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Boys Planet Episode 3-4 Recaps: Hot Sauce

If you’re following the MNET show Boys Planet, you probably know by now that the editors are extremely irritating. For a song “mission” like this, they show 2-3 minute montages of some of the teams practicing, then fast forward to show time passing, then make it look like the performance will start any moment, and then have a lengthy flashback before we finally get to see the performance. 

So, I made a main recap that takes you through episodes 3 and 4 in a linear way, but then when it comes to focusing on each team, I’ll put all those thoughts in a separate post so you can keep the storylines straight. This post is about the Hot Sauce teams’ rehearsal and performance. 

The Teams

K team:

Leader: Park Hanbin

Other members: Lee Dong Gun, Bak Do Ha, Choi Woojin, Park Hyunbeen, Park Ji Hoo

Lee Dong Gun is 17, auditioned with Criminal (wearing shoes), was ranked 43rd and then 44th, and has risen from 1 star to 2 stars. I think the judges were unreasonably cruel to him about his audition, for the record. 

Park Ji Hoo is 16, auditioned with Freak, was ranked 47th and then 49th, and has fallen from 4 stars to 3 stars. He’s the one that told Hui, “I just got here!” 

Choi Woojin is 18, auditioned with NuNu NaNa, was ranked 41st and then 46th, and has fallen from 3 stars to 1 star. 

Park Hanbin is 20, auditioned with The Real, was ranked 34th and then 36th, and has been 4 stars the whole time. He is the one with the blue hair. 

Park Hyunbeen is 17, auditioned with GBTB, was ranked 40th and then 50th, and has been 3 stars the whole time. 

Bak Do Ha is 20, auditioned with My House (blue shirt), was ranked 27th and then 25th, and has been 0 stars the whole time. He’s not good at anything, and yet you know exactly who I mean, right? 

Jang Min Seo is also there for the earlier rehearsals, with his longer blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail. He later had to leave the show, apparently due to knee injuries. This SHOW. 

G team:

Leader: Osuke

Other members: Nice, Cai Jin Xin, Chen Liang, Lin Shi Yuan, Ollie, Toui 

Osuke is 19 years old, auditioned with Crown, was ranked 63rd and then 69th, and rose from 1 star to 2 stars.  He’s Japanese. 

Nice is 22 years old, auditioned with Kokobop, was ranked 71st and then 63rd, and has been 0 stars the whole time. He’s Thai. 

Cai Jin Xin is 19 years old, auditioned with Reveal, was ranked 42nd and then 45th, has been 0 stars the whole time. He’s Chinese.

Chen Liang is 22 years old, auditioned with God’s Menu, was ranked 83rd and then 61st, and fell from 2 stars to 0 stars. He’s Chinese.

Lin Shi Yuan  is 24 years old, auditioned with God’s Menu, was ranked 89th and then 91st, and fell from 1 star to 0 stars.  He’s Chinese.

Ollie is 16 years old, auditioned with Kick It, was ranked 23rd and then 18th, and fell from 3 stars to 0 stars! Oh no!  He’s Chinese, but speaks English really well -- in fact, he seems more comfortable in English than other languages, and chooses English for most of his interviews.  

Toui is 19 years old, didn’t get to audition, was ranked 95th and then 93rd, ouch, and rose from the automatically assigned 0 stars to 1 star. He’s Japanese. 

Team Selection:

I think this is the fifth k-team picked, and might be the fifth g-team picked too. It’s hard to be sure.

Episode 3, 1:21:58

Part Selection 

Then they pick who will have the killing part, and they give it to little Ji Hoo, who specializes in facial expressions. 

On the K-side, the team decides to pick a leader. Bak Do Ha says he’s been a leader in student government, but Park Hanbin says he’s been a leader of musical teams at his agency. They hold a vote for leader, and no one votes for Bak Do Ha. Diplomatic Park Hyunbeen still says “Please put down your hands” so that DoHa wouldn’t know that no one had raised them. Awww. But Park Hanbin wins unanimously. He promises to push them hard, then gives a really cute smile. 

Meanwhile, over on the G-team, the drama is that the leader, Osuke, is the shortest one on the team, so he keeps disappearing from view. MNET lets us know this is very funny with their choice of background music. If you’re wondering, Osuke is apparently 5’5. 

Osuke interviews (in Japanese) that the other team has Park Hanbin, who has four stars, but his team has a combined total of 3 stars among them - so Park Hanbin alone could beat all of them. Aww.  

Skip to Episode 4, 1:21:37. It’s time for the teams to perform. 

Back stage, Seo Won says something that is translated as “Win scrumptiously.” 

The holy trinity of G-team hopes, Keita, Matthew, and Zhang Hao, watches hopefully. 

The K-team introduces themselves, and promise to do a delicious performance. Don’t know what that has to do with guns to their heads, but ok. Also, love how Bak Do Ha forgets to do it. He seems like a sweet guy, but boy, he can’t do anything right. 

Left to right: Choi Woojin, Bak Do Ha, Park Hyunbeen, Lee Dong Gun, Park Ji Hoo, Park Hanbin 

G-team introduces themselves as a restaurant of charms. We again hear about how tiny Osuke is, and then it’s time for a flashback.

Osuke is having trouble figuring out how to teach the choreo to the team by watching the video on the tablet, and I can’t blame him. I don’t know how people do that. Meanwhile, K-team is learning so fast. He interviews, straight up, “I think my team will lose.”

That’s Osuke in green and Toui in yellow. Chen Liang has silvery hair and an eyepatch. There’s Nice, right behind Osuke (and looking down!!). It’s hard to see the others in this shot, but it should be noted that Lin Shi Yuan had red hair during his audition, but his hair is brown now (and it looks a lot better). 

Ollie steps forward and offers to help, and things begin moving. Ollie might be the youngest member, but, as he explains in his interview (in English), “We want to win, and we kind of have to work together to make the best stage we can.” In the end, Ollie becomes the dance teacher, and helps everyone a lot. 

Remember that Ollie is signed with Yuehua, which means that he trains with Zhang Hao and Han Yu Jin -- this is a kid who has actually studied choreography, and he was initially a three star. I suspect he may have failed his star level test because he either just sort of choked or was sick that day -- I've heard that if you were sick for the second level test they put you in zero stars automatically. Though he takes over as leader, he’s still sweet with his hyungs, and it’s nice to see. 

At dance rehearsal with kindly LipJ, they go up in pairs, one person from K and one from G. I get the feeling that they both performed as teams first and did decently, or else LipJ wouldn’t put them through this. Blue haired Park Hanbin from the other team dismisses Ollie as “nothing special,” but he’s laughing as he says it, so it easily could be a joke. I think Park Hanbin jokes a lot and doesn’t think about how people might interpret the things he says. I think MNET is trying to make me hate Park Hanbin, and I don’t like to do what MNET is telling me to do, so I’m going to fight it. 

But look at these two. It should be a really unfair match, given their ages and star levels, and yet….

I think Ollie is completely keeping up with Hanbin -- in fact, I think he nails some of the details even better than Hanbin does. LipJ’s comments obviously confuse Ollie, so she switches to English, which he seems to understand much better than Korean. She tells him, essentially, that he’s doing the choreo his own new way, but that she really likes it. 

At dress rehearsal, the judges are pretty impressed. They can’t believe that this is a team with five no-stars (it’s almost as if ya’ll sorted Ollie into the wrong pile!). The dancing seems to all be pretty good, and though Toui is having trouble with some of the high notes, the vocal masters tell him he’s doing ok otherwise, and to just focus on the last part more. It seems like good feedback, and in a fair world, this team might even have a chance to win. The judges also say that Osuke looks nice in the middle because he’s so short. 

As we head into the performance, Ollie gets the last word, in English: “I believe in my teammates.” 

Left to right: Osuke, Toui, Ollie, Lin Shi Yuan, Nice, Cai Jin Xin, Chen Liang 

As the performance begins, the judges say that they hope the trainees will show vigor beyond just skills, and I think I know what they mean -- they want to see dancing, not just execution of choreography. 

Overall, pretty good, Toui’s bad high notes aside! One of my favorite G-performances. You could believe they were having fun. Obviously, Ollie was one of the best, if not the best in terms of both dancing and performance; but he also showed decent vocals -- clear, and with signs of actual training. He’s ranked pretty well and I hope he survives so we can keep seeing more of him. Osuke was the best in terms of facial expressions throughout -- he’s really fun to watch in general, but his rapping tone was not the best. Lin Shi Yuan was arguably the best rapper, but kind of forgot to perform, which is a bummer since he was in the center a lot. Cai Jin Xin looked a little lost on stage sometimes, like he was counting his steps, but when he was the vocalist he remembered to show expression. Poor Toui -- stepping up to do some SM Agency style high notes on a team without a main vocalist. He did his best, ya’ll. I think if I were him I would have just not tried for that note -- just drop an octave or something, I don’t know. 

Biggest surprise: You guys, Nice not only didn’t look down the whole time, he actually looked upwards??? And showed all sorts of different facial expressions other than just dull surprise! It’s the first time since he came on the show that I understood why he was here. I think his fan cam is worth a peek. I’m not saying he’s the best performer to ever walk the earth -- just that he’s so much better than I would have guessed. Good job, Nice! You were the biggest surprise on this team, for me. 

At 1:29:56, we move over to K-team. 

The MNET editing focuses on Osuke’s charm and how natural and relaxed Ollie is. No one has a kind word to say about Nice, which is a shame because I feel like he made a leap forward from what we’d ever seen from him.

But yeah, overall, good job Hot Sauce G! 

We flashback to the boys’ dance rehearsal, not with the judges but on their own. Hanbin has gone full dance teacher on them, telling them to lift their arms more, elongate their angles, etc. But he doesn’t seem cruel or insulting in any way. He had warned them that it was going to be tough, but it really IS tough. He makes them dance one at a time with him, while the rest of the team watches to see what’s different. 

Bak Do Ha says, “He pulled us by our necks,” which probably sounds more normal in Korean.

Lee Dong Gun says, “I learned a lot from Han Bin hyung -- I learned what it really means to practice.”  

Choi Woojin says, “I was grateful we practiced 1-on-1.”  

At that big group evaluation where they all gave each other feedback, everyone is full of compliments for Ji Hoo and the team in general. However, there is a lot of negative feedback about main vocalist Donggun’s vocals, which seems well earned. Kid is ruuuuuullll off key. Hanbin says, essentially, that it’s natural Donggun would feel stressed out, but that he should try his best to stay relaxed. No one on this team is really a noted vocalist, and so Donggun is falling on his sword. I feel bad for people who have to take on the main vocalist when no one else will, even though maybe they also can’t sing. Hanbin even admits that he himself needs more practice, and the team almost can’t believe it. They’re aiming not just to beat G-group, but to win the whole thing and end up on M-Countdown. Hey, I love the ambition. 

Park Ji Hoo, who has the killing part, says he’s grateful for Hanbin’s good ideas, and adds, “He’s the best.”

There really isn’t any drama here, even though one of the team members had to leave the show and they had to scuttle to rearrange the choreo and parts probably a day or two before the show. There wasn’t drama because Hanbin is being exactly what he should be, as a leader. His feedback is firm but specific and fair. He doesn’t just yell at them to already be good dancers. He helps them be good dancers. He even coaxed accurate dancing out of Do Ha somehow. I don’t know why the psychopath dance teachers don’t do that, but then again, they are psychopaths incapable of basic human empathy. Hanbin at least knows that people perform better when they feel happy and confident. 

Left to right:Choi Woojin, Bak Do Ha, Park Hyunbeen, Lee Dong Gun, Park Ji Hoo, Park Hanbin 

The performance:

It’s great, actually, aside from Donggun’s pretty terrible vocals. It's too bad they didn't have anyone else better suited for the part -- I know he did his best, he's just not a vocalist. Ji Hoo is super charming, as dumb looking as his pointless goggles are (that’s not his fault). They all looked like they were having fun, and the choreography made sense when they were doing it. Park Hyunbeen, in the very shiny jacket, rapped pretty well.  Even Do Ha did ok with the dancing! Let the record show, this is what happens when you teach people a dance with respect and honesty instead of yelling at them and making them feel bad or passive aggressively hiding in staircases. 

Hanbin’s shirt raise felt kind of pointless but I won’t pretend it didn’t work on the crowd.

And he pulled it off with self-confidence, which is the most important thing about a shirt lift. I’d rather full confidence and not as good abs than the other way around. Luckily, Hanbin has both confidence and good abs so good for him! And pretty good vocals, too. 

Side note: why did K group get so much cuter of a background? (The reddish one is G, the greenish one is K)

Anyway, I don’t know if this team could have ever won against the Backdoor team when it came to the M-Countdown, but I do think that if their songs had been switched, and this team had had Backdoor and the other team had Hot Sauce, then maybe this team would have won. Backdoor is just such a great song and Hot Sauce is just noises and choreography. I swear, I like a lot of NCT songs, but this one just isn't it for me, personally, and I think it's harder to pull off. Backdoor is the kind of song that I think more people would like even if they weren't fans of the people performing the song.

Afterwards, the judges are full of compliments for the whole team, going so far as to basically compliment the show for casting so many talented trainees. 

The Results:

G: Toui 10 

Main Vocal

K: Lee Dong Gun 56

Sub Vocal 1

K: Park Hanbin 253

G: Ollie 60

Main Rapper

K: Park Hyunbeen 107

G: Lin Shi Yuan 12 

Sub Vocal 2

K: Choi Woojin 30 

G: Nice 6

Sub Rapper 1

K: Bak Do Ha 29 

G: Cai Jin Xin 54

Sub Vocal 3:

G: Chen Liang 10

Sub Rapper 2

K: *Park Ji Hoo* 143

G: *Osuke*  81

Final vote: 618 to 233

They don't actually tell us how many votes Chen Liang got, but we later on find out that the whole team had 233 total, so it would have to be 10 for Liang.

Hanbin is pretty surprised and happy about his high vote count.

He interviews that the audience liked it when he showed his abs, and I mean, they did. 

But poor Ollie had been hoping for better than 60 votes -- it’s just hard for a 16 year old to beat a 20 year old when it comes to sex appeal, and appeal in general. Ollie is super talented and I know he’ll land on his feet somehow. 

I’m happy for Osuke -- 81 votes is great for a G-team member. But once Ji Hoo’s score -- or as the subtitles called him here, “Ji Boo” -- was revealed, K team already had 296 votes, and it already was obvious which team would win. 

I’m surprised for the votes that both Lee Donggun and Toui got. I know 10 isn’t much but it’s more than I thought the trainee in last place would get! I think Lee Donggun has a lot of charm. 

Hanbin’s 253 is just six points below Kim Ji Woong’s 259 votes, so I guess the trick really is to show your abs! 

Oh, Nice looked like he was going to cry. Nice, you did a good job! I noticed you, sweetheart! 

Hanbin interviews that it was his first time as a leader (??? didn’t he say he’d done it before???) but that his team trusted him and didn’t quit, and he thanks them truly. 

Meanwhile, G-group is speechless with sadness. They just sit there, and you can feel their chests aching. Ollie begins to cry, and his hyungs wipe away his tears. The rest of them cry a bit too. 

Osuke interviews that he feels bad that as a leader he couldn’t do more for his team. But we all know that the deck was stacked against them. 

Ollie gets the last word, saying in English, “even if we don’t win, it’s ok. It was like, a really fun ride to go along.” 

And that's the end of this recap!

Also, this was the final song to be recapped (Love Me Right was in an earlier post.)

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Update: Hiatus ending soon...

