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shenrickyz · 5 days
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seojun the lovesick fool (ft. nct dream)
oh seojun is so in love it's disgusting | when?: nct dream smoothie studio choom behind
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"i think that's enough photos, seojunie".
just as those words are said, seojun snaps another photo with camera in his hands. the 02 liner looks up and blinks at na jaemin, who simply gives a teasing smile. "did i get carried away?" he asks obliviously.
"carried away taking photos of jisung maybe".
seojun gasps in offense at the statement. yeah it's true but who is donghyuck to tell him that? he narrows his eyes at his older member, readying his defense for the day. "i was not! it's not my fault he looks exceptionally pretty in every photo and that the camera kept focusing on him!"
"i think that's one of your worst excuses".
seojun's eras redden, and he frowns slightly at the laughs which sound from his fellow members. jaemin throws an arm around him, giving another teasing smile. "you two are so cute! i can't believe it! young love blossoming at it's finest!"
"what are you talking about?" renjun questions judgmentally, looking jaemin up and down.
"he's crazy".
"not as crazy as seojun is for jisu—"
"stop!" seojun whines, his face probably redder than it ever has been in his life. he uses his hands to cover his red face, and jaemin giggles in victory. "this is embarrassing.." he mutters into his own hands, trying his best not to make eye contact with any of his members.
"it's not! nothing's embarrassing about being in love!"
seojun gently pushes jaemin away from him, trying his best to ignore the older's teasings and focusing on the many photos he'd taken on the camera. of course, most of them were focused on jisung. he's pretty, okay? can you blame seojun for taking so many pictures of him?
"jisung looks so pretty here.."
"yah, chenle is in the photos too" jeno scolds playfully, nudging him in the shoulder. seojun blinks, and laughs silently.
"i know! i didn't say chenle wasn't pretty jisung is just.. i'm not explaining it to you!"
"seojun is picking favorites!"
"i am not you guys always say this—!"
as seojun was busy trying to clear his name to his older members, jisung finally turns around to see what the yelling is all about, coming across a red faced seojun whose arguing with jeno and jaemin about.. something. he laughs lightly at the sight, because seojun is trying so hard to get his point across.
"so how did the photos turn out?"
"ah! oh my god you have to stop doing that!" the maknae allows for himself to giggle at seojun's newly startled expression. "seriously, jisung".
"okay okay i'm sorry" jisung hides his giggle behind his hand, laughing even harder at the frown from the older. "ignoring that, the photos, how did they turn out?"
seojun quickly looks back down at the camera in his hands, then looks back at jisung with a smile. "they turned out nice, you looked so pretty in all of them.."
the formerly giggling jisung is quickly reduced to a blushing, stuttering mess as he tries his best to register the other's words. the two are left awkwardly staring at each other for a moment, flustered out of their mind, but seojun breaks the silence by laughing lightly. "what? why are you so silent?"
"you're so— you're so annoying" jisung mutters under his breath, arms crossed and cheeks dusted red.
seojun pokes his cheek, and the youngest pretends to be annoyed by the gesture. "and you are so cute".
"that's not fair".
"um.. yes it is! you can't argue with me, i'm older, so i'm right".
"that is also not fai— hiki tell seojun he's wrong!"
"i am not wrong! you're wrong!"
and just like that, the lovebirds begin arguing. what are they arguing about exactly? the rest of the dreamies have absolutely no idea, but they're equally as flustered as the other.
"ah, young love" jaemin muses humorously, smiling proudly at the sight of the two. renjun, again, gives him another judgmental look, nudging him lightly.
"you're acting like you raised them".
"um because i literally did? i'm the only reason they're even together!"
"that's more of a bad thing than a good thing right now.."
jaemin lets out a snicker, listening to the two youngest argue over something unintelligible as jeno rolls his eyes at their stupid shouting.
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shenrickyz · 18 days
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5 times seojun makes sure to look after jisung, and 1 time jisung returns the favor
FEATURING ᝢ kang seojun, park jisung, & nct dream ensemble. WARNINGS ᝢ 5+1 things, mentions of mark's graduation, overworking, and implications of depression. WORD COUNT ᝢ 9k  NOTES ᝢ okay okay so HIII!! first of all, this is for the biggest seoji fan ever aka @junjiie, also my bsf ever jj we all love you ☹️💟 second of all, this doesn't even scratch the surface when it comes to seoji, their dynamic is so intricate that i can't even to explain them bc i'll go crazy and start sobbing uncontrollably from how much i love them 😭😭 third, yes this is a 5+1 thing, going back to my ao3 roots and shit, you will never know the name of my account btw..🙁 just know there were a lot of weak hero things on there, i miss ao3 (i got locked out of my account), anyway, yeah this is a very experimental i wrote through many many all nighters and many iced coffees, but now it's done, seojun might be one of my fav nct ocs sorry zixin & niko 💗 seojun cutest person ever wbk!! okay bye bye dont crucify me pls 🙏
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one
jisung is on one of his nightly walks again.
nightly walks around the dorm that is, he isn't about to go outside at one in the morning, one; because renjun would definitely kill him if he ever found, and two; he doesn't need fresh air right now.
jisung finds his own body confusing, he's tired, but can't sleep. the ground is practically stabbing his feet, but he's already walked seven circles around the couch in this short amount of time. he feels out of it, he craves something, not food, he's not hungry, he's not thirsty either, he doesn't know exactly he feels. he's sleepless, yeah, but sleep probably won't do the trick.
thoughts are rampant in jisung's mind, many thoughts. the fucking comeback, the hours of practice he's gonna subject himself to, the hours of recording they'll have to endure, the hours he's spent without even eating, how is he still alive? he might collapse onto the floor in this very moment and sleep just like that.
but instead of that, jisung (or his feet, he guesses) has other plans. he stops his tenth lap around the couch and beelines towards seojun's room, those thoughts still rampant in his mind as he starts his way there.
seojun always pulls all-nighters, he truly only needs 3 hours of sleep to thrive in this world (his words, not jisung's). the other doesn't really get how that's healthy, considering seojun's a dancer, and he's constantly up 24/7, sleep should one of his top priorities, jisung doesn't understand how he never gets tired, but he guesses the constant need to be doing something is a huge factor.
the light in his room is on, jisung can see from the crack under the door, and even if it wasn't on, seojun is always awake. he lightly twists the doorknob, peaking his head through the opened door.
seojun is, of course, doing like three things at once. he's cleaning his glasses, has a book open, and is singing along to a song playing in his mind. when he hears the door open, he glances up, smiling at the sight of his fellow 02 liner. "hi, what's up?"
jisung pauses, holding the door with his shoulder so he can use his right hand to scratch his arm, he shrugs, licking his lips. "can't sleep" he says easily, and seojun just hums, sitting up.
he doesn't say any more, patting the spot beside him on his bed, beckoning for jisung to sit with him. the younger doesn't think twice before closing the door behind him (gently though, because hikari has issues with noise). the moment he sits himself down with seojun, he feels comfortable, cozy.
"why'd you come to my room?"
"you were the only one awake".
a lie, a pretty obvious one too. jisung knows hikari is also awake, he usually gets plagued with sleeplessness when comeback preparations roll around. jisung doesn't really know why he lied, it's not like seojun would reprimand him or anything.
seojun doesn't need to know it was a lie, though.
"mmh" seojun looks back to his glasses, putting the napkin back in the case. "why can't you sleep, ji?" he asks, glancing down at the book he'd previously been reading.
jisung glances down as well, eyes focusing on seojun's bracelet. "i don't know.." he mutters, beginning to fiddle with seojun's blanket, his nose scrunched as he takes in a deep breath. "just thinking, i guess".
"ah" seojun puts on his glasses and shakes his head. jisung always thought seojun looked exceptionally pretty like this— not that seojun isn't usually exceptionally pretty, jisung just thinks he looks so good in this current state. somewhat messy hair, reading glasses on, no makeup, just.. seojun. "so what? you want me to read you a story or something?"
"no i just.." jisung pauses, scouring his mind for the right words to say. seojun's eyes go back and forth, between the younger and pages on the book before him. "i'm just— i'm thinking too much, i need to just sit down and be fine".
jisung doesn't really think the words make sense, but seojun gets it, and jisung can see that he does with the way his eyes soften. "so you just want to sit in silence?" he asks, fingers caressing the cover of the book in his hands. jisung's eyes follow seojun's fingers, humming lightly.
"not really.. can we just talk?"
"about what?"
jisung groans, covering his face with his hands. "i don't know just.. stuff" anything to distract him from his irritating thoughts, he doesn't want to think about the comeback, or the performance, or sm, or anything pertaining to that, he just wants to talk about stupid shit, talking with seojun will relax his mind. "just don't be quiet".
"well lucky for you, park, i'm a professional loud mouth".
oh do i know.
jisung makes himself comfortable, lying his head down on one of seojun's many pillows. the older simply smiles down at him, glancing back at his book and only skimming the page before turning it. "what's keeping you up tonight?"
"comeback thoughts" jisung answers immediately, getting only a small hum from the older. "i don't know, i'm nervous, anxious, worried that i'll slip up and put the whole group in jeopardy?"
his tone is questioning, like he's even confused on why he's having such thoughts, but seojun doesn't reply. the silence isn't a taunting silence, one where jisung can tell seojun is making fun of him in his mind, it's more of a silence of solace, jisung likes how the air in the room feels, his thoughts aren't yelling at him right now, they're silent, they don't bother him. "is that weird?"
"it's weird that you think you'll ever mess up" the park almost rolls his eyes at the kang's words, but he doesn't interrupt him. "you're an amazing member, jisung, you're talented, you never slip up, and you'd never bring down the group".
"you're just saying that to make me feel better.."
"i say it all the time, though" seojun adds, and jisung has to admit, he is right, but he wants to remain stubborn, wants to ignore his reddening cheeks. "and i mean it, ji, don't ever think about yourself like that, you're important, and everyone thinks so".
the words make jisung pause, he doesn't have an immediate answer for them. seojun is just so good at doing that, making him speechless. it's not like what he said was new or revolutionary, seojun says shit like this all the time, it's just something about him, not exactly his words.
seojun makes jisung feel things he can't explain.
jisung's silence doesn't bug the older, who just takes his hand, intertwining their fingers. "you— we'll be fine".
"we always are, aren't we?"
at the words, seojun snickers, unconsciously tightening his hold on jisung's hand. "yeah, we always are".
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two
these days, jisung is easily tired.
maybe it's just the back to back promotions, having to learn five new choreographies and master them so he doesn't make a mistake on stage, so he doesn't upset any of the members. they're all having a rough time as well, he can't even begin to imagine how mark and donghyuck feel, knowing they have to do these promotions and also prepare for their upcoming 127 comeback (and apparently with a song they hate too, donghyuck is not a fan of sticker).
jisung just chalks up his exhaustion to the many hours he trudges around the practice room, doing the same dance seventeen times with minimal breaks, no sleep, then waking up and having to repeat the next day.
and jisung thinks it'll all be fine, because he has never actually ever been behind. if he has to force himself to learn a new choreography, he will, he doesn't care if one of his legs falls off, by the time jisung is seventy, he's probably still gonna be dancing himself to death.
so here jisung is, trying his best to keep his eyes open as he stares out the window of the van. it's way too late, schedules took way too long today, jisung just can't wait to get home, to lie down on his bed, and let the sleep take him away.
but for now, he's awake, wide awake. he's not exactly sure why he's keeping himself awake, some dumb reason he can't explain through the fatigue plaguing his own body. it's not like no one else is asleep, chenle dozed off forty five minutes ago, hikari and jeno are both gone, laying their heads on each other. it looks like sleep is about to take jaemin away pretty soon, renjun is silently sleeping in the seat in front of them, whilst mark and haechan are watching stupid videos, tired, but not tired as if they're about to sleep.
and seojun, seojun is wide awake.
seojun is always wide awake, jisung can never get it. seojun is one of the youngest members, and young people need sleep (that's what everyone says, at least), but every time jisung looks at seojun, he's awake. jisung doesn't know the last time he's seen seojun sleep— of course he sleeps, but jisung hasn't seen him doze off in a long time, the older must be an owl or something.
jisung finally stops looking out of the window, glancing over at seojun beside him. he takes his time observing the older. seojun is listening to music, a cnblue song, jisung can hear it faintly from his headphones. he lightly chuckles at the fact, and it seems that seojun hears him, removing one of his headphones. "did you say something?"
jisung suddenly startles, shaking his head through the tiredness attacking his body. "no i just.. nothing i said nothing".
seojun blinks, humming. he turns off his headphones, taking them off. "why aren't you sleeping?"
the question puzzles jisung. "what do you mean?"
