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VIRALITY // 08
08 - Play Along
pairing: noah sebastian x fem!oc / nicholas ruffilo x fem!oc
word count: 5.3k
masterlist/intro: here | crossposted: ao3
warnings; irritating moody noah lol, angry/jealous nicholas, alcohol, noah teaching how to play pool, creepy guy at bar, implied past SA experiences, physical fight, blood, love triangle a brewin', 18+ ONLY MDNI
a/n: donât be mean for no reason & let others enjoy things thnx :)
VALLIE
Noah somehow convinced me to drive us to a bar down the street from the warehouse where we were brainstorming with Bryan.
âSo, remind me why you couldnât have just driven here yourself?â I asked, looking over at him in the passenger seat of my rental car.
âI donât have a car.â He replies flatly.
âYouâre a world famous rockstar, and you donât have a car?â
I hadnât notice just how tattooed his hands are until I catch them moving up and down his thighs. The small action reminds me of ways I soothe my anxiety, especially in stressful work meetings.
âNot âworld famousâ, nobody even knew who we were til last month.â Heâs quick to correct me and his grumpy tone makes it transparent that heâs still annoyed about getting kicked out by Bryan.
âRight.â I reply shortly.
I pull up to the small seedy bar Noah directed me to. Itâs nestled within a larger strip of restaurants and shops. The random tiny city weâre in is not nearly as busy as LA and the buildings are all rustic and brick.
Iâm not even parked a whole minute before Noah has already slammed his door behind him and headed towards the front door. At this point I should just expect to have to babysit every single grown man in this fucking band.
When I walk into the establishment, Iâm smacked in the face by thick cigarette smoke and my face twists in disgust. Itâs packed for 2pm on a Tuesday and almost every single patron is accompanied by a lit cigarette. I spot Noah at the bar already, just receiving his first full beer.
âA cosmopolitan please.â The words canât come out fast enough, I need alcohol more than air itself right now. The bartender nods and starts curating my order.
Noah scoffs, âA cosmopolitan really? Could you get any more pretentious?â
âOh my god.â I pinch the bridge of my nose. âCould you just shut up for literally like 5 minutes?â Right on cue the bartender places down a stemless martini glass with transparent red liquid. âAt least itâs better that some basic ass beer.â I take a long sip of my ice-cold drink and alleviation begins the moment the alcohol meets my tongue.
He finishes the last of his beer and lands it hard on the wooden tabletop. âFine. Whiskey and Coke please.â
âWhat is your deal huh, why are we here? What exactly are we doing?â I ask the obvious, finishing my own drink already and gesturing to the bartender for another.
He lifts his new glass, âYouâre looking at it, Thornhill.â
My brows immediately scrunch together, âHow do you know my last name?â
âYou think youâre the only one who does their homework?â He asks ironically. âYou do work with us after all.â
Both of our new drinks are halfway gone already with replacements on the way. Getting plastered midday on a Tuesday with my most infuriating client in some hole in the wall California bar was not on my bingo card for the week. But these boys keep surprising me, itâs almost refreshing. Almost.
Noah is quick to get started on the fresh drink in front of him, maybe too fast. The glass hadnât even hit the table before it was half gone.
The numbing already growing in my fingers reminds me that all I had for breakfast was a green juice. Noahâs eyes travel over the bar and land on something across the room then back on me. His eyes are mischievous and playful, âYou know how to play pool?â His lips spread into a competitive smirk.
I raise my brows at him. The man that was just 30 minutes ago arguing with me about music video lighting now wants to play pool?
âYou want to play pool⌠right now?â
He laughs, which makes me realize Iâd never heard him laugh. Itâs nice. If I wasnât already so exhausted by his bullshit already, it mightâve even made me smile.
âSo, you donât know how to play is what youâre telling me.â He slips off the stool and grabs my arm dragging me off my own.
âHey, hey!â I smack his hand off my burgundy blazer, âThis is designer, Iâd appreciate it if you didnât get your bourbon-y fingers all over it.â
His eyes roll so hard I think they might fall out. âOh, so sorry princess.â He raised his hands up in defense. âWouldnât want to get your Prada dirty.â
While derogatory, the nickname makes my cheeks heat up but Iâm not quite sure why. âItâs YSL actually.â I correct him, not that it matters but I guess when you pay almost $4000 for a jacket, it seems like it matters.
âSee? Pretentious.â He points at me before going over to the table to set up the game.
I brought our drinks and my bag over to a wooden chair just behind the tables so I could keep a close eye on them. I decide that between the weak airflow in the bar and the sticky surfaces that it would be best to shed the jacket. I slip it off my arms and immediately remember that the blazer was essential to the look, since I only have a black lace corset underneath. But with the 4? 5? drinks Iâve had, I donât care right now.
âOkay so since you donât know how to-â Noah turns to look at me and seems to forget his words, he just blinks at me with a deer-in-headlights look.
I step closer to him, âYa know, itâs not polite to stare.â I say in a hushed tone and poke his pointy nose. Whether or not he is actually looking at me like that, doesnât matter, my confidence is boosted regardless. Surviving in an industry like the one weâre means walking a fine line between power and control. Men are easy to control when you know how to use assets correctly. And right now, heâs looking at the assets on my lace-covered chest.
âWhat were you saying again?â I ask, putting my weight on my palms at the edge of the table and leaning forward.
He clears his throat and diverts his eyes away from my cleavage. He directs me to a triangle filled with variously colored balls, some solid, some striped and all with numbers on them. âSo basically, you want to get all your designated balls into the holes.â He hands me a long stick, âThis is a cue, this is what youâll use.â
âGot it.â
He perks up a brow above an eye, âYouâve really never played before?â
âNope.â I take a sip of my potent drink without breaking eye contact with him. âNever thought Iâd like it. Iâve watched exes play though. Seemed lame.â I say, sounding more apathetic than I actually am.
âAlright well,â He tugs at the hem of his long band shirt, âYou might like it.â He knocks back the last of his drink and holds out a hand to me, âYou want a refill?â
I drink the last bit of my own, letting the ice slide down the glass and sit on my numbing lips for just a second before handing it to him. âPlease, thank you.â
The minute he leaves me, I become very aware that Iâm the only female in the dark bar and every set of eyes is on me. I cross my arms over my chest and retract into myself.
Not long after Noah returns, we start playing. He explained how he âbrokeâ the triangle and he ended up being solids which meant that Iâm stripes. After a very bad attempt at hitting a ball, he decided I wasnât doing well.
âNo, no, no.â He waves me off before my stick touches the white cue ball. âHere, I can help.â He rounds the table and stands behind me. I obviously knew he was taller than me, but it isnât until just now that I realize just how much taller he is than me â the top of my head barely meets his shoulders. And the boots Iâm wearing have heels, making me even taller than normal. His sizeable hand runs down my spine and hooks it around my hip to readjust my position. His other arm goes to help adjust my arm thatâs holding the stick. I canât tell if itâs the alcohol, but my skin is burning anywhere heâs touching me and the way his hand engulfs my hip completely sends a buzzing between my legs. His fingertips are mere centimeters away from my core and I am extremely aware of it.
âSee, not so bad.â He smiles, pulling away from me and itâs only then that I notice he actually helped me hit the ball.
My eyes linger on him longer than they shouldâve. It must be this dim bar lighting and the copious alcohol Iâve had that is making see him through a new filter. His smile meets his eyes and heâs just soâŚbright. His chocolate eyes are so welcoming and kind, a stark contrast to how harsh and cold they are normally. Heâs so much more attractive when heâs not scowling at everything I say.
âWhat?â He wipes off his mouth with the back of his hand. âDo I have something on my face or something?â
âNo, no.â I shake the thoughts from my head. âI just donât think Iâve ever really seen you smile.â I blurt out stupidly. âItâs pretty.â
He rolls his eyes walking over to the other edge, âShut up.â
âWhat?â I ask walking over to where heâs lining up his cue to the ball. His tongue his tightly held in thought between his lips.
The cue ball clashes into a grouping and sends balls flying across the table, some landing in holes. âYouâre still on your boyband bullshit.â His voice gained his usual attitude once again with a bit of drunken slur.
âWhat?â I shake my head, âNo, no. Iâm not talking about that.â I chase after him around the table. âI mean it.â
Though I shouldâve taken the excuse he provided himself as to why I was even paying attention to his smile in the first place.
The long-haired boy holds his cue stick like staff looking at me with an unconvinced look. âDonât say things you donât mean, Vallie.â He says in a deep gravelly voice that almost sounds like a threat.
My eyes widen slightly when I look up at him. âI meant it.â I repeat softly, this time with a somewhat intimidated undertone.
He eyes me beneath a skeptical propped brow like I just told him something completely out of the realm of possibility. âLetâs just get back to playing.â He grumbles and walks over to finish off drink.
I let out a breath I didnât know I was holding. Similar to Nicholas, Noah also has a sort of whiplash duality, just different. I see tiny peeks of a sunshine-y Noah hidden beneath his grouchy storm-cloud persona. It makes me wonder what it would take to see more of the Noah that was just joking and smiling with me.
After another round or two and various refills later, Iâm winning. Again.
âHow are you winning when you just learned how to play?â Noah asks, pushing himself off the pool table. âAre you conning me or something?â His voice now has a thick, noticeable slur to it, but I donât think much of it.
I giggle, âNo. I just like to win.â
He scoffs playfully and grabs his own glass with my empty one. âYou sure you donât want another?â
I bite down on my thumbnail thinking, but ultimately refuse. âNah Iâm good for now.â Iâve hit the fine line of if I have another, I could get sloppy. Sloppy mixed with what I felt earlier with his hand on my hip could get me in trouble.
He nods and heads to the bar. I pull my phone from where I tucked it in the waistband of skirt and rest against the table as I scroll through emails Iâd missed. Suddenly, I feel a presence that definitely isnât Noahâs. Itâs larger, meaner, and darker.
âThat your boyfriend with you darlin?â Speaks a low southern accent. His words seem harmless, but I can tell by his tone that heâs not.
My eyes rise to meet him, he towers over me about as tall as Noah maybe an inch or two more. He might be as tall as Noah, but heâs about double his size, wide and muscular. His face is angular and sharp, adorned with middle-aged wrinkles. My gaze glances down to notice that heâs holding two drinks, one that looks like the one Iâve been drinking all day.
I keep an arm around my waist, my phone open facing me and prop a brow at him. âMaybe. Whatâs it to you?â I neither confirm nor deny out of caution.
âWell, I was thinkinâ you could have a drink with me.â He holds out the similar-looking drink. âThe bartender told me youâve been drinking cosmopolitans.â
I analyze the martini glass within a quarter of a second â the red liquid is dull, murky and the ice is bobbing at the bottom. Iâve lived alone in big cities long enough to know not to take drinks from strange men, especially when they look suspicious. Iâve dated enough men to know what this familiar uneasy feeling in my stomach means. My thumb maneuvers slowly and discreetly to my camera app and hit record. I would send my location to someone, if I had someone to send it to.
I smile politely, âIâm okay but thank you.â
As I predicted his energy shifts and he steps towards me, âOh câmon pretty girl, itâs not very nice to refuse a free drink.â
The fear coiling around my spine forces me to fake a laugh, âIâve really had enough, but thank you.â
He steps even closer backing me into the pool table, the curved wooden corner digs into my lower back. The bar is so busy that nobody is taking notice of what heâs doing.
âI donât think you heard me, itâs not nice to refuse a free drink.â He says lowly within the small space between us. âWe could just play a round of pool and have a good time.â
The walls begin to cave in on me and air is vacating my lungs. Iâm paralyzed, panicking and my heart is racing so fast I fear it may tear through my ribcage.
From the moment he was just near me I knew, I just knew.
I always know.
âIâm just not interested, Iâm sorry.â The words slip from me quickly and I brace for verbal impact.
He bridges the little gap thatâs left between us and sets each drink at each side of my hips, caging me in with my arms wrapped around my body and my phone still recording. âYou think youâre better off with that toothpick of a date you have?â He hisses.
Right on cue Noah returns, âWhat the fuck do you think youâre doing?â
I mustâve really been working off survival muscle memory because I had completely forgotten Noah was with me until just now.
The mystery man pulls back from me with the biggest bullshit smile on his harsh face. âOh, I was just offerinâ your friend here a drink.â He raises the drink to him.
I chuckle nervously and wave him away, âItâs alright Noah, itâs fine, he was just being nice.â I scratch my arm anxiously. I want the interaction to be over and Iâm not expecting Noah to defend me, he barely likes me as a person.
âNo Vallie, I saw him.â He sets down his beer and points a finger at him. âYou were being fucking creepy.â His drunken voice is rising, and Iâm scared that itâs only going to make the situation worse.
The man chuckles at Noah like heâs a puppy barking at mountain lion. âWhat is this your girlfriend or something?â He asks as though that itâs something he hadnât already suspected.
Noah briefly glances at me then back at him, âYes, as a matter a fact she is.â He states assertively but his poker face isnât that good. Iâm surprised that heâs even gone this far to defend me but Iâm appreciative.
He laughs even harder, âOh you really expect me to think a girly twig like you can pull a girl like her?â
Noah doesnât skip a beat, âYou think a meathead asshole like you could pull a woman like her?â
While Noah is scrawny compared to this traditionally âmacho manâ, I think that was the manliest thing Iâve ever seen a man do for me.
However, it is painfully clear how drunk Noah is by the way he chooses to get in this huge manâs face.
âYouâd better fucking watch it, Toothpick.â He growls in his face, then breaks eye contact with Noah to look over at me. âThis pathetic joke of a man is your boyfriend?â
Noah doesnât waver, doesnât back down with tight fists at his sides but I canât take it anymore. I may not get along with him, but he doesnât deserve to be insulted like this on my behalf.
âYes.â I say confidently with a straightened back, even though it couldnât be farther from the truth. âYes, actually, he is. And Iâll prove it.â
I instantly realize that I have no idea how exactly to prove it. So, I go with the first thing I think of within a split second.
I give Noah a brief look that says play along â though, Iâm not sure he had enough time to understand the message because when I stand on my tippy toes, take his face in my hands, and land my lips into his, he freezes.
It feels like time freezes too as my eyes flutter closed and I melt into the kiss. Drunk in this shady bar, in this shitty scary situation, right now, it feels like itâs just me and Noah. In this moment, with our lips locked, the bar is quiet, everything is calm, and it feels really fucking good to win at pool. I canât tell if the swirling in my tummy is from the panic or from something else entirely.
When I finally pull from him, my brows canât help but furrow together in confusion. He looks back at me with a similar expression â though itâs hard to really decipher any real reactions in his glazed over eyes.
What the fuck was that?
The asshole is visibly over the charade. âWhat the fuck ever. Maybe next time you shouldnât let your slut of a girlfriend leave the house looking like a whore.â
Before I even have time to process what he just said, Noahâs fist swings and crashes into Mystery Manâs face.
âOh my god.â I gasp and bring a hand over to cover my mouth in shock.
It takes a second for the muscular man to react, his hand immediately going to his now bleeding nose. He doesnât fully realize his condition until he holds out his fingers covered in blood.
His mean eyes then land on Noah like heâs a bullseye target. âYou little fucking shit.â The man charges at him and in the blink of an eye, heâs on top of Noah on the ground just pummeling into his face.
âNoah!â I run over to him, not really knowing exactly what I could do.
Luckily, weâd already garnered the attention of the whole bar, so other similar sized patrons were able to pull the man off Noah before he had time to do worse damage. They drag him to the opposite corner of the bar and they fade into the background with my focus now being on Noah.
âFuck Noah.â I mutter as I land on my knees near his head. âFuck, fuck, fuck.â I stammer frantically looking around at what I could use to help him. The workers near us mustâve read my mind because they brought over a huge stack of napkins. âFuck, Iâm so sorry.â
He says nothing and flutters his glossy eyes closed when I start to clean him up. He winces when I dab the blood gushing from his nose. âIâm sorry.â I repeat breathlessly, trying my hardest to keep a panic attack away. He flinches a bit when I try to gently wipe his busted lip. âSorry.â I repeat again, because what else am I supposed to say to someone who just got beaten up because of me. I donât dare go near his already swollen eye until I get access to some ice⌠or maybe some frozen peas.
âShould I call Nicholas? Or Jolly?â I ask meekly, folding the napkin within my hands.
Noah groans. âNicholas.â He brings his hand to his forehead. âDonât call Jolly. Heâll kill us.â
Us
Thereâs something about that word in that statement. I canât explain it, but it seems so much bigger than just Noah and I.
Before he finishes his statement, Iâve already texted Nicholas. Iâm surprised at how quickly he responded and even more surprised when he says that heâs not even 5 minutes away.
âNicholas is here? He said heâs visiting a friend at a tattoo shop in this strip.â
âHow convenient.â He grumbles sarcastically and uses his hand to cover his eyes.
When I return my gaze to him, I notice his bloody and bruising knuckles. âOh my god your hand!â I gasp and take his hand in mine. I urgently steal the condensation off a nearby beer glass to wet a clean napkin and use it to delicately clean each knuckle. An overwhelming sense of guilt fills my chest, and another even worse feeling wraps itself around my throat with thorns. My heartbeat begins thumping so hard I can hear it in my ears and Iâm trying my hardest to steady my now trembling hands.
He peeks an eye at me while keeping the other scrunched closed. âAre you okay?â His voice is soft with an inflection reminiscent of concern.
My eyes begin to burn the minute he acknowledges my panic and only makes everything worse. I focus intently on where the napkin is meeting his skin. âMhm.â I know the moment I open my mouth to speak any semblance of emotional control would disappear. I discreetly attempt to stabilize my breathing so that it might tether me back to earth.
âHey,â His brows knit together and lifts himself up onto his elbows. I never let go of his hand. His other hand finds my chin and gently redirects my gaze to him. âWhatâs wrong?â
My eyes fill with tears but immediately screw shut in a last-ditch effort to keep my composure. I rarely cry and even more seldom do I cry in front of others. And here am I, about to cry in front of the person I least want to.
The lump in my throat is painful and I try to swallow it down in an attempt to keep my tears at bay. âIâm fine, just let me keep cleaning you up.â My cracking voice gives away just how close I am to unraveling. A tear escapes me and Iâm quick to wipe it off with the back of my hand.
He sternly but gently grasps my wrist to stop me from continuing. âIâm not letting you keep going until you tell me whatâs wrong.â
âI donât know⌠a panic attack maybe?â A couple more tears escape, and I swiftly wipe them away. âYou donât deserve this, this is all my fault.â My eyes fall back down to his bloody hand in my own. âYou look like this, because of me.â
He sits up more, analyzing. I can feel him dissecting me â even though weâre both drunk, it feels like he can see right through me. âI think itâs more than that Val. Whatâs up?â
Thatâs the first time Iâve heard my name come out of his mouth without some sort of insult attached to it. It sounds nice. I wouldnât mind hearing it that way again.
My breathing is slowing down marginally, and I choose to ignore that his touch might have something to do with it. Surely it couldnât have anything to do with it, right?
I take a deep inhale in preparation to speak without crying. I hold his bruised hand carefully with both of mine. I keep my attention on my thumb that is grazing across the black ink on his fingers. âUm.â I press my lips together and take another breath through my nose. He gives me my time, doesnât rush or interrupt. âI donât want to talk about it,â I hear my own voice crack and it feels like Iâm somehow betraying myself by crying. âBut, itâs not the first time something likeâŚthat has happened.â I blink some tears from my eyes and still focus on his hand. My voice is small and quiet, not the way I ever like to hear it. âItâs not even the second or third. And theyâve all been so much worse.â I let out a sad, sobby chuckle. âWhich is why me crying about this is so fucking stupid because this was nothing. Worse things happen to people all the time and this was just some guy being a creep andââ
âHey,â He rests his free hand on top of my own that were fidgeting more than Iâd realized. âIt wasnât nothing. It was something. Something worth getting in a fight for. Okay?â
âIt just shouldnât be this upset over something so small.â My voice is not even a whisper. âItâs my fault.â
Weak
Is the only thing that is repeating in my head over and over.
I couldâve gotten myself out of the situation sooner.
I shouldnât have frozen up.
I shouldâve just taken the drink.
It didnât have to escalate to that point.
I couldâve handled it on my own.
I shouldnât be crying.
I was weak.
I am weak.
Weak.
Weak.
Weak.
He sits up and takes my chin into his fingers, titling my face up to meet his. The growing swelling all over his face only makes me feel worse. âYouâre not stupid and itâs not your fault.â I know heâs trying to keep it together for me, but I can tell heâs struggling to form and deliver coherent sentences. âI donât need to know any of the other instances to know that you were never stupid or that anything was your fault. Okay?â
I nod but itâs not enough for him. âI need to hear it.â The look in his chocolate eyes is one I havenât seen in him before. Even behind his drunken daze and black eye, his eyes are genuine, kind, and concerned. A warmth blooms in my chest â it reminds me of when youâre running from the rain, and you rush into the safety of your car. That feeling of reaching a warm, safe place, thatâs what I feel.
âOkay.â I reply quietly. âThank you.â
While Noah is mere inches away from my face with his hand on my cheek, I hear a familiar voice. âWhat the fuck.â States an already irritated Nicholas.
Our eyes snap up at him and Noah instantly pulls away as if he has something to hide. Nicholasâ eyes shift between us, seemingly trying to decide which to address first.
âWhat the fuck did you do Noah.â His tone is immediately defensive.
Noah sloppily falls back onto the floor. His eyes go back to focusing on the ceiling. With Nicholas here, he looks unimpressed, maybe aggravated â definitely aggravated. For the person he told me to call, he seems quite unhappy that heâs here.
âNo, no, itâs my fault.â I stop him before he continues to blame Noah. âHe was protecting me.â I lower my voice into a whisper for the second half, âHe helped me.â
âBull fucking shit.â He sighs then the crouches down to inspect Noah further. He carefully pushes some bloody hairs away from his face, Nicholasâ touch on him is gentler than even mine. He gets a clear view of Noahâs face, itâs adorned with a black eye, a bruised nose covered in dried blood and a gashed open bottom lip.
âDo you think heâll have to get that stitched up?â I bring up my thumb and chew on a freshly manicured nail.
He tugs at the injured boyâs lip looking at it closer, âNo heâs fucking fine.â
While Nicholas is visibly angry, he seems oddly calm, at least calmer that I expected. I suppose it makes sense though, Iâm sure this isnât his first rodeo with a drunken Noah in a bar fight.
He lets go of his lip letting it harshly snap back into place earning a whine from Noah. âHey!â
Nicholas stands up straight and offers me a hand to get myself up. Once Iâm up in front of him, he gives me a once over, probably questioning my outfit of a lace corset and a skirt. âWhat were you guys doing here?â He questions angrily and closes a bit of the space between us.
âItâs a long story.â Between the alcohol, the fight, and my fading panic attack, I donât have the energy to go through it all. He goes to argue with me, and I shut him down, mirroring his low grumbly voice. âIâll explain later.â
His thick brows fall straight, evidently not liking my answer. He takes a moment, as if heâs trying to decide on the next thing to say without pissing me off. âHe couldâve gotten you hurt. He couldâve hurt you.â
I scrunch my brows up at him. Sure, Iâve seen Noah storm out of numerous doors, and I saw him get a little abrasive with Bryan earlier, but would he actually hurt someone? Would he have hurt me?
âHe didnât, Nicholas.â I place my hand softly on his chest in an effort to calm him down. âBelieve it or not⌠he saved me.â The sentence surprises even me as I say it.
Skepticism plasters itself across his face. âSaved you from what exactly?â
My eyes flutter to the ground and the same panicky feeling from before spins behind my ribcage. âIt doesnât matter.â I wave away the technicalities. âPoint is, he didnât do anything wrong. You should let up on him.â
He gives me a youâve-gotta-be-shitting-me look.
The man from before â which I learned from the guys that pulled him away earlier, that his name was Mike â is being escorted out of the bar by two men who look like security guards.
âOh, so you didnât just need one scrawny bitch you needed two?â He practically spits at me while wiggling beneath the guardâs grip.
âExcuse me?â Nicholas snaps immediately turning to narrow his eyes at the man.
He laughs, âThis oneâs even more pathetic.â
Iâm not sure why that, out of everything, fills me with the most rage of all. Anger spreads through me like electricity and every cell in my body propels me towards him.
An arm hooks around my waist and recoils me backwards before my fists can reach his body. Even though Nicholas is shorter than Noah, he still towers over me, and I must look tiny in his arms.
Mike mocks me while the guards try to urge him towards the door.
âShut the fuck up! Donât fucking talk about them like that!â I struggle trying to escape from Nickâs surprisingly strong arms.
âHey, hey calm down,â Nicholas hushes me with a little chuckle. âI got you.â His hand gives my side a reassuring little squeeze. âItâs okay.â
Once Mike is completely out of the bar a heavy weight is lifted from my chest and I can finally breathe again. Whether on purpose or by chance, Nicholasâ arm is still wrapped around me, but I donât mind it. His warmth is comfortable against the frigid air of the bar. It feels nice, like a shelter.
Only then does it occur to me that any sort of panic or fear I was feeling before was soothed by him. In his arms I feel safe, and it reminds me of the way I felt with Noah earlier.
âCâmon asshole,â Nicholas snaps at Noah whoâs looking half dead, still laying on the ground.
Noah covers his mouth and squeezes his eyes closed, âIâm gonna need a fucking trashcan.â
âEnough with the dramatics.â Nicholas rolls his eyes, and I can practically feel the impatience and aggravation radiating from his body. âGet the fuck up so I can get us home.â
There is that word again: us.
Us.
Itâs a just small detail of wording but for whatever reason, I cling onto it like it means something.
Maybe my time with them wonât be as fleeting as I thought it would be.
next chapter -> 09 - Lavender Haze
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Itâs crazy that anyone thinks she needs to âcatch up to her peers.â Zendaya is at the top. They need to catch up to her. She has a hit show, 2 hit blockbuster franchises, critical and commercial acclaim. Multiple awards (she is the only one of her peer group that has won, the others were just nominated đ
). Brand deals galore. Been producing her stuff since she was a teen. Has Warner Bros. and Sony in her back pocket. THE fashion girlie. Goes viral for breathing. Getting paid 10 million for her 1st lead, and the price is about to go up with Dune and Challengers success. Like⌠do I need to continue??
