#exol went please

[yonghoonsleftnostril]

I mean this in the nicest way possible, as an exol/eris but dang we are a spoiled fandom.

EXO: okay so here's an album!

Exol: great, here's some things we want you to do. Like Killing Voice and dance challenges.

EXO: ... seriously? That's what you want?

Exol: Yes. That is what we want. Please.

EXO: Y'all are fucking weird but here you go. KV and a dance challenge.

[aphrodite1288]

Omg I love this side of Kyungsoo 😆 It was 2am in Korea when he shared this story. And maybe he's a lil tipsy ! I love him for celebrating his Freedom and departure savagely. He slayed!

SAVAGE KYUNGSOO SUPREMACY!

Ps: To dumb Akgaes Dandanies whom I hate so much, don't Mistake Ksoo's dislike to SM to him hating his members!!!

Stop hating on the members! He clearly loves them and doesn't blame or condemn them for anything?! the fuck is wrong with y'all bashing them like They have any link to his beef with SM?? The X app is full of Dandans being psycho haters attacking Exo and ExoL like hungry wolves. The other members are also going through their own shit and sabotage from SM and you saw it with Chanyeol and CBX and Jongdae! Why are you only saying SM was bad to Ksoo only and that they were favoring other members over him??! Bitch where?

Sehun sang like 15 lines in all Exo songs since debut, has no solo album 0 reality shows or Variety attendance, 0 Sechan promotions from SM.

Jongdae was being canceled, threatened with Death him and his daughters and went on hiatus for 3years because he decided to have a family and SM didn't even support him or sued the fans who boycotted him or sent him death threats.

Suho, who works so hard on his albums and musicals, and has 0 promotions from SM, no appreciation, 0 variety/reality shows attendance!

Chanyeol who paid with his own money to print and promote his albums with Sehun ?? He said he wants a unit and make an album with Sehun he said he has the lyrics and composed everything himself he just needed the funds for making MVs and printing albums and promoting his debut and comebacks, SM said "Your unit your problem"??? Or the fact that SM was the one that spread that 10 gfs scandal and ruined him few months before going to military because he was being a Rebel! And there's notbing worse than going on military hiatus with a scandal , because once your back people will forget you by choice and with time also! And SM didn't even take any legal measures to protect him like they did with all their idols in that shithole pink company!

Or Jongin and Baekhyun &, Ksoo whom are called the money makers of SM who got overworked by SM, with no rest They put them in show after show after show after project after schedule, going from filming directly to another filming with no rest or a proper meal or sleep, and make them debut 4 times in units and a whole other band (SuperM)?

And Please don't get me started on Minseok/Xiumin, that Man as if he doesn't even exist to SM. He's the most underrated most mistreated member of all times NOT ONLY from his company but sadly from HIS OWN FANS who give 0 fucks about what he does, his albums and projects, I dare anyone here to tell me three songs from his album. And because he's not supported by his own fans that SM refuses to "Waste money" on him promoting him which is sad it's how business works, if you can't produce you can't consume. Like that he'll never have anything even if he begs for it, SM would say "No! We can't give you an album because have you seen your last album it barely got us any revenue 0 profit sorry" . In companies if you can't sell you can't ask for solo projects! Not even a birthday party for your own self with your fans. And if you wanna promote yourself you gotta pay for your Promotions like how Sechan did with their albums.

Sad but facts.

Anyway Ksoo has cute Toes UWU

[exoscreamsoda]

suddenly a lot of people who hated kaisoo are realizing how much kai knows every random fact about ksoo and speaks up for him unprompted. 

interesting 🤔

anyway here are my favorite tweets about it 

this tweet from a kaisooist that went “viral” on exol twt and caused everyone to start noticing lol (look at the views)

heres some funny replies and quote retweets on this tweet :)

please go to the tweet and read the quotes. theres so many funny ones i cant screenshot them all 😭

[dreamylittlesugarcube]

Delivery

Genre: EXO AU

Characters: Yixing x Female Reader

Warnings: None

Word Count: 2.2k

Summary: Your holiday stint as a food delivery worker isn’t going as well as you’d hoped. Will a chance meeting with a handsome bartender be just the gift you need? 

A/N: A very happy Secret Santa reveal to my giftee, @leewalberg. I hope this brings you some holiday cheer! It’s been great getting to chat with you about Yixing and our mutual love of baking and food! @exols-silver-christmas

*Please note: I do not own the image used, so credit should go to the original creator/owner.*

~*~

“I specifically said ranch, not mustard, you idiot!”

Sauce packets bounced off your helmet and for the millionth time tonight you wondered why you were subjecting yourself to this. 

Oh, that’s right–Christmas presents. Times were tough in this economy and gifts didn’t buy themselves. 

“ –um, HELLO, are you even listening to me?” Unfortunately. 

Restraining yourself, you fished a copy of the receipt out of your pocket and held it up for her inspection. “I’m sorry ma’am, but the receipt specifically said mustard and–”

“ –well you should have known what I meant!” she sputtered. “Who eats mustard on a pizza anyway? That’s so stupid!”

“Ma’am, I don’t tell anyone how to eat their food, I just deliver what’s in the bag.” You started to back away towards your moped, ready to be done with this conversation. “If there’s a problem with your order, please contact Food2You support and they’ll be able to offer you assistance.” With that, you got on your moped, strapped on your helmet, and backed out of the driveway, as the customer continued to scream about “lazy, good-for-nothings, don’t think you’re getting a tip”. 

And true to her word, you did not get a tip. She’d gone into the app and removed it. Sigh. 

Thankfully, the rest of your deliveries went without a hitch. You’d even scored an extra large tip from a heavy order of sushi platters to a penthouse suite downtown. With enough cash to add to your Christmas Fund, you figured you deserved a little treat of your own for what you’d had to deal with tonight. 

The craft beer passport burning your roommate had gotten you for your birthday was just burning a hole in the button of your purse, so you figured you might as well use it. Flipping through the pages, you noticed one included location was not far from here: The Black Sheep Bar & Bistro. It advertised itself as having local, custom brews paired with bites to complement the individual notes of each beer. Right up your alley.

As busy as it was downtown, you were lucky to find a parking spot not too far from the bar. From the outside, the bar looked welcoming with festive Christmas lights Upon entering, you were greeted by a friendly host, a tall dark-haired man who told you his name was Chanyeol. The dining room was dimly lit with pale yellow twinkle lights on the ceiling and a variety of booths and small tables that gave it a cozy, intimate atmosphere. Situated on the other end of the room, was a shiny, mahogany bar. The low hum of conversation was quiet, surprising, since it seemed like all the tables were filled. 

“It looks like we’re fully booked tonight, so unfortunately I don’t have a table for you.”

You were about to say “no problem”, when Chanyeol’s gaze shifted over your head. He paused for a second, then smiled. 

“ –unless you wouldn’t mind sitting at the bar? Looks like a spot just opened up.” 

It must have been your lucky night, as you soon found yourself promptly seated at the shiny, wooden bar, perusing the many drink and food options. Beer flights, specialty cocktails, and appetizer pairings with an array of global dishes that changed monthly, according to the menu. 

“So, what can I get started for you?” 

You looked up to see a handsome man, probably in his mid-twenties to early thirties. Blonde hair, dark eyes. Cute. Not that you were looking. He’s here to ask you for your order, not for you to ogle like a piece of meat. 

You cleared your throat. “Ummm…it’s my first time here and there’s so many good choices…do you have a recommendation?”

He took the menu and flipped through to the entree page. “We do small plates here, but some are more generous than others. If you’re hungry, the beep tenderloin with garlic potato puree is very popular. More adventurous, I’d recommend the bison barbeque sliders. And finally, my personal favorite, the loaded mini hotdog bites. They’re stuffed with cheese and caramelized onions.”

You scratched your chin in thought. “Hmm, I think I’ll take the hotdog bites, you made that sound really interesting.” 

“And to drink?”

“Whatever you have on tap that would go well with the buns.”

He finished scribbling on his little pad of paper. “Sounds good, I’ll go put this order right in. I’m Yixing, by the way, in case you need anything else”. He winked then walked away. 

You watched him as he went. Yixing. You knew his name!

After hanging your ticket at the kitchen window, he went about his business, taking orders, making drinks, chatting with guests who were clearly regulars. It was calming to watch him move about the bar; it was rhythmic and he flowed as though a dancer might. 

Finally, he came to you again, holding a pint of pale liquid and a plate of little bites made of what looked to be puff pastry. He presented them to you with a flourish. “Our brewmaster recommends a nice, amber ale to cut through the richness of the meat and complement the cheese and caramelized onions. Both the chef and the brewmaster are very open to feedback, so please let me know if it isn’t to your liking.” 

You dutifully followed his instructions, and mindful of his watchful gaze, attempted to take a some-what elegant bite out of the steaming mini hotdog bites. Not expecting to heat, you reached for your beer and chugged a third of the glass. Smooth. 

“Sorry, sorry! I should have warned you. People usually wait for them to cool off a bit.” Yixing said, pressing his hands together in repentance. 

You swallowed. “That’s okay, it’s my fault. They just looked so good that I couldn’t wait.”

“I’m the same way,” he said, grinning. “I’d rather look like a fire-breathing dragon, than wait a whole five minutes.”

You smiled, staring at his face and wishing you were better at small talk. Come on, think of something. You did improv in high school and this is what you have to show for it?

“...well, enjoy your first couple bites and let me know if you need anything else, okay?”

You tried to say something to get him to stay, you really did, but all you could manage was a small smile and a thumbs up. Oh my god, really, that’s all the game I have? 

He raised an eyebrow, returning your thumbs up with one of his own. You could swear you heard him chuckling as he walked away. 

You tried to eat your food slowly, taking small bites and even smaller sips of your drink to make your time here last longer. After an hour, you’d finally finished your food, taking your time to people-watch, well person-watch, without making it too obvious.  The bar had pretty much cleared out and only a few diners lingered in the restaurant. 

“Kitchen’s closing in five minutes, so last call for orders. Do you want anything else?” Yixing asked. He stepped towards you from the other end of the counter where he’d been drying glasses. Which you had not been watching him do. 

You were, in fact, very full. And honestly, at this time of day, you’d typically smash a bag of salty kettle chips and call it a night. 

“I think I’m good, I usually finish out my night with junk food, so I’m not used to eating rich food so late. I’ll take another order of the hotdog bites to go though, my roommate would kill me if I didn’t bring anything home for her.”

Yixing nodded and headed over to put in the order, but instead of stopping at the window, he went through the doors and all the way into the kitchen. Moments later, he was back and walking towards you. He stopped and thought for a second before bending down behind the counter. You heard rustling, as though he was looking for something. Finally, he popped back up with a look of conspiracy on his face. His eyes darted around, as though making sure the coast was clear, before shoving a small box across the bar to you. 

Peering in the box, you saw a variety of packaged snacks: Lay’s chips, rice crackers, Pocky, Kit-Kats, cream wafers, pretzels, and many more snacks you’d never seen before. You furrowed your eyebrows, unsure of what was happening. 

Having seen your confusion, Yixing leaned forward, to whisper. “I love junk food, but the brewmaster, Xiumin, is my gym partner and he’s very strict about food. I hide these here so I can eat them when he isn’t watching. You want one?”

Mesmerized at his closeness, you reached into the box and grabbed a snack, not caring which one you actually ended up with. You smiled, fingering the waxy material. “Well, then I appreciate you sharing your secret stash with me.”

“And you can’t tell Xiumin, okay?”

“Of course. I will guard your secret with my life.” You made a serious expression, thumping your hand over your chest in promise. It didn’t even matter that you had no idea who Xiumin was. You just liked the moment you were sharing. 

The sound of a throat clearing made you jump and you looked up to see a short dark-haired man with glasses wearing a chef’s uniform. He held a white, to-go box, no doubt your hot dog bites. His gaze shifted between you and Yixing, almost like he knew something was up. “You better put that away before Xiumin comes in here and sees that.” He jerked his chin towards the box of contraband. 

Yixing nodded, the box disappearing as though it had never been. 

The chef placed your food on the counter and slid it towards you. “Here you are ma’am, have a wonderful night and thank you for stopping at The Black Sheep Bar and Bistro.”

Taking that as your cue to leave, you slipped on your coat and grabbed the box. Looking up, you locked eyes with Yixing. “Thanks, uh, for the recommendation,” you held up the box and your bag of snack, “ –and um, thank you for the chat.” 

Yixing smiled warmly. “You’re welcome. Feel free to come back anytime. I’m always here.”

You nodded, feeling almost light-headed, before awkwardly stumbling out the door. Chanyeol bid you farewell, smiling slyly as you left, like he hadn’t just watched you stare at his bartender all night. 

Outside, you leaned against the wall, fighting off an existential crisis. He wanted you to come back. To see you again. Had he been flirting? Or was he just being nice, the same as he was to all customers? Did he give special secret snacks to all the girls at the bar? You hoped he didn’t. You texted your roommate that you needed some “girl talk”, hoping she’d catch on that there was an emergency here. 

