#also my friend who was dongha is taller than me

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guess who were the yeon siblings at indiana comic con yesterdayyy also we met jacob romero 🫶

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Humble (Part 2)

           “…She’s the closest thing North America has to actual royalty.”

           Maybe that’s the problem.

           Maybe you need to be brought down a few notches.

           Maybe you need to be humbled.

             Siwon is correct, he realizes with a twinge of irritation.

             The rest of the boys do like you.

             They like you a lot.

             The way they laugh, flirt, and accommodate you with little school boy grins on their faces only deepens his dislike for you. Don’t they see how airheaded you are? You asked about a fucking microphone and how to use it! If that doesn’t scream spoiled, ridiculous brat, Siwon doesn’t know what will.

             “How often do you come visit lowly artists like us?” Donghae sits directly across from you, eyes bright and shiny, chin propped up on his fist. The smile he gives you could light the entire country for a year if the government tried to harness its power.

             Siwon snorts at the obvious attempt to flirt. It’s so close to the what’s a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this line that he feels actually sick to hear it. Nevertheless, he translates for Donghae.

             You pointedly ignore Mr. Giant-Stick-Up-His-Ass and answer Donghae’s question. “In Seoul? Not often. The last time I was here was to visit-” Your throat closes up, stopping you from finishing your sentence. Even saying his name is difficult for you.

             “President Moon?” Siwon offers.

             “Oh, well, yes. I also have some friends here involved in the music industry. I knew a decent amount about SM as a company before I visited yesterday all thanks to them. I suppose I just wanted to see for myself.”

             Siwon raises a brow. “So you lied to get here?”

             “Excuse me?!” You stand abruptly, glaring at him in a manner that makes the other Super Junior members squirm uncomfortably in their seats. “I don’t know what you’re implying-”

             “I’m not implying anything. I believe I said what I had to say.”

             Your cheeks flush red out of anger. “You little-”

             Jack rushes forward, whispering in your ear, “CAMERAS!”

             When Siwon smirks, pleased to have gotten such a reaction out of you, it only makes you angrier. You want to smack him hard enough his nose bleeds. Instead, you settle for sitting back down and continuing the conversation. Out of the corner of your eye you see the flash of several cameras going off outside the conference room.

             “My friend was in a terrible place emotionally and I believed part of it was due to stress from work. In a way, I was looking for something to blame his mental health on… I wanted to see if things were really as bad as he implied.” You straighten out your black skirt, rolling your shoulders back, and lifting your chin slightly. “Not that my motives should matter to you.”

             “Your motives matter very much, I assure you.” Siwon folds his hands in his lap. The silver metal of his Cartier watch glints in the bright light of the room. “This company is very important to very many people. We don’t need some American princess meddling around in it.”

             “I just want to help.”

             “We don’t need your help.”

             You put on your best, most charming smile. “I’m sure you don’t. That’s why I never said I was here to help you or this company. My friend was part of SM, but I’m here to help his mother with an organization she decided to start up.”

            “How sweet of you.” Siwon smiles back. Just as sweet. Just as charming. To the outside world it looks like a pleasant enough conversation, but inside the room anyone could cut the tension with a knife.

             “You’re Super Junior’s leader, right?” You turn to Leeteuk and ask in Korean.

             He nods, concerned about exactly where this conversation is going. Especially once you stand and reach for your bag. Maybe his English isn’t the best, but his people reading skills are immaculate. He knows whatever has been said between you and Siwon wasn’t friendly.

             “I’ll have my assistant leave my number with you. Call me and we’ll set up another meeting. Just us.” You bow to Leeteuk and leave the room, the scent of lilies trailing after you.

             Jack approaches Leeteuk and scribbles down your phone number on a sheet of notebook paper. He gestures the First Family’s translator forward, whispering to them as he hands the number to Leeteuk.

             “Do not allow this number to get out as it is her private phone number. Her schedule is quite packed for the next month so texting would be a better option. Please keep in mind any and all calls or messages received can be monitored at any moment. Refrain from lewd comments.” The translator bows when she finishes up repeating Jack’s orders.

             “She’s not trying to date you,” Jack adds in English. “Business only.”

             Siwon doesn’t lose his smile as he says, “I’m sure he understands already, but I will be more than happy to reiterate your points. To every member. Not only Leeteuk.”

             Jack tilts his head, examining the casual, almost too relaxed way Siwon sits. There’s a smugness in the air that Jack just doesn’t care for. “I would appreciate that. I would also appreciate you remaining far from the meeting when it takes place. We have our own translators available.”

             “Of course. The less I need to be involved, the better.” Siwon stands, bowing respectfully. “Please have a wonderful stay here in South Korea, Mr…”

             “McBride.”

             “Mr. McBride.” Siwon says the name carefully.

             Jack takes careful, measured steps toward Siwon. The two men are of similar height and build, with Jack being a bit taller and a bit more muscular. The way he looks down his nose at Siwon makes Siwon bristle with anger. “This isn’t my first time with men like you, Mr. Choi.”

