#highlight Doojoon scenarios

[blu-joons]

When He’s Scared That You’ll Leave Him ~ Highlight Reaction

Doojoon:

Your smile was weak as Doojoon finally returned home, much later than you expected him to. An apology came from Doojoon straight away as he sat down beside you, looking at you in panic that you were still awake.

Your hand rested against Doojoon’s thigh as he took a seat down beside you, “why are you looking at me like that? Have I done something wrong?”

“You’re too good,” he commented.

“Me?” You laughed, pointing at yourself. “Where’s that suddenly come from?” You asked, unaware of how guilty Doojoon felt for making you wait for him to arrive.

His smile matched your own as Doojoon spoke, “how do you keep doing this? I’m always late, or not around, it’s not how I should be.”

“You’re busy with work, you know I understand that.”

“Does your patience not run out though?” Doojoon enquired, “do you ever just want to tell me to go away when I keep cancelling on you.”

“Not at all,” you laughed, nudging against his side. “It’s all part of the job of dating you, I’ve kind of got used to it now anyway.”

Doojoon’s eyes narrowed in your direction, “how can you ever get used to being messed around by me as much as this?”

“I guess you just make it worthwhile.”

Yoseob:

As you began the drive home, you couldn’t help but notice that Yoseob wasn’t quite himself. When you pushed him on it, you got nothing, but eventually he began to explain what had upset him through the night.

You smiled sympathetically as Yoseob worried about the attention you got from some of your colleagues. “You’re not jealous of them, are you?”

“It’s not that,” he responded.

“You think they paid much attention to me?” You then suggested, watching as Yoseob’s head nodded. “Don’t tell me you think that they had my attention, please.”

Yoseob’s nervous stare met your own, “they were all so funny and good looking, even I wouldn’t blame you if you dated one of them Y/N.”

“But you’re the one that I’m dating, none of them.”

“I know,” Yoseob whispered, turning to glance out of the window. “I guess they just made me feel a little insecure, like I’m not good enough.”

“That’s nonsense,” you replied, quickly shutting Yoseob down, “I mean they’re nice colleagues, but they can be so irritating Yoseob.”

A faint chuckle came from him as you reassured him, “you’re really telling me that you like me more than all of them?”

“Of course, that’s exactly what I’m telling you.”

Gikwang:

Your eyes widened in surprise as Gikwang mumbled underneath his breath, concerned that he was taking the stress that he was experiencing at work out on you, fearing how much longer you’d tolerate it.

Your head shook as Gikwang finished, clearing your throat straight away. “Are you kidding me? I want to help you, not get annoyed with you Gikwang.”

“Aren’t I annoying?” He quizzed.

“We all get stressed, it would never give me a reason to leave you,” you chuckled, draping your arm across his shoulders, “you need to talk to me, not worry about me.”

Gikwang’s concerned eyes glanced to where you were beside him, “you’ve taken care of me constantly, doesn’t it start to drive you up the wall?”

“Not when it’s the person you love who needs help.”

“Thank you,” Gikwang whispered, resting his head against the side of yours. “I don’t know what I’d do without you sometimes here with me.”

“Just promise me one thing,” you asked of him, “stop thinking that I’m going to leave, because I’m not, I’m just going to keep supporting you.”

Gikwang nodded as he made his promise to you, “if I start annoying you though, you have to tell me too Y/N.”

“I’ll never get annoyed with you, don’t worry.”

Dongwoon: 

It was understandably hectic as you and Dongwoon prepared to come to the end of packing his belongings for him to head on tour. All evening something that had been up with Dongwoon, eventually spilling.

Your head nodded as Dongwoon voiced his concerns about leaving you and going on tour. “How come you’re worried about me? I’ll be alright by myself.”

“WIll you still be here?” He asked.

“Of course,” you scoffed, almost in disbelief that Dongwoon would ask you such a thing. “You think that I’d leave whilst you’re on the road or something, have you lost your mind?”

Dongwoon’s shoulders shrugged in reply to you, “it crossed my mind, I’m scared you’ll get bored of waiting for me or find someone who can be around.”

“It’s only a couple of weeks, I’ll just be missing you.”

“Really?” Dongwoon quizzed in surprise, feeling your hand rest over the top of his. “You promise that you’ll be here when I get back home Y/N?”

“Of course, I promise,” you chuckled, squeezing against Dongwoon’s hand, “just as long as you promise to miss me whilst you’re on tour.”

Dongwoon’s head nodded instantly back to you, “I know that I’ll be missing you every second whilst I’m gone.”

“And I’ll be missing you just as much too.”

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Masterlist

[lil-nct-scenarios-11]

Highlight- As Dads

Group: Highlight- all members

Theme: Highlight as dads

Type: Bullet-style reaction/scenario

Doojoon

he’d definitely would the dad who loves to take tons of pictures and make home videos

like he’d just want to capture every milestone in his kids life

his kids would be tired of constantly getting the pictures taken but they’d become really photogenic because of it

he’s also really emotional like when they promote to elementary school to middle school he’d go all out and spoil them

he’d try to be strict but he’d give in to his soft side

he’d make really punny jokes too and no one will admit how much they really love it

he’d also spoil his kids often but it would mostly be for food more than anything

he’d make sure his kiddos are always well fed so they might be a lil chubby but he’d love it

he’d also be that parent who brags about their kids too

Junhyung

he’d be the super strict one

he wouldn’t cut his any slack and always except a lot from them

he wouldn’t be mean but he wouldn’t be able to express his feelings well

like it would kinda hard for him to tell his kiddos how much he loves him and how proud he is of them

but like you know he’d be extremely proud of them for anything that they do but he’d push them to best their best

he’d have the most meaningful stories about hard-work and struggles and his kids would always appreciate them

he’d still be very shy and squishy and his kids would love to exploit his giggly side and they’d live to embarrass him

Yoseob

he’s kinda awkward but he’s hella funny and extremely sassy

he’d get along with his kids well and be the most supportive one

he’d go to all their games, he’s basically a soccer mom

ooh he’s suuper protective so he’d be strict in the sense that he wouldn't let his kids go out much without him

but he’d love to game nights and always have singing battle

oooh in car rides, him and his kiddos would be singing their lungs out to any given song on the radio

he’d be really playful too like he’d be playing all sorts of competitive games with his kiddos and would be hella salty if he lost

Gikwang

 he’d be that dad who makes his kids wear like super fashionable, designer brands and stuff and would take aesthetically pleasing pics with his kids

he’s another dad who would try be strict but ends up being hella giggly instead

he’d spoil his kiddos rotten like anything they wanted he’d get it

oooh he’d love to embarrass his kids in front of their friends or just public in general

he’d be hella cuddly with his kids and would always give them cheek kisses randomly

he’d make sure his kids are very outgoing and involved in many sports and stuff

Dongwoon

he’s the most relatable and friend-like kinda dad

like he'd be soo chill and genuinely really fun

of course he'd embarrass his kids but they would always get him back

he'd be the most involved with their social lives and would get jealous when his kiddos left to hang out with their friends

he’d love to go on super long walks with them and love to go on adventures which means long road trips

he’d always tell them the easy way to do things and always save them from their other parent’s wrath

ooh he would kiss his spouse just to embarrass his kiddos and he’ d love it because he knows he made his whole fam happy

he would loveee to pull pranks on his kids but if he ever went too far he would always make it up to them by treating them to ice cream or something like that

*AHHH this was so fun to write, man I love highlight sooo much

*comment down below which ‘dad’ are you most like, I think I would be most like Dongwoon but its like a mix of Doojoon and Dongwoon tbh

*send requests for these dorks bc I love writing for them

[smitten--kitten]

Out of Context: Highlight Edition

Doojoon:

Yoseob:

Gikwang:

Dongwoon:

[mangsluts]

Russian Roulette

A Lee Gikwang fanfic

Mafia!AU

Rated: M. Mature content. Smut.

