#yeah i think its like. its not that translatable through gifs honestly? like you gotta observe a whole match

[startrekfangirl2233-writes]

Fiiiiiinally getting to the kiss ask!

Jake + 25 + 42 pleaseeeee 😍😍😍

Love you, my Starry Squirrel!

Mama May!!! Here is Kiss #25, A Kiss as a ‘Yes’. I really hope you like it! It's as sweet as marshmallows over an open fire 😍😍😍😍

Kiss #42 will be in a separate post!

A Kiss as a 'Yes'

The sputtering flames of the bonfire inches from your feet send ripples of light over you as you sit on a clear bit of driftwood with a marshmallow obediently roasting on a skewer clutched precisely in your hand. You’re not sure when it happened, but when you look up after sandwiching a perfectly roasted marshmallow between graham crackers and chocolate, none of your friends are around the flickering flames anymore. You’ve been left alone with the one person you’ve been warned against being with, the one person who honestly hasn’t wanted anything to do with you since you came to North Island. He’s draped lazily on a beach towel, every dip in his muscles highlighted by the orange-red firelight.

“So, you like s’mores, huh, little one?” Your mouth is stuffed full of gooey sweetness and rich chocolate when his voice takes you by surprise. You nearly choke on your bite as you struggle to chew and swallow as fast as you can.

“Yeah, I do.” Your smile is shy as you nibble on what’s left of your s’more. 

“What about them do you like?” He sounds genuinely interested in what you’re going to say.

You’re not sure why you’re interacting with him, especially when you should know better. “They’re the perfect summer treat! Sweet and caramelized, crisp and melty. It helps that I probably only eat a couple a year.”

“Would you make one for me?” When you turn to the side, you’re surprised to see Jake sitting beside you.

“I didn’t think someone who looks like you would ever eat something as sweet and unhealthy.” Your voice is whisper-soft as you skewer a marshmallow onto the skewer and hold it in the flames.

“Everybody’s gotta have a little sugar in their lives, Sugar.” The pet name makes your skin feel hot, and your cheeks flush.

“Isn’t that right?” He’s so close to you that you can feel the heat of his breath against your lips. 

Your nod is an aborted half-movement as his lips tenderly cover your own. The kiss tastes like sweet marshmallows and bitter chocolate melding with something you can barely distinguish, something that sets your heart ablaze. The marshmallow slips from its skewer, hanging limply from your hand, sending the scent of bitter sugar spiraling through the air. Combined with the scent of his cologne, you can’t help your soft moan. You’re starved for breath when he pulls away. By the time you catch your breath, Jake’s already pressed another marshmallow to the skewer and positioned your hand so it’s in the flames.

“See, little one? I knew you’d be the sweetest of all.” When the other Daggers get back, you’re on opposite ends of the fire with one perfectly toasted s’more in Jake’s big hand.

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[piggy-peach]