"you're tired".
it's not a question, the words that escape seojun's lips are a remark, a statement. he isn't asking jisung if he's tired, if he wants to sleep, he's telling jisung that he's tired.
"that's funny" jisung replies, it's not surprising for seojun to have predicted this, it's obvious that he's tired, there are clear bags under his eyes, he can barely speak above a whisper, and he keeps having to pick himself up when his head starts slipping down, beckoning him to such a desirable slumber. "you just.. know?"
"it's pretty obvious" seojun responds, he doesn't display any kind of exhaustion, something that is absolutely stunning to jisung. seojun should be knocked out cold, he always does so much, but he never seems to ever be tired, he has to be some sort of superhuman, how does he survive without sleep? jisung will never know. "and i know you".
jisung could never disagree with that. sometimes, he thinks seojun might be a mind reader. he always knows when it comes to jisung, he can pick apart the smallest things, notice the smallest differences, and can somehow always know what he's thinking. on certain occasions, it freaks out jisung, just how much seojun knows, but on most occasions, it just confuses jisung.
"yeah, you know me so well.." jisung mutters, his tone is meant to come off as sarcastic, but seojun clearly can't notice because of how low he says it. he looks down at his feet, bumping them together.
"you should sleep".
jisung disagrees, he doesn't know why, he just wants to stay awake, staying awake is what he wants to do. "i'm not.. sleepy".
"you're a terrible liar" seojun chuckles, merely glancing at his phone before focusing all of his attention on the maknae. "you can sleep, you know, i'll wake you up when we get back".
"i don't wanna sleep".
"yes you do".
"no i don't".
"you do".
"i don't".
this childish back and forth comes out of nowhere, and it goes on for much longer than it should. it's nothing serious, playful bantering like this between the two has always been prominent in their relationship, arguing over stupid things has always been a them thing to do.
"will you stop fighting me on this?" seojun asks, his voice softening. "there's nothing wrong with sleeping, why don't you want to?"
"if i sleep, i'll sleep for too long".
seojun raises an eyebrow, clicking his tongue (a habit which makes jisung's stomach flip in ways that are so strange), a small hum leaves his lips and he leans back in his seat. "why's that a bad thing?"
"because i have to wake up early tomorrow to get extra practice in".
seojun laughs again, his laughter is a pretty harmony, one jisung loves witnessing. he doesn't mean to focus on it so much, the curve of seojun's mouth that is, but he does, he can't stop himself.
he feels himself get flicked in the head by the older, and a small yelp escapes his lips. "you dummy, that's really what your worried about?"
"dummy? you could at least not insult me.." jisung frowns, rubbing his forehead as he reels from the flick from seojun.
"seriously jisung, you need sleep".
jisung scoffs. "that's ironic for you to say" his words make seojun snort, he can't disagree with that. he's much too lively at a time like this, after the day they had, seojun still finds time to be awake, even while most of the members let their exhaustion take them away to dreamland. "you never sleep".
"this isn't about me, though" classic seojun, deflecting from anything pertaining to him and focusing on jisung. "it's alright if you sleep, i'll make sure to wake you up for your early practice".
the words come out in a joking way, but jisung knows seojun is serious when he says them, he just knows seojun, he knows how he is. seojun is always going to look after him, no matter how stubborn jisung tries to be, the older will never truly let him. taking care of him is his thing, jisung thinks the other will be looking after him until he dies.
and he wouldn't really mind it anyway.
"i—"
"jisung" seojun grits his teeth, the tone is a warning, the kind of tone mark uses with the group when they're acting like idiots. jisung thinks it's so weird when seojun talks like this, because energetic, childish, outgoing seojun should never be sporting a tone like this. "don't argue with me, you need to sleep, i'll wake you up, you know it".
i do. but jisung doesn't say that, he just lets out a tired chuckle, shaking his head. "you're so assertive.." he mutters, scooting closer and leaning his head down onto seojun's shoulder.
"anything to make sure you get sleep" seojun carts his hand through jisung's hair, an easier way to coax him to sleep, but jisung doesn't think it was on purpose, just seojun being seojun. "i'll wake you up tomorrow, and when we get back".
he doesn't need to reiterate his words for jisung to know, seojun is always going to take care of him, making sure everything is going okay with him. "uh huh, thanks".
though jisung says those words with a tone of mild irritation, he doesn't mean it.
and seojun knows, because he always knows.
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"hyung have you seen my—oh.."
jisung can't even focus on what he's looking for anymore, because he walks into the kitchen turned bakery and experiences a type of whiplash he doesn't think could ever be replicated. he's met with the immediate aroma of chocolate chips, cookies, cookies are being made. he stops in his tracks, because the sudden chocolate chips which litter his nose aren't the only surprise.
"oh hi jisungie!" jaemin exclaims, quickly taking jisung's attention away from everything else. "what were you looking for?" jisung feels like his mind has gone blank as he tries to figure out everything he needs to articulate right now.
"my uh.. my watch" he responds, but the watch is the furthest thing on his mind. "why are you all, baking?" he finally asks, catching the attention of his fellow members.
"were doing something nice for mark!" renjun exclaims, his words muffled, his mouth is full of something. "celebrating golden hours release!"
ah, that makes sense. jisung finds the gesture cute, how they're gathering together to do something nice for mark, he really is special to them. all of them. "oh, so you're making just cookies?" he asks, not knowing what to do, so he just stands awkwardly.
"no, were making brownies too".
"were trying to make brownies" jaemin corrects, making donghyuck whip his head back to glare at him. "you didn't even get the right cocoa powder for the recipe".
"okay and? the brownies will still be good it's not like mark will even notice!"
and just like that, the pair begin arguing. wow, how fitting for them. jisung is quick to tune out of their argument, instead walking around to the other side of the kitchen counter, making his way to a certain someone.
seojun had been quiet the whole time, which is, frankly, unusual. jisung notices immediately how focused he is on making sure the cookie dough and chocolate chips mix together perfectly, so focused that he doesn't even look up to greet jisung when the younger stands beside him.
"hello? earth to seojun?" jisung calls out, suddenly craving the older males attention. the kang finally looks up, but he doesn't pause his aggressive mixing, his arm continuing to do it's thing. "are you okay?"
"hm? yeah, why wouldn't i be?"
"well.. you're quiet" jisung immediately remarks, opting to tell seojun about his newfound observation instead of making small talk. "that's weird".
seojun snickers, poking jisung's cheek (a gesture which the younger pretends to be annoyed by). "i just need to make sure these cookies are perfect, i want mark hyung to like it.."
he pokes his tongue through his inner cheek, and jisung simply nods. he gets it, seojun's need to impress mark goes way back, all the way back to their trainee days, where an eleven year old seojun would do extra well in practice just to get better praises from mark. "he will, when have you ever disappointed him?"
jisung can't do the complimenting as well as seojun does, but at least they have the same affect, because seojun smiles. a small, cute stretch that highlights his pretty pink lips.
jisung has no idea why he's staring there anyway..
"you know what, you're right, i shouldn't be stressing so much about this, these are just baked treats at the end of the day".
"glad you can see that".
the pair go unnaturally silent, the chatter of their fellow members still prominent in their ears, but nothing else seemed to matter to the 02 liners. jisung doesn't break the silence, intertwining his finger with seojun's. seojun has pretty hands, is that weird of jisung to say? no, he doesn't think it is. the rings that litter his fingers fit him so well, a barrage of gold and silver metal that compliment him perfectly.
seojun, who also doesn't say anything, just takes the act of affection as it is. his lips part, as if he wants to say something, but he immediately closes them, staying silent. jisung doesn't try to force seojun to talk, seojun doesn't try to force jisung to talk, they just stand there with their fingers laced together, comfortable in the silence overtaking them.
then suddenly, the two of them engage in a high end staring content. at this point, everyone else seems to be absolutely useless, the only thing mattering in the moment being them and their little staring competition. jisung loses almost immediately, because he does the stupid thing and lets his eyes wander down towards seojun's lips, totally not purposefully of course!
seojun laughs at the direction his eyes go, and it makes jisung immediately look up, blinking at the older.
but before he can say anything, chenle's familiar pterodactyl screech sounds in their ears.
"SEOJUNIE! COME HELP ME PLEASE!"
the shout is enough to snap seojun and jisung out of their thing, and jisung's cheeks flare up immediately, he forgot everyone else was still here. seojun snaps out of his little daze much more naturally though, even with the red hue that tints his cheeks.
"coming!" seojun quickly looks back to jisung. "uh.. do this for me? please?" jisung could never really refuse, even if seojun was really just asking him to stir cookie dough and chocolate chips for him. "i'll pay you back".
"no no it's fine go help chenle" jisung whispers, not knowing if he could speak without his voice cracking. seojun smiles at him, a pretty smile, then quickly lets go of his bowl (and jisung's hand) to go and help the yelling chinese with whatever issue is plaguing him.
jisung takes over seojun's former job of stirring together cookie dough and chocolate chips whilst the older helps chenle with his issue. he listens to the continuous bickering of renjun and donghyuck, trying his best to ignore jaemin's knowing gaze, he feels it burning holes through the back of his head.
seojun isn't gone for too long, as he comes back giggling and ruffling chenle's hair. "thank you, jisungie" he whispers, quickly taking the bowl of now mixed cookie dough and chocolate chips away from the maknae.
"no problem" jisung politely smiles, not even looking seojun in the eye, but the older seems to find his awkwardness cute, because he pinches the younger's cheeks. "what was that about?"
"what? with chenle?"
no, the other thing. jisung is referring to their little staring contest, that random moment they had, where no one else seemed to matter, like it was just them in the room and nothing else was going on, but jisung doesn't want to ask about that while everyone else is still in the room. "yeah.. uh— with chenle".
seojun narrows his eyes, but just hums, beginning to shape the cookie dough so it can start baking. "chenle just couldn't reach for something, he needed my help".
"ah" jisung hums, chewing on his bottom lip as he averts eye contact with the older, who blinks at his sudden silence. "are all of these enough?" he abruptly asks, changing the subject, much to the dismay of seojun. "mark hyung won't ask for more?"
"if he does ask for more we'll just make more!" hikari shouts from another part of the room, answering jisung's question instead of seojun, who smiles, agreeing with his answer. "it won't be that hard".
jisung hums again, having no idea how to start up another conversation. "anything i can do to help?"