Description: Being part of the mafia meant you made a lot of enemies. But there’s one specific enemy you’ve never been able to kill. No matter how hard you’ve tried, he always escaped you. Will things change one night when he walks into the same casino as you...?

Requested by: @christian-do

A/N I had so much fun with this au I ended up writing too much so there’s gonna be a part 2 shortly!

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There he was, in your sight once again.

You weren’t planning to see him this time, but when the double doors of the casino opened, his presence was known. Everyone’s head swung around to see who was exuding such confidence at the door. Maybe not everyone here knew who he was, but as soon as you saw him, your blood began to boil, and you slid your sunglasses on over your eyes, leaning down in your seat at the roulette table to avoid him seeing you while you scanned him.

Lee Gikwang. Son of the leader of the Infamous double dragon gang, one of the strongest gangs in all of South Korea.

You, yourself were part of the Blue Moon gang, and unlike him, who was born into the mafia life automatically earning himself a high position, you earned your way to the top.

Your family was very poor, owning nothing but a small noodle restaurant, but even that wasn’t earning them enough money. They ended up getting involved with the mafia to be able to sustain their family. The Blue Moon gang would pay their bills, in return for letting the noodle shop be a secret drug cartel for them to use as they pleased. This worked for a long time, until there was one slip up, and the cops found out about the drugs. To avoid you being killed, your parents took all the blame and said nothing about the gang, immediately getting sent to prison. This left you, a fourteen year old girl in the shop alone, crying as your parents were dragged out of their shop by the cops. Sobbing, you felt a large consoling hand on your shoulder. It was a large man in a black suit by the name of Moon Junmyeon. The leader of the Blue Moon gang.

“Don’t worry kid, we’ll take care of you.” It sounded threatening, but he really did take you in, allowing you to enter the gang as if you were any other newcomer. Over the years you committed a lot of crimes, killed a lot of traitors, and smuggled a lot of drugs. But there was one guy no matter how hard you tried, you just couldn’t kill him.

Your arch nemesis, Lee Gikwang.

Blue Moon gang was one of the most feared mafia group in South Korea, only being competed with by the Double dragon group. So obviously, the two groups did NOT get along. You had been sent on many group, and solo missions to have him assassinated but he always slipped out of your grip every time. It infuriated you. He was so cocky every time. Once you thought you’d finally had him cornered in a dark ally, with your gun barrel against the back of his head.

“Game over” You had said. He only laughed back at you. Your ego immediately deflated when you felt two gun barrels on the back of your head.

He turned around and lowered your pistol with his finger, smirking at you.

“Better luck next time sweetheart.” He cooed, and you woke up a day later in a different town.

Sneering, you angrily put out the cigarette that you were smoking and left it in the ashtray. You thought about leaving and just reporting back to your boss his location, but then you thought to yourself.

‘Wouldn’t it be better to bring back a dead body?’

You smirked and directed your covered eyes back to him as he strode confidently through the casino, shaking hands with many older men who seemed excited to see him.

Okay maybe he was popular.

This made you even more mad.

He didn’t even do anything for himself! He had a group of basically bodyguards who followed him everywhere and did everything for him. They basically did all the dirty work. Every time you’d ever tried to kill him and failed, it was his bodyguards who had stopped you and taken you out. You couldn’t even count how many times they’d beat you and left you in a new location.

He had these bodyguards even with him now, but they were all dressed in black and white pinstripe suits and fedoras. Gikwang stood in the middle of his entourage, laughing at a joke he’d told, while they all pretended to laugh at it too. Instead of wearing a suit, he wore only the jacket part of it, with one button buttoned in the middle to expose his upper chest and lower stomach, fully decked out in tattoos. Mostly dragons. You rolled your eyes. His usually styled black hair looked greasy, almost wet, and had pieces dangling in front of his eyes which seemed to have black eyeliner smeared on the bottom.

Maybe he caught you staring, because he nudged one his grunts and you saw him mouth the word “roulette”.

Then he and his whole crew strode over to the table you were sitting at.

You turned away and tugged your black hat over your head, hoping he didn’t recognize you.

Of course you had a disguise on, you always did when you went out just in case. Today’s disguise was a blonde bob wig, paired with red lipstick, a deep smoky eye, a rather large brimmed black hat with a long black coat to match.

“What are you doing playing roulette by yourself?” Suddenly the silky voice was right next to you, and you almost flinched, but you knew better. You turned to face him, literally inches away from the man you wanted to murder. You gave him your best fake smile.

“Because I’ve been playing roulette. The people I was playing with just ran out of money. So I’m waiting for more people.” You time the truth, manipulating your voice to not sound like your own, since he’s heard it so many times.

A grin crept across his face, and a beautiful one at that. He had the biggest most luscious lips, and you hated it.

“Why don’t I play with you then?” He finally said, a little too close to your face. His breathe smelled strongly of whiskey. Maybe this is why he didn’t recognize you. He didn’t seem intoxicated though, maybe just tipsy, but enough to not know you. Which was perfect for you. He sat down at the seat right next to you, despite there being many empty seats around the table. You looked at his face and smiled, thinking about watching the life drain out of it. Maybe he thought you were flirting, because he smiled back as he was buying his roulette chips. His crowd of bodyguards all began to sit at the table

“Roulette players only please-“ the worker said. They all glared at him, then looked expectingly at Gikwang, who waved his hand, signaling them to listen to the man and not kill him.

“Let’s make this interesting. Just you and I babe.” He turned to face you again, his big almond eyes gleaming. “You pick a color. I pick the opposite. Make it fair.” He said, eyeing you up and down. You tried not to scowl at his gaze, but felt your cheeks flushing anyway.

“Sounds fair enough. But I have one condition.” You pushed all your roulette chips forward. You had won about $500 playing roulette for the past couple hours, and decided to humor him for the last few hours of his life and have fun. His face didn’t even twitch.

“Deal.” He said and entered the same amount.

“I choose red.” You said quickly.

“Why red?” He asked curiously.

Like the color of your blood when it comes out of the bullet hole I’m gonna leave in your face.

You thought.

“I like red.”

You smiled.

“Black it is for me.” Gikwang said confidently as the casino worker took your best, calling out “No more bets” despite there being only two people at the table. As if in slow motion, the ball dropped, and hit the spinning roulette wheel, going round and round in circles.

Your eyes followed the ball, nervousness bubbling in your stomach. You glanced at Gikwang who looked at ease. You got mad again.

Fuck him for being so calm..

Everyone was silent as the ball began to slow down, making thudding noises as it passed over the ridges of the numbers.

Black

Red

Black

Red

Black.....

It nearly came to a stop on the black number, but at the very last second, it rolled onto a red section.

“Red 19.” The worker called as he picked up the ball from the slot.

For once in his life, Gikwang looked disappointed. He’d had everything in his life handed to him, and just lost a game of luck.

As the worker began to give you your chips back so you could cash them in for your earnings, you turned to Gikwang again, filled with pride. “Better luck next time, right?” You said, flashing him a real smile.

He looked taken aback by your words and stared at you.

Fuck. Maybe you shouldn’t have said that..

