#Kaisoo dates

[aphrodite1288]

The online fanmeeting was a false alarm. Kyungsoo never said he ate with Jongin. The fan misunderstood the answer to her question. Unfortunately. If this is what you were referring about... thought you had some real news from sources.....

First if all, what are you taking about!?

Secondly, I never said he confirmed it in the online Fanmeet 🤔wait there was an online Fanmeet ? You mean the one where he talked with that crazy "izzi" obsessive fan? I don't remember him saying anything about food that day or did he? 🤨 I think I missed it .

Well what I meant by he confirmed it, is that 3 weeks ago or something, Admin Asahi have shared to me and I remember he told me he had to go share it to his moots the ones he was with in the private group, that Kadi were seen several times in the past few months eating outside and that they recently always go to some restaurant to eat a specially made and served Spicy fried chicken or whatever, they were also seen eating eel and samgyetang, the owners of the restaurant shed kadi's recently favorite menu, and Admin Asahi shared those way before this online Fanmeet. And I believe the ones in that group are here they can confirm it to you.

And I think I remember Ksoo said something I don't know in bubble about eating the boneless chicken a lot recently or something like that I really don't remember what he said exactly. But he mentioned something about him being in love with this special Fried spicy Chicken or something as such that he eats a lot recently and he orders it even, so when he talked about it, it kinda confirmed to us what Asahi admin said about Kadi being seen frequently going to that special Chicken place that serves this special dish, And who loves chicken more than his life ? Yes you guessed it right, KIM JONG IN !

And that's what I meant.

But again, whatever makes you happy.

#kaisoo #kadi eating out #Kadi dates #Kaisoo dates #kadi #kaisoo love #dika #love #kaisoo love story #jongin #exo #kyungsoo #kai #d.o

[exoscreamsoda]

we dont talk enough about how close kaisoo’s birthdays are

theyre quite literally the fated pair 🥺

theres only a single day separating both of them on January 13th which means all kaisoo supporters have a set day to celebrate their cute relationship :’)

the only thing that would make it better is if they were born in the same year! but i will pretend its like that because kai is kyungsoo’s gift 😌

if i was an astrology nerd i swear i would have so much to say but im not into that so.. well ITS FATE OK. the universe said so!

ok im done but really it’s brushed over too much, what other kpop ship has the perfect middle date 🥺

#im feeling emotional because i went to a kai birthday cafe event today and they also had ksoo birthday things out #they gave out free photocards for both of them and the photocards matched each other #it was kai with flowers and ksoo with flowers #I WANTED TO CRY ... WHO WAS THE KAISOOISTS IN MY CITY WHO BLESSED ME #idk kaisoo day just makes me so happy #i love drawing art for both of them all week to celebrate their bdays #the other members i lowkey forget until the day comes lol #i actually have 2 friends whos birthdays surround mine so im the middle date lol #also my mom and cousins bdays are next to mine #maybe thats why i feel like this lol #just a little mini rant about birthdays im sorry if youre reading this #lol i wanted to end kaisoo week with a bang but im kind of not sure what more to say #i haev a bunch of pictures and vids of them but its not worth posting lol #i cant wait until ksoos bday party. a crumb is all i need #kaisoo #kaisoo day #kaisoo week #kyungsoo #kai #jongin #d.o #d.o. #kai day #kyungsoo day

[jongbross]

family dinner (kim jongin x f!reader x do kyungsoo)

pairing: kaisoo x f!reader word count: ? genre: fluffy warnings: people date more than one person sometimes, did you know it? a/n: i worked two days straight nonstop, so i'm exhausted and can't stop thinking about kaisoo lately and i'm also delulu. enjoy it. 🙂

kyungsoo walked slowly into the room, heart getting warm at the sight of jongin spread out on bed with you peacefully sleeping on his chest. he had his arm around you, holding you safely close to his body while his other hand held his phone, in which he was mindlessly scrolling through.

"dinner's ready", kyungsoo announced.

"i'll go in a minute", the younger one answered. "let me just put her on bed."

"no, wake her up! she's gotta eat something."

jongin frowned at the thought, looking down to his chest.

"i don't know, hyung, she's pretty tired. let her sleep and if she wakes up hungry later, at least there's something for her to eat."

"jongin ah, wake her up. the food is warm, she can rest better after she eats."

"no, let her sleep! she didn't sleep these last two days, hyung."

"i'm gonna kick both of you if you don't shut up", you murmured sleepily.

jongin tried not to laugh, while kyungsoo rolled his eyes and walked towards the bed.

"hey, love", he said. "i made dinner for us, let's go eat."

"um... i'm so tired. i can't get up right now, babe", you opened just one of your eyes to look at kyungsoo, and met him with a tiny little pout on his lips. "do i have to?"

"told ya...", jongin whispered with a sarcastic smile, but scoffed when you pinched his side. "ah! sorry."

"don't be like that when he just cooked for us, jongin."

kyungsoo chuckled at you two. "you didn't eat anything today, it's not healthy."

"i know, but...", you said with a groan, closing your eyes again and pressing your face to jongin’s neck.

"then come eat, jongin ah", kyungsoo sighed, defeated.

jongin looked up at his hyung, like he was thinking about something.

"what if we bring it here? eat it on bed with her?", jongin said, looking down at you again. "then you wouldn't even have to get up to eat."

you smiled, both at his words and at the little kiss he put on top of your head.