{out of exile} Hey, everyone! I wanted to give you all a little update on what’s been going on behind the scenes with this blog. Nuada’s been quiet for a while now... almost 6 months... and for that I apologize. Real life has been rough on and off, and many of you know that Nuada is a difficult muse for me to write when my head is all screwy about real life problems, heh. Things are okay right now, summer classes start June 25th but I only have 35 students, so even though it’s an accelerated summer course, it shouldn’t be too much more of a drain on my free time. In theory. ;) Nuada has been slowly coming back to me over the past month or so, and I have worked on a few drafts. I haven’t made as much progress on drafts as I would like, but I do have an excuse for that which I think most of you would be happy about and deem acceptable. XD

For those who remember, about a year ago, I started working on a crossover fan fiction story, bringing together the worlds of Hellboy and Silent Hill. Basically, Nuada will enter Silent Hill, and the supernatural moral judgement that such a visit entails will test his convictions regarding his plan to eradicate humans. I couldn’t get the story to work, though, and after much deliberation, I shelved it for a while. Well, I’m writing it again, and it’s going very well! =D

My plan is to slowly get activity back on this blog by the end of this week, posting replies and memes again and getting to some of the starters and asks many of you have left for me in my ask box. When I finish the fanfic, I’ll be posting it here in chapters, and I’ll have a master post that will link to all the chapter posts for convenience. I’ll make a post after this one about the fanfic, asking you to like it if you want to be tagged in that master post once everything is finished and ready for you guys to read. It’ll be a little while yet, I’m about a third of the way through writing it just going by what I’ve mapped out, but it’s going well and fast, so it won’t be years or even many months, it’ll be in the near future. =)

I’m going to try to not put Nuada on a long hiatus again like I just did, which means I’ll keep him active along with my other muses from now. What that ultimately means is that activity may be slow at times, replies may take longer, memes/asks might get answered after a few days, and there may be lulls if I lose muse, depending on how busy my job and real life are. I think lower or sporadic activity all the time is better, though, than an extended hiatus to wait for the perfect time to bring him back. I’ve come to realize that there is no perfect time, haha, so I just need to keep him active along with my other muses and juggle him in with the mix. XD

[yan-enha]

n-nunu... *pulls away slowly and unsteadily* d-don’t give me breakfast...i’m not hungry anymore... *runs to my room and dives onto the bed, throwing on the covers cuz i don’t want him to see the mess i’m in and crying even more again as i remember the good memories i had with jaeyi* i-is this even real...? — 🥮

(nooooooooooo you should take better care of yourself, ivy!! ヽ(#`Д´)ﾉ ︵ ┻��┻ make sure to get lots of rest and drink water and honey and tea, and don’t worry about answering asks if you’re not feeling up to it. please promise to take better care of yourself or else!!! 😡😡)

Sunoo— *comes in the room and sits beside you . Starts caressing your back snoothingly* sugar pie , I know it's hard and I'm not telling you to just move on but do you think he would like if he sees you crying hmm? I know he's with us , watching over you. He'd hate to see you like this and so do I.”

[admin: I'm sorry😭😭 I am taking care of myself better I swear! I'm drink the tea , medicine , green tea , and a medicinal drink? Idk what you call that. I promise I'll take better care of myself! How are you btw😁]

[btswishes]

I will adopt you.

Monsta X (Shownu) hybrid au

Part1 / Part2 / Part3 / Part4 / Part5 / Part6 / Part7 / Part8 /…

A/N:  I know a lot of you like these series and I am taking too long with them. I am sorry, I just have to juggle university and this. I am still getting used to my program ,but I will try my best to find time to work on stories as well. For now texts and Shownu/Wonho scenarios will be my main. Sorry for any mistakes made and I hope you like this.  

Word count: 2,909

Warnings: I mean ,just normal 21 century teen cussing

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(I suggest you to listen to THIS as you read the chapter, thank you and enjoy)

  It had been already a full day since Shownu left in a hurry. You were beginning to get worried with each passing hour. The same way the sun rose, it started to set, without the familiar body frame walking around the house, or casting the usual shadow over you ,as you focused on your work. No matter how much you wanted to finish what you had planned for the day, it just wasn’t going to happen. Your mind was occupied by the empty feeling in the house and inside your heart.

  Your thoughts were drifting from darker to darker places, as you bit down on your finger nervously. “Where is he?” you fumbled around the pen in between your fingers. “Should I look for him?” a swift motion of your feet took you to the window again. It was the 15th time in the passed hour that you were staring outside, hoping he would come back home any minute. The previous night you left the window open just in case he returned, but in the morning to your disbelieve the bed was cold and empty. 

  4pm came and went, then 5 rolled up , 6 followed fast and 7 didn’t want to be left behind by its siblings, so it greeted you soon enough on the lit up phone screen. You were restless, tired and scared. He was strong, no doubt in that but somehow you kept forgetting that about him. Even if he was a hybrid or werewolf, to you he was just a confused tall ball of fluff that should have staid home. What if he is in danger! What if he is hurt.....what....what if he never comes home. The thought of him leaving was the last drop in the glass. It didn’t spill, on the contrary, it broke into millions of pieces representing all the different scary ideas you had.

  Putting on as many warm clothes as you could, you armed yourself with motivation to search for him, even if it meant days or unbelievable distances. The doorknob didn’t turn in your hand, as you remembered the howling winds. He left almost naked, I need to get him something! In a old backpack you hadn’t used in a long time , you put some of his clothes. Ready for a hunt, you ran out the apartment and into the cold winter storm. The moon was once more looking at you gently, trying to illuminate the path to your man.

  The streets were surprisingly full taking into consideration the temperature and the over all wind speed. You were walking fast and fierce through the piled up snow, blocking the wind with your arm in front of your face. It was all or nothing. 

8:30 pm waved at you from the city clock and you still weren’t successful in your search, not to mention nowhere near to that. Where could he have gone!? I looked everywhere! But you actually hadn’t. Your feet could take you only so far. He traveled with the speed of an unhuman animal and you walking like a baby compared to him. He could be in the Maldives at this point. Your body hit the wall of an alleyway, while you were hiding from the storm. The sound of the wind was muffling your deep breaths and blowing away the mist coming from in between your lips. You began to tremble, was it the cold or your aching heart? I am such an idiot! you felt the soft material of your mittens covering your eyes, as tears started to form and cool down your face. Why did I have to react like THAT! I should have just stayed calm and...and not done that. The feelings were strong and bubbling out of you. Your hands pulled away from your wet and red face and wrapped around yourself. What wouldn’t I give to hug him, to have him hug me right now. To say how sorry I am for making him misunderstand the whole thing. Your foot hit the ground aggressively a couple of times imitating a childish tantrum.

 Your behavior didn’t mirror your outside manners at all. You were an independent woman in all areas of your life. You wanted to feel safe, so you worked to have enough money to achieve that. Here you were though, alone in a dirty and dark alleyway, crying your eyes out begging to be treated like a child. Being strong takes you only that far. He was stronger, bigger and scarier than you, but the feeling of comfort and safety you felt being in his arms. Like a blanket that covered you, hiding your innocents, letting you be as childlike as you wanted without being judged, called weak or even treated as pray by other men.

  Your head hit the brick wall behind you, as you aggressively exhaled that air trapped in your throat by the waterfall of tears. A shiver went down your body as you tried to pull yourself and your emotions together. Usually it wasn’t something too difficult for you, but right now, in this very moment it was proving to be a challenge. Where are you! like a spell the words summoned the tears again, stronger than before. .....please..... the mittens were soaking up the emotions off your skin as best as they could. Your skin was red from all the rubbing. Everything was a big blurr in front of your eyes and inside. A mess simply said, waves of calmness and then sudden uproar or crying and begging. Had you ever been in such a state before, not to mention for a men you have known for not that long. I will be better I promise! We will go out more and and I will make you whatever you wanted to eat! Yes! And and....just come home pleaseeee, I need you. There was no amount of hitting or screaming that would change this.

  You were tired, no more tears just the trails left by them on your skin. Yet even they were cooling off like your heart and drying up by the cold wind finding its way in the tight alleyway. Calm and controlled, your heart beat followed your breathing ,while you were looking around the dirt and rocks around you on the ground. This stage was emptiness, no feeling, no care, just existence. I don’t want this to be true, I don’t want to accept that this isn’t going to change. I can...if i try harder. a hit of energy jolted you in a matter of seconds, maybe hope or denial Yes! If-if I try harder I can do this! hard work payed off for you so far many times, why not now?Yet your jaw clenched and your lip began trembling again NO! I am strong, hey! your hands slapped the irritated skin on your face I got myself from nothing to something! I just have to be strong, for both of us! Even!...even if he doesn’t want me anymore. Once more your emotions were somewhat under control. Closing your eyes you took a deep breath ,when it hitched, taking in a few gasps before it stops in your lungs, filling them only half way. As your body took in the cold oxygen, your cheek warmed up with a sliding motion towards your ear.

“You don’t have to be strong always.” even with closed eyes you knew, you felt it in your soul. Your arms trembled towards his and you grasped it firmly, tears streaming down again and again. “Why are you crying?” one hand turned into two as he cupped your cheeks 

“I- I am not, I am too strong for that!” you tired to prove an unexisting point 

“No you are not, you are acting. You have been hurt one too many times and now this is just a character you created to fool yourself and others. I can feel it.” his face came closer to yours till you felt his lips leaving a few butterfly kisses under and onto your eyes, cleaning the tears “Look at me.”

“No no!” you shook your head aggressively to the point where he had to keep you still “If-if I do that you will disappear. You have to be a figment of my imagination, there is no other way you co-” your lips and cheeks squished back as he pushed his face into yours. Lips onto lips, molding into strange, soft shapes that oddly fit together like an infinite puzzle. As slow and gentle as he could, he pulled away letting the warm vapor of his breath mix in with yours.

“Be vulnerable around me, stop pretending to be strong even in situations where you are breaking. Let me be your shield. If you don’t want people to see you crying, grab onto me, hide in my chest. I promise you, I will always wrap my arms around you and keep you safe.” his words turned into reality as he pulled you in. The hug was strong, but it covered you up away from the world. In a matter of seconds the mask on your soul began to crack, the harder and the closer you got to him, the bigger the cracks got till it...broke. Your brows frowned and your fingers clawed at his clothes, your face buried into his chest as your screams filled the alley.

“It’s ok, let it all out.” unknown time passed before you pulled back to look at him. It was Shownu, it was your Nunu. His thumb wiped under your left eye closing it for a second. “See? I am still here. I didn’t disappear.”  

“How did you know?! How did you know I was here.” 

“I know silly.” his usually stoic face lifted the corners of his lips up towards the moon into a gentle and comforting smile, before he lead forward and placed his forehead onto yours. Closing his eyes, he didn’t speak only his thoughts could be heard. I will always know where you are, I will always hear you through your thoughts. When you call me, wherever it is I promise to come to you. I will pay the price of hurting you with loyalty that i will take with me even beyond the grave. Shownu’s eyes fell onto the slight cut on top of your lip. 

“Can we go home?” your voice was still showing signs of the emotional rollercoaster you went through 

“Yes, we can.” Shownu looked around, hooking his arms under your body picking you up gently, as if trying not to hurt you. “Let’s go.” it felt like the air around you threw you up in the air. Flying, yes that was the right word to use in this situation. You were gripping onto him, when his hand pulled away from your head and he let go. You panicked, so high up and not being held by the only thing keeping you alive.

“DON’T PANIC! I GOT YOU!” he yelled out with a soft and calm voice underneath you, reassuring you to trust him “OPEN YOUR EYES!” 

 Your body stopped midair for more than enough time for you to come face to face with the shining moon. Like a pearl in the sky. It was reflecting in your eyes, turning your irises into silver crystals. You couldn’t say anything, but it felt like the light itself was whispering to you. Reaching out towards it, you began falling down. The night had hypnotized you to a point where you had forgotten the sheer height you were at. Shownu caught you just on time, intertwining his fingers with those on your extended hand.

 “Do you regret trusting me on this one?” he asked softly with a hint of accomplishment hidden between his words, yet you kept staring at the moon

“No...” it came out gentle, like a whisper from between your lips. You couldn’t stop your gaze from following the body in the sky. Shownu’s hand carefully pulled your head into his chest, to cover you from the harsh cold wind nibbling at your skin. 

“Shownu I can’t see anything. “ you struggled to look anywhere but his body

“I can take you on a night time run when summer and spring come around, it’s too cold now.” you pouted under your nose so verbally that he felt it. Letting a sigh out, he repositioned you on impact as he jumped off a near by rooftop “Look around then.” 

“Oh wow...” your voice had become breathy as you did what he suggested. The speed at which he was moving made the snow beneath you look like thousands of diamonds glistening in the moonlight. One could almost identify them as a huge sea of stars or white sand, giving the over all chilly winter a warm summery energy. Shownu was big and keeping you very warm, making you forget all out the biting storm that was howling over the walking people. At this height it felt more like a song of a seasonal fairy, telling her goodnight story to all the sleeping under the snow plants, covered by the the blanket of the sky.

 One could easily see what most old school authors saw in this cold times, like living in a book from times past. The night began so rough, but ended so warm and comforting. You gaze shifted from the astonishing land to the man gifting you all these new memories. His strong neck, grabbing onto his firm and sharp jawline, as his eyes shined in a deep rich golden color and tensing under you with each long jump. It felt like he brought with himself not only love and safety but also the gift of flight and a whole new world.

  The window of your apartment shined in your eyes “Shownu, I closed the window.” he looked down at you, changing the strategy in his head to that of a normal human. He landed behind the building so no one would see or notice you guys coming from literally the sky. Putting you down gently, you fixed your clothes and tried to find your footing in the deep snow. Instinctively you reached out and grabbed onto him.

“You finally leaned onto me.”

“What?” looking up you saw the shadow oh his face and moon forming a halo above him 

“Till now you tried to find your way through the snow on your own, falling and getting up. This is the first time you reached out to me for help.”

 Your eyes were met with a smile, but you didn’t know how to react as this was something you weren’t used to.“Let’s go inside, it’s cold.” he smirked at your sudden panicked answer, but took it as a small victory.

Rustling through your bag you pulled out the keys and were lucky enough to find the elevator already on the 1st floor. In a hurry you got in, rubbing your arms up and down to warm them. 

“Are you feeling cold?” once Shownu let go of you, you remembered how cold it actually was

“Aren’t you freezing?” you looked him up and down “You are dressed so lightly, come to think of it ,how do you have clothes on?!”

“I took some with me, can’t go running around naked in my human form.” well it did make sense, but now the backpack you had on served no purpose “You are shivering.” 

“I am fine.” the boy was like a damn radiator even without all the fur covering his nonhuman form 

“No you are not.” he leaned down nuzzling into your neck, making you step back till your body hit the wall of the elevator “You are freezing.”

“S-shownu w-what are you doing?!” you gasped at the warm skin of his, sucking away the cold in the area of your neck. His hands pushed against the wall, trapping you between himself.

“I am checking if you are cold since you keep lying to me about it.” his nose was rubbing against you, sending all kinds of sensations down your spine and body

  The elevator came to a stop at your floor, but the doors revealed our lovely nosey neighbor and her obsession with Shownu.

“Oh my hahaha.” she gasped and started laughing, as he she hid her eyes behind her spread fingers. She didn’t want to miss any juicy details to tell her husband and family about later “Oh you young kids these days! So wild.”

“It’s not what it looks like!” you panicked even though you yourself didn’t know what it was. Shownu looked at the neighbor innocently as you grabbed him and pulled his large frame out of the elevator. As the woman stepped in, she slapped his shoulder gently, giggling “ Be more direct boy, she doesn’t seem to notice you making a move on her. Go get her tiger.” the doors closed and the ding sound send her upstairs to her meeting with the other middle aged wives of the building. We all know what todays topic will be.

“Come in.” you were holding the door to your apartment open. “Don’t just stay there.” Shownu ran up to you and stepped inside. “Welcome home.” you said taking all your thick clothes off and throwing them on the couch. 

  He staid still for a moment before he said “I am...home.” his hand slid behind him as it closed the door, not even taking his eyes off you, lovingly.

[monstaxdesires]

The Arrangement (Chapter Eighteen)

(Chapter One) (Chapter Two) (Chapter Three) (Chapter Four) (Chapter Five) (Chapter Six) (Chapter Seven) (Chapter Eight) (Chapter Nine) (Chapter Ten) (Chapter Eleven) (Chapter Twelve) (Chapter Thirteen) (Chapter Fourteen) (Chapter Fifteen) (Chapter Sixteen) (Chapter Seventeen)

Two weeks had passed since your trip together and the night of just simple time together at his place. Things has shifted a little since then. Time spent together was limited and at first it bothered you. But after a few hours spent together late in the night he explained the merger he was working on and it all made sense. Your worries melted away that night and since then you had tried hard to support him.

