#and a new album from her too yaaaay!

[spelllingandthemysteryschool]

where the butterflies go in the rain (2024) by raveena

[afriendlyblackhottie]

Dance, Dance

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Summary: there’s been too much going on ever since you started messing around with your best friend.

Pairings: Colin Shea x Black!Best Friend!Reader

Warnings: minors dni, smut, angst, fluff

(A/N: yaaaay it’s done. This was a fun little series. I loved writing it. Titled after the song Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy. Thanks everyone that enjoyed. Like, follow, reblog, and comment ☺️)

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You didn’t even know it was possible for you to fake smile for this long. As much as you enjoyed doing the whole music thing, industry shit was kind of the worse. You’d been overdue for at least a glass of champagne, but now you needed something stronger like whisky.

Things had been hectic lately. Just getting stuff ready and playing ball. The label that signed you was a smaller offshoot of a bigger one and so now you were here watching Colin take one for the team and schmooze it up since he knew the rest of you hated this part.

It wasn’t like you were bad at the whole thing. It’s just there was only so much you could deal with before finally reaching your limit. And all the old men ogling you was definitely something you could live without.

“Hey,” Ryan, your bass player, greeted as he sat beside you. It was kind of funny seeing the rest of them in suits and shit. You didn’t think they could wear anything but jeans and converse.

Hell for Colin clothing was already optional. Now he was there wearing a suit. Playing the part. And doing it well. You couldn’t lie, though. He looked good as hell. Obviously you weren’t the only one to notice. The woman whispering in his ear right no clearly saw it too.

“Hey,” you said with a sigh. This dress was scratchy as hell, but it was cute. It was probably worth more than your rent so you were really trying to not mess it up. Fuck you felt awkward.

So, yeah things had been a little weird since they’d walked in on you on Colin’s lap. Not that they could see that his pants had been undone from how you were but let’s just say the rest of the band had been doing this thing where they’d been trying to figure out your couple name ever since.

Still you didn’t know how to act around them. Especially since you’d left like your ass was on fire. Unlike with the whole girlfriend thing, the two of you didn’t get the chance to talk even a little after that. It felt like life was pulling the both of you in so many directions what were you even supposed to say. Sure the guys managed to squeeze their jokes in but other than that nothing.

You’d had photo shoots and meetings and just all kinds of shit. Sure this was definitely the life you wanted and you kind of appreciated the distraction. Didn’t mean you wanted to keep living in limbo with him. So it’s not like you’d been avoiding him so much as finding the time to have serious conversations was kind of not there.

At the same time it’s like were you even prepared for whatever he had to say. You don’t give a guy head and then make out with him for him to stop and start with ‘I just don’t think-‘ and expect him to say something not terrible. Especially not a guy like Colin. Even if you were holding out hope.

You knew his track record going into it. Which is why those rules had been in place. You’d been around a thousand Colin’s. You knew how it went. It was hit it and quit it every time. What made you different. If he really wanted to talk he would have. Nothing had ever kept him from telling you dumb shit all the time. Suddenly he couldn’t text?

Whatever. You didn’t even want to care. This was about the music. It was your fault anyway. You’d known better than to get tangled up in him but you’d done it anyway. You’d just have to live with that.

“So what are we doing tomorrow?” He asked.

You shrugged with a sigh. “I dunno. Was just thinking about keeping a low profile. I’m not really feeling it right now.”

Ryan frowned. “You know Colin doesn’t care,” he replied with a chuckle. “You know how he gets.”

“That’s fine,” you replied with a small smile with a shrug, bringing your glass of whiskey up to your lips. Thank goddess for an open bar, though, right. At least that would help you through the night.

“Okay so,” Colin said finally coming over to plop down beside you on a barstool,“how we feeling about an after party?”

You shrugged while him and Ryan started talking it over. If anything you’d probably go back to the hotel but whatever.

You rested your chin on your fists as the boys talked. It’s not that you wanted to be sad girl right now. You should be the happiest you’d ever been and you were but fuck this is gonna sound so lame but you missed your best friend. But no you forgot to wear underwear and now apparently neither of you knew how to act around each other.

“What about you?” He asked. “You know we’re no good without our fearless leader.”

“I thought this was a party,” you said setting your glass down. “I didn’t realize I was leading you into battle.”

Colin chuckled. “Oh it’s us against the world, Baby. There’s always a war.” He winked as he grabbed your glass. Not even phased when you protested and made grabby hands for it. “I’ll get you a new one if you say yes.”

“Eat a dick,” you grumbled then tried to get the bartender’s attention.

“Who pissed in your iced coffee?” He asked with a chuckle. “Come on. It’ll be fun. Better than whatever the fuck this is.” Can’t argue with that.

You shrugged. “I’ll see. I’m kinda tired.”

He pouted. “Don’t be a party pooper. Come on. Don’t you wanna hang with us. Keep us out of trouble.”

“Keep him out of trouble,” Ryan corrected making you laugh.

