#dad!park jihoon

[kimteume]

Twitter update from Jihoon [Happy So Junghwan Day! (18.02.2023)]

[amazzwon]

MY GO-TO SEVENTEEN FICS

────⟢.ᐟ Choi Seungcheol (Scoups)

╰ Rough

smut, 2k

╰ warm hearts

fluff, 0.5k

╰ his arms

smut, 0.4k

╰ sapiosexual

smut

╰ Good Luck, Fermata Tower

firewatch au, smut, angst, fluff, 13.9k

╰ always only you

14.2k, smut, childhood friends to lovers

╰ Shiver Me Timbers!

pirate captain!seungcheol x siren!reader, fantasy au, smut, 3.0k

╰ Dancing Queen

smut, fluff, slight angst, disco club owner!choi seungcheol, performer!reader

╰ passenger princess(es)

fluff, established relationship, 0.8k

────⟢.ᐟ Yoon Jeonghan

╰ First Makeout Session

suggestive, minors do not interact

╰ my heart is beating for two

fluff, daycare worker yn! x secretary jeonghan, 1k

╰ Blueberries

smut, yoga instructor!Jeonghan, 2k

╰ Hate is a strong word

smut, angst, fluff, e2l, coworker au, 15k

╰ How many chances are too many chances?

angst, fluff, fwb, f2l, 14k

╰ Titty-Shirt!

pervert!rollercoaster operator!jeonghan x bigtiddie!fem!reader, theme park au, coworkers to lovers, e2l, smut, fluff, 13.2k

╰ every summertime

16.1k, 70s au, playing hard to get, smut

────⟢.ᐟ Hong Jisoo (Joshua)

╰ City lights Series

smut, rocksinger!joshua, neighbours with benefits, angst, fluff, 75.4k

╰ NBA player

smut, 0.8k

╰ cranberry concoctions

bartender!joshua, smut, a little angst & a little fluff, 1920s prohibition au, speakeasy au, 4.6k

╰ leaning on the everlasting arms

childhood best friend! pastor's son!joshua x f reader, angst, smut, some fluff, bible college au, 10.3k

╰ Curse The Stars

Salesman!Joshua x Starlet Afab!Reader, Smut, fluff, strangers to lovers, fwb to lovers, 1970s Hollywood au, pwp, 8.4k

────⟢.ᐟ Moon Junhui (Jun)

╰ Christmas with his family

fluff, comfort, (slight) angst, 0.5k

╰ Do Re Mi

smut, fluff, 4k, wife!reader, husband!jun

────⟢.ᐟ Kwon Soonyoung (Hoshi)

╰ charity f*ck

smut, virgin!hoshi x experienced!reader, fluff, 12.2k

╰ Leather

smut, 1.5k

╰ driving lessons for dummies

fluff, humor, smut, strangers to lovers au, college au, stoner!hoshi, 16k

────⟢.ᐟ Lee Jihoon (Woozi)

╰ Somewhere In The Middle

9.7k, romance, smut, best friends, fwb to lovers, hurt, comfort

────⟢.ᐟ Jeon Wonwoo

╰ [12:01 AM]

fluff, 0.2k

╰ First Snow

fluff, angst, smut, ceo!wonwoo, single mom!reader, 33k

╰ no such thing as too perfect

office au, established relationship, fluff, 2k

╰ wonwoo falling in love for the first time

fluff, 0.8k

╰ April Shower

12.0k, romance, meet cute, smut, love at first sight

╰ Mine, all mine

4k, boyfriend’s dad au, smut

────⟢.ᐟ Lee Seokmin (DK)

╰ Backstage series

romance, smut, theatre performer!seokmin, fake dating with benefits, 43.6k

╰ Teach Me

smut, humor, college au, 2.3k

╰ I ❤️ DILFS / GOOD GIRL

college au, brother's best friend au, smut, crack, angst, 15.9k

╰ Patterns

smut, eventual fluff, angst, 10k

────⟢.ᐟ Xu Minghao (The8)

╰ (Not Titled)

fluff, humour

╰ i should’ve never let you go

exes!au, angst, comfort, 2.5k

╰ Flashing lights

model!minghao x f!assistant!reader x actor!mingyu, smut, 30k

╰ the letter

slowburn, fluff, angst, childhood f2l, 26k

────⟢.ᐟ Kim Mingyu

╰ titty obsessed! mingyu

smut

╰ i’ll marry you with paper rings

smut, fluff, angst, 28.3k

╰ kisses to his moles

fluff, 0.8k

╰ Drunk Goggles (Heart Eyes)

fluff, suggestive, 1k

╰ [10:23 PM]

fluff, 170

────⟢.ᐟ Boo Seungkwan

╰ honey

wedding planner!reader, fluff, smut mdni, theatre performer! seungkwan, childhood crush to lovers, 10.2k.

────⟢.ᐟ Chwe Hansol (Vernon)

╰ Friends with Benefits

fwb setting, suggestive

╰ DO YOU DREAM OF ME?

soulmate au. slight college au , f2l, fluff, some angst. pining, 9.6k

╰ [16:23 PM]

fluff, childhood friends to ?, 0.3k

╰ Birch Trees & Fear Street

smut, fluff, 1.7k

╰ sweet kiss

fluff, strangers ish to lovers

╰ BEAUTIFUL

fluff, strangers to lovers

╰ Music festival

drabble, fluff

╰ operation: hot girl summer

smut, fluff, humor, summer romance au, best friends to lovers, 4k

────⟢.ᐟ Lee Chan (Dino)

╰ As It Was

Ghost!Chan, Human!Reader, Romance, Angst, Smut, Historical/Fantasy Themes, Reunited Lovers, 9.1k

╰ Goodbye, Fourth of July

college au, best friends to lovers, angst w a happy ending, smut

╰ Love Guard

Lifeguard!Lee Chan x Lifeguard! Fem Reader, 9.2k, Fluff, E2L (One sided)

╰ distraction, a fatal attraction

strangers to lovers, college au, fluff, 7k

╰ In Case You Didn’t Know

Fluff, romance, smut, a little angst, Brother’s best friend au, roommates au, 90s au, 28.8k

[babyleostuff]

heyyy hope ur doing ok !! I’d really love to hear ur thoughts on how the svt members would teach u to drive (or the ones that can drive anyways!) lots of love xoxo

oh my god, this was SO much fun to write (and now i can't think about anything else but them driving)

seventeen teaching you how to drive | ot13

CHOI SEUNGCHEOL 

𓆩♡𓆪 kind of like driving with your dad (or your dad trying to explain you maths) - at some point you end up crying. He wants to teach you, he really does, but in the end he gets too impatient, so he just yells and takes the steering wheel from you. 

YOON JEONGHAN 

𓆩♡𓆪 has a kind of “meh” attitude. He teaches you as best as he can, but whatever happens later, happens. Not his issue anymore. But he really tries his best, it’s not like he wants you or anyone else to get hurt. 

 HONG JOSHUA 

𓆩♡𓆪 very patient and gentle, but maybe too gentle. He doesn’t have the heart to scold you, so even if you speed past a “stop” sign and doesn’t stop, he doesn’t say anything. And every time you ask if you did good, he says yes (and cries a little bit inside). 

WEN JUNHUI 

𓆩♡𓆪 he tries his best, but teaching someone how to drive is very hard. You’d probably not even make it out of the parking lot, but you’d be a pro at parking the car. Would scream if you got too close to another car. 

KWON SOONYOUNG 

𓆩♡𓆪 a big no no to this guy. I adore him with my entire heart, but there is no way I would trust him to teach anyone how to drive. He doesn’t care about the speed limits, so there would be a 90% chance you’d get a speeding ticket on your first drive. Also, he’d tell you to turn left at the “no left turn” sign. The music would be blasting and he wouldn’t give a single fuck about anything. 

JEON WONWOO

𓆩♡𓆪 a very patient teacher, would recommend 10/10. Explains everything like a pro (is he an idol or a F1 driver). He would be kind of strict though, but just because he wants to properly teach you how to drive and not harm yourself and others in the process. 

LEE JIHOON

𓆩♡𓆪 sorry bae, not this time <3

XU MINGHAO 

𓆩♡𓆪 takes the job very seriously. Explains everything from the basics about the car itself, but for some reason forgets to teach you the signs. So anytime you ask about a sign, he panics and tells you to just drive faster. As long as you don’t crash into anyone, it’s all good. 

KIM MINGYU  

𓆩♡𓆪 alongside Wonwoo, the best teacher you could have ever asked for. We know that he taught Chan how to drive, so he would have no problem teaching you how to drive as well. I don’t think I can say anything more about him, except for that I wish he was my driving instructor (mine was more like Seungcheol, it was not live, laugh, love). 

LEE SEOKMIN 

𓆩♡𓆪 for some reason he makes you drive very slowly, so you’re more rolling down the street than driving. A kid literally passed you on their scooter. Also, he’d focus too much on the nice view and forget that you technically can’t drive (you almost hit an old lady on the zebra crossing).

BOO SEUNGKWAN 

𓆩♡𓆪 oh no. no. just no. It’s not that he is a bad teacher, he is just too scared. He doesn’t trust himself enough. He’d be clutching the grab handle above the door and his eyes would be closed at all times. He’d just tell you to drive forward and that would be it. 

CHWE VERNON

𓆩♡𓆪 chaotic, but very chill at the same time. He’d mostly be like: you do you boo. You’d have a lot of fun, that’s for sure. If you ever passed the speed limit, he’d be like “yo bro, that’s crazy”.  

LEE CHAN 

𓆩♡𓆪 another great teacher. Might be a bit scared, because he isn’t that experienced himself, but he does his best. His driving lessons would be very safe and he’d make sure that you felt safe and confident behind the wheel.

[whomst-art-thou-whomst-whomst]

Lee Dongsik’s Guide to Multitasking Your Personal Trauma, New Romantic Interest, and Murder Investigation(s) (Beyond Evil)

*headcanons and ideas set during and after canon*

1.) Trust no bitch. Especially the fussy, emotionally unstable, clingy, brave, smart, and irresistible kind. Pretend that you don’t have a type and that that type isn’t “socially awkward twink who hates how much he wants me”

2.) Uncooked noodles are a valid food group! Don’t listen to rich city boys who say otherwise.

3.) You have two remaining besties, codenames Sassy Sister and Shady Mister. You are on the fence to replace one with the local butcher, Sharpy Blister (this codename thing is admittedly limited), but you’re undecided.

4.) At one point you seriously consider leaving the basement door unlocked with a welcome mat in front of it, but even you aren’t even sure whether it would be a joke or sincere, plus it wouldn’t do to be too forward in this courtship. Mustn’t frighten away the timid hedgehog boy too soon. Lure him in with treats (possible murder clues). Good hedgehog boy. Sit and stay.

5.) A few months after you get out of prison, a reporter comes around town asking questions about the rumors around Minjeong that had been on TV at one time. Unfortunately, he stops to ask for directions to your house at the police station, where Officer Park Jihoon is happy to assist. Somehow his directions accidentally lead the reporter into the boggiest part of a reed field, which he is eventually rescued from (two hours later, as the neighbors in the surrounding area didn’t seem to hear him shrieking). Encourage professionalism among your former subordinates by giving Jihoonie an extra dinner serving that evening.

6.) Make peace with the fact that your new partner’s dad is, like, actually the worst case scenario father-in-law. If you can’t make peace with it, make war. Bonus points if you engineer shit so you get to homoerotically cuff his son (into custody, of course) in front of everyone.

7.) Break into Han Juwon’s flat at least once without ever leaving a trace. Take a selfie with the murderboard (adorable. oddly endearing. maybe you can frame it at the lake house?)

8.) Somewhere along the line, you realize that had circumstances been different, your whole family would have welcomed Han Juwon into their home and hearts. Try not to think too much about it.

9.) You watch Han Gihwan’s trials on a prison tv with a guard (24, recently married, anxious to talk to someone about becoming a father) and there is a tiny, brief, terrifying moment at one of Han Gihwan’s trials where a piece of incriminating evidence from a confidential source is revealed for maximum effect at just the right time to shock the courtroom—and it’s right at the moment the camera zooms in on Han Gihwan’s stunned face, because in that moment you’re focused on the blink-and-you-miss-it smirk on Kwon Hyuk’s face in the background and you think: oh god. There’s two of us.

10.) When in doubt, smile and flirt.

[ithinkabouttzu]

My Favorite - Park Jihoon

Genre and Warnings! Fluff; romance. Jealousy

Word count! 1.06k

Description! When date night doesn’t go as plan, how can you show Jihoon that he’s your favorite?

a/n: This was requested a bunch, sorry if it’s a little short but it’s so cute, we love fluffy jihoon here !! 🤍

female oc x Park Jihoon

It’s Saturday, and you finally got your boyfriend, Jihoon, to yourself on one of his rare off days. For the past weeks he had been working extra hard, going back and forth between Japan and South Korea on tour, and promoting Treasures new album. Between that, there was rarely any time left for you guys to hang out at all. But by some chance, he finally had the day off to spend time with you.

“You ready? The movie is about to start” You hear the familiar deep voice from the other side of the door. “Ready” You reply back, looking in the mirror one last time, and examining your looks before heading out of the bathroom, and following your boyfriend to the front door. You were going to the movies with Jihoon, a movie you had been wanting to see with him for a while and you guys had finally had the chance to go see it. When you walked into the living room, the vision of Hyunsuk and Junghwan playing video games met your eyes. The intense game of call of duty creating tension in the big room. “Where are you guys headed?” Hyunsuk asks with almost no emotion. “You look nice, y/n” Junghwan says, only taking a brief second to look at your outfit, smiling at you, then focusing back to his game.

Jihoon audibly snickers at Junghwan’s nice comment. Junghwan has always been close to you. Being Jihoons girlfriend, you got used to being over at their place a lot. That also meant that you were close with the members too. Especially Junghwan, he would always ask if you wanted to play a video game, or have movie night on the couch if you were staying over that night. You were always his “favorite” and sometimes he would say little things like that to get a reaction out of Jihoon, your easily jealous boyfriend.

“We’re going to the movies actually!” You reply back, looking at Jihoon with a warning glare for his reaction to Junghwans comment earlier. “Can we come too?” Junghwan asks almost immediately, completely pausing the game to focus his attention on you and jihoon, looking at you both with pleading eyes. “No” Jihoon says plainly, giving little to no expression. He looked at Junghwan and Hyunsuk sharply with his arms crossed. Turning the idea down was almost the easiest thing he’s ever had to do the whole day. “Stop, Jihoon. Play nice” You whisper, elbowing him for his behavior. “You guys can come. If your ready to leave right now though, because we’re heading out the door right now” Jihoon changes his tone to a more dad like voice (by your request). He gets the keys off of the he holder and heads out the front door, pressing the unlock button on the key. “C’mon guys!” you motion Hyunsuk and Junghwan to follow you out of the door, in which they do so, almost immediately joining you two.

~~

The car ride there was quiet really. The side profile of Jihoon was almost incredible. You could tell he was frustrated by the way he was clenching his jaw, and how his right hand never stopped gripping your thigh. He was getting possessive and you couldn’t help but find this side of him strangely attractive.

You’re the first one to get out of the car, unbuckling your seatbelt swiftly. “I’ll go get our tickets, okay?” You say to the boys, already marching up the the front of the theater. “I’ll come too” Junghwan shouts, catching up with you in a quick pace. His long legs making up for the extra steps you’ve already took. You could hear a loud sigh coming from Jihoon, all the way from the parking lot to the front entrance. It was going to be a long night for sure.

The tickets were easy to get and you guys were finally heading to the seats. Jihoon sat down first, motioning for you to come sit beside, in which you did. The other two boys were still getting popcorn. So it was a quick moment that you could have with Jihoon before they came along. “I’m sorry, I know you wanted us to spend some time together. I promise i’ll make it up to you later” You tell him softly. Quickly feeling regret now that tonight had been more of a group thing than a date night. “It’s okay babe.” He says smiling, smoothly wrapping his arm around your shoulder. “I know I’m your favorite” He chuckles, looking at you. You look at him back. Holding eye contact between you two, before you felt his soft lips press onto yours. You could feel your body heat up at the sudden sensation. Kissing him back almost immediately, before he broke the kiss with a laugh. “I really am your favorite, huh?” He asks. It was true, he was your favorite, and he would always be your favorite, time and time again. The rest of the night was a good time spent, the movie was good, and the dinner you guys had later was even better. It was now late, and you guys were finally getting back home. You open the door and kick off your shoes softly. Junghwan and Hyunsuk already moving past you to finish their video game hours later. Jihoon came in beside you, taking off his shoes and placing them beside the door. As your lovely boyfriend was walking past you and to the room, you stopped him, grabbing his forearm with your hand. He looks back at you, turning his head, curious to see what the matter was. “I forgot to tell you, you aren’t my favorite, Junghwan is!” You laugh, looking back at the other boys who heard you from the couch, and laughing along with you. You kiss his cheek softly before running into the room, leaving Jihoon to get teased by Hyunsuk and Junghwan for your silly comment. “Haha, she likes me more!” You could hear Junghwan laugh out to Jihoon from the living room. Still talking about the funny thing you said earlier. You could only imagine the look on your boyfriends face hearing that. He definitely was going to get you back in the future, you think, laughing to yourself. You were lucky for your boyfriend, and his sweet members too. It was a good night indeed.