             “Men like me? I’m not sure what you mean.”

             “Men who like to humiliate the people I love.” Jack tilts his head to the side. “You see what you want to see out of her. You know nothing about what she’s actually like.”

             “Bratty heiresses tend to only come in one flavor.” The smile never leaves Siwon’s face. “Rotten.”

             Jack, ever composed, ever calm Jack, briefly loses his cool and contemplates if it would be worth risking his job to punch this smug bastard in the face. What right does the son of one of the richest men in South Korea have to judge the daughter of one of the richest men in America? They’re on the same playing field, and from what Jack’s seen, you have the high ground.

             Instead of balling up his fist and popping Siwon right in the nose, Jack settles for saying, “We’ll be seeing you tomorrow Mr. Choi.”

             Siwon looks visibly thrown off. “I’m sorry?”

             “Oh, did no one inform you? Tomorrow is Sunday and she never misses a day of church. Not even abroad. I asked your leader for suggestions earlier and he told me about the church you attend. Have a wonderful night.” Jack walks out of the room with a pleased grin on his face.

             “Red headed bastard,” Siwon mumbles in Korean as he watches Jack leave. “They’re all awful. At first I just thought it was her, but-”

             “Hyung,” Donghae’s voice is gentle when he interrupts Siwon. “You’ve been going on and on about how terrible she is, but she seemed perfectly fine to me.”

             Siwon’s mouth falls open. “Really? Were you not paying attention?”

             Leeteuk holds up the piece of paper with a wide smile and dreamy eyes. “I got her phone number! Oh, how long should I wait to text her? Now?”

             “No, you’ll seem too eager.” Shindong takes the paper from Leeteuk. “Hyung, you should wait until tomorrow.”

             “And keep it casual,” Heechul adds. “Don’t start in with your “I had a dream we got married” bullshit.”

             “Fuck off, it was one time and I was twenty three.” Leeteuk snatches the paper back from Shindong and simply stares at it for a good ten seconds. He can’t believe his luck. He actually got your phone number. Yours. You’re so far out of his league it’s ridiculous you even looked in his direction. This is by far the best day of Leeteuk’s life.

             Siwon is in the fucking Twilight Zone.

             He has to be.

             Is he seriously the only one who sees you for what you are? A spoiled, entitled, rich bitch, self-absorbed brat? Hell, even when you were talking about your friend- whoever the poor man must be, bless his soul- you managed to make it all about you. How you felt about what he went through. How it made you want to help in whatever way you came up with. You never even bothered to give a name. It was all about you and what you wanted to do.

             “I can’t believe all of you,” Siwon says. “She’s not even attractive.”

             “Oh, no, hyung! You’re going blind!” Ryeowook holds up his hand and shows Siwon a few fingers. “Quick, how many fingers am I holding up?”

             Generally it’s Siwon being the teaser, not the teased. This time though it’s Siwon making the disgusted face and telling Ryeowook off.

             “Seriously, Siwon, what did she do that pissed you off so much?” Yesung folds his arms over his chest and leans back in his chair. “I really don’t understand. She’s charming, funny, and seems smart.”

             “She asked how a microphone works! A fucking microphone!”

             Eunhyuk shrugs. “She’s a political figure, not an artist. Plus it’s a newer model of one of our professional studio sets. Can you really blame her for not being able to look at it and tell you exactly how it works?”

             “It’s a microphone!” Siwon pinches the bridge of his nose and sighs.

             Leeteuk and Heechul share a brief look. In the few seconds their eyes meet, they come to the same conclusion. Siwon is just having one of his bitch fits. They don’t come often (maybe once every year and a half or so) and don’t last often either. It’s Leeteuk’s opinion that Siwon’s fits are induced by stress brought on by work and family matters. Heechul thinks it’s as simple as the fact no one can be as nice as Siwon without letting out the frustration at least once a year.

             “Siwon, have you spoken with your parents recently?” Leeteuk’s probing is as gentle as the expression on his face. “Are they asking you about marriage again?”

             “Yes.” Siwon is miserable as he answers. “Sort of. They’re upset Lui and I split up. Mother is under the impression Father will pick a wife for me if I don’t “settle down” soon.”

             “Would he really do that?” Heechul asks. “Make you marry someone?”

             “That’s how families with money tend to work.”

             “But your sister-”

             “Is my sister. If she were my brother instead, things would be different.” Siwon sinks back in his chair.

             Donghae grins a toothy, crooked grin. “Hyung, look on the bright side. Your father didn’t want you to be an idol at first either, but he changed his mind quick enough. Maybe this will be the same.”

             “Maybe.”

[oneweekoneband]

Look at these dweebs with these yellow outfits and mullety, spiky hair. How young and innocent. I think this is from March 2006, about five months after debut, so their ages range from 18-22 in this. I’m going to helpfully use it to introduce them to you! It’s a long post, but there’re a lot of members; bear with me.

