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anyamaris · 1 year ago

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Something Sweet

Word Count-3055

Summary- You and your friend have started a weekly ritual of baking in your apartment, and you both find yourselves enjoying each others company more and more.

Pairing- Kyungsoo x f!reader

Trope-Friends to lovers AU

Warnings-Sexual language, vulgarity, baking (food), unprotected sex (wrap it up irl), oral (fem receiving) MINORS DNI 18+

Tags- @cultofdionysusnet @wooyoungmybelovedhusband @yoonguurt @shinestarhwaa @babesindestroyland @lemonhongjoong @stardragongalaxy @kpop-stories-21 @flowerboykun @millennial-fangirl @ericssmile @kthpurplesyou @changbinslovelylegs @yeosxxx @ssaboala

A/N- I COULDNT HELP IT-I needed to write Kyungsoo cause his lips are killing me and I....I am getting wrecked by my wrecker. I hope tags are ok for everyone-if you are getting tagged and don't want to be tagged for anything besides certain things, please feel free to let me know! Also-I'm so nervous about this one so please feel free to give feedback and I am totally fine with constructive criticism.

@starillusion13 LOOK I WROTE AN EXO

As always-Thank you to @babesindestroyland for being so helpful and encouraging to me while I have panic attacks over this. @stardragongalaxy as well for talking me through it all! I love you all and thank you for reading! 🤍💜🤍

Thank you as always to @cafekitsune for the absolutely gorgeous banners and dividers I always use, I adore your work!

“Okay! That’s everything….” you say to yourself, letting your eyes sweep over the ingredients you had on the counter. You check the time and realize you still have about 30 minutes before Kyungsoo would arrive, so you run to take a quick shower and change. Turning off the blow dryer, you peek at your phone and see you’ve got a few minutes so you make your way back to the kitchen. Your friend is always on time so you just triple check that you have everything and pull some fruit out of the fridge to snack on while you both bake.

You’d both started this weekly ritual when you had been baking at home one day when he’d stopped by with some of your friends. He had expressed his own interest in baking and cooking, and you’d gotten to talking. He’d shocked you by asking for you to text or call him the next time you’d felt like destressing like this and to invite him along. So the following week, when you found yourself pulling out supplies, you’d sent him a text, not expecting anything.

To your surprise, he had messaged back almost immediately asking what he could bring and that he was on his way over. Initially, you’d been concerned that it might be awkward. You had all been friends since college, but Kyungsoo was on the quiet side and while you’d had plenty of conversations, you couldn’t recall spending any alone time with him. You remember the little butterflies in your tummy when you realized you’d be able to get to know him a bit better one on one. Possibly getting closer to him.

Smiling down at the ingredients, you can’t help but feel your excitement spike as the doorbell rings. This was the moment you looked forward to every week now, spending an afternoon baking something interesting with him, then either cooking or ordering in if you wanted to just clean up and relax while watching a movie. Many nights you both just talked without even watching whatever you’d put on.

Opening the door, you smile at Kyungsoo as he gives you a big grin. “What are we making this week?” he asks as he makes his way in. You grab the bag he brought, tsking at him. “I know, you can tell me all day not to bring things, but I’m not going to listen. Just deal with it.” he says before you can complain and you laugh, unable to help it. For a long time, his sometimes abrupt way of speaking used to make you think he was a bit cold, but you’d come to realize that he was just blunt and honest. It made him that much more interesting to you. Interesting and attractive. You shake your head, trying to ground yourself back into reality.

“Cupcakes! I thought it would be fun to decorate them and send them home with you for the other guys.” you say, making your way into the kitchen. He goes and immediately gets the apron you’d designated for him and he turns to eye the array of ingredients you have out. “Sounds good, but they don’t deserve cupcakes.” you snort at his comment and he smiles at you as you laugh. “So true. Especially Chanyeol and Baekhyun.” you say and he nods,groaning.

“I’d rather give them to a stranger than those two,” he mumbles and you shake your head. “Ok! I thought it’d be fun to color some of the buttercream, or we can leave it and decorate with all of these…” you say, showing him all the fun little sprinkles and decorations you’d picked up. “Also, let’s discuss flavors for the cupcakes themselves…” You both are swept away by the excitement of your shared love of creating and being able to work together.

Before you know it, the cupcakes are out of the oven, and the buttercream is made, separated into fun colors. “All that’s left is to let them cool and ... .the super fun clean up!” you say and swipe a finger across the paddle you’d used to beat the buttercream as you remove it from your mixer. “Mmmm!” you say, always excited to taste the outcome of your efforts.

“Good?” he asks as he watches you taste it and you nod, holding out the little left on it. He smiles and shakes his head, already setting up the sink for clean up. “You don’t have to help me with this part, you know.” you say, as you always do since you started this. You remove your apron, taking his as well to put to the side. “One day you’ll give up on that silly argument. We both bake together, we both clean up.” he states, leaving no room for argument and you shrug. “Fine, fine.” you glance over at him and can’t help but grin at his handsome face smiling back at you.

He laughs as he dries his hands as you’re finishing up washing. “What?” you ask and he glances over at you. “It’s just…I’m glad you actually texted me to start doing this. It’s…nice.” he says, then looks at you. “Oh geez, Y/n…” he says, and reaches out, running his thumb over the side of your mouth, showing you the buttercream. “Oh…” you blush, embarrassed momentarily, but then you watch as he puts his thumb into his mouth as he stares at you. “You’re right…” he says in a low tone.

You swallow hard as heat ignites in the pit of your stomach and your cheeks flare a brighter shade of red, gripping the counter as you watch him lick his full lips. “It’s delicious.” he says, his eyes flicking down to your lips. “Oh uh…” you manage, your hand going to your mouth to wipe at it. “Sorry…I -” but you’re cut off as he gently grips your hand and pulls you closer, his arm slipping around your waist. Your heart is beating in your throat as he pauses to study your face, his eyes seeming to be asking permission.

When you don’t pull away and you just stare up at him as you quiver gently in his arms, he brushes your hair back from your forehead. “So sweet.” he says as he brushes his lips over yours, and you can’t help but let out a small whine. He stops momentarily to let out a small breathy laugh and you dip your head, berating yourself. “Have you wanted this as much as I have, then?” he asks softly and you look up into his big, dark eyes. “Yes, I-” you whisper, but his lips are on yours, this time more eager.

You let yourself lean into him, finally getting over the shock as you wrap your arms around his neck. He backs you up to the counter, his body pressing against yours as his lips part, his tongue slipping along the seam of your mouth. You open to him, and his tongue searches for yours, his hand slipping up into your hair, lightly cupping the back of your head as he deepens the kiss.

Your senses are enhanced; the silence of the apartment seems to emphasize the soft, wet noise of your mouths meeting; the rhythm of your heart increasing as his fingertips skim your scalp, the hitch of his breath as he presses against you and you can feel his arousal against your thigh. Your soft whimper as you bunch his shirt in your fist, pulling at him, wanting more. You gasp as his lips leave yours, planting kisses along your jawline, then down to your neck. You clench your thighs together at his soft breath on your skin, his small low noises as he stops, resting his forehead against your collarbone. You run your fingers through his hair as he lets out little puffs of air, his hands grip your waist, his thumbs rubbing the skin under the waistband of your pants.

You hear his audible swallow and he pulls back to look at you, his dark eyes searching yours. “We should stop here. If we keep-” he starts, but cuts himself off as he looks at you. His hand comes up to cup your face, and you lean into it, your gaze never leaving his. His thumb traces your bottom lip as he bites his own. “If you keep looking at me like that-” he whispers, but you open your mouth to nip at his thumb, then take it into your mouth to suck gently on it.

His groan has arousal pooling in between your thighs and he yanks you to him, grasping your hair lightly in his fist as he gently tips your head back to look up at him. “I’m not playing around with you, if we go further, things will change between us. I want that clear.” he says bluntly and you feel your body tremble in his arms. “Yes.” you say and he studies you momentarily, as if confirming and giving you time to back out. Instead, you move your legs to allow him to press his thigh between yours, your hand tugging at his shirt.

A smile plays across his lips as he presses his mouth to yours. “You’re mine then, from here on.” “Yes-” you start, but his tongue is rolling against yours, leaving you breathless as his fingers slip under the seam of your shirt. His thigh presses between your legs, yanking a moan from your throat as his hands slip under your shirt. Suddenly, he’s pulling it up, forcing your arms up as he yanks it over your head. You grab the counter behind you as his lips brush your neck, an arm around your waist, his free hand splayed over your ribs right under your bra.

“Beautiful…” he whispers against your skin, causing the hair to raise all along your body. You can only let out little breaths and moans as his mouth moves along your collarbone, to your shoulder, kissing as his fingers slip under the strap of your bra, gently pulling it down your arm. Your fingers go into his hair again, urging him on. Your head falls back as his soft lips skim along the flesh of your breast above the material, and then he’s tugging the garment down, exposing your bare tit. You glance down at him as his tongue flicks across his lips, his eyes on yours as he takes your nipple into his mouth. The sight of him doing that has you crying out, his teeth grazing the sensitive bud.

You instinctively draw your leg up to go around him, and he responds by adjusting himself so he’s between both of your legs, then grinding himself against your aching core. “Please-” you gasp out and his hands are in your pants, pushing them down as he cups your ass. The hand tugging them down slips between your legs, plunging into the lake of arousal pooling there. The low growl in his throat, his eyes seeming to darken even more before he’s dropping down, hands running along your skin as he removes your pants and panties completely.

You can’t stop the trembling in your body as you look down at him on his knees, hands on both thighs as he spreads you open. “Kyungsoo-” you gasp, gripping the counter behind you, your hand tightening in his hair. He gives you the smallest of smiles before he presses his face into you, his tongue immediately separating your folds, tasting your desire for him. His plush lips are pressing against your clit, his tongue lapping up your juices as his hands open you more, his fingers coming to assist him. Your leg is shaking and his eyes are on yours as you watch him, your lips parted and your face flushed. The tip of his tongue is testing you, his gaze studying you to see what you like.

At each hitch of breath and moan, he applies the knowledge better, his fingers teasing along your entrance. Moving to get a better angle below you, he takes your left leg and moves it over his shoulder to steady you, and you lean back for him, never taking your eyes off what he’s doing. Suddenly, his lips are around your nub and he’s sucking, his fingers slipping into you. “Kyungsoo!” you cry out and he hums against you in response, his fingers curling and searching as he plunges them in and out of you.

“There-yes-yes-” you gasp and he hums louder, urging you on as your hips move on their own, the heat in your abdomen close to burning you up. “Please!” you cry and he slides another finger in as he presses against the spongy spot inside of you. Your whole body is quivering as your walls start to clench around his fingers, then it’s like a dam bursts as you tense up, flooding around his fingers as he continues to pump in and out of you. “Oh god!” you bite out as he pulls his fingers back, his tongue delving where they were to taste you. The feel of his tongue probing against your hole has you pleading for more, your hands grasping at his shirt and he lets out a small laugh against you as he finally lets your leg down to stand up.

You immediately pull his mouth to yours, this time it’s you frantically pulling his shirt off, tugging it over his head, throwing it. It’s your hands unbuttoning his pants as his are cupping your ass, lifting you as you push his pants down and take his length into your hands. “Need you-” you manage between kisses and he’s complying, kicking off the last of the barrier between you.

“Right here?” he asks breathily and you nod, your legs going around him. “Please- yes- now-” you moan and he doesn’t hesitate to guide the head of his cock to your entrance, lifting you as you tilt your hips for him. You revel in the taste of yourself in his mouth as he presses into you, your already aching pussy eager to accept him even as you stretch around his girth. “Oh my g-” you choke out as he thrusts into you, his moan mixing with your cries as his fingers dig into your hips.

“So soft and sweet-” he moans out, dropping his head into the crook of your neck as he slowly pulls back just to take his time pushing back into you. “Kyungsoo….” you sigh, and you feel his lips against your pulse, licking and kissing, then sucking. There’s a slight sting as you realize he’s marking you and you clench tight around him. His hips stutter, then start to speed up as his breathing quickens. “Mine.” he whispers against the mark, kissing it and your legs tighten, nodding frantically as he holds you closer against him.