Right? đ
Idk who they're comparing Zendaya to in her "peer group" honestly. Coz Z is KILLING IT and has various brand deals and side gigs. Not saying that other actresses aren't doing well, I'm just saying that Z isn't doing too shabby herself.
True, this is her FIRST lead role in a major film, but it's not because she hasn't been offered lead roles before. She's just very selective. Plus, I kinda get the impression too that she wanted to wait until SHE felt comfortable to lead a film on her own. It's a lot of pressure!
Maybe she wanted to work on her craft and improve in her skills before leading a film all on her own.
People don't realize that it's a lot of work leading a film all on your own shoulders. I think people also forget that her first role in a film was in 2017 with Spiderman and she had like 5 lines lol. đ
She's come a LONG way in a relatively short period of time if you ask me. đ¤ˇđžââď¸
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Lol her stans have a very delusional view of who she is. They think she is a very renowned actress who got her first show all by herself when she has a famous father and a very famous and powerful Aunt.
It's from a day ago but I'm catching up just now and I have to reply cuz I was arguing with one of her fans today and they told me that it doesn't  matter that her dad and aunt are famous because most people don't know they're related. And the thing is, yes a lot of people don't realize her and Julia are family, but that's random people. The people who cast Emma in stuff do know it đ¤ŁÂ She had everything handed to her thanks to being "Roberts". Also, Emma fans need to accept that Emma is irrelevant now. They think that a few viral videos a week where someone uses her as a meme or a reaction video means people care about her, but it doesn't. This woman didn't have a hit project in a while, her movies make no noise and the new AHS season might be more talked about than the few last ones, because of Kim K, but it's not enough for Emma to be relevant again cuz AHS is kind of irrelevant too. Yes there are still fans, and again, bcs of Kim there will probably be more people other than just the regular fans watching it but it won't ever be as popular as it was. Thanks to Evan's hype in 2022 the fandom was revived for a while but it died again lol.
LMAO at ''most people not knowing'' she's related to julia roberts. 9/10 articles about emma mention this. the delusion...
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stuff about latest lookism chapters (390-398)
ok i finally caught up. originally i was just planning to read along with the webtoon but its kinda behind from the latest updates and i am.. so tired of trying to avoid spoilers đđđ
here are some thoughts i wanna say !
-magami is my poor little meow meow and i love him with all my heart (more thoughts on him here <3)
-doo's character development đŞ his bromance with ryuhei was pretty sweet too <3
-i thought yall were joking when yall said ryuhei's backstory for liking mitsuki was "my dick dont work but when youre around it does [lip bite]" but it was real. holy shit.
-his romance with mitsuki was ok btw. im glad it was somewhat expanded outside of "you make my dick not broken â¤ď¸" but i still dont think he had enough of a reason to like mitsuki so much he'd lay his life down for her. all he liked were little surface level details about her ?? đ ("she smiles at even little things you do for her" ok bro..)
-but idk maybe surface level attraction is all he needs to feel ready to do Anything for someone which is... just sad. either way he and mitsuki should not become a couple đ
-w.... why is cap guy obsessed with strong guys
-i hate tom lee. seriously. i dont want to see anymore of him and his creepy ass "danglers" thing.
-BIG DEAL IS HAPPY AND REUNITED EXCEPT FOR SAMUEL AAGGGRRHGHGG đđđđđđ
-SO HAPPY FOR WARREN AND SALLY <33
-PTJ WHEN WILL CHEONGLIANG ARC COME OUT I WANT TO SEE VIN JIN AND MARY'S BACKSTORIES AND HAVE MC PESITCIDES BE RELEVANT AGAIN. ALSO FINDING OUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED WITH THE MURDER VIN JIN APPARENTLY COMMITTED
-i just want more family agendas to sob over ok. cheongliang fam looks like a tragedy story i want to know what happened
-gun is such a freak <3 and i still wonder what the hell went thru his mind when he put on that hideous fit
-i pray for little and big daniel's survivals from their own personal hells
-also praying for zack and whatever the hell he's gonna go thru with that "crazy monk" đ ??? i also really hope this is the last act in his inferiority complex character arc thing bc i feel like it's been dragging on for too long đ
-for zack's part, too; was absolutely wild seeing characters (cho ma and daegong ji) we havent seen since lookism was actually about lookism and not gang wars lmao
-what did eugene mean by hes gonna bring xiaolung back. my mans got his legs broken by jake. whatre yall gonna do, give him some batshit leg surgery to fix him up????? (im pretty sure its implied jake broke his legs beyond repair ?? or like. are u telling me a few months have passed and xiaolung is perfectly healed and ready to fight ?)
-jinyoung is a freak but him crying over that flashback with him and gapryong arm wrestling as they had fun bantering... i guess they did have a genuine bromance? what were gapryong's goals exactly?
-wonder how the mystery (?) with gapryong's death and jake's older bro is gonna all unfold
-lua im is ...... something! (more thoughts on my post about her here)
-i still hate johan's new haircut
-ALSO I HOPE ELI AND HOSTEL/RUNAWAY FAM STAY SAFE...... cool to see manager kim again tho đ
afterthoughts
-will crystal be relevant anytime soon. what about her two bodies.
-i still miss jay đ his dad is way more involved than him???? youd think maybe jay would be more involved, too, then, but nope hes just gonna stay queer bait ig... no hope for ptj but i still wish jay got to do more with the story than be devoted to daniel bc he has an interesting design/vague backstory to be expanded upon and his dad is literally someone the main character daniel is teaming up with to take down the antagonist like ????!
-sobs.... j high gang... i miss the girls and burn knuckles đ
-i dont know how to feel about daniel's current character arc. i understand his feelings but i honestly dislike seeing characters say "i dont want to depend on people anymore so im gonna get stronger on my own" đđđ like sure, hun, but dont leave all your friends behind to go ask an insane person like gun for help ?!
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Hi can u please do one where Harry absolutely loves to scare his wife because she gets scared really easily and he has bunch of videos of her getting scared by him and he posts it on social midea and it goes viral?
I just donât have anything to read tonight sadly lol
Word Count: 1.1k
Category: Fluff
Warning: Some strong language
a/n: that was cute đ
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It wasnât that the slightest of sudden noise made you jitter, and it wasnât that you cried at horror movies or anything, but Harry knew how to push the right buttons to have you screaming (in shock) (and pleasure but thatâs another story) and sure, you loved him, but God how you hated him for it.
It started a few months after he had known you; you were sitting in a cafĂŠ as you waited for him, seemingly in your own universe as you scrolled through your phone with one hand and sipping your drink with the other.
Harry hadnât snuck up on you, really, you were just too oblivious that the moment he pulled back the chair and let out a sudden âHi!â you had let out a yelp, spilling your drink all over you.
He was embarrassed to have been loud, but it took you both a good minute before you were both giggling.
It was the norm after that: Harry would be a tad louder than usual during your quiet times, you would take a moment with your hand to your chest as you let out a âWell, shit, Harry!â and then you both would be giggling and laughing, Harry more than you for his own amusement purposes.
Harry began recording a year ago.
He was a pest when it came to scaring you, but you always gave him a good laugh and he couldnât stop himself.
Fans knew about you; they knew about how lowkey you were and it wasnât a surprise that they rarely got content of you and Harry together, everyone knowing how private Harry was and how he most definitely didnât want to abuse your privacy as well seen you werenât anywhere near being from the industry.
That was all why it was surprising when fans all over the world opened their Instagram one day to find Harry had posted something other than tour promo.
It was an IGTV with you, captioned:
âBoo.â
The video began with you sitting opposite from Harry on a couch, one hand under your chin as you read a book on your lap. It zoomed on your face a little before Harry zoomed out.
âHey!â
You had jumped in your seat, book flying to God knows where, eyes wide as you stared at Harry, âWell, shit, Harry!â
It then moved to another video, showing an empty hallway with a distant sound of you singing to yourself, and Harry chuckling into the microphone of the mobile before going quiet, a shadow seen approaching as you did.
âY/N!â
âShit, Harry!â
You had jumped back, hand to your chest as you closed your eyes, before you laughed as you marched to him to tackle him.
Another video then came, this time recorded through the front camera of his phone.
Your head was on his shoulder, sounds of the television sounding as you were focused on the screen while Harry looked at his phoneâs screen with a child-like smile.
âBaby!â
âShit, Harry!â
Another video appeared; you were with Gemma working on a puzzle, both of you sitting on the ground as the puzzle was on the coffee table in front of you.
Your back was facing the screen as Harry creeped up behind you, recording his hand as it moved slowly to reach out and touch your shoulder, jolting you with a loud âY/N!â
Harryâs laugh was heard over your shriek, phone recording as you had pushed away the puzzle you and Gemma had been working on for the past hour, pieces going everywhere.
âShit, Harry, you fucker!â You were angry, despite Harryâs giggles and itâs why his phone recorded the dynamic movement of him running away.
Another video was shown, this time also through the front camera.
Harry was seen propping up the phone on a surface away from your view, holding up a finger to his lips to hush before tiptoeing to the window, and hiding behind the curtains.
10 seconds seemed to pass before you came in view, singing to yourself before you sat on the couch, slices of watermelon on a plate as you munched on one, oblivious to Harryâs hiding spot.
He tapped on the window, not being able to actually see your reaction but his phone catching it.
Your munching stopped, head turning towards the sound as you remained quiet.
Harry moved the curtain, you standing suddenly and taking a step back.
In one quick movement, Harry stepped out from behind the curtains, âBoo!â
âMotherfu-â
If it werenât for Harryâs quick reflexes, the watermelon slice in your hand would have been kissing his face instead of the window where you chucked it.
The video ended with him doubled over in laughter, you on the ground with your face in your hands.
The final video was Harryâs favorite.
It was shot on your wedding day.
Harry had stuck to the whole âwe canât see each other before the wedding because itâs bad luck,â sure, yes, but not really.
He recorded as he stood outside a door â the door that separated the both of you, where you were getting ready with all your friends and all those involved.
Harry had texted your best friend prior to that, saying that he needed to hand you something before the wedding and that you need to be nearby the door to take it from his hand.
The moment he got an âokay, readyâ was the moment he began recording.
He heard you laughing with your friends, music coming out of the room.
Smoothly, and ever so gently, Harry opened the door with one hand while the other held his phone, blindly recording your reaction.
The video showed you in your dress, looking down at it as you smoothed it down.
âMrs. Styles!â
You had screamed, kicking the door and hearing Harry grunt as it hit his wrist.
âShit, Harry!â
It wasnât a surprise to anyone that this video was trending everywhere; taken to YouTube, trimmed to snippets for TikTok, quote tweeted on Twitter.
With 20 million views, and 5 million likes, you and Harry was laughing at the reactions his little montage got.
âyâall i knew he was a little shitđâ
âTHE FACT THAT I WOULDâVE DUMPED HIS ASS THE FIRST TIME HE PULLED THIS SHITâ
âWe stan the wrong person. we should be stanning y/n for putting up with this đâ
âPLS THIS IS SO STUPID AND DOMESTIC đđđâ
âI canât believe this manchild is marriedâ
âNOT HIM SCARING Y/N ON THE FUCKING WEDDING DAY WHY IS HE DEDICATED TO THISâ
âik this is all fun but when is it my turnâ
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work too much
Pairing: Mark + reader, Established relationship, Med School/Doctor!Mark (I canât stop thinking about this omg)
Genre: Fluff, angst if you squint, and itâs me so a little bit of crack LOL
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1.4kÂ
Summary: Itâs the middle of Pandemic; thereâs been a lot of changes to your life, but Mark is one of the only things that have always been constant, and youâre thankful for that. But Mark in typical Mark fashion is stressed and tends to over work himself, so you always try your best to support him in your own way
Can be read as an extension to more than or as a stand alone
Notes:Â proof read? ofc not. but Iâll say it once and Iâll say it again...Mark is a little awk and always works so hard (poor bby), so imagining him as a super stressed pre-med major (now Doctor!!) still absolutely wrecks me thank you goodbyeÂ
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When the pandemic hit, it was simultaneously a blessing and a curse. A blessing, because online school definitely saved your grades (chegg also played a supporting role in this). And a curse because you and 7 million people suddenly found yourselves in a pandemic, and a pretty serious one at that.
When the news first came out about a small viral breakout in China, you didnât think much of it. You were scared shitless when news of a recurring Ebola epidemic came to your attention, WebMd-ing every symptom and prevention technique so obsessively to the point that Mark had to confiscate your laptop for a second.Â
âObjectively itâs a really serious viral disease, but your chances of getting it are astronomically low. A vaccine was already developed since the first serious breakout in 2014. Plus, most of the cases are in Africa, and itâs very contained-â Mark stops. âAre you even listening?â
âI am,â you protest. âBut Iâm still going to be scared no matter what you say.â
Mark sighs, sitting back down on the couch after gently placing your laptop on the coffee table.Â
He ruffles your hair playfully, and your frown only gets deeper. âYou silly, silly girl. Take my word for it, youâre fine.â
To be honest, you really should, but anxiety doesnât discriminate, not even when you have a very knowledgeable boyfriend in medical school.
When you snuggle into his side and wail jokingly (or are you?) about being afraid of dying for the 4th time that week, you can almost see the defeat flash in Markâs eyes. Yet, he doesnât complain, and tells you things are going to be okay while wrapping his arms around you comfortingly.Â
For Mark, youâre eternally thankful.Â
When the pandemic hit, you didnât really mind quarantining. You had the necessities: toilet paper, a Netflix subscription, and Mark, not necessarily in order of importance of course. The early months of the pandemic gave you a perfect time to recharge from all the grad school craziness. What really drove you insane were the lack of people taking social distancing and quarantine orders with a grain of salt. Mark scolds you when you say itâs just another form of natural selection, that you like to think that those kinds of people peaked in high school.Â
Mark on the other hand, is having the opposite experience, Because of the severity of the virus, he graduated from Med school a whole two months early to join other health care workers in the fight against covid. Mark is a smart guy; heâs cautious and plans accordingly-but youâre not going to lie- Mark being in the hospital scares you.
Although he doesnât like to talk about it, you can tell things are stressful for him from the way his shoulders droop when he thinks you arenât looking. Dark circles around his normally twinkling eyes, and youâre not even exaggerating when you think you see a white hair or two.Â
Mark doesn't like to talk about it and you understand, instead showing your support through your actions; you time dinner so that itâs ready right when he comes home, and are sure to give him time to recharge on his own. Mark also has trouble sleeping at night because of his work schedule, so you ordered a white noise machine in an attempt to soothe him. It works, but the poor boy still looks stressed in his sleep, with his eyebrows slightly furrowed and tense. You consider asking him to take some time off from the hospital, but Mark has a big heart and you believe in him. Itâs a big part of why you and Mark get along so well, you think,--you have an uncanny ability to know what the other needs, even if they arenât necessarily aware of it.
âAre you mad at me?â
Youâve just switched off the light. At 8:30, itâs a little early for most people to go to bed but you donât mind it- you know heâs exhausted, and you donât want to pressure him to stay up. If it were up to you, youâd be watching Netflix all night.Â
When you turn to look at him in the moonlight, he looks so worried that you feel your heart tighten a little.
âOf course not,â you frown. âWhat makes you say that?â
Mark scratches the back of his head. âItâs just that you havenât really been talking as much to me lately. Because of the extra shifts Iâve been taking at the hospital lately, I know I havenât been spending as much time with you, and I feel bad about it, I really do, so I understand why youâd be mad-â
As he rambles on, you deadpan a little. He seems so tightly strung itâs almost comical. When he notices you sighing, he almost combusts.Â
âIâm really, really sorry (y/n). I promise Iâll make it up to you at a later time. Youâre so important to me, I donât want you to feel like Iâm taking you for granted-â He stops when you reach across the covers to cradle his face.
You lean in to kiss him, and heâs so confused that it takes him a moment to close his eyes.Â
His lips are a little chapped, but you donât mind, instead making a metal note to buy him a little watermelon lip smackers later, and yes-lip smackers because imagining professional Doctor Mark using lip smackers is hilarious to you.
When you pull away, youâre nose to nose, foreheads touching. Youâre both silent for a moment, a quiet understanding passing between you two.
âI love you so much,â he whispers.Â
A smile begins to spread across your face. You know you shouldnât tease him, but you do anyway.
âI know you do.â
âTell me you love me too,â he almost whines, and you canât help but stifle a laugh.Â
âDonât laugh, this is a serious matter,â he grumbles, wrapping his arms around your waist.
You give in, pecking him on the lips once more.
âYou silly, silly boy. Of course I love you too. You donât even need to ask.â
Mark closes his eyes, and when he mumbles something about not knowing what heâd do without you, your heart nearly melts.Â
You close your eyes too, and as you both slowly drift to sleep, you think about how life's going good despite itâs new changesâpandemic and all. You have Mark, and that is something that will never change.
Bonus
Mark scratches the back of his head, glances at you, the little neon green tube in his hand, and then back at you. All you do is just beam at him.
âAnd?â
âOf course I love it, but uh, isnât it a little girly?â he says sheepishly.Â
You pinch his ear playfully and he turns the slightest shade of pink.
 âDonât disrespect the lip smackers, it comes highly recommended not to mention coveted among almost every teenage girl.â
âBut Iâm not a teenage girl,â he mumbles, and you spring into action, mustering the most disappointed face you can.
They should honestly give you a honorary degree in acting, because when Mark looks at you, he might as well act like you just told him your dog just died.
He uncaps the little stick and quickly applies it all over his lips, rather intensely. When he looks back up at you, he flashes you the most awkward smile and thumbs up youâve ever seen in your life. With his lips unusually pink and waxy from the over application, he looks like a clown, so what other choice do you have, but laugh.Â
Mark catches on pretty quickly, and kisses you in retaliation; he tastes like watermelon.
âYouâre an evil, evil girl,â he murmurs, âBut I love you anyway.â
âAll jokes aside, youâre going to actually use it right?â (you used your own hard earned money to get this for him, a whole two dollars and twenty five not including tax )
âOf course I will. I love everything you give me.â (You know this is a lie, he doesnât like it when you give him a smack on his butt.)
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Heyo! Not to be too nosy here but you mentioned you're in bad health and recovering, and I just wondered what happened? Also how would it impact your career since, from how you've made it all seem thus far, it's a highly active and demanding job?
Hope you take care and get well! You appear quite strong and not like you'd take whatever has happened just lying down, so here's to you!! đđ
No sweat and no worries here, I dont find this particularly invasive. If anything, I'm flattered you care to ask after me lol. đ
A few weeks back I met a friend I hadn't seen in some time for lunch. This was against my better sense of caution that I've held firmly to throughout the pandemic, but I would feel regretful and dismissive if I didnt agree to see her while I had the chance. I should've listened my gut and stayed safely at work because this "friend" failed to mention she had tested positive (she knew already by the time of our lunch date, she has since admitted) and had figured since she had no symptoms there was no harm in being in public.
FF only a few days later and I was feeling a little unwell but had put it off as an effect of the winter blast that had just hit where I live. I'd spent half a day out in the cold and snow for a photoshoot only the day before and thought it was probably due to that since I'm susceptible to weather influenced head colds and bronchitis. Fortunately, my job mandates a rigid COVID-19 screening twice a week due to our high profile clientele and as an assurance of health and safety for us all. Mine read back with a positive and with the way I had been feeling I was immediately sent home and the company closed its doors while the building was sterilized and our clients notified.
Thankfully I managed not to infect anyone I work with nor my son. Regrettably, I did infect my best friend since we're horrifically incapable of maintaining personal space and have weak shit immune systems. We both agree it is a wonder we made it this far into plague times without it catching us.
So I went and got looked over and sent on my way with my prescription of potent anti-virals and steroids. I was well prepared to abide the quarantine guidelines and had sent my son to my mother's home for the duration so that he was out of the danger zone. It was fine, I was kinda cool and keen on getting a few days to myself to rest up and all that jazz. But it wasn't meant to last and I found trouble in the form of being unable to remain conscious much at all and would pass out constantly. After a few times of this I gave my brother (he's a doctor and vaccinated) a ring and told him that my fatigue was no joke dude and needed him to come give me a better once over than the one I'd gotten before bc I was sure I was not meant to feel this badly. He found me unconscious in the shower that night, my head battered from crashing to the basin.
After ensuring I wasn't concussed and jokes on what a hard head I have to take such a beating and show no signs of registering it beyond bruising (a joke between us due to him having once accidentally put a golf club into my forehead and fracturing my skull but that's a different story) he told me to call him regularly so that he can review how I feel and the progression of my symptoms and left. By the morning I had already had two more instances of sudden fatigue and collapsing in on myself. I had been posting on my main blog here about how I was doing and due to this I caught the concern of @peekbackstage and upon their suggestion to have my O2 levels tested it was revealed that I was having issues with my blood not circulating oxygen as it should and nearing hypoxia.
Here's the rub. I have a heart condition that is already very dangerous and bleak which limits my heart's capability of delivering blood through my body as it should. Cardiomyopathy or, as it seems better known, congestive heart failure. I've had surgery for it and it has been a while since it caused me any real issues as long as I stick to my routine of care and manage my health, but when COVID-19 infiltrated my body it immediately snagged upon this weak heart of mine and sank its fangs in.
Within a day of being admitted to the hospital I had a grand mal seizure due to the constant fluctuations of oxygen in my blood and the way my body was working double time to supplement for it. And only 2 days after that and when my nervous system had finally quieted down, I went into full cardiac arrest with a heart attack at my young age.
My next weeks were spent connected to machines doing more for me than my own body could. I developed pneumonia in my lungs, acute though it was it was still another complication that my wrecked body had to overcome as it made my already ragged breathing even worse. I was steadily shedding muscle tone and definition due to a lack of mobility and the fact that my body felt like a deadweight I could hardly take command of, and generally very weakened. My heart, the horrible thing, was inflamed and trying too hard by beating too fast, too hard.
FF some more and I was doing fairly well and treatments were showing some improvement. My heart was still being an ugly and gnarled beast in my chest and throwing weird spikes on the monitor that raised alarms. The pneumonia was retreating and I had no further seizures. It was the dawning light of my first signs that I was recovering!
It took a while more and so fucking many tests day in and day out for me get cleared for release. I tested negative for COVID-19 and was ashamed that I actually forgot that that was why I was even in the hospital to begin with, given all that happened. I have to undergo physical therapy and counseling; PT for heart happy exercises as well as to manage to my depleted muscles, counseling bc I was rocked mentally from all the almost dying and the depressive haze of being holed up in the hospital and surrounded by people who, like me, came in with COVID-19 but unlike me did not come out of it.
I'm home now. I had to have a pacemaker implanted and must stay vigilant for any showing that my heart is not performing as it should. I still have some severe inflammation and chest restriction in my airways as well as my blood vessels but nothing too daunting. I also have a full battalion of prescriptions, most for my heart, and a nebulizer to ease any breathing issues. The worst is honestly that I still am very weak and have severely limited reserves of energy.
My job is required to make me take 12 weeks of leave for rest and recuperation. This is very upsetting since I had been requested by name to be an assistant stylist at the Grammys this year which is truly a dream (especially with BTS in the mix đŠđŠ) and also bc I'm just a workaholic by nature and love my job. When I return I am expected to learn how to properly delegate tasks that do not directly require me to handle and slow down the pacing of my projects. My boss terminated a contract with a client that was nearing the scheduled end of our agreement and was also incredibly problematic to help lighten my workload. It's imperative that I reign in my stress levels or my heart will not last until the next surgery I'll need, so I'm gritting my teeth and letting my job be picked apart to reduce my responsibilities.
My post awaits my return but I will not be returning to full activity for a while after, which means no rifling through the racks for hours alongside the archivists in search of the perfect piece. I'll be welcome to meet with my clients and oversee the glam teams, will still be the command tower for final verdicts on which styles to use. But I will not be running around showrooms nor personally handling matters any competent trainee could be tasked with like I've always done. I will no longer be able to fly out anywhere for destination shoots or fashion shows.
If, after my next surgery, things are better and my heart stable to the point that they are hopeful of things will be reevaluated. While it is difficult beyond measure for me to relinquish the reigns of my career and be restricted in what I can do now, I am very thankful to be alive and upright when that wasn't a certainty just a little while ago. This is such a humbling experience to have survived when my stats kept dropping every day. I've been told to expect that I will never make a full 100% recovery and to expect to stall out around the 70%-90% range, with 70% being the most realistic.
My best friend (the one I gave the plague to) will be moving in with me so that I am never on my own if things go tits up and to assist in wrangling a toddler since I am currently without the energy to do so as my child is, sincerely, a crazy gremlin spawn with limitless battery life. Slowly, my life will regain some normalcy đ
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cabin pressure
pairing: taehyung x y/n
glimpse: pilot!y/n who accidentally became famous bc of a viral post about her, best friend!jimin!, taehyung having a shy lil crush on you aND ot7 being meanies for a tad bit :((
wordcount: 17k
notes: this is my first bts fic im gonna post and for sentimentalityâs sake, im paying homage to the bullet-point formatâ˘ď¸ because this is the same thing i use for my reviewers and itâs v effective in making me focus and not lose interest!!!Â
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jimin really misses you :((
youâre his longtime friend!! someone whoâs stuck with him even before he was famous!!
unlike tHose who suddenly appeared claiming that âaHHHHH jimin from bts aha actually we were friends even tho i have never spoke to him once hEâs actually asking me out and-â
and he loves u to death even the both of you fond each other annoying at times
like that one time he pretended he was sick with a bug just to get u out of your very important meeting just bECAUSE he wanted u to cook up a meal he missed
âhey why are u crying and also can you pls still cook why youâre cryingâ
âjimin i fucking hate youâ
:((
and needless to say he really made up for it because he may have screwed up your job bc he wanted you to drop EVERYTHING to cook cheesy tonkatsu for him
so yes he really went up and above just to get you to forgive him
and u know what
jimin misses his best friend so much that heâs thinking of you in the middle of a meeting
and literally at the mention of bon voyage, the gears in his head start spinning!!!!
basically his thought process was:
bon voyage = abroad = y/n = oH DAMN OH RIGHT Y/NâS A PILOT = airplane whoosh = abroad = BON VOYAGE!!!!
