#loving block

[seyoonlgc]

[ sunshine ♡ ] ┈➤ happy happy birthday ~~

┈➤ i wish i was there to celebrate with you

┈➤ i couldn’t even decorate a locker in the company building for you :((

┈➤ the balloons would have deflated

┈➤ BUT!!!! i have this ┈➤ [ yoonie_birthday_vlog.mov ] ┈➤ enjoy hehehe~~

PLAY: the video starts with a close up of minnie in the camera. “hi~ i’m sorry i can’t be there for your birthday. so we’re going to spend a day in vancouver together!” she says cutely. the video continues with short clips of minnie getting ready. a clip of her washing her face. a quick glimpse of her putting on makeup. then of her posing to show off her outfit. the next is her holding the phone above her, vlogging as she walks down the streets of vancouver. “ah it’s so cold,” she says with a pout. she pauses to adjust the scarf around her neck.

the camera is flipped to show the streets, the buildings, anything and everything she passes on the walk. “it’s so beautiful here! and we’re not to far from a pier!” there’s more clips of random shops she passes, a large building, and finally: the pier. it’s particularly windy that day, turning minnie’s nose bright pink. “i’m coming back a snowman at this point.” she laughs, turning the camera to show the pier. there’s a few boats on the pier. minnie excitedly points out ducks and pigeons.

the next clip is of minnie in a restaurant. “i’m at la belle patate,” she says in english, absolutely butchering the name of the restaurant. she laughs, reaching to move the camera to show her food. “i got poutine! i wanted to try canadian things.” with her first bite, her eyebrows furrow almost angrily. “oh wow…that’s so good!”

then she’s showing off a cake. “for you! happy birthday~” she offers a spoonful to the camera. she then takes a bite for herself. “everything this place has is soooo good. we have to come here.”

minnie is then in stanley park, filming the scenery as she walks through. she gives commentary on things she encounters, namely different flowers. the remainder of the video is her back in the hotel room. she’s laying on the bed, bare faced once more. “i also got some presents.” she sits up, camera now showing the shopping bags.

first she pulls out a vancouver sweater. it’s a dark red colour. “now you have something that was bought from your hometown and you can rep your hometown!” she then pulls out a cat plush. “this reminded me of you~ so i got it. it has a little bowtie look!” the plush is an orange cat with floppy limbs. she makes the plush sit upright on the sweater. “and i got you this~” she pulls out a custom leather back journal. “if you feel like you can’t talk to anyone, you can use this to get your frustrations out. isn’t it nice? you can also tie it shut with the band!”

she puts the presents back in the shopping bag, returning to the bed. she smiles at the camera. “i hope seeing home was nice! i know it’s not the same as being in person but at least it brought back treasured memories. happy birthday!” she blows a kiss to the camera before the video ends.

He didn't know what he was expecting when he clicked on that video-

No, actually, that would be a lie. Seyoon absolutely did go in with an idea in mind. Seyoon, being who he was, usually received a very specific type of video on his birthday. The kind that involved silk and lace, a husky voice, and a promise.

He slapped some headphones on, crawled into bed, made himself comfortable, and...

...Hold on, was she outside? Why did that street behind her look so familiar?

Seyoon sat up straighter and shoved a pillow behind his back.

"Are you in Vancouver?" He actually shouted at his phone like a total clown. As if Minnie could hear him while she was busy filming pigeons. “Dork,” he muttered, watching her coo at the fat, shameless birds. “Be careful. They’re only cute until they steal your fries!”

Poutine. Cake! Seyoon watched Minnie walk into the place he used to go for runs on the weekend. "There is so much you have to see still. You are right, we do have to go back there. I'll show you." He hummed, thinking about all the fun food places they could try.

Seyoon could tell they were almost at the end of the video, because he was getting the present spoilers. A cozy sweater, yes! He could definitely use that in the current season. Oh, that cat did look like him. See how lazy it was! Yes, stand properly for Minnie! A journal, too? Huh. Guess she knew he had frustrations he wasn't telling anybody. Did his weirdo-funny-guy-party-dude-thot exterior not fool her that well?

"Thank you," he said as the video finished.

Seyoon rewound the video back to where she was placing the cat down on the sweater, watching how its little limbs flopped about pathetically. He laughed his face off and did a quick rewind again.

And that was when he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror hanging on the wall. Smiling, eyes bright, and cheeks flushed from laughing. Seyoon looked really damn happy, and that-

That was a fucking problem.

He clicked off the phone and threw it across his bed as if it had turned into a creature with gnarly teeth. "Fuck," he said. "Fuck!" Seyoon's heart was beating fast. Thump thump thump. Blood was rushing through his veins. Whoosh whoosh whoosh. "Nope. I am cool. I am super cool. This is fine. It's fine." He chanted like it would make the heat under his ribs disappear.

The phone screen was dark, but his mind continued to display images of a certain girl in his old neighborhood, phone in hand and smiling.

She's pretty. Minnie is so pretty when she smiles.

No shit, bro. Of course, she's pretty! We don't fuck with people who are not pretty.

But we are not fucking, are we? How long has it been? Have we slept together yet? Did we forget about the original mission, bro? Because if we aren't trying to take her to bed, then what have we been doing for these past god knows how many months?

Seyoon thought about the long car rides, their random conversations, and the weird jokes. He thought about all the meals they shared and how he sat down with her family for Chuseok.

What have we been doing?

He snatched his phone back and blocked Minnie's number with a few practiced clicks.

There, fixed. Everything shall go back to normal, he'll go scroll some Instagram hotties and-

...Actually, no, he couldn't block her yet. Seyoon unblocked Minnie again and let loose a miserable sigh. The thing was...Seyoon turned his gaze to his desk, where a little present box neatly sat. Yeah, he'd already bought her a Christmas present. It would be a shame to let it go to waste. So maybe he'll just deal with all this after the holiday season...