The Art of War @antxhakyeon - Tumblr Blog

"So, let me get this right, you want me to be a stand in to make the person you like jealous?"

"Yes" he replied plainly.

"Now, all you have to do, is stick with my plan. This is going to work, and it's going to be perfect, I just need you to not screw up" It was only the 500th time he told Sumin that, but one more wasn't going to hurt, right? He was going to ignore that irritated sigh she just let out, and remind himself how important this was.

"Look, I'd do this myself if it weren't for the fact that, you know, she kind of needs to see my with someone else" he added. "Okay, so, let me go over the whole thing one more time-" before he could even go into explaining the planned scenario, Sumin was dragging him off, already having memorized everything due to his many repetitions and wanting to get this done and over with so she could move on with her life.

#arcxsumin

"If I send a mass text to all the people I like, I don’t need to get all of them gifts do I?"

Hakyeon blinked, thinking the other's words over for a few moments before slowly nodding his head. "That sounds ... reasonable. I mean, if there's a lot of people you like then that'd be a lot of gifts to buy for all of them. And what if they don't like what you give them?"

Yes, that actually sounded perfectly logical. Except for maybe one teeny, tiny detail. "Do I still get chocolate? I mean, you probably don't like me enough to send me a text message, right? So I'll get a gift instead? Of chocolate?" he looked with hope at Woobin, mentally crossing his fingers that he would get a sweet treat. Woobin wasn't a pretty girl, by any means, but hey, he'll take chocolate from just about anyone.

#arcxwoobin

#happy valentine's day everyone #have a picture of N's elusive forehead

Dear members of Anathema, Please ignore your strategist who is currently trying to eat a valentine's day card because someone told him it was made of chocolate.

#scrxkrystal #Even if it tastes like paper #He'll just think it's paper flavored chocolate

He snorted, reading the card, and lifted it up, as if expecting a chocolate treat taped to the backside, or maybe there was a box hiding underneath it (even though the card was on a very flat surface)

Alas, there was no chocolate to be had

"See if I ever get anything for you on White Day ..." he grumbled as he threw the card in the garbage can. No chocolate. How dare she.

#scrxkrystal #man's on a quest for chocolate #and you gave him none #submission

"I’m all for dressing up… but, how do you wear this?"

For what was probably the umpteenth time, Hakyeon sighed, the irritation noticeable in his voice as he turned away from the mirror to help Hongbin with his outfit.

"Here, just let me do it" He didn't even bother to wait for the other's permission as he grabbed the sash and tied it for him, grumbling under his breath about how many times he already had to explain how to put the outfit on. "How do you not know how to put on a hanbok anyways? Well, whatever, just put on your best smile" he ordered, shoving a bouquet of roses into Hongbin's hands.

"All right, so remember, the main objective here is to get as many chocolates as you can, okay? You and I, we're gonna kill it out there, but I need you to look as charming as you possibly can" as he looked Hongbin over though, he gingerly moved the other's bangs over his eyes, just a little to cover them.

"Or you could go with the brooding look and make all the bitches wet, I mean, women totally love sulky guys"

And with that, cue Hakyeon's Valentine Domination plan, and his quest for all the chocolate.

#antxhongbin

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A Few Minutes of Your Time | Hongbin

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Hongbin first takes the awkward patting for the doorknob as a lapse of poor judgement since the other male had been talking to him, eyes focused on him instead of the doorknob. He brushes aside the small voice in his head that points out that the doorknob happened to be the same height as every other doorknob in this vicinity.

However, that lapse of poor judgement and benefit of the doubt soon dissolves into pure judgmental eyes as he watched one of his strategists -a famous one at that- smack head first right into the hard wood door that had failed to open simply because he had been turning it the wrong direction. At least Hongbin has enough sympathy to wince a bit at the impact. He’d reach for the door to open it instead -to save time for one and also because he can’t seem to understand how incompetent someone could be to open the door- but the other male shuffles through finally.

He starts wondering a bit as to how true the rumors might be as he sits down and waits for the other. Hongbin will just have to see how the plan comes out then, maybe it was just a bad day. He hopes it’s just a bad day. “Guess I’ll have to see. So what is it?” He shifts a bit in the chair before leaning forward to look at the other male.

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With a proper desk in front of him, Hakyeon seemed all too eager to begin talking as soon as the other had given him permission to. He took out a scrap piece of paper, notes scribbled all over it as he had taken notes during the meeting. At first, the notes he had written didn't make any sense, but he made sure to carefully explain each and every detail to Hongbin.