“Yours-yes-” you murmur and he leans back, holding you up as he thrusts harder into you. His normally stoic, placid face is now contorted beautifully into lust and concentration as he looks between your face and where you are both connected, watching his cock delve into you. You look down to watch how well you’re coating him, the wet noises of him fucking you growing louder as his hips put more power behind each thrust. Your moans are growing louder as well, and as you look back up at him, you cry out at his possessive eyes taking you in. Your walls tremble at the pace he’s setting and you clutch desperately at his shoulders. “I’m- I- Oh god I’m_” you say, feeling tears prick at your eyes from the sensation building in your womb as you clamp around him, crying out.

“Fuck!” he cries out as you cum around him, his brows drawing together as he bites his lips, arms tightening around you as he rocks you against him, riding out your orgasm. “I’m close-So close-” he pants, and you nod as you blink, trying to clear your head as you come down. “Where-?” he asks, and you can tell he’s about to burst, so you push back, making him withdraw as you drop to your knees and press your tits together.

Opening your mouth, you watch his eyes get huge then roll as he grabs his dick in his hand and almost immediately releases hot, white ropes of cum all over your chest and face, moaning as he leans forward to grip the counter above your head to steady himself. You let go of your breasts and reach up to take him in your hand, stroking him, milking him of every drop. You close your lips over the tip to taste him and moan in pleasure at the salty bitter taste of him.

You stop when you hear his breath catch, knowing it’s too much and you draw back to look up at him. There’s a sheen of sweat over both of you and you can’t help but smile up at him as he looks down at you. “That…” you breathe out, trying to form words. “Yeah.” he just says, petting your hair back. “Let me catch my breath and …I’ll get you a towel..” he says and you nod, licking his cum off your lips. He groans at the sight and you try to stifle a giggle at his cock twitching in your face.

“Be right back.” he says and you nod, finally trying to stand. Your legs feel like wet noodles as you steady yourself against the counter and he’s back, wiping at your face, then your chest. You just smile as you watch him, feeling overwhelmed and giddy. “Yes, before you ask.” he says, his eyes flicking up to stare into yours. “So there’s no question. Yes, I meant it. You’re mine.” he says matter of factly and you grin like a moron. “Yours. I meant it too.” you say and he’s pulling you back into his arms, kissing you deeply.

“Think the cupcakes are cooled-” you start to ask, but he’s not letting you talk. “Fuck the cupcakes.” he says, pushing you towards the bedroom. “I mean…we could bring the frosting-” you murmur and he just growls, reaching out to grab one of the bowls to bring with you.

“Done.” he says and you giggle as you make your way for another round.

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icequeenbae · 2 years ago

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Giving Love a Shot (m) | BBH

Previous: Snapshot (m) [pt.1], Shot Through the Heart (m) [pt.2]

Pairing: photographer!Baekhyun x idol!Reader

Photographer AU, Established Relationship, PWP, fluff, smut (the usual)

Warnings: explicit content, unprotected sex, Baek is the god of oral™

Word Count: ~3k

Summary: You and Baekhyun have been trying out the whole ‘dating thing’ for a few months now. He comes to visit you in Japan during your schedule and things take an unexpected turn.

Author’s note: Hey hey, your authornim is back!! Thanks to @hwasdollie who took on and completed her beta duties so swiftly, I am able to post this during my birthday month!! I might be able to post smth else for a different fandom before the end of June as well but shhhhh Anyways, since a few people approached me asking for the continuation of the photographer!Baek story, I decided it's time to get my act together and post it! I hope you like it!! And please don't stay silent, you know I love to chat 💕💕💕

Network Tags: @kvanity-main @exo-writers-net @bbh-net @superm-net

‘Goodnight, Miss.’

You bowed to the hotel staff in a polite manner, looking perfectly put together. They only saw your eyes anyway, with your habit of wearing a mask at all times. Especially now that you had all your makeup removed after the full day of interviews. As your skin got pretty sensitive, you didn’t like to walk around bare-faced where people could see. Or worse, take pictures.

Had anyone asked, you would say that you contained your excitement reasonably well. Considering how giddy you actually felt, knowing that your boyfriend was coming to visit tonight. Actually, you were so impatient that you texted him from the elevator.

‘I’m almost in my room. Where are you now?’

Baekhyun was actually supposed to be there before you, so you arranged a spare key to wait for him at the reception desk downstairs. Of course, you made sure that it was discreet. You left it in a sealed envelope stuffed with blank paper to be passed onto him as soon as he arrived. He didn’t text you back in the last thirty minutes, so you assumed he was probably still on his way.

Swinging the door open, you walked inside and instantly removed your shoes. Your legs were killing you after wearing high heels all day. Checking your phone again, you confirmed that no answer came through and decided to make a quick run for the bathroom.

Incredibly short – in your personal opinion – fifteen minutes later, you were all done. But there was still no response from your highly anticipated guest.

‘Where is he, dammit?’ You muttered under your breath, walking into the room to get fresh clothes.

But as soon as you turned the lights on…

‘Oh my g-’ You covered your mouth to silence yourself.

There, on the armchair, was a neat pile of clothes. Male clothes. Meanwhile, said male was… in your bed. Sleeping like a baby.

There he was, your unreachable boyfriend. Resting up well, instead of giving you a warm welcome as soon as you walked in.

As your heart rate returned to normal, you rolled your eyes. If he wasn’t making an effort to stay awake, you were going to change into comfy panties and a crop top, as sexy lingerie obviously wasn’t on the menu for tonight, and join him. Turning off the upper light, you left the wall sconces on both sides of the bed on. Just for a minute.

You crawled under the duvet, instantly embraced by the warmth generated by Baekhyun’s body.

Two assertive arms snaked their way around your body, hugging you tightly.

‘Oh- you’re awake?’ You whispered in surprise, being pulled deeper into his den.

‘M- ‘f course,’ he murmured, eyes still closed.

‘Yeah, right,’ you snorted, squeezing his bicep in mock frustration. ‘I see you grew tired of waiting for me…’

‘Not at all. Your pillows just smelled so nice. And I know you hate when I get on the bed wearing clothes.’ He said, and you nodded in agreement. ‘So, I showered and decided to surprise you.’

‘By sleeping in my bed?’

You huffed out a laugh, brushing his messy hair out of his eyes as he cracked one of them open.

‘I wasn’t supposed to be asleep.’ He began, watching you with just that one eye, like a sleepy pirate. ‘I had an entire performance planned.’

‘That so?’ You nudged.

‘Picture this: you walk in, and I’m already on the bed buck naked, holding a rock-hard dick in my hand. ‘Enjoy the ride’ banner right behind me.’

‘Oh gosh,’ you coughed. ‘I’m thankful you changed your mind.’

‘I didn’t. There was just no scotch tape. And while I was weighing the probability of you killing me in case I used bubble gum,’ he paused to catch your hand that could very well pinch him for the suggestion. ‘…I fell asleep. Just for a second. More like drowsed.’

‘Drooling all over my pillow?’ You teased, causing him to frown.

‘I only drool when I’m dreaming of eating you out, and we didn’t get to that tonight,’ he said in a tone that suggested it was obvious and you should’ve known better. ‘Drowsed for a sec, nothing more.’

You only chuckled, fingers tracing the lines of his face. His sharp jaw, his prominent cheekbones, his soft lips.

‘I missed you a lot, aegiya.’ He said out of nowhere, both eyes closed.

‘You saw me two weeks ago,’ you mumbled, becoming shy as soon as he used the pet name.

It was so strange, even after these past few months, to see him like this. How could anyone become so boyfriend-y all of a sudden? You had no idea Baekhyun even had a side like this when you decided to get into this relationship. He’d managed to surprise you in multiple ways already; him flying across the ocean just to see you was one of the examples.

‘Exactly. Don’t tell me you weren’t suffering through every single day away from me…’

His fingers traced the skin underneath your top, threatening to start tickling you, and you squirmed, pushing him away timidly.

‘Why are you so lovey-dovey out of the blue? Are you talking in your sleep?’

‘Hey, that hurts. The real question is, why aren’t you? Aren’t you happy to see your oppa?’ He kept tugging you closer as you resisted playfully.

‘Ew. I told you, I’m not calling you that.’

‘Why’s that,’ he leaned in to kiss your neck and you failed to push his face away.

‘Don’t be gross.’

‘You’re my aegi, and I’m older, so-’

‘There’s no kissing for oppas. Or anything else fun.’ You pressed, licking your lips. ‘Only for my boyfriend. Baekhyun.’

He looked at your mouth a second too long, before muttering a low.

‘I see.’

You swallowed, trapped in this demonstrative struggle.

‘I see how it is, Y/N.’ He repeated slowly, catching you off guard with a sudden tug to finally press your body to his. ‘You think you got me all soft for you, so now you can do whatever you wish, hm?’

You bit your lip, shivering in excitement. His voice sounded gentle but low. Whenever he used this tone, you knew it was time to be a good girl.

‘Please don’t scold me, Baekhyunie,’ you pouted, caressing his shoulder sheepishly.

‘You didn’t give me an answer. Are you happy to see me?’ He pulled away slightly to give you a sharp glance.

‘Of course.’

‘That’s it?’ His furrowed eyebrows made him look dissatisfied.

‘I missed you. A lot. Too.’ You mumbled, eyes wandering around his bare chest.

‘Why are you so flustered?’ He continued his questioning, not allowing you to move away from his slow offense. ‘Thinking dirty thoughts already?’

The exposed look on your face probably told him everything.

‘Aegiya,’ Baekhyun smiled, content with your reaction. ‘You’re so easy to mess with.’

‘No, I’m no-’ Your protest was interrupted by a quick kiss.

‘Yes, you are. The moment I lower my voice you turn into a cute little puddle,’ he stated with the most satisfied look on his face before nuzzling your neck. ‘You know what else turns you into a pool of hot mess?’

You whimpered, startled by the pressure of his fingers directly on your clit.

‘God, I missed you,’ he gritted, licking a stripe over your ribs and inhaling your scent.

‘Baek-’ You swallowed, latching onto his shoulder. ‘We can’t be loud here. The girls are on this floor, and what if someone-’

‘This is a five-star hotel, princess.’ He made sure to continue his descent despite your feeble protests.

‘It’s not completely sound-proof!’

‘Don’t worry. I’ll make it quick.’ He smirked, hooking the fabric of your panties with his thumb to get them out of the way.

Making it quick was worse. It meant he was going to go zero to one hundred in a snap of his dainty fingers, and you were in no way ready to handle it.

During the course of your rather new relationship, he’d managed to perfect his oral technique to such an extent that you had to literally refuse him the pleasures of the mouth whenever you were outside the privacy of your homes. It was just too risky. If someone was to hear you…

He tended to make your sessions extremely noisy.

‘Just relax. I know what I’m doing,’ he hummed before poking his tongue out and dragging it slowly over your slit.

‘Oh-’ You grabbed onto the duvet, and he did it again.

Not forgetting to slurp this time.

Biting hard on your lip, you tried to keep still. But even that didn’t help when his wet tongue flicked your engorged clit. You could see him already getting into it. His heavy-lidded eyes watched you through the blond strands, and his mouth opened wide as if he attempted to swallow your entire pussy.

You panted, trying to move away, but he held you securely in place by the hips.

Baekhyun’s breath became heavier and heavier, and the sound of it only made you go mad with the thrill. His tongue flattened out and he moved his head up and down to drag it over your core.

Just as you thought that this was bearable, he did the unexpected. He sucked your clit into his mouth harshly, coating the area with so much saliva you could feel it trickle down to your entrance.

‘A-ah!’ You flexed your abs and pressed at the back of his head, chasing the contact.

Instead of slowing down as he usually did, he continued increasing the intensity. His tongue ran up and down your core with urgency before his lips closed around your most sensitive spot again, sucking harshly and then breaking out into short licks.

‘Baek, stop- I can’t-’ You sobbed mid-sentence as he shook his head lightly, adding stimulation.

At this point, his own breathing was loud and labored, as if he was the one on the receiving end of this hustle.

But, as soon as your breaths became shallow and your muscles started to clench, he ripped himself away and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

‘I just love bringing you to the edge,’ he admitted, licking his lips hungrily. ‘cause then I don’t have to spare your pussy.’

