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A couple's outfit, Luciel???
yoosung continues to be # relatable
Jumin birthday’s special: day 4
What RFA gives to Jumin as a birthday present:
Zen
Ohhh boy...
You would think he would just give Jumin a shitty birthday card , but NO
He wants to impress, show how much of a good taste he has and give Jumin something unforgettabl
He’ll say it’s because he wants to remind Jumin of being grateful, but deep down, we all know he’s just being nice on the guy’s birthday
So maybe a very cool elegant black or deep blue shirt. “Use it on a date with MC, you jerk. She deserves someone to do justice to her, you know?”
Oh, talking about you… maybe he could give tickets for a VIP premiere of some movie for Jumin to take you.
Yoosung
He’s screwed!
Boy has a low budget, why is he friends with such a rich guy? And why is the rich guy having a birthday now? Ughhhhh…
He spends most of the time trying to find what the other members will give.
And considers asking you what Jumin needs… and that isn’t too pricy, of course.
“I think Jumin would like if you weren’t so harsh on V when he shows up to the party…”
Yeah… no can do, MC. So… a tie it will be.
Jaehee
Does she really have to?
Aren’t her loyalty and devotion to this job the biggest gift she could give every single day?
No, but she would never show up to her boss’s birthday party with empty hands.
It wouldn’t be polite, and Jumin can be a handful boss, but he’s a RFA member and is married to someone who is always kind and trying to make him go easier on her.
So a good bottle of wine. Nothing too expensive, but a very good one. She knows how to find good wines on a decent price.
And since she’s on a very kind spirit, she might offer to babysit Elizabeth on a Saturday so Jumin can take you to a date.
Saeyoung
He knows everybody is worried he might come up with something very over the top
A sculpture of ice to be delivered in Jumin’s penthouse? A performance when he shows up in a Marilyn Monroe’s costume singing “Happy Birthday, Mr. Han…”? A tiger or a lion, since they are big cats?
This is the kind of thing you guys are expecting, and he won’t deny on confirm, making everybody even more worried
And maybe he would so something very crazy , but the craziest thing would be if he actually gave somehing normal
So he’ll keep it simple: a tiara.
For the queens of all queens, Elly. (might or might be not expecting Jumin to allow him to play with her in return…)
V
He’s surprised Jumin agreed on having a party this year
Usually he would only have a discreet lunch with his father, and it wouldn’t feel much like a celebration tbh
So V is surprised, but very excited
But what should he give to the man who got everything?
He’s even a little embarrassed by being his best friend and… having no idea what his best friend would want…
So relieved when Jumin smiles unwrapping the gift: a picture frame, and the promise he would take any pic Jumin wants to use to fill this frame.
What Jumin wants:
Well, this year is being very atypical. He’s having a party.
He had parties before. The big crowded ones in nightclubs, filled with people he doesn’t really know and sponsored by some brand that does business with C&R.
He also had quiet lunches with his father, his only demand would be that Chairman wouldn’t bring any girlfriend.
So this year is atypical because is something in the middle, he’s having a few people to come over, but only the ones he actually cares about, like RFA, your friends and family, and his father.
And you organized it, so… it’s completely different from everything he ever had for this day, and so much better.
Of course he won’t refuse your gift, whatever it is, but he’ll definitely kneel before you and kiss your hand: “I already have everything I could possibly want right in front of me, my darling.”
Oh? And the pic he’ll put on the frame V gave him? A photo of you.
Jumin’s birthday special: day 1
Sorry
Jumin x MC
“Son, just remember that being humble is never enough, apologizing is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of dignity and integrity.”
There are two types of advice Jumin would get from his father. The ones he could adapt and take as business tips and the ones… well, he would just listen politely and nod, knowing there would be no practical use for them in his daily life.
The business field needed him to be unapologetic. There’s no place for modesty, and apologizing is for the ones who make mistakes, something Jumin could never have the luxury of making.
He contemplates the lounge for a while before getting ready to step back to that party. Sighing, he can almost predict exactly what it’s going to happen when he’s out there: Chairman will introduce him to some rich lady whose family owns a promising company, so it would be interesting if Jumin made sure of becoming acquainted with the lady. The rest… isn’t worth of predicting it, since it’s so pathetic.
He dragged himself back there, adjusting his cufflinks and giving a quick glance around before accepting the wine offered by the waiter. Hum… where could his father be? Did he leave already? This wouldn’t be too polite…
“Excuse me, have you seen my father?” he asked to one of his associates.
“I think I saw him talking to a woman next to the bar.”
“Thank you.” He turns his back on the man, motioning to head towards the bar.