1) Yesung (Kim Jonghoon). Best singer in the group, at least for the first several years. Has not been taking care of his voice, got vocal cord nodules, got them fixed, didn’t improve his technique afterward so is probably going to get them again. Known for doing his “octopus dance” whenever he is prompted to dance solo. Says that Super Junior is not actually friends, but they succeed as a group because they have good working relationships with one another. This is patently not a statement blanketly applicable to everyone else in the group.

2) Kim Ryeowook. Currently #2 best singer in the group according to your writer. Maknae, if you can still call him that, now that he’s 30. Is a tiny elfin little man who wears comically high lifts in his shoes. Tends to generally strike me as “your weird little brother,” and in defiance of his general image, has a history of performing the most “adult” solo songs in Super Junior concerts. Is possibly the least successful member of the group at looking or acting “tough” and “hard.” He is currently in the military (all South Korean men are required to complete around two years of military service at some point).

3) Kangin (Kim Youngwoon). Singer with a voice that’s consistent but not too exciting, kind of like the person you see at work every day who greets you in the exact same way each time. Probably the most successful member of the group at looking and acting “tough” and “hard”. Got in an actual bar fight in self-defense and has two DUIs. After the first one, they sent him to the military; after the second one, he’s on what seems to be perpetual hiatus. Not sure if they are ever going to let him participate again. I have mixed motherly feelings about whether he should ever be allowed to.

4) Lee Sungmin. Singer and sometime featured dancer. The cute chipmunky one who does lots of Chinese varieties of martial arts, and also the only one who is married. Despite being the most traditionally “cute” one, he’s struck me for some time as the most serious member. Some part of the fanbase is mad at him for being married, and for blatantly prioritizing himself and his fiancé/wife over ELF. Even his mom thinks he deserves it. Could he have been more sensitive about it, almost definitely, but does it merit ELF insisting that he not be allowed to participate in anything, and SJ/SM bowing their heads and acquiescing? Iiii don’t really think so. Do these things happen because SM thinks the hardcore semi-aggressive Korean fans (#notallKoreanfans) are all that remain or all that matter, and if they leave, there will be nothing left? You have lots of international fans who are much more chill, you maroons.

5) Kim Heechul. Singer and occasional rapper. Does not normally have hair this spiky. Is well known for running his mouth on TV, on all of the TV actually, and for looking like a girl. He doesn’t really do the girl bit much anymore and sanded off some of the rougher edges of his personality after coming back from the military, probably because being in the military gave him enough free time to grow up a bit. Basically went from “asshole” to “jerk with heart of gold”. Has several cats, loves Anna from Frozen, and is friends with lots of women in Kpop. Had a nasty car crash in 2006 that shattered his left leg, and it never healed quite right; dance routines are hell on it and he’s admitted that it’s caused him significant worry and shame as Super Junior prepares for their latest comeback. My second-place bias.

6) Leeteuk (Park Jeongsu). The oldest member and leader of the group; better at dancing than at singing. (tw: violent crime) Publicly struggles with depression, and this terrible thing that happened didn’t really help. Is a strong big brother who really works hard to make sure the group functions as one. Is simultaneously someone who has a tendency to say sexist crap. 

7) Eunhyuk (Lee Hyukjae). Lead dancer and lead rapper. Bestest of the best friends with Donghae. Has the gawkiest face and compensates for this by doing the sexiest dances. Was acting leader of the group while Leeteuk was in the military, which coincided with a huge argument in the fandom about Zhou Mi and Henry, and he ended up having to make a statement about it at a concert, and then later when Leeteuk was back, Eunhyuk did an angry solo song and dance in the next tour about how fake fans would never understand him. I’m sure that wasn’t related at all!

8) Shindong (Shin Donghee). Secondary dancer and rapper, and occasional SJ music video director. Does a lot of hosting on TV in his spare time and was a comedian before joining SJ. Is the “fat one” of the group, and has therefore participated in many, many embarrassing fat jokes. Not embarrassing that he’s fat, just embarrassing for whoever had the idea, that they kept putting him in those situations. His weight has seesawed around for the last several years, but he says fat girls are gross, so that pretty much makes him an ass. Don’t be an ass.

9) Kim Kibum. Rapper and maknae. Went on hiatus in 2009 to focus on his acting career, and never came back. To be honest, probably the member of SJ that I feel the least about, because even prior to 2009 he was not a super-active member of the group musically; he didn’t feature much on songs, and he wasn’t in any of the subunits. His contract expired with SM in 2015, and therefore I don’t technically count him as a Super Junior member anymore. He has a surprisingly beefy neck in some videos, and had better English skills than probably anyone else in the group while he was still active as a member.

10) Han Geng. Former lead dancer. The only non-Korean member of the original 12, he is actually trained in 56 traditional Chinese dances. His Korean speaking skills were notoriously bad, which made it awkward every time they went on variety shows. Was visibly a lot more comfortable on Chinese TV. Eventually SM worked him so hard that he developed kidney problems, so in 2009 he sued SM, broke his contract, and went back to China, where he went on to have a successful acting and performing career. If this sounds familiar, then I’ll mention that I think EXO was originally intended to be a reboot of Super Junior, which makes it ironic that they had the same issues.

