Prompt: “You haven’t even touched your food. What’s going on?” + “I’m pregnant.” + “I’m your husband. It’s my job.” + “Did they hurt you?”
Genre: Angst
Word Count: 1089
Member: Brian/Young K
Warnings: cursing
It was late by the time both of you had made it to dinner. You didn’t want to go in the first place, but Brian insisted. It was for your wedding anniversary after all. But you just weren’t in the mood. Not after you found out the news.
You were seated across from your husband in the dimly lit restaurant. Usually, you would find this romantic, but tonight you just sat there, poking at your food, avoiding Brian’s gaze. You nodded along, half interested in what he had been saying. You take a small bite of your food before you continue prodding at it with your fork.
“Y/n?”
“Hmm?” You don’t look up at him.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” You can hear the lie in your own voice.
Brian drops his hand onto the table, resting it gently over yours, causing you to look up at the man sitting across from you.
“Please. You haven’t even touched your food. What’s going on?”
“It’s nothing.” You repeat, this time followed by a fake smile.
“Please don’t lie to me.”
“How are you able to see right through me like that?”
He smiled. “I’m your husband. It’s my job. That, and you’re a terrible liar.”
He was right of course, by now your husband could read you like a book. You pull your hand out from under his, rubbing your temples in concern as you give a quick glance around the restaurant. You finally turn back to Brian, dropping your hand with a sigh.
“I’m pregnant.”
You see his expression falter, fear crossing his face before he shows you a forced smile.
“Th-that’s great!” He stutters.
You sigh. You knew this would happen.
“It’s the complete opposite of great, Brian.”
“What? Why would you think that?”
“How are we supposed to raise a child right now? You’re in-between shitty jobs and I just lost mine. We can’t even afford this damn dinner!”
You drop your cutlery onto the plate, letting it clatter loudly. People at nearby tables glance in your direction. Brian offers them an apologetic look before turning back to you.
“How are we meant to afford a damn baby.” You feel tears sting your eyes as you look up at your husband.
“We can make it work, it'll be okay.”
You scoff at his response.
“Okay? You didn’t even want a child to begin with. You said you never wanted one, so it’s not like you’re over the moon about this news.” You choke on a sob before taking a deep breath, wiping at your eyes, trying to compose yourself.
“We’re not even ready for something like this.” Your voice is lower now, shaking slightly as you try to stay calm. “Financially and emotionally.”
“That doesn’t mean we just give up.”
“What else can we do? Raising a child isn’t exactly easy.”
“Of course it isn’t. But we can get through this, together.”
You shake your head, looking away as your hands rest in your lap. He didn’t understand. You didn’t want it to happen like this. You didn’t want to fall pregnant on accident. You didn’t want to be forced to raise a child together when you weren’t ready for one, it would probably test your marriage, which still felt so new to you, even after two years.
You wanted to be one of the couples that plan for this. The ones that keep track of their monthly cycle so they know the best possible time to try for a baby. You wanted to be financially stable. You wanted to be the couple that already have names picked out. The couple that has already ordered all the baby furniture the day they find out. The couple that is ready.
“I can ask for more shifts until I find something better. We can change the study to a nursery and we can…”
Brian continues to think of the future, but his voice doesn’t reach your ears. You’re too stuck in your own mind to register anything he is saying. You reach for your untouched glass of red wine. Brian grabs your wrist as you pick up the glass.
“Don’t.”
You sit the glass back down.
“Sorry, but I’m not in the mood to eat anymore.” You grab your purse from the side of the table. “I’ll be in the car.” You stand and make your way towards the door.
Brian quickly pays for the meals and rushes after you.
-
The drive home is quiet. The roads are dark and near-empty as it creeps late into the night. The radio is off and neither of you speak. You stare out the window as Brian pulls into a petrol station.
You don’t register what’s happening until your door is pulled open by a stranger. He points a gun at you as your blood runs cold.
“Get out of the car.” He demands.
Panicked, you fumble for your seatbelt, trying to unclip it with shaky hands.
The man glances behind him, seeing two people running towards the car from inside, carrying their stolen goods.
“I said get out of the fucking car!” He grabs your hair and pulls you out, throwing you to the ground.
You look towards the back of the car and see Brian, his arms raised in the air as another man points a gun at him. The man rushes into the drivers' side, the other man climbing into your seat, and the two from inside the store jump into the back.
Brian rushes to your side as the car takes off. You can’t take it anymore. You sit on the cold cement ground and burst into tears.
“Y/n!” Brian drops down beside you, grabbing your arms gently, scanning your body for any signs of harm.
“Are you okay? Did they hurt you?”
“They took it. My-my purse was in there. My cards. My house keys.” You stutter through heavy sobs.
“Hey, hey, look at me.” He grabs your chin and lifts your face. Your gaze drifts up from the ground to find his soft brown eyes, filled with concern, watching you.
“Th-they took everything.”
“I don’t care about that right now. I just need to know you’re both safe.”
Tears continue to fall down your face, but your sobbing subsides.
“Both of us?” You slowly bring a hand to your stomach as you nod.
Brian sighs with relief, pulling you closer. You rest your head onto his chest as you cry into his shirt.
You knew you'd be okay, as long as Brian is by your side.
Brian glanced at you from the driver’s side as you tried to sing along to a Day6 song that came on shuffle. He couldn’t help but smile and shake his head. You didn’t sound bad or anything; you just couldn’t speak Korean that well so nothing you were singing made any sense. Nevertheless, Brian thought it was absolutely adorable (not to mention great blackmail material), so he pulled out his phone to film you while the two of you were stopped at a red light.
can I ask for a Christmas drabble with no19 & 18 and brian please? love you 🎄
*winky face, winky face, winky face*
Bias: Brian(I mean YoungK) from DAY6 xD
Prompt: #18 “SNOWBALL FIGHT! + #19 “You murdered my snowman”
Genre: Fluff
Warnings: None
Words: 538
“Y/N!!!”