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[silver-hwaberry]

ELEVEN: a day of firsts

Warnings: mentions of mental health condition, scars (very brief), handjob, fingering, brief dry humping, under-the-clothes touching, suggestive language, swearing

Word count: 8.6K

Taglist: @kiwibaekie @fudgeflyssworld @kodzukein @elk-1998 @khjcoo

My alarm goes off in its usual noisy fashion, causing my body to sit upright and reach for my phone. I hit snooze, then flop backwards. Sans hands immediately grab for me and pull my body into him, tucking my head into his neck with his hands.

“Sorry to wake you.” I mumble.

“It is ok.” he replies, his voice deep from sleep, his hands stroking my hair. “Do you really need to get up now?”

“30 minutes, then I really need to get up. My uncle is picking me up at 7am so I have 40 minutes.”

“Is 10 minutes enough time for you to get ready?” he asks.

“More than enough. All I need to do is wash my face, brush my teeth, get changed and put a hat on.” I reply. “I am walking up to Namsan Tower, hardly going down a runway. There is no one to impress.” I laugh. “Except you, that is.”

“Oh, you’ve already made an impression. A very very good one too.” A deep chuckle vibrates from his chest.

We stay cuddled and dozing until I need to get up. I slide out of bed without waking him and get myself ready in the bathroom. I jump slightly when I go back into my room to find San sitting upright, a hand rubbing the top of his head as he looks at me with one eye open.

“Stay here. Go back to sleep.” I say, as San tries to get out of my bed.

“Are you sure you don’t mind me staying in your bed while you are gone?” He asks.

“Of course not. I will be back in about 2 hours. If you are still sleeping, then I will cuddle you.” I reply, crawling up the bed to kiss him.

“Just cuddles?” He grins as I sit on top of him.

“Well, maybe a bit more than that.” I smirk as I lean down to kiss him again.

“You are turning me on, sunshine.” He warns.

I give a small roll of my hips, resulting in a small groan from San. “I can feel.”

“You are playing a dangerous game.” He says, flipping us over suddenly. “I might just have to keep you from leaving.”

I laugh at the change of position before his lips collide with mine. I can feel his neediness through his kisses and I feel bad for getting him worked up just as I am about to leave. His hands move down my body, settling between my legs. I can’t help but whimper as he rubs me through my leggings.

“You sound so pretty.” He mumbles against my lips.

My body is screaming at me to stay in bed with him, making it harder for me to pull away from his plump lips. Luckily I don’t have to make that decision as my phone ringing separates us. He moves his hand from between my legs to my hand, holding it gently.

“That will be my Uncle Jihoon waiting in the car.” I say as San rests his forehead against mine. “Unless you want him coming in here to drag me out of bed, I need to go.”

“I would fight him.” He smirks.

“He is 186cm and a former boxer.” I respond.

“Fuck, ok then. You can go.” He laughs.

My Uncle Jihoon is similar to my dad. Tall, pure muscle, very intimidating looking, but inside was just a giant teddy bear.

“I will let you go on one condition.” He says, pecking at my lips.

“And what is that?” I ask, tilting my head as I look up at him.

“That you promise to send me a photo of the view when you get to the top.” He smiles.

A giggle escapes me. “of course I will.” Reluctantly we separate so I can answer the call.

“Are you awake?” Jihoon asks

“Of course I am!” I laugh

“Just checking, you are Miss Sleepy Head after all.” He laughs back.

“I know I am, but I am ready to leave right now. All I need to do is put my sneakers on. Are you outside?” I ask, moving to the edge of the bed.

“Yes, I am parked just across the road from the building, next to the park entrance.”

We exchange goodbyes, and I stand up from the bed. I feel San wrap his arms around me from behind and kiss my neck as I put a bucket hat on.

“Go back to sleep and I’ll be back before you know it.” I say, turning in his arms.

“Look after yourself. Don’t walk too fast.” He says, fixing the ends of my hair with his fingers.

“I know I am very uncoordinated and clumsy, but I am sure I will be fine.” I giggle. I lean up on the balls of my feet to kiss him.

“Enjoy yourself.” He chuckles as our lips part, and he taps the top of my head.

I give him one more kiss before leaving the room. Yeosang is already in the lounge.

“Morning Luna.” He says with a mouthful of cereal.

“Good morning Sangie!” I smile as he stands up.

“I’ve made you and your uncle some coffee and food for your walk. I’ll go get it.” He says, running into the kitchen as I go to the doorway to put on my sneakers. He comes back with a large flask and 2 thermal food containers in a bag.

“Awww, thank you! You didn’t have to make us anything.” I smile as he hands it over.

“I didn’t mind. You need something for when you both get to the top, anyway.” He replies.

I lean upwards and kiss his cheek. Not missing a beat, Yeosang leans down and kisses my lips. It is a soft kiss but also passionate. His hands cup my cheeks and his body gently pushes me against the wall, trapping me in. I somehow put the bag down safely and wrap my arms around his waist. The sounds of someone coming down the stairs causes Yeosang to pull his lips away, but he places his forehead against mine as whoever was on the stairs reaches the bottom. His hands are still on my cheeks as he places another kiss against my lips. I can feel the emotion from him being poured into this one.

With the position of the doorway and the bottom of the stairs, there was no way whoever came down the stairs couldn’t see us kissing. It is a big step for Yeosang to do this and I appreciate what it has taken for him to be this open with me. I smile into the kiss, feeling completely at ease.

“See you when you come home.” he says softly

He fixes my now tilted hat and hands the bag of coffee and food back to me before opening the door for me. As I go to walk out, he pulls me back for another kiss. “Sorry, just had to give you another one.” He chuckles when he finally pulls away from me. His cheeks are a little flushed.

“I don’t mind.” I smile. “I’ll take as many kisses as you want to give me.” I give him a small peck on the lips before leaving. If I didn’t leave now, I would end up staying! Walking towards the lift, I feel really light and happy. Like a schoolgirl around her crush.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

No matter how many times I visit Namsan Tower, I will never get used to the stunning view from it. It was a place I could always find peace and calmness, too. My favourite time to come here is as the sun is going down. It was always full of people, but it was calming.

“How have you been doing?” Jihoon asks as he opens the food containers and I pour out the coffee.

“I’ve been really good. I feel happy. I have a job that I worked hard for and it gives me a chance to travel too. And you know how much I love travelling!” I answer.

“What are your upcoming travelling arrangements?” He asks.

“We are going to LA for KCon in a couple of weeks, Saudi Arabia, Japan, then all the tour dates coming up too! It is really exciting.” I smile. “I’ll be here when mom, dad and the twins visit too.”

“It is honestly the most perfect job for you.” he laughs. “And maybe something more too!” He adds with a slight tease in his voice

“Huh?” I say confused as he smirks at me

“A certain person?” His eyebrows wiggling

“oh my god, I am going to kill mom!! I told her not to tell anyone!” I growl.

“I have told no one, and I won’t, so you can trust me. She only told me, so that he knows there is someone here who will hunt him down if he dares break your heart. So don’t be angry with her.” Jihoon replies.

“I know I can trust you, and I know why she told you. It is just, he is an idol and although he doesn’t have a dating ban, it is still something that cannot come out.” I say.

I struggled to word this as my brain wanted to say ‘them’ because I am in a relationship with all of them, not just Seonghwa.

“I understand that completely. I haven’t even told your Auntie Soomin and I won’t until you say it is ok.” He says taking a bite of food, “How is it going with him?”

“Good. Really good actually. The... he treats me well.” I stopped myself from saying ‘they’, but it was close! “He takes care of me. He makes me strawberry toast every morning and has even tried to make British tea too!” I giggle as I remember Seonghwas first attempt. It was truly awful, and he knew I was trying to be nice when I said it was OK. However, he was improving and I fully appreciate that he is trying. It means a lot.

“Does he know about your condition?” He asks.

“Not yet.” I reply, shaking my head and holding onto the warm cup of coffee tightly as if it were like a security blanket.

“Are you going to tell him?”

This was a delicate subject for me.

“Of course, but I am not ready to at the moment. It is scary.” I answer, looking over at the view of Seoul beneath us. “Saying the words out loud to someone new, who hasn’t been there, is terrifying.”

“I know it is, my dear, but we are here for you. Like always.” He replies, pulling me in for a hug. “And although I don’t know him personally, from what I have seen of him on TV and in interviews, he seems like he is someone who has a good mature head on his shoulders, who wouldn’t judge you or hold it against you either. Only you know when is the right time to tell him, but don’t let your fears take over and control you.”

I know Jihoon is right and I should at the very least tell one of them, but with the promotions, now is not the right time.

“So what is it like going from living alone to living with 8 men?” He asks.

“Noisy!!” I laugh as he joins in.

“I bet it is!”

“I like it, though. They are all really nice. I have my own bedroom in a quieter part of the house, my own bathroom too.” I say. “They take care of me, but I also get to take care of them, too. It is nice being around people again.”

“Well, just remind them you have an uncle nearby who will not hesitate to come and sort any of them out if they upset my precious niece.”

“I think they already know it.” I laugh.

When we have finished our food and coffee, we make our way back down the trail. We pick up coffee for the guys on the drive back and Jihoon helps me to the building lift with it.

“It was nice spending time with you this morning.” He says as he hands over the second bag with coffees in it.

“We will do it again soon.” I smile before getting into the lift.

To open the apartment door, I have to put one bag down and put the code in. As I walk in, the apartment is quiet. I slide my sneakers off, go into the kitchen and see Hongjoong.

“Hey, you’re back!” Hongjoong says as I put the coffees on the island counter

“I am and I come bearing coffee!” I reply.

“Oooh, I was just about to make myself some. Thank you.” He smiles as I hand him one.

“Where are the others?” I ask.

“Yeosang and Jongho should be back from the gym soon. Yunho and Mingi are playing some computer game in their rooms. Seonghwa is probably still in the shower. Wooyoung and San I haven’t seen yet. They are probably still asleep in their rooms.” He answers

I feel small heat cover my cheeks as Hongjoong mentions San being in his bedroom when I had left him in my bedroom.

“Are you heading into the office now?” I ask as he put his laptop into his bag.

“Yeah.” He nods before looking at me. “Luna, I am sorry I am so busy.”

“It is fine.” I smile.

“If you aren’t busy later on, you are more than welcome to come to my studio around lunchtime. I will take a proper break and we could order some food.” He says.

“Absolutely! I am meeting Mingi at his studio later to take him out for dinner.” A bubble of excitement bursts in my stomach at Hongjoong asking to spend time with me. “Lunch with you sounds perfect, too.” A shy smile spreads over his face and he looks at the floor briefly before looking back at me.

“Cool, is 2pm good?” He asks.

“Perfect.” I smile.

“I will get Myeonjin to pick you up at half 1 then.” He smiles back at me as I nod. “Well, I better go. I’ll see you later on. Thank you again for the coffee.”

As Hongjoong leaves, Yeosang and Jongho come in. They are both looking sweaty from their gym session and, frankly, rather sexy.

“Thank you for the coffee.” Jongho smiles as I hand him his favourite Iced Americano.

“Not a problem. How was the gym?” I ask him.

“Exhausting. Yeosang does not go easy!” He laughs.

“If you want results, you need to do the work.” Yeosangs monotone voice comes from inside fridge as he pulls out food. Jongho silently mimics Yeosang making me stifle a laugh. His eyes connect with me and his gummy smile appears.

“Sorry to leave you, but I need to get into the shower before San wakes up and hogs it.”

“No, on you go. I am sure I’ll see you later.” I say

As he walks past me to leave, I feel his hand against my lower back, causing a shiver up my spine. He has never touched me, not even a handshake! So this was new… very new, but a step in a positive direction between us. In a group situation, we were fine, but when left alone, he was still quiet and reserved around me.

“I think San is still asleep in your room.” Yeosang says

“Oh.” I say, feeling my cheeks blush once more. “I didn’t think anyone knew he was in there.” I can feel him move closer to me but also keeping his distance too.

“Don’t worry. I think it is only me. I heard you both laughing before you left your room earlier. That is the only reason I know anyway.” he says. “How was your walk?”

“It was good. Weather was nice. Thank you for the food and coffee. We definitely needed them after the walk up the trail. My Uncle Jihoon was very grateful for it and he sends you his thanks.”

“It was nothing.” Yeosang replies shyly.

“So, as usual, we are alone in the kitchen…” I wink playfully

“Yeah. This is becoming a bit of a habit, I guess.” He chuckles, finally coming up to me.

He quickly pulls me into him, and his lips collide with mine. After the initial shock of his sudden movements wears off, I kiss him back, my body melting into his.

“Sorry.” He says quietly

“No. No saying sorry.” I say, cupping his cheek.

“I just don’t know when to kiss you or if you want me to.” He replies.

“Ok, so I am open to kisses anytime. But only when YOU want to. So if you want to kiss me, just do it. We go at your pace. I already know you don’t like it in front of the others, and I want you to be comfortable with me.” I say, moving my hands around his shoulders.

“I already am comfortable with you. It is crazy. I usually take a while to warm up with people. But with you, I don’t know. You made me feel comfortable from the start.” He smiles. “I am not the most social person. I find it difficult to speak to people I don’t know. While my confidence has grown a lot over the years, I am still quieter. You are so open, talkative, and confident. You have this calming aura about you that puts others at ease, especially me.”

“I am not as confident as I appear to be, you know. I have my own moments of doubt, where I am quieter, want to be alone.” I say, looking up at him. “I am glad that I put you at ease, though.”

“Well, you certainly do, and I am really happy you are with us.” His smile is so beautiful right now. “I should go for a shower, too. I am really sweaty from the workout.”

“I’ll see you later.” I say, kissing him once more.

San is still asleep when I go into my room. The bed covers are half on the bed, half on the floor. I can see he is still wearing only his boxers. I walk as quietly as I can into my bathroom and close the sliding door gently. I pull the pink cosmetic bag from the back of the counter and unzip it. Inside, I take the bottle of medication that is hidden at the bottom underneath the makeup I don’t wear anymore, drop 2 tablets from it into my hand and close it. I open the bottle of water I had brought in with me and down the 2 pills before replacing everything back to where it was, ensuring the medication bottle is hidden at the bottom again.

My eyes fall on my reflection in the mirror in front of me. My uncle’s words from earlier echo in my head. However, it scares the life out of me. Actually saying the words out loud to someone other than my family or friends, but he is right. I should tell one of them at the very least. I just feel it is yet another ‘thing’ wrong with me. It is bad enough with my allergies and then this as well. More problems for them to deal with.

As I debate whether to tell Hongjoong later on, I take another drink of water and head back into the bedroom. Right now, all I want to do is cuddle into San. I can deal with it all later.

I take my hoodie off and leggings, leaving me just in a long-sleeved t-shirt and my underwear before placing my glasses on the bedside table and getting into bed beside San. I pull the covers over us and cuddle into his body. His eyes begin to open and he smiles lazily at me.

“You are back.” He croaks, his voice deep from sleep.

“I am.” I smile. “I told you I wouldn’t be long.” I kiss his puffy cheeks as his eyes close again.

My hand moves to rub his stomach under the covers. The warmth of his skin is comforting.

“Let’s go back to sleep for a bit.” I say, his arms pulling me closer, his lips blindly kissing my face. I assume he was aiming for my forehead, but they land on my eyebrow instead. I lean my head up to kiss his lips before settling my head into his neck.

After an hours sleep, we finally get out of bed.

“Is this ok?” San asks, his eyes are staring deep into mine.

I bite my lower lip, my hands grip onto his broad shoulders for stability. A high pitched squeaking noise I have never made before escapes my mouth as my head drops onto his shoulder.

“Am I hurting you?” He asks, slowing his movements down.

“God.. no.” I gasp. “Please don’t stop.”

My hips move, desperate for the feeling I was having to continue. I sigh in relief when San moves his fingers inside me again. The curl of his finger tips hitting my spot perfectly.

“Feeling good?” I can actually hear the smirk in his voice, and all I can do to respond is nod.

The tip of his hard on is rubbing against my lower stomach, his hips moving in the tiny space between our bodies and I realise he is needing the same friction as I do. With one of my hands still holding onto his shoulders, I move the other down to stroke him.

“Fuck…” he whines loudly.

Suddenly, San pushes me further against the shower wall. “Lift your leg up, wrap it around my waist.”

“Huh?” I ask. I pull my head from his neck to look at him, my eyes widening.

“Don’t worry, I’ve got a hold of you.” He says as the hand that was on my breast moves around the back of my waist and holds onto me tightly. “Keep a hold of my shoulders, too.”

I admit I am wary of this, as my legs are already weak from his fingers. Going onto one leg while in the shower, when I can already feel I am on the cusp of an orgasm, worries me. However, I trust him. “Just please don’t drop me.”

“I’ll keep you safe, I promise.” He smiles, kissing my lips.

I cautiously lift my leg and do what he says. His fingers are hitting much deeper now as this position has opened me up further to him. This causes my own movements to speed up and I stroke him faster. The kiss goes from gentle to needy in the blink of an eye. The warm water from the shower head is running down our bodies as we kiss one another frantically.

The knot that had been building up in my lower abdomen unravels, causing the arm around his shoulders to hold on to him tighter as a powerful orgasm hits me. Seconds later, San comes on my stomach as muffled whining moans come from us both.