“Yes. Fine. Keep me out of trouble.” He rolled his eyes dramatically. “Come on. I’ll make it worth it.”

“How?” You asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Well,” he started as he thought, “I’m already taking you out for breakfast tomorrow so that’s out.”

“You are?” You asked with a chuckle. This was news to you.

“Um, duh,” he said before poking your side. “Why wouldn’t I?”

You shrugged. “I dunno. It’s not that serious.”

Colin sighed, rolling his eyes. “Come on. I promise it’ll be fun.” He nudged you. Then his face softened. “Do you really not wanna go?”

No, but even though you were irritated with him you still felt like a lovesick puppy. And his eyes had gotten all romantic looking. It was so hard not giving in to him.

That’s how you found yourself out in the New York air. Crossing your arms in front of you. “What’s this?” You asked as you walked up to a limo.

“Our ride,” he said, into your ear.

“Hey, Colin,” the woman greeted him with a smile as she walked passed to get in. “You coming?”

He had the nerve to smile at you all brightly as he grabbed your arm. “Isn’t this cool,” he said as he sat beside her. You on the other side of him. Why didn’t you just go back to the fucking hotel when you had the chance.

The entire way to the party was filled with them laughing and talking. The entire time you were thinking say something, anything, but no you sat there awkward as hell. Ryan and your drummer James were sort of trying to include you while your rhythm guitarist Parker had decided to go to the hotel. You wish you’d just gone with him. You knew that’d be your first mistake.

You hated being in such a sour mood. Especially with so many people around. “You want a drink or something?” Colin asked into your ear, trying to talk over the loud music. You sighed, putting on another smile on as you nodded.

You tried to follow behind him, but this place was crowded. Looking back you saw that Ryan and James were no longer next to you either. Shit. Way to make this situation better, right.

Well Colin was right at least. This was better than that place crawling in suits. You walked along trying to find at least one of the men you came with and you were officially over it. Then you saw the balcony and decided to check out there next.

The fresh air was kind of nice. Maybe you just needed to clear your head for a minute. Hell you were ready to go to bed anyway.

Maybe tomorrow you’ll spend the day in the city. Doing whatever you wandered upon. No thinking about the next few months and how everything’s going to go from zero to one hundred. Not that you weren’t looking forward to it, but for now you wanted to welcome a little bit of peace.

Hopefully there’d be no thoughts about a certain guitar player either. That you doubt, but you could try. You yawned and groaned. Fuck it you’re leaving.

“Of all the people I thought I might see tonight,” a familiar voice said before you could get inside.

That voice made you stiffen. Then you started groaning as you turned to face him. “As if my night couldn’t get any worse. What are you even doing here?”

“What you think you’re the only one that gets invited to parties?” He asked.

When you’d parted from your last band, it wasn’t exactly the nicest situation. You always made your rule clear even if you’d broke it with Colin. Even with him it’s not like he did what Andrew did.

Things had been going okay with them, but it was nothing like now. This time around it felt so real. Like musically you were meant to be. Maybe that’s why you didn’t want to ruin things by blowing up even if Colin was sending you enough mixed signals to write an album about.

Back then though. It wasn’t like this. Yeah you liked your other bandmates back then, but with Colin, Ryan, and James it almost felt like a family. You all meshed. You all got along. Despite everything going on you loved them.

With Andrew’s band there was never a connection. You played. You went home. Over and done with. So the night he corned you, trying to kiss you it came out of nowhere. When you told the rest of them didn’t care. You were replaceable. Then you saw that flyer and decided to say fuck it and quit.

“What are you doing here?” He asked now, taking out a cigarette.

You shrugged. “That’s none of your business.”

He scoffed. “Heard you guys got signed. Who’d you sleep with to manage that?”

“Well, it wasn’t you.”

He rolled his eyes. “Who you here with? The new guys you’re blowing?”

You clenched your jaw before taking a deep breath. He didn’t know. Who the fuck cares. So you started walking away because you really did not give two shits.

“Yeah, my friend Dina was telling me you fucked her ex,” he said.

Your back stiffened as you stopped. Closing your eyes. God you wanted to scream at him, but he wasn’t worth the trouble. Wasn’t worth causing a scene. That’s what you told yourself last time and that’s what you were telling yourself now.

“Yeah said she walked in on you too,” he said coming up behind you.

“Dina doesn’t know what what she’s talking about.” You took a deep breath then bit your tongue, but still didn’t turn to face him.

“Well she sure had a lot to say. About how much of a whore you turned into after being a little tease.”

You closed your eyes suddenly feeling sick. You shouldn’t let it get to you. You knew it but fuck. This is why you didn’t do this. You didn’t need the drama.

“Dude, fuck off,” you finally said wrapping your arms around yourself as tried walking away again, trying to tune out whatever shit was spewing out of his mouth.

Promising yourself that you wouldn’t cry. Eyes finally catching Colin’s as he did a grin spread and then quickly fell from his face. Standing around the same girl from earlier. At least he managed to keep up with her.