11) Choi Siwon. The “face” of the group. Probably the most famous member of the group to Western audiences, as he has appeared in a Jackie Chan movie! and got killed in it! Has a lovely chiseled masculine face and is rather tall and has many abs. Does more acting than any of the other members, to the extent that he sometimes does not appear in the dance portions of music videos because he didn’t have time to learn the routine. Always tours with Super Junior though and is as committed as everyone else. Also is super-mega-evangelical Christian and says he wants to be a missionary when Super Junior retires. Recently went through this scandal regarding his dog, in which I mostly want to shake Siwon by the shoulders and yell at him a lot. Is not on hiatus per se, but is skipping promotions for the new album.

12) Lee Donghae. Singer, dancer, occasional rapper, and bestest of the best friends with Eunhyuk. Known for acting like kind of a dope, and also for looking a lot like Amber from f(x), or vice versa. Lots of people ship Eunhyuk and Donghae because they are so close, and they ended up having to adamantly refute it on Chinese TV when the presenters started teasing them. Third-place bias because look at that faaaaace.

But that is not of course everyone, because that’s only 12.

13) Cho Kyuhyun. #1 best singer and #1 best bias thank you. Joined the group in 2006, because he had already been set to “rotate in” before SM decided to scrap the rotation concept altogether. “Evil maknae” because he likes to give the older members shit. I’ve seen subtitles of Korean shows call him “pessimistic;” I think “grouchy” might be a better word for it. Was involved in a terrible car crash in 2007, along with Shindong, Leeteuk, Eunhyuk, and Heechul; Kyuhyun nearly died and his voice was only spared because his father spoke up for him. He spent most of 2015-2016 promoting his technically-great-but-also-really-corny-and-boring ballad EPs (I hate that anyone even had the idea for this concert series) and I suspect he was getting burned out much like Heechul was; Kyuhyun is in the military now and I’m optimistic that he’ll come back refreshed. I wrote a much longer thing about him, which you can read here if you’d like. Suffice it to say, I identify with him a lot.

14 & 15) Zhou Mi & Henry Lau. Listed together even though obviously they are separate people, because they are the two controversial members of the group. This is because they were added in specifically for the Super Junior-M subunit, and ever since that day there has been much dispute about whether they are “real Super Junior members” or not. I think they are; SM-via-Eunhyuk says officially they are not, and for the sake of not ranting for paragraphs, that’s all I will say. Henry is Chinese-Canadian, can play pretty much every single instrument, and complained loudly enough about SM giving him nothing to do that SM gave him four singles in five months of 2017. He’s also best friends with Amber from f(x) and they’ve appeared together on songs. Zhou Mi is Chinese, is taller than Siwon, and is a sparkly sugarbun of cuteness with a gorgeous smile. Seriously, his legs are like six feet long on their own.

Now that we’ve gotten who’s who out of the way, we can move on to what Super Junior has to offer!

[toezi]

KCON

Hello friends so I went to KCON this past weekend……… Here’s my story.

HELL ON EARTH i made a cute kcon vlog and made vanessa sit down with me for a kcon chat about the first day but its too long and do i have time to reedit that? No. so here’s my kcon experience my bros.

KCON DAY 1

Wowie so we had like p5 tickets so we kinda just walked around the convention. We sat in on Joan and Edward’s panel for a while and then we stayed for GoToe and Sunny’s panel and GOTOE IS SO CUTEEE I honestly only used my camera to record him he was…. Adorable. But the panel was so quiet and awkward bc of the language barrier and Sunny wasn’t even talking she was just quietly doing his makeup. And there were only… like 30 people there? It was interesting. Then we bought a few albums (Vanessa bought 2 svt albums and a poster and I got Eclipse and we got AL1 for a friend). We went to this photobooth where you could take a picture with a drama background and they had this wall to vote for your fave dramas and leads and INNOCENT DEFENDANT DESERVED BETTER IT HAD HARDLY ANY VOTES. Anyways we were in line for the picture and we chose the Strong Woman background. As we were walking towards the green screen for our turn we were cut by a bunch of Korean businessmen and they turned around and apologized “I’m so sorry. He’s the president of __” and we honestly didn’t hear what company we kinda blacked out from the shock of these men talking to us. Anyways we were at the green screen to take out picture and I motioned to the photographer like “I am going to pick her up like a baby” and his eyes got so big he was like “Y O U?”. now let me tell you, Vanessa is 5’8 and I am 4’8….. He was like “There’s not much time…. How long can you hold?” anyways we took the worst/best picture ever and he was not amused at all lmao he looked so done with us. So we sat down at food street to wait to be picked up and I opened my EXID album to look at it. Two girls were sitting at our table and were like “Did I hear EXID?” so we started talking about the gorls then they asked if we were here to see VIXX (I was wearing a VIXX shirt) and we were like “No, seventeen” and one had an epiphany and said “WAIT i have a seventeen audience pass” AND WE WERE BOUTTA CRY she only had one tho bUT she also had a red carpet pass so I Took svt and vanessa took redcarpet for $20 each (People had been selling them for $200….) AND WE WERE SHAKING SO MUCH it felt so unreal we were both going to SEE SVT and honestly Eclipse it… the bible… a sacred album tbh, blessed. Then we got some FOOD and ended up sitting with these 3 ladies and they liked my pants and BECAUSE THE LIKED MY PANTS they offered us a bunch of free passes!! They had like 2 oh my girl, 4 Astro, 2 SF9, 1 Kard audience passes and this was literally like 20 minutes later we were SHOOK. We took Oh My Girl and gave them to Mely and Vanessa :^) But honestly we went in expecting NOTHING and the day was so crazy Its been a few days and I still can’t believe how kind people are and how lucky we were it all feels like a dream.