Trudging up the stairs to your apartment, you let yourself in. And as expected, Jessica was waiting up with ice cream and an expectant expression. Handing off the takeout, you went to change your clothes, happy to get into some comfortable sweats. 

“Hey, did you meet a guy or something?” Jessica shouted from the kitchen. 

“Yeah, why?” you shouted back.

“Come take a look.”

You padded out to the kitchen, where Jessica was waiting with a gleeful expression. 

Look!” she exclaimed, turning the open takeout container, so you could see the open lid. The open lid with numbers written on it. Numbers that looked suspiciously like a phone number. 

“Are you seeing what I’m seeing?” you asked. 

“Yes!” Jessica squealed. “OMG spill, what happened? Because last time I heard from you you had mustard packets thrown in your face. This is SO much better than that!”

Jessica wouldn’t let you out of the room before you spilled all the dirty details. Not that there were any. 

“This is JUST like what happened in the drama I’ve been watching!” Jessica said, stamping her feet in excitement. “You HAVE to text him.” 

“And say what? ‘Hi, I’m the girl that you gave prohibited junk food to at the place of your employment that was staring at you all night because I think you’re hot?’ Besides, how do we know he even meant it for me?”

Jessica sighed. “Maybe because he wrote it on the back of your takeout container? Who else would it be for?”

“Okay, but what do I say?”

Jessica cracked her knuckles and patted you on the shoulder. “Thankfully, Big Sister Jessica is here, I don’t watch rom-coms for nothing.” She grabbed your phone and proceeded to type. 

You peered at the screen over her shoulder. “ ‘Hi, it’s Chips Girl.’  That’s what you came up with? No, ‘Hi, it’s Chips Girl, thanks for tonight, what are you up to? Want to get married?’.”  

“Nope, we’re giving an air of mystery, darling. He has to make the next move.” 

Your phone buzzed in Jessica’s hand. Jessica squealed while you tried to remember to breathe. She handed you the phone, staring pointedly, as you read what was on the screen.

“Hi Chips Girl ;). I was hoping you’d get my message. I was wondering…if you wanted more chips…maybe tomorrow at 6:00 at the movie theater next to the bar?”

“He asked you on a date, OMG!” Jessica screeched, running into your room. “Come on, let’s go,” she called, “outfits don’t plan themselves.”

You sent off a quick “Yes, that sounds nice!” text, holding the phone to your chest. 

Smiling to yourself, you thought perhaps this day hadn’t been bad at all. “Merry Christmas to me,” you whispered. A perfect present for a perfect Christmas. 

~*~

I hope you enjoyed reading “Delivery”. I love writing food and restaurant themed fics for EXO because it just fits so well! Thanks for reading!

XOXO, 

Emmy

[theboytatu]

anon back from a week ago re: bbh being a messy bitch who likes drama and his ability to shape his fans opinions. still would love your take on this topic if you don't mind

i am sooo sorry omg i have the attention span of an alcoholic toddler!!!! yes ok so I don't have that many examples on hand because i'm not a library of exo content, all my bookmarks on twt are a mess ugh

but re: manipulation and what i would actually call being an expert at exploiting an atmosphere but everyone else calls being an attention whore

exhibit A: him "drunk texting" fans on bubble during exo fanmeet in april. mind you this was right in the middle of the legal battle with SM which we had no idea about at the time. fans were so emotional - first exo performance as a full group in over 3 years, baekhyun fresh off his military life, yadda yadda yadda - he was pretty drunk from the post concert dinner the group had. yet later we found out idols need to review messages THREE TIMES before sending anything on bubble lmao 😭 i'm not saying he was faking it - i'm saying even drunk he knew exactly what these texts were gonna do to the fans. he is that good at riling people up like that + preemptively digging his parasocial nails into the fandom cause he knew shit was about to hit the fan.... I love his mind

exhibit B: the most recent example and something that had me crawling up the walls. i'm not saying he faked it or that he planned to fall asleep on purpose during a livestream, i completely believe baekhyun is careless and overworked enough to do that. what makes me scream into a pillow is the way he was UNFAZED by that shit when he woke up. had his manager blowing up his phone asking him to wake up and +40k people hearing him moan in his sleep and he woke up and stayed in the livestream. FOR 30 MORE MINUTES. he laughed it off and started joking teasing people etc etc like he genuinely dgaf.

might I add this pattern of starting twitter lives early in the morning only started after the comeback which i think is very interesting. i dont think its a coincidence at all but i need to gather my thoughts on that

exhibit C: not manipulative per se but this fucking clip is so insane to me i love how the worst things happened to exo completely unprompted it's like seeing an episode of the office. anyway baekhyun taking one for the team and distracting fans with his silly little dance.. THAT'S RIGHT HE'S THE GUY THAT STEPPED UP. and i think it showcases his quick thinking and social skills perfectly cause the rest of these men were frozen in place with half their asses out but baek just took it like a champ lol. he just wants to be seen <3 and told he's done a good job <3 give him all the praises please

exhibit D: this horrible fucking live. just baekhyun as a whole in superm.... like he's not dumb he knew nctzens were eating him up and shipping him w taeyong and what did he do? he went ahead and gave them exactly what they wanted.. while wrapping taeyong around his little finger might I add. now i think irl baekhyun and taeyong aren't that close, they're like those friends from work that you genuinely like but it's not someone you would seek out outside of pretty specific social settings. but baekhyun isn't fucking stupid he knew nctzens were a segment of kpop fans he could tap into and either turn into his own fans or he could get slapped in the face by exols turning on him.

anyways this is so fucking long im sorry to ppl following me i'm on mobile and can't make a read more. no one cares about the weird things i only notice about baekhyun but yes there's more to it i just dont have links for most things... but there's not a lot of specific examples idk once you notice it you just watch content with baekhyun and it becomes pretty clear.

[aajjks]

This is what happened over the years of abuse toward BTS and ARMYs from exols/exo

https://twitter.com/jhoebussy/status/1678057179394310145?t=w6KFwqhDRrgnL-HcQDXzgg&s=19

This is about #breakthewings project:

https://twitter.com/bangtanreceipts/status/1180232544148742150?t=jfRPbeHzAr-cwC4komCAfA&s=19

https://twitter.com/seokjinnieima/status/1677894775490637825?t=KAWihfQuJr7vLfFpZXQzMg&s=19

Exols and other antis siding with nazi: ( j-armys were terrified of going to the tannies concert due to the constant threats. Causing trauma to both BTS and our fandom) https://twitter.com/ughmane/status/1677912058577158151?t=KBQJTO85bMVP4TOwUqUy1g&s=19

https://twitter.com/dizzydayyz/status/1677885418237198336?t=Iwsp6Tw03_ff3x5YNjhLOw&s=19

https://twitter.com/Angeliinaaax_/status/1677810907773120520?t=Ka6qKj4eCUAOoCnUEBgyjQ&s=19

This what they are doing in 2023:

https://twitter.com/54hrtz/status/1677822385267810307?t=N1sFBmKOVpFmzfKNsPaBCw&s=19

https://twitter.com/btsskills/status/1677820086554378241?t=4up6wsQgjlQTmz6VbFdWTQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/myyouwithjk/status/1677948526314270721?t=qOJ1MIbOqRLD5breaYS_kA&s=19

https://twitter.com/boobkoos/status/1677905660216856577?t=kRMlc-nuJWtbJ-POZHq1fQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/MIKCHUC/status/1677890211873804288?t=ee3JZp5NxDxxpK30iyLc4g&s=19

https://twitter.com/seulcypher/status/1677883872422375424?t=NiGIEAi7ba7nGjqAWdBS1A&s=19

and yes Exo, the group is also responsible for what happened and is still happening because of their fandom. These are not simple fanwars on twitter but a real organized hate campaign against BTS. Stopping traffic in front of the blue house to cause BTS to be disbanded as a group and it even went on television in South Korea

https://images.app.goo.gl/S2Ep1iepzBDjPhmC6

https://www.google.com/amp/s/leepacey.tumblr.com/post/187103779178/everything-bts-has-ever-done-both-good-and-bad/amp

May I ask you to please talk about the #breakwings project so maybe other ARMYs know what BTS went through?

This Reddit user explains the #breakwings project.

[angelxiu]

sometimes there are good days and sometimes there are days where you remember that minseok answered that he wants to love more than to be loved

[exo-xexo]

It’s Lovely Weather for Carolin’ Together with You~

Hello @chicken-fifi ! I am your Secret Santa! I will be very transparent with you, I only know very basic Spanish on a good day... I really hope I was able to capture these traditions. I did some research and I hope I represented them properly. If I spelled anything wrong, or if something doesn’t mean what I think it means please feel free to let me know and I will fix it. I hope you enjoy this little fic, Happy Holidays! @exols-silver-christmas​

Kyungsoo is very nervous, that might be an understatement. However, this was his idea. You told him it was okay to wait another year, but Kyungsoo was determined for this year to be the year. He has a surprise of his own that he’s cooking up. Kyungsoo looked at the clock in his kitchen, you would be here soon. He doesn’t have a lot of time, once you get here he won’t have any time to continue making his present. He’s worked hard to try and learn the traditions quickly. Despite feeling prepared, he feels like he hasn’t done enough research yet. 

The only thing he’s confident about is that he is making tamales. He has no idea if they’ll be good or not, he’s never made them before. Kyungsoo is also worried about offending your family. He knows how important certain foods are to different cultures around the world. Kyungsoo doesn’t know a traditional tamal steamer, so the oven will have to do that. Kyungsoo turns to the door when he hears a knock. He quickly puts his apron away and opens the door for you.

“Hola, mi amor. Cómo estás?” You hugged him tightly. He’s nervous but he’s heard you ask that before.

“Bien, ¿y tú?” Kyungsoo asks with a small smile as the two of you break apart. The smile on your face lets him feel a little more confident.

“Bien! It smells great in here, what are you making?” You asked confusedly. The two of you have to leave soon.

“Tamales. I also got a couple of things for us to take with us other than the tamales,” Kyungsoo held your hand as he brought you into the kitchen. On the kitchen island, he has the stuff ready for you both to take.

“Tamales? You’ve never made that for me before,” You pouted slightly, you love Kyungsoo’s cooking.

“I wanted it to be a surprise. Although I’m regretting not having you try them first… What if they’re gross?” Kyungsoo sighed as he looked at the oven.

“I’m sure they’re wonderful. If you are so worried, I don’t think my family will say anything too harshly. They may joke around with you, but they will appreciate the effort. The thought is what counts,” You gave him a small kiss on the cheek.

“Alright, well before we go I would like help with my outfit. Should I wear a suit?” Kyungsoo asked.

“Your normal attire is fine, you don’t have to wear anything special-” Something roundish, peeking out from one of the bags on the island, caught your attention.

“What is that?” You asked and pointed at the object.

“Era tan grande como un fútbol,” You took the object in your hands and looked at it. As soon as you held it in your hands and you looked closer, you understood what it was. You were not going to laugh at Kyungsoo, you were not. This small homemade piñata was just adorable.

“I tried making the cones, I thought I counted six. Then I read there were seven so I had to squeeze another one in there,” You could see the slightly smaller cone on the piñata. It was painted colorfully.

“I wasn’t sure what kind of candy to get so I was hoping we could stop somewhere?” Kyungsoo asked you hopefully.

“We can do that,” There was a small place on the way to your mother’s house.

“I went out and bought some poinsettias. I read they are called Flor de la Noche Buena. The goodnight flower?” Kyungsoo looks at you as he changes the conversation.

“You did your homework,” You teased lightly. You gently touched the poinsettia in front of you.

“Why did you choose poinsettias?” You asked curiously.

“When I was doing my research I came across a story that grabbed my attention. I’m not sure if the source was reliable, but I thought they were pretty. You know if all else failed and the legend wasn’t something that existed in the culture then at least they would be pretty. I also read about Lilies and I thought they looked nice. I didn’t get them because I read they were for mourning,” Kyungsoo explains.

“Lilies can represent mourning, but they can also represent purity. I think my family has enough lilies around though. Nuestra flor de nochebuena será la más bonita, it will be the prettiest one,” You smiled at Kyungsoo kindly, and he nodded back at you happily.

“You’re also right about the legend. The story says that a small girl had nothing more than her faith and love to give baby Jesus. She could only offer weeds as a physical representation of her loyalty. When the dawn began to break the small green weeds began to bloom into a beautiful red flower. These became known as the poinsettia,” Kyungsoo listened intently. He’s proud of himself, he thinks he made the right floral decision.

“I also made these for us and got some little lights for them,” Kyungsoo pulls out some brown paper bags. He cut some stars and some little trees into the bags. He made lanterns for both of you.

“That’s so nice of you Soo, they’ll look lovely together. Gracias, mi amor.” Kyungsoo’s smile brightened, he wanted to make a good first impression.

