#🥂hyunjin.txt

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Thirsty Thursday — Chan

🍺. I think that was the third person I've had to reject this week *he chuckles, flustered* I feel bad rejecting them...

🍹. Why? *he laughs* You're insanely hot, hyung. Just how have you managed to not find someone you like yet?

🥂. I second this! Chan hyung~ I'd jump your bones again if I had the chance~

🍺. Aha- you don't have to go that far... but I appreciate the vote of confidence *he chuckles*

#🍺 chan.txt #🍹 jeongin.txt #🥂hyunjin.txt #— thirsty thursday.txt

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Freaky Friday — Hyunjin

🥂. It's all in the eyes *he laughs* there's so much power in the human gaze

🍸. Which you take advantage of..? *he raises a brow*

🥂. Which I love taking advantage of~ *he confirms, nodding* you're learning Seungmin~ I'm very proud

#🥂hyunjin.txt #🍸 seungmin.txt #— freaky friday.txt

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Happy birthday, Yang Jeongin!

🍹. It's my birthday! Boss gave me the day off, so I'm gonna spend the day having fun~

🥂. My baby! *hugs him* Happy birthday, Innie~ hyung's got you something~

🍹. Really? Do I get to know what it is~?

🍾. Not until you're back from your outing! We all chipped in for it, it'll be waiting for you at home. Now shoo!

🍹. Okay, okay *he laughs, hugging the both of them* see you guys later!

#🍹 jeongin.txt #🥂hyunjin.txt #🍾 jisung.txt

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MANIAC – Fools

Something feels different when Jisung wakes up that morning; everything’s bigger, he feels smaller, and his heartbeat is going a mile a minute. Well, in a more literal sense this time. But he’s got things to do today, so pondering on whatever’s going on with him can come later.  He yawns, scampering around the new expanse of his bed and that’s when he sees it in the mirror for the first time. There’s a squirrel in his bed.

A squirrel. He tilts his head, the shock rendering him silently confused, and the squirrel’s head moves as well.

That’s… him. He is the squirrel.

Stuck between screaming in shock and wanting to know how the hell this happened, Jisung wrings his hands— paws together, anxiety seeping into his veins by the second. How is he supposed to get back to normal? He has work later, he promised to help Hyunjin buy more things for Doodle – the newest furry addition to their duplex apartment – and he can’t do any of that when he lacks apposable thumbs and a human body.

Hyunjin should still be home though, right? Right.

Making the perilous journey of jumping down his bed – god, was it always this high up? – Jisung scampers through the gap in his bedroom door and tries his best to navigate the now imposing walls of his home. Conveniently enough, his new squirrel body comes with a stronger sense of smell, and the smell of paint attacks his senses the moment he walks past the right door. But trying to push the door open is achieving nothing, and Jisung isn’t exactly eager to hear his flatmate gripe on about any damage he could do with his teeth.

The door does open a moment later though, Doodle scurrying past him and Jisung looks up to meet Hyunjin’s eyes.

Except Hyunjin has ears. Ears just like Doodle’s.

What the hell is going on…?

“Jisung? Is, is that you?” And for a moment Hyunjin thinks he feels something of a connection. A mental link, where he hears Jisung’s relieved sigh and confirmation that yes, the squirrel at his feet is the pickpocket he lives with.

‘Do you smell fox? Because I smell fox, and I don’t think a squirrel and a fox are exactly supposed to be in the same environment…’  Jisung asks, Hyunjin relenting and picking the Squirrel up and onto his shoulder, the fur of the younger man’s- hybrid’s? – tail ticking the expanse of his neck. And it makes sense, when the bartender thinks about it, but the idea of some random fox existing in his house is concerning enough as is. But if he’s been turned into some ferret-hybrid thing, and Jisung’s a squirrel-hybrid (hypothetically), a fox in his apartment can really only mean one thing.

If his perception is correct, that is.

Taking tentative steps towards the door of their resident youngest, Hyunjin knocks on the door. Once. Twice. The door opens, and a satisfied smile finds its way onto his face when he’s greeted with Jeongin, stroking a familiar – yet not that familiar – tail and sporting two large beige fox ears. Before the squirrel on his shoulder can run off, Hyunjin pulls Jisung off of him, letting the somewhat younger man tentatively make his way over.

“Hyung, is that you?”

‘Yes, yes it’s me! Please tell me you know what the hell is going on— and where is Chan hyung?’ Jisung replies, taking advantage of his new proportions to explore the younger man’s room while the other two talk amongst themselves and Jeongin lets his new tail be preened by their resident ferret hybrid.  ‘Did he say he was going anywhere?’

“Think he’s with the other hyungs, he had a VIP night with Seungmin hyung… hopefully they’re faring better than us.”

And that could not be any further from the truth.

