#but even tho he trusts Johnny he feels like Johnny wouldn’t drop it and would try to find out his identity

[theshadowrealmitself]

Johnny: You know Spiderman better than I do??

Deadpool: I guess I do! Makes sense, since we’re a part of Team Red

Johnny: “Team Red”?

Deadpool: Ya know, me, Spidey, and Daredevil

Johnny: Well I wanna join, I should be on a team with him

Deadpool: Oof…sorry Bluey, but there’s no red in your costume, so you can’t really be a part of “Team Red,” ya dig?

Johnny:

Johnny: I’m fire!

Johnny: Fire is red !!!

[haifengg]

The Dutch Room - Chapter 4

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“Did you solve your problem yet?” Johnny asked and fell into the armchair.

His boss sat on the other side of the office, hunched over a remarkable stack of paperwork. “Problem?” He asked without looking up.

“The … uh … thing that came up a few weeks ago.” Johnny said carefully, not sure if he really forgot about the incident.

“Oh, so you’re not talking about yourself.” One could hear Jaehyun’s smile even if it wasn’t visible. Especially if one’s name was Johnny.

“Why would I refer to myself as a problem?”

“Because you always show up when I'm busy and steal my time.”

“By doing what?”

“By talking to me and not working like everyone else.” He said and finally looked up from his paperwork, smiling.

Johnny sighed. “You suck real bad. Did you know that?”

“I’ve been told, yeah. Honestly tho, what problem are you talking about? There are so many lately.”

Jaehyun leaned back in his chair, crossed his fingers behind his head and put his feet up, looking at his oldest friend.

“The one that dropped dead on your floor.” Johnny scoffed and yawned. Once again it was one of those days they were working late, which basically described every other day in their field of work.

Every single one of them had spent at least a few nights in their office, which is why they all kept travel kits at their desks somewhere.

“Oh.” Jaehyun said and his relatively good mood faded within seconds. “That one.”

“I assume it is as always more serious than you’re telling us right?”

“I don’t need to tell you how serious it is. Everyone working here is qualified enough to know that for themselves. And if they don’t I should consider replacing them. But yes, it is gravely serious. It could ruin the entire project.”

“And I assume you found a solution?” Jaehyun nodded and took down his hands, resting them on his core.

“I did. And I will schedule a meeting as soon as it is set in stone.”

“As always. I’m here now so why don’t you walk me through it?” Johnny offered casually while playing around with the end of his tie.

“I’m really busy …”

Johnny snorted. “Dude, I don’t care. I haven’t talked to you in ages about work let alone anything non-work related. And if business talk is the only talk I get these days I will take whatever you got.”

“Fine. The solution we came up with involves Taeil.”

Johnny suddenly sat up straight in the armchair and looked at his friend in a very confused way.

“Taeil? I thought you decided against using the hostesses.”

“True. We won’t use BARbara. But Taeil is the one who came up with the back-up plan.”

Jaehyun paused to lean forward, leafing through his calendar looking for a specific event.

“On the uh … 4th he’s meeting with the owner of a few high class restaurants. Something japanese. To be honest I neither met the guy yet nor have I heard about his restaurants but Taeil apparently knows him for quite some time and I trust him. After they meet up and where he introduces him to the idea, we will schedule another meeting in which we discuss the specifics.”

“I thought you don’t want to involve more people than necessary? Why are you suddenly considering working with someone you don’t know? This seems chancy.”

“Because”, he began and groaned. “the original plan was the most irresponsible imbecile I’ve met in my career so far and whoever Taeil is talking to in two weeks can’t be worse. I don’t know if you noticed but we don’t have that much time left. And I told all of you before that we’re only doing it if we find a way to clean the money.”

“You did tell us that. Several times. But we always reassured you that we would do it even if you don’t know how to launder the money beforehand. Because we trust you.”

Jaehyun sighed and rested his head in the palms of his hands. “You shouldn’t tho.”

The other shrugged and got up. “We know. But we do against your better judgement.”

“You’re going home?” Jaehyun looked at him in surprise.

“What? No.” He chuckled. “I’m working late, boss. As always.”

***

“Someone home?” Johnny stuck the head through the door as he opened it carefully.

“Come on in!” Song shouted from the back of the studio, her voice weirdly muffled.