âPD-nim!!!!!!â
âwhatâ
and heâs really gonna make a leap for this because itâs given that him and the boys ride in private jets and first-class and all
literally everyone is looking at him now because his previous outburst of a call was surely attention-grabbing and it makes him shrink a bit because aha :D oops lol okay so what i was saying
âi-i was thinking uhm like since, abroad, right?? my friend y/n y/l/n is a pilot!! and the airline she-...â
âyou know y/n y/l/n??â bang si-hyuk literally asks with his eyes wide and everyone could tell that it was the positive type of shock
wait
what
everyone in the room is like divided with some nodding and some clapping excitedly and some just with their mouths agape
and that confuses jimin because
âyou know y/n??â
bang si-hyuk, ceo of big hit entertainment, his boss,,,, knows you, his childhood best friend-
and itâs not like jimin is territorial when it comes to his best friends and most esp you!!!! but yeah he realizes that he is now, especially because everyone in the room apparently knows you??? and heâs only ever introduced you to the boys???? briefly?? hope and jin have yet to meet you in person???
âhow could we not?â jungkook interjects with a bunny smile on his face and everything is seriously confusing jimin rn because honestly
âdo you like live under a rockâ yoongi has the most confused face ever to jiminâs cluelessness, the situation being ironic because normally the hyung is slower when it comes to these type of things
ây/n went viral all over the news like last week!! up to now evenâ itâs no joke that namjoon knows everyone that his members know but for jimin to hear joon speak about you in THIS degree offends him
because wait heâs your closest friend he should know these things
heâd like u to know that he isnât bitter :)
and his eyes go wide at that because oH GOD WHAT DID YOU DO
everyone agrees to what namjoon said, still a bit dumb-founded as taehyung practically yanks jiminâs chair to sit closer near his and almost shoves his phone to his face
itâs you
in your pilot uniform with your luggage at tow
sunglasses at the top of your head and phone on-hand
your id still worn around your neck and
oh
jimin basically deduced all of these things with a couple swipes:
a) ok you look ethereal in those pics
b) it was supposed to be a stolen picture of this dude but you were in the background and you cOMPLETELY stole the show
c) someone zoomed in on you and edited so now basically your ethereal being got even more magnified
d) someone zoomed in on your id (he got a lil bit mad at that)
e) aha the internet loves you
f) edits and i have thirty minutes i am free this saturday retweets and digging into your images in social media EVERYTHING!!! the whole nine yards!!!!
when you woke up to that frenzy though
you literally couldnât function for five minutes and then you started catching up and digging in on what was happening
âbut i donât look ethereal!! my skin is dry n oily at the SAME time because of cabin air and my eyes are stinging!!! i look ghastly and only a little bit fresh because of the air u get when youâre 50,000 feet up in the air!! but im-...â
oh thatâs it you went viral completely on accident
you were just waiting for the free service back home your airline offers it pilots, because you brought your car to work but you were too tired to drive back home
but now you are viral in the worldwide interwebs with articles and twitter threads about you and multiple multiple DMs that make your phone freeze and
wait did your airline just email you about that :D
oh lol did beyoncĂŠ just follow you :D
basically jimin got his brothers giving him a three-minute crash course each about what happened with their managers even stepping in to gush
he basically canât believe that he didnât know that!! even if you didnât mention it to him, he shouldâve known because it was practically everywhere!!!!
bang si-hyuk is well-pleased and even got jimin to tell how he knew you and what you were like and he was very much :O when he got into the word that aish!!! his employee has really been living under a rock lmao
by then, the conversation about bon voyage has been slightly derailed to talk about you
who knew that jimin simply mentioning your name (lol he didnât need to because the conversation about you was nearing anyway) would land the meeting to
âoh! actually! the airline y/n works at reached a couple of weeks ago about a proposal to get bts to star in a commercial for them!!â
and now theyâre hyped because yes they endorsed clothes and food and malls and establishments but never did they endorse an AIRLINE!!! a damn airline!!!!
okay so now not only did they tackle that you would pilot for them in bon voyage
âah! you could like also play games on the way there with y/n!!â
âwHO WILL PILOT THE PLANE THEN??? weâre gonna crash!!!â
âyouâre thick, jungkook, and not in the way you think so lmaoâ
âmaybe we could extend their vacation! shoot a skit or two with them being flight attendants for run!! one week for shooting, two weeks for resting!! two birds with one stone, reallyâ
an airline commercial
a couple run bts! episodes
a whole season of bon voyage (with a longer production because they have longer vacation days)
more traction for them
more time than he ever wished for to be with you!! :D
soon enough the meeting is finished and it went so good that the boys were gonna be treated to a beef dinner so
everyoneâs scattered and dispersed, some making small talk w him about you that makes him smile
taehyungâs lingering behind him with his hands on his back
âwhat is it, tae?â
the younger boy is just giggling and fiddling with his hands, a careless shrug to his shoulders
âcan i have y/nâs number :Dâ
...
...
âaish!! if jungkook were to ask for her number, you wouldâve given it to him in a heartbeat because heâs the youngest!! and-...â
âya!! thanks for reminding hyung! jimin-hyung may i also pls have y/nâs number :Dâ
...
...
...
jin had to drag jimin with him bc he wasnât done shooting the both of them glares and his cheeks were practically pink with how annoyed he was at the younger two
needless to say taehyung and jungkook didnât have any extra portions of beef from him
he is very protective of you and even if heâs become closer with his brothers more than heâs been close with you he jUST canât help it!!
not that he doesnât trust them or anything
not that he doesnât trust you either
but he doesnât want figurative blood on his figurative ledger because he feels that it would be his responsibility if ever yOu and someone became a thing and HE was the one who inteoduced you both :(
itâs not just a him thing :( he canât put it into words but heâs just looking out for both parties!!!
kinda figured out that taehyung may or may not have a shy little crush on you
spoiler alert: it was HUGE
for their entire dinner, every single time your name was brought up, tae instinctively has his ears perk up at the mention
simultaneously he shrinks to his seat and purses his lips and looks around to whatâs being said
why are u mentioning y/nâs name?? what is happening??
and taehyung having a serious case of sweater paws doesnât help him from jiminâs observing gaze
and yes he feels a bit sorry because taehyung kinda looks a bit upset; that little âoh :((â on his face when jimin snapped at him so quick
heâs not gonna force him to tho,, out of respect since someone else is involved (and in this case itâs you and your number)
jimin nudges him by the shoulder to get his attention
everyoneâs passed out at this point because the beef was so damn good
tae kinda looks spaced out so he turns his head immediately and he forgot for a second that he was supposed to be cold with jimin
âwhat?â
â..... do you still want y/nâs number?â
taehyung almost fALLS out of his chair as he nods eagerly, making jimin shake his head to himself as he hesistantly takes out his phone from his pocket
oh god jiminâs phone is on his hand now oh god thatâs your picture oh god thatâs your number oH-
âiâm not gonna text her tonight if thatâs youâre worried about?? i mean we barely know each other!! consider me asking for her number to be used for future references only :Dâ
âwhat does future references even mean?â
...
â... luggage. i want y/nâs luggage bag.â
...
âi also want y/nâs-...â
âBUTT OUT JUNGKOOK!! BUTT !! OUT !!â
when you open up your companyâs email to you, you really canât help but to feel nervous
today was your off-day and they specifically requested that you come to the main office at 10 AM sharp
and in your off-day, you arenât even awake at that time of the morning!!
it wss both a blessing and a curse that you slept early the night before so your body clock just went âlol u wake up early today get up at 6â
and not to mention the fact that it was the same day you learned that you went viral last night when you were peacefully asleep
so the last few hours have been WILD and it kinda put you into shock
the closest youâve ever been to fame was having your pictures leaked with jimin when you were still kids!!
if you were lucky enough, your face would be covered by every possible animal emoji that was ever released
apart from that, it was the occassional mention of your name in stan twitter and that was it
but THIS type of fame is on a whole another level!! higher than being tagged as jiminâs best friend outside of bts!! higher than having your face covered with animal emojis
when you thought that you were gonna be fired over being viral for some reason unbeknownst â
even if you know that you havenât violated anything and if anything, you were the one who got violated because someone uploaded a picture of you without your consent!!!
so when you learn that they arenât mad at all and ecstatic in fact
because your airline basically got free publicity and promotion just because you looked so good in pictures that werenât even intentional
and that there is a more than noticeable spike in the bookings of flights
and that people were cALLING to ask if you would be the one to pilot that flight
AND RIVAL AIRLINES WERE CALLING IN TO ASK WHEN YOUR CONTRACT WOULD EXPIRE
and that said rival airlines were pitching in salaries that competed with your paycheck now aND THAT THEY WERE EVEN higher
needless to say that your day was more than eventful
you donât know how to cope up with it either so while the meeting drags on to talk about your newfound fame youâre just :O the entire time
âi believe that park jimin from bts is a close friend of yours, correct?â
wAIT what
you shouldnât be shocked by now because practically everyoneâs familiar with him and the rest of the boys
but it still takes you off-guard because as much as he is your friend
and as much you admit that you miss jimin :(
or that you havenât talked to him as much these past few days
you genuinely donât see the connection of why jimin would be brought up into this conversation that doesnât involve him in the first place
thereâs a self-pitying realization in between that it seems like your only determining factor these days was to be known as a best friend of a kpop idol and nothing else
:(
thatâs a sad topic youâd rather not delve in at the moment
:(
âprior to you being catapulted into fame suddenly â we reached out to their company for them to become our endorsers. a commercial and a billboard and some other things.â
âand this is just the pERFECT timing because youâre famous now and people love you!!!â
this was it
the stars were aligning for you
not only do you get to hang out with jimin, but now youâre launched into much more job opportunities!!
when the meeting concluded, you narrow it down to the conclusions that:
a) youâre most likely to film a commercial and some adverts and perhaps be included in a billboard with them (their company has yet to confirm within the week but your ceo ji-eun is damn sure at this point or else she will flip
b) youâre now getting an agent :D because apparently offers have been waiting for you left and right and they already got you one before you even said âyeah sure i guess???â
c) youâre getting a RAISE
d) sooner or later youâre gonna do this photoshoot so your own company could post about you this time
e) interviews. youâre gonna be asked to chat your heart out intentionally. i n t e r v i e w s
and itâs a humbling moment for sure because itâs likeÂ
oh. you didnât mean for this to happen but itâs here now and you can make the most of this while itâs still here!! you get to do what you love and be with the people you love and basically get paid for it!!
oh is this what jimin feels like all the time then??
maybe you should apply as the 8th member of bts
itâs during an intentionally cold night in your apartment that your phone basically vibrates itself off the table
right when you were still in the bathroom taking your time because you were getting PR!! and the mask you just put on happens to be something youâve been curious about but it was too expensive for you to be curious about lol
also: curiosity that leads you to buy either new skincare products or makeup are either a godsend or a godforsaken situation because 6 out of 10 times you do that, you breakout!!!Â
the sound of something clattering to the ground immediately makes you scramble towards your living room, phone flipped over to see jimin up close, eyes even in a picture enough to intimidate you for not answering immediately
âY/N!!!â
âJIMIN!!!â
the both of you put each other on speaker mode because while you didnât want to risk ruining your mask, the rest of the boys wanna listen in
the entire phone call was so intense because even in speaker mode you were still yelling at each other
and it was spent with so much enthusiasm on trying to catch up with the past days and jimin apologizing profusely because heâs been living under a rock
âi canât believe it!! I CAN FINALLY RIDE IN ON A FLIGHT YOUâRE GONNA PILOTâ
what
wait
â... jimin what do you meanâ
because as far as you knew, the airline commercial would be done with a green screen to ensure that itâs of the best quality
not a gopro type of thing because ur flight attendants would yell real-time to the camera crew and the boys when they try to do something and the seatbelt sign is still on!!!
âwait jimin i think y/n wasnât supposed to know that yetâ
you hear a voice in the background and itâs very much familiar and itâs now hitting you that thereâs an audience for your entire call
ânamjoon, is that you???â
âY/N ITâS ME!!! NAMJOON!! OMGâ
and then you hear this scuffle over the line and a very slight commotion
itâs jimin holding his phone away with his arm and the other fending off namjoon while hobi scrambles to steal it back
jin is helplessly saying hello to you in the background while jungkook is hopping around going all âmiss y/n i am a fan of you!!!â
taehyung is going all sweater paws again while yoongi is desperately trying to shut them up because heâs still listening into yours and jiminâs conversation and heâs genuinely engrossed ok
and now everyoneâs calm and collected especially since jimin gives them a death glare each and nobody admits but angry jimin scares the shit out of them
heâs back to being soft-spoken now because he realizes that he may have slipped in saying information he probably shouldnât have yet, a sheepish scratch at the back of his head
âuhm well you see youâre gonna fly us over for bon voyage and uhm kinda stick around for some pieces here and there?? uhm thatâs from what i know heheâ
right now youâre just blanking out and staring into the distance and youâve suddenly gone awfully quiet
yoongiâs on the background like âyo i think you just broke herâ
âis y/nâs cell broken? iâm gonna get her a new oneâ
âis she okay?? wHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER???â
âjimin-hyung you said y/n sometimes forgets to lock her door right??â
itâs once again another frenzy and once you realize that youâve blanked out, you immediately shush them and they miraculously do
itâs a feeling of being overwhelmed and disbelief because this is more than youâve ever asked for
to think that just last week you were tired and was about to pull off an AWOL because your off-day couldnât have come nearer
âi certainly didnât know thatâ
and thereâs a nervous chuckle and a nervous silence that encompasses and for a moment, jimin frowns because he thinks that this is all too much for you and youâre gonna turn down the offer even before itâs gonna be officially pitched to you at a meeting tomorrow (you have yet to know that thereâs gonna be another meeting tomorrow)
âoh my god i get to be with the lot of you!!!â
one excited shriek from you and thatâs all it takes for hell to break loose
âJIMIN I MISSED YOU SO MUCH I CANâT WAIT TO WHACK YOUR HEAD AGAINâ
âi can fINALLY meet jin and hope!!â
âwhereâs namjoon?? this old lady from one of my flights own a stall at the airport and sheâs afraid of riding in airplanes! and i was apparently so good and she wasnât scared and that she waited for me outside the cockpit! she gave me a written note saying that i could come to her stall anytime and the bOOKS IâM GONNA CHOOSE WILL BE FREE OF CHARGE EVERY SINGLE TIMEâ
âyoongi if youâre hearing this; i heard kyle kuzmaâs gonna fly first class next week and i fly that same aircraft do u want me to ask for an autographâ
âwe have a boatload of dog treats we give for lil ones we have onboard so they stay behaved!! taehyung can have them for yeontanâ
âtell jungkook that he can finally have my walkie-talkie heâs been bugging me about!! i have a new one anywayâ
itâs official
they love you
they are practically swooning right now and are mad at jimin because wHY DIDNâT YOU LET US KNOW Y/N SOONERÂ
they only met you a couple times in the past and hobi and jin are jealous because atleast they got to meet you :((
and all of them are willing to take a splinter for you no doubtÂ
everyone goes to sleep that night all warm and fuzzy and content
not to mention taehyung being so giddy about what you said
not only did you think of him you also thought about yeontan aNd you havenât even met the little devil yet!!
and he isnât the only one who thinks of this but
thereâs just something about you that is so warm and so genuine
like you could be as introverted as yoongi and be as much of a team player and and extrovert as taehyung is when needed be
but the point is that thereâs always something about you for everyone that makes them gravitated towards you
of course jimin explains this to you and you basically shut him off
âaish donât put me in a pedestal because i swear that iâm not that specialâ
âwhy wonât you believe me??â
âbecause it isnât true now eat your cereal jimin i will pinch you thru the screenâ
the meeting comes soon enough and you have to pretend that this was your first time hearing this bit of information
the pilot you were helping learn the ropes, hyunjin, will take over your normal workload for the meantime!!
in less than one weekâs time, you have to pack your bags for three-ish weeks!! because as from what you can tell, things are gonna be a bit more hectic for you because youâre not only gonna fly planes
for a run episode, the boys are gonna be your flight attendants in a mock flight with the passengers as staff members
but the plane being in the air and them wearing flight attendant uniforms will be very much real
and then another episode to be squeezed in with them trying out flight simulators and quizzed with aviation factsÂ
and whether u did the best or the worst with the two-part episode
theyâre still gonna go skydiving :)
theyâre really milking out the sky motif but ok it wasnât your show anyway and you were just gonna guest so they can go off by all means
after all that work, youâre gonna fly them off again but itâs for bon voyage this time!!
they basically res for two-ish weeks and you can tag along behind the scenes because i mean like youâre flying them home too so might as well
get some clips in between to be used for the commercial
and said commercial would be shot a few days after you all get back from said vacation!!
thatâs it narrowed down and as you were taking notes, you canât help but to feel very excited and nervous at the same time
a few days pass and itâs finally time!! yeah sure run episode but JIMIN AND THE BOYS CAN FINALLY SEE YOU NOW
you were supposed to reunite in the aircraft itself but jimin is an impatient baby which is why heâs called you insistently to say some excuse of âyou have to go back to the empty boarding gate u need to meet your camera directorâ
lol but in truth you really donât need to and where they are now is what you need to pass to get to said boarding gate
so when jimin sees you by the jet bridge they were all at, he sprints
like actually SPRINTSÂ to get to youÂ
and he attacks you with a massive bear hug and sprinkles you with noisy cheek kisses
âY/N *kiss* I *kiss* MISSED *kiss* YOU *kiss* SO *kiss* MUCH *kiss*â
no lie you really did miss him too
and once you get him to calm down because he was crushing your bones and you return his cheek kisses
the boys are all just looking at the scene in front of them with awe
jungkookâs looking at namjoon with his eyes saying âlol imma do that tooâ and namjoonâs staring back going âNOâ
taehyungâs extra pouty right now
he didnât conisder the fact that maybe you and jimin were an unspoken thing and that his crush on you is now something he shouldnât hold onto
he got discouraged very quickly
hobi is waddling to you at full-speed and goes for a hug which is wild move for someone who heâs just met (but u donât mind)
âyouâre adorable your uniform is so cute omgâ
jin goes in for a hug too and you say something along the lines of âi could see the handsomeness they were talking aboutâ and he goes absolutely rED
heâs laughing uncontrollably like a sealÂ
namjoon was about to go in for a hug but then he sees your wrist and-
âiS THAT A KAWS WATCH???â
âOH MY GOD YOU NOTICED???â
âHOW COULDNâT I? THATâS LIKE LIMITED EDITION HOW DID YOU GET ITâ
âI HAVE A FRIEND THATâS A COLLECTOR HE GIFTED IT TO ME I CAN GET YOU CONNECTED TOOâ
you are now being wrapped with namjoonâs long armsÂ
he doesnât seem to be letting go of you soon
yoongi just has his arms wide and his eyes in a faux irritated manner
âwhat are you looking atâ
and then his gummy smile appears when you just cave into his hug and jin is like??? âaH! y/nâs power is unparalleledâ
jungkook immediately goes in for an embrace and even twirls you around
âooh!! you have more piercings now than the last time i saw you!â
âi can pierce ears now!!â
âjungkook can you reallyâ
âlmao noâ
and now that it seems like hugging is the new norm, and taehyung being the last in line for you to greet, that kinda burns your nerves becauseif you were to âadmit, you may or may not have a little crush on taehyung ever since the first time jimin introduced the both of you to each other
so you do the sensible thing and donât think about it
no thoughts head empty head first
âtae!!!â
âaha y/n :Dâ
you hug him and well
taehyung blanked at that and panicked internally
the stark difference of your enthusiasm and his timid response was cringeworthy and it makes you screw your eyes shut as you hug him
but the moment tae realizes this, he holds on as you were trying to let go of him as qUICK as possible because it was too awkward for you to bear
and a little crushing if you were being honest
taehyung now takes first place for wanting to be reincarnated as a rock in the next life
after yoongi seeing that interaction he was just like áľáľáś
before it goes anymore awkward though and tae starts squawking, jimin thankfully whisks you awayÂ
âyou look so badass in your uniform will u let me wear itâ
âlet me wear your hoops and iâll let u borrowâ
âlol forget that i even askedâ
no matter what, jimin doesnât let you borrow his earrings!!
like even if the boys borrow some from him time to time
he absolutely does not let you borrow and when you ask why, he just rolls his eyes and smacks his lips and goes N-O
and then eventually he has to shoo you out because they have to film the intro at the jet bridge and youâre not supposed to be there really
jungkook excitedly squeezes you again and goes âsee you later!!â
jeon jungkook knows what heâs doing
so right before the cameras start rolling, heâs just staring at the side of taehyungâs face in close proximity with a teasing smile on his face and then wiggles his eyebrows in the slightest when tae finally returns his stare with a knowing glare
âwhat was that awhile ago, hyung?â
âone more word out of ur mouth and iâm ratting you out to-...â
âi was just kidding hehe donât rat me out to namjoon that i accidentally stained his precious table hehe plsâ
and he blinks at that and is taken aback
because that was supposed to be an empty threat
and now that jungkook realizes heâs fallen smack-dab into the trap, he now wants to ignite himself
taehyung now has blackmail material :D
jungkook is now held captive by said blackmail material :D
they eventually get done with their intro and into the aircraft itself!! jimin is the one to introduce you and throughout the whole ordeal theyâre just hyped-up bc itâs the first time they get to do this type of episode
and theyâre doing it with you so thatâs a plus
and they get changed into their custom flight attendant attire
snug pink get-up with a silk navy blue scarf tied around as the uniformâs collarÂ
and golden nameplates engraved with their names on it
and AIR BANGTAN embroidered into the breast pocket!!
they looked absolutely good
your work would be lighter if only they were your actual flight attendants
youâd work every single day
even though they could be tiresome at times bc they could be all over the place
taehyung was admittedly swooning the whole time
the production staff made you alter your speech a bit so you could insert air bangtan and introduce all seven of them individually for the skit
and then everyoneâs briefed with what they have to do and how safety should be the no. 1 priority
and then itâs takeoff time!!!!
jimin is really really proud of you
he takes advantage of this as his bragging rights
âaha thatâs my best friend whoâs flying the plane we are in right now :)â
âlol i love y/n i was best friends with her first :)â
âbest take-off ever in your life amirite :)â
âiâm friends with a pilot in case you didnât know :) no big dealâ
âtechnically thatâs captain jimin to you too now :)â
it was a fun and a chaotic episode
a bit unsafe? yes
but then the icing at the top was taehyung swooning at everything you did and cussing at himself every time he remembers how he screwed up earlier
he is the most behaved person in this flight and he wants you to know that :((
yoongiâs mercilessly teasing him
ây/nâs gonna come out to do her landing speech soon; you should pretend reading the safety manual nowâ
âsomebody give taehyung a barf bag and a pen heâs gonna ask for an autograph from y/nâ
âey jimin do they sell y/nâs perfume in this flight?? someone just wants to askâ
the episode wraps soon enough but not without jimin rowding everyone to CLAP FOR THE PILOT WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE MY BEST FRIEND AHA EVERYTHING WAS SO SMOOTH SO COMFY QUICK TAKE A PICTURE OF ME N MY PILOT BEST FRIEND :D
and thereâs just this innate feeling everyone feels every once in a while
that everything feels so right and so complete
itâs like complete nirvana
and before you know it, bon voyage is already happening
a vacation with seven best friends (jimin insists that he has the superlative best when youâre talking about them as friends)Â
(and maybe one of them you donât see as a best friend and perhaps something more and that person really doesnât show much enthusiasm for you as you do for him)
(itâs taehyung)
and itâs not like taehyung isnât fond of you
in fact, he very much is!! believe him!!
itâs just that heâs paralyzed over his crush on you and the fact that he sees you often because of these circumstances and he canât believe it
too paralyzed over the fact that he might and may have already made a fool out of himself
and that heâs afraid to make moves on you with the boys here because jESUS CHRIST
he knows he would be teased mercilessly or he would be teased mercilessly while they help him out but they would never let him live this down
and jimin
oh god jimin
because as much as jimin loves him, he knows that one wrong move on you and he knows heâs gonna yeet him to the han river
he doesnât know either what would be jiminâs reaction if he knew of his crush on you!! will he flip? will he be happy? wILL HE FORBID HIM FROM SEEING YOU EVER AGAIN????
at times he could be very overbearing
and he admits that
but all for good cause as he tries to explain
oh and jungkook
damn jungkook
heâs caught on pretty quickly about taeâs crush on you
and kook likes you but not in the way tae likes you
itâs just a fuzzy, warm, and platonic type of like like what the other boys have for you
but with fLIRTINESS
jiminâs the same but it was natural since youâve been friends for absolutely ages
jungkookâs however was very fresh and very aBRUPT
itâs him trying to get a rise from taehyung and urging him to just make a damn move on you
he hopes that his flirtiness with you would just intimidate his hyung to the point that âopen your eyes!!! oh what am i doing?? donât you feel that iâm trying to steal y/n away from you?? MAKE A MOVE!!â gets across
taehyung has yet to realize that though
bon voyage doesnât really include you (as you also try to remove yourself out of the picture as much as possible)
the cameras arenât always turned on and not all hours of the day are spent on filming
so they can still get to do things and activities without staff members flooding the house!!
the house youâre all staying at is a gigantic one
so it got divided into two wings and you can even close it off!!
one wing solely for the boys and the other for you and the production staff
you were at their wing more often than you are in yours though
and during these past few days that turned into weeks, youâve been closer to them more than you could imagine
they were easy to get around with!! them knowing that jimin knows you is a plus factor if you think about it
and even if not for that fact, they still think not much wouldâve changed in your present friendship dynamic right now
it was comforting to be with them, really
the other way around!!
and you could also hang out with them either individually or as a group and it wouldnât be awkward!!
.. taehyung may or may not be a slight issue though
you honestly think that he hates you :(
and youâre trying to backtrack your actions to see if you may have done something to him
you always try to keep up with his energy
jungkook was fooling around with a drone and trying to experiment flying it
and then he suddenly had this idea of âtae do you think you could outrun my droneâ
and kookâs whipping his head around for you as if in a silent question to ask âwait is that possibleâ
and youâre just over there narrowing your eyes like âjungkook just because iâm a pilot,,,,, it doesnât mean i know every flying object in the air and how to operate it,,,,,â
...
