A Roller Coaster of a Birthday!!!!!
Hi everyone!!!
This is the story about my birthday, or my birthday project to be more exact.
I imagine most of you people here already know that I’m a hottest (if not my username could be a subtle hint), and that my OTP is chanwoo.
It would not be ridiculous to say that chanwoo almost was a non existing pairing when I started on AFF in april this year. Stories/oneshots with chanwoo as a main pairing were few enough to be counted with the fingers on my hands, and I wouldn’t have needed both hands to do so.
But even though this blog is about my birthday, I’m not the main hero of the story here. That honor goes to B2theANG and the wonderful hottest on AFF.
Not all of you know B2theANG (though some of you do now lol), but the two of us go way back. We have been clinging to one another for over 15 years now. You might say we’re best friends, and I won’t object to that, though actually it’s more like she’s a part of me. We’re codependent to a fault, and people continuously tell us we have a very weird relationship. It’s probably true, but not like I mind. It’s there and it’s going to be.
Technically B2theANG is not really a hottest (though I’m doing my best to get her a little bit closer day by day kkk), but she’s a VIP and a todae shipper! And even in 2PM, she doesn’t really go for chanwoo, but ships chankhun and taecwoo and maybe a little bit of junbros. But she has written some 2PM stories, and I imagine I’m a bit to blame for that.
Saying I talk a lot about 2PM would not be a lie, and I admit that some days I almost talk about nothing else. At some point I even started to worry that she would start hating on 2PM because of me. Because constantly being spammed with stuff against your will, well it’s not strange if she would get tired of them LOL... And someone disliking 2PM because of me... Well I think that’s just terrible so I decided to try to tone it down a bit...
But whenever I tried to do so, something really *important* happened, like Chansung uploaded a selca... or they went to Japan and there were new airport‐pics, so OF COURSE I couldn’t stay quiet about Groundbraking news like that, so I caved... Never even lasted a day... LOL. So a bit nervous, I talked to her and hinted at these worries of mine....
But she was like “pff, I accepted long time ago that 2PM was a part of my life, so now I just think of them as family...”
Well, if you don’t think B2theAng is amazing already, read further. You will get there.
But even though we are really close in real life, we are not AFF‐friends and don’t even read each other’s stories (though we tell each other about them and talk about them)... Because, first of all lets face it, like half of the stuff I write is just LOL, and I don’t want my real life friends reading that.. So if someone I know would read my stories, it would just make me very self conscious about my , and my overly cheesiness at times, and when I make stupid English mistakes... So better just that she doesn’t read them LOL... (Besides, she really should just spend her reading time on Big Bang anyways) So we don’t follow each other on AFF, and run in different circles and in general know different people. Or so I thought.
Actually this birthday project started last summer, many months before I knew there was even any story to tell. At the time, I honestly wasn’t at my best, had been terribly sick for a long time. I feel a bit silly complaining about it, because so many people have it so much worse, and this was never incurable nor life‐threatening.
But still it was hard. The worst was in the spring, which is why I started writing fanfiction in the first place LOL... Because even though I felt so horrible, I’m such a fangirl, that when writing about my babies I forgot all about it... But as soon as I stopped I felt horrible again, so I had to write constantly. So I updated like an insane person and seriously worried about annoying my subscribers to death LOL, but I figured they would then just have to unsub, because I needed this.
At the time, B2theAng was living in a different town, in the same foreign country as me. It was in the spring so she was really busy with her exams, but still came over every weekend she could, buying me some groceries, washing my dishes and my clothes, cleaning what she could, because I was incapable of those things.
In the summer the main sickness thing was cured, hopefully for good (because it had been bugging me on and off for about 2 years). But it didn’t end right away because then I had a lot of side effects from being sick for months... Like my muscles were all a mess (from lying in uncomfortable positions writing fanfics all the time LOL), and I had a case of mild insomnia, (because my medication had messed up my sleeping pattern), mild case of dehydration, exhaustion and pretty severe vitamin deficiency, making me so incredibly tired I’ve never felt anything like it. I was feeling better, trying to get back on track and start work again, but it was going slowly and I was feeling so tired and guilty (because of work), that in some ways it was more depressing than actually being really sick.