So he stepped inside and closed the door behind him, looking around for her but couldn’t find her.

The studio didn’t change much since the last time he visited. The dishes were clean and put up to dry, right next to it was a small stash of toiletries.

Everything looked fine and even more in order than Haechan’s cubicle so why did Jaehyun want him to come up here and check on her? And besides, why didn’t he just do it himself?

He shuffled across the room to take a closer look at the easel and the prints that were spread out on the huge wobbly table alongside with a variety of … ingredients and colors. The canvas was smudged with a mix of brown and green tones.

By this point of progress Johnny wasn’t able to see any resemblance or how the hell this would turn into what was on the prints.

“Oh. It’f you.”

Hearing her voice behind him he turned around to see Song in sweatpants and some threadborne sweatshirt. Just now he realized how late it must have been once again, since Song was brushing her teeth and didn’t bother to take out the toothbrush while talking to him.

“If I knew y’all would take the ‘come by anytime’ fo literally I wouldn’t have faid it.”

“Did someone else come by?”

She nodded and walked over to spit out toothpaste and put away the toothbrush. “Yeah. Haechan came to see me the day before yesterday. And Doyoung yesterday.”

“What did he want?” Johnny asked a little bit too hastily which made her turn around.

“Who?”

“Doyoung.”

The conversation forming between them was clipped and terse but not at all in an uncomfortable way.

“He brought the prints.” She said pointing at the table. “It’s a really good quality and very clean. You can literally see every little detail on it. Did you have a look?”

“Yeah, I did just now. Why was Haechan here?”

Since they were still standing around all dressed up and with nowhere to go, Song just walked over to the sofa and dropped down on it, grabbing a pillow to hold in her arms.

“Nothing too important. He just wanted to know how I am doing. Speaking for what reasons people are showing up here all the time: Why did you come?”

He pulled up the stool she was using to sit on while painting and sat across from her, one arm resting on the table and shrugged.

“Same reason. Just wanted to say ‘hi’.”

“Well, you did that. Something else?”

Johnny chuckled more to himself than to Song. Why wasn’t he able to figure her out? Since she was employed he caught himself wondering what the hell she was doing here and how she ended up being their coworker.

“Have you ever sat one foot on our floor?” He asked trying to change the topic but Song was quick.

She thought for a moment leaning her head to one side, then shaking it. “Why would I? Everyone is coming upstairs anyways. I don’t really have to leave this place.”

“Touche.”

Silence settled between them during which Song scanned the man carefully and Johnny tried to not curse himself for coming here. Nice gestures never were a thing at this company so why did he thought it would be a good idea to start being nice?

Right. He though. It was about what Doyoung said and how right he turned out to be. The girl … woman sitting across from him didn’t really fit in with all of them. And even though he corrected his thoughts from girl to woman he couldn’t deny that there certainly was something fairly young about her. She definitely looked her age and she probably had both whit and sass but … something didn’t add up.

“Do you want to drink? Something?” Song suddenly asked and got up.

Johnny jumped to his feet as well and gladly said: “Yes, please!”

***

Song chucked the last sip of wine and lowered her glass. Johnny reached for it to replenish her drink for the fourth time but she quickly covered with both hands.

“No no no, I’m good.” She laughed.

They both sat in front of the sofa, legs crossed and leaning against it. He had no idea of how long they had been sitting together like this but two hours probably already had passed since he got here.

“Are you sure?” He asked sliding the bottle of white wine back into the cooler.

“Yes. Absolutely. This is actually way more than I usually have. If you have questions you only want honest answers to: Ask them now.” She stated jokingly and waved away her sobriety.

Johnny laughed. “Okay, let me think.”

When he wasn’t saying anything for a few seconds she turned her head to look at him and found him actually thinking about what he wanted to ask her.

Song curiously and patiently waited for him to ask:

“What do you think of Panoma?”

Their eyes met and she could see how serious his question was. He really wanted her honest opinion about the company and/or the people working here.

“Well”, Song began but hesitated. “about the people or more about the entire thing?”

“Whatever you want.”

She sighed. “To be honest: I don’t think this is for me.”

Johnny’s eyes widened at an answer he didn’t expect at all. “What does that mean?”

“See, I feel like you all know each other so well. Yeah, sure I am the new one and y’all don’t know me and we don’t have a history but I am not sure if we will get along well eventually. And this is just the case for getting along well. Not exceptionally well or being a great team. Whatever that involves.”