You almost jump out of your skin when you hear your boyfriend shrieking your name like this and you run out in the backyard, completely forgetting the reason he might be yelling like this.
“What? What is it? What happened?” you ask in a rush as you run outside your porch, barely managing to wear a jacket so the cold won’t affect you.
Your whole neighboorhood is drenched in white, snow covering almost every single surface on sight, except of the two pairs of tire tracks you left when you went to the convenience store this morning.
Which reminds you why Brian was screaming like crazy and staring at you like a madman.
Right next to your car lane lies a mess of snow, different than the rest mess of snow covering your backyard. Only because that particular mess of snow used to be a snowman crafted by your loving boyfriend.
Your eyes widen as you raise your hands up defensively. “I can explain..”
Brian takes a deep breath before he speaks up.
“My name is Brian Kang. You killed my snowman. Prepare to die.”
Brian’s stance is so strict and serious, holding a branch towards your direction like one would hold a sword and there’s only one thing you can do.
Burst into giggles.
Brian’s seriousness disappears to look at you in disbelief. “Don’t laugh, this is serious, you murdered my snowman!” he tries to reprimand you but you can’t stop laughing at his ridiculousness.
So he throws the stick away before marching over to you with loud steps.
“That’s it, missy, now you’ve done it,” he grumbles, placing you over his shoulders as you yell at him mid-giggles to put you down with no results.
Instead, he throws you in a big pile of snow that softens the fall as you try to get up.
Right when Brian yells at the top of his lungs “SNOWBALL FIGHT!”
You shriek out loud, running for shelter as Brian comes after you throwing snowball after snowball towards your direction.
“Stop it, stop it, I’m sorry!” you yell through your laughs but Brian doesn’t stop until he lays on top of you on top of the fresh snow. Both of you have big smiles on your faces and Brian moves to press a chaste kiss on your lips.
You relish in the warmth of the kiss, wrapping your arms around his neck before Brian stops the kiss to look at you with pouty lips.
You laugh at his reaction before leaning forward to kiss the tip of his nose. “We’ll make a new one, okay?” you whisper against his lips and Brian smiles.
“Fine. But you’ll have to be extra careful around it, or I won’t go easy on you next time…” he mumbles against your neck and another giggle escapes you.
“Deal…” you smile before pressing another soft kiss on your boyfriend’s lips. One that feels so warm among all this cold, it feels like home.
I got inspired out of nowhere and I made it a continuation of our own thread, so this one’s for you @noona-clock B!
Daehyun was practically bouncing out of his car seat as you drove the two of you to the music video set. He hadn’t seen his dad in a few weeks since Day6 had just come back from a tour and was already getting ready for another album.
It had been 6 years since you and Brian got married. Jae, your best friend, still liked to play the “you eloped without telling us” card, but after you and Brian did an episode of JaeSix for him he couldn’t stay mad at you two much longer.
Young K had almost gotten used to being called Brian since you almost never called him by his stage name, at least at home. The two of you had your own place still near the band. Jae, Wonpil, and Dowoon still lived together while Sungjin and his wife were like the two of you living nearby.
“My dae, you need to sit still. We’ll be there soon I promise.” you called into the backseat.
You knew that playing ‘Dance, Dance’ in the car was sure to rile him up, but he just loved it and you were a sucker for watching your little boy bop along to his dad and uncles’ songs.
Brian had told you where the set was because you’d said you’d wanted to deliver lunch for them. He just didn’t know you were going to do it in person. The set guards knew you and let you drive by easily.
When you pulled up outside, one of the managers saw you open the trunk of your car and offered to help take in the food while you got Daehyun.
“Now my dae, do you remember what I told you about visiting a set?” you said, holding a wriggling four-year-old as he tried to get down as you walked inside.
“No loud noises!” he screamed in your ear, causing you to jerk your head back but also laugh at your silly boy.
“Yes. And?”
“No running!”
“And?”
“…”
“Dae? If you can’t remember the rules then we can’t go see Appa.”
“…don’t touch the instruments without permission…”
“That’s my boy.”
You knew full well the first two wouldn’t be remembered once he saw his dad, but you were all too aware about how expensive the instruments were and had no intention of letting Dae anywhere near them.
“Take a break for lunch everyone! It just got here!”
You heard everyone laughing and joking around as you reached the set. Sungjin caught your eyes first, smirking at you and nudging Dowoon. Dowoon rubbed at the spot on his arm as he turned to see what Sungjin was looking at, breaking into a huge smile when he saw the two of you in the doorway.
Wonpil and Jae were fighting over food with their backs to you and Brian wasn’t paying attention either as he loaded up his plate.
“Hey Brian!” you yelled, smiling because you knew what his reaction on set would be.
“Ya! My name’s not….Y/N?! Daehyun!”
“Appa!” screamed Daehyun as you released your hold on him and let him tackle his father.
Brian scooped him up off the floor and immediately flung him over his shoulder while spinning around, causing Daehyun to laugh out loud.
Jae and Wonpil finally realized you were here, Wonpil bringing food over to you like the angel he was while Jae started yelling.
“You traitor! I asked you to come today and you said you were busy!”
“And how exactly does that make me a traitor?” you laughed out, walking over to all the boys.
“Because if you bring Daehyun to set I can’t spoil him and remind him who his favorite uncle is since he’ll be hogged by Brian the whole time.”
“My name’s not Brian!”
“Yeah yeah yeah.” you and Jae said in sync, not for the first time and certainly not the last.
“Good to see you two.” Sungjin said. “And thank you for the food. You didn’t have to.”
“Of course I did. I know how much you guys can eat and I wouldn’t want you to eat the staff out of house and home.”