KCON DAY 2

I MET KAYLA WHAT A SWEETIE HI KAYLA IF U SEE THIS UR CUTE AND YOUR DRESS WAS CUTE!! ALSO I MET MELY LIKE UUUHHHHHHHHH ITS BEEN 5 YEARS AND VANESSA DIDNT FIGHT ME THANK GOD. SO we didn’t have many workshops we were planning to attend so my Vanessa and I watched Mely and her Vanessa learn how to dance DWC and Mely was talking up how she wanted to do all these dance workshops AND SHE DIDNT EVEN TRY Mely u looked like a limp noodle. Vanessa was better than u. Then Vanessa and I got some food with Kayla and Sophia (HI SOPHIA NICE MEETING U) and we noticed that it was about 12:30 and the line for SVT’s artist engagement was already forming so we waited a bit and ate as we watched that damn line grow. We eventually got in line and waited for an hour in the sun and it was abuse KCON im suing u. But Vanessa waited TWO HOURS in her line for saturday’s red carpet but she’s got more melanin than me. AND we talked to some really nice people in line IDK who ya’ll are but I lvoe you!! Anyways. We were like? In the 3rd row in the audience and there were a few people letting me get in front of them because I’m TINY and one really nice girl who was just a bit taller than me was trying her best to help me get by tall people and she was so sweet I wish I could have thanked her a million more times ;-; So there were like 3 people from a fansite to my left that wouldn’t let me by (of course) and then THESE TWO LADIES who when we asked they just looked down on me and shook their heads AND THEY WERE SO EXTREMELY TALL I WAS EFFENDED. I didn’t tell anybody this but they were playing DWC mv and i actually almost cried bc after all that anticipation I thought I wasn’t even going to be able to see them and I was so hurt. BUT After a few minutes I decided it wasn’t worth being so hot to not even be able to see SVT so I went to the back and watched from the projectors and WOWIE were they beautiful. Everybody was screaming so much /literally/ the only thing I heard was Joshua say “number two!”. But Scoops was so bubbly and had such prominent dimples, Vernon was a sweetie pie, Blond Jun looks better irl, Mingyu: an angel, Jeonghan????? BEAUTIFUL and dainty he really did look like an angel, Joshua is fkn pretty boy nerd he was just happy to be in LA. DK was his sunshine self and Mingyu…… is so cute?? I wish I coulf give much more descriptions on all the boys but I didn’t have a very good view :^( But let me tell you…. Lee Jihoon…………….. The most beautiful man I’ve ever laid eyes on like he honestly made it all worth it he’s absolutely drop dead gorgeous and I felt bliss amongst the chaos he’s truly a walking miracle on this earth. And omg he’s so tiny.

While we waited for Vanessa to finish the red carpet we got some bomb ice cream i loved that man. And OH BOY WAS VANESSA ZAZZED WHEN SHE RETURNED.

And now here are Vanessa’s thoughts about the red carpet: Ok so the red carpet was really GOOD but I was talking to the girls I met while waiting in line we all kind of agreed its kind of not worth it if you’re in the way bc fansites (I think I saw Jihoon’s fansite mintbreeze there). Also it was really cute seeing all the different fans there. I had a VIXX stan standing in front of me and she was just adorable. SF9 were really cute and one of them said “ITS LIT” before they left and I was like wow same. Donghae and I made eye contact for like 1 second and it was so awkward I had to look away. Cosmic girls were ADORABLE and Xuan Yi kept smiling and waving at fans which made all the fangirls scream and that made Xuan Yi smile even more. When VIXX greeted they greeted and all of them bowed except for Leo who had his hands together as if he was praying and I was like wow that is the most Leo thing i’ve ever seen. Girl’s day…. When I saw Minah’s outfit the girl I met while in line offered her hand for emotional support and i took it so fast bc oooooooh man I lost it. Minah kept posing so….. Suggestively like she knew what she was doing. Also I was super gay for Yura. When SVT came out ho boy I almost fell to the floor bc Jun was first and he was fcknin handsome and really tall????? Vernon is a work of art and Seungkwan is an actual baby. Mingyu was gorgeous I legit couldnt take my eyes off him man. I witnessed Wonwoo be a meme. He just looked at Minghao and had his hand on his shoulder, nodded a few times and looked away and Minghao just laughed to himself. Woozi saw some girls next to me who kept going crazy for him and I could tell he tried so hard not to laugh out loud and looked kind of embarrassed or shy about all the fangirling they were doing for a few seconds it was so cute. But tbh out of everyone except for Mingyu and Jun, Woozi kind of stood out to me the most. He was just so?????? Unique looking??? Idk how to explain it but he was beautiful. Chan was almost the last one to leave the stage bc he kept waving at the fans and doing the finger heart thing and he just looked so happy :’)))) Like Jun had to push his arm a little to make him go forward since Chan was the second to last. Also I had my banner up while they were about to leave and I saw Woozi look up a bit when I did and did a half-smile laugh mainly bc of the way I was holding it and doing a :| face ya know what I mean. So he basically laughed at me and it was an honor.

