#Jay/Jake is so far gone for this man I swear

[impromptu-sketches]

Shutline manhwa spoilers below

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Shin keeps calling both of them lowlifes ( ᗒᗨᗕ )

Jay/Jake, the deep undercover CIA agent/powerful Mercifuls gang leader (respected in both roles) basically being called trash to his face by his mechanic boyfriend who he scooped up off the street, got a legal job, and has been looking out for this entire time (✿>ꇴ<)

Shin, you are precious.

[hoonloveclub]

appreciation moment

bestfriends!enhypen x gn!reader (fluff!!!!)

a/n: finally finished this after it being in my drafts for a while! i hope this made you guys smile and let me know if you guys like the style :DD

word count: 1.2k

warnings: nothing just a few curse words :)

fuck elevators and their need for maintenance

out of breath and ten minutes later than planned, your hands are heavy with full bags containing a plethora of chips, ramen, a ton of candy, and eight (very heavy) drinks, as you bang on the door to the boys’ dorm.

“guys let me in 20 cube i’m about to turn around and never come back if you don’t in the next five seconds! my arms are a millisecond away from falling off!”

that was not an exaggeration. okay just kidding, maybe it was. a little.

raising your heels off the ground, in an attempt to peek into the peephole, you’re met with one, sole, magnified eyeball.

“y/n we all know you won’t have any other friends to hang out with if you do” a singsong-y voice and owner of mentioned eyeball, jungwon, cheekily refutes.

“shut up won, and i don’t know, open the door while you’re at it” 

knowing his statement wasn’t far from the truth, you would do anything for your seven dear (annoying) friends, even climbing nine flights of stairs, but that was the last thing you needed them to know

as the door swings open you’re met with a smiling jungwon and an overly excited niki

“Y/NNNN” all the bags crash down as niki crashes into you, towering over you with his long limbs, any bitterness previously on your mind long gone

you swear he wasn’t this tall the last time you saw him but maybe your eyes were just deceiving you

“niki did you really miss me that much you big baby” you roll your eyes, contrary, a smile graces your features

he laughs, playfully pulling at your cheeks

“eyy are you saying you didn’t miss me” he points at your face, a sly smile emerging

“touché” you laugh, patting his cheek in endearment, “where’s everyone else at?”

"they’re-”

“Y/N-IEEEE MY BABY”

“OH Y/N YOU GOT THE GOOD GOODS”

“YES HOW’D YOU KNOW I WAS CRAVING GUMMIES”

speaking all over each other, you realized how long it had been since you last saw them

“i missed you guys”

“AWW DID YOU GUYS HEAR THAT, Y/N MISSED US” heeseung holds his chest dramatically, expressing how touched he was at your sudden confession

regretting your words almost immediately, you cover your face in embarrassment and playfully push hee’s arm “i take it back”

heeseung holds back his laugh

“it’s okay y/n we missed you too” sunghoon sweetly assures, nudging your leg from across your seat

replying with a quick “this is why you’re my favorite” hoon beams with giddiness, the cute dimple you adored appearing on his cheek

movie nights were a weekly occurrence between you and the seven, but due to busy schedules, the past month’s movie nights were, to everyone’s dismay, all cancelled

“okay so what do you guys want to watch tonight” sunghoon asked cheerily, sipping a bit of a sweet latte you bought specifically for him, knowing it was his favorite

you were munching on a mix of ruffles, hot cheetos, and m&ms, niki sprawled on your lap to the right of you, and jay clinging to the arm on your left as jay pipes up, “i was actually thinking something light hearted like, i don’t know, high school musical?”

after a month of nonstop work you were ready to relax (aka jam to bet on it with jay)

“i second that” you mindlessly agree, earning a smile from the boy beside you

the rest exchange knowing glances of ‘any other recommendations?’ to which you don’t notice

“..actually what I was thinking is less of a light hearted school romance movie, but more of a light hearted-ish action movie like spider-man homecoming?” jake suggests, looking around for approval

you shrug, but one after another, the rest of the boys agree to spider-man homecoming, the only other siding for high school musical being sunoo

“yes! okay spider-man it is!” jungwon excitedly exclaims, turning on the tv and getting settled next to jake

slightly disappointed, you wanted to watch high school musical, but nonetheless you could never resist peter parker (especially played by tom holland)

“being spider-man would be so cool” jake lets out, mesmerized by the action on screen “like imagine being able to just do… that” he motions to the scene

“honestly, jake, you’d be a solid spider-man” you reply

“you think so?” a smile tugging at jake’s lips

“not to rain on your parade, but i think not” jay interrupts, “obviously i’d be better,” perking up beside you

“yeah sure jay, what are you gonna do, spray your large variety of honey at them?” jake retorts

you can hear heeseung, sunghoon, sunoo, and jungwon’s snickering from across the room

“i would just be spider-man dumbass, with web shooters?? you-”

“i heard somewhere that tom holland had to wear a thong while wearing the spider-man suit” niki says nonchalantly, still focused on the screen in front of him

you watch as jay’s eyes widen

“take it back, jake can be spider-man” jay says, to which everyone cries laughing at for a whole 10 minutes

“ugh tom holland is just so perfect- where can i find a man like him” you exclaim, earning a quick response from none other than heeseung

“Y/N! you are currently surrounded by 7 hunky men! what more can you ask for”

“did you just use the word ‘hunky’? i heard that right? hunky?? no no no no, that’s it. i’m done. as much as i love y’all, hate to break it to you but tom holland is THE man.” you reply dreamily

“okay ya sure, because you can totally pull someone like him,, we’ll wait.”