The pair of us are trembling as our lips part, but San keeps his promise and stops me from collapsing. We are both gasping for air. I slowly lower my leg and place it back on the shower floor as I put my fingers to my mouth so I could taste the cum that landed on them.

“You have no idea how hot it is to see you doing that.” He chuckles.

“Do what?” I ask, wrapping my arm around his shoulders again.

“Swallowing my cum.” He smirks. “It is a massive turn on.”

I cannot help but feel slightly shy at that. I have never been one for enjoying the taste of it, but after last night I want to taste him every single time now.

“Well, you taste so good.” I counter. “It would be a shame to let it go to waste.”

“Fuck Luna, you will make me hard again saying stuff like that.” He laughs before kissing me. “Now let’s get cleaned up.”

When we finally leave my room, it is nearly 12pm. There is no one downstairs. We go into the kitchen and San begins to make food.

“What do you want to eat?” He asks

“Just a slice of toast. I am having lunch with Hongjoong at 2pm.” I answer.

“You need more than just toast, sunshine.” He wraps his arms around me.

“Ok, 2 slices, but don’t tell anyone. I am being greedy by eating so much these days.” I giggle as his nose nuzzles into mine.

“You are not greedy. I enjoy seeing you eat well.” He replies. “Even my cum.” He adds with a smirk

“San…” I gasp at the shock of what he said, but his lips capturing mine shuts me up.

He has me pinned between his body and the island counter. His hands move from my waist to my ass then the back of my thighs. I gasp again, this time in surprise as he pulls my legs out from under me and places me on the counter. His lips never once leaving mine during all this. The kiss becomes more passionate as he pulls my legs around his body and yanks my hips to the edge of the counter. The way he is manhandling me so easily is turning me on.

“Don’t mind me.” We hear from the entrance of the kitchen.

We both look towards the voice to see Wooyoung leaning against the door frame with a massive grin on his face.

“I would say to get a room but you both just left it!” He says

“Woo!” San warns as I lower my legs from his waist but move my hands down to his to keep a hold of him.

“It is too easy!” Wooyoung laughs as he comes into the kitchen and opens the fridge

“You ok?” San whispers to me

“Yeah, Woo is just being his usual teasing self.” I giggle, leaning forward to kiss him lightly. San smiles, then kisses me back.

He lifts me off the island counter and puts me on one of the bar stools. I watch on as San and Wooyoung have playful banter while making food. San passes over 2 slices of toast with strawberry jam to me. “No need to cry, here is your strawberry fix.” he says

“Fuck you!” I laugh, playfully pushing him away as he laughs, too.

I can tell this will be a point of teasing from San now. Wooyoung looks over at us, and I can see his face looks a bit confused. I can tell he wants to ask why we were laughing at that.

“You want to hang out this afternoon?” San asks him pulling his gaze from me

“Yeah, that sounds good.” Wooyoung smiles. “It’s been a while.”

The 2 men join me at the island counter with their own food and the three of us enjoy eating and chatting before we all tidy up together.

As San and Wooyoung run upstairs, I go into the lounge to see Yunho has appeared in there. He smiles at me and pats the space beside him on the sofa.

“I like your outfit, you look cute!” he smiles

Since I am taking Mingi out for a casual pre-birthday dinner, I put more effort into picking my outfit for today. Nothing fancy since it is a casual dinner. I am wearing loose dark jeans, a long-sleeved white shirt with a knitted dark grey cropped sweater vest over the top of it. I have left my hair down, clipping my long bangs back with a sparkly clasp. San had picked the clasp and placed it in my hair for me. As for makeup, I went for a basic look. My usual pinkish eyeshadow, eyeliner and tinted lip balm. Thankfully, my blemished skin wasn’t too bad this morning, so I could get away with a light layer of foundation.

“Is it ok for taking Mingi out for his pre birthday dinner?” I ask him.

“Absolutely! He will love it. It is very cute and very you!” He immediately cuddles into me when I sit down beside him, essentially pushing me over so we are lying on the sofa.

“I hope so.” I place my arms around his shoulders as his head rests on my chest, my fingers playing with his hair.

“I like that. Your fingers in my hair.” He mumbles happily.

“I am just jealous. Your hair is so soft.” I giggle lightly as he chuckles. “Seriously, I need to know what shampoo and conditioner you use.”

“That is top secret.” He says, his hands moving under my shirt.

“I’ll need to sneak a peek next time you are in the shower.” I reply as his head moves from my chest to my neck.

“And exactly why would you be in the bathroom while I am in the shower?” He smirks at me, his lips kissing my neck as his hand palms my breast.

“Maybe I would be in the shower with you.” I respond, trying to keep my voice steady as my body reacts to his touch and kisses.

“What would we be doing in there?” his fingers pull the cup of my bra down, caressing my bare breast

“Showering, duh!” I say, then gasp lightly as the feeling of his fingers playing with my nipple

“I’d rather be doing something other than showering with you.” He says, moving his body on top of mine, my legs making room for him between them.

“Like what?” I ask. I can feel his hips move slightly, rubbing against me.

“Why don’t we go to the shower right now and find out?” his teeth delicately nip at my neck.

“I want to, Yunho.” I whimper as I feel the outline of his length grind against my core. “But I am meeting Hongjoong in like half an hour.”

“Sorry. I didn’t know you had plans.” Yunho begins to pull back, but I wrap my arms around his shoulders to stop him.

“Stay.” I say, lifting my head off the cushion to kiss him. “I like this.”

He smiles down at me before dipping his head down, his lips moving against mine softly, his body sinking back on top of me again. His hand moves under my shirt again. As our kisses deepen, my legs move higher around his waist. His hips move again and a small groan comes from him. We carry on like this for a few minutes as I begin to move my hips against him.

“Fuck.” He mumbles pulling away from my lips

“Sorry.” I say.

“It is ok.” He replies, his face flushed. “It was just.. starting to feel good and I don’t want it to.”

“Ooh, Yunho I am sorry. I didn’t mean to.” I try to move from underneath him, but I am trapped.

“No Luna. What I mean is that I want to, but I want to be with you properly. Not just a quick dry hump on the sofa with Wooyoung singing karaoke in the background from the 3rd floor.” He says with a small chuckle.

He is right; it is hardly the most romantic setting in the world. As if on cue, Wooyoungs singing suddenly gets louder through the karaoke machine, making us both laugh.

“Plus, you are going away soon. I want to have you all to myself when the time comes.” He kisses me softly.

“Sounds good to me.” I smile at him. “You know, it was you that started all this, though!” I giggle.

“Erm, you were the one who mentioned me in the shower so you started it!” He laughs

“Ah, but you put your hand up my top before that. Therefore, you started it.” I say.

“No, that was after you mentioned seeing me in the shower.” He replies.

“No, it was before. I said about your hair being soft and what haircare you use, you said it was top secret, then put your hand up my top.” I can’t help but laugh at his face as he recalls the conversation, then realise I was right.

“Oh god, so I did!!” His eyes widen. “I am so sorry.”

“I wasn’t complaining. Trust me, if I didn’t want it, you would have known about it. A swift knee to the balls usually works.” I giggle, cupping his flushed cheeks and pulling his head down so I could kiss him.

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“Sorry, I know I am early.” I say as Hongjoong opens his studio door for me and takes the bags of food from my hands. “There was like no traffic on the way here and then the food was ready super fast at the restaurant.”

“I don’t mind.” he smiles. “You are welcome here any time.”

Hongjoong places the bags of food on his desk. There is already a second chair at it so I sit down on it as he opens the bags.

“I hope you like the food. It is from a vegetarian place nearby. I know you don’t like vegetables, but honestly, you can barely taste them.” I say, helping him open the containers and set them up.

“Wait, is this tteokbokki?” He asks, opening one of them.

“Yes, vegetarian tteokbokki is one of my favourites! Apparently tastes like the real thing too. According to my friend Nayeon, anyway. She is like you, does not like vegetables. I bought her this, leaving out the fact it was vegetarian until she had finished it.” I laugh at the memory of her surprised face when I finally told her it was vegetarian. “She didn’t believe me until I showed her the receipt for it. She absolutely loves it now.”

“I am willing to give the food you’ve brought a try.” He smiles at me.

We start to eat the food while talking about random things, how the comeback was going, the upcoming kcons and tour plans.

“Hongjoong, there is something I should tell you.” I say, my chopsticks playing with the noodles in front of me.

Immediately, his eyes look at me. His own chopsticks drop into the bowl of noodles in his hand and he places it on the desk. He wipes his mouth with a napkin and moves his chair closer to me.

“Is everything ok?” He asks and I hear the nerves in his voice. His usual calm voice is just slightly higher in pitch.

“Do you remember when I told you I struggled a bit a while ago?” I ask him.

“Yes, you said your uncle helped you. You had therapy and found exercising helped too.” he answers.

“It wasn’t as simple as all that. It wasn’t just a bout of feeling down.” I say. “It was bad.” I try to swallow the lump that has formed in my throat. “Really bad.”

“It is ok.” he says, taking my hands into his. “You can tell me anything.”

His face is soft and I know I can tell him anything and he won’t judge me for it. However, it isn’t a time that I like to talk about. Despite overcoming it, it was still not nice to think back on that dark period of my life.

My head is spinning as I try to put it into words. Words that won’t scare him, or scare me either. “I don’t know how much you want to know about what happened.”

“Whatever you want to tell me. Nothing more and nothing less. Whatever is comfortable for you.” He answers.

“Before I do, I need you to know that I am ok right now.” His face stays the same, but his eyes have changed a little. I can see the worry in them. He nods softly and I feel his hands squeeze mine. “At the moment, I don’t want the others to know. I will tell them, I promise you that, but I am not ready yet. Only you for now.”

“That is ok. You can trust me.”

“I have bipolar disorder. I was diagnosed at the beginning of last year.” I sigh, my eyes focused on our hands and I hold on to him tighter.

“Ok.” he says softly as he links our fingers together.

“I am not crazy, I swear. I know the stereotypes of bipolar and what people think of it, but I am not. Crazy, I mean.” I say quickly.

“Hey, don’t worry about that. I know you aren’t!” He smiles at me. “Is there anything that I can do, or we can do to help you? Or that we should know about?” His thumb rubs comforting little circles into the space between my thumb and index finger. “I don’t know a lot about bipolar but I will learn as much as I can so that you don’t have to worry about anything.”

“Honestly, there is nothing you need to do. I am fine. I have a good handle on things at the moment.” I reply. “I take my medication every day, see my therapist once a month and focus on my wellbeing by exercising and doing mindfulness too. I have a bit of anxiety as well, but overall I am doing ok.”

“Are there any signs I should watch out for? Like when you are becoming unwell.” He asks.

“Well, since I was diagnosed I haven’t had a relapse, so I don’t really know what the signs could be.” I answer.

“What were the signs that lead you to being diagnosed?” He asks.

It is a simple enough question. And a reasonable one too. Naturally, he would want to know how I got diagnosed as the symptoms for a relapse would be similar, but I wasn’t expecting it.

“Unless you don’t want to tell me right now.” He quickly adds, and I realise I must have reacted to it.

“Erm.. that’s a bit, erm… I don’t really know how.. how to tell you.” I stumble.

“Hey, look at me.” His fingers tilt my chin to look at him. “If you aren’t ready to tell me, you dont have to.”

His big brown eyes bore into mine and I know instantly I can trust him. Also, I already do because if I didn’t, I would not have been able to tell him any of this.

“I can show you instead.” My eyes move back to our hands. My free hand moves to the wrist of the hand he is still holding. I pull at my sleeve and rotate our linked hands to show him the scars on my wrist. The scars that I hide from everyone by wearing long sleeves or lots of bracelets.

“Oh Luna.” He gasps lightly. It is barely audible. The only reason I heard it clearly was because of his completely quiet soundproof studio.

“This was what lead me to being diagnosed.” And I feel like a giant weight has been lifted from my chest. A weight I didn’t realise had been there all this time until this moment. “I am not ashamed to have bipolar but I am ashamed of what I did to myself, which is why I hide it with sleeves.” My eyes look back at him.

“You have nothing to be ashamed of. Nothing!” He says firmly, looking back at me. “Do you hear me?” His free hand cups my cheek and his forehead rests on mine.

“I hear you.” I nod.

“If you ever feel that way, please come to me.” His eyes almost pleading with me. “Promise me!”

“I promise you.” I say. “Joong, I am ok. Right here, right now, I am fine. I am happy with my life. Finally, with a job I have always dreamed of and…” I stop myself, wondering if I should finish sentence but as his eyes look deep into mine, I carry on. “And with you all.”

“We are happy with you as well.” He whispers.

Without thinking, I tilt my head so our lips connect. After a moment of hesitation, he kisses me back. The hand on my cheek moves to the back of my head, his fingers threading through my hair as the kiss deepens. My stomach flips as his tongue swirls around mine. His fingers in my hair tighten. I awkwardly try to get closer to him, which is difficult on our chairs. My hands grasp onto his upper arms to hold on to him better.

Suddenly he pulls away, breathless. “I am sorry.” He says, covering his mouth as he moves his chair back from me.

“Sorry? Why?” I ask confused

“You are in a vulnerable state and I took advantage of you.” He replies.

“No, you didn’t. I kissed you.” I move forward to hold his hand, but he moves further back from me. “Look, you didn’t take advantage of me. I am a grown woman and I know what I am doing. But more importantly, what I want. However, I crossed a line by kissing you, so I apologise.”

Hongjoong is known for his dislike of physical contact. I know this yet still kissed him and I feel guilty now. My eyes move to the floor and push my own seat back before standing up.

“If anyone took advantage here, it was me.” I say, going to the sofa at the other end of the room and picking up my bag. It is best I leave.

“Luna, please don’t leave.” He says, standing in front of me, his hands holding my arms gently. “Look at us both, apologising for the same thing.” He shakes his head.

“You know what they say - great minds think alike.” I laugh softly, trying to lighten the tense mood in the small room. I feel relief when he laughs too. “I am genuinely sorry if I crossed a line with you. I sometimes forget not everyone likes physical affection like I do. I know you don’t like it especially.”

“No, with you it’s different. I don’t mind at all. It is just.. around the others.. it feels weird.” He says.

I nod and think for a second about how to word my next sentence. “I understand. Private moments only then?” I suggest, my arms slowly moving up his arms as I gauge his reaction.

“Definitely.” He replies, smiling at me.

“Like right now?” I ask softly

His smile becomes wider as he nods, and I allow my arms to wrap around his shoulders as I raise my feet to meet his lips halfway. His arms move around my waist, pulling my body closer to his. This kiss feels a lot more certain and controlled.

“Lets finish eating now.” he smiles as our lips part.

We spend the rest of the afternoon finishing our food. Hongjoong lets me hear some of the songs he is working on and then I sit back and get to watch him at work. I begin to notice things about him I hadn’t seen before. Like his cute little pouty lips when he focuses, the way his eyebrows lower and little laughs when he is enjoying something.

“Do you want to listen to the new Japanese song? I think I have nearly finished it.” he says, pulling his headphones off.

“Hell yeah!” I giggle, pulling my seat closer to the desk.

Without warning, Hongjoong pulls me off my seat and onto his lap, moving me sideways. His arms are on the front and back of my body to control the mouse and keyboard on the desk.

“It will sound really rough as I only have the guide vocals on it so far. I’ve still to get Mingis lyrics for his part as well.” He says.

He presses play, then moves his arms around my waist as the music begins to the play through his speakers. I can feel his breathing has changed and his fingers are fiddling nervously with the fabric of my shirt.

“I know it doesn’t sound good but it will be better when I have the others vocals on it.” he says quickly once it finishes

“Joong, it sounds amazing already!!” I reply.

“Really?” he asks, his eyes lighting up

“Absolutely.” I answer. “You are so talented. Like insanely talented.” I laugh.

He laughs too and then leans forward to kiss me. One of his hands moves to the side of my neck and holds it gently.

“It is nearly 6pm.” he whispers

“Ah shit, I didn’t realise it was so late!” I reply, suddenly jumping up. “Sorry!”

“Don’t be sorry. Just have a nice evening with Mingi.” he says, picking up my bag. “Thank you for coming to the studio, though.”

“I enjoy watching you work. It is rather inspiring, I have to admit.” I smile as he places it over my shoulders. “And thank you for being understanding about the bipolar and the other thing.”

“You don’t need to thank me. I am just glad you trust me enough to tell me about it. I know I am busy, but I will always make time for you.” His hand cups my cheek. “Just say the word and I will be there.”

“Thanks Joong.” I smile, placing my hand over his.

“Now on you go, enjoy the rest of your night.”

As I leave Hongjoongs studio and make my way to Mingis I see 2 of the female staff members coming towards me. I smile at them and move to the side to let them pass, but I hear one of them say something under her breath, then laugh, causing me to turn around and look at them. They were looking back at me and covering their mouths. I turn back and keep walking, but I hear the other one clearly say my name as the other bursts into laughter. I feel really uncomfortable so I put my head down and keep walking, just wanting to get to Mingis studio on the other side of the floor.

“Hi princess!” Mingi smiles as I enter his studio.

“Mingi!” I smile back as he stands up, quickly making his way over to me and hugs me tightly. He lets out a long groan, lifts me up, and pulls my legs around his waist.