He started walking towards you without a word and seeing his way was the only way towards the exit there was no avoiding him. That’s when you felt fingers grabbing at your wrist. Twisting your arm so you had no choice but to face him.

In between the, “you little sl-“ and Colin pushing him away from you, you’d ended knocking into someone. Beer spilling on the front of your dress. Way to make a shitty moment even worse guys. This was a fucking loan. Thanks for that. Fuck tonight just wasn’t your night huh.

“I’m so sorry,” a drunk girl slurred, putting her hands on your shoulders.

“No it’s okay,” you sighed feeling your eyes prickle with tears. Fuck you hated it. Your chest suddenly feeling tight. You had to get the fuck out of here.

As soon as you made it to the elevator you took a deep breath. Closing your eyes and leaning down the wall as the doors closed.

“What the hell was that?” Colin said. You squeezed your eyelids. The little bit of frustration that had left, coming back in an instant. “Did he hurt you?” He asked, grabbing your hand. “What the hell happened?”

“Stop,” you said, snatching it away. “Just… stop.” Your heart felt like it was sinking into your chest. You just wanted to eat and shower snd sleep. Fine fuck it. Shower and sleep. You’ll eat in the morning. You just wanted Colin to stop following you and for him to shut up.

“Hey!” He stopped you as soon as you got off. “What’s wrong? Just tell me what happened.”

You scoffed and rolled your eyes. “You don’t have to pretend to care okay.” You shrugged. “You weren’t thinking about me ten minutes ago.”

“What do you mean I was looking all over for you,” he said furrowing his eyebrow.

You rolled your eyes again. Ugh it felt like you couldn’t stop. “Yeah, it sure looked like it.”

“I was. You can ask Ryan and James. Alyssa was helping me.”

“Do you think I’m fucking stupid, Colin?” You asked raising your eyebrow. “I get it. We messed around and you’re a fuckboy or whatever. It’s not like I was expecting to be different or something. You do this all the time. That’s fine but you don’t have to pretend like you give a shit. And I’m the fucking idiot for thinking you would because I thougt-” your voice broke as you just shook your head and walked away.

Colin stood there looking stunned. Feeling like he was one second away from puking. Finally taking a deep breath when he realized that if he didn’t catch up to you know you’d get into a taxi without him.

“Wait, Y/N,” he called out.

But you didn’t turn around. Heart thumping in your chest. You blew out your cheeks and rested your head against the window. Feeling there was a lump in your throat.

You felt like such a baby. All teary eyed in a cab. Red eyed as you made your way to your room. Crying in the shower. Then not stopping as you settled into bed. And for what. You fucking up the one thing you always told yourself. Listening to your stupid vagina. And your heart as much as you hated to admit it.

Not only was it stressful to think about what this would do for the band, but you and Colin had really built up the best connection. Now what happens. You’re not gonna get that with someone else. And that was the worst part.

Your eyes were so heavy, but you were suddenly so awake. All that complaining about being tired. Now look you can’t even sleep. Your head felt too heavy. Nose too stuffy, too.

You scrolled through your phone. And may or may not have done a small dive into who this Alyssa girl could be. Then message after message started rolling in now that it was a little passed midnight. You’d get to them in the morning. You’d also stole his weed pen so you could relax a little bit.

So. Sucks to be him.

That’s when you heard the door open. Stomach flipping and mouthing, ‘fuck.’ Dropping your phone because if you could pretend you were asleep maybe he’d leave you fuck alone. Ugh he probably got the key from the front desk.

The television was still on and it’s not like he’d never walked in on you sleep in front of the TV before so he’d think nothing of it. Your back was facing the door so it’s not like he could see you. You’ll take your chances.

You heard crinkling and him shuffling a little, but you were mostly trying to be quiet. A few moments later you heard him getting down on his knees beside you. “Hey,” he whispered into your ear before kissing your temple.

Nope. Go away.

“I know you’re awake you little thief.” He chuckled, but then stopped when he realized you clearly weren’t giving in. Turning over away from him. Colin took a deep breath. “Babe, I’m sorry.”

Your eyebrow raised. Okay so maybe you weren’t expecting that.

“I’m sorry I lost you tonight,” he sighed. “I’m sorry for not talking about things sooner. And if I made you think there was anything going on with me and Alyssa. Who does not like me by the way. She’s into Ryan,” he added, with a chuckle.

You snorted out a laugh. “Seriously?” Finally breaking your silence.

“Uh huh.” He laughed. “I know right. They kept dragging me between them once he found out. I felt like I was in fucking middle school.”

Then it got quiet.

“I’m sorry if I made you think you were just a booty call,” he finally said.

Your eyes opened, but you still didn’t turn to face him. You weren’t really sure what you were supposed to say or do if you did.

“You have always been more than a booty call. I get that I’ve done things before, but I’d never treat you like that. Why do you think we haven’t had sex. I couldn’t have our first time be on that gross fucking couch.”

… fair.

Ugh.

UGH.

You wanted to pull his hair. Not even in the sexy way. He was so annoying. Why couldn’t you just have been asleep so you could have been mad at him for a little longer.