“you know what jungwon, just let me live in peace for one day without reminding me how dry my relationship status is everyday” you jokingly reply, words dripping with an insincere annoyance

“y/nn, you know it’s because we love you. how is it gonna be when you get a significant other and leave us hanging every week? what are we gonna do then??” jungwon explains but he’s cut off when sunoo confesses

“y/n i’m gonna be honest, i most definitely have attachment issues with you”

“yeah. me too.” sunghoon nonchalantly adds.

all eyes are on you as you sit there between your dear friends, spider-man playing in the background, but now long forgotten.

to say that you appreciated each one of them was a total understatement.

they were everything to you, and you wouldn’t trade your friendship with them for the world

“no because now you guys are gonna make me cry or something” your eyes look up to the ceiling as you try to prevent the tears forming in your eyes from actually falling. plan failed.

“LOOK WHAT YALL DID. NOW MY BABY Y/N’S CRYING” jake puts his arms up and pretends to punch sunghoon

yeah sure your love life was like a tree on the verge of dying because of a drought, but you couldn’t imagine loving someone more than your friends.

“you guys are the best. i mean- for now i guess”

“eyyyyy y/n you just broke my heart” jake holds his heart and pretends to faint

you laugh, tear stained cheeks now glowing with happiness 

[angelic-jeonghan1004]

Enhypen reacting to you cheating in a game to win

More enha timeeee I've got more stuff in the works for them so soon I'll make a masterlist! Doing a mixture of both video games and arcade games in this. If it's not obvious to tell from my past fics I love me some video games I'm now super into Genshin atm!! Heeseung is absurdly long btw sorry about that he's the only one I actually had an idea for from a random tropes list on Wattpad the rest I wrote the prompt games and ideas for sitting through a school lecture

Pairing: Enhypen x reader

Genre: fluff, crack

Warning: swearing!

Gif credits to rightful owner ✨

Heeseung

Thinking of a way to spend time with your boyfriend and have a fun date

You went to play laser tag, there's no physical harm in laser tag

Problem here is you're both competitive

And deciding against being on the same team

Decided to go being on opposite team

Whoever lost has to buy lunch

So going into the game in the black out neon room full of obstacles you both had one thing on your mind

"I'm going to win" was the one thought racing through both of your heads (spoiler alert you won in the end)

Protecting your chestplate for your life in fear of someone shooting you

The game got very heated but you thought strategically

You didn't try to find him (that was his goal to find you, but by his height yells or cheers of success eliminating a player you knew where he was 99% of the time) you actually avoided him

You went to get out all of his teammates

It wasn't hard you where in it to win it

You realized there's no way it's not just you and Heeseung now

An idea came to mind

Yelling to him you said

"Heeseung I have an idea to make this fun for us , meet me at the middle since I don't want to yell"

You both made your way to the middle very cautious of eachother but he was very curious of the challenge

Quickly you explained that you two should go on opposite ends of the laser tag maze but each step you take you have to do one shot no matter what

Due to your limited amo this intrigued Heeseung

How he could strategically move his lanky body around the maze without loosing tok much amo

He agreed

And you leaned in for a kiss before "putting the plan to action"

He quickly accepted the kiss closing his eyes taking in the moment before having to head to the opposite corner

That was until he heard the "Defeated" noise come from his chest plate as you shot him in the chest neon red lights covering the what used to be blue chestplate

You giggled as you broke the kiss

"UNFAIR" Heeseung yelled

"We can talk about it over lunch" you said putting your hand in his

You explained your true strategy to him at lunch and how you made that plan up just so he wouldn't kill you on spot

He peas so pouty

Just ate his food and sulked

"You owe me a fist game and next time let's try that challenge I was excited baby"

He'd say with just 🥺 eyes

Pls win this boy some sort of gift he deserves a pick me up

Jay

You guys where having a great time having an in home date

Then you disrespected man's gaming skills

Oh all hell broke loose into a heated argument

"I totally bet I could beat you in Tekken"

"Oh you fucking wish"

"Who do you main"

"Roger" (Roger is a Kangaroo)

"What the fuck are you doing? Representing Jake's home? That character takes no skill to beat people as"

"Yeah well who do you main"

"Is that even a question? Alisa Bosconovitch. A cyborg robot lady with fucking jet legs and chainsaw arms you can't tell me that's not cool"

"You're telling me I'M the one that plays someone that takes no skill to play as?"