So the concerto. He was a good man. The venue wasn’t as huge as I thought it was going to be so our seats actually felt really close! Preshow: Of course Jun Curryahn was a good man when isn’t he. Then Korean Effects did some BEATBOXING and he was SO GOOD I felt the bass of that man’s voice in my chest. A girl that I do not know the name of came and sang blood sweat and tears to his beatboxing and that was the first time that night that Vanessa turned to me and screamed “IM SO GAY”. The show: Leo and Minah sang a song from Lalaland and it was beautiful. THEN JOSH VERN AND MINGYU came out as the MC’s and I was SHOOK I didn’t expect those boys. I don’t know SF9 but they were good I was amazed they got the stunts! Cosmic Girls were OF COURSE adorable and amazing. Then the screen was showing 17’s intro and we were like “OH SHIT BOY” but THEN it said “special unit performances” and we SCREAMED We didn’t think they would perform unit songs!! It was sad seeing Swimming Fool without Hosh but they did very well those boys. Habit OF COURSE WAS AMAZING I CRY THINKING ABOUT HOW I ACTUALLY HEARD THOSE ANGELS. And OHHHHHHHH BOYYYYYYYYY the day came. As soon as the first notes of Check in played Vanessa and I held on to each other and started screamiING. Check in is oUR JAM OOOOOOHH YEAHH. Then Girls Day performed and they were T H E hottest group there honestly these girls were RUDE. During their stage vanessa informed me 3 more times how gay she is. She was so angry at Minah for doing that^™. Then Cosmic Girls performed I Need U (boy) and SF9 & Cosmic girls performed Sorry Sorry AND GUESS WHO WAS NEXT THE KINGS EUNHAE. Now let me tell you a story. Super Junior was the first group I ever learned and I became friends with Vanessa and Mely because of them. Oppa Oppa? Vanessa and I have been dancing to that for 5 years and u bet we went HARD when they performed that. I’m still so angry that Eunhyuk made us say “LA oppa”. AND THEY PERFORMED I WANNA DANCE I WANTED THEM TO PERFORM IT BUT I DIDNT THINK THEY WOULD SINCE IT WAS A JAPANESE TRACK!! But the whole time they performed I was screaming about how much I hated their hair. Then Vixx performed and I could tell that a lot of fans were there for them (as well as Eunhae) they got the loudest screams. HYUKS ENGLISH WAS SO CUTE I HAD TO HOLD VANESSAS HAND MY BABY BOY. Im really lowkey glad they didn’t perform chained up tho I was blessed that night. And then………...it was SVT’s stage. I had no idea they were the headliners and OH BOY did those boys rock it. There was one VERY RUDE FOCUS ON JIHOON DURING DWC AND I CRIED INTO VANESSAS SHOULDER. I never didn’t think I was going to scream during this concert… but wow did I surprise myself. Even Vanessa was like “WOah”. But SVT performed a super sick remix of Rock and AND they had a little random play dance time which tbh they didn’t even try that hard but then they shot some tshirt cannons and I saw Jihoon rush over for one and honestly I was terrified for my life. He exudes such a different aura on stage that Jihoon really is “El Woozi”. AND HE STANDS WITH ONE HAND ON HIS HIP BOY WHAT IS THAT SASS FOR. During their ment Boo was being his lil Diva self he was so funny and Dino……. A man? He was so handsome I can’t believe. And Minghao got so many screams I was so proud and happy he deserves them all!! Really all the boys Looked amazing and performed so well I could go on for hours. I heard Seungkwan do the Boo airhorn sound effect and i shed a single tear. Dino was so stunningly handsome like??? He really actually does look older than Mingyu he does not look like the youngest at all what are they feeding him. At one point Vernon was like “Wow Josh, I can tell why you hype up your hometown so much” And JOSH gave him THIS LOOK it was so funny he looked offended, disgusted, and sassy I don’t even know who that man is. Good news: I personally caught no signs of butt touching but I /could/ have missed something. But really the whole concert was absolutely amazing, even if you don’t know all the groups the stages are all so great and I think it was just an excellent concert overall. And the next day we dropped off Mely and Vanessa at 11 for their Oh My Girl audience.. That started at 11. Im sorry Chicas but I’m glad u made it in time. ANYWAYS this has been my kcon experience I had a very good time and TBH I would probably consider going again if Seventeen never fkn comes to california.