“God, I really needed this hug.” He sighs.

I could feel there was something wrong. His entire aura in this moment differs completely from his usual happy self.

“Are you ok, Mingi?” I ask him softly, holding onto him tighter in the hopes he feels secure in my embrace.

“Yeah, just this song I am working on. It isn’t coming together on the computer, how I want it to, or even sounds as good as it does in my head.” He replies.

I can feel how tense his entire body is, and immediately I want to help him. I don’t want him to feel this stressed. “Is there anything I can do? To help relax you?”

“You just being here and letting me hold you is already helping.” I feel him place a kiss on my cheek. He moves us to sit on the small sofa, with me sitting on his lap, my legs on either side of his. He looks up at me as his hands caress my hips. He looks exhausted and through his glasses, I can see his eyes are darker than usual.

“Oh, baby.” I whisper, one hand stroking his face and the other wraps around his shoulder. I have this overwhelming urge to take care of him. “You look tired.”

“I am.” He sighs softly.

“Do you want to go home and pick up some food on the way?” I ask, moving some of his hair behind his ear.

“I want to spend time with you.” He whines lightly.

“We can, back at home. Just you and me. Either in my room or yours, so no one bothers us.” My hand moves back to his cheek. “Just the two of us.”

“Please.” He nods and closes his eyes as if he feels relief.

I place my head on his shoulder and cuddle into him as he relaxes more.

“You look really pretty.” he says quietly. “Sorry you got dressed up for nothing.”

“It wasn’t for nothing.” I reply, my fingers playing with the ends of his hair. “We are together right now and when we get home, too.”

“Thank you for understanding Luna.”

I ignore the bulge forming underneath me. It is understandable; he has been incredibly tense, most likely most of the day, is now finally beginning to relax and I am sitting directly on top of him. I don’t want to embarrass him or make him feel awkward, either.

I also try to ignore the thoughts entering my head at feeling him against me. What his lips would feel like against mine, how tiny I would feel underneath him, how I would willingly give myself to him right now if he asked. But also the conflicting thoughts at the back of my mind. How this morning Yeosang kissed me for the first time, how San made me feel in the shower as his fingers explored me, Yunho feeling me up in the lounge and, of course, my first kiss with Hongjoong too. These thoughts I was pushing away were not bad. It was just because of how strange it was from what I was used to in the past. 2 first kisses, being fingered by one man then felt up by another, all in the one day too!

When I feel him move a little in an uncomfortable manner, I stand up, but not before kissing his cheek softly. I see him pulling at his jeans to readjust them in an attempt to hide the very obvious tent in them.

“Sorry.” He says quietly as he stands up too. “I was trying not to, you know, but I couldn’t control it.”

“Hey Mingi, it is ok. Don’t worry about it. It’s a normal bodily function.” I say, holding his hand. “You can’t really control it all the time. There is nothing wrong with that.”

“I don’t want you to think I am thinking of one thing just because you were hugging me.” he says, and he looks rather ashamed.

“I wouldn’t exactly feel offended if you were.” I move my head lower so I can look up at him as his gaze has now shifted to the floor. I pull myself closer to him. “But I know you weren’t.”

“Well, maybe I was thinking of that a little.” a small smile begins to form on his face.

I move to put my arms around his waist. “And there is nothing wrong with that, either.” I cannot help the little smirk on my lips. The thought of him thinking of me in that way had definitely given me a little boost of confidence. “Lets go home, get you fed and we can just chill out for the rest of the night.” My smirk softens to a gentle smile.

“Sounds good princess.” he smiles back at me.

Mingi calls Myeonjin to pick us up, and soon we are in his bedroom, eating the food we picked up and watching funny videos on YouTube. When he asks me if I can stay the night with him, I answer before he even finishes the question, causing us both to laugh. There was nowhere else I would rather be tonight than with him. Just as I am about to doze off, Mingi suddenly makes the deepest snoring noise from behind me, his mouth directly beside my ear giving me a genuine fright. There was no buildup to it, no increase in volume, like most snorers do. I find myself giggling as I remember Yunho telling me how loud Mingi was.

I settle back into him, my back pressed against his warm chest. Snorers did not bother me at all. Having lived near a military base when I was younger meant I could fall asleep almost anywhere, no matter the noise levels and I could sleep through anything too, which is why my alarm is always on full volume. As Mingi continues to snore, I fall asleep easily in his arms.

[minologistt]

00

TOO MANY NIGHTS I PJM

your lovely boyfriend gets you a bodyguard. one or two drinks lead into a spiral of things. however don't forget, never mix business with pleasure.

genre forbidden love / fwb(ish) -> lovers

M.LIST

warnings angst, implied cheating and neglecting partners

it was getting warmer, ice cream trucks starting to resurface, more fun shows and movies, even better outfits. however instead of feeling the warmth of the outdoors. you stuck inside, your expensive hotel room, arguing with your boyfriend.

why are you arguing with your oh-so-loving boyfriend, you may ask. well it all started about a couple months ago.

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“babe have you seen the concept photo sketches for my latest runway?” you excitedly scroll through the photos on your ipad. you’re a very successful model and you’re gorgeous. in fact you’re the global IT girl currently, known for breaking beauty standards and such. in all, you’re a pretty big deal.

“yeah of course i did.. i don’t like that outfit they put you in” your boyfriend, jihoon, scoffed as he tapped away at his screen. jihoon is a famous producer in the music industry. you both have been together for roughly a year and a month, however—

RING RING RING

“hey sara.. now?… hmm i’m not busy so i’ll be right over”

jihoon is also a total A-hole.

your boyfriend is a horrible person, well towards you. lately he’s become over protective, controlling, and over all just toxic. so why are you in this relationship still?

people were too fearful of your boyfriend to even get close to you.

and you might be wondering—

“who’s sara..?” you shut your ipad off and looked over at your boyfriend that is putting on his best cologne.

“my assistant”

“why didn’t you say you with me..?”

“i’m not busy am i?”

“guess not.. we’ll i’m going to call taehyung over to—“

“no you’re not, go take a nap or something”

“are you serious?”

“hell yeah i am.. i’ll be back a little late so just go to sleep without me” and with that he was out of the door, quick footsteps were heard going down the hall.

a sigh escaped your lips, you knew who sara was already. she was the woman who accompanies him to almost every event. yes she was his assistant but she didn’t need to be attached to his hip. you sat on the windowsill watching as your boyfriend walks toward a all white benz. a short slim blonde hops out with a wide smile.

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back to present day.

“jihoon are you seriously telling me that i’m a cheater?!” you raised you voice and threw your hands up in the air with pure rage as your boyfriends eyebrows knitted together. “you can’t be fucking serious—“

“don’t you go swearing at me—“

“you’re not my fucking dad, okay?! hell is wrong with you jihoon..” you huffed out as your boyfriend rolled his eyes.

“either way i don’t trust you, so i hired a body guard for you and he’s gonna watch over you..” jihoon walked to his side of the bed and laid down with his back facing you. “he’s my ex bodyguard so he’s pretty good and i trust him, not your little taehyung friend” jihoon curled up and took his phone out. “you can get going now or whatever you said you were gonna do” he made a ‘shoo’ing hand motion.

you didn’t want to be in his presence any longer so you stormed out of the hotel room. “bodyguard my ass, are you kidding?” you muttered under your breath as you made your way to the lobby doors. your car was parked in the downstairs garage, because you didn’t drive yourself places often. as you tapped away on your phone, you bumped into someone. before you could even begin to stable yourself, a firm arm came around your waist.

“be careful miss” a soft voice came from the person holding you. as you looked up to see whom this person was, your mouth parted a bit as you admired the man’s features. he had a mask on however his eyes were captivating and his light blond hair was a compliment to his beauty. “yeah, uh, sorry..” you moved out of his grasp and noticed he’s standing in front of your car. “excuse me but this is my car so, uhm.. can you move please?” you held up your keys and jingled them to push the point.

“oh i’m aware!” the man’s eyes crinkled into half moons as he watched the keys in her hand. “i’m your bodyguard but if you wanna get fancy then your personal escort!” he ended the statement with a small bow.

“don’t skrew around dude..”

“i’m not and my name is jimin park.. not dude”

there was a beat of silence that went by before you sighed and just handed the keys over. you didn’t have enough energy to argue with a stranger. mr park took the keys and held the car door open as you made you way over.

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the drive was silent until you spoke up to break the awkward silence. “so.. mr park, how much is he paying you..?” you glanced from the side of your eye to look at him. he still had his mask on but he looked a bit stiff while driving.

“huh?”

“my so-called-boyfriend, how much is he paying you to give a fuck about my well being?” you rolled your eyes as you watch the street lights go by. it was just 5 pm but it felt like night was approaching sooner.

“enough”

“honest i guess, so how does your partner feel about your job? are they ever worried?” you wondered aloud. he let out a hearty chuckle “i actually don’t have a partner”

and then there was silence.

however just like the world is on your side, you arrive to your destination which is a a night club. you were called over to do some taste testing but this club wasn’t some random club, it belong to your close friend taehyung.

your bodyguard parked on a side street near by and then let you out of the car. “you can wait here if you’d like mr jimin park.. i’m just taste testing so i’ll be back in a bit” you said as you began walking towards the club, jimin followed closely behind.

as you stepped into the club you were greeted with workers coming to bow and welcome you. you smiled and waved at them as you made you way to the bar with jimin on your tail. “y/n it’s so good to see you and who is this pretty boy? finally got a new boyfriend?” the deep voice came out of nowhere as a tall male approached the duo standing idle at the bar table.

“no actually this is my bodyguard—“ you made sure to do air quotations when saying ‘bodyguard’. “—that my boyfriend thought i needed..” you rubbed your temple to show how stressed you actually were. “well don’t let that get you down too much, yeah?" taehyung came up behind y/n and rubbed her back in concern.

jimin carefully watches the interaction and takes a few mental notes of the environment. "so y/n's bodyguard.. want to help taste testing the drinks?" tae offered a friendly smile as he watched jimin's eyes turn into half moons. "i'd love to but i have to be sober to drive miss y/n home", y/n scoffed after the statement and took a seat at the bar. "okay tae.. hit me with the latest and strongest stuff you've got"

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it's about 2 hours into the taste testing hangout and y/n is a little more than just tipsy.

"i can't believe you're still with that dickhead of a man.. come on you need to get out more" tae shook his head at the drunken woman whom was now leaning on jimin who was been sitting silently as the two held their long conversations with the occasional drinking. "jimin-" tae called the man and turned his head towards him, "don't you agree that y/n can totally get out more?"

jimin turned his gaze to taehyung. "i don't condone cheating however, y/n is beautiful so if she did get out there then she'd pull everyone of them", he then turned his gaze back to the half sleeping woman. "i believe i should bring her home now, thank you for the entertaining talks you both had, mr kim." jimin smiled beneath his mask and began to bring y/n towards the exit. "of course mr park, have a nice night" tae yelled back as he began cleaning up the bar.

jimin makes it to the car and puts y/n in the passenger seat. he goes around and takes a seat in the driver's seat and starts up the car. "mr park.. do you think i should actually go back to that man" y/n asks as she frowns and leans her against the window. "what man? your boyfriend? you most likely should however i'm just here to keep you safe", jimin then drove off from the bar. "oh.. guess you're right" y/n closes her eyes and a sigh leaves her lips.

it felt like time flew as jimin pulls up to the hotel room that y/n is staying in. "we've arrived, miss y/n", jimin turns the car off and opens the passenger door for her. she steps out on wobbly legs, so jimin helps her up by wrapping an arm under her arms. y/n and jimin make their way up to the hotel room at a very slow pace. "mr park.. thank you for accompanying me today.. i know it may have been a bit awkward here and there but it felt a little nice to have someone with me that didn't yell at me all day or ditch me." jimin kept looking ahead even as he heard y/n sniffling and holding back tears. he wasn't sure why she was so thankful for the bare minimum but he was also getting paid to spy on her every move, not be her company or 'bodyguard'.

so he simply responds, "you're welcome, miss y/n"

 minologistt | do not copy, translate or edit this.

[spamgyu]

lmao wait the other jihoon victim coming back reminded me of something i forgot to tell you

a couple weeks ago i was driving blasting “cheers” and a huge fucking bee flew into my car while i was at a stop light (context: i am deathly afraid of bees and wasps 🙂). of course i started sobbing and had to pull into a gas station parking lot where i proceeded to cry on the curb and call my dad so he could come get it out of my car. he did. a very rare dad slay.

was a wonderful day tbh

i think i need to ban seventeen from my car

..................... im.................

im so glad u are safe lskdfjsldkfjsd

gonna share a similar experience-ish. over the weekend my best friend and i went to get our tattoos and we were driving with the window down and a bug flew INTO MY SHIRT and i was screaming and she started screaming and i couldnt touch it and she was driving on the freeway but i made her dig in my shirt while we're both screaming trying not to die...... while Cat & Dog was playing.

So.......

maybe just ..... ban music as a whole.

[hannieween]

ACTUALLY do you know what I'm really thinking abt. that fuxking msbhv shirt. the one dino fucking wears in the anyone mv and then scoups?? my fucking dad???? wears while performing hot with those fucking glasses. and jeonghan is also wearing it during that perf lieks he's not also a fucking whore (endearing) and so is the8. and like, i have so much beef w that shirt/brand because wonho from monsta x also wears it at some point and so does fucking park jihoon who's my tiny little man but he looked SO good in it. im dying! pls help!!!

there's also a photo roaming around of jun also wearing that msbhv shirt and ??? please they look just so UGGHHH with that shirt it makes me go fdjkfdhd insane

so fucking gooood

[successinsix]

moon jiyoon of 6us

## GENERAL

birth name — moon jiyoon / 문지윤

english name — matteo escarra

sex/gender — male

birthday — december 15, 2001

zodiac sign — sagittarius

birth place — seoul, south korea

hometown — los angeles, california

ethnicity — korean

nationality — american

languages — spanish, first language. english, fluent. korean, fluent.

blood type — b

mbti type — infp / mediator

## SNS

instagram — @ /matteomoon

youtube — matteo escarra moon

spotify — 🐶

## CLAIMS

face claim — beomgyu, txt

voice claim — jungkook, bts

## PHYSICAL

height — 5'11

weight — 129 lbs

## FAMILY

biological father — moon jihoon

biological mother — park jieun

non-biological parent — alicia escarra, adoptive mom. miguel escarra, adoptive dad.

non-biological brother — diego escarra, adoptive brother. 1999

non-biological sister — dia escarra, adoptive sister. 2004

## CAREER

stage name — jiyoon

company — boxed in creative

training period — 1 year

group — 6us (성공)

positions — main vocalist, visual, maknae

years active — 2017 +

debut date — august 9, 2017

debut age — 15

individual fandom name — moonteo(s)

dormmate — minseok, byulyi

representative emoji: 🐶

representative color: mint green

representative animal: dog

## ROMANCE

sexual orientation — bisexual

ideal type — n/a

relationship status — n/a

[theunnieteume]

Jihoon- Welcome to the Park Family pt. 2

As I heard the familiar voice my eyes snap towards the certain direction and there he stood leaning by the door frame. “I thought you were supposed to be upstairs” shocked, I took an awkward step back “and I thought you wanted to get ‘acquainted’.” Jihoon mockingly says, slyly smiling at me to which I try to avoid his gaze “uhm..I just wanted to see the room I’ll be out of your way now” I say with my head down trying to walk past him but Jihoon steps in the way . Blocking my exit. “Heard you had a crush on me back in junior year” I mean…who wouldn’t? I took a moment to think of what to say “I don’t know what you’re talking about” I tried to act dumb but my face already turned red at the mere mention of our freshmen year…he closes in on me and I naturally back away “Jihoon I-“ I try to say something but he cuts me off “shhh” he places a finger on the base of his lips, telling me to quiet down. I felt my back hit the cold surface of the wall..he then places a hand beside my head and the other reaches for my hair as he plays with a piece of it, staring at me and his eyes land on my lips “you know.. you’re pretty cute.” Jihoon says quietly and I could feel the tension building up like a fever as my fingers grip onto the fabric of my jeans. “but im not into girls like you “ ouch. Still slyly grinning as he stares at me. “or are you intentionally trying to get my attention…like how desperate your mom is for my dad.”

I look at him in pure shock as my eyes almost pop out of its sockets. Oh.hell.no. “Excuse me. Are you implying that MY mom seduced him??” My voice filled with anger as I push him off with force and fortunately enough he stumbles a few feet back , giving me the space I needed. “You don’t talk about my mom like that!” I shout loudly as I step closer, this time my face closes into his but obviously he still has that stupid smile plastered on his stupid face “triggered much?” He smugly replies and I couldn’t with him at this point and was completely over this conversation “I’m done here.” I say surrendering and turn my back on him, storming out of the room giving him a deadly glare before walking out of the room. “Mr. Jihoon and Ms. Y/N, dinner is ready.” One of the maids, I assume by her outfit, appears out of nowhere as Jihoon trails behind. I don’t say anything back but bow at the maid as a sign of thanking her and as she bows back I continue to walk off, leaving Jihoon behind. “Hi sweetie did you find Jihoon?” walking into the kitchen I see my mom and Mr. Park already seated beside each other in a long dining table but with only…four chairs. “Uhm. Sort of.” I reply masking a bitter tone as I sat in front the couple. The food had already been neatly placed along with a cutlery set of different silver spoons and forks, glassware that could easily break and staring at the placements of the chair I’m guessing Jihoon will be sitting next to me. Just kill me already.