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The ringtone playing caught your attention as you put the ice cream down and picked up your phone sliding it to answer it without looking at the name.

“Hello?”

“Hey,” Shownu’s voice comes through and you smile immediately. “Are you home?”

“Yes. Where are you?”

“On my way out of the office. I just finished for the night and I know it’s late, but I haven’t given you a chance to hold up your end of the deal, so I was hoping I could stop by.”

You laugh, fidgeting with your throw blanket. “You know you can. We have a minimum don’t we?”

“We do.”

“The door will be unlocked. See you soon.”

The call ends and you move to put away your ice cream, unlock your door before relaxing on the couch again.

Before you know it he is coming through the door. You hear him discard his shoes and jacket before moving to you.

“Hey,” you smile and he grins. “Do you want to cuddle with me?”

“Please.”

You grin. You would have never guessed in the beginning the stoic reserved businessman that you met would be this gentle giant that loved to cuddle.

“Come here.”

“You sure?” He asks. You nod shifting to lay more flat against the sofa cushions. He lowers himself onto you. He stares at you until you slip one of your hands between his shoulder blades and scratch lightly. He groans sinking the rest of the way into you. His head on your chest. You giggle.

“Just relax. I don’t know what is going on with work, but you are way too tense and tired looking.”

“It’s a merger,” he mumbles. “It’s why I haven’t been able to see you as much Baby. I want to believe me, but business is business.”

“Don’t worry about me Nunu.”

He chuckles at the use of his friends nickname for him. “I told you that in confidence.”

“And it’s in confidence, but I think it’s cute and fitting for when you, my gentle giant of a friend, want to cuddle.”

He lifts his head pecking your lips before nestling back on your chest. You begin to massage his shoulders and scratch his back gently. Before you realize it he is fast asleep. You giggle and continue the soothing strokes to keep him at ease and sleeping. He needed rest even if he disagreed.

A little over an hour passes before he stirs. You stop touching him and wait for him to either settle back down or fully wake. He lifts his head, cheeks flushing a little read, before he clears his throat.

“You let me fall asleep.”

“You were tied.”

He groans before sliding up to kiss you. You kiss him back, fingers tangling in the hair at the back of his head. A moan slips out when his hands brush your thighs before adjusting to slip between your legs.

“Shownu,” you moan pulling away from his kiss.

His lips move down to your neck and you close your eyes biting your lip. Hands trembling as his hand sneaks under the hem of your shirt. Goosebumps breaking out and your heart racing as he touches you. His fingertips teasing the soft curve of your waist. You groan, tipping your head back and he nips at your neck. His hand moves higher and you bite your lip wanting more. You craved him, wanted him since that night on the trip, but you knew you weren’t ready.

“Baby,” you murmur softly and push at his shoulder a little to stop him.

“I’m sorry.” He ends the kissing and lifts his head to meet your gaze. “I shouldn’t…”

“Stop," you say quickly and put your fingers over his lips. “You should because I let you. It’s complicated, I’m complicated.”

He smiles before kissing your fingers and then moving up to peck your lips. “I like you, complicated or not. And you aren’t complicated to me.”

“Thank you.”

“Of course. I should go so you can sleep.”

You pout and he chuckles.

“Want me to stay a little longer?”

“Thirty minutes?”

“Thirty minutes.”

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It was finally Saturday and he had finished the merge last night so you were celebrating as well as signing the contract for the next year together. As soon as you signed your name after him he pulled you back into his chest. You had enjoyed a glass or two of wine after dinner and he had his beers while you watched a drama series, talked, and cuddled on the sofa.

He lay with his head on your lap and you were currently running your fingers through his soft hair, admiring his facial features. Your gaze catches for a little too long before you look away.

“It’s getting late,” you murmur softly.

“What time is it?” He sits up and reaches for his cell phone. The clock reads 2am and he sighs. “I didn’t realize it was so late.”

“It’s okay. It is Sunday and I’m off. Will your driver take me home?”

“He’s gone home for the night. He leaves around 10pm unless I tell him otherwise.”

“Oh. I can call car,” you murmur before reaching for your own phone but he stops you.

“No, it’s too late and I don’t trust anyone with you this late at night.”

You smile at his protective nature. “Do you want to take me home or lend me a car?”

“I’ve been drinking and you have to so you can’t drive either.”

You study him over. “So should I walk?”

He shakes his head, biting his lip, and pulling you into his arms. “No. Definitely not.”

You exhale sharply playing with his hand. “What about security?”

“Off. Just say the night Baby, it’s okay.”

You turn to look up at him. He nods.

“It’s okay.”

You bite your lip, before dropping your forehead to rest on his shoulder. He strokes your waist.

“I promise Baby, it’s just for one night. You can sleep in one of the guest rooms.”

“Okay.” You reply lifting your head. He smiles weakly.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t think ahead.”

“It’s okay. I’m okay with staying, don’t apologize. But would you mind if I shower?”

“Not at all,” he says before getting to his feet and holding out his hand for you. “Come on Baby.”

You take his hand and he pulls you to your feet before leading you upstairs to a guest room. He makes sure you have what you need before starting to leave. He turns at the door to look at you as you pull out a set of fresh towels.

“I’ll be downstairs if you need anything or want to spend more time together after the shower.”

“Okay,” you whisper before running a hand through your hair. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

And then he’s gone with the door shut behind him.

(Chapter Nineteen)

[yuvijaisingh]

Yuvi bhaiya,

I’m so sorry ke main aaj wahaan nahi hoon rakhi ke din. I know I promised you this year but I just wasn’t able to come and I hope you’re not too mad at me; especially today. I’ve sent my rakhi to you and pata hai ke abhi aap sab saath nahi hai, lekin iss saal bhi, hamesha ki tarah, tum teenyo bhaiyon ki rakhiyaan same hai. I chose the color blue because I wanted you all to have that connect, and while I hate that you’re not together aur shayad meri wajah se you would’ve been together but maybe next year? 

I love you and I loved seeing you at Samar’s wedding but I just hope one day soon you send me an invite for your wedding. I’m dying to dance at your baarat Yuvi. But woh sab baatein baad mein. Aaj ke din I want you to know ke tum mere liye bahot khaas ho, tum sab…I love you boys so much and I’m so lucky to have you in my life.

Love,

Your Nunu

Yuvraj would be lying if he said he wasn’t looking forward to seeing ANu this year, but life happens and he would be the last one to judge her for not following through on her plans. Life had been rather unpredictable for the lot of the and he would just have to be happy with seeing her at the next festival or holiday if she could make it back to India by then. He had sent her a gift weeks ago, wanting it to get there in time when she’d told him she wasn’t going to be able to make it. For today however, he was admiring the blue rakhi and enjoying the fact that in some way he was still connected to his other brothers on this day. “Love you, Nunu…”

[mcdonaldsnumberone]

“You can only squeeze his hand back and whisper promises of forever. Rustica listens.”

Yo hold up, hold up, hold up, okay, hold up

You see a bad bitch coming through, yo, what's the hold up?

I'm in that new new, me and Nunu when I roll up

I told the valet, "Park the Benz and bring the Rolls up"

Yo hold up, hold up, hold up, okay, hold up

He see me lookin' pretty every time he scroll up

Might gotta let the blicky hit you if you stroll up

Now put your hands up, it's a hold up

Run me the money

'Cause I be the baddie B, Barbie Tingz

Banging body B, everybody be on my D

Yo I gotta be in reality, suck a D if you doubted me

Back of the 'Bach, back of the 'Bach

Back of the 'Bach, back of the 'Bach

Who on Barbie D? Who on Barbie D? Everybody

Who you gotta see? Honestly, on my odyssey

I'm the baddest B, I don't even know how to speak

Hat to the hat to the back and relax, you in the back of the 'Bach

[lemonietrinket]

No Fear ||| Shownu x Reader

Genre: corny Fluff, my attempts at humour Warning(s): None Word Count: 1269 AN: Happy Birthday Shownu! Inspired by of course my man’s inhuman lack of reactions to anything scary. He must feel so safe to be with though, like, no one nor thing would mess with you if he was there. Even spiders would run away in fear. And he’d be able to comfort you with those big arms of his and hold you close and secure... ok I’m getting carried away Written for a short YN. Hope you enjoy!

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Strange laughter echoed throughout the park from the Haunted House you and your boyfriend just exited. Usually the leader in the relationship you resigned yourself the backseat that time, clutching Shownu’s waist as if your life depended on it, while you desperately tried to ignore the off-putting shrieks around you.

You couldn’t remember why you’d even suggested the Haunted House anyway.

As you’d trundled through the dark, shrieking at every shifting shadow and unnerving whisper that had you not been in the vicinity of you would immediately write off as not even believable, you couldn’t understand how your boyfriend was so unfazed by everything that the staff had to throw at him. 

Chainsaws received nothing. Ghosts received no reaction either. Creepy dead bodies that only moved when you could see them in your peripheral? Not even a second glance. 

It was just as well that the rooms had been dark otherwise you would have had Shownu’s little smile to contend with, on top of the sudden werewolves that jumped out and gave you a very near heart attack.  Your boyfriend in question had spent his whole time in the attraction giggling at your shrieks of terror quietly to himself while, in the same breath, rubbing your back as you burrowed your head into his chest mumbling ‘it’s alright, you’re safe’. He wouldn’t admit it without you bringing it up first, but he did get a kick out of being a protector for you of sorts. You rarely needed caring for like that, and he was very glad you had enough sense (it meant more coddling for him and like was he going to turn that down? No) to not get yourself in trouble too often, but he couldn’t help but enjoy it on the occasion you did need some security, even in a somewhat silly situation like this. It showed that you trusted him, and that his embrace to you was the safest place to be. And the fact that you sounded adorable squeaking in fright at the strange witch that threw open her hut’s door. 

Nevertheless, when you finally felt the light of the late afternoon sun on your face (after Shownu had offered a polite thank you to the bootleg Kruger acting as one final scare) you broke away from your vice-like grip you had on your man and soaked up the sun. 

“Thank god it’s over,” you breathed.

“You’re the one that wanted to go in,” Shownu reminded, straightening his cap as he smiled at your stretched arms. So cute, he thought.

You scoffed. “Pssh, I was not! You wanted to go in there, so you could show off your frankly demonic immunity to scary things!” You narrowed your eyes at the man who merely gazed back down at you with a cute grin. “How are you never afraid? Of anything? At all?”

He shrugged. “It’s clearly fake.”

“I know but still! No prank, no jump-scare, no spider... nothing can get you!” you pouted. “You’re so weird.”

“So are you,” Shownu retorted, coming to your side once again and slotting his hand at your waist. You huffed at him but regardless slipped your arm round him too. It always made him smile at how far you couldn’t reach around him, but how you were never deterred. 

Making your gradual way throughout the funfair, bright melodies bubbling across the breeze through the gushes of screams from high above, you discussed where to go next.  Finally deciding on making your way to the other side of the park instead for dinner, you piped up, “Why are you so unafraid, Nunu?”

He glanced down, his eyes briefly meeting yours as he readjusted your necklace. The clasp had made its way to meet the pendant—a small emblem the colour of your birthstone that he’d gotten you for your birthday the year before—so he gently eased it to the back of your neck once again. Wordlessly, he let his finger brush your chin as he moved away once again. He was buying himself some time to think, evident by how his brow furrowed as it always did when he was deep in thought, and so you waited patiently.

His eyes met the sky and then the flurry of a roller coaster as it went by off to the side before returning to yours. “Because there are much worse things that are then much scarier.”

You nodded at his take. You wished you could just tell yourself that it wasn’t worth being scared of fake spiders and then just not be afraid anymore. You chuckled at the thought, realising what little use that would be, as that was Shownu’s job after all. Shrugging, you leant into his chest, enquiring simply, “Like what?”

He looked at you then and it became apparent that he had an answer to that one right away—he was always an open book after all. But it took him a few seconds to reply, taking the moment to inhale deeply before parting his lips.

“Losing you.” His words were quick and quiet, as if he didn’t want the world to hear them, just in case he jinxed it, but you heard him. They were so corny too, but the pink of his ears indicated genuine sincerity and you couldn’t deny the swell of your heart and the faint blush that rose to your cheeks. 

His other hand brushed through your hair lightly, tucking it behind your ear so he could thumb your cheek for a few moments, before he got too shy and pulled away once again.

Breathing in the scent of food, he cleared his throat. “I think I see a hotdog stand over there, do you want that or something else?”

It likely appeared that you were mulling over your food choice, but really you were still two steps behind, Shownu’s words repeating in your head. You’d been together for a long time, and so there was really no doubt that he loved you, but this added a whole new layer of depth.

You brought the two of you to a stop in the midst of your already snail-pace amble, accidentally ignoring his question and softly asserted, “I promise I’m not going anywhere,” before standing on tiptoe to plant a kiss on his cheek.

He was caught off-guard slightly, but managed to hold himself together, threading his fingers through your hair once again as he smiled and let his forehead meet yours. He didn’t care if he had to bend down, he was just happy to peck your nose, helping you stretch the little extra distance to meet his lips. He caressed your neck, down past your shoulders and to the small of your back while your eyes fluttered closed. His touch was chaste, always treating you with care that you always appreciated, and you ran your fingers up his jaw before settling at the nap of his neck. 

Eventually you parted, you opting to fall back onto the soles of your feet and laying your head flat against his broad chest. However, that peace did not last either, as Shownu carefully ushered you into a walk once again. Of course, how could you have forgotten.

“Yeah alright, I get it, food is still more important,” you giggled, rolling your eyes at how food-motivated he could really be and laughing harder as he half-heartedly tried to cover, “christ, you really think with your stomach don’t you.”

Once again tucking you into his side, Shownu gave you a squeeze. “I love you so much.”

You sighed, a content smile drifting onto your lips. “I love you too, dork.”

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AN: i feel i havent written any monsta x in forever :(( im sorry bebes ill try and write more :((

i also didnt call him hyunwoo for the soul reason that nunu became a viable nickname bc

is that not the cutest nickname ever?

Masterlist

[monstaxmafiaau]

Give It All To Me (Part 30)

(Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8) (Part 9) (Part 10) (Part 11) (Part 12) (Part 13) (Part 14) (Part 15) (Part 16) (Part 17) (Part 18) (Part 19) (Part 20) (Part 21) (Part 22) (Part 23) (Part 24) (Part 25) (Part 26) (Part 27) (Part 28) (Part 29)

Shownu’s hand grasped tightly to yours. He didn’t want to bring you here, he knew the questions that would come and had already noticed the looks from the staff.

“Here,” Changkyun says quietly as he passes Shownu a takeout box. “You need to eat.”

He nodded and took the container with his free hand without looking away from you. He set it down on the table without a word. Changkyun sighs and makes his way back outside to the waiting room where the others were. Shownu had asked for alone time with you today. Sunni had left for work and he just wanted to take the time with you in silence as he begged for you to wake up.

“Couldn’t get him to eat?” Hyungwon looks up from his phone. Changkyun shakes his head falling into the chair next to Minhyuk. “Once she wakes up he will eat.”

“And if she doesn’t?” Kihyun asks the question that they all have in the back of their minds.

“We will figure it out,” Wonho mutters before getting to his feet and making his way to talk to his leader.

…

It had been almost two months, a total of six weeks and four days since they had rescued you. You were still in a coma, the trauma you had experienced and the abuse you had taken before they could get to you enough to end anyone’s life, but Shownu knew better. He knew you were fighting even if the others were about to give up.

“I can sit with her Nunu,” Jooheon says softly, squeezing his shoulder. “You should go home, shower, eat something, and try to get some fresh air. She would want you to take care of yourself.”

“No.” He shakes his head. “No.”

Jooheon frowns. “She would want you to go and rest at least.”

