I Love Xiu

Loosely based on the Pathcode video for Xiumin, written for Minseok’s birthday. Happy Birthday, my king. Thank you for being a ray of sunshine when I need it most.

A drop of water ran down a pipe bolted to the side of a building. It took it’s time, following the rusted, well-worn path made by many others before. The dark, early-morning skies threatened snow but the streets were still bare with the empty promises of late November. Cars maneuvered through the city at all hours, the never-ending buzz of life pumping through the veins of Berlin. Streetlamps hung in intervals overhead, casting a dim yellow light that hung in the air like it had frozen there in the winter chill.

It was 5:07 AM when Min stumbled up to the door of his apartment building, worn backpack slung over his shoulders, skateboard tucked in close to his side. Headphones were tightly covering his ears and keeping the cold out, pumping out whatever random song his phone had put on shuffle, with a huge fuzzy aviator hat pulled down low on his forehead. He twirled his keys around his finger twice before fumbling to find the one that would open the door before him. He unlocked the door and pulled it open, the metal hinges creaking in protest as he stepped through the back entrance into the dingy hallway of the worn-down building.

My friends: Don’t even come in here with that korean kpop shit