You both knew there was only one way to settle this

Jay got out Playstation and everything for it and put it as a 5 match game

Settling yourselves into the game you both where doing actually really well

Way too well actually it was 2 to 2 so whoever won this round one the game

Your anxiety got too high

You where not gonna let this dude win

He'd be too cocky for his own good holding it over you

Quickly you had an idea as you saw his health was only 50% of the way nearing death and your ultra power and held up enough exp

"BABY IS THAT A SPIDER" you yelled looking at the ground near his leg

Causing him to roll away from his spot fearing a spider near his leg loosing focus

That's when you charged at his character

You could see the soul leave his body

When he saw the pink and magenta hair move speedy across the screen straight to his sweet little kangaroo in boxing gloves and a neck tie

"K.O" filling the screen you knew his yell was coming before he even did it

"AAAAAAAAA"

"WAS THERE EVEN A SPIDER"

"No baby I just had to through you off your rthym"

Man he was HURT

"I can't tell if that was foul or not. I'm going to talk with Niki on if what you did was fair or not"

"Babe it's not that deep-"

"No No No you owe me a rematch, kiss and patience as I consult with Niki"

Jake

Gosh this sweet boy

You two where playing dead by daylight on switches laying on opposite sides of the couch so you couldn't see eachothers screen

And you just kept scaring Jake coming up out of no where behind him

"Baby please just kill me you don't have to run up behind me" he was so scared please(〒﹏〒)

He was giving you puppy dog eyes that quickly went to fear as he shrieked from you running up behind him as he tried to start the car for the 18478282 time

You realized he was actually almost done fixing the car due to his pears so you went on a killing spree it was just you, Jake and some girl who was searching for fuel that you couldn't find

Getting back to Jake you realized he actually started the car and was ready to drive it and win the game

You hid behind a tree so he wouldn't see you

So in that moment you said "Jake can you toss the blanket I'm really cold"

Jake is too much if a gentle men he did so immedietly with a smile on his face you felt a little bad for what you where doing ngl

You took this chance and killed Jake's character

He knows that's how the game works that you you still could've done that without

But boy still yelled that it was unfair

Another boy who would just pout

Beware next round he's not going to be nice and will play the murderer

Sunghoon

Who knew a game of thumb war would get so aggressive

You where just waiting for the time to pass for a cafe to open up since you guys where too early before opening

The glares you shot eachother where unreal

Neither of you wanted to loose and both where confident in winning

But one thing was tempting you

The sign flipping over to open on the front door

So in that quick moment you felt really bad

But you stepped on his toe as you lifted your arms down and quickly put your thumb over his

"12345678910 I WIN"

"NO YOU DIDNT THAT WAS TOTALLY CHEATING"

He was so upset omg

The glare on his face

You know the look like just 😐 but definitely angry

But he couldn't hide the smile on his face when you leaned in to kiss his cheek

"I needed the game to end the cafes open now baby,,,"

He went blank for a second confused then

"OH SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT WE WHERE IN LINE FOR THE CAFE LETS GET IN"

A smile filled his face and he moved your hands to be in an actual hand holding way as you too went in

But don't get me wrong

This boy getting a rematch

And if you playing dirty he'll play dirty too

But for now he'll be fine having this cafe date of coffee/tea and pastries with you

Sunoo

Rthym games aren't a competition

But you guys made it one-

Who could get a higher score??

Originally a joke gone TOO far

Since here you are playing one song from Superstar Woollim, Superstar SM and Superstar JYP

Just 3 main and random superstar rthym games

Each thing was going alright then you got to Woollim

You both played the same songs but each got to choose a song

Woollim you knew The Eye was hard so you chose it and had him go first

He was doing surprisingly well though

Too well🤔

But suddenly Jungwon entered the room

You knew what to do

Make that boy jealous

"Hi bubs! How are you?" You said looking up to Jungwon

Jungwon was very polite asked you how you where

And Sunoo was not having it

He's fine with you being friends with all of enha

He encourages it!

But bubs is a pet name that's for him and him only😔😔

This caused his attention to tare away for a second

Suddenly in the blink of an eye his heart dropped as the "missed" noise came through the phone

The yELL

He was so mad

Once the song was done he immedietly went

"Did you do that on purpose?"

"Sort of"

And then you just did your turn and this boy gasped and look at you likeヽ༼⁰o⁰；༽ノ

He would be pettyyyyy

He'd be so mad

Pouting and glaring at you

Just completely done

You'd have to go in with a LOT of cuddles and affection

But he'd still not budge for a while

You got a better score than him so you won

But he will hold this over you whenever he wants something he'll be like

"remember when you cheated in a game we where playing by making me jealous? That was a little too much don't you think? Now grab me one of the ice cream bars from the freezer"

Jungwon

Wonnie this precious boy

Ppuyo ppuyo Tetris is not a game to play with others

It ruins relationships, friendships, family bonds (from personal experience as someone who got grilled on their Tetris skills while playing 1v1 while my friend was also doing terrible)

He got it since the characters looked cute

And Tetris is fun!

So why not??

You guys started playing it on the switch and everything was fine at first

Then it started getting faster

Wonnie chose the annoying little wizard guy that just yells every 5 seconds

It was driving you both up a wall ngl

So you where like how do I cheat in Tetris,,,

You realized you where gonna get a 5 in 1 move so it was gonna fuck up his play real hard

But if he realizes that's your move he can make one just as strong if he puts his brain to realize what spots he has open and he's good at coming back from riskfull moments

So you digged deep in your brain to think of something quick

It hit you then

"Wonnie did I ever tell you who my Enhypen bias was"

His face just sort scrunched and he was like ¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯ I thought it was me? Moment

"wouldn't it be me? I never thought to ask"

"Oh okay" legit you had gone in with the 5 in 1 move and he hadn't looked at the silver blocks that quickly started to fill his screen he wanted to know

"nonono who is it?" Turned to you he didn't even see the mess that was on his screen

Until he heard the god for saken wizard just yell in defeat

"wait no that's unfair you can't drop something like that on me while we where in a 1v1 match"

His eyes he would just ಠ︵ಠ

Boy so sad :((

He lost the game and now he doesn't know if you bias him or not

If you do bias him you'd just tell him and he'd be like you stressed me out for noThing??

