#also just a heads up this WILL have sm*t in the future so minors maybe do not interact

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Secret Love

Characters: Kyungsoo x Reader (w/ occasional appearances by members of Exo)

Word count: 2,660

- Admin R

The members of Exo were talking amongst themselves in their van as they were leaving the SM building. Concern and questions filtered the air about the new addition to their team for this cycle, which was essentially what the meeting was about. When the managers called for a meeting to go over new changes and adjustments before the start of their comeback, having a personal assistant was the furthest thing in their minds of what would be added to this edition. The guys were unsure about having a personal assistant added onto their team. Would this be a good thing? Would it be fun? What would their PA be like? All these questions filtered through in conversation on the ride back to their dorm.

“I don’t know, maybe it’ll be fun. Like having someone help us out and do stuff for us.” Baekhyun said, trying to put a positive spin to the topic.

“But we’re already surrounded by so many people. Wouldn’t it be easier with our managers just helping us? Like they’ve always done?” Jongin asked, looking around at his hyungs.

“Well,” Suho chimes in, “we’ll just have to wait and see.” 

A week has passed and the guys are all together in the studio for one last rehearsal before the comeback era begins. Music is blaring and drowning out the entirety of the room. The boys are fixated on the mirrored wall, studying every move they make, looking for flaws, finding room for perfection.

Suddenly, the music cuts, “Okay, take a break, guys!” One of the managers exclaims.

The boys disperse, heading for their water, laying on the ground, and catching their breaths.

“Boys.” Another manager announces, as he enters the studio room with a girl, a number of inches shorter than he. She followed in behind him, scanning the room. She wore a light blue long-sleeved button down blouse, black skinny jeans, and white flats. A light brown over-the-shoulder bag, and notebook in hand occupied her person. “Let me introduce you to someone. This is Y/N. Your personal assistant.”

They all are now standing in a line in front of you, eyes on you. Politely bowing to you, as you return the gesture.

“Hello, nice to meet you.” She says in a low tone, almost a murmur. She looked nervous, and probably was. Despite this, she still managed to hold herself up pretty well.

The manager goes on to introduce each of the members one by one, they all have sweet smiles and warm faces as they greet her. She’s eyeing each member trying to get the names to stick to the faces.

“Y/N is going to be on this leg of the comeback and tour with us. Anything you need, any questions you have, anything at all, she is your go-to person. We will not always be able to be around, but Y/N will be, so look to her as your sort of… savior.” The manager explains, a cheerful smile appearing on his face as he pats Y/N’s back and leads her to the other side of the room to go over other minor details.

The guys go back to taking a break, all talking and chatting amongst each other. Everything and everyone returned back to normal, except for one member.

Kyungsoo.

His complete demeanor had changed the moment they were introduced to their new addition to the team. He laid eyes on Y/N and everything shifted. Kyungsoo felt his insides fill with light butterflies flowing through him. “She’s beautiful,” Kyungsoo thought to himself.

Kyungsoo tried his best to keep things normal, and not make it obvious that he just wanted to admire Y/N that day. He wanted to get to know her, talk with her, be in her company. When he looked at her he felt like he could see into the future, and the future included nothing but her. Of course, he came back to reality and realized that this was all far-fetched and wishful thinking. Or at least that’s what he told himself.

The day came to an end, and the tour began. It was busy, it was wild, and it was eventful. The guys and Y/N ended up getting along very well, they began sharing jokes, laughs and such all in positive manners. The guys ended up liking Y/N, more so because she did not take them too seriously, but she also was able to keep them in control and grounded.

“This was actually a good idea. Y/N is a blessing to us all!” Chanyeol exclaimed.

It’s now been a few weeks into the comeback, and tour dates have been added all across South Asia. You’ve been working tirelessly on this new job of yours. The question of how you managed to land a job like this never ceased to cross your mind from time to time. It was still all feeling like a wild dream. But alas, you returned to reality and thanked the heavens for such a job, even if it did mean catering to the needs of nine idols. It really wasn’t as bad as you would have thought. The guys were wild and hyperactive, but they were also quite calm and laid back compared to what you had expected. You even ended up getting along pretty well with them, being able to joke around with them. But you were also a force to be reckoned with, and you didn’t have a problem with setting the guys straight when it felt necessary. And just maybe, they truly respected that about you, which added to the great connection.