Nervously you collected your chips and stood up. He grabbed your wrist tightly and you realized you’d said too much. He realized who you were.

He stared at your, dark eyes hooded as his eyes scanned yours. Then his big lips pulled into a smirk again.

“Hope to see you again soon, sweetheart~” he said happily.

Nope. He’s still just a drunk guy.

You breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. “Very soon I hope. I’ll find you.” You winked from behind your sunglasses and walked off to collect your earnings from roulette. As you turned around from the counter, you saw Gikwang walked out the doors of the casino.

What?? One game and you’re done??

In a hurry, you grabbed all your money, shoved it in your purse and sprinted out of the casino after him. You could see the mob of suited men walking through the purple lit door of a building in a back alley. You looked up at the sign, seeing the triple X sign and a neon lit girl taking her top off. You sighed. Of course he went into a strip club.

Straightening yourself up, you followed at a distance and led yourself into the building, the bouncer not questioning your age because of the glare you were giving him. You were on a mission.

Immediately the loud music and smell of smoke engulfed you. It was so loud with sensual music you couldn’t even hear yourself think. Completely covered up, you didn’t fit in this club, but you pushed through the crowd and saw him sitting at a round table with his crew in the front row, throwing ones at a girl dancing on stage.

Wow you hated him a lot.

But you had an idea. And you didn’t like it. It wasn’t hard to sneak behind the DJ’s booth and take a glance at the roster of girls dancing tonight. Destiny was the name of the girl dancing currently, so next up was a girl named.... Cinnamon. Nice. You almost laughed as you slipped away, looking for the dressing room. The club didn’t have very good security, because you easily found the small, well lit room where all the strippers would get ready for their performances.

“Which one of you is Cinnamon.” You said firmly at the group of underdressed girls.

“Who are you?” A little redhead said rudely. You didn’t have time for this.

“I said,” you drew your pistol from the strap on your thigh and pointed it at one of the girls, who’s face drained of all color.

“Which one of you. Is. Cinnamon.” You spit out, and a young brunette finally spat out, terrified.

“I am.” She was fighting back tears.

You looked at her, she was about your size and body type.

“Perfect. Give me your outfit. Now.” You began to strip down yourself and throw your clothes at her for her to wear. Seeming confused with the situation, she complied and changed into your outfit, then gave you hers. You pulled on the skimpy outfit which wasn’t more than lingerie over your own underwear. Whatever it was sexy and it would do.

“Please welcome to the stage.... Cinnamon!” You heard the announcer say and some low music started playing.

“I’ll give it back later.” You dug in your purse and gave her your roulette earnings. “Consider it a tip.” You said, then ran up to the stage, walking out sexually like you’d seen the girls do earlier. It felt weird. You rubbed your hands up your thighs to feel for the gun and knife strapped to them which were covered by garter belts and stockings. The men started hollering and throwing ones. Your eyes met Gikwang’s, who sat up surprised in his seat when he saw you. Then pointed at you, then patted his thick thighs, telling you exactly where he wanted you. In this dark lighting, the shadows casting accentuated every muscle on his chest. What the fuck? Why were you thinking about that. You shook your head then continued to “dance” to make everything seem real, walking around the pole, sliding up and down, all the while keeping direct eye contact with the tall man who looked like he wanted to eat you up. Finally as the song died down, you walked down the stairs of the stage and down to his table, other guys looking jealous as you walk straight to him, leaning over him tracing a hand down his chest. You leaned closer to him, your lips on his ear and whispered.

“Buy a private session with me, won’t you?” You tried saying in your sexiest voice, trying your hardest not to cringe or just stab him here. You looked at him, and could tell he was going to comply with you, so you walked away, leaving him wanting more.

Heart pounding, you found the private dance rooms and waited outside the door until you saw him rounding the corner, then you slipped into the room and waited for him. In the room was just one large red couch—for parties you guessed?—it was a cheap looking sparkly material, but whatever. At least his blood wouldn’t stain too bad.

When you finally heard the door open, you realized you had been holding your breathe waiting him. As soon as he came in, your heart stopped again, your head started spinning.

“Told you I’d see see you soon.” You said, trying to steady your voice, and sound sexy.

Gikwang locked the door behind him, then took a hand and ran it through his black locks, those stunning brown eyes staring holes into your chest—which he was obviously looking at. With a smirk, he slowly unbuttoned and took off what was left of his top, which was only the jacket, and laid it on the couch.

Jesus Christ. In the low lit room, the soft light illuminated all his muscles as he inched his way to the couch, spreading his legs out dominantly. You had seen him shirtless before, because he was quite the fan of revealing clothing, but never this close.

“Oh how I missed you sweetheart” he said lustfully, patting his thighs, pulling money out of his pocket. “Here’s my deposit.” He leaned over, placing a hundred in your lacy red bra. Your face twisted into what you thought was a scowl, but just looked embarrassed at his touch. You fake smiled at him and began moving your hips back and forth, hands in the air, and touching all over your body. You had your eyes closed during the dance, but when you opened them and looked over your shoulder, your ass barely inches away from his lap, you could tell he was trying his hardest to hold back.

He looked vulnerable at this point, so you smirked and turned around, putting your hands on his shoulders. Slowly your hands drifted down his chest, feeling every muscle, then moved yourself onto his lap, straddling him.

The look on his face was priceless. He was looking at you with such admiration and longing, his beautiful lips parted slightly at the sight of you, like he couldn’t keep his mouth closed.

Stop it. Stop thinking he’s beautiful.

[nuyasno]

highlight with kids ~ 💘

[justtextmeoppa]

Stay Young Forever

The scenery of this town we used to look at, those days when we child, Do you remember it? LETS STAY FOREVER YOUNG In this mess, let’s look at the seven colors of the world I remember the future we have painted WE STAY FOREVER YOUNG There’s only hope that goes on It will certainly be a drama here Wherever we are, we’ll change Oh Oh… It’s sparkling STAY FOREVER YOUNG

I am having so much fun making these lol

-kyu^^

[sannal2054]

Okay, but if Highlight’s fandom name ain’t contouring then this is a wasted opportunity

[blu-joons]

When You Lay Down Between His Legs ~ Highlight Reaction

Doojoon:

Suspicious eyes watched over you as Doojoon caught you shuffling out of the corner of his eye once again. “Where are you heading to?” He suddenly asked.

An innocent smile formed on your face as you met Doojoon’s eyes, “I was just looking at that gap I can see between your legs, it looks pretty me sized.”

Doojoon nodded as he looked between the gap and you, “and I’m guessing you’re trying to move there without me noticing what you’re doing, aren’t you?”

“How?” You grumbled, “how do you always manage to work me out like this?”

“You weren’t exactly being subtle there Y/N.”

With that, Doojoon wrapped his arms around you and pulled you tightly in between his legs. “I thought if I moved slowly you wouldn’t notice.”

“Nice try,” Doojoon sympathised, pressing a kiss against your shoulder, “but you’re going to have to do better than that.”

“Oh well, at least I’m finally where I want to be Joon.”

“Exactly, and where I want you too.”

 Yoseob:

A chuckle came from you as Yoseob’s legs squeezed even tighter against your frame either side of you. “You said you were cold, so I’m just warming you up.”

You could barely chuckle as your hands tapped against his legs, “I said that I was cold, I didn’t say that I wanted you to squeeze the life out of me though.”

A shrug of the shoulders came from Yoseob as you looked back at him, “unfortunately that’s what you get for deciding that you want to lay down in between my legs.”