"sounds good", you replied. "family dinner."

jongin hummed in response, as he gently rested your head on the pillow instead of his chest. he got up, making room for kyungsoo to bent over the bed and rest a kiss on your cheek too - making him blush afterwards.

the two of them walked out of the bedroom then, leaving you with a silly grin on your face. how on earth did you get so lucky to date these two?

#kim jongin imagines #kim jongin x reader #kim jongin x you #kai imagines #kai x reader #kai x you #do kyungsoo imagines #do kyungsoo x reader #do kyungsoo x you #kyungsoo imagines #kyungsoo x reader #kyungsoo x you #kaisoo x you #kaisoo x reader #kaisoo imagines #exo imagines #exo x reader #exo x you #exo scenarios #exo fanfic #exo kai #exo kyungsoo #kpop imagines #kpop scenarios #kpop fanfic #exo #kai #kim jongin #d.o #do kyungsoo

[chocoberry-dream]

Hello again kaisooists 🐧🐻 Little ole me has stumbled across something interesting 👀

Remember back on April 1st in 2016 when the news broke that ji and krys were dating and chahn yall posted this really odd and cryptic “headline” on his Instagram?

This randomly popped into my head the other day now that I’ve been missing kadi and thinking about them lately.

I remember at the time it was posted, everyone in the kaisoo tag was trying to decipher what he meant, if it was supposed to be an April fools joke or if it had anything to do with the dating news. If I remember correctly he’d posted it either right before or shortly after the news broke and was confirmed by Es Em.

So I decided to go over to chahn yall’s insta again to see what the comments on the post were bc it’s been so long and I was curious if anyone wrote any kaisoo related under it. But when I went to look for it, I noticed that it had either been archived or deleted.

I screen recorded for proof, the right side is hidden for privacy due to some ppl’s insta screen names being visible since I follow him. The dates of the post are magnified on the left side:

I can definitively say that it had been left up on his Instagram for months after kxk and I believe even up til they “broke up” but I’m not sure when or why it was removed.

Something that was also peculiar to me is that besides that screenshot from the tumblr above, it was INCREDIBLY difficult for me to find this post anywhere on the internet. Even chahn yall bias pages that repost his Instagram posts did not have this post anywhere to be found.

I searched for 20 minutes and was only able to find this screenshot here on tumblr and on a random Russian page:

There’s two things I want to mention here.

First I will explain the picture a bit more for those of you who may not know.

The mosaic picture in chahn y’all’s post is of KS in his role as Kang Woo for the drama “It’s Okay That’s Love”. In this drama, the main character Jae Yeol (played by Jo Insung) suffers from undiagnosed schizophrenia and befriends Kang Woo. But as his illness worsens it’s revealed that Kang Woo is not real and is a hallucination, representing Jae Yeol’s younger self. When Jae Yeol begins treatment, Kang Woo doesn’t appear to Jae Yeol anymore .

I don’t speak Korean but I think the correct translation of the headline title in the post would be “Actually, I’m hallucinating” indicating that he’s the one hallucinating and not Jae Yeol. Since his role in the drama was him as a hallucination it wouldn’t make sense to admit to being a hallucination.

At the time I initially thought “okay, maybe it’s some sort of lighthearted April fools joke and a playful jab and ks”. But as I thought about it, the joke didn’t really make much sense bc we already know after watching the drama that ks isn’t the one who was hallucinating.

Then after reading theories and thinking about it more, I thought it was weird to post that on the same day the kxk news came out. Which leads me to my second point: I do think it has something to do with kxk and here’s why.

As we all know egg sew had a concert that day, secret night. When the pictures came out ji looked like he’d been up crying all day and ks appeared to have tears in his eyes. They also were super awkward with each other and it seemed like ji looked apologetic about something and ks wouldn’t look at him. This was after a long period of not really interacting or showing skinship and of course all those pann and dispatch gay couple blind items disappearing.

So it made me think more about the insta post, how he said that actor D admits “actually, I’m hallucinating.” We all know that ks and chahn yall have a close friendship, and it seemed like the kxk scandal caught both ks and ji off guard, almost like they both found out this media play was happening on the same day, hours before the news went out. Was this post supposed to be a hint at ks’s feelings about the news breaking? Did kxk come as a surprise to him and make him feel like the entire relationship between him and ji was actually what wasn’t real to everyone else now, aka a hallucination?

It might be a reach, but I can’t think of any other reason behind why chahn yall would delete/archive that specific post but not any of the other ones. Unless you’re a kaisoo supporter the joke would seem to have no relation to the kxk scandal, so it’s really suspicious that it disappeared.

I also can’t say for sure, but I also wonder if SM has something to do with it being gone and almost no trace of it online or on fan archives. I noticed that after the kxk “break up” kaisoo went back to their own ways, but little by little different kadi blogs were deactivating and some fansites were disappearing abruptly. I’m talking hardcore kaisoo blogs and fansites that I would have never imagined would disappear (cuddlekaisoo, alvabear, kaiser-dolly, 8812 just for example, some of their posts are even hard to find here on tumblr). To this day I still am seeing things like “so-and-so-deactivated09122018” here on tumblr throughout the tag thinking to myself like “omg, this person was a super big kaisoo supporter and they deactivated? I would have never imagined..” 😶

Of course things happen, ppl move onto other things and maybe the second scandal with jinnie has something to do with it too, but it’s all just very odd to me. I’d love to know other ppl’s opinions about this too if you’re interested!🩷

#I’m writing this super late so sorry if something doesn’t make sense lol #if you need clarification or anything just lmk! #hope all my jagis are doing well haha #how are we surviving the ji drought bc let me tell you I am PARCHED ☹️ #he needs to be discharged EXPIDITIOUSLY #I think I spelled that wrong lol #I can’t wait until 2025 😔💔 #long tags are long #kaisoo #kadi #dika #beri theories

[kaisooficrec]

new wolf au with alpha kai omega kyungsoo

hello! here are some new a/b/o fics with alpha jongin and omega kyungsoo that we managed to find. hope you enjoy!

the love i didn’t realize i craved - ongoing. this fic follows the challenges of kyungsoo figuring out what’s like to be an omega after he presents as one.