[onkeywritings]

Haunted Love

Rating: G Warnings: N/A

“Jinki, Jinki!”

“What?”

“Somebody’s coming!”

“What?”

“Aren’t you listening to me? Somebody’s coming!”

“Cut the crap, Kibum. Nobody has been coming here in years. Ever since they renovated, it’s been empty.”

“For Christ sake, you old man, I’m telling you that somebody is coming!”

And then the front door opens and both men stick their head into the hallway to look at the family of four that enters. The father is carrying a box, the mother is holding the hands of a small boy, no more than 3, that goes all wide-eyed when he turns his head to the left. Kibum sinks back into the bedroom he’s standing in and Jinki sinks into the floor, only to pop up next to Kibum in the bedroom.

“Do you think he saw me?” Jinki asks and Kibum glares at him with crossed arms.

“You’re a fucking idiot.”

Jinki ignores that.

“What do we do? I don’t want them here if they can see us.” 

Kibum uncrosses his arms and hits Jinki’s head. Jinki doesn’t even flinch.

“Don’t you dare scare them away! It’s been centuries since they renovated the house and it deserves to be lived in!”

Jinki frowns and mutters ‘we live in it’ but Kibum ignores him.

“It was your fault I even died here!” Kibum says and Jinki turns to glare at him. “It was not!”

Kibum glares back at him.

“It was. You brought me here to your silly meeting and wanted me to meet your stupid friends and boom, suddenly you just remember that you have forgotten to tell me you’re going to participate in some war against the police so they won’t tear down the fucking house and before I know anything the house is on fucking fire and I’m trapped in this very room. And next thing I know I’m fucking dead.”

There’s silence between them and the door opens and both men turn their heads towards the 5-year-old boy standing in the doorway. Kibum rolls his eyes before he disappears into thin air and Jinki sends the boy a stern glance before he also evaporates.

Jinki and Kibum both died 30 years ago in a house fire. The house had been used by the youth as a meeting place. They had been given the house but the government had later sold it to a company and the company had wanted to renovate and thus wanted to remove the youth staying there. It had caused all sorts of ruckus between the young and the police.

It hadn’t been Jinki’s intention to invite his new friend, Kibum, with him on the day it was to culminate but he had forgotten and had lost his calendar and could have sworn that it was next week. The troubles soon escalated, however, and people were arrested galore.

Kibum had wanted to leave but Jinki had convinced him to stay in the house if he didn’t want to get arrested. The fire had started in hallway by an electric wire that was old and had soon spread throughout the house. Kibum had been caught in the bedroom under the table he had been hiding under and Jinki, in his haste to save his friend, had been killed in his heroic attempt.

Kibum is awfully bitter that he has to haunt the house when he had no desire to be there in the first place and definitely had no desire to die when he was 23 and Jinki feels all sorts of guilty.

The government had renovated the house 5 years after the fire but nobody had wanted to stay long term and those who had tried had been scared away by Jinki’s pranks.

It had had a rumour of being haunted the last 10 years but now this family of four had moved in.

Jinki observes them from the painting. He’s trying to gather information on which way to best scare them away. It feels sort of like his job as a ghost. Also, he really likes to play pranks on unsuspecting humans. It’s a bit bizarre and it’s definitely a habit he acquired after death but when Kibum ignores his verbal puns, he needs to find other ways to get his pranks and stupid puns across and since humans are unable to hear him, the best way is to be physical and smash lamps and turn on TV’s and radios.

It’s a little cliché and Jinki should know better with 30 years of experience in the ghost business but he still sometimes take inspiration from the horrible horror movies humans watch.

“Come Minho,” the father says and the 5-year-old boy looks up from his colouring book and jumps off of his chair to join his father in front of kitchen counter. Jinki watches them cook a simple meal from his place in the painting. 5 minutes in he waves his hand and tips the salt over so it spills onto the floor. He gets eye contact with the boy and blinks when he sees the small boy snicker into his hands.

“Hi Mr. Ghost,” the boy says and his father looks around with a frown.

“Minho, ghosts don’t exist,” he explains and Minho just turns around with a smile, ready to continue fixing dinner for his younger brother and his mother. 

Jinki frowns in offence. He exists, thank you very much.

“Look at him!” Kibum coos and looks at the small boy in the large bed. He’s standing in the middle of the bed frame to get the best look at the sleeping boy and Jinki frowns a little.

“Come on, you can’t seriously mean it,” he says and Kibum whips around to send him a stern glance.

“Of course I mean it, he’s cute!”

Jinki just frowns but he peeks over Kibum’s shoulder anyway, floating off of the floor because Kibum is taller than him.

“Okay, you win. Now, lets get them out of here. The boy creeps me out.” Kibum barks out a laugh.

