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[seollioure]

`*&. dokvng;

Having a break from their hectic schedules was rare, yet not impossible. The couple was expecting to spend some time together during the holidays rather anxiously, having previously planned a couple of things in the past two months. At the moment Kyungsoo heard the sound of the doorbell ring at his apartment, he knew she finally arrived. Not wanting to make his girlfriend wait, the vocalist opened the door and met with a very smiley Seolhyun, holding a couple of packages around her arms. “Come in, let me help you with all those things.” He said while smiling, picking up all the things the female brought with her. Kyungsoo had a few things prepared for the special evening: hot chocolate in decorative mugs, her favorite Christmas soundtrack – TTS’s Dear Santa – playing on the background, a few decorations here and there, including a mistletoe for kissing purposes. He helped her taking off her coat but was surprised when she mentioned a surprise. Kyungsoo quirked one of his eyebrows up, suspecting Seolhyun’s unexpected surprises, and as he feared, the female indeed had something embarrassing for him: a pair of matching sweaters for both to warm up together. “Are you for real…? Do I really have to wear this?”

     * I excited rustled through the building with the bags in my hand until I arrived right in front of the door. I raised a finger to press the doorbell, struggling from the weight of the bags and called out his name in singing tone, “Oppppaaa~”. Moments later the door swung open and I greeted him with the biggest smile that came naturally whenever he showed up. I quickly walked in towards the living room, not risking to waste any time. I kicked off my heels in the front of the door and gave him a few bags of the material I brought. Automatically, I started humming along to the song playing in the background, taking a small sniff of the hot chocolate. 

As the perfect girlfriend, I spend my alone time trying to find ways to torture my baby, ugly sweaters were the way. And since he liked black, I made sure to get a shirt with anything but that! I pulled it out of the bag I was holding and gave him an excited smile. “Come on! You’re going to love it. It’ll look cu-- handsome on you! My man can make anything look like a designer brand.” I sweet talked him into it, giving him a small pout as I attempted to persuade. “Please? For me...? For our first christmas together?” I begged one last time. “Plus! We need to wear it when we make our gingerbread houses!” I squealed, hopping in my step as I tossed the shirt towards him. 

[seollioure]

  `*&. lxhvn;

The sound of his screaming vibrated down off of the walls of his kitchen–and was sure that his son had shut him out because of it. The man was so out of it today. His mother had notified him that their distant family was coming in town to visit, and that he was in charge of cooking this year. From the list his mother had sent him, he had gotten every single thing on the list–wasting so much on it. He had been staring at the ingredients for the last ten minutes, oblivious of what to do. He sighed and pressed his palm against the counter while staring at it before converting his eyes to his home, decorated with Christmas lights, and a Christmas tree sitting in the corner. “Screw it,” he mentioned, “I need help.” Without looking to see who he dialed, he had called someone while waiting several moments for the other line to answer–waiting to enlist them to help him with his holiday feast for his family.

“Hey, it’s Luhan! I need a favor, do you think you can come by and help me cook? I’m in desperate need right now.”

     * Ah-- holidays. The only day where normal people go more busy than normal and I actually had nothing to do.... just things to eat. All fhe other members were able to go home and spend a few days with their families but I stayed behind to my early shooting the next day... yay. And here I sat, completely bored on the bed. I didn’t even bother to buy anything to cook for myself. I expected to finished a drama in one sitting today but after the phone ringed, I knew something was going to change and get in the way of ‘She Was Pretty’. I sighed, and parted away from Siwon’s character before picking up the phone. “Good morning!” I greeted with a cheerful voice and wondered what news was to come. Hearing his request, I giggled automatically-- why would anyone leave him in charge of cooking. “Sure... how many people am I cooking for exactly...? And what am I making? Do you need me to grab anything on the way there?” I asked with the phone on speaker as I hurried to change to a shirt that didn’t smell like chips and crackers. “And to let you know, my specialty is baking.”