You felt a hand circle your waist and someone kiss you on the cheek before a voice spoke.
“You are the best. Do I have a great wife or what?”
“You have a great wife,” you said, turning to give him a proper hug. “I missed you. Dae missed you too.”
“I missed you both so much too. Thank you for bringing him here.”
“Speaking of, where is he?” you said, pulling back and raising your eyebrows at him.
You heard a bang and a crash which caused you both to straighten up and look around.
“My dae? Where are you?” you yelled out, already dreading finding him in whatever he’d gotten into.
“Don’t worry, y/n,” Dowoon said from behind the drums, “his favorite uncle has got him.”
It was then you noticed Daehyun on Dowoon’s lap holding his drumsticks.
“Eomma! Appa! Look!” he said, starting to hit at the drums again.
“Hey!” Brian yelled back. “What happened to learning the guitar like me?”
Dowoon whispered something into Daehyun’s ear before he could answer.
Holding the drumsticks up in the air, he yelled out “I am drum!”//
✾ Genre: Barista!AU (fluff!!! based on DAY6′s song pouring out).
✾ Word count: 1.7k
Just like any other day, Brian was staring at the clock on the wall ahead of him, waiting for his shift to end.
It’s not like he hated his part-time job. In fact, he actually enjoyed it.
He loved the wonderful smell of fresh coffee and the smiles of customers that visited early in the morning, greeting him and wishing him a good morning.
But not everyday goes by smoothly, especially when you get in trouble with a grumpy customer.
“It’s not a big deal Brian! Get over it,” his friend Jae who worked with him said, placing a hand on his shoulder.
“If you want, we could switch? I’ll get the drinks and you get the orders,” he offered and Brian accepted immediately.
I mean getting orders wouldn’t be hard right?
Well, it wasn’t hard until you came in.
Brian stopped in his tracks and took a moment to look at you.
You seemed breathtakingly stunning as you approached him and took a look at the menu.
He was in a trance because of you and didn’t catch what you were saying. “Sorry?” he said sheepishly, a shade of red painting his cheeks.
Great.. I look like a fool now, why am I like this? He thought to himself.
“May I get a cup of caramel latte please?” you repeated, smiling at his cute behavior.
Brian hurriedly pressed in your order and accepted your payment, handing you your receipt. He let out a sigh he didn’t know he was holding and looked over to where you went to stand.
And there he was, struck by your beauty again!!
He was thinking about how soft your hair would be if he brushed his fingers through them and how your sparkly eyes would look, staring at his own,,,..
Jeez what’s wrong with me he tried to shake off the weird thoughts he was having.
“A penny for your thoughts?” Jae asked Brian as he looked at the direction he was looking at.
“Looks like someone is in loove,” Jae said in a teasing manner but Brian just brushed him off. Trying not to be obvious, but oh dear he was more than obvious.
Brian was confused. He didn’t know why he was being like this. Is this what they called love at first sight? He never believed in it when his friends talked about it.
But here he was, falling for you in just a moment??
And since that day Brian continued getting the orders instead of making drinks.
Of course after begging Jae and promising him that he’d do some kind of errand.
“You’re really head over heels for them, huh?”
“Shut up Jae!!”
Anyway, you come back again after a few days and Brian has promised himself that he’ll start a conversation with you this time!!!!
However, there he goes again!!! Being the shy bean he is, he just takes your order and repeats the same boring routine without any change.
Brian scolds himself mentally. Why does his body not listen to him?? Why does his heart pound like crazy when you look at him!!
“Just ask them how their day was! What’s so hard about that Brian?” Jae half-yells annoyingly at Brian that day when they’re closing up.
And Brian wants to tell Jae that he just sort of forgets his words when he looks at you but decides not to. I mean who wants to be teased by Jae.
So Brian just promises himself that he’ll talk to you for real this time.
And he actually does!!!
“Good evening!! How was your day?” he asks nervously.
“Very good!!”
Sadly that was it.. But like it’s an improvement! and he can’t stop thinking about it!!
And you don’t come back for a week and Jae is like “you chased them out! So can I just get my position back? I miss not making drinks.”
Brian sulks back to his old position,,, thinking about what he did wrong.
And after a few more days you come back again!! And even though he doesn’t take your order, he puts a lot of effort in making your drink and hands it to you.
“Have a nice day-” he stops, remembering he doesn’t know your name.
“Y/N” you inform him with a smile “you too have a good day,, Brian!”
And!! He! Is! Shook!! But realizes that he has his nametag on but whatever you wished him a good day and he couldn’t be any happier.
And Brian didn’t know if it was the excitement but he talked to you again before you left the coffee shop.
“Hey, Y/N! If you don’t mind, what do you think of getting a cup of coffee together?”
“Uhh,, I don’t know,, I mean I literally just got a cup of coffee but sure why not??” you teased him with a smile because his face had a tint of pink and he looked really shy.
And his face blushed even harder but he tried hard to keep his cool
“What about dinner then?” he asks shyly.
“I would love to,” you reply.
“I’m finishing my shift in 5 mins so what do you say about leaving together?” he asks you and you simply nod.
So after he’s done with his shift he comes to you with his casual clothes,, and damn he looks good.
“So, what is this about? Is it like a date?” you ask him as you start to walk out.
And he looks around everywhere just so he could avoid your eyes..
“You could say so,,,”
And you just chuckle because he’s!! So! Cute!!
You guys go to a restaurant for dinner and talk about yourselves.
You get to know more about him and honestly he’s such a gentleman,, and he even offers to take you home!!
So at the end of the ‘date’ you exchange numbers.
“I had a lot of fun today! I hope you don’t mind if I text you?”
And you just smile.
So he actually texts you and you guys stay up talking about random things.
And the next day Jae is like ???? What happened bro??
And Brian just smiles and shrugs it off but Jae is not having any of that.