Colin didn’t wait for you to respond as he got in behind you. Scooping you into his arms from behind. “You’re my best friend, Baby. I’d never fuck us up. I don’t wanna lose you.” Then he started kissing your cheek softly.

“You’re so annoying,” you mumbled, but still didn’t turn over.

“Maybe,” he said. “But it’s cuz I can’t stand when you’re mad at me.” He sighed wrapping you up in his arms. “Remember that one time? And it was just over lyrics.” He chuckle. Then when he realized you weren’t laughing he sighed again. “I promise I’ll make tomorrow better. Well today. Or whatever. You know what I mean.”

“I’m surprised you didn’t run in here on some I have to be the first shit.” You finally turned to look at him and he was quick to kiss your forehead. Eyes ask puffy. Nosy really stuffy. He didn’t care. Just wanted to have his lips on you.

“I am, but now I can’t stop apologizing.” He chuckled. “I really am sorry.”

“We can work on your road to forgiveness plan.”

“As long as you’re the one paving it I’ll do whatever it takes.”

You rolled your eyes. “You’re so corny.”

“Maybe.” He chuckled. “I’m just trying to get you to smile.”

You sniffled. God he was so annoying. “I know.”

He looked at you softly before swiping his lips across yours. “Okay now I’m gonna be the first person. Happy birthday, Baby.”

Another sniffle as you couldn’t stop yourself from chuckling softly. “Thank you. How do you know you’re the first?”

“Oh you’re cool because all our little fan girls are wishing you a happy birthday,” he said with a laugh.

“You’re just jealous.”

“Never. You deserve it.”

“Stop being such a fucking sap right now.” You whined pushing him away.

“Nope. I actually have a surprise for you,” he said, letting go so he could get out of bed. “No peeking!” Then he kissed your cheek again.

Of course you weren’t gonna listen, but since he wasn’t made of glass you couldn’t see. His body blocking whatever view you may have had. Just heard the flicker of a lighter.

“So, I was gonna go with the old fashioned flowers and chocolate for an apology,” he started. “But since it’s your birthday,” he said as he turned around with a little cake in his hands, freshly lit numeral candles on top.

As he softly started to sing happy birthday you felt yourself tearing up again. Of course he had to do something like this. Sappy asshole. Just had to make it impossible to stay mad at him.

Now you were sitting with your legs criss crossed applesauce across from him. Not being able to help the smile that spread across your face.

“Make a wish, Baby,” he said. As you blew out the flame he looked at you softly. That same stupid romantic look in his eyes. And it was like you couldn’t help yourself as you started to lean in. Lips connecting and it almost felt relieving. 

Colin pulled away for a minute to set the cake on the night stand. Going back to you he pull you onto his lap. Lips moving against yours as you wrapped your arms around his neck then put your hands in his hair.

He laid you down. Thumb stroking your cheek. Tongues finally meeting. Kisses deep. Now sleep was the farthest thing from your mind. You just wanted to feel him.

All of the thoughts about how that was it had melted away. If he was going to be serious about this than you wanted it. Wanted him. “Colin,” you whimpered. His lips going against your throat.

“What do you want, Baby?” He asked in a whisper.

“You.”

Clothes started to be removed. Hands and lips going to intimate spots. Like between your legs as he made sure your pussy would be ready for him. His mouth touching you just how you needed. Moans and sighs spilling from your lips.

“Y/N, Baby,” he whispered as he wrapped his arm around your leg so he could spread you open for him. Getting snug between your thighs as he lined himself up. “You sure? We don’t have-“

You cut him off with a kiss. He obviously got the message as he started to push into you. The head of his cock already making your head spin.

“Colin,” you whimpered against his lips.

“That’s it,” he said. “It’s okay. I got you.”

You nodded and moaned, foreheads resting against each other. Looking into those soft blue eyes as he inched in. “Ah,” you squeaked.

“You’ve got this,” he whispered into your ear as he finally bottomed out. Staying still for a moment so you could could used to him. Fuck he was big. You don’t think you’d ever felt this full before.

Hips rocking slowly as his lips went back to yours again. “Colin,” you whimpered again.

“So fucking beautiful,” he whispered as he looked down at you.

“More?”

“Tell me what you do want, Baby. I’ll do anything you want.”

“Harder. Please.” Fuck you felt desperate. He was just filling you up so good. Just how you needed him.

He pressed his lips to yours as he started getting deeper. Rolling his hips into yours. Then pushing your arm above your head with his hands holding yours down.

“Right there!” You pulled away with a gasp.

“Where?” He asked into your ear not stopping what he was doing before pulling your earlobe between his teeth. Nibbling on it. Making your eyes go blurry.

“Oh,” you let out another little squeak. That wasn’t good enough for Colin, though. He wanted you to scream his name.

He raised up off of you. Getting on his knees and pushing your legs up by your ears. Hands on the back of your thighs.