“You’re so mean to me,” you pouted, “what did I ever do to you to deserve this?”

“You made me move my legs when I was comfy.”

A roll of the eyes followed from you as Yoseob dramatically sighed, “you’d barely been sat down for five minutes, there’s no way that you were cosy.”

“I was, because I was warm,” he retorted, “so stop pouting at me unless you want me to move and let you keep yourself warm.”

“Sometimes I wonder what it is that I ever saw in you.”

“My nice warm legs, that’s what.”

Your eyes rolled at Yoseob’s confident reply, hearing his snigger follow. “If you think your legs were the reason I fell for you, you’re mistaken.”

“Of course,” Yoseob agreed, “because you fell instead for my handsome smile and my beautiful eyes, didn’t you?”

“You can be so full of yourself sometimes, you know?”

“But that’s just why you love me.”

Gikwang:

Your smile turned up as you felt a gentle tug against your hair, knowing exactly what Gikwang was doing. “Sorry,” he whispered, knowing what he had done.

Your head shook in reply to him as you placed your hands against his legs. “You’re alright, it didn’t hurt,” you assured him, not wanting him to worry.

Gikwang continued to twirl your hair around in his finger, watching you with concerned eyes. “Are you sure?” Gikwang pushed, immediately beginning to worry.

“I’m fine,” you chuckled, “it can’t hurt anyway when I’m laying right here.”

“My legs don’t stop things hurting Y/N.”

Your head carried on shaking in Gikwang’s direction, “laying here makes me feel comfortable so that absolutely nothing can hurt me.”

“Your logic gives me a headache sometimes,” Gikwang couldn’t help but retort, looking down at you with his eyes narrowing.

“Just keep playing with my hair and it’ll all make sense.”

“I reckon I can keep doing that.”

Dongwoon:

You threw yourself down with a huff as you noticed the gap in Dongwoon’s legs, finally relaxing. “I thought at one point you weren’t coming home tonight.”

Dongwoon’s hands rested through your hair as you leant back, “I was convinced at one point that I wasn’t going to be coming home tonight either.”

A chuckle escaped from him as he listened to you, watching you yawn as you spoke. “I hope you don’t plan on falling asleep on me, we can’t sleep on the sofa.”

“I’m not moving,” you quickly warned him, “you’ll have to move me you know.”

“If I need to carry you to bed, then I will.”

Your head nodded, happily agreeing to let Dongwoon carry you. “Don’t move just yet, I’m comfy here and after the day I’ve had, this is what I need.”

“We don’t have to go anywhere just yet,” Dongwoon assured you, “but you know we can’t spend all night on the sofa.”

“I reckon we could, I can lay between your legs here too.”

“Trust me Y/N, you’ll regret it.”

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Masterlist

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They're still so fantastic! ❤❤❤❤❤

[lil-nct-scenarios-11]

Ice Skates and Ugly Sweaters ~ A Wintery Ribbon- pt. 2

Group: Highlight- all members + Hyunseung 

Theme: Christmas Special- You, Highlight, and Hyunseung rent a cabin in the woods to experience a white Christmas and to do fun, wintery activities

Type: Series- fluff

Plot: Today, you start your day by getting a Christmas tree, then you learn how to ice skate after discovering a frozen lake, and wrap up your day with an ugly sweater party while decorating the tree and some fresh cookies.

Parts: 1

“Alright, we just had a great breakfast and now we should go get a Christmas tree buuut we need to go get ready first and also find out from where we can actually get a tree from,” Doojoon says more to himself than to anyone else.

“Ahem,” Hyunseung says, clearing his throat as he whips out a brochure from thin air. “I’m glad you brought that up Doojoon, because thanks to this brochure that I picked up,” he glances at you for a second, “we can find out exactly we can go to get a Christmas tree.”

“Great, you’re so resourceful,” Doojoon praises as he pats Hyunseung’s back to get a better look at the brochure from over his shoulder.

“Well then, we can all go get ready as these two find the address,” you say to the others around you.

So the rest of you leave to go get ready upstairs and leave the two elders to find the address. You got ready quickly and so did Dongwoon so you go over to his room and sit on the edge of his bed as he finished doing his hair.

“Do you wanna go check out the attic with me?” Dongwoon asks quickly.

“What? How do you know that we have an attic?” you question.

“Um, the entrance is right next to my room, how can you not notice?” he asks sassily.

“Um, because I’m not vertically gifted like you but anyways I’ll go with you,” you reply.

“Oh on that note, then maybe you shouldn’t come then since I may lose a tiny thing like you,” he teases.

You scoff and roll your eyes as you hit his shoulder, “Let’s go.”

He leads the way and opens up the ladder leading up to the dark attic.

You go in first and find a light switch and flick it on. When the attic was illuminated, it unveiled a ton of cool snow gear like ice skates, snowboards, sleds, etc, and there were tons of boxes full of ornaments and lights that you could use to decorate the tree and the whole cabin. You both gasp, surprised to have found so many things that you can use.

“Wow, who would have known that this attic had so many useful things, it feels like we hit the jackpot! Look we can go sledding or snowboarding or even ice skating!” you exclaim excitedly.

Dongwoon walked over toward the small window and calls out to you, “Y/N! Come here, you’re not gunna believe this!”

You put down the ornament you were admiring and rush over toward him, “What is it?” you ask curiously.

“Look over there,” he points to a lake. “I think that’s a frozen lake we can use to ice skate. Do you want to go ice skating after getting the tree?” he offers.

“Sure! That sounds good, we can tell the guys in the van,” you say.

“Look at what else I found,” he says singingly.

You move your head to see what he found only to feel him kiss you unexpectedly. You pull away and push his chest like a reflex, “Woonie! What was that?” you ask with confusion written all over your face.

He waves a little mistletoe over your head, “It’s a mistletoe, see?”

“Oh..” you say quietly as you put your hand over your face to cover the evident blush.

“Y/N? Dongwoon? What are you two up there?” you hear someone shout.

You quickly walk over to the entrance and shout back, “Come up to see for yourself!”

You hear footsteps getting louder as someone makes their way up to the attic. You see Junhyung’s familiar head pop up, “Hey, so what’s going on up here?” he asks as he observes the attic.

“We found all these great stuff that we can use. And since we’re so great, we already made plans on what we’re gunna do after we come home.” Dongwoon brags.

“Well, let’s hear it. What do you two have in mind?” Junhyung curiously asks.

“Since we found some ice skates and a frozen lake not too far from here, we figured that we can go ice skating today.” you explain.

“That sounds like a plan. Wait are those ornaments?” Junhyung asks as he moves towards a box full of ornaments.

“Yeah,” Dongwoon responds.

“What are you holding there Woonie?” Junhyung asks with a small smirk.

“Huh, nothing hyung.” Dongwoon replies as he tries to hide the mistletoe behind his back.

Junhyung just looks up at Dongwoon and raises his eyebrows. “You should hang it, it’ll be funny to see the others’ reactions. Also I don’t think it counts if you purposely hold it over your head Woonie.” Junhyung says casually as he looks through the box.

“Wha.. how do you know?” Dongwoon blurts.

Junhyung chuckles to himself, “Ooh, isn’t this a nice one? I think Hyunseung will like this one.” he says happily as he pulls a red and gold stripped ornament.

“Um, I think we should head down now since everyone is probably ready by now. Grab a box on your way down.” you imply.