After spending a few weeks together you guys become friends??
You’re not very sure about your relationship,, I mean you went on a ‘date’?? But it wasn’t even confirmed and never brought up again so you just brushed it off to the side.
And one day you enter the café and Jae is at the cashier and he’s like “hey Brian! Your girlfriend is here,” and you both blush at the statement.
“We’re just friends!” Brian says and comes to you.
So anyway that night you stay up thinking about you relationship and suddenly Brian texts you.
‘Heyy, do you mind if I crash at your place tonight?’
‘Sure,,, is anything wrong though??’
‘Nahh my roommate has his friends over so I can’t sleep’
So Brian crashes at your place that night and you somehow end up cuddling while watching a movie on the couch and Brian falls asleep soundly.
You assume that he’s tired so you decide to stay still since you had nothing else to do and eventually fell asleep.
Brian woke up around 3 in the morning and almost melted the sight of you asleep in his arms.
How can someone look so beautiful and peaceful,,, this boy was just crazy over you.
So he carried you to your bedroom but being the clumsy person he is,, he bumped your foot on the frame of the door and you woke up.
“I’m sorry,, go back to sleep,” he said in a soothing voice and placed you on the bed.
He was about to leave when you just,,
“Can’t you stay and cuddle with me?”
And boy he was blushing so hard he was so thankful to the dim bedroom so he just lied down next to you calmly and took you into his arms.
He had thought of this moment so many times and even though you’re not his girlfriend or anything he’s still happy.
So he nuzzles his nose into you hair and holds you tighter.
“Hey Y/N,” he suddenly calls and you hum and turn around to face him.
“I was wondering if you would like us to,, be more than just friends??”
And you’re!!? because who would mind and you’re also like finally cause you’ve been waiting for this moment for weeks and-
“It’s okay if you don’t, I shouldn’t have said that in the first pla-”
And you just cut him off by kissing his cheek.
And shyboy!Brian appears again with this wide grin spread on his face and he’s so cute you want to pinch his cheeks
“So what do you say about being my girlfriend?” he asks and you just smile and place another peck on his cheek and he’s smiling but also ???
So you’re just like “yes..”
And he leans in and kisses you!!!
And when he breaks away he smiles and says “I’m so glad I asked you now because I don’t think I could have waited any longer.”
And it’s your turn to blush so you just bury you face in his chest and you two cuddle to sleep.
Okay so like boyfriend!Brian is so sweet and nice and he takes care of you so much.
Knows your favorite drink so he always has it ready when he knows you’re vising the café.
He always adds a cute note on your cup such as “Good morning sunshine!!” or “you look so beautiful today” and Jae sees him one day and teases him to no end,, /I mean he still talks about it till this day)/
But it’s so cute so you collect all the cups and now you have a big collection.
Did I mention that he is crazy about you? Because he really is and he looks at you so sweetly and tenderly and Jae is always like “enough!! Stop it,,, I feel like throwing up unicorns and rainbows,,,”
So one night you and Brian are stargazing /more like you are, since Brian has his eyes on you the whole time/ on the rooftop of your apartment and Brian just smiles, admiring you.
He remembers how your sparkly eyes resembled the starts when he looked into them the first time he saw you
And how he felt like the twinkling stars that glow around you were pouring out over him.
-Alice&Maria<33
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Request: DAY6 Brian + prompt 2. + 20. + very fluffy? :) Thank you so much :)
2) “I’m always tired…but never of you.”
20) Your bias takes care of you as a trainee
Member: Day6′s Young K x Y/N
Type: Fluff
You grumbled to yourself, cursing quietly as you plucked another cotton ball from the large bag of tools you had been given. You were hot and thoroughly frustrated as you pushed a hair away from your forehead with the back of your hand. Biting at your lip, you were careful to rub at the small spot of grime on the guitar fretboard with a cotton swab, not wanting to drench the surface.
“So what did you do to get such an entertaining punishment?” a deep voice echoed across the music room.
Not bothering to look up, you quickly slid your tongue over your lips to moisten your mouth. You hadn’t spoken to anyone in hours and you could feel the need for a break coming on. “I had a bad attitude during practice...whatever that means.”
“Ah, so that warranted cleaning all of the instruments in the practice room?” the voice continued, slight joy in it’s tone.
You heaved a deep sigh, looking up in annoyance only to immediately drop your scowl. “Oh, Young K, it’s you?”
“Brian,” he smiled easily, plopping onto a piano bench near where you were sitting on the hardwood.
“That’s the first time I’ve heard that correction from your mouth,” you chuckled quietly, focusing on the fretboard again. You tried to halt the quickened pace of your heart and attempted to center your thoughts. He was just a person, no reason to feel nervous around him.
You had met Brian on three or four previous occasions, and had a pleasant memory of interacting with him. He always had time for a joke or a story and had even bought you and a few other trainees food. As a trainee, you never heard much from the idols that had debuted, their schedules becoming dizzying with activities as soon as their names were broadcast. The appearance of Brian in your presence was startling, but you were pleasantly surprised. Due to his kindness, Day6 had always been a group that you followed. Plus he was gorgeous.
But that could be said about all of your label mates.
Somehow you managed to see with constant hearts impairing your vision, but as was life in Korean entertainment. Every person was just as good looking and talented as the next.
But this good looking and talented person was directly in front of you after months of not seeing his face. .
And you were having a difficult time coping.
“What do you mean?” Brian asked, his words helping you resurface from your thoughts.
“I’ve seen you on broadcasts before,” you said slowly, looking up to him again. Goodness, those cheekbones were so sharp they could cut through steel. Wait, no, you had to focus. “You’re very persistent about the use of your stage name.”
“What’s the point in a stage name if no one uses it?” he grinned. “But I see you’re interested in your label mate’s activities? I’ll have to return the favor-”
“If I ever start any activities,” you grumbled. “If I ever debut. Chances seem to be slim around this place.”
