carniv♡re girl

this is a hard question on account of the fact that there are SO MANY different kinds of fics that would really please me to read ;~~; i'm going to cheat a little and break it up into categories:

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-- t h i g h f u c k i n g please Q___Q i even have preferred pairings for this, but man. any thighfucking would be great.
-- red string of fate fic that isn't majority based on finding your ~~soulmates 5eva~~ (altho that is one of my favorite things to read, haha). i think that it would be interesting to discuss some of the not-so-nice things that come with being soulbonded.
--- school 2013 fic that isn't heungsoon (i say as i write heungsoon and nothing else). i want one about jongho/yikyung/jihoon being bros haha
-- one where friends-->lovers doesn't work because i have a hateboner for that plotline
-- this is really sad in many ways but one that uses mathematical concepts as a theme D': there are a lot of interesting things that could be used, i think? not necessarily /literally/, but idk, i've been pinged creatively by a lot of things that i've come across in my math classes (the grand hotel paradox!! the method of infinite descent!!) but then, i also recognize that not.... that many people have the same feelings about math that i do D':
-- magical girls au...... i think it would be funny, ok
-- an infinite fic based off this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCMrySuijL0&list=LL4JbwnKNxU4jKELt0ulDEeQ) (laughs pathetically to myself) (sunggyu in that video tho)
-- any boyfriend fic (continues to laugh pathetically to myself) but especially maknae line and/or about hyunseong
-- anything magic realism

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there are a lot of things that i really want u___u

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it's only 4 times, i apologize u__u
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1. "you're holding my jacket," volkner says, raising an eyebrow.

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"yes," morty replies. "i am."

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there's a pause. "so, can i have it back now?" volkner asks.

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morty smiles. "why do you want it back so badly?"

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"the jacket is the essence of my style," volkner explains blankly. "without the jacket, i'm just some asshole in all black trying to look edgy."

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morty laughs for ten minutes straight, only stopping because he starts to run out of breath. volkner doesn't get his jacket back until morty's finished.

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2. "you're sitting on my jacket," volkner says, raising an eyebrow.

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"yes," morty replies. "i am."

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"but why do you feel the need to put my jacket between your butt and the ground," volkner asks.

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"we're having a picnic and i don't want to put my butt on the ground," morty replies. "now sit down and eat this sandwich."

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"only if you're going to dry-clean my jacket afterwards," volkner says, but sits down and accepts the sandwich anyway. (morty, of course, does not.)

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3. "you're wearing my jacket," volkner says, raising an eyebrow.

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"yes," morty replies. "i am."

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"you're already wearing a sweater, there is literally no need for you to wear my jacket on top of that," volkner points out.

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morty shrugs. "i can't help it if i'm cold."

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"if you're cold, then think of me freezing to death," volkner grumbles.

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"but are you?" morty asks. "freezing to death, i mean."

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grudgingly, volkner admits he is not. morty, therefore, continues to wear the jacket.

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4. "you're -- " volkner pauses and squints. "what /are/ you doing to my jacket?"

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"bedazzling it," morty says, far too cheerfully. "looks good, right?"

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volkner closes his eyes and attempts to offset the migraine he feels coming, but fails. "i'm going to lie down for a while. and when i wake up, my jacket had better be exactly how i left it as," he announces.

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two hours later he returns to find a note on top of his neatly folded, newly bedazzled jacket: "it looks great, right?" the note says. "no need to thank me."

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volkner crumples the note in his hand and sighs deeply, reminding himself that throwing clothes into the ocean is pollution and he might accidentally kill some poor magikarp that way.

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1. "hey," morty says. "isn't that my scarf?"

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"yes," volkner replies. "it is."

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"it looks good on you," morty comments off-handedly.

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"this is when you're supposed to get annoyed," volkner says, frowning as he rearranges the scarf around his neck so it isn't quite so tight.

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morty smiles cheerfully. "you can keep it if you want, i have spares."

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aesthetically, they please me Q__Q i like the tall/short contrast and the coordis seem to like putting kai in dark colors and suho in light colors and these are things which appeal to me a lot...