However great of a bond that you’ve built with these boys, there was still one connection with one of them that seemed to always catch you off guard.

Kyungsoo.

You and Kyungsoo had seemed to have connected instantly, almost too instant. Maybe it was how you both didn’t really take any of the members nonsense, and you two weren’t afraid to set them straight. Or maybe it was because you two had some sort of deeper connection. Either way, it sent little red flags up in your head, and you could tell that he had the same warning in his. But there was just something about him that intrigued you and made you feel differently than anyone has ever made you feel. He was always more silent than the others, never really asking for anything for himself from you. Whenever he did need you, it was always for one of the other boys.

Within the first week of working with them, you would catch his glance, sending you into a quickened race of nerves within your body. You would try and admire him from afar. The way his lips formed into a heart shape when he smiles at something Kai said. The way he walks with stride, reserved calamity in every step. The way he pokes fun at his hyungs, particularly Chanyeol. The way he scrunched his eyebrows together when he was concentrating on something important. You try to stop yourself from further observations because nothing further would ever happen. Nothing can happen.

Conversations with each other were initially kept short, quick transactions of minor details. Never anything profoundly exciting, however they still left your heart to skip a beat or two. These small instances were all that you thought you would be able to get out of him, it was wrong to feel this way for someone you’re working for. Wasn’t it? Besides, you thought, you were probably the only one to feel this way. And so, you simply brushed it off, bringing yourself back to reality.

That is, until two days ago.

Two days ago, you and the whole crew were back in Korea for a three day break. You were staying late to catch up on nonsense paperwork in the SM building, alone in the late hours of the night. Or at least you thought you were alone.

You heard a loud rumble on the other side of the wall of the room you were currently in. You hastily got up on your feet, grabbing the closest thing to you that you could find… a new and unwrapped pack of folders. How intimidating, you thought to yourself as you exited the room. You headed for the room beside you, where you heard the noise, hand on the doorknob, heart beat rising. You were about to open the door when it swings open and staring back at you was Kyungsoo.

A huge rush of relief washed over you as you lowered your arm and let out a long breath that you’d been holding in for God knows how long. Looking past Kyungsoo, to where the noise was still going on you noticed was Chanyeol fumbling through boxes.

“Oh god. You guys gave me a heart attack!” You exclaim.

“I can see that.” Kyungsoo says with a slight giggle at the end, nodding towards your dangerous choice of weaponry.

Chanyeol comes up from behind Kyungsoo, looking at you with a smile and eyeing down to your hand where you were still gripping the pack of folders.

“What were you gonna do, Y/N? File us away with those folders?” Chanyeol jokes, causing both boys to laugh and Kyungsoo to nudged Chanyeol away.

“She really should file you away, since you’re being extra annoying today. It would actually make me happy.” Kyungsoo blurts, never really breaking his gaze from you.

His warm dark eyes burning a hole in your sanity, you regained enough consciousness to speak, “so what are you guys doing here, exactly?” You ask, stepping past Kyungsoo and entering the room, tossing the pack of folders on top of one of the many closed boxes occupying the room.

“Chanyeol dragged me out here with him to help him find one of his pieces for his music equipment… or something. I don’t really know what it was that he said, to be honest.” Kyungsoo says, plopping down on an old dark grey colored couch in the middle of the room. This was definitely classified as a junk room, seeing at how many miscellaneous and absurd things were in there, thought to yourself.

“Interesting,” was all you could muster up, still feeling a bit of adrenaline in you. You walked over and plopped yourself on the opposite side of the couch where Kyungsoo sat. He looks over to you and smiles, and there’s that beautiful smile again, you thought.