[seollioure]

   `*&. nxyns ;

Busy schedules meant little-to-no personal time, which became a large disadvantage when the time came around to eat. Going out to someplace nice and standing in line for ages wasn’t going to cut it, which always resulted to the next best thing. Fast food. Despite all the so-called health risks and problems, you could never go wrong with a simple box of chicken nuggets or hamburger. “I’m going to get chicken nuggets for lunch, what do you want?” There was someone on the line with her who was going to fetch the food for the two, and Seolhyun’s response caused her fall into hysterics. “McDonalds selling hot dogs would be like The Krusty Krab selling pizza, an utter disaster.”

     * Don’t tell my manager-unnie, who’s watching me like a hawk during gayo season, but I’m going to get... food. And if she ever catches me in the act or even hears a rumor about it, she’ll just add it to my gym time. But how can anyone go wrong with McDonalds? How can anyone go wrong with eating the best kind of food the world has to offer? I licked my lips over again, searching through the pictures. “I’d like chicken nuggets for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, and a midnight snack...” I muttered nonsense, not really answering her question. “The twenty piece of chicken nuggets-- with the tangy barbecue sauce.... oh and fries and the McFrappe!” I excited announced, already jumping my pockets to pay for the both of us. “But... I thought the Krusty Krab pizza was the best kind of pizza? They even do delivery!”  

[seollioure]

`*&: dokvng ;

The words that came from the female’s lips startled Kyungsoo a bit. Was he staring? He definitely didn’t remember doing such a thing but at the moment he came back to his senses, he realized his eyes were locked right over a young female’s skirt that’s been waiting in line in front of the couple to buy her meal. The elder cleaned his throat, raising a fist right against his mouth as he quickly moved his eyes from staring at the unknown girl, immediately turning his head to look at his beloved instead. “I wasn’t staring, baby. My mind was just wandering off.” He tried to convince Seolhyun by being extra affectionate with her in public, pressing a small kiss onto her shoulder. “Come on, it’s almost our turn to order the food.”

     * Does my boyfriend expect me not to know when he was lying? He was completely obvious and I had already followed his gaze down to the skirt long before I said anything. I stood in front with my arms folded, trying to repeat the order to myself and look around for anything to add. “Uh huh, totally wasn’t staring.” I whispered, shrugging off his kiss without a second thought. Maybe it was just me in public but I was always more cold. “Pepperoni pizza with a cheese crust. Right?” I asked, turning around for confirmation. I held out my hand, giving him a sweet smile. “Card, please? And then maybe I’ll pretend you were really wandering off and not checking me out.”

[seollioure]

&&. captjung; 

With an eyebrow raised she stared at the few text messages, not sure what to make of them. Then again, Seolhyun had always been like this, so it didn’t exactly surprise her either. Now how was she going to reply to something like this…?

[ text: 설현 ] not sure what or who you’re aiming at. [ text: 설현 ] but a lot of guys are taller than you! [ text: 설현 ] and I heard you snore last night on the phone. so… [ text: 설현 ] ㅋㅋ

     * I scrolled through several apps on my phone as I waited for a reply from my one and only Hyojung. I’ve been sending her jealous messages all week partly due to be an emotional person and partly because I was bored.

( OHMYGIRL’s 효정 ! ) _ you know who I’m talking about!!! ( OHMYGIRL’s 효정 ! ) _ pfft. your little prince must be lacking compared to me, huh? ( OHMYGIRL’s 효정 ! ) _ let’s be honest here. 