You guys climb down the ladder and take the boxes to the living room and set them down there. But as you go down you can hear Doojoon talking, “-so it looks like we have to get a tree that’s about a ‘Dongwoonie and three- fourths of a Yoseobie’ tall.”

“Okay, that’s an interesting way to count but that sounds good hyung,” Gikwang says.

“Oh there you guys are, we were gunna start looking for you. What have you got there?” Doojoon asks, indicating to the boxes in your arms.

“We found a bunch of ornaments in the attic upstairs and these two found some ice skates and a lake, they wanted to go ice skating after we pick out our tree.” Junhyung explains briefly.

“That sounds good, we can do that.” Hyunseung says.

“Ok, I’m glad we got stuff planned out but can we go get the tree now?” Yoseob ask impatiently.

You guys get into the van and set out to go get a tree. When you arrive, you all jump out since you were all eager to pick out a tree together.

It only took you guys a few minutes to find a tree that you all agreed on. So you brought it, cut it down, and tie it down to the van using some rope that was generously given by the locals.

So you head back home and lug the huge tree inside. You guys thought that it would look best next to the fireplace in the living room so you set it there.

“Hey, I was thinking, should we have an ugly sweater party tonight, so we can decorate the tree and bake some cookies and decorate those too? And we can do this after we’re done ice skating so it would be a nice way to unwind.” Hyunseung offers.

“That sounds wonderful, we’ll do just that!” Doojoon agrees.

“Y/N and I will go grab the ice skates.” Dongwoon said abruptly as he swiftly took your wrist and lead you toward the attic.

He didn’t let your wrist go until you actually got to the attic. “Why’d grab my wrist?” you ask as you rub your wrist.

“I don’t know, I just did,” he admitted quietly. “It was the same with the kiss earlier too. It was just an urge I guess..”

You cut him off by pressing your lips against his and you throw your arms around his neck to hold your lips against his. His hands found their place around your waist and he pulls your hips closer towards his. You pull your lips away and just gaze into his eyes. You two stay like that in silence until you realize that you need to grab the skates.

“The skates... Oh crap, we need to grab the skates.” you realize.

“Hmm? Ooh, ok, yeah. The skates.” Dongwoon says as he catches up too.

You two pull away from each other and run toward the skates. You tripped and knocked over some sticks that you realize are actually hockey sticks. Dongwoon rushes towards you and helps you up to your feet.

“Are those hockey sticks?” Dongwoon asks looking at the sticks then to you.

“Yeah, are you thinking what I’m thinking?” you suggest.

“Are you thinking of playing ice hockey too?” He implies.

“Yup!” you shout as you high-five him.

“That’s great, ok you grab the skates and I’ll grab the sticks.” He instructs.

“Shouldn’t there be a hockey puck too?” you ask as you begin to look around.

“Oh, found it.” He says as he lifts a small bag of hockey pucks.

“Great, I think we’re ready to go down now,” you say.

“Yup,” he confirms.

So you two finally head downstairs to tell everyone that you found some hockey sticks.

“Sorry we took a while but that was because we did some looking around and found hockey sticks.” Dongwoon says as he semi-lies through the smile he displays.

“Oh! What if we have ice hockey game? We can break up into teams and play against each other!” you say as you think out loud.

“Yeah, we can practice playing for a few days then on Christmas we can play a match against the two teams!” Yoseob adds in.

“Man, today’s just a day full of great ideas,” Doojoon says proudly as he rests his hands on his hips.

“Well let’s not waste any time, let’s go outside now!” Hyunseung says excitedly.

Everyone heeds this and grabs a pair of skates and a hockey stick and head outside. You and Dongwoon lead the way toward the frozen lake and when you get there, you find a park bench to put all your stuff on. Everyone changes from their normal shoes to the ice skates, and it fit them well but it was a bit too big for you so you stuffed some extra socks in the front so you would get a better fit.

“I’ll go on the ice first just to make sure it’s safe,” Doojoon says, stepping onto the frozen lake and stepping into his role as the leader.

‘He a natural-born leader, he really never fails to show that’, you think to yourself.

“It feels pretty good, you guys can come on now,” he confirms.

So everyone gets onto the ice, finding their balance at first but after a few wobbly steps, they soon glide away like they ice skate often.

You however, couldn’t find your balance and were struggling to stay on your feet and you most certainly didn’t know how to ice skate.

‘Why did I think to go ice skating when I can’t even skate myself,’ you mentally scold yourself.

You suddenly feel a pair of warm hands hold your hips and straighten posture. You turn to face who was holding you, only to see Dongwoon’s warm, smiling face. “Do you need help?” he asks kindly as he wraps his arms around your waist again.

You smile and blush to the ground and say, “Is it that obvious?”

He chuckled lightly. “A little”, he admits.

“Hmph, well I don’t need your pity help,” you say with a pout as you try to push him away but he grabs your wrists and pulls you up since you almost fell.

“Don’t think of it that way Y/N, I don’t want to be by myself,” he whispered in your ear.

“Oh I see, so you need me?”, you ask testing him a little bit.

“I mean I could be with anyone else but I chose to be with you. Do you know why?” he asks softly.

“Is it one of those urges again?” you smirk lightly.

“Maybe. Maybe not.” he responds.

“Hmm, I don’t like that answer.” you say disappointedly.

“Oh? What do you want the answer to be?” he asks teasingly.

Before you can reply, Doojoon appears and forces himself in between you and Dongwoon. “So what are you guys talking about?” he asks as he puts both of his arms around you two and starts to skate with you skate. “Y/N just move like you’re walking ok, you’ll be fine. I gotta keep a close eye on you two, I’m not sure if I like you two being so close together like this. You’re still the youngest so maybe I’m just being over-protective but I’ll be watching you two. Don’t try to do anything weird ok?”

“ok”, you and Dongwoon mutter.

“What was that?” Doojoon asked.

“Ok,’ you both say louder.

“Ok good, have fun okay but remember what I said.” he says with his dorky smile as he rubs your and Dongwoon’s hair.

Since Doojoon let go so suddenly, you start to wobble again but Dongwoon helps you to maintain your balance by holding you again.

“You good?” Dongwoon checks in.

“Yea,” you say.

From there, Dongwoon actually starts to guide and teach you how to ice skate. Everyone was out doing their own thing for a very long time but everyone was clearly having fun.

When it started to get dark, you guys decided it was time to head inside. So you gathered all your stuff and went back inside the warm, cozy cabin. You all sat around the fireplace for a bit to warm up then you started to get ready for the ugly sweater party. About half an hour later you all met again in the living room.

“Well, you look ugly.” Yoseob blurts to Doojoon.

“Well, that’s kind of the point and I’d say the same but ‘ugly’ would just be an understatement.” Doojoon replies savagely.

“I swear, every time you open your mouths, it’s always to fight with each other.” You say, having more than enough of them constantly fighting.

“Okay let’s start decorating!” Hyunseung says trying to lighten the mood.

“Yoseob, do you wanna bake some cookies with me?” Gikwang asks lovingly.

“Ok, let’s go!” Yoseob replies happily.

“Why do I get the impression that they’re not gunna make cookies?” Doojoon asks, rubbing his chin. 

Hyunseung and Junhyung just chuckle to themselves but Dongwoon speaks up, “Don't worry about those two, they are literally children.” 

“Yea, and if there’s someone to worry about its those two,” you point towards the couple chuckling to themselves. 