"you don't have to do much" seojun responds, finally turning away from the baking cookies and back to the maknae. "unless you want to be apart of haechan and jaemin hyungs argument about cocoa powder".
jisung snorts, humored by the suggestion. "no i think i'll pass.."
"speaking of jaemin hyung, did you find your watch yet?" seojun asks, and the realization suddenly dawns on jisung, he totally forgot that he was originally looking for his watch this whole entire time. "you haven't even tried to look for it?"
"i did! but then i got sidetracked by the baking and cookies and those two arguing over cocoa powder!"
seojun chuckles at jisung's response, cupping his face as he coos at the other. everything jisung does is cute, but everyone else thinks that as well!
it's just different when it's seojun..
"you're such an idiot, jisungie".
the nickname is stupid, but jisung loves when seojun says it (but he can't say that out loud, because the other members would pout about it all day). he doesn't mean to pick favorites, he just thinks seojun is extra adorable with the way he does things, and no that is not biased.
seojun continues shaking his head, sighing. "your watch is in my room".
jisung blinks, puzzled by the words. "my watch is in your— how did it even get there?"
"you tell me, i didn't even know it was there until like twenty minutes ago, you probably put it there and just don't remember".
"but that doesn't make sense i—"
"COOKIES ARE READY!"
jisung, again, gets cut off by a loud shout, and both 02 liners immediately whip their heads towards the second eldest, who jumps up happily at the sound of the oven dinging, indicating that the cookies were ready. "jeez, why is everyone yelling today?"
seojun snickers at the comment, head still turned away from jisung. "they have to combat the other shouting hyungs somehow" he mutters, patting jisung on the shoulder before going to hikari's side, helping him with the cookies.
once they're placed onto the kitchen counter, an immediate argument starts between renjun and donghyuck, who are talking about uneven chocolate chips or something. jaemin is begging hikari to try a cookie, but the older doesn't give into his demands, and it seems that he's working a double shift, because he's making sure to slap chenle's approaching hand away each time it gets closer to the plate. jeno, on the other hand, is just standing by, helping his bo— hikari by also shooing chenle away from the batch of cookies.
jisung is just staying silent, standing by as his members get up to their own things. seojun, again, comes back to his former spot beside him. the older doesn't say anything, just reaches for jisung's hand and laces their fingers together. "what?"
"what?"
"why the sudden hand holding?"
"we were doing this before.." seojun mutters, and jisung doesn't try to shake his grip off or anything, just allows for seojun to intertwine their fingers. he smiles lightly at the fact, a smile that doesn't go unnoticed by seojun. "you like holding my hand".
"don't get too cocky".
jisung allows for his eyes to cast towards the plate of cookies on the table, and seojun notices right away, because of course seojun notices right away. "what? you want one?"
confusion colors jisung's face, and he shakes his head. "i mean yeah but hii would never let m—"
seojun doesn't wait for him to finish, grabbing a cookie from the plate and handing it over to jisung. "he's occupied with jeno hyung, he won't mind".
"but what about mark hyung?"
seojun snickers, taking jisung's hand and putting the cookie in it. "he won't mind, i'm making an exception for you, everyone will get it" jisung wants to protest, but he can't, because who is he to turn down the lovely seojun's lovely offer?
"don't worry, i'll cover for you if hii or injunie ever finds out" seojun whispers, giving a short glance to the older members in the room before raising his pinkie towards jisung's. jisung uses his free hand to take his pinkie and intertwine it with his. "pinkie swear".
jisung laughs, even if there is a cookie in his mouth. though he can't respond, seojun gets what he means, smiling lightly at him.
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"are you going for an insomniac world record or something?"
the question makes jisung snap out of his little late night daze, and the moment he catches sight of seojun, a tired smile makes its way to his lips. the older comes up to the couch and ruffles his hair, an equally tired smile on his lips as he then turns away to go get himself some water. "i'm not an insomniac, sleeping is just becoming difficult these days".
"anything in particular keeping you up?"
jisung pauses, taking a yawn. of course there's a lot keeping him up, the groups future, mark's graduation, other upcoming graduations, what all of that means for the group in general, his role as a member of the group, but he doesn't say all of that, just hums as a response to seojun's question. "a lot".
"don't wanna elaborate?"
"not now".
the older 02 liner makes his way around the couch, throwing jisung's legs off to make space for himself. the younger groans, but ultimately allows seojun to do so, as the younger quickly takes his place on the couch. "don't whine you big baby".
jisung frowns, but ultimately lets his legs fall off the couch. he enjoys seojun's company, he doesn't want the older to leave. he likes that he's here. "i'm not whining, just annoyed that you made me move".
"you can always just kick me off the couch" yeah, jisung can, but that doesn't mean he will. he feels much more relaxed with the older there. he would never make seojun leave a room, he enjoys being around him.
"yeah.." jisung mutters. he's bored, overwhelmed with thoughts, and he feels like everything is going wrong. "but i'm lazy" he answers quickly, a good excuse, seojun won't suspect a thing.
the older hums, silent. he observes jisung for a moment, eyes scanning his body, he pauses for a moment, fingers picking at a spot on the couch, and then he stands up, sighing. "get up".
surprise colors jisung's face. "what?"
"up, i'm gonna give you a massage".
jisung blinks, completely puzzled about what the hell seojun must've picked up on. "a massage? why do you want to give me a.."
"your posture's gonna go to shit if i don't" jisung picks up on the uncharacteristic swear, but he can't exactly argue with seojun. so, begrudgingly, the maknae sits up and sighs, he always ends up giving into seojun doesn't he?
"my posture is fine" jisung argues silently, lightly wincing as he feels seojun's thumbs make contact with his back. the older gives the younger a look of bewilderment. "what?"
"why did you even wince?"
"because.. your fingers are cold".
seojun chuckles at the response, starting off much more gently this time. "your shirt is that thin?"
jisung lets out a short breath, looking away from the older. "yes, it's also the middle of the night and everything that touches me feels cold, seojun".
"no need to be such a pessimist".
jisung yawns, closing his eyes as seojun kneads the muscles in his back. he has to admit, he is getting the slightest bit relaxed. "not pessimistic just tired".
seojun hums once again, a small smile coming to his that he doesn't allow jisung to see. "so what's bothering you?"
"hm?"
"what's bothering you? tell me" seojun responds immediately. "is it mark hyung?"
jisung's silence is enough of an answer to him. seojun makes an indescribable sound, then takes a deep breath. "you miss mark?"
"everyone misses mark" jisung finally opens his eyes. "it's not just mark it's.. everything, the group, the company, future promotions, the stupid graduation system, all i want is for us to  be like how we were when we debuted but now mark hyung is gone and hii has all this added stress and.. i don't know what to do, it's all eating me up inside".
jisung then lets another wave of silence hit as he finishes his long spew of words. seojun doesn't respond immediately, taking in the words and thinking of a response, but jisung doesn't doubt seojun, because he always knows what he needs.
"i just want everything to be okay—"
"it will be" seojun cuts in, a weary escaping his lips as he pokes his tongue through his inner cheek. "it's important to remember that you can always come to me with things like this, it's alright to talk about how you feel and i just.. i don't want you to feel like your alone in these thoughts because you're not and.."
jisung hears seojun's voice break, and when he glances back at the older, he's looking somewhere else, fingers still gently kneading jisung's back as he tries his best to think of what to say next. "i don't know, it always feels hard to think clearly these days".
jisung's face falls, seojun doesn't disclose things like this, he'd rather die before ever crying in front of anyone. he bites his bottom lip, but seojun shakes off whatever he was previously thinking, lightly laughing to himself. "sorry i don't know where that came from".
"no no no it's fine it's good to talk about how you feel".
seojun snickers, humored. "well now you sound like me" he turns jisung's head back forward, being only the gentlest with him, of course. the older treats jisung as if he's a fragile piece of glass. "i know i'm usually jokey or whatever but.. i don't know i'm just worried for the future of the group, i don't know what i'm going to do after graduating".
jisung blinks. "what's that supposed to mean?"
seojun goes silent for a few moments, letting out a small sigh. "seorin and i were talking about it once, how following graduation i'd probably leave the group".
just the three words 'leave the group' are enough to make jisung's stomach drop, he feels like he's about to throw up just hearing them. seojun can't leave.. what would that be like? how would jisung fare well if seojun wasn't around?
"what do you mean leave?"
seojun sighs. "jisung—"
"you can't leave! you're not going anywhere, your— your staying" jisung doesn't ask, he states, all seojun can do is pause his little ministrations and try to calm down the youngest.
"jisung—"
"why did that conversation even come up?"
"because we were just talking and.." seojun hides his face behind his hands. "i don't know, i don't have much use after i graduate i'll just be tossed out by sm, it doesn't really matter what i do".
"yes it does" jisung presses, grabbing seojun's hands. "you're not leaving the group, i'm not going to let you".
seojun allows for himself to laugh. "you're not going to let me?"
"no, and chenle won't either, probably, you can't go it'll just—" jisung pauses, gathering his words. "it won't be the same without you".
seojun stays silent for a while, basking in the feeling of jisung's hand in his own and their breathing in the now soundless living room. "okay, i'm sorry i just.." he twirls a strand of hair between his finger. "i don't know, i was just in a bad spot when i brought that up, i'm just not feeling my greatest".
jisung frowns again, now upset that the older is upset. "it's really fine, if you want to talk about it we can.."
"no, we don't have to" seojun quickly dismisses, waving off jisung's words. the maknae narrows his eyes, a look of pity in them that he knows seojun hates more than anything. "just— let's finish with this stupid massage and get you to sleep".
"what about you?"
"what about me?"
right. jisung doesn't know what he should've expected, seojun putting himself first is one of the rarest sights he'll ever behold in his lifetime. he sighs lightly as the older continues with the gentle pressing of fingers into his back, slowly feeling himself get sleepy from the ministrations. "on another note, i'm pretty sure seorin hates me".
seojun giggles. "seorin does not hate you, she literally told me she likes you!"
"then she must've been lying cause i don't remember the last time she looked at me like she wanted me in the room".
seojun narrows his eyes at jisung, finding the statement about his sister hard to believe. "she'll warm up to you eventually".
jisung frowns, sending seojun an 'are you serious?' look. he often feels awkward around seorin, yeah she's nice and everything but she always glares daggers at jisung, he assumes it's all unintentional, but it doesn't stop him from being endlessly intimidated by her.
seojun can't believe the words escaping jisung's lips, because to him, seorin is probably the least intimidating person he knows, but he also knows her better than anyone else. "i hope that eventually is soon because i can't deal with feeling like your own twin sister hates me".
"she doesn't" seojun reassures once again, stopping his message and placing his chin on jisung's shoulders. "can't you trust me on this?"
jisung finally gets to look at seojun closer, though he rarely has to turn his head to get a good look at the older. "i always trust you" he whispers unconsciously, he originally meant to think that, but judging by seojun's reaction, he knows that he indeed did not think it, and he said it out loud.
if there's any sign of a red hue on seojun's face, he quickly shakes it away and clears his throat. "alright um— massage over, it's time to sleep".
seojun quickly moves away from jisung, whose silently confused about his change in behavior. "seojun?"
"hm?"
"can i uh.." jisung pauses, he doesn't stand up right away, feeling seojun poke his cheek and then pull it. "can i stay in your room tonight?"
seojun chuckles immediately, probably his fastest response to jisung this whole night. "of course, you didn't have to ask" jisung knows that, seojun would've even made the offer himself, that's just the way he is.
jisung just knows how seojun is, he's become very in tune with the older.
"okay come on, you need sleep".
and what else can jisung do but follow?
