christmas!au

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INSPIRED BY:

young k's cute red hair and pretty ears

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!! :3

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it was christmas morning. dowoon was running around the apartment, screaming about how excited he was. "hyung, hyung! guess what!!" he bounded up to jae, who was sitting next to the tree, trying to get the lights to work.

"what is it this time, dowoon?" jae asked in a dismissive tone, hoping the younger boy would get the message that he was busy. alas, the puppy-like boy would not be that easily deterred.

"i put up the mistletoe finally! it's above the door; you're the only one i've told so far..."

"mhm. that's great, dowoon. keep putting up those decorations." jae was concentrating on his task, barely hearing what the younger boy had just told him.

"oh, don't worry, hyung. i will. i just wanted to let you know so you don't have to kiss anyone."

"mhm. thanks," jae told him distractedly. "bye, dowoon."

"goodbye, jaehyung-hyung. good luck with those lights."

"thanks..."

dowoon then ran off to get more decorations from wonpil and sungjin, who were cutting out snowflakes, garlands, and the like at the dining table. i hope sungjin-hyung and wonpil-ssi end up under the mistletoe together, dowoon thought to himself, joyfully skipping up to his two hyungs, who were calmly snipping away at the papers in front of them, their elbows touching every so often and their eyes meeting to smile at one another each time that happened.

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about half an hour later, jae finally managed to light up the tree. "yes!" he victoriously yelled, earning a happy "congratulations, hyung!" from a beaming dowoon. jae then went over to help the younger boy hang up the decorations. soon enough, the four boys finished their festive decoration of jae, dowoon, and brian's apartment and sat down to take a rest from their labour. jae sat near the tree, admiring the lights he had spent so much effort on and the other three boys sat on the couch, wonpil constantly reaching behind dowoon's back to poke at sungjin and pretending it had been dowoon who was doing it.

fifteen or so minutes went by pretty much this way, though jae noticed a problem with the way he had set up the lights three minutes in (and, of course, went to fix them) and sungjin finally figured out who the true culprit of the endless poking was and decided to get wonpil back by mercilessly tickling him, reaching over dowoon's lap to dance his fingers over the smaller boy's stomach.

suddenly, the door opened, revealing a merry redhead in the entrance to the apartment."i'm back!" younghyun called out, gaining jae and dowoon's attention. wonpil and sungjin were still at their game, not noticing the other boy's arrival.

"hey, hyung!" dowoon exclaimed, stuck under sungjin, who was now lying on top of his lap so he could press the laughing wonpil further into the couch to prevent him from escaping. "what took you so long?"

"the post office parking lot was blocked off by snow so i had to wade through it to get to the doors," younghyun laughed, stomping his feet on their welcome mat to get rid of the excess snow on his boots. "it was quite the walk."

"oh my," dowoon breathed out, shaking his head. "come on in! we just finished decorating, so we can open our presents, now!" 

brian struggled to get through the door because of the bulky box he was carrying. "oh; let me help you with that," jae exclaimed, rushing over to the boy standing in the doorway.

"ah, thanks jae." the redhead allowed jae to grab two corners of the box, helping him heft it into the apartment. at that moment, sungjin stopped tickling wonpil and sat back up, smirking at the wheezing boy at the other end of the couch. dowoon simply kept watching jae and brian, biting his lip in apprehension. didn't i warn jaehyung-hyung about the mistletoe earlier?

as soon as the two managed to carry the box past the door frame, setting it down so they could slide it over to the tree, dowoon leaped up and dashed over to them. this caused the pair on the couch to fall into each other, colliding so their heads bonked together. both released pained "ow"s and rubbed their heads. dowoon, meanwhile, pointed above jae and brian's heads, excitedly exclaiming, "look! hyungs are under the mistletoe!! kiss, kiss!"

jae's mind suddenly did a double take as he remembered what dowoon had told him under the tree. why hadn't he paid more attention to the younger boy?!

"aish... is this for real?!" brian muttered, itching his brow. "who put this up?"

"me," dowoon immediately exclaimed, raising his hand. then his eyes grew wide in realisation as brian glared at him and he clamped his hand over his mouth, a look of guilt plastered on his face.

"ah, you brat... was this really necessary? now we have to kiss because of you!"

"do we really have to though?" jae asked his dongsaeng, his ears beginning to glow red in embarrassment. "it's not like we'll die if we don't kiss..."

"but you do have to!" dowoon dramatically screeched, clutching his chest. "otherwise, christmas will die!"

"yah, dowoon-ssi! quit being so dramatic!!" brian cried, waving his hands in the air. and that's when the real drama began. 

dowoon basically faceplanted onto the floor, beating his hands and feet on the wooden surface of their apartment and screaming out "kiss, kiss, kiss!" almost as if he was in hysterics or something of the sort. he may have been faking it all, but it was extremely loud, obnoxious, and annoying.