You Are The Best Thing That’s Ever Been Mine - ongoing. with only one chapter so far. prince kyungsoo meets jongin as a child, who later grows to be a great knight and kyungsoo’s personal guard.

Trigger - gratuitous smut. jongin’s rut gets triggered after just a video sent by kyungsoo. part of a series.

Blue (Hold Onto Me Everyday) - kaisoo having to bear watching everyone around them getting something they have been trying to for years: a baby

Love Field - baseball au with manager kyungsoo and player jongin who have a past together and a child that jongin knows nothing about.

from zero to i love you - alphas are the breadwinner, and omegas are expected to serve them and give them children.

The Language of Flowers: Kaisoo - mpreg au. unabled to actually say the words “i love you”, kyungsoo lets his actions speak for itself.

Miracles do not always come in December - another mpreg au where kaisoo have been trying to conceive without much luck. they’ve been wishing for a miracle, but the waiting takes a toll on their marriage.

Unconditionally - as an advocate for omega’s rights, kyungsoo was supposed to hate alphas and betas, not start dating one, much less a celebrity like jongin.

Of Crowns And Chains - ongoing. in order to earn his freedom, agent kai must kill the crown prince. what he doesn’t know is that his target is someone from his past

Crown - kyungsoo as a king and jongin as his general. kyungsoo becomes pregnant and has to be separated from jongin as the alpha goes to fight in a war.

Claim me - college au. chanyeol, kyungsoo’s human friend, decides that the best way to help kyungsoo with his heats is to give kyungsoo’s number to a strange alpha.

Hymns for the Small Towns - high school au in which cheerleader jongin and football player kyungsoo don’t fit the roles of the usual alpha and omega.

28 Reasons (That Ruined You) - mafia au. born as the only omega in a family of alphas, kyungsoo is kept hidden from everyone else. rumour has it that his beauty is to die for, but jongin is not so willing to find out if that is true.

The Only Exception - mafia au in which kyungsoo works for jongin’s family. after spending his heat with jongin, kyungsoo finds out that they are true mates and that there’s a possibility of him getting pregnant. the problem is that jongin doesn’t want to have kids.

- Admin Mimi

#kaisoo #kadi #dika #fic request #r:omega kyungsoo #r:alpha jongin

[theboytatu]

exo ask game : 1,2,5,6,7,8,11,13 14,18,30,34,35,,36,48,50

….u did say send a lot of number 🫣🫣

😭😭😭 thanks...

1. bias and why?

chanyeol and baekhyun because god wanted to play a bad joke on me by lumping me in with the most deranged type of people on exoplanet.... (and NO i don't ship chanbaek)

2. favorite line? (beagle line, maknae line, etc.)

chingu line forever and ever baby 🥰🥰🫶🫶 it's literally my biases + bias wreckers together

5. which exo member would you love to be best friends with?

ngl i feel like sehun and me would be very compatible like they say there's not a stronger bond than a hag and her fag

6. which exo member would you love to date?

obviously pcy since i'm actually delusional about him like sorry i just genuinely think he'd be a great boyfriend

7. which exo member do you think you’d actually dislike if you knew them in real life?

LMFAO this is such a funny question. based on nothing but my gut feeling definitely kai since he already drives me nuts sometimes. also probably minseok and/or junmyeon(?) idk i think we're just very different personality wise

8. which exo member is most like you?

baekhyun 100%. sorry

11. which exo album is your least favorite?

already answered hehe

13. describe your bias in three emojis

💪👂🍒

😈👄🐶

14. what song got you into exo?

oh god i don't even actually remember. like i'm drawing a blank here all i know is i got introduced to them through superm but i don't have a specific song that got me sucked in.. i guess i was floored when i watched the live acoustic set of lady luck so maybe that

18. studio albums or winter albums?

studio albums!

30. favorite vocalist?

jongdae 🫶

34. do you read exo fic? if yes, rec some works and some writers!

not really. i tried to but i swear no one actually knows who these men are the ao3 stuff i've browsed is just a bunch of fanon and government assigned personas

35. do you ship? name your ships if yes!

lmfao. xiubaek and chansoo are my faves. oh also i guess seho (and fuck kaisoo and chanbaek!!!!)

36. what would you tell your bias if you met them?

i don't ever wanna think about that like i'd be happy to see them in concert but omg i don't wanna meet them or talk to them.... never ever meet your favorite celebrities

that being said obviously if that happened i'd go with the "im your biggest fan" and thank them for the music they make. probably say "fuck SM we're still rooting for you!!" and that's it hdkdjkd

48. how does exo rank in comparison to other groups you like?

favorite group of all time forever like those men are my #1 boy

50. favorite title track?

tough tie between call me baby and tempo

#asks

[imstarhope]

Kenapa percaya #Kaisoo itu benar adanya?

Dalam dunia Shipper, mereka akan mempercayai apa yang mereka percayai. Mereka akan mengumpulkan bukti-bukti walau terkadang sangat dipertanyakan.

Hanya sekedar pakaian yang sama = oh mereka dating.