“I can see why they put you on guitar cleaning duty,” Brian croaked. “You do have a bad attitude.”
“Oh come on,” you groaned. You pushed the guitar you were cleaning away and winced as it made a hollow noise against the floor. You looked around, careful not to stick yourself with any of the strings you had unstrung, and crossed your arms. “You should know how it is better than anyone.”
You bit your lip, uncertain if you should be speaking to your sunbae in this way. You had joked around before with Brian, but this was a completely different emotion coating your conversation. You were entirely too frustrated for the evening and lacked enough sleep to speak respectively. You were hoping he would give you the benefit of the doubt and not leave, but he probably assumed by now that you were just an unappreciative brat.
Instead of excusing himself as you had expected, he took a deep breath and slid from the piano stool, plopping on the ground before you. You watched him closely as he took the guitar carefully into his hands and picked up one of the cotton balls you had discarded. Dipping it gently into the small bowl of water near your knee, he methodically wrung it out before placing it on the fretboard again. He begun to work on the bit of dirt you had abandoned and spoke quietly. “You know, this was my favorite guitar when I was a trainee.”
“Really?” you asked, lifting your brows. “I assumed you had your own instruments...since you were a band and all.”
“We never knew how it would turn out,” Brian sighed. “The whole Day6 thing. I could have debuted with a boy group for all we know. It’s not like I dance like Sungjin. I had half of a chance. I like to imagine that there’s an alternate universe Young K that debuted in a boy group and has sweet dance moves.”
You smiled as he did, the air around you becoming much less tense than it had been only a few moments before. Brian looked up from his work, smiling slowly as his eyes searched your face. “Want to know a secret?”
“Of course,” you hummed, pulling your knees up to sit beneath your chin.
“I think I’ve had to clean these instruments at least a dozen times for having a bad attitude,” he laughed.
You grinned, incapable of maintaining your rotten mood as he spoke. His presence was so calming and made you feel much better to know that he really could relate. He looked back down to the guitar, the meaning behind his motions touching your heart. His cleaning was such a kind gesture, you knew he had taken over so you could calm yourself.
“Brian?” you asked quietly, tilting your head as you admired him.
“Hm?” he hummed, not even looking up.
“Why did you stop by?” you sighed. “I’m sure you’re busy. And it’s late.”
“Contrary to popular belief,” he sighed. “I don’t avoid the JYP building when I have downtime. I like to utilize the practice room still, even now that I have my own instruments.” He looked up and winked before passing the guitar back to you, keeping his hands supporting the neck until your fingers had grazed his. “There you go, I think I got that spot for you.”
“Thank you,” you nodded quietly. “So really, I should restring this and get out of your way?”
“Now did I say that?” he gasped. “You really are feeling down. What happened in practice to make you feel like this?”
“It’s not one thing exactly...” you sighed. “And I’m sure you have much better things to do than listen to a trainee gripe about their problems. You’re probably tired, why don’t you go get some rest?”
“Y/N,” Brian grinned. “I’m always tired, but never of you. Now spill.”
Your heart soared from his declaration, but you were still self conscious as you began to speak. You didn’t want to sound whiny, but you were exhausted. “It’s just a lot sometimes,” you finally whispered, your head dropping so you would’t have to look at him. “And it’s hard to be positive all the time...
But then that effects the group...and that effects practice for everyone. Sometimes I just wonder if it’s worth it. If the dieting and the constant aches and homesickness...is worth it.”
“I still wonder that and I’ve debuted,” Brian laughed. Your eyes grew wide at his statement, but he instantly began to backpedal, placing his hand lightly on your knee. You tried not to shiver beneath his touch and quietly chanted the contracted dating ban to yourself. “But as soon as I step foot on stage, and I’m singing to MyDay, I’m instantly reminded why it’s worth it. You just have to get there, Y/N.”
“But when,” you sighed.
“You think I have those answers?” he smiled. “I’m good, but I’m not that good.”
He pulled his hand from your leg and sighed. “Look Y/N. I know I’m not around very often and you don’t have endless amounts of time to waste, but I’m here. You have my number and you shouldn’t be afraid to use it. Let me be the voice of reason for you. Or at least the voice of experience, I don’t know how reasonable I am to be honest, so that might have been a bad directive BUT either way, I’m here. Use me.”
You lifted your brows and tried to keep your face composed by his comment. “Use me.” It was enough to make your heart do a somersault and he instantly recognized it.
“You can’t date until two years after your debut, so get it out of your head,” he chuckled, sticking his tongue out.
“I wasn’t-I didn’t,” you stuttered, shaking your head quickly.
“Hey, you think it’s easy being surrounded some of the most beautiful people on earth?” he smiled. “I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about it.”
“Hadn’t...hand’t thought about...?” you trailed, eying him casually.
“How beautiful and talented you are,” he hummed easily. It was amazing what little shame this man had. “I would have to be completely oblivious not to realize. I’ve gone this long without dating anyone though, so two years is pretty cake. I’ll worry about you then.”
He shot you another wink as he began to stand, the conversation having been completely thrown off the rails by this sudden development. Every ounce of your frustration had been forgotten as you stared at his retreating body.
He paused in the doorway, leaning against the frame, and eying you with a lazy smile. “Really though. Please, if you ever feel stressed...as you can tell, I do well with deflating situations.”
You swallowed quickly, trying to regain situation normal. “I did hear that you were the moderator for arguments when you were a trainee.”
“That was mostly for Mark and it was because no one else spoke English,” Brian grinned. “And don’t argue and say Jae or Jackson, because they would both conveniently forget when tensions were high.”
You nodded, looking down at the guitar in your hands. It was Brian’s favorite. You would have to start taking much better care of it then.
“So, you want to go get food or something?” he asked, remaining stationed at the door. “It always makes me feel better after a bad practice.”