“Maybe you shouldn’t interrupt him… them…”
“I won’t, I just want to make sure everything is alright.”
But he will interrupt, only to give a passive aggressive reminder for his father to behave, it’s crowded with business partners in here.
As he gets closer to the bar, he realizes maybe the reminder shouldn’t be that mush of passive… Jumin sees his father chuckling and sipping some champagne while playing with this young lady’s necklace.
“Father…?”
“Jumin, perfect timing! Have you met this remarkable lady here? Such a smart lady with very interesting ideas…”
“Thank you, Mr. Han.” She smiles softly at him, then at Jumin. Oh… he knows this trick…
“No, thank you for talking to this old man, sweetheart. You’re young, so you wouldn’t know, but being lonely turns into a habit as you get older, so when someone sweet and bright talks to us, we get honored… we might… even get the wrong idea…” Chairman narrows his eyes at her, and she clears her throat, widening her eyes a little. Ahh… why is she pretending to be surprised?
“Father… if she’s an acquaintance, let me take it from here, why don’t you o home and rest?”
“Yes, Mr. Han, I think you should rest, and… maybe go easy on the champagne.” She chuckles nervously, taking the glass from his hand and putting it away.
“But sweetheart, the night is just beginning…”
“No, it’s not, father. It’s very late.”
“I agree. You must have so much work tomorrow, Mr. Han. So do I, I should probably get going too…” oh, classic move! Now his father will offer her a ride home and… the rest is too disturbing to even predict…
“Yes, sure. Can I offer you a ride home, then?”
“That’s very kind, but there’s no need to. Thank you.”
“Oh, please… it’s very late, it could be dangerous.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be fine. You should go home and rest, sir. Right?” she looks directly at Jumin, as she’s asking him for… backup?
“Yes, she’s right, father. I’ll tell Driver Kim to start the car, why don’t you get going as I tell the guests you had to go?”
“Alright… I guess I should get going to my old habit. I was delighted to meet you, sweetheart.” Chirman grabs her hands as he bows a little before her, she smiles in a kind way… It’s a very distinct smile from any Jumin had ever seen before.
“Likewise, sir. Have a good night.” She takes her hands away and pats his shoulder, waving a goodbye as he walks away.
Jumin lances at her after he’s sure his father is heading towards the entrance. Her eyes lock with his as she smiles again.
“Your father is really nice.” She smiles again.
Oh… what is her plan? Could it be that she strategically placed a note with her number on Chairman’s hands?
“He is a very smart man, but he tends to be a little weak towards women.”
“Oh, my grandfather was like that too.” She chuckles.
Her grandfather? Oh… now that she mentioned, Jumin realized she was talking to Chairman in a very patient, even condescending way, like some young people tend to treat the elderly. So… she wasn’t interested in his father? And she was genuinely concerned? How… unexpected.
“Anyway, I should get going too. Will your father be okay?”
“Yes, he gets dizzy with champagne, but nothing that some aspirins and a good night of rst won’t solve.”
“Tell him to drink lots of water too.”
“I… I will, thank you.”
“Don’t mention it. He’s right, people get lonelier as they get older, all they want is someone to talk…”
“I’m afraid…” no, he should not say that… “he wanted more than just talking to you…” Uh… did he have to say this?
She just smiles in a dumbfounded way, clearly embarrassed. Oh… so she wasn’t playing innocent, she really is… innocent…
What is this feeling? He feels so bad and guilty for thinking wrong of her, but she doesn’t even know what he was thinking previously. So… so why does it bother him so much imagining if he ever spoke what was really on his mind? She would be so offended… that would be such a shame.
“I apologize.” He says bluntly.
“Hum? Oh, there’s no need for that, he was just a little confused and I…”
“I’m profusely sorry.” he even bows before her, noticing she’s surprised and… flustered?
“It’s… it’s fine…” She smiles and nods, and he smiles back.
What is this? He feels like staying and asking about her, what is such a peculiar woman doing at a party like this? What’s your name? Would you accept a ride home if he was the one to offer?
But no, he should go and check on his father. She seems worried and taking care of him it’s the least he could do.
“It was a pleasure to meet you.” He says more genuinely than he could imagine he would.
“Mine as well. Take care.”
“I will, don’t worry about him…”
“No, I mean… you take care too.”
“Oh… yes. I will.” He nods, should he take her hand and kiss it? No… she’s probably too scared by the Hans at this point. “And once again, I’m really sorry.”
Jumin apologized three times that night, and neither of them made him weak. The tipsy man leering at sweet girls can be very wise even if it’s not a business concerned matter…
And if there’s one thing he’s still sorry for, it’s for not staying a little more and asking at least for her name so he could send her flowers… as an apology, of course.