âbut y/n can you outrun my drone thoâ
itâs the sudden challenge that takes you aback and makes your eyebrow raise
and then itâs become a cHALLENGE
taehyungâs competitiveness making him forget that youâre even there and that heâs not acting all conscious
so itâs literally all fun and laughter
and the both of you may or may not be so caught up into this stupid challenge you stupidly both participated to
youâre not even sure if there was a rEWARD for this
so stupidly caught up to the point that jungkookâs already led the both of you to the beach that you were overlooking from the house you all stayed at
(jungkookâs running with the drone and that completely destroys the purpose of the drone but heâs having fun too ok)
before you knew it, both you and tae are crashing full-speed into the beach and it takes a collective second for you to realize that you both were indeed wet when youâre hip-deep into the water
and it sends another burst of laughter and youâre just looking at him helplessly and out of breath
âoh my god i didnât even-...â
it hits taehyung now that heâs having full-on eye contact with you on what the fuck is he doing
he just immediately tenses and all the alarms in his head are going off
âhahahaha yes :)â
and there it is again
that noticeable shift in the air that makes your mouth dry at what could you have possibly done
heâs quick on walking himself out of the water, quite literally leaving you there
jungkookâs by the shoreline laughing himself to death and sees taehyung waddling himself out
âhYUNG OMG YOU DIDNâT EVEN-...â
ok what was that
what the fuck was that
he only gets a blank laugh in return and itâs a dampener for his mood right now
and it only sinks in now that why is taehyung returning by himself
ây/n did you drown????â
no you didnât drown
but the idea did seem enticing because you felt so embarrassed and down with what just happened
so right now jungkook just has his arm around your shoulders as heâs trying to figure everything out
âdid i -- did i do something wrong?â
and even if the context isnât clear. he immediately says no
the both of you are just walking back to the house while the sun sets and he still isnât sure of what happened but he knows that itâs enough to make you sad and most probably has something to do with taehyung
he just wants to cheer you up :(
so mid-way he kinda picks you up wordlessly and you donât fight him about it
youâre completely drained of your energy both physically and emotionally
you melt into jungkookâs grasp on you as your way of thanks and he acknowledges it with a squeeze on your arm
by the time you get back, everyoneâs just doing their own thing because itâs nearing dinner
kook kinda plops you into the couch yoongiâs sitting on
his eyes question that somethingâs kinda off but he doesnât question it
and you just crawl the short distance so that youâre laying on his lap and be sad in peace there
all he does it just past your head once and thatâs it
and heâs just watching a replay of a basketall game because he hasnât had time to catch up with those championship games (even if he knows who won and who lost)
and out of the blue yoongi just hears you softly pipe in
âmy ex is a professional basketball playerâ
âwHOâS YOUR EX WHAT KIND OF PROFESSIONAL ARE-...â
and you shush him bc you donât want anybody else to know
âomg jimin doesnât know this?? and iâm like the first one to know?â
âyesâ
oh and he kinda huddles because after all, this is a secret and it does have something to do with basketball
âprofessional as in he played in this show youâre watching rnâ
âis he in this game????â
âlol no from what i know, he got injured even before championship but yeah his teamâs playing right nowâ
âwhatâs his name???â
âtheo. i call him theoâ
and then that name sounds awfully familiar and heâs specifically requesting to see what he looked like and even tries to get hobi to look for your phone
but your pictures with him are all deleted now so you just make yoongi search up his name and heâs like :O
â....... why did you break up then..,,.,â
and then you just gently explain that it was a mutual decision and that both your jobs were demanding
so yeah it was impossible to happen
and yoongi forgot that fifteen minutes ago, jungkook just plopped you here because you wanted to lie down and were too sad to function
and he made you retell what happened to you and your ex that only he knows about
so he feels a little guilty
âyou donât have to speak if you donât want to :(â
and you just wave him off that catches him off-guard
ânah itâs all okay :)â
man were u selfless
yoongi now loves you more
jin and namjoon finish dinner soon enough and everybody goes down to eat
even taehyung whoâs with jimin
and it doesnât even look like somethingâs wrong
but jiminâs counting all the heads in the room and was like âwAit whereâs y/n???â
he sees you getting yourself out from lying in yoongiâs lap and heâs there with you in a heartbeat cooing at you
ây/n baby what happenedâ
and youâre back to lying down again but this time itâs jimin pushing you to lie on his shoulder as heâs stroking your hair
you said ânothingâ, you know...,,., like a liar
jimin throws yoongi a questioning look and the older boy just shrugs his shoulders because he doesnât know either
taehyungâs abandoned at the edge of the stairs
and you were about to scoff but that obviously doesnât hurt as much when he abandoned you hip-deep into the water
âmhmmm i see :Dâ
jimin most definitely knows youâre lying but he doesnât want to prod into it because itâs obvious that you werenât in the mood to be questioned
at this point heâs just trying to cheer you up but in the same time give you sustenance
heâs literally feeding you right now
jin cooked up a lot of box mac nâ cheese (he transferred it into actual bowls) from the conveniece store and you know what
he wanted to try it out
it is not the healthiest thing in the world but atleast itâs somehow foreign right????Â
as much as jimin loves you, he does want to eat though
so he asked jungkook to get him a big-ass bowl with a portion big enough for the both of you and he did just thatÂ
but you arenât that much cooperative because youâre not eating that much and jimin is really really enticed with the smell of the food rn and jungkook senses that
âiâll feed her, hyung!! go get another spoon for you or somethingâ
he is really thankful for that so he just pushes the bowl to kook and scrambles for a utensil and perhaps even his own bowl
jungkookâs feeding you now and without jimin sending you a questioning glance every two seconds, youâre more cooperativeÂ
taehyung is sitting by the far corner of the couch parallel to yours and he is CLENCHING
and heâs groaning to his mac nâ cheese and namjoon is ??? why are you like this ???
âgood. it tastes so good.â
he nods but heâs still sending tae a questioning look
you eventually gained the appetite to eat
but jungkook was in charge of the dishes tonight and he doesnât want to wash one more spoon so he insisted that you just share one instead
taehyung is gonna COMBUST
he is now practically yelling into his mac nâ cheese
everyone is now ??? at him and he makes a show of just shoving the bits of pasta to his mouth
âjin-hyung :) namhoon-hyung :) this is so delicious :) how did you do this :)â
â...... taehyung thatâs instant,,,, boiled water and the cheese powder...,.,â
âaHA so thatâs why :)â
his actions are v fishy and v funnyÂ
but deep down he is boiling angry and frustrated both at himself and a jungkook
kook is giggling to the bowl right now that you had to pry it away from him
youâre not even LOOKING at taehyungâs direction
usually you did
but your will to treat him like how he treats you is stronger
thatâs it thatâs gonna be the rest of the trip
if thereâs any personality trait youâre gonna pick up from jimin from having been his friend for so long
it would be the stubbornness
you avoid taehyung like the flu
AND HE NOTICES THAT
AND THE BOYS ARE STARTING TO NOTICE IT TOO
jimin is the one most on-guard about thatÂ
and he is whispering to everyone except taehyungÂ
âif you see something that relates to y/n and taehyung tell me ok tELL ME!!!â
and even tae feels sad about it to the point that heâs trying to make a conscious effort in making conversation with you
when youâre on the floor with your laptop turned on and theyâre surrounding you trying to help you out with your emails
emails that donât relate to aviation work and more-on to the viral side of things such as designer !!! brands !!! reaching out to you personally instead of your agent!!!
âmhmm they have really good shoes. whatâs your favorite color anyway?â
and he says that in the midst of voices overlapping bUt the boys realized that taehyung gave input into the conversation and wAS LIKe wait wait taeâs speaking shut up shut up
but jimin answers for you in a heartbeat and hobi pinches his arm and he was laughing suddenly
heâs looking around trying to say something with eyes
âlol iâm sorry did i ruin his move on y/nâ
and his subconscious-
âWAIT WHAT TAEHYUNG IS MAKING MOVES ON Y/N???â
it takes all four of his hyungs to plead him to shut up with their glares and donât make this anymore awkward as tae wants to be swallowed wholly by the ground
your resolute will doesnât crumble until jimin makes it his ultimate mission to find a drink thatâs gonna sink you
because your alcohol tolerance was brought up again when they were talking about buying drinks
and jimin tells the story of how you outdrank him one night and didnât wake up with a deadlier hangover than he did aNd he was still curious to how you did it
you donât know either but youâre as interested as them in finding a drink thatâs gonna sink you
hobiâs random pick in the grocery store did JUST that
you finally sunk
you finally got as drunk as jiminâs level
as in a shit-faced type and not just a happy buzz you usually felt
you and jin have been laughing without end for five minutes now
no one even joked
you just made eye contact with each other and you both immediately started to wheezeÂ
he was starting to get so red he looked borderline pURPLE if you were still seeing clearly
yoongi was laughing by seeing the two of you laugh because it was starting to get contagious at the pointÂ
by now namjoonâs back was being slapped carelessly by yoongi whoâs pleased with himself
taehyung has a grin on his face because you were so adorable
as if his cheeks werenât warm enough just by seeing you so happy and bubbly
and the heat in his chest isnât just because of the alcohol nor the warmth his sweater provided
maybe this isnât a little crush anymore :((
while heâs ignoring that possibility, everyone else is considering it
everyone besides you :((
jiminâs on his feet at the moment because oh my god itâs happening!!!
good news because youâre drunk out of your mind
and bad news that youâre drunk out of your mind
so heâs tending to you with a glass of water and you wonât drink it
heâs trying harder this time by putting the glass to your lips but you were flailing around so much by laughing that it spilled some to you and jimin himself
heâs now looking for a straw
this oneâs for boba but he has to settle for this now
and heâs trying to coax you into drinking it
hEâS EVEN USING A VOICE HE USES FOR BABIES
âbut water tastes like nothing :((â
âwhich is exactly what you needâ
âbut i want it to taste like somethingâ
heâs about to groan but then he sees your eyes glossingÂ
and oh god did he hear a whimper
ây/N BABY DONâT CRY OK OK WHAT DO YOU WANT????â
heâs now looking for an ice cold chocolate drink that isnât overly sweet
namjoon has made it his personal decision to follow jimin around
and with his twofold clumsiness at this state, yoongi follows him but not without holding on to the back of jooniâs shirt so he could be slid around
jin stands up and follows them but heâs not sure why
âwhy are you all -- this is NOT a conga line!!!â
hobiâs staring into the distance turned into snoring
taehyung isnât all that drunk
but you, on the other hand, are very much drunk
taeâs not sure to why youâre approaching him
maybe itâs because the hoodie heâs wearing now is jungkookâs
maybe itâs because jiminâs scent is on his hair from having borrowed his shampoo
maybe itâs because youâre drunk and your first thought is him even if drunk
but all his thoughts fly out the door when youâre squeezing yourself into the couch heâs lying on at the very moment
one thatâs too small for the two of you and that he had to grab you split-second because you were about to fall out of the couch so hard if not for his strong grip that holds you
ây/n.â
taehyungâs not sure either to what his tone contained
whether it was for warning or for reprimanding, literally all his thoughts are crushed once again the moment you speak
âyouâre voice is very deep.â
heâs not sure if you know this either but you were unconsciously cuddling up to his side, filling in the gap at the couch that just made you barely fit
youâre
cuddling
him
âa-and itâs very calming.â
heâs not sure to why but the moment you put your hand on his chest because you were basically almost lying on top of him
his first instinct was to put his hand on the small of your back
and the moment and the feelings were so warm that fuck this isnât the alcohol anymore
nor the sweater
so warm to the point that the both of you donât notice jiminâs :O and everyone elseâs :D
because the make-shift conga line has arrived right in front of where you are and hobi just woke up
and right when everything feels surrealÂ
taehyung watches a split-second decision happen right in your eyes
you just kissed the tip of his nose
:â)
taehyung thinks heâs gonna ascend to heaven
itâs the softest moment ever because you pull away trying to gauge his reaction
heâs all red with his bottom lip in between his teeth and oh my god his eyes are so expressive
jimin steps in tho
and he clears his throat and taehyung iS SUDDENLY BACK TO EARTH
oh my god oh my god that just happened oh my god
this is a bit more scary and intimidating now
because jimin doesnât look neither thrilled nor angry
he looks neutral
neutral blank-faced on the verge of who knows what jimin is the most frightening jimin
âhey baby hereâs your chocolate drink you asked for :)â
and with just a head rub you immediately come to your senses and are already making grabby hands to the cold mug (with a straw!!) and youâre scrambling to stand up and jiminâs helping you to stay stable because youâre attached to him now
taehyung is now looking at his hands as if they were the most entertaining things in the world âwow look at my rings i have never seen them before so shiny so silverâ
and he knows jimin can see right through him
jimin has the tiniest hands out of all of them while he has the largest
and u know what
he could be still strangled with those same handsÂ
and u know what too
maybe heâll accept that wrath because he kinda deserves it Â
heâs sent a brief look thatâs enough to let him know that the both of them will talk
that taehyung shouldnât leave this couch
nor leave this house
nor this country
you know what maybe tae better start timing his record on how long he can go without breathing
he can do that for a minute and a half underwater
soon enough jimin finally tucks you in with not much protest
much force from him tho but much more apologies and coos when he apologizes and you do as asked
got to make u brush your teeth and change into a fresh set of pajamas
he has to trick you into âseokjin would be mad at u when he learns that you went to sleep with dirty clothes onâ
and him being the good friend that he is
since he also achieved of getting to sink you with a drink
heâs gonna go the extra mile
went so far as to wipe you with a wet towel and dry you off since you didnât want to shower and heâs afraid ur probably gonna fall asleep not even midway
he even does your skincare routine for you
you kept giggling when he was patting your face so he did it more but now you were in the verge of tearing because in your drunk state you tHOught he was slapping you over and over again with both palms at the same time
and after all that
jimin finally gets around with taehyung on the couch and the younger boy just immediately straightens his posture
...
â...,.,., so you and y/n.,.â
there are literally no words in his mouth
âaha yes me and y/n :Dâ
and itâs a habit of taeâs to be incoherent whenever heâs flustered
that kinda doesnât help his case because jimin needs ALL of his brainpower and coherence
âwhat are your intentions?â
âuhm i uhm aha :D great pilot. no jet lag.â
heâs nodding even there isnât something to nod at
god he didnât even drink much but he feels just as floaty and as spent
âcalm down, taehyung.â
he SOBERS at that
jimin even pats at his knee to try and ground him
ây-youâre not mad at me??â
âlol i kinda am to be honestâ
:(
âbut iâm only mad because you treated her from the start as if you didnât like her!!â
âbut hyung you knOw itâs hard and -- wait was it really obvious??â
âthereâs a difference between being shy AND being an insensitive ass that leaves the room whenever she enters!!!â
âbut-...â
âand i know that people cope with things differently but your mechanism with your little crush on y/n was just kinda off for her, yâknow? like this is the time she genuinely gets to know you and not just a five-second introduction by me!! and itâs just kinda a ballsy move because she just got to know you in this level and youâre acting like an ass and she doesnât know why!!â
âok but-...â
âand ok the boys and i arenât mad that you kept from us because it was pretty obvious but i mEAN like you could have just went to us, ya know?? even if some would give poor advice, itâs the thought that counts!!â
âjimin-...â
âoH also what if y/n fell for jungkook instead of you, huh??? he has balls and he doesnât even like her in that way!!â
this effectively shuts tae up because he hasnât really considered that possibility
and itâs a dunk at sobering reality that each one of these days he let pass could have been the moment but it was just him hindering himself
because he is a shy boi for you and the crippling fear of rejection just always paralyzes him
aND NOW THAT TONIGHT HAPPENED!!!
with his nose still tingling and his cheeks still flushed because of that kiss
with somehow permission from jimin
with you in the picture now and everything in place
taehyung really canât help but pout adorably and cry up tears of happiness a bit
jimin hugs him for that with a pat on his back
they both know though that even without any verbal warning that jimin will give taehyung hell if ever he breaks your heart
tae kinda pales at the realization because it may be a conflict of interest
and jimin would be like
lol :) why would you be afraid of me when you have no intention of hurting her :)Â
tae SWEARS he could hear jimin in his head and he was about to reply but he realizes that heâs just a little bit worried and much more overwhelmed
needless to say that things really did do change overnight
you were trashed yet thankful that you remembered most of how the night went including that bit in which you were drunkenly topping and cuddling taehyung then pressing a soft little kiss to the tip of his nose
you could still hear your internal monlogue of âboop :Dâ when you kissed him
youâre woken up by the boys (yoongi included because it turned out you slept in for much longer) since today was a no-film day and they basically get to do anything in this vacation without it being documented and such
it was just a never-ending warm feeling with tae
throughout the whole day he was just grinning at you and maintaining eye contact and at times when youâre not even doing anything
(heâs glued to your side much to the grumpiness of jimin)
it was a slow burn at most
bumping shoulders and squeezing of wristsÂ
having his hand casually on the small of your back and around your shoulders
taehyung scrunching his nose SO MUCH
hobi is genuinely concerned
âtae do u have a cold??â
yoongi is fucking relentless
âwhat? what? what did the good boy smell???â
seokjin keeps pursing his lips intentionally after trying to gain taeâs attention and he = would shrug his shoulders excessively
âi saw that u little punk i SAW thatâ
namjoon would be on tune with how yoongi just wonât stop
âtie that bandana around your neck instead and sTOP snifflingâ
jungkook would roll his eyes and scoff playfully whenever taehyung would glance at him
âdo i need to kiss y/n so youâd be jealous enough to do so??â
jimin would be the mediator with all the teases but that doesnât exactly mean heâs on taeâs side either bc the one time taehyung bragged that jimin was protecting him, he got whacked on the side of the head
âlol no this isnât for u taehyung,, iâm just doing this because y/nâs cheeks are so hot and theyâre burning a hole on my shoulderâ
as much as your relationship was slowly but surely blossoming with taehyung
it happened for the boys as well!! even with jimin who you didnât even think was possible to get closer to
bonding with jin was spontaneity and strict adherance to plans combined
âjin do u know milktpapi on twitterâ
âbubble would have been a better name for that puppyâ
following twitter recipes that are fast-paced and a little vague became a big hit for the both of you
he went on a watching binge one night and the morning after there were just paper bags on the counter of ingredients upon ingredients that he so sweetly asked the staff to get for him
DC CUPCAKES!!!!!!!
he liked that there has to be some type of drama between those two sisters
jin would just be ranting to you with no end
âthey were on CONEy island,,, C O N E ,,,, and she made cupcakes in cONES but they still chose the sister who thought hAMBURGERS,,, in C O N E y island,,,, was a good idea!!!â
another inside game was to guess the personification of inanimate things but to food
âwhat must sadness taste likeâ
jin and you and the never-ending bickering between the two of you almost always fills in as white noise
yoongi and you are rather a quite dynamic duo
and as hobi explains that you could just really really catch on with his tempo
like at times they would just catch the two of you lying on the same couch but at the opposite ends with your feet meeting in the middle
awake and in complete silence
jungkook has his eyes squinted
âwhy are you texting each other????â
and it has him genuinely baffled but heâs just answered with a grumble and he CANâT tell whether itâs from you or yoongi
just like with jin, thereâs also a food approach
âthat dumpling kinda looks like namjoonâ
âi was JUST about to say thatâ
it wasnât a showy type of friendship with yoongi; rather a more silent concern type of thing and the occasional hug
love language with him seems to be the both of you having a drum-off because he has a nervous habit of tapping his fingers
and heâs v thankful because oh :) youâve just distracted me from that thing i was nervous about :)
also likes snoozing off so whenever you can, you squeeze in a pillow when his neckâs in an awkward position and when he wakes up and realizes heâs just like :) gummy smile :)
hobi is a force to be reckoned with
asking âhey r u okâ out of the blue even if you werenât particularly sure how the other one felt and sometimes one of your heads would just whip and go âyou noticed???? :(â
hanging with him whenever he scrolls at his phone and online shops
the only difference is that he buys what he wants
âyouâre telling me that we scrolled for like an hour and youâre not buying any of the things you saw????â
and you just pass it off every time because although a pilotâs wage is above average salary, your future and earning isnât as sECURED and SOLID as his was
that doesnât stop him peeking at your cart when you arenât looking and adding it to his and perhaps checking out :) i mean itâs definitely not from him when you see some parcels in your doorstep by the time you get home :) not from him :)
itâs become a constant thing to link your arms together!!!
even if youâre not necessarily walking, it is essential to link arms with you as he argues
one time jimin tried getting in between your linked arms with hobi bc he wanted to join
hobi IMMEDIATELY glares at him and jimin backed off like sheesh ok but u donât get to do the things i do with y/n either
writing on each otherâs forearms is a thing too
sometimes itâs to conversate when youâre not in the mood to talk verbally
sometimes itâs just about talking shit but donât tell jin he has his coat on backwards he looks laughable
âcan u choreograph something for twinkle twinkle little starâ
ây/n i-...â
nAMJOON however feels like he shouldâve met you earlier like WAY WAY EARLIER
he gets on with you so well and sometimes he just sulks to jimin
âwhy didnât you introduce y/n earlier to me god what was life like before y/nâ
brain talk is more prevalent than ever because there are thoughts that delve deep into your mind that sometimes only namjoon could get
noah fence but if you were to rant about this to jimin, he would just drone off and grumble and heâd turn to sleeping because he just canât help it
movie symbolisms????? count that to him and jungkook
after watching parasite for the nth time, youâre sure all three of you had all bases covered but nO it was somehow bottomless
âisnât it ironic and somehow oxymoronic that...â
he is eternally grateful for you because one night the boys wanted to have a seafood night and u may or may not have had some recipes sent in your airline gc with how your airplane food was made
(surprisingly it didnât suck)
and you considered him since he hates it and you know what,, he gets something else cooked for him
god namjoon gets why taehyung is smitten with you
also joonie is a bit oblivious to this fact but the other boys notice that you always bring him back a trinket of some sort
you noticed (and jimin might have pointed out one time) that he tended to fiddle with things and do small tasks whenever he was ticked off or stressed out
you keep note that you should gift him one of those fun kiddie entertainment packs when youâre back to regular programming as a pilot
itâs also a constant thing for you to bury your head to his chest
for no reason at all
itâs really comforting to say the least
he could be preparing breakfast and youâre just trudging down the stairs still not fully awake
âhey. iâm making-...â
boop
âoh ok jus hang there if you want but u might get burnt by the pan but itâs ok itâs ur callâ
jimin has become even much more of a precious being
gets in your nerves a bit more often than the last time but itâs normal at this point
head rubs that lull you to sleep are the best :((
taehyung sometimes looks to his hands because jimin got you to sleep instantly and he pouts
âhow do you do that?? i wanna do that too plsâ
jiminâs voice feels like a warm weighted comforter,, that you gotta admit
âyour voice is very velvet-y and itâs unfair because i canât stay mad at youâ
âđ˛ đ´đˇđ¸đâ
you still make an awed face whenever jimin cracks his bones
youâre in the middle of being fond and being disgusted at the sound so itâs still a 50/50 whether you grimace or gasp at him
âcan i pls borrow your hoopsâ
âyou could ask a million times and i would still say noâ
playing with his rings whenever youâre sad is a habit you would never grow out of
which is why you were attached to him by the hip,,, or rather hands ,,, when taehyung was in the verge of being an ass to you
jungkook is something ELSE
if you arenât lingering around jimin or taehyung, you would definitely be around him
taehyung is most jealous with the two of you but no he didnât say that :)
annoying each other is the no. 1 taskÂ
but lately annoying feels like second nature now so it doesnât seem like tradition anymore
you would be his audience whenever heâs drawing because youâre genuinely enthrilled with him and his work
âhow are you so good at thisâ
youâre almost always trying to copy what he draws
âwhat were you attempting with thisâ
âi was attempting your drawingâ
âlmao are you sure with that???â
jungkook likes playing with you by pretending that heâs annoyed
but when he sees that u made his art your lockscreen, he was so awed that he was literally about to BAWL
he pretends not to notice when you push your food to his plate because you either arenât too keen with the dish or youâre just too full
when jimin calls you out for ây/n why are you putting ur food on jungkookâs plateâ and jungkook with âand jungkook why are you accepting itâ
kook just shrugs and comes to defend you
ânope i didnât see anything hyung :Dâ
if you liked shoving your head to namjoonâs chest, you liked leaning on jungkookâs shoulder
seokjin looks most offendedÂ
ânot even half of me y/n not even H A L FÂ of meâ
this really warms taehyungâs heart
because not only are you close to him but also with his brothers!!
even if he wants to deck jungkook sometimes
and that he may need to work on his jealousy
but none of those things matter because heâs given the assurance that youâre exclusive
that he may be yours and you may be hisÂ
as cheesy as that sounded
taehyungâs working on a plan to properly ask you out once bon voyage ends and not just steal cheek kisses from time to time
or hold your hand and avoid your gaze because he too will surely combust
or hug you from behind tenderlyÂ
much to the teasing and the hoots of the boys
and jiminâs occasional scowls but thatâs ok heâs moving on and slowly starting to accept the fact that he canât be overbearing this much anymore
bon voyage wraps soon enough
and truth be told you didnât want it to end because you were in such bliss!!
it was a very memorable trip that you now carry close to your heart
and the fact that they still have a commercial to be filmed with you and some billboards to be shot makes you very :D
since the commercial was to be filmed tomorrow and you lived close to the airport, jimin initiated the idea of âhey what about if we just sleep over at y/nâs place??â which was very applauded
taehyung squeals the loudest when the idea was pitched in
âlol no you donât get to sleep in the same bed as y/nâ
namjoon shoots jimin a look that he was being overbearing again
âor you could just let her decide :)â
itâs only been four days since they last saw you but needless to say that it was borderline chaos when they met you at your apartment that was more on the spacious side
ây/nâs uncle kinda owns the buildingâ jimin explains at first because the building did look more lavish than the average complex
âd-do i get to meet y/nâs uncle??âÂ
taehyung is a bit nervous because he didnât know that fact obviously and now heâs meeting the family and he is unprepared jesus christ and-
âno he probably wonât like youâ
âjimin sTOP making taehyung nervous because heâs gonna start sniffling againâ
the lot of them get to your apartment before you because your flight got delayed and therefore jimin just had to whip out his key you gave him as an extra
he does it fast enough before taehyung takes a deep dive to how he doesnât have an extra key from you or something like thatÂ
jimin does feel like heâs being a bit hard on tae so he lays off of it for now
taehyung has the ultimate heart eyes for you the moment you come home
âi missed youâ in the most adorable and heartwarming tone
and there it was again
a cheek kiss and not just a quick peck!!
a tight hug to your waist and a nuzzle against your hairline!!