If you didn't bias him he'd be fine with it but he'd need a little moment of confirmation

Idk give this boy some kisses you stressing him out

Niki

Intense DDR fight let's go

This boy don't go down without a fight

Neither do you

But as the levels kept going and the energy got more and more intense

You know it was very likely Niki could win

That boy is dancing prodigy type of guy

So he be doing these steps while also the hand work of the dance itself just to flex

Done with the cute boys snarky behavior

You did the one thing that would throw him of his rthym

Pretend to get hurt

You crouched in a way and made it seem like your knee was in pain but you where still doing the steps

Niki was gonna look over to you to be snarky and witty

But you looked in pain and this giant baby got panicked

"nononono baby are you okay? If you're in pain don't worsen your injury we can stop playing, what about your knee hurts?" He was panicking and you immedietly felt so bad

He stopped moving and so his score got worse and worse

You felt so bad you pretended to just act it out a lil more

"no don't worry Riki it's okay I'll be fine"

"don't say that you're in pain you could worsen your condition, let's find out what happened maybe you just buckled your knee? I've done that, be more careful please"

He legit went over to your board and tried to just stop your movements and left a kiss on your forehead

The song would end and your score would be higher but you would never do that as a cheat again

You didn't even have the courage to tell Riki after

He continued to be just so sweet and caring throughout the date

Would probably even text you afterwards like "Im sorry you injured your knee a little but I'm glad afterwards you felt better and I had a lot of fun :))"

Pls you better keep that all in till the day you die or tell him it's up to you but don't mess with this pore boy again like that pls(〒﹏〒)

[timextoxhajima]

Not For Sale: Week 3

NOT FOR SALE CHAPTER NAVIGATION

Member: Heeseung + Jay [and other members]

Pairings: [fem] uni exchange student! reader x uni student! HS x uni student! Jay

Genres: Fluff | Slice of Life | Comedy | Angst | Teenage Romance | Thriller

Warnings: swearing, a pinch of inappropriate joke

Word Count: 2.5k + 15 SM Screenshots

Synopsis/Quote: In which your oblivious ass cannot tell that a popular boy in your class has a big, fat crush on you | “It seems like the one who was ruined was me.”

Taglist: @hyunjaethereal @haechanhues​ @sunqnyu​ @bloom-bloom-pow​ @seasideheeseung​​ @wooya1224​​ @gratefulmaria​ @sunshineshouchan​ [drop me a dm/ask/comment to be added!]

A/N: this chapter has quite a few screenshot images so try not to click on them as there are still blocks of texts in between!

Jay is dreaming to: Like A Fool - Sam Kim, NIve

“No, come on. You calculated that shit wrong - this obviously falls under the 5% value which means it should be rejected.”

“What? Bullshit.”

“Jay, you did this tutorial before, do you remember the answer?”

Silence.

Heeseung looks up from his notepad and glances at the other table, over the rim of his glasses. If he tried hard enough, Heeseung could hear the song blasting in Jay’s earpieces. He was just mindlessly staring at his week 2 marketing tutorial, with this tiny, stupid, idiotic smile on his lips. 

Sunghoon pulls away from the digital whiteboard, placing the marker back into the compartment in the corner of the panel. He slaps a palm against Jay’s shoulder blade, the sharp piak sound almost echoing in the tutorial room.

“Ow!” The victim pouts and yanks out one side of his earpieces aggressively. Heeseung opens his mouth, and curls his lips between his teeth to hide his laughter when Jake jumps as well. “What do you want?”

“This BE (business econs) tutorial question!” Sunghoon waves the tutorial book under Jay’s nose. “I didn’t know your help consisted of you daydreaming.”

Jake scoffs and chuckles annoyingly. “Please, I bet all he can think about is his date last week. Not only that, he gets to see her right the day after for marketing.”

“God damn, you’re right,” Jay leans back in his seat, bringing his palms up to the back of his head. “Ahhhhhhhhhhhh why does she have to be an exchange student? Of all people to choose, I chose an exchange student?” He stomps his feet incessantly, vibrating his entire body with frustration. 

And why did I choose the same girl as you?

Sunghoon chokes out a dry snicker of a mockery, turning back to the working on the board where Jake’s busy struggling with his calculator. “Maybe because you’re an idiot, ever thought about that?”

“Tsk,” Jay tuts his lips, reaching out and grabbing Sunghoon’s arm that was holding onto the tutorial booklet. “Sunghoooooooooonnnnnnnnnn-”

“Stop it,” He groans, trying to wring his way out of Jay’s clinging. “Get off me, it might work better on her-”

“I don’t see her enough for us to get close too fast...” Jay’s hugging Sunghoon’s arm too tightly now, even pressing his head into his forearm. 

“Jesus, he’s whipped and too far gone for hope,” Jake blatantly taps the crown of Jay’s head with the digital marker, subtly shaking his head. “Press F to pay respects, man.”

“F,” Sunghoon rolls his eyes.

“F,” Heeseung grins, twiddling with the pen in his fingers. 

“Lee Heeseung, don’t get too far ahead of yourself,” Jay leans forward into his seat, squinting playfully. “I’m pretty sure you’re like, half as screwed as I am with that girl of yours in music history.”

“For the record, at least I’m still sane and I have an adequate duration of attention span... and my ass isn’t daydreaming in week 3.”