Being able to somewhat understand Minho’s cats is a strange experience, Felix realises, as his mind fine-tunes to Sooni in his lap calming him down from the panic coursing through his system from earlier that morning. He has fur on his head. White fur, cat ears, and a tail. Worst is, it doesn’t even feel unnatural, as though he’s always had cat features, seemingly gaslighting himself because there is no way in hell that having a tail that’s been curling and un-curling in tune with his mental state is something he’s ever been used to—

Oh. Right. Last October, where he turned into a god forsaken Naga.

“This has to be a fucking joke…”

Only it’s definitely not a joke, because seconds later, a golden retriever pushes its way inside, only for Seungmin to unceremoniously face plant on to the Australian’s bed. Seungmin, of course, sporting the same set of ears and tail as the golden retriever. It makes Felix laugh, the amusement of the visual overweighing the sheer scale of the situation. He still needs to understand how on earth all of this has happened.

Letting Sooni go once he’s feeling reasonably better, Felix reaches over to Seungmin in his curiosity and pets the other man’s ears. The effect is immediate, the retriever hybrid sinking further into the plush duvet in relaxation, tail gently wagging in response to Felix’s ministrations. It’s fascinating and Felix doesn’t let up, hauling the brunet up onto his bed properly so he can card his fingers through the fur of Seungmin’s tail.

Until he realises what the hell he’s doing and freezes.

“…why’d you stop?” Seungmin mumbles, lifting his head and meeting his flatmate’s eyes. “That was nice…”

“Mate, you were a golden retriever like, five minutes ago— that’s not concerning? At all?” And Seungmin just shrugs, too tired to give the gravity of the situation the attention it likely deserves. He had a long night, becoming part-dog or whatever isn’t his highest priority when all he really wants to do, is sleep for the next twelve hours.

But Felix is insistent on solving this mystery, and the server groans as he’s dragged by hand out of Felix’s bedroom and into the living room, a wolf, bunny and…large cat all sleeping in a pile together. Okay, maybe now he’s going to take this seriously, because what? His ears drop – drop? – and Seungmin taps the cat, less than eager to interact with the grey wolf in his home.

‘…fuck you want— Seungmin? Good morning…’

And he can hear the cat, no, Minho’s voice in his head. He turns to Felix, and the look on the cat-hybrid’s face means that he’s not the only one hearing this. God, what did he drink last night? Someone’s phone buzzes, and Seungmin goes over to take a look. Oh goody, it’s from his employer in the bar’s group chat, an annoyingly ominous text on the lockscreen.

Happy April Fool’s day, everyone.

“This is going to be a long, fucking day…”

#🥂hyunjin.txt #🥃 minho.txt #🍹 jeongin.txt #🍷 felix.txt #🍾 jisung.txt #🍸 seungmin.txt #🍻 changbin.txt #🍺 chan.txt #📖 story.txt

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...mini update no.002

🥂. *sinks to his knees in his room, head in his hands, his dressing-table mirror shattered against the wall*...

🍸. ...Hyunjin? *he pops in his head past the door* what's going on..? Everything okay?

🥂. *stifled sobs, shrinking in on himself*

🍸. *he sighs, walking over and sitting beside Hyunjin, letting the bartender grab onto him for dear life* ...you don't have to talk about it. I'm not going to ask.

🍺. *peers in, his face solemn* I'll make that tea he likes...

#🥂hyunjin.txt #🍸 seungmin.txt #🍺 chan.txt

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Update no.061

🍹. We're staging an intervention for Hyunjin hyung. The amount of cold brew in our apartment fridge is genuinely concerning now *he huffs*

🥂. Innie baby, there is nothing wrong with the amount of caffiene and snacks I consume~

🍸. Please explain why I get texts from you at nonsense o'clock in the morning because your addicted self is buzzing with caffiene? That I don't see until I wake up at a normal time like a regular human being *deadpans*

🍹. And I see you sketching on the sofa when I get back from an event? At 4 am?

🥂. Aha- *he chuckles* well...

#🍹 jeongin.txt #🥂hyunjin.txt #🍸 seungmin.txt #maxident hyunjin >>> #he looked so cute with his hair like this

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Happy birthday, Hwang Hyunjin!

🥂. *raises a champagne glass* happy birthday to me~! It's my day off, but all drinks are on me~

🥃. *ruffles Hyunjin's hair* happy birthday Jin-ah~ I'll make you seaweed soup, hm?

🍷. We're doing movie night, you can't argue with me on this *laughs* Jeongin helped bake everything~

🥂. You're all positively spoiling me~

#🥂hyunjin.txt #🥃 minho.txt #🍷 felix.txt

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...update no.067

🍺. Good weather, food and the sea? Best two day trip we've had in a while if you ask me *he laughs* though my shirt and tail smell now like Sprite...