“What if she wakes up and I’m not here?” He asks, turning to look at Jooheon. “What if she wakes up for a few minutes and I’m not here for it?”

Jooheon sighs. “I can still sit with her if you want to take a walk and just stay close by. I’ll call you if anything changes.”

Shownu shakes his head, squeezing your hand again before muttering a quick thank you, but no and focusing back on you.

Jooheon sighed hanging his head. He never thought he would see the day his strong and commanding leader cracked under the pressures of life. 

….

You felt like you were being suffocated in the darkness, but the familiar warmth of him reassured you that you were going to be okay. You could only keep fighting to get to the surface, to breathe again, to see his face again, and to tell him how much you loved him.

….

Shownu buried his face into the crook of your neck as he begged for you to wake up. The doctors were starting to lose hope now.

“Please, Baby, please come back to me.”

The hand that wasn’t cupped against your cheek fisted the blankets as he started to cry, his heart aching for you.

….

Wonho and Kihyun arranged the flowers that they had all bought you to bring color to the hospital room. Shownu still stayed in his spot, unmoving.

“Hyung,” Min murmurs from where he is sitting on the ledge of the window. Shownu doesn’t tear his eyes away from your face as he continues willing you with all his might to wake up.

Minhyuk turns to the others but they just shake their heads and continue on with their tasks. Hyungwon was on his phone, Changkyun was asleep in one of the chairs, and Jooheon was watching a movie. They had all refused to leave your side now or their leaders. You were a family, always would be. 

…..

You felt the darkness beginning to lift as you shifted, tightening your grip on the familiar warm press you had felt all this time. You ached to feel him, to kiss him, and hold him again. The thought of seeing his face again enough to push you to continue to fight. 

“Hyunwoo,” you whisper into the fading darkness.

“I’m right here.” His voice echoes in the darkness and you can feel how close he is. “I’m with you. Baby, I’m right here.”

“Hyunwoo,” you say again and you feel his grip on yours tighten as the darkness becomes grey. You pressed harder, needing to escape from it. You willed your eyes to open and let you see his face. You hoped this was real and not a trick of the mind.

Please, you begged. Please be real.

Shownu got to his feet quickly as your eyes opened. He leaned in, his gaze meeting yours, tears collecting in his eyes.

You smile, and lift your trembling hand to touch his face. It was real.

“Hi.”

He chuckles before leaning down to kiss your forehead. “You came back to me.”

“I love you,” you respond and his heart swells. “Where am I?” You ask, looking down at your body covered in a white quilt and tubes sticking out of your arm.

“In the hospital,” he murmurs, holding your face between his hands. “I need to call the doctor.”

You nod before patting his hand. “I’m not going anywhere.”

He smiles before he presses the call button and tells them you are awake.

….

His grip was reassuring and strong as he eased you into the sofa in the main family room. The others were hovering around or busy helping to make your life with them easier.

“I’m okay,” you reassure Shownu as his gaze darts over you again. He ducks his head, blushing at you calling him on his overprotectiveness that had been showing itself since the day you had met. He met your gaze again before  tucking you in with a blanket before glancing at Minhyuk.

“Is her food ready?”

He smiles before darting to check with Kihyun and Jooheon. You giggle.

“Baby, you are scaring them.”

He grins sitting next to you and letting you lean into him. “I just want you to be comfortable.”

“As long as I am with you I am content.”

He places another kiss to your face making you giggle.

“I’m not going to break, I promise.”

He shrugs, his arms folding around you. “Better safe than sorry. We have a long time together a head of us.”

You blush as the others coos over your moment.

“Come join us please. I want to spend time with my family,”  you say with a smile for them.  “Sunni should be here soon right?”

“Right,” Jooheon nods as he takes the spot on the other side of you and hands you a bowl of stew. “Eat up, you need to get your strength back.”

You peck his cheek in thank you before starting to eat. Shownu keeps one arm around your shoulder as you eat and he watches you, fondness in his eyes. You giggle as Changkyun and Hyungwon bicker in the background about a what to watch while Wonho busies himself with getting comfortable at your feet. You smile at your family, you loved them with every fiber of your being and you knew they would always be here for you like you were for them, even if you hadn’t been as accepting of their lifestyle at first.

“I love you,” Shownu whispers in your ear.

“I love you too Baby,” you reply quietly as you turn your gaze to his and kiss him. He kisses you back, deepening it even though a chorus of groans echoed around you. You smile against his lips.

The kiss ends and he pecks your lips quickly. “You’ve got me for the rest of my life.”

The End. ❤️

[arohasfiction]

Basketball Princess~🧚🏻🏀

As i promised, a Basketball AU Scenario based on Eunwoo's pictures from " Handsome Tigers" for my cutie friend @lookin-for-astro-mutuals who has been waiting for it, i hope you Enjoy it~^^

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Pairing: Cha Eunwoo X Female Reader

Gener: Too Fluffy, Basketball AU

Word Count: 2116

A/N: This time I've added some pics and texts to make it look more interesting 😊+ Dialogues are coloured [ Y/N: Pink] , [ Cha Eunwoo: Purple].

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Credits to the Gif Owner~

You are known to be one of the Top students at your university, you're kind, sweet, intelligent and everyone liked friending you. You seemed like a quite and calm person to the others, but you're not, you liked moving around alot and you like to play many sports, one of your favourite was Basketball.

Like Every University and college, there are clubs for Art, Music, dancing, Football and many different clubs to join, one of your wishes during your time at university was to join the Basketball club, basically because you loved basketball, but unfortunately, boys are the only ones allowed to join it and girls can only come to cheer for the members.

You Sighed at the thought of not being able to join your favourite sport's club as you were walking to your next class. On your way, you passed by the gym , you still have 15 minutes until your class starts, so you thought of going inside to take a look since you still have some spare time. You walked inside and stood near to the door watching the basketball team playing a match along with each other, you started reading their faces, they were sweating alot and looked tired but at the same time, their eyes looked full of excitement, they didn't care about anything and they seemed to be enjoying in their own world, and for a second you wished if you were able to join them . You were observing each one of them when your eyes met with a long handsome boy who was brushing his hair of his forehead, he looked sweaty but it made him even more handsome that made your heart skip a beat.

Of course you know him, he is famous in the college to be a top student among boys like you, and he is a talented basketball player and nonetheless every girl in the Campus have a crush on him.

You shyly looked away but looked back at him again, and as they say it needs only 3 seconds to fall in love. As your eyes turned back on him, you're eyes met again and this time he waved at you with a smiley face, you turned around yourself as you thought he was waving at someone else, you looked at him again pointing at yourself, " Me..?", He nodded as he was giggling at you and slowly started approching , "Hello (Y/N)~", " Hi Eunwoo Sunbai...wait how did you know my name~?", " And how can i not know my academic rival's name?" You giggled at his answer , " and how did you know my name~?", " You're the most famous boy in the university campus so yeah hehehe", " If its okay with you, We should hangout sometimes we can study together too,...and..if you like we can meet at lunch after your class", "Sure i don't mind" your conversation went smoothly, it was as if you two were friends from a long time. Your class ended and now you have 2hours break until your next class starts, as you promised Eunwoo, you went to cafeteria and waited for him to come, when he did , you started eating and chatting, " So earlier you seemed to be interested in basketball am i right?", " Well, i love basketball since i was a kid and i really wanna play it, but as you see I can't here.." you said pouting ," Hmm.. that's sad..how about you play it outside the college, plus i can show you some tricks too" ," you well? For real?? Omg thank you so much!!" Eunwoo's cheeks starts to get red as he saw how excited you are . After having lunch you two exchanged phone numbers and decided to meet in the neighborhood's basketball playground.

You with your hoodie and ponytail hair were standing in the middle of the playground aiming at the basket infront of you, with a slight jump and accurate throw, the ball went inside and it was a goal, you heard someone clapping from a distance coming close, you turned around to see Eunwoo in a casual outfit " Wow! Nice shot!" He was really looking so normal but for some reason your heart skipped a beat. You both continued playing until your tummies started making some wired noises that tells you its time to eat, " I'm soooo hungry wanna have some ramyun??" You said, " Sure there is a grocery store near by lets head to it", you both bought ramyuns and started eating, without realizing he was observing you while you're eating, you felt in that gaze so you looked up " Eunwoo-yah, something wrong? Wait there is something on my face right!" , He finally realized that he was staring at you and shyly looked at his ramyun saying" oh haha no, its nothing". your day ended and its time to head back and he insisted to take you home, do you think he walked you home? no you're wrong, he told you to wait for him and he came back with his sport black Car with 2 comfy seats, he got out of the car and opened the door for you, you sat down and so he did, he pullled the seat belt on you and you were afraid that he might hear your heart beat, and soon he drove you home.

Day by day,after hanging out together both of your feelings grew bigger and both of you realized that you love each other, but no one of you took the chance to confess, probably afraid of ruining your friendship. That day your lecturer ended the class earlier than you thought so decided yo text Eunwoo to ask him if he's in class or somewhere else.

You finally reached the Gym and entered, Eunwoo saw you, smiled and continued playing, you just stood there watching him, since you started to have feelings to him , everything he did looked lovely and cool, your heart beated fast at the tiniest actions he does, you were too focused with your thoughts and didn't notice the basketball coming to you like a rocket ship, before you can even protect yourself, two wide arms immediately pulled you and got wrapped around you, one is placed at your back and the other one covering your head, yes Eunwoo pulled you into his embrace to protect you from the ball by making himself a shield, you heart was attacked by the sudden action, your mind was still processing what just happened, Eunwoo pulled off and cupped your face, " Hey, Are you alright!! Did you get hurt somewhere??!" He said almost freaking out, the words barely came out of your mouth, your cheeks were so reddish " ahh-hh yes...yes I'm fine" but you went back to your consciousness, and remembered that he defeated the ball with his back to protect you, " wait!! Are you hurt, the ball hit you really hard, lets go and get some ice from thr clinic!!", You said with a worried face, "heheh its okay I'm fine its not a big deal, I'm glad you're not hurt" he paused for a moment then continued saying " Mm (Y/N)", " Yes?", " Are you free now? Wanna have some ice cream?", "Sure, but did you finish practicing?" ," Yeah I'm done, just let me bring my bag and I will come". And so both of you bought some ice cream and sat on a bench infront of the sea view, it was almost getting dark as the sun went down, you were both enjoying your ice creams silently when Eunwoo stopped and turned to you, "(Y/N)", you hummed in response," I have an important thing to tell you", "What is it~?" You said as you turned your face to him, but only to find his cold lips placed on yours, it was a gentle kiss with an ice cream flavour, you looked at him in a shocked way unable to close your eyes, your heart was beating fast and you were sure that it might explode in any second, he parted and looked at you " I love you, I love you so much from the first time our eyes met, you don't have to answer me now, I'll-" he didn't complete what he was saying but to find your lips connected with his again, your heart was still beating so fast but your emotions were flowing , you wanted to do that as soon as possible, as your lips still connected, Eunwoo placed his palm on your heart, and parted slowly, " hehe i can feel your heart is beating so fast right now" you were too embarrassed and you immediately hide your face in his neck, he wrapped his arms around and hugged you "hehehe you're so cute", " nooo stopppp~~~~~!!" And so the night went.

The next day you and Eunwoo were walking hand into hand in the campus, in the same time those laser stares were following both of you, of course the Girls didn't like the idea of them seeing their crush dating a girl he was just a friend of , and so the boys thought the same because many boys had a crush on you and asked you out but you were not interested, simply because you didn't want to date someone who you don't have feelings for. Anyways Eunwoo walked you to your class and then he went to his class,. Later, after you finished you texted Eunwoo because its was past the time that both of you should have lucnh together...

You waited until Eunwoo came and he droved you to a lovely restaurant near by the neighborhood , you both sat infront of each other and all what you were doing was staring at him as he was focused with the menu

when he looked up you immediately looked at your menu but didn't notice that its upside down so he laughed at you, you both had dinner together and went back home.

In the next day you only had one class in the morning, so you attend it and later when you were done you met him in the hall, " Nunu-yah, aren't you coming?", " Oh you go back first, since we both have Off days tomorrow i will spend the rest of the day in your apartment if you don't mind hehe", you immediately agreed and went back to clean the house, and made dinner before he comes back, its not like the first time for him to come over, but each time made you even happier. Ever since you started dating, your life became brighter because of him. He arrived and took a shower and you both had dinner, and now he was semi- lying on the sofa and you were locking your arms around his watching TV together, he suddenly took out a kind of paper and gave it to you, " what's that?" You asked with an innocent look, " Read it^^" *after reading it*, " Omg are you serious!!! Were going to have a female basketball team!!!but, but- how???!!", " I can't just igonre my girlfriend's Sad look as she watches her favourite sport without joining, so i presuaded the dean", you jumped on Eunwoo and hugged him tightly, then your eyes met, slowly his face came closer and closer to pull you in a passionate kiss, you on the top of him, and him wrapping his arms aronud you, " Let's go to the bed its getting late", " but we have and off day tomorrow" you said with a pouty face," and who said we will sleep? Of course we will cuddle, i feel like i haven't cuddled with you for a long time" he said with his angelic smile,. you cuddled the whole night until you both fell asleep, in the next morning you woke up to find Eunwoo's place empty so you got up and dragged yourself to look for him, you found him in the bathroom brushing his teeth but he didn't notice you yet, so you took out your phone and took a picture of him,

he noticed that and turned to you, "Sweetheart!!! No pictures !! I-", "but you look so cute" you said with your sleepy eyes, " i will go and make us some breakfast" you said, "No, breakfast can wait, i want us to have a morning cuddle, but first you need to delete that pic" , "hehehe no no~" and you ran to the bedroom while he was after you.

The End

[monbangisland]

PRECIOUS PEARL by Lala

A/N: I wrote this for the sweet anon who requested a Nunu scenario. Hope you like this. 

With love

-Lala

“Babe… babe it’s time to wake up” your boyfriend placed his arm around you and gave you a kiss on your cheek.

“Please Nunu, five more minutes…” you replied 

“Baby today is a huge day, don’t you remember?” he laughed at your laziness

“Mhm” was all you could say. You could feel him moving on the bed, you wondered what he was doing, until you felt a cold breeze. You opened your eyes and looked at him, he uncovered your body and came closer to your belly.

“Good morning little one, how are you? help me wake up ,eomma” he said and gave you a kiss on your belly. You stayed there looking at him talking to your belly, since he found out you were pregnant, he always talked to your belly like the baby was going to reply. Actually, you loved this side of him, so sweet and caring, so protective. You started to caress his hair, without noticing.

“Oh, look who’s awake now, little one, let’s say good morning to mommy” he lifted his face and gave you a cute smile, his eyes turning into two tiny lines and his teeth showing. 

“Good morning to you too big bear and baby bear” you said placing your hand on top of your belly.

“How do you feel?” he moved so he could face you.

“I’m feeling great, no morning sickness actually. And that’s a miracle” you said giggling.

“I’m glad to hear that” he caressed your arm.

“Maybe, it’s because you’re here” you said and came closer to him.

“Oh you really think that? Does my little one misses me too much when I’m out?” he asked making a cute voice.

“Yup, he or she loves its dad as much as I do” you replied 

“Well little one, if I’m not here it’s because appa is busy with work, you have to be nice to your eomma, ok? Now, let’s get ready, the appointment it’s at 10 o’clock and I don’t really want to miss this one” he said and immediately jumped out of the bed.

“We’ll get there on time Nu, don’t worry” you giggled at his excitement.

“Yah! you always take your time in the shower, that’s why I’m rushing you. So go and take a shower first” he walked to the side of your bed and gave you his hand for you to take it.

“Ok ok I’ll go… but what about breakfast? Our little bear is hungry” you said pouting while taking his hand and finally leaving your bed.

“We’ll eat something on our way to the hospital. What do you want to eat today?” he asked you while he gave you a hug.

“I’m craving Waffles with nutella and strawberries” you said almost drooling

“Ok, then we’ll have waffles” he looked at you and smiled, you gave him a quick peck and broke the hug. 