MUCH WARMTH AND FUZZINESS
once jimin finally got to pry taehyung off of you because he claims that heâs hogging you all to himself, youâre met with very eager hugs and greetings
seokjin and basically everyone else are still in awe seeing you in your uniform so he squeezes in a quick pic in his phoneÂ
you sent him a look and when you peered in, the picture turned out really cool with the nice lighting your apartment had
AND heâs really pushing it that it was good because of the app he downloaded that made pictures have a vintage film cam aesthetic to it
so you yielded and just told him to send the picture to you laterÂ
aha ego boost :D
they insisted on cooking dinner since you did look a bit exhausted from your round of flights even if it was routine at this point (the highlight was when some people recognized you from the pics that went viral and asked to take a pic with you when you were greeting them out!!)
âare you really sure youâre gonna cook dinner, tae? i could always order-...â
âyou donât need to!! i wanna cook for you anyway!!â
that was heartwarming more than usual
jungkook clears his throat
â....,., and usâ
âaha yes of course i meant for you and the boys as well :Dâ
you go to change clothes more than enthusiastically now
because things just seemed to be good with no complications at all
the idea of domesticity with taehyung makes you iMPLODE just by thinking about it
the thought was too soft and too fuzzy that youâve become energized
maybe reading a couple of emails before taking a shower and cleaning up and getting yourself to look a bit more presentable isnât a bad thing
it isnât anything but sheer giddiness when you check your inbox and see an edited version of a run bts ep from a staff member you befriended during bon voyage!!!
you kinda get now what jimin was saying that you had the ability to have people wrapped around your finger
maybe itâs charisma you picked up from wanting to please people just so you could have extra credit???
anyways
itâs a run bts ep you get one of the first dibs on to watch so thatâs always a reward
basically the context for it was that it was a hot tub confessions type of thing!! the twist was that they had to speak their heart out (their dislike is very much encouraged) over a certain someone bUT they had to rely on their ~telepathy because names wouldnât drop
and it was a random selection to who would start the confession first and the others had to go with the flow and basically hope that theyâre talking smack about the same person lol
only the name blank would be used and it for the pronoun!!
you were already making assumptions to who it would be about
it could be about jungkook because throughout the whole trip, he would literally gasp out of the blue and take the others in shock like seagulls going WHAT WHAT WHAT IS IT WHAT WHAT
or maybe jimin because heâs a lil shit and would pull chairs and that hobi fell victim and was so annoyed because he fell on his ass so hardÂ
last prospect was seokjin simply because,, as jungkook emphasized throughout this whole trip,, âʲᜌâżâťĘ°Ę¸áľâżáľ ᜌˢ ˢᾠáľËĄáľ áľĘ° áľĘ¸ áľáľáľâ just because he complained about his lower back one time
speaking of jin, he gets chosen to open the game!!
and he buffers for a moment that gets another tease from jungkookÂ
âáľĘ° áľĘ¸ áľáľáľ ʲᜌâżâťĘ°Ę¸áľâżáľ'ˢ áľáľáľáľĘłĘ¸ ᜌˢâż'áľ áľáľáľáľ áľâżĘ¸áľáľĘłáľ áľáśŚáľáľ ʰᜌᾠʰᜌˢ áľáśŚËĄáľâ
âblank bought me an actual film camera!! bit more complicated than taehyungâs!! keeps telling me every five seconds about my settings and i!! i KNOW HOW TO WORK IT THANK U VERY MUCH!!â
although jin is a bit guilty about that because he admits that he has a more-than-sure feeling that most of his pics may or may not be either over-exposed or too dark
this reminds you of that time you bought a film camera for jin on a whim because it was on sale and you were talking about it the night before
lol what a coincidence
hobi takes second call
he is only about a quarter-percent sure to who jin was pertaining to so he trails around for a bit
âblank is like a broken kitchen timerâ
he plays it safe with that oneÂ
although there is some sort of edge with his bluntness because everyone might be a little drunk heheÂ
âblank looks at things as if it was born yesterday!! literally goes :Oâ
even goes so far to imitate said expression and it makes everyone gIGGLE
yoongi snorts with that and now heâs a bit more feisty since heâs tipsy
âit joins me in my silenceâ
wait
âtexts me even if iâm in the same room like wtf i can see youâ
wait
hold on
âlikes hUGGING ME TOO MUCHâ
you really didnât like making things about you because other people doing that makes you tick
but thereâs this unsteady feeling in your gut
something that makes you think deep in thought and in doubt
jimin was next to speak so that calms your nerves
he would never, right??
maybe youâre just taking things to heart!! the boys really arenât talking smack about you, right??
your breath is just held because jimin was surely taking his time in making a show with inhaling so deeply so he could yell a bit more dramatically
âDOES IT NOT HAVE ITS OWN CLOTHES????â
oh
your eyes flicker for a moment to the sweater thatâs by your dresser
something of jiminâs that you forgot to return
oh.
âneedier and whinier than jungkookâ
it was the youngestâs turn to cackle
and at this point youâre only half-listening
youâre a bit too preoccupied with the hurt blooming in your chest
âi!! am!! not!! a!! baby!!â
jungkookâs meltdown makes everyone else laugh because right now he had his fists clenched and his face looking like a babyâs
âblank always wants to be included itâs not funny anymoreâ
there was just a little bit more hope lingering that this may no be about you at all
but god it was getting too specificÂ
too specific when it came to namjoon who was a bit more eloquent in speaking and wanting to get his point across
â.... trying to memorize my rap in UGH! .....â
fuck this really is about you
and itâs not just sadness thatâs overtaking you
makes you more than deflated than you thought you could ever be
âat this point i sometimes avoid herâ
and god thereâs this more than familiar laugh that fills your ears through and through
âlol namjoon where do you hide?? i hide in the pantryâ
taehyung even?
at this point you canât even bear watching the video anymore
willing your laptop closed so forcefully that it bOUNCED back open but you canât even begin to worry that you might have put a crack on the screen
shoving it to your desk with the screen facing anywehere instead of you being the best option
the hurt is painfully fresh and oddly felt so surreal
god were you really that intolerable?
you didnât know how to cope with what youâve just heard nor experienced
but the only thing you were sure about is that your situation has just been too good
perhaps this was the complication you were looking for because you werenât used to things being so good
and you know for sure that this feeling isnât good at all
and you hated it
at this point youâre just trying to go about your previous plans of showering and cleaning up but the eagerness isnât there anymore
nor is the eagerness to see the boys
nor is the eagerness to see taehyung
didnât even notice that you were taking up much time that jimin was at your door knocking, voice gentle and inquiring
ây/n did you fall asleep??â
youâre very much tempted to not go out at all because you lost your appetite for eating too
very much so that you make no move at all and actually think that jiminâs given up on knocking at your locked door
but then your phone rings and he knows for sure that you havenât gone to sleep because it wouldâve been put on silent
âare you hiding???â
you pretty much are and you donât wanna go out at all
but you basically had no choice to
it was a pressure to wipe at stray tears and say âiâm comingâ in an unwavering voice and even more-so pretend that nothingâs wrong at all
or the fact that everyoneâs eyes are on you and jiminâs prodding makes everyone else wonder
âare you crying??â
the question doesnât faze you but it does take you by surprise now that you arenât comfortable with the situation nor the new attention
taehyungâs getting worried because now he notices the redness in your eyes and the bit of puffiness in your lips
âjust sleepy. my eyes tear up when iâm sleepy, right?â youâre using jiminâs knowledge about you against him and he agrees to that almost instantly
canât help thinking that something was fishy though
you werenât telling him off when he was bickering to taehyung that he shouldnât sit next to you for dinner
didnât react either when tae let off a little victory giggle and grinned when he sat next to you not one bit of acknowledgement when a replay of cake boss was on your tv with jinâs eyes flickering over to you repeatedly but he doesnât receive an excited glance back
even yoongi found you oddly too quiet and he was tempted to pull out his phone to text you
itâs weirdly off
thereâs something missing
namjoon was starting to get worried because you arenât really engaged in this conversation with a topic heâs direly interested about
âand something done to that degree would just be far too suspicious, right?â
âmhmm yeahâ
:(
even jungkook whoâs kinda throwing himself at you and youâre just barely responding
heâs wriggling himself to fit by your side and just curl up and when he looks at you expectantly to do something, he just gets a pat on the head
a pat??????
hobiâs being over the top with his reactions right now to try and gauge a reaction from you but to no avail at all
normally he wouldâve made you laugh or atleast smile at this point
but thereâs nothing
just nothing
taehyung gets you alone on the couch because everyone else was just dispersed at this point and are bumping into each other asking if they knew what happened to you
jimin himself is pressured because he prides himself in being your closest friend aND HE DOESNâT EVEN KNOW WHATâS GOING ON WITH YOU
tae is a lil bit more confident that he could coax out to why you were acting so differently
even gets far as to hold your hand and nuzzle his face to the crook of your neck
âeverything okay, baby?â
god and heâs only called you baby only for a handful of times
âyeahâ
that didnât hurt taehyungâs ego
not at all
or make him overthink to why youâre not all that willing to open up to him nor even look interested in this conversation heâs carrying alone on his back
no not at all
not even when jimin has the most balls out of the group and is the testing point to see how the waters would go
while the nightâs coming to an end and everyoneâs slowly starting to settle in
âaha so where are we gonna crash anyway?â
you know what heâs trying to get atÂ
but seeing to it that what you just watched prior to this and perhaps for even a longer period besides that particular episode you donât even wanna watch
you might as well not give anyone the sense of satisfaction nor pride; even if the question took you by surprise with how bluntly he addressed it
âuhm well the guest room now has two beds since some friends come over from time to timeâ
âbut-â
âyeah the huge couch could fold over as a bedâ
âbut-â
âi could also-...â
âbut y/n you have a king-sized bed!!â
jimin blurts out and almost whines out, a frown evident on his face as you keep your will not to break
âoh. just wanna sleep alone, jimin, yeah? kinda tired because of work today.â
he almost always gets what he wants and this blooming feeling inside him isnât because of the embarrassment that you didnât grant his wishes of just plopping beside you on your bedÂ
itâs because heâs thinking of why not
taehyung tries his best to just swallow the lump in his throat because he may or may not have daydreamed that heâd get to share beds with you
nothing but cuddling in his mind and the tiny bit of friskiness but thatâs beside the point
he doesnât wanna think about how there are no goodnight hugs
the closest thing to it was jungkook receiving a pat on the shoulder
because it happened that his arms were outsretched awkwardly
no cheek kiss for taehyung either
yeah itâs perhaps just fatigue as hobi tried to reason
they donât know if theyâre convincing each other or just themselves
maybe tomorrow would be better :D
...
aha noÂ
in fact at this point of morning when everyone knows that youâd be awake and it happens to be your off-day before the shoot tomorrow
and that whenever theyâre around, youâd rather linger around them than to stay cooped in your room because you would be too sluggish then go back to sleep again
âblank always wants to be included itâs not funny anymoreâ
yeah youâd rather keep your pride at this point
jimin knocks again and you know you have no choice if you wanted this to go as discreet and as smooth as possible without raising suspicions that you knew
jin panicked for a moment because he was making french toast that he saw from damn milktpapi to try and catch your attention so when he hEARD your door click he was rapping litanies faster than the rapline ever could
they unconsciously just gravitate towards the couch and are practically hovering around you
youâre awfully quiet and the only input you give is when youâre asked a direct question
the only noise was coming from them reminiscing about their bv tripÂ
namjoon keeps bringing you up with âyahhh do u remember when y/n-....â
yoongi makes a point to keep laughing and have his arms protruding and therefore nudging you each time
at one point he almost shoves you but heâs barely met with a reaction
goddamn does he need to throw you off a cliff or something just to get a rise out of you
they really think that there must be something wrongÂ
so right when they wanted to open it up, they literally get interrupted but this time with a doorbell
you practically leap at that opportunity because quite literally were you saved by the bell
you donât know whoâs ringing your bell and why but youâre willing to take itÂ
jimin knows that you arenât expecting anyone besides them as heâs made you promise
he might as well square up right now and be huffy about it
youâre bordering on confusion and curiosity as you open the door and even more-so your audience behind you who may or may not be in the same state
âtheo??â
yoongiâs ears immediately perk up at that while his eyes go the widest
heâs toppling over as he scrambles for a vantage point that would get to see theo but without neither you nor theo seeing him
oh my god is this really your prfoessional basketball player for an ex-boyfriend
the boys are panicked to how yoongiâs acting and they even help him adjust his position even if they donât know what itâs for
âwHAT YOONGI WHAT WHAT WHATâ
âBE QUIETâ
heâs racking his brain for the description you gave and the picture you showed him
tall? intimidatingly. shoulders? perhaps even broader than seokjinâs. muscles? even more defined than jungkook when he lived in the gym. fluffy and silky-looking hair? enviously so :((
oh god it is theo
is he supposed to fanboy now
waitÂ
what was your ex doing here anyway
âiâm just gonna be out for a second, yeah?â
you say aimlessly and yoongi catches your gaze and he pretends to eat french toast while heâs stretched out on the floor to not break his cover
no one even has a chance to question nor respond because youâre already shutting the door
âWHO WAS THATâ
âWHY IS HE HEREâ
âi sWEAR i saw him on tv onceâ
âtaehyung are you okâ
yoongiâs bombarded and even if heâs shocked at the the turn of events because one second ur eating french toast with them and the next youâre out the door; he does have a bit more of an idea
âoh that was theoâ
...
âare we supposed to automatically know who tHEO is???â
âyou gonna add more context to that or????â
âeven jimin doesnât know!!!â
âtheoâs a basketball playerâ
there are a couple of awed reactions
even namjoonâs explosive âaHHHHH so thatâs where heâs fromâ
but thereâs this question thatâs begging to be asked
jimin taking front line as he asks with so much spite
âwhy is theo here then??â
this baffles yoongi too
most times he just doesnât sugarcoat things and his mouth speaks the truth before he could even think of something else
âaish i donât know i just know that sheâs y/nâs ex so stop asking me if-...â
jiminâs in the corner with his mouth dropped, tongue poking at his cheek
âoh uhm i didnât know thatâ
taehyung is sat on the floor with his attention not on the french toast anymore
eyes distant and not blinking as heâs nodding
âi seeâ
both jimin and taehyung clearly need time to process this bit of information
the conversation ends at that and everyone else staggers around
jiminâs in thought because why didnât he know that??
shouldnât he know that?
and whatâs it with yoongi knowing instead of him?
taehyung, on the other hand, is conflicted with what he should feel
heâs jealous thatâs for sure
the both of you covered masses of topics during the outing
but it never came to the topic of past flames
were you meaning not to tell him? or theo wasnât talked about because the topic never came????
is this insecurity that heâs feeling
jungkook has to hold taehyungâs head still because heâs still nodding while deep in thought
you really werenât expecting theo to show up at your doorstep
itâs in good intentions and you remained as friends but he was just too unexpected
âdidnât you know?? iâm gonna be one of those extras tomorrow for your airline commercial and itâs just a lil cameo but still!!! i donât know i just wanted to visit you since i was in the area too :Dâ
and thatâs what ended up with you coming with him to the little cafe at your complex with the promise that it was just gonna be quick and youâll show him out
and perhaps that you donât wanna be in the same room as them either
avoiding is good
yeah it would be good
:)
jimin doesnât know what heâs trying to prove either but thereâs this tug on his chest that basically yelled at him that he was a shitty friend
hasnât been an hour ever since you left but heâs kinda sitting there fazed, whatever the other was saying coming in his ear and going out the other
âi lost my charger :(((â
jiminâs mindlessly answering to a pouty namjoon
ây/n has the same laptop. you could just get the charger by her deskâ
he says naturally as if itâs clockwork and only waves him off when namjoon asks if it would be okay with you
he smiles at that and practically bounces to your unlocked room
quickly finds your desk and looks for a familiar charger
oh uhm itâs still connected to your laptop
jimin already said it was no worries so namjoon sleekly takes it out of the port with little hesitation
why did your laptop turn on
wait
is that his face??
is that
is that them in a hot tub
jiminâs wondering why namjoon is taking so long
he himself hasnât been in your room for a long time and the thought makes him spring up
âhyung??â
fuck
oh god
it feels like freezing cold water was just splashed onto their spines without warning
jimin immediately pales
itâs taehyung who piles in last to your bedroom with all the commotion he could hear
he wants to absolutely deck himselfÂ
everyoneâs just speechless when they clicked play on the video even when they had this underlying feel to what it was
thereâs a collective intake of sharp inhales because they couldnât even finish the episode in which they basically talk shit about you for a solid three minutes
jimin has his face on his hands and heâs visibly stressed as everyone else is
couldnât even tell on which blow was the hardest because they were all so harsh in their own ways
basically hit where it hurts mostÂ
they were drunk beyond their comprehension and werenât necessarily thinking
the episode was filmed pretty much in the first day of bvÂ
and whatever circumstance that night was in, it was still no excuse
absolutely no excuse to how they acted
maybe they took joking and overexaggerating too far
but whatever route they took, be it honest or not, no doubt that they were sure it hurt you
god a mental breakdown is already creeping at the back for all seven of them
tAEHYUNGâS SOBBING
jiminâs shaking
jungkookâs rubbing his eyes
jin and namjoon are repeating themselves
hobiâs dead silent
yoongiâs hands are practically trembling
itâs when you go home that youâve momentarily forgotten that everything was going downwards because you spent the last hour or two being distracted by theo in just your pajamas
but itâs when you know that they know
and some canât even look you in the eye
jiminâs the first to shoot up from his seat and god he looks somehow wrecked
ây/n i-...â
âmâsorry for being introlerable and all of those things, yeah? wonât happen again.â
everyone tenses at that
you shouldnât even be apologetic!!
in fact theyâre the ones who fucked up and youâre the one whoâs acting as if you did
this makes them even more guilty
they all pipe in and try to point that out but you just easily drown them out with a tilt of your head
taehyung whoâs standing by your doorframe just buffers as if to reach out for you but he retracts it quickly
theyâve really done it this time huh
itâs all just in characteristically empty spirits
the shooting next day was painful
having to drive together and be squished in between yoongi and jungkook whose mouths were so dry and eyes glossy
âi didnât mean itâ
jungkook first says under his breath and itâs quite a hitch in his throat when he adds on to it
âwe werenât thinking at allâ
itâs a quiet show as jungkook and yoongi try to apologize to you and youâre in the middle trying to just sit through it all
itâs a quick nod as you have for a response before you hurriedly go down the van in perfect timing
you did listen and the apologies were sincere and heartfelt
just not too keen on forgiving something of that gravity in an instant
even with their promise that they could work something out to have that bit cut out or even scrap the whole episode if necessary
you just couldnât wait to get the day over
youâre rigid with them and them trying to get to talk to you in between takes
the skits required more of them than you anyway so you just sat that one out
all while they try to get genuine with the feelings and lines indicated in their script
taehyung was the most distracted
even if people expected more of him given his acting credentials
and when itâs your turn to be filmed at, he canât help staring
you looked blank
thereâs this certain hyunbin (and also to your surprise) thatâs gonna act as your co-pilot that got to make you smile a time or two after making a fool out of himself
if only taehyung knew that theoâs gonna be here as an extra
he would flip and THEN bawl
and as if things wouldnât get even more unfavorable for you, they decide to cram in the photoshoot for the billboard at this very day too
multiple shoots of you being in the middle of them with a commercial-like smile
you having a solo one
them having one too
the boys wearing your airlineâs flight attendant uniforms
trying to have a candid shot but all of you should be laughing and smiling as per the director
that was painful
that was really painful for the staff to watch
most painful for the eight of you
they even had to count to three so you could laugh together even if that takes away the essence of a candid shot
jimin wants so badly to hold you and talk to you
taehyung wants to get on his knees desperately if it means earning your forgiveness
the shoot raps and youâre zooming out the set
tae breaks down yet again because theyâre gonna be held up by your ceo for awhile
:(
things feel empty and slow
everyone got around to texting you their apologies because as much as theyâre desperate to apologize, theyâve done enough damage and respecting your space is the least they could do
that doesnât stop jimin dropping in from time to time to leave something by your door
nor taehyung who doesnât give up with all his texting and calling and sometimes waiting on your door
jimin and him coincidentially went at the same time and they just teared up and sulked together
you werenât even home at that time
of course youâve read their messages
trying to talk it out too as youâve refused to succumb into your passive-aggressiveness
admittedly
you donât wanna lose what you have either
:(
itâs only been two weeks so far
progress as you reply to texts here and there
slowly warming up again!!
namjoon earning back his partner for talking about movie symbolisms and perhaps everything wrong in this barren earth
seokjin getting to send you incorrect quotes from cake boss again left and right
hobi gaining his online shopping partner backÂ
yoongi making you promise that youâd hug him when he gets to see you again
jungkook vowing to teach you how to draw and makes sure to send daily content so he could make you switch wallpapers
jimin
well jimin
jiminâs going over the top as he has a lot to mend
but forgiveness was clear in the path and when you finally agreed to meet up with him after your shift
(heâs made the effort to wait for you in your lounge hours before as he got to pull some strings)
and then when you have a drink over it and talk about what happened properly, it just ends in a massive hug and some tears shed :((
âi missed u so muchâ
âi knowâ
âi could really be a fucking asshole sometimesâ
âyou areâ
âyou are none of those things and i donât ever wanna stop having you as my friendâ
âaha yesâ
âyou love me too much and i love you too much and this is forever now ok pls donât get mad at me ever againâ
basically everything was slowly returning back to normal
taehyung hasnât texted you for a couple of days
even if you barely responded and miss him as much
itâs something you still have to come to terms with because his blows hit the hardest
youâre losing sleep just by thinking about him :(
you try to get on with your days with the knowledge that you get on with the six of them
things becoming more hectic for you because sometimes you forget that youâre famous now
but sometimes it was just lackluster if you were to admit
you basically sprint at the chance to pick up a normal shift again because youâve missed flying
you liked being pampered for shoots but being tired from flying is the ache youâve been craving for :((
itâs when youâre briefed that the plane youâd be flying isnât your usual aircraft yet you still have the clearance for it
itâs when you just had the kick to be extra punctual and jump at the chance to greet passengers boarding
itâs these little extras in your day that you were so eager for things
that things just seem to be aligning
:)
taehyungâs by the front-most seat
hyunbin by his side as he gets up and goes to the cockpit to do nothing but take your place
itâs oddly warm just by looking at taehyung
no apologies have been said yet and itâs when that hyunbin practically says over the mic that ây/n take a seat and put your seatbelt on jesus christâ you do beside tae
the atmosphereâs just a loving type of warm
you really canât explain it
itâs the same type of slow burn the both of you felt in the outing
the same anticipation you had for each other even if the other was doing the bare minimum
âhiâ
taehyung croaks out after an eternity, a grin he tries to earnestly keep as it breaks out
âletâs talk.â
heâs nervous as he sees you relax to your seat, knowing in routine that the plane was to take offÂ
taehyung ever-so slightly shifts in his seat, shoulders touching with yours and hand in an armrest as he flexes them so slightly -- only supposed to be an attempt at a loving tease but itâs when you shift towards him and have your hand skim his for the slightest fraction
:)
âletâs talk.â
#yEEEEEET#feedback pLS AND THANK U :D#i spent so much time and so much heat from my overheating laptop pls :((#taehyung#kim taehyung#taehyung imagine#kim taehyung imagines#kim taehyung imagine#bts#bts imagine#taehyung x reader#bts x reader#ot7 imagine#taehyung writing#taehyung fics#bts fics
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The 5 hour finale live stream just concluded and yâall, it was crazy. It has been a wonderful several months with all you guys and I am so excited for April 8th and Junior Year.Â
MASSIVE SPOILERS UNDER THE FOLD IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THE STREAM YET. Here is my clusterfuck of a commentary. Enjoy!