Hanya berlibur di tempat yang sama dengan beda hari = oh mereka dating.

Hanya pose yang sama = oh mereka dating.

Mereka bahkan percaya hal yang kemungkinan memang tidak pernah terjadi hanya karena mereka ingin.

Kadang aku bertanya-tanya, mengapa seperti itu bahkan tanpa ada konfirmasi dari mulut pihak yang mereka shipperkan.

Mengapa mereka tidak memunculkan bukti seperti, "Isi chat romantis, menemukan mereka dalam satu kamar yang sama di malam hari, atau lebih lagi menemukan mereka berciuman atau lebih ekstrim lagi mereka melihat Shipper mereka bercinta."

Kadang bukti mereka yang kelihatan mustahil, hanya dari postingan yang sama, baju yang sama, dan berlibur ditempat yang sama itu terlihat omong kosong bagiku sekarang.

Sangat tidak bermutu.

Lalu mengapa aku percaya dengan Kaisoo? Aku akan membahasnya nanti.

#kaisooisreal

[dearweirdme]

i’m sorry i don’t believe in taennie but i don’t see that being much to go on….especially with it clearly being kaisoo shippers grasping at straws including that burner account. from what i’m getting from that is they’re implying they were going to use jenkai to cover up kaisoo but they were originally going to use tae and now they’re using jennie again for taekook? it just doesn’t feel realistic. and bts and blackpink have had “dating rumors” based on nothing for many years especially from burner accounts like that. and taehyung and jennie were a big ship. taehyung and jungkook in general have been shipped with the bp girls since they debuted the big ones being vsoo liskook and taennie so i don’t think that burner going “they were going to have jennie and tae fake date first” and their evidence being “what they heard” and a bighit producer following her means much

Hi anon!

Oh, don’t worry… it’s not in my pile of proof by a long shot. It’s in my ‘interesting stuff’ pile, which is compiled of many random things.

#anon #taekook

[reddoll123]

Sixth chapter of my latest Kaisoo fic~

#exo fic #kaisoo fic #kaisoo #my fic #fic rec #multichapter fic #multichaptered #ongoing fic #magic!au #superpowers!au #'kay that's all for now~ #gonna see if I can draw sumn tomorrow so stay tuned!

[alexiososp]

KAISOO 2024 Birthday Season Episode Specials: KAISOO Day

I am Alexio Sospranio, and you’re listening to the kaisoo fic podcast. 

Hello dear kaisooist, happy happy happy kaisoo day.

Before we begin i would like to give my utmost gratitude to at1stsoo who has agreed to be part of yet another episode in this kaisoo fic podcast, featuring on the second day of the kaisoo season episode specials in commemoration of kaisoo’s birthday 2024. I would also like to thank my beta Dudu for her advice and support and i would also like to thank the lovely kiki, peachypeptide on twitter for this beautiful podcast episode cover.

Yesterday was Kyungsoo’s day and we looked at a fic which had the theme of: 

Wherein Kyungsoo devotes his life to saving Jongin.

And today we will be looking at Waxing & Waning: Two Moons, THE kaisoo compendium fic by at1stsoo.

The sequence today is generally three parts. First part of this episode we will introduce the fic. Second, we will look at what Waxing & Waning: Two Moons by at1stsoo covers. Lastly, the third segment that there is today is a qna with at1stsoo herself, who when i asked some questions prior to today's session, she submitted her answers.  

Thank you Lizzie, for letting your beautiful fic be with us on kaisoo day to celebrate their birthdays and for saying yes to participating in the episode today.

Today, we will be looking at a very special fic to commemorate this lovely day. Waxing & Waning: Two Moons by at1stsoo is a kaisoo compendium fic that we will be looking at today. This compendium is about 133 thousand words, a true nonau because it is driven by real life pictures, videos, events with references at the end of each chapter. 

Now, let’s see the dictionary definition of what a compendium actually is. A compendium is a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, in a book form. In this case the particular subject, as we are all here for is kaisoo, found in the lovely archive of our own, or ao3 for short. 

So ladies and gays, we will be going through this fic, because well, this is a nonau kaisoo fic of kaisoo’s love story, on a beautiful kaisoo day. 

Just a little bit on how I stumbled upon Waxing & Waning: Two Moons. About four years ago (as of 2024), I was looking for a kaisoo non au fic. I had been looking at kaisoo videos and I thought to myself…I really wanna know what goes on in their heads. Then I stumbled upon a video edit using clips of that heart wrenching day of the 1st of April 2016 with Baekhyun’s Love Again as the background music. 

Upon watching that, i told myself no matter how fictional it may seem or how delusional it would deteriorate me even more i need to know what happened that day. I needed to know their love story. I cant remember how I stumbled upon this fic, but the trajectory of my conviction of kaisoo’s love after this fic became very firm. 

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Waxing & Waning: Two Moons by at1stsoo covers eras from from pre-debut to EX'ACT (2016). Now, if i were to break down this compendium fic into bite sized moments, there will be about 7 major events: Very first event we have in 2012, the Angel Performance Moment, then secondly SMTOWN Concert in 2013. A while later we see the third major event unfold due to the Gayo Daejun Music Festival with the VP’s Confrontation. Next, one of the significant moments in kaisoo history, Kyungsoo caressing Jongin’s NECK in Singapore during EXOluXion. Almost immediately followed by the kaisoo break up… and from there many things happen to slowly build back their relationship… but then, one of the most devastating things that happened after their break up was kaistal dating news on April 1st 2016. But that is the very last major event before kaisoo is out to the VP letting him and the EXO members be aware of their love for each other. 