So from there you stay and help decorate the tree until Dongwoon asks if you wanted to help him put lights up on the handrail to which you said yes. Apparently he had put up the mistletoe because Junhyung and Hyunseung shared a sweet kiss and Doojoon looked stunned which caused the rest of you to laugh. When you two were done with the lights, you moved on to the stockings, and lastly you two helped decorate the cookies and you two made the biggest messes.

With all the cookies that everyone helped make, you decided to make hot chocolate for everyone. Dongwoon helped you pass out the warm drink to everyone and everyone just wanted to cuddle up and watch a movie. So everyone decided on a movie and spent the rest of the night just sitting down and watching a bunch of Christmas movies until you fell asleep on Dongwoon's shoulder.

Part 3

[smitten--kitten]

HIGHLIGHT as John Mulaney Quotes:

Doojoon:

Yoseob:

Gikwang:

Dongwoon:

[kimkiyum]

Truly adorable.

A/N: I can’t apologize enough for how short this is, my brain just drew a complete blank on how to make it longer. Nonetheless, I hope you like it! Sorry my fluff is so cringey.

Word count: 348.

“Have you seen this?” Your boyfriend asked, drawing your attention away from the television and to him.

“Have I seen what?” You asked, scooting across the couch and nestling yourself beside him.

He handed over his phone to you, allowing you to see a picture of the two of you playing soccer a few days ago.

“Wow, they got us in our couple soccer outfits” you giggled, clicking on the profile to find more pictures of the two of you.

“We look so cheesy" he laughed, snaking his arm around your waist as the two of you looked through the photos together.

"I think we look really cute” you smiled, “especially you”

He rolled his eyes but his smile never faltered, “If anyone looks cute it’s you”

You chuckled at him, “We both look cute. Couple outfits are cute”

He shook his head a little, “Well, the fan who posted it thinks it’s adorable”

You nodded, handing him his phone back, “They’re right. We’re totally cheesy and adorable”

Your boyfriend laughed and sat his phone aside, turning his attention to you and wrapping his arm a little tighter around your waist, “Do you think I’m adorable?”

“Are you kidding?” You asked, bringing your hands up to cup his face, “You’re the cutest”

He rolled his eyes but you could feel his cheeks heat beneath your palms and it made you smile more.

“Wow, you’re getting bashful from being called cute. You really are adorable” you teased, leaning a little closer so you could press a quick kiss to his lips.

“I’m not getting bashful” he scoffed, “It’s just warm in here. It’s spring, we should really start opening some windows”

You giggled at his excuse, “Fine. I’ll pretend that’s the cause so go open some windows. Maybe the cool air will cool down your cheeks”

He grinned as he stood up, “Fine, I will. You’ll see”

You shook your head a little and returned your attention to the show you had been watching, a little smile staying snug on your lips at how adorable Dojoon could truly be.

-Cynthia

[nuyasno]

[davidardiansyah]

2018: A Year in Kpop

I think it is safe to say that 2018 is a another big year for Kpop - a (infamous?) moniker for Korean Pop. The so-called Hallyu wave stormed the American and much of the western hemisphere like tsunami. While what started out to be reaction videos and fervent fans promoting their Kpop stans in radio and twitter (another Kpop ruled media), now the western media is paying a lot more attention, albeit to minority of the acts such BTS, short for Bangtansonyeondan (lit: bulletproof boyscouts). Paving the way, BTS opens the door for more recently acts like Monsta X, NCT, BlackPink, and others who score presence in the States as well.

While all well wishes and congratulations go to Kpop artists and acts who made 2018 another good year, the aim of this post is to highlight some of the best Kpop pieces that left marks in the year 2018, in my personal opinion (although these largely land similar sentiment across general public). So, no offence to others.

In general, 2018 is sprinkled with scores of unexpected rise of Kpop acts who did not show such tendency in previous years. Their new and fresh music takes South Korea and much of the world in surprise. Some popular acts continue to remain popular but fail to produce (in my opinion) good musics as would have been expected given they previous years' records. Perhaps, with the exception of BTS. This year is also peppered with good news with the return of some veteran acts from serving the mandatory 2 years military service while simultaneously others going hiatus with the similar reasons.

To begin, 2018 is a big year for iKon. They took South Korea by storm this year with their almost strip-bared piano backing and minimalist Love Scenario. The song in fact was so famous that it was banned in schools because the kids are addicted to this easily 'chewable' tune. Written by the leader B.I. (Hanbin), Love Scenario entails the story of the break up. This masterpiece was then followed by Killing Me and Goodbye Road, both of which were too accepted well among the public. The former being the sadness of breakup told in the equivalence of killing oneself and finally the latter tells the end of the series of breakup and going on separate ways.

Pentagon, a still relatively young act scores well with similar vibe song, an equally catchy and minimalist song called Shine. This song is very well accepted overseas with scores of covers made by overseas fans. Their following song, Naughty boy employs the same instrumental means like Shine. It seems that this year, the stripped-to-the-bare minimum instrumental and rhythmic song is a trend. Sadly, for them, one of the member left the group due to dating controversy that also resulted in their famous senior being kicked out as well.

2018 is not a complete if one does not mention BTS. They are huge this year. The scores of accolades from Billboard to AMA, UN to Grammy, it seems BTS is continuing their advancement from previous year and probably will too in the next year. This year their album Love Yourself: Tear, the second instalment to the Love Yourself Series landed at top spot in Billboard 200. The main title track, Fake Love, an emotional rock/hip-hop becomes their summer anthem. The repackaged album, Love Yourself: Answer scored the best album sold in the century in the South Korea, with the main title song Idol, a literal self-love anthem. Their Korean rendition of this song, performed in MMA2018 is definitely one of the best BTS performances to date. To me, while these titles are good and catchy, the B-sides pull some heartstrings. The Truth Untold has a soft spot in my heart, with the vocalist belting desperate and heartbreaking story in a sad but poetic way. I'm Fine, a response to their previous song, Save Me is another good track to listen.

All awhile we have discussed the boy groups, girl groups did equally well this year. At the start of the year Red Velvet's Bad Boy, Momoland's Bboom Bboom and Twice's What is Love were doing well. Similar to Love Scenario, Bboom Bboom's rise to popularity was unexpected. This rather young group scored a big hit this year among the established act like Twice and Red Velvet. In fact, you could say, I am rather disappointed with Twice this year. Perhaps, to better put it, I expected a lot more from Twice. After receiving much love for CheerUp, TT, Likey, and Heartshaker in the previous years, What is Love and Yes or Yes did not quite rise to the challenge. While Dance the Night Away exudes a rather different vibe (and I applaud for this undertaking), I think it doesn't suit Twice so well. Maybe because, we (or I) associate them with more cutesy and Twice-ish anthem like CheerUp or TT.

Blackpink did extremely well this year. After being starved for a year with only one song, As if it's Your Last, Blackpink came back with a mini album, Square Up, and a summer title track Ddu-Du-Ddu-Du. Of course, the hungry fans celebrated this and the song indeed did very well both local and internationally. Perhaps, a big contender for song of the year after Love Scenario. One of the members, Jennie went solo with Solo (ahem!) and the song is bop and suits the ear of many due to the generally mainstream track. Other act like Mamamoo soared this year with notable tracks such as Paint Me, Starry Night, Egoistic and Wind Flower. Starry Night and Egoistic are very much loved, with the latter infuses a Latin-inspired sound. Meanwhile, GFriend returned to their stronghold sound with Time for the Moon Light. EXID on the other hand welcomes their leader and main vocalist, Solji with new track I Love You, yet another EXID bop like Up&Down.

