#95z

seungcheol sighs and squeezes you tighter, lips pressing to your forehead before he pulls away. you'll see him in a few weeks but you’re going to miss him. his nose scrunches as mingyu's hand comes down on one shoulder and pulls his focus away from you for a second. "come on hyung, we're going to miss our flight." he’s exaggerating but he’s trying to make the goodbye easier and you appreciate it. "gyu's right. go round up the kids before they cause too much mayhem." your boyfriend huffs, eyes narrowing. "the kids are doing just fine, babe. they'll live for a few more minutes." you lock eyes with mingyu over your boyfriend's shoulder and bite back a smile as he winks at you. he's up to something but cheol could use the distraction so you nod and watch as your friend's face lights up. "who's supervising?" before mingyu can reply cheol cuts in, frowning at you. "i left them with two managers. they're fine." mingyu just shakes his head. "manager-nim is on a coffee run and manager noona had to take a call." he wiggles his brows at you when your boyfriend isn't looking and you barely manage to school your expression in time. "they left shua hyung in charge." seungcheol sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose. "what happened to jeonghan?" mingyu shrugs. "he's taking a nap," you all share a look. "okay, woozi?" now mingyu grins. you know that look. it means scary, scary things. "hoshi hyung..." your boyfriend throws up a hand. "minghao?" mingyu’s smile is blinding. "meditating. he was muttering something about not strangling the babies?" cheol turns to you, looking so defeated you can’t help but lean up and press a kiss to his full lips. "come on, i'll walk you over." he's sulking, pouting even as you take his hand and hold the other out for mingyu. you laugh softly as both men lace their fingers with yours, one much more enthusiastically than the other, and tug them both towards their gate. "let's go before someone gets arrested or causes an international incident." the look seungcheol gives you says he knows you're joking but that both of those options are more possible than you can imagine.

you hear them before you see the chaos, dino and seungkwan's voices easily carrying through the open space of the terminal. minghao's eyes stay closed even as you feel the energy he expends purposely ignoring them, jun's head splayed on his lap where they sit on the sill of one of the walls of windows. the other man is playing on his phone, headphones already tucked over both ears in an attempt to drown out his members. joshua sits with the bags, jeonghan asleep against his chest in a position that looks like it should be uncomfortable but somehow seems to work for them. woozi is the first to spot you, glancing up from where soonyoung plays with his phone. wonwoo waves from where he remains glued to his switch, not even glancing up as mingyu lets go of your hand to stroll over and join his best friend. your boyfriend sighs again, running a hand through his dark hair, and you lean up to press a kiss to his cheek. a tug and then you're pressed against seungcheol's chest. you slip your free arm around his waist and let your cheek rest against his chest. he squeezes you once and slowly pulls back. you reach up to cup one cheek in your hand. he smiles for you and you smile back, leaning up on your toes to press one final kiss to his lips. "go on, i'll see you soon. i love you cheollie." he opens his mouth to respond but before he can answer a chorus of "we love you too"s rings out and you both turn to see all his members watching you. vernon, dk and their manager stand just beside joshua and jeonghan, silly smiles on their faces.

you sigh. "really?" you can’t even be mad because it’s cute and you do love your boyfriend's best friends. they just smile and resume their activities. when you turn back to face seungcheol he's pouting. you laugh. "what is it cheollie?" he shakes his head, forehead dropping to rest against yours. "they stole my line." you grin. "do you want me to say it again?" he shakes his head. "no, the moment is gone now." you just smile and press a kiss to the tip of his nose. "i have to go, drama queen." he sighs and steps back, kissing the back of your palm. "i love you too." you smile. he sighs. "can i please have one cute romantic moment?" without missing a beat you join his members in a chorus of "no". he scrubs a hand over his face. "what am i going to do with you?" you grin. "call me when you land." he sighs and his eyes are tired when he meets your gaze. "i’m not putting you on speaker this time." you just squeeze his hand and wave at the others. that has a hint of a smile pulling at the corner of his lips even as you blow him a kiss and turn to leave. "love you too losers." the chorus of complaints follows you all the way back out of the building, making you smile the whole drive back to your apartment. cheol makes sure you're alone when he calls that night, and damn well gets his moment completely unspoiled. he's still sulking but you know in a few days he'll be over it.