“Well, I guess it really isn’t here. Hmm. Weird.” Chanyeol says, plopping in between you and Kyungsoo, breaking the gaze that you two were once holding, rather indiscreetly.

“You know what, I think I’m going to go look upstairs. Maybe it’s in one of those rooms.” Chanyeol says with a bit of hopeful cheer in his tone.

“Do you need my help?” Kyungsoo asks, to which Chanyeol simply shakes his head.

“No, hyung. You stay here. Keep Y/N company, we don’t need her getting scared and threatening anyone with a stapler next.” He jokes before heading out the door, closing it behind him.

Chanyeol, knowing the state of Kyungsoo’s feelings towards you, decided to play matchmaker and bravely came up with this whole scheme. He knew you were going to be working here alone, and he knew exactly where he left what he was looking for. But neither you nor Kyungsoo needed to know that.

So now, here you two sat, in the deafening silence of this miscellaneous room, where things go to get lost and never see the light of day. Your heart began to beat a little faster, once more.

“Does he do this often? Dragging you out here in the middle of the night, looking for random things he leaves behind?” You ask, breaking the silence.

Kyungsoo and you lock eyes with each other once more. He smiles, “Not as often as you would think. But yeah, against my own will, especially tonight, have I been dragged back here.”

Kyungsoo is sure that the outline of his heart is now visible through his shirt because that’s just how nervous he was. You don’t know when but the space that was between you two was now gone.

“Y/N,” Kyungsoo starts, and maybe it was because he just needed to say something to distract his heart from ripping through his skin. Or maybe he gained some newfound confidence in this unused room. But he decided to be bold and ask you one question.

“Kyungsoo.” You respond, with a lighthearted smile. Little did you know, you had just made little butterflies appear in his stomach.

“I never really ask you for much, right?” He begins, “so if I ask you for this one thing, will you say no?”

You contemplate his question, a million and one things racing through your head on what he could ask you for. Finally realizing he was still waiting for your answer, you responded.

“I couldn’t say no to you.”

A few more moments of silence passed by, neither of you were really sure as to how much time had gone by.

“Can I kiss you?” He asks. His heart is now in his throat, blood rushing, and his nerves on edge.

You sat there shocked, a sea of emotions flowing through you. Is this really happening? Did you hear him right? Did he really ask that?

“Um,”

Kyungsoo moved closer to you, the air between you two was now both of yours mixed together. Personal space ceased to exist. Every logical part of you knew that this was not okay. You two should not be doing this. But every other part of you knew that this is exactly what you had been longing for. And you wanted it, you needed it.

“Since I first saw you, that day when you walked into our studio, I have not been the same.” He starts to confess, filling the silence and trying to just calm his nerves. “You have occupied every inch of my mind, you’re all I can think about. I don’t know what to do anymore, but to simply hope that it is not just me that feels this way.”

“No.” you blurt out.

“Uh,” He starts, leaning backwards a bit as his hand is rubbing the back of his neck. Thinking you didn’t want this as much as he did, embarrassment washed over him.

Realizing what was happening, you snapped out of it. “No, I mean no. You’re not the only one.”

“Oh.” He says, as you close the gap completely, now. Your hands reach out and caress the side of his face. Your inner desires slowly coming to life. You trace over ever inch of his jaw, his lips and chin. Looking down at you, Kyungsoo leans in and swiftly places his lips on yours.

You are in bliss. His lips are softer than you could have ever imagined, and this kiss was sending you into an eternal field of happiness. This was finally happening.

You two engaged in a heated and long awaited kiss. His hands were caressing your face, as yours found his legs and rubbed them gently. Both of your locked feelings were being laid out here in this room. And it felt so good. That is, until the logical part of your brain started to click. Quickly pulling away, catching your breath and looking into his eyes once more.

“We can’t…” You say, the words stinging the back of your throat as they left your mouth.

As much as it pained you to say them, they hurt Kyungsoo a little bit more because nowhere in your two simple words did he know that you were wrong. You both knew the consequences that would come from this. And your once full and thriving hearts started to slow down, relinquishing in the hard truth.