"jaehyung-hyung, younghyun-hyung, please do something about this!" wonpil screeched, pressing closer to sungjin and clamping his hands over his ears. sungjin similarly huddled with his ears squished beneath his fingers.

"well, fuck," jae breathed out in english.

"yeah," brian agreed.

"do you think he'll stop if we kiss?"

"obviously."

"but i don't wanna kiss you." not in front of everybody, at least, jae thought to himself. 

ever since halloween, jae had questioned himself. he never noticed he kinda had a thing going for his roommate until that night he got banana guts all over himself and had brian help him clean them off. now he asked himself almost every day: "when had i first started crushing on brian?" he still hadn't found the answer to this question. plus, he was scared to make a move, so it was no use thinking about it too much. but it's not like his mind could help conjuring up the question or playing memories of younghyun smiling or laughing on repeat, making jae's heart thump all quickly and sloppily. then dowoon had moved into their apartment and jae had less time to spend with brian because dowoon was the kind of person who didn't like being alone but who was more of an introverted type so he stayed at home a lot and kept the older boys busy caring for him... it's not like he wanted to be bitter, but sometimes the blonde kind of got annoyed by dowoon's presence when he wanted to watch a movie or do something with brian... alone. without dowoon. and dowoon was there. when he didn't want him to be. but right now, jaehyung had an issue with not only dowoon being there when he was standing underneath the mistletoe with younghyun... he had an issue with everyone who was there besides the red-head. the blonde was itching to finally feel brian's lips against his own... but it's not like he wanted this to be on display or anything. kissing his long-time crush seemed intimate and personal to him, not something he should share with the whole world. or at least not with six other pairs of eyes...

"well, it's not like we have much of a choice," brian sighed. "we live with this brat."

jae nodded. "okay. let's do it."

meanwhile, brian was trying to keep his heart from beating too loud. he was in a similar position to jae's, you see. he'd had a crush on jae since forever and had wanted to feel the blonde's lips against his own for the longest time. and now was his chance to do so. "yeah." brian bashfully stepped closer to his elder and wrung his hands together. "let's do it."

then jae said the most random thing. "but only if everyone looks away."

dowoon heard the blonde boy and immediately stopped his dramatic display. "sure thing, hyung!" he turned around, putting his hands over his eyes. wonpil and sungjin both sighed out in relief, then turned around on the couch, starting to play a game where they did rock paper scissors and the loser of each round would get slapped by the winner.

once he made sure that everyone was facing away from him and younghyun, jae equally shyly neared brian and gave him a quick peck on the lips. the redhead was so surprised that he didn't have time to close his eyes or react. but when he realized that jae had just kissed him, he turned red and tried to hold back his smile. on impulse, he brought jae's face closer to his by gently pressing the blonde's neck forward with his fingers, then brought their lips together again. this time, both jae and brian had their eyes closed and they pulled at each other's lips, softly, warmly. they were too busy kissing to notice the three other boys in the room stealthily turn around to steal a glance at them. dowoon turned with his fingers still covering his eyes. the youngest boy slowly peeked through his fingers, almost screaming in delight. dang, he thought. i didn't expect them to actually go for it...

wonpil and sungjin looked at each other after seeing the boys kissing and kinda just kept staring at each other for a while, thinking about what the other person could be thinking.

after about half a minute of jae and brian kissing, dowoon decided to stop the boys, carefully grabbing a pair of red ears and an antler headband from the pile of christmas hats they owned and placing them on brian and jae's heads (respectively). this startled the boys out of their kiss, and dowoon happily yelled, "merry christmas!" whilst hugging their sides and jumping up and down.

the flustered pair smiled at each other, mentally thanking dowoon for hanging that mistletoe. "you look cute," brian whispered to jae in english so the younger boy standing next to them would probably not understand.

"you too. so adorable," jae sighed out.

then dowoon dragged them to the tree, hoping to open presents. "let me quickly get the box," brian told the boy, tugging his arm out of dowoon's grip.

"wait, let me help. it's heavy," jae said, starting to follow him, until dowoon tugged on his sleeve.

"jaehyung-hyung, the mistletoe..."

"oh... yes. i forgot." jae looked at the floor, ashamed that he could so quickly forget about it.

"i wouldn't mind if he helped," brian said, clearly shy.

jae flushed, a small grin appearing on his face. "okay, then."

and so he joined brian under the mistletoe, giving the boy a quick, shy kiss before grabbing the box and helping the boy carry it to the tree, laughing as the redhead struggled to keep up with him. now this is a christmas to remember, jae thought to himself and smiled.

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SORRY THIS IS UTTER CRAP BUT I HOPE YOU HAD THE BEST DAY EVER!!! ;D

ALSO, IF YOU CELEBRATE A NON-CHRISTIAN HOLIDAY THAT'S GOING ON AROUND NOW, HAPPY HOLIDAY TO YOU! WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR CELEBRATIONS <3

*hero*