“Thanks Nunu, you’re the best. I’ll start to get ready” you said walking to the shower, leaving a smiling boyfriend behind you. 

Three months have passed since you discovered your pregnancy. You were really worried that day, yes you loved Hyunwoo, but you were just beginning to work in an actual decent company and he, well he’s and idol. He’s always busy, since they have to promote in the US and in Korea, and your relationship is still a secret. The baby wasn’t part of the picture, or so you thought. He started to suspect that you were hiding something from him, and when you stayed the night with him, the next morning you started to throw up like crazy. He asked you what was going on and when you said the phrase ‘I’m pregnant’ his face lit up completely. He was so happy, he showered you with kisses and promised you and the baby that he’ll protect and love you both as long as life allows it. Today was a special day for him because it was his first time going with you to your appointments. Due to his schedule he couldn’t go, but today was the day you’ll both know the gender of the baby, and he refused to miss it. He cleared his schedule so he could go with you, he was so excited and nervous at the same time and you could tell just by looking at him.

After you finished showering, he rushed to the bathroom, he only took fifteen minutes in the shower, and in less than ten minutes he was all dressed. 

“Nu, you should dry your hair, it’s still cold outside” you suggested 

“I’ll take too long, let’s go” he said rushing to the living room

“Son Hyunwoo, come back here” you demanded

“Y-yes Y/N?” he said hiding behind the door frame 

“Come here, we have plenty of time, sit I’ll dry your hair” you said

“You’re not going to let me leave this house without doing that, are you?” he came closer looking defeated

“You can get sick, I don’t want you to get sick. Plus, you shouldn’t disobey a pregnant woman” you spoke softly

“Ok ok, but hurry up. Aren’t you hungry babe?” he looked at you innocently

“Ok, I’ll hurry up” you rolled your eyes and laughed.

After drying his hair you both headed out of the apartment you were now sharing, and headed to have breakfast. When you arrived at the cafe he told you to sit down and went to the counter to order. After a while he came back with your order, and all you could look at was at the huge waffle in front of you. He sat down and placed the food on the table, checking every move you made. You were so concentrated on the food, you stuffed a huge piece of the waffle in your mouth, smiling at the nice taste of the nutella mixed with strawberries and crunchy texture of the waffle in your mouth. You didn’t notice that he was giggling.

“What are you laughing at?” you asked with your mouth full of food.

“You look cute, that’s all” he admitted shyly 

“Yah! You think I look cute? I’m eating like if I haven’t eaten in ages, and you find it cute?” you looked at him.

“That means, my baby is healthy and I’m glad you’re properly eating. And it means our little one will like food just as his or her appa” he said proudly.

“I just hope that he or she looks as beautiful as you, Nunu” you admitted

“I want he or she to be as smart, kind, sweet and gorgeous as you are, Y/N” 

he said while taking your hand and squeezing it.

“Stop looking at me like that, you’re making me blush” you looked away and giggled

“Come on, finish your food, it’s getting late” he said 

“Yes sir” 

After the breakfast you left to the hospital, since you were earlier than expected, you had to wait. You both sat down and waited for your turn to come, but you could see that Hyunwoo was getting anxious. He kept on moving his feet, clearing his throat or just looking at the time on his watch. You laughed at his nervousness.

“Hey, don’t laugh at me” he pouted

“Calm down Nu, everything is going to be fine” you placed your hand on his knee.

“Is just, I haven’t been able to come to the previous appointments and this is the first time I’m actually seeing the baby like… live” he admitted

“Live? Oh my God you’re so sweet” you giggled

“What I’m trying to say is that, is a new experience for me. I’m just amazed and worried and all I want to do is to take good care of you both” he placed his hand over yours.

“You’re taking good care of us Nu, don’t feel bad please” you reassured him, he gave you a kiss on your forehead.

“Miss Y/L/N Y/N” a nurse called.

“I’m here” you spoke loudly.

“Please come with me, I’ll take you to the Ultrasound room so you can get prepared” she said.

“Ok, thank you” you said. You looked at Hyunwoon, he was a complete mess now and you just took his hand and dragged him with you, following the nurse.

“Here you are, Doctor Oh will come in a few minutes. Go and get ready please, Miss Y/N” the nurse said politely and bowed before leaving the room.

You changed your clothes and wore the hospital gown the nurse gave you, after finishing getting ready, you came out and laid down in the stretcher, next to the ultrasound equipment. Hyunwoo sat down next to you and took your hand, his hand was sweaty. The doctor came in and bowed 

“Oh hello Y/N, I’m so happy to see you again. And you must be…” she spoke to Hyunwoo

“I’m Y/N’s boyfriend and the father of the baby” Hyunwoo bowed and smiled at the doctor.

“Oh, it’s so nice to finally meet you Mister Son, Y/N told me a lot of wonderful things about you. I’m glad you could make it today” Dr Oh said happily.

“I’m glad too” he smiled shyly

“So.. let’s get started, I know you both must be anxious to know the gender of the baby” she moved closer to us, turning on the monitor.

“So Y/N, how have you been?” she asked you while placing the cold cream over your belly. With the transducer, she spread the cream all over.

“Well I rarely have morning sickness now and sometimes I feel dizzy, but I feel fine” you said. 

“Well that’s normal darling, I’ll run a  few exams just to check everything is going ok with you, as for the baby here she is…” Dr. Oh said and showed the monitor to us

“I-It’s a girl?” was all Hyunwoo managed to say.

“Yes Mr. Son, your baby girl is growing and very healthy” she said.

“Baby, it’s a girl” he said smiling widely, tears streaming down his face. 

“A beautiful baby girl” you were crying too, you couldn’t believe that inside you was actually growing a baby girl inside you. Hyunwoo gave you a kiss on your forehead and wiped the tears off your face.

“There are no signs of problems so everything is going fine, but please try to not overwork yourself and try to eat properly. Don’t stress out too much and don’t carry heavy things, you need to take care of yourself. And as a suggestion, you could practice Yoga, there are a few sessions for Moms-to-be and it could be great for you and the baby. Mr. Son can go with you, I bet you’ll both enjoy it” Dr. Oh suggested.

“Where can we take the classes?” Hyunwoo asked

“I’ll give you the name of a few places I tend to recommend, and she needs to take vitamins too, I’ll write everything down on the prescription. You can get dressed now, Y/N” she said and left to write the prescription. As you tried to get up, Hyunwoo helped you and looked at you with so much love.

“You need help?” he asked you

“No, I’ll be back” you answered and gave him a peck on the lips. You went to change and when you were back he was speaking to Dr. Oh.

“What else can I do for her?” he asked her

“Just be patient with her, she is going to have a lot of mood swings, so just try to understand her. Try to be with her as much as you can, she’s going to feel insecure, so please remind her why you love her and just make sure she eats properly” Dr. Oh said.

“I’ll do my best” he said. Your heart melted when you heard him asking for an advice, he was completely worried and nervous just as you were, but he was better at hiding it.

“I’m ready” I said 

“I gave the prescription to Mr. Son, Y/N, please follow the instructions carefully, if you have any problem never doubt to call me ok, I gave Mr. Son my number so he can call me in case of emergency. So that’s all, you can go, please Mr. Son take care of your beautiful ladies” Dr. Oh said.

“I will Dr. Oh, thanks for everything” he bowed 

“You’re welcome, I hope to see you both on the next appointment” she said

“See you next month, Dr. Oh” you bowed and left the room.

You were both walking to the car, hand in hand, he looked at me and smiled.

“Do you want to go home now?” he asked

“What do you have in mind?” I looked at him

“You’ll see” he said

He kept on driving until we arrived to a beautiful area in Seoul. The area was full of sakura trees. 

“Nu, this place is so beautiful” you said happily, like a child.

“I knew you’d love it” he said proudly.

“Why are we here, Nu?” you asked him. He got out of the car and headed to your door to open it.

“I was thinking about…” he started

“About what, Nu?” you asked curious. He took your hand and you both started walking

“About the name of our little one. I’ve been thinking during the car ride, and since our baby is too precious, I want to name it HeeJin. What do you think?” he stopped walking and looked at me, waiting for my reply

“What does HeeJin means?” you asked him. You knew that every name was chosen by the meaning, so you wanted to know the meaning

“It means precious pearl” he smiled and caressed my belly

“NUNU I LOVE IT!” you said tearing up.

“You and our baby are the most valuable gifts I have, I love you, Y/N. Thanks for making me the happiest man alive” he came closer and kissed you softly

“I love you too Hyunwoo” you said after breaking the kiss.

[noonachronicles]

You, Me, and Satan Himself

Lee Jooheon X Reader

Word count: 6.5k

Warnings: mild language. there are a couple of mentions of suicide/attempted suicide, not member or reader related. also mentions of child death, also not member or reader related. ummm I think that’s it. 

Genre: bffs to lovers. idiots to lovers. alludes fwb but not LJH/Reader. It’s got some spooky themes, but ultimately it’s fluff.

A/N: It’s a Halloweeeeeen story! Ghosts and ghouls, firemen and pirates and of course Satan himself. ;D Happy Birthday @nemesyis! This one is for you. It’s not really an attack story, but I hope you enjoy it anyway! 

Wind was howling through the naked branches of the trees that lined the path you were on. The brisk chill of the fall air made you shiver. Much to your chagrin the dress and tights combo of your costume was doing almost nothing to keep the cold from consuming you. Clicking of your black lolita heels against the pavement beneath you echoed down the avenue you were walking down. Luckily it was a full moon, which meant that the path was fully visible despite the lack of lights. It might have been romantic if you weren’t mentally preparing yourself to be spooked. Focusing in on the sound of every branch that cracked, every hoot of an owl, every flicker of movement in your peripherals was being noted and you were thrilled by the way it all made the blood tingle in your veins. The only thing putting you off was the chattering of your teeth. It was hard to focus on getting in the mood when you couldn’t stop thinking about how cold you were.

“I told you to bring a jacket.” Jooheon muttered beside you.

“A jacket doesn’t go with this costume.” you advised him for the hundredth time that night. “And the dress has sleeves...I thought it would be warmer.”

“Yeah well my costume doesn’t require a jacket either, so thanks for that.” he complained.

Stopping, you looked over at your very grumpy best friend. It was cute, his outfit. Plaid button down shirt tucked into brown cargo shorts. Round glasses sat on his nose. Pocket protector, complete with pens, sat against his chest. Tube socks pulled all the way up his calves and dirty sneakers on his feet. Every little detail made you smile, you’d done wonderfully putting it together for him, you knew there was even an inhaler in his pocket. He was the perfect Joel Glicker to your Wednesday Addams.

“Honey…” you said lifting your hand to his cheek as he pouted at you, “you look so cute. Thank you for being the best best friend a girl could ask for. I promise that next year I will have a boyfriend of my own and I’ll make him do couples costumes with me, and then you’ll never have to deal with it again.”

He sighed deeply and then gave a tight smile, you still caught a glimpse of his dimple, “It’s fine.”

Once the two of you got moving again you fell back into a comfortable silence, like the pair of you usually did. Instead of going back to your mood setting thoughts you considered Jooheon. He really was the greatest guy you knew. Growing up neighbors left him destined to be either your best friend or worst enemy and at different points in your life he’d been both.

From toddler to teen you were inseparable. Then at some point you couldn’t remember hormones tore you apart. That was when he met the boys. You could still remember how jealous you’d been that first summer watching them hanging out all the time, wishing it was still you he wanted to spend his time with. You’d tried making new friends but mostly became a recluse, playing video games all the time and reading libraries worth of books. In high school you got your first boyfriend, an athlete in the year ahead of you, and you dated for three years. On the first day of summer before your senior year he ditched you because he wanted to be single for university.

You never knew how he’d heard about the break up, you never asked, but the very next day when you had convinced yourself you were never leaving your blanket burrito ever again Jooheon showed up. The moment he walked into your room, after your mom had let him in the house, it was like there had never even been a second that you were apart. He spent every single day with you that summer. Even if he’d had plans with the boys, he always dragged you along. You barely spent a second alone and by the time senior year started you had practically forgotten you’d ever had a boyfriend in the first place. From then on you were back to inseparable even now as adults.

“I hate this.” he grumbled beside you.

The shrubbery along the path was thickening and it was getting darker the further you moved along. You reached over and grabbed his hand, squeezing your fingers around his.

“Don’t worry so much. I’ll protect you, I swear.” you smiled over at him. “We’re almost there.”

There was the sound of another snapping branch from the trees and you could feel his body vibrate in fear, “We’re going to die, I hope you know. This is the worst night of my whole life because I’m going to die...dressed like a nerd.”

“Thank you.” you said again.

“For what? Dying with you on this cold, dark, abandoned path to some haunted house in the middle of nowhere?”

“Kind of,” you laughed quietly, “Thank you for coming with me tonight. I know you would have much preferred to stay at the party picking up chicks. Instead you came with me and that means a lot.”

“Oh,” he seemed to ease at your words and even puffed out his chest slightly, “It’s cool. Honestly, no big deal at all. I didn’t want to be at that party if you weren’t going to be there anyway. And yes, this may be a weird, creepy idea that I hate more than anything, but you know I’d do anything for you.”

You squeezed his hand again and smiled, “I love you, Honey.”

He rolled his eyes but smiled all the same, “I love you too.”

“We’re so close, the house is right up here, just around that curve.” you couldn’t help your excitement and you moved faster down the path.

As you had nearly reached the end of the path, the abandoned house in your sight, you could see a large dark mass speeding towards you, but you didn’t process it fast enough. Not until the cloaked figure was already rawring loudly into your face. Jumping back you clutched your chest, heart racing. Seconds passed and you finally registered Changkyun’s laughter, and your eyes adjusted enough to see his devilish face clearly. Jooheon was long gone, having sprinted back down the path quite a ways, he was still shrieking.

“That’s so fucked, Kyun.” you let out a large breath.

Devil horns atop his head, he held up his finger, an evil grin on his lips, “Just wait, it gets better.”

By then Jooheon’s screams had petered down. When you looked down the path to the silhouette of his figure you could see he was making his way, slowly, back to you. He was still several yards away when you saw the two new dark figures creeping out of the brush behind him. It was very clear he hadn’t noticed their presence yet.

“No, my poor Honey.” you mumbled, “Minhyuk?”

“And Hyungwon.” Changkyun snickered beside you.

After just a moment more of silence you could hear their collective “Boo!” as they lunged towards Jooheon. The sound of his screaming and cursing echoed through the night as he sprinted full speed back to you.

“Assholes!” he shouted, “All my friends are assholes!”

He clung to you as he panted, catching his breath and you gently patted his back, “You’re not wrong about that.”  

“I knew it was going to be good,” Minhyuk said still laughing as he and Hyungwon made it to the group, “but that was so much better than I ever expected.”

After finishing rolling your eyes you saw a flicker of light bouncing its way out of the front of the building.

“Shownu!” you called out cheerfully as you recognized the man behind the flashlight in his fireman costume. He gave a small wave as he made his way over. “Where’s everyone else?”

“Kihyun and Hoseok met some people at the party.” He shrugged as he moved out of the hug he’d given you. “Hoseok said to say sorry. Kihyun said to tell you he was not sorry and that if you couldn’t understand you weren’t really friends.”

You laughed, knowing that it was likely that’s exactly what he said. “Wait so you just went in all by yourself?”

“Yeah, no one was here when I got here so I went in and took a look around. Not very exciting as far as haunted houses go. I didn’t find any workers. There’s no smoke machines or creepy music.” he said sounding very unimpressed.

“Nunu…” you shook your head, “Oh sweet man, it’s not a haunted house, it’s just creepy and abandoned.”

“Ohh.” he nodded in understanding, “That makes more sense.”

Jooheon quickly went from clinging to you to clinging to the pillar of muscle and fearlessness that was Shownu. “Full offense to everyone else here, who sucks, but dibs on Nu as my partner.”

“Dibs on y/n.” Minhyuk said throwing his arm over your shoulder, “Unintentionally wearing couples costumes and everything.”

You looked him up and down in confusion, “Min, you’re a pirate. How are we at all a couples costume?”