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I ALSO like them for reasons other than they're attractive when they stand next to each other (haha). i actually find it interesting how their interactions have changed since debuting (those gifs of kai shrugging suho off --> THAT EPIC HUG). they seem a lot more comfortable with each other now than a year ago! and then there are those fanaccs of kaisoo's bday event:

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- http://thekaisoo.tumblr.com/post/40376942035/kaisoos-birthday-event-when-it-was-suhos-turn-to (baekhyun ships it too lmao he has good taste)
- http://thekaisoo.tumblr.com/post/40309232862/kaisoos-birthday-event-when-jongin-had-to-do-the
- http://thekaisoo.tumblr.com/post/40311950149/kaisoos-birthday-event-when-kai-decided-to-show-a

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from what we've seen of there interactions there are so many ways that their relationship could be portrayed that are all different but could all definitely be backed up by what we know? i could buy that their relationship has/had a lot of tension (i want a fic where suho is jealous of kai for being so naturally talented and the posterboy of exo-k u___u but with a happy ending) (or maybe one where kai snaps and accuses suho of being an insufficient leader), but i also see the doting/teasing leader and maknae relationship too! judging from the above translations they definitely seem comfortable/close enough with each other to joke around, which means on the opposite spectrum of things i also want fic where they are qt boyfriends who tease each other a lot and call each other dumb pet names and wear couple outfits :'D

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When Sunggyu gets back from work, he finds his apartment in a state of tidiness that is almost disorienting. Everything's clean and organized: his books are stacked alphabetically, his work desk is polished so that it practically shines, and there's a faint scent of Febreeze lingering in the air -- it hasn't been this clean since the day he moved in. "What," Sunggyu says blankly as he walks through his apartment, faintly confused at how /nice/ it looks when his stuff isn't cluttering every square inch of the place. "What happened here?"

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When he walks into the kitchen, it's /gleaming/. "This must have taken hours," he murmurs to himself as he opens the fridge to find all his groceries arranged and carefully stacked into the appropriate drawers instead of thrown around haphazardly like they usually are. There are plates covered with tin-foil waiting on the table and the rice cooker is on, and Sunggyu's pretty sure he would be euphoric at this unexpected turn of events if it weren't for the fact that he's desperately confused.

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He finds the culprit of his secret house-cleaning napping on his living room couch. "Lee Howon, I don't believe you," he announces, but Hoya doesn't stir. Sunggyu has to remind himself that Hoya does dumb things like bite his nails and get back late without calling before he thinks something soppy like /oh god, he's perfect/.

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and then when hoya finally wakes up sunggyu gives him lots of kisses and ends up saying "you're perfect" anyway hahaha (sorry this took so long u__u)

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When Yixing asks his friends for advice on how to spice up their romantic life over a cup of coffee, they are utterly unhelpful.

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"A threesome," Lu Han says, waggling his eyebrows. "I know a few positions, personally, and I'd be happy to help out."

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"I know a little bit of shibari... I could teach you the basics, if you guys are into that kind of thing," Zitao offers shyly.

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"Toys," Jongdae says. "No, seriously, let me tell you about the cock ring Minseok and I -- /oww/, Minseok --"

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"You should just ask him what he wants," Minseok cuts in calmly, even as he's grinding his elbow into Jongdae's ribcage. "I bet he'd really like that."

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Yixing stares at them in dismay. "I wasn't even talking about sex, you guys," he says glumly. "I was trying to say I think he's getting bored with, you know -- being with me."

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The rest of them shift uncomfortably in their seats. "Well, you should probably still just ask him," Minseok offers hesitantly.

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"How could he get bored of you, Yixing? Jeez, you're paranoid sometimes," Lu Han cuts in, patting Yixing's arm a little too enthusiastically. He supposes he's supposed to feel better, but he really doesn't.

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it ends with yixing dramatically confronting kris and kris being like "huh? what no"
and then they have sex in a position that's not missionary because they're feeling adventurous and kinky

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"So, they want us to do a CF. On... potatoes," Sungyeol says slowly. "Is this for real? /Seriously/?"

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Sungjong just deadeyes at Sunggyu. "I refuse to do it, hyung," he says.

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"You're not really getting a lot of choice in the matter," Sunggyu replies wearily, and from his tone both get the feeling he's already said the exact same things (and probably more) to their managers. "Look, just think of it as an extra paycheck on the side or something, okay?"

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"This cannot be for real," Sungyeol murmurs.

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Sungjong continues to deadeye. "I'm not gonna do it," he repeats.

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A week later, though, Sungjong and Sungyeol find themselves standing on a set, holding a potato in each hand. "Hyung," Sungjong says, tone deceptively calm, "this is literally the most idiotic thing I've ever done as an idol. No -- /as a human being/."