Every time he went in, your body bounced from the force. Pussy squeezing him tight. He looked between you seeing the way your wetness covered him. “Fuck,” he groaned. “Pussy even prettier with my dick in it.”

Why was he doing this to you. Was it not enough that he was about to turn you inside out? He had to talk to you like that too. Why was he trying to ruin you like this. He was fucking you like he wanted to be the only man to fuck you. Maybe he did. Maybe you wanted him to be.

“Ah, ah, ah, ah!” You cried out

“That’s it. That’s what I like to fucking hear. Doing so good for me, Baby,” he groaned. “Gonna fuck you all night. Keep you full a me. Want that?”

“Uh huh,” was all you could say. Your orgasm was hitting you so hard. “Colin. I’m cumming.” It was like you were weeping. “Oh my god.”

“Fuck yeah,” he groaned as your pussy tightened around him. Orgasm gushing out of you. “That’s my girl,” he said as he put his hand on your clit. Coaxing it out even more. “Keep cumming for me, Baby. That’s it.”

It happened so quickly. One minute he was fucking into you and then the next his face was between your thighs. If he was trying to make you squirt he got his wish. Your legs shaking, body spasming as he forced you there.

You covered your eyes with your hand just as he pushed back into you. Where he grabbed your arm to push it up so you were no longer covered. “Don’t you ever cover yourself, you hear me,” he said as he started fucking into you again. “I want you to look at me when I make you cum.” He put his lips against your chin.

Fuck. This was gonna be a long night.

You don’t know how many times you’d orgasmed. Just that it felt like once they started they didn’t stop. Just the way he was getting you there and trying to keep you there was almost too much. As soon as he came in you, you were ready to pass out. Your body officially worn out. But forced yourself to use the bathroom before bed even though walking really didn’t seem like a great option at the moment.

Then you got back in his arms. Snuggling into him. Colin holding you tight. It felt like where you were supposed to be.

As the sunlight broke, you were so worn out that you stayed like that for a minute. Him waking up first with your head tucked under his chin. Yawning and checking the time. Not that he cared. He’d stay like this for as long as you wanted him to.

When you started to stir, he nuzzled you with his nose. Kissing your forehead gently. “Morning, Birthday Girl,” he whispered in a raspy voice.

You moaned and stretched. Putting your head in his neck again. “Not yet.”

He chuckled. “We have to get to brunch.”

“There’s always dinner. I’m tired.”

He smacked your butt. “No, no, no. I’m not letting you sleep the day away. I gotta make up for yesterday.”

“Make up for yesterday by being my pillow. And we can have sex in between.”

Colin laughed softly. “As tempting as that is, we gotta get up.”

You took a deep breath out your nose. “Fine, but I get to pick off your plate.”

“When do you not?” He rubbed your back. Colin reached over to grab his phone to check the time. “Wait, what the fuck,” he chuckled.

“What?” You asked, with a yawn.

“James said, ‘I’m happy for you guys really but we’re going to breakfast without you if you don’t hurry up. Happy birthday y/n.”

You laughed. “What?”

“The one before it was stop having sex we’re hungry. Ryan said, ‘Colin stop being the Yoko Ono of this ba-‘I’m the Yoko On- oh now they’re fighting about it.”

You snorted. “They’re gonna argue about this all day, aren’t they?”

“Yeah probably.” Colin laughed.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

[baekhvuns]

I thought the hands were Mingi's, then Hongjoong's too 🥴 aaahhhhh now I think it's the same Hwa actually, but obviously we have Real Hwa and Hala Hwa anyways I WILL TAKE BOTH, THANXX! Yes Seonghwa???

San: running for his life 🏃‍♂️💨 Woohwa: dancing time 🕺🕺Yeosang: 🎻

(I know it goes back to Diary film and is relevant to the plot, but out of context it looked so funny kahdjsgsjsvsysyshe)

Yes, San when he yeets himself at the White Masked Men? 😭 him running from the guards too, poor boy. The trailer was saaaaauuuuuur guuuuuud I almost dropped my plate. And the new photo yaaaay I called it, Guerrilla is the title! And Park Seonghwa in red 🤗

Yeah? The mighty Jongho. Please....Wouldn't survive a summer day here lmao. I love 🐁 and 🐀 actually, but they can do damage sadly

"Storms are nice" bestie.... et tu Brute 🤧 I hate weather like that, we have awful wind right now and I DESPISE IT it's annoying and scary, I keep getting weather alerts by text and they're not helping 🔫

Idk fans buy designer shit for idols, it's craaaaaazyyyyyy no wonder they have money on 500 albums. Yes absolutely no 🚫🦶🚫

Wheew I'm glad you're rona-free already! Ushsjsysheueehw I constantly have runny nose and sore throat + occasional cough, so if I had light rona symptoms I wouldn't know 😅 so many of my US Stays friends caught it after the concerts

I'm a boomer, but MY SKILLS ARE ALSO RUSTY OK :///

Nftnmi 🙈🙊🙉 how am I gonna face her after seeing that, lololol. Have you seen the shit about Atz's Universe Showcase and NFT... I'm so done

How did the person even came up with that FF prank 🥴 I couldn't believe, but then thought "weirdest things had happened soooo" now I'm disappointed, I wanna see them on the show

Yeah I know they're still pirates, but we're not on the sea fighting krakens now, so that's a bit sad, but hopefully we will be back on their ship soon!