“That’s good to hear you two are finally getting to know each other” tsk, yea right. as Mr. Park said so Jihoon then enters the room. Their attention then pans over towards him. “Oh Jihoon come over and introduce yourself to Mrs. Lee” His dad ushers him to introduce himself to my mom as he entered the dining room, his eyes flicker towards me but I had quickly averted my gaze to my food. After greeting each other, there was a while of just stares between me and Jihoon and some small talk around the table to which I participated in a bit of it. But most of the time I kept quiet..eating my food as I was thinking the rest of the night would finally go well. “So we actually have some news” *sigh* it was too good to be true wasn’t it? Looking up at them from my food I swallow what I was chewing but mostly from fear as I waited for what news they had to break to us. “Me and Mr. Park are going on a business trip” shoot.. That doesn’t sound good at all but they’re gonna bring us with them, right? “And we were wondering if both of you would be fine on your own here.” I stopped breathing for a hot second, thinking of what I should say but Jihoon beats me to it. “Of course we’ll be fine. We’re both young adults who should learn to be independent. Right Y/N?” Jihoon smiles at me as I look up to that annoying face he makes. But I had to play it off as well “I totally agree” Faking a smile and they had seem to have bought it. “Great! We’ll be leaving in a few days so don’t worry you two still have time to warm up to each other” Mr. Park exclaims happily, holding my mom’s hand as they both smile in relief. “Great” I smile gritting through my teeth, trying not to ruin the moment.

As quickly as I finished my food I thanked them for dinner and tried going up to my room by the stairs but of course before I could even take a single step on it he had to block my way, again. “I’m surprised you didn’t touch me at dinner” Glaring at him I question what he meant. “Surprised?” the tone of my voice visibly offended as Jihoon just shrugs back “Isn’t that what most girls do? They touch you underneath the table for like sexual tension or something“ I raise a brow at his statement. I can’t believe I used to like this guy. “Wow. ‘most girls’ really? bet you never even met one.” Dissing him. Crossing my arms over the chest. “Excuse me?” It was his turn to be offended now. “You are excused. now get out of my way” I push my hand up to walk push past him but before I could even do so he caught it in the air “I thought you liked me“ he says, staring intently, studying my face as if he was trying to find something. Harshly pulling me closer, I stay silently glaring back into those dark brown eyes. Well, knowing how much of a jerk you are I don’t think anyone would like you. We stare at each other for while, not one of us say anything but our stares could speak for itself and as I grew tired his behavior I pull my hand back and successfully push him back off this time. “Whatever” I bluntly said, walking off after that. Quickly-almost running- going up the stairs, I close the door to the new bedroom and place a hand over the pacing beating of my heart.

It’s beating fast. Faster than it should be.

But I shouldn’t be liking a jerk like him…

[okeylokiyuh]

TAG, YOU ARE IT! — CONTENT CREATOR YEAR IN REVIEW

rules: just answer the questions, hehe.

first creation and most recent creation of 2022? it was a dad!park sunghoon fic called wrong since kindergarten and ahh reading back on it makes me giddy asdfghjkl i need to write more dad fics! and my latest creation of 2022 was 11:21 PM which was a halloween-kinda (yes late in december) piece for treasure jihoon!

one of your favorite creations of 2022? all my works are dear to me (except the ones that i say are outright trash but hey only i can say that!!!) so i can't really chose a favourite

one creation you're really proud of? it would probably be this enhypen jake drabble (hi, i'm jaeyun) bc sdjfhs i so want to be confessed to in the rain like this TOT

a creation that took you forever? this question is a slap on the face bc there's only ONE DANG WORK that took me ages TuT and that would my treasure hyunsuk smau; happy anniversary to me TEN BLOODY MONTHS ALL THE WAY FROM FEBRUARY TILL DECEMBER 2022 omg i suck big time for that

a creation from 2022 that received the most notes? that would be this seventeen mingyu drabble i wrote after coming across these fancalls he had (+ ash made sure to remind me of this man continuously) and thus we came to 2022's post with the most notes; kick you or kiss you!

a creation from 2022 you think deserved more notes? ngl it would this enhypen niki's oneshot; residence checks. this one made me cackle when i had the idea initially, it still makes me cackle when i read it and if you check the reblogs, you'll see everyone else who cackled 😭

a new fandom you joined and a creation you made for it? ok look it's not recently i joined the seventeen fandom, but it certainly is the first time i started writing for them and it's all @ethereal-engene's fault 😤 that being said, may i present seventeen's mingyu (yes again ik) brother's best friend

a creation you made that breaks your heart? this treasure junkyu drabble called love to me. it's based off true events, and i was in junkyu's position, so yeah enough said, really

a 'simple' creation you really love? 21:57 is personally one of the simplest yet impactful works i came up with ngl (spoiler: mentions of heetiddies, yes it's about enhypen heeseung)

a creation that was inspired by another one? idk if this counts but this treasure's yoshi oneshot 'more fun with you' was inspired by a french conversational activity i did on duolingo

some of your favorite content creators from this year? oof finally i can answer this question without much thought! they would be @milkybonya @kyufilms @/ethereal-engene @acaiasahi @renhaissance @wynn @liliansun @intotheneozone @koakyuu @koishua @sultrybaby @jaesvelvet (+ so much more tbh i just have goldfish memory and can't remember them)

tagged by : @daegall (thank you very much for the tag, my child <3)

tagging : anyone, really <3 (feel free to ignore, no pressure)

[feuqueerfire]

Twinkling Watermelon Live Blogging

Came across some Tiktoks (I think the first one showed up on my FYP on my phone) about a deaf girl in school being tripped by a group of girls and a girl being nice to her and with a guy who's yelling at her for making fun of him but her not understand but then !! I found this Tiktok in the tags which has characters from this series and My Perfect Stranger who time travelled back in time to when their parents were teens! Not only that, the main guy in this is the son from 18 Again (aside: I've been Obsessed with this OST again for the past week this January), which this show kinda reminds me of even though that one had the parent turning young in current timeline rather than time travel. Then I realized that it's actually a really hyped show that everybody seems to be watching.

Anyway, been a long time since I watched a full-length kdrama that's not a rewatch (From Now On, Showtime! in June 2023), so I hope I love it. Again, bad timing because busy with school but the thing is, it's nearly always bad timing, so here it goes I guess.

Episode 1 (Jan 19, 2024)

It's 1:30AM and I'm starting this lol, I'm gonna just watch 15 mins and go to sleep so that I have something to look forward to/be excited about when waking up tomorrow

Do all these shows always start with something bad/scary happening so that it's used as a hook? I'm just remembering Psychopath Diary starting with this guy's worst day of ever which made me stop watching lol The events with this ingredient man seem like it'll turn sour

you're not gonna show me what the father answered smh will it be revealed at a critical, heart-wrenching moment in the future?

ahhh the fuckass landlady and her fuckass child i can’t believe the kid is threatening him with eviction if they do t cheat So did Eun Gyeol erase and put his own name again afterwards? idgi

From what I know about this show, Eun Gyeol goes back in time + makes some sort of music band? So I’m gonna assume his dad actually wrote this song or smth (turning his “I feel sorry that only I can play songs like this” untrue) and he used to be able to hear?

My current bad habit is wishing we could go back to grownup Eun Gyeol so that I could look at his pretty nice face. Like brooo pause on being someone who loves to look at pretty boys and focus on the story at hand

Girl we once again have: worst day of ever. house on fire, grandpa dead/injured, flashback to when his dad said he’ll save Eun Gyeol first to help save the others

I hate this girl’s guitare case so bad idk why the shape of it gives me the ick - anyway is she the girl who saw him crying in front of grandfather’s store? and is she gonna be his love interest?

oh it’s a cello case + it’s the brother’s gf (Eun Gyeol wouldn’t steal his brothers gf right?)

wait lol what’s happening i got so confused. + the weak hero class guy intro (not park jihoon), is he the landlady's kid all grown up?

oh lol anonymous busking

Well the random watching 15 mins and go to bed didn’t quite work out bc i did go to bed but finished the ep on my ipad instead of sleeping lol it’s like 3AM now rip

As I was watching, occasionally, I’d be like Oh that’s Shinwoo from 18 Again. Slightly wrong, the name was Shi Woo, but why do I remember even that fr?

No time travelling yet but a good start.

Was looking at the r/kdrama On-Air posts and it started off with posts w 100+ comments, then 200+, then 300+, and the final one has 800+ comments lol, did it blow up after the show finished airing or was almost at the end?

Episode 2 (Jan 19)

The secondary guy and the cello girl are both annoying right now but I assume they'll both grow, get better, etc. like firstly my guy why are you following around and stalking this girl T.T if he wasn't so overwhelmingly charming/endearing and we weren't seeing his side, it'd come off much creepier. and she's obviously like being forced to be in a strict schedule because of her family or whatever (wearing the pink dress while longingly looking at the black one lol) and she'll stop being the "ice queen" as time goes on, but idk I feel like there are characters who are kinda snobby but makes you like them regardless, whereas she's not quite hitting that for me

but him getting embarrassed about his open pants zipper and running away while covering his face was cute tho

hmm this older man (Yoon Dong Jin) was in a band in high school and he's the only one of the members who still does music... was Eun Gyeol's dad in this band perhaps? and was he the one who had the big accident to make him deaf?

This new band thing for Eun Gyeol happened so fast, tbh like no camaraderie? No getting to know the band members?

broo the landlady hit the dad's car? are we joking lmao

relying on a kid for interpreting serious matters is just So Much pls just write or text amongst adults

And also the father making his son say inflammatory stuff to the landlady (or the mother to that ingredient seller beforehand) instead of writing it on their own like cmon

okay at least they mentioned that there was a professional translator for the police convo, she was late but then again, c'mon let's use some writing utensils. they texted Byeong Ho when he was a kid

girl not this Mess in this band + the Eun Gyeol spilling his guilt and guts about the fire incident

The thing is I feel no desire to watch Eun Gyeol go back to this band. I want him to follow his dreams, do music, etc but not necessarily with these people - specifically that drummer guy agh

this fawking guitar T.T I knew Grandpa left it for Ha Eun Gyeol in his will

I knewwww I shouldn't have started this episode before finishing my important, pressing university lecture. Anyway I'm stopping at 42mins for now, hope I can do homework for an hour before coming back here lol. okay I did homework for an hour :)

Oh yeah, I forgot I thought the ice cream shop guy might've been grown up landlady's son but I don't think so anymore ig since when would he have hit the father with the car? + his name's Lee Chan (update: Yi Chan). I briefly thought he was the young father maybe but like him and Eun Gyeol are connected through the cello girl

oh wait, the tiktok I saw of the deaf girl falling and getting dirty water on some pretty, popular was in the current timeline? Idk why I thought maybe it was his mom in the previous timeline or smth

oh girl this girl gave the cello girl the shirt and then leaving, fuck don't say lesbians they're not lesbians you're just gonna get your heart broken but...

plsss not the rock band t-shirt making Yi Chan think she likes bands

oh does the deaf girl like Yi Chan or something? In the poster, Eun Gyeol and cello girl (Se Kyeong) are on one side while Yi Chan and newly introduced deaf girl are in the other side hmmm

okayyy the hyung is on Eun Gyeol's side

naurrrrr is this landlady gonna take a photo of Eun Gyeol holding a cigarette? my guy already drinks while underage, let's not get into this too

oh lol pls not a photo but thinking he's doing drugs with them

ahhh and then the landlady throwing it back in the father's face like okay okay some of these are correct (well he's playing at the club... but he does drink) but yikess

wait what happened to his mask?

oh fuck (father-son confrontation)

oh fuck again (when Eun Gyeol's saying he's not his father's trophy nor an interpreter nor an alarm nor an angel)

of fuck (not his father saying you should've told be more, should've convinced me but Eun Gyeol being like how? you can't even hear like D: girl)

oh fuck Eun Gyeol leaving without even saying sorry for the last part

I get him a little bit because it really is so suffocating to live under your parents' expectations and he had sooo much responsibility thrust onto him

he was about to smash the guitar?! girl

oh magic ooh~

girl he's selling the guitar? the grandfather's guitar? well i'm assuming it'll come back to him again but oh wow this really is a 16/17 year old (18 yo in Korean age)

Okayyyy so Yi Chan really is Eun Gyeol's father as a youngster? and the deaf girl is his mother? And the cello girl is maybe the woman who is the Viva Music grandfather's daughter? Because when we saw the woman move into the house with her cello daughter, we didn't see the daughter's face. So this Se Kyeong is actually the mother from when she was younger?

Yknow early in Ep 2 when it moved from Eun Gyeol leaving the band practice to Yi Chan asking his friend for Se Kyeong's contacts + the hijinks with the cello performance, it really did seem like we went to the past/another dimension but I was like hmm maybe not.

ahhh indeed musician Yoon Dong Jin's high school band Fake First Love Memory Makers included Ha Eun Gyeol's dad Ha Yi Chan. I'm guessing the

so he really didn't know his dad could hear and speak in the past. I thought they knew

Okay, I'm glad we moved to the past! I'm excited to see how this goes.

Let's see if I can finish up my homework and other stuff for the day before I end up picking up ep 3. Hopefully the reddit on-air commentary + searching for this show's first week gifs keeps me busy for I crave the next ep.

Episode 3 (Jan 20)

lmaoo the “phone cal to Dong Jin’s gyubgeon was funny”

so Eun Gyeol is gonna take over real life Yoon Dong Jin’s identity? how will this affect the future?

lol he was running bc he needed to go to the bathroom? i thought lat ep he was being chased or smth

cryingggg i love the hijinks that happen at first when the person who time traveled or whatever doesn’t yet realize they need to act normal and go wild with the first interactions like with 18 Again turning into a teenager but claiming to be aging Shia’s father

plss Eun Gyeol staring so intently at his father

lol okay i was glad that these guys were just exceptionally dumb and being fooled by eun gyeol into believing he’s Yoon Dong Jin and that he didn’t successfully somehow fool everybody ever

ahh so true Eun Gyeol is like wtf my dad joined a band not for the music but for a girl and that girl isn’t even my mother !

I hope Yoon Chung Ah (the mother) gets some proper story as a youngin because she wasn’t there much as an adult and even when she was, it was like she just wanted the dad to be happy hmm

I fucking wish they were lesbians talking about Frida Kahlo lesbians sharing headphones

plssss his dad had told them that Eun Gyeol’s mom was his first love??? Eun Gyeol finding out so much about his father

ahh the mother keeping everything from them about her life and saying it’s a secret till they’re older

ah, Eun Gyeol talking about how he stopped being curious about his parents lives because he thought he knew enough…

oh shit he’s homeless rn

waittt so Yoon Dong Jin’s life is now changed fr since he joined a diff band and not this one

TODO: change Lee Chan -> Yi Chan

auuauauah Se Kyeong giving a ticket for the band concert she’s going to Yoon Chung Ah

how bad is the bullying/fighting gonna be for the other girls against Chung Ah? i wasn’t prepared for super bad bullying

okay Yi Chan and Chung Ah met but also Eun Gyeol and Se Kyeong met and I’m hoping nothing romantic happens between them lol and also I don’t want him to get together with Se Kyeong’s daughter either as if through some sort of transitive property

Episode 4 (Jan 20)

ohhh Se Kyeong started doing cello to impress her mother and fill in the space of her dead daughter

ohh so that the Viva Music grandfather was her adoptive father

plsss not Eun Gyeol asking young Se Kyeong why her older self didn’t come to his concert nearly 3 decades in the future with her daughter

but wait her first love was also a “bandman” um so she ended up liking Yi Chan? maybe she meant her first love (Chung Ah) was a bandman lover

omg? Chung Ah’s flashback to some ripe strangling her or smth?

simultaneously thinking that Chung Ah and Yi Chan are cute while mourning Chung Ah and Se Kyeong. The girls won’t become enemies or something later, will they? Can’t handle another True Beauty tragedy

dang, somebody else trying to fuck with Se Kyeong so she thinks Eun Gyeol was sent by them?

ohhh her biological father…

but would he be the guitarist guy since the flower man already looks p old and like he had white hair when Se Kyeong was a teen?

pls Eun Gyeol hiding behind a tree is killing me so bad

lolll Yi Chan having to team up with Eun Gyeol to escape grandma’s wrath

lol getting tested by great grandmother on math. oh yeah i forgot he was doing reeeeally well at school and was supposed to be a doctor or whatever

wait wtf sudden realization that the hyung with the long hair and bad music and Yoon Dong Jin knower pretender is maybe Mr Viva Music grandpa? but he’s supposed to be at least a decade older than Eun Gyeol’s dad + he’s not Se Kyeong’s either dad so maybe not

Eun Gyeol watching his father and great grandmother sing and dance and remembering her and wondering about his joyous dad and crying ahhh family

they sleep the same way omg - Chung Ah’s stepmother chairwoman evil

not Chung Ah setting up her crush Yi Chan with Se Kyeong bc he likes her

I can’t believe Chung Ah’s ruining my lesbian ship dreams like this like Se Kyeong is literally waiting for you at the concert?!?!

bro Yi Chan is such a fucking menace why is he yelling Se Kyeong’s name in the middle of the street girl i’m embarrassed

no like I fully understand why Se Kyeong is mad as fuck even though in this instant it’s not Yi Chan’s fault that he’s there

not Eun Gyeol showing up to have his dad’s back about the band lol

So is Se Kyeong really not impressed by Yi Chan still? good I hope her “I hate band stuff” is real and true and that she and Chung Ah don’t like the same guy (ideally they’d like each other but)

ahhh Eun Gyeol has realized The Accident that his father was in hasn’t yet happened and will happen (this year)

Also, I really do wonder about Yoon Dong Jin like his band memory forgetter whatever disbanded because a member got into a big accident but he’s not even a member anymore

I guess now Eun Gyeol will be trying very hard to prevent his father's accident.

