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Dongwoo lies on his stomach lazily with his Leafeon next to him, enjoying the clear air and watching as Myungsoo brushes his Glaceon's fur into perfectness. He's on the verge of falling asleep when Sungjong slams open the balcony's glass door, almost breaking it.

"You said you wouldn't," Sungjong accuses, glaring at Myungsoo. His Flareon trails right behind him, and Dongwoo is half sure Sungjong might use Flamethrower at them like he did when Sungyeol commented he had successfully perfected Scary Face before Flareon did (fortunately— at that time Woohyun was there with his Vaporeon to save everyone, unfortunately— he isn't here now).

"Wouldn't what?" Myungsoo scratches behind Glaceon's ear and Dongwoo shivers from the cold it spreads, rolling onto his back and closer to Leafeon.

"Don't act so innocent, why did you sign up for the contest? You know I've been training so hard!" He whines.

"But I didn't sign up," this time Myungsoo scratches his own head in confusion. "I already have this ribbon," he pats his jeans pockets before coming up with a case, "see?" he points at the middle one, "got this with Milotic last time."

"I remember hyung, you beat me last time—" Sungjong glares again, but then it hits him. "Then why are you in the contestants' list?"

Myungsoo shrugs but before he can even open his mouth Sunggyu comes rushing into the balcony, dripping wet and laying himself next to Dongwoo. "Woohyun took over the bathroom," he explains, and they all nod in understanding. "Someone needs to tell him that cell composition is not something you need to train." He grumbles, and soon after his Jolteon joins them in the balcony, shaking water off of itself and settling next to Sunggyu.

Leafeon rubs against Jolteon, causing Dongwoo to laugh out loud. "I think Leafeon's thirsty," he says, and everyone starts laughing with him (not because it was funny, but rather because Dongwoo's laughter is hilarious).

Sungjong's anger seems to be gone as he tells Flareon to keep Sunggyu warm, Myungsoo is back to brushing Glaceon and Dongwoo is just about to fall asleep with Leafeon once again when Howon calls him. "Espeon says it's going to rain soon," he claims, and even though no one is sure how Howon can even understand whatever his Espeon says ("I just know," he says and they don't dare to argue), Dongwoo passes the message along and they all get back into the house, as far away as they can from the bathroom.

Howon joins them awhile after, finding them all in various states of sleep, and tries avoiding waking them up— failing when he enters the bathroom and shrieks when he gets completely wet by Woohyun and his makeshift training facilities.

"You ruined all of it!" Woohyun blames as he shoos Howon into the living room, successfully waking everyone up. Espeon releases itself from its pokeball and stands between the two, glaring at Woohyun. "You need to tame it," Woohyun mumbles, but takes a step back nonetheless.

"You need to tame yourself." Howon mumbles back as he crouches next to Espeon, petting it.

Sunggyu holds Woohyun before the other can do anything, pulling him into the bathroom where his Vaporeon is still waiting. "Clean this, and don't come out until you finish." He throws the younger in and closes the door after him.

"It won't hold him there forever!" Sungjong yells from the living room and there's a collective sigh.

"At least it will keep him busy for a while," Dongwoo says as he returns Leafeon into his pokeball. "I'm off to sleep in my bed." He declares and the rest follow him, except for Sungjong and Howon who stay behind so Flareon would dry both Howon and the house.

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Dongwoo wakes up in the middle of the night when he feels like someone is looking at him. He looks around his room before his eyes fall on a glowing creature, looking at him from near the window. It would have freaked him out if it weren't for the fact this is has happened too many times in the past.

He sighs before getting out of his bed, walking tiredly to the creature and petting it between the ears. It follows him happily when he walks to Sungyeol's bedroom, shaking the boy until he wakes up. "Yeol-ah, Umbreon is hungry. It's yours, take care of it." He says when Sungyeol finally looks at him, and Umbreon jumps on Sungyeol as if he was his prey all along.

Dongwoo shuffles his way back to his room, falling face first on his bed and falling asleep to the sounds of a grumpy Sungyeol feeding his Umbreon.