While in general YG acts tend to do well, I am rather disappointed with Winner. They did so well last year with Really Really but Everyday is just not comparable. They can't seem to repeat their success even with the recently released fan song, Millions. Despite this, their rapper Mino comeback's is an equally bop song as Jennie's. Mino's Fiancé has some interesting sounds, perhaps a remake of an old traditional tune. Speaking of traditional tunes, this solo work has a similar vibe to BTS' rappers' track called Ddaeng, which borrows from traditional Chinese sounds.

The rest of the acts performed more or less as expected. In the boy groups, Got7 came back with a funky house pop tracks like Look and Lullaby. Seventeen has a good year in 2018, releasing Thanks and Oh My! Seventeen also did well in their OST with A-Teen, a song loved as much by South Korean as the web drama of the same name. VIXX came back with a Scentist, a song that is a good follow up from Shang-ri La (one of my favourites in 2017). Monsta X is delivering good songs after 2017's Dramarama with Jealousy and Shoot Me, although in my honest opinion, Dramarama is still superior. However, their good tracks land them a spot in America this year. Got7 also has it big in the States. It seems like following BTS path, many Kpop acts are quite welcomed within the western hemisphere this year. EXO came back later in the year with Tempo and Love Shot. But it is safe to say, much of 2018 is quite empty of EXO's presence (except for EXO-CBX). Among the two title tracks, Love Shot just sounds better, while Tempo fails to deliver the expectation from their long comeback since Universe.

2018 sees many groups either going hiatus or their members going solo. Big acts like BigBang, Highlight and SHINee are some of the examples. BigBang released Goodbye Road, a fan song, before the members served their nation, with the exception of Seungri, who goes solo for the time being. Another group going hiatus with impending military conscription is Highlight. The successful re-debut of 10-year-old group last year gave their fans their last song, Loved, before their members going to serve the military. Their members have released solo songs from late 2017 to 2018. Doojoon, and soon Yoseob, are serving the nation currently. SHINee's leader Onew also followed suits, with him releasing his solo Blue beforehand. Other member such as Key also released his solo. It seems like a trend that, before going for military, members go solo and perform in front of their fans for the last time. The same is true for BtoB and Infinite as well. BtoB continues to belt their perfect vocals with Only One for Me and Beautiful Pain. Sadly, one of their members, leader Seo Eunkwang left the group to serve the military, soon to be followed by two other members: Minhyuk and Changsub, who also have released their solo tracks. Infinite also saw their leader leaving for military and came back with Tell Me prior. The group so far remains in hiatus, with Woohyun going solo and Hoya leaving the group.

While we have to say goodbye to some good vocals, SM artists welcome the comeback of TVXQ! from military. But for many, TVXQ! glory days are maybe over since the scandal that left the group broken into the duo TVXQ! and JYJ. Cassiopeia awaits for the OT5 comeback and the return of their glory past. The duo songs did not do as well this year but before we throw the towel, let's wait for their 15th anniversary album. Super Junior also welcomes their members who finished their military service. This year, Super Junior goes Latin with Lo Siento and Otra Vez. They are tapping on their huge fanbase the Latin America. The Latin inspired musics are staying for awhile in Kpop scene. Girls' Generation came back in a unit with summer track, Lil Touch while BoA came back with Woman. Woman anthem continues strong past 2018.

2018 sees several solo female acts rising to the top. Chungha, Heize and Sunmi are big this year. Rollercoaster is doing well for Chungha, propelling her further after the disbandment of I.O.I. Perhaps, she is one of the few members that is doing very well. Heize continues to remains popular in urban/R&B scene with Jenga. Sunmi exudes sexiness with Heroine and Siren, a continuation of woman anthem since her Gashina. IU, on the other hand, returned with Bbi Bbi, an unexpected sound from her successful 2017 tracks Pallete and Through the Night. Personally, it is not my favourite IU songs. It is not that I don't like the song, they take time to get used to, but still I applaud IU for taking up the challenge for this female anthem. Women are indeed doing good and breaking free this year. Lastly, to add on, Red Velvet's Wendy sang for The Beauty Inside OST, Goodbye, which lands onto my personal favourite tracklist.

Male solo artists did not quite match up to their counterpart. Roy Kim released a soft ballad Only Then and Eric Nam a EDM and reggaeton Honestly. Dean is big earlier in the year with instagram, one of my personal favourites. J-Hope and RM of BTS both released their mixtapes. Airplane and tokyo are my personal favourites among others. Meanwhile, VIXX's Ken's remake of Late Regret does the charm in pulling my heartstrings. Shaun's Way Back Home is very much loved in South Korean and my personal favourite indie track, despite the sasaeji accusations.

In the band scene, CNBlue is currently on hiatus with Jonghwa in military and other members soon to follow. FT Island released summer song, Summer Night's Dream and also expects for impending military service. That leaves us with Day6 who came back with Shoot Me, but largely did no do as well. Meanwhile, The Rose retuned with emotional-rock Baby and She's in the Rain. The former personally is better than the latter.

Produce 101 acts like Wanna One is seeing their impending disbandment end of this year. The super-rookie has enjoyed deluge of love from the fans local and international. They released many songs this year alone with unit tracks as well. Boomerang, Light and Spring Breeze are some of the titles. The last one, Spring Breeze, showcases the sad ballad musics to culminate their journey with fans. Meanwhile, the new Produce 101 child, Iz*One is debuting their 12 members group with La Vie en Rose, another Latin-inspired song. Produce 101 acts are favourites among many, with Wanna soon to be missed.

Rookie group to watch this year is (G)I-dle, they have impressive year with Latata and Han. The former won them their first music show award, indeed a powerhouse rookie (a reminiscent of Blackpink in 2016). Han,on the other hand, is my personal favourite. Stray Kids is competing with The Boyz for the male rookie this year, with the former, in my opinion has a better public reception. Hellevator and District 9 are some of their debut songs this year.  

Lastly, on the not-so-rookie group. KARD came back with You in Me and Ride on the Wind, with one of the boys became a vocalist. The former generally better than the latter, continuation of the KARD vibe. Ride on the Wind, however, fails to fly as high as their debut songs. KARD was my favourite rookie last year but this year they just didn't deliver. Meanwhile, NCT has a big year in 2018. Following BTS footsteps, they are a growing presence in the States. NCT U released Boss and NCT 127 Regular and Simon Says. While the last track drew some controversy, NCT 127's continuing popularity is on a steady rise (only shadowed by EXO). Regular, on the other hand, another Latin-trap track is just good to your ears. The English version surprisingly sounds much better.

And that concludes the year in Kpop.

[blu-joons]

When You Come Home Late After An Argument ~ Highlight Reaction

Doojoon:

“Nice to see you’re finally home,” Doojoon remarked as you walked through the front door.

“Try telling your voice that,” you replied, picking up straight away on the sarcastic tones that were in Doojoon’s voice as he spoke to you.

A sigh came from him as your eyes shot a glare back across at him. “Let’s not start this again Y/N, being childish and stupid towards each other, we’ve done enough of that for one day.”

“You were the one that started it,” you pointed out with a shrug of your shoulders, “deciding to try and be smart.”

Doojoon reluctantly nodded in agreement, “I’m the one that’s ending it then. What even took you so long? Why didn’t you at least text me Y/N?”

“Because I was mad at you, why would I text?”

“That doesn’t stop me worrying.”

“Oh,” you whispered as Doojoon’s voice dropped into a faint murmur. “I didn’t think you’d be that fussed considering what you said earlier.”