He put down his wine glass ready to give her his unshared attention. This seemed to have bothered her for a while. “What exactly makes you think that?”

“This might sound weird but … to me you all seem like criminals.”

“You aren’t exactly whitecollar either. I chose your file out of 20 others because I like to think of you as someone who screws people over twice. First time by forging art and replacing it and the second time when you keep the original to yourself.”

“But compared to you that’s nothing.” She said, using one the one hand that wasn’t still holding the empty glass to empathize the arguments. “You are professional criminals. Working in a company devoted to launder money and steal shit. This is organized crime. What I do … every art-school graduate could do it. It all comes down to very basic things.”

Johnny sighed. “What makes you think you don’t fit in?”

She sat on her knees, putting aside the glass she was holding up until this moment and looked him directly into the eyes.

“I don’t know? Jaehyun is super scary and June is so … flawless? Doyoung seems a bit odd and I don’t know what to think of you but you are professionals. You work in an office, wear ties and suits, do paperwork, crunch numbers, have desks with files on them.”

“Is that how you define professionalism? That we appear to be harmless office employees but aren’t?”

Song nodded quietly.

“Under the pretext of commonplace?”

“Yes.”

There she was again. The girl Song that seemed so innocent and harmless as if she couldn’t hurt nobody and has no criminal record. As if they were two different personalities sharing one shell.

Johnny chuckled and suddenly the dramatic tension that had built up in the studio imploded and disappeared.

“I don’t mean to offend you personally but that’s very naive of you to think. Romanticizing our field of work is what writers do. And I have to ask you to neither put June nor Jaehyun on a pedestal because those two ain’t perfect. Also they’re not the cold and calculating professionals you think they are. “

He saw her face and immediately backtracked. “Don’t get me wrong: Both are evil masterminds and exceptionally at their jobs. But they have their flaws.” He leaned back. “Did you hear about Lucas?”

“Who’s that?”

“He used to work here before we hired you.”

“Why past tense?”

“He … quit. That aside: Lucas and June had an affair that was going on for quite a while if I remember correctly.”

Song gasped and choked. All Johnny did was laughing at her gasping which made things worse.

“Does everyone know?” She asked after catching her breath and being pat on the back by Johnny.

“I’m not sure but I assume at least Haechan does know. Nothing really goes past him. If you want to know things in the future I suggest you ask him.”

He returned to the semi serious attitude he had about himself for the entire evening as he said: “But my point is: Even though I don’t know if there were feelings involved or what exactly their arrangement was, it is what it is. An affair between two coworkers. And if that’s not the epitome of non-professionalism - I don’t know what is.“

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[hamilton-one-shots]

Hamilton High School AU 56

And, sitting in a circle with a few friends, he was. Everyone was looking over their finished makeovers proudly, especially Lucy, who was new to the whole thing.

"Show Tommy how pretty I am!" she begged as she bounced in place.

John smiled and took a picture of her, sending it to Thomas. [She only cares what you think, no other boys are mentioned]

As much as he was against the idea, he couldn't help but smile at the caption and at how happy Lucy looked. [Good, no other boy should see her when she's this beautiful xx] [Besides you, of course xx]

He sent a picture of himself to Thomas and Alex separately with the same caption. [Laf is an artist!]

Thomas chuckled and gave Aaron the phone. "Here, take a picture of me when I say." He laid down on the ground as if he'd passed out.

"You're a strange man, Thomas Jefferson." He took the picture anyways and gave back the phone.

Thomas sent the picture as it was.

Alexander didn't know what to say or do, his boyfriend was too gorgeous for words. [U r prfecshun! I dont deserve u]

John responded to him first, too busy giggling at Thomas's picture to respond. [Trust me, you deserve me. <3]

Alexander smiled and got back to work.

John responded to Thomas. [I guess I should never send these pictures again, then? : P]

[I'd rather actually die than hear those words again ; ) xx] [I gotta go help Burr, I'll see you later, beautiful xx]

Lafayette sent his own picture to Hercules.

[How did I get lucky enough to find a datemate like you? ; )] [You're going to look so stunning at the dance, nobody but me will be able to look at you without fainting.]

[If that is true, it will be because of your dress more than anything else.]