Jay’s lips curl downwards, stretching his lips in a bid to mimic Heeseung in a slightly higher pitch. “‘At least I’m still sane and I have an adequate duration of attention span-’ Hey!” Jay winces again, now being hurled at by Heeseung’s rolled up jacket. He releases Sunghoon, allowing him to return to Jake’s working.

“Stop it.”

“Did you talk to her? How did it go?”

“We talked during class but that’s it, what else are you expecting?”

Jay lines his thumb and index finger with his chin and jaw, the Confucius in him readying himself to spit some words of wisdom.

“Maybe-”

“No.”

“Come on!” Jay stands, almost slamming his palms into the desk. The thud combined with the shriek of the seat being pushed back out jolts Jake and Sunghoon out of their mathematical bicker once again. “Nothing can go wrong. So you embarrass yourself or she thinks you’re a creep - move on!”

Jake glances at Jay, then rests his vision on Heeseung. “Y’all really be paying a few thousand dollars per sem just to swoon over girls.”

“You mean Jay’s paying a few thousand dollars per sem just to swoon over one girl, who just happens to be an exchange student.”

Jay turns with the most done facial expression they’ve seen on him, and he rolls up his tutorial booklet before whacking Sunghoon with it. 

“Ow- ow- stop it!”

“Full of shit,” You snort while rolling your eyes, locking your phone and placing it facing down onto the table top. The chapter for The Medieval, Renaissance and the Western was as dry as the Sahara Desert and even you were having trouble trying to absorb the information.

Heeseung’s deal flashes across your memory, and it might’ve been a stretch, but you believed him when he said he wasn’t going to score well for Test 1 - he just didn’t seem like the kind to score full marks on something.

Too harsh.

The doorbell rings, and you wait for a moment, hoping that it was just some delivery man sending a bomb to you.

“y/n, I bought some desserts and snacks for you.”

“Ok, thanks. Leave it outside, I’m studying.”

“Spare me 10, would you? It’s week 3, I’m sure your work hasn’t piled up yet. Besides, I wanna know how your tour with Jay went.”

The disappointed scoff sounds more like a choke when it comes from you. 

Jay gave me the tour 2 fucking weeks ago.

The door clicks and slides open after you input the password, which your father also has, so kudos to him for giving you the privacy when he should. Now, the logo on the box in the bag he’s holding, you recognise. It’s your favourite brand of artisan cakes and pastries and he knows that he brought it here in a bid to appease you.

“How have your classes been? Music history, marketing, what else?” He places the box on the kitchen counter, eyes automatically scanning the room as if he was expecting it to look like the aftermath of a tornado. 

“Communication psychology and creative writing,” Slamming yourself into the couch, you pick up the TV remote and switch it on. 

“And how was the tour with Jay? Any funny episodes? I know he takes marketing with you.”

In your peripheral vision, he looks nervous - wiping his palms against his pants and adjusting his T-shirt. 

“It was fine. It’s not like there are campus maps at every lift lobby.”

He sighs heavily, lowering his head a tad bit. “I know. I just thought it’d be nice for someone to accompany you while you get accustomed to the environment.”

An awkward silence. The audience laughter from FRIENDS almost echoes through the apartment. 

“If there isn’t anything else urgent, then I have work to do. Music history’s a pain in the ass and I have to start working on my first assignment for creative. I’m sure you have prep work for BE too, Jay was telling me it’s alot of project work to sieve through on the prof’s end.”

Your father nods grimly, eyes darting away from the screen like he was ashamed to be paying attention to the series. “Right, right. Okay, I won’t bother you anymore. I’ll go. If there’s anything that crops up, you’ll text me, yeah?”

Mindlessly offering him a hum, you nod with your eyes still stuck to the screen. In your peripheral vision, he turns on his heels, obviously very reluctant to leave. But he does anyway, gently closing the door behind him and leaving the box of cake on the counter. 

The assorted slices of cake and pastries in the box are glistening under the amber lighting of the kitchen, the fresh scent of sugar, cream and fruit wafting through your nose. Casually picking out the mango cake slice out of the box, you jab your fork into it, the fruity taste melting over your tastebuds.

It’s not as sweet as you remember it.

It was a pleasant surprise to stroll into class, knowing that you were early, and seeing Heeseung diligently staring at his notes. Even dragging his highlighter across the ivory sheets. 

Your fingers tighten around the paper bag with the pastry inside, for some strange reason, nervous. 

I’ll just kill myself if he rejects it. What if he has some stupid gluten allergy and gets a seizure? I don’t know the the ingredients in this stupid thing, why would I even give a shit when I can just shove my face in it?

“Morning,” He greets without looking at you. “I beat you today.”

You shut your eyes and shake your head for a second. “Didn’t know we were playing at this.”

Heeseung grins, returning to his notes and even clicking a pen. Sliding into your seat (with the seat between the two of you now occupied with his bag), you pull out the lecture table and place the bag on it. 

“You don’t... happen to be allergic to anything, are you?”

“Hmm?” Raising both brows, he takes awhile to peel his eyes off his notes. “No, why?”

You flick the paper bag with your middle finger, resting against the seat.

“Free breakfast?” He peers over, using his arms to lift his butt off the seat. Large doe eyes observe you as you pull the box out of the bag, and you open it to reveal the (chosen) pastries and cake in it. “That looks really good.”

