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White horses, dirty cowboy boots, unpaved roads, and an old truck without AC all tell the story of Hao’s first love. He’s seventeen, the summer is hot, and only the moon bears witness to the sweetness of Hanbin’s smile when he looks at him.
It takes only one summer for Zhang Hao to start singing along to songs he swore he would never learn the words to.
It takes eight more for him to realize that it wasn’t the songs themselves that made him want to sing, it was the person who kept putting them on. However, that person has long since stopped listening to music, and now all Hao can do is play them over and over in hopes that one day he’ll want to sing with him again.
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07 Apr 2026
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Hao practically fell into Hanbin’s arms, hiccupping like his entire soul depended on it. Tiny, pathetic wails escaped him, high-pitched and a little theatrical.
“I want a dog!” he sobbed, face buried in Hanbin’s shoulder, leaving damp streaks of tears on his shirt. His little hands clutched at Hanbin like he was holding onto air, shivering slightly, not from cold, but from pure, theatrical despair
Every sniffle and hiccup was timed for maximum effect, and Hanbin could feel it. The tug, the pull, the way his heart threatened to melt completely. Hao tilted his head up, big watery eyes glimmering, lip quivering.
“Please, Hanbin-ah…” he said, voice cracking in the midst of a sob. Hanbin wanted to groan, wanted to scold, and wanted to pull him off. But instead… he hugged him tighter. Because even if it was manipulation, even if it was absurd… it was impossible to resist.
And God he wanted to fold and give in so bad.
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The shenanigans that go on in Hao and Hanbins life.
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27 Mar 2026
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no banquet with no end (but i will never leave) by elkberry
Fandoms: ZEROBASEONE | ZB1 (Korea Band), AND2BLE
15 Mar 2026
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It’s funny—Hanbin thought he’d be at a loss, not knowing every single thing that happens in Hao’s life, but somehow it’s better hearing the words from his lips, rather than witnessing it firsthand.
He knows it tints the story, that he’d have a more accurate version of the events if he’d been there. But life is not about optimizing everything. No, sometimes, life is about listening to your boyfriend tell you about his day, and indulging in the quirks he adds, the opinions and the thoughts that you wouldn’t have been privy to otherwise.
The tint that shapes every story Hao tells is a color that Hanbin wishes he could apply to his entire life.
A year in the life of ZEROBASEONE's Sung Hanbin and AND2BLE's Zhang Hao
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22 Mar 2026
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At his first meeting with the matchmaker, she’d surveyed him over the half-moons of her glasses and asked what he was looking for.
“I don’t know,” he’d replied, shamefaced. “I thought—I mean, aren’t you supposed to do that for me?”
She’d smiled in pity. Zhang Hao had felt like he was back at high school. “Well, that’s okay. We can look together, Hao-ssi. I’m sure we’ll find someone pleasing for you.”
Yes, he wants to say to her now, look how well that turned out.
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19 Mar 2026
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With all pretenses gone their conversation turns a bit awkward. Stale. Nervously Hao drums his fingers on the counter to a rhythm — then, horrified, realizes it’s to the beat of ”Last Christmas” on the radio and stops — and waits for Hanbin to say something else or to leave, but his eyes are peering curiously at Hao’s head.
Hao shrinks back with his gaze. “Is there…something else?”
Hanbin looks at him for a bit longer, then says, “I like your ears.”
Hao blinks at him. “My — what?”
He frowns and grabs at one of his lobes, wondering if this is some weird joke, when Hanbin points a finger at the top of his own head. When Hao reaches blindly above him he expects air, but his fingers meet soft, rounded felt.
Oh. Oh no. He forgot about the antlers.
Or: Zhang Hao and the horrors of working a minimum wage job, falling on ice, and falling in love.
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