“I don’t think I can leave a punishment,” you hummed, reason trumping your immense want to join him.
“I’ll cover for you,” he smiled. “If anyone asks, I’ll take all the blame.”
“And then we’ll both get punished,” you laughed. “An already debuted idol scrubbing a drum head as if he were a trainee.”
“One does not scrub a drum head,” Brian clucked. “Maybe I should get punished so I can show you a thing or two about cleaning.”
“Well, you have done it much more than I have,” you hummed, this time taking a turn at sending him a wink.
“So are you coming or not?” he asked again, a mischievous grin on his face. “Trade in your cotton balls for some bulgogi.”
“As enticing as it sounds...” you trailed, glancing carefully around the room. “A punishment is a punishment.”
“Fine, build character or whatever this is supposed to do,” he sighed. “I’ll bring you back some to go. Deal?”
“Deal,” you grinned. Brian nodded, turning on his heal to begin down the hall. “Hey Brian?”
For a moment you thought he hadn’t heard you, his figure disappearing from your sight. You bit your lip, waiting to hear his continued footsteps down the hall, but instead, his head appeared in the doorway again.
“Change your mind?” he smirked.
“No,” you laughed. “But...thank you. You know, for dealing with my special brand of terrible. And offering to help.”
“It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it,” he smiled warmly. His eyes twinkled as he spoke, quietly drawing you in, and tempting you to abandon your task. “I’ll be back.”
He disappeared again, leaving you alone amongst the instrument graveyard.
Maybe life would be a little bit easier with Brian Kang to bother.
DAY6 Imagines: Once is enough. Twice is too much. [Once is a coincidence. Twice is not: Sequel]
Pairing: Brian x Reader (Fluff)
Word count: 3,221
Prequel: Once is a coincidence. Twice is not (Please read it first)
“So, are you coming?” your friend queried after clinging to your arm. You’re in the usual café reviewing for a test tomorrow. Lie. You’ve been just absentmindedly staring at your notes for half an hour now.
“Bob asked if we’re coming” You shifted your gaze from your notebook to your friend, unconsciously frowning, while she’s giving you a knowingly look “Stop being disappointed because it wasn’t Brian who asked”
“I’m not!” you retorted “Why Bob anyway? Not Jae?” Your friend raised an eyebrow and hissed at you for changing the topic. Both of you got close to the band after what happened couple of months ago.
Things changed. But not really—you just gained new friends, became closer with Brian as a friend, too. Or that’s what you’ve been trying to tell yourself. But Brian has been really a pain. You couldn’t tell if he really likes you or he’s just like being himself, sweet and kind. Flirt K as you call him, while others refer him as Young K. You crinkled your nose at that thought. You’ve never really called him that. Besides, his friends don’t call him that either.
Not to be rude by calling him flirt but he’s a natural flirt. It’s not his intention to do so but his actions are just… You sighed and shook your head to forget all about it.
“What’s really going on? Did you guys fight?”
“No,” you deadpanned “Why would we even fight?”
She just gave you an askance look before shrugging her shoulders. You both turned your head when a familiar song played and you felt the table vibrate. Jae’s name was displayed on your friend’s phone screen.
“Just go there without me, ‘kay?” you licked your lower lip before making an excuse “I just really need to review right now”
She raised her brow before leaving you and answering Jae’s call. You went back to your notes only to unconsciously scribble his name. You hastily scratched it as you recall what happened a month and a half ago after the first phone call.
“But I like you, though” he blurted making your heart halt. The sound around you seemed to dwindle and all you can just hear is your heart beating loud and hard as if it want to get off your chest. You stood still with mouth half-open as you stare at his eyes pierced through yours.
You swallowed the lump in your throat as you mustered some courage to speak. You opened your mouth, ready to let your voice out when you heard someone else’s. Not long enough you see Wonpil’s back in front of you, blocking Brian’s body. You heard Jae screaming his name and Dowoon’s laughter that followed.
“W-what are you doing?”
“I’m hiding because Jae’s gonna kill me”
Brian knit his eyebrows before putting his arm around Wonpil’s neck “Jae!” He exclaimed “I got Wonpil”
You heaved a sigh and next thing you saw, the boys are running and goofing around.
So much for getting confessed to.
Next day, you wondered if what happened was a confession or just another misleading action. You mentally groaned in frustration after hearing him say “Oh, love you, too” on the mic when someone squealed “Young K, I love you” from the crowd.
They’re not just a band in school but also a local band that’s starting to get some recognition when one of their songs was used in a reality game show. They get invited for gigs and in other schools for school events.
“Are you coming, Y/N?”
You snapped back to your senses and faced Sungjin with a questioning look. “W-where?” You’re in the cafeteria having lunch with your friend and the boys with Brian seated beside you, Dowoon on the left and the rest are seated across you.
“I think we need to find Y/N’s mind first.” Jae butted in “Hey, Bri c’mon!” you gazed at him blankly and showed a lopsided smile when your friend pinched Jae and hissed at him.
“You okay?” Brian queried worriedly “Do you want something? Water? Are you not feeling well?”
There he goes again. You plastered a half-smile before shaking your head, saying you’re fine. They were talking about an event they were invited at together with some bands that are also starting to get some recognition and some big-time bands.
“They’re gonna shoot a somewhat teaser for it, too.” Dowoon uttered “We’re doing it this weekend.”
“They’ll play it on digital billboards and the event will be shown nationwide” Wonpil added.
A week after your discussion in the cafeteria, you heard your friend squealed from the living room.
“Y/N! Get your ass here real quick!”
You dashed from the kitchen to the living room only to see a commercial of the teaser that Dowoon was talking about. You felt your cheeks heat up at the sight of Brian. You feel... you don’t know what you exactly feel but somehow... you know you’re proud. But the last part of their segment was so uncalled for. Hearing his “mwa” when he went near the camera and pursed his lips as if giving a kiss.