Fantasy High: Sophomore Year Live Reaction -HOOT GROWL BABY it's time. I didn't react to part one but wOW that one was crazy. Get ready for EMOTIONS :'(( -SIG FIG RESCUE MISSION lol #ontour -well ok brennan that canopy shit is scary as fuck -murph is still looking like riz -Zaphriel and Ayda!!!!!!! -"HOLD ME BACK GORGUG" i love u emily -Brennan I stg -Ayda is Gorgug's dad lol -oh shIT they're totally in the cottage -heLL YEAH AYDA!! -oh GOD figayda kiss? exceptional. -if ayda dies i WILL throw dice at Brennan -ok brennan make me cry then -GET THE VAN GORGUG -gorgug truly is the greatest wizard of this age -#hugeblueguy -aww zac oyama i love you -"semi-fallen" oH dEar -gorgug texts zelda IMMEDIATELY i love him -amaZING thank you zelda -"ew, creepy, hate that" -zaphriel is the best character you guys, what a homie -i keep forgetting ayda can fly. like she has wings. i know that. -AELWYN! -nOPE someone is coming through the forest and if it's arianwen i will kill cry -HANGMAN???? -HANGMAN!!!! HIS DOG!!!!! -HANGMAN NO I LOVE YOU YOU'RE THE CUTEST DOGGY -adaine i love you baby -"the weak yogurt man" -what high ranking devil??? -fabian you're adorable -aww fabian has a puppy!! (i get that the hangman is eight feet long don't @ me) -that's the first "the ball" -lou can never have the highest roll -BARDY BOYS -oop kristen and riz time -tracker? i barely even know her -chills, brennan. chills -someone in the chat just said "so did skrank fuck zelda?" -intense muSIC -nononononononono -ragh, tracker, and sandralynn better be all right -ooo a sTICK -HELL YEAH RETURN OF THE RIBBON DANCE -"riz weeps" holy shit i love him -"something bad always happens when we go off together" -#RIZTEN -awwoOOOOOOO -ayda can fly too! -absolutely FUCK this bridge ABOUT 30 MINUTES -poor ayda -please say they're ok brennan -"put your tongue baCK in your mouth" -sANDRA LYNN NO -"what kind of arrows" "you know what kind" fuCK OFF BRENNAN -if baxter dies i will cry -wait faerie fire is a cleric spell..? absolutely fuck me -ok aelwyn let's fuck shit up -calling the bank in the middle of this nightmare forest lol -heLL YEAH ZAPHRIEL -luck check luck check luck check -"y'all are going to turn into dragons" -fabian straight up cries? what a fucking rich kid -NO WAY HE HAD T H E COIN??? -REMOVE CURSE BABY -"nnOOO!" lmao -ally and brennan are in the chat -kristen's religion is REALLY coming in handy -the name was turned into the night yorb lol -"how's that axe feeling?" "..pretty light ;)" i love him -ayda can lift the axe??? exceptional -FIG IS KALINA? ABSOLUTELY RAD -brennan has created a place where illusions are real and emily is holding him TO IT -"do you have a dongle?" incredible -EMILY I LOVE YOU! KALINA IS A YOUTUBER BABY -wretchrot is baCK baby -aelwyn i love that -"i am a low quality child" "yeah ayda you're a bad kid" -"hey bitch" emily axford is a goddess -im sorry cOURT OF ELDERS? -NO I WILL CRY -ROLL INITIATIVE TIME -go OFF hangman -ooo some high initiatives babyyy -zac oyama is my favorite ever -"trackerrr" -brian as soon as emily was threatened said "how dare you" -brennan you FUCK "i'm awake for all of this" FUCK YOU -fig and her mommy issues: an album -absolutely FUCK THE TREE GUY -kick that wood elf BITCH ABOUT ONE HOUR -fuck him UP fabian, shit in his gODDAMN mOUTh -"SPRING BREAK YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER" -pleASE BRENNAN LET HIM SHOOT HER WITH THE TINCTURE -spRING break this is for the corn god -okay nevermind riz is holding his action -i love the intrepid heroes they're adorable -"ice feast" fucking love them so much -yES the ball thank GOD -brennan..? -"her rage ends" tracker = barbarian -FIRST NAT 20 BABY -"IT 100% WORKS BUT IT 50% WORKED" -that's the second "the ball" -bOOOOOOO BRENNAN -mad plans for the tree guy -sorry, is his name crAFTME ROOTDRINKER? -oh ok it's aelwyn we're fine -cone of cOLD baby i love aelwyn what a babe -you absolutely hate to see it -ragh my baby i love you -SPRING BREAK -tracker nO PLEASE -TRACKER JUST CRIT OH NO -brennan is really good at acting this btw -wait 14 on a crit??? i mean oH NO kRISTEN, bOO -disPEL MAGIC BABY -ALLY BEARDSLEY YOU ABSOLUTE GOD -aww kristennn is babyyy -tracker nooo don't cryyyy -you've sAVED your GIRLFRIEND -"some of us have already done that today" fig the sHADE -ally simply musT get new dex -absolutely fuck that brennan i don't need that vampire pixie -FUCK IT UP AYDA -FIGHT ME IN THE SKY! -"does a 29 hit?" daMN zac that absolute SHADE -53 DAMAGE?? CHEJ IS SO FUCKING STRONG -"goddamn paper lantern" -absolutely fuck you brennan -nevermind gorgug and adaine both passed the con saving throw -"i don't like you" lou really gets personally upset about this and i love that -nO NO NONONONO aelwyn and tracker are down -FUCK IT UP ADAINE -gdi brennan don't do this to us -ABSOLUTELY FUCK THE TREE -fig is straight up gonna kill her mom -this is scary as fuck -HANGMAN HAS A BREATH WEAPON AND YOU DIDN'T SAY SHIT??? CHOKE ON GRAPES BRENNAN -FUCK EM UP HANGMAN ABOUT 1 HOUR AND A HALF -wood elf is DOWN baby hoot growl -kristen thinks the elf is gak lol -23 DAMAGE??? AC OF 25??? ABSOLUTELY FUCK IT UP FABIAN -SHENANIGANS TIME FOR MURPH -HELL SECRET AGENT TIME -27??? RIZ YOU'RE THE HOTTEST -third the ball -imagine the ball is secretly SO HOT without the hat -YES BRENNAN GOT A NAT 1 EAT YOUR GODDAMN DICE -sweEET -fourth the ball (they've all been Lou cuz of course) -incredible turn murph -kalina is SO GOOD at skateboarding -#bloodphoto -KALINA HAS 23 WISDOM? absolutely fuck me -oh hELL YEAH FIG COUNTER THE COUNTER -emily is doing some SHIT right now you guys (fear spell) -DAMMIT that high as fuck wisdom -sorry WHAT she rips open sPACE??? -BABY BETTER SAVE THE GODDAMN DAY -let's go BABY -"mMMHHHHnnN leET ME tOUCh ItT" baby is fucking weird -"baby vs mommy" i love you siobhan -aelwyn better not DIE brennan -riz baby let's get it -trACKEr -nAT 1??? kristen is unCONSCIOUS?? -HUMAN DETERMINATION!!! THE GRIT BABY] -wait aura of life is badass!! they can't lose damage?? -okay scrap that we're gonna TURN UNDEAD and then MASS HEALING WORD? absolutely incredible -gorgug has so much goddamn health -FUCK THIS TREE DUDE -KILL IT AYDA LET'S GO -"her girl's side" *in lou voice* okAY bRENNNAn -second nat 1 but both of them re-rolled -GEM!!!! -LET'S GET GORTHALAX BABYYYY -"BIG DADDY" -ayda is so turned on lol -KILL IT CHEJ OKAYYYY -fuck this centaur -i'm so nervous -puT THOSE DICE DOWN BRENNAN -"you're gonna drop." shuT UP -riz is fULLY DEAD???? -i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. -sHUT UP BRENNAN -baby is DEAD oh my GOD you absolutely hate to see it ABOUT 2 HOURS -nO NO NO NO NO NO NO PUT THAT CROWN AWAY BITCH -absolutely fuck me, the nightmare king is totally fucking back i hate myself -aww fabian is baby -hELL YEAH FABIAN SPRING BREAK -"i've lost one friend, that's too many" fabian is adorable -"that's a full ass miss, my guy" -sandra lynn just crit on chej :(((((( -14 damage is not very spring break of her (she did 28 but it was halved because gorgug is such a strong boyyy) -LET'S GO LOU -almost all of them are spellcasters wtf (only one who isn't is riz but he has a daily misty step) -fuck em up hangman -fUCK EM UP HANGMAN! d8 + 2d6 +8 i think -figaroth the unfaethable baby -THOSE ARE SOME SHENANIGANS FIG I LOVE IT (she's shattering the rubies to get a revivify diamond) -casts teleport??? aelwyn came here to FUCK -"i would love to teach you this spell" aww the abernant sisters liking each other is my new aesthetic -fuck em up adaine -you can hit the tree on a 12 babyyyyy -heLL YEAH 44 DAMAGE ADAINE IS STRONG NOW -kalina is not even that cool she just said "that's enough of that" in the most uncool way -2 down 3 to go! -omg wait it would be so badass if they could just remove curse on kalina -"Mr. The Insatiable" -ayda is such a sweetheart "i don't care if you want me to date your daughter but i do hope you love me" -"I LOVE THIS SONG" yes siobhan me too -on a DC 20 she got a 31!!!! consider my jeans creamed -SHRED BABY GIRL!!! -KILLIAN IS DEAD! RIZ IS ALIVE! -ayda is so turned on AHHH -I LOVE RIZ SO MUCH "am i interrupting something???" -fuck him UP chej! 3 hits, no crits -hell yeah mr. march!! oh sorry wrong series -a gROUP PROJECT i'm DEAD -someone in the chat called him "snac oyama" and you're rigHT -siobhan's straight fucking this tree UP -the spellcasters are like all out of spells at this point -fuck OFF arianwen. KILL YOUR MOM -"where's your father, aelwyn?" "last i saw, adaine killed him so *shrug*" i lOVE HER -FUCK THEM UP GORTHALAX -abolutely fuck the nightmare king -waIT GORTHALAX IS GONNA KILL THE NIGHTMARE KING -sidenote: fig calls gorthalax pops -dO IT BRENNAN kILL YOUR OWN BIG BAD -this treeant has GOT to be dead -NAT 1 on that attack?? SPRING BREAK BABY -no we haven't seen kalina in action brennan, and we do not want to -OH SHIT THE TIE! YOu just got FUCKed bRENnan eaT youR DICE -yeS AYDA ROAST HER -"GOTTEM!" -i'm sorry i just hallucinated, did you say 6 ATTACKS? -time to go VIRAL BABY -19 intelligence, 23 wisdom, 20 charisma for kalina? absolutely fuck me -riz just got kICKed! you absolutely hate to see it -GODDAMMIT -KALINA IS HOMOPHOBIC CONFIRMED ABOUT 2 AND A HALF HOURS -brennan be like "im about to kill this bird" -absolutely fuck me i hate this -let's go FIG -time to caTCH the bALL -murph has the same thinking face as riz and it's adorable -this is not very spring break brennan -DC 25 acrobatics check? c'mon faBIAN -29????? -fifth the ball (from the hangman) -"there's just something endearing about him" fabian loving his friends is adorable -absolutely fuck me that fire elemental is adorable -absolutely swaddle the ball -well hot take but fuck the nightmare king you guys -absolutely NOT brennan do NOT kill adaine you PSYCHO BITCH -PLEASE ADAINE LIVE -STRAIGHT DEAD? FULLY DEAD? FUCK OFF WITH THIS INSTAKILL SHIT BRENNAN -hell yeah ayda is back and kristen has the revivify diamond -aelwyn FULLY banished that unicorn -it's good to know ragh really doesn't want them to die -YES RAGH IS BACK BABY -fuck em up kristen -s/o to DND Beyond btw absolutely banger website -hell yeah mass healing word is awesome -clerics are GOOD you guys i should play more clerics -FUCK IT UP AYDA -SANDRA LYNN IS BACK BABY -skater chej is my favorite thing -aBSOLUTEly fuck the tree -i have no idea wHAT is happening ABOUT 3 HOURS -fuCK YOU nightmare king -i absolutely hate this battle but at least gorthalax is still standing -gorgug better split this gd tree -"what if we just kill kalina?" yeah zac it's that goddamn easy -brennan almost just fucked everyone -"does she want to borrow my teddy bear?" the SHADE -"MAKEOVERRR" i love you siobhan -this tree SUCKS -battlemaster is cool as fUCK SPRING BREAK -BARDY BOYS also i think that was a nat 20 -i can't imagine the thistlesprings watching the battle livestream and like worrying if gorgug is going to die -FUCK HER UP THE BALL -ABSOLUTE SHENANIGANS FROM MURPH! -with ADVANTAGE BABY -"has anyone seen my hat!?" keep it off baby you're HOT now -"mirrors negate mirrors" "i think oscar wilde said that" i love them -#hotrizweek? -holy shit fig is FUCKING THIS BATTLE UP -HELL YEAH KALINA ROLLS A NATURAL 2!!!! -hell yeah adaine is back and SO MUCH is happening that i'm like forgetting to write down my reactions -kill this woody motherfucker baby -the music is too lOUD -ok it's normal now -fuck em up gorgug -i'm sorry the chat is saying he did 90 DAMAGE?!?!?!? -KILL IT CHEJ ILY -fuck off brennan, absolutely fuck off -ABSOLUTELY FUCK OFF BRENNAN -gorthalax is FULLY DEAD? absolUTELY FUCK YOU -SAINT KRISTEN APPLEBEES -adaine has SOLVED THIS SHIT -god all the abernant names are confusing -fuck you kalina ABOUT 3 AND A HALF HOURS -BRENNAN I STG IF RAGH ENDS UP DEAD -hellish rebuke that bitch -c'MON faBIAN HIT that BITCH -wait is kalina a rogue and a druid? absolutely incredible -FUCK IT UP FABIAN -OMG THE HANGMAN BETTER FUCK THIS UP -YES THE BALL 31 DAMAGE -so the stream just ended. i'll say it again: absolutely fuck me -ok so we're back and kalina got fucked up -WHAT THE FUCK A NAT 20???????? YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO SEE IT -ALLY WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THIS -I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS AND NEITHER CAN BRENNAN -MAGIC IS REAL AND SO IS MY ALLY -i can't believe this. eat your GOD damn DICE brennan! -OMG ARE THE NIGHTMARE KING AND THE GODDESS ONE AND THE SAME? -THEY ARE! THE NIGHTMARE KING IS THE NIGHTMARE QUEEN -brennan is CRAZY AHHHHH -brennan absolutely stop this tension -28 insight. brennan is fucked -GO TOWARDS HIM KRISTEN -YES!!!! PLEASE SAY THIS IS A GOOD THING -ALLY GOT A NAT 20 THEY BETTER BE RIGHT -fear. is. not. real. -this is just like the ending of moana -NO WAY BRENNAN I LOVE YOU (you wouldn't believe it from what i have said but it's true) -this is intense i'm about to cry -you're meeting god and you say "is it too early for this?" -LMAO 5'9" -Moral of the story: IDK and that's OK -ok ally make me cRy -HELL YEAH NEW SHIRT BABY -i'm so emotional -"well oBVIouslY cASsAndRa" i wish every deity had names as normal and human as cassandra -fuck them UP cassie -i love that tracker's just like "uh... babe?" -love having god in your corner -no more hangman puppy :((( -RIZTEN are the CUTEST i love them "i love all of them, riz the most, we know this" -"we still need the crown for our grade" FABIAN I LOVE YOU -"counselo- former counsel- i'm an assistant :(" why do y'all think this man is hot -KILL ARIANWEN -"she tried to hurt me in my shattered state?" "that's her MO" aww adaine my baby -HOLY SHIT PLEASE GIVE GILEAR ALL OF ARIANWEN'S MAGIC -GORGUG YOU SWEETHEART I LOVE YOU -cassandra throwing SHADE -ThE vANdS -aelwyn throwing SHADE -AWW RAGH I LOVE YOU BABY brennan lives another day -"a big bug gave me a riddle" that is NOT what happened -aww the hirelings are all crying and i DO NOT stan -hell YEAH cassandra OH I STOPPED KEEPING TRACK OF TIME IT'S BEEN OVER 4 HOURS -hELL YES HANGVAN -i love you fabian -nO IS CHUNGLE DOWN BIM REAL? -maybe the real chungle down bim is the friends we made along the way -GARTHY i love them -arthuR aGUEFORT - absolutely wild -ayda and arthur is crazy -"snOGGING THE HEADMASTER'S DAUGHTER ARE WE?" -awww that is so smooth fig "you don't need to make me the most magnificent creature because it seems you already have" -ARTHUR PULLS THROUGH -garthy is a cutie i love how they care so much for ayda -oH FUCK ME garthy is ayda's child from her previous life -"your girlfriend's daughter fucked your mom!" goddammit siobhan i can't handle this -if they fail i will cry -CHRONOMANCY!? absolutely fuck me -"professor principal headmaster aguefort" -hell yeah arthur you're killing it -faelwyn? absolutely can't handle it -aww kristen is baby -jawbone and sandra lynn are ok? amazing -jawbone is the best character -"our parents are great" kill me why don't you siobhan -AWWW FUCKING STOP BRENNAN WITH THESE GIFTS -i just cried he wants to adopt her -"you're easy to love" jawbone is fUCKING me up -LYDIA BARKROCK what a badass i love her already -"a pheonix whom everyone she touches is reborn better" fuck off emily -gorgug is a cutie <3 <3 -ABSOLUTELY KICK SKRANKS BIRD ASS -GORGUG CONFIRMED FUCKS -riz is a dork i love him -who knew "you're so much like your father" could make me feel like that -GILEAR IS MOVING THE FUCK IN BABY -GILEAR WITH SELF CONFIDENCE IS MY AESTHETIC -aww jawbone gave ayda autism books? jawbone is the sweetest to ayda cuz OF COURSE HE IS -AYDA GETS HER SPELL!!! -Ayda's Comprehend Subtext is the cutest spell ever -adaine and fig's friendship is too cute -craig has always been down for everything. i don't know craig but i love him -YES HOOT GROWL HOOT GROWL I'M SO PROUD OF RAGH -"BAD KIDS FOR LIFE" RAGH IS A CUTIE -NO FAELWYN IS REALLY HAPPENING I CAN'T -fabian's laugh is so cute -i love how nervous fabian is -WAIT FABIAN AND AELWYN ABSOLUTELY WILL FUCK? -fabian's gonna get his KISSES IN -aww i get how hyped figayda is but they are truly so adorable -weLL EMILY AXFORD I WILL LET YOU HURT ME LIKE THAT -they said i love you :((( -tracker only deserves the best -TRACKER'S GOING TO FALLINEL? I LOVE HER -ragh is going too? gay road trip! -that's adorable -ABSOLUTELY NOT BRENNAN FUCK OFF DO NOT SAY THE NIGHT YORB IS GONNA BE THE NEXT VILLAIN -BRENNAN NO YOU BITCH I HATE YOU THE NIGHT YORB IS THE VILLAIN OF JUNIOR YEAR? -that was crazy. i cried, i laughed. i am fuCKING HYPED FOR CROWN OF CANDY AND JUNIOR YEAR GANG!
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March 9th-March 15th, 2020 CTP Archive
The archive for the Comic Tea Party week long chat that occurred from March 9th, 2020 to March 15th, 2020. Â The chat focused on HoverGirls by Geneva Bowers.
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BOOK CLUB START!
Hello and welcome everyone to Comic Tea Partyâs Book Club~! This week weâll be focusing on HoverGirls by Geneva Bowers~! (https://hovergirls.com/)
You are free to read and comment about the comic all week at your own pace until March 15th, so stop on by whenever it suits your schedule! Discussions are freeform, but we do offer discussion prompts in the pins for those whoâd like to have them. Additionally, remember that while constructive criticism is allowed, our focus is to have fun and appreciate the comic! Whether you finish the comic or can only read a few pages, everyone is welcome to join and chat with us!
DISCUSSION PROMPTS â PART 1
1. What did you like about the beginning of the comic?
2. What has been your favorite moment in the comic (so far)?
3. Who is your favorite character?
4. Which characters do like seeing interact the most?
5. What is something you like about the art? If you have a favorite illustration, please share it!
6. What is a theme you like that the comic explores?
7. What do you like about the comicâs story or overall related content?
8. Overall, what do you think the comicâs strengths are?
Donât feel inspired by the prompts? Feel free to discuss anything else that interested you!
Eightfish (Puppeteer)
It's so eye catching!
The bold color scheme immediately creates a strong identity for the comic
The contrast between the two MCs is
I'll comment more when I've read past literally just the first page lol
eli [a winged tale]
Wow I love the art! Very beautiful palette and interesting characters right off the bat (pun intended!). Great dynamics between our two mains and love the magic so far!
mcapriglione (Falconhyrste)
yall I heard you were talking about hover girls and I came running
I just caught up like yesterday because I'm sick so I've spent the whole day reading comics, also I picked up a physical copy from geneva at c2e2 and that's what got me started on the series!
What stands out to me so much is the characters, jalissa and kim are total opposites, and it's really interesting to see them interact with each other. also the little things in the background that tell more about the characters, like jalissa's love for soap operas and kim's references ahaha
RebelVampire
So time for me to jump into the chat. What I like about the beginning is that it starts you off with this sort of beautiful artwork and magical feel, only to drop the mundane on you with the coffee shop and the obsession with ranking on social media. Something about how this starts really gives me this sort of more modern day magical girl feel that usually isn't quite there. Like it's a bit gritty feeling cause life is gritty, and I like that. As for favorite moment in the comic so far, I'm partial to when the girls discovered their powers. I like how it just sort of happened, and the different reactions they had to it. It was both magical and funny. Also for the reasons below. My favorite character is Jalissa, no content. Jalissa is basically my spirit animal. Doesn't want fame, just wants to catch up on the soaps, but somehow winds up with more energetic people. All of Jalissa's reactions to everything are great and I love it. For characters interacting, really it has to go to Jalissa and Kim. They're such polar opposites I think you'd have to try to NOT enjoy it. But either way, that opposites thing really just makes their interactions endearing and interesting since going in you know they'll disagree and yet somehow wind up doing the same thing together anyway. So I really enjoy that about their relationship.
As for the art, I really just love the color design combined with the style. It has a very whimsical feel that works for the abundant blue schemes and I really just adore every bit of the atmosphere it creates. For themes, I like that the comic explores ego. Like that moment where Kim asked if she was getting too full of herself really hit home. And I like that the comic kind of explores that even if you know that you might get egotistical and all high and mighty, its not the easiest thing in the world to stop either. For the story's overall content, I'm just gonna point to what I liked about the beginning. I like that its a bit more mature, modernized magical girl story where the magical girls are adults. That's probably just bias in that I'm an adult so I relate more to adults.
Comic Tea Party
DISCUSSION PROMPTS â PART 2
9. What do you think Jalissaâs backstory and relationship with her family is? How do you think Jalissa will continue to change as the story progresses, and what will Kimâs role be in it? Further, how will Kim change?
10. Why do you think Kim was suddenly possessed, and how dangerous are they? Can Kim be saved from it? Additionally, why was the person who possessed Kim surprised Jalissa also had powers?
11. Do you think Jalissa and Kim will succeed as magical girls and become popular? Why or why not? Additionally, how might this change the future plans each has decided upon for their career?
12. What do you think this comic teaches us about pursuing our dreams and responsibility? What has been your favorite moment in the comic so far that deals with these themes? Donât feel inspired by the prompts? Feel free to discuss anything else that interested you!
gee
Hello CTP! This is the creator of HoverGirls c: I want to thank you all for taking the time to read and discuss this comic! I bet you're all pros at what makes a good story, so it's really humbling to know that it's liked so far. I'll be happy to answer any q's about story, chars, etc. And it was super nice to finally meet you @mcapriglione (Falconhyrste) and hope you feel better!
mcapriglione (Falconhyrste)
Aaaaa hey welcome to the chat @gee !
Tantz Aerine (Without Moonlight)
Ok I just finished reading the entire comic start to finish. I have to say I'm not only impressed by the wonderful art and refreshing color scheme that makes me think of wild summer, but amazed that I find myself invested in this story! Usually it's not my cup of tea at all, but Hover Girls are going to clearly be the exception. I'm adding this to my comic bookmarks The first thing I have to give my kudos for is the sheer character design and characterization. I had sincere, and in Kim's case, almost visceral reactions to both girls, and the Korean guy (his name sounds Korean). While Jalissa intrigued me from the start, Kim got under my skin to the point I found her insufferable! It is only in the last few pages with her backstory flashback that I somewhat feel sympathy for her. I love the interaction between these two, and also how the story is paced so that we get to gradually become aware of more layers and nuance in the relationship they have. Jalissa's love and concern for Kim was clear to me from the start, while Kim's not so much. She (Kim) came across to me as immature, self-centered and inconsiderate. Later, when we see more of their history, I got to see the concern and love from Kim's side too. That's excellent writing to go with the excellent art. I also really like the premise with the alien creatures! I am intrigued and want to know more. Finally, I want to talk about the humour in the dialogue and the art in general. I love how there's a streak of black humour throughout the comic. My favourite character is (in case you didn't infer it yet) Jalissa, but I like the entire cast. They need each other to organically bounce off each other and develop. And lastly, I have to mention the really fun brand names and soap titles. Always makes me grin. Wonderful work @gee !(edited)
RebelVampire
I get the impression that Jalissa was a typical delinquent and that her parents werent around much - hence the delinquency. And so I imagine it's a bit strained at the best of it. I think Jalissa moving is her attempt to turn things around, and I think that is what will happen. Jalissa will become more responsible, take more of a sense of duty, etc. Which is what I think will happen with Kim, along with a healthy dose of gaining some humility. As for why Kim was suddenly possessed, maybe the weather? Regardless, 100% I'm sure Kim can be saved. Only bad villains monologue so Kim got taken over by a bad villain. As for why Jalissa's powers are a surprise, probably a lack of communication due to alien bureaucracy. Jalissa and Kim will definitely succeed as magical girls if you tone down expectations to be heroes who fight crime as opposed to what we see in every anime where they fight and just are completely fine and sparkly. As for becoming popular, maybe for a bit, but honestly, probably not. The internet is fickle so sure they might get a viral video....but then everyone will move on. I think it will mostly only change Jalissa's plans as she's finds there are more important things in the world than soaps. As for what the comic teaches about pursuing our dreams is that it's hard. My favorite moment is actually Kim checking if anyone liked the pic and it was just Jalissa. The world is saturated with talent, and even if you have the drive, the skills, etc., getting noticed is kind of a slog. But I think Kim shows us at least might as well keep trying.
Eightfish (Puppeteer)
I had the opposite reaction as @Tantz Aerine (Without Moonlight) ! Jalissa irritated me at first, while I liked Kim. But then, when I saw Jalissa's genuine kindness, I liked her more, and when Kim started showing her flaws- how she's kind of self-centered and naive, I started to like her less. That's not to say I think this comic has bad writing, though! I like how the author has given everyone such realistic flaws. I went through a lot of cycles of liking and disliking the characters, and I think that reflects how it feels as you get to know some people irl. These characters are complex!
Seeing stoic Jalissa get truly angry at Kim was powerful.
I like the detail of Jalissa keeping her bat in her backpack's water bottle holder
"Only bad villains monologue so Kim got taken over by a bad villain. "
Rebel, that made me laugh
I think it's true too(edited)
chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]
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Tantz Aerine (Without Moonlight)
@Eightfish (Puppeteer) it's exactly that we get different and real reactions to these characters that is the proof of excellent writing. We react differently, but we react as if they were real people and that's an absolute win!
mathtans
Woo, my schedule's eased a bit and this looked interesting. For the discussion prompts...
1. The beginning set things up well in terms of a quickie fight and then the characters and city situation. There was humour in that too. Good tone.
2. Fave moment, as far as plot was probably Jalissa interacting with blonde boy (sorry, forget the name) in particular because it seemed to be foreshadowing. Fave moment for relatability was the phone message with "Get to the point" because I SO relate to that.
3. Tough call on character. Both mains have good qualities and I don't feel I know the others well enough yet. I suppose Jalissa for her straightforward nature and sticking to her guns (like about dresses).
4. I liked Jalissa and Blonde Boy interacting, funny enough, as I said earlier. The cousin banter is good but the former stood out somehow.
5. The art's a neat blend of emphasis in some places and less in others; also interesting how the hair is done. Not sure why that sticks out.
6. I'm very bad at noticing themes. It's neat showing what "magical girls" do in their off hours. Also the troubles with getting noticed.
