Waiting for Anpanman

CHAPTER 12 : Manito Challenge

"Pick one." Jang Mira, smiling shyly, presented Yoonsoo with a medium sized container that held a couple of folded paper. She had been tasked by her seniors to give Lee Yoonsoo his first Manito challenge since she seemed to be close to the member.

"Oh, god. I'm so nervous Mira-ssi. I hope it's not something weird." Yoonsoo gulped as he unfolded the chosen paper and revealed the challenge to the camera man first. As he read the contents in turn, his face fell in disappointment. "I should have know. It's always something weird."

"Let me see..." Mira curiously looked over the despondent man's shoulders. "Successfully get a hug from five members. Penalty for unsuccessful challenge - to be determined by group members. A, it's that one. They have to hug you first." Yoonsoo looked at her then, eyes begging to be saved. She blushed and looked away.

Yoonsoo didn't know which he was more nervous for. The challenge or the penalty. The last man he had hugged was his father a few days before his parents died. On the other hand, if the penalty was to be decided my the band members, there was no telling what trouble he could go through.

"I'm going for the Koala first but I need props." Yoonsoo announced before walking off, Mira and the camera man following him.

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"Where did you run off to!? You just wasted fifteen minutes of our practice time, Yoonsoo hyung!" Namjoon called as soon as Yoonsoo appeared on stage. He needed everyone to be perfect. He didn't want to extend their practice time if possible. He knew that if even one of them made a mistake it would result to an extended session.

"Mian. I just stepped out for a bit. Let's go!" Yoonsoo announced as he hurriedly passed Namjoon to get to his position in the back. Namjoon's eyes widened with what he caught a whiff of.

Despite Namjoon deciding that early dismissal was no longer an option after Yoonsoo walked in smelling like liquor, their last round of practice went without a hitch and they were dismissed for the day. In the dressing room Namjoon sat sipping water from a bottle. He watched Yoonsoo who was surveying the room, looking like a lion in search for prey. He didn't know if he should confront the older member now or should he wait till they got home. Drinking was unacceptable during working hours.

"Jimin-ah! Come here!" Yoonsoo called with authority, gesturing for the younger man to sit beside him.

Jimin walked over to where Yoonsoo was sitting. When he was finally sitting beside the older man and could smell the alcohol off him, he looked at Yoonsoo with worry. "You're not drunk, are you? Did anyone you care for get hurt again?" Jimin was seriously regretting his life choices but at the same time an unexplainable excitement started to run through his veins.

"I'm not drunk. It's just my perfume." Yoonsoo casually draped an arm over Jimin's back rest and looked at the young man with soft eyes. Jimin's reaction was what he had hoped for when he decided to spray his shirt with liquor earlier - it was working. "Hug me?" His question was begging but it was laced with a little command. Yoonsoo was trying to channel his dominance in the ring into something sexy - something he assumed Jimin would like by the way Jimin questioned him last time.

Jimin looked at him worriedly for a few moments. He didn't want fans to misconstrue this moment if it ever showed up in the internet. Cautiously, he raised his arms preparing for the awkward hug. But as soon as he looked Yoonsoo in the eyes, he threw his caution to the wind. He smiled widely, his eyes disappearing, and hugged the man with sexy sad eyes tightly.