Well, in the summer B2theAng moved over to me, and now we live together (nothing to do with my sickness, just something we planned a long time ago), so a normal conversation in the evenings would go something like this:
Me: You know what?
B2theAng: What?
Me: I’m like, so in the mood to read a chanwoo fic right now.
B2theAng: Shocking.
Me: Like a real chanwoo, where they are, like the MAIN pairing... And where
Wooyoung would like... have a crush on Chansung *giggles*
B2theAng: mmm... *not –that‐interested‐cause‐we’ve‐had‐that‐conversation‐before*
Me: And then... and then... Chansung would have a crush on Wooyoung TOO!!!! *giggles‐some‐more*
B2theAng: XX years old ladies and gentlemen, good thing to know you’re XX years old...
Me: *ignoring‐her‐comment* WHY‐oh‐WHY don’t people see the Awesomeness of my pairing!!! Why don’t people see their preciousness and write about them more!!
B2theAng: *shrugs* *not‐really‐seeing‐the‐chanwoo‐preciousness‐herself*
Me: Well... *pouts* I guess I’ll just go and read my own story then.... *pouts‐somemore* ...again... *feeling‐really‐sorry‐for‐myself*
B2theAng: *rolls‐her‐eyes‐at‐the‐sillieness‐of‐a‐grown‐woman*
...Or at least that was what I thought she was doing, little did I know that she was planning something amazing.
So the day before my birthday (Nov 13th) I was really busy at work, because I had this work trip coming up... So I came home, showered, and after midnight I wanted to post my short chanwoo‐oneshot I had written before going to sleep. Actually it is kind of funny, because originally I had wanted to write so many chanwoo things, and like... post them ALL on my birthday, so my birthday would be like the Official chanwoo day of AFF, since I had already declared myself as the captain of the chanwoo ship LOL... But being so busy I couldn’t and was feeling a bit bad about it. But I do admit that I did hope that my AFF‐bestie, YuYuan would also write me a chanwoo‐oneshot for my birthday. But I knew she was busy writing Chankhun, her own OTP, so of course that was more important, and I wasn’t sure she would have the time.
But anywho, when it got close to midnight, B2theAng (looking really tired btw LOL), handed me an envelope, and was like: “You had to get something for your birthday” and I was like, “Shouldn’t I open it tomorrow?”, and she quickly shook her head. It was a USB‐stick with something on it... And I was like: “Cool, shouldn’t I check it out tomorrow?!?” and she looked at me with slightly panicky and extremely tired eyes: “No, you are opening this now.” I was like Okeey.. But decided to brush my teeth first, because it was late already, and while brushing I kept thinking like: “Did she really do it? Like write me a chanwoo?” but then I was a bit sad she hadn’t posted it, but with a smirk I tried thinking up the best ways to manipulate her into posting it and increase the stories in my precious chanwoo tag.
So after brushing, I casually sat down by my computer, and checked was on the USB... I was not surprised when I saw a pdf‐file filled with pretty pictures of my precious chanwoo... making me giggle at the cuteness. Then in the pdf she started explaining everything, her worries about my birthday and then that she came up with the idea of my birthday project. After hearing me being so sad about the non‐existence of chanwoo stories, and being so sick all the time and being sad over being sick, she wanted to do something to make me happy. So she came up with the idea to contact some of the people I had been talking about and with on AFF... Asking them to write a chanwoo story for my birthday, and she told me that like all of them had been incredibly supportive and wanted to do it.
Reading through all her explanations I just started sobbing and crying in happiness.