You bit your lower lip as you rushed back to the kitchen before your friend notices your tomato cheeks. It’s as if there’s a race going on in your chest. You put a hand on it, trying to calm yourself as you try to even your breathing.
That will be shown on digital billboards? What the--? You massaged your forehead. He’s such a pain. Really. See? How could you trust his I like you when he acts like this? He says I love you back to every girl who screams I love you to him... or them.
That’s normal. They’re getting recognition now. Soon enough they’ll be more known--popular. Your mind asserted making you groan in frustration. “Shut up!”
“W-what?” you saw your friend’s shocked face, hands raised in surrender “I just got here. I didn’t even say something” She passed by you and went straight to the fridge for some water.
You suddenly felt an arm rested on your shoulder as you walk to your class one day. You looked up to only see the sun who always bright up your day. In short, Brian. “I’ll walk you to your class” He’s smiling widely and his eyes sparkle as he laid it on you. It made you think... does his eyes sparkle like this only to you and when he sings?
He turned his head and saw two girls whose eyes are glued on him. He waved at them and made a heart-shape using his fingers which earned suppressed squeals from them.
Probably not. You let out a sigh.
“I’ll see you later, okay?” he winked with his smile still in place. You just nodded and went straight to your seat, not looking back to check if he’s still in front of your classroom’s door.
It’s Friday and Friday means half-day. You stood up and swang your bag to your right shoulder, ready to walk to where your friends are usually at only to find that Brian is waiting.
“You didn’t have to wait for me here. You could’ve just waited for me together with Bob and the others”
“Why is it always Bob?” you gazed at him confused. He’s looking straight ahead and not at you “Bob and the others. Said Bob. Bla bla Bob. Bob here. Bob there”
Is he jealous? You brushed off the thought before you could even ask
“He’s like a brother to me, you know?”
“Brian, Y/N will melt if you won’t stop” hearing Jae’s remark, you moved your head only to see Brian staring at you, chin rested on his hand, elbow on his knee.
You are all seated under the shade of a big tree near the soccer field. You heard Sungjin whistled, Dowoon and Wonpil’s teased but you didn’t bother to look away like you always do. He didn’t move an inch either.
“Get a room!” your friend exclaimed
“Dowoon, you need to cover your eyes they’re eye--ouch”, Jae chuckled. He must’ve been hit by Sungjin or something was thrown at him.
“Why are you staring?” you finally managed to ask
He continued staring for a whole minute before answering. “I’m thinking about what you said 2 months ago” You raised a brow to query “You said, it’s hard for you to accept or acknowledge someone’s feelings when he’s surrounded by people; when he’s nice to everyone because you don’t know how you are different from them.” You felt your throat starting to dry “And you think that everything I do to you and for you is just normal because this is me. But I said-”
“Brian,” you cut him off and took a gulp from continuing. Is he really gonna talk about this? What happened that day is enough already. Is he planning to put you in distress of feeling confusion and frustration again? “L-let’s not--”
“I like you”
His eyes are darted on yours. His eyes were sparkling yet sincere. His expression was soft. His lips are pinkish, thin and seem soft. You blinked hastily when you realized where your eyes were focused. You gazed back on his eyes and he still has the same expression.
You smiled and chortled. “Yeah. Yeah. I like you, too” you uttered nodding.
His eyebrows furrowed as if he’s trying to decipher you or something. He was about to say something when something suddenly hit your head and you squealed.
“What the?!” You picked up the stress ball that hit you and looked at your friends. “Jae!” You shouted and threw the ball to Jae
“What? That wasn’t me! That was Wonpil!” He took the ball and pitched it to Wonpil before running. You heard Wonpil said his apologies before he ran after Jae.
The next days were blur. You don’t know if Brian was mad at you or he’s just really busy. You heard they’re making a new song, so they must really be.
You busied yourself scrolling down your twitter feed when you saw his name. He tweeted last night. Why didn’t I see this?
My eyes say---
Why don’t you feel it?
“They’re new song sounded like a happy song. I don’t know, I just really love it already!” Your friend fed you with news
“You heard their new song?”
“Yup! They let me hear them play but they didn’t sing it. Must be a surprise.”
“When?”
“Yesterday. Jae asked me to come”
You swallowed a bitter lump in your throat. Not long enough, you heard someone squeal his name--stage name that no one in your circle actually bothered to call him.
You took a glimpse and looked away. As usual.
Two weeks have passed and you haven’t had a proper conversation with Brian. You didn’t want to bother him, too because they were also practicing for the event. And speaking of which it’s today.
“Hey, wear this” you arched your eyebrows as your friend slipped a glowing bracelet on your wrist.
Five bands played before Brian and others did. They’re gonna sing three songs including the Eyeless which he made for you but you’re not sure about it because he’s always misleading. Besides, he just said he made it at the cafe when you were busy and he didn’t directly say that it was for you.
Brian was wearing a bandana on his head. When it was about to be in the second chorus, he dropped his bandana, covering his eyes. The crowd squealed and you heard some say “hot” especially when his head was tilted a bit upward with his mouth half-open.
The dome was suffused with defeaning screams when he let his tongue out for a second or two before biting his lower lip. He put his bandana back on his head as he started rapping and making multiple nose scrunches.
Does he even know I’m here? You asked yourself while many girls are busy fangirling over him. He didn’t even bother text me to ask but maybe Bob already told him.
The second song was Eyeless. He took his bandana off and let it hung on his neck. There were a lot of nose scrunches, as usual, and two winks. He even threw hearts again.
You overheard some girls talk about them. The other was so overwhelmed knowing them and asking who they are and some facts about them which the other one answered with legit facts. She seemed to know them already before they even got this recognition.
