"The pepero game? Really?" Harin raised an eyebrow at Yonghoon who was playfully wiggling a box of strawberry pepero.
"We've never done it before. It'll be fun! And anyway weve will like it" Yonghoon pouted. The others were already on board, and had gone to find staff to help them set up.
"Fine, if it's for weve I guess I'm in"
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Dongmyeong had written all their names down on slips of paper. The plan was to all draw one and play the pepero game with that person. This meant each person would do the pepero game twice. If they ended up with their own name or would have to play with the same person twice then they'd redraw.
"Hello, we're onewe" they started the vlive with their greeting
"Happy Pepero Day weves. We're taking a break from practicing and doing this vlive because we miss you" Yonghoon's excitement was obvious, he was anticipating chat's reaction.
"We thought it might be fun for weves if we played the pepero game, so that's what we're doing today"
The chat suddenly zoomed, there'd already been a few guessing that's what they were going to do but now it was confirmed there was a mix of excited and cringing messages.
"Ah, I can't imagine why weves are so excited already" Kanghyun laughed " we don't know who's playing with who yet"
In chat there was a mini bias line Vs leader line war going on, with a few maknae line comments thrown in. Dongmyeong wondered if maybe they should have "chosen" before hand, fixed the results so the most popular pairings were guaranteed. But fate would decide now.
Dongmyeong had taken the pepepro out of the box and put the name slips in there. He passed it down to the opposite end of the table.
"Ok, no peeking, we'll reveal together"
Once everyone had a slip. They unfolded them and held them to the camera.
Kanghyun drew Cya. "Bias line is fate" he joked putting his hand round Cya and threatening to kiss him.
Cya shyly revealed Dongmyeong, who reacted dramatically like it was the most embarrassing thing in the world. No matter who picked his name he would have reacted the same, it was at least partly for show.
Yonghoon picked Kanghyun, blushing when the chat filled with leader line comments. Kanghyun's cheeky smile showed he had something he wanted to say but thought better of it.
Harin picked Yonghoon. He was ok with that, figured Yonghoon wouldn't try any funny business with him. And it also meant Dongmyeong had picked Harin. Given Dongmyeong's constant protesting responses he was also unlikely to cause any trouble, in fact they'd be lucky if he stopped cringing long enough to play.
"Who's going to go first then?" Kanghyun asked. He was first on the table but would rather let someone else set the tone before he had to go.
"Dongmyeong's at the end, I think he should go first" Yonghoon announced.
Dongmyeong looked at Harin.
"It's so weird" he wailed and covered his eyes "Ok, no, I'm ready, let's get it over with"
Harin chose a chocolate pepero and placed the uncovered end between his teeth. Dongmyeong took the other end in his lips, briefly screwing up his face in embarrassment. Then he gave Harin a thumbs up, before they both quickly bit through the pocky towards each other. It was over in a flash, a 2cm piece of pocky falling in to Yonghoon's open hand. Both had chickened before they'd got anywhere near each others lips, this setting the bar low for the rest of the members.
"Sorry Harin" Dongmyeong covered his blushing face.
"It's ok Myeong, it's just a game" and Harin patted Dongmyeong's shoulder.
"Ok me next" Kanghyun called out before the moment could get awkwards. "Hey bias let's show them how it's really done"
Cya chose a strawberry pepero for them and they were chomping through most of it before Yonghoon even made it across the room. They slowed as they got closer, Kanghyun's hand moving to the back of Cya's neck. Once they got close enough that their noses were touching he tilted Cya's head ever so slightly, the maknae closing his eyes. Their lips met for just a second longer than necessary, before they pulled away giggling, a tiny piece of pepero falling in to Yonghoon's hand. Bias line fans were going wild in chat, surprised they would go quite so far.
"Wow, I don't think anyone will beat that" Dongmyeong commented, slightly shocked at the level of commitment.
"Yonghoon's the only one that's not been yet" Kanghyun pointed out.
"Harin?" Yonghoon was obviously distracting from the fact he'd picked Kanghyun. Afraid his jealousy would show, he'd refused to look at Kanghyun, who was trying extra hard to make eye contact with him.
"Ok," Harin said. They positioned a chocolate pepero between them, Dongmyeong ready to catch. They took it slow, one of Harin's hands on Yonghoon's arm. Very carefully they nibbled until they were almost touching, but didn't quite close the last few millimetres of space. The piece that fell in to Dongmyeong's hand was small but nowhere near as small as Kanghyun and Cya's.
"Still unbeaten. Dongmyeong you want a chance to redeem yourself?" Cya felt Kanghyun nudging his side, encouraging him to volunteer. Dongmyeong was a little less awkward after watching the others. Like Harin and Yonghoon they very carefully nibbled, carefully keeping pace so there were no accidental touches. With Dongmyeong not rushing to get it over with he found he could get alot closer before ultimately the unavoidable intimacy overwhelmed him and he had to pull away. The piece left was alot more respectable this time but still no match for the top contenders.
"I guess it's just us left" Kanghyun said to Yonghoon, managing to finally catch his eye.
"I guess so" Yonghoon picked up a strawberry pepero. As Kanghyun placed his hand on Yonghoon's shoulder, suddenly the eldest felt nervous. He placed the pepero between them and slowly they moved towards each other. Kanghyun's eyes locking with his made his cheeks suddenly feel hot. He closed them tight, trying to focus. Kanghyun moved his hand to Yonghoon's neck, guiding him the same way he'd guided Cya. Kanghyun's lips ghosted against his as the younger man hesitated briefly, before fully closing the gap. It wasn't a proper kiss, neither of them moved, just their lips pressed together for what felt like an eternity, then it was all over and Kanghyun was pulling away.
"I think you'll find we won" Kanghyun laughed. There was no pepero left at all. Yonghoon just sat slightly stunned.
"No you cheated, any of us could have just eaten the last bit, you're disqualified" Dongmyeong complained.
"Well either way I win" Kanghyun smuggly stated.
The others loudly protested as the vlive devolved in to madness.
Harin quickly moved to end the vlive.
"I think that's enough excitement for today. Thank you weves for watching" he shouted over the arguing members. "Bye" and the vlive ended.
