's just a matter of searching a little more, leave it to me, I have to find something to shut her up, so she won't bother me anymore in the next project. Either we find out who she's been fucking, or we find out about her private life. I.M, if you are her friend, then at least tell her to know her place."

Olivia waited a minute, then two, then ten, and she never heard her boyfriend's voice behind the door say not even a word to defend her, to say that that was all a lie. The girl even had to sit on the ground for a moment and hug her knees. The situation about her family was bad for her, but that last thing she had heard had simply destroyed her inside. Liv could swear that at that moment her heart ceased to exist, it was not that it had been broken, she had completely lost it. Without knowing when it happened, or how she did everything so quickly, Liv had arrived at I.M's apartment, put away all her things, and left there as soon as possible.

To be continued… 🐱

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