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"it's cold".
if jisung knew having to promote in the middle of the december meant he'd be provided a sweater only half the time, he would've faked a sickness or something. don't get him wrong, all the songs are so fun to perform, but he was never truly on board with the whole winter special album thing, he likes performing in not so hot but not so cold temperatures. having to promote in the middle of december is not his thing, even with him being a winter baby himself.
he felt as if he wasn't made for the cold.
"you've been saying that for the past five minutes, we get it jisung-ah".
jisung gasps at the comment from jaemin, feigning offense at the words. he doesn't care if he has to repeat it another seven times, he will, it's unbearably cold in this waiting room, and jisung isn't wearing anything that covers his arms. of course he isn't the only one here without a sweater, hikari is currently on his phone, trying his best not to shudder, and jaemin seems to be happy in all of his sweater-less glory, probably because he gets to show off his arms or something.
"well as i will continue to say that! it's freezing in here!" jisung exclaims, a frown on his face as he earns nothing but a laugh from his fellow members. he crosses his arms, looking away from the rest of the group in fake anger. "i'm the maknae, you guys should be caring for me.."
"just ask noona for a sweater".
"i— she's busy i don't want to waste her time!" jisung is quick to yell, but he really just doesn't know how to approach her, he doesn't want to make anything awkward. he also just really hates asking for help, so he lets the goosebumps begin appearing on his skin, trying his best not to shiver in the freezing temperature of the room.
"then stop complaining if you won't ask" jisung snaps his head towards chenle, opening his mouth to make some snippy remark, but he's quickly cut off by the small sound of the door colliding with the wall. "we're back~!"
in walks mark and, of course, seojun, who are wearing joyous smiles on their faces, plastic bags in their hands. jisung hums at the sight of them, whilst donghyuck jumped up excitedly at the sight of the leader and second youngest. "did you get them!?"
mark sighs, pretending to be disappointed that the snacks they went to get are all donghyuck cares about. "yes, we got them, we got enough as well".
"we've been saved! thank you!"
jisung watches the members rush to get the snacks they so desperately begged the others for, he doesn't really want anything, he's not hungry at the moment. so now the members are gorging on their little treats, their hearts happy, thanks to mark and seojun. "you don't want anything?"
"hm? no, i'm fine" jisung responds quickly, but then he feels uncomfortable again, trying his best to keep calm in this terribly freezing room. "it's just so cold!"
mark raises an eyebrow. "you're cold?"
"what do you mean? it's very cold in here.." hikari chimes in, clearly shivering when he mutters those words. the leader, whose wearing a jacket, has no idea what kind of cold these two could even be feeling at the moment. "jisung's been professing that for the past hour".
"not the past hour! it's just.. very cold" jisung reiterates for pretty much the hundredth time that hour, trying his best to warm himself up by rubbing his hands together.
"you guys are cold? i'm hot" seojun comments, unzipping his sweater as he stares at his fellow 02 liner, who gives him a dumbfounded look, it seems that hikari also shares the sentiment jisung has in his head.
"that's cause you're weird! you never get cold!"
"well it's not cold!"
"it's never cold for you!"
jisung exchanges glances between the two nct sei members, humored by their small argument about the weird temperature physics regarding seojun's body. jisung finds seojun confusing, he's constantly energetic but never tired, constantly hot but never cold, what kind of a person is he?
"jeez your shivering.."
jisung flinches the moment seojun's finger graces his goosebump filled arm, his hands are always so cold, he thinks seojun might be a walking ice block, elsa's long lost cousin or something, he's always so cold, a clear contrast to his personality. "yeah i'm shivering! do you not the feel the below zero temperature in this room?"
"nope, your whining so much, you could at least take it like a champ like jaemin hyung".
jisung scoffs, wrapping his own arms around himself in other attempt to try and heat himself up manually. he gives a frown, and his fellow 02 liner does nothing but laugh at his display. "are you enjoying my misery, seojunie?"
"very much".
"of course you are" jisung crosses his arms, turning away from seojun with that same frown remaining on his face. he hears the kang chuckle again behind him, and a small shuffle he can't exactly explain.
it's not until jisung feels someone put something over his shoulder, that he realizes what happened.
seojun took off his sweater, and gave it to jisung.
the maknae immediately feels rebuttal, moving to take the sweater off but only feeling seojun's hand get placed on his shoulder. "don't even think about taking it off".
jisung sighs, shaking his head. "seojun i'm not wearing this.."
"you said you were cold, right? take the sweater" seojun doesn't seem to care, seeing that he looks virtually unaffected by the freezing temperature of the room. jisung's about to disagree again, and seojun can tell before he even opens his mouth.
"jun, i was just being overdramatic i don't actually—"
"jisung, stop being stubborn, your cold, i'll be fine" the older is quick to cut him off, shoving his hands into his pant pockets and humming along to a song playing in his head. it's that one paramore song he's been obsessed with since forever that jisung still doesn't know the name of.
jisung hesitates for a moment, registering the feeling of the sweater on his back. seojun just nudges him, a knowing look in his eye. finally, not wanting to be scolded any more for being stubborn, jisung puts on the sweater, the fabric smoothly slipping through his wrists and immediately making him feel comfortable. "uh.. seojun?"
seojun turns back to the maknae, smiling. "yes?"
jisung fidgets awkwardly, settling with the feeling of the fabric against his skin. "thank you" he says, just a little whisper that's meant to be kept between the two of them, jisung isn't sure why he whispers exactly, but he felt that in the specific moment, he couldn't control the volume of his voice.
seojun smiles at the words, his smile is beautiful, jisung thinks it compliments his features so well. "it's nothing, jisungie, you know i'm always here for you".
seojun doesn't have to say the words for jisung to know, his actions already speak loud enough to him. the maknae continues to fidget with his fingers, but he shares a smile with seojun, a small feeling of elation soaring through him.
jisung knows that, as long as seojun's around, he's always going to look after him.
and he doesn't mind it, really, he loves it, in fact.
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jisung feels like he hasn't seen seojun all day.
he's seen the older maybe once or twice, but he hasn't exactly seen him. he feels like he hasn't heard him speak, or seen him smile, or heard him crack some stupid joke in years, jisung knows even the most energetic of people have their days, but seojun? seojun is mr. 'i don't care how tired i am i'm going to scream in your face all day', but seojun practically feels invisible today.
jisung knows seojun is tired, he knows seojun, he knows the older's constant all nighters would catch up to him eventually, but he feels like a ghost today, like he's just dragging himself around.
jisung is.. very worried.
"where's seojun?"
the first person to look up is hikari, who seems just as confused as jisung. hikari usually always knows where seojun is, but that's because the older seems to have some tracking device on him or something. he blinks for a moment, confusion coloring his face. "i don't know.."
"for once" jaemin snorts, and all the older does is glare at him, flicking him in the forehead. jaemin gives his best pitched up squeal at the collision, pouting as he rubs his forehead, but hikari pays him no mind, waving him off. "ow! you're so mean.."
"stop being stupid then".
jisung just stands there awkwardly, still having no answer to his question, he has to admit, he is starting to get a little bit weird, his leg bouncing up and down as his mind races with..thoughts. if seojun were here, right now that is, he'd talk with jisung about it, he'd run his hand up and down jisung's back comfortingly and do the seojun thing.
the seojun thing is what jisung calls the little mind reading powers seojun has. seojun is basically a master at everything jisung, he can tell what he's thinking, why he's thinking it, what he's about to say, and why he's about to say it. he thinks seojun knows him more than he knows himself sometimes, he's just so good at things pertaining to him.
"you're looking for seojunie?" renjun suddenly inquires, entering the room with his eyes pointed at his phone. at the sight of jisung's nod, the older gives a small frown, but jisung can't figure out why. "he's still practicing, i think".
jisung furrows his eyebrows, it is way too late for anyone to still be at sm. "at this time?" he questions, what the hell is he doing? he only earns a shrug from renjun, who is just as confused as he is.
"he said something about wanting to get extra practice in, it has been a while, though.."
that's all jisung needs to hear, he mutters a tiny "thank you" and goes back to his room to get his jacket, not focused on anything but seojun and his weird late night practicing. when hikari and jaemin interrogate him on where he's going, all he says is that he's going to check up on seojun, make sure he's okay. he pretends to have no idea why jaemin is staring the way he's staring, whatever that taunting look means.
jisung doesn't like leaving the dorm after dark, it's strange to him, but he has to get seojun before the older ends up sleeping at the sm entertainment building.
his jacket isn't zipped up, and the nightly breeze isn't exactly warm, but jisung doesn't care, he's only focused on seojun, seojun who he pretty much hasn't seen all day, seojun who he pretty much hasn't heard all day, seojun who he just wants to make sure is okay, and healthy, and alive and totally not suffering.
when jisung steps into the sm entertainment building, a strange shiver run downs his spine. it's like a ghost town in there, save for a few murmurings he can hear from the some of the rooms littered in the halls.
but he doesn't allow for himself to stray away from his main objective, quickly turning and heading to the practice room. jisung always thought these halls spread way too far, it was only a good few feet, but sometimes, especially at night, it felt like an eternity. he almost feels like he walks forever, and when he makes it to the door of the practice room, he pauses.
it's silent, no music, no footsteps hitting the floor, no heavy breathing, it's just silent. the silence concerns jisung, because seojun is known for making noise, but he doesn't allow for his anxieties to amplify, just places his hand on the doorknob and turns it.
the lights are still on, jisung notices, so seojun couldn't have left. when he finally looks down, he finds seojun. seojun is dozed off, asleep on the floor with his arms caged around himself. jisung lets out a sigh of relief, it could've been worse, he doesn't exactly know how, but it could've.
but seojun's okay, he's just sleeping, taking a much needed nap. jisung hurries over to his fellow 02 liner, peacefully lying on the floor with his head rested on his arms. he taps him lightly, not wanting to startle the older. "seojun".
"hm?" the response is silent, and seojun shifts in just the slightest, but he doesn't open his eyes. jisung frowns, shaking him by the arm. "what? what?" that seems to do the trick, because seojun rubs his eyes, finally sitting up and trying to shake off any tiredness. "oh— oh god hi, what time is it?"
seojun looks shaken, like he just got hit with the worst kind of realization imaginable. jisung usually never sees him like this, but he guesses it has to do with him being tired. so, he gives a small smile, rubbing seojun's shoulder softly. "hi, it's like.. ten, almost eleven".
the words make seojun's eyes widen, he looks terrified, like this time was horrible for him or something. "oh— oh my god i fell asleep i didn't even mean to.."
"hey it's fine" jisung reassures, placing both of his hands on seojun's shoulders. "you were just tired, you needed that sleep anyway".
it doesn't seem the words ease any of seojun's worries, cause the older just looks away, the look in his eyes telling jisung that this is a much more important thing to him than he thought. "did you eat today?" the maknae immediately blurts, making seojun snap his head towards him.
the question is the kind of question seojun always asks, the kind of question he asks every few hours to make sure jisung isn't skipping meals. seojun pauses, thinking about it.. or thinking about what to answer. "..yeah".
jisung narrows his eyes, that's a lie.
"seojun".
"what? i'm not lying!"
"when?"
seojun scoffs, turning around with crossed arms. jisung sighs, he knows he's stubborn himself, but seojun is even more stubborn, he'll never admit his lies even if he was being held at gunpoint. "stop nagging me.."