jeonghan lounges on the end of the bed as you get ready. he's been finished for a while now but he never minds waiting a few extra minutes for you to put the last touches on an outfit, your hair or makeup. sometimes if he's hungry he gets a little pushy but usually he'd prefer you be fully comfortable before you leave so he'll trase and complain and playfully annoy you for weeks about it of course but he'll put up with waiting if it means you're happy. his priorities work in ways that still leave your head spinning a little if you're honest but they work for you both so you don’t ask too many questions. tonight he's playing candy crush on his phone when you step out of the ensuite, not looking up while he talks to seungcheol who leans his head in the doorway about plans for this weekend. they're having a sports day for some charity fundraiser and you know they're all a bit nervous even as they're looking forward to it. cheol waves at you as he makes his retreat and you smile, waving back, only to find your boyfriend giving you a look when you turn back to him. "yes?" he just blinks up at you, phone still in hand and expression expectant. you sigh. "yes, hannie darling?" he nods. "better. stop smiling at cheol like that. he's going to get ideas." you shake your head moving to get your heels from the closet. "ideas like what? that we're friends? oh no, how dare he be friendly with his best friend's girlfriend." jeonghan snorts but stands, tugging at your hand to keep you in place. "sit. i'll get them."

you don't even get a chance to tell him which heels you planned on wearing tonight before he's scooping them up from the shoe rack and striding back over. you take his place at the end of the bed and offer him your right foot when he kneels in front of you. "what's wrong with a smile? i smile at your friends all the time baby. what's bothering you today? did you two have a fight or something?" jeonghan's quiet as he slips the shoe onto your foot, his touch soft as he ties the ribbon in a perfect bow around your ankle. when he finally looks up at you from under his messy fringe he seems thoughtful. "no. we didn't fight. did we seem like we were fighting?" you shake your head, reaching down to run a hand through his hair. "no, you seemed just like you usually do, which is why i'm asking. seungcheol is normally the last person it would bother you if i looked twice at or, god forbid, flirted with." he hums but doesn’t explain, moving to put your other shoe on instead. you don’t press. he'll tell you when he's ready to. you watch the way his deft hands make easy work of the bow on this one too and then he’s standing again, offering you a hand as he checks that his phone is secure in a pocket with the other. you take it, pausing to rest your free palm against his chest for a minute and just study him. he smirks. "enjoying the view angel?" you just nod and press a soft kiss against his lips.

he stands frozen for a second as you step back before lacing your hand with his and slipping them both into the pocket of his blazer. sometimes the best policy with jeonghan is complete honesty. it always throws him off a little when you lean into vulnerability and admit something rather than denying it and getting flustered or trying to play off the way he makes your stomach flutter even three years into a relationship together. he's smiling to himself as he gestures for you to step out the bedroom door ahead of him but his expression smooths out immediately as he follows you through and towards the living room. not all the boys are here tonight but enough to make themselves known even from down the hall. seungkwan is home, though you don’t see or hear him now, and seungcheol is on the couch with wonwoo and dokyeom. you're not sure what, exactly, they’re playing but he's swearing up a storm as usual. mingyu's laugh rings out from the kitchen and you think you spot vernon and hao huddled together at the small dining table beside him as you pass by. you know woozi and hoshi are in the studio, working on their latest comeback, and jun is still on set filming for his latest drama. it won't wrap for another few weeks but you miss his presence, especially with the apartment so full of the others right now. the absence is a little jarring. chan is here somewhere, probably off annoying kwan if their discussion when you got home earlier was anything to go by. jeonghan notices your attention waver and swiftly guides you out the door before you can even utter a goodbye. by the time you walk back into the apartment, hand swinging in jeonghan's, you expect it to be quieter. it's been a couple of hours now after all.

if anything there seem to be more men piled in the living room than there were when you left. you just shake your head and squeeze your boyfriend's hand when he stops to say something to shua, who you could swear wasn't here earlier, to let him know you’re going to let go. if you drop his hand without warning you'll have to deal with him sulking about it for weeks and you're too tired to face that tonight. so when he blinks at you with one eyebrow raised you just smile and press a kiss to the back of his hand while you unlace your fingers from his slowly. "i'm going to go change." he nods. "do you need any help angel?" you shake your head. "i can manage." he hums and you lean up to press a kiss to one cheek. "night boys. i love you." the second comment is aimed towards your boyfriend but the entire room chimes in before he can. a chorus of "love you too"s fill the room and you can’t help laughing. until you catch jeonghan's eye and see the twinkle in his gaze. "yoon jeonghan i know that look. all of your brothers had better still be alive and breathing when i wake up in the morning." he just presses a kiss to your forehead and spins you around, pushing you towards your shared bedroom. "no promises angel, no promises." you don't bother to resist. "hannie." he just hums in response to your firm tone. "don't worry about them." you sigh. "do not make me call hyungwon." he scoffs. "what is he going to do?" "file for a divorce and run away with me instead." you toss over your shoulder.

