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Bonus chapter: Where snippets in between chapters or ideas that didn’t make it into the chapters but were written and it’s a waste not to include them. Enjoy ⊂(o•ิ▂ ñ*)づ🌻
Sunoo loves to swat his members
Sunghoon yelped and sat up, a teasing smirk on his face. “I wish you wouldn’t do that. You know, you’re not supposed to hit your hyung.”
Sunoo smirked. “I didn’t hit you. I lightly swatted you. Because you’re stupid. If anybody hit you for real, I would have to kill them, my love-swats are not hitting.”
Sunghoon tugged Sunoo down, ignoring his indignant squawk, and squished his adorable cheeks.
“Sunghoonnie-hyuuunggg,” Sunoo whined, trying to wiggle free as Sunghoon kept obsessing over Sunoo’s fluffy cheeks. “Stoooop!”
When Jake comes over looking at them over his steaming cup of coffee, ‘ Yeah, way too early for me to function.’ and step away from getting in between the two members.
Hybe company ghosts that likes to party.
"Yes, I have to work very hard!" Sunoo nodded his head in agreement, looking like every obedient child that was spoiled by their family, then asked with great care, "Noona may I ask you something? If you agree, I will give you more nail paint so you can decorate your long nails much nicer than the red you usually wore." As soon as Sunoo said that he realized it might sound like more of a coercion than an exchange of help. "Of course, even if you don't agree I would still give them to you but...," he glances at the big scary ghost with his sparkly eyes that seem to shine.
The big ghost shook her head and said somewhat helplessly to Sunoo, "You little kid! What would you do without this noona of yours emmm?"
Sunoo gave her his brightest smile and said in a pleasing tone, "Well noona, every time I went into the vocal training studio in room 17, there's a lot of ghosts partying it up in there. Every day they dance and sing,” he sighs, “haaaa... it made it hard for me to practice my singing noona. Can you talk to them for me and possibly ask them to find somewhere else to stay?"
‘This little fox Sunoo was really something! Even daring to pull strings with a big boss ghost like me!’ thought the ghost, she had been a ghost for 137 years and this is the first time a human actually is bold enough to request something from her. Despite that, she only felt Sunoo was more endearing. ‘He’s not afraid of me, maybe that’s why.’
To be honest those ghosts that had been bothering Sunoo’s solo practice time had it coming. Despite him warning them to leave him alone they would not only come to bother him, but they would also invite others to older ghost to come baby him. They would not only have loud parties, but they would hug, squish his cheeks and engulf him with baby talk. Since they are not ghosts that have a strong attachment to the world. They only have a slight longing for the world, so they are able to go anywhere. Meaning they had little to no effect on him, thus making it harder for Sunoo to shoo them away.
From Sunoo's observation, all the Hybe ghost in the company were very respectful of this scary noona with her bossy attitude and flaming red hair swirling around, Sunoo figured that if she commanded the other ghost would listen to her more than him.
"Affecting my little brother practice times, that just won't do! How dare they!" The scary noona huffed out a smoke like breath, "Don't worry Sunoo-ya, this noona will deal with them."
"Thank you noona! You're the best!" Sunoo leaped with joy, twirling around.
Enhypen had a photoshoot in the forest early in the morning.
Sunoo pursed his lip and did not pause as he continued to walk the long dark corridor of the abandoned castle they had rented out for the day. He ignored the ineffable chill that crept up his spine and straight to his heart.
It began to rain outside. The rain that came with the changing of seasons from autumn to winter was the worst. It was gloomy and cold. It could penetrate to the bone and with the low temperature, the ground took a long time to dry. With the additional drop in temperature overnight, a thin layer of ice would cover the ground in the morning. Sunoo tugged the sleeves of his sweater down, so they enveloped both his prone to coldness hands, making cute sweater paws.
When Sunoo returned to the waiting room where the members were at, he propped his forehead on one hand, deep in thought from waiting for his turn to shoot. The members are also spread around the area, everyone is barely awake, and some are only functioning because of the sweet promise of getting the shooting done early so that they can go eat some proper meals. Since they are scheduled for it, they all had been on a strict diet of healthy meals only for a week now just so that they can serve their fans with the most amount of visual as possible. Jay-hyung and Heeseung-hyung are already lost to the world, sleeping with full makeup on, while Jungwon and Ni-ki are doing their pair shots. Sunghoon-hyung and Jake-hyung are still on the make-up chair looking like they are more space out than usual.