He slapped your vulva abruptly, and you yelped from the jarring sensation, sitting up.

‘Ride me, baby,’ Baekhyun said, dropping on his back as you got on top of him readily.

You wanted to get this over with. You needed him to finish what he’d started.

‘Shit.’ He cursed as soon as you brought your thighs down. ‘Go on.’

Swaying your hips, you focused on the friction against your walls. He always felt so good inside you.

‘Let me help you a little,’ he suggested, taking hold of your pelvis to aid you in your movements.

Leaning onto his chest with your palms, you went as hard as you could. And his thighs met yours, sounding a skin-to-skin slap upon every fleeting contact.

‘M-Baek,’ you whined, messing up the pace.

‘Don’t slow down,’ he demanded, fingers digging into your skin.

‘I can’t-’

He put his palm onto your back and prodded you to lean forward, gaining enough momentum to start pounding into you from below.

‘Fuck.’ He gritted, ignoring your uncontrollable moans and the lecherous noises from where your skin met his.

Baekhyun’s eyes never left your body, and he kept his tempo for as long as he could.

‘Fuck- Fuck!’ He suddenly growled, and you shrieked as you became undone.

‘B-Baekhyun,’ you cried out, held solid by his hands while his dick kept nailing you.

Thankfully, your boyfriend was quick to follow you and find his release. You whimpered as he shook briefly, letting out only a strained grunt to signify that he was finished for now.

He rolled you over to rest on top of your body, his entire weight pushing you down, and kissed you deeply. Both your and his breathing was hectic, but it didn’t hinder the interaction. Your fingers traced his prickly nape, while his tongue played with yours.

You laid like that for a bit before he scrambled off of you, finally letting you breathe properly.

‘I really did miss you.’

He smiled as you said that, and leaned in to press a playful kiss to your nose.

‘I know.’

You poked his cheek in embarrassment. He was a really affectionate boyfriend, and you loved that about him. It did make you a bit bashful though. Strangely, more so than your crazy sex marathons.

‘Thanks for flying all the way here just for me.’

‘It wasn’t just for you. I got a couple gigs here for the next few days,’ he shrugged, and then added. ‘I might’ve gotten those after I bought flight tickets, but sh-h! I can’t let it go to your head.’

‘Why not?’ You pouted, stroking his collarbone.

‘Aegiya, you already behave like a little princess, we don’t want it to get any worse, do we?’

‘Am I not your little princess?’ You narrowed your eyes at him.

‘You are,’ he sighed in defeat. ‘I guess, you win.’

‘What did I win?’ You chuckled, pecking him on the chin.

‘I don’t know. What would you like?’

The answer came with no hesitation.

‘You.’

‘That’s cute,’ he snickered. ‘You already have me.’

‘Hm. Then I don’t need anything else.’

‘Ugh. You don’t even have to call me oppa. I’m already melting like an ice-cream cone in a warm hand.’

You snorted at his words, and he gave you a long look.

‘I wonder what you pictured just now.’

‘Baekhyun!’

‘Alright, you don’t have to tell me.’ He agreed quickly, beaming at you shamelessly.

You shook your head.

‘It probably has something to do with my dick anyways.’

At this you kicked him lightly with your knee.

‘Ouch. Love hurts.’

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You and Baekhyun stayed up super late (as per usual), talking about your time apart, teasing each other and bickering about pet names. So, when it was time for you to wake up and start getting ready… You decided to have some more beauty sleep.

However, after you ignored a bunch of ‘check-in’ morning messages from your members, the usual procedure was carried out – they sent one of their own to wake you up.

‘Eonni, are you up? We have to move out in an hour.’ Your maknae’s voice reached you through the layers of bedcovers and Baekhyun, who was practically wrapped around you.

Baekhyun.

Opening your eyes, you rose on the bed and rubbed your face to get ahold of reality.

‘Eo- eonni?’

The youngest of the group stood frozen in front of your bed, eyes open wide. Even with your brain barely shaken out of sleep, you realized what stunned her.

The blond man in your bed, who had his arm wrapped around you still, stirred from the noise and laid on his back, stretching out before opening his eyes. Your gaze fell on his exposed chest, and you quickly pulled the duvet up to cover the eloquent scratch you must’ve left on his pec yesterday.

‘What’s going on?’ He asked groggily, and the third person in the room finally broke out of her lethargic state.

‘S-sorry!’ She turned around and sprinted out of your room as if a demon was chasing her.

You called after her, but the click of the door locking announced that she was already gone.

‘Ah, dammit.’ You sighed, rubbing your pulsing temple.

Baekhyun’s hand squeezed your thigh to draw your attention.

‘Sorry. I overslept and one of the girls came to wake me up. Go back to sleep, I’ll deal with it.’ You caressed his cheek gently before turning away to get out of the bed.

‘What are you going to do?’

That was the question you had been asking yourself.

‘I’m not sure,’ you admitted. ‘That was our maknae, so… she’s probably told the entire group already. She is… easily excitable.’

‘Maybe you don’t have to do anything.’ He said, looking up at you.

‘Hm?’

‘Just tell them the truth. You’re not a rookie, no one’s going to kick you out of the group or whatever.’

You sighed. He was right, of course, but… You were scared. Admitting that to your group and management would make all of this official, and there’d be no turning back after that.

‘…or, you can just forget I said that. You don’t have to tell them if you don’t want to.’

He sounded neutral, yet somehow you knew he only made it seem like he wouldn’t be hurt in this scenario. Baekhyun truly was perfect in those few months you were together, so there was no reason for you to doubt his intentions. And you also liked him, a lot.

Maybe this morning was more of a blessing than a curse?

‘I’ll tell them. I’m tired of sneaking around anyways.’

‘Really? I found that quite exciting. Being your secret lover. Sneaking into your room through the window and all that.’

‘That never happened,’ you laughed.

‘It could’ve!’

‘Shut up,’ you pecked his smiling lips and picked up your phone.

Dozens of new messages in your group chat.

‘Y/N, if you’re not telling us who that ‘blond oppa’ in your bed was, we’re coming over to your room! We’re dying over here!!’

You read the last message out loud to Baekhyun.

‘That’s why I refuse to call you that. As soon as I introduce you to them, it’s going to be ‘Baekhyun oppa’ all the time. I like to be special.’

‘Gotcha,’ he snickered. ‘But princess, text them back before the whole intervention committee walks through that door. I’m not exactly wearing underwear.’

‘Oh crap, I better.’

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A/N: This is it for now with our freshly domesticated bf Baek~ I hope you enjoyed it the ride so far!! Let me know in the comments/ asks and reblog if you liked it ❤️

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lvrcpid · 2 years ago

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move along mariah! - modern au

includes! : reader is tsu’tey’s kid, i don’t make the rules. implied neteyamxgn!reader, implied aonungxgn!reader

doing karaoke with modern!avatar headcannons!

- def was tsireyas idea. you cant convince me other wise.

- texted the gc and was like “guys we should go!!” ofc nobody said no cause she’s just too precious

⁃ your parents picking you all up from school early JUST TO GO (tonowari is so baby girl he was definitely like “fun family outing 🥹” and ronal rolling her eyes)

⁃pulling up to the place and dramatically sighing “please don’t make me go, lo’ak sounds like a dying cat-“ “HELLO????”

⁃pairing up with ao’nung because in his eyes “me and y/n work best together” to which you replied “what-“

⁃neteyam pouting like a puppy cause he wanted to be paired with you :(

⁃KIRI BIGGEST KPOP STAN!!

⁃she definitely dragged you from ao’nung to sing shinee and exo

⁃your parents singing love songs and you rubbing your head asking “does anyone have a cigarette goddamn”

⁃tsireya singing disney princess songs with tuk just to see her smile

⁃lo’ak and neteyam rapping nba youngboy. i just see it.

⁃neytiri and jake singing michael jackson songs cause “it’s great music. nobody listens to country music.” - neytiri

-neteyam asking to do a duet with you because PUPPY BOY HAS A CRUSH ON U!! but is sad cause he knows ao’nung has one on you too

⁃hitting all the high notes because ur parents made you take voice lessons for a year

⁃“THATS MY KID!! YEAH!!!” - tsu’tey cheering you on

-ronal watching the kids cause she doesn’t sing.

⁃tonowari singing traditional music from his culture

⁃afterwards going back to your place for a sleepover cause you have more than enough room (everyone is in the basement while the parents take the rooms upstairs)

#avatar #neteyam x reader #avatar x reader #jake sully x reader #kiri x reader #awotw #neytiri x reader #loak x reader #sully family x reader #aonung x reader #tuk avatar #jake sully #modern!avatar

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mejaemin · 24 days ago

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req rules ఇ ◝‿◜ ఇ

𝜗𝜚 reqs are currently open !!!

𝜗𝜚 current amt of reqs queued: 1

𝜗𝜚 current amt being worked on: 1

𝜗𝜚 you will know your request is accepted if it shows up in the queue above, and i will put it in the wip page once i’ve started working on it (linked below) !!!

𝜗𝜚 if ur req is not being worked on rn or progress in my wip page isn’t changing pls don’t get upset !! i will release it i promise, im just low on inspiration and dont want to force myself to write it as it decreases quality and gives me burnout

𝜗𝜚 official stanlist is at the bottom of this page!!!

𝜗𝜚 i only accept reqs for headcanons and drabbles (fake texts eventually !!!)

↑ i know i say i only accept drabbles and not oneshots (my def of a drabble is >1k words) but if i have enough inspiration for a req i usually try to make it oneshot length

𝜗𝜚 i’m also willing to take requests for previews of any of my wips !! if you’re feeling particularly 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽𝔂, just ask for a preview of any of them and ill give u a few sentences :3

𝜗𝜚 i’ll also allow requests for me to finish wips !! if u see one that hasn’t had the progress updated in a while, you can request that i finish it

𝜗𝜚 i will accept smut requests but they’re very low priority

𝜗𝜚 things i do not accept: hard kinks, self harm/other violent or gory acts, idol aus(that includes idol readers and other characters), male readers, character x character, fwb (there’s nothing wrong w fwb, it just doesn’t sit well w me)

𝜗𝜚 i am willing to write poly fics too !!!

𝜗𝜚 all of my fics are intended to be fem reader !!! i can write gender neutral if it is specifically requested, however everything else is fem reader as it’s what im most comfortable with and used to

𝜗𝜚 i do not write wlw… yet

𝜗𝜚 when requesting, please give as much detail as possible !!! i’m not saying tell me everything down to the exact bit of dialogue, but heres an example of what i mean:

do: “hi, can i please request ___ where they do xyz???”

don’t: “hi, can i please request ___ ???”

𝜗𝜚 i prefer having details about the events occurring in the fic because if too much is left to my own imagination i get really bad writer’s block and will likely take longer to finish or even start the request !!!

𝜗𝜚 i am very prone to burnouts so please don’t get upset if i don’t finish your request quickly !!!

𝜗𝜚 you can send suggestions for full length fics or oneshots,, but i am not obligated to respond as it is a suggestion, not a request

𝜗𝜚 my official stanlist, not including ggs bc i dont write for them yet !!! (pink is my ult, purple is sb who i stan, blue is someone i don’t listen to like crazy but i know them well enough to write them !! also including my biases for funsies)

seventeen - jeonghan/pfu

enhypen - jake/heejay

nct (all units !!!) - tyong/jaehyun, jaemin, ten, sion

ateez - wooyoung/hongjoong

riize - ot7

tomorrow x together - yeonjun/tyun

stray kids - hyunlix

kai (exo)

p1harmony - jiung/soul

#mejaemin #— rules ఇ ◝‿◜ ఇ

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shutupkim420 · 1 year ago

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kpop roleplay search

i would love to do an in-character kpop rp with anyone that’s interested!! member x member only please.

big multi, but right now i'm really craving some of these ships: exo: chanhun/sechan (chanyeol/sehun), xiubaek (minseok/baekhyun), chanbaek (chanyeol/baekhyun) ; i enjoy playing sehun, but i really don't have a strong preference and enjoy writing for anyone! txt: yeonbin (soobin/yeonjun), taegyu (taehyun/beomgyu), soogyu (soobin/beomgyu) ; would prefer playing soobin the most, or beomgyu!

i like canonverse or aus. anything from silly to serious is okay with me!

please only message me if you’re at least 20 (i'm 26!). i'm used to literate roleplays, but i definitely enjoy simpler stuff too -- no pressure for length or format, i just want to be creative and have fun and make friends. i think the texting format from omegle is fun and am totally fine to do that as fun, quick writing and/or switch back and forth when the plot requires it!

i know this post is a mess but i promise i will behave and be coherent in character. i can do multiple plots at once if you want, and i’m really engaging OOC. i don't like to push for replies, but i will message you OOC about other things and treat you like a friend. we can send each other tweets and tiktoks and have a good time!! i like to actively chat on the side to plot and scheme and laugh etc etc.

smut or not is fine. i don’t care either way. i’m really down for most things! we’d preferably rp on discord so we can chat OOC and be able to organize a sever (have multiple convenient chats, etc).

please go ahead and message me on discord @ necrowmance :D

#kpop roleplay #krp #exo roleplay #txt roleplay #yeonbin #chanbaek #chanhun #soogyu

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proudahgase-exol · 1 year ago

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Exo masterlist

Here you will fine everything I had made for exo. :)

-𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 ♡

Last updated: 08/08/24

Guide: ♤ angst - ❀ fluff - ♡ smut - ✧ text au

𝕄𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥

Nothing here yet….

𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕓𝕚𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 ♤ ❀ ♡

𝕆𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 ♤ ❀

𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕪 ✧

𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥? ❀ ♡ ♤

ℝ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕖𝕩𝕥/𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕓𝕗! 𝕊𝕦𝕙𝕠 ✧

𝕁𝕦𝕟𝕞𝕪𝕖𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 ❀

Nothing here yet….

ℂ𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 ♤ ❀ ♡

𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕀 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 ♤

ℕ𝕖𝕩𝕥 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕖’𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 ❀ ♡ ✧

𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖? ℍ𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 / 𝕨𝕚𝕗𝕖…… ❀ ✧

𝕊𝕟𝕒𝕡𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝔻.𝕆 ❀

𝕁𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 ❀

𝕋𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 ❀ ♤

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕙𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 ♤

𝕊𝕖𝕙𝕦𝕟𝕤 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕓𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙 ✧

ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 ✧ ♡

𝕊𝕖𝕙𝕦𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕪/𝕟 (ᴍɪɴɪ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀʟɪꜱᴛ) ♤ ❀ ♡

ℝ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕖𝕩𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝔹𝔽!𝕊𝕖𝕙𝕦𝕟 ✧

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕚𝕣 ❀

𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕫𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕘 ❀

𝕊𝕖𝕩 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕖𝕩 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕖𝕩𝕠 ♤ ❀ ♡

𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 ♡

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ♡

𝕀𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕘𝕒𝕡 ♤ ❀ ✧

ℙ𝕝𝕦𝕤 𝕤𝕚𝕫𝕖 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 ❀ ✧

ℕ𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕝 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕖𝕩𝕠 ✧

Love fool - EXO

1:54 ━━━━⬤─────── 3:24

⇆ㅤ ||◁ㅤ❚❚ㅤ▷||ㅤ ↻

If you don’t see a member’s name here is because I haven’t made nothing for them. Photos aren’t mine found them on Pinterest *credit to owner*

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ningfiles · 1 year ago

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♡˗ˏ✎*ೃ˚ :welcome!!!: :;

she/her ! ༊*·˚ call me z 🎐, ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ I'm 18.

ੈ✩‧₊˚ who I'll write for!

I'll only really write for nct atm! due to my busy schedule. but I'll try to do others as well:) probably won't write for groups I don't really know sorry :(

ੈ✩‧₊˚ rules.

I will not write smut for minors!!! Yes, I will write smut from time to time but I'm not comfortable writing extreme smut. My grammar sometimes will be off so, please don't make fun of me if it is😞. If I don't get to your request it's because I'm busy too!! please be patient with me. DNI if you can't support basic rights.. & hate nct !!

ੈ✩‧₊˚ more !!

I'm Mexican & im fruity but no label lol. I love the groups, nct, exo, aespa, red velvet, & more!! I'm not that into 4th gen groups that much I only really know txt, enhypen, newjeans, z1b. :p also love soccer & f1 🤫. Don't feel afraid to interact with me!

ੈ✩‧₊˚ writing.

I'll do oneshots, au's, text au's, twt au's literally anything! some of my oneshots probably won't get a part two unless idk! that's all I think??

ੈ✩‧₊˚ requests open!

#nct #nct imagines #nct smut #haechan #haechan x reader #donghyuck x reader #mark lee x reader #nct dream imagines #jaemin x reader

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krp1x1finder · 1 year ago

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hello! looking for long-term partners. i'm 25+ and only write with others who are 21+, so please keep that in mind! i go by she / her pronouns and live in the cst / gmt-6 time zone. [basics…] » i'd rather write on discord within our own private 1x1 server, but i'm open to writing on mewe and tumblr. » third-person p.o.v only. novella and multi-para are my go-to, but single-para can be used for quick scenes and one-liners are strictly for dm / text threads. i typically write two to six paragraphs on average, but i can write shorter or longer, depending on your preference or the plot / thread. » semi-active. due to work, other hobbies, health issues, and so on, my activity does fluctuate. i can usually write two to four replies a week, but this might dip or rise depending on what's going on. i'll communicate with you if i need to take longer to reply. i'm also understanding if my partner's busy, but i do expect some proper level of communication from you too. » i match my partner's energy. if you prefer to focus on plots and threads with minimal chatting, i can do that. if you prefer gushing about our muses, making pinterest boards, getting into world-building, etc., i can do that too. as long as we're both interested in our threads, i don't care. » continuing with the note above, if it seems like you're not interested or like i have to carry everything, i'm going to drop what we have going on. sorry, not into that. enthusiasm's needed.

[writing…] » i'm interested in everything: idolverse, au, original, and fandom-based plots. when it comes to genres / themes, i have a strong preference for horror, but i also love to write crime, fantasy, historical, sci-fi, and slice-of-life. i also love a heavy dose of angst with a smattering of fluff thrown in. » i have a long list of fandom-based au ideas, but i'll keep it limited to just these few for now: alice in wonderland, dead by daylight, kiki's delivery service, and princess mononoke. » darker topics and toxic dynamics are definitely welcome. we can discuss what we're open to writing, what's off limits, and any triggers before writing together. » mxm and fxf ships are highly preferred. i'm open to mxf pairs, but they do require doubling and matched enthusiasm. smut's welcome, but not necessary, and it can be vague, detailed, or fade-to-black. if smut becomes involved, i do prefer that it's more plot-based, but it's not required.

[faceclaims…] » i use faces from the following groups and soloists (excluding obviously problematic members). ult means they're my absolute favorite to write as and against, with interest leading downward from primary, secondary, and tertiary. — ult: monsta x, twice, wonho — primary: b.a.p, chungha, dpr ian, dreamcatcher, (g)i-dle, heize, highlight, oneus — secondary: bibi, corbyn, exid, got7, girl's generation, hyolyn, pentagon, wei, wjsn — tertiary: aespa, kang daniel, kingdom, kwon eunbi, onlyoneof, park jihoon, purple kiss, red velvet

» i'm NOT interested in writing against the following groups: ateez, big bang, blackpink, bts, exo, nct, stray kids, suju, and txt.

[end…] thank you for reading everything! if interested, please like this post and i'll reach out to you via tumblr dms!

🌸 !

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rancidtae · 1 year ago

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ARCADIA’S LULLABY | CHAPTER 3

Genre: Mafia AU. Vigilante AU. Sci-fi (AI). Warnings: Graphic violence, Strong language Pairing: exo & Original Female Character (Jung Jiah/Kang Rina) - Kim Minseok/Original Female Character - Zhang Yixing/Original Female Character Word count: 7k+ chapter summary: the rain pours relentlessly, but a different storm is just starting. Jiah meets Jongin at a birthday party, it's all harmless fun and magnetic sparks until it isn't, and he calls her the wrong name.

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You wanna disappear in a crowd Just a stranger in a room Wanna change your colors just for the night With no word of it following you home

081222 - 5:43 pm

Things are quiet.

The story is still at the center of the news and online discussions. People have dissected every detail of Lee Chungjae's life to the point that he took down all his posts. In every sense of the word, he's the country's most hated man.

And candidate Lee's reassuring smile when reporters bring up the subject has started to crack.

But nothing else happens.

She's on edge. Let the storm hit already, for fuck's sake.

Yixing finds her restlessness hilarious and texts her a screenshot of the weather app this morning. 90% chance of rain for the next three days.

It looks like Kuraokami answered your prayers.

In the midst of it all, he's been refusing to blend to the background of her mind, exploiting the fact that she's weak when it comes to a good meal. Most days he shows up to her door with takeout, and just yesterday he came with ingredients and made her eat her words about carbonara being the most overrated approach to noodle based recipes.

He’d laugh at her if he could see her now, standing outside the chronicle's building, struggling to get her buzzing phone from the inside of her bag.

A part of her hopes it's the blocked number from before.

But there's a name on the screen, and it puts a frown on her face.

“What do you want.”

A chuckle spills through the line. “Resentment is a terrible thing, you know? It does the heart no good.”

“How would you know? You don't have one."

“I heard you paid someone a visit last night. I wanted to hear it from you.”

She scoffs up at the sky through her see-through umbrella.

"You want me to say I’m... what? Shaking in my boots? So you can rub one out to the sound of it?”

“Language, sunshine. Let’s keep things civil.”

“I tried to be civil, didn’t I? I even gave you a heads-up for old times’ sake, but then you decided to make things personal. So now I’m thinking that next time, I'll just let it blow in your face, make it surprise.”

“Ah, there we go again with that. Why do you insist on calling it personal?”

“Why don’t you suck my dick, Namjoon?”

She hates that she can hear his poisonous smile, over so confident and collected.

“You walked into that room yourself. How is it fair to blame me for the consequences of your actions?”

He enjoyed it, he’s enjoying it even now, she knows. He denied any involvement in her encounter with a certain pair of recently debuted syndicate members, but hist hands were all over that stunt.

A blow like that, the same night she showed up to let him know she had info on his candidate’s son, and he expects her to believe destiny is just funny like that.

No fucking way.

Things may or may not have escalated to shattered wine glass and a deep burgundy stain on Jin's favorite artwork hanging on the wall.

“Can you get to the point? Some of us can’t afford to spend the day scheming, I have things to do.” she says, impatience seeping into her tone.

It's starting to rain, so her hair will start looking crazy in about three minutes.

“I was hoping you were bluffing.”

She laughs in a way that makes an older woman give her a nasty look.

“My hopes weren’t for us.”

Ah.

There it is. As grim as it is, it’s like a weight taken off her chest.

Her surroundings come back into focus. The narrow street. The stream of people walking past her, trying to get out of the rain as soon as possible. A girl brushing her shoulder, recording herself speaking in a foreign language. A taxi driver fighting with a delivery guy. A German shepherd with a yellow raincoat and little rubber boots, its nose against the side of a phone booth.

“I see.”

“Just now?” he has the gall to sigh, disappointed. “I thought you knew when you went to Yoongi looking for a 22. I guess you're not that good at seeing things beforehand anymore, not even when you start them.”

If she had to describe it, she’d say it’s a lot like a game of hide and seek with the kids from her street. Terrifying and exciting at the same time.

“Come to the hotel,” he suddenly says, much to her surprise “Stay here until things settle down.”

And if she had to sum Kim Namjoon up, this would be it. No one but him could give an invitation and a threat at the same time with such ease. Come, or else.

“No. I think I'll stay outside, see what comes out of it.”

Another deep sigh.

“I see. Have it your way, then. You have your fun, make sure to enjoy it.”

She hits the red button and finds that the cute dog with the rubber boots nowhere to be seen, as if it vanished off the street with its human.

At least 13 different people stop her before reaching Kim Kibum's office. Even though her name wasn't credited, her co-workers know what it means when she disappears for weeks, and the kind of stories she chases. The vultures in her department rolling their eyes at the sight of her kind of give it away.

“I thought I told you to work from home until further notice,” he says as she locks the door behind her.

“What? I deliver the story of probably the year, and you don’t want to see my face anymore?”