Efficiency and thoroughness were things Hakyeon always emphasized in any strategy of his, something he pointed out a lot that was lacking in that other strategist's plan. Even though it was the other's idea, he had deconstructed the whole thing, changing it almost completely. The end goal would still be the same, but how they would get there, well, Hakyeon had a completely different approach.

"Right. So ..." once he had finished explaining everything he looked at Hongbin, a bit of a smirk at the corner of his lips, "I know we just discussed this today and all but, come on, isn't this a much better approach?"

#antxhongbin #[I intentionally left out what his exact strategy is because omg I don't know how to sound smart like him]#I just realized I could have had him pitch his idea for our next plot lol #I CAN CHANGE IT IF YOU WANT

"I may have been admiring you not so secretly." (I closed my eyes and picked whoops)

Hakyeon raised a questioning brow at the woman as he finished shelving his books. "You said it yourself, you haven't exactly been doing it secretly, so I kind of already know" he chuckled, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

His workplace seemed like an awkward place to tell him this, but then again, he did only see her when he was at work. "I'm not really looking for anyone right now, but ... if you want to meet over coffee some time ..."

He spotted something on the shelf and pulled it out to show Reina, "Also, that book you were looking for came in"

#arcxreina

"It would have been a lot more romantic if you de-thorned the rose before you put it in your mouth…"

He dabbed lightly at the cut he now had on the side of his lip from said rose, flinching a little as the antiseptic burned away any bacteria that might have affected the cut.

"I thought the thorns were very symbolic" Hakyeon defended. Sure, it wasn't the brightest idea, but his thought process behind keeping them seemed brilliant. "It fits your image perfectly. Beautiful, but dangerous"

He flinched again as he continued to clean the cut, brows knitting together in frustration. While it seemed like a good idea, it still hurt a lot. "Also really good at giving me a cut lip. You do remember that one time you punched me, right? It's alright though, a cut lip makes me look tough"

So he told himself just to make himself feel better.

#arcxtaekwoon

"Look, you can buy me all the chocolate’s in the world, I still won’t go out with you."

It was almost has if he just told Hakyeon that the sky was actually green. The look of confusion and utter disappointment was hard to hide as the silence stretched awkwardly between them.

"... So ... it won't work" he seemed to finally realize. Brows furrowed together in deep thought as he looked away, calculations replaced confusion and he recounted all the research he had done on this subject. "How could this be wrong? I did sufficient research on the subject, and all my sources specifically said that chocolate was the ideal gift to a 'Valentine'. I even bought 50 different kinds of Godiva truffles because that one journal said that it was the best gift one could give to a wo-"

Hakyeon stopped mid-sentence as he looked at Jongdae and another realization came to him. "Oh, right. It said that would only work for women. I obviously went about this the wrong way. Sorry~" With that he grabbed the boxes of chocolates from Jongdae's arms and happily went off on his way to find an actual woman to give these to.

#someone needs to tell him that 'Cosmopolitan' is not an academic journal #spdxjongdae

frommemetoyou

VALENTINE'S INSPIRED MEMES

"He loves me, he loves me not… oh."

"She loves me, she loves me not… oh."

"I don’t think it’s love…"

"So, is there anyone you’re secretly crushing on?"

"I don’t even like chocolate."

"Yeah, nothing says ‘I love you’ more than a bouquet that’ll die in two days…"

"I’m not sure if they’re a secret admirer or a stalker… but at least they have good taste in gifts."

"Oh! It’s my favourite time of year."

"If I send a mass text to all the people I like, I don’t need to get all of them gifts do I?"

"I’ve never had a Valentine."

"Will you be my Valentine?"

"Do you have a Valentine yet?"

"No one ever serenades me any more."

"Just don’t write a song and play it in front of everyone again… it’s embarrassing."

"Any secret admirers?"

"Oh, so you’re my secret admirer?"

"I may have been admiring you not so secretly."

"Just because you like me doesn’t mean the feeling is mutual."

"Seeing as we’ve both not got anyone, do you want to come to mine and watch a film?

"We’re never getting back together."

"So, he got me a teddy bear, but we fought and he tore off it’s head."

"How about instead of being ridiculous on one day of the year, you just be a decent partner for the other 364 days?!"

"We’re not together any more."

"If you haven’t booked a table we definitely won’t get to eat there on such short notice."

"It’s just Valentine’s day… I don’t see the big deal."