Jumin’s birthday special: Day 5
Humans
Bizarre.
If I had to pick a word to describe the entire species knows as “humans”, it would be bizarre. Sure, you can say “bipeds” or one I don’t particularly agree with: “rational”, but when I think of humans, I think they’re all bizarre.
First, why using a machine that produces water to keep them clean when they have their tongues? Second, when they’re falling, why not twirling to fall on their feet? Ugh… what’s wrong with all of them?
But I think what intrigues me the most in an ability I don’t have, an though I’ve never met many other “irrational” animals, I believe neither of them would be capable of having this ability that can work really well or really bad: humans lie.
Humans lie so well and… so naturally. Could it be part of their instincts? Like purring and grooming are for me? It must be… it feels like something they do to survive…
That female human, Assistant Kang is her name. I know she hates me to death, and still, she’s always nice to me, she lets me in her apartment, she feeds me, brushes my fur, lets me crawl over her shoulder or take a nap on her desk… I know it’s not sincere, I know she does only for something called “paycheck”, have no idea what is this. Whatever it is, is it that good so she will lie about caring for me?
Oh… that other human… Cat Abuser. To me he is the biggest liar, nobody can’t ever be that happy all the time, it’s something completely unnatural for animals and for humans. If you ask me, I say he’s hiding something… well, whatever, as long as he stay away from me…
Then there are V and Rika… my human talks a lot about them. He says they’re good people, he also says that they were together before she died. I… I’m not sure if this is a lie, I was just a baby when I met them for the first time, but… when I ran away and ended up in that building, I thought I saw her… not sure, and maybe humans have a different point of view on death, so maybe there is no lie here.
However, I know for a fact that my human is a liar.
I’m pretty sure he was lying all those nights when he would pour wine (is that what you call it? The purple liquid?) put me on his lap and mutter to himself this was perfect and he wouldn’t trade this for anything else in the world. No, he was definitely lying, because this sounded happy, but… he never looked happy.
Okay, now you’re probably thinking: “She’s just a cat, what would she know about happiness? Or lack of happiness, for that matter?” and… yeah, what would I know? Happiness is a human concept, we don’t have that in our irrational animal world… or do we? Those stupid savages known as dogs wag their tails when something pleases them. Elegant and more evolved creatures like me have more sophisticated body language, though purring not always means we’re happy… I digress, my point is: I understand happiness.
So I can tell my human wasn’t happy, I can tell. I know from the way he would find comfort in me, especially after talking to that older man, I think his name is Father. My human would sigh, pour more wine and look at nowhere for a considerable amount of time… and if anybody asked how he was, he would always answer he was “fine”. And that was a lie. Why would he lie about being fine? Don’t humans look for help when they’re not fine?
Then I realize how bizarre you humans get to be, because… he was lying to himself, right? He wanted to believe he was fine by not having other humans around, only me and that wine thing, maybe he actually believed in that. So his happiness was fake, but it used to make sense to him…
Then she showed up, my other human.
My other human doesn’t seem to like lies. She scolds my human when he says he isn’t tired from all the work, she does this thing a lot, I don’t know how it works, but she grabs my human’s hand and says: “Can I be honest with you, Jumin?” and then proceeds on telling him what she’s thinking, even when it’s something he doesn’t seem to like, but appreciates her honesty. He likes she doesn’t lie to him, and she never does.
I like her, but out of all the humans I’ve met, she’s probably the most bizarre. She came up out of nowhere and… stayed. She stayed even after V brought me back, then she went away for a few days and… came back. She said she missed me… and it didn’t feel like a lie at all.
And some nights, when my human is on a business trip, she’ll put me on her lap and tell me she misses him too. How does she know I miss him? She’s weird.
Today she’s doing something on the kitchen, I don’t know what it is, but she put the pink collar on me. I only wear this one in special occasions, so I assume today is a special day.
“Now, Elizabeth, this will be a surprise, okay? We can’t let him know what we’re doing…” oh, so she has some secrets too… is she lying?
I watch her, she’s wearing one of his clothes, I wonder what she’s planning, it’s probably nothing bad since I’m wearing my pink collar and she’s smiling… she’s happy.
“Come on…” I go, not because she told me to, but because I’m curious. So I follow her to the bedroom.
“Good morning, Mr. Birthday Man…” she says, walking around the bed and placing a tray on his lap.
My human’s hair is a mess in the morning, and… I believe there is a thing called pajamas to wear in bed, where are his? Tsk… he used to be more presentable before she came along…
“You didn’t have to wake up before me, darling. I wanted to wake you up like we do every morning.”