Stopppp I support idols eating vegetables without complaining like 5 year olds, so this is a green flag for me

Blue Hawaii (the drink) was nice, honestly can't remember udgsuyshshdushs naaaah I don't want anything to escalate unless it's in my head 😏 yeah that bitch was late and interrupted (saved) her then had a problem??? I would whoop his fucking ass actually

I have random flashbacks from that dream, but my brain is pretty blank. BUT I HAD ANOTHER ONE pretty sure it involved Rowoon and Seonghwa? I need to stop reading so much fanfiction, seriously. But it felt like they had other faces as well, idk everytime there's an unidentified hot man in my dream I headcanon him as Hwa, it's my duty to do so.

I hope they collab with one of the Korean vegan cosmetics brands I use <3

I wanna biteeee 🧛‍♀️ slap only if they act up. I'm just saying Song Mingi looks so good alright and his poses are the best imo 🤷‍♀️ also man has blue streaks now, he's moving fast

One step closer to getting Seonghwa x Soohyuk moment? 🤡

San was wearing a rolex too I think? Did daddy CEO buy them or are they their own rich daddies 👀

*sobs* this whole thread, but especially. Just a cute boy in his STOMPERS thought he was wearing Hot Wheels merch at first - DV 💖

hi hello!!!

I thought the hands were Mingi's, then Hongjoong's too 🥴 aaahhhhh now I think it's the same Hwa actually, but obviously we have Real Hwa and Hala Hwa anyways I WILL TAKE BOTH, THANXX! Yes Seonghwa???

HEY HEY STOP RIGHT THERE DO NOT GO ON SEONGHWAS HAND LIKE THAT I WILL BRING MY COLLECTION OUT,,, AND SEONGHWA IN RED???? >>>>>>>>>>>> he looks so fine,, orange version looks so pretty 😩😩 also bestie i had a question since ur a GO person,, is ordering from synnara worth it? like their pob’s? or is the regular ktown4u pob’s better dbdb

San: running for his life 🏃‍♂️💨 Woohwa: dancing time 🕺🕺Yeosang: 🎻

LMFAOOOO NO LITERALLY 😭😭 SAN SACRIFICING HIMSELF AND SEONGHWA FILMING AN AD THERE PLS 😭😭😭

(I know it goes back to Diary film and is relevant to the plot, but out of context it looked so funny kahdjsgsjsvsysyshe)

NO FR IT DID BC WHY WAS SEONGHWA PERFORMING THE DEJA VU DANCE 😭😭 also a track u have dibs on from the track list 🔫

Yes, San when he yeets himself at the White Masked Men? 😭 him running from the guards too, poor boy. The trailer was saaaaauuuuuur guuuuuud I almost dropped my plate. And the new photo yaaaay I called it, Guerrilla is the title! And Park Seonghwa in red 🤗

san poor boy indeed he’s just out here sacrificing himself and there’s wooyoung dancing 😭😭 IT WASS AND SO PRETTILY FILMED TOO THE PRODUCTION VALUE 🤌🏼🤌🏼 so true bestie park seonghwa in red >>> 😮‍💨😮‍💨

Yeah? The mighty Jongho. Please....Wouldn't survive a summer day here lmao. I love 🐁 and 🐀 actually, but they can do damage sadly

LMFAOOOO 😭😭😭 jongho’s fear is reasonable bc what the fuck are these bugs on????? centipedes r fUCKING DISGUSTING DIS.GUSTING. HELLO??????? DO U WANT THESE MICE OR MOUSE THERES TWO APPARENTLY HAVE UR RATA TOOT TOOT

"Storms are nice" bestie.... et tu Brute 🤧 I hate weather like that, we have awful wind right now and I DESPISE IT it's annoying and scary, I keep getting weather alerts by text and they're not helping 🔫

oui moi aussi hehe <3 ☺️☺️ NAURRRR WRAP URSELF IN A BLANKET AND LISTEN TO BROWN NOISE it’ll be much better or maybe what’s better is that im almost done with dreaded bodyguard fic dbdbd angst road going strong atm <33

Idk fans buy designer shit for idols, it's craaaaaazyyyyyy no wonder they have money on 500 albums. Yes absolutely no 🚫🦶🚫

no bc i see those bp fans get them like high brand stuff like bestie u don’t think they have it already 😭😭😭🤚🏼 chinese bar fans are cRAZZY RICH AND I NEED THEIR TIPS

Wheew I'm glad you're rona-free already! Ushsjsysheueehw I constantly have runny nose and sore throat + occasional cough, so if I had light rona symptoms I wouldn't know 😅 so many of my US Stays friends caught it after the concerts

rona free finally bestie 😭😭 so glad i absolutely hated every thing about it and hated to skip things 🔫🔫 no bc ur immune water hating system iM VV IMPRESSED WITH U NO RONA HELLO MAYBE I SHOULD TRY IT FBFBF maybe not rona but probably flu!! no bc talking abt skz isn’t like police being involved in their concerts bc someone threatened some shit??? 😭😭😭 it’s always their concerts too??? tf???