Another sigh escaped from Doojoon as he looked back at you, “I said some nonsense, but that never stops me caring for you.”

“I wasn’t expecting you to do that.”

Yoseob:

“What time do you call this?” Yoseob asked you before you even managed to open the door.

“Midnight,” you shrugged back at him, deciding after he yelled at you that you were going to carry things on between you both too.

A shake of the head came from Yoseob as he listened to your reply. “I’m being serious Y/N, it’s almost the middle of the night and you were just walking the streets like nothing.”

“I wasn’t the walking the streets,” you grumbled, “I live here Yoseob, I think I know my way around the city pretty well.”

His eyes rolled at how defensive you were. “If that’s how you want to be then think of this from my view? Not knowing what was going on.”

“Wasn’t it obvious that I was out and about?”

“Yeah and worrying about you too.”

“You don’t worry about me, I mean you practically said that earlier,” you shrugged again, throwing yourself down onto the sofa at the same time.”

His eyes followed you around the room as you moved, “I think we both said things in the heat of the moment earlier Y/N.”

“I guess you’re right there.”

Gikwang:

“You’re here,” Gikwang murmured, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes just to be sure.

“You were asleep?” You asked in surprise, watching Gikwang sit himself up. “Why didn’t you go to bed if you were tired Gikwang?”

His head shook back at you, still waking himself up slightly. “I couldn’t actually go up to bed without you here, I didn’t know where you were, or if something had happened to you too.”

“I’m fine,” you insisted, calmly moving around the room, not realising just how worried Gikwang was about you.

A sigh came from Gikwang as he watched how unbothered you were. “How was I supposed to know that you were fine from over here Y/N?”

“I don’t know, I guess just a lucky guess.”

“It’s not the time to joke.”

“I’m fine,” you reminded Gikwang, beginning to understand just how much he fretted about you. “You don’t need to panic about anything.”

A hum escaped Gikwang as you sat yourself down, “if you’re going to stay out that late again, you have to let me know.”

“I will do, I promise Gikwang.”

Dongwoon:

“What were you playing at?” Dongwoon asked you, racing up from the sofa and across to you.

“Woah, steady,” you warned Dongwoon as he almost threw himself at you, wrapping his arms as tightly as he could around your frame.

A shaky breath came from Dongwoon as he rested against your shoulder, “you terrified me Y/N, I had no idea where you were or what you were doing, let alone whether you were coming back.”

“I just walked, and walked,” you explained, placing your hands against the small of Dongwoon’s back gently.

You’d never felt his grip so tight as a sigh came from him, “I was thinking about going out to find you and asking the boys to come and help me too.”

“I would have come home at some point.”

“I didn’t know that though.”

“I know,” you whispered back to him, “I should’ve let you know that I was safe and that I’d be back, I was too stubborn to want to text you.”

A hum of agreement came from Dongwoon, “you’re home now, and that’s all that matters. I don’t have to go out searching.”

“You don’t, I’m right back here now.”

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When You Take Care Of Him When He’s Ill ~ Highlight Reaction

Doojoon:

Your eyes looked across as Doojoon continued to shuffle in the bed beside you, unable to find a comfortable position for himself. “Are you alright?”

His eyes widened as he looked across to see that you were awake beside him. “I’m sorry, I just feel so unwell, I can’t find a way to get off to sleep at all tonight.”

“Can I do anything?” You offered, pressing your hand to his forehead to feel just how warm he was. “Can I get you a cold flannel or something, you feel a little hot right now.”

His head shook back at you, “I keep switching between hot and cold, my body just can’t seem to make its mind up. I don’t want to do aside from cry at this point to be honest with you.”

“It’ll be alright,” you tried to assure him, offering him a weak smile, “why don’t you take the duvet off for now? We can swap in a blanket to try and cool you down a bit?”

“But what about you?” He questioned as you tried to move the duvet away, “won’t you get a little bit cold if you just sleep underneath a blanket?”

“I’d rather sleep under a blanket and know that you’re asleep too.”

“Are you sure?” He asked you softly, “you don’t have to do such a kind thing just for me, I’m sure that I’ll feel a bit better in the morning.”

“No arguments, let go so I can look after you.”

Yoseob:

You smiled softly as you walked into the apartment to see Yoseob still laid out across the sofa. “How are you feeling?” You asked as you perched on the sofa.

His head shook as he wrapped the blanket that was draped over him further around his body. “Right now, it feels as if I’ve been knocked over by a giant truck.”

“Well, I stopped off at the shop on my way home,” you began to tell him, placing the bag on the floor, “got a few little things that I thought might cheer you up a bit.”

The smile on his face slightly turned up as he peered into the bag, “you didn’t have to do that, I don’t even know how much of that I’ll be able to keep down right now if I’m honest with you.”

“It’s motivation to get better,” you suggested instead, “you don’t have to eat it right now, but whenever your body feels ready, its there as a treat for you to enjoy.”

“You’re always so kind to me,” he whispered with a groggy tone, “no one has ever looked after me so well before when I’ve been ill like this.”

“Do you want anything else? Cup of tea? Maybe some more soup?”

“Could I have a cup of tea?” Yoseob asked you, “I’m in a bit of a cold phase right now and could do with warming up a little bit.”

“I’m on it, you sit tight, and I’ll be back in a minute.”

Gikwang:

Your head shook as you walked into the bedroom to see Gikwang wide awake. “I bought you up here because you were supposed to be trying to get some rest.”

Gikwang nodded as he lifted up the tissue beside him, “I was asleep, but did you not just here me have a giant sneezing fit, I made myself jump too Y/N.”

“You’re impossible,” you laughed, sitting down on the end of the bed, “whilst you’re awake, I was thinking of making some soup if you wanted some bringing up for you to eat?”

Gikwang’s head shook in reply to you, “I think I might try and close my eyes for another hour or so if you don’t mind. Would that soup still be available in maybe an hour when I wake up?”

“Of course,” you responded, resting your hand against his leg, “you get as much sleep as you need, I’ll hold off on making the soup until you wake up so that it will be nice and warm.”

“I can eat now if you don’t want to wait,” Gikwang tried to assure you, but your head shook back at him, more than happy to be accommodating to him.

“It can wait, it won’t take a few minutes, I can prep it for now.”

“You’re too good to me,” Gikwang smiled as you stood back up, “come back up in an hour and wake me up if I’m not awake already please.”

“I’ll let you sleep for as long as you need to, don’t worry.”

Dongwoon:

You knocked gently on the bathroom door as you heard Dongwoon on the other side, slowly opening it up to see him over the toilet bowl. “You good?”

He immediately cringed as he heard the sound of your voice, feeling terrible that you had spotted him in such a state. “I didn’t mean to disturb what you were doing.”

“You’re not disturbing me, I was worried about you,” you smiled, taking a seat beside him, “are you alright? Do you need anything?” You asked, but his head shook back at you.

A sigh came from him as he slowly leant back against the side of the bathtub. “I don’t know what happened, one minute I felt fine and the next minute I just had to run across and get in here.”

“I think your body is exhausted,” you suggested, relaxing your hand against his leg, “you’ve been working so hard recently it wouldn’t surprise me if your body wanted to give up.”

“I’m sorry that you had to see me like this,” Dongwoon then added, sinking further down against the bath, “it’s not exactly my finest hour right now.”

“I don’t care how you look; I just want you to be alright.”

“I’ll be good in a moment,” he assured you, “I think I just need to take it easy for a little while, I don’t really fancy being sick again.”

“Let me take care of you for a while Dongwoon.”

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