After a while, Sunghoon, Sunoo and Jay are called out for their turn. They were led to a luxurious room filled with props and it even had a balcony.
They were given time to adjust themself to the setting, Sunghoon propped his hand on the balcony, with one large stride of his long legs, he elegantly flipped over to the other side. His movements were smooth and natural, he even had time to give Sunoo a dashing smirk. He truly conformed to the standards of his title - Ice Prince- .
Sunoo was slightly puzzled, titled his head "Why didn't you use the door to get to the other side?" His face is the literal definition of ‘What is wrong with you hyung? Do you need me to get your meds?’
Sunghoon's confident side smirk falter and stiffened.
On the other hand, Jay laughed at Sunghoon attempt at being dashing towards Sunoo who is of course are oblivious to the advances.
Sunghoon raised one eyebrow, sweeping a cold gaze towards the source of the laughter.
Jay nearly hurt himself suppressing his laughter. ‘How terrible.’ Sunghoon thought as he saw Jay bent over laughing nearly hitting the balcony railing.
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Since the shooting is done in a rural forest, they had to travel quiet far away. Once, their job is done, a proper thank yous towards all the staff that was are there to facilitate the shooting are given and they are usher towards their van. After a little squabbling about picking where to eat to celebrate their freedom from their diet, one by one the members began to knock out.
Just as Sunoo decides to play with his phone, he catches sight of their manager who is driving.
"Ah! Sorry guys, I think we must have missed a turn guys." Their manager hyung told them they may take at least one hour more to get to the requested restaurant.
“It's okay hyung, just drive as you usually do,” Sunoo gave their manager a bright smile, despite his hand clenching at their uninvited guest.
"Are you an idiot?" A ghost sneered while his hands keep rapping on the manager's head, "Can't you see how easy it is to get lost. Aish! This is why you shouldn't be relying on these google maps so much! Now we are lost!" From the looks of it, the ghost is a middle age man that wears a taxi uniform and he must have had a car accident from the way its head being almost smashed unrecognizable aside from the car logo that was usually imprinted on the steering wheel was now imprinted on it's forehead.
Though the manager could neither see nor hear the ghost berating him, he still seemed to have some sort of reaction. The manager scratched at the back of his head, looking stressed and frustrated at the road.
The ghost continued tapping on the manager's head, "Hey, hey! Do you hear me talking to you, you idiot! Idiot!"
Ni-ki and Sunoo went out to play basketball at the Hybe gym
Sunoo was accurate, his eyes were sharp, and his hands are agile and steady. The balls landed in the net one after another.
"Hyung, you are good at scoring," Ni-ki praised while wiping his sweat covered forehead and giving Sunoo thumbs up.
"I'm alright. When I was a kid, I usually played basketball with a couple of my friends."
Sunoo’s friends like to play basketball so in relation Sunoo would play it with them all the time. Plus, he once heard there's a great benefit to basketball in which it would help him grow taller so every time his friends would call him out to play, he would agree.
Ni-ki instantly knew what Sunoo meant by that, "Then why haven't you grown taller hyung?" Sometimes, Sunoo really wonders if Ni-ki had a mind reading ability cause it's kinda scary how accurate Ni-ki is sometimes.
Sunoo sassily rolled his eyes at Ni-ki.
"But hyung's height is great for hugging," saying that, Ni-ki already took steps to give his Sunoo-hyung a sweaty hug. Sunoo first playfully protests but after a while he just lets Ni-ki hug him.
“But hyung,” Ni-ki pause, a mischievous smirk spread on his mouth, “Isn't it against the rules for short people to play basketball?”
Sunoo reached out with his hand to flick Ni-ki's hair, "You dare to talk about rules? The length of your hair is against the rules." With that, with a swish, Sunoo turned back and stomped his way angrily towards the gym door.
“Hyung! Sunoo-hyung! It was a joke. I'm joking. Hyung!” Ni-ki ran trying to appease the sulking pout Sunoo was now showing, Sunoo puffed up his cheeks unhappily, truly the face of someone being sulking.
Enhypen were having a small vacation while also filming for their So SO Fun.
Sunoo stood on the hill, looking over Sunghoon-hyung and Jake-hyung trying to fish in the river. Sunoo observes them, being all excited to go catch some fish for them to eat. However, in the blink of an eye, the running water became sickly thick, red blood. A bloated body of drowned person lay in the long stream of the river, the strands of its full head of black hair floating and intertwining in the bloody water, swaying like seaweed in the sea. 'I hope we won't be bothering it. Unless we didn't disturb it, it won't bother with us.'