“You see, after tonight, when you’re wowed by my courage, strength, and overall ability to protect you, you won’t be able to resist me.” you did your best to hold back a snort, “After that, we will be a couple and then no matter what our outfits are they will always be couples outfits. ...because, you know, we’ll be a couple.”

“I think I got it.” you laughed.

As he’d been talking everyone, with the exception of Minhyuk himself, watched as Hyungwon slipped silently behind the brazen pirate. In a swift motion he reached out, grabbing his hips, with a quick boo! Minhyuk jumped about a foot in the air, his pirate hat was thrown off his head and his shrill shriek pierced the cold air.

“Yeah...good luck in there, y/n.” Hyungwon said shooting you a wink.

“She’s a goner for sure.” Changkyun smirked.

“Alright, alright.” you said anxiously, “Let’s do this. I don’t want to be standing out here until the sun comes up.”

Pushing through the group you made your way to the dark house. The pirate and the devil followed closely behind, the others with slightly less enthusiasm. Once you hit the porch steps of the old colonial house you pulled your flashlight from the pocket of your dress. One of the double doors had been broken or removed and was leaning against the door frame. It wasn’t really breaking and entering, you thought to yourself, just entering really.

You ducked through the open door to avoid the giant cobweb in the corner. Inside the house was covered in a thick layer of dirt and dust. Dead leaves scattered across the floor as far as your eyes could see and you wondered just how long the front door had been down. Rebellious teenagers had left graffiti a top the peeling wallpaper. There were giant holes all along the walls and you were sure there wasn’t a foot of copper wiring left in the old bones of the home.

The foyer was huge and as the beam of your flashlight moved over it you could just imagine how beautiful it had been in its youth. There was a staircase to the second floor to the left of the room. Beyond it were two hallways leading off in opposite directions. You looked over at the giant landing at the base of the staircase and nodded to yourself.

“Changkyun,” you said and flashed your light over at the area, “how about here?”

He nodded in agreement, “Perfect.”

He handed you candle after candle from a brown satchel at his side to light and place around the area. When the fireman, Glicker, and Hyungwon as the ghoul all made it inside the whole group of you got comfortable, or as comfortable as you could, on the landing of the staircase. The devil stayed standing, his red cloak swooped around his legs and the light from the candles lit up his face dramatically as he prepared to tell the group about the history of the home. The shadow of his horns illuminated against the wall behind him.

“The year,” Changkyun began, “was eighteen oh six. Doctor Leonardo Fitz had just wed the love of his life, Maria Vanderson. As a grand gesture of his love for her he had this house built just for her and what was meant to be their large, happy family. However, after many years had passed the halls of the home remained without the laughter of children. It seemed that the couple was not fated for the family they had dreamed of. Maria was devastated and heartbroken, believing herself to be at fault for their misfortune. Unable to take the guilt of it all she attempted to drown herself in the couple's claw footed bathtub, that remains upstairs to this very day.”

Jooheon let out a hiss of a breath and burrowed closer to you.

“Maria Vanderson was unsuccessful at her death, found too quickly by the house maid and dragged from the water. Though when she woke her husband feared the damage had already been done. His wife had become delusional. Nightmares haunted her sleep and visions attacked her in the light of day. To anyone who would give her a minute of their time she babbled on about what had happened in her time in the great beyond. She spoke of a man that had come to her just before the light took her for good.

The man with eyes as black as the darkest night sky pressed the palm of his clawed hand against her flat stomach. Locking his dark stare with her fearful one he whispered, ‘my son’. A little over a month after the incident occurred they found out that Maria was pregnant. The doctor, desperate for an excuse for his wives apparent insanity, blamed her delusions on the pregnancy hormones. Nine months to the very day of her attempted suicide, Maria gave birth.”

“Nooooo.” Minhyuk gasped. You bit your lip to keep from laughing at the look of absolute horrified realization on his face.

“What?” Jooheon asked with morbid curiosity, even as he wrapped himself even tighter around you.

Minhyuk looked over at him with raised eyebrows and mouthed, “It’s the devils baby!”

Changkyun sighed in annoyance. “Well if Minhyuk is just going to spoil everything what’s the point of even going on with the story.”

“Oh, Kyunnie, please!” You pouted cutely, “It’s so good and you worked so hard on all that research.”

“I did.” He nodded smugly, “I researched the entire history of this home…  So I will continue, but everyone better keep their theories to themselves.”

“Sorry,” Minhyuk said as he coward at the pointed look from his junior.

“What had been more shocking than the timing of Maria’s labor,” he started once more, “was that she gave birth to twin boys. One with flaxen hair like his father, the others black as a raven’s feather.”

Minhyuk let out another dramatic gasp but quickly slammed his hand over his mouth.

Changkyun continued, “Both boys grew up portraits of health and seemingly as normal as any other child might. The only difference between them besides the color of their hair was that Damian, the raven haired child, had been fussier than his brother Gabriel. He required much more attention but only that from his mother was able to comfort him. As they aged the changes and differences between them became more and more clear. Gabriel was a playful, independant boy that enjoyed spending his time outside in the sun. He liked to run around the giant yard, swinging on the swing set, and climbing trees. He liked to be dirty and to laugh.

Damien did not enjoy those things. He was quiet, an observer of the things around him. Even though he was just a boy he still knew things about the people in the home, their secrets.  He preferred to do whatever his mother was doing, always at her side. She called him her little shadow and adored him with every ounce of her being. The doctor did not feel the same way about the boy. He felt he could see a darkness in the child and was watching it grow every day. It terrified the doctor to see how he manipulated Maria and the others in the house into loving him.

One afternoon Maria had been getting ready for a gala she was to attend with the doctor. She’d been in front of her vanity doing her makeup. The boys had been running up and down the hallway and in the playroom quite loudly. After some time had passed she realized the house had grown silent.”

“I don’t like it,” Jooheon whispered just to you, and pressed his face into your shoulder. You squeezed his hand comfortingly and listened to Changkyun go on.

“When she stepped from the bedroom into the hallway the only thing she could see was Damien at the top of the stairs holding a wooden toy airplane at his side. As she moved closer to her son she could see the mortifying view at the bottom of the stairs. Her fair haired boy laid mangled across the bottom step, blood oozing around him. She wrapped Damien in her arms, pressing his face to her chest to protect him from the sight. The help claimed they could her screams for hours after, just echoing up and down the halls. Maybe we’ll even hear them tonight.”

“Wait...these stairs?!” Hyungwon asked in a panic, shooting up from the bottom step he’d been sitting on. He cleared his throat and said a little more casually, “I mean ...these stairs?”

“One and the same.” Changkyun confirmed.

“What...that’s it?” Shownu asked high key unimpressed. You watched as Hyungwon slowly made his way from the staircase to the opposite side of the circle, otherwise unnoticed.

“Worry not, the story doesn’t end there.”

“Oh god damn it.” Jooheon groaned beside you.

“Alright, everyone, settle down and focus.” Changkyun waited for everyone’s attention before going on with the story. “Doctor Leo knew right away what had happened to his son and was furious. He wanted to get rid of the evil boy. However, Maria loved her son and she refused to believe the ravings of a madman. One day while she’d been out the doctor had even brought a priest into the home to try and exorcise the boy. Maria was enraged when she arrived home. Unable to handle the pained cries of the only child she had left, she tore the restraints from his body and banned the clergy from her home.

A decade had passed and the doctor’s fear and anger had torn him and Maria apart. They stayed on opposite sides of the home. She refused to speak to him because every time she did he would just say some hurtful things to her about Damien. The doctor began to drink heavily, he was falling apart having lost his son and then his wife.

On his fifteenth birthday, what would have been Gabriels as well, Maria took her son into the city for lunch and then to the zoo. When they arrived back home they found the doctor had ended his own life. Unable to handle the evil consuming the home any longer. His limp, lifeless body was found hanging from the railing, just there,” Changkyun pointed up to the railing of the second floor that was broken, leaving dangerous open gaps, “He’d made a noose out of bed sheets.”

“Two down, one to go.” Hyungwon joked, though he eyed the railing warily

“He won’t kill the mom.” Shownu argued. Both Minhyuk and Jooheon shuddered at the thought.

You sighed, “Come on, guys. He’s almost to the best part.”

“Which is?” Shownu asked.

“The end.” Jooheon grumbled.

“The best part is when he finally gets to the reason we’re really here.” you corrected.

“Just get it over with then.” Minhyuk whined, pulling his knees to his chest.

“For three years following the death of the doctor, mother and son lived here quite harmoniously. The only complaints to be had were from the help. Maids and gardeners often complaining about the property being overrun by creatures that always ended up dead. In the home and around it they found rats, cats, birds, foxes, rabbits, and snakes. As if they’d come to the house for the sole purpose of dying.

One afternoon, not long after Damien’s eighteenth birthday, Maria was just coming home from a short trip to the city. Out on the lawn, she found the old gardener facedown on the ground, dead.  When she ran inside the maid and the cook where both here in the foyer. Deep gashes like those from the claws of an animal covered their bodies. Blood was seeping from their wounds. She could see, dug into the wood flooring, were marks left by the cooks nails as she’d been dragged down the hall. Terrified for her son’s life, Maria searched the whole house for Damien. She found the door of the study, the last place she’d checked, slightly ajar. She peered inside and what she saw made her sick with fear.

Her son was standing in the center of the room with his eyes closed and naked as the day he was born. Behind him the fireplace was burning and she watched with wide eyes as a horned beast stepped out from the flames half man, half animal. Ten feet tall it had hoven feet and eyes as black as the darkest night. In his clawed hands he held a gold chalice. He spoke in a language she could not understand and from the chalice poured what seemed like an endless stream of dark red blood on top of her son’s head.

In a voice she’d heard before the beast whispered, my son.

Damien’s eyes opened under the shower of blood, and she gasped when she saw they were as black as his fathers. The door swung open, exposing her. The last thing she saw was the sick twisted smile of her demon son as his father came for her.  

Some people say you can hear the sound of hoven feet against the hardwood floor, the pained screams of Maria, the giggles of young Gabriel, and warnings from the doctor himself, whispered against your ear, begging you to leave this damned home.”

“I’ve seen the fireplace in the study. It’s huge. The devil coming out of it,” Shownu shrugged, “that’s actually pretty believable.”

“The devil!” Jooheon whined, “That’s so much worse than just a regular ghost story! I hate this, I’m gonna be sick.”

“Who is going to explain why we’re here?” Shownu asked, “I thought that would be made clear.”

“We’re here to find the chalice.” Changkyun answered. “Somewhere in this haunted old house is the devil's cup. We will go in our pairs and search until it’s found or the sun has risen.”

“What do we get if we find it?” Hyungwon asked intrigued.

“Pride, honor, a golden chalice to drink all of your future drinks out of.” you said as if the answer were obvious. “Also, the winning team gets breakfast paid for by the losers.”  

“Yeah, we’re winning. Let’s go.” With that Shownu grabbed Jooheon by the wrist and dragged him down the hall to the left.

“Game on.” Changkyun said with a wicked laugh before running upstairs with Hyungwon hot on his devils tail.

~~

The house was much scarier than you expected it to be. It might not have been that bad if it weren’t for the fact that Minhyuk was trembling with fear everywhere the two of you went. You’d searched the kitchen and the dining room together. The pair of you clung desperately to each other with every step you took down in the basement. You were sure if the chalice had been down there you’d missed it. The only thing you were focused on while you were down there was getting back upstairs and Minhyuk had been much worse off than you. He made you search the study by yourself while he stood by the door holding a shaking flashlight in your general direction. The pair of you passed by Shownu and Jooheon on the way to the sitting room and the sun room on the opposite side of the house.

Once you were sure you’d been to every room downstairs you went upstairs. In the children’s room, instead of the chalice you found a dust covered, wooden toy airplane. When you showed it to Minhyuk he screamed and for several minutes you were certain he was going to cry. Then, walking across the hall from one bedroom to another, a toy ball rolled passed your feet and Minhyuk swore he heard a child’s laughter. Though the whole situation made your chest tight with fright, part of you was also sure that Changkyun had something to do with it. Especially since you hadn’t seen him or Hyungwon the entire time you’d been upstairs.  

The two of you were headed to the master bedroom next. Minhyuk was a few feet in front of you. He passed by an open bedroom door without a second thought but a quiet whistling from the room caught your attention. You’d looked everywhere in the small room, and were standing nervously in front of the closet when Minhyuk called your name from down the hall. You turned to call back to him but when you opened your mouth a hand slammed down against your lips. Screaming into the hand, you were dragged backwards into the closet and the door closed in front of you.

“God, Y/n, stop screaming.” Changkyun whispered against your ear and spun you around.

“What the hell, you scared the fuck out of me.” you hissed as your eyes started to adjust to the darkness.

“All of the fuck?” he grinned, “Not even a little fuck left for me?”

“Apologize,” you whispered, sliding your hand from his chest to his hip, “maybe then I can find a fuck for you.”

He leaned in and dragged the tip of his nose from your throat to the base of your ear and whispered back, “I’m sorry I scared you.”

You hummed in pleasure, “Oh, look, I think I found one.”

“Mm, that’s good.” he said before leaving kisses along your neck, pulling the soft skin between his teeth until you were groaning. You squirmed beneath his hands as they pinned your hips against the wall.

“Kiss me for real.” you whined. He lifted his face to yours and let you pull his lips between yours. You kissed him for a full minute before you realized he wasn’t kissing back. “What? What’s wrong? Why aren’t you kissing me?”

He cupped your face in his hands with a smile, “Nothing’s wrong.”

“Okay, then kiss me.”

He leaned in again, this time pressing his lips against yours in a true kiss. His tongue slipped between your teeth and you pulled his hips closer, practically slamming them into yours. He kept you pressed against the old, dirty wall of the bedroom closet until your lips were sore and swollen and you weren’t sure which tongue was his and which was yours. When he finally pulled away, he kept his eyes on you for a moment as you caught your breath.  

Then he pressed a sweet kiss against your forehead and smiled, “We had fun right?”

“What? Why did you say it like that? Had?” you asked confused.

“That was our last kiss, kiddo.” he said as if it was just any ordinary conversation.

“What?”

“Jooheon is going to ask you out later.”

“What?”

He chuckled, “You should say yes. He likes you, is in love with you, likes you.”

“What?”

He grabbed your face in his palms, “Please stop saying what.”

“Um,” you looked at him trying to process but not being able to, “What?”

“Jooheon, you remember him?” he asked. You nodded, “He’s in love with you. He’s going to ask you out on a date. A real date, not just you two being besties like you’ve always been. I really think you need to say yes. I think you want to say yes. He really wants to be with you and you deserve that.”

“So...what does that mean, you don’t” you asked feeling a little hurt.

“Oh baby girl, I don’t want to be with anyone. I’m just having fun and we did that, right? You had fun?”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

He frowned seeing how upset you were, “You want more than secret rendezvous every once in awhile. I’m not totally clueless. I know you’ve been wanting more from me for awhile now.”

“I guess I was the clueless one.” you sighed.

“No” he said, “what I do just isn’t for everyone. You deserve more. You deserve real dates where you go out to dinner and then get ice cream after. You deserve sleepovers that end in you falling asleep together on the couch while the movie is still running. You deserve someone that’s going to drag you around everywhere and tell anyone who’ll listen that you’re his girl, because nothing makes him more proud than being with you.”

A small smile found its way to your lips, “Honey.”

“Exactly.” Changkyun smiled.

“You really think he loves me? I mean, I know he loves me like a best friend but…”

“He would not be trembling his way through this dark abandoned home on Halloween night, if it wasn’t for you. He would do anything for you and he’d do it because he loves you. Loves you loves you.” He shook his head as if amused, “You love him back, you know. There’s nothing you wouldn’t do for that delicate little man.”

“What if it’s not supposed to be like that. What if it ruins our friendship?” you bit your lip.