“It is. Certified by me. Haven’t tried it before?” Reaching down to the paper bag, you pull out a disposable fork. 

Heeseung shakes his head, removing his bag off the seat and shifting over. 

“Are you sure you don’t want them for yourself?” 

“Please, the ones I like are at home.”

“And for a moment, I was surprised,” He takes the fork from you, staring at you brazenly in your eyes. 

The air in your lungs slowly empty themselves from your chest, surprised that neither of you have looked away yet. His bright eyes flicker a moment of curiosity, almost like he was contemplating some kind of risk. Then he blinks and looks at the pastries, twirling the fork between his fingers.

“So, which ones do you hate? I’m probably taking those, right?”

“Take whatever you want. I can live without the ones here,” Leaning back into your seat, you trace your attention to his fork driving into one of the puffs.

“Did you buy these over the weekend?” The cream on the top of the puff he chooses smears slightly across his upper lip as he shoves the entire thing into his mouth. His cheeks fill out like a squirrel, and there’s a inner battle with yourself to hide the grin that’s threatening to reveal itself.

“No, my dad gave them to me.”

Abruptly stopping his chewing, he glares at you, eyes widened so much that you could see the whites around his pupils. “What? If your dad gave them to you then shouldn’t you try to finish them on your own?”

The subtle frown is visible on his forehead, pastry almost spilling out of his mouth while he watches your eyes flatten over the query. 

“He gave me a total of 8 puffs and 5 cakes. What do you want me to do? Gain 3kg in a day?”

“You could always...” His eyes sadden, brows relaxing and cheeks sinking. “Space them out...”

“By then, they’ll go bad,” The napkin is fished out of the paper bag when you can’t stand the cream on his upper lip. “You have a little- something over there-”

“Hmm?” He licks the bit of cream, but ends up pushing it onto his philtrum. 

“Jesus, you’re like 12,” Reaching out with the napkin in a bid to do him the little favour, he interrupts you by taking the napkin instead. 

“Thanks, I got it.” 

It would be an utter lie if you said the gesture didn’t hurt you. Mentally ‘LOL-ing’ at yourself, it’s a punch in your gut when you catch yourself feeling offended by something that shouldn’t even bother you. 

Falling back into the sofa, you fumble around on the sofa’s cushions to search for the television remote. It would be a total lie if you didn’t admit you were confused, maybe slightly hurt, by Heeseung’s gesture earlier that day. One of the local channels roll up, and the visuals of some familiar sights of the city entices you to hurl the remote aside.

Was he so repelled by you that he couldn’t have you helping him with a tad bit of cream? Was he so easily embarrassed or did he have a secret girlfriend stashed somewhere?

"The campus buses have been in operation for really long, so I guess some of them are prone to breaking down.”

“In the last... 4 weeks? Seoul University has had at least 8 bus breakdowns which is pretty concerning. We’re working with the bus vendor to figure out what’s the root problem. It could be something to do with an outdated or an old engine, but our students can be rest assured that they will remain safe on school grounds.”

Heeseung returns to his room with his earpiece stuck into his ear canals, carrying a box of takeaway food for Jay. The radio was just broadcasting some local news about the school buses. The door clicks open and he finds Jay laying diagonally across the bed, toes wriggling to whatever he’s listening to, eyes reflecting the light off his phone screen.

“Did you wake up in time for your online class?” 

“No,” Jay pulls out his earpiece and sits up, beady eyes tracing Heeseung’s movements towards his table. “But I did wake up for the last half hour.”

“Isn’t your lecture 2 hours? You should’ve just slept in.” The elder scoffs, placing his bag down and pulling off his hoodie, leaving Jay’s lunch on his desk. 

“There are participation quizzes in the last half hour before it ends and that’s where they mark class part so of the entire 2 hours, that’s actually the only thing I can’t miss.”

“And your brain works right when you wake up?” Heeseung turns, sitting inversely on the chair.

“Ironically, yes,” Jay arches a brow, shifting over to his desk and checking the pack of food. “Also, Sunghoon and Jake were late for physio and anatomy this morning.”

“I woke them up though?”

“Campus bus broke down, apparently.”

“Ah, so that’s what triggered the news,” Heeseung stretches his arms and leans back, hands still gripping onto the back rest. “Local radio was just reporting about the campus bus break downs.”

“Were you late? You left pretty early, right?”

“Mhm. I got there like, half an hour before class.”

Jay gaze fades into a conspiratorial squint, fingers leaving the takeaway food.

“You went for the girl.”

“I did not.”

“Shut up, you totally did.”

“No, I didn’t. I went to read my notes.”

“Liar!” Jay bursts into boisterous giggles, hopping over to him and shaking Heeseung by his shoulders. “My man’s really going for it-”

“I’m- I’m not,” His voice wobbles with the aggressive shaking. 

“And- what’s that? Is that...” Jay abruptly stops, and squats to pick Heeseung’s bag up. “What’s this? Powder?”

“Powdered sugar,” He reaches out for his bag, but Jay holds it away.

“What? Why would you have powdered sugar on your bag?” Jay squeaks, turning and squinting at the patch of white. “This sure as Hell better not be c-”

“JAY!”

[siimjaeyun]

Chapter 2: Caution, Gators can eat humans. 

Synopsis: The wishes for a new mystery after the sudden decrease in Seoul sends the teen mystery group to a town nearby. It’s own name justifies itself, and let’s just say: things don’t get pretty when JK (the anonymous caller) sends them on a chase. 