[Baby, you're beautiful! Don't forget that.]

He smiled and went to his bag, where Rosie had been sleeping and was now trying to escape.

The second that he let her out, Lucy squealed and ran over, picking her up. "A kitten!"

She mewled, displeased, and Lafayette took her back before she could hurt Lucy or before Lucy hurt her.

"You must be careful with her. She is just as alive as you and me. You wouldn't want someone picking you up and shaking you around, would you?"

"No.. Sorry kitty..."

"Her name is Rosie. Here you go. Nice and gentle."

She carefully held the kitten and pet her head. "Hi.. I'm Lucy."

Susan came over and pet her back, giggling. "Hi, kitty."

John smiled and took a picture, sending it to his boyfriends. [This is how I die. Cuteness overload.]

[Surprised I'm not dead yet, then ; ) xx]

[Ur so much cutr tho]

He chuckled. They were so similar in some ways, especially when it came to John.

He and everyone else sat and watched movies for essentially the rest of the day, as if it were a girl's day in. Around 6, Thomas and Alexander got to the apartment and John buzzed them in, despite everyone else protesting.

"Hey, Sunsh-" Thomas was interrupted by everyone besides John throwing pillows at him.

"No boys!"

"This is a girl's day!"

Alexander laughed until he was also assaulted with flying pillows.

John laughed and stepped outside with them. "Sorry. You know how it is, girls day in."

"... But you're a boy, aren't you?" Alexander asked.

"Yeah, but I qualify. They said I'm pretty enough." He smiled proudly.

"I could've told you that, hon." Thomas winked and John rolled his eyes.

"Alright. You guys heard the rules. No boys besides me." He waved them off.

Thomas tutted. "Alright, but you owe me a date tomorrow."

"I know and we'll be disbursed by tomorrow at three, at the latest."

"I'll see you then."

John nodded. "And I'll see you later, too." He kissed Alexander's cheek.

"I'll see you Monday." He smiled and pecked his lips, frowning a bit when Thomas did the same. It hurt seeing his boyfriend, his John, kissing another guy. But he wasn't about to complain about it. He made John happy and that was all that matters.

John also wanted Alexander to be happy, though, and he could see that he clearly wasn't.

"Hamilton, are you coming? I'll take you home."

"Yeah.."

"Actually," John said, "Can you give us a minute? I want to talk to him."

Thomas nodded and went downstairs, waiting outside of his car and taking a smoke break.

John pulled Alexander into a hug and kissed his cheek. "Are you sure you're okay with this?.."

"Yeah.. I just.. It's going to take some getting used to."

"You know I still love you, right? I love you just as much not as I did before I realized I loved him too."

"I know.. It's just kind of weird after everything that happened."

John nodded. "I get it. He's not pushing you out of the picture, I swear that much to you."

Alexander buried his face in his chest. "Can we talk about this alone? Before you go out with him tomorrow?"

"Of course we can. I'll probably need to borrow something to wear from Laf, anyways." He kissed the top of his head. "I'll see you then."

"Okay... Am I bad for being jealous? Like... I know I promised I wouldn't be, but I can't stop it and I'm sorry.. I shouldn't be jealous after-"

"Hey.. Slow down there. I understand if you're kind of jealous.. You're really doing a lot for me through this.. But nothing is going to change, I swear. I still love you just as much as before and nothing's ever going to stop that." He pulled away from the hug and kissed him.

Alexander melted against his lips. John always made him feel better and kissing John always made the world feel alright again. Whether or not John was dating Thomas, nothing could take that away from him. When he pulled away, he smiled. "Thank you..."

"Anytime." He pecked his lips one more time before watching him go downstairs, then going back inside.

Alexander looked better as he went to Thomas, tutting as he saw him smoking. "Does John know you do that?"

"Yeah. Got a problem with it?" He stomped out the cigarette before getting in the car, Alexander getting in the passenger's seat.

"It smells disgusting and secondhand smoke kills. I don't want John to die."

"Says the man who left him alone when he had a panic attack to the one who makes sure he's away from John before smoking."

Alexander grumbled. "Stop holding that over my head!"