Fun Fact: I knew about 18 Again and Twinkling Watermelon sharing actors (and having kinda similar concepts) but apparently Youth of May also comes into play

Show: Father - Son

18 Again: Lee Dohyun (young ver.) - Shi Woo/Eun Gyeol actor

Twinkling Watermelon: Eun Gyeol's dad (adult Yi Chan) - Eun Gyeol actor

Youth of May: Eun Gyeol's dad (adult Yi Chan actor) - Lee Dohyun

Episode 5 (Jan 20)

Ahh Eun Gyeol previously being like fuck they remember that I wasn't there the day of the fire and couldn't help my brother and he also remembers that there was a time he was drowning and was yelling but his family couldn't hear

The dad has already hinted twice about having his voice taken away/losing sound in his life, how did Eun Gyeol not catch on?

I know people are often into bromance (people being me. I watch half these no-romance, intense bromance shows with either it being a BL in my mind or thinking one of them likes the other romantically) but are they into this bromance or are they put off by the incest? I don't really care this time, I'm more invested in the lesbians because Se Kyeong is literally in love with Chung Ah to me

I do love Yi Chan's pretty girl mannerisms, playing at being an innocent girl being perved on lmfao

Eun Gyeol talking about how the reason he travelled to 1995 is to stop the accident from happening to his dad and hmm I'm pretty sure that's not it. My guess/hope would be he doesn't change too much from the past, the accident still happens, things still happen mostly as they would've without him, but he gets to spend time with and see and understand his parents in a new way

I'm sorry I'm really supposed to believe what Se Kyeong feels for Chung Ah is not lesbianism? Miss girl doesn't give a fuck about saying bye to her bf, is thinking about how she's never coming back to Korea when her best friend asks but is searching for Chung Ah in the airport crowds hoping she shows up?

plss "How should I learn an instrument and sing in 3 octaves in 3 days? Should I give birth to a son and bring him somehow?" and Eun Gyeol just sipping his drink

and Oh Ma Joo inadvertently insulting Eun Gyeol by insulting Yi Chan by insulting his hypothetical son

aw grandma's dream being to see Yi Chan go to college

"Why are you being so nice to me/helping me out all the time?" "Well you saved me a few times in my previous life"

bro Se Kyeong is literally writing a letter to Chung Ah, how is this not gay? At least one sided?

Eun Gyeol's cheeks just going up every time he's complimented and unable to not smile - Gunwook core tbh

auuuu Eun Gyeol eats just like Yi Chan and has the same preferences and has grandmother being like ll y'all acting like you're related ahh reminds me of that ML with mother-in-law with the beef meal scene

oh, so the Se Kyeong coming back and being rebellious wasn't a dream. Was that also how it was in the present timeline and she was lying when she said she was there from 11th grade until her dad died? Because if not and she just randomly came back this time unlike the original time hmm I feel like Eun Gyeol's existence in this timeline hasn't influenced her enough to do all that

Anyway, she seems more fun and loose now, so does she actually like bands? she did a rock guitar motion in the middle there once... so does she actually end up liking Yi Chan? or would it be Eun Gyeol or smth

waittt this random guitar store called White Night's owner is Se Kyeong's biological father and will likely become Mr Viva Music grandpa okayyy bad casting but sure

ah, Se Kyeong caught on that Eun Gyeol very explicitly doesn't want her around Yi Chan

Girl, Se Kyeong's home life exploding rn?

I remember someone on a reddit on-air thread was like maybe Se Kyeong's daughter also came back in the timeline and just looks exactly like her mother and I was wondering if this did happen but hmm, doesn't quite seem like it because she already knows everything that Se Kyeong is supposed to

nooo I get why Yi Chan feels so wronged but don't yell at Chung Ah !!

Wait... his dad met his mom at 20 after going to a sign language class... I guess in the original timeline, Chung Ah just saw Yi Chan chasing Se Kyeong (while harbouring a crush from the bookstore incident) but Yi Chan didn't know her and this time because Yi Chan was escaping from Eun Gyeol, he ran into that other PE teacher who he had to run away from and thus ran into Chung Ah closet. And I guess if that didn't happen, Chung Ah wouldn't have given that concert ticket and that whole fiasco wouldn't have happened, neither with Yi Chan and Chung Ah nor with the jam session at the concert that Eun Gyeol stepped into.

Finally Eun Gyeol meeting his mom - Chung Ah!

not the meeting of all 4 of them in front of the ice cream shop

Insane ending, straight to ep 6 oof

Episode 6 (Jan 20)

damn, they sent Cheong Ah's mother away? D:

Her fuckass dad took her mom who knows where and brought in the stepmother fucking immediately? crazy

ah, her trying to teach Cheong Ah to speak (cruelly too) instead of teaching her sign language

and isolating her as punishment helllll

wait, so Cheong Ah doesn't properly know sign language because of this?

omgggg not the party where Se Kyeong played cello and Yi Chan had his zip open being in Cheong Ah's backyard where she's not allowed to attend

This would've happened regardless of Eun Gyeol interference right? So in original timeline, the mother must've liked the father for a longass time before properly meeting

omg Yi Chan making Se Kyeong wait to go apologize to Cheong Ah

but then being a dumbass bro what

the watermelon keychain + Viva La Vida belonging to Cheong Ah? girl everybody and everyone connected in this story fr lol

no she's fr playing with Yi Chan (convincing myself she's just going through it and doesn't like Yi Chan fr and there'll be no fight or sadness between her and Cheong Ah about liking him)

she doesn't remember how he knows her address?

ah fuck so scary, Se Kyeong really has a noose in her room

You know with the guitar playing and now skating, whenever it shows the bottom half of them doing the activity without their face in frame, I wonder if that's a stunt double or whatever?

fawk, if I wasn't rooting for Yi Chan + Cheong Ah out of principle and I didn't know that Se Kyeong is really fucking going through it and mostly just messing with Yi Chan, I would've really rooted for her and Yi Chan in its current form (her being bold as hell, showing up in a motorcycle and bringing tickets for a theme park date while Yi Chan is nervous and shy despite being a very boisterous boy with a very healthy dose of ego)

Eun Gyeol doing his best to 1) make sure his dad doesn't get into an accident and 2) ruin his dad's date with another girl

Eun Gyeol and Se Kyeong antagonisms are fun

How would you react to somebody thinking you have a crush on your real father lmfao anyway brings me back to what the BL fans are making of this relationship

personally not really into fictional character incest either but otherwise, I would've actually been really into the bromance, it's so funny Eun Gyeol speedily catching Yi Chan in his arms while pushing away Se Kyeong while all the other guys go to save Se Kyeong

pls they all think they're dating or smth

and now Se Kyeong being like oh do you like me actually?

I actually really could be into Eun Gyeol and Se Kyeong too (have I said this about every single pair out of these 4 except Eu Gyeol and Cheong Ah?), they're funny in their antagonisms as I said

Also, she kinda reminds me of Beyond Evil Minjeong with this new personality

also I'm into noona romance lol but would def prefer that he's not in HIGH SCHOOL

damn, tough fight and Eun Gyeol leaving

Ah, as expected, if he goes back to 2023 now, it'd be to a very different time

oh I thought he was gonna get shocked from touching his electric guitar in the rain but mic works too

ah, so it has indeed been Se Kyeong's daughter? since the out of order phone rang? When Se Kyeong didn't know how Eun Gyeol knew her address, I was like hmmmmm but it seems too hard for her to know all the rest, so I thought no. I also thought she'd say I'm from the future when Eun Gyeol first confronted her about why she came back and he was like being like loll your reason can't be worse/weirder than mine

Episode 7 (Jan 21)

First thing in the morning, watching the next ep rip

Ah, people in the on-air thread were mentioning that the lugagge tag was Eun Yoo when she came from America in ep 3

Also, I wonder whether Eun Yoo knows that Eun Gyeol isn't supposed to be there? she's never properly met him in the present timeline. ig it'll be fun when they realize the other's from the future too? and then they'll fall in love, which is good bc I was afraid that Eun Gyeol was gonna fall for Se Kyeong here or smth and then settle for like lookalike daughter in the original present timeline who was obviously a different person

not Se Kyeong emulating her mother in a bad way toward her own daughter

hearing adult Se Kyeong talk about her first love being a bandman is so funny because like well first of all, you were in love with a girl: Chung Ah. also, it kinda makes me think that despite her saying her first love was a bandman who was bright as sunshine, cheerful, and manly, it's somehow not Yi Chan because like she mentioned the boy who started a band for her but didn't mention he's her first love. Makes me think it's Eun Gyeol or smth but they barely had any interactions fr and like I don't think adult Se Kyeong had met teenage Eun Gyeol

ah, she really is going back to stop them from getting married and getting together with somebody else instead (although... can't Se Kyeong just do the same stuff as original tl since she's in America? and even if not, her pretending to have a relationship with Yi Chan isn't gonna make it happen fr - although maybe she thinks that if she can get herself and Yi Chan in a relationship and bring Se Kyeong back, she'll get together with her first love easily)

loll the $1 bills never having been changed

okay indeed Se Kyeong's first love isn't Yi Chan

loll Eun Yoo's gonna think her first love was Eun Gyeol despite Eun Gyeol not having been there in Se Kyeong's original teenage timeline

omg Se Kyeong wrote the letter/note in the concert ticket envelope... do I go check to see what she wrote? Okay I rechecked and it's nothing super romantic, just saying she was surprised that "you" were into bands and an invitation to go to the concert with her. but guys my lesbian goggles are just...

Yi Chan and Chung Ah are really cute fr I'm like :] :D :) watching them

naurr Eun Gyeol leaving and not taking the guitar pick (do we think somebody else - Mr. Viva grandpa - gets it and gives him back to him as a child)

Se Kyeong never had a meal with Eun Gyeol or Cheong Ah, so her first love is neither of them - lesbian dreams crashing once again. but who knows, maybe there was an event at Cheong Ah's house where they snuck together to eat food

but also funny that Eun Gyeol doesn't even appear on Eun Yoo's list of who Se Kyeong liked - does she know Eun Gyeol is a future kid too?

oh lol she just thinks Eun Gyeol likes men but him liking men wouldn't mean Se Kyeong still couldn't like him.

Since they're father and son and we established they eat the same way, I'd assume Eun Gyeol can also handle spicy food since Yi Chan's eating it like it's nothing

All these fucking photos of Eun Gyeol staring at Yi Chan I'm crying, no wonder Eun Yoo is convinced that he likes him

Eun yoo saying Eun Gyeol makes her heart flutter somehow...

plss naught eun gyeol making money writing essays etc

auuuuu this is the part time to buy yi chan a guitar

oof yi chan realizing how he treated eun gyeol

naur Cheong Ah losing Yi Chan and Yi Chan getting beat up

ah, Cheong Ah and Eun Yoo meeting, in my head Eun Yoo will realize who Se Kyeong really loved is Cheong Ah

omg they really beat the shit outta Yi Chan and he's feeling so abandoned too

omg Ha Eun Gyeol going back to 2023 by trying to smash his guitar. I guess we'll see how his (+ Eun Yoo's) actions have affected the current timeline

They need to stop making the last scene of the episode sooo intriguing all the time smh I should really really really really do some homework and chores right now

Episode 8 (Jan 21)

aghhhh I'm starting ep 8 immediately, maybe I'll find some willpower in the middle there to pause and do some things I have to

Where's Eun Gyeol's bag? and he's also running away without his guitar

fuck kid don't be too happy, I don't think something good is awaiting you

oh waittt okay they're not too bad but I'm scared that the mother will not be Chung Ah...

but also in this universe, why does the dad not realize his son looks exactly like his teenage scam artist friend with the same name lmfao (ig he actually named baby Eun Gyeol after his friend who disappeared)

damn, he's even telling the story of his "dream" how is the father not being like haha. my son was my tutor back then. and is chill about it? how does he not remember?

okay I shouldn't think too much because how are Eun Gyeol and his brother born when their mother isn't the same - Se Kyeong instead of Chung Ah? And in that case, shouldn't Eun Yoo also exist?

okay, was that a dream and a glimpse into what it would be like but not fr what it's like? Anyway, does them getting married mean Yi Chan really was Se Kyeong's first love?

ohhh he's gonna meet Cheong Ah properly soon

ah Eun Yoo not remembering Cheong Ah

alskdfasl;kdfa;sdlkf jskldf ja;dklsf Cheong Ah seeing Se Kyeong-Eun Yoo be able ask for help and communicate with Yi Chan while she's not able to nooooooo

aksldjflksajflkasdfj passing by Cheong Ah and Eun Gyeol realizing just a bit too late and having guards stop him from following her as she calls her Mom

Se Kyeong's friend is Cheong Ah's step sister and theoretically Eun Gyeol's aunt. Also, what's that mom doesn't like you see the brother with the Attorny man? Is he gay?

god the evil stepmother and daughter and useless+evil stepson

auuuuu Eun Gyeol is here and signing with Cheong Ah but she doesn't know sign T.T but she does know Eomma sign lol

The father also seems evil if this has been going on for like a decade or whatever...

also is Yi Chan gonna find Eun Gyeol's guitar pick by any chance in the hospital?

stop wasting time with Yi Chan's galavant tale of 10 v 1, let me go back to Cheong Ah and Eun Gyeol

plsss "Yoon Cheong Ah found you" "Your friend Yoon Chung Ah?" "My friend Yoon Chung Ah?!" and her being like hmmm yeah! so true! we got close because she's easy to talk to! and he's like huh? isn't she hearing impaired? and Eun Yoo being like she is?!

laskdjfkl;sdfj so true Eun Yoo's dad is her mother's boyfriend (to be?) and she's pretending to be her mother T.T

Are we not seeing the Cheong Ah's dad and Eun Gyeol convo right now...

hehehhe so fun to have Eun Yoo and Eun Gyeol both thinking like oh fuck is he my mom's first love and noooo she can't marry my dad and be my mom because they don't know the other is from their own timeline. i hope they figure it out before the end of the ep

pls Eun Gyeol falling for Eun Yoo thinking she's Se Kyeong - and Eun Yoo has also had slip ups thinking of liking Eun Gyeol

auuu not Eun Gyeol being mean to Eun Yoo so that Se Kyeong doesn't end up with Yi Chan but idk what being mean to her would even do, but rip Eun Yoo getting hurt because of it

They're both such rascals, it's fun

aghhhhh Yi Chan not getting to talk to Cheong Ah (was it true she said no or did the step mother just decide) and then missing Eun Gyeol as he goes to that same house...

so is Cheong Ah's father like lowkey not evil or what? giving Eun Gyeol room and board to teach Cheong Ah sign?

also does Cheong Ah remember Yi Chan asking her if she knows someone names Ha Eun Gyeol?

oh he's a jerk nevermind fucker

Adult Cheong Ah teaching baby Eun Gyeol sign and now teenage him teaching teenage her sign

ah fuck him crying like his mom taught it to him as a child but now seeing that she didn't know how to sign when she was his age and was being treated this way by her family

pls my parents are... in another world right now

ohh Eun Gyeol basically being Cheong Ah's interpreter right now

pls the way Se Kyeong and Cheong Ah both know where Eun Gyeol is and now he's also enrolled in the other high school but the band doesn't know rip

plss Eun Gyeol going heart eyes over Eun Yoo but acting cold and mean smhhhh asshold

plsss not the fucking school band performance from first love memory makers at Eun Gyeol-Cheong Ah-Se Kyeong's school

oh wow I wish Eun Gyeol and Yi Chan weren't father-son or that I wasn't so icked out by fictional parent/child incest because this fucking I love you Ha Eun Gyeol song is crazy, it's like a confession scene

also so funny that apparently nobody has caught on that Se Kyeong is right there

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

lmfao I'm dying now he's like yes I'll come back to the band but you can't date Choi Se Kyeong because EYE like her

Episode 9 (Jan 21)

I took like a 30 minute break from this show to do some stuff that needed to be done before coming back here lol

aiaksdlfjaskldfjskadlf Eun Gyeol getting punched by Yi Chan instead of getting chosen omgggg

omg Eun Gyeol landing a punch on Yi Chan as well?

girl this is too much excitement for me

plsss Eun Gyeol cooing over hurting Yi Chan

This show lovessss a hair clutching fight

not the parallel running away now with En Gyeol and Eun Yoo (as Se Kyeong)

Eun Gyeol about Eun Yoo as Se Kyeong when she goes on about him using her as a shield/beard so that he doesn't have to come out about liking Yi Chan: Ajhumma was ahead of her time

Does Eun Yoo think now that Eun Gyeol probably did fall in love with Se Kyeong at first sight and maybe had smth with her mom and her mom's first love fr and is why she's easily being like okay :)

her kabadoning him so true

so true, what does somebody even make of this situation - new guy who comes in to help Cheong Ah gets in a fight with another guy from a diff school over a girl and said girl is actually supposed to be in the US

This is so funny because he's probably like I'm doing aegyo to my mom :) in his head but it comes off maybe romantic and Eun Yoo (and me...) are like aww he's cute

not the physical punishment at school

ahh Eun Yoo not knowing whether she wants him to be able to eat the food or not bc she's conflicted about whether she wants him to be the first love or not, esp because he'd be with her mother

and Eun Gyeol asking about the answer to his confessions omg

serenading Se Kyeong? who is it if not Yi Chan?

poor Eun Gyeol "Why are mom and dad both doing this to me?"

lmao now they're gonna be competing about Se Kyeong on stage - meaning they'll both serenade her? lol

paused the show to go read the ep 7&8 on-air thread and somebody mentioned Yoon Dong Jin being a possible first love for Se Kyeong and it feels really possible since he was that band's original guitarist. Other people are saying it's probably actually still Ji H wan (her bf/ex-husband) and she's just reminiscing about what it used to be like and it'll be ironic that despite trying to search for a new guy and forge a new path for her mom, she's still looking for her dad.