[seollioure]

&&. dokvng; 

It finally happened. Both Kyungsoo and Seolhyun found time in their schedules to meet each other and watch a previously promised horror movie. The male had been expecting that day for weeks and for a moment, he thought he wouldn’t be able to celebrate the date with his friend. Halloween was approaching and there was a high chance both idols would become busier with time, so they couldn’t waste the opportunity to bond. Knowing that asking a girl to come to EXO’s dorm to watch the movie would be extremely unpleasant, the vocalist brought her over his own apartment instead. It took a while until both had set the mood for a good horror movie and Seolhyun looked adorably terrified, which only increased the fun for the elder. Kyungsoo made sure to prepare a bowl of popcorn to help distracting her in case she became too focused and as consequence, scared for watching that genre of movie. Once both were comfortably sat beside each other on the couch, Kyungsoo turned at Seolhyun while stamping a playful grin over his heart shaped lips. “I’ll start the movie.”

     * Ah, finally, the day has come for my nightmares to start. This a bittersweet moment-- I get to be in his embrace but also in the presences of demons on the screen. Why I agreed to this? Well, I wanted to share with him one of his favorite activities... which meant I had to sit through one of my least favorites. Whatever, as long as he can enjoy it I guess I block everything out. Usually, when the movie starts I act all confident, eyes glued, attention focused, and then slowly I start hiding. My hand was already in the bowl of popcorn as soon as he announced he’ll press play. Food is my only friend.. and thank god I bought more nachos than normal. I’m going to need this since I’m the worst stress-eater he’ll ever meet. I was actually silent, which never happens, mostly when I was with Kyungsoo. But I had a feeling that almost nothing scared him... which meant if this was an ‘easy movie’, it’ll be hard for me. I hummed as I nodded, signalling that I was okay. “Please... don’t make it so loud... I jump at loud noises.”

[seollioure]

&&. jackywxng;

Jackson stared at the girl in front of him. Did she just ask him to dance? That wasn’t the most common thing to happen to him. A girl asking him to dance. Even if it was just one of those friendly dances. But then again, women were changing the world everyday. Not that this was one of those moments, but just being more independent with their choices. The blonde male shrugged one of his shoulders before giving the younger female a small smile. Sure, was the first word that came to his mind. But it’s not exactly what he said. “Let’s get down and funky!” Immediately mentally slapping himself after speaking those words, Jackson let out a slight chuckle soon afterwards and turned his attention back towards Seolhyun. “I mean,” he cleared his throat before continuing to speak up once again. “Sure, sounds like fun.”

     * My nervous grin stretched into a toothy smile at his outburst. This was exactly the attitude I wanted if I was going to have a dancing partner. I giggled and held my hand out for him-- which was weird... I was usually never this bold but hey, first time for everything. “Let’s go, before they change it into a lame song.” I responded and took a quick glance to what the dance floor had already gathered. I was shy but I always willing to let loose if I knew someone there with me. “Got any special dance moves I should learn? Any funky ones?” I asked, quirking a brow. I was attempting to build some conversation before we show them how to actually party.

[seollioure]

&&. dokvng;

Kyungsoo kept his lips shut. Even tough he was actually joking with the female, he was more like proving to himself he was able to not talk to her for more than a full minute. It was incredibly difficult though, if he made the mistake of looking her in the eyes – which for a reason looked brighter than usual that particular day – he would give up to her alluring charm and comfort her as he usually did. But no words came from his mouth, neither his gaze rested over her features. Kyungsoo kept firm and confident he would be able to win over Seolhyun – for the first time ever. All he had to do was to avoid eye contact at all costs.

     * I don’t think I said anything that would have made him upset-- did I make him jealous or something? This is horrible. I jumped a few times so we could be at the same eye level but he just avoided it like the plague. I ended up grabbing his arm and attempting to physically sway him back and forth so he could snap out of it. “Oppa!” I whined at him and forced a few sniffs. He would look at me when I cried, right? I made puppy eyes and allowed the dry air to make me teary. Thank god I wasn’t wearing too much make up or that would have made me look more scary. “I-I’m sorry...” A tear started rolling down my cheek as I continued looking up. Ah, what’s wrong with the other eye? Damn it, left eye. Just tear up-- let me sell the act.