“You would never let that happen, either of you.” Changkyun said with certainty, “You’ll never let him out of your life, and he’ll never let you out of his. Even if things go horribly wrong, which I guarantee they won't, you two are going to have each other forever.”

~~~

It wasn’t totally clear how long you’d been in that closet with Changkyun but you knew it had probably been too long. Minhyuk was nowhere to be found upstairs and you immediately felt horrible having left him alone for so long. You had run into Hyungwon who asked if you’d seen Changkyun and you gave a vague response about him maybe being in the master bedroom before heading downstairs again.

Your flashlight had gone dead just before you’d run into Hyungwon, so you were pretty desperate to find your partner. The way down the stairs was slow going as you cautiously felt for each step before moving forward. Midway down the light from a flashlight hit you in the face. You squinted, unable to see who was coming up the stairs.

“Hey!” Jooheon grabbed your arms looking panicked, “Where were you?”

“I was just searching upstairs. What’s wrong? Are you okay?” You asked concerned.

He dropped his hands to his sides with relief, “We ran into Minhyuk, he said he lost you. I’ve been looking everywhere for you. I was so worried. Where’s your flashlight?”

“Oh...it died. You were worried about me? You searched a dark abandoned house for me all by yourself?” You grinned.

“Well...yeah. I just, I didn’t want you to be alone or get hurt or something.”

I wasn’t,” you paused, he didn’t need to know you weren’t exactly alone, “I was okay. Thank you for coming to find me though.”

You looked over your shoulder at the sound of footsteps on the stairs and nodded at Changkyun as he passed the two of you, Hyungwon following close behind. You watched him all the way down the stairs and into the dinning room before looking back at Jooheon. He looked from you to where Changkyun has disappeared and then back again.

“You were alone, right?” He asked quietly.

“Mostly…”

He bit his lip nervously as he looked up at you, “Do you want to be with him?”

“Be with who?” You gulped.

“Kyun. Are you into him?”

A small smile spread across your lips, “No, actually I think I might be into someone else.”

“Oh.” His shoulder fell with disappointment. “You never told me about anyone new. Usually you tell me that kind of stuff.”

“He’s not really new. I’ve known him for awhile.”

Jooheon’s face creased in confusion, “Who do you know that I don’t know?”

“I never said you didn’t.” You laughed.

“Someone we both know and it’s not Changkyun?” He asked. You could see the gears turning in his mind. “Oh god. Please tell me it’s not Minhyuk.”

“I found it!” Hyungwon screamed, running into the foyer holding the golden chalice high above his head. “We win!”

“Noooooo!” You could hear Minhyuk whining before you saw him tear into the foyer from the opposite hall. “Where?!”

“Kitchen.” Changkyun was leaning against a post, you hadn’t even seen him stroll in after Hyungwon.

“We looked there!” Minhyuk spun around the room with his flashlight until he spotted you under the beam of light, “Didn’t we look there, y/n?”

You blocked the light from your eyes with your hand, “Yes, Min.”

“Well not good enough. Haaaaah!” Hyungwon laughed as Minhyuk chased after him through the foyer, grabbing for the chalice.

“Hey!” Shownu shouted from the balcony, the light from his phone illuminating his face, “Kihyun and Hoseok are already at the diner for breakfast. They want us to meet them there.”

Finally gathered together once more the whole group took off together, back down the avenue of trees. Dawn was coming and what once was pitch black was now a muted gray. Everything looked a little different in the soft light. You turned around and looked back at the old house, it didn’t look very threatening at all.

Changkyun had thrown his arm over your shoulder, in what you knew was now simply the action of a good friend. Though Jooheon didn’t and he pouted as he walked with Shownu behind the two of you. With a yawn you wondered how Minhyuk had the energy to chase Hyungwon down the sidewalk, still desperate for the golden chalice.

Hoseok and Kihyun met the group outside of the twenty-four hour diner looking a little worse for the wear. Hoseok was half asleep and stumbling drunk as you made your way inside. The group packed into two red vinyl booths.

Jooheon looked up from his plastic covered menu at you in surprise as you slipped into the booth next to him. “Wouldn’t you rather sit with your boyfriend?”

“Who? Changkyun?” You asked, pulling the menu between the two of you so you could read it too. “I thought we cleared that up. I like someone else.”

“Yeah but you never said who. Are you going to tell me?”

You opened your mouth to say something and he watched you wide eyed with anticipation. However the waitress had arrived for drink orders, giving you a second chance to avoid the question. It wasn’t that you weren’t going to tell him, just that you enjoyed the frustrated look on his face, it was too cute to resist.

When the waitress left to get the drinks, instead of telling him what he wanted to know, you engaged with Kihyun who was sitting across from you in a very serious discussion about what to order. You couldn’t decide between dinner and breakfast. In the end you did what you always did. Jooheon would get breakfast and you would get dinner and then you’d split your meals.

“Did you have fun at least?” You asked Jooheon as the waitress came around with your food. “It wasn’t that bad was it?”

“No, not as bad as I expected.” He sighed as he separated his meal into two. “It was fun. I scared Hyungwon once, did I tell you?”

“No! You didn’t!” Laughing at the thought, you put half of your cheeseburger on his plate. “I’m so happy you had fun, Honey.”

“I’m sorry you didn’t win.” He said quietly

You grinned, “Oh it’s okay. Maybe next year.”

“Next year?!” He asked in an instant panic.

“Yeah. It’ll be better. We’ll just make sure we get to be partners next time.”

“You’d want to be partners with me?” He asked genuinely surprised, “I thought you were going to have a boyfriend by next year. Whoever this secret guy is that you like probably likes you back. If you’re dating then he’ll want to be your partner and I’ll get stuck with someone else.”

“Well, do you?” You asked grabbing a piece of bacon from his plate.

“Do I what?”

You looked across the table where Hoseok and Kihyun had passed out on one another, their food left almost completely untouched except for a french fry hanging from Kyihuns mouth.

“Do you like me back?” You asked.

“Yeah of course I like you back I-“ his eyes went wide when he realized that you meant. “Me? I’m the guy you’re into?”

“The one and only.” You were sure you’d never seen his dimple get so deep he was smiling so big.

“I want to kiss you.” He said, eyes sparkling.

“Wait, there’s something I want to tell you first.” You felt nervous, but telling him about Changkyun seemed like the right thing to do. If you were really starting this you wanted to start it the right way. “Kyun and I were…”

“I know.” His smile dropped slightly but he shrugged, “I’ve known for awhile, you guys were pretty obvious.”

“Why didn’t you say anything?” You asked grabbing his hand beneath the table subconsciously.

“I wanted you to want to tell me. I wanted you to be happy. It was hard being around you two, poorly hiding flirtatious looks.”

“I’m so dumb. I’m so sorry.” You whispered as you thought back at the last few months realizing Jooheon had almost never spent time with you and Changkyun together.

“Kyun figured it out. He asked me the other night and I told him the truth. That I’m in love with you.”

Your eyebrows shot up but you weren’t sure you were entirely surprised. “Honey…”

“Kyun told me to ask you out, he said you were… that you might… maybe...possibly.”

“I’m in love with you too.” You laughed, ending his small suffering of trying to avoid asking you if you loved him back. “I think I was in some denial but Kyun showed me the light.”

“He did?” Jooheon seemed genuinely shocked when you nodded, “well what do you know, Satan himself thinks we should be together.”

“Who are we to deny him?” With a small smile you leaned over and pressed a kiss against his dimpled cheek.

He covered his face with his hand shyly. “Aish, not in front of everyone!”

You laughed at the cute way he blushed, “You’re the one who wanted to kiss me!”

“Still do...” he grinned and lifted his hand to the back of your neck pulling you in for a sweet first kiss.

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63 & 67 with shownu ^^ love your writing style so much!

omg thank u bby, this made my day!! i hope this little drabble is what u were hoping for ♡

63. “I’m in love with you and it sucks because you’ll never love me the way I want you to.” 

67. “Do you think I’m careless?”

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It was one of those days. You just felt so down, you felt hopeless and pathetic. Shownu had come over to comfort you like always, but this time it was different. His presence wasn’t helping, in fact it was making it worse.

“Nunu?” You whispered, looking up at him from his chest. He just answered with a ‘mm?’, he was clearly almost asleep.

“Why do you do this? Why do we do this?” You asked, voice breaking as tears welled up in your eyes. He knew immediately what you were referring to.

“Why are you asking again? We’ve spoken about this so many times already” He said, eyes snapping open as he removed his hand on your waist to lift himself off your bed. You sat up as he rested himself back on his elbows.

“Because you never me a solid answer and I need to know, please Hyunwoo. Otherwise, I don’t know how much longer I can keep doing this” You say softly, tears starting to fall out of your eyes.

“What? You’re the one who suggested we do this” He starts to look angry.

“I know but I didn’t expect it’d end up like this, with me feeling the way I feel. I’ve told you yet you still continue to do these things to me and with me, despite our promise. You’re the one whose meant to help me since I can’t help myself and still want to be with you. I love you and you know it, so why keep making me suffer?” You start to sob, and he doesn’t try to comfort you.

“Do you think I’m careless? That I’m doing this to make you suffer? What do you take me for? I clearly want to do this too and be with you, it’s also my decision you know. I know what our promise was but I can’t just leave you and ghost you and stop everything, I don’t want you gone from my life” He says, sitting up fully now. He’s looking at you with a look on his face that is mixed with hurt, frustration and sadness. It’s killing you to see it.

“You don’t get it Nu, I’m in love with you and it sucks because you’ll never love me the way I want you to. It hurts so bad, I physically feel my chest ache whenever I think about you. Looking at you right now is breaking my heart into a million pieces” You heave, grabbing his face in your hands as you look into his eyes, trying to make him understand. He doesn’t answer, he just looks at you with the same look. He knows what he has to do, but part of him really doesn’t want to do it. He places one last, soft kiss on your lips and holds it for a bit too long. Then, he slowly gets up from the bed, grabs his things and leaves. You hear the door close, and your heart shatters as you fall back into your pillow and sob harder than before, trying to feel where he was just a second ago and hold onto it as long as you could. Because you were never going to feel it again.

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The Fall P.1

Monsta X AU: 8th member

Zoey x Monsta X

Monsta X deals with some unwelcome visitors.

A/N: I’m an evil person and I’m sorry.

Requests are CLOSED…but your feedback is still super important to me.

Masterlist and other Follow Me links in bio!

Zoey balanced the final business card in her tower of cards, raising her hands in success when it didn’t fall over.

“It’s official, I’m a prodigy.” She announced.

“It took you an hour to do that.” Minhyuk reminded her. “Don’t get too excited.”

“Well I’m sorry, I chose to pass the time doing something productive instead of staring out the window.”

“Children.” Shownu warned tiredly. 

Zoey rolled her eyes. “We’re all bored, Nunu, can we just go home.”

He raised his eyebrows at the nickname. “We have a meeting at two.”

“You said it was at noon.” Kihyun whined. “So we’ve been here since eleven-thirty.”

“And you won’t even let up go get food.” Hyungwon complained. “Fooooood.”

“Food after the meeting.” Shownu promised. “I’m buying.”

“Funny.” Zoey blew her cards down. “You thought you had a choice.”

The door to the meeting room opened and they all sat up straight, expecting their manager to walk in. Instead, it was the new receptionist from the lobby.

“Can we help you?” Jooheon asked kindly.

“Ah, yes. There are some people here to see you.” She said quietly.

“People?” Changkyun asked. “Are the managers here early?”

“No, your parents.” She corrected him.

“My parents?” He asked incredulously.

“Sorry, not yours.” The woman seemed nervous. “Ah, miss Zoey, it’s your parents.”

Zoey’s eyes went wide.

Wonho stiffened next to her. “I thought we had it on file that they were not to contact her. Or did you not read it.”

“Oppa.” Zoey warned him not to be mean to the woman.

“I did...read it, I mean.” The woman knotted her hands together and looked down. “But, ahhh, your father was creating a bit of a scene and we wanted to ask you before we called the police to have them escorted off the premises.”

“Call them.” Shownu and Kihyun said together.

“Wait.” Zoey looked up. “Send them up.”

“What?” Jooheon demanded. “You want to talk to them?”

She snorted. “No. But I might as well so that they’ll leave me alone for another three years. You can tell them to come up.”

The woman disappeared quickly, likely trying to escape Wonho’s glare.

Zoey rested her head on the table and started rebuilding her castle of cards.

“Why are you acting so calm?” Jooheon asked. “Your parents are on their way up.”

“When was even the last time you saw them?” Hyungwon asked. “Shouldn’t you be stressed?”

“The last time I saw them, oh tall one.” Zoey carefully leaned the cards against each other. “Was out first Christmas as a group, when they kicked me out of the house.”

“And you aren’t at all worried that this is the first time you’ve seen them since?” Changkyun asked.

Zoey shook her head. “I’m over it. I’ll let them say whatever it is they want to say, and then I don’t have to see them again.”

There was a knock on the door, and they looked up as the receptionist peeked back in. “Your parents.”

“Let them in.”

She stepped aside and let Zoey’s parents step into the room.

They hadn’t changed in the three years since she’d last seen them. They still looked as severe as ever, though there was a slight nervousness to them now that Zoey had never seen before. It slowly dawned on her that they didn’t know what to expect anymore. She’d grown without them for the past few years, and they had no idea if she would listen to them anymore.

“Mom. Dad.” She nodded. “How nice of you to visit.”

“Soo-ji.” Her father nodded.

“We were going to be in town, and we haven’t seen you in a while.” Her mother added. “Could we...could we maybe speak alone.”

“No.” Zoey said simply. “But you can sit.”

They carefully took the seats at the end of the table, close to Hyungwon and Minhyuk, both of whom looked mildly disgusted.

“What can I do for you, oh darling parents?” Zoey never looked away from her card house.

Her father nodded to her mother, who began speaking. “We’ve seen you in the news a lot recently, and we started to realize that we’ve missed a lot of your life.”

“Translation,” Zoey smirked. “I finally accomplished something so now I’m worth your time.”

“Soo-Ji!” Her father snapped.

“Don’t yell at her!” Shownu snapped right back. 

“He’s serious.” Kihyun glared at her father. “We’ll call security.”

“On your own parents?” Her father asked incredulously.

Zoey shrugged. “Can you guys just get to the point. We have a meeting to go to.” She said the words that her parents had said to her a thousand times, over every birthday and holiday, as an excuse as to why they couldn’t spend any time with her. Her mother seemed to wince.

“You have a boyfriend now.” Her father said. “We saw it in the news.”

“I do.” She gave a tight-lipped smile. “His name is Seungcheol, not that it’s any of your business.”

“And is he...a nice boy?” Her mother asked hopefully.

Zoey shrugged. “Wonho gave him the okay. And I like him. So there are all the opinions that matter.”

“You’re all going on a world tour soon, you must be excited.” Her mother appealed hopefully to the boys.

“We are.” Kihyun said. “Have you ever been to one of our concerts?”

There was silence, as everyone knew the answer.

“Look, Mom, Dad, I don’t mean to be rude. But we all know you’re trying to half-ass giving a crap about my life because I’m less of an embarrassment now. So please tell me whatever it is you came here to tell me, and leave before you make things worse.”

“We were hoping that you could help us out.” Her father said finally.

“How?” Wonho glared at them. “Why would you ever think she would do something to help you?”

“Oppa.” Zoey warned. “What do you need help with?”

“We’re...ah.” Her mother looked at her clasped hands. “Money is a little tight right now.”

“You’re asking her for money?” Jooheon snorted. “You have got to be kidding.”

Zoey tilted her head. “I thought you rented out my room. How could money possibly be an issue?”

“You know, a good daughter would support her parents when they ask.” Her father gave her a dirty look.

“A good father would support his daughter without her having to ask.” Zoey retorted. “So tell me what you really need to money for.”

“Your father’s company is having a business conference. In Cancun.” Her mother told her.

“A vacation?” Zoey rolled her eyes. “You want me to pay for your vacation so you can look better at work?”

“It is a work trip.” Her father said, sounding strained.

“If it’s that important, I’m sure your company will help you.” Zoey replied. “I’m not giving you any money.”

“What are you going to do with it then, it’s not like you have anyone else.” Her mother abandoned all pretence of civility, glaring at her openly.