"i'm not nagging you i'm concerned for your well-being!" jisung whisper-yells, pulling seojun closer to him, as the older was scooting away. "i just need to make sure you're alright, i haven't seen you all day and.. your health is important to me, seojun".
the older blinks, as if registering the words in his mind. jisung suddenly feels his face burn, feeling seojun's eyes look him up and down. seojun snickers, playfully nudging the younger. "aww, thank you" seojun gives his best fake pout, over exaggerating it to tease jisung.
jisung just scoffs, lightly pushing seojun's shoulder. the older just laughs at his response, staying on the floor as jisung gets up, dusting off his pants. "come on".
seojun blinks, as if dumbfounded. "come on where?"
"were going to the convenience store, i'm getting you something" jisung tries his best to pull seojun up off the floor, even with how the older seemed adamant on staying down. he's finally able to lift seojun up, much to the dismay of the kang, who frowns.
"you don't have to get me anything" seojun mumbles, staring down at his own moving feet on the floor. "don't spend your money on me" he says, looking up at jisung with an indescribable look on his face.
jisung just shakes his head. "don't try to argue with me, your hungry, you'd do the same for me.."
the words make seojun go silent, and he removes jisung's grip from his arm, intertwining their fingers. he's.. not used to this, he's the one who does the taking care of, he's not the one whose usually taken care of.
seojun has spent so much of his time in this group just looking after jisung, and the maknae never knew how to thank him besides giving him a few small smiles and muttering awkward "thank you's". seojun never asked for anything in return, obviously, but jisung always felt like he never offered enough to seojun, even with how the older has always been looking after him, since the two of them entered sm entertainment.
then, seojun smiles, squeezing jisung's hand laced with his. "thank you" he replies, turning away from the younger with a flustered feeling he can't exactly explain.
jisung smiles seeing seojun smile. "it's nothing, really, it's the least i can do".
seojun doesn't respond to that, just squeezes his hand again.
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post-daesang win, seojun and jisung talk in the bathroom
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"all good now?"
jisung looks at the older through the mirror, who seems to sense his eyes, as he immediately looks up and catches jisung's gaze. the maknae of nct dream shrugs, wiping some of the dried tears from his cheeks. "i'm okay".
"you sure?" ah seojun, always so concerned no matter what the situation might be. of course, jisung's tears were happy ones, but seojun just always needs extra reassurance, it's cute, he'll give him that.
"do you constantly have to ask?"
"i'm looking after you, that's my job".
jisung isn't sure when seojun decided that was his title, if his mom heard that, she'd be pretty pissed (that's a lie, jisung's mom adores seojun, just as much as the park himself does). he constantly insists that seojun doesn't have to look after him like some sort of caretaker, they are only a month apart after all.
but seojun doesn't care, always dismissing his words and carrying on with his usual antics. "really? it's your job? jaemin hyung will be pretty pissed".
"as your boyfriend, it's my job to take care of you" seojun puts an emphasis on the obvious word, rummaging through his pockets and pulling out a tissue for jisung. "is that what you wanted to hear?"
jisung pretends to think about it, a small smile playing on his lips. "not exactly, but i like the way it sounds".
"you're such a baby".
"you're only a month older".
"and? you still act like a baby".
jisung wants to protest when seojun lets go of his hand, leaning against the nearby stall, but he keeps quiet, instead leaning against the sink. now the two are exactly parallel to each other, it's cute, jisung days in his head again.
everything about seojun is cute.
jisung smiles at the thought, and the two slip into a comfortable silence, a lot on their minds.
"did you have to follow me?"
seojun snickers, as if the words baffle him. "you were literally sobbing out there, jisung, i was being of help".
"but you were so quick to not let jeno take me to the bathroom".
"is it bad that i want alone time with you?" the older raises an eyebrow, and jisung just cocks his head to the side, pretending to think about it again.
"yes, you need to learn how to be professional, we are coworkers".
the clear sarcasm in jisung's voice makes seojun raise his eyebrow again, and he hums. "okay, i'll make sure to remind you of that next time you want a last minute kiss backstage".
jisung gasps, placing a hand on his chest. "that's not fair".
"yes it is".
"it's not!" seojun can't resist the urge to laugh, he lightly slaps jisung's arm and walks up to the sink to wash his hands. "you can't resist me anyway".
"uh huh" seojun agrees, flicking water at jisung with his hands, eliciting a temp from the younger. "i just don't like seeing you cry, even if it's happy tears".
"ri was crying too" jisung says, suddenly thinking about the older. "why didn't you accompany him to the bathroom?"
"you know why.." seojun mutters, trying off his hands. jisung does know, but he's not sure if it's because the answer is obvious, or because seojun is predictable.
"you just wanted to get him and jeno hyung alone".
seojun makes a sound corresponding to a correct buzzer on a game show, and jisung just chuckles, pushing him.
"i don't think the two of them are ever going to get there".
seojun hums. "hikari just needs time and jeno just needs to tell him when the times right".
"they seem to be letting that time extend, though".
"that's what we did".
at the words, jisung pauses, he's right, obviously, but he just said it so abruptly. seojun doesn't say anything more, just reaches over for jisung's hand and laces their fingers together. "we just have to be patient".
"tell that to mini hyung, every time he looks at them it's like he wants to scream".
seojun snickers at the mention of his fellow nct sei member, rolling his eyes playfully. "you're acting like we weren't the exact same, chenle was literally so tired of us".
"he still is tired of us".
"well that's different now" seojun muses, a pretty smile tugging on his lips as he also tugs on jisung's hand. "okay we need to go, mark is gonna start getting worried".
"mark already knows we're here, why would he be worried?"
"he's always worried, and i don't want to get scolded".
jisung doesn't respond more, instead letting the older tug his hand once again and drag him out of the bathroom. yeah he'll have to get through a bunch of teasing from the dreamies, but he doesn't care.
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shenrickyz · 2 months
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(ᴗ_ ᴗ。) i am VERY in love with you
idiots confess their love in a totally not awkward way 👍 | timestamp; pre-istj era (2023)
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"why do you always stare at me like that?"
jisung doesn't answer immediately, a habit of his that he's developed ever since he met seojun. sometimes the older just says things that he takes so much time to think about, he hums, staring directly at the older boy he's currently laying on top of.
"like what?"
"like your in love with me or something?"
jisung doesn't mean for his eyes to widen as much as they do, his face excessively heats up against his will, he does his best to avoid looking seojun in the eyes (he wishes he could— but he couldn't, he is laying directly on top of him at the moment).
"i—"
"i'm just kidding.."
seojun shrugs, eyes drifting back to his phone, like his previous words seemed to have absolutely no effect on jisung. he is completely oblivious to the millions of thoughts rampant in park jisung's mind at the moment.
"what if i am?"
"excuse me?"
jisung has absolutely no idea what kind of confidence overtook him in that very moment, but the words seemed to leave his lips before he could even properly assess them. "i— yeah, it's not that easy to explain but.."
"wait jisung—"
"it's stupid okay! i've been in love with you since i was like fifteen and i have no idea how to explain it without sounding like an idiot but that's just how it is! so yeah, i'm in love with you, i am so in love with you, you are correct".
seojun blinks, absolutely speechless, now he's the one red in the face, oh how the tables have turned.
"yep! that's it!"
"jisung! where are you going!?"
the park just smiles, shrugging his shoulder as he runs out of the door, shouting as he makes his way down the hall. "i'm bracing myself for rejection! junie!"
seojun is again, left speechless. "park jisung! at least let me respond to you first!"
oh park jisung is such an idiot, running away from love..
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okay actually this is just a snippet (@junjiie) but the whole thing is too much of a mess 😞
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shenrickyz · 3 months
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the hikari charm (.◜◡◝)
hikari just always seems to have this spell that draws people in, and jeno has become a victim of such hex | timestamp; pre-istj (2023) | wc: 0.6k
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hikari is just too alluring.
it feels like every day jeno learns a new little thing about him. he's known hikari for a good, what is it, ten years now? and he still can't believe just how much hikari manages to surprise him— he guesses that the pianist still has many more tricks up his sleeve.
"don't you think it's too late for this?"
"it's never too late for jewelry".
that night, jeno was plagued by sleeplessness, and his feet had immediately taken him to hikari's room (yeah "his feet"— he is not good at coming up with excuses), where he found the older awake, messing with the jewelry charms he kept in a box in his room.
hikari being awake in the middle of the night was pretty regular, though you could never notice it with the way he always looked so lively in the morning, but he was the only person up in the dorm, so jeno decided he'd just stay in his room with him instead of sitting outside.
there was always something so comforting about hikari's room, though a small space he seemed to be able to fit everything into it, including many books, vinyl records, paintings, posters, and somehow, a whole piano too?
it's just so cozy, every single item in the room quite literally screams hikari, and jeno has no idea how to explain those words.
"who taught you how to do this?" jeno asks, listening to hikari him as he finishes up the bracelet he had been creating even before jeno had walked into his room.
"xuwicha" he replies, finally turning around after what seemed like forever. he steps forward, gaze focused on the others arm. "give me your wrist".
jeno doesn't say anything about the surprisingly sudden demand, just chuckles and complies. hikari gives the smallest of smiles, taking jeno's wrist in his hand as he puts on the bracelet for him. jeno is about to tell him that he can totally do it himself, but hikari already closes it around his wrist before he can even open his mouth.
"there you go" hikari nods, happy with his creation. "now you get to wear it forever".
"forever?" jeno questions, snickering as he raises an eyebrow. he drops his arms down to his sides, and he relaxes himself, not knowing why he was tense before whilst hikari was holding his arm.
"i mean— i made it for you" hikari whispers, glancing up at jeno momentarily before glancing back at his desk. "now you have to wear it forever, or else i'll get you".
the playful threat gets another laugh out of jeno, who pretty much gets distracted because of how he's admiring him.
hikari is pretty, so pretty, jeno can't even begin to explain it. he can never understand why hikari is overlooked, or why he ever regards himself as being "not that spectacular", because the word spectacular is the perfect one for him. he always feels himself just slip into a trance whenever he stares at hikari, too focused on his pretty features to even realize that he's zoning out.
hikari (luckily) doesn't register his gaze, too focused on clearing out his desk. "are you hungry?" he suddenly asks, finally looking back at jeno. "i can make you something".
jeno shakes his head, somehow rendered speechless. hikari blinks for a moment, fingers ghosting over the keys of his piano. "no.. i'm fine" he quickly says, hikari just narrows his eyes, but he just shrugs, not picking up on the suspiciousness in jeno's voice.
"are you making these for everyone else?"
"the bracelets.. uh, i don't know, you were the first person on my mind, so i just made you one!"
surprisingly, those words make jeno feel special, he doesn't know why, though. it's not like jeno wouldn't want hikari to do such a nice gesture for the other members, it's more of how he was the first person that hikari decided to make a bracelet for, he feels a small soar of victory in his chest as he thinks about it.
but the feelings don't really register in jeno's mind, he's much too busy admiring hikari.
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HELLO FUTURE ( preview ! )
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"you're a runaway aren't you?"
jisung doesn't mean to sound rude when he asks the question, but he wanted to make small talk. hansaem clears his throat, not wanting to make small talk, he cannot be doing this right now, he is very anxious and it's clear by the way his leg bounces up and down. "yeah" he responds, voice scratchy.
do not reveal anything to anyone, kae's words ring in his ears as he smiles awkwardly, trying to not make anything obvious.
he hopes jisung doesn't notice how anxious he is, but he's currently bandaging a wound of his, so he won't be able to see the look of fear in his eyes. "did your parents know you were going on this trip?"