"What do you mean you didn’t get me anything?"

"I’m feeling sick, is it okay if we arrange our date for another night?"

"I’m not sure if they’re a secret admirer or a stalker…."

"Well… they don’t know I’m going out with you so we’re going to have a girls night sitting in and cry about being single…"

"I’ve got the lube and strawberries, we’re all set!"

"I got out the whipped cream and she slammed the door in my face."

"I am not wearing that."

"When he said he would give me a pearl necklace, I thought I was getting actual jewellery."

"It would have been a lot more romantic if you de-thorned the rose before you put it in your mouth…"

"I’m all for dressing up… but, how do you wear this?"

"If I see another couple holding hands, I’ll… I’ll-"

"Young love, isn’t it sweet?"

"Who did you get all these roses for?"

"I don’t love you, I’m just hear for the chocolate."

"So, let me get this right, you want me to be a stand in to make the person you like jealous?"

"Valentines? Pft!"

"That’s the least romantic thing anyone has ever said to me…"

"What are you doing? Why are you on one knee? Get up! Get up!"

"My mum gave me a rose because she felt sorry for me."

"Look, you can buy me all the chocolate’s in the world, I still won’t go out with you."

"A diamond ring? I appreciate the offer… but don’t you think this is a bit… excessive?"

#ask meme #IT'S NOT FEBRUARY YET #I DON'T CARE

vixxstars

hakyeon’s excitement over getting the bull’s eye

#reflections #I'm so fucking talented

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A Few Minutes of Your Time | Hongbin

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"…and that’s all we have down so far," Hongbin says with a nod, his face stoic but not unkind as he nods to everyone to signal the end of the meeting. "So…if anyone has anything feel free to speak up. Otherwise just do whatever you want."

He has no work related to his university tonight, thereby making the only thing he needed to do tonight was to text Jaejoong about future plans and what some of the members had suggested. He wouldn’t say which members since the other probably didn’t even recognize most of them but there were members.

Hongbin’s pulled out of his thoughts when he hears footsteps and he looks up to figure out who was the one who chose to come speak to him. Daring, since most people always seemed to be too scared to. Hakyeon. He inputs the face with the name, only remembering that the other had been known to be superb at making up plans. Well, that would be good.

"I have a lot of time," Hongbin says with a small smile. "Anything you want? I can’t hang out but if you want to talk we can go somewhere."

At this he motions to a door near the side, which led to the small room where he could usually be found when he was doing his “leader” duties.

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Perfect. He smiled, making his way to the door Hongbin had pointed out. "Don't worry, Hyung, I won't take up too much of your time. It's just ..." he kept a smile plastered on as he blindly reached for the door knob, hand patting down the surface of the door before finally finding what he was looking for.

"No offense to whomever planned out that strategy discussed over the meeting but, I think it could be better. A lot better" His hand turned the knob, only to find the knob didn't turn, but the rest of his body didn't seem to get the message that the door wasn't open as he turned, face first, right into the hard wood door. A small grunt of disapproval escaped him as he glared down at the door knob, still grasped in his hand. He tried wiggling it, turning it again, tried pushing the door as is, but it just would not give way. With a sigh, he tried turning the knob the other direction, and much to his surprise, the door opened without any resistance at all.

"Now, as I was saying ..." Hakyeon continued, as if the little exchange with the door didn't happen at all. He gestured to an empty chair in the room, waiting for his hyung to sit first before he continued. "I think you'll like my idea better"

#antxhongbin #[and it begins lol]

A Few Minutes of Your Time | Hongbin

Hakyeon always made it a point to pay attention during the meetings, after all, you could miss important information if you didn't. Except that most of the time he sat here, twiddling his thumbs and thinking over in his head how this so called 'strategist' who was prattling on had any idea what he was doing. Sure, there was nothing 'wrong' with his strategy, but it lacked efficiency. Surely someone could do a better job.

Someone like him. Hakyeon. No wait, N. He went by N amongst his peers now. The new alias was a bit odd for him, but considering the necessity of it, he knew he had to get used to it. Regardless of what name he went by, Hakyeon knew he could do a better job. A much better job.

So of course when the meeting was done, he confidently strode up to Hongbin. Maybe to some this may have been a bit of a bold move, approaching their leader just like this, but Hakyeon was so confident in his skills he was sure he wouldn't be turned away.

"Hyung, do you have a few?"

#antxhongbin #p: a few minutes of your time