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Sungyeol sighs and forces a smile. "Just think of the paycheck, Sungjong," he replies, even though he doesn't even sound convincing to himself.

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IDEK anon D':

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"I can explain," Sunggyu tries to say after Hoya closes the door behind behind them, except that 1. he couldn't do that even if he were completely clear-headed, and 2. Hoya puts his hands on his waist and presses him against the wall and -- /oh my god, this is great, I'm just dreaming, this has all just been a shitty dream,/ Sunggyu thinks as Hoya kisses him.

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He melts into the kiss, letting Hoya take control of it. A minute, two, more pass and Sunggyu completely loses track of time, but no matter how long it lasts it can't possibly be long enough. He whines slightly as they break apart, only opening his eyes after a few seconds -- Hoya is looking back at him, and he's not entirely sure if he's scared or turned on.

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"Sunggyu hyung," Hoya says. "Is that what this has all been about?"

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"Me wanting to jump your bones and being freaked out and not talking to you because of it?" Sunggyu pauses and considers it -- "Well, um. Yes. Basically, yes."

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"You idiot," Hoya replies, leaning in again. "I've been wanting to jump your bones since high school."

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stopping here because if i don't i'll probably devolve into writing porn and you can't give consent when you're drunk, kids!! consent is sexy!! (aka no i won't write more of this I WON'T!!!)

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Sunggyu laughs, but there's a just a hint of hysteria to it. /This is the guy I've fallen in love with,/ he thinks. "I don't puke when I drink too much, I just do stupid shit and regret it later," he replies.

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"Still something which a helpful sober friend could help you avoid," Hoya points out. "It's not a problem staying over for just a night, hyung, seriously. I don't have anywhere to be tomorrow morning, anyway."

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Were he sober, Sunggyu would have probably twiddled his fingers and attempted to find some polite way to turn him down. Sadly, drunk Sunggyu lacks a certain amount of social grace necessary for that. "But I'm pretty sure if you're around, I'll do even more stupid shit than if I were alone," he says.

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For a few moments, the car is silent. "Um," Hoya replies. "What does that mean?"

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"Uh," Sunggyu stammers. "Uh. Nothing?"

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He can feel Hoya looking at him, even as he attempts to avoid his gaze. "Sunggyu hyung," Hoya says firmly, in the kind of tone that demands an answer. Sunggyu shivers, and he just knows his subconscious is storing this in the memory banks for embarrassing wet dream material later.

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"It really doesn't mean anything," Sunggyu replies, acutely aware of how unconvincing he sounds. "But, I mean -- if you want to stay over, I'd like that."

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Hoya sighs. "I'm just worried, you know? You seem kind of distant lately. I have to wonder if there's something wrong.

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This time, Sunggyu manages to catch his worst thoughts before he lets them spill ("It's because I keep fantasizing about having mindblowing sex with you, and when I don't have fantasies about that, I fantasize about cooking in the kitchen with you and /what the fuck is my mind") -- unfortunately, the next thing that comes to mind isn't much better. "I just have a lot on my mind lately," Sunggyu says. "Like. Your cock, mostly."

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The car comes to a halt. Sunggyu wonders if Hoya would buy it if he pretended to pass out. "Haha, just kidding?" he tries, rather weakly.

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"Sunggyu hyung," Hoya says, and he has /really got to stop saying his name like that/.

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"Please disregard any penis-related words coming from my mouth," Sunggyu replies desperately, "I'm drunk and not in full control of myself, I mean -- wait, that doesn't make it any better, does it? Fuck, okay, I'm getting out of this car and stumbling back home by myself."

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Hoya doesn't reply, but he keeps on driving, so Sunggyu shuts up and wonders vaguely how many kittens he must have drowned in a past life to deserve this.

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A few minutes later, Hoya parks his car in the lot by Sunggyu's apartment complex. He doesn't say anything, so Sunggyu just follows him quietly as they walk up the stairs to his apartment and tries to come up with a plan to quickly unlock his door and dart in and close it without letting Hoya in. His coordination, though, is not at its best -- he ends up having to hand his keychain over to Hoya to unlock the door.