I'm a boomer, but MY SKILLS ARE ALSO RUSTY OK :///

LMFAOOOO rusty skills here is a another wip drop for san <3

Nftnmi 🙈🙊🙉 how am I gonna face her after seeing that, lololol. Have you seen the shit about Atz's Universe Showcase and NFT... I'm so done

NFTMI FBWNBDKWDHJW 😭😭😭 i saw the trailer drop and it was LOWKEY AWKWARD but maybe it’ll be better GIRL I HAVE AND WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING 😭😭

this exactly

How did the person even came up with that FF prank 🥴 I couldn't believe, but then thought "weirdest things had happened soooo" now I'm disappointed, I wanna see them on the show

anything to stir atinyvile 😭😭no bc it would be so funny seeing then on that show bc steve harvey dresses like jongho i just wanna see the twinsies 😭😭😭

Yeah I know they're still pirates, but we're not on the sea fighting krakens now, so that's a bit sad, but hopefully we will be back on their ship soon!

hopefully we see it after this series! wanna see them cgi on their ship and have that pirates of the caribbean type of song 😭😭😭

Stopppp I support idols eating vegetables without complaining like 5 year olds, so this is a green flag for me

LMFAOOOO ONE THING I DONT UNDERSTAND IS THAT SO MANY IDOLS HATE CUCUMBERS???? it tastes like electricity??? bestie whaaat 😭😭😭🤚🏼

Blue Hawaii (the drink) was nice, honestly can't remember udgsuyshshdushs naaaah I don't want anything to escalate unless it's in my head 😏 yeah that bitch was late and interrupted (saved) her then had a problem??? I would whoop his fucking ass actually

HRKWHDEK NO FR WHY WAS HE MEAN????? “girl in front has a staring problem” OKAY?? WHY TF WOULD U CALL HER OUT LIKE THAT 😭😭😭😭 ID MOVE SCHOOLS AND CHANGE NAMES that’s so embarrassing 😭😭😭😭🤚🏼

I have random flashbacks from that dream, but my brain is pretty blank. BUT I HAD ANOTHER ONE pretty sure it involved Rowoon and Seonghwa? I need to stop reading so much fanfiction, seriously. But it felt like they had other faces as well, idk everytime there's an unidentified hot man in my dream I headcanon him as Hwa, it's my duty to do so.

ROWOON AND SEONGHWA????? HELLO???? 😭😭😭😭 U LIVED A KDRAMA ????? no bestie read more ☺️☺️ have more dreams like that ☺️☺️ pls do omg but ceo tae for ur dreams ☺️☺️🤚🏼

I hope they collab with one of the Korean vegan cosmetics brands I use <3 I wanna biteeee 🧛‍♀️ slap only if they act up. I'm just saying Song Mingi looks so good alright and his poses are the best imo 🤷‍♀️ also man has blue streaks now, he's moving fast

ateez collaborations era coming 😩😩 BRMWFBKWBDKW BITE AND THEN SLAP DOUBLE DOUBLE 😭😭😭 no bc he does look so good im tempted to write him after san finally for u <3

One step closer to getting Seonghwa x Soohyuk moment? 🤡

LMFAOOOO FHWKFHDK PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THAT AWARD SHOW BRMEHDKE

San was wearing a rolex too I think? Did daddy CEO buy them or are they their own rich daddies 👀

u know that song about “rich man” yeah that means ateez,,, yunho predebut rich now he’s even more 😮‍💨😮‍💨

*sobs* this whole thread, but especially. Just a cute boy in his STOMPERS thought he was wearing Hot Wheels merch at first - DV 💖

BRMWHDKWDHKW STOMPERS PLS HE WORE THEM AGAIN THEY LOOK LIKE ROACHES 😭😭😭 hot wheels GET OUT FBWKDJKW WAIT NOW U MENTIONED IT ISNT THE ALBUM COLOURS LIKE HOT WHEELS COLOURS 😭😭😭

got so much stuff for u pls one THE WOOYOUNG ONE 😭😭AND

oh and ☺️☺️ here’s ur favourite ceo and this

ALSO A UQUIZ

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The Palace Returns - Nagoya part 1

Hello again from - uh, in transit in between Kobe and Himeji at the moment, haha. I'm typing the start of this report on my phone, since it's gonna be late when I get back to the hotel.

This report will be split in two for reasons that will become apparent later, but here’s the ‘general’ report!