"no they—" hansaem pauses, an uncomfortable curl in his guts at just the thought of having to talk about his parents. "they went out of town".
hansaem is not good at lying, he inherited that trait from his mother, and it's unfortunate that he did, especially because the rest of his life depends on how good he is at lying in this moment.
"really? should we call them?"
"no no that's okay" hansaem quickly shuts the idea down, jisung raises an eyebrow, looking away from the wound he's bandaging and up at hansaem.
hansaem does not mean to admire him for as long as he does, it's not his fault that jisung's eyes are so alluring, it's not his fault that jisung is absolutely gorgeous.
but he quickly erases those thoughts, because he should not be thinking about a person of that status this way, people like jisung hate people like hansaem, he grew up with everything and what did hansaem grow up with? nothing, nada.
he instead lets himself be petty.
outside room though, a pretty hefty interrogation is going on.
"what were you guys doing on the outskirts of town?"
"looking for a shortcut" mako states so easily, biting his inner cheek. "train tickets are expensive you know, we figured we'd walk the whole way to estrade, not like we haven't done it before".
chenle scrunches his nose, not even attempting to hide his clear suspicion for the six. "that doesn't sound like anything illegal to you?"
"preventing yourself from getting scammed is illegal? since when?"
"you never know! they update laws like some sort of indie video games with tons of bugs".
"you think they'd just update the books too so the laws we read aren't totally outdated.." junhee states, that hint of sarcasm in his voice as he examines his nails.
as if getting glared at by a bunch of higher level people wasn't anxiety inducing enough, the six had to just pray that hansaem wouldn't break and give up any information to the boy currently treating his injury, because they were done for the moment hansaem even uttered a single word of their plan—
and they really weren't looking forward to getting executed or locked into a cell for what seems like for the next twenty to forty five years.
luckily, they've been through this enough to know how to keep up an act. "if we were doing something illegal.. we wouldn't come to a public hospital of all places, come on" yanlin mutters, maintaining eye contact with the boy that decides to continue glaring at him.
"people do crazy things these days mr chen" donghyuck replies, clearly meaning for his tone to come off as condescending with the way he spits his last name like it's poison. "you would be so surprised".
"hyuck, cut it out".
"what? i'm being just honest".
jeno isn't having it, though, quickly elbowing the younger in the stomach. donghyuck only gives him a sharp glare, though he listens to his unsaid warning and crosses his arms.
"well we wouldn't ever dream of it" kae sings, that signature fake smile coming to his face. "the last thing on my mind is ever opposing NEOS".
a horrible lie, six hours ago kae threatened a NEOS soldier into keeping quiet with a knife, threatening to cut his head off and put it on display if he ever so much as stormed his neighborhood again.
but that is not something they should know.
there are a lot of things they aren't allowed to know.
after all, that's the whole point of putting on an act.
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shenrickyz · 3 months
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ITS TIME TO GO (ft. predebut yohan!)
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yohan doesn't even think the loudest person would be able to snap him out of the daze he was having.
it was really just the loud music blasting through his headphones distracting him, he was much too focused on the movement of his pencil on the page to even notice that someone had walked into the room, and too focused to realize that person had been banging on the door for a good ten minutes.
maybe he is at fault for that.
it's only a tap on his shoulder that finally snaps him out of his daze, and he lowers down his headphones, turning around in his chair to look up at the person who decided to tap him. "yes?"
haeseong scoffs, not even surprised by his teammates behavior. "i was calling you for like.. ten minutes! you didn't hear me?"
yohan stares at him blankly, they both already know the answer to that question. "my volume was turned all the way up" he smiles teasingly, watching as haeseong gets even more irritated than before.
"anyway.." haeseong rolls his eyes, used to how yohan was already. "luca was asking if you wanted food".
yohan shakes his head, and haeseong was honestly expecting that. "what have you even been doing for the past fifty minutes?"
"writing poems" yohan answers in insane speed, sparing no additional glances to his teammate as he turns back in his chair and back to the papers that litter his desk.
haeseong raises an eyebrow, glancing at all the papers on his desk, just barely being able to read the writing on them before yohan pushes them all into his red folder. "is that all you wanted?" he mutters.
yohan just wants to be alone.
haeseong clears his throat, nodding. "yeah— yeah that's all i needed".
"cool" yohan puts his headphones back on. "close the door on your way out".
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"what do you mean you want to leave!?"
yohan is more surprised at areum's surprise to his decision than the fact that his younger brother cooked the meal he was currently enjoying. "what else am i supposed to do? stay?"
"um? yes!" areum is much more head on than she likes to admit, but she just wants the best for yohan, and he knows that, she just goes about it in an aggressive way. "you said you wanted to become an idol!"
"i can't become an idol if my company won't do anything but just stuck me with like five men and make us just dance, they have nothing ready for us, for me" yohan exclaims, and hyeri hums around her spoon, not wanting to talk with her mouth full of food.
"you made this?" hyeri inquires, looking over at her youngest brother. yisoo looks offended, his brows furrowing as he leans against his cheek.
"why are all of you asking that?" he frowns, and yohan just snickers, patting his back. "do you not expect me to know how to cook with parents that are literally professional chefs?"
"it's all jokes!" hyeri yells, ruffling her baby brothers hair. "it's just that you were such a baby and now your here cooking!"
"i'm in university.."
"your a freshmen" areum deadpans, and yisoo gasps at the words. she ignores his reaction, turning back to yohan and putting the topic back on his idol life. "so your leaving, what are you gonna do now?"
"i'll figure out what to do after that.." yohan mumbles, which is code for: he has absolutely no idea.
"there's a company holding auditions" yisoo suddenly pipes up, and hyeri seems to have an idea of what he's talking about, because she immediately nods. "you could go there".
"rix's company! apparently they're creating a new boy group!" she exclaims, lacing her fingers together and placing them onto the table.
"rix? you have all their albums.."
"you can go there! they aren't even that far from us!"
"and how are you so sure that i'll get in?"
areum deadpans, staring at yohan like he just confessed to committing a crime. "why wouldn't you get in? you can sing, dance, and your good looking, your a package!"
yohan narrows his eyes, thinking for a moment. "when do they open?"
"next week actually!"
yohan bites his inner cheek, sighing.
"i'll think about it".
and that results in a cheer from his siblings.
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shenrickyz · 3 months
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BOY DRAMA (;° ロ°)!!!
basically, minjae and seojun are nosy, and hikari is drop dead in love with one of his dream members | timestamp; nct sei's callisto tour (2023) | wc: 0.8k
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"WHAT HAPPENED!?"
minjae can never just not scream can he? everywhere he goes he just has to make his presence aware, makani almost considers getting up and punching him in the face, but he keeps his composure, focusing on his game, which was previously occupying his attention.
hikari on the other hand is not even surprised, and turns to the culprit in the room, who pretends he has no idea what's going on or why minjae shouted like the building was blowing up. zixin just clears his throat, pretending he didn't just out the older 00 liner to the person in the group with the biggest mouth.
"a thing".
"what thing?" well shit— seojun peaks his head from behind the door, having walked past the hotel room and overhearing the conversation.
now the two arguably nosiest nct sei members were on his back, and he couldn't do anything but spill. "hikari's thing with—"
"we don't have a thing!" hikari is quick to counter, eager to disprove zixin's words. his tone of voice conveys that he is, in fact, lying, and he curses himself for being so obvious with his emotions. "we just— it was, a one time thing, once!"
"you kissed him more than once!"
"you kissed who!?"
"YOU KISSED SOMEBODY!?"
makani closes his eyes, scrunching his nose as he glares at minjae, as always, the source of noise. minjae has no time for his unnecessarily intimidating glares though, because the news he just heard is news.
seojun makes his way over to his fellow dream member, sitting down beside hikari with the largest shit–eating grin on his face. "so.. who was it?" he asks, narrowing his eyes at the older member.
"uh.." hikari awkwardly laughs. he does not want to say, he squeezes the pillow in his lap, he freezes for a moment, unable to find his voice for some reason, so he turns to makani.
makani looks up, narrowing his eyes, then a small 'ah' escapes his lips, he gets what hikari wants him to say. "oh, it was jeno".
silence.
then— chaos.
"OH YOU ARE JOKING!"
hikari closes his eyes, putting the pillow to his face, he doesn't want to see anyone else's reactions. seojun laughs, then screams, possibly louder than minjae this time.
"jisung owes me twenty dollars!" seojun screeches, and that sentence is what makes hikari look up from the pillow where he'd previously buried his face.
"you made a bet?"
"kinda.. jisung said he thought it'd be you and jaemin but he was SUCH an idiot oh he is so gonna be mad—"
"i don't think that's the most important thing here" makani voices clearly, his fingers still playing the game on his switch, but his gaze completely focused on the eldest 00 liner. "hikari is clearly in love with jeno and he's denying it.."
"i'm not!" hikari puts his hands up. "i'm not in love with jeno!" he yells, as if he was being accused of committing a crime. "it was just a thing we did".
"more than once".
"and you enjoyed that thing each and every time" makani stares at him in his usual judging manner, hikari immediately shrinks under his gaze, again clutching the pillow in front of him.
"okay.. i'm sorry, how did you two get to know about this but not us?" minjae asks, pointing at makani and zixin, who both look at him like he's crazy.
"because you'd go around and tell everybody, even non-nct members" makani replies like it's a matter of a fact, eyes going back to his switch. minjae's jaw drops, like he was genuinely offended by the clearly true words. "don't look at me like that, you know i'm right".
the words make minjae pout, but he doesn't try to argue with the older, because he'll get shut down immediately.
"what the hell is going on here?"
finally, after what seems like forever, the beloved leader of nct sei appears, looking confused as ever at why all five nct sei members are crowded into one hotel room. "hikari and jeno have a thing".
hikari gasps when that is the first thing zixin decides to say, resisting the urge to absolutely punch him. "oh! congratulations!"
"were not—" hikari groans, covering his face with his hands. "were not dating!"
"but your in love with him" makani states for the nth time that moment.
and somehow, that is the one that gets hikari to break, and he once again puts the pillow in his face. "fuck i am!"
"then why don't you just.. tell him?" seojun asks, and hikari frowns, like that's the one question he'd been dreading the whole conversation.
"because, it's too risky, i don't want to put pressure on him and i don't even know if he even likes me back it's—" he pauses, clenching his jaw. "i don't want a repeat of the michi situation.."
"it's just gonna eat you up then".
"i know i just—" hikari sighs, taking in a deep breath. "i'll tell him when the time is right!"
"and your gonna keep making out with him until then?"
minjae yells when hikari begins throwing the pillows on his bed at him.
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shenrickyz · 4 months
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kani's eve.
it's makani's birthday.. and his members are stressing the hell out! | ft. nct sei & nct ensemble
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"since when did he want this?"
"don't ask me! i didn't buy the gift!"
hikari is trying his best to not let the stress of everybody speaking, moving around, and setting up stress him out, because he's literally the one baking the cake and if the cake's ruined the whole birthday is ruined.
getting all members of nct into makani, zixin, and minjae's one apartment is originally what they planned, but then they realized that was not that amazing of an idea, because of a bunch of men in this apartment meant for three people is kind of a nightmare and a claustrophobic hikari cannot deal with that.
so they decided to improvise. the rest of the 127 members will distract makani while his amazing and sweet nct sei members prepare his place for a party.
"it doesn't have to be so even, hi" seojun comments, noticing the way hikari is trying to perfectly decorate the cake with the icing in his hands, slowly layering it to make sure the lines are perfectly across. "seriously, maki won't care".
"yeah but i care".
"we're literally gonna dig our hands through that, no need to make it all pretty".
hikari pauses, then pouts. "but i want it to look pretty, because presentation is important".