"Don’t. I’ve had a long day” he huffs, pulling the blinds down. His office looks less cluttered than she remembers. Has it been that long since she clocked in? “You know there’s a reason why I asked you to lay low for a while.”

She drops her body on one of the chairs in front of his desk and grabs a heavy, fancy pen.

“Did you see? Lee Chungjae is living his best life in France pretending to care about free education. He’s out there taking pics with Rihanna.”

Her boss leans over, snatches the pen from her hands, and points it at her like a sword.

“And? What do you expect? That they lock him up as soon as the story comes out? We do our thing, the rest is up to the world. We’re a newspaper, not the league of justice.”

Earlier today she told Haneul something similar, just to calm him down. Now she knows how he felt.

“It’s been a week already.”

“No, it’s barely been a week” he corrects her, moving a storage box under his desk and stretching his waist like he just can’t wait for retirement. “You know how this is, Jiah.”

Yeah, she knows. Shitty. Working your ass off, dealing with red tape and censorship, putting everything on a plate only for the world to move on, people not give a shit, and those who are supposed to do something turn a blind eye and fill their pockets.

“Why is your stuff inside a box?" Even the fake Basquiat is missing, so she knows it's serious. "Are you quitting?”

“I’m moving to a new office,” he says, pausing before adding "Jongsuk quit today.”

The news hits her like an ice bucket.

“He turned in his resignation letter earlier."

"Fuck." she breathes. "Oh. Fuck."

"Talk about freedom of the press, huh?” he laughs bitterly, tapping his temple, shaking his head, his eyes turning red.

In terms of bad news, this is the kind that makes you very aware of the last meal you had.

The Chronicle’s had the same chief editor for nearly twelve years. It’s one of the country’s most respected newspapers, and Jung Jongsuk was a big part of the reason why. The idea of someone with enough power moving the right strings to get the man, the myth, the fucking legend fired just as means of revenge sets a chill down her spine.

It’s a petty but very clear act of revenge. A shame, considering he was damn good at his job and how much he cared about his staff.

She sucks on her teeth “What’s he gonna do?”

“No idea. He showed up earlier today and left as soon as he gave a speech. They want me to step in immediately. Can you believe it?”

She's out of words. Half wanting to congratulate him despite the sad circumstances of his promotion, half wondering what that means for her. He suddenly squints.

“You look terrible. Finals?”

“Done, I’m a free woman”

She's can't stop thinking about Chief Editor Jongsuk, how he was always like the cool stepdad that didn’t have to be too nice or too mean to get your respect, how he gave her a chance when she was just a freshman.

“Shouldn’t you be getting some sleep or, I don’t know... drinking your face off with your friends?”

Her hand slips inside her backpack. “Well, if you'd answered my calls, I would be doing one of those.”

She puts a small, puny handgun on the desk, and slides it in his direction.

“Are you—” he locks the door before lowering his voice to a hiss “Have you lost your mind? How did you get through security?”

“You said we need to be careful and this is what being careful looks like, take it.” she says, sliding it closer to him. It barely brushes the side of his keyboard.

“Are you crazy? Do not— ” he opens a drawer and pushes it inside like it burns to the touch, slamming it shut and leaning his body away, pressing one hand to his forehead. “Jiah, this is illegal”

“I’m the best investigative journalist you have, flirting with the illegal here and there is one of the many reasons why.”

“This isn’t flirting with the illegal, for god's sake, this is raw dogging it, Jiah. This is an office. We’re a–”

“Im Haneul is about to get into witness protection, that’s why I’m giving you something to protect yourself with. Thank you, Jiah. You’re welcome, boss.”

He bites his lip, looking at the drawer with resentment before setting his eyes on her, dead serious.

“Is there something you’re not telling me? Did something happen?”

“It’s always better to be prepared. You know what they say about peace and quiet.”

“I don’t,” he deadpans “Is that some kind of gang lingo?”

She frowns. “Just what has Minho been telling you? I should pay him a little visit—”

“You’re not going anywhere near my staff.”

“Your staff? I’m your staff. He’s a sports reporter, you can walk into a bar anywhere in Itaewon and find a dozen replacements.”

He pinches the bridge of his nose, not denying it. “Did. Something. Happen.”

“I heard something. From a good source.”

“A good source.”

“Yeah, sometimes those are what we call confidential. So—” he fixes her with a look that makes her fear that his eyeballs will pop out of their sockets. “Fine, it was Kim Namjoon.”

He blinks at her. Throws his hands in the air and plops down on his seat.

“That's hilarious. If this doesn’t work for you, you can always pursue comedy. Now get the hell out of my office, I have to move my stuff to the other side of the floor.”

She stands up stretching her arms, giving him a once over and opening her mouth. He lifts a hand.

“I don't want to hear it. Go take a bath, get drunk, do drugs, get laid. You’re an undergrad student, not Chelsea Manning. Live a little.”

“Actually, I prefer Lisbeth Salander."

"Get out."

081222 - 06:55 pm

Something about the bleach fumes welcoming the moment she enters Lady’s Room is just– homely, and Wendy's threatening glare makes up for the stern mother figure she didn’t have growing up.

“Don’t even think about it, boots off.”

She toes off her muddy boots, struggling not to spill anything on the heavy takeout bags, making her way to the back.

“How come he gets to keep them on?”

Taemin looks insane with a black cape covering his body and his hair all foiled up, Seulgi's hovering over him with the cutest concentrated frown. He wiggles is feet at her.

“Clean shoes privilege. Plus, I'm way cuter than you.”

She snaps a picture of him for future use while he's distracted explaining how he read somewhere that hair takes bleach better when you're stress-free, and that the end of his last semester is just the perfect moment.

“And of course you believed that, because it makes total sense”

“No, it’s true,” Seulgi says. “It’s also better when you’re in a good mood. That’s why I don’t like to take people fresh out of a bad breakup, the chemicals get all messed up.”

“Oh, he doesn’t need to worry about that,” she says off-handedly.

Taemin doesn’t like her tone. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

Wendy answers before she can, flipping through receipts on the reception area. “It means that you need a relationship to go through a breakup. That’s usually how it works”

“I'll have you know that I have secondhand PTSD from you guys. I’m like one ride home with an angry couple away from giving up on monogamy.”

“So, blue?”

“Silver.” He shows her a picture of a male idol with gray hair, wet styled. He's worried that if he goes too light it'll wash out his complexion.

She inspects his face in the floor to ceiling mirror “Nonsense, you’d look good in anything, buttercup.”

He smiles, always a slut for some validation. "You're coming to Sana’s party, right?”

She groans, plopping down on the chair next to him.

“Jiah, come on, it’s the last party of the semester. The last party before I graduate.”

She’s not swayed by his abuse of the last something before I graduate card. “I’m out of social battery, I'll kill the vibe.”

“We’ll pregame at my place and you’ll be good to go.”

“I can’t be bothered to go home and get changed.”

“Oh! You left the strappy shirt, you know? the one you didn’t know you were wearing backwards, and that leather skirt at my place, I threw them in the washing machine just for an occasion like this.”

“I’m seriously not feeling the vibe today.”

“Who cares, you attract people when you’re sulking.” he shrugs “Plus that’s the skirt you were wearing when you pulled that Romanian guy. We get free bottles every time you have your leg meat out.”

Seulgi slaps the side of his neck with her glove-covered hand. “Don’t pimp her out.”

“And this is why I suggested a ladies-only policy.”

“Interesting that you assume you fall in that category, but go on.” Taemin says, Jiah gasps in fabricated indignation. “And isn’t that reverse sexism?”

“It’s not like men are rushing to get in.”

Irene emerges from the office, walking past them with her all work and no fucking around face on, all her focus taken by her tablet.

“Oh, actually, we had a guy customer a few days ago and he was very happy with our services,” Seulgi says. Taemin and Jiah let out synchronized snorts.

Irene looks at them, going through the pile of papers Wendy handed her. “Grow up, you two."

Seulgi catches on, making a noise of disgust.

“So what did he want? A massage?”

Irene flips a page, scanning its contents. The warning is sharper this time. “Taemin.”

“He wanted a full-on transformation, so we went with silver,” Seulgi says, ignoring the quip, poking at his bleach covered hair with the pointy edge of her brush “It looked pretty good on him. It suited his personality.”

Taemin coos "Is that a crush I smell?"

Seulgi shrugs. "I'm just saying he fit the look, he was easy to talk to. Funny too. Asked a lot of questions about the salon, said a childhood friend of his co-owns one.”

"Huh, sounds boring to me." Taemin shrugs, not impressed. Seulgi and Jiah share a knowing look. He's platonically possessive to a fault, and being the only guy in their group only makes it worse.

Jiah smirks, spinning on the chair. "Sounds like your replacement to me."

He sticks his tongue at her “I was going to introduce you to someone tonight, traitor.”

Irene and Wendy sigh in relief, finally finding whatever it was they were looking for, high five-ing.

“I’m heartbroken.” She yawns. “I wasn’t planning on going anyway”

“You should go.“ Irene says, coming to stand behind her chair, playing with her hair. "You sure need it."

“What is it with people treating me like I’m some boring bitch lately?”

“Have you considered that you’ve been a boring bitch lately? We barely see you, you were supposed to help us look for a new place” Wendy complains, plopping on the other chair next to Taemin’s, spinning. "And you missed the anniversary party"

Nothing for her to do but take the shots. Seulgi steps in for her, an angel.

"Cut her some slack, she brought food. You know that’s sorry in her language."

"Alright, yeah.” Wendy agrees way too easily "And for the record, there's nothing wrong with being boring, Yeri can always use a boring figure in her life"

“I’m not going to a party to be on Yeri Sitting Duty.”

Taemin squints at her, walking to the washing station under Seulgi's orders, cape swooshing dramatically behind him. “But you’re coming, right?”

To be fair, she does feel bad about ghosting them for weeks.

“I swear to god, you better not ditch me for one of your Instagram famous friends."

He doesn't get a chance to reply, his calls for help fill the salon and Seulgi giggles like a sweet summer child discovering the joys of waterboarding. Irene's pleased to the point of pulling her phone out to record the scene, chortling.

081222 - 11:25 pm

One would assume that the only child of the owner of a massive Japanese architecture firm, who also happens to own several clubs in the city, can afford to throw a party with decent alcohol.

Her annoyance should be directed at Taemin for talking her into coming and proceeding to do exactly what she asked him not to.

He’s nowhere to be seen, and Party Yeri is at her peak, hands thrown in the air, dancing between a bunch of freshman girls with their phones out, the red light beams bouncing off her glittery top.

“Not a dancer, or just not in the mood?” a voice interrupts.

She felt his presence before he approached her table. Some people are just hard to ignore, and with his simple silky shirt with a few buttons undone, pushed-back hair, and a flirty strand hanging on his forehead, he has a crowd of curious women and men alike following him with hungry eyes everywhere he goes.

“The second one.”

He smiles just like someone who's used to seeing others react to his looks.

Her first impression of him was jealousy for having better lips than her. She was too busy listening to Mina talk about her internship in Spain to pay too much attention to Taemin introducing the guy. Sitting at levels of handsomeness that don't require a personality, the man bored her without uttering a word.

But he's not hard to look at.

“So, how come we haven’t met before?”

“I don’t know, you tell me. Taemin says your presence is an exclusive experience." she sips her drink, he thinks it's funny. "Jiah, right?”

“And you’re Jongin, one of the dancing friends.”

A guy approaches Yeri’s group, disgustingly scanning each girl like he’s trying to figure out who has the lowest standards.

“Not a big fan of us?”

She considers her answer, watching the girls shrug him off before he can get too comfortable.

“I've learned to coexist with you people. It comes with the Taemin package.”

His little laugh is surprisingly childish for his masculine looks. The way he keeps looking at her face like he can't spare any bit of attention to their surroundings makes her feel like a bug under a microscope lens.

“Here's my theory, I think he might’ve been keeping you to himself for a bit there. But I’ve heard so many things about you that I kind of feel like I know you already."

Jiah doesn't know what to say to that, but holds his warm gaze and indulges in the view for a bit. Caramel skin, glowy under the strobe lights, painted red like a forbidden object of desire, or a character of a Japanese movie, waiting for his lover at a love hotel.

Handsome indeed. Nice jaw, soft nose, slightly arched eyebrows.

“Good things, I hope.”