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Now, upon reading Waxing & Waning: Two Moons, I had a lot of questions. And our lovely author of the day has shared with us her response to my never ending questions. Thank you Lizzie for participating and being part of yet another episode with the kaisoo fic podcast. So my first question upon reading Waxing & Waning: Two Moons was

How did this whole compendium come about? Were there any specific moments of the kaisoo timeline that really inspired you to look into their life proper? 

I began reading Kaisoo fics because as I fell in love with Kyungsoo and EXO, I went looking for fanfic with Kyungsoo in it. I read already-classic-in-2013 works, which were often heavily angst ridden like Anterograde Tomorrow, and wondered what made Kaisoo the most common pairing for Kyungsoo. I had no idea how much I would get swept up into shipping Kaisoo - can’t believe it’s been a whole decade now!

And I think that is absolutely amazing. Now in Waxing & Waning: Two Moons,

There are news excerpts, photos and videos for our references… So what did your writing process look like? How long did it take you to cross check your sources and piece everything up together?

Waxing & Waning was the first fic I ever wrote, so I didn’t have a particular process or plan when I got started. It began with knowing that I wanted to explain why Kaisoo were crying on stage during EXO’s Lotte World event on April 1. I needed to have a story arch that would cover Kaisoo coming together, having colder spells where they seemed distant and then cycling back to being so close again, and a complex explanation for the Kaistal photos. Once I had that basic framework idea, I started outlining all of my favorite Kaisoo moments that I’d want to fit in. That’s when I figured out the story was going to become MUCH bigger than I originally thought… because I have too many favorite Kaisoo moments! I wanted to start at ‘the beginning’ of Kaisoo, so that meant predebut, and then some of their famous early rookie era moments that made them such a beloved ship, and all the dates just kept filling in. In the end, I had a 14 page document of the timeline, with major and minor dates of all the stuff going on between 2012-2016. There were a bunch of things in that timeline that never made it into the fic in the end, but I got to include most stuff. I have no idea how much time I spent on it because it was constantly getting added to as I wrote. I’d guess it was at least 40 hours worth of finding links and exact dates.

Wow, it’s interesting how just one moment can open up so much more. We will get to April 1st in a few questions, Lizzie, 

You have written many AUs with kaisoo in different settings. Like your politics AU and lawyers AU. But what was the most challenging part of writing this particular AU? 

The most challenging part was probably writing Kyungsoo and Jongin (and Krystal, for that matter!) with respect while making sure they felt like real people. Like, when you write them as Lawyers, people know they’re just characters in a fictional story. When you write nonau, you’re putting words into the mouths of people that folks feel they know, and it can’t be the PR version of them that only the cameras see, like they should be fallible and realistic, not perfect idols. So as much as I adore Kyungsoo, I needed him to make mistakes and say the wrong things sometimes, ya know? And my sweet Jongin - he’s younger and going to do more rash stuff, yet I never wanted him to seem OVERLY stubborn or silly. But we ALL act stupid sometimes, especially when it comes to love. So making them make realistic bad choices that fit with the celebrities we know them to be was always tricky.

Now, that indeed is very true, we love kaisoo as characters, but we love them as idols even more. And my next question is…

 Why Waxing & Waning: Two Moons? Why did you title it as it is?

Kaisoo as a ship had these moments of like OMG THEY’RE BOTH SO IN SYNC as well as these times when it really felt like one was begging for the other’s attention more on stage and stuff, so I wanted the title to reflect how emotions can swell and fade among people, and you’re not always feeling the same phase or depth of attraction at the same time.

I published the first chapter right after writing it, so the title reflects what I knew was the core theme rather than the ending. I honestly didn’t know how I would end the story when I first started writing. I was set on having Kyungsoo’s feelings at maximum when the Kaistal news dropped, but whether Jongin’s would have waned by then or not was an open question.

I see, so the way they undergo alternate increases and decreases in their intensity of love. Absolutely beautiful. We’ve talked about the title, now  

Could you give a bit of background and maybe share with us the insight behind the chapter titles in Waxing & Waning? There seems to have been a lot of thought behind it and I just would like to know more.

Oh my gosh the chapter titles. Here’s the real answer: I started with chapter titles because it felt like a good idea at the time since I had never written anything else. The opening titles are all moon phases, because I thought this fic would be a handful of chapters so wouldn’t it be clever to just have it reflect the stage of the moon that Kyungsoo or Jongin was at (like new moons, waxing crescent, etc.) Then the story got soooo much longer and I knew I didn’t want duplicate chapter names (like how many would have been FULL MOON haha), so I shifted more broadly to weather-related chapters to depict how tumultuous or calm their love was in the chapter. I never named chapters again in anything else I’ve written because it was honestly really hard to keep generating original chapter titles!

And oh my indeed the chapter titles are very organic. It is quite interesting to see the essence of their love through weather-related ideas for chapter titles like Evening Thunderstorms which has Kyungsoo feelings of hurt, anger and frustration. Or Up in the Air where there is hope for kaisoo again. Or Eye of the Storm where we see mostly calm weather at the surface for now as Kyungsoo is back at his parents home, but looking at the weather, there is an oncoming towering thunderstorm where the most severe weather and highest winds would occur, and that, ladies and gays is where we see The Longest Day, The Longest Night.