“Go get dressed! I’ll keep an eye on the tamales,” You said loudly as you carefully pushed him out of the kitchen. Kyungsoo looked at the clock and hurried back to his room. You were surprised when he first asked if he could come with you to this year’s celebration. Now, looking at the kitchen and all the stuff he prepared, you were confident that this would be great. It’s his first time meeting everyone, it’s not surprising he did some research.

Kyungsoo returned, not in black tie attire. Thankfully, he was dressed a little more comfortably. You check the tamales, you take them out. They looked ready. Kyungsoo pulled out some bowls to put the tamales in. Together you carefully put them into the bags with all the other stuff Kyungsoo prepared.

“Alright, we’ll make a stop before going to my mom's house okay?” Kyungsoo nods as he locks up the house and follows you to the car. The car ride was kind of quiet, this isn’t unusual. Still, you can’t help but feel nervous for Kyungsoo. You arrived at the little shop where the candy was and hopped out of the car. Kyungsoo watches you leave, he then looks at his hands. It doesn’t take you long to come back to the car.

“Alright, let me show you what I got. I grabbed some of the Lucas Salsagheti. I grabbed all the flavors I could find in there Manzana Verde, Sandia, Tamarindo, y Mango,” You showed Kyungsoo the little packages. Kyungsoo grabbed an individually packaged marzipan.

“Dulce… Dulce de cacahuate estilo mazapán?” Kyungsoo looked at you confusedly.

“It's peanuts. You can try one if you want, I bought plenty. I bought some chocolate ones too if you want to try that,” You pulled a chocolate mazapan and gave it to him. Kyungsoo wrapped the original one first. He took a bite and was surprised at the texture, but after a few moments, you could tell he liked it.

“I also got some Ceretzza which is like… It’s chocolate with cherry filling. I got these for us because they looked fun. It’s like rock candy sticks,” The candy on the stick looked almost like a crystal. Kyungsoo grabbed his piñata and started putting the candy into it. Once he was done, he sighed.

“What’s the matter?” You asked.

“I forgot that I have to close this… We’re not going to be able to close this,” Kyungsoo holds his handmade piñata.

“That’s okay! It’s the thought that counts, remember? The kids can still take the candy and there will be less mess than there normally would be,” You smiled at Kyungsoo. He looked at the piñata for a moment then nodded.

“Are you sure you want to come this year?” You asked him quietly.

“Yes. I am sure, I can’t wait to meet everyone. I’m just nervous,” Kyungsoo reaches out and takes your hand into his own.

“Alright, everyone is excited to meet you too. It’ll be a lot of fun. Do you want to go over the lyrics for tonight?” You asked him. You told him about the Christmas caroling.

“Yes, oh! Did you get the little scene that I wanted to get for your mom? I can send you my half,” Kyungsoo asked you.

“Yes I got it, she’s going to love it. You don’t have to send anything to me. It’s from both of us,” Kyungsoo had found a small nativity scene that he thought your mom would like to have. He had so much on his mind while he was getting ready for today, you decided you would grab it for him. You pulled out of the parking lot and started to go through the lyrics for tonight. Kyungsoo wanted to know them before you all went out tonight.

It didn’t take long for you to arrive at your mother's house, despite being early, the home was buzzing with activity. You got out of the car and helped Kyungsoo with all the stuff. You wanted Kyungsoo to take the tins with the tamales in them. You greeted everyone in the entryway and the two of you made your way to the kitchen. Your mother greeted the two of you when you walked into the kitchen.

“Hola mamá, Kyungsoo hizo tamales,” You greeted her.

“Oh! Kyungsoo you didn’t have to do that. That’s so kind of you,” Your mother took the tamales from Kyungsoo. She looked at them and smiled as she put them next to the ones she was finishing up.

“Mira mija, se parecen a la mía. No lo pierda mija,” She turned to Kyungsoo and held out her hand for his. He gently took her hand and she placed her other hand on top of their hands.

“We must keep him,” She stated and laughed as she patted his hand. You walked over with the other bags. You pulled out Kyungsoo’s little homemade piñata and put it on the table, so the kids can take the candy. Kyungsoo pulled out your lanterns and put the little lights in them. A few members of your family come over to Kyungsoo and start talking to him. You see him smile and hold out his hand to shake theirs. One of your family members decided to go for a hug. Kyungsoo hugged them back.

“Mija, ¿Kyungsoo viene a misa con nosotros esta noche?” Your mom asked you quietly.

“Yeah, is that okay?” You asked her.

“Of course, that’s okay. I was just wondering,” Your mom patted you on the back.

“He’s very excited about the caroling,” You tell your mom. Your mom immediately walks over to Kyungsoo and grabs his hand.

“Come Kyungsoo, we must go over the songs together. It will be so much fun,” You laugh at your mom as she tugs Kyungsoo along with her into the other room. You finish putting things away and then make your way into the other room. Your mom is explaining the caroling to Kyungsoo, you put down the poinsettia and put it front and center.

You walked over to Kyungsoo when something caught your mother’s attention. He wraps his arm around your waist and holds you close. You can tell he’s still nervous but not nearly as much as before you arrived. The kids love grabbing candy out of the homemade piñata. In your opinion, this is going well so far.

“What do you think?” You asked Kyungsoo quietly. 

“I think that my nervousness earlier was unwarranted,” Kyungsoo says with a small smile.

“Nonsense, it’s okay to be nervous. It’s a new experience. I think all your studying paid off, are you okay with going to Mass tonight?” You asked as you leaned into him.

“Yeah, I want the full experience. As long as you’re with me it should be fine. I just don’t want to embarrass myself,” Kyungsoo says, amusement in his tone.

“I won’t let you embarrass yourself,” You promised him with a smile.

“I will admit that I am confused. If we are all going to Mass, when are we going to go caroling?” Kyungsoo asked you.

“Well, we will go singing before Mass. Once we return from Mass we will have some food and the kids can go hit all the piñatas,” You explain to him.

“Once everyone gets here we’ll get ready to go caroling. Right now the kids can make their lanterns and play together,” You pulled Kyungsoo into the living room with more of your family in it.

A couple of family members came up to the two of you and struck up a conversation. Kyungsoo handled himself pretty well for being nervous. Your family seems to like him too. Once all your family arrived at the gathering, you all bundled up and got ready to go caroling. Kyungsoo made sure you were dressed warm enough, he even gave you his scarf. You thanked him and kissed him. Kyungsoo hates the cold, but he hates seeing you uncomfortable more. Your family followed behind the kids as you all started to walk to the first neighbor’s home on your route.

“Is it normal for the children to lead?” Kyungsoo asks quietly.

“Yeah, it’s part of the tradition. We are going to the neighbors to ask for shelter. It’s supposed to be like Mary and Joseph’s quest to find shelter,” You explain to Kyungsoo quietly. When you all arrived at the neighbor’s house, the caroling tradition began.

“En el nombre del Cielo, os pido posada

Pues no puede andar, mi esposa amada.” Kyungsoo and you joined in quietly. Despite practicing quite a few times, he still wasn’t too confident in his pronunciation. 

“Aquí no es mesón, sigan adelante,

Yo no debo abrir, no se algún tunante,” The neighbors responded. Kyungsoo watched the interaction with interest.

“No seas inhumano, tennos caridad

Que el Dios de los Cielos, te lo premiará,” Kyungsoo held your hand as he sang with you quietly. You held onto Kyungsoo’s hand tightly and smiled at him reassuringly. 

“Ya se pueden ir y no molestar,

Porque si me enfado, os voy a apalear,” Kyungsoo doesn’t know the meaning of all of the words, but he can tell that it is kind of a sad story the two groups are telling together.

“Venimos rendidos, desde Nazaret

Yo soy carpintero, de nombre Jose,” You learned your head against Kyungsoo. He wrapped his arm around your waist to bring you closer to him.

“No me importa el nombre, déjenme dormir

Pues que yo les digo, que nos hemos de abrir,” Kyungsoo knows that if the two of you were in this situation, he would do anything to find shelter for you.

“Mi esposa es María, es Reina del Cielo

Y madre va a ser, del Divino Verbo,” Looking around at your family and seeing the neighbors, everyone seems to be participating in the tradition. As one would expect, of course.

“¿Eres tú José? ¿Tu esposa es María?

Entren peregrinos, no los conocía,” Suddenly the song became more upbeat. Kyungsoo can tell through the change in everyone's tone that the two travelers have been allowed to enter their place of shelter.

“Entren santo peregrinos, peregrinos

Reciban este rincón

Que aunque es pobre la morada, la morada os la doy de corazón.

Cantemos con alegria, alegria todos al considerar

Que Jesús, José, María

Y María nos vinieron a honrar,” With the final verse sung, the song was over. 

You gave Kyungsoo another kiss. You’re very happy you get to spend the holiday with your family and your boyfriend. You’re very thankful he asked to come this year, and you are very proud of him for taking the time to learn more about your culture. This is the first in, hopefully, many holidays together with your family and Kyungsoo. What else could you be more thankful for than all your loved ones coming together?

[writingstuffandmore]

More than a Pet...

Pairing:- (Vampire) Reader x (Pet) Baekhyun Ft Chan (Vampire!SKZ)

AU!:- Vampire, Pet, Fantasy

Genre:- Fluff, mild angst

Warnings:- Mentions of chains, slight torture, curse words, death threat...

A/N:- Okay, I am not a person who knows everything about vampires.. so, some stuff you may find like does this happen or something. I just tried to give a bit different perspective of them using my imagination.. Please, if you aren't comfortable with any of these topics.. Don't interact with this post :")

Tagged:- @atiny-exol @loey0491 @scuzmunkie

"Mistress... How have you been?" a soft voice made you stopped from writing a few notes and messages which were due. "Baekhyun, I am doing fine.. please come on in.." you said while standing up from the plush chair making your way towards the said boy.

Soon after a click was heard, the two of you wrapped each other in a warm and cuddly hug. "Baek, how many times have I told you to not address me as a mistress. You know how much I hate that term" you said while making a puking face which made him burst in to a fit of laughter.

"I am.. I am sorry Y/N but you know I can't help it especially when I am out in public or like standing outside of your room because I am literally scared of that psychic Buttler of yours who likes to poke his nose in every single matter even if your parents are fine for me to call you by your name." He said while taking your cold hands in his warm ones rubbing it gently.

You couldn't help but smile at his action even though he knew that your hands are cold but still he did it to feel warm or a sense of reassurance. After, the day's activity got over and making sure that Baekhyun is sleeping peacefully you went back to your room and sat on the chair remembering the day you saved him from one of the infamous and narcissistic vampire clans who are involved in such dirty works like human trafficking and now that, you with the help of your close aids exposed them, not only are they in long lost prison but their minions are after you and your families.

The dead heart of yours felt the pang when you saw his innocent face all red, slight prickly marks and scratches here and there, the way his body jolted whenever he heard someone coming in, how much his own soul had gave up and body lost its all energy. It was nothing just a lifeless body in a coma with body functioning till it can work but instead of being connected with life saving machines, it is connected with thick chains and shackles along with a spiked collar as if the prisoner was a wild and ferocious beast not just a human who was captured against his will and no wrong doings.

It took Baekhyun almost two months to start trusting you and your family. He would shout at you, didn't touch or eat his food but whenever he had a terrible nightmares, cries out of pain you were always by his side even if he couldn't remember because of the PTSD he had going through but you always calmed him down and also made sure to have him feed even if it was a few bites and now everything is going well.

Hopefully for now....

Your 21st birthday was up in the corner and huge preparations were going on as not only it is your birthday over but also because this day you will be getting the mark of your soulmate as well and everyone was so happy to see their once little princess growing up into a young adult.

Sure, everyone has a different time when their age stops and the body adapts to it for years to come and same goes in your clan as well. The only difference is that in your family the women born tend to have their growth stopped between 17 to 23 years and seeing the way your body adapt to it. It is indicating that you have reached your limit.

A soft left from your mouth, sure you were quite excited that you will finally be the part of the nobles and enjoy the powers you get to hold of but somehow you weren't happy about the soulmate stuff all because first you were worried what if it is someone from your rivals, second someone who doesn't wanna accept you and finally what will happen to Baekhyun..

You can't just leave him like this, not because you saved his life or the fact you took in him as a pet but because you 'loved him... loved him more than a family, friend, someone close you are with...More than a Pet'. You had fallen in love with him just like soulmates do even if you don't wanna accept it but your unconscious and subconscious parts of your mind had already done. Can't believe that supernatural creatures do like this ? After this you will believe in it.

As the days were nearing, there was a noticed rush in the mansion as if a child is coming back to his or her parents' house years later. During these days, you noticed that your and Baekhyun's interaction also got reduced because boy was so super excited to celebrate his mistress's birthday and also that he has gotten close to the human girl who was also captured along with him.

She was under the protection of your close friend Chan and you came to know that she was supposed to be a soulmate of a vampire because of the small amounts of energy radiating from her body although she hasn't reached the age but is nearing so when she meets her mate. Were you jealous? Nah, you aren't that much childish but sometimes you wish that you could be with him, her and enjoy.