“Interesting things.” He says with a crooked grin. She cocks an eyebrow, but he beats her to it. “So, journalism. What’s that like?”

She gives him the generic answer she keeps for occasions like this; lots of reading, being on the phone, doing more with less. No one is ever satisfied. Neither the readers nor the editors nor yourself.

Ok. So maybe she assumed a lot of things. He's surprisingly great company, really easy to talk to. He owns a dance studio and teaches from time to time. Some of his students have made it to entertainment companies, and he tries not to seem cocky, but it's clear he's extremely proud of them. He’s very nonchalant about covering various styles, though he’s more interested in R&B these days.

“Your day-to-day sounds like a lot of sitting behind a desk,” he comments. Being someone that works with his body, the idea must haunt him.

“Oh, god, no– I always feel like I’ll throw myself from the window if I spend too much time at the office. I’m on the investigation team, so I’m almost always out on the streets, harassing bureaucrats and stuff.”

“That sounds... fun.”

“Riveting,” she promises. “It’s not bad, really. You go through the boring stuff and then when you get a good story, you remember why you do it, and… it’s a good feeling.”

“You know, usually when someone mentions journalism I think of people with thinning hair and marriage issues.”

“Are you calling me old?”

“No. I was trying to say that you just took down a stereotype for me.” he pauses, pouting and looking up like he’s considering something “But you do give off an old soul vibe, sitting on your own, sulking like you’re here against your own will, ready to decimate anyone who dares come near you.”

She blinks at him, he’s holding back a smile, she can tell. Waiting for her reaction.

“Wow, so you’re just gonna call me a hag like that?”

He looks mildly surprised, worried, and amused all at the same time. “That’s not–”

“And if I look that scary, how come you’re here at my table?”

“Because you’re very attractive. It balances out the scary.”

She hums into her glass.

“And I’m very charming, I knew you’d be harmless.”

“Right.” He’s not entirely wrong. She’s always suspicious of extremely charming people, and the alarms are going off in her head.

“This is me hitting on you, off the record.” he continues, undeterred. She snorts. "And I say that because, as I’m sure you know, Taemin is possessive.”

She lifts and shakes a finger like an aunt at church when the pastor hits a mark. “Like a kid who doesn’t share his toys.”

Which reminds her, where’s that silver-haired menace?

“We’ll just have to ease him into it.”

“Uh-huh. This is flattering and all, I guess, but I’m married so–”

“Oh, that’s fine. I don’t get jealous” he shrugs, very serious about it. Which is unexpected, no one has ever reacted to the I'm married line like that. “I’m not gonna try to compete with your career.”

She's speechless, but in a good way, laughing at the audacity and shaking her head.

But then, just for a moment, he disappears.

There’s a quick, almost untraceable absence, even his smile falters.

Then he snaps back.

“Hey, you wanna get out for a bit? Get some fresh air? Looks like your friend’s gonna be busy for a while.”

Yeri was off her radar for a bit there, and now she’s got her arm threaded with the birthday girl herself. They’re moving away from the crowd, talking into each other's ears like they haven’t debriefed in months, probably headed to the bathroom.

Now that he mentions it, fresh air sounds nice.

“Promise I’m all out of lines,” he adds.

It’s humid out on the street, but less stuffy and noisy. She pulls out a brand new pack of cigarettes and they get fire from a girl hanging around with her friends next to a motorcycle. Her kohl-stained eyes scan Jongin greedily while he leans over, hands cupping the flame.

She suddenly turns to look at her, right when Jongin leans back and thanks her, and winks.

If Jongin notices, he’s unbothered, much more concerned with moving around her to stand on the side of the street, wordlessly making them switch spots. The gentleman move is soon eclipsed by a sudden coughing fit.

It's so bad she feels kind of horrible about finding it amusing. He really just fucked up his smooth streak after one drag.

She offers to grab him a drink, but he shakes his head, grabbing her arm before she walks away. He swallows hard one, two, or three times, wiping the corners of his eyes.

"You good?"

"No." he rasps. “These are the kind that my grandfather used to smoke.”

“You could’ve said no.” she counters, patting his back. They’re strong, she didn’t warn him because she showed him the package.

“I was a victim of peer pressure.” he jokes after clearing his throat. “I was doing well, wasn’t I?”

“It’s ok. Choking on smoke like a high schooler makes you human.” she offers him as consolation. The coughing fit messed up his hair. he looks younger now, less of a threat. Maybe it’s just the fresh air, the relief of getting out of the crowd, and the nicotine easing her up.

He asks if she smokes often, sounding like he doesn’t want to intrude, but a part of him will judge her if she says yes. Truthfully, she hasn’t in months, but it always hits a spot after a while, and people assume she’s too into it.

“Work's stressing you out?”

“That’s what work is supposed to do, isn’t it?”

He winces.

“Not to a level where you have to smoke like a war general.”

She grins at him sideways, the man who introduced her to this particular brand would have a few things to say about that sentence.

“I can deal with the stress, I only smoke when I get frustrated.”

“And does that happen often?”

“I don’t know? I guess. My boss says I’m too much of a control freak. He's a jerk, but sometimes it feels like he knows me better than I know myself.”

“Not great at teamwork, then?” he probes.

“No, I mean-- I’m not, but it’s not that.” she pauses. He’s waiting for her to elaborate. “I just wish I could do more sometimes, and not just document things from the sidelines. Does that make sense?”

“It absolutely does.” he assures. “I think I know what you mean.”

“I tried it, recently” she goes on, and she doesn’t know why she’s opening up to this guy. She’s not trying to turn him into her therapist, and she’s not even sure she wants to take him home at all. There’s too much going on in her mind at the moment, she wouldn’t be fully present anyway. It'd be a waste.

“And how did that go?”

“It was alright at the beginning. I've been helping someone– a friend who was gonna do something he'd regret. Actually, I'm not sure we're actually friends, but he's a great guy in a shitty situation.” she rambles, taking one last drag. “But then things went south in the worst way possible. It didn't even have anything to do with him, just personal baggage and terrible timing. I guess I had it coming.”

He nods, deep in thought, letting a comfortable silence fall between them, just watching people walk past, going in and out of the club. She presses the butt against the sole of her boots, and tosses it in the trash.

“If it’s any help, I’m sure your friend is grateful. You did well helping him.” he says, and she remembers Yixing saying something similar. “And whatever happened, I’m sure it’s not as bad as you think.”

She shrugs. “It is what it is, right? Onwards and upwards.”

He grins, pointing a finger at her. "That’s totally something my father would say.”

“So you ran out of lines and now you’re back to calling me old?”

“I only said that because I didn’t want to come off too strong, but if you insist.” He’s back on charming again, hands in the air like she’s just giving him no choice. The switch between kind to charming gives her whiplash.

A waste, really. A month ago she might’ve taken him home, let him make her coffee in the morning.

“I’m not insisting, I just asked you a question.”

He waves her off. “Bet you 5000 won I can kiss you without using my lips.”

It’s stupid. But he looks like the epitome of determination. Kohl girl behind him keeps looking at them over her shoulder, and without the meaningless rumble of the crowd to distract her, his voice turns out to be quite lovely.

So she tilts her chin at him, giving him the green light.

He takes two purposeful steps. She calls his bluff, refusing to back up against the wall. He gets close enough that he has to bend his head down to keep eye contact, and in a surprisingly smooth move, he places a short, harmless peck right on her lips.

Then he backs up with a single step and pulls out a bill from his pocket.

“A great investment if you ask me.” he says.

She laughs despite herself. Not in the coy, flirted up way, but a full, honest, belly laugh.

The silver-haired menace himself emerges from the shadows with a cowboy hat on his head, thumbs hooked on his jeans. He’s glaring, a scowl on his lipstick-stained lips, focusing on the way Jiah bends over, hand on her tummy and all.

“What are you doing with my best friend? I’m asking both of you, by the way.” he demands.

“Where did you get that?” she asks him, fully recovered, flicking the hat.

Taemin grabs the bill from Jongin’s hand before he can put it away. Jongin raises his eyebrows at him, anticipating complaints for his actions, daring him even.

“Not that I don’t respect the hustle, but I think you’re underselling yourself, sweetie." he says, turning to Jongin like a parental figure setting limits. "A peck from our Jiah is easily worth 10000 won. Pay up.”

“Deal,” Jongin shrugs, reaching for his back pocket again, pulling out several bills, winking at her. "How many can I get for--"

“Alright, we get it, she gets it,” Taemin interrupts, putting an arm around his shoulders, and rubbing his chest distractedly. “I thought you were on Yeri Sitting Duty tonight.”

Jiah licks her thumb and wipes the lipstick marks on his jaw, much to Jongin's endless amusement

“She’s a big girl. You got some on your teeth, you harlot."

"Finally. I keep telling you girls, you baby her too much" he complains, licking his front teeth. "Someday you'll have to set her free, let her make some mistakes of her own. They build character, you know?"

"How wise of you." Jongin says. "Was that the logic behind this new look?"

"Some mistakes don't." Taemin continues, looking at her with crazy eyes, pointing at Jongin. "Some mistakes make your best friend uncomfortable and are off limits."

Jiah and Jongin look at each other. "You introduced us."

"Yes, and? I never said get chummy and explore each other's bodies, did I?"

“Nice tattoo, by the way.” She tells Jongin. She caught a glimpse when he got closer and thought it looked familiar. Then Taemin unknowingly moved the fabric on his chest out of the way and she got confirmation. “It’s the helm of awe, isn't it?”

Jongin mouth falls open, genuine shock taking over his features. Not many people know about runes or recognize them. Taemin tilts his head to the side, eyeing her curiously, suspiciously.

“How do you know that? I thought it was a snowflake.”

“I knew a girl who had one on the back of her neck. Hers was red though. Looked great when she put her hair up.”

Taemin releases Jongin from his clutches with an unconvinced hmph, taking off his hat and putting it on her head. Jongin quietly fixes his shirt.

"Oh. Oh. I think I saw Minho inside. You wanna piss him off?"

Well, that’s great. That’s just great. Super cool.

Jongin takes a look at her face and blurts out the question. "Who's that?"

"Her ex. She broke his heart, he started rumors that she's with the Yakuza." Jongin blinks in surprise, and Taemin looks like he wants to elaborate further. She stops him.

“What’s that grown man doing here?”

“You know he likes to hang around the youngsters and make people guess his age. So, you in?”

“Leave me out of it.”

"Hear me out. I was thinking you and Jongin could walk around, right? Let him see you together, put on a little show. You know how his ears get red and his eyes bulge out when he's angry?” he's trying to contain his laugh, looking maniac. “I’ll buy you dinner, both of you. I’m serious.”

That’s her cue for a bathroom break. She puts the cowboy hat on Jongin’s head, not deterred by the way his eyes follow her on her way inside.

A sigh escapes her lips as the cold water runs over her hands. She smiles at a group of girls walking out of the door, their giggles reminding her of the task at hand—finding Yeri and making sure she's not too drunk to make semi-rational decisions.

Maybe she’ll try to talk her into ditching this place. Yixing's uncle's spot is not too far from here.

The possibility of running into her ex kind of makes her want to bolt. Not out of lingering feelings, she just doesn’t have the energy for that interaction. He has a way with sucking the like out of her.

There's only so much she can take of things beyond her control.

The bathroom door clicks. Something shifts in the air. The unsettling feeling of realizing she's not alone. She glances up at the mirror and catches a glimpse of him in the reflection.

Reacting on instinct, her hand snatches the decorative vase from the sink and hurls it at him. The man covers his face, not before grabbing her forearm and slamming her against the sink.

She puts her palms up to avoid hitting the mirror face first. It happens at once, suddenly he's grabbing her bag, and the next second the chain strap is pulling around her neck.

Her body bends back. His knee's pressed against her lower back. Either she’ll pass out or he’ll snap her in half.

She's not about to go down in a public bathroom. She pushes her shaky fingers under the chain, attempting to relieve some of the pressure.

Her vision' blurring, she's running out of oxygen and ideas. Tears well up. The muffled music starts fading.

There's a distant slam, a loud thump.

And thank fuck, release.

She catches her weight on the sink, gasps for air, almost crashes against the mirror again. She turns on wobbly legs and faces two bodies intertwined and struggling on the floor.