“As tempting as it sounds, today is a special day, it’s your birthday, so I should pamper you a little instead of you pampering me.”
“I like pampering you.” He acts… really weird around her. Ewww, they are kissing! Should I… go?
“And I like when you pamper me, but this can wait. Elizabeth is here to wish you Happy Birthday too.” Oh, so she remembers I’m here and… birthday?
My human celebrates my birthday, it’s something he always does… once a year, I believe. I was never sure on what was that about exactly, but… apparently it’s something good.
I climb up on the bed and go to him, he smiles and caresses my head. He looks happy, so does she, and… I start purring, that purring from happiness…
Maybe that’s why she said I was here to wish him a happy birthday.
Jumin’s birthday special: day 3
When it’s Sweet
Fluff with some NSFW hints in the end
Saturday mornings were usually lazy. You and Jumin would agree on having five more minutes of sleeping... and the five minutes would turn into 1 or 2 hours of sleep and some eventual lazy cuddling.
Not that saturday.
So it’s not that you aren’t excited, you’re just… sleepy… because you and your husband grew a habit, and all of sudden he decided to break the habit because of…
“Cherries?”
He nods. “It’s the best harvest period, look.”
You adjust your sunglasses, a sea of deep red dots looks almost gleaming with the sunlight. Well, it’s really beautiful, but… really? He traded mindless rolls in bed for cherries?
“Jumin, it’s…”
“Marvelous, isn’t it? Come, let’s pick some.” He places a basket in your hand, holding the another one to guide through the cherry trees. “What about these? We could try to do a pie with these ones.”
The thought of cooking together makes you smile, it’s something you’ve never done since he is always calling for chefs or risking himself on doing pancakes. It would be a good change for once…
“I would like that…”
“Or we could do some drinks…”
“Jumin…” you say on a semi-reprimanding tone.
“Ah yes, Zen would scold me for drinking too much in front of you. I would rather avoid his hissy fits…” both of you chuckle. “I’m glad you’re smiling, I thought you were mad at me for bringing you here.”
“I was mad that you woke me at 7am, because… who wouldn’t?”
“Fair point.” He nods and smirks, you narrow your eyes at him before laughing softly.
“But I’m not mad, it’s good to be here with you…” you place your hand on top of his.
“That’s what I was thinking. It’s good to be with you…” he grabs your hand sweetly and smile. “Do you know most cherry trees aren’t able of self-pollinating?”
“Really?” it might sound you’re feigning interest, but you’re not. You’re used to being all lovey dovey with Jumin in one second, only for him to change the mood abruptly with some statement about something that apparently hasn’t much to do with the previous conversation… but normally, it does. Just wait…
“Yes, the most common types of cherry trees require cross-pollinating, which means that, in order to have fruits, only one cherry tree won’t be enough.”
“I see…”
“Do you think it’s silly if this reminds me of you and me?”
“How come?”
“I was so lonely before you came into my life, I… would never be able to grow by the way I was living, then you showed up and I feel like… well, not blossoming, because we’re talking about cherry fruits, not cherry flowers. I’m not that great at creating metaphors, so what I’m try-“
You hug him, nuzzling in his chest. He lets a small gasp out.
“We’re cherry trees, I got it.” You say, smiling when he hugs you back.
***
“Here. All washed.” He places the bowl with the cherries on the counter as you finish tying your apron.
“Hum…” you look at him in a suspicious way.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing… I just remember we picked much more, what could have happened to them? Do you know?”
“I’m pretty sure it’s the exact same amount, my love…”
“Oh really? So why are your lips that red?”
He brushes his fingers against his lips, now his hand is also tainted with that reddish pink shade. The way he avoids your gaze for a second gives away his crime.
“Have some and we will be even.” You laugh, making him relax too. Oh my… did he really think you were mad at him?
“Silly, I was just messing with you.” You stand on your tip toes to give him a peck, tasting the sweet flavor that remains in his lips. “Now we’re even. Okay, get your apron, we should start b-mmmm…”
He places a cherry in your mouth, smirking at your widen eyes and flustered face. And before you can say anything, he leans in your direction again, having a bite of the cherry, his lips brushing against yours.
“Let me guess, you let me with the stem so I will tie a knot with my tongue?” you smile teasingly, locking your eyes with his as you hold the stem to suck on the fruit.
“I’m not very fond of such cliché ideas. I can be more creative than that, my love…” he grabs another cherry, placing it in your neck before giving a bite and making you shiver. “What about you?”
Well, you were excited about cooking together for the first time, but…
“Let’s take these to the bedroom and find out…”
Playing with the cherries would be a new experience as well.