"I could hold a lot of things over your head, Hamilton. My point is I'm pretty sure John hated having a panic attack for hours while you exposed his life to the public, then having to lie about it a whole lot more than some bad habit." Thomas had half a mind to start smoking in his car to prove a point had he not remembered that Lucy's booster seat was in the backseat. The last thing he wanted was for her to begin smelling like smoke because he wanted to be petty.

"And I'm pretty sure that I hate the fact that my boyfriend likes someone else even more than all of that combined, but you don't see me kicking your ass to the curb."

Thomas sighed. "You're impossible. You do realize that I'm not a threat to your relationship, right? John's not leaving you for me, he made that clear. He loves you."

"And he loves you."

"And we love him. Lord knows I'd love for him to drop you, even before you added me in, but I'm not going to make him because, for some unknown reason, having you around makes him happy and that's all I care about. I don't give a damn about you and you don't give a damn about me. There'll be hell to pay if you make John suffer for it, that's a promise."

Alexander went quiet. He didn't know if it was because Thomas scared him or because he was right, but he went quiet.

"Look. I'm not going to lay a hand on you, I promised John I'd back off. But if I hear you hurt him again, you won't be so lucky. He wouldn't hurt you no matter what you did. You screw up, I'll kick your ass. I screw up, Lafayette kicks my ass. So we both work to make John happy. We're dating him, that's our job. Get it?"

"Of course I want to make John happy. I'm not the one that tried to rape him."

"I did not try to rape him. I'd never do that, not to him."

"You tried to rape me."

"I hate you."

"Great excuse."

Thomas gritted his teeth. At least he was trying to fix his mistakes. Alexander was just trying to excuse his. "Look, we're at your place. Get out."

Alexander gladly did just that, getting out and slamming the door shut.

Thomas drove off and went home.

"Where's Lucy? I thought you were watching her?" Kevin asked as soon as he walked through the door.

He guessed his mom was home. "She's sleeping over with some friends. I just want to go to my room, alright?"

"Thomas, treat him with a little more respect."

"Come on, mom, I'm tired. I've had a long day."

She sighed. "Alright, fine. Go upstairs."

He went upstairs and took a long, hot shower, then collapsed into his bed. Things were still so complicated.

John ordered pizza for his sleepover and helped Lucy clean the makeup off of her face before eating with everyone.

"Johnny, are you and Tommy dating again? He seems all happy like he did when he dated you before."

John smiled. "I think we are."

She pouted. "You get two boyfriends?.. Why can't I have one?"

"Because having a boyfriend is a lot of responsibility. Sure, there's the fun of having him carry your books and give you compliments, but you have to make sure he's happy, too. And, don't tell him I told you this, but most girls date once they're about my age."

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen. I began dating when I was sixteen."

She counted on her fingers. "How many more years is that?"

"Ten, but it'll go by really fast if you're a good girl. If you keep being mean to the kids at school, then it'll take longer."

"Why?"

"Because growing up is all about learning from your mistakes and the more mistakes you make, the more learning you have to do."

She nodded, completely trusting him. "Why did Tommy say I can't date until I'm thirty? I'll be old by then!"

John chuckled. "Its because not all boys are princes. Some are really mean and they don't really like you and they hurt your feelings. He just wants to make sure that you don't get hurt."

"I understand.." After a few seconds, she had one more question. "How did you know I was being mean?.. They only tell mommy and mean Mr Kevin because they're grownups."

John always had an answer to that one. "Santa Claus told me."

She gasped. "You know Santa?!"

Susan came over. "Yeah! He helps Santa get my toys."

John nodded. "It's true."

"Wow! I promise I'll be better!"

"That's great. You know he's always watching."

She nodded and took her plate from John once he finished cleaning off her makeup.

Maria smiled and sat with John. "You are such a mom."

"This coming from an actual mom."

"I'm serious. And I don't mean it in a bad way. You're so good with kids, no wonder Susan and Lucy love you."

Lafayette nodded in agreement. "It's true."

He chuckled. "Thanks, guys.."

"On an unrelated note, when did you start dating Thomas?"

"Yesterday.. Alexander knows how I feel about him and asked him to kind of join in.. So, we're going on a date tomorrow."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?.." Maria asked quietly, Lafayette seeming just as worried.

"He's different. I know he is. I trust him."

"You know that if he hurts you, I will kill him," Lafayette promised.

"That won't be necessary. I really like him.. He made some bad mistakes, but he's past that. I know he is."