Her attacker’s dressed in all black, mask included, buzzcut, well built. The second man has his thighs wrapped around his head, snarling as he keeps him overpowered. A blue-grey silk shirt clings to his broad shoulders, thin black lines mark the skin on his chest.

The helm of awe.

He knocks the guy out with his thighs which... ok, impressive. With heaving breaths, his eyes land on her.

She runs. He grabs her arm before she can get through the door, and bends over when her knee finds his crotch.

Slamming the door behind her, she slaps her hands against the wall for support, still a bit dizzy, heart racing.

"Wait! Rina– please wait–"

Everything shuts down—her legs, the party, the whole city stops. She drops the plans of putting as much distance as possible between them, turns around and stomps in his direction.

Four letters, one word, a slap to the face.

“What did you just call me?” she demands, her face inches away from his. She doesn't recognize her own voice. He's pawing at his neck, pulling a chain for her to see, like that's gonna do something. "Who the fuck are you?"

"I know them. I know Yixing. You’re in danger, I’m here to help you." he sounds pained, trying to calm her down. She has no sympathy for him.

Hanging from the chain, a silver band morphs into two bony hands that hold a mint-colored ball. A ring, worn as a necklace. She recognizes it at once. She won that ring at some fair in Busan. Someone at school started a rumor that she joined the occult. Kyungsoo's mother thought she was a bad influence.

“We have to get you out of here. He has back up, they'll come soon."

Jiah exhales, relaxes her limbs. He mirrors the gesture, letting out a breath of relief.

Then she runs like her life depends on it. And it just might. She bumps into people, pushes them aside, desperately looking for an emergency exit she vaguely remembers from past situations that shouldn't be crossing her mind right now.

They come in handy, successfully leading her to the deserted alley.

But god, whatever version of it is out there, is just not letting her get away so easily.

The years have granted him an extra couple of inches, not that he ever needed them. Maybe it's just the thick soles of his boots that scrape against the loose gravel. He stops, mirroring her shock for a fleeting second.

She grabs the closest thing available; a rusty, long, and thin metal thing that's heavy enough to give her some confidence. He’s staring at her, no traces left of the awe she saw before.

He's pointing a gun at her face.

"Drop it" he barks "Hands up, turn around and try not to be so damn difficult. In that order."

Frustrated, she snarls at herself, her jaw tightening until it hurts before throwing the stick to the ground. She turns around, facing the mold-infested wall. The last thing she sees is a torn-off poster of an underground rap collective.

His forearm presses to the back of her neck with no mercy. He searches for a weapon she's not carrying.

"That's for being so fucking stupid. Do you realize what you got yourself into?" he snaps, not giving her a chance to answer before he pulls her back by the back of her shirt and pushes her against the wall again.

"Ow– What the fuck, dude?" the rough, disgusting surface of the wall scratches the side of her face. She kicks her feet against the ground. "I wasn’t even– what the fuck was that for?"

"That's for making my mom worry about you, idiot."

He finally lets her go, and she moves away from him, curses spilling from her mouth.

The exit door opens revealing Jongin—the impostor.

"What are you doing? We need to--"

They guards go up abruptly before her eyes. He raises his gun at her once again, this time with clear intent.

It'd be ugly, she imagines, being shot this up close. Her brains will end up on the floor, his clothes, maybe even his face. The Park Chanyeol she knew was an asshole most of the time, but he didn't have it in him to step on an ant or kill a spider even if his mother ordered him to, let alone shoot someone.

The inevitable fact is that they are strangers. She doesn't know who the time has turned him into, just like she’s no longer someone that he knows.

"Go ahead, big guy," she lifts her chin, rolls her shoulders. He’s looking at her like she's made of cellophane.

Someone takes the ground from under her. The ground is inevitable. Someone grabs her. Her shoulder feels wet, and her hands look for the source. When she looks down it, it’s stained red.

Did he just–

It can’t be. It doesn't hurt. It should hurt.

It all happens too quickly. There's a hissing sound. The impostor grips her tightly and says something.

Was her heartbeat always this loud? And did she really just get shot?

"Eyes open," The impostor orders. There's no escape with the world narrowed down to two walls. They’re closing in.

He keeps talking, telling her that it’s alright. Her heartbeat is drumming inside her head. It’s now supposed to do that, she shouldn’t feel this cold in August. A chill settles in her bones like she’s been running barefoot through deep snow in the woods, wearing nothing but a flimsy hospital gown.

Okay. Maybe she did get shot. And now they’re taking her away. But she can’t go down like this. Irene... the girls will wonder where she is, Yeri’s gonna burn the place down looking for her, Taemin’s too sensitive to deal with something like this, and Chanyeol–

He shot her.

And they keep calling her the wrong name.

"Rina, you have to...”

thump

“...be there...”

thump

“...right? C’mon...”

thump.

"Rina."

And then they kill the lights.

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publicdomaindisabledcharacters · 1 year ago

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Hauntlight and Cenotaph, a pair of original, public domain characters created for the also public domain book Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, by Edwin Abbot Abbot.

This character reference sheet took like four days to make.

[ID: Two images, both compilations of drawings of two original characters, Hauntlight and Cenotaph.

The first drawing, which focuses on Hauntlight, is titled, "Hauntlight - it/its/itself pronouns only, yes, even in mundane, 'all-human' AUs. It's not human, only human-passing, even if born to human parents.

From top to bottom and left to right, the following drawings are labled:

"Daemon / aether / familiar is always a rabbit", showing a simple drawing of a tan rabbit, and a purple and grey shape with three lobes to represent a Flatland rabbit.

Next is a simple black line that has zig-zags and a fork at the end, with the same Flatland rabbit shape next to it for scale, showing it comes up to around where the back section forks.

Next to this is the same zig-zagged line, colored in orange, labled, "Can be thicker, though its exoskeleton is abnormally thin".

Next to this is a crude scribble drawing of a humanoid figure with ink-black skin, withd a dark brown heart shape in the center of its torso, with three stripes on either side like a rib cage. Each ankle and wrist, along with its spade-tipped tail, has two more brown stripes, one thin, one thick. It is missing one eye, with the other orange with a brown pupil. It has pointed ears, a tall asymetrical horn on one side of its head, and grey flopped over hair on the other.

It is labled, "Huamnoid! Asymetrical hair. Triped, cat face, animal ears, 1 horn, stylized grey hair, ink-black skin, 1 eye, needs glasses." Next to its right hand, which we see on the left, is a orange and yellow cane.

After this is a pale human seen from the knees up, labeled, "Human-passing! Earth (with daemons). 'Disguised' as a boy (not really, lol). Gets to have crutches!".

This version of the character is wearing a brown eye patch over its missing left eye, with its other eye black, wearing a grey-brown shirt under a dark brown vest, and warm brown pants with a dark belt. It has wooden forearm crutches, and wears a dark brown newsie cap.

After this is another version of the line from before, labled, "Most simplified! If drawn as a solid shape, should be black or orange", with a smiley face emoji. Next is a "Literal Line", purple with a grey outline, labled, "too short, ran out of paper. Grey exo, 2x repro organs, 1 set functional".

The last form is a humanoid form with three legs and two arms, with a single large cyclops eye in the center of its round head, which is tipped with a swooped arrow like a spear point. It has the same colors and pattern as the earlier humanoid, with ink-black skin and brown markings.

It has the same yellow and orange cane drawn over its right hand, which has an uncolored pencil drawing below it showing three rounded, "long webbed fingers". The rest of the labels are, "three legs", with an arrow pointing at its far left leg, which we see on the right, labeling it "worst leg: left leg", with its simple rounded feet "like hooves". Next to it is a separate spade-tipped tail, labled, "Can have spade tail [because] tails are cool, but not required. Finally, there is a drawing of a large, yellow and orange cyclops goggle labled, "could wear eyeglass if not living under The Current Regime".

The last part of text reads, "Black skin like pen ink, just light enough 2 differentiate from lines, or lineless.".

The second drawing shows three digital drawings on a black background, with white outlines, showing different styles of an original Flatland character, Cenotaph.

The first style is labeled, “Literal Line”, and shows an upward pointing arrow with a small box around the straight tail, with small curved lines coming off the sides, like cilia.

The second is labeled, “Speculative”, and shows a more detailed Flatland version as seen from above. In this form, Cenotaph has a grey exoskeleton, and a body with a rounded main section, and two long ear-shaped sections at the top, with its eye in the center. Its blood is purple, and its brain, lung, stomachs, heart, and reproductive organs are in different shades of pink and dark red.

Attached to the sides of its main body section are two cage-like contraptions with five points boring into Cenotaph’s exoskeleton, with the outside covered in the same short curved likes as the simplified version as cilia or fins. One side of the “swimmer” is colored gold to make it easier to see, the other is greyscale. Where the barbs are injected into Cenotaph’s exoskeleton, there are thick black lines of scar tissue around them.

The final drawing is labled, “Stylized”, and shows a three-dimensional cartoon rabbit walking on all fours, with an orange and yellow wheelchair holding its back legs up off the ground, with orange straps and yellow cushioning. The rabbit is dark brown, with three black stripes on its back, a black fluffy tail, and two stripes, one thick, the other thin, on its ankles and ears, with a single large orange eye with a brown slit pupil in the center of its face instead of a mouth.

End ID.]

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An original character / self insert created for the setting of Edwin Abbot Abbot's Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, which is public domain.

You can read or download it for free from Project Gutenberg here:

"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/201"

There's a great free audiobook on the web archive here:

"https://archive.org/details/Flatland_Book/01+1+-+Flatland.mp3"

My art (including many more than shown here!) of this character can be downloaded in HD from the web archive here:

"https://archive.org/details/hauntlight-the-irregular-line"

You can also check out the tags here on tumblr, "Hauntlight the Irregular Line", and "Cenotaph the rabbit aether".

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anyamaris · 2 years ago

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Another Us pt.4

Summary- Seonghwa!au x f!reader have a stormy past. Despite thinking you've weathered the worst, clouds brew on the horizon.

Don't laugh at me, I was feeling poetic.

Word Count-2700+

Warning- Long winded and rambling. Mentions of blood and injury, alcohol consumption, vulgar language. I think that's about it.

Pretty sure it's just random angst at this point. Going Crazy- Exo is a pretty apt way to explain the relationship between reader and Seonghwa at this point. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I've been enjoying the writing. ❤

Part 5

What did I do in a past life to have to deal with all this bad karma? you think to yourself, taking in the mess in front of you as you open your bedroom door. San and Wooyoung were curled up in your bed as per usual, but they were sleeping so peacefully right now. Ah, such blissful silence, you think as you tip toe out into the living area, hoping it will last for a little while.

The large open space in front of you is littered with clothing, a few dirty glasses and random snack bags on the large glass coffee table. Grateful that you picked up before settling down for the antics last night, you set your mind to cleaning up what you can before the chaos begins.

You hear soft snoring and upon stepping forward, you see Yunho passed out facedown on a pillow between the two overstuffed couches. Probably drooling on it, you think, letting out a soft snort. His sleeping form makes you smile, as he's cuddling one of your cat plushies. You recall some kind of dare where he had to act out some silly performance and the WooSan team had decided to be the prop masters for the antics last night. A puppy and a kitty cuddling, how adorable, you think.

Peeking over the top of the couch nearest you, you grimace as you take in Seonghwa's form curled up on his side, looking peaceful. His dark hair lying softly over his face, his delicate fingers curled up near his cheek. The urge to brush back his hair from his face like you used to startles you. Your head hurts as your thoughts whirl. Just the sight of him makes you so confused.

You've been at war internally lately, with him showing up so unexpectedly and having to fight those old demons within you. You've always known that you may have to face him again one day, but thinking about it and actually having to deal with it were two VERY different things.

You'd been through the gauntlet early on when things fell apart. You'd both been kids, basically, but even years later, there was still that feeling of old scars tugging. I thought being the bigger guy and making a truce last night would settle me internally, you sigh. Was I already drunk?

If only emotions were so easily controlled by words backed by some momentary willpower. Actually standing by them was the true test.

One I may fail, you scoff, sneering down at the beautiful, horrible man slumbering peacefully. Fighting the urge pet his hair or punch him in the side of his head while he was sleeping, you move past him into the open kitchen area. Wow, I'm awful, you think, simultaneously smiling at the thought of smacking him.