And so, there you two sat, too much in blissful agony to do or say anything.

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Dex Holder Preference List, New-V

It’s been at least half of a year since the last one. And there have been some monumental changes, likes of which have never happened before.

Top Favorites

Platinum (1, 1, 1, 1, 1) ... The change is not here, nor shall it ever... probably. I mean, at this point, she’s been my top favorite for like 10 years. That ain’t changing. And this spot is solidified thanks to the likes of Heart and Legacy. And maybe even Wings and probably SoS as she unlocks more frost powers.

Y (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) This won’t be changing either. Probably. ... Maybe. Well, Wings will most likely solidify her position here. “I know this isn’t the school uniform provided. But I like wearing black clothes, so that when I get blood on me, it’s not easily noticeable.”

Red (3, 3, 3, 3, 3) If there’s anyone in the top 5 that has the highest risk of falling off, it’s Red. And it’s not that much of a risk. The experiments with a more brutal Red will solidify his position. “This is going to hurt, pal. But don’t worry. If you pass out, I’ll wake you up so we can continue.”

Blue (4, 4, 4, 4, 4) Same old, same old. Destiny and Legacy and all that. In my newer stories, she would probably have a more happy and relaxed personality, which then allows her to be more jovial and joking, even, instead of being super serious all the time. There’s already someone else for that.

Moon (5, 5, 5, 5, 5) The first 5 have seen no changes in the last 5 lists. The poison doctor here will remain. Her position will be solidified further, if she does something in SM for crying out loud. Evolve the damn ball bird already! Catch some sh*t! Sun’s been taking all the spotlight for the whole arc! And show some real battling talent. She’s like near the end of SM game plot, and she had battled ONCE. And lost. 0-1. What are you, Crystal?

Light Preference

Emerald (6, 7, 6, 7, 6) Up and down and up and down and... This slight buff comes thanks to the SoS parts. Emerald the Warlock. It’s fun to use, and it’ll be even more so in later parts. “Uh oh. I think I just summoned a meteor by accident. ... RUN! ... Oh wait, it’s heading for Unova base. Never mind.”

Diamond (8, 9, 8, 6, 7) He hasn’t really been doing anything in my stories as of late. ... Well, the next Legacy chapter should have him and Pearl doing a lot of stuff. Assuming Y doesn’t hog all the spotlight (as in, as long as Y’s chapter section doesn’t take the whole damn chapter).

White (7, 6, 7, 10, 8) Hey, single digits again. SoS part, mostly. She’s going to be the recipient of a LOT of shenanigans, which means lots of appearances, which naturally helps the preference. I mean, if BW2 ain’t happening, then... hehe. Along with the “usual” BW doom scenes (hehe), the comedic doom she’ll suffer in SoS will certainly keep her relatively high here. “Aww... someone set our base on fire again. Come on, Black. Let’s repair and rebuild. Our skill in construction is like maxed now, so this won’t take too long.”

Sun (9, 8, 9, 8, 9) Up and down and up and down and... Mixed thoughts about this guy. On one hand, he’s hogging all the damn spotlight in SM, which is annoying. But at the same time, he’s kind of like... living like a favorite Dex Holder in my stories. As in, he hogs a lot of spotlight, and gets mangled a lot. What are you, copying Platinum in SA? Heh. Well then. I got SunnyD and some Sun Chips. I’m ready to see Sun get his ass whipped. And hey, while in SM arc, he may be like immortal, in Legacy, he will not. If he takes a beating that badly in Legacy, he will not be getting back up. ... To get up from that bad of a beating in my stories, you need to be at least #5 on the Preference List. Ha!

X (17, 17, 10, 9, 10) Maybe Wings will help him climb higher as Y beats the sh*t out of... I mean... we’ll see. “... Please don’t stuff me in a locker again.”

Sapphire (16, 11, 11, 11, 11) The decreasing interest vs. SoS involvement bonus. Currently at a standstill. Maybe later on, as Sapphire gets the Firelord skills and whatever, she’ll climb higher? Hmm...