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Absent-mindedly, the man continued to drive his SUV  through the bumpy roads of Gatorsville, a small town just miles away from Seoul. 

"We need to pull up for gas." The father made his way to the abandoned gas station, allowing his daughter to walk for a bit with the puppy. 

The small puppy ran off into the bushes; the girl followed suit and called its name.

When she managed to reach her hand in, it met a pair of red fiery eyes back at her. Shocked, she jumped backwards and cried for help. 

"Dad! It's a monster!" In disbelief, the man refused to believe her, but met the same sketched black-green lizard pattern with glowing eyes. 

He didn't manage to say much, but got himself into the car and drove off in a hurry leaving whatever the creature was back in the dark. 

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"I'm bored.." Sunoo plopped backwards and landed on top of poor Sunghoon who was resting comfortably on the floor. 

"What's up with Seoul, there hasn't been a mystery!" Jungwon soon joined Sunoo, crushing Sunghoon as well, making him cry out. 

"Yo Jake, help me!" Jake helped the boy, picking him up and throwing him on the couch with you. 

"Heeseung what's this?" You picked the magazine that was crumpled between the two couch cushions; part of you wished you had left it once seeing the front cover.

"It's a trap illustrated! Where do you think I got the inspo for this beauty." He flaunted the cords hung onto the metal crates.

"And who exactly do you expect to catch?" 

Right on time, the delivery man got himself hung onto the trap set on the front, simply handing him the package once Heeseung managed to open the door and let him free. 

"It's a package." 

A loud thunder banged against the windows, letting the rain and its friends make itself present in the home. With caution, he opened it revealing an object covered by tissue and an envelope stamped in red with [JK] 

"I swear JK gives me the creeps." The group opened the rest of its contents and found a gator skinned bag in the box. 

"Maybe a trip to Gatorsville wouldn't hurt. Safe travels." 

"This doesn't make sense. I thought Gatorsville didn't make skin products anymore." Jake observed the purse, handling each nook and cranny with care. 

"Gatorsville? Like as in actual Gators?" Sunoo tried setting himself apart, clearly intimidated by the idea of gators. 

"150 years ago, miners had moved to Gatorsville in search of oil and gold. Instead, they found the abundance of gators in the area, and mounted businesses on the farms which made them rich. They sold products everywhere, but when there were no more gators, everyone moved out. It's practically a ghost town." 

"Then I'm assuming we have a new mystery?" Heeseung smiled and led the way out the door, at least before all six of you found yourselves captured in the same trap as the delivery man. 

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"Let's look around." They split into their usual teams, and trailed off. 

"So, Jake, how do you like it so far?" You realized you hadn't learned much about the boy besides his past in Australia and his cute dog that visited occasionally. 

"To be honest, it was really boring before Sunghoon invited me to come along. I'm glad I've got people who make life interesting." His small eye smile reassured you and you kept exploring the area. 

From afar, Jungwon, Heeseung, and Sunoo found no hope of a mystery and made their way back to the remaining three of you. 

"I guess JK sent us on a wild goose chase. Let's head back before it's too late." You gladly hopped back into the van and when Heeseung turned his key, the car wouldn't start. He trudged back and opened the car to see his engine had gone missing. 

"Uhh...guys!" Sunghoon walked out, first witnessing the same event. 

"H-how is it possible?" The six teens huddled around the missing spot, and turned around with a blinding light flashed forward. 

"What do you exactly think you're doing!?" A man in his late 50's stepped out of the tow truck, and his eyebags and cuts on his upper eyebrow clearly signaled he wasn't here to talk much. 

"Our engine is missing, think you can help?" 

"And why should I?" He punched his knuckles and caused Jungwon to step backwards with Sunoo. 

"Cause you're a mechanic?" 

"Right. Well you're going to have to wait until tomorrow morning anyway-I have to wait for Seoul to come deliver a new one." 

As the teens tried to call their parents, they received no response. They were either busy or didn’t care, clearly comforting the goofy timeline of teen chaos and drama. 

"Just call Jay, maybe he can come." Hesitant, you dialed his number and received no response. 

"He probably fell asleep. We're gonna have to stay the night." A neon sign was perfectly hung on the side of a building. 

[GATOR INN] 

"Hello, anyone there?" You clung onto Jake who just like you, preferred to lurk in the background while Heeseung and Jungwon took the lead. 

"What do you want!?" A woman appeared from the dark shadows of the motel stairs, letting her fingers trail against the handrail. 

“A room?” 

“We’re all booked.” The woman sat on the closest tool: filing her nails without bothering to look at the teens in their eyes. 

“But your sign says vacancy.” Sunghoon pointed to the sign from before, the clear letters stating VACANCY. 

“Alright, follow me. I have a few rules, the girly over there gets her own room. The five of you that remain can split into two rooms.” 

“Wait, no. Jungwon-he’s my brother; we can share a room.” You gave a slight signal to Jungwon to play along with the game, and the woman simply handed you the keys and walked back. 

Her bright red hair decorated in pink bows peaked from behind her, but disappeared almost immediately once she turned her head forwards to face you. 

“One more thing, if you hear biting, screams, loud shrieks: ignore and enjoy your day.” Her loud hairstyle finally left the hall, and you entered the old furnished room with Jungwon. 

“It’s clear this hasn’t been cleaned in months.” You dropped your bag on the bed, and accompanied the bag to find a comfortable spot to rest. 