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(i've lost control ONLY HOGYU NOW aka tbc)

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After saying sorry to Woohyun for hitting him ("I'll accept a bj as an apology," -- "Hey, Woohyun, /fuck you/"), he scrambled off to the bar to down a few shots of vodka in the hopes that he would forget about it by tomorrow. Instead, he woke up the next morning in Woohyun's bed and plenty of embarrassing memories.

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"Hey hyung," Woohyun had said over breakfast. "I thought you should know, but I'm like 100% sure you were calling Hoya's name last night. Do you wanna talk about it or something?"

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"I hope you choke on your pancakes," Sunggyu replied.

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Sunggyu had tried pretty hard to stop thinking about Hoya's dick, but most of his Hoya-related thoughts that didn't involve his crotch were mortifying in a whole other sense: after he woke up one night from a bizarre nightmare-dream in which he'd watched himself and Hoya play out some sort of weird domestic bonding over doing dishes and folding the laundry, he knew he was In It Too Far.

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"What the hell are these emotions," he'd said to Dongwoo over coffee the next day. "Can a lobotomy get rid of them?"

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Dongwoo had patted his arm sympathetically and smiled. "I think you might be in love, Sunggyu hyung," he'd replied gently.

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In reply, Sunggyu stared at his cup blankly. "They don't serve Irish coffee here, do they," he asked.

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"You should really stop drinking your feelings," Dongwoo said.

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/I really should stop drinking my feelings,/ Sunggyu thinks to himself as he gets into Hoya's car and shuts the door. "Thanks, Hoya," he says, rather weakly. "I appreciate it."

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"No problem, hyung," Hoya replies, turning in and starting the ignition. "Were you out alone? Usually you go out with Woohyun hyung, don't you?"

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"I got kinda carried away," is what Sunggyu wants to say. Instead, though, his scumbag mouth betrays him and instead, he says, "Well, yeah, there's a good explanation for why I made the bad life decision to get wasted by myself. Woohyun won't stop talking about how much I want the d, which would be fine, except -- uh, never mind." He clears his throat and stares ahead of him, trying very hard not to look at Hoya. "The point being that I didn't want to hear Woohyun talking about dumb things."

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"Well, yeah, dumb things -- Woohyun hyung's good at talking about that kind of stuff," Hoya replies, sounding a bit amused. "Especially his own dick, I've noticed he loves that."

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"For the record, I don't even want Woohyun's dick," Sunggyu says, before sighing, slumping back in his seat, and pressing his head into his hands. "I don't even know why I brought it up now. Topic change?"

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"Topic change," Hoya says in agreement. "Are you gonna be alright by yourself, hyung? You live by yourself still, don't you? I don't want to find out tomorrow that you choked on your own vomit in your sleep or something."

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(TO BE CONTINUED..... ?!?!)

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Sunggyu is in an unhappy state where he's drunk enough to not think too much and make questionable decisions he wouldn't have had the balls to were he sober, but not drunk enough that he doesn't immediately regret it -- so when Hoya pulls up a few yards from the lamppost he's leaning precariously on, he knows he's fucked. "Sunggyu hyung," Hoya says, frowning slightly as he gets out and walks over. "Are you alright?"

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"I think I'm okay," Sunggyu replies, "as long as I don't move. What are you doing here, though?"

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Hoya blinks a few times. "You called me like ten minutes ago saying you were piss drunk and didn't know how to get home," he answers. "I said I would come by and give you a ride."

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It takes a few moments, but then things click. "Oh fuck, I thought that was Woohyun's number," Sunggyu blurts out without thinking. He practically winces just remembering that phone call -- he'd ended it by slurring out "I loooooove you, Woohyun-ah, thanks for not sucking when I need you," and hanging up.

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"I know," Hoya replies, smiling slightly. "But I figured it'd be all the same whether it was Woohyun hyung getting you or me. Get in, hyung."

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Sunggyu considers his options: he could refuse and stay plastered to the lamppost, or he could insist on calling Woohyun again, or he could get in the car and spend ten minutes in an enclosed space with the guy whose dick he really wants to jump while still too buzzed to put up his usual inhibitions. It's a tough one, to be sure.

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The whole wanting-to-jump-his-dick thing is a relatively recent development in Sunggyu's relationship with Hoya -- they've been good friends since high school, ever since Hoya showed up halfway through Sunggyu's second-year to join the a capella choir. Jungyeop had rearranged their formation, put Hoya next to Sunggyu, and their friendship followed naturally, bonding over the fact that neither of them planned to go to college and had their own dreams to pursue -- singing for Sunggyu, dancing for Hoya. Even after they'd both graduated and gone on different paths, they stayed close, texting often and seeing each other a few times every month.