“You’re a ghost,” he says and Jinki just looks at him, not understanding the point. “You’re a ghost and a human boy creeps you out,” Kibum elaborates after a few seconds of silence, only filled with the soft breathing of the sleeping child.

“You don’t understand! He looks at me like he can see me.” He gets interrupted when a yawn is heard from the doorway and both men turn around.

“You can’t hurt Taeminnie Mr. Ghosts,” the boy, Minho, says before he climbs onto the bed and under his parent’s cover so he can sleep next to his brother. Kibum and Jinki get eye contact. Kibum coos and smiles at the two children sleeping. Jinki leaves the room.

They learn soon enough that both kids are actually able to see them. Minho is a lot more talkative than his brother who often hides behind one of their parents or Minho. 

Their parents seem worried that Minho talks about ghosts so often and Kibum overhears them one evening talking about eventual therapy that makes him so mad that he ends up smashing their porcelain. Jinki laughs in the corner and Minho tries to explain to his parents that the ghost got mad at something but that they’re not dangerous.

Jinki retorts to smaller pranks and likes to turn the light on and off when Minho is playing. It leaves them laughing and Kibum is usually watching fondly from a corner so he doesn’t interrupt.

If Kibum had been human and young he might have admitted that he had a crush on Jinki but the feelings aren’t there anymore and definitely not after having been stuck with Jinki for the past 30 years.

Minho likes to invite Kibum next to him when he paints in his colouring book or when he makes exercises in his math book. Kibum spills spices onto the table so he can write in them and help Minho and Minho snickers and does as Kibum tells him to.

“This is ridiculous, Jinki.”

“What do you want me to do?”

“We can’t just let them send him to therapy!”

“It’s not going to harm him. He’ll grow out of this anyway. Isn’t it better than moving?”

Kibum frowns.

“No.”

They’re interrupted by a small voice.

“Mr. Ghosts, are you married like mommy and daddy?” They both turn to look at Minho. Taemin is standing next to him, teddy bear in one hand and thumb in his mouth. Both Jinki and Kibum shakes their heads frantically.

“Why do you ask Minho, dear?” Kibum asks and Minho takes a step into the room.

“You talk like mommy and daddy,” he explains simply and Kibum turns to look at Jinki. Jinki blinks a little before the words sink in and he disappears. Kibum just sighs.

“No, we’re just friends.”

“Friends?” Minho asks and Kibum nods. Taemin waddles into the room and Minho follows his younger brother and closes the door behind him before he sits down on the floor and looks excited at Kibum.

“Like Donghae is my friend?” 

Kibum has no clue who Donghae is but he nods anyway because he assumes friends are friends, no matter what age you are.

“Yes. Like that,” he says and Minho widens up in a smile. He asks all sorts of questions and Taemin listens attentively. Kibum isn’t sure he understands.

Jinki overhears Minho talking to Taemin one afternoon. Taemin is playing around with his LEGO and Minho is stealing the important pieces so he too can build a house to himself.

“Mr. Ghosts seem like mommy and daddy, right?” Minho asks and Taemin nods a little before he frowns and takes a piece back from Minho.

“Mmmmh,” the 3-year-old says and focuses on building his tower. Minho pouts and asks Taemin for a LEGO beside him. Taemin lets go of the one in his hand to grab the one Minho desires and cradle it protectively against his chest.

“Mine,” he mumbles and Minho ignores him because now he has the last LEGO block he needs to finish. Jinki raises an eyebrow from where he’s looking at the two kids, while Minho continues talking about how he and Kibum sound very much like mommy and daddy. Jinki refuses to accept the feelings that sort of find their way through his cold, transparent body.

“We’re not…” Kibum says and Jinki interrupts him.

“No, definitely not.” 

There’s silence between them for a few minutes.

“You know, when we were alive I had a crush on you.”

They’re in the kitchen. The family isn’t at home and Kibum likes the kitchen. Jinki splutters.

“What?” he asks.

“You really are deaf. Why did I get stuck with you?”

“Kibum, come on, why are you dropping this on me now?”

“Because there’s no way I have a crush on you now.”

Kibum shrugs and Jinki stares at him. He doesn’t know what propels him forward. Maybe it’s because he’s been dead for 30 years, maybe it’s because he had a crush on Kibum too when they were alive. Whatever it is that gives him the courage is unimportant, however, when he presses his cold lips against Kibum’s. They kiss for a few seconds before both pull away.

“What on Earth?” Kibum asks. Jinki tilts his head.

“Nothing,” he says and Kibum smacks his shoulder.

“You’re an idiot.”

Jinki just sends him a silly smile.

“Maybe, but you’re still stuck with me.” 

Kibum rolls his eyes but he grabs Jinki’s hand anyway and laces their fingers.

“This is not because I still like you.”

“Sure.”

There’s a smile on Jinki’s lips when they disappear into air together, only to find themselves in the master bedroom. Kibum raises an eyebrow with a smirk and Jinki laughs before he lets the lights flicker, the TV and radio turn on and various house plants fall off their sills.

He loves haunting people - and he wouldn’t want to be stuck with any other ghost.