Finally, the day arrived and it was really a pleasant and calm one. Everyone was bustling with energy and it was safe to say that they all were more excited to celebrate your birthday than you were. Greeting your parents, enjoying your moment with your close friends you went to the garden where Baekhyun was supposedly there as you were about to go and scare him, his conversation with the human girl, Ara broke your heart which you don't wanna accept.

Ara:- Finally, it's Ms Y/N's birthday. Aren't you excited!!!

Baekhyun:- I am too excited as well as I have a special gift for her. After all what she did for me.

Ara:- OMG!! Are you gonna confess to her ?

Baekhyun:- I can't confess and secondly, I love her as a sister.

'sister'... The word sister had you gulp a thick lump, making your dead heart shattered in pieces. "Y/N" Chan called you from behind making you jolt and the two humans turn their faces towards the source.

Smiling you hugged him and went towards Ara and Baekhyun. "Happy Birthday, Ms Y/N.. I hope you enjoy your day!!"

"Thank you an- "Babe, i told you, you don't need to call Y/N Ms..." Chan unconsciously said making his, Ara and Baekhyun's eyes widened while a smirk came on your face.

"Babe, uh? Is this what were you trying to tell me.. When did this happen. Didn't you say Ara still hasn't reached th-

"I know.. I know but you knew the members of those clans.." He said giving you a knowing look making you realise why did Chan lie at the first place.

"Ah, Y/N.. Happy Birthday!!" Baek said with a soft smile. "Thanks, Baek.. People, I have to gather some stuff. See you in evening." You said rather in a cold tone making Baekhyun wonder what the heck just happened.

It almost time of your party but you were nowhere to be seen. At first none of the family members were concerned but now as time passed, anxiety and stress spread in the whole atmosphere and they couldn't help but send their trusted people and animals to go and find the whereabouts of you.

Suddenly, a loud scream was heard and everyone rushed towards the source. A guard was lying limply on the ground with a letter inked in red.

'If you love your beloved Y/N. Come at the abandoned castle or else....

Love,

Roseline Clan..'

A chaos took in not only because of the rival clan but because the abandoned castle had its own history of misfortunes and other unexplainable experience of powers which even the witches failed to explain...

Your dad took a deep breathe silencing the crowd "We need to get Y/N, no matter what.. so, me, Chan, Adel, Jack, some of our troops, the wizards of Rue, Sapphire lands will be going for the forces. The rest will go with the noble ladies and prepare for the attack if it shall take place near the house. Ara, prepare the herbs and portions and Baekhyun! Where is he? Baekhyun" your dad called out to him but he was nowhere to be seen. Was he involved with the Roseline Clan?

"Sire, there is no track of Baekhyun nor his scent is strong. It's very faint as if he has already gone long before.. D-Do you th-"

"I don't know if he is involved or not. If he is that mf will die. Now, we should leave"...

A splash of cold water was thrown at your face, making you whimper. Your body was pale, the spiked chains marking your skin and scratching the already made wounds and cuts more deeper, you couldn't help but push against those even if you knew that these are further tightened and strengthen because of the black magic.

"Well, well.. my angel... If you haven't opened your pretty mouth that day my father and brother would have been here and not rotting in that cramped prison." A sinister laugh followed when an another vampire came in, her long pointed nail finger gently pulling your chin up before slapping across.

"Of course, it won't brother but I must say she is a big fool. She couldn't even detect that I was from this clan nor did her stupid family. Poor girl, but I must say that your birthday is gonna be your funeral as well but how could I forget to give her a small surprise before she dies... What was the name? Was it Beak? Beam? Oh right Baekhyun. How about Baekhyun's body lying next to yours. The lovers will be united in heaven.."

"I am not!!" You spat looking her dead in your eyes. That vampire smiled devilishly before speaking again "If I was in your place, it wouldn't have s-... AHHHH!!!!!"

The vampire screamed in pain as a silver knife was stabbed in her heart and then thrown away like a dirt.

"Ba-Baekhyun?" was the only thing you could say as the said boy didn't look like what he had shown and pretended to be. His eyes were in a gold crimson shade and was in air before coming to you.

You tried to back away when he held you close to him. "I won't do anything to you angel.. I am so sorry for lying to you and hurting. Nothing would happen to you" he said in a cracked voice before breaking the magical shackles and carrying you in his arms towards where your clan's troop was coming.

The Clan which was rushing down halted in when they saw a cluster of dark clouds stilling in front of them, making all the vampires and wizards at alert. That's when Baekhyun gently stepped out from the cluster holding you for his dear life. "Sir, I know what you must be thinking of me. Let's just say I am related to the abandoned castle and I have Y/N with me. I will leave her at the mansion. Wait for me." Your dad nodded in agreement and Baekhyun disappeared in the light air.

There at the mansion, your mom was in mess. She was all in tears and everyone tried to comfort her but everything stilled when they saw the dark clusters of clouds near the window. As they neared towards it, your pale form was slowly being visible along with Baekhyun's form started to be visible.

"Y/N!!" "Baekhyun!!!" Chants of both of your names were heard throughout the mansion. He gently placed you on the bed making your eyes open as you tugged at his sleeve. "Be a good girl for me.. I will come back to you after cleansing the Clan. I love you angel.."

He kissed your crown before whispering in your ear, "also, I deliberately called you sister.. I knew you were coming towards us." With that he disappeared into the thin air making you smile fondly.

After all, he was more than a pet. An another tale for another time

[cosmiclatte28]

Forced Marriage (Baekhyun, Sehun, you)

A/n : hey so this story was written last year when SuperM drama was out, but I never continue it and I just checked this again because of the WIP tag. (once again thanks to @yutahoes ) and I want to post this to see if actually there's still EXOL here who wants to read a fanfic

I will write the second part (ending) for this, after hearing if you want to end with who

tagging @yutahoes coz Sehun is a major role here hehehe and i don't really know other exols but @neopalette usually wants to read my fics (thanks honey!) and @swagmonsterofficial also could help

trigger warning: strict parents, old-classic ideology of arranged marriage

Here we go..

“Let’s get married, (y/n)!” The cheeky boy beside you blurts out and stops you in your track.

Your eyes widen, your steps taken to a halt, and his smile? His smile is still there.

“A wedding?” you turn your body to face him. Earlier you are walking ahead of him into the woods, running away from your parent’s “important talk”.

You live in the big house on the end of the road, where wilderness is still a thing. An hour ago, your parents told you to get dressed up as an important guest is coming, and you’re expected to look decent for lunch.

But here you are now, thirty minutes into the invitation, you’re walking in the woods with your best friend of a lifetime, or so you hope.

Baekhyun has been your neighbour since you moved in. His house is just one throw of pebble. Your bedroom window and his are face to face and that makes your friendship with him totally wonderful. When phones are not yet a thing, you don’t have trouble to see what he is doing at night, talking through written messages on a paper has been a way you two “chat” late at night.

Baekhyun nods his head and reaches for your hand, he guides you through his imagination of what he calls “our future small family”

“Yes, we will get married, in the same way you’ve always wished! In a garden, with a priest blessing our vows. You will wear your dream gown, with flower crowns like how you read in your princess tales! I got to pick you up in a carriage! Dad can work it out, what colour do you want for the carriage?” Baekhyun sounds so happy and innocent.

You hold yourself from tears, well he doesn’t know yet the reason why you run from your house’s back door to the woods. Baekhyun happens to see you run from his bedroom and he decides to follow you. You did not say anything, just replied to his surprising greeting with a surprised tone. Other than that, you’ve kept your mouth shut. Now it questions you why Baekhyun suddenly asks you for marriage.

“Umm why are you suddenly asking me this Baek?” a glint of hope reflects from this seeming normal question.

“Hmm maybe because I don’t want to lose you?” He shrugs playfully and swings the intertwined hands as he drags you for a deeper walk.

You think it is not a good idea to walk deeper, since you need to return after this if you did not want to end up with bruises.

“What kind of mind is that Baekhyun! I am here!” you try your best to sound happy.

He stops walking and faces you, gently he bends down to match your shorter height and he cups your face. “You know sometimes what we think won’t be gone, might be gone in a blink of an eye when one forgets to hold on tight.” He gives a small force to squeeze your cheeks and he giggles, ‘Hey since when did your cheeks lose their squishiness? You got thinner! Come join me for dinner mom can cook your favourite steak!”

Baekhyun did not know the reason you’re thinner is because you’ve skipped dinner. Fighting with your parents made you lock yourself in the room, skip dinner and lost appetite.

“Well, I’d love that but right now is not the time. Besides, what time is it Baek?” you ask him a new topic so you don’t have to answer his proposal.

Baekhyun glances at his analogue, “It’s ten minutes to twelve.”

You gulp and know you’re screwed. Returning to the house and dressing up will take some time and you’ll most likely show up at the dining table 15 minutes late. Like it or not, you have to go back now.

“Um Baekhyun I have some things to do, catch you later.” You quickly turn your heels and dash through the woods. Baekhyun frowns, but also follows your steps.

“Hey slow down! You’ll fall and get hurt.” Baekhyun yells to you, who is already a few steps ahead of him. This is so weird, you usually always ask him to accompany you, since you’ve once got lost in the forest. Come to think of it, you left by yourself today here. Why? That is unusual.

All these questions remain unanswered as Baekhyun sees you from the mouth of the forest, running to the back door and rushing all the way to your room.

You disappear from the veins covered gates of your backyard, and lonely Baekhyun takes the left path to his house. He smells the delicious lunch his kitchen is making. Well, as his stomach grumbles from hunger, Baekhyun tosses aside his problems and dash to wash his hands and dress for lunch.

Your expectation and calculation were accurate. You got to your room five minutes after twelve right at the time a car entered your porch. You quickly change your dress to the one your mother has prepared and as much as you hated laces, the dress was covered wit lace. You step to the mirror, tidy your look, powder up and brush your hair.

A hurried knock echoes in your room and your mother’s voice enters your room.

“Coming, wait a second.” You yell as you struggle to put on your shoes while making sure you look flawless already.

Once the door flies open, hey your mom knows how to pick locks, you’ve already forced a smile on your face, and she doesn’t look that mad.

“Nice, you didn’t disappoint me. Now gently do down, your fiancé is waiting for you in the dining room. Remember..”

You cut her in “No loud voice, no improper language, tidy eating manner, and agree on this thing.”

She smiles proudly at you and runs a soothing hand down your arm. “Hey, everything will be alright okay.”

You exhale a long breath and with a heavy heart, walks down the stairs to meet the man of your future.

If this was not reality, you would already run down the stairs with joyful steps to reach the man of your choice, sadly this is not your own story to write.

No, your father is dying and his last wish was to see you marry the guy he has set up for you. You remember what he said last week, “Please the man I’ve set for you will be a good man to continue the business I had started. Not that I don’t believe in you taking after, but he will be a good leader. His family also owns a strong business and together, you will live a good life. Trust me darling, I want this for your happiness.”

You remember him saying that to you, one cold night beside the fireplace when he invited you for a game of chess. You belong to the noble family; you have private teachers coming in to tutor you; unlike ordinary girls who need to stay home to cook and wash laundries. Chess is your dad’s favourite game and he always teaches you how to advance the game. Your heart tugs a little when his weak state flashes in your mind.

The last chess you played with him was that same time he proposed to you this whole arranged marriage idea.

You reach the last step of stairs and see the new family seated elegantly on the big table. Your father despite his weak state, still manages to look handsome. You spot the empty seat next to a tall man with strong face lines and a cold smile. He looks smart, strong, but lacks warmth and love. Your face shows a pretty smile, but deep inside your heart you’re crying as you can totally see your future won’t be different than what you have right now.

“Nice to meet you, Miss (y/n), I am Oh Sehun, your fiancé” He stands tall on his legs and after receiving your hand, he presses a light kiss on them. You greet him back and take your place beside him.

Lunch begins and all the time, you only open your mouth when direct questions are given to you. Sehun mostly takes over the questions about the wedding party, saying that he will let you choose what kind of party you want. You just nod and say you will think about it.

“Right, please make up your mind as soon as possible. The wedding will happen in 15 days and I hope we can get this over really quick.” Sehun’s father ends the talk of the wedding.

The choice of food for today was not your preferred dish. You only eat a small portion of the food and try your best to swallow this bitter lump.

Main course went well with Sehun getting engaged to business talks with your father and you were interrogated for your social life by his mother.

Luckily, your mother is there to help you lie. You’ve never really put yourself into the rich girl’s society, you’ve always lied to your mom. You lied about going to the social house, just to run away elsewhere with Baekhyun or simply attend last minute.

Strawberry panna cotta is your favourite dessert; however, today you cannot find the joy of sticking that sweet pudding into your mouth.

The suffocating tension grows thicker when you are sent to take Sehun for a walk to the festival reoccurring in the centre of the town.