🍷. It took me an hour to wash it out of my fur! Kim Seungmin! *his tail bristles*

🍸. Worth it~ *he cackles, high-fiving Jeongin* you all watched me shake the damn thing too, what happened to all those fine-tuned~ instincts?

🍻. Seungmin's been pretty cheerful lately~ *he chuckles*

🥃. What? You want him to start brooding all over again? I'll take him being a brat over that dramatic act any day *he stretches* that time in the sun was good, think I might go and take a nap later

🍾. I~ think it's because Minnie's finally accepted how he feels about a certain someone~ *he raises his brows knowingly* it only took months of denial~ *he snickers, shifting and avoiding Seungmin's jab by hiding in Minho's jacket*

🍹. Hehehe hiding from the big bad golden retriever? *he yips, poking Jisung* I'd kill to get back in the water, it was so good~

🥂. Count me in~ I've got sand in my ears, it's all itchy *he runs a hand through his hair* which is a downright shame because it takes far too long to make my ferret coat look good

#🍺 chan.txt #🍷 felix.txt #🍸 seungmin.txt #🍻 changbin.txt #🥃 minho.txt #🍾 jisung.txt #🍹 jeongin.txt #🥂hyunjin.txt

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Update no.062 pt1 - HyunLix

🥂. You've had that blue look for months now, you like it that much?

🍷. Yeah! *he laughs* I might change it later, but it's working for me right now.

Right! The lot of us got to perform on stage! What was this again?

🥂. The behind teaser for the pre-recorded bit~ *squints, then scoffs* ...I did not just put the same energy into a tiktok that I did on stage-

🍷. That you did~

#🥂hyunjin.txt #🍷 felix.txt

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Hyunjin-ah…dear friend who is like family~. I have a question and I think you might be best suited to answer.

*drops off some nice hair products*

🥂. Sua my dear~ ask away, you know you can always ask me anything~

Oh these are lovely~ thank you ever so much, here, I didn't forget about your gift~ *hands her a gift basket with high-end fragrances and versace pumps*

#🥂hyunjin.txt #❓ asks.txt

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Maniac Monday

Hyunjin and Minho trudge into their apartment at the god awful time of four in the morning, exhaustion lining their bones as they both collapse onto their sofa. Running around a venue for a full crowd of the rich one percent after busy shift in Maniac is never fun, but what can they do? It's part of their contract, after all.

So Minho doesn't say anything when Hyunjin uses his lap as a pillow, merely reaching over Sooni's sleeping body to grab his pack of cigerrettes and his lighter. The first drag of smoke fills his lungs, taking with it the stresses of the day. It's a relief.

"Smoking indoors, hyung? I thought you knew better than that~" Hyunjin snickers, a tired smile on his face as he swipes the cigerrette and takes a puff of his own, indulging in the warmth it fills his body with.

"It's herbal, idiot."

They maintain eye contact for seconds, minutes even while the cigerrette is passed between them. It's odd, a wordless ritual they do until Minho stubs it out in the ashtray, his mind calm and body ready to head to sleep. Hyunjin's just as tired, yawning while his eyes fight to stay open.

"Minho hyung."

"Mm?"

"One kiss before bed?" It's never just one.

"...Sure."

#🥃 minho.txt #🥂hyunjin.txt #— maniac monday.txt

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Tease Tuesday — Chan

🍺. Last night's event~ it was pretty warm under the lights, i didn't think they'd like seeing me in a vest

🥂. Chan hyung~ if I could...? *he chuckles* you are a sexy man, Christopher Banhg~

🍾. *double take* yeah uh huh I second the motion of doing whatever Hyunjin was 'boutta say, damn hyung~

🍺. *laughs, shaking his head* thanks you too~... I think?

#🍺 chan.txt #🥂hyunjin.txt #🍾 jisung.txt #— tease tuesday.txt

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... update no.064

🍷. I don't know nor care what you lot think, but I'm paying that videographer double, look at us! *he laughs*

🍾. We look fucking awesome, that's what~ *latches onto Jeongin* firey little fox with his pyronetic special effects, huh? Making everything look all cool and shit~

🍹. *smug* never underestimate the power of good fire effects~ *rolls his shoulder* but my arm's a little stiff now, I need a massage~

🥂. Don't look at me, I'm just about ready to sleep~ I don't think we stopped moving for at least a good hour-!