7. Story's clever, and I felt suspicious of Blonde Boy from him being around during the powers acquisition, which seems to be paying off. Nice to see ladies of colour too.
mathtans
8. Comic's got a bit of everything. Magic, mystery, slice-of-life... a reader can probably gravitate to something.
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DISCUSSION PROMPTS â PART 3
13. What are you most looking forward to seeing in regards to the comic?
14. Any final words of encouragement for the comic? Donât feel inspired by the prompts? Feel free to discuss anything else that interested you!
mathtans
9. Jalissa seems to be someone who grew up in a difficult situation and needs to blow off steam sometimes. I'm reminded of the time she punched the wall - but then within a day went to get the materials needed to fix it. I feel like she had an unhappy home life with no real outlet or people to talk to about it. Maybe the fighting evil will help, or at least give her a sense of accomplishment. Kim needs to be a bit more grounded in reality, and I suspect will, although at the same time you kind of hate to see it happen, like the death of innocence or something.
10. I wondered if possession was always part of the plan against Kim (once it happened), and that's why the water beings were around, like they're trying to get access to the powers... though it's seeming like it was always something inside her, she was simply able to suppress the feeling for a time. Until she was at a low point emotionally.
Actually, I always thought BlondeBoy had something to do with the attacks, and in the scene between him and Jalissa (the earlier one in the alley) you saw hint of blue in the art, and one wonders whether he was acting normally. I wasn't sure if it was a subconscious thing or a conscious thing. Now I wonder if Kim wasn't manifesting the items herself on some subconscious level, wanting something to defeat. Though maybe he still had a hand in it too.
Of course, maybe the weather has something to do with it too, as Rebel remarked on.
mathtans
11. I feel like their power as magical girls is possibly tied to the presence (or at least strength) of the enemy, otherwise why wouldn't it make the news more? (Granted, could be obliviousness by the populace, but this seems to be reinforced by the current plot elements.) As such, their magical days seem numbered... unless they could fight against regular mundane foes? I dunno. The world doesn't seem to care much about supernatural either.
mathtans
Maybe they should change their name? Hovering doesn't sound too aggressive, and I don't think they do it that much anyway. Granted, DampGirls isn't catchy, and H2OGirls is a bit clinical. ^.^
snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)
I love this comic! The two main characters play incredibly off each other, and there's lots of great comedic moments. My fav is Jalissa.
I wonder if it is the weather that's causing these possessions? Because, like, the flying fish attacks in general are tied to the rain. Maybe particularly rough rainstorms cause possessions? I feel like the thing that possessed Kim and the boy was what brought about the powers in the first place - the energy that came down from the sky on the beach. It's odd how the blonde dude didn't seem to use powers but got possessed first, while Kim uses her powers the most and got possessed second... maybe Jalissa has an easier time resisting because she has the strongest will?
Eightfish (Puppeteer)
@snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights) I don't think Jalissa can get possessed- Bob said that his soul was split in two, and Jalissa got the powers while Korean guy got the mind
snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)
ah yes, that's true
Eightfish (Puppeteer)
@mathtans I like "Hovergirls"! It's cute and catchy
gee
The title I still don't 100% like, TBH. I legitimately thought on it for a week before starting on this comic and still couldn't think of anything better XD
RebelVampire
What I'm most looking forward to in the comic is probably just more Jalissa in general and finding out why Jalissa is the way Jalissa is. Overall though, this is a beautiful comic with a great combination between modernization and magical girls with just the right hint of maturity that makes it more appealing for an adult. Definitely would recommend to adult fans of magical girl stories!
mathtans
To be clear, I had no issue with the title of the comic... with some comics there's only an offhand reference too. I guess I was more picturing the ladies arguing, were Jalissa to get more into it.
As to the rest of the questions, I think the comic can show that reality is somewhere between the two of them (though they do play off each other very well) as far as dreams and responsibility go. I'm vaguely curious to know whether the alien might be having a positive (or negative?) influence on BlondeBoy, who seemed a bit of a jerk from the lens of the others.
The world building is well done too, like I could even see spinoffs... these aliens apparently just sent a couple emissaries to Earth, maybe there's some sort of space force out there fighting too. Maybe they see Kim's videos and want to recruit her. Or hire her for public relations. idk.
Anyway, looks great, definitely an interesting read and nice showcasing of things you don't see other places, best with it!
gee
Huge thank you all CTP group for giving HoverGirls a read! I cannot thank you enough for giving your time and thoughts on this story and itâs been incredibly helpful and encouraging!!
snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)
It was a great read, gee!
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So i've seen from a few viral posts on here that it's becoming a new thing to hate on the Peeta/Katniss relationship in The Hunger Games. (I've also seen some criticism towards the Gale/Katniss relationship that isn't entirely fair, but since that wasn't something I shipped, I won't be going into that). But here's me defending one of my oldest het ships from some of the points people bring up that I don't believe are true.
"Peeta feels entitled to Katniss"
The only time I can think of where this could appear to be true is the ending of the first book and the very beginning of Catching Fire. Katniss spent the last few chapters or so of the first book pretending to be in love with Peeta in order to sell their fake romance to the Capitol and recieve sponsors to help them survive. And when she reveals to Peeta that she doesn't truly feel anything romantic for him, he's hurt and ends up lashing out at her by giving her the cold shoulder.
Now, Peeta was completely wrong in this scenario. He's human and humans don't always react or handle things in the right way, especially in highly emotional situations. Still, it doesn't excuse him for lashing out at Katniss when she was just doing what she had to do in order to get them both out of the arena alive. I agree with that.
But the thing that people leave out or forget is that Peeta eventually realizes and acknowledges that he was wrong. And he apologizes to Katniss.
He takes a deep breath. "Look, Katniss, I've been wanting to talk to you about the way I acted on the train. I mean, the last train. The one that brought us home. I knew you had something with Gale. I was jealous of him before I even officially met you. And it wasn't fair to hold you to anything that happened in the Games. I'm sorry."
His apology takes me by surprise. It's true that Peeta froze me out after I confessed that my love for him during the Games was something of an act. But I don't hold that against him. In the arena, I'd played that romance angle for all it was worth. There had been times when I didn't honestly know how I felt about him. I still don't, really.
"I'm sorry, too," I say. I'm not sure for what exactly. Maybe because there's a real chance I'm about to destroy him.
"There's nothing for you to be sorry about. You were just keeping us alive. But I don't want us to go on like this, ignoring each other in real life and falling into the snow every time there's a camera around. So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends," he says.
- Catching Fire, Chapter 4
After this, there's no resentment on Peeta's part towards Katniss for not returning his feelings. Sure it's pretty clear that what he feels for her isn't platonic and he comes off as sad about it at times, but he's completely willing to be her friend and support her anyway. And when Snow makes plans to force them to get married in order to keep up the farce, Peeta is just as upset about it as Katniss is, because he doesn't want her to be forced into something she doesn't want.
"Katniss never wanted Peeta that way and/or has no interest in romance"
It always astounds me that people look at a teenager living in an apocalyptic universe that involves her family possibly starving to death and children being reaped into an event to fight to the death each year and not realize that probably plays a big part in why romance isn't at the top of her priority list lol.
Before the Games, Katniss was the main breadwinner of her family that was living in severe poverty. She was too focused on making sure her little sister and mother didn't starve to death to focus on much else. After she's reaped, her main priority is keeping both herself and Peeta alive. Again, it completely makes sense why romance isn't at the top of her mind.
But there is more than one scene in the books that point out that Katniss DOES grow to desire Peeta romantically.
"No one really need me", he says, and there's no self-pity in his voice. It's true his family doesen't need him. They will mourn him, as will a handful of friends. But they will get on. Even Haymitch, with the help of a lot of white liquor, will get on. I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.
"I do", I say. "I need you." He looks upset, takes a deep breath as if to begin a long argument, and that's no good, no good at all, because he'll start going on about Prim and my mother and everything and I'll just get confused. So before he can talk, I stop his lips with a kiss.
I feel that thing again. The thing I only felt once before. In the cave last year, when I was trying to get Haymitch to send us food. I kissed Peeta about a thousand times during those Games and after. But there was only one kiss that made me feel something stir deep inside. Only one that made me want more. But my head wound started bleeding and he made me lie down.
This time, there is nothing but us to interrupt us. And after a few attempts, Peeta gives up on talking. The sensation inside me grows warmer and spreads out from my chest, down through my body, out along my arms and legs, to the tips of my being. Instead of satisfying me, the kisses have the opposite effect, of making my need greater. I thought I was something of an expert on hunger, but this is an entirely new kind.
- Catching Fire, Chapter 24
This might be the first time Peeta and Katniss kiss without any intention of trying to make a show for the Capitol. And KATNISS initiates it. She kisses Peeta because she wants to. And, on quote, desires more. But sure, she has no interest or attraction to him.
Peeta.
Alive and well - maybe not well but alive and here. Away from Snow. Safe. Here. With me. In a minute I can touch him. See his smile. Hear his laugh.
Haymitch's grinning at me. "Come on, then," he says.
I'm light-headed with giddiness. What will I say? Oh, who cares what I say? Peeta will be ecstatic no matter what I do. He'll probably be kissing me anyway. I wonder if it will feel like those last kisses on the beach in the arena, the ones I haven't dared let myself consider until this moment.
- Mockingjay, Chapter 12
Now other than the fact that this quote absolutely breaks my heart because it happens right before Katniss finds out Peeta was hijacked, it's such a cute one. And a very typical 'teenage girl thinks about the boy she likes' kind of quote. Katniss is literally fantasizing about a romantic reunion between her and Peeta that involves touching him, seeing his smile, hearing his laugh, and kissing him. And after she finds out about his hijacking, the possibility that he might not love her anymore devastates her.
I've always been of the opinion that Katniss fell in love with Peeta during Catching Fire. She cared about him a lot by the end of the first book, but Catching Fire is when the lines between fake love and real love began to really blur for her. And the fandom darling Finnick seems to think that too.
"It's just that I didn't understand when I met you. After your first Games, I thought the whole romance was an act on your part. We all expected you'd continue that strategy. But it wasn't until Peeta hit the force field and nearly died that I - " Finnick hesitates.
I think back to the arena. How I sobbed when Finnick revived Peeta. The quizzical look on Finnick's face. The way he excused my behavior, blaming it on my pretend pregnancy. "That you what?"
"That I knew I'd misjudged you. That you do love him. I'm not saying in what way. Maybe you don't know yourself. But anyone paying attention could see how much you care about him," he says gently.
- Mockingjay, Chapter 11
It's canon that Katniss fell in love with Peeta. However well done it was is up to a person's own opinion but they've been set up as the main romantic subplot since the moment Peeta was revealed as "the boy with the bread". Suzanne Collins had probably been planning on making them endgame since the first book. (I will never understand how people read these books and were shocked that they ended up together).
"Peeta forced Katniss to have children"
Now, i'll be the first to admit that this quote is by far not the best to come out of Katniss and Peeta's relationship.
They play in the Meadow. The dancing girl with the dark hair and blue eyes. The boy with blond curls and gray eyes, struggling to keep up with her on his chubby toddler legs. It took five, ten, fifteen years for me to agree. But Peeta wanted them so badly.
- Mockingjay, Epilogue
I understand why people take issue with this. I really do. But I think immediately jumping to the conclusion that Peeta forced her to have kids is pretty extreme, with how vague the entire epilogue is. Katniss doesn't say that. She only says that it took her a long time to agree. This could mean that he brought up the idea of having children a few times in the beginning only to be rejected, and Katniss changed her mind years later. Or it could also mean that he never said anything about it but Katniss could just tell from other ways how badly he wanted them. With how vague it is, it's up to interpretation. And considering how much Peeta hated the whole thing with Katniss having to pretend to be in love with him, I can't see him trying to force her to have kids that she didn't want. And there IS evidence to point to Katniss getting some joy out of their children as well.
When I first felt her stirring inside of me, I was consumed with a terror that felt as old as life itself. Only the joy of holding her in my arms could tame it.
- Mockingjay, Epilogue
No one has to ship Peeta/Katniss. I was a hardcore shipper back in the day and I still love them, but even I can admit that there are unhealthy aspects in their relationship. The extreme co-dependency and the fact that they both constantly put the other on a pedestal. But man, I wish people would quit bringing up arguments that hold no weight just for the sake of hating on them.
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FULL TAC FT. LIL MARIKO - WHERE'S MY JUUL??
[6.11]
Do we choose rule, or do we choose suck?
Alex Clifton: Juuls. Juuls. Juuls. Oh my god, Juuls. [7]
Katie Gill: It's a little bit telling how all the comments on the YouTube video are comparing this song to other meme songs and not talking about the merits of the song itself. Still, there will always be a place in the world for meme songs that are serviceable memes but less than serviceable songs that teenagers can obnoxiously quote on the bus. "Where's My Juul" fits that niche perfectly. I expect a fleet of TikToks featuring people lip-syncing to this and will be very disappointed when this inevitably doesn't happen because I am out of touch with the youth. [6]
Kalani Leblanc: I can see there's already an abundance of blurbs submitted for this song, and the number will have risen by the time I finish this. After thinking so hard about how to go about being the fifteenth person to say "It sounds like "Shoes"," I'm realizing it's not really "Shoes" anyway. While they're both jokes that bear a resemblance in the thrash of a breakdown, "Where's My Juul??" is also listenable. The comparison is getting tired because it's like did anyone listen to "Shoes"? As a song? In earnest??? While this is not an entirely impressive piece, no concerto or FKA Twigs production, it's enough. Since 2006, we've been making everything into jokes, so it makes perfect sense. Nicotine-induced freakouts would've been the subject of an after school special ten years ago, but now they're joke material for hypebeasts and others on Twitter. Lil Mariko makes an impressive case while trying to find her Juul; I can't find anything this song did wrong, sorry. [8]
Will Adams: The mid-song 0-to-11 ramp is what takes this past the mean-spiritedness of "#Selfie" and the meme-spiritedness of "Phone" into effortless "Shoes"/"Let Me Borrow That Top" absurdity. The Juul is a placeholder; sub in any other monosyllabic cultural artifact, and Lil Mariko's rage against Full Tac's electroclash-y beat would cut through just as effectively. "Sorry, guys!" she says at the end, except there's nothing to apologize for. [7]
Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: I wrote 20 pages about Juul culture in 2018 so I should in theory be the exact target audience for this. Yet "Where's My Juul??" doesn't really click for me. It's charming and funny in parts (Lil Mariko's spoken verses, which transmit nervy anxiety and barely restrained fury effectively) but the hook, which takes up most of the very long minute-forty-five, is comedy via brute force principles: repeat a phrase enough and it will transfigure into a joke. [5]
Brad Shoup: About as funny as the related TikTok meme, though not as menacing, surprisingly. I wish so badly that Full Tac had gone full hardcore -- or even brostep! -- but am glad that Lil Mariko's Danny Brownian ad-libs and sudden reversals grind "#SELFIE" into the dirt. [7]
Oliver Maier: I need not catalogue the myriad ways in which this is transparently designed to blast off on TikTok -- you would probably know better than me -- but that cynicism detracts from "Where's My Juul??" for me. There's none of the spontaneity or sense of genuine fun that animates certain other genre-agnostic, threat-spewing, extremely online weirdo duos, more savvy than it is genuinely silly. It's not badly executed, but I felt like I got the picture before even hitting play. [4]
Will Rivitz: I get this is supposed to be more meme than song, but I so wish it had leaned into the latter for more than half its runtime. The "FUCK!!!" at the beginning of its second chorus is worth at least a [7] on its own, and its redlining nu-metal production is such a tight fusion of XXXTENTACION's sonic fingerprint and simplified TikTok trap that I'm surprised the "oh my God" ad-libs aren't followed by a "Ronny." As it stands, "Where's My Juul??" and its just-a-little-too-long interludes that grate after listen number four or so functions as a sort of "Thrift Shop" for the current day, a track defined by its novelty that we as an Internet music-Twitter hivemind all agree was genuinely good about five years after it's exited the public consciousness. It deserves more. [8]
Ian Mathers: Both less musically compelling and with less of a point than "Can I Get a Box?". [5]
Katherine St Asaph: It's kind of amazing how it took seven years for Rebecca Martinson to release her debut. [1]
Nortey Dowuona: Lil Mariko is actually kinda weird in the lol so random funny way that people think that [insert overrated white comic who had a Comedy Central show] is and has a really great metal screaming voice. I don't know who made this dull approximation of Kenny Beats and Pi'erre Bourne, nor do I care. Lil Mariko will hopefully get a recurring cameo role on Nora From Queens and get her own show from that. [5]
Mo Kim: The best joke here is the escalation of nonchalance (hey, where's my Juul?) into something desperate, and therefore dangerous: it hits like the drop in a rollercoaster when Lil Mariko finally breaks out the deep-throated metal screams, but the moment wouldn't have half the thrill without the masterful way she gradually ups the heat on the song's first chorus before that. Both of her spoken monologues, where she merges Valley Girl affect with murderous menace, only sweeten the deal. [8]
Ryo Miyauchi: "Where's My Juul??" gets spiked with an infectious dose of adrenaline when it suddenly turns a lot more aggro than you'd expect from a meme-y cross-section of Rico Nasty's mosh-pop and PC Music's ironic bubblegum. The demented beat stings with a pungent metallic sourness, and while her Valley Girl accent scans as an obvious put-on, Lil Mariko's blood-curdling scream is legitimately hair-raising. The song rapidly combusts, ensuring the joke doesn't overstay its welcome. [7]
Joshua Lu: Yes, hearing the unassuming Lil Mariko scream and snarl over a missing Juul is intrinsically funny, especially accompanied by a music video that knows exactly how to push the limits of its concept. But the real strength of "Where's My Juul??" lies in its sheer relatability. The title could be anything -- where's my wallet, my phone, my eraser -- because anyone who has ever misplaced anything can relate to the escalating panic and rage in not only the cataclysmic vocals, but also Full Tac's discordant production. Also crucial to the song is its sense of plot, as it steadily progresses from confusion to blame to outright violence. The ending, though predictable (Lizzo used the exact same twist not that long ago), is a necessary denouement, as it provides the moment where everyone involved can look back on the last minute and a half of chaos and laugh. [8]
Iain Mew: As a song structure trick, I love the fake-out final verse, those ones that seem like something slowly developing before the artist brutally cuts it off for the chorus or instrumental to come back stronger than ever; the "Don't Speak" and "Your Best American Girl" kind of thing. The key moment of "Where's My Juul??" comes in taking that same trick to a ludicrous, brilliant extreme. It has a drawn-out, jittery verse, a cartoon scowl of a chorus, and then one question into verse two it veers straight into swearing, screaming and fucking everything up. That's perfect enough that it would ideally be even shorter than it ends up. [7]
Kylo Nocom: Full Tac and Lil Mariko do in less than two minutes what took Justice five. The gimmick is the least fun part, and judging by my sample size of BigKlit's "Liar" and Full Tac's very own "CHOP" the producers behind this might not even be as funny as this video would imply. But I've long settled with music that's good on the merits of just being fun; when the production here is layered with discordant guitar sampling, analog drum kits, and distant screams of "piss!" and "fuck," I'm willing to buy into the ugliness. [8]
Joshua Minsoo Kim: Full Tac returns with another take on "Liar," succeeding because the goofy conceit here finds an appropriately goofy (that is, unexpected) vocal performance. Part of the appeal is how "Where's My Juul??" could sit comfortably alongside songs from Rico Nasty and Rina Sawayama, but has the appeal of shoddy viral videos from yesteryear. It's that "Kombucha Girl"-type reaction it's striving to elicit, and it accomplishes that as soon as the screaming starts. The best detail, though, is the most subtle: the moment Lil Mariko stops herself from saying "who" and politely asks "have you seen it?" [7]
Michael Hong: Have you ever been dragged to a party only for your only friend to disappear, leaving you to mingle with a group of people you don't know? And one person makes a comment so absurd that you just giggle along with the rest of the group even though you're not really sure if they're layering their statement with even a hint of irony or if there's something much more unsettling lurking underneath? But the jokes are getting more and more uncomfortable and suddenly fewer people are laughing along, instead furtively glancing across each other with an exasperated look as if to say "is this person for real?" And instead of backing away, that person instead starts doubling down, getting more and more aggressive, screaming across the room for what feels like hours and surely people must be ready to head out. Instead, when you finally catch a moment to glance down at your phone, you find that only two minutes have elapsed since you arrived and you realize that not even a quarter of the time has passed before your ride will come and you can leave this godforsaken party. You have absolutely no choice but to continue standing in the group in discomfort, waiting for this moment that feels like an eternity to finally finish, with the only background noise being the stereos blaring what sounds like someone's first attempt at using GarageBand. [0]
Crystal Leww: While I was digging through "likes" on SoundCloud, I noticed that a friend of mine had liked "Baby Let Me Know" by Full Tac, which sounds like the synth heavy dreamy pop that was popular at the beginning of last decade. I did not stick around for "Where's My Juul??" so imagine my surprise today when I turned this on and it's umm, screaming. A consistent genre as an essential part of an up-and-coming artist's brand is less essential than ever, especially in an age where (waves hands) dance music has eaten itself alive in its swirling storm of troll energy. Chaos in and of itself is a brand -- from 100 gecs to Alice Longyu Gao's dueling sister tracks "Rich Bitch Juice"/"Dumb Bitch Juice" to any DJ Bus Replacement Service set, it has fully infiltrated dance music. How this goes from sweetly threatening to full-on psychotic and back to cutely apologetic is chaotic so yes, I think Full Tac could make some noise (both in creating a fanbase and also like literally) with this. [8]
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Freelee has been following your YT template again, looks like she probs got rid of the lab
Semi following my template in 2019 by doing call out vids. Putting text in thumbnails is dumb though. Look at the biggest most viral vids on her channel or any channel on youtube - NO TEXT! (people want to see flesh or epic shit. Not text!)
 I remember in 2011 telling her to do a call out vid against phill defranco but she didnt. BIG op lost there because he did leave a comment on her video calling her a cunt lol. FL was like âI leave the drama vids to you, I just do educational stuff...â but once she started doing drama style vids like pissing in a bucket, jenna marbles is fat, 100lb virgin weight loss, watch me shower naked etc then she blew up and because she had a weight loss message in there and looked the part her female audience grew very quickly. Then when she wanted to âbe herselfâ and ditch the banana name I gave her and do ASMR vids and hairy legged huntsman inspo vids people left in droves because that is not what they initially subscribed to.
Look at all her biggest hitting vids. They all have flesh in the thumbnail. That is my template. Show as much skin as possible or make it as sexual as possible BUT dont make it too sexual because it is Youtube still...
Cleavage, side boob, thigh gap, long legs, naked back shot, bikini - these are all what I push any female youtuber to do if she wants to build a career and its work for them all who do it consistently.It is good to see her doing a few videos this year to try and catch back the lost ground her career has experienced because she listened to the wrong people who thought they knew what they were talking about but never had any real life examples to prove their template worked. They were just talking from a place of ego vs experience.
If you got that many subs then you really need to pull a finger out and deliver. Thats a fucking big number of people looking for a role model every day to tune in with and learn from.Â
That was always a constant source of debate in our relo was that I felt she was just slacking off delivering to her audience. It did my head in and I couldnât handle being around someone with so much potential but was just getting lazier and lazier by hiding behind perfection so she didnât have to take action.
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Lie Detector | Weekly Idol! Kang Daniel
genre: fluff
member: Kang Daniel (ft. GOT7's Jackson, Hyungdon, Defconn)
requested: yes
a/n: when I saw the request, it reminded me when Jackson got shipped with Youngji, so it's inspired by that ep! Thank you for requesting anon! Hope you like it! Sorry for the random and ugly girl group name lol
summary: you were invited at 2017's Weekly Idol Award Special, but you didn't know that your crush were invited too.
"What's the schedule for tomorrow, Yoonji?" you asked your manager as you got into your van after you finished your individual schedule of filming Running Man.
The filming took one night and two days because it was filmed in Busan and it would be aired for two weeks. It was ten at night when you were on your way back to Seoul from Busan, feeling sore all over your body. You were exhausted, but nothing could make you happier than being busy.
Yoonji opened her phone to see her planner from the front seat of the van. "Tomorrow you have another individual schedule. 2017's Weekly Idol Award Special filming."
You were a member of a 4-member girl group called White Clover which made its debut two years ago, but you had just recently gone viral this year with the amazing individual talent you showed in Weekly Idol, earning you various CF and variety show offers. So when Weekly Idol offered you to be a guest in their award special, you immediately accepted. You were really thankful to the show because it helped you gain your popularity.
"Do you know who else are invited?" you asked, yawning as your fatigue took over you.
Yoonji shook her head. "The article will come out early in the morning before the filming. You can check it tomorrow. Just sleep now. You need a lot of rest. We're still a long way from home."
And the moment you leant your head against the headrest, you drifted off to sleep.
***
You blinked your eyes twice before re-reading the article's headline.
GOT7's Jackson, Wanna One's Kang Daniel, and White Clover's Y/N to guest on 2017's Weekly Idol Award Special
Was this even real? You couldn't believe your own eyes until one of your group members barged into your room and excitedly shoved her ipad towards you.
"Y/N! I can't believe how lucky you are! You'll get to meet Kang Daniel!" Yena shouted happily, scrolling the article and reading the news out loud.
You giggled at her. "I know, Yena. I've read the article."
You pretended to be calm in front of Yena, but actually your heart was beating very loudly. The four of you were big fans of Produce 101 Season 2. Whenever you didn't have any schedules, you would sit in the living room and watch the show together in your dorm. You and Yena had been rooting for Daniel since the very first episode, so you were really happy that he made it to Wanna One. And the two of you had been wanting to meet him since then. You had never expected that you would star on the same show with him.
After noting Yena's message to Daniel in your mind, you set off to the hair and makeup salon to get you prepared. Your stylist also picked a nice autumn dress for you to wear, with pants underneath because you knew Hyungdon and Defconn would obviously ask you to dance.
As you got off the van in front of the MBC building, you were surrounded by reporters and fans taking photos of you and you posed to the cameras out of habit. You spotted there were a lot more GOT7 and Wanna One fans than yours, but it was a given because they were a lot more popular so you didn't feel that envious.
When you arrived at the waiting room, you greeted all the staffs to thank them for inviting you. And then you greeted Hyungdon and Defconn, more joking than catching up with each other. You were pleased to meet them again on the show.