Your mind is busy thinking of something, yes you remember Baekhyun is taking care of one event there. He is assigned by the Mayor to lead the talent show performance tonight. Now you remember there is no way you’ll meet him in the town with a new man by your side. He would totally rant to you for not telling him your new friend.

“Umm Sehun, can we go somewhere else instead.. I don’t think the festival is suitable for us to talk with one another. It’s loud.” You bite your lips nervously.

Sehun quirks his eyebrow, “Oh? Well then where should we go?”

His voice is icy and cold, even standing beside him sends shivers down your spine.

“We can go to the quiet hill a few miles from here, will it be okay?”

To your surprise he is okay with walking a few miles. You really think he would deny it and just ask you to talk here in the garden, but no, he didn’t waver at all.

So you begin your hike to the hill where you usually escape when your mind is not clear.

“And… this is it, the quiet place I always go when I have much in my mind.” You spin around once and smile when you close your eyes and feel the gentle breeze blowing.

Sehun takes off his mantle and lays it down for you to sit on. You looked puzzled and he chuckled at your confused face.

“I’m sure your mother wouldn’t want that dress to be dirty.” He helps you sit over his mantle and soon joins you down on the other side.

“Sorry for making you do this.” You point at his clothes and mantel, you did not expect going to the hill will cause him much commotion.

Sehun shakes his head and begins asking you questions to know you better.

“I know you did not like this marriage, but I will try my best to be a good husband.” Sehun said that to you, but things were not as beautiful as his promise.

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Baekhyun enters his house and finds his dog already waiting for him

“Ah my sweet mongryong! You’re waiting for me!” Baekhyun kneels down to pet his excited puppy just to be run over and he ends up giggling on the floor.

“Baekhyun hurry up! Your brother and father are waiting for you! Go change to a clean shirt and wash your hand. Hurry or your plate will be clean!” His mother cheerfully kisses him and pushes him to change his attire.

Baekhyun laughs at the warmth this house can never fail to give him, he runs to his room on the second floor and quickly changes for a fresh linen. Just as he glances over to the mirror, he notices a foreign car on the porch of your front house. With a confused look, he tries to remember if you told him anything about a guest or a new tutor maybe.

The cheerful boy makes it to the dining table looking clean and handsome.

“Sorry for making you gentlemen wait and my beautiful mother too. Now shall we eat?” He grabs his utensils and a hearty lunch happens right at the same time as yours (the cold and tense one).

“Looks like our neighbour has a big news coming around!” his father starts the topic for today’s lunch.

Baekhyun’s ears perk up, “Oh yeah? A party? I thought they have their birthday already.”

His brother shakes his head, “No, something else. That car is new. We never see anyone visiting her in a fancy car.”

Baekhyun still enjoys his food, “Maybe a new tutor. She told me the last French tutor moved and her mother is busy looking for a new one.”

“Maybe…” his brother leaves a lingering statement and soon their discussion changes to the perfect seasoning their mother did on the food, or just random small talks.

“I am going to the town! I need to make sure the talent show will be perfect tonight!” Baekhyun bids farewell to the family as he takes his bike and pedals all the way to the town hall.

He can’t wait to meet you tonight in the town hall!

But Baekhyun didn’t meet you at all that afternoon. Instead he found another friend of his, Park Chanyeol.

“Hey! You’re by yourself? Not usual eh?” Chanyeol nudges his shorter friend, who is busy moving things around to set up the stage.

“Oh hi there Yeollie, well yeah It’s me and the team, who else are you expecting?” Baekhyun stops bending and straightens his back.

Chanyeol rolls his eyes, “I mean where is your girlfriend you always have by your side…”

Baekhyun secretly smiles but he shakes his head, “She’s not my girlfriend… we’re neighbours and yeah good friends, you miss her?”

Chanyeol awkwardly laughs, “No, I am not looking for her. Just feels weird… maybe she’s coming later. Now let me help you fix this place! We only have several hours to go!”

Baekhyun nudges off the odd feeling in his stomach. Come to think of it, you’re not the type to not come and help him. He tries to think that maybe your mother or father is acting up again.

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You spend a good two hours of talking and planning with Sehun. As you feel wind more breezy and Sehun notifies you it’s almost tea time, you finally stand up from the ground and with the help of Sehun, you stretch your stiff body.

“It’s almost tea time.” Sehun says while putting on his mantle.

“Oh right… Will you join us for tea?” a question of formality.

You wish he would just reject it and go home, but no this guy accepts the offer.

You can only force another fake smile and return to the house.

“Great to see the two of you back on time for tea! We think it is a bit too late already for the Oh family to go home, so they might be staying for dinner and the night.” Your mother greets you and Sehun over the door.

Your mouth falls open and with one glare from your mother, you pull yourself back together. Before she can pull you inside the room, you quickly glance to your neighbour’s house and notice the lack of a bicycle. Hmm Baekhyun must already be in the festival.

Tea time is better since Sehun was called for a talk with your father and his. You are left alone with your mother and Sehun’s mother. The ladies engage themselves in a deep conversation of a recipe and you just sit there quietly. Pretending to listen to their fun discussion, while actually thinking how you will spend the night. There’s a very big probability that you are told to bring Sehun to the carnival and that means meeting Baekhyun. It is not a problem if you’re the only one, but coming with Sehun will be something deadly.

You’re not stupid. You know the feeling Baekhyun has for you. You know he was not 100% joking when he proposed earlier in the woods. You see how his eyes always show hearts when he is with you, you realize the protective voice he always has when you show up to him with fresh bruises. You may be over confidence, but his flirting game is a hint to you. You feel it, you too cannot lie that there’s something different you feel for him.

That night, you thank heaven for not sending you to the carnival. No, Sehun did go there, but you lie while feeling sick. Lucky, they bought your lie and let you rest at home. Sehun goes to see the town with his family, for you also learn today that he will move in here later on. This house will be for you and Sehun the day father passed. The Oh family is checking out the town and you… you’re now facing the floor while trembling in fear when your parents called you with that tone.

You enter the study room shaking. You can see what’s coming… seeing your dad seated on his big chair and a belt. The night will be long.

You earn fifteen tonight, for showing up late to the table, for not showing interest to Sehun, and for not being so lady-like or elegant.

“I thought we raised you nicely to be a lady with a class, but what’s that messy hair! I know you’re sneaking out again right?! There’s no way your hair will be like that if you take your one-hour preparation nicely.” He emotionally launches his belt to hit you. You’re standing up, tonight you did not let out a tear. Your lips are bleeding from the pressure your teeth do to ensure you’re quiet. No, you’ve run out of tears. You’re angry… not only did he force you to marry a boy you don’t know, but he was still picking on you.

“You know if the next time he comes here and you have not improved or put interest in him, you’ll meet another belt of mine. FIX YOUR MANNERS MISS. DON’T BE A DISGRACE!” He swings his last whip and leaves the room with a loud slam.

You fall to the carpet, curling yourself into a fetal position. No matter how many whippings you’ve grown up with, fresh bruise is always burning.

You lay down for a while, streaming your face with tears and as you hear the clock chimes seven, you know soon you’ll have to move to your room. The guest must never see what’s behind your dress.

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You stare blankly into the wall, back facing the bright night sky shown from the window. It’s already 8.30, you hear the footsteps of people moving around the house. Great the guests must be here already. You remain silent in your room, hoping that your pain and fatigue can bring you to sleep quick. Laying down sideways to not touch the burning pain on your back and thighs.

Your eyes almost close and bring you to dreamland if not for the soft knock on your window. You peek from your shoulder and see Baekhyun’s window bright and he’s throwing you pebbles.

You did not turn on your lights, though Baekhyun can see your night lamp is still on. You feel like a jerk leaving him to work by himself tonight and not giving him any news at all.

The rock hits one to two times again and you finally turn the lights on and opens your curtain. There, you can see the brightest smile from your best friend blinding you.

Baekhyun raises a paper with a note

“SICK? YOU MISSED THE SHOW!”

You wince and try to reach for the board you’ve hidden under your bed. You open the curtain and flash your answer “GROUNDED”

That’s bullshit.

“OH? NEW CAR IS IT YOURS?” He shows you his board.

You hesitate, “A GUEST’S”

“SORRY. YOU OKAY?” he flashes his board up when he feels you’re not as quick as usual in replying.

“THE BELT’S OUT TONIGHT”

Baekhyun grits his teeth when he knows that code. He discovered your father’s bad habit of violence long time ago when you fell from a climbing tree and Baekhyun accidentally saw your scars and bruises. Since then, after you get punished, you usually run to his house and he will sneak you in and when you’re younger he would help you with healing and taking care of them. However as you mature, you only go to his house for mental support. Baekhyun used to promise he would bring you away from your violence father and he promised you to start a healthy family like his.

“We can start a healthy family! I can be a loving dad… I never hit people! I am raised to be a gentle man. I shall never raise my hand to any girl or child or anyone!” He once told you that with fires in his eyes, promising you he will get you out of that hell.

“WANNA COME OVER?” He flashes his board after thinking for a while, why did you earn whipping. Coming late to lunch must not be a big deal right? Unless…

Baekhyun shakes his head, trying to get rid of the silly idea he has in his mind.

“Is the guest so special?” he mumbles to himself.

“I DON’T THINK TONIGHT IS THE RIGHT TIME. SORRY ☹ AND THANKS” you raise your board the last time, before closing the curtains and shutting off the lights.

Baekhyun keeps his eyes on your window for a longer time, he doesn’t want to miss it if you’re sneaking out. But five minutes with no action, Baekhyun gives up and closes his curtain too soullessly.

The conversation he had with Chanyeol earlier lingers in his mind.

“Hey Baek, have you ever seen that man before?” Chanyeol points to a tall figure dressed nicely in an expensive coat. Taking time to stroll from one stand to another, seeing things and trying things.

“Hmm nope. Must be a visitor! He looks so expensive right Yeol?”

“Uh-hum, who can have that kind of guest here….” Chanyeol regrets saying that part out loud, for the slightly surprised look on Baekhyun's face is enough to make Chanyeol feels guilty.

In Baekhyun's mind, suddenly flashes the expensive car parked on your house porch.

“Must be Suho’s” Chanyeol quickly covers up his mistake and pushes Baekhyun away to start the talent show.

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tbc

yes or no??

[exosmuttytalk]

Exols Secret Santa 2020

This is my Exols Secret Santa present for @jissoyaa​ 

I hope you had a wonderful and warm Christmas and that you enjoy my belated present!

PROFESSIONAL

Characters: Byun Baekhyun, unnamed OC.

Rating: Mature (but not a lot)

Word count: ~3000

Summary: Adapting to a new job is never easy, especially with an attractive boss criticising your every move.

As soon as the last chords of the song stopped playing, Baekhyun stormed off the stage, clutching the earpiece he’d ripped off mid live performance. You bumped into each other at the turn of a corner and that only seemed to increase his anger despite the fact that the person he was looking for was, in fact, you. His fingers wrapped around your wrist to raise your hand and he forcefully put the earpiece in your palm.

“I don’t think you have noticed, but this has been shocking me since the music started,” he explained harshly.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Maybe the wire isn’t connected properly…?” You trailed off as you started to examine the faulty piece. 

“I don’t know if it’s connected or not, that’s your job and not mine. This is a beginner’s mistake. Please, do your job.”

Despite not having raised his tone, the severity on his words made you recoil enough for him to swiftly walk away in direction to the dressing room. You were in the verge of tears when you saw two of the other members walking down the hallway in search of their own rooms. Kyungsoo gave you a sympathetic look. 

“It’s okay, those things are awful. We’ve all been shocked once or twice, at least.” 

You faked a smile in response. 

“I’m sorry in his behalf. He’s not usually like this, but it’s been an exceptionally hard time for him.”Junmyeon’s excuse for his friend didn’t really make up for the fact that the short time you had been working as a manager for Baekhyun had been, simply put, awful. Although you had already been working in the industry for quite some time and had acted as a manager temporarily for other idols, you had only been able to half-ass his demands and had been the cause of delay at least a couple of times. The pace at which they worked was way faster than what you were used to, and Baekhyun hadn’t been merciful. The stress was starting to get to you.

“Thank you both,” you straightened up and gulped your tears. “But he’s right. I haven’t been on top of my game, as you deserve. I’ll do better and everything will be better.”

“I’ll try to talk to him,” Junmyeon nodded understandingly.

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Water, bottled, check.

Sweetened green tea, bottled, check.

Red tea, in bags, check.

Instant ramen, check.

Fruit (strawberries), check.

Towels, hands and body, check.

Outfit cases 1, 2, 3, check.

Lapel microphone, 2, check.

Hand held microphone, 2, check.

Earpiece and batteries, 2, check.

It was the third time you went through the papers that listed everything necessary in the dressing room and the second time you stopped at that exact point to check on the item which had caused the most trouble last time. You had not yet seen Baekhyun again and had only contacted him through text messages to tell him the time he’d need to be at the venue and ask for any other requests, which he had only answered with a formal “no need, thank you”.

