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The invite came to Till at a rather inconvinient time. He was busy filming a new TV show when he got the message in the ALNST groupchat.
Mizi !!!
4:35 p.m
Hey all! Was wondering if you wanted to do a reuinion party at my place for Xmas? Me and Sua were thinking Saturday at 7?
Luka (annoying af)
4:36 p.m
Ill only go if hyuna is going
Suaaaaaaa
4:37 p.m
Cough cough whipped af
HYUNA <3
4:37 p.m
Yeah, me and Luka can come
Ivan? Till?
Till sighed and glanced at his phone. It wasn't that he didn't want to come, he'd love to have a chance to hang out with his friends, and Ivan.
But he and Ivan were a little complicated. There was mutual attraction going on, but because they were such famous actors, and Ivan was a former idol, there would probably be some controversy if they were to ever get together.
The reason that getting there would be a struggle would be getting the permission from the directors to leave set early that day.
Well… he would probably get permission.
He was Till after all.
"And why, exactly, do you need to leave set early?" asked the director, resting his chin on his hands with his elbows resting on the table. "We are filming that day, you know."
"Yes, but I'm sure you can reschedule some of my scenes to be earlier in the day?" Till persisted, adjusting the beanie resting on top of his head. He pushed his glasses up his nose and scowled at the director as he gave Till a sour look.
Till was probably the least demanding of the actors on the set, so the director should have no trouble granting Till this small favour.
But…
This director wasn't the best. He cared more about the actual product than the actors themselves, and Till didn't like them very much. He'd much preferred the directors of ALIEN STAGE, VIVINOS and QMENG, who actually let them choose schedules if they needed them.
After a couple moments, the director let out a huff. "Fine. But you must make sure to be there earlier."
Till silently celebrated.
He would be able to get away from the set, and he'd be able to see Ivan and the others.
"Thank you so much, sir." Till thanked the director, then pulled out his phone to reply to the text Mizi had sent hours ago.
Till
7:28 p.m
Yes, I can come.
Till scrolled back up through the chat, and saw Ivan's message, confirming that Ivan was also coming. Even if his "not-partner" wasn't coming, he would've gone, but it was nice to know that Ivan was, in fact coming, and wasn't just coming because Till was coming (he'd messaged before Till had).
"Till! It's so good to see you!" Mizi said, wrapping Till up in a hug as he entered through her front door. The house was well decorated, with twinkling lights and garlands everywhere.
It was very Mizi.
Till looked around the room to see who was there and laid eyes on Sua and Luka, but not Hyuna. She probably wasn't there yet, as she often arrived late for things because she lived much further away from Mizi than most of them did.
"Good to see you too, Mizi." Till said, returning the hug half hardheartedly, but not because he didn't like Mizi, she was very dear to him. Till just wasn't a hugger.
He let Ivan hug him without protesting, because it was really the only way that they could show affection while not being together.
"Hi Sua, hi Luka!" Till waved to his two other former coworkers, and they paused their conversation to wave back.
"Hey Till!" Sua said with a small smile.
"Hey, sunbae-nim. How's life been?" Luka asked, much more formally, as he and Till weren't as close as he and Sua were.
"Pretty good, you?" Till replied politely, yet still casually.
"Same. See you around, sunbae."
Till turned back to Mizi, a soft smile playing at his lips. He adjusted the glasses sitting on his nose and said, "Do you know when Ivan's coming?"
The pink-haired girl gave him a knowing look. She knew all about their feelings for each other, and was constantly trying to get them to do something about it, despite knowing the reason why they weren't saying or doing anything about those feelings.
"Really? That's the first question you wanna know?" Mizi teased, poking his arm.
Till just let out a sigh and nodded.
"I have good news for you, Till-sunbae." said a very familiar voice from behind Till. The older man felt two strong arms wrap around his waist, and he let out a comfortable hum.
"I thought I told you not to call me that. We're equals, remember?" Till mused, and Mizi took this as an excuse to leave and join the conversation between Sua and Luka.
Ivan buried his face into Till's neck and sighed. "Right. 'm sorry, Till-hyung."
The teal haired man huffed. "You're ridiculous."
"I would say you love me, but that would be unprofessional, so I'll just stay quiet." Ivan murmured.
"Alright, get off. This isn't the time for this." Till muttered, playfully shoving his junior off of him.
"Owwww…" Ivan whined. "So mean, hyung."
The party was relaxed and laid back, but of course, it was well decorated, because it was Mizi, and nothing could be less than extra.
Mistletoe was hung in some places, and Till had definitely noticed. And he had a plan. He was going to get both he and Ivan under there somehow so that they could share a kiss. They'd kissed before, they had to film one during ALIEN STAGE, but it really hadn't been a kiss.
It wasn't something built on love or anything, and it was supposed to be, in the show, something forced upon Till and one that he hated, because he wasn't supposed to enjoy it.
But now…
He had the chance to kiss Ivan somewhere where nobody was going to find about it. Their friends weren't going to share the news if it happened in front of them, he trusted that. The only hard part would be getting Ivan away from the others and near the mistletoe.
There was mistletoe by the table with snacks.
And some by the tree in the corner.
There were many opportunities for Till to kiss Ivan.
Of course, he could always ask Ivan for a kiss, but what was the fun in that? Till was usually a no-nonsense type of person, but he could have fun every once and a while. And he knew that Ivan enjoyed it whenever Till was a little more forward.
So he devised five plans.
Till's first plan was simple.
"Hey Ivan?" Till said from the drinks table, where he volunteered to get everyone drinks, and planned to have Ivan help him, and lead him to the mistletoe, "by accident".
"Hm? Hyung? What's up?" Ivan said, looking up from his phone. "Need anything?"
Till nodded. "Can you help me with these drinks?"
"Of course!" Ivan said, putting his phone in his pocket. "Gimme a sec, I'll be right there."
When Ivan got there, Till handed him two drinks to hold, which Ivan readily took. "Whose are these?"
"Hyuna and Luka's."
Since Till couldn't really control what direction Ivan went, so they missed the mistletoe completely.
But that was fine. He had other chances.
The second time he tried, it didn't work either, and he was getting kind of desperate.
He had one more chance for this to work, and it seemed pretty likely. Ivan was mingling with Luka at the snacks table, and he was right by the mistletoe.
When he was done talking to Luka, he noticed Till and smiled.
"Till-hyung!" Ivan said, pointing to a snack he held in his hand. "I saved your favourite snack before Luka could steal it."
Till smiled softly. That was really sweet of him.
"That's very sweet of you, Ivan. C'mere and give it to me, then." Till said quietly.
Ivan walked over, arm outstretched to hand Till the dessert.
What Ivan didn't know, was that Till was standing straight under the mistletoe. And Till had a plan, that was going to work.
"It looks good. I'll have to ask Mizi for the recipe." Ivan said softly.
"You want to taste?" Till said, putting the dessert in his mouth.
Ivan nods.
Till grins. "We are under the mistletoe… so."
And then Till kissed Ivan.
He kissed Ivan deeply, letting Ivan taste the dessert on his tongue.
"Mmm… Till-hyung…" Ivan breathed, letting his lips part under Till's.
Just because there were other people around, Till pushed him back, but with full intentions to carry this on later.
"Can… can…we do this later?" Ivan asked, dazaed as hell.
"Of course, darling. My place or yours?" Till asked.
"Whatever you want, Till-hyung."