as the final bell rang, hongjoong sprinted out of the classroom. he was particularly excited to go home this friday. not because he couldn't wait for the two days off of school, but because he was going to hang out with his mom and brother before she had to leave for work the next morning.

after retrieving the necessary books he needed to complete his weekend homework from his locker, hongjoong ran to jongho's locker so they could walk to the car together. when jongho noticed the bouncing smaller boy standing next to his locker, he rolled his eyes, but quickly put on a fake smile for his brother.

"hey hongjoong, why aren't you waiting for me in the front like you usually do?" jongho asked, hoping his friends and classmates don't notice his younger brother with him.

"i'm too excited! i wanna get home fast! we get to hang out with mommy!" hongjoong was bouncing so fast he was practically vibrating and jongho put a hand on his shoulder to calm the boy down.

to jongho's dismay, he heard san chuckling behind him. san put an arm around the boy and jongho sighed, "so, you're hanging out with 'mommy' before the party tonight?" san asked, putting finger quotes around the word 'mommy'.

"what party? i love parties!" hongjoong asked, seeming really interested.

jongho quickly put his hands up, "no, san didn't mean party. we're just going to his house to hang out, like you do with wooyoung and yeosang."

"if they drink and fuck bitches like we do at our par--"

"san, now's not the time." mingi defended jongho, putting a hand over his friends unfiltered mouth.

"don't listen to san, hongjoong. but yes, my mom has work this weekend so hongjoong asked her if we could go out before she had to leave again, anything wrong with that?" jongho furrowed his brows at the older.

"i guess not." san crossed his arms, feeling a bit defeated.

"ok, let's go now hongjoong. we don't want to keep mom waiting." jongho grabbed the youngers arm, pulling him out of the building without even saying goodbye to his friends.

"why don't you ever let me talk to your friends?" hongjoong asked, confused by his brothers constant exclusive behavior.

"you wouldn't like them, joongie. they're not your type of people." jongho answered, hoping the conversation wouldn't continue.

"but you let seonghwa babysit me. why would you leave me with him if i wouldn't like you friends?" jongho realized hongjoong had a point, so he differed the conversation.

"well, maybe that's a way you can get to know my friends better. i think he might have to watch you again tomorrow night, so you can get to know him even more. but that's not important, we have to get home for mom." when hongjoong heard mom, he completely forgot about the previous conversation about jongho's friends and started running towards the school exit.

"hey, not that fast!" jongho called out to his brother, picking up the pace so the younger wouldn't be walking in the parking lot by himself.

as soon as jongho pulled into their driveway, hongjoong jumped out of the car and started vigorously ringing the door bell.

"is that my joongie ringing?" hongjoong heard his mom on the other side of the door.

hongjoong giggled and brought his hands up to his mouth. "yes mommy it's me! come on, let's go!"

hongjoong's mother opened the door, her son attacking her in a big hug. her other son gave a small wave and started walking towards her car. "come on hongjoong, if we keep hugging we won't be able to hang out! jongho is going to san's in four hours, so we have no time to waste!"

hongjoong quickly hopped off his mother and ran towards her car. when she opened the door, he sat in the back seat and jongho sat in the passengers seat next to his mother.

"so, where are we going mommy? please tell me!" hongjoong asked, kicking his feet in excitement.

"if i tell you it ruins the element of surprise, doesn't it?" she smiled, making hongjoong frown.

"please mommy!! pleeease!" he begged.

"we'll be there in five minutes, i'm sure it'll be worth the wait." she reassured her son who huffed and waited to arrive at the mystery destination.

when they arrived to the mall, hongjoong's eyes popped out of his head. he recognized where his mother was parking, the lot right next to build a bear.

"mommy, am i getting another new plushie!?" hongjoong bounced in his seat.

"yes baby, now wasn't that a good surprise?" she asked as she parked, hongjoong's head nodding up and down.

"will i get anything out of this hangout?" jongho sighed, slightly annoyed that his brother always gets the attention.

"of course you do, honey. after build a bear, we can go to the nike store which is right across. you can get whatever you'd like." she said as she parked the car, making jongho's gummy smile appear.

"yes! thank you mom." jongho replied, excited to get the new pair of shoes he's wanted for a while.

as the family walked into the mall, hongjoong sprinted to build a bear. he already knew which bear he wanted to make, and he was very excited to pick it out.

"i want that one!" hongjoong pointed to the black dragon named 'toothless' from one of his favorite movies.

"wow, that was fast. you don't want to look at any of the other bears?" his mother asked and hongjoong shook his head.

"nope. i want that one!" he asked, eager.

his mother laughed at her son's adorable behavior. "sure honey, but can i ask why you're so set on this toy?"

"well, he kinda reminds me of someone..." he trailed off, remembering how much seonghwa reminded him of the animated character.

hongjoong's mother decided against asking any further questions and took the unstuffed toy out of the bin, giving it to her son to get stuffed.

once it was time for an outfit decision, hongjoong's mom found an outfit she thought would be perfect for the doll. "hey joongie, how about this shirt? it has pink and yellow in it, your favorite colors!"

"no!" hongjoong blurted out, startling his mother. "i'm sorry mommy, i didn't mean to yell. but... no. i need to find something dark, otherwise it won't remind me of the person anymore." hongjoong's mother put her hands up in defense and let her son decide on what outfit he felt was best.

after spending a good fifteen minutes looking for an outfit, jongho had enough of his brother's picky behavior. "hongjoong, i swear to god if you don't pick an outfit soon i'll--"

"don't you dare finish that sentence jongho, or you will not get the new shoes you want! give your brother time, he's looking for the perfect outfit." hongjoong's mother yelled at her impatient son who just rolled his eyes.

"i don't understand," he began whispering to the woman, "it's a doll, why does he care so much?"

"you know how hongjoong feels about his dolls. and this one seems to be special to him, for whatever reason. please be patient." she explained to her son who huffed out and walked over to hongjoong with a black leather jacket he found.

"why don't you use this? and then a plain black tshirt, with those black jeans. you said you wanted dark clothes, and this is as dark as you'll get." jongho pointed to a small pair of jeans.

hongjoong's eyes lit up. "this is perfect! it reminds me of s--" hongjoong cut himself off, "someone, yeah... the someone i was thinking of. thank you jongie! i love you."

hongjoong quickly dressed the toothless doll and ran to the machine to name his toy. when thinking of a name, he wanted it to have something to do with seonghwa, but he didn't want to make it too obvious.

suddenly, a light bulb went off in his head. he quickly began typing, picking the doll's gender and putting a random birthday. when it came time to write a name, he knew what to write.

mars.

"perfect!" hongjoong whispered to himself as the slip printed, running over to his mother so she could pay for his new friend.

well technically for me it's june twelfth but in korea it's the thirteen sooo...

HAPPY SEVEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO BTS.

my emotionless self might actually cry a bit... bts was the first kpop group i ever stanned and they honestly mean so much to me. last year i began stanning only two weeks before their six year anniversary... i know, call me a baby!🤭but it's the truth. i don't know what else to say. it just hits DIFFERENT this time. ok let me stop rambling!!

yes bts spoke at my graduation, be jealous! class of 2020 RISE 💅🏼

again if you read, thank you! love you ALL😖🙌🏼

-vic