They let us take pics and stuff for the first 3 songs which was super cool of them!!! (Except that my phone doesn't take great anything in that lighting.....) But wow, where to begin... I travelled 6 hours to see them and had gotten maybe 2 hours of sleep beforehand...decided to put my makeup on 14 hours before the actual concert (big mistake as it all came off during the concert between the gallons of sweat and my endless crying) and of course because of the photo op afterwards I missed the last ferry to go back home and had to sleep at the dock and wait for the one leaving at 5 am. (We'd already planned for that so it was chill.) But OHHH MY LAWD. They are just SO beautiful in person. I was maybe 8 rows away??? And they were just so wonderful and cute. And Cha Hakyeon...my bias...lawd have mercy...his DANCING. It's even more graceful and perfect when you see it with your own two eyes. Being a dancer, myself, I can seriously appreciate his talent. Yeah, he's dancing around to "hip hop"--but he's also floating across the stage like a fucking swan. His every move is carefully calculated, down to his fingers. But he also has so much fun up there. Like he knows how to GET IT. He belongs up there almost more than anyone else. He owns that stage. Ain't nobody gonna take it from him. Wow........I honestly didn't know what to expect. I was surpised at how small they were. Probably because I'm not used to seeing such small frames...they say Hakyeon is 5'8 but I have doubts...I'm 5'8 and there's no way he's as tall as me. No way. But aside from being small, they were gorgeous. Ken was so incredibly cute, as was Hyuk. Leo was beautiful as always. Hakyeon was a fucking god, and Ravi was adorable too. But Lee Hongbin............honestly I actually caught myself a couple times. "I'm a married woman," I remind myself as I stare down at him, sweat glistening on his skin. He's standing there quietly waiting for his turn to sing, LICKING AND BITING HIS LIPS, wiping his face with his palm in the most teasing, alluring way. Talk about bias wrecker ???? I was SHOOK. I had to remove my eyes before I burned up in my seat....lawd..... I had not expected anything, except to be blown away by their charm. (I was.) I also really didn't expect them to play a game with us for nearly a third of the show!!! Their variety personas came out, reminding me very much of the old VIXX TV I used to binge watch in high school. (The only thing that kept me going was that stupid show oml.) Hyuk decided to play MC, and they even gave him the 3D pink Hyuk sticker for his mic...the one from the original VIXX TV. I teared up when I saw it ngl. There was a board brought out with a bunch of suggestions from the fans, and Hyuk began to explain the rules of the game--IN ENGLISH--to us and to the members. "You pick one and you have to do it," he says loud and clear, his accent thick and utterly precious. "But if you pick one for yourself...it's too easy. So, instead, the person beside you will pick for you. They will pick something for you with kindess and love." He came up with that all by himself. We were all so blown away by his incredible English. It was clear that he had been practicing. He had been practicing for US!! I don't know about anyone else, but I was really touched. Lots of hilarious things occured. Ravi lost to Hakyeon in a staring contest; Hongbin was forced into doing Aegyo (and then proceeded to die afterwards.) Ken sang something from his musical with no mic and let me tell you..... He didn't even need one at all. He projected so well. We heard him loud and clear--but most of all, his voice when he sang was so incredibly beautiful. I mean, we already new that he could sing, but this was different. The tone, the vibrato, the runs, all of it. Not a single mistake. It was like a recording. He sang so confidently, too. It nearly brought me to tears. (Just kidding it did lmao) It was just a different style. A style that really, REALLY suited him. Hyuk was asked to dance to Chained Up 2x fast. He gladly obliged, and nailed it of course, because the beginning is easy with short, simple counts and he only did the first 16 or so of them. So Hakyeon--Darling Hakyeon, Sweet Hakyeon, Adoring Leader Hakyeon who Loves His Members So Much--suggests that he tries it 5x fast. "I want to make you suffer," he cackles evilly. The other members try to rush to Hyuk's defense, all yelling and clambering to get Hakyeon off of his wild train of thought--so fast that the translator can hardly keep up--but Hakyeon tells them all that it's too late and that the 5x fast version was already prepared. Fearless, Brave Hyuk steps up to the plate and awaits his fate...the song begins...and he just goes for it. He doesn't make any noticeable mistakes--hits all the counts, though he eventually gets past the easier part and soon his feet and hands are flying every which way and he starts to smile nervously as he tries to keep on pace. He eventually sinks to the ground from exhaustion, but he's already won. Hakyeon accepts defeat and we erupt into applause. He then gets up slowly and says to us in Korean, "That's it, you guys...I'm done. This will be my last concert. I'm getting too old for this now. It was really nice knowing you, thanks all. I love you." Hakyeon smirks from his spot in the middle. Leo was asked to sing "Whisper" as it had not yet been performed in Vancouver yet. No song was prepared, so Leo (after shyly begging Ravi to do it with him, insisting that it's their song) sang it accapella. Of course, not before being pushed to the side a little by Hakyeon, who didn't want to be blocked. You can't get in the way of a diva, boys. It's just common sense. After that, Leo was forced into spelling the member's names with his bellybutton. He vehemently rejected this at first, but Heartless MC Hyuk insisted him to and Leo just had no other choice. (Though in between each name he had to take a few moments to wheeze and cringe and whine about how weird it was. "Ahh, isanghae..." Over and over....) The banter and humor of those boys really made my night. The concert was wonderful, in spite of the few glitches at the beginning (mic feedback, translator not responding and leaving hakyeon hanging for two minutes which he was nOT happy about let me tell you) but it was so much fun. Near the end, they all ran offstage and left us screaming for five minutes straight in the dark...clearly if the concert had really been over, the lights would have come back on, so we knew it wasn't done yet...but we were just too impatient. We missed them! So we spent that five minutes chanting "V.I.X.X!" relentlessly, clapping and stomping our feet until they finally came out again--and performed Love Equation. I literally cried when they came back. It was a mix of "I knew you didnt abandon us" and "omg I haven't heard this song in such a long time". Then they did On and On which made me SO HAPPY as it was my favorite song by them for such a long time and pretty much the song that got me into them in the first place. And then they did Hyde--and at that point I was bawling (or pretty close to it) because it was just such a relief to know that they hadn't forgotten those good songs; the classics. The songs of my highschool years. It sounds cheesy, I know. I'm really sentimental okay... ;;;; The ending was incredible, and Ken stayed on the stage after they'd all walked off, sending us hearts and kisses, so long that Hakyeon had to come back out and drag him backstage. Ken is just such a sweet heart. The last and I think most important thing I want to share is the photo op. I say most important because this was my one and only chance (and very first!!) to be up close and really see them; really have their attention, and truly meet them as human beings rather than idols on a stage. We were so rushed through by the staff that I didn't even get to really SEE my bias at all, but I made sure to look at each one as I passed before I got to my seat, which was right in front of Leo. I smiled and waved really shyly at him and he smiled back and said hi in that soft voice of his...gah my heart just melted. Now as I mentioned before I had decided to put on my makeup at 5 am and it was now 9 pm. I'm not super great at makeup, I have incredibly oily skin, and my makeup just isnt super great on its own...I had also been wearing eyelashes, which had finally come off during the concert because of my excessive smiling and crying. So...I had to wipe off the eyeliner and try and look sort of alright for the picture. But I felt like I looked hideous without my makeup so I was terrified of meeting them. But to their credit, they smiled brilliantly at me regardless, so thank you VIXX for that lmao. Actually I caught Hyuk kinda peeking at me and when he saw I'd noticed him he gave me a grin. It made me feel better. It was so sweet. So incredibly short. But before I left I said goodbye to Leo again, because he was there, and gosh is he adorable (and SMALL. Like. He's gotta be smaller than Hakyeon.) and he smiled again at me and I felt even better. So I know I'm gonna come out looking all pudgy and weird and I'm gonna hate the picture but I'm still gonna keep it because it will remind me of the 4 seconds when Leo knew of my existence and smiled just for me. ❤❤ Sooo yeah. There's my experience. It was amazing and I'm so glad I went out and did it. It was one of my dreams, to meet VIXX-- and afterwards I felt so weird and like...empty in a way??? Because it had been fulfilled. But that's okay! All I have left now is to meet BTS and then I can die happily. 💞💞