Mingi and Yeosang must have been in the other rooms. Oh yeah, Yunho offered Yeosang his room, while Seonghwa was supposed to have taken San's. They must have stayed up longer after you'd crawled to your room at some point.

The night had devolved eventually to stupid questions and even more stupid dares. "Dares!? wait-" you mutter and gasp, turning on your heel. You rush into your room as quietly as you can manage, memories of the night prior and a certain incident reemerging in your recovering brain.

Throwing yourself across your bed, you grasp the phone you'd tossed on the covers before sleeping and unlock it in a panic.

"Hi! I think you're really hot and I think you should take me on a date." the text reads and you cry out, not caring about waking the two monsters that had started even more chaos in your life. Groaning you toss your phone at the nearest body, hearing San mumble as it plops against him. ".........heyyyyyyy....what....?" He peeks an eye at you. "YOU TWO!" You yell and jump on them, eliciting a squeal and lots of yelling and laughing, tickling and pinching and waking the little shits up to punish them.

So much for a quiet morning.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The night before~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"You're going on a date!" the words catch your breath as you read the lit up screen in front of you. "Hi! I think you're really hot and I think you should take me on a date." it read and below that, a response. "Hehet, okay! Let's go on a date." You glance up and meet Yeosang's eyes, who smiles at you like the gorgeous prince he is. Oh my god, those idiots, you think as you feel your stomach drop.

Wait, he's smiling at me? He said yes? Your eyes go big as your sluggish brain catches up with the moment. You can feel heat creeping up on your cheeks as you SWEAR he winks at you. He winked at me? Am I dreaming? He must be really drunk if he said yes, especially knowing it didn't actually come from you.

You finally feel all the eyes on you as you look away from Yeosang shyly. Yunho and Mingi are leaning forward, and the sound snaps back into place in your head. "Y/N! C'mon, stop teasing, who are you going on a date with?!" Mingi yells, kicking his legs. Woo and San are laughing hysterically and congratulating each other, while giving you thumbs up.

Bastards, you think, before feeling Seonghwa lean closer to you to read your phone before you can stop him. His scent becomes even more intoxicating and you can feel his breath on your cheek as he leans far too close to get a look. He's swaying slightly, squinting with one eye closed to read before you can come to your senses and turn off the screen. His head snaps up and you're face to face with him, far far too close. Pushing him back and standing up abruptly, you clear your throat.

"Who wants another drink? Hey let's do some shots!" you yell much too loudly. Mingi starts yelling along with Yunho, protesting, before Yeosang answers them. His voice is quiet but everyone catches it.

"With me. I'm taking Y/n on a date." He says, smiling gently.

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Finally emerging again after taking the frustration out on your eternal bedmates, you sigh as you realize you've woken the two bodies in the living room up. Yunho is groaning and rubbing his eyes, mumbling a greeting when he notices you. You glance over at the other form that is sitting up. Seonghwa is checking his phone and hasn't noticed your presence yet.

Sighing, you return to the picking up and try not to think too hard about the previous night's outcome. You really couldn't be too hard on the two little demons. Wooyoung was always far too perceptive when it came to you. You had both been close since beginning to work together and hang out.

He particularly loved gossip and upending things around him for a good laugh, but he didn't do anything maliciously. He truly paid attention to the people he cared for and that extended to wanting them to be happy. You'd just not been careful enough with your comments and glances at the pretty face that had recently become a part of your little group. Honestly, you hadn't even considered looking at Yeosang beyond admiring him. He was beautiful, that was undeniable. His almost angelic features and his sharp gaze definitely would have anyone trying to remember how to breathe.

But you live with 3 gorgeous men as well as working with another. It wasn't a stretch to say that you were literally always surrounded by the epitome of male beauty in it's many forms. And it was totally fine to have a crush without thinking about actually going on a date or having an intimate relationship with a crush.

Much to Wooyoung and San's dismay, any interest you'd shown in men for last 2 years in the form of a 'crush' had been cut off at the knees before they could meddle. You knew they wanted you to be happy, but all four of the men close to you knew what you'd gone through with your ex. As protective as they could be, you'd always been concerned that when you finally were ready, they would chase off any prospective interest of yours once you actually formed an attachment. But you could understand them wanting you to try again.

So now here you were, so confused about how to interpret last night on so many levels.

Firstly, Yeosang knew you didn't send the text. So maybe he was just trying to make it so you didn't lose your dare. Yeah...actually that makes sense. You think, shaking your head as you start doing the dishes. You can hear everyone moving around behind you and you smile. Yeah....that's the answer, it's just a silly game, why am I acting like a 14 year old girl who's never dated before?

"Before you even ask, yes I'll make food, coffee is on and should be done soon. No complaining!!" you say without even looking.

Secondly, even if he was being serious about his answer, he was drunk. Hell, you all were. Between the bottles of wine, some weird concoction the chaos twins had made and the inevitable dare shots you'd all been subjected to, everyone was not in their right mind.

You stare off, holding a glass and becoming distracted by your thoughts. Thirdly, even though he was gorgeous and sure, you probably had a crush on him, sure.....every time you thought about him, your brain did this funny little slip.

Just like your eyes had kept slipping last night...from Yeosang's smiling form, to the man sitting next to you through the night. It had started out fine, you'd tamped down on the confusion, the more you drank the easier it had seemed to relax.

All evening you'd catch yourself glancing over at him, his eyes meeting yours every so often. His hand brushing yours occasionally. If someone needed a drink or you both moved at the same time.

His familiar intoxicating scent.

Your hand tightens around the glass unconsciously as you remember, frowning. "Are the coffee mugs-?" you hear the deep voice behind you start to say, so close behind you, and the glass in your hand shatters as you jump and clench it tighter, cutting into your palm.

Your scream and sudden movement cuts the words off before he exclaims, "Oh my god, Y/n, are you ok?!" Seonghwa grabs you and turns you, pulling you close and using his shirt to cover the bleeding wound before you can even register what happened beyond the initial pain and shock.

"Ow." You say in a flat tone, startled with the panic on Seonghwa's face. You'd think he was the one who got hurt. He was frowning and looking down at your hand, then your face.

Oh, oops, blood. you think as you see the liquid staining his white shirt.

You realize that your hand is under his shirt, getting it all over him...more aware of the warm skin of his stomach against your hand than the pain of the wound. You look back up and your eyes meet. His wide, dark eyes are filled with concern and distress and your heart thuds loudly, speeding up, but you feel like everything else has stopped.

Your head swims and your chest flutters along with your eyelids as you study his face, nothing making sense as you drown in the warm deep color of his eyes, his beautiful soft skin. The warmth of his skin under your hand far too overwhelming. You feel an arm snake around your waist and then your vision blurs briefly, finally noticing that his lips are moving.

Am I still drunk? you think as his eyes finally pull away from yours to look at something else. Why is my head spinning? Why doesn't my hand hurt?

Then it's like something pops and the sound around you returns and it feels like time has started once more. You hand throbs and you suck in a breath. Was I even breathing?

"Y/n! Hey, look at me!" You glance towards the person in front of you and register the face. You finally come back to your senses completely and take in the chaos around you. You're sitting on the couch, your hand clenched in Seonghwa's shirt as he kneels off to your right. The pain is starting to burn now. "Yunho? Huh? How did I get over here?" He is holding your uninjured hand and cupping your face with the other. He smiles at your questions but his eyes are still full of worry. "Shh, don't worry about that, I just want to make sure you are alright. You're such a klutz, Y/n." He says and sighs. You can hear voices behind you and you glance around.

Mingi is heading over with the first aid kit. Wooyoung is hovering, dancing around and pacing. You hear San yelling something from the kitchen and Woo rushes off. You look back to your right as your hand is extracted and it throbs and stings. "Agghhh", you say and wince.

"Shh it's ok," Yunho calms you again as Mingi kneels to your left and takes your hand, using tweezers to remove some of the glass. "Oh shit, sorry, the carpet-" you start and Yunho chuckles and shakes his head, patting yours. You look back towards your right. Seonghwa looks like he's going to pass out and you suddenly feel really bad.

"Are you ok?" he whispers and you nod at him. "Yeah, sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Oh no! Your shirt, I'm so sorry." You frown down, looking at his nice white shirt that looks like a crime scene now. He shakes his head at you and sighs heavily.

"She gets like this after drinking, normally we have to force her to eat or drink something in the morning after drinking too much." Mingi says and a coffee mug is pushed into your hand. San is frowning down at you now and all of a sudden you feel super crowded and overwhelmed. "Why are you frowning at me?" You glare back at him. "Drink your OJ, Y/n. You know we don't like seeing you hurt. I can frown!!"

"Sorry I worried you guys, I'm fine, it's just some glass. You're like a bunch of overprotective mother hens." You sigh and glance back at Seonghwa. He's got his clean hand covering his face.

Looking around you say, "Ok please stop crowding me. Thank you for doing that, Mingi." You say and he smiles without even looking up, cleaning the wound and starting to wrap it. "Sure, anything for our girl, right?" His dimple flashes and you can't help but smile back and relax a little. San and Woo head back towards the kitchen and Yunho pats your head once more before standing up to go join them.

You've noticed Yeosang has come out and is sitting across from you, a mild look of worry on his face as you look at him. "You ok?" he mouths at you and you smile and nod, feeling mildly embarrassed that this happened in front of him. "I have mild anemia and sometimes drinking can make it worse the next morning. I should have just been more careful, pure idiocy on my end. I wasn't paying attention." "And you're the clumsiest person I know" Mingi mutters and you hiss at him playfully.

"Anemia? Is that bad? Do you need to go to the hospital?" Seonghwa rattles off, bringing your attention back to him. You laugh and shake your head. "Seriously, it's fine. I just need to take an iron pill, drink some coffee and get over this hangover." You say, setting down the juice and rubbing your head. "I'm sorry I caused all this drama so early in the day. I still need to cook! Shit!" You say, starting to get up without thinking and Mingi tugs you back down, tsking. "Stop. Ill send the guys out to get something to eat, so sit your ass back down and stop trying to do everything at once. You're giving me vertigo." He says in a soothing tone.

"I'll go get something." Seonghwa goes to stand and then stops, looking down at his shirt. "Umm." He says. "I'm so sorry," you say again, wincing. "Stop. It's fine, uhh-"

"I'm going, come on, Ill get you a shirt to change into and you can come along for the ride." Yunho says, coming out with his keys in hand and motioning Seonghwa to follow him into the other room to change.

Seonghwa glances at you once more and you give him a reassuring smile and wave you free hand at him to go. He hesitates then follows the taller man.

"There, all done, princess." Mingi says, cleaning up the first aid kit. "Hey that's you, not me- Elsa." You say and he winks at you as he stands up. "You can borrow it today, princess."

Great, all this commotion and your head is even more of a mess. Drunk interactions were so much easier to brush off. Sober things (like whatever that was) made everything so much worse in your head, you think, watching the two men leave to go get food. Your head snaps back and your eyes widen when you hear Yeosang say,

"If you're feeling better, Y/n, would you like to talk about where you'd like to go on our date?"

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"Why don't you ever listen to me, San?" You frown at the man sniffling in your lap. Petting his hair back, you start to plot all the ways you could help him feel better.

"But I wanted to impress them this time!" He wails and you try your best to not giggle at how adorable he is. Poor boy was in pain. You'd just come from the hospital and his ankle was wrapped and propped up. "You can't overdo things. I know you work really hard but you need to take care of your body. How can you dance at all if you hurt yourself? What if it is something serious next time? Have you thought about that??"

You're met with a pout as he turns his head to look up at you. "I know, Y/n. I just want to do my best and work hard." "Well we worry about you when you hurt yourself, Sannie. You know we don't like seeing you hurt."

You glance towards the door as it opens and Wooyoung comes barreling in. "Noooooooo San!!!!" He cries and throws himself at both of you. Giggling, San's sniffles start to dry up as he's being fawned over and cuddled. Mingi and Yunho are coming in behind Wooyoung with bags of groceries and both are shaking their heads, everyone starting up their own special ways of berating San while trying to cheer him up at the same time.

You smile and just pet San's hair again as you think,

"My little family."

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