Ruby (15, 13, 12, 12, 12) Decreasing interest, but not a lot of SoS involvement. Ain’t looking too well, honestly. For now, he remains on the bottom of this tier.

Dead Zone

Pearl (RB, RB, RB, RB, 13) ... ... You... are not Black. This was his position. And... whoa. ... For the FIRST TIME since I first saw the DP arc WAY back in the days, Pearl is NOT anywhere near the bottom! ... This guy was my 2nd least favorite for like a DECADE. ... And now he is not. Heart buff OP. Must nerf. While this may be a temporary surge as Heart just started, this could also very well be just the start of his meteoric rise... to like... um... 9th place? The top slots are pretty packed, so he’s not getting there, but he can get close. I probably won’t be overhauling his team though. Even though he kind of needs it. F*ck this guy’s Pokemon team.

Gold (15, 13, 14, 14, 14) Decreasing interest vs. SoS involvement. While it’s fun to use him every now and then, well... it’s not as fun as some of the others. Maybe once Gold goes further into the explosive tools in SoS... “A mine here, a mine here, a mine here, a mine here, and... ah, someone blew up.”

Black (10, 10, 13, 13, 15) He’s never getting out of there. At least, he won’t be getting out of there in time. As time passes, I get less and less interested with this guy’s situation. It’s been like 4.5 years or something? I don’t even laugh at that scene anymore. Shame.

Crystal (14, 16, 15, 15, 16) Time has certainly passed. I still like her, of course, but I’m just not interested. Ah, the fate of my top favorite Dex Holder. Yes, Crystal was #1 at one point, before the posts started. Then Platinum took her position and it’s just been downhill from there... for like 10 years. Ouch.

Faitsu (11, 12, 16, 16, 17) I really don’t like her position being all the way down here. But BW2 being what it is... However, I MAY decide to start using the BW2 cast* in my stories**, and when that happens, she’ll see a lot of usage. * Faitsu only. ** Non-Pokemon focused stories only (Heart, Wings, SoS, short stories).

Yellow (RB, RB, RB, RB, 18) ... What the f*ck?! Holy sh*t. What are you doing up here?! ... Wow. A monumental upset has occurred. She is no longer on the bottom of existence. For the first time ever. ... Still the least liked female Dex Holder, and I still harbor dislikes towards her, but her entertainment values are rising. In SoS, she is the perfect comedic victim. Whether she gets clubbed in the back of the head for a quest, or sabotaged so she falls into a pit of lava, or even gets mauled by dragons and giants... For the first time ever, she is amusing to use. Further boosted by the entertaining victim “role” in the serious stories. Heartbroken in Destiny. Heart will be broken in Legacy. ... It’ll probably be brought up a bit during SoS. And definitely during a future short story. Whether it’s her precious farm being ripped apart as a dragon crawls out of it, or it’s her heart being ripped apart from witnessing Red and Blue together, her appearances are going to hurt. But hey, at least most of those appearances will be in SoS. Thus she’ll mostly suffer the comedic pains. “Who planted a dragon egg in my farm?! THAT’S why dragons are attacking!”

Rock Bottom

Rakutsu (12, 14, 17, RB, RB). F*ck this guy still. He’ll have ONE use in my stories later on, and he won’t even really be appearing in it, since he’ll be the handler of the operations, and Blue will be the operative. ... Maybe he can do a minor op in the start of that short story. We’ll see.

Silver (RB, RB, RB, RB, RB). ... It sure is getting lonely down here. BOTH of the others of the “usual trio” have moved up. But not this guy. At least the newcomer is still down here. A damn shame. Legacy really could’ve helped Silver climb the ranks. Now the plot critical moments will have to get someone from the top 5 accompanying Silver so I don’t lose interest in writing the scene. Alas, the timing was off. Sorry, Silver. Just like Yellow, my dislike for you is not even your fault. My lack of interest is, but not my dislike.