So we have covered reasons behind fic title and chapter titles and the reason behind this whole compendium. Now I am looking at your asian fanfics posting of Waxing & Waning: Two Moons. I notice you first published on the 2nd of April 2016. Now that was the day after one of the most significant moments in kaisoo history. Now dear kaisoo listener, let us take a moment to mourn that evening just briefly and to remind you of what happened… okay so april 1st was the day of the kaistal dating news… Kai and Krystal of f(x). 

Now my question is, was it coincidental that that news broke out the day before? because no one expected it…so what was your thought process when you saw the news that made you finally post up the fic the following day?

Oh but it wasn’t coincidental!!! The news broke on April 1st in Korea, when it was still March 31st where I live, and I was gobsmacked. I wasn’t on Twitter back then, so I was kinda on my own with all the Kaisoo feels, and I had to do something with them so I started writing.

I want to mention that I would never have been brave enough to write and actually post something if I hadn’t become close friends with adtoyks, writer of Running Up That Hill, during 2015 when she was writing RUTH. She DM’d me on AFF because I kept commenting on RUTH and encouraging her while she was writing, and our friendship gave me the courage to take a stab at writing, too, once I had inspiration in 2016 in the form of April 1st. I love her to pieces and am always amazed at how fanfic can bring us really great friends!

That must have been an absolutely crazyyy March 31st… And wow, adtoyks? Dear adtoyks, if you’re listening: thank you for encouraging our author of the day, at1stsoo, Lizzie, to write. I read RUTH a while ago… and if im not mistaken there is also a trivia quiz done by at1stsoo, for adtoyks’s RUTH.

And going back to april 1st, as much as i wanna say fuck krystal for getting in the way of kaisoo, i cannot deny the dramatic significance of her character in the fic. Krystal is the catalyst for Jongin needing a wake-up call and to think practically. She is the one who makes Jongin change his whole outlook on the confusing situation that Kyungsoo does to him after their break up. During the break up Kyungsoo lies and says  “I like you, Jongin, i do. But i like my job more.” And one night, Kyungsoo couldn’t take seeing Jongin in pain and having his own heart hurt from his own treatment towards the younger, he calls his mother. MamaDo introduces Kyungsoo to the concept of loving from afar. So going back to Krystal and why she is a significant character is because she says to Jongin,  “what feels more real: those words or his actions?” And upon hearing those words, Jongin mulls over it, and comes out more hopeful, initiates more sincere and flirty interactions with Kyungsoo. Because Jongin understands the gap between Kyungsoo words and actions reflect his love for him. Kyungsoo choosing those specific hurtful words, knowing Jongin’s insecurities about Kyungsoo’s career. And Kyungsoo’s act of love as he fills up the fridge with Jongin’s favorite dishes and sending food trucks to his filming location, just to name two examples on how Kyungsoo loves from afar, as advised by MamaDo 

And of couse… again as much i as i wanna say fuck Krystal because of how the mere mention and sight of her will make Kyungsoo spiral in a negative headspace, we know the biggest antagonist is the fucking VP. The fucking VP who realizes the depth of Kyungsoo's feelings for Jongin and decides the best way to get to Kyungsoo is actually through threatening to ruin Jongin's career. 

And let me pause here and let me ask at1stsoo a question. Now dear Lizzie, this is a kaisoo story. Each character we come across adds to the plot and moves our beloved characters either towards or further from each other. 

Smaller character roles who add to the plot like the significance of Chanyeol being there for Kyungsoo as a silent supporter in holding him up when SM confirmed the kaistal dating news 

To bigger character roles like the antagonistic VP who threatens Kyungsoo with the downfall of Jongin’s career 

to the lesser antagonist Krystal who becomes a love interests that adds conflict to our favorite couple

to the neutral Jaehyuk, who is working in the best interest of both kai and soo but not forgetting to remind them of their work life

To Kyungsoo’s confidant, supportive MamaDo who teaches him to love from afar

We have a variety of roles in this fic. 

So my seventh question for you here is what were the things you were mindful about when creating the characters?

I wasn’t going to make Krystal the villain. That felt like the easy or cowardly way out? Life is generally more complex, and I don’t love it when women especially are just made out to be the villains in boylove fanfic. Women are awesome. So I wanted to show Krystal’s strength and savviness rather than make her a homewrecker. She’s a bilingual, talented girl who made it in a cutthroat industry and had to watch SM cut off her sister; her perspective and experiences add dimension to Kaisoo’s journey, and I think a lot of readers related to some of the things she goes through in terms of her crush and desire for a relationship with someone just not as into it as you are.

Mama Do is another female character through which I wanted to showcase wisdom and maturity in love. She’s very special to me - everyone needs a mama they can call in the middle of the night!

Jaehyuk turned out to be an important example of someone who could change and expand their worldview when given the opportunity to witness that love is love. I hope there are more Jaehyuks out there who could be as open-minded.

Of course, the VP represents those who aren’t open and are ruthless. Sadly, those types do exist and often rise into positions of power because they’ll do whatever it takes to accomplish their goals and remain in power over others.

I too love MamaDo and I definitely agree with the representation of people who are open like their manager, versus people who have a lot of hate like the VP.

There is a beautiful balance between Kyungsoo and Jongin’s points of view. How do you know what to say, where and when to reveal it? And because it seems to come out so naturally also given that the fic is written chronologically.

I’m flattered - I just knew I needed folks to experience both Kyungsoo and Jongin’s perspectives and my goal was for people to sympathize with both of them. Again, the ‘easy’ narrative is that Jongin is a playboy and just flirts a lot on stage or whatever. In the story, Jongin is thoughtful and has legitimate reasons to be cautious or frustrated or mad at the various stuff going on, based on the information he has. Same with Kyungsoo. I had them share a fair amount of inner monologue in the fic so that people could really relate to what they were thinking and experiencing. I hope it made them both all the more lovable.