“Who’s playing the bass? My gosh, he’s so hot!” the former exclaimed
“He’s called Young K”
“More like Flirt K” you muttered under your breath.
Sungjin said the last song they’re gonna sing is their new one. Is this what they have been busy practicing?
Right after Dowoon hit his sticks together thrice, you found Brian staring straight at you. You just realized he made your heart unveil its hidden talent, you never knew your heart could be so talented, beating 3x its normal speed but stopping at the same time. It’s been always like that when it comes to him.
Why why why
Do I stare at the ceiling every night
Because of you
I’m just burning up
You tried to swallow as you also try to breathe calmly. You’re wondering if he’s really looking at you. It’s impossible, right?--Finding you in this sea of people. But his eyes just won’t leave yours.
I gave you so many hints
So you can notice
But you don’t
Why don’t you know? (oh no)
I really only have you
You couldn’t take your gaze off him as his darted on yours. The only moment that his eyes would leave yours is when he’d look at his fingers running through the neck of the bass or when he’d glance for a little at his bandmates. The last confession, if you may call it, flashed in your head. He was serious? As if on cue, he answered your question when he sang.
I’m serious
My eyes say that I like you
Why don’t you feel it?
My face is so obvious
That’s quite familiar, isn’t it? Yes. His tweet after that confession.
Are you gonna keep acting ambiguous?
Just laugh it over?
Is this what
You’re gonna do every day?
Please do something
To my heart that is only growing
(I can’t stop loving you)
You pictured out those moments where you thought he was dropping hints, and smoothly saying some pick-up lines but you brushed them off by laughing over it or responded a pick-up line in a jokingly way.
His eyes are still pierced to yours as if it’s only the both of you. His shoulder is dancing. His nose, scrunching from time to time as he give lopsided smiles while singing.
When the song ended, he broke his stare and waved to everyone with the usual big and playful smile. Throwing hearts through his fingers is a must, too.
When the whole event ended your friend told you to meet with them for an after party together with all of the other bands and staffs. You eyed her hand, she was holding her phone and you’re guessing Jae texted her.
You gave her a half-smile and shook your head. “I’m really tired now. I’ll see the boys tomorrow.” She still insisted but gave up, knowing this time, she couldn’t win over you.
You parted ways after you exited the dome. You kissed each other on the cheeks goodnight before you walked near the street to hail for a cab.
You raised your hand, ready to call for one, when someone took hold of your wrist to put it down.
“Stay”, a familiar voice mumbled beside you.
You felt a tingling sensation. This is familiar. Your heart melt as you remembered how you felt during your first phone call. Stay. One word. Only for you. And only you heard. Despite your heartbeat doubled, your heart still found comfort in his voice.
You grabbed some burgers and soda before walking on the seaside promenade not too far from the dome. You both had some random chit chat. Just like before. Yes, just like before.
He stopped walking so you did, too and faced him with a querying look.
“What happened few weeks ago,” he started “I—I just want to—“
“Bri” You cut him off, smiling softly “That already happened twice. Are we gonna make it thrice? It’s never been clear to us. And I don’t really know if there’s something to clarify.” You pressed your lips together, forming a thin line, before letting out a soft breath “Once is enough, Bri. Twice is too much. And I don’t want to go to that phase again; leaving me hanging; keeping my hopes up. I was contented with stealing glances, we became close and somehow… somehow I craved for more. I never wanted to be selfish. I never wanted to ask for more, and I’ll never be. Despite feeling like this, I won’t. That’s why, let’s not go there again. I never applied for this, Younghyun.”
The moon was so bright, enough for you to see his softened expression and the glitter in his eyes, mouth agape, when he heard you say Younghyun. That’s a first. He shifted, reaching for your hand. He caressed the back of it with his thumb softly and carefully. “I’m really glad you wore this” referring to the glowing bracelet. So that’s how he found me. It was a full minute of silence and your eyes were both fixed on your hands.
“I’m sorry” he paused “I never wanted to put you in that situation and I never thought you were having so much of a hard time.” He squeezed your hand lightly “I--I just had doubts, too. Every time I’d look at you it’s either you look away or you’re not looking at all. You seemed to not mind every hint I drop even when I told you I like you--twice. You take everything I do or say as a joke, you always laugh them off. You said it’s because you don’t see how you are different from them. Have you seen me put my arm around other girl’s shoulder? Have you seen me fix my eyes on them as if there’s no one else around? And I’m sure my eyes sparkle every time I lay them on you. And sure, I wave at people, show them finger-hearts but you know why... And despite all that, this--” he put your hand to his chest. You can feel his heartbeat dancing to the same rhythm as yours. “--this belongs to you. Only you.”
He put your hand down, played with it for awhile, not long enough he intertwined his fingers with yours.
“Yeah. Once is enough. Twice is too much.” He tilted his head and gazed at you with his soft eyes “Thrice is time to pay the price. And I’ll pay it” he pulled you to his embrace as you felt his warm lips meet your head “I like you” You felt him tighten his hold of you and said “I’m serious. I like you” before he pressed his lips harder on the top of your head.
Having Brian as your soulmate was the best thing to ever happen to you. He always knew how to make you laugh until you cried and how to cheer you up when everything in the universe seemed to be against you. When you were homesick, he became home. When you needed to cry or vent, he’d drop everything to listen and comfort you. As cheesy as it sounded, you could say that Brian completed you; he was the night to your day, the Jim to your Pam, the little marshmallows to your hot cocoa. He was everything you could’ve wanted and more.
As you laid next to Brian with his arms wrapped tightly around you and your legs entangled beneath the sheets, you shamelessly stared at his beautiful sleeping figure while you thought about all of this. By the time you were done thinking, Brian was beginning to wake up and press soft, loving kisses to your shoulder and neck. In that moment you couldn’t help but realize just how lucky you truly were.