"not when your gonna watch makani fuck this shit up in the next hour or so" minjae states much more seriously than he intends, and hikari stares at him like he just said something crazy.
"why the hell did jungwoo buy him a whole mall?" xavier inquired as he stares at the sheer amount of gifts jungwoo got for makani, they practically made up half the gifts given to makani.
"oh i definitely know why" zixin says, biting into the sugar cookie he'd stored into the fridge. seojun looks at him like he was insane, having no idea what he meant and why he decided to say that.
"just.. forget it seojun".
"done!" hikari screams, letting go of the icing he was using to decorate the cake. he then looks to minjae, who immediately knows what he means. minjae rushes to hikari's side with the candles, and the two get to that.
"how come he got so many gifts? i didn't get as much as this for my birthday".
"stop complaining".
"i'm not complaining, i'm commenting on my observation".
"well stop commenti—"
"he's coming!"
minjae startles, almost knocking over hikari, who was holding the lighter. that would've been a horrible incident. "i'm sorry" he whispers, glaring at zixin.
"what do you want us to burn down the house?"
"that's what the text said!"
"well don't scream it! he's gonna hear us!"
luckily, hikari is done lighting the candles, and there won't be any more risks of the dorm lighting on fire, hopefully..
"happy birthday!"
when makani walks through the door, he blinks so blankly that it almost looks like he's bored, he yells when seojun decides to wrap his arms around him and pretty much squeeze the life out of him.
"seojun your killing him".
"actually i'm okay, just trying to process" makani allows seojun to melt into his arms, he loves him too much to tell him otherwise anyway.
"jaehyun is horrible at distracting people by the way".
xavier chokes on his spit, not expecting that comment of all things.
"happy birthday" hikari smiles at the older, side eyeing the cake he made, seeing it was now really pissing him off.
"i kind of can't move".
right, seojun is literally keeping him in this position, he can't move.
"just a few more minutes".
"are you trying to kill me?"
"yep".
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shenrickyz · 5 months
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pure friendship (happy 23!).
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hanjae groans when he's awaken by his phone ringing. who in their right mind is calling him at one in the morning? and when he actually gets to sleep for once? he almost considers throwing his phone across the room, but he only answers it once he saw who was calling him.
when he reaches over for his phone, he answers it with much distaste for the person on the other line. "hello?"
"why so grumpy? it's your birthday".
if hanjae could punch baek minjun through his phone, trust and believe, he would at this very moment. "you called me at one in the morning to wish me a happy birthday?"
minjun snickers on the other line. "what? mad i didn't call an hour earlier?"
"i'm mad that your calling me at one am to wish me a happy birthday!" hanjae whisper-yells, being careful not to wake up eyri (his cat) because it was difficult to get her to sleep. "do you know how long it'll take me to go back to sleep?"
"if i called you later in the morning you'd still get pissed at me".
"..well— yeah".
"happy twenty-three!" minjun tells him, and hanjae winces, lightly lowering his phone to rub his ear, he can hear minjun whine from the other line, because he knows about how hanjae acts by now. "your almost halfway to fifty".
"don't remind me" hanjae groans as he runs his hand through his hair, listening to his cat purr beside him. he hears minjun laugh on the other line, and then raises an eyebrow, suddenly curious.
"you seem way too excited to be calling me at one in the morning".
"well.. luca and i did make a bet" he comments, and hanjae sighs, covering his face with his hands. minjun laughs once again, already knowing how frustrated hanjae is with him. "and i knew he didn't have the balls to actually wake up at one am to wish you a happy birthday, so i saw it as an easy fifty dollars".
"is that it?"
"i just also wanted to wish you a happy birthday! can i not do that?"
"no, you cannot, good night minjun".
"really? that fast?"
"yes, that fast, good night".
hanjae swears he can hear minjun's pout when he hangs up the phone call, but all of that goes away when he lays back down onto his bed. he lightly snickers at minjun's actions before stuffing his face into his pillow.
what an idiot..
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it is december 12th in korea, so happy birthday hanjae 🫡 (my pookiebear)
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shenrickyz · 5 months
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put the sillies (meliora) into an incorrect quotes generator
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let's talk.
they have a talk, and hanjae finally talks about his feelings.. for once | ft. choi soobin & nam hanjae | wc: 0.6k
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"so.. did you make your decision yet?"
soobin asks, half his body on top of hanjae's. he barely lifts his head to stare at the older, and then places it back down onto the practice floor. "about what?" soobin furrows his eyebrows, scoffing at hanjae's lack of interest for his question.
he flicks his forehead.
"ow! what's your problem!"
"you can't avoid the topic forever!"
"why can't you let me!?" hanjae exclaims, he pushes soobin's face away, making him whine. "i don't want to talk about it.." he mutters, rolling over and pressing his cheek onto the practice room floor.
soobin groans, lifting himself up and placing all of his weight on hanjae once again. "seriously, you don't have to go if you don't want to" he says, staring hanjae straight in the face.
the younger pauses, biting his inner cheek, his face contorts into one of uncomfortableness, this topic isn't one that he's so keen on talking about, but here he is. "i don't know, hyorin isn't even in the country and just being with them on my own is a disturbing thought to me".
soobin hums, simply staring again. he knew all about hanjae's parents and their.. horrible way of deciding to treat their kids, their the ones to blame for their children's mental issues, the ones who made them want to run away, but the relationship between them and their two children has always been a little complicated..
"i don't know.. i feel pretty bad for not visiting" hanjae mutters, poking his tongue through his cheek, and soobin pouts, grabbing his face and turning it so he faces him. "you shouldn't feel that way".
hanjae snickers. "you need to stop worrying about me, i'll be fine" soobin frowns at the words, how could he not worry about him? the only thing on his mind at the moment was.. well— worrying about hanjae.
"don't give me that look".
"you can't order me around, i'm older than you" soobin states.
"by seven days".
"still older" soobin gives a cocky smile, and hanjae scoffs, sticking out his tongue at him. "you look like an idiot".
hanjae makes a look fo fake offense, turning away from soobin. "that's so mean to say to your boyfriend" he emphasizes the word 'boyfriend', and soobin's face scrunches in fake disgust.
"we've been dating for four months".
"you were in love with me for three years and just now became brave enough to say anything!" hanjae exclaims, and soobin scoffs, completely taken aback. i mean it's not like hanjae was wrong but to say it so blatantly is so mean! he did the same thing too! does he remember that?
"you're so stupid" soobin mumbles, now laying completely on top of him.
hanjae pouts. "that's mean".
"didn't you just insult me?"
hanjae gives him a look of disbelief, then gives a small laugh. "no, i have no idea what your talking about, i'm innocent" he gives his most innocent of smiles, then laughs once again, laying his head onto the floor.
"idiot".
"you love me".
soobin lays his head down onto his chest, listening to the beating of his heart. "sure i do" he says, getting himself comfortable on top of the younger. he reaches for hanjae's hand, and starts playing with his fingers, humming to himself.
"so your not gonna go visit your parents?" soobin mutters, playing with the charms on hanjae's bracelet. "at least.. not now?" he clarifies, looking up at his partner.
hanjae stays silent for a moment, his thoughts straying to places he'd never consider actually talking about out loud. "i think i'll wait for a moment.. i'll talk to hyo about it first" he runs his fingers through soobin's hair, staring at the older like he was madly in love with him.
oh wait.. he was.
"you can always.. talk to me.. okay?" hanjae blinks at the words, a smile spreading across his face without any real thought. soobin just continues listening to his heartbeat, comfortable where he is, lying on top of him. "don't be afraid too".
"i'm not afraid anything".
"uh huh, sure".
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shenrickyz · 6 months
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no more love.
it's hard to not feel hopeless at a time like this, in a company that doesn't give a shit.. | ft. zixin & hikari, and nct ensemble | wc: 0.7k
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it doesn't take much to make hikari sad.
it's something he usually really hates about himself, you can say one thing and he'll become a mess on the floor, sobbing like he'd just been told the single most heartbreaking thing imaginable, he can control most of the time (he's had to learn how to after all, his managers always scrutinize him about it).
there's no way hikari can go a day without a usual wave of sadness that makes him curl into his blanket and just stay there while he sobs into his pillow.
but then there's that other kind of wave of sadness, the kind that happens when hikari's very upset.
it's just.. silence, silent depression. hikari won't do anything that gives it away, but it'll still be clear that something is upsetting him, he just won't cry about it as normal. the members can always tell when he slips into this wave of sadness, because he isn't his usual affectionate self, making sure to give all the members hugs before going off to practice.
and well— everybody knows why, they just don't want to say it in fear of upsetting hikari even more.
everyone knew from the way hikari stared at his phone, that he saw it, that he knew, that everything would just now be.. different.
he was gone the whole day.
seojun noticed just how spaced out he seemed hearing the news, he approached hikari earlier that morning, but the older was just not having it at all.
"are you sure your okay?" he asked clearly, and hikari didn't try to smile, which made something curl in seojun's stomach, because hikari smiling is something that's crucial to him as a whole, not seeing hikari smile means something horrible happened, something horrible happened to him. "i— i'm worrying about you".
hikari doesn't say much, just lets out a breath. "i'm fine, don't worry about me junie".
but how could he not worry about him?
hikari rocked back and forth, knees pulled to his chest, he didn't want to talk to anyone, because talking to someone meant acknowledging it, and acknowledging it meant he was probably gonna cry.
but after just avoiding people all day, hikari knew that wouldn't solve the pain.
so when zixin sits next to him in the practice room, he just gives him a mere glance. "staying in the practice room past five is scary, the ghost of sm entertainment might come get you".
it's a stupid one off comment, and hikari usually always laughs at zixin's one off comments or stupid jokes, but today he doesn't, and zixin frowns, because that's unusual. "alright, wanna tell me what happened?"
he stretches his legs, glancing over at hikari, who just continues rocking back and forth, staring at his feet. he shakes his head, and zixin sighs, because he already knows why hikari is in this mood today. "okay, i'm sorry, i know what's bothering you".
hikari nods, still not talking, he fears that if he even opens his mouth, he'll start crying. "it's just— you know, if they were always gonna be taken out of the group we could've been given a heads up or something, but no! they didn't tell us anything! i was so excited to debut in a group with my best friends and then they were just here for two years and now they aren't even apart of the group anymore".
hikari doesn't know where all of that came from, but it felt good to get all of his frustrations out after just keeping to himself all day. he continues rocking back and forth, sighing.
"i get how you feel, ri" zixin pauses for a moment. "they're still gonna be here, though, you know, you can still sneak out at three in the morning to argue with sungchan over ice cream flavors".
that finally makes hikari laugh, and it's an honest one, zixin feels at ease knowing hikari's smiling again, he likes it when hikari is smiling, because knowing he's doing well is enough to make zixin's day.
"i want you to know that it's okay to be.. sad, you know? i don't want you to feel like you have to shut down if your upset, i get what it's like to just have your best friend just kicked out of your group and i want you to know that you can talk to me".
hikari feels himself get a lightly nudged by zixin, who chuckles at the way he tries not to smile. "also, i don't wanna be a snitch but they're right outside the door waiting for you" he whispers to hikari, who giggles and lightly nudges him away.
"okay okay".
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i love hikari :(((
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shenrickyz · 7 months
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 ˖ ࣪ ‹ 𖥔 aponia tweets!
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shenrickyz · 7 months
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˖ ་ 💭 INTERVIEW !?﹙ft. hong yohan﹚
𓈒 𓈒 𓈒 dedicated to jj (@junjiie) his number one fan
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𖥻 Q: when you were first chosen as the leader of meliora, what kind of reaction did you have?