Definitely, Lizzie, definitely. The added depth of complex emotions really make kaisoo very loveable in this fic.

Before the ninth question, i would just like to give a bit of context:

Now the use of physical spaces. We have settings like concert venues backstage and dorm/dorm room and practice rooms, where they wax and wane. Where they share secretive blissful moments of love, where they find solace in each other, and within the same setting share immense anger filled with pain and longing towards one another.

And we also have settings that generally evoke negative feelings like in the VP’s office where kaisoo fights against the VP or the roof where Kyungsoo broke up with Jongin.

And lastly settings like restaurants and concert stages, which are neutral spaces, within the public eye and hence they cannot display extreme emotions to protect themselves.

So my question here is, how cautious and conscious were you when you set up a scene in different settings? 

The rooftops were definitely spaces for intense emotion to pour out because it’s one of those few places they could be away from the world. Having to monitor their behavior (or failing to monitor it, like Kyungsoo when he caressed Jongin’s neck during Growl) on stage is hard. Love just boiling over and being evident in public when it’s not supposed to be is the core theme in this story: your greatest joy can sadly get you in trouble sometimes.

Now the last question, wow we have had ten questions today…

You have written a whole compendium for us, what is the essence of the fic you want us to take away from and to never lose sight of? Something that holds the weight of kaisoo’s love and a moment where we understand why they wax and wane.

Easy answer? Angel is Kaisoo’s song, from the practice room in 2012 to EXO’Clock in 2023, they have this beautiful, timeless bond through that song no matter however many times they’ve practiced or performed it together. In the story, while practicing Angel, they develop an inside joke and Kyungsoo finally lets himself just feel the joy he gets from being around Jongin. Life is hard enough as it is - let yourself fully experience happiness when you’re in it!

On a different note, I think an important lesson in the story is that while it can be noble to shoulder burdens for someone you love, you can’t strip them of their autonomy to I choose their path and their happiness. You have to be partners and involve each other in the good and the tough times. MamaDo warns Kyungsoo about this:

“You keep talking about this relationship like it’s all your responsibility, all your doing or all your fault. Why? There’s two people’s feelings involved here, Soo-ah,”…

“I realize that at your young age, and especially with all the success you’ve had in pursuing your singing and acting aspirations, you probably think giving up on a dream is tragic, one of the worst things that a person can do. But sweetheart, that’s life. Some dreams come true, and some dreams die in favor of others. Some we mourn, but others we give away willingly, knowing that we’re getting something even better by letting that pathway die.”

everyone deserves to know which dreams they’re forfeiting when forced to pick between paths. Who knows – maybe you’re his dream, Kyungsoo.”

Kyungsoo sums up his changed viewpoint and what it means to be a partner towards the end of the fic- “We’re going to fight and have misunderstandings. But through the tough times… sometimes I’m going to carry you, and sometimes you’re going to carry me. And that’s love. As long as we’re both willing to do more than our ‘fair share’ when the other needs it, we’ll get through anything.” 

Now, dear kaisoo listener, we have explored so many things today, insights by our lovely author on how the compendium came about, meanings behind title and chapter titles, how mindful at1stsoo was when creating setting and characters and lastly ending it off with the essence of Waxing & Waning: Two Moons that she wants to leave us with. 

Thank you Lizzie, at1stsoo, for letting us revel in your beautiful fic and for saying yes to participating in the podcast today. Dear listener, link to the fic will be given below in the notes section, do take time to read, it is so beautiful in its human intricacies, its waxing and its waning. 

I think that would be it for our kaisoo day, the theme for today was to talk about this compendium fic, on this beautiful kaisoo day. This is a three day celebration, so do look out for tomorrow as well. So today we were looking at the compendium fic, yesterday for Kyungsoo day was the theme: Wherein Kyungsoo devotes his life to saving Jongin.

Followed by tomorrow on Jongin day with the theme of: Wherein Jongin’s love is only kept for Kyungsoo. 

To reach me, i am kaisooficdrunk on twitter and if you want you can drop me questions on my curious cat you can do so with the same username. There will also be another link that brings you to my tumblr blog with the transcription for today's episode. There you can also find the other scripts for other episodes as well.

Thank you for listening, have a good day, dear kaisooist, and we look forward to tomorrow. Stay tuned.

[aphrodite1288]

In the days to come, You'll see a lot of dating rumors about Ksoo and Ji,

Remember, a smoke is created when there's fire. And an extinguisher makes more smoke than the actual fire !

So they use an extinguisher to put fire down, and create more white smoke to hide the real Black Deadly smoke from the fire.

Only people with respective IQ levels would get the analogy.

In the end: Believe whatever makes you sleep at night, Patricias.

@NEV

#Dating Scandals always follow the gays #Kaisoo #kadi #kaisoo love #dika #celebrity gossip #Rumors #Dating scandals

[kaisoobeliever]

The confirmation I needed.

Anyway some ppl on twitter still asking why would s*m blur his face...oh you innocent soul. 😁

#kaisoo #kaisoo late night date #kaisoo husbands #they dont want us to know #aren't they supposed to be supportive groupmates?