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“I wonder why y/n would lie to the woman about Jungwon being her brother.” Jake sat on the nearby chair, pushing the cushion downward. 

“He’s scared to sleep alone; and he’s basically her child.” 

“I’m not sleepy.” 

“Neither am I. Why don’t we head out and explore if there’s anything worthwhile in the Motel.” They grabbed their jackets and exited the room, finding Jungwon and y/n heading out as well. 

The four bodies met at the center of the hall, confused, but not surprised by their need to exit the walls of the motel guest room. 

“Clearly, smart minds think alike.” You scoffed at his statement and led the way out the lobby. There wasn’t much to see clearly. The van was parked on the curb, the sky was dark and covered in a blanket of fog; everything appeared in order. 

The comfortable silence was quickly disturbed by subtle movements in the bushes. 

“I-i think something is there.” Jake reached out to move the branches and get a clear image, but a creature jumped out causing them to fall on their backs. 

“G-gator people!” Sunghoon picked up Jungwon, while Jake helped you up and led you away from the monster that was currently chasing you. You quickly made your way up the flights of stairs: pushing through the other flights that followed to your bedrooms. 

The creature continued; its sharp claws gauging at the walls and leaving a claw nail stuck in the paintings that were nicely hung. Without hesitation, the four of you barged into Heeseung and Sunoo’s room. 

“What are you guys doing here?” Sunoo barely bothered to look up from his screen when he witnessed the same creature enter the room, crushing the door that was once attached. 

“Gator people?” In fear, all of you clung onto the windows from the edge. Your foots collected on top of a single mattress, throwing the closest objects towards the creature.

The room quickly went black. A red glow emerged from the corners from the room allowing the two gators to creep under the floorboards and take a hold of your right leg pulling it downward. 

Your body slipped from the thin lifting of the window balcony, and soon enough it was being dragged from under the five boys,  leaving you to scream. 

Jake and Heeseung plunged forwards, each taking a hold of one of your arms to prevent the gators from dragging your body any further. Sunghoon took the liberty of stomping on the arms of the gators, making them retreat backwards. They slipped on their own tails and fell downward through the same hole they had crept through. You made your way up and looked at the gator skin dangling from your ankle. A white stuffing peeked through the thin fabric; the monster clearly wasn’t real. 

“It isn’t real?” Before Sunoo could continue with his pondering thoughts, the two gators once more crawled from below and sank their claws into the boards. The six teens ran out the door and out of the motel. 

‘COME BACK TO VISIT’ The tacky green sign hung on the side, and was the last part of their vision before securely making their way out of the Gatorsville. They turned their heads back to the issue, and saw as the gators came to an abrupt stop once they had exited the town. Slippery, and cautious, the duo hid once more and retreated back. 

“That was close.” 

“We have to go back, come on!” Jungwon, almost-excited like, pushed his older companions to the inners of town once more. They slyly hid in the trees until they found the two gators pushing large crates into a ship; one crate after another went inside. 

“Here.” Heeseung managed to bust the crate open, revealing packs of gator skinned products. Each marked with the same tag from earlier, ‘100% gator.’ 

Sunoo rolled up one of his sleeves and picked a belt from within the crate, and without thought, he wrapped the skin around his own. After some moments, he released the belt from his grasp and let it fall to the ground with a small clank following afterward. 

“It’s fake, just look at my skin!” Sunghoon and Jungwon inspected him and found a pink rashing forming on his pale flesh. Sunoo was known for his skin sensitivity, and everyone knew that any fake animal product would send the boy into itches and scratches. 

“The only thing we have here folks is a bunch of con-artists.” Heeseung sighs and makes his way to set up another one of his elaborate traps. 

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“Jake, now!” Jake quickly shot the arrow to the target, and it lunged to release the two boxes hanging by cords on the top side of the building. 

The gators made their efforts to leave, but quickly were captured by the teen’s proud ploy. 

“Got them!” Jake once more looked at the boxes with curiorsity, helping Sunghoon push it back towards the Motel entrance. 

“Chief Kim.” The police man trudged through Gator Inn and found the huddled teens around two gator people caught in ropes. 

“What is the meaning of this?” 

“This Chief Kim is…” Heeseung pulled back the mask which revealed the owner of the motel inn and the scornful mechanic. 

“What!?” 

“That’s right. This is our home and when everyone left, we couldn’t just go. This is our home. So we started making cheap products to earn some money. We used the costumes to scare off yee visitors and get them away from our business. And we would have gotten away with it, if it wasn’t for you meddling tourists!” 

Chief Kim quickly gave a nod which sent the gators to get sent to the back of his police car. They didn’t bother asking more questions and were about to drive off when Sunghoon rushed behind them. 

“Wait! We need a ride!” 

Almost on cue, the engine of their van made a growl, and the front lights illuminated their bodies. “Is it haunted?” Jungwon approached it carefully, and lifted the hood of the car; the engine was back in its place and now accompanied with a note hanging from the top. 

“I hope you enjoyed your visit, but remember there is more to come. This is only the beginning of the puzzle. JK”  The signature red stamp with bold letters JK glistened under the moonlight. 

“More? I swear, this just keeps getting more creepy.” The six were left with nothing but to make their way back home, and who knows what they would expect next. 

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Note: Jay and Niki will be progressively included in the story line. I’m sorry for the long wait :(