𖥻 YH: i was pretty, well— surprised because i expected for someone much more, you know.. extroverted to be chosen as leader because in my experience, that really always worked out. of course, it's not like i didn't want to be the leader of meliora, i was just afraid i wouldn't be able to do it as amazingly as i hoped.
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𖥻 Q: before becoming an idol, did you have any other dreams?
𖥻 YH: not really, i always wanted to perform. i love singing and dancing, and really the only thing i think i would've wanted to be besides an idol is probably a music teacher, besides that, i never did have any previous dreams for a career.
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𖥻 Q: your favorite and least favorite trait of yours?
𖥻 YH: i am a very strong willed and goal oriented person, i often never give up and power through things even if everyone else is hopeless, but, i find that i do sometimes come off as condescending and i often appear as if i think of myself as superior compared to everyone else. i think it's because i've become very sure of myself but i do look like i think i'm better than everyone and it definitely makes me look a little narcissistic.
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𖥻 Q: your favorite song?
𖥻 YH: ko ko bop by exo.
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𖥻 Q: will you ever get a tattoo?
𖥻 YH: um.. maybe not now, i don't even know which ones would look nice on me. junmin and i were talking about maybe getting matching ones in the future, but i don't know yet.
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𖥻 Q: a random thing you enjoy?
𖥻 YH: absolutely scaring the shit out of my members. i don't even do it on purpose, sometimes i just appear and freak them out, or just seeing my silhouette in the dark is enough to freak them out, apparently, according to yaejoon, my footsteps have no sound, which is why it's scarier when i appear because he can identify each member by their footsteps alone.
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𖥻 Q: your best friends in the group?
𖥻 YH: junmin and hajoon for sure. my same age members, it's just this thing i have with them, they both fit me in a way i can't exactly, explain, you know? but i love them both very much, even though junmin dislikes acknowledging that.
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shenrickyz · 7 months
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PERSONALITY OVERVIEWS !?
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xuwicha rattanakosin …
xeno is much of the playful kind, you know, that one person in the friend group that just tells jokes all the time, yeah, that's exactly how i would sum him up. in an obvious kind of way, he is someone with much energy, someone who, in everyone else's opinion, somehow can just keep talking and talking without pausing even once. in his words, he just always has something to say, it's hard for him to not stop talking because it's just very enjoyable in his opinion. bright, upbeat, and sociable, he is someone who enjoys surrounding himself around other people, and it seems that other people enjoy being around him too.
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makani seo …
makani is not someone as talkative as he may appear. though at first glance it seems that he might seem like the kind of person who can talk to people flawlessly, that couldn't be farther from the truth. he is not much of a talker and not even much of a people person either, which is amusing when you remember he's in a group with like 20 something other men, but really, it doesn't help with his social skills at all. trust and believe, makani is definitely funny, his sarcasm brings flavor to any conversation you can think of, but if you want him to talk, maybe call his name a few times. it takes him a while to open up to people, but maybe if he especially likes you he'll open up much easier.
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jiang zixin …
zixin is someone.. well, complicated yeah? he can be energetic at times, he can be an absolute pain in the ass at times, and he can just be.. there at times. if you were to ask me to give you a word that describes zixin, i don't think i'd be able to do it on the spot, i'd have to think for a few moments before i could genuinely come up with one. he enjoys messing around with people, and he's very blunt and simply very honest when it comes to what he wants to say. will he say anything and everything? probably yeah, he feels the need to share every single thing he thinks, which probably isn't that good of a trait in hindsight, but it makes him unique doesn't it?
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fukushima hikari …
hikari is someone with a big heart, someone who is very obvious when it comes to his emotions and expressing said emotions. he genuinely just has a lot of love to give and is very affectionate when it comes to people he loves, sometimes he feels like he overdoes it and it makes him feel a little insecure, but he never tells people about those feelings he has, instead resorting to simply showcasing his affection and keeping all of his insecurities to himself. it's easy for him to tear up quickly, but that's simply because he's had a fair share of traumatizing experiences in his lifetime. still, even with the amount of things he's gone through, hikari finds it nice to give his love to other people.
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heo minjae …
minjae is unhinged and for the most part, he enjoys that. the thing about him is that, even in the most serious of situations, he can't help but giggle, or chuckle, or simply because he thought about a random joke from seven months ago. most of the time, minjae zones out during situations, and when he finally realizes he zoned out, he doesn't even remember what's going on, people have literally stopped filling him in on certain situations because he won't get it anyway. even with that, though, he does have good intentions, yeah he chews ice, but those are the least of his problems.
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kang seojun …
seojun is much like how you expect a maknae is, overly upbeat, energetic, bright, and pretty unserious most of the time. he's someone who never really got the chance to be a kid, so those childish tendencies he never got to have as an actual child have now blossomed into his adulthood. but of course, like everyone, seojun can be pretty serious himself, he just doesn't enjoy it, because he's one of the youngest, so he enjoys actually acting like it most of the time. he often makes the older members sigh because what the hell goes through his mind most times? and yes he may be pretty impulsive, but he's pretty, so who cares?
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hi user @junjiie please dont eat them i really need these storylines to commence so postpone it for now!!!
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shenrickyz · 8 months
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 ˑ    ּ 𖥔 𓄼   ࣪ 11:11
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┉┈ 𖣠 your my best friend especially...
WHEN !? 10 SEPTEMBER 2022, 3:29 PM INCLUDES !? MELIORA MEMBERS, KYRIE-CENTRIC NOTES !? I LOVEEEEE MELIORA!!! one of my favorite oc groups forever i swear to god i they are all my children (they're all older than me) don't you just love big ass groups??? i do, AHHH I LOVE MELIORA I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THEM MORE, also just so you know, kyrie is kyuhyuns stage name, so when i say kyuhyun just know im talking about the same person WORD COUNT !? 1.2k
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kyuhyun barely holds in his trembles, he's sitting down on the stage, trying his best to not break down right then and there. the speeches really are getting to him, and he continues having to cover his face with his hands to make sure he doesn't immediately cry. kyuhyun is the most emotional out of the group, it's always been known by everyone, his members, the staff, the teachers, their own fandom, everyone knows he cries easily.
when his fencing team disbanded, his first instinct was to cry, whenever he gets insulted, he cries, whenever he gets unfairly criticized, he cries, whenever people bring up his prior body image issues, he wants to cry. kyuhyun is an easy crier, and anything remotely emotional is enough to get him. but he is determined to not to cry on this very day, which is why he's surprised by his lack of tears, because usually speeches get him.
kyuhyun never knew he'd be able to experience this, being on a stage, and not just any stage, this huge stage in america, with screaming fans in the crowd as he sits there, and it really does shock him. he expected to stay in fencing, maybe even go back to acting, becoming an idol was never on his list of dreams, but then the audition came along, and it feels like just yesterday when he just auditioned for louvix audio, and now he's here, on this stage, with people who love him in the crowd.
and most importantly, he's with people he loves.
"hyun, you can cry" hwan's voice sounds in his ears, the younger sitting beside him. he had just finished his speech to the fans, and of course, he didn't cry. hwan never cries, at least not to any of the members' knowledge, he's best known for being the member whose never shown tears. even the other members known not to cry much, like yohan, junmin, and jian, have at least shown some emotions, but hwan just doesn't cry. it confuses kyuhyun, of course, because he's a crier.
"what? what is that supposed to mean?" kyuhyun can barely hear hwan over the yelling, he feels as if he can't even see properly, with all the flashing lights flickering around. hwan stares, he already knew how kyuhyun felt, because that was just kinda his thing. "the tears are literally clinging to your eyelashes" he comments, lightly nudging the older. kyuhyun takes in a deep breath, gulping. "these speeches just really get me, you know?"
"yeah i know, how long have we trained together for?"
that gets a chuckle from kyuhyun, and that's mostly because of a: his delivery, and b: because hwan was right. they joined the company in the same year, yeah hwan was distant but that's just how hwan is, no matter how much people like to speculate about their relationship, they do love each other. hwan doesn't show it much, because he doesn't enjoy affection, but he seriously does love kyuhyun, and he also loves his other fellow 01 liner, haneul.
the same haneul whose about to give a speech.
kyuhyun takes another deep breath, slightly moving over and making space so that hajoon can sit back in his spot. yohan pats haneul's hand, a silent encouragement for him to take the shot and simply tell his speech. there are already other members crying, kiro has been crying for five minutes unconsciously, and byeol has been crying into yaejoon's shoulder since junmin's speech. he feels his own breath hitch when he hears haneul begin speaking.
haneul starts off like he always does, with a joke, of course, he's always unserious before he starts getting emotional. kyuhyun swears, if haneul wasn't an idol, he would become a stand up comedian or something, he's hilarious, kyuhyun knows why he starts that way, because he's gonna start talking about heavy stuff, especially with his grandparents in the crowd. he slightly glances at hajoon beside him, who smiles, raising his hand to pick something out of his hair.
kyuhyun bit his lip, looking down at the floor. he hopes that he can contain his tears, but let's be honest, when can he ever? he cried over a sick cat once, and the cat wasn't even his! that's just how easy he can cry, haneul's words practically wisp away, his ears pound, and it's like he can't hear anything. for a while, it's like kyuhyun just isn't there, he's zoned out to a degree he's never zoned out before, but he can still hear haneul's voice.
it scratches his ears in a way that it can't go unnoticed, can't be ignored. his legs swing back and forth, and he sighs, trying to bring himself back to the current situation.
"i mean— i wasn't raised by my parents, i was raised by my grandparents, and i'd like to thank them for everything they've done for me".
that does it for him.
kyuhyun breaks down, he cries, he sobs, and he can't stop doing it. haneul's words just get to him in a way he didn't expect, and he covers his mouth with his free hand as a way to try and contain his sobs. as said like four times already, it doesn't take that much to make kyuhyun cry, and he is crying, the tears running down his cheeks like floodgates had just been opened. he sniffles, trying to calm himself down, but immediately crying once again.
the members simply always get him, they can make him emotional like no other. hwan runs a hand up and down his back, and hajoon frowns, reaching over to caress his hands. yes, everything about the speech made him emotional, but the part about his grandparents in general just got kyuhyun. haneul was always open about them, and kyuhyun would listen to all of it, trying his best not to cry at the words. it just had such an affect on him that he couldn't explain.
and it's like as soon as haneul's speech starts, it ends, and kiro has to give a speech next, kyuhyun is probably gonna cry even more at that speech, but he follows everyone as they stand up to give hanuel a group hug. kyuhyun especially clings onto him, since he's the tallest, it's much more obvious, even after half the members remove themselves from the hug, kyuhyun stays there, with his arms wrapped around him.
"are you okay?" haneul asks with a chuckle, but with the tremble in his voice, it's clear that he isn't any better off. kyuhyun sniffles, burying his face into his neck. he pats kyuhyun's arms, being trapped in his strong hold. it's ironic because he's usually the one suffocating the members in the tightest hugs every, to him, it's funny. "seriously, your suffocating me here, hyung".
"i love you" kyuhyun mumbles into his neck, he sniffles again, shaking his head as he keeps his arms wrapped around haneul. he doesn't know why those words slip out so suddenly, but he says them with totally honesty, because he does, and he wants to make sure haneul knows it, even with how many times he's said it already. "i love you and i don't want you to forget".
"okay hyung, i love you too, now calm down, your getting my shirt wet".
that again, gets a laugh out of kyuhyun.
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