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It wasn't until about two months ago that Sunggyu had his revelation. His friend-with-occasional-benefits Woohyun had invited them both out for the night, so they'd had a lot of drinks and then hit the club: right as Woohyun had attempted to stick his hand down Sunggyu's pants on the dancefloor, Sunggyu'd looked over and saw Hoya grinding with some stranger, had the vague thought /I wanna grind my ass on his dick too,/ and then panicked and batted Woohyun's hand away as he had the considerably less vague thought /Oh fuck, I think I just fantasized about Hoya's dick!/

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(TO BE CONTINUED......)

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going back to my own thoughts, i've noticed that some people tend to cite ranking king eps. 1-2 for how "awkward" hogyu is as a ship. but i actually think the way they behaved was very much in line with how i see them, because the early episodes of rk were so, so painfully scripted -- neither hoya or sunggyu really seem to do that very well, imo, going back to the whole "idol image" (or lack thereof) thing i talked a little about earlier. this is heading straight into tinhatting territory, but i think that because of the way their friendship formed, it feels to me like it's just uncomfortable for them to do fanservice on purpose like that.

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i guess tl;dr, i like them because their relationship seems very natural; the fact that it feels like they genuinely are friends and would have wanted to be friends even in an alternate universe with no infinite in it appeals to me. they have a lot of similarities that i think draw them together, but enough dissimilarities that they can challenge each other in a positive way.

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also, this gifset exists, just sayin: http://himegyu.tumblr.com/post/33405031889/hoya-groping-gyus-butt-gyus-sex-face-for

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i have a lot of hogyu feels, it's definitely my top infinite ship ;; i really, really like any combination of hoya/sungjong/sunggyu in general because of the fact that they were trainees together for so long, and seem to have a different kind of bond/friendship because of it, but my love for hogyu was firmly cemented from the sesame player episode where they talked about their trainee days together (sitting under the jungle gym, eating chicken together, and some kid freaked out and asked her parents if they were beggers lmao). from the start, it feels like they trust each other and respect each other -- hoya dishes some pretty interesting deets about stuff sunggyu had confided to him in the past, like about how he said he wouldn't have liked woohyun if they hadn't debuted together.

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and i also like how much they make fun of each other, especially hoya-->sunggyu, considering how snappish sunggyu can be about these things. they seem really comfortable with each other when they joke around, and i think that people have to have good chemistry/understanding between themselves to be able to tease and banter with each other so easily. i mean, i also make fun of my friends too (haha) but i'm still all *u* at how easily it seems to come between them. to me, they genuinely seem to enjoy each others' company!

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i was looking through inpiniteuchaser's hogyu post to figure out how i could start to organize all my thoughts, and i think that the people in that post bring up a lot of great points!! a few that i thought were interesting and better-written than my incoherency haha:

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-- "i think sunggyu plays favorites and the way he favors hoya is pretty obvious. as the other anon above me pointed out, hoya says a lot of things about sunggyu that the other members don't dare to do, like calling him out and making fun of him and sunggyu doesn't react to it the same way as say, when woohyun does it."
-- "he treats hoya more like an equal than a dongsaeng because i see sunggyu as really respecting hoya. they're both the only two who have openly gone against their parents' wishes of pursuing music/dance so i think sunggyu really admires hoya for that, especially since hoya pursued it right after middle school. there's also the fact that hoya is an all rounder: he sings, he dances, he acts, he raps and sunggyu really looks up to that." <-- this had never even occurred to me before, but i think that's so true! both of them seem to value their love of music/etc. very highly, probably more so than their idol images.
-- " i think if hoya (and dongwoo) existed in sungkyu's regular life, he'd probably become friends with them regardless of infinite's existence. it's a natural friendship that's formed separate from the idol life and fostered simply because he gets along with them easily... they're close because they just fit and accomodate each other well. no strings attached."

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(i think i need a part two, i'm running out of space?!)

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Dragons don't die: when one is ready to pass on, it finds a deep place to rest and waits there, until the earth claims it and makes it into the young heart of a new volcano.

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It's just before then that he opens his eyes for the last time: /he remembers./

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4. "I'm Kim Jongdae," he says, smiling as he offers a hand. "Your new main vocalist. It's nice to meet you, Yifan."