They looked at each other, still a bit unsure, but they ultimately decided to trust John and, by extension, trust Thomas. Still, they'd be keeping an eye on him.

After a night of pizza eating and Disney movie watching, everyone fell asleep on the floor. In the morning, Maria had to leave for work, but everyone else stayed in the apartment. While Lafayette took Rosie out for a walk, John made breakfast and fed the girls, eating with them. When Lafayette came back in, he asked him to keep an eye on the girls.

"I've so been slacking on my art. I want to work on it today, if that's alright with you."

"Of course. These two are angels." He smiled and waved John off.

"You're a lifesaver." He went to his room and shut the door behind him as he began painting. Like James said, he was painting to go with a supernatural theme, sticking with mainly ghosts and spirits. All of the paintings were done in warm grays and very little color, an eerie feeling in the room as he put them all around to dry. So much so that when Susan walked in, she burst into tears. John picked her up and took her out, rocking her. "It's not real, it's just my painting. I promise You're okay."

She sniffled and cried on his shoulder for a minute.

"What did you need, sweetie?"

"Mr Laf told me to tell you it was lunchtime.."

"Okay. I'll be over there in a second." He kissed her cheek and put her down when she was finished crying, sending her back to the kitchen.

John went back and cleaned up his paints, then locked his bedroom door and went to the kitchen, finding that Lafayette had actually cooked something. "Oh, thanks, Laf. You could've just ordered out, I could've paid."

"Nonsense, it was no trouble. Come eat."

John wasn't going to argue with food. He sat in the living room and ate with everyone else, taking a break. By the time that Alexander had gotten there, he'd practically forgotten his paintings in favor of Lafayette's amazing cooking. He hopped to his feet and buzzed Alexander in, then went and checked on the paint while he waited for him to get to the apartment.

Lafayette answered the door and smiled. "Hello. Sorry, John just went back to his room to put up his paintings." He let Alexander in and shut the door behind him.

He waved at the girls as they sat on the couch, but was more concerned with getting to his boyfriend. He went back to his bedroom and felt a chill go down his spine as he pushed the door open. "Hey.."

John smiled and turned to him, going and hugging him. "Hey. Sorry about the mess.. Let's go to the other room."

Alexander didn't even know John had another room. He assumed that door led to some closet, but no. There was a whole other bedroom, this one with plastic all over the ground and clay and a bunch of other materials in the corner. "What's that trashcan in here for?" It would've been easy to ignore had it been a regular kitchen trash can and not a full sized, metal garbage can.

"It's a furnace. I couldn't really afford a real one, so I made that one. It's good for metal and for firing clay, so yeah."

"Metal?"

"Yeah, melting metal and making new works out of it. That's why I put it in the room with the balcony, to let the fumes out."

"Oh.. Anyways, I'm sorry.."

"For what?"

"I shouldn't be so jealous... I talked about it with Thomas and I get it.. I shouldn't be this jealous of him.."

"Oh, honey.. It's okay to be a little jealous sometimes.. That's why I didn't tell you I wanted to be with Thomas, because I didn't want you to think that it meant getting you out of the picture.. That's not what I want at all. I love you just as much as I love him."

Alexander smiled. "I love you too.." He leaned up and kissed John, sighing contently.

John hummed into the kiss and wrapped his arms around him, holding him close. He never wanted to lose Alex, not in a million years. Alexander was his other half and Thomas was the missing piece in his heart. He loved them both in the same way, but in different ways, in a way that he could hardly describe. But he didn't have to describe it because they understood. Without a word, they both understood. "I'm so lucky.." he muttered as he pulled away.

"Oh, come on, you're not nearly as lucky as I am. I get to date you." He smiled.

John chuckled. "Let's agree to disagree.." He checked the time. "I should get ready soon.. Do you mind?"

"Of course not. You have your date with Thomas and I can hang out with Laf and Susan at home." Again, he'd be lying if he said he wasn't a bit jealous, but it was a lot more manageable than it was before. John loved him, he knew he did. Making sure Thomas wouldn't get in the way of that was the true problem.

John kissed his cheek before walking off, going to the bathroom and taking a shower, then getting dressed in a plain shirt and shorts. He even shaved his legs, just like he had for his date with Alexander.