[chocoberry-dream]

Hiiii it’s been a while! I’m still kaisoo for life of course 💘

Ive been thinking, reminiscing on kaisoo a lot because I miss them…..and like…

That whole thing about the SM staff member uploading that picture with kadi on his Instagram and then putting a beating heart caption, then editing the tags on the picture to “just friends” and “no ship”, then posting another picture with just Ks and the tags saying “joke” and “no ship”, THEN replying to a DM saying that the kadi stuff he posted was just a joke and that ks and ji are just friends, THEN completely deactivating his account is actually CRAZY and I’m really surprised that more ppl, both now and back then, don’t realize how big of an indicator this is that they’re dating🤯

I remember when I was hearing about it, I went right to the post right away and saw the comments right before it got deleted. There were only about 20 comments and no one commented anything about them being in a relationship. Everyone just said stuff like “omg kaisoo!🩷🩷🩷” But his reaction was SO EXTREME. And it’s crazy how even with evidence like this, people will still insist that they aren’t dating each other.

#I guess it’s for the best though #I honestly don’t want kadi to come out #even if they have to have “beards to ensure that they have a peaceful life I will support them #but it’s just some things about them that you cannot deny 👀 #anywho I am patiently waiting on Ji’s return #can’t wait to see my boys being in love again 💘 #kaisoo #kadi #dika #beri talks

[kaisooficrec]

Do you have any new arranged marriage fics?

Hii yes we've gathered all new and newest arranged marriage fics we'd read since the last compilation, one thing for sure is that this AU is popular and we're eating well hehe:

Supposedly Not a Love Story - fake relationship au. to avoid an arranged marriage with his crazy ex, jongin asks his secretary kyungsoo to be his husband for 100 days!!!

There was nothing (but love) - eight months after their wedding, jongin starts acting weird, avoiding kyungsoo out of nowhere, leaving kyungsoo to wonder why

Far Longer Than Forever - royalty au. prince jongin and prince kyungsoo have been promised to each other since they were kids, having to spend every summer together in hopes to get to know each other and maybe even fall in love

Sweeter (the second time around) - a/b/o. alpha jongin has gotten to a point of his life where he needs get ready to take his father’s place as a CEO, and to do that he also needs to start his own family

kiss. kiss? kiss. - mpreg au. kyungsoo ends up in a arranged marriage with jongin, who he has liked since high school

Fix Me - 100 days my prince meets frankenstein kinda au. in this one jongin is actually engaged to someone else

Essentially Yours - while engaged to someone else, jongin meets kyungsoo at a friend’s wedding

Lose You To Love Me - after jongin and kyungsoo are caught kissing inside a bar by a paparazzi, their fathers decide to arrange their marriage

Lean Cuisine - kyungsoo’s mother is known to play pranks, so obviously kyungsoo thinks she’s just joking when she tells him that in order to save his father’s business he’ll need to marry jongin

Arranged with a Kim - two different personalities / analytical and techy!soo with idol, heir!jongin and arranged marriage between the two where they accept it well ~

the pheromone enterprise - abo au, omega kyungsoo is in an arranged marriage to alpha jongin dur oto business arrangement, the two start liking each other. slow burn, smut

I do... do I? - modern royalty au, the news break out abt prince jongin sleeping with prince ksoo from the neighbouring royal family and they decide the two have to get married to e/o

I do. - continuation to the previous story, after their honeymoon

Dancing in the Kitchen - because of a lockdown, newlyweds jongin and kyungsoo find themselves having to spend their honeymoon at home

blue hour - mermaid au - mermaid!jongin, kyungsoo is in arranged marriage with queen jihyun

Of Shrimp Canapes and Coleslaw - light hearted fluff...with a twist :)) andante vibes anyone?

Bye Bye Sadness (Hello My Love) - abo au, omega kyungsoo alpha jongin with age swap/gap. relationship problem occurs with arranged marriage between them also soo is very clingy. implied mpreg

Contracts and bites - alpha soo is the future ceo of his family as well as omega jongin. both families sign a contract for them to get married but they oppose to it at first

ongoing: (some were last updated in 2020)

Lemons Are Sour But Also Flavourful - just six months before his graduation, kyungsoo gets in a arranged marriage with jongin

Hungry Heart - mafia au in a modern setting, jongin is the mafia boss, slightly inspired by an anime of the same title

sunflower - slow burn, modern royalty au, inspired by jjokkomi’s as you wish

Amidst the Lavender Blooms - modern royalty and college au. this is kaisoo but also kyungsoo-centric with chansoo/sesoo

The God of the Underworld - this is an english translation of a brazilian fic, while this one is not complete, the portuguese one is. mythology au with reflections on life and death.

To Love or To Live - college and mafia au. ksoo goes on a date with jongin...throw in some good 'ole mafia twist :)

Our Love Story - ksoo has to marry the son of one of the richest family in sk but he also has to sign the divorce papers before entering the marriage

I Don't Play the Game - modern royalty au. kyungsoo is a troublemaker prince who seduces jongin, his sister’s fiance in order to end their engagement, but ends up having to marry jongin

head to our arranged marriage previous compilations for more :)

Enjoy!

~ KFR Admins

#kaisoo #jongin #kyungsoo #r:arranged marriage #fic request

[fykadi]

120714 NH Nonghyup Card Concert

Credit: date line

#kaisoo #kyungsoo #jongin #sehun #baekhyun #120714 #cr: date line

[trauma-over-seas]

Just Clearing Something Up

Maybe perhaps Kai was Jennie’s “bf” but Jongin is and will always be Kyungsoo’s boyfriend

#exo #kai #jongin #kyungsoo #kaisoo #kadi #jennie #blackpink #kpop #meme #boyfriend #dating #scandal #funny #lol #sm #yg #whats good #dispatch #tea