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Yifan smiles back. When he shakes Jongdae's hand, it feels familiar.

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5. One night, Kris has a dream like this: there is a world that is painted in shades of gold and green, full of life and liveliness. He is a young prince of a clan descended from the dragons, and he wears its emblem as a ring on his hand. This world is peaceful, guided by the light of the Tree of Life, and he passes his days happily with his family and his friends.

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Then comes the darkness and the rift; the tree withers, and the world begins to die. "We have to do something," the people of the land murmur, so they pick twelve people -- he is one of them. They'll die, but they won't /really/ die -- they'll travel through all the times and all the universes. Someday all of them will be reborn at the Right Time and the Right Universe, and then they'll wake up again.

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"That's why we have to die," he'd said. "So she can live again."

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Chen had closed his eyes and smiled. "I know," he'd replied. "But I'll only follow you because you're you."

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When Kris wakes up, he remembers.

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i am gonna write something sukai based off of 25 lives someday MARK MY WORDS (but krischen is good too keke)
also i totally..... reused something i wrote before I'M SORRY... it just fit perfectly, i couldn't resist u__u

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1. Before the planet splits and the twelve of them will begin their rebirth, Kris and Chen meet one last time, at the remains of the Tree of Life. "She used to be here," Chen says, as if he still can't believe it.

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"That's why we have to die," Kris says. "So she can live again."

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Chen closes his eyes and smiles. "I know," he replies. "But I'll only follow you because you're you."

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2. To everybody else, they're a pair: Jongdae and Kris, Kris and Jongdae. Ever since they were kids, where one went, the other would never be far behind -- and it was only natural that they'd fall in love.

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Some things, after all, are simply meant to be.

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"In our next lives, may you be born significantly shorter than me, so that you have to go through all this trouble whenever you just want one lousy little kiss," Jongdae grumbles as he stands on his tiptoes, hands pressed flat against Kris's chest to balance himself as he tilts his head up.

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Kris raises an eyebrow. "Or you could just ask me to lean down," he says.

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"But that's no fun," Jongdae says, grinning as he pushes up on his toes for that extra bit of height, just barely managing to brush his lips against Kris's before gravity calls and his heels hit the floor again.

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3. In this life he is mighty, with claws and teeth and wings and fire, hard on the outside and even harder on the inside. He passes by hundreds of years without thinking about anything in particular, simply existing -- sometimes humans attack him, but they feel like mosquitoes beating against his skin, and he simply sweeps them away and burns them to bones.

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Time passes and he grows tired, so he flies somewhere far away and makes his home underneath a mountain, in the deep of the earth, where he can feel heat bubbling under the ground. He falls asleep there, and doesn't think that he will wake up again. Rock grows over his claws and plants wrap their way through his scales, and he is content.

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The human who wakes him up is different from the other humans he's known -- this one makes storms dance in his hands, and the only thing brighter than the lightning he commands is the glint in his eyes. "So you're not dead," the human says, smiling widely. "I knew it, I /knew/ it wasn't just a legend."

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He opens his right eye and stares at the human: he knows he's seen that face before -- in another time, in another life, in another universe -- but he's already slept for so long that he can't stir anymore, not now that he's sunk so far into the mountain, and so he closes his eye and goes back to sleep.

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i actually!! really want to expand on this at a later point but i couldn't think of anything at the moment, so here is what i have so far!!
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"Do you mind if I haunt your house for a while?" the ghost asks. "Just for a little while. It's kind of required as part of me being a ghost and all that. We fade away really quickly when we're not haunting something. And your house is a really good one for haunting, it's pretty old and rickety."

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Jongdae blinks a few times. "Uh, okay," he says.

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In retrospect, he really didn't think that one through.

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The ghost's name is Yixing, and every night he plays the piano. "You're really good," Jongdae says as Yixing runs through Debussy's Arabesque.

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Yixing frowns slightly as he fumbles some of the fingerwork, stopping in the middle of a measure and sighing. "I've had a lot of time to practice," he replies. "That's all."

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Living with Yixing is like living with a roommate, more or less, except Jongdae doesn't have to worry about Yixing eating his food or making a mess. In fact, Yixing's more than happy to clean up ("It's alright, I don't have anything else to do -- it keeps me occupied," Yixing says when Jongdae tries to tell him he doesn't hae to) and doesn't make a lot of noise, except to play the piano. They talk a lot about mundane things when Jongdae's bored, and Yixing wakes him up when he oversleeps his alarm. Whenever Jongdae brings over company, Yixing always hides himself away, and sometimes he wonders vaguely if maybe he's just making Yixing up in his head.