Next, you went to greet Jackson. You were nervous at first, because you had never met him in real life before and he was your big senior. But he was actually a lot friendlier than you thought, so you lost track of time when you talked with him. A few minutes left before the filming started, you realized that Daniel had been waiting for you to finish your talk with Jackson because he wanted to greet you.
"Sorry for making you wait," you said to Daniel after you two greeted to each other.
Daniel laughed. "It's nothing."
You suddenly were reminded of Yena's message. "Ah, do you know Yena? My member?"
"Of course I know all of White Clover's members. I like to listen to your songs," he said while smiling brightly.
You blushed. "Thanks a lot. I like all of Wanna One's songs too. Actually, the four of us are big fans of Produce 101 Season 2. Yena and I voted for you. So she wants me to relay her message. She said, I've been wanting to say this since a long time ago but I haven't had the chance. Congratulation on debuting. I hope Wanna One will be even more successful next year."
Daniel mouthed 'wow' before saying, "Can you say my thanks to her? And thank you to you too. I also hope White Clover will hit it big in the future. Let's work hard together."
Then the PD asked you to standby because the filming had started. After Hyungdon and Defconn's short opening, they called your name and you walked on the red carpet. You were asked to dance your dance that had gone viral, so you did, thanking yourself that you wore pants. They questioned you a little bit about what you were up to these days and the works you had been doing lately before calling Jackson, who entered extravagantly with a tumbling. And after a short interview, Daniel was called and was forced to do the thigh sweeping dance again. Jackson attempted to copy him and it was hilarious that you were laughing out loud.
Before reading the awards, there was a random play dance, including all the three group's songs. The one who danced to the most songs would get the privilege to read the first two awards. You knew instantly that you would lose because you didn't memorize that many boygroup dances. Their dances were really complex and difficult to follow.
However, the PD played Produce 101 Season 2's "Nayana" as the first song for the random play dance. You instantly took your position behind Daniel, who was in the center. You memorized "Nayana", so it wasn't a big deal for you. And the next one was your song. You were greatly surprised when you saw Daniel dancing along to your song. You didn't think he would know the song, much less the choreography. Somehow, it made you really happy.
In the end, Jackson amazingly won the random play dance by dancing funnily and got approved by Hyungdon and Defconn. After he read the two awards, he suggested to play a game again. And you got nervous when the infamous lie detector machine entered the set.
You remembered watching Jackson's Weekly Idol episode where he got shipped with Youngji because of the lie detector. Judging from his wicked look, you knew that he wanted to take his revenge now. And you had a bad feeling about that.
"I have something I want to confirm from what I saw back in the waiting room," Jackson announced as he held the lie detector.
Hyungdon asked, looking very excited, "And what is that?"
Jackson put the lie detector in front of you and grinned widely. "Do you see Kang Daniel as a man?"
You grimaced at the question. It was the sign that the situation would lead to what had happened during Jackson and Youngji's episode. The history would repeat again. But there were so many cameras in front of you, so you could do nothing but play.
"Yes," you answered and put your hand on the lie detector. This question wasn't that strong, so it would be fine to admit it in front of the cameras. Besides, people would think you had gone crazy if you answered no.
The lie detector pinged, indicating that you were saying the truth. Relieved, you retracted your hand from the lie detector and Jackson put the machine in front of Daniel, asking him the same question that he had asked you.
"Of course it's a yes," Daniel answered confidently, earning a whistle from Jackson.
You were blushing uncontrollably at this point that you had to lower your head so your reddened face wouldn't be caught on camera. Jackson then put the lie detector in front of you again and asked the question that took you by surprise.
"Have you ever liked Kang Daniel as a man?" Jackson laughed excitedly, his laughter resembling a hyena's.
This was the exact question Jackson and Youngji had been asked before. You remembered they both had answered yes and the lie detector pinged. So you suspected that maybe the lie detector would only said it was the truth regardless.
"No," you lied. You actually had been crushing on Daniel for a while since the audition program. But for the sake of your fans and his fans, you should answer no. And it's not like you wanted to confess your feelings in front of the people like this.
"Ay, you're lying," Jackson said, shaking his head as he clicked the button on the lie detector.
And just like what he said, the lie detector gave you an electric shock, causing you to jump and retract your hand abruptly due to the pain. The lie detector detected your lie and Jackson and the two MCs rejoiced. Greatly embarrassed, you could only hide your face with your hands.
"Have you ever liked Y/N as a woman?" Jackson asked Daniel eagerly.
Daniel glanced at you before he answered, "Yes."
Your face was probably as red as tomato now. And after the lie detector detected that Daniel was saying the truth, your blood rushed to your face, reddening it even more.
"You two should just go out with each other already," Hyungdon teased. Jackson and Defconn went along with him and sang you a wedding song. They didn't stop teasing you until the end of the filming.
After finishing the filming, you approached Daniel, feeling the need to explain about earlier because you're worried that things would be awkward between the two of you.
"Hey, Daniel. About earlier, the lie detector was just messing around with us. It's not true." You almost winced at the ridiculous excuse you made up.
Daniel raised a brow. "Really? I wanted it to be true, though."
His response was totally unexpected and you were completely taken aback. "What?"
Shoving his phone towards you, Daniel smiled. "Let's exchange phone numbers."
a/n: hahaha this was fun! I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it!
#wanna one#wanna one scenarios#wanna one imagines#wanna one fluff#kang daniel scenarios#kang daniel imagines#kang daniel#kang daniel fluff#produce 101#produce 101 scenarios#produce 101 imagines
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Anonymous | pt. vi [final]
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Scenario: Tumblr AU Pairing: Chanyeol/Reader Word Count: 3804 Rating: T
Summary: Can you fall in love with someone youâve never met? You just shot to tumblr fame when the latest chapter of your webtoon went viral. Messages start flooding in â hundreds of people saying things good and bad alike. One anon catches your eye, and you find you just have to reply to themâŚ
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[6:44 PM] Jia: so have you replied yet? [6:51 PM] You: no [6:53 PM] Jia: itâs been three days the poor guyâs probably a shell of a man by now [6:54 PM] You: jIA [6:54 PM] You: HEâS AN IDOL [6:54 PM] Jia: oh yeah i forgot that means he doesnât have a heart [6:55 PM] You: ugh stop [6:55 PM] You: okay maybe i should [6:56 PM] Jia: you should [6:56 PM] Jia: you will [7:09 PM] You: fine, i will
EXOâs Chanyeol meets with fan?
Last night, photos of a certain idol meeting with a woman at night were posted on a blog. Since then, the photos have been removed from that site, but you can see them here. Chanyeol is wearing a black hoodie in an attempt to avoid being recognized but his face is clearly visible in the photo.
But, the photo is taken from opposite Chanyeol, so we canât see who the woman is.
cr. to anonymous
[10:04 PM] You: hey [10:04 PM] You: iâm sorry i kept you waiting so long [10:05 PM] You: i honestly didnât know how to respond to that? [10:06 PM] You: even looking at the message is making me freak out >.<
C is typingâŚ
[10:07 PM] C: itâs okay :) [10:08 PM] C: i wasnât expecting anything donât worry [10:08 PM] C: i just wanted to get it out [10:09 PM] C: i hope itâs not too weird now [10:11 PM] You: itâs a little weird but i think iâll manage [10:11 PM] You: thank you for being honest [10:12 PM] You: you understand if i need some space, right?
[11:22 PM] C: yeah no problem
Anonymous asked: You arenât safe from us. Stay away from him
Anonymous asked: We know itâs you
Anonymous asked: Bitch leave Chanyeol alone
ssih943
You arenât following this user. Do you want to report spam?
ssih943: Itâs me again!
ssih943: Your biggest fan :)
ssih943: If you havenât guessed already, I was the one who took those photos
ssih943: Youâre welcome
Posted on 3 December with 203 notes
strawberryshortcakecomic:
Hi everyone! So Iâm sure all of you know about the issue with me and a couple of anons that were giving me a hard time. I donât want to confirm or deny anything in particular because it might trigger more hate, whatever I say, so Iâm going to make this my last post on the topic. Iâm also not going to answer any asks about this issue, the photos that were uploaded, or C. I hope you all can understand and help me sort this out on my own. Thank you!
[9:33 AM] You: hey you there, can i talk to you? [9:49 AM] You: chanyeol?? [10:14 AM] You: are you there?
Posted 4 December with 66 notes
justanothershortcake:
Firstly, I swear Iâll get back to the theories as soon as this gets cleared up. I want to say Iâm really worried about S (Iâm sure you all are too). So I thought letâs get together and do our thing and find out who this anon is. And get them to back off once and for all.
Meanwhile, letâs send her supportive messages! Fighting! ~
justanothershortcake:
A lot of you have been sending in messages about the reblogs on her posts. So far we have a bunch of users that have reblogged her posts with mean comments, but thereâs only one anon thatâs been uploading the photos/doxxing, and so far all of them just seem like regular blogs, half of them donât even post SS. Keep looking guys!
sshortcakess:
Okay so I tried this thing
The blog that posted the photos? I traced it to a dead facebook account that had a few leftover posts. Aaaaand in the photos section, thereâs a screenshot (unrelated) where in the corner you can see this icon
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Which is for HideMe VPN. I cracked up, HideMe is The Worst VPN ever, this person must WANT us to find them.
So HideMe is specific to Korea, I know that much. And it offers five countries to hide your IP: the USA, the UK, Netherlands, Romania and Japan.
Coming to the next part of my plan: the SS blog has a pageview counter! So we can see whoâs logged on and when. Iâm going to monitor the pageview counter and see if there are any visitors from the HideMe countries. There are actual legit visitors from these countries I know, but I'm going to see if any of them correspond to the hate comments. Iâll update with progress as I go!
If any of you want to help me stakeout, youâre welcome to join! Shoot me a message on here or on my twitter.Â
justanothershortcake:
^^ This is an excellent idea! Shortcakes, please help El @sshortcakess out, I really think this might work!
sshortcakess:
Itâs been a couple of hours and a lot of you have messaged me wanting to help, so thank you, guys! So far we have 130 hits from Japan (lol good luck with that), 30 or so from the USA, and 12 from the UK. Iâm trying to see if I can message S and ask if anyone has sent anything recently.
Since this is a stalker anon Iâm guessing theyâll be obsessively checking Sâs blog, and since theyâre from Korea obviously and S is also from Korea, theyâll most probably be checking from about 9am to 12am KST (UTC +9), because thatâs when S is online. Sorry, my psych major is showing, hehe. Iâll try this and then update.Â
sshortcakess:
Update: S replied to me! She said the blogs oo3043j and ssih943 have both been messaging her pretending to be the âstalkerâ. Theyâre both empty bot-like blogs but Iâm looking around for something I can use to track them.
Iâve created a fake tumblr to follow both of those blogs, because they like every single one of Sâs posts and I can try to get a read on where they are.
More updates to come!
[1:12 AM] C: sorry, i was on a flight! [1:13 AM] C: going to be a bit busy for the next few weeks, comeback promotions [1:14 AM] C: hey now that you know who i am, you can listen to our music!
[1:55 AM] You: oh donât worry, i understand :) [1:55 AM] You: take care of yourself please ~
[3:23 AM] C: i will!
[12:15 PM] You: hey! [12:15 PM] You: we havenât talked in a few days, is everything good?
[3:35 PM] C: oh sorry, S [3:35 PM] C: iâve been really busy! promotions are tiring me out a lot [3:35 PM] C: i hope you can find it in your loving, generous heart to forgive me T_T
[3:59 PM] You: lol donât worry! [4:00 PM] You: i hope youâre taking care of yourself
[5:19 PM] You: hey, chanyeol?
[5:26 PM] You: jia, do you think heâs avoiding me? [5:27 PM] You: sent a photo [5:27 PM] You: i mean he did say he was busy but itâs been three days [5:28 PM] You: and he wanted me to text him
[5:46 PM] Jia: okay Y/N to be honest [5:46 PM] Jia: youâre as thick as a wall sometimes [5:47 PM] Jia: firstly you stomped all over his love confession [5:47 PM] Jia: then you asked him to âgive you spaceâ, which he did, like some kind of unearthly gentleman [5:48 PM] Jia: now youâre bothering him during comeback promotions and expecting him to reply as usual??? [5:48 PM] Jia: donât you think youâre being sort of selfish? [5:48 PM] You: well when you put it that way⌠[5:49 PM] Jia: and heâs STILL being nice to you [5:50 PM] Jia: damn you have it good [5:50 PM] You: i guess i am being kind of selfish ;-; [5:51 PM] You: but i donât know what to do [5:52 PM] You: i just want things to go back to how they were when we started talking [5:52 PM] You: everythingâs just happening too quickly [5:53 PM] You: the stalker, the hate, his confession? [5:53 PM] You: i donât think i want this [5:55 PM] Jia: okay letâs take this one step at a time [5:56 PM] Jia: the stalker and the hate? you canât do anything about that right now [5:56 PM] You: youâre right [5:56 PM] Jia: but with chanyeol? you can! [5:57 PM] Jia: do you want him or not? [5:58 PM] Jia: really think about it, because i donât think you guys will be able to keep in contact if you reject him
[6:06 PM] You: i donât know, jia [6:07 PM] You: i think i might like him too
Posted on 7 December with 166 notes
strawberryshortcakecomic:
Hey guys! Iâve been invited to a WEBTOON special fanmeet in Seoul this Saturday! If youâre there, Iâd really love to meet you! Youâll also get to see your other favorite authors, like mika-chan, essstar, and quimchi! The event will begin at 9 am (KST, of course) and if youâre lucky youâll get to have lunch with us! I look forward to meeting you all!
[6:17 PM] Jia: are you sure?
[6:21 PM] You: i donât know ;-; [6:22 PM] Jia: okay now the relationship queen (me) is going to ask you three questions [6:23 PM] You: go for it [6:25 PM] Jia: how often do you smile during your conversations? [6:26 PM] You: pretty often actually [6:26 PM] You: more than i thought i did [6:26 PM] You: does this mean i like him? oh no [6:27 PM] Jia: shhh iâm not done yet [6:27 PM] Jia: did you think he was attractive? [6:28 PM] You: what kind of question is that hahaha [6:28 PM] You: of course i did [6:30 PM] Jia: okay last question [6:30 PM] Jia: if you didnât know each other at all, and you met on the street [6:31 PM] Jia: pretend heâs not an idol just for this [6:32 PM] Jia: if he asked you out just like that without you knowing him, would you say yes?
Anonymous asked: youâre already having your second fan meet! Iâm so happy for you! I canât wait to see you there -hand anon xx
Ahaha I canât wait to see you too, hand anon! I hope youâve washed my autograph off so I can sign it again!
Anonymous asked: is C coming to your fansign lol 6v6
Iâm not discussing him sorry
jinhosgf asked: i printed out the entire first episode for you to sign this time! - hand anon xx
Ahhh why the first episode (itâs my least favorite) Iâll sign it for you, though! <3
[7:14 PM] You: you know, i think i would [7:15 PM] You: i would
[7:19 PM] Jia: you have your answer then. go get him! [7:19 PM] Jia: ;)
[7:45 PM] You: hey, chanyeol [7:46 PM] You: i really hate bothering you like this [7:46 PM] You: but itâs kind of important, can we talk?
[9:12 PM] You: chanyeol?
[10:55 PM] You: hey, you okay?
[1:06 AM] You: are you avoiding me? :(
Posted on 8 December with 29 notes
sshortcakess:
Okay! Update, finally. Iâve narrowed it down to three IP addresses that have been the most frequent visitors from the mentioned countries. A little bit of hacking (shhh, I learnt it in my White-Hat course, Iâm a licensed ethical hacker FYI) and Iâve confirmed that one of the three users is from Seoul! It has to be them, otherwise they wouldnât have been able to stalk S irl - she lives in Seoul. Thank you guys for all your help! I couldnât have done it without you!
tags: #iâd tag all of you but some of you wanted to stay anonymous #iâve told S that i found the stalker #weâll see if she replies #if sheâs okay with it #iâll investigate the identity of the stalker #hopefully stalker doesnât try to go to the fan meet #my post #strawberryshortcakecomic #strawberrystalkerscandal
[5:25 AM] C: iâm not avoiding you [5:25 AM] C: i told you iâm really busy, iâm not available to talk [5:26 AM] C: honestly, youâre being a little insensitive [5:27 AM] C: also, you rejected me and now you still want to be friends like nothing happened? [5:27 AM] C: iâm sorry but i canât do that [5:28 AM] C: either you want me or you donât [5:28 AM] C: donât do this to me. iâm stressed enough already
[8:13 AM] You: chanyeol iâm sorry i was sort of drunk and it was the middle of the night [8:13 AM] You: i didnât think you would take it like this
C is typingâŚ
[8:14 AM] C: thatâs no excuse [8:14 AM] C: if you were drunk, then you really meant what you said [8:15 AM] C: and you didnât think iâd take it like this? [8:15 AM] C: whatâs that supposed to mean? [8:16 AM] C: of course iâd take it like this [8:16 AM] C: you canât take advantage of me [8:18 AM] You: iâm really sorry please talk to me [8:18 AM] You: like i said, i have something important to tell you
[8:34 AM] C: i donât want to hear it right now [8:34 AM] C: iâd like it if you left me alone
Calling CâŚ
The person you have dialed has rejected your call.
Calling CâŚ
The person you have dialed has rejected your call.
Calling CâŚ
âChanyeol, are you there?â
Call ended 0:08
Calling CâŚ
This number is switched off.
Posted on 10 December with 12 notes
strawberryshortcakecomic:
Iâm at the venue! Itâs not time for the doors to open yet, but I see a lot of you here! I wanted to express my thanks to you all for coming and supporting me, despite the events of the past month. I feel a connection to all of you, and Iâm grateful I have you in my life.
tags: #s liveblogs #seoulwebtoonfanmeet
Posted on 10 December with 34 notes
sshortcakess:
On Sâs request, Iâve investigated the stalkerâs profile and identity. StrawberryStalker is 19-year-old Lee Da-eun from Seoul, and on top of harassing S, sheâs had three warnings for public misconduct and another two for underage drinking. Sheâs a sasaeng fan of EXOâs and has been seen at several of their showcases with âhateâ signs. She stalked EXOâs Sehun for a month when she was sixteen and spied on their dorms with a camera, which she was given disciplinary action for. You might have also seen k-articles about her leaking the dorm photos on her twitter.
tags: #weâre dealing with a pro here guys #sheâs not on the guestlist for the fanmeet according to webtoons #but you never know #S be careful! #strawberryshortcakecomic #strawberrystalkerscandal
[2:07 PM] You: just finished the fan meet + lunch :) [2:08 PM] You: it went so well [2:11 PM] Jia: iâm glad! [2:11 PM] Jia: sorry i couldnât make it [2:12 PM] You: no worries, youâre here in my heart <3 [2:13 PM] Jia: too cheesy [2:13 PM] You: i know [2:13 PM] You: so cheesy my stomach hurts [2:14 PM] Jia: lol [2:16 PM] You: hold on [2:16 PM] You: my stomach actually hurts? [2:17 PM] You: shit jia it hurts really bad [2:18 PM] Jia: oh my god, what did you eat? [2:19 PM] Jia: Y/N??? [2:21 PM] You: i didnât eat anything spoilt or bad if thatâs what youâre asking [2:22 PM] You: it was super spicy [2:22 PM] You: but nobody complained and theyâre all fine now [2:23 PM] Jia: hold on, iâll call you and talk you through it
Jia is callingâŚ
âHello?â
âShit, Y/N, you do not sound okay.â
âI feel...really nauseous. And - ugh -â
âDid you just throw up? Y/N? Shit!â
âOh my god, oh my god-â
âWhat is it?â
âJia, itâs blood, oh my god, I just threw up blood, what do I do?â
âOkay, calm down! Do you have any other symptoms?â
âI feel really lightheaded, and...andâŚItâs hard to breathe...â
âOh god. Y/N, hold on, Iâm calling an ambulance.â
âNo! Iâm fine!â
âYou are not fine, youâre throwing up blood!â
âIâŚâ
âY/N? Are you there?â
âY/N?â
âHang on, Y/N, the ambulance is on its way-â
You opened your eyes and immediately shut them. The light was too blinding. Groaning, you braced yourself and tried again.
The first thing you noticed was the cannula in your peripheral vision. Then, the steady beeping of something in the background. A pinch in the crook of your left elbow, which was held straight by a strap at your wrist.
âSheâs awake.â You tried to lift your head to find the source of the voice, but the movement was too hard. âHer face looks fine. Blood is clean. Blood pressure slightly below normal, but within the limits, so she should be fine. You donât need to worry.â
âOh, thank god.â That was Jia. âCan I go in?â
Something else was murmured, and then you heard two pairs of footsteps walk in and stop by your bed. An unfamiliar face leaned over you and pulled down your eyelids to examine your eyes.
âJia?â You croaked after the doctor had leaned away.
You felt her hand slip into yours. âY/N. Hey. Youâre okay now.â
âWhat happened?â Your throat felt ripped open and dry. You coughed. âCan I have some water?â
The doctor muttered something to Jia, then walked away. Her fingers rubbed soothing circles into your palm. âCyanide poisoning, Y/N. You were extremely lucky you survived.â
Your world stopped. âPoisoning? Cyanide?â
âYes. Someone messed with your food at the fanmeet.â
You couldnât wrap your head around it. â...Fanmeet.â
âYesterday. Youâve been in the hospital for a day and a half. You were in a coma by the time they got to you. It was still soon enough that they could find out it was cyanide poisoning. If they hadnât got to you in time, you would have died.â
âDied?â
âMhmm. They couldnât find out initially because I told them you had been throwing up blood. Turns out the blood and the stomachache were because you also swallowed glass powder in your food.â
Your blood ran cold; you felt dizzy. âIt was the stalker?â
Jia shifted closer. âLee Da-eun, right? She was at the fanmeet. It was her. Iâm sorry, Y/N.â She sighed. âIn a way, she also saved your life. If she hadnât put in the glass powder, you wouldnât have noticed something was wrong in time.â
You groaned again. âJia, thatâs not a good thing.â
âI know! I didnât say it was. Hey, are you sure you want to-â She winced as you shifted, moving stiffly, avoiding the IV sticking out of your arm.
With great effort, you sat up, leaning on your pillow. âIâm okay.â Then you looked to your right and froze. Slumped in a hospital chair, fast asleep, was Chanyeol, his hoodie pulled up over his bright red hair and his gangly limbs hanging off the seat. âWhatâs...whatâs he doing here?â
Jia gave you a soft smile. âHe came to see you,â she said. âHeâs been here all night.â You glanced at the clock - it was three in the early morning. Despite your fight, despite his busy life, had he really come here to see you?
âTell me Iâm dreaming.â At that, Chanyeol stirred. You watched as he blinked his eyes open and nearly fell out of his chair, scrambling back up at the last second.
He met your eyes. âYouâre awake.â His voice, deep and raspy from sleep, gave you an involuntary shiver. He looked at Jia. âSheâs awake.â
Jia smiled knowingly. âIâll leave you alone.â She stepped out quietly, shutting the door behind her. Now it was just you, Chanyeol, and an awkward silence.
You cleared your throat and started to speak at the same time as he did.
âThank you-â
âIâm sorry-â
You both burst into laughter, him into a nervous chuckle, you into a tiny giggle that ended with a cough. âYou first,â he said, eyes gentle, smile gentler, as he looked at you.
You blushed. âThank you for coming to see me. It means a lot. I know we werenât in a good spot, and youâre busy, but you still came. So thank you.â
âI would have come even if I was halfway around the world. I mean it.â He meant it. âIâm sorry I was rude to you earlier.â
You snorted. âYou? Rude? Yeah, and Iâm part of EXO.â
Chanyeol grinned, eyes twinkling. âSo Iâm forgiven?â
âThereâs nothing to forgive.â You smiled back.
A moment passed. âSo, are you going to tell me that important thing?â
Again, you felt heat rush to your face. âI, uh. I was thinking a lot. AndâŚâ
âAndâŚ?â
âIlikeyouback,â you said quickly, the words slurring. âAs in. I like you, the same way you like me.â
You hadnât seen anything more wonderful than the happiness that dawned on his face like the sun. His grin grew impossibly wider, his eyes turning into little half-moons. âYou do?â
âI do.â You bit your lip.
âWell, now I really hate myself for not listening to you earlier.â
You laughed, patting the side of the bed. âCome here.â He obliged, moving his chair closer until he was at the edge. You held out your hand, and he took it.
âI think we should start over,â you said slowly, and he nodded. âHi, Iâm Y/N, and Iâm your biggest fan.â
âHi, Y/N. Iâm Chanyeol. What a coincidence, Iâm your biggest fan too.â
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I really hate to announce this, but in the light of whatâs happened, I have to. I will be leaving tumblr to focus on real life and making SS better. However, Iâll still be posting on WEBTOON. After today, this blog will be deactivated.Â
To answer the hundreds of questions piled up in my inbox, hereâs a small FAQ:Â
What happened? Long story short, I was poisoned by the EXO sasaeng whoâd been stalking me and C for the past month. Sheâs in jail now. Iâm not in any more danger from her.
Am I okay? Yes! If it werenât for some incredible doctors, I would be dead right now. I was in the hospital for a few days, but now Iâm much better and Iâm back at home, ready to crank out the next few chapters of SS!
What about C? Let me just say that YoonJin isnât the only ship thatâs sailed. C is, in fact, Chanyeol from EXO, and here is an interview where he officially announces our relationship! Iâm excited to see where it goes, and for the next episode of my life.Â
What now? Well, the next update of SS, of course! Itâs up on WEBTOON!
I love you all so much and Iâll see you soon! <3
~ S
a/n: ahhhhhhh itâs OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Â
poll about possible sequel/spinoff: pls vote!
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Twitter Marketing 101: Proven Effective Ways to Grow Your Twitter Flock
Twitterâs 140 character limit requires much-distilled thinking and it can be frustrating especially if you are obsessed with using overly long sentences. However, your love to ���gabâ shouldnât hamper the wind beneath your businessâ wings. One of the best virtual assistants in the Philippines shared foolproof ways to leverage Twitter for your business. If you are serious about learning a few tricks for your tweets to impact your business while creating a loyal flock of followers, âperchâ on a comfortable spot and read on.
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ADVANCED SEARCH QUERY
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Keep it simple so you donât miss out on the tweets.
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âŚand a Video, too
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