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3rd person POV. ??? ???, 2015
jeonghan had always been smooth, whether it was teasing the members or slipping in compliments that made people blush. today was no different. they had just finished up all their performances for the week, exhaustion still clinging to them after days of non-stop work. as the last song ended and the final applause died down, the members began to relax, already thinking of how to spend their free time.
as they were packing up backstage, jeonghan turned to tadao with a glint in his eyes. "hey, how about we do something fun tomorrow dao?" he asked casually, leaning against the wall as the rest of the members busied themselves around the dressing room.
tadao, tired but intrigued, raised an eyebrow. "like what hyung?"
"just us. since we all have the whole day off tomorrow. it can be just us. i’ve got some ideas, it's just a hangout,” jeonghan said, flashing that familiar mischievous smile of his. tadao didn’t think too much of it—jeonghan often liked spending time with him, pulling him into random adventures. so, he agreed.
the next morning, the day started simple enough. they grabbed breakfast at a small café near the dorms, jeonghan ordering for both of them without hesitation. “you always like the same things anyway,” he said with a playful grin when tadao raised an eyebrow. they sat by the window, sunlight casting a soft glow on jeonghan's face as he chatted about nothing in particular, but every now and then, he'd ask personal questions that made tadao pause.
"what's your favorite memory with me?" jeonghan asked, taking a slow sip of his iced americano. tadao blinked, caught off guard by the directness of the question. putting down his latte on the table between them.
"uh, probably that time we stayed up late rehearsing for our debut, and you kept making me laugh when i was supposed to be serious," tadao replied, smiling at the memory. jeonghan just hummed, looking satisfied with the answer.
after breakfast, jeonghan led them to the first stop on their journey; an arcade tucked into the corner of a bustling shopping street. it was the kind of place you wouldn’t notice unless someone pointed it out, small but packed with games and claw machines. jeonghan immediately led tadao to a claw machine filled with plushies, eyes twinkling with excitement.
"watch this," he said with a wink, and tadao stood back, amused, as jeonghan skillfully maneuvered the claw to snag a plush bear on his first try. the next few rounds, he won plush after plush, stacking them into tadao’s arms.
"you’re gonna win them all hyung," tadao laughed, struggling to carry the growing pile.
"that’s the plan," jeonghan grinned, handing him another one, this time a little duck. "you need a collection to remember today." "but hyung!~" tadao whine in protest.
from there, they wandered through the mall, jeonghan occasionally pulling tadao into different stores to look at random trinkets. jeonghan was light-hearted and playful, insisting on buying tadao a silly matching keychain set—a small, golden star for himself and a crescent moon for tadao. "we can’t lose each other now," he said with a mischievous smile. tadao laughed, "alright."