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"Don't worry, you're not going crazy," Yixing tells him. "If you want, I can do something creepy the next time one of your friends comes over."

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Jongdae doesn't even want to know how Yixing knew exactly what he was thinking.

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He doesn't know anything about Yixing except the little things that Yixing lets slip when they talk, even though Yixing knows almost everything about him. He knows Yixing's around the same age as him -- or he was, when he died -- and that his favorite color is light green and that he prefers tea over coffee and that he can play the piano, but nothing deep, nothing substantial. He doesn't even know Yixing's last name, and he gets the feeling that Yixing is doing it on purpose.

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"Why won't you tell me more?" he asks.

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"I'm not a human being anymore, Jongdae," Yixing says, with a gentle matter-of-factness to his tone that seems wrong with the words he's saying. "I'm a ghost. You don't have to know about who I used to be -- just know who I am now, and that's good enough for me."

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One night, the piano is silent. "Yixing?" Jongdae calls out. "Hey, Yixing. Are you there?"

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There's no answer.

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Hoya doesn't realize how thoroughly screwed over he is until he wakes up on his couch one Saturday morning to find Sunggyu sleeping next to him, head resting comfortably in Hoya's lap. Hoya reaches over to tuck back a stray lock of hair that's fallen into Sunggyu's face, but just before he makes contact, a sudden epiphany suddenly comes to mind: Oh fuck, he thinks to himself. I'm the bastard going after a rebound.

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For better or for worse, their relationship has always been strictly platonic, Hoya's on-again-off-again crush on Sunggyu notwithstanding. Things only started taking a turn for the questionable after Sunggyu's last break-up -- one Friday evening nearly a month and a half ago, Sunggyu had showed up at his apartment red-faced and announced, "So, Woohyun's a bastard." Hoya had offered him leftover pizza and an ear for listening to, and after they'd finished trash-talking Nam Woohyun, they'd settled down on the living room couch and hate-watched shitty movies to make fun of the terrible characters and dumb plotlines, eventually falling asleep on top of each other at around four in the morning.

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"I feel better now," Sunggyu had said the next morning, and smiled hesitantly. A new Friday night tradition had been established, and they'd been keeping it up ever since.

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Hoya barely has a chance to think about the implications of it all before Sunggyu stirs, yawning before opening his eyes. "Good morning," Sunggyu says, looking up at him. "Sleep well?"

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You're a bastard! his brain reminds him. He swallows and forces a smile, hoping Sunggyu's still not quite awake enough to see how fake it is. "Yeah," he answers. "I slept well."

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i was so excited to see this prompt, my reaction was basically "YES GOOD HOGYU (⊙▽⊙✿)"
sorry for taking so long with it, tho, i got distracted by a lot of things tonight u_____u
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There's this guy standing in the front of the restaurant by himself when Hoya arrives, and Hoya thinks he's kind of cute. "It's alright, I'm waiting on somebody," he says to the waitress when she comes and tries to seat him, and for a split second the cute guy looks at him -- they make eye contact, Hoya's heart jolts, and he quickly looks away.

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After a minute or two, though, Hoya takes a risk and steals a quick glance: he's got a round face, Hoya notices, and high cheekbones -- half-way through his examination, though, Hoya notices the other man staring back, so he turns away again, trying to play it off. He pretends to stare at the wallpaper, but he's pretty sure the other guy's looking at him, too, and for the third time in as many minutes, they end up meeting gazes again.

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/This would be uncomfortable,/ Hoya reflects to himself, /if he weren't so cute./

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Just then, though, both of them look up as the door opens and Woohyun walks in. "I'm here!" he announces cheerfully. "Were you guys waiting long?"

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"Not that long," Hoya says, just half a beat after the cute guy says the exact same thing. They both turn to stare at each other, startled.

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"You're Hoya?" he asks, sounding a bit taken aback.

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"/You're/ Sunggyu?" Hoya replies, equally bewildered.

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"I see you guys are getting along already," Woohyun says, smirking.

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Hoya makes a mental note to hit Woohyun later -- but only after he's gotten Sunggyu's number.

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