"-ya, Sunoo-ya!" Startle by the Jay's voice calling for him, Sunoo turned around suddenly and almost couldn't stop himself from crashing straight into Jay's embrace.
At the sudden physical contact, all the supernatural things around him disappeared.
"Help me with by putting away the groceries, will you Sunoo-ya?"
"Ah, sure hyung~" Sunoo quickly replies.
“These guys sure are excited to catch some fish. Well, for their sake, I hope they can at least catch one.” Jay said, as he walks away to the kitchen.
“I really hope they don’t .” Throwing a nervous glance at them, Sunoo went back into the house to help out Jay-hyung.
Sunoo had a headache after a long day dealing with the parties the ghost cooks up.
"I have a headache." Sunoo scooted closer on the couch and pillowed his head on Jake's thigh.
"Do you want me to give your head a massaged Sunoo-ya"
After a nod from Sunoo, Jake began to rub his forehead, started to press on the other acupuncture points to relieve some of the places that stress and tension usually collect. As he was massaging Sunoo’s head, his hands were caught by him, holding it before his eyes and analyzing it.
Since Jake had played musical instruments for years, his fingers look very beautiful. Lean and slender, the bones and joints intricate. His skin is pale and smooth like a baby. Jake really took care of his hands very carefully.
Sunoo brought the hands closer and nuzzled them to his face, Jake’s scents just radiated warmth and calmness. His headache slowly leaves him and replaces him with a feeling of drowsiness. After kneading and playing with Jake’s hands, Sunoo drifted off to sleep pillow with Jake’s thigh.
Jungwon, full time idol, part time plant killer .
“Oh, my gosh, your plant Jungwonnie.” Sunoo prods at its wilted stick of a plant. It drop sadly in response. “Jungwon, how could you? All it wanted was a shot at life and you blew it.”
“Shhhh! You can't tell anyone. No one knows about it. This one especially was given to me by Ni-ki.” Jungwon beg Sunoo. After three days of thinking of ways how to fix the condition of his plant that he named, Gremlin, suits perfectly with the gift giver character.
Jungwon had tried googling it, tried giving it water, but that ended up a mistake when he accidentally drowns it too much and now after Gremlin had survived draught from Jungwon always forgetting to water it for days on end. From drowning, Jungwon had literally filled their sink with water and drowned the pot. Jungwon had a bad feeling when he saw Gremlin’s last leaf fall upon entering the water, but he assured himself that plants need water right? There's no such thing as too much water right? WRONG. Oh! How wrong he is.
Now, here they are, standing in their shared room, door locked, with Jungwon pacing in front of Gremlin browning stick. He had covered it with a towel each time Ni-ki came in, now in hindsight, that’s probably fastened its pace to cross the rainbow bridge that Injang once had crossed over.
“Look, I will google the nearest nursery and we will get an identical one. I'm sure Ni-ki won't notice. And this time we should also get a guide to plant for dummies. We can't have you massacring all the plants that step in the house Jungwonnie.”
Jungwon turns to Sunoo, face painted in gratefulness. He was so giddy that he was practically bouncing in his spot. A fresh wave of fondness threatened to overtake Sunoo and he had to lightly pinch his own thigh to stay focused at the cuteness of his dongsaeng.
Somehow, Jungwon’s already bright smile became even brighter.
Then, all thoughts fizzled out from his brain when Jungwon dashed straight to Sunoo who was sitting on his chair and glomped him.
As in, a full-body tackle on Sunoo, making them both fall on the floor, laughing as they did.
Jungwon noticed something about Sunoo.
“Sunoo-hyung...” Jungwon takes his hand. He removes it from the other's mouth. His thumb moves across Sunoo’s palm, lightly presses into the centre of it. “What exactly do you know?”
Sunoo stares at their hands. His gaze flickers downwards, then to the side. When he looks up to meet Jungwon’s gaze, he doesn’t attempt to say it any differently.
“Too many things I don’t want to.”
Both are clearly private and personal secrets that Sunoo was never meant to know of. Ones he could never bring himself to ask about, ones he desperately wished the ghost never whispers to him.
Jungwon eyes Sunoo. It takes all of Sunoo will power not to shift anxiously under those calculating eyes.
Sunoo refused to meet his gaze. His lower lip jutted out slightly in a small pout. If he weren’t so worried that he had seriously angered Sunoo, he would have found such an expression adorable.