Once he was ready, Lafayette drove everyone to their house, even taking Lucy and Susan over after John told Thomas and Maria. The girls went up to his room and Alexander and John waited in Alexander's room, laying in his bed.

"I'm glad to see you've been taking care of Squirtle."

"Of course I have been. I love him almost as much as I love you."

John kissed his forehead and sighed. "This is nice.. Just laying here, in the quiet."

Alexander nodded and cuddled against him.

[dong-hyucks]

7, 19, 92, enemies to lovers AU for nct jaehyun!! :-) congrats on 1000 once again hehe 💓 -🌻✨

Jung Jaehyun ; “I dreamt about you last night.” , “Can I hold your hand?” , “I want you to be happy.” + Enemies↣ Lovers!AU

Prompts here.Masterlists

wow what a bias wrecker

okay so some backstory

you and jeffrey over here have known each other since he got back from america

everyone fawned over him when he got back

you were probably like,, the only one at school who got tired of his little “i lived in america, that’s why i’m here, man!!” joke

you: we get it can you stop now

when he found out you were annoyed by him in general he was a bit confused

he’d never spoken to you before so he thought your disliking of him was a bit dumb

you found out because his friends have loud mouths

which only fueled your hatred oops

because you thought he was calling you dumb behind your back

anyway after you guys graduated

you didn’t see each other much

that is

until you became a makeup artist for sm

the gods were against you because you were assigned to nct

you couldn’t do anything about it tho because it was a good job and you’d rather not get fired

besides, you could tolerate the other boys (for the most part)

this little hatred is a bit one sided

he just likes to mess with you but he doesn’t hate you

like he’d take a lipbalm thing from your bag without you noticing

you’d know it was him but he would play innocent

he would put it back once you turned away tho

“see!! it’s right there”

you rolling your eyes out of your head

whenever it was his turn to get his makeup done or his hair fixed

you had to refrain yourself from making him look like a clown

even being so close to his face infuriated you smh

the boys didn’t really see why you ‘disliked’ each other

like they’d interrogate jaehyun after witnessing him steal your makeup supplies a few times (always giving it back ofc)

he’d never have a legit answer??

“it’s funny to see [Y/N] get angry they’re like a cat lol”

“jae that’s not–”

and then if they’d ask you about it

which was a mistake

the entire time you did the person’s makeup (probably taeyong oml) you’d literally be listing the reasons why jaehyun irritates you

ty: never again

taeyong would tell jaehyun about what you said and he’d be like ???

“they aCTUALLY DISLIKE ME??”

like he thought you had gotten over your resentment from school and you were just playing along

slow child, he is

so after that he’d kind of just lay low

he wouldn’t steal anything anymore or make any teasing comments

which you were half grateful for but at the same time it was weird not glaring daggers at him practically every day

now that he wasn’t playing around with you, you kind of realized how much of an angel he was

bUt you were too prideful to step down 

so you kept your distance

which the boys noticed like right away

they probably made a gc about you guys tbh

anyway now that you weren’t glaring at him 24/7 or making any snarky remarks

jaehyun was able to look at you without feeling like you weren’t going to bite his head off

he started noticing some things

like how you rake your hand through your hair when you’re getting stressed over the makeup

or how you cover your mouth when you laugh (if you don’t do this then read the bold lol)

or how you’re able to laugh comfortably around the boys

and how you bite your lips when you’re concentrating on doing makeup admittedly he got caught staring at your lips by yuta 

and the cute way you furrow your brows together

you’re so different around others than when you’re with him

with him you just stay quiet and don’t say much unless you’re instructing him to move his face in whatever way

but with the boys and with the other staff members

you joke around a lot

and smile easily

he found himself wanting to see you do that in front of him

after like a month of admiring you from afar it kind of just hit him like

“i??? like??? [Y/N]???”