I didn't see my friend today, as I had to get an early start. I had a shinkansen ticket burning in my pocket for 7:28 to Nagoya, so after early breakfast, I hopped over to the station. Turns out there's an underground passage that starts pretty nearby our hotel, so that's very convenient as we need to cross several zebra crossings otherwise. Doesn't sound too bad, except the traffic lights in Japan usually keep you waiting for a while, so that can delay you quite a bit. With how annoyingly punctual the shinkansen are, that's not a risk I want to take, haha. All went fine and I was way in time for my train, so I looked around for souvenirs (entirely unsurprisingly, everything is either white peach flavoured or features Momotarou, usually both) and then went to the tracks. It was already quite hot despite the time, so I was glad to get into my seat and settled in for a 2 hour journey.

The trip took me back over Himeji and Shin-Osaka, although I barely noticed since I spent most of the trip getting some eye shut and nibbling on my melon pan, haha. After Kyoto, the next stop was Nagoya, which should be familiar ground,  except it's been 3 years and my memory is just - incredibly selective apparently, oops. I met up with my Japanese friend here, and together we had a drink and a snack before destination number one for today. Who wants to take a wild guess? ... yeah,  okay, Nagoya castle, haha. I'd been there before, but things are different now. For one, the main keep is no longer accessible and they're planning to take it down next year (nooooo) to rebuild it entirely anew (yaaaay). Two: the adjacent Honmaru palace has undergone serious reconstructions, and they finished that just last June. The screen paintings were already incredible when I only got to see like 20% back in 2015, so this was definitely worth a revisit. 

From Nagoya station,  it's two subway hops to Nagoya castle. We almost immediately wanted to turn around again once above ground, though. Clear blue skies are a fantastic backdrop for castle pictures, but it's less fantastic that they bring out the sun, and Nagoya was already one of the hottest cities in the country this week (the plastic display of green tea in a shop window had melted, I kid you not, it was on the news and everything). Wehhh. At least the walk to the castle grounds was short and the grounds had plenty of trees providing much needed shades. 

One of the turrets came into view first, and upon entering the main grounds, it turned out you could enter it! Since it's an old building made of wood, fire hazard precautions dictate only a select number of people are allowed in at the same time, so we queued for quite a wait (thankfully mostly under the tree covers). The first two floors of the turrets held a lot of information about the building and its ingenuity (they really liked using that word, haha), which was actually very interesting to read and immediately see. The top floor also had information, but stood out the most as it offered a rather amazing view of the main keep and the palace, so I made sure to take some pictures from the window before making it down again down the pretty scary,  dark staircases, haha. (So far I have yet to match the ridiculously high stairs of Matsumoto castle, I honestly thought I'd meet my end there back in 2015).

Next stop, the palace! This is actually way more interesting than the inside of a main keep, which might look impressive on the outside, but was mainly meant for defense. If you want the shiny and impressive screen paintings, the palaces are where they're at, since that's where the shogun  resided and met his vassals and all, so this had to be impressive. 

The Honmaru Goten palace of Nagoya was entirely ruins not too long ago, but they rebuilt it entirely, based on pre-War photos and references. They recreated the paintings as accurately as possible, and boy, shiny and impressive are definitely the words for it. I drained my camera battery trying to catch all the glamour, and the further you got into the higher up rooms, the more impressive they got. Not only the screens,  but also the bolts and ceilings are impressively decorated, and we'll worth a close up study.

It is, however, a time sink, as it was almost 2 pm by the time we got out. Oops. I sneaked around the corner to get some pictures of the main keep against a blue sky backdrop as I don't think I'll get that chance again within the next decade, and then we rushed to Sakae district for very belated lunch and main event number 2 of today, and the whole reason Nagoya was today's side trip. My absolute favourite artist KOKIA had chosen today to perform at Nagoya Blue Note, a pretty intimate venue (about 200 people tops), and it was time to cash in on the tickets.

After a trip to find lunch (Nagoya specialty is a dish with eel, but dang it, all places were closed at this hour and wouldn't open again until the concert started), we went to the hall and got chased down like a dozen stairs,  haha. I was starting to wonder if the concert was secretly in the southern hemisphere or something (at least it's winter there!), but the venue is just - in the basement. Like a jazz club. I'll save the concert review for a separate post, but needless to say is I'm very happy with today's side trip and I'm the proud owner of an album I already had, but this one is signed! Ahhhhhhh~ (hello I love KOKIA a lot)

After a quick get together with fellow fans, it was time to secure new shinkansen tickets (it turns out a lot of people had come from all over the country for this performance, so everyone was glad with the first performance being in the afternoon instead of in the evening, and also a lot of people had trains to catch).

And that leaves me here! I took the Hikari to Osaka, managed to ignore muscle memory leading me back to the Osaka hotel and caught the Kodama for Okayama instead. The Kodama just pulled up from Aioi, the last stop before Okayama, so I timed this report really well, haha.

Time to close up and find my hotel by night as it's now 10:30 pm (what a wild Saturday night), and tomorrow I'll see my friend over breakfast to catch up again. At least this gives us things to talk about, haha! I sent her a text earlier and received a suspiciously pink photo in return, I wonder if she went train spotting, hmmm...

See you tomorrow!!