Spa day 2020

Nine

"Why did you do it?" Sunghoon with a cartoon penguin mask looms over Jake, laid on the floor as Niki administers an oversized scar sheet on his back. "Why did you kiss Heeseung in front of me earlier?"

A scandalized gasp from the kitchen.

"Tee hee, Kisseung," Niki in a cartoon tiger mask snickers to himself, earning him a swift back hand slap from Jake. Tragically, Sunoo didn't have a a mask in puma, cheetah or panther.

"For science?" Jake says with his face in a pillow.

Sunghoon responds with a swift tap of kick to his thigh.

Jake gives a better answer. "To stop him from breathing for a sec. Disrupt the rhythm of his intake before he started hyperventilating."

"That worked. Can confirm." Heeseung adds from the kitchen. He is a sous chef with a cartoon deer mask for Sunoo helping prepare ingredients for risotto.

"You!" In a cartoon fox sheet mask Sunoo points a knife at mathyung. He was slicing pre-cooked bacon into fine slivers. It's in jest, but lo key he's livid, "Eyes back on your work. You are NOT a part of that conversation."

Sunghoon lets out a sound that pairs nicely with a rolling of the eyes, "Tell me why I shouldn't crush your spine with my heel right now, Shim."

"HOONIE!" Heeseung has never seen this side of him and he is petrified. "EASY NOW."

"Hyung, didn't I say—?!" Sunoo feels incredibly protective of Sunghoon's heart in this moment. He whips around to rail at Heeseung when he gets interrupted by a guttural

"SHUT THE FUCK UP DARLING AND LET ME TALK?!!"

"Oh wow." Head Chef Kim turns back to his work, impressed by the sudden show of dominance, "Damn. Pet name plus reprimand. Respect."

"What? Just a kiss on the cheek!" Jake lifts up, silicone sticker fully in place, "Whats the big deal?"

"Yeah, that's no big Sunghoon hyung. Even Jungwon's given me one on camera. And a few times off camera." Niki says, nonplussed.

"Oh no. Oh no no nono. Silly, silly Niki. You silly, stupid boy. You did not just say that while I'm holding a knife." Sunoo says this calmly very very slowly rotating his neck at an unnatural angle.

Behind him with his eyes bulging out of his skull focused on opening cans on the kitchen island, Heeseung audibly gulps.

"IT IS A BIG DEAL." Sunghoon speaks with his lungs. "Sunoo could have killed you if we weren't live!"

Niki shoots a tiger faced look at Sunoo, a wide-eyed fox holding a knife parallel to his face. "Oh boy."

"Sunghoon-ah! Hoon-ah. My best friend, my soul mate, my buddy! It's all good, right? It worked! He's cured! He claimed you, fucking finally! You know I negged him into fucked up, possessive jealousy. Everyone wins, right?" Jake jumps up from the floor holding Sunghoon by the shoulders to tear him away from staring a hole straight into Niki.