*yes‐I’m‐a‐grown‐woman*
*But‐I’m‐a‐fangirl‐too*
First of all I just couldn’t believe she would do something like that for me. Some of you might have noticed this, some of you might not, but B2theAng is very shy, so talking to strangers is not something she does easily and asking them for favours is even harder. But still she had tried doing this, with no idea if anyone would respond, just trying to make me happy. So I was just so incredibly touched. So I just cried and I cried over how incredibly kind she was to me, when it’s not really like I’m the awesomest person on the planet or anything like that, honestly speaking.
And then was the practical aspect.. Well, me and B2theAng talk about everything, so I usually tell her when I read a story, or when I talk to someone on AFF... But... it’s not really like I always use your usernames, so finding you people was not always an easy task.
In some cases it was simple... Gummimoon pretty quickly changed from “the‐girl-who‐Actually‐writes‐Chanwoo” to her own name because the other one was too long LOL.. And panda‐_‐ was “Junho‐assissin‐girl” for awhile, but that was too long so it changed to “the‐panda‐girl” and Banana_Dreams was always the “Banana‐girl” so for them it was easy.
Then I used to call nuneokcat “Halo”, and LlyaAegi “Dragon‐girl” from their stories that I loved, so with a little bit of looking around, they could be found... But then there was people like GeminiDragon, that for a very random reason ended up being called “the‐4.5‐hour‐girl” because one of her comments (Saying it now it somehow sounds disrespectful, but I definitely did not mean it that way LOL). And since I had asked B2theAng not to read my stories, she wasn’t sure I would be OK with reading the comments to my story. I wouldn’t have minded, but she didn’t want to do so eventually she found her through much difficulty LOL...
So she did her best to find writers that I loved, or people I talked to that were writing stories, and people that were open to chanwoo in general. But after our talk on the day before my birthday it was already midnight, so I just posted my oneshot I had ready, and managed to see YuYuan post hers before I had to go to sleep. B2theAng had told me nothing about who would participate or how many stories, except that she would and that YuYuan would (because she’s a friend of both of us, and B2theAng let me know she had already decided to write me a story when she talked to her)...
So happy, I went to bed, and the first thing I did when waking up was checking AFF of course LOL... Super excited I thought how AWESOME it would be if there were like Three other chanwoo stories around... Like that would be so amazing... But when I started checking the chanwoo tag, the second shock came... There were just So many stories, and so many people participating in this that I just completely any ability to speak, and started crying again like a crazy person LOL.... Then I had to put myself together for work, which I somehow did LOL...
And seriously was in a mild state of shock the entire day. I just.. couldn’t believe how many people would do that for me... In my few months as a fanfic writer I’ve written a lot, so I know that writing any story takes hours, even days, and a lot of heart and effort goes into it... So thinking so many people would do that for me, a person most of you barely even know that well... For a pairing I’m pretty sure many of you haven’t really thought about, and is far from being your own OTP... To put so much thought and effort into making some Random girl on the other side of the globe (or the same side) happy on her birthday, getting nothing else in return.
If that just doesn’t give you goosebumps I don’t know what will.
And B2theAng told me even some people thanked her for being able to participate... Seriously people??? Is there no limit to your niceness? This is not the normal level. I hope you realize that.
All in all there were 20 stories with the chanwoo tag posted on my birthday or in relation to my birthday. 20 friggin stories. For any 2PM pairing that would be HUGE but for a barely existing pairing like chanwoo it changes everything. Everything.
And in the end I think this got so much bigger than just about me or chanwoo. Like it became a little celebration of our AFFhottest community here. Or at least I think it did. So many working together for a goal, just out of the kindness of their hearts and love for 2PM.
Seriously, we have so many awesome people around it’s not normal. I honestly think it’s incredible how many amazing writers we have in this just medium‐sized fan community. And not just writers, but I think we have so many awesome readers too, that are doing their best to support other writers. And no, I’m not just saying it because now I’m overrated and getting way more support than I deserve... But also when I was just starting out, poisoncheecks and more commented on like, almost every single chapter when I had like, absolutely no idea what I was doing, and it really meant a lot and really was encouraging for a newbie