You were still fumbling with the earpiece when the sudden opening of the door startled you and made you drop what you in your hands between your feet and the just arrived Baekhyun. His eyes dropped down to the shattered earpiece on the floor and then slowly back up to meet yours.

“I had to wear that today.”

His fixed stare was already starting to wear off the confidence you had worked so hard to build over the last two days. You stumbled over your words until an idea popped into your mind. It was okay. You were prepared for such a scenario.

“I have a backup earpiece. In case anything happened to the first one.”

“Hmm,” Baekhyun nodded seriously, his eyes were scanning the rest of the room and came to a halt when he found the basket of assorted fruit, which displayed a hefty amount of the strawberries you had found through another member of the staff he liked. “Everything seems in order. Please, go find the stylist.”

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You got to watch the interview the group gave from the outer part of the stage and couldn’t help but notice how different Baekhyun’s demeanor was in comparison to when he talked only to you. As it had been normal through the years the group had been on the spotlight, Baekhyun stole the spotlight with his bright smile, bubbly personality and witty comments. Polar opposite of the cold, distant and sometimes downright mean person he had been to you. It would’ve come as a lie if you told yourself you weren’t the slightest bit disappointed by this turn of events.

By the time Exo debuted you had already been working in the industry for some time and knew pretty much everything there was to know about the idol life. Still, you couldn’t help but be smitten by the presence of one particular member. That initial infatuation, luckily for you, subsided through the years and let way to a deep appreciation and admiration for the man that now was technically your boss. The same man who had motivated you to do better in your own career and who was, ultimately, the reason why you had chosen to take the plunge and apply for SM. The same man who had turned out to be…standoffish, for lack of a better term to describe him.

It definitely was a disappointing turn of events, but you were determined to be the better person and the better professional. 

As the performance unfolded, you watched Baekhyun intently; prepared in case a situation like the other day’s should arise again. But it didn’t. Everything went swimmingly and the group was all bows and smiles as they exited the stage. 

You tried to disguise the smug expression in your face when you walked up to Baekhyun and handed him a hand towel and a bottle of water before he even asked for it, but your smile grew wider when he seemed surprised to see you there and well prepared for the occasion. 

“Is there anything else I can help you with?” you asked solicitously.

“That’s all I need now, thank you.” 

“Would you maybe like to have lunch in the dressing room? The catering service seems pretty good here, better than the dry noodles, I feel.”

“Uhh…yes, I think that would be nice.”

“I’ll take care of that,” you responded before turning around to leave, crossing eyes with Junmyeon, who was showing off his best reassuring smile towards you. 

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Precariously balancing the tray holding the plates of food against your hip, you knocked loudly on the door of the dressing room for the second time. Still no answer, so you pushed the door open and came into the seemingly empty room. The room offered the same neat appearance as when you left earlier in the morning. You had already started arranging the plates on the countertop when rustling came from the door at your back that lead to the bathroom.

After considering the possibilities, you tiptoed as silently as possible towards the door, hoping to get out of there as soon as possible. But it was too late. The door slid open and out came Baekhyun, one of the towels you had carefully arranged that morning wrapped against his waist and wet hair sticking out in all directions.

His eyes met yours and no one said a thing, but you were trying to calculate how likely this was to be the last straw that would finally get you fired.

“That’s a lot of food,” he said, diverting his gaze towards the food arrangement.

“I knocked,” you answered without processing his words.

“Yeah, I know.”

“But I knocked twice.”

“Yeah. I know.”

His nonchalance about the whole thing caught you off guard, your hand in the door knob as you watched him move across the room to the table, still in the towel and seemingly not caring about his partial nakedness. The spicy side dishes caught his attention first and he started eating right away. He picked one of the empty plates and handed it over to you, not much thought into the action. His eyes went back to search for you when you didn’t pick the plate. He was still chewing when he said:

“Eat up. We can’t be throwing that much food away.”

He filled up a plate of his own and sat down in one of the rotating chairs, looking at you standing there, awkwardly.

“Are you gonna turn me down?”

“No! No, no!”

You rushed to the table and filled up part of your plate. As unusual as the situation might have been, it was already two hours past your lunch time and the food looked delicious. You sat down and started eating in silence, trying hard not to brazenly look at the half naked man in front of you.

“Look, I wanted to talk to you,” he blurted before taking a gulp of water.

“Okay…”

“Junmyeon has…brought to my attention how unwelcoming I have been since we started working together.”

“I wanted to talk about it to you too,” you interjected. He seemed surprised but you didn’t back down. “I don’t want to beat around the bush anymore. I know you don’t like me. I have made mistakes, I’ll admit that. Still, if you feel I am not a good fit for the position, I’ll ask the company to reassign me with someone else.”

“I don’t think that’s necessary. It’s not your fault.”

“It’s not my fault?”

He just shrugged as a response.

“Then why are you being such an ass?” 

Your hand darted up to cover your mouth as soon as the words came out.Baekhyun just looked at you fixedly. Then, he left out a small chuckle that grew little by little until it became full blown laughter. The ridiculousness of the situation puzzled you, so you just stayed silent until his laughing fit subsided.

“He, he…he… You have some temper huh?”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say that,” you eyes dropped down to your lap where you still held you plate, heat creeping up to your cheeks.

“No, no! It’s okay, really. I found it really funny. Are you going to cry!?” he slid across the floor towards you to grab your free hand.

The sweet gesture caught you off guard, but you didn’t get to pull you hand away before he let go off it first. He stood up and walked around the room, his hands clutching the hair at the back of his head; but his expression was neutral again when he sat back down on his chair.

“My previous manager had been with me since the beginning. He didn’t leave; he was fired after he had some issues with a superior. We all interceded for him, but there was no use. He was like family to me and it’s been hard adjusting.” His eyes traveled aimlessly through the room and he let out a sigh. “But it’s not your fault and you have been improving. I’m sorry for being unfair.”

He seemed genuine and you wore your heart in your sleeve. You reached towards him and grabbed his hand the same way he had tried to comfort you earlier. Mind you, your intertwined hands were resting on top of his toweled thigh, dangerously close to…

“I should get going!”

You stood up as if you had been shocked, sending the plate that sat on your thighs to the floor. Immediately after, you kneeled down, trying to pick up the mess and leave as soon as possible. Baekhyun also wanted to help, and leaned in at the precise same moment as you did. Your heads bumped into each other and the impact made you fall down on your butt.

“Oh, God, are you okay?”

As he rubbed the sore spot on his forehead, he held his hand out but miscalculated the strength he’d need to help you stand up, which made you bump into his chest and hold onto him for balance.The sequence of blunders had left you at a loss for words, but he still sported a mocking half smile as he looked at you intently. Being so close to him, you were able to smell his shower gel.

“So… do you forgive me?”

“Yes! Yes, of course,” you answered taking a step back. “I am looking forward to working with you, Baekhyun.”

“Me too,” he answered while shooting the first genuine smile you’d seen on his face.

That smile made your heart skip a beat and time seemed to stretch as you looked at each other in silence. The possibility of leaning in to kiss him crossed your mind.

“Do you think we could maybe, sometime, go out for a drink? As in, together?”

The proposal came so much out of the blue that you responded in the only way you could think of. You leaned in and kissed him.

It was short and quick. A simple peck on the lips that was enough for a spark of fun to appear in Baekhyun’s eyes, and after waiting for the approval in yours, he went back in for a second kiss. Hours or seconds could have gone by and it wouldn’t have been any different to you. As soon as his hot breath grazed your skin, all your precautions were out the window. His hands that caressed your neck and your back made you forget you were making out with someone who could finish your career off and you didn’t care. The murmured curse he let out when you pressed your body against him in a fit of boldness gave you butterflies in the stomach you hadn’t felt since you first saw him on a screen.

The door knob poking on your back made you realize he had been pulling you around the room as he kissed you. He looked at you with a serious expression despite the flush on his face and his disheveled half dry hair.

“Do you want this?” he asked with a husky voice you hadn’t heard from him before.

You only nodded in response.

“Then do me a favor and lock the door.”

Your hand slid between the door and your back, searching for the lock while never leaving Baekhyun’s eyes. He responded by slamming you against the wall to proceed attacking your neck. His lips were soft and warm against your skin, but he would nibble slightly when you least expected it; the contrast making you crazy. The blouse you were wearing had been pulled out of the waistband of your pencil skirt and his hands already explored freely the skin of your back and your belly. As he began unbuttoning the blouse, you grabbed onto the hair on the nape of his neck. He let out a malicious chuckle and introduced one of his legs between your thighs pinning you even more against the wall and creating that delicious friction you craved.

“You’re such a tease, who would’ve told,” he said with a smug expression as his hands slid under your bra to fondle your breasts.

“You don’t fall short of that either-”

The last word came out as a moan when Baekhyun leaned in to capture your right nipple between his lips. It took no time of him sucking, licking and biting for you to be a wriggly mess. His other hand, which had been occupied in your other breast glided down across your stomach to toy with the zipper that held your skirt together. Instead of taking it off, he slid his hand past the fabric of the skirt and your underwear and carefully stroked around until he found the wetness that had been pooling for quite some time by then.

“Look at you! I’ve barely kissed you but you’re already so wet.” He pulled his hand out to raise his fingers towards your open lips. “I’ll take care of that.”

The hint of mockery in his voice drove you wild and you licked your fingers with delight as he looked you on like an eagle watches its prey. Soon enough, his fingers were back where they had left and they wasted no time. Baekhyun set a relentless pace that had you panting for air in just a few minutes. You were holding onto his shoulders for leverage and left some scratches on his soft skin. His forehead was pressed against yours, eyes closed, breathing off each other. A single drop of sweat rolled down his cheek. His fingers inside you were working magic and you could feel the buildup starting to form in the lower part of your belly. Your only warning came in the form of another tug from his hair and, as soon as he heard what you were going through, he covered your mouth with his free hand and helped you ride your high.

You opened your eyes to find him still holding you against the wall, looking at you with an illegible expression on his face.

“You have beautiful eyes,” he said with a sheepish smile before letting go off you.

Despite having the door locked, you suddenly felt the urge to get everything back into place and get the hell out of there. You readjusted all your clothes and took a quick glance in the mirror to decide your hair needed to be put in a bun in order to look presentable again. When you were done, you turned around to face Baekhyun, who was sitting down again and observing your rustle.

“So will I be able to see you again soon?”

“Yeah, hmm…You’ll see me tomorrow morning. Radio show with CBX, remember? I’ll text you the reference this evening.”

A satisfied expression spread over his face as he approached the door to open it for you.

“Thank you. That’s very professional.”

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@exolssecretsanta​

[sommniac]

correcting misinformation regarding bts

I watched affectaed’s video the mistreatment of bts and was appalled by the misinformation in it. I posted a comment on the video but I also understand that a lot of baby armys have similar misconceptions, so I thought posting this on tumblr could gain more traction.

When I first got into BTS about three years ago, I found myself ensnared by a ridiculous amount of falsehoods and presented those lies as facts to others. I know that this experience is common and I just want to help others avoid this struggle. The source linked in the video’s description does not cover all the information in this video so I cannot verify credibility but a twitter thread is not exactly the pinnacle of ethos. I try to be as factual as possible by linking all my sources but even then I might get some things wrong here. Please do not hesitate to correct me.

Please do not send this video or this creator any sort of hate, mistakes happen and I highly doubt they had any sort of malicious intent.

All links are integrated into the text (ex: click “friend,” “former employee,” “Park Jinyoung, the head of the Big 3 company JYP Entertainment,” or “JYP even loaned artists for Big Hit to comanage like 2 AM to help them get on their feet” in the first paragraph for sources)

"Big Hit wasn't a large company with great connections"

This is partially untrue as, at the time of Big Hit’s founding, Big Hit's CEO and founder Bang Sihyuk was a friend, former employee, and former roommate of Park Jinyoung, the head of the Big 3 company JYP Entertainment. JYP even loaned artists for Big Hit to comanage like 2 AM to help them get on their feet. So although the company was small, they did have rather large connections. 

Trigger warning for the next point: Mentions of r*pe, domestic abuse, and racism. The link to Fxxk You contains disturbing video and lyric content. Viewer discretion is highly advised.

"Their music bashed so many different forms of society and they were trying to thrive with that raw meaning in their music in an industry that was incredibly superficial."

Although partially true, this is a blanket statement clearly intended to discredit and dismiss the Kpop industry as a whole. The generalization renders this entire claim false. Even though they were the minority, many artists did create music with an important message. Back in the 90's, Seo Taiji and the Boys, the first kpop artist, wrote a multitude of socially critical songs like Come Back Home and Classroom Ideas, both of which went on to be covered by BTS. Gain, a member of Brown Eyed Girls, the oldest still active girl group, released Fxxk You, a song addressing rape and domestic abuse, just months after BTS's debut. Yoon Mirae, a rapper RM collaborated with on the song Bucku Bucku, discussed racism on Black Happiness all the way back in 2007. And those are just a few examples. While BTS is absolutely one of the larger artists that brought attention to important issues, they were not the first. 