The fact that Eun Gyeol still thinks of Eun Yoo as Se Kyeong as Ajhumma

lol idk why I'm so endeared by Eun Gyeol and Eun Yoo

Eun Yoo being like am I your two's toy? You can just decide whatever? at being told Yi Chan and Eun Gyeol aren't allowed to see her till the festival so true

Did Eun Yoo learning sign because of Eun Gyeol's hyung?

ah, Yi Chan saw Cheong Ah's drawing of him...

Eun Yoo is so real and true about "playing" with both Eun Gyeol and Yi Chan because they also keep playing with her

Also Eun Gyeol is kinda cruel fr for asking Eun Yoo to like him back/pass him the ball while he thinks she's Se Kyeong and as a ploy to get her away from Yi Chan. I know he likes her kinda a bit but still...

Are we supposed to think that they kissed? No right, because it wasn't even an angle kiss... Just that Eun Gyeol leaned in while Eun Yoo didn't?

Episode 10 (Jan 21)

Menace Eun Gyeol breaking up with his brother's GF and making it worse T.T

waitttt Eun Gyeol was breaking off with 4 of 5 of his hyung's GFs? girl mans is too much 5???

plsss not the "you grew up well" flashback just as they were gonna kiss

oh we really did get a kiss (even if it's close lipped and stiff)

al;skdfj;askdf not only did Yi Chan ask whether Chung Ah likes him but Chung Ah answered truthfully

oh Eun Gyeol's gonna think Yi Chan said both what he said and what Se Kyeong said... I guess that's okay? idk

The Chainwoman stepmother is just too much

I need Eun Gyeol and Eun Yoo to find out that they're from the future soon pls

oh fuck Eun Yoo's friend committed suicide... why did Se Kyeong become SUCHHH a bad mother though tf telling her "don't let ppl say you became #1 because your friend committed suicide"

Ahh Eun Yoo really is in a very bad mental space

aw Chung Ah being like it's fine ik you like Se Kyeong, we can still be friends

Grandpa Choi isn't the one who's the helper that the guy sent you but he's literally Mr. Viva Music Grandpa

Dying at Eun Gyeol being alert at every mention of Helper now

alskdfj Yoon Dong Jin so funny

Oh Ma Joo the only person with braincells cuz I was like why are they running away T.T

Them getting beat up by the other band members for the 2nd time bc of Yoon Dong Jin, so funny

plsss soooo close to finding out that Eun Yoo sold the guitar to La Vida fuckkk he was even like oh could she be my helper??? aksdflaksdfj lkEun Yoo you should've saiddddd

Oh, Cheong Ah's Viva La Vida watermelon keychain comes from the painting by Frida Kahlo but I wonder how it relates to Viva and La Vida music stores

ah Yi Chan and Chung Ah so cute

ah fuck Eun Gyeol literally saying he's from the future and saying Se Kyeong's future to Eun Yoo, they musttt be getting closer to finding out about the other, right?

ahh Viva La Vida being told to Eun Gyeol by Yi Chan (adult) who was told about it by Chung Ah

It's sooo funny that Eun Gyeol approves so quick whenever Yi Chan does something for/gets something from Chung Ah. Like changing the band name and designs because Yi Chan said Chung Ah can design it. And now agreeing to watermelon stuff because he realizes Chung Ah taught Yi Chan about Viva La Vida

omg??? wait so okay the accident happened before the band festival... and the band also didn't go to the festival (meaning Se Kyeong's first love is someone else. and since Yoon Dong Jin also didn't go... probably just her Ji Hwan fr lol or she's making it up like some comments suggest)

The watermelon painting by Frida Kahlo is reminding me of Palestinian resistance as well.

Episode 11 (Jan 21)

I can seriously barely wait between watching episodes aghh

oh Kang Hyeon Yool beat up the gangsters for beating up Yi Chan, so that's how he ended up being injured too at the hospital

but what's this about Do Jin coming back... and maybe being stabbed in the back...

ohh Jindo dogs means gang members lol I thought it was a joke about him fighting with some real dogs when in fact he got beat up randomly or smth

oh damn, are these gangsters gonna try to get Yi Chan to get at Hyeon Yool('s weakness)? I'm gonna assume it wouldn't really work because it feels like it should be more ironic of an injury or smth

Not the girls urging Eun Yoo to keep Ha Eun Gyeol as a public option, as a humanitarian action lmao

plss every boy and girl falling over themselves for the same student is so silly but Eun Yoo and Eun Gyeol being those said students and dating would be a slay

lolol Eun Yoo being jealous about Eun Gyeol readily receiving the flirting/compliments/gifts with a smile and threatening him for it

ooh Eun Gyeol can't handle spice

okayyy I was wondering if Eun Yoo was also like "Eun Gyeol's an old man. An ajumma. not my first love, my mother's" the way Eun Gyeol was thinking Ajhumma about Eun Yoo as Se Kyeong

Maybe the accident isn't actually related to Yi Chan? But Kang Hyeon Yool and the Jindo dogs gang? Because of the way this info is being framed

Aw fuck, Eun Gyeol trying to stop Yi Chan going to the rehearsal which is obviously sounding ridiculous to him as expected but also Yichan saying despite Eun Gyeol pretending to have been innocent, he can sense something impure going on with him... crazy

plsss Eun Yoo convincing heself Eun Gyeol is ugly and old now and being like "Reality hit I'm so put off now" but immediately rushing to get dolled up when Eun Gyeol comes

dying, they sent Yi Chan to some fucking mountain island while they'll go on a date to the movies afterwards, menaces frrrr T.T

but also can you just figure out the future 2023 thing rn pls like quickly

mourning my Se Kyeong liking Chung Ah theories while seeing Eun Yoo and Chung Ah conversing

lmaoo Chung Ah menace as well, saying it looked like Eun Yoo liked Eun Gyeol more before going abroad

Anyway, crazy that Eun Gyeol was like ah yes, to protect my father, I will send him to a high up rocky mountain surrounded by water wtf

ah shit Eun Gyeol straight up just saying the future stuff to Yi Chan, woah

but ofc Yi Chan wouldn't believe him but maybe after something happens to Kang Hyeon Yool during the rehearsal?

girl wtf what if your father didn't know how to swim yet???? or couldn't help you by fucking jumping from a mountain be fr like why are you causing accident-prone situations to prevent accidents I'm crying. It makes me nervous that indeed it will be because of Eun Gyeol that an accident will happen that makes Yi Chan lose his hearing

oh fuck the way the lights fell on the stage and nobody got hurt... does that mean Yi Chan would've been injured or somebody else would've been but since Eun Gyeol made them come down to hear Oh Ma Joo, that other person was spared too

T.T Eun Gyeol just hugging and clutching Yi Chan while crying

Anyway, I need somebody to call Yi Chan and tell him about the incident or to see them tell him and have him realize that maybe Eun Gyeol is telling the truth

ayo why didn't they tell him about the incident at school with the lights falling on stage bruh

Eun Gyeol and Eun Yoo are just cute man

ohh I'm scared that they're legit having a rehearsal still

girl a fucking Squid Game reference and he's like hmmm ? and that's it?

girl, nawt Eun Gyeol fucking getting into a car accident on the way there tf

and yet he's still there to beat the shit out of that guy lol gj

ah fuck he thinks he prevented his dad losing his hearing but hmmmmm hm hm hm

Okay I should... finish up my 20 minute task for the day and then go to sleep. will that happen? I guess this document in the future knows better than I do right now.

Episode 12 (Jan 21)

Oof, ended up being like 40 minutes and now it's 12am but I'm a dumbass, so I'm starting next episode.

Awoo Eun Yoo waiting for Eun Gyeol but rip, can't blame him for running and not contacting her, mans got kinda run over by a car and still made it there for his father

Not only do they eat the same, they also dry themselves after bath the same

pls Eun Gyeol going back on the future thing with an excuse

I know we're supposed to be happy that the evil stepmother is being thwarted by the father but the way he treats his supposed wife is gross ew head of house blagh

oof, Eun Yoo's aversion to being a trophy and her being like you (and Yi Chan) are "hunting" and competing for me like ahhh so true, that's what I said

girl the way literally nobody wants Eun Yoo to choose Yi Chan for this contest, including Yi Chan himself even if he doesn't know it

Chung Ah's little gift ow

I can't believe Yi Chan's dream where he and Eun Yoo have a beautiful conversation while his son Eun Gyeol is ignored and pushed around is coming true lmfao

ah, so indeed it was her father who was her mom's first love

ah man Eun Yoo being mistaken as Viva Grandpa's daughter Se Kyeong and her not recognizing him...

Yi Chan changing the fucking song at the last minute I'm dead

ah Yi Chan moping about Se Kyeong but then going to see Chung Ah, yes!

ah fuck this Eun Yoo and Eun Gyeol convo - hard for me to disagree with her is the thing but also the ending with they're from "different worlds"

Viva Music grandpa again without knowing it's him

good god so much rejection and angst

The Eun Gyeol and Eun Yoo romance feels like A Lot from his side because like what are you even planning to doooo bro you're from different timeline but sure ig it's worth a romantic rain under umbrella moment

4 more episodes left ah

I'm scared to go check the tags because it'll be in November and like I don't wanna get spoiled yknow. Have to make sure to not look at a single gif after Nov 5th ig

Episode 13 (Jan 22)

They better learn about each other being from the future this episode!!!

I need to watch a noona romance one of these days is what I’ve realized. get some college kid with a noona/perhaps ajhumma fr cuz here he thinks she might be one but she isn’t and 18 Again was a fake noona romance lol

he saw the fucking luggage tagggg look harder dumbass!!

Im watching this in my bed in the dark on my ipad and the oh… the two of us are alone in this house… realization is killing me

air pod fuckkkkk find it out look at the luggage harder now that you’re taking it upstairs

is that how you’re supposed to put out fires?

im confused isn’t it a night with two moons right now? i guess not

but when is eun gyeol gonna fucking look at the anxiety meds in his pocket cmonnn

them referring to Eun Gyeol as Yi Chan’s son so funny

ahh Chung Ah saying I’ll manage it on my own, don’t you trust me? about Yi Chan to Eun Gyeol, she’s so cool

ahhhh Eun Gyeol started liking Eun Yoo after she came back from the US meaning it was her and not Se Kyeong. she’s so happy to hear it hehe

I saw gifs of Chung Ah with a cat

Yi Chan’s stalking habits never change

bro he’s just giving her back the anxiety meds? was nothing about 2023 meds suspicious

it’s Eun Yoo’s motorcycle why can’t she sometimes drive while he rides at the back

don’t throw anxiety meds away

ahhh Yi Chan confessing to and signing and singing to Chung Ah

ahh hug

finallyyyy they realize and with no help from their BRAINS just mere chance that they run into each other with their phones

Episode 14 (Jan 22)

It’s legit 3:15 I should just go to sleep but… but… they finally found out about the other time traveller

wow them finally talking about who they each are

ahh Eun Gyeol being like I already stopped the accident from happening and i think i came here to stop my dad from losing his hearing

ah the connection between them being Mr Viva Grandpa - Eun Yoo own real grandpa sekyeong’s father

cryinggg Se Kyeong just passing off BTS songs as her ideas

girl Eun Yoo learned sign language from some kid at the hospital who was charming… say it ain’t so (childhood meeting Eun Yoo and Eun Gyeol)

heheh teasing Eun gyeol about being born just fine, perhaps earlier than expected

is the evil stepmother not done omggg

i need the step mother ripped apart limb from limb and every bone in the father’s body broken for turning a blind eye for a decade

Awooo Eun Gyeol clutching and hugging his mom while crying after he finds her locked in

the grandma comforting cheong ah

Okay finally Eun Yoo has learned about Mr Choi Viva Music Grandpa Se Kyeong’s father

Ah, the hyung Eun Ho connection has come in. Eun Ho being the hospital friend is nice

still haven’t discovered the Viva Music Mr. Choi connecting you two

ah man as expected, Yi Chan’s accident hasn’t happened yet. what was the dateee is it in a few days I saw a glimpse of a gif of Eun Gyeol sitting in front of Yi Chan lying on a road

Episode 15 (Jan 22)

woke up and started this fml

dang they fought Jindo gang during rehearsal day during original tl too

brooo insane that we got to see the accident incident

also there’s always been the feeling that one of Yi Chan’s songs was the unfinished song that Viva Music grandpa gave to Eun Gyeol to finish but that seems almost certain now with him begging the guy to listen to his unfinished song and being turned away

also even in that original tl, was that Se Kyeong who came back from the US to talk to her bio dad? whose shoes were that

what did Eun Ho tell Eun Yoo that Eun Yoo didn’t understand?

ohh Eun Ho and Oh Ma Joo

aghhh this evil stepmother

Cheong Ah’s father so useless to me for real. It’s good when Cheong Ah’s slapping the stepmom, not him after having abandoned Cheong Ah to her clutches for 12 years agh

also I can’t ever tell if she’s actually a stepmom or not

pls let this be the end of stepmom it’s already middle of ep 15

not everybody leaving bc of Chung Ah’s food tasting bad but Yi Chan scarfing it down anyway

ah so nobody got hurt on the car accident. i was afraid Eun Yoo was gonna get run over instead

ahh don’t go to White Nights to see grandpa right now Ma Joo, either you’ll be injured or Yi Chan who’s gonna follow you will be injured

oh fucking fuck fuck fuck

this is both “trying to prevent the accident doesn’t mean it won’t happen” and “he’ll lose his hearing by trying to save Eun Gyeol” because it’s the same fucking car in the same place even if not the exact same time And it was to save Eun Gyeol man fuck but this is what I wanted because it’s got the irony and pain but doesn’t take away the disability

oh don’t fucking kill me, Yi Chan saying in the voice recording that Eun Gyeol lied to say he’s Yi Chan’s son but Yi Chan felt like Eun Gyeol was his father and felt fatherly love

The I’m sorry dad as he’s holding his injured, bleeding body and crying

Awoo hurts

Episode 16 (Jan 22)

Oh fuckass okay stepmom and family aren’t ever done i suppose

Also, it wasn’t same car as og timeline my bad but this time the car really was coming for Eun Gyeol and Yi Chan intercepting meant even more

Hit and run fucker hopefully Eun Yoo remembers the car number

not a fucking montage of Yi Chan’s college life and band and stuff possibilities

Aw fuck I didn’t tear up even once so far this show except this montage got me like firstly Eun Gyeol wouldn’t be here anyway even if the accident didn’t happen but yknow the accident did

It’s like in the present day, things are still good for the family and happy even if there are strains and conflict because that’s just life so it wouldn’t be too bad to go back but it hurts to know Yi Chan and the possibilities that didn’t happen in order to make the current life happen

okay so indeed Yi Chan can still speak, though he can’t hear

this fucking grandma and Yi Chan scene cryingggg

I don’t like this fucking dad but he is trying and did make Chung Ah smile laugh

girl what the hell you fuck you can’t fucking take Chung Ah away abroad without telling her i’ll fucking kill you you fucker i hated you through the whole thing and now it’s multiplied

Eun Yoo and Eun Gyeol giving some advice to Se Kyeong and grandpa respectively

Awooo Yi Chan Eun Gyeol last convo

what about Chung Ah tho like she doesn’t know about Yi Chan and is gonna be taken away

Okay I did think they were gonna be well off because of the Cheong Ah family thing now but didn’t expect them to live at that house

Ah, this future feels so unfamiliar despite everything, like everything is good and better but idk if I like it because it feels unearned and not like Eun Gyeol’s life

like he’s the only person who is himself while everyone else had much different experience and life as his original timeline yknow

okay so the dad has to kinda know now that his son really met him in the past bc he literally found the song To You Shining or whatever that he knew Eun Gyeol had

oh yeah I don’t care about Ghost9’s members rip

can you imagine if an idol in a kpop band was caught leaving his performance beforehand chants of encore and going outside to kiss a girl aldjjdkajs scandal

Eun Yoo knew the Master person was her grandpa Viva Music man but couldn’t figure out Eun Gyeol was from the future??