🍻. Seconded *he groans, laughing* Seungmin better not have booked in any more performances or I'm gonna toss him

🍸. Hey! We all enjoyed it and you know it! *he shoves Changbin lightly* but yeah... I'm beat. That's enough exercise for the rest of the month

🥃. Worth it though... I'm going to sleep this off *already dozing off, a heat patch on his neck*

🍺. And I thought I was the old man *he snickers* but a nap does sound good, there's too much adrenaline in my system

#🍷 felix.txt #🍾 jisung.txt #🍹 jeongin.txt #🥂hyunjin.txt #🍸 seungmin.txt #🍻 changbin.txt #🥃 minho.txt #🍺 chan.txt

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Changes pt1 – MANIAC

A/n: Spooky month is here so maniac is looking a little different! I'll explain the changes a little more in a different post, but here's pt1! Also; Chan = Lycan, Minho/Seungmin = Vampires, Changbin = Dragon, Hyunjin = Siren, Jisung = Wyvern, Felix = Naga, Jeongin = Yako Kitsune

Hosting the other half of Maniac for Saturday night ‘wind-downs’ is something Minho and Changbin are in charge of, the Lee duplex apartment big enough for all eight of them to hang out in. It’s fun, and the perfect distraction from whatever hire gig they’ll have on Sunday. Jisung brings the drinks, Minho and Felix are cooking, and Hyunjin and the others choose the aesthetic and movies for the night.

It's domestic, in a way.

Though, whatever happened last night now leaves the eight men strewn across the apartment, looking very different. Jeongin is the first to wake up, too hungover to notice anything as he stumbles his way to the bathroom, narrowly avoiding the tail on the floor as he walks over everyone else. A tail? The young bartender pauses in between washing the sleep from his face, eyes squinting as he looks back towards the living room from behind the door. And then he takes an actual look in the mirror, and he screams.

“Whatthefuckwhatthe— HYUNG!” Jeongin calls out in a panic, too freaked out by the reflection in the mirror to actually call out anyone’s name. There are fox ears on his head, and his regular, very human, ears are nowhere to be seen. They’re moving too, completely in tune with his freak-out, and they pin down to his head when Changbin bursts in, concern across the older man’s face.

Except, apparently Jeongin isn’t the only one who’s changed overnight.

“Hey, you alright? What’s going—,” Changbin’s words die in his throat as he sees the cause of Jeongin’s screams, zeroing on the bushy set of tails. “okay…this is fucking weird.”

“Right?!” And then Jeongin sees the tails as they wrap around his legs, and he barely remembers how Changbin clearly isn’t human either. “This must be a fucking dream…”

“That we’re all having? At once?”

“Hyung, you should really look at yourself first…”

It’s a sight as the eight of them gather around the open-plan living room, panic and curiosity blending as everyone inspects each other. Jisung and Changbin compare their features, Hyunjin mourns the loss of his trousers as he flexes his tail, Felix curls in on himself in a failing attempt at ignoring the situation, Chan and Minho are trying to cope while the two youngest sit on the sofa in relatively quiet shock.

It's Jisung who speaks up above the chaos.

“Before anyone tries to kill me…” all seven pairs of eyes watch him, “Boss may have given those drinks to me personally.”

“They did this?!” The collective wince, their usual volume now too loud for their enhanced hearing. Jisung exhales, looks over everyone, and then tilts his head when he sees Chan.

“As far as I know…we’re all   some kind of mythical creature— but Chan hyung looks fine?” The man in question shrugs, but then he feels something change, and suddenly everyone’s eyes are on him. It’s disconcerting, and he walks ever so carefully to the closest wall mirror.

There’s a wolf staring back at him. A large, five-foot something wolf staring back at him in the mirror. He whines.

“Oh for heaven’s sake,” Minho groans, nearly tripping over himself when he makes it over to Chan so fast there’s a genuine gust of wind around him. Curious, he takes a look in the mirror as well while he’s trying to comfort Chan, squinting at the greyish tint under his skin and the red in his eyes. He blinks, and Seungmin’s there too; whatever he is, Seungmin is too.

“Let’s just call them, panicking in my living room isn’t helping any of us.”

#🍺 chan.txt #🥃 minho.txt #🍻 changbin.txt #🥂hyunjin.txt #🍾 jisung.txt #🍷 felix.txt #🍸 seungmin.txt #🍹 jeongin.txt #📖 story.txt #maniac; halloween special

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Breakroom bullshit

🥃. *huffs and raises a brow*

🍷. *prolonged eye contact*

🍸. What... what is happening?

🥂. Seungmin sweetie, I couldn't tell you *he snickers* the cats are communicating~

#🥃 minho.txt #🍷 felix.txt #🍸 seungmin.txt #🥂hyunjin.txt

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Freaky Friday — HyunSung

🍾. *sighs, laughing* Sam Hwang you are a bad~ influence

🥂. Me?! *scoffs* you're the one who invited me out~ Mr 'Just One Last Heist Before The End Of The Year'

🍾. But are you or are you not having fun, you bastard?

🥂. Of course I am, you piece of shit *he laughs* the jewellery auction, yeah?

🍾. Bingo~ there's a British Victorian broach going for sale, I want it~

🥂. Fucking hell, hyung was right, you really are a magpie

#🍾 jisung.txt #🥂hyunjin.txt