This is a point regarding the graphic of the music chart at 1:17 (shown below)

It may not have been intentional, but showing this 2015 chart is a bit manipulative considering it was surrounded by details from 2013. I will, however, note that this achievement was still quite impressive considering BTS is one of just two non Big 3 artists on that list.

"BTS were nominated for Rookie of the Year at MNet Asian Music Awards. However, even though they were the best-selling rookie group of that year, MNet refused to give them that award"

Sales success does not automatically entitle an artist to a win. In contrast, BTS won Artist of the Year in 2016 despite EXO having over 600,000 more album sales. To claim BTS deserved to win Rookie of the Year and Artist of the Year would be hypocritical based off of this sales criteria.

“In 2014, a year after BTS debuted, they attended their first real variety show.”

Ignoring the descriptor of a “real” variety show because who can really define a variety show as being “real,” BTS appeared on After School Club on September 25, 2013, over half a year before they attended MNET Beatles Code 3D (the shown variety show). In fact, they appeared on ASC twice before the Beatles Code 3D episode aired (not including Jimin and RM’s appearances the day after the airing).

“BTS won their first Grand Prize award at the 2017 M-net Asian Music Awards”

 This is completely, blatantly false. BTS won their first Grand Prize, better known as a Daesang, in 2016 at MMA for Album of the Year for their album HYYH: Young Forever.

”As the industry came to realize that there was no stopping BTS, a lot of agencies tried to buy them from Big Hit Entertainment.”

I do not actually know if this is wrong because I’m having a lot of trouble finding any sources for this claim.

”SM Entertainment bought the boy group Infinite as soon as they started to become a threat to their boy group EXO.”

SM did not buy Infinite, they merged with Infinite’s company Woollim.

”The Kpop industry had no part in BTS’s success considering how they were the ones trying so hard to shut them out.”

The words “no part” render this statement entirely false. I find it appalling that, so quickly after (rightfully) bashing SM for reducing the KPop industry to a series of generalizations, this video turns around and generalizes the Kpop industry as hungrily claiming credit for BTS based on Lee Sooman’s comments. That is textbook hypocrisy. Additionally, it is outright false. Yes, the industry did significantly hinder BTS’s success, but it did not have “no part” in BTS’s rise. A majority of BTS’s original fans, the ones who got the group off the ground, were established Kpop stans and products of the industry that supposedly did nothing for them. More than that, BTS was on award shows early in their career when most artists never get to perform at any award shows. They performed at 2013 MMA mere months after debut. They even had a massive collaboration stage with Block B, a huge group (who were friends with RM predebut), in 2015. More than that, BTS won several best new artist/rookie of the year awards in their very first year. That’s more than countless other artists receive in their entire lives.  So even though the industry wasn’t exactly kind to BTS, they absolutely played a part in their success by granting them a platform on some of the biggest stages in Kpop exceptionally soon after debut when considering their company’s small size.

Not all of the information in this video is incorrect but there are some egregious errors that undermine the point of this video which is that BTS suffered a lot on their rise to the top. Which is true. BTS has the most incredible underdog story in KPop. They are my role models and have gotten me through the toughest moments in my life for years. But that doesn’t mean we can just invent struggles, not when they had so many legitimate ones. In 2016 alone, there was EXOLs mass petitioning that took down the Blue House website after BTS’s MMA win; there was the Black Wave at MMA and GDA; and then there was the infamous May “Terror” Month. All of these moments were results of targeted harassment (although there is some debate over what really happened at GDA) and are entirely factual. 

[aphrodite1288]

This is an explicative Post about The Dating history of Jongin. I want everyone to read it because I keep receiving asks asking me to explain this exact same thing. Yet when I do, no one reads it and they go again sending 30 asks every day regarding the issue. Read this, Cos I'm not replying to anyone asking about this anymore.

Ugh that Jini is back at it again, posting photos from her Busan trip on October 26th with her grandma and aunties and mom, to raise the speculations that she was with Ji there while he went with his group of friends one of them is Jrick Baek the new choreographer in SM who worked with him in his albums. Kindly note: She never usually posts the location of her photos, only when it's related to Jongin, suddenly she shares the name of the hotel and the street and the exact name of that place/restaurant/shop/whatsoever.

She's back at her things again. If you saw old posts from last year on this blog regarding Lee Jini (claimed Jongin's Gf) everytime Instagram and twitter Sasaengs share they're dating then I ask real sasaeng they say they are not dating. I don't wanna share her account and her photos here as you already know her account from last year's posts by old admins, you can go check them yourselves.

Anyway a summary of the old posts where old admins talked about this Lee Jini model girl: Well she is always at Jongin's schedules location, if he's in filming she's there, if he's in Fashion show in another country she posts stories she's there, if he's preparing for his album and is in the filming set she posts photos there in her story, she's always in his schedule and she has this tendency to Immediately Delete her stories only a short time after getting an attention of fans who start commenting on her posts that she is With Ji now and she replies to every single one of the comments saying "No we're just friends please support him and leave me alone "THEN WHY THE FUCK DID YOU START IT? WHY DID YOU POST PHOTOS FROM EVERYWHERE HE IS AT? IF U DON'T WANT THAT ATTENTION? and WHY DO YOU SIT DOWN AND REPLY TO 34 COMMENTS ON YOUR POSTS FROM JONGINS FANS??" If you don't want the attention I know you shouldn't simply post stories and posts from his same location. Sounds like an attention seeker Pick Me Behavior to me.

But the one that got the insta Sasaengs attention is when she posted a story in The shop of "The Devil wears Jeongnam 😈" show where she posted herself sitting inside Mr.Jeongnam's store trying some new sneakers the exact same day Jongin was filming there with him and Sehun as a guest in the show, that's when Instagram sasaengs caught on her and contacted her friends and she maybe told her friends to tell Sasaengs that her and Jongins are indeed dating while she told us in the comments section that she just knows Jongin as a celebrity and has nothing to do with him and to leave her alone?!? I remember her reply to one of the commenters "I don't even know who he is leave me alone!" I wish I had the screenshots but she deleted the posts where she got massive comments from ExoL and erigoms.

Anyway, Lee Jini originally named Park Jiyong was after her father's name Park Minseok or something . Anyway she was born in January 26th 1999 is a model actress beauty guru she also sings or whatever she does everything typical of a rich girl who has access to everything because her mom pushes her to do everything in the Industry. She the daughter of an Old SM Big Actress, Scriptwriter and Business woman she has roots and contacts in the movie industry or whatsoever I don't know I care about her mom, old admins shared the full profile of her mom in this blog go check it, her mom is a big pillar and one of the direction team of SM, she basically can get access to Exo's schedule and future trips and future projects and shows and all, her mom is an Actress and Scriptwriter means she works on SM artists Shows'scripts and Movies and drama scripts, she is well known in the movie and variety show industry, she got her daughter aka Jini VIP Pass to every Exo concert since debut not free Tickets but a whole Pass with encore stage and backstage and after party access, means she can go and take photos with the members and attend Exo's after parties with their staff and best-friends and family after their concert wrap-up. She is a huge fan of Jongin's and Suho and Xiumin and She took a lot of photos with them (the photos were shared on this blog by old admins kindly look for the post) Jini is a huge ExoL and a Hardcore Erigom, she got all Exo and Jongin's signed albums VIP delivered for her exclusively, she is also friends with Lee Soo Man's daughter and Sunny from SNSD aka Lee Soo Man's niece anyway she a friend of the Lee Soo Man family, she had her beauty show appearance in K-Beauty show something and walked few runways, Jini and her mom and dad are well known by SM family and among all SM artists, a rich Golden spoon girl who has everything she wants. She always posts photos of her birthday wearing Gucci from head to Toe, and she always wears A "two teddy bears🧸🧸" necklace and she always posts about bears, she is also a painter she always paints about bears and always changes the color of the TWO teddy bears 🧸🧸 in her necklace, she also posts her everyday morning coffee with Two teddy bears Coffee art ☕ ! She always wears Gucci and posts gifts from Gucci and Tags #Gucci and says that it's "A GIFT" to raise more speculations. She loves the attention she's getting.

Anyway that's her she had million plastic surgeries so it's hard to tell her face because it keeps changing every year.

Anyway old admin Aurore spoke to one of her friends, she said she doesn't know if her friend Jini is indeed Dating Jongin or that she's just telling them she does to flex on them that she's dating an idol. Her own friend said she doesn't know if they're really dating but she's always there wherever he goes.

Well last time I checked, he's not stupid or crazy to bring his girlfriend to every schedule he has, he can't be this dumb or inattentive, and she is not a normal unknown/Nugu girl who can pass for a staff member and hide in among staff, SHE'S A WELL KNOWN MODEL in Korea she has her own profile in Korean Celebrities profiles sites such as AsianWiki and Naver and Instiz and her MOM IS a WELL KNOWN SM personality in Korea, she even has a famous museum of her arts, only rich personalities buy her arts. So she is easily recognizable. He ain't dumb to take her to his schedules even if just occasionally! They can't not get exposed ! 🙈

Anyway Some Sasaengs on Twitter are saying Jongin's a golddigger and wants Sponsorships to Up his career and get more deals and More screen on National TV and more promotions and international Brand deals so he is fucking her for that because her Mom is a big personality in the industry and can easily get him all that. Which is not true! because we all know how HARD Jongin works. If he relies on his Gf Jini's Mom's Contacts to get him easy sponsors and opportunities, why is he suffering and working extra hard as we all see and saw for 11 years now and him saying he paid his own promotions because SM is lazy and won't let him go promote in Variety shows! He said himself he was the one who contacted every Show and asked them if he can appear on it! And he did it for the fans! Because Exo were on hiatus and he wanted to work so hard to promote his albums and also to not let Exo's name die down because of members'enlistment. (I've got the video for that but I don't want to share it because I'm lazy).

I've spoken to some insiders they all said she's more of an obsessed fan than his gf. But he had indeed go out on a fanmeeting/business-date with her by request from her mother longtime ago as her Favorite celebrity, she also had that meeting/date with Suho and Minseok and Lay, Spoiled sugar baby energy. She also invited Exo and Minho from SHINee and some other SM artists to exclusively attend her Fancy Birthday parties and they all attended because they have to when it's a her mom sending the invitations. Lol 😆 sounds forced at a gunshot for me.

I've got more photos of her with the members in concerts backstage that she shared on her Instagram, but she deleted them.

Anyway Sasaengs on twitter are sharing this photo saying it's Lee Jini and Ji in military, it's not them! That's an unseen photo of Chanyeol with his Mom or aunt or whoever that is. And without me confirming it to you anyhow, you have eyes I believe, so you can tell the lady in the photo is overweight and short looks old nothing like a body of a slim 171cm tall young model. You can see it yourself if you have healthy eyes. If you can't see it, please see a doctor ASAP.

[honeyjaez]

A solo stan who is thinking about checking other groups out?

There is nothing wrong with being a solo stan (as in only liking 1 group) as long as you are kind and courteous to other groups.

Also this post might not be for you.

But if you are a solo stan (usually starting with BTS) or just in need of finding new groups and thinking about spreading your wings here are some suggestions. 🙂

When I first got into kpop way back in the 2010 years I had no clue what I had stumbled on and I only liked 2 groups max for the longest time because I didnt know about any other groups. Since then I’ve come to love so many groups that I wish I knew about sooner.

Now mind you. I am primarily a boy group stan so there are not a lot of girl groups on her so please forgive me. -*edit I’ve decided to do a part 2 of just girl groups so stay tuned

This is also under the impression you already know BTS and their brother group TXT.

also if your fav is not on this list I dearly apologize. I picked groups that might be a good intro to like multiple groups.

Groups down below ˅˅˅˅

SEVENTEEN:

-13 Member group under Pledis Entertainment.

- Debuted May 26, 2015

-Popular in Korea and slowly gaining popularity internationally.

-AMAZING dancers.

-Like the synchronization is unreal for 13 people.

- Divided into 3 sub-units; Performance Unit, Hip-Hop Unit, and Vocal Unit

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Don’t Wanna Cry. Hit, Clap

iKON:

-Currently a 6 Member group under YG Entertainment

-Debuted September 15th, 2015

-Addicting Chorus’s and bad ass rapping

-Their Leader B.I recently left the group early this year, but fans are hopeful for a reunion. But that doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate OT7 right now.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Bling Bling, Love Scenario, B-Day

ONEUS:

-6 Member group under RBW Entertainment

-Debuted January 9th, 2019.

-They are a crazy good for a rookie group and have a lot of bangers.

-Their choreography is no joke

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Valkyrie (Debut song), Twilight, Lit

(Seriously they have no bad songs)

NCT 127:

(NCT is actually a massive group divided up into sub-units)

-10 Member group under SM Entertainment.