the last time he called you on this particular bluff, after 3 days straight of fighting with joshua and seungcheol and all of them stubbornly refusing to apologize first, he'd found out the hard way that you meant it. you'd called up your favourite accomplice, namely minhyuk, and with his help arranged a follow through on your threat. when jeonghan had come home from work that day to both your overnight bag and yourself mysteriously missing his call had found you, and the sleepy hyungwon bundled into your backseat, halfway to busan for a weekend getaway on the beach. forget that it was mid november and the water was definitely already too cold for any swimming. you grin as you make your way down the hall only to hear jeonghan yelling after you. "that is unfair and uncalled for." his words might say he's mad, and annoyed he probably is deep down, but his tone is laced with pride and you find yourself laughing. only your boyfriend would be proud of you for exploiting his weaknesses and fighting dirty to get what you want. it's not /quite/ cheating but it's adjacent enough that you know the rest of the members are going to be clearing out of the apartment at warp speed as soon as the bedroom door closes behind you. you barely manage to kick off your heels and make it to the bathroom you share with your boyfriend, just starting the routine of removing your makeup, when he bursts in arms wrapping around your waist as he presses himself against your back like if he pulls you close enough he can actually compress you into one being. "i love you too." "hannie, i can't breathe." "what a weird way to answer that. try again." "yoon jeonghan i can't kiss you if i die of asphyxiation." a soft sigh as his nose nuzzles against your neck. "damn." he steps back and you turn to make good on your promised kisses. "i love you." he grins, forehead resting against yours as you pull back just enough to whisper against his lips. "i love you too angel." and just like that the moment is back.

joshua drops his head back onto your lap, eyes closed behind his sunglasses as he soaks in the sun. you're not sure how exactly you got talked into joining your boyfriend and all of his members at the beach today but you aren't complaining. it does feel a bit like having more grown children than you know what to do with but between everyone they manage each other pretty well. mostly. it's loud and they did pester you until you joined them in the water for a bit earlier but you had fun and they've let you have your time alone laying out under the sun since. the peace is more than they've afforded any of their members but they signed up for that you suppose. they have keep pulling joshua away for help mediating a disagreement or to show him something but that's pretty typical. sharing your boyfriend is the price you pay for hanging out with all of his friends. they've left you alone to soak in his presence for the last half hour or so, and shua has spent most of it laying with his head in your lap and a hand on your thigh telling you about his week and talking about plans for their time off next month. it's been coming up quickly and you know he's excited to get some time away from working so hard. it's going to be a joint holiday with his mother but you love his mom, having met her on more than a few occasions now. it's cute how much he spoils her and you like the excuse to spend more time together. she has great taste and she always makes you laugh. plus, it gives you so much to tease your boyfriend about and every time the members facetime to find you with his mom hoshi pouts about how she likes you best now. it only makes you a little smug.

you jump when someone leans over the water that drips on your chest is cold against your skin. you shiver at the sudden change in temperature. shua grumbles from where your thigh jostles his head a little. you both look up to find hoshi grinning and sigh. he continues wringing out his swim trunks right beside you, not caring that it drips onto your towel and the thigh that isn't currently being used as a pillow for your boyfriend's head. "kwon soonyoung so help me." your voice is stern but you can't help softening a little when he pouts at you. unfortunately he's cute when he looks so pathetic and he knows it. he just plops down on your other side and leans his head against your shoulder. "but noona, shua hyung is hogging you again." he whines, hugging your arm. he's sopping wet, fresh out of the ocean, and your whole body clenches in an effort not to let the shiver rolling down your spine shake your boyfriend again. shua has already adjusted where he lays comfortably in your lap and you don't want to jostle him again. you blink at soonyoung. "hoshi, he's dating me. he's allowed to monopolize my attention." you reach out to brush the stray drops of water he's somehow flung everywhere off of shua's forehead. "besides, you guys hog shua all the time." your boyfriend hums and tugs your hand to his hair. you laugh softly but take the hint, running your fingers through it even as soonyoung makes displeased sounds and squishes his cheek against your bicep in complaint.

you watch him for a moment, holding back your smile but just barely. shua's cheek settles against your thigh as he turns to press a kiss to your knee and you pat hoshi's cheek. "love you soonie." he sighs but stops his dramatics, just clinging to you quietly now as he tries to bite back his grin. all it takes to pacify most of shua's members is a little affection, you just have to know them well enough to know what kind and to time your delivery well. you're happy that he's done sulking but when you glance down your boyfriend is pouting at you. you realize what you've done and quickly move to rectify your mistake. shua is nothing if not here for all of the affection all of the time, especially when it comes from you. you praised soonyoung but not him and now he's going to be salty about it until he feels like he's hogged enough of your attention and kisses to make it up to his poor feelings that he was neglected, even just for a second. you laugh and lean down to kiss him softly. soonyoung huffs as it dislodges him from his little koala position and readjusts to accommodate for your movement. "i love you shua." you pepper joshua with little kisses, picking one spot on his cheek and kissing it repeatedly until he starts to laugh and push your face away. his pout slips into a sweet smile but as he moves to reply you look up to a chorus of "love you too"s.