Ep 16 Wishlists:

longer ep, just by 20 minutes

A last Eun Gyeol and Chung Ah convo?

A Chung Ah and Yi Chan convo, cmon

A bit more of Eun Yu's life after coming back

Yi Chan having more people around him, whether be his bandmates or Chung Ah. like his grandma was there and that's good but I wanted Eun Gyeol to see that this time, he was saying goodbye to Yi Chan with more people arround him as support than the original timeline

Possibly a (coded?) convo between Eun Gyeol and Yi Chan about the time travel and the cassette or whatever. Maybe I should see if there's anything on AO3 for this because this seems more fanfiction's lane. I think I'm also okay that they don't quite seem to remember him except verrry hazy possibilities but the dad finding the voice tape is what's making me want more. At least Eun Yoo knows and is with Eun Gyeol in this not-quite-right world

Not even all necessary, at least could've fit 2-3 in. It's good that we don't get every single thing wrapped up because shows that have a bit of stuff open-ended for speculation retain audience/fans well and there's also the aspect of letting the 1995 characters live their lives on their own, trust them to succeed and make it to 2023 well, theme that goes well with us not seeing everything. But it still feels a Little empty ig

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Time Travel Concept:

I guess something that's weird about time travel shows is that Eun Gyeol (and Eun Yoo) are the same people before going but with certain experiences (over the course of a couple weeks) whereas the people they have come back to have had different experiences for 28 years.

I wish they weren't famous as a family in the future. I'm glad they still had friends and I'm happy that they had money from Cheong Ah's side but... idk they're just different people when you're this rich and this influential and this famous. I wish they lived in a different house by themselves, even if a big rich people one, and that Chung Ah still did art and maybe Yi Chan could've participated in the Jinseng Instrument stuff but had his main job be something else, whether it be the restaurant or something else. There could be some influence allowed, like Chung Ah is a chaebol and a respected artist, Yi Chan somehow did smth similar to now but on a smaller scale, and Eun Gyeol as an up-and-coming band member who is recognized somewhat but not as famous to be chased down the street by a hoard of school girls.

Anyway, in the end, I'm glad Yi Chan didn't keep his hearing because in the show, it would've kind of undermined tings. Things happen, accidents happen, Yi Chan losing his hearing isn't the end of the world, he still deserves love and family and oppurtunity and for the world to accommodate his needs. The way he lost it was also good because despite Eun Gyeol's attempts, it happened that day and to save Eun Gyeol. Eun Gyeol's stint didn't change this specific aspect but it still changed a lot of things in a good way, leading to his new life in the future.

I just have to get used to these things in time-travelling shows where some people know about the magic while others don't, situations and people will be changed due to butterfly effect, etc. I guess I'm just unsettled by the fact that they have memories that Eun Gyeol does not and Eun Gyeol has ones they do not; that Eun Gyeol would've learned the guitar from somebody who is not Viva Music grandpa probably, etc. I'm trying to become less unsettled by the fact that they don't really remember Eun Gyeol because of magic and time logic or whatever and that they simply feel familiar to him.

As I was writing all this, I keep listening to You're Precious and My Song from the OST and ahh the You're Precious chorus really gets to me, feels like crying I don't get it the "ohhhh my love" literally brings tears to my eyes it has happened like 3 times now. and My Song is just so good in general.

General:

In 18 Again, the father wanted to pursue basketball after high school but had to give up due to teenage pregnancy and the kids and came back to his teen self where (among many other things) he got to play basketball in high school with his son. In this show, the father wanted to pursue music but lost his hearing and had to give that up but his son came to the past and got the chance to play in a band with his father and got to do the school festival he originally didn't get to do.

I'm fucking obsessed with this sort of concept.

It's got a good storyline, hilarious yet touching. Light-hearted but with many moments of weight. Entertaining to watch because why did I watch eps 13 and 14 and one of the earlier eps (2?) in bed on my iPad. We got to spend time with the different characters and pairs and the friend group together and it was vry fun.

There could be many pitfalls with the time traveling and the disability rep. I won't say there aren't any because some of the time loop stuff is kinda wonky if you look closely but I think that makes sense. I was really afraid that they'd make Yi Chan's hearing come back but I'm glad it didn't; it's just something that has to happen to him for no reason the way these things just happen sometimes.

The characters were well crafted and the acting was great. I liked all of them and each had moments of humour or emotions or romance and it was good.

Also, good faces sorry to say I'm shallow. Chung Ah gorgeous, gorgeous girl. I didn't find Se Kyeong attractive but the actress is sooo beautiful and charming as Eun Yoo (I know some people found her somewhat annoying but I liked her a lot). Ryeoun was really attractive as Eun Gyeol; when I first saw him in 18 Again, he was more posed as a loser kid and I was wowed by Lee Dohyun's face but here, he's so pretty and nice to look at and at certain angles, reminded me of Cha Eunwoo's face too (and a comment in this specific tiktok makes me think that it's not because I only know like 5 actors and so draw parallels between him and CEW lol). Then there were some other good faces too like Yi Chan sooo cute and round my pretty + the Kang Hyeon Yool guy was beautiful as well.

Kinda slow paced, there were certain episodes where I was like nothing really happened and we weren't closer to completing missions or finding out info but I guess that's the point of the slice of life aspect in some cases; just watching the characters exist alone and together.

Ships: I think I liked Chung Ah & Yi Chan more earlier on while I liked Eun Gyeol and Eun Yoo more later on. I was into the ChCh romance from the get-go and thought they were sooo cute whereas EunEun were a more fun menace pair who I just liked to watch fighting before it gradually became a couple I shipped Very Much. Also a shoutout to my Se Kyeong (OG, not Eun Yoo) and Chung Ah ship, I can't believe Se Kyeong's first love was her husband instead of Chung Ah (cold ice princess girl who is curbing every guy as they fall at her feet keeps chasing the girl who isolates herself to protect herself. Se Keyong asking about the Frida Kahlo painting and trying to bond over bands despite not liking it herself).

Well crafted show, good acting, hit some feels and I expect some attachment to it (I'm rewatching and skimming certain parts as I write lol).

Rating: 7.5/10 for now, could change 0.5 higher or lower in like a month as I assess my feelings

Tiktoks & Edits:

Tiktok: the ones in the first paragraph are ones I watched before starting and then there are a few I liked today after finishing (I just went to the tag, so they're some of the more liked ones). Might be my favourite of the edits: gets the vibe of youth, coming of age, sparkling shining twinkling

Twitter: Pre-dating euneun I miss u dearly (Song: How You Get The Girl - Taylor Swift) (uhmm_j)

Twitter: #CHEONGCHAN: cutest parents (Song: Summertime - Niki) (kdramazi)

#EUNEUN : the way I loved you (@uhmm_j)

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AN DAEUL

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ABOUT MUSE

NAME: An Daeul. STAGE NAME: N/A. FACECLAIM: Park Jihoon, actor/soloist. BIRTHDAY: March 21st, 2000. CANON: N/A. DEBUT DATE: October 2022. AGENCY: Secret Garden. OCCUPATION(S): Influencer, model, personality. CAREER PAGE: Epitome.

BACKGROUND:

After she gave birth, Daeul’s mother decided she wasn’t ready to start a family, and in haste, she laid him in the arms of his father; trusting him with their son from that point onward. Young and clueless, An Ho-su had no choice but to grin and bear it; never wanting to send his son into a flawed and broken system.

Instead, he accepted the challenge, and dedicated his life to providing for his child. However, he couldn’t do it alone, and luckily for him, he had the help of his entire family, especially his beloved mother.

It took a village to raise An Daeul, one that molded him into the man he is today. He likes to say that he has all the best parts of his dad, and his grandmother, and even his uncles and aunts, but also, unbeknownst to him, he possesses parts of his mother, too.

He’ll discover more about that later on in life, though.

His first ever memory is watching his grandmother dive into the sea. He was terrified, and his father had to hold him back from diving in after her, but the instant he saw her come back up to the surface, all of his worries came to a screeching halt. It was right then, in that moment, that he realized that she is fearless, and her bravery cemented itself into his being right then and there.

If she can confidently charge into the water, then he could certainly do anything he set his mind to, too, and she drove that point home to him on a daily basis. It’s always been her philosophy that, life can only be lived to the fullest when a person experiences no fear. Sure, it’s human nature to be afraid of things, but forcing oneself to fight off the headlock of terror takes strength; tenacity. His grandmother taught him to be tough, and for that, he’s forever indebted to her.

However, what everyone forgot to realize is that, strength can manifest itself in many different ways, and in An Daeul, it equipped him with an independence, an individuality, that’s assertive, powerful, but at the same time, extraordinarily different, too—one that still forces him to stand up for what he believes is right even today. It has instilled in him an unrelenting fighting spirit, one he’s learned to manipulate into a sweet-talking charm.

This is where his mother’s influence comes in.

Much like the woman who birthed him, it’s impossible to dislike him, and it’s because he asserts himself with a certain romance, an almost poetic flair. This is a skill he mastered throughout his youth, and now as an adult, his speech is mellifluous, fine-tuned, and provocative.

His mouth has won him many arguments, has scored him many lovers, and has talked its way out of being punched in the face quite a few times, as well. It’s what got him through his military service, and what convinced his family that leaving Jeju Island for awhile would be a transformative experience for him; one to learn and grow from. Like his mother, he’s an adventurer, and his endless curiosity doesn’t want him confined to the familiarity his hometown; not forever.

His mouth also got his family to accept that he’s gay, and that he also likes dolling himself in dramatic makeup from time-to-time, despite their traditional beliefs. They make it no secret that he confuses them, and they worry about him being all alone in the city, but he is who he is, and he refuses to be anyone else, especially to the people who are supposed to love him no matter what. It’s their choice if they want to remain in his life, and adopting this state of mind has blessed him with a freedom seldom felt by many others in his country.

Daring to be an individual within a collectivist society is essentially selecting “hard mode” in the game of life, but he’s up for the challenge. In a way, he sort of just… does whatever he wants; acts first and learns from his mistakes later. Daeul thinks it’s a waste of time to worry, or to overthink, and he practices living dangerously in the moment. That’s why when he was direct-messaged by a casting agent for a reality TV program, one who promised him a legitimate opportunity to mingle with other single men in the area, he said yes with no hesitation whatsoever.

Now, he wasn’t expecting anything to come out of this. In truth, he thought it would be a fun, once-in-a-lifetime experience; a fond memory to look back on when he’s older; a way to introduce himself as the talented professional makeup artist he’s become. Would it put him beneath a microscope, to a degree? Sure, but he was fine with that, as he genuinely never thought the show would gain traction.

After the season aired, however, the response it received was highly positive; his presence in it, alone, enough to cause hearts to flutter all across the country. All at once, he experienced a rise in notoriety that he honestly never expected, and before he gave himself too much time to think about it, he signed a contract with Secret Garden.

They told him that they could help him build a career that only few lucky people get a chance at, and with the world at his fingertips, he thought, why the hell not? Overnight, his life transformed into one that he’s still wrapping his head around, and it’s all moved so fast, but he wouldn’t have it any other way. All he can hope is that he’s making a difference somehow; that he’s giving his life meaning.

If his existence in the world of entertainment helps normalize people like him to the general public of South Korea, even to a small degree, he’ll be satisfied. For now though, he’s trying not to get lost in the limelight; remaining strong against its ever-so-tempting dark-side. Let’s hope he can keep his head above water. If his grandmother taught him as well as he thinks she did, he’ll be just fine.

IMAGE:

An Daeul is a sweet-talker; a charmer; a modern-day Casanova. He weaves poetic stanzas with his verbiage, and wins the hearts of all who he encounters. He’s also a painter, one who utilizes delicate palettes to create works of art on his preferred canvas: the facial structure of human beings. He’s a being that wows his viewers with striking visuals, and stuns even further when he unveils his bold and colorful personality.

To women, he’s the quintessential best friend; one who is beautiful enough to possibly steal your man if you don’t keep an eye on him.

To men, he’s very perplexing, yet teasing—poking enough fun at them for their wariness of him to get them to play into the joke; if they’re uncertain, that is. To men like him, he’s desirable; delectable; a voice that needs to be heard. He wears that title with pride, and uses his signature way-with-words to advocate for his community.

He’s multifaceted, an artist. He’s someone that’s easy to respect and grow fond of, even for the most conservative of people. He leans on his likability a lot, hoping it doesn’t falter, and so far, it’s worked rather well for him. He just hopes that no one unlocks his temper.

His mouth can turn into a dangerous weapon, it can be reckless, and he knows that one unfortunate slip of the tongue could be enough to land him in scalding hot water. So, for now, he’s careful, and kind, and only shows the best sides of himself—aiming to win literally everyone who tunes into his content over with his cozy, convivial vibe.

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[sungtaro]

Hii it's teubunn here, how you've been? I've been busy with uni and I will be for a while but! I wanted to ask. Since I'm still not that good at remembering the members and also so I could get to know them better- maybe u can tell me some things to know abt each member (or some of them if u want). Like one of those unhelpful guide to videos lol. maybe ur fave physical features and fave personality trait of theirs🥺 idk I think it'll be cute and also like it's so hard to get into a group that's not active so I'm hoping they cb soon. ur mv gif series is so cute btw!!! 🐇🐇💌

hiii bestie 💖 i hope that you're not working yourself too hard at uni ! this is so cute i'd love to give it a go hehe, i'll put in gifs i've made with them all too ... i ended up writing idek what for all of them LOL so i hope it helps 🥹 i also recommend this old but good 'who's who' video it's from ILY era so they look like babies but i think a lot of it is still true and funny; if you have more time and want something more recent this video is amazing for getting to put names to faces! anyways ... the eri version of unhelpful guide below the cut LOL

choi hyunsuk: 1/2 leaders and the oldest. his representative animal is hedgehog (after his jikjin era hedgehog haircut lol) and one thing about choi is he WILL cry. he's a super softie and is totally the group's mom lol my fave Choi Crying moment was when they surprised him for his birthday while filming tmap ! he's a short king and has the cutest nose

park jihoon: 2/2 leaders and my best friend (real). his representative animal is puppy (formerly panda but he rly wanted to be a puppy lol) and he's super playful and affectionate with the members, def the dad of mom and dad, and a total power extrovert. killer smile and super cute beauty mark under his eye on his cheek !

kanemoto yoshinori (yoshi): he is a human marshmallow ... very distinct rap voice (all the rappers have unique tones and voices imo) and he's got a recognizable birthmark on his chin ! looks like an anime protagonist come to life honestly. his animal is a tiger. he's soft spoken but when he warms up he's also rly playful especially with hyunsuk hehe

kim junkyu: MEME BOY literally so introverted that it's not even funny lol he hates leaving his room and he will wear the same hoodie and sweatpants every day of his life. his animal is a koala but he's strong on his catboy agenda like he is meowing left and right these days idk also for a while he was known as being the most like 'yg type' of the group whatever that means ! known for his broad shoulders and generally 'good' proportions, again whatever that means . also never dyes his hair

yoon jaehyuk: my angel on earth never not making a kissy face. his animal is a lion and you will pretty much always find him with asahi and/or jeongwoo. apparently he was street cast by like 7 different companies bc he's so handsome, so he chose yg and just like . learned to dance and sing a few months before they put him through ygtb hell ... genuinely just so sweet and soft he always has his arm around whoever is next to him i cry

hamada asahi: looks like a cat but his 'animal' is a robot haha. he's trsr's resident quirky guy and will just do the most random funny things, but he's also a soft spoken sweetheart who is mega talented as a musician/producer and also visual artist. he's come out of his shell a ton over the years we're so proud ... his best look imo is his platinum blonde hair during ILY era. he's got the smudged lipstick in the mv SO iconic

kim doyoung: little prince .. he rly looks like a little cherub to me. his animal is a rabbit (like you!). dobby is a little corny imo like he will just say the cheesiest pick up lines and wink at u but he's being so serious 😭 it's really cute haha. he's also just super sweet and attentive. some ppl say he and junkyu really look like twins but i've never seen it

watanabe haruto: the tallest member! and also the deepest voice lol. he was formerly an alpaca but he changed to a butterfly (nabi is butterfly in korean so i believe it's a play on his last name). tutu seems really cool but he's actually really soft and thoughtful.

park jeongwoo: my annoying little brother (real). also MAIN VOCAL ! his animal is a wolf. the other members hype him up for being handsome hehe bc i think for a while he was really insecure 🥲 he's got so much energy and is often seen messing around w his favorite hyungs, esp jaehyuk and asahi.

so junghwan: our super king cow baby <3 his animal is of course a cow (so means cow). he's also one of the tallest members haha and i don't think he really acts like a maknae, jeongwoo is much more like 'typical' maknae behavior, junghwan is a bit more reserved and pretty responsible imo so he doesn't really take advantage of being the baby. but it comes out and is really cute haha (he's been known to fall asleep while studying on camera 😭)

takata mashiho (former): pocket size main dancer beloved i miss u ... he was also the only one who could really cook so i hope everyone is eating okay now lol. very CUTE but also like one of the absolute most responsible members

bang yedam (former): pd bang u will always be famous ... just absolute main slayer vocalist and songwriter, cute curly hair and super handsome. one of the more down to earth energies of the group too