-Debuted July 10th, 2016

-Crazy Powerful dance moves.

-Look mean, but are actually sweethearts.

-Gaining popularity in the west.

-Some songs to introduce you to them:Cherry Bomb, Touch, Highway to Heaven

NCT Dream:

-Currently a 6 member group under SM Entertainment

-Debuted August 24th, 2016

-Cute Charm and Powerful stage presence. 

-NCT Dream is as this moment not a fixed unit and based on idols age.

-When they get old enough the members “graduate” and join other NCT sub-units

-Mark of NCT 127 was once the leader but he reached the age limit and “Graduated” and thus no longer apart of the group.

-Many fans detest this concept and wish SM to make them a fixed unit but that doens’t mean you can’t love OT6 or OT7 at the moment.

-Some songs to introduce you to them:  Boom, We Go Up, Go

Stray Kids:

-8  member group under JYP Entertainment

-Debuted March 25th, 2018

-Gained a lot of popularity through their survival show of the same name

-Strong and Meaningful songs that deal a lot with self struggle and depression. 

-All songs are produced by members Bang Chan, Changbin and Han who make up the sub-unit 3racha.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Hellavator Levanter, Voices, My Pace, Double Knot, God’s Menu, Back Door (I mean this list can go on and on)

GOT7:

-7 Member group under JYP Entertainment

-Debuted January 16th, 2014

-Another amazing dancing group

-Strong Charisma on stage.

-Variety Kings

-Goofballs

-Some songs to introduce you to them:Hard Carry, Eclipse, You Are 

VAV:

-7 Member group under A Team Entertainment

-Debuted October 31st, 2015.

-Severely underrated 

-Has lost some members and gains some as well.

-They work super hard year round with hardly and rest.

-Please stan VAV.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: She’s Mine, Poison, Spotlight. 

ASTRO:

-6 Member group under Fantagio Entertainment

-Debuted February 23rd, 2016.

-Cute, Charming group.

-The boys are actual angels.

-The group is a breath of fresh air.

-Super Talented.

-Addicting songs that just make you smile

-Can have the same concept as literally any other group but still make it their own.

-Vocals are beyond this world.

-Also just overall very pretty.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: All Night, Blue Flame, Baby, Always You. 

The Boyz:

-11 Member group under Cre.Ker Entertainment

-Debuted December 6th, 2017

-A really fun and charming group.

-Their song’s are very addicting

-Dance like songs

-Sweet sweet boys who deserve love.

-Member Hwall left in October of 2019 due to health reasons 

-Some songs to introduce you to them: D.D.D, No Air, Giddy Up 

Day6:

-5 Member group under JYP Entertainment

-Debuted September 7th, 2015

-An actual band so they don’t dance on stage

-but crazy talented

-Their songs are known to make people feel happier.

-I don’t think it is possible to have a bad Day6 song.

-Jae’s twitter is quite possible my favorite place on this earth.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: I smile. Time of our lives. Colors, I need Somebody. Dance Dance. Literally any of them.

PENTAGON:

-Currently a 9 Member group under Cube Entertainment.

-Debuted October 10th, 2016.

-Also Underrated.

-Such amazing discography.

-UNIQUE VOICES 

-Strong vocals and major crackheads

-Went through their survival show “Pentagon Maker” and debuted as 10 members.

-Former Member E’Dawn was basically kicked out of Cube and Pentagon after revealing he was dating label mate HyunA. Fans are still hopeful for an OT10 reunion.

-But we can support OT9 now.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Sha La La, Shine, Like This, Cosmo (Japanese song).

SF9:

-9 Member group under FNC Entertainment

-Debuted October 5th, 2016

-FNC’s first dance boy group.

-SEVERELY UNDERRATED.

-If you want any songs to put on your workout playlist, or just get you hyped then their are your boys.

-AMAZING Dancers.

-They are almost all actors as well. If you watch K-Drama’s you might recognize Chani (their maknae) from widely popular Sky Castle and Rowoon from new K-Drama “Extraordinary You”

-Stan SF9. Stream RPM

-Some songs to introduce you to them: O Sole Mio, RPM, Now or Never, Easy Love

Monsta X

-A SEVEN Member group under Starship Entertainment

-Literally the definition of hard-working.

-Powerful Choreography, crazy stage presence, intense charisma...must I go on.

-Literally deserve the world.

-Were formed through the survival program No Mercy and have not stopped since.

-Their songs are so addicting and on top of that are actual sweethearts.

-Only want to make people smile and feel loved through their music.

-Would possibly die for their fans.

-Okay I’m talking too much.

-Gaining popularity in the Western regions.

-In October of 2019, member Wonho (the orange hair in the gif) left the group due to rumors and lies being spread about him. He didn’t want to hurt Monsta X’s reputation so he left the group but fans have strongly opposed this, fighting for starship to help clear his name and have him return. The protest continues on even after almost a month.

(Trust me, if you knew this group and Wonho, you would understand why fans are opposing this.)

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Follow, Shoot Out, Beautiful, Dramarama, All In, Alligator.

NU’EST:

-5 Member group under Pledis Entertainment

-Debuted March 15th, 2012

-Very unique style and concept with their albums.  Sticks to their own specific style.

-Addicting chorus.

-Honey Sweet vocals. 

-Had a sub-united called NU’EST W while Minhyun was promoting as a member of Wanna One. (The W stood for ‘Waiting’ which should tell you the type of guys they are).

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Bet Bet, Love Me, Face (Debut  Song), Help Me (Nu’est W song).

BTOB:

-7 Member group under Cube Entertainment

-Debuted March 21st, 2012.

-Ballads anyone?

-Are primarily a vocal focus group

-But understandably because BTOB has one of the strongest vocals in Kpop.

-But can also dance.

-Honest to good crack heads

-Variety Kings #2

-Currently 3 members are serving their military service but you can still support them in their quiet time.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: I’ll be your man, Only one for me, Beautiful Pain, Missing You.

ATEEZ:

-8 Member group under KQ Entertainment

-Debuted October 24th, 2018.

-ROOKIE KINGS.

-In their one year so far since debut they have shown the world that they are not a group to underestimate. 

-Strong Dancers, powerful choreography. 

-Their stage presence is no joke.

-Songs are super addicting and go hard so if you need a workout playlist Ateez is your group.

THE DUALITY OF EACH MEMBER. 

-San is Satan in disguise.

-Prepared for debut for a really REALLY long time. 

-Already signed up with a US record label.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Wonderland, Pirate King, Treasure, Say My name, Wave. literally any of them.

EXO:

-9 Member group under SM Entertainment

-Debuted April 8th, 2012.

-If you know BTS, you probably know about them.

-But EXO are worth all the hype.

-Korea’s chosen representative (Whether you agree with it or not, it’s true) 

-Deadly Stage Presence and Charisma

-Their songs are always iconic.

-Leader Suho just might be god I haven’t figured it out yet.

-As of November 2019, 3 of their members are not promoting with the group. Lay is off promoting solo stuff and stuff in china and america (because SM doesn’t want EXOLS happy) and the other 2 members, Xiumin and D.O are currently serving in the military.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Monster, Love Shot, Lotto, Tempo.

Golden Child

-10 Member group under Woollim Entertainment.

-Debuted August 28th, 2017.

-Underrated group x 10.

-Dancing is on point.

-Stage presence on point

-Hardworking

-cute songs

-They are just charming boys who smile more than the sun i swear.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Wannabe, DamDaDi, Genie, Let Me

A.C.E:

-5 Member group under Beat Interactive

-Debuted May 23rd, 2017

-I literally don’t understand why they are so underrated.

-They have created their own unique style in kpop with a rock vibe that is hardly used in the community. 

-POWERFUL dancers.

-Rude as fuck but thats besides the point.

-Another great group if you need workout songs.

-Some songs to introduce you to them: Undercover, Savage, Callin, Take Me Higher.

Other groups that I did not talk about but I think should be mentioned:

-AB6IX

-CIX

-VICTON

-VIXX

-Great Guys 

-Infinite

-JBJ95

-Kim Donghan(solo)

N.Flying!

-Noir!!!!!

-Spectrum

[solarflaresrp]

MEMBER GROUPS

Member groups on Solar Flares are pretty straightforward! Each of the groups will indicate where your character was born or where they were given citizenship via their parents birthplace. If their parents are from two different settlements, please pick only one.

The member groups can be found below the cut!

TERRANS

Those born on Earth or parents who were born and raised on the planet that gave birth to humanity. Many Terrans that leave Earth try to conceal where they are from, or their family is from, as Earth has been left behind both technologically and culturally in the Solar System. They are among those who are able to easily move between settlements, thanks to growing up with natural gravity, allowing them to more easily hide their true identity.

LUNITES

There is pride among those born on Luna, the first settlement outside of Earth, beating out Mars by only a few scant years. They have been independent from Earth for two hundred years and while they are among the smallest settlements, they are one of the wealthiest, only behind Mars. Despite the way they look down on Terrans, they frequently visit the parts of the planet not completely ravaged by the climate crisis and war to avoid needing to go through Acclimation.

MARTIANS

Some would say those born to Mars are just as angry as the color of their planet and bloody history among the first settlers. Though, as the decades trudge on, Martians have become technologically advanced and easily the wealthiest settlement. They are in the process of restoring the atmosphere and protecting it from solar winds, there are portions of the planet that are nearly completely terraformed, allowing citizens to enjoy freedom from domed cities.

STATIONERS

Those born and raised on the Stations between Mars and the Asteroid Belt were left to their own devices in their early years, despite being controlled by Luna or Mars respectively. About two hundred years ago, they became independent after tension boiled over to violence, uniting together to strip Luna and Mars of their power over them. While they are not anywhere near as poor as Earth, they definitely don’t have the wealth or power Mars or Luna have. This combined with their difficulty, or in some cases inability, to go planet side has left them distrustful of Mars or Luna.

EXOLES

The newest settlements established only a hundred and fifty years ago, and still within the grip of Mars and Luna respectively, those who live on Europa or Enceladus mostly began with scientists and their families who would live on the moons for several weeks at a time before returning to their home settlement. Eventually, as time went on and these settlements became self-sufficient with a flourishing culture of their own, they began to settle permanently. Similar to Stationers two hundred years ago, tension between Mars and Luna are rising rapidly.

ROVERS

Once technology advanced enough that people could come together and live on ships with only requiring to stop for supplies and fuel, it gradually became common enough no one thought it strange. Everyone has their reasons why their families left the safety and protection settlements offered. Unlike Stationers and some Exoles, Rovers have acclimated through numerous supply stops planet side over their lives. Generally, many Rovers try to stay out of the messy politics of the settlements and many more often think governments lead to corruption.

SYNTHS

Humans have long been fascinated by the concept of artificial intelligence, happily pouring money into projects that would propel the technology forward. What began as a military strategy to send androids that were impossible to distinguish from humans on the outside on covert missions has sprawled into a massive solar system wide industry. Now Synths are not only used for military operations, but for those wealthy enough to purchase a companion Synth are able to. But centuries of advancement have led to Synths experiencing a Singularity, otherwise known as the process of becoming sentient and much more than just lines of programming.

[7wanderingpaws]

I'll get something off my chest too lol but the reality really hit me when I saw the pictures he looked so cute and seeing sehun with him just melted my heart and I started bawling like two years is a long time. But like him taking this two years can help him alot to just like wind down and focus on him and take care of himself and using this time to improve on anything he wants,🥺

I agree also that baekhyun relationship with exols is so special and it's something that exols will always treasure he literally looks after us and gives us advice and even the little things like his late night drive ig or twitter spree or vlive he was always there u never felt not his presence it's always there and I can't thank him more for that I'm getting teary lol 🥺cause it's amazing to have that relationship with someone who genuinely wants the best for u and cheers u on he's like the bestest friend u can ask for and sending him off is like saying see you later rather than bye I personally don't like saying bye cause it feels like I'm never gonna see u again,rather I say see you later cause we will meet again soon we just gotta wait which we will to see our funny cute loving friend again ❤️

Sorry for the long text lol I had get it off my chest too I feel better now🥺

Aww yes, yes, come and talk and don’t apologize please I’m happy to talk! ^^ ❤️ exactly! This will also help him to put the last 9 years and everything that he went through into a perspective. I’m sure he’ll come back clear-headed and well-rested. ☺️

Honestly, I love all of Exos, genuinely but I have to agree. Baek was always my ult so I shamefully have to admit that sometimes I didn’t even realize others weren’t as active as he was and now it is an eye-opening reality. I love Chanyeol’s YT channel and I wish there would be a Sim4u soon too. But Baekhyun really was pushing it the most and trying his hardest, yet he got most lashed out at, sadly. He really has great advice for everyone! Though I wish I was as carefree as he is 😆

Yup, it’s definitely a see you later, not saying bye for a long time at allll 🥺😭 also we should hype the content he prepared for us so that we wouldn’t feel the absence too much 😊❤️ can’t wait! ^^ thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts dear! ☺️