he wouldn’t be that surprised with himself considering the fact he had started to search for you in a room whenever he entered

and the fact that seeing you made him feel all tingly

he’d be kind of nonchalant about it but at the same time he’s torn over whether or not he should confess

he still believes you hate him honestly

he texted johnny about it and ranted for like an hour talking about the pros and cons of confessing

he also fawned over you a bit

however

he made a grave mistake

he accidentally texted yuta and not johnny

rip jung “jeffrey” jaehyun

all of the members, including the ones who hadn’t debuted yet + jaemin, knew of his crush within the hour

half of them would just dismiss it and go one with their lives

the other half were devious and made a plan

a majority of that other half were the dreamies tbh

they got updates on your interactions with jaehyun from donghyuck

occasionally mark

so basically, the dreamies except for the hyung line + yuta came together to make a plan (with doyoung subtly giving ideas smh what a snake)

in hindsight they realized the plan was dumb but hEy it worked

so basically

the boys hid your really expensive makeup palette (i know nothing about makeup sorry)

right before the boys (including the dreamies) had to go on a broadcast

smart idea guys, very smart

so basically you got really worried

because you and the other makeup artists shared that palette because it was gigantic

when it got to the point where the other artists were getting impatient

you were the youngest out of all of them yet you were trusted with the most expensive thing lol

jaehyun saw you freaking out and went over

he didn’t even think about it like the moment he saw your eyes glaze over he kinda sprinted to you

took you out of the room, away from the crowd of people, and into a spare room

you were still freaking out and now you were just “jaeHYUN LEMME GO I NEED TO GO FIND IT–”

he’d literally just hug you and rub your back

he wouldn’t say anything

you’d calm down a bit but you were still worried

jaehyun noticed and frowned

“can i hold your hand?” 

you’d kind of just pull away and give jaehyun a weird look

so he just took your hand and interlaced his fingers, sending you a gentle smile

your heart would actually be pounding

you were confused

why was he acting like this? you didn’t know

so once you calmed down immediately he’d take you back into the room and help you search for it because it’s easier to find things with a calm mind (is it? idk)

and yet

there it was– in jisung’s arms

you couldn’t even be mad because he looked so sorry about it

so basically you and the other artists were rushing to get the boys makeup done but it’s alright cause they’re going to look great no matter what you do

you went home that night with jaehyun on your mind

like you were conflicted

so you texted jaehyun for answers

your texts were really formal because even tho you had his number you never really texted him before

like proper punctuation, grammar, everything

“Hey… why did you do that? Earlier today, I mean.”

jaehyun was probably on his phone when he got the text

he legit counted to ten before answering your text

“wdym?”

he obviously didn’t care as much for formalities as you did

“You know what I mean.”

you know that feeling you get when you see a speech bubble and it just disappears and then reappears again

yeah that’s how you felt

the speech bubble kept appearing and disappearing for a straight three minutes before he finally sent anything

“i want you to be happy.”

you may or may not have left him on read

‘Read 11:39 PM’

you had jaehyun staying up all night over that wow

that night you didn’t get much sleep

but when you did fall asleep you had a dream

a certain someone was sitting beside you at a table

apparently you were studying, just like you did in school

he merely turned to you and smiled, resting his hand against his cheek and outright staring at you lovingly

then you woke up

you screamed into your pillow when you realized how you felt about that someone

“i like jaehyun oh my god”

you stayed in bed shook for so long you were almost late for work

you saw jaehyun in the elevator and literally spun on your heel to take the stairs

he chased after you like the drama character he is

“wait, [Y/N]!”

when he caught up to you he was panting

which confused you because he literally just ran down a hall??? like you do very complicated and tiring (yet amazing) dances man c’mon

“please don’t avoid me,” he pleaded with a sad look in his eyes

you didn’t answer because you knew you’d die if you looked into his eyes

this made jaehyun feel worse because he thought he upset you again

“can you tell me what i did wrong?”

without even thinking you blurted out, “i dreamt about you last night, okay?”

um no

not okay

realizing what you just said you tried to run away again

he didn’t let you, keeping a firm grasp on your wrist (without hurting you)

“you dreamt about me??” he would ask, astonished

you nodded bashfully; you couldn’t take it back anyway, he’d know you were lying if you said no

“how do you feel about me?”

hoo boy jaehyun straight forward much

you practically glued your lips shut, afraid of revealing another thing you would’ve rather kept secret

he knew you weren’t going to answer so he just continued anyway

“i like you”

your jaw dropped

“i’ve liked you for a while now, and it’s okay if you don’t feel the same, i just wanted to tell you–”

he stopped when he felt your arms wrap around his torso

you covered your face using his chest/neck (idk depends on your height) because you could feel your face getting hotter

you couldn’t see but he was blushing too

“i like you too, idiot.”