Shownu went to stand up, but Zoey held up a hand to stop him. “My family, mom, is right here. And funnily enough, they don’t ask me for money.”

“If you let us walk out the door, we won’t be coming back.” Her father warned. 

“Good. I wouldn’t want you to.”

“You’re an ungrateful little brat, you know that?”

“I’m getting security.” Minhyuk shot to his feet.

“Minhyuk.” Zoey called to him. “Wait.”

She turned to her parents. “You can walk out of here on your own, or we can have you escorted out. Your choice.”

Her mother stood grabbing her purse. “We’re leaving.” She pulled her husband to her feet. “I hope you’re happy.”

“I’m doing alright.” Zoey smiled. “Have a good life, parents. See you in another three years?”

“Not likely.” Her father stormed out of the room, her mother close behind him.

Zoey let out a breath she hadn’t realized she was holding. “I need some air.”

“Zo!” Wonho reached for her. “Are you okay.”

“I need some air.” She repeated.

She stood and left the room, heading for the stairwell and assuming her parents had taken the elevator. At the top of the stairs, she paused, leaning her head against the wall.

Her parents were gone. She’s held it together in front of them, but it was hard for her to process the finality of what had just happened.

The last thing she remembered was the feeling of hands shoving her back, before she tumbled down the stairs.

And everything went black.

[xoexoxhoe]

Monsta X Reacts: Baby’s First Words

@pckmx Request: “Monsta X reaction to his baby’s first words”

A/N: Ahhhh a Monsta X request! So happy! Here’s to all the monbebe’s out there! And thank you so much for the request girl, this was such a cute one to write! Hope ya’ll like it! 

Monsta X & Y/N

Shownu:

Shownu was an amazing father, husband, and everything in between. When he’d come back from the studio, the first thing he’d do is greet you in the kitchen, and kiss your beautiful daughter who sat comfortably in the high chair next to the counter.

One night, you both were eating dinner, discussing what he should eat for his next episode of Nunu’s Yum Yum Yum. Of course, this happened every Sunday night, regardless if Shownu was eating or not, as he always thought of food.

He sat next to your baby, cutting her food for her and playing with her, making her laugh each time he’d put a chopstick on his lips while puckering them, holding it in place with his nose.

You couldn’t help but feel warm inside as he kept interacting with her. Tonight was your turn to clean the kitchen, and you cleared the table quickly, letting Shownu enjoy himself.

In the next two minutes, you heard Shownu begin shouting from the dining room. You dropped the dishes in the sink, turning around with soap covering your arms only to find Shownu with your baby in his hands, raising her above his head as if she’s Simba from ‘The Lion King’.

“Honey! She said- she said my name! She said ‘da-da’! I am Da-da!”

You turned back around to face the sink both in frustration and with laughter, hitting the counter, “Shownu, you gave me a heart attack- And, Honey, please don’t let our daughters head hit the ceiling.”

He slowly brought the baby back down, resting her on his muscular forearm, “But… she said da-da…”

Wonho:

Wonho never really wanted to get married, nor did he want children at first. But, as soon as he met you, things changed. He wanted kids, and he wanted an amazing life with you by his side.

When you both had your first baby boy, he was adorable and couldn’t contain his happiness. He laughed at the way your baby gripped his fingers, saying that he would be just as strong as him some day. When your baby cooed, he’d always sing and tell you, “Y/N, he’s gonna have the best voice, I can feel it.”

One night, Wonho came home late from the gym and his training. You had already began to put the baby to bed, but he insisted on carrying him around the house, calling it his ‘cool down’ after his workout.

You sat in your bedroom, folding clothes and watching a new tv show when Wonho came back into the room, handing you the baby.

“Babe, it talked.”

You looked at your little boy, laughing as he began to knock over your first pile of shirts, “Wonho, it’s a baby, they begin to talk around this age- and wait why did you say ‘it’ he has a name, babe, you gave it to him.” You giggled uncontrollably.

Wonho just shook his head furiously, “No ways! I refuse to believe it!” Tears started to stream down his face, “He’s growing up, and I don’t like it.”

Your baby babbled another word, this time saying ‘mama’ in a cute voice. Wonho tossed his head back, falling to the floor, “Look at him now! Talking back to you already! Oh my gosh! Say sorry to your mother right now!”

You couldn’t stop laughing for the rest of the night.

Minhyuk:

Minhyuk loved to sit in bed with your baby, holding an iPad for the both of them, watching the most obscure animal planet documentaries, history channel marathons, and anything that had education.

Minhyuk always talked to her, “This; this is a platypus, I don’t want you to touch it, alright?” Your baby would just look at her dad and smile, sometimes cry if he got really stern with his passion on how cute puppies were.

One day, you came home from work only to see him jumping up and down in the living room, screaming for you.

You ran in and he grabbed your wrist, telling you to jump with him. Your baby began to look at him, then to you, before babbling the words, “papa”.

You both turned to each other screaming, picking her up and running around the house with her, telling her to do it again, even though she began to cry once Minhyuk lifted her up and started singing. He handed her off to you and grabbed his phone, immediately videotaping her.

You both sat in bed with her for the next two hours, taking videos and listening to her babble even more words like ‘mama’, and ‘puppy’, to which your Minhyuk was quite happy.

He texted in the group chat with his fellow MX members, saying that your baby finally spoke. He constantly sent them videos and pictures of her saying puppy, telling the members that she’d make it on Ellen soon enough, only making your heart flutter even more.

He laid in bed with you that night, telling you about how he truly wished to hear her say platypus, only to which you replied that it would probably be too hard for her still.

The next morning, to no surprise, you found Minhyuk straining to teach your daughter the word platypus. “Repeat after me, baby. Pla-”

“Pa-”

“typus”

“pa”

He threw his arms up yelling, “Close enough! Honey, hurry up and grab the camera we’re taking this to Ellen!”

Kihyun:

Kihyun was a great dad, but throughout the entire time leading up to your baby’s first words, he always taught your child how to say ‘mama’.

You’d find him in the kitchen, singing to her the word ‘mama’ alone over and over again, always finding it really adorable yet strange how he was so eager for her to speak the word ‘mama’. 

The day that she said her first words, you both were on the couch, talking about work while watching her play. She sat up and began saying ‘mama’ repeatedly, to which you started freaking out.

Kihyun’s face was filled with surprise, causing him to stand up and run in place, unsure of what he should do.

"Should I grab the recorder? Use my phone? Should I call your mom?”

You pulled him back down, “No! Don’t- just- let’s watch her again.”

Another word slipped from her lips, this time it was “da-da” on a constant loop.

Kihyun looked to you, “She said dada?”

You nodded in excitement, “I taught her!”

Kihyun looked to you, “I taught her mama… why’d you teach her dada?”

You bit your lip, “I… I wanted her to call you instead of me at night because I want to sleep…”

Kihyun stood up from the couch, “I WAS DOING THE SAME THING, WHAT THE ACTUAL-”

Hyungwon:

Hyungwon held your baby to his chest one night, playing with him and patting his back while he stayed fussy

He gave up bouncing him up and down once his arms got tired, telling you that it was too much work for one night and by the time he finished being a father, he expected to be as big as Wonho

“Honey, that’s impossible.” You laughed, grabbing the baby from him

“So is Wonho, but here we are.” He brushed back his hair and you couldn’t help but snort at his response.

Your baby fiddled with your hair and Hyungwon watched as the little one grabbed your shirt, attempting to say something but closing his mouth before saying anything, continuing to mumble random sounds

Hyungwon had his eyes wide, “Babe… is- is this how people feel when they expect me to say something but I don’t during fan signing?”

You burst into hysterical laughter, “HYUNGWON? What?”

He sat back, staring his baby in the eyes, “Say something, little one. I dare you.”

Your baby looked at him, touching a hand to his nose before stuttering, “Da-da.”

Hyungwon threw his hands up, “AIGOOOO. I promise I’ll never not say what’s on my mind anymore goodness the anxiety killed me.”

Jooheon:

Jooheon always had the baby with him, barely letting you get more than five minutes alone with your beautiful baby girl, but you didn’t mind because it was the cutest thing to see him interact with her.

He always brought her to the studio with him, waltzing her in with oversized earphones and making her stick her tongue out to the fellow MX members who only melted over her deep dimples and bright smile.

Every time he’d write music or raps, he’d sit with your daughter on the dining table, constantly running things by her as she babbled away at nonsense. Eventually, she’d cry when he made too much serious faces, which led him to doing his ‘Circle, Square, Star in my heart’ routine that even you couldn’t resist.

One day, you went to the studio with them, meeting the rest of MX while watching your baby since Jooheon was in the booth.

He stepped out and she lifted her arms to him, “Da-da!” She screeched, causing you to look up at Jooheon whose jaw was already gaping, you yourself barely being able to contain your excitement.

All the members were screaming as well, everyone freaking out and pinching your daughter's cheeks, asking her to say something else, but she became overwhelmed and started to cry.

Jooheon picked her up, putting her on his hip and walking into the booth, clicking on the monitor to speak, “Everyone, please welcome the eighth member of Monsta X, my beautiful baby girl, who’s definitely better than you, Kihyun. Now, let’s get to work people as she is kind of heavy and I think she has a soiled diaper.”

I.M:

I.M became nervous every time he picked up the baby, but you reassured him, “Honey, he can walk a bit, just hold on to his hand.”

He’d wince once the baby would latch onto his shirt, pulling at his suit jacket as well, “Y/N, oh my god, babe, no I can’t.” You left the room, leaving him to fend for himself, but after about five minutes, you already heard loud beats thumping from his recording room.

You pushed the door open, seeing your baby playing with blocks on the floor, wearing large earphones as IM worked on a beat. He turned around, “Babe, I’m gonna drop a mixtape soon, and I need to have our baby on it.”

You raised an eyebrow, “Honey, he doesn’t even speak yet.”

IM lifted a finger, “Wait just a minute, mama.” He picked up his baby by the hands, bringing him to stand while taking a few shaky steps and gripping IM’s fingers. Your baby started looking at you and saying “Mama!”

You gasped, placing your hands over your mouth before laughing, “He spoke already?!”

IM nodded his head, “And of course, I recorded it the second time and started to make the beat. Our son’s a natural, Y/N.”

Your eyebrow twitched, “Changkyun… You mean to tell me... YOU DIDNT CALL ME WHEN HE SAID HIS FIRST WORDS?”

IM’s scrunched his nose, sheepishly smiling before placing the baby on his lap and swiveling his chair around, pressing the spacebar on his monitor to have the loud bass begin to play.

“CHANGKYUN!”

[monbebe26-monstax]

Angsty Wonho : You just love my money!

Here you go Love! I hope you like it. It’s a little lengthy! 💛(also it’s unedited so be easy on me, I’ll edit it later today)

The door slammed bringing you out of your daydream to see him walking in. Your eyes followed him across the room. You could see how tense his shoulders were. “Hoseok?” You ask. He glances your way before sitting at his desk and not saying anything back. Changkyun looks up from his book an eyebrow arched before going back to his reading.

You sigh getting to your feet moving forward. “What’s wrong?” You ask softly. Your fingers touching his shoulders.

He pulls away, the fabric of his t-shirt pulled tight over his muscles and his face hard. “Can you let me focus?” He mutters.

You flinch pulling back, his tone razor sharp. You glance to see Changkyun burying himself deeper in the couch with the book practically touching his nose. You scoop your bag up and head out the door away from the tension as it became suffocating.

Walking towards the elevator longing for your bed you couldn’t bring your eyes to focus on the walls, the beautiful glass windows outlooking the city, or where you were going until you almost slammed into the elevator doors. You pushed the button but a hand gripped yours pulling you back. You inhaled sharply turning to see him standing there. His chest heaving and his eyes full of fire.

“Are you leaving now?!” He asked, his tone louder and harsher now. You nod once. His glare intensifies. “Why? You can’t even sit still here for a few hours so I can actually work?!”

“Wonho?” Shownu’s voice came from the side and you caught your breath seeing Wonho’s fists clench by his side.

“Yes?” He turned his head, his jaw set. Shownu studied you before looking at your boyfriend.

“Everything okay? I heard shouting.”

“It’s fine,” you speak first. “You can go back to practice Nunu, thank you.”

He nods, hesitating, but your pleading gaze convinced him to back off. He nods again before turning and going as Hoseok turned back to you. “We will talk at your place tonight.” He turns on his heel leaving you, his voice hard.

You fight tears, feeling them burn your eyes as you push the button calling the elevator. You felt yourself crumbling. He had been so hard with you the past two weeks and you weren’t sure what started it or if it had been something you had done.

It was late, well past midnight as you laid in bed on your side, curled up in the furthest corner against the wall. It was pitch black and quiet but you still couldn’t sleep. Your fingers traced lines in his pillow as you thought over his behavior today. You heard the front door shut before he was walking down the hall. His body filling the doorframe, blocking out the faint light from the kitchen you always left on.

“Are you awake?” He asked.

“Yes,” you whisper. He sighs moving forward and you listen as his clothes hit the ground almost soundlessly before his weight is added to the bed and he lays next to you. You wait for his hands to find you and tug you into his chest like always but it doesn’t come. Your heart aches as you reach out instead and your fingertips come into contact with his back.

“Just go to sleep. I don’t want to fight tonight,” he mutters, his voice still having an edge.

You retract before slipping away to the foot of the bed before climbing down and walking out. Your hands running through your hair as you wander into the living room. You curl up on the overstuffed cushions and close your eyes.

“Are you kidding me?!” You hear his voice and your eyes open to see him just inside the room. His eyes on you. “You can’t even sleep in the same bed as me anymore?”

“What?” You ask sitting up. “What are you going on about?”

His jaw tightened, his arms crossing over his bare chest, highlighting the thick cords of muscles. “First you leave the studio today and now you want me to sleep alone.”

“Yes,” you nod standing and putting your hands on your hips. “Do you hear how you have been talking to me lately? Are you aware how hateful you have been to me?”

He exhales shaking his head. “You started it. Let’s be honest Babe,” he moved forward and you stepped back, a small amount of fear creeping up your spine. You knew Wonho would never hurt you but still you were afraid of him, you had never seen him like this. “All those comments at the company dinner,” his arms dropped and along with his gaze. “I knew I had provided more for you than anyone else ever had, but still.”

“Still what?” You ask, glaring at him. Remembering that dinner. It had been fun, but now that you thought about it that was when his behavior had changed.

“You just love my money!” He glared back, his eyes raging again. “You just love the status I give you. Hell, everyone sees it!”

You flinch taken back as your mouth drops and you fight the burn of tears. “Hoseok?” You ask, your hands trembling as you almost fall apart at the thought of him thinking this negatively about your relationship. “Is that what you really think?”

“Well that’s what you said that night. You practically screamed it from the rooftops.” He lifted his arms wide as his eyes stayed locked on you.

You frowned moving towards him. Your hands planting on his chest. “No Baby,” you sigh before hugging him gently. “That’s not what I said at all. We were discussing something. Oh Baby,” you sigh snuggling into him. You can feel his arms drop and wrap around you. You sigh, grateful to be back in his arms. “We were discussing a K-drama theory, not us. I’m so sorry. Why didn’t you talk to me about it?” You peek up at him.

He frowns and you see the tears staining his cheeks. “I was worried you meant it.”

You frown reaching up to peck his lips. “Never.”

He nods kissing you back before hugging you to him in his warmth.

“Promise to keep communication open from now on?” You ask. He nods again before kissing you more pulling you onto the couch as you cuddle together. Fingers tangling.

“I should probably apologize to Shownu and Changkyun huh?” He asks. You nod smiling weakly. “Shownu gave me so much crap after you left.” He kisses your temple. “He told me I was crazy to believe that you could feel anything less than pure love for me. He said I was stupid for behaving like this.”

You smile kissing his chest snuggling into him and tightening your arms. “I love you Hoseok. K-pop idol or not, I love you. Just you.”

“I love you too,” he murmurs before kissing you again. “I’m sorry Baby.”

“It’s okay,” you exhale letting your eyes close.

“Let’s go to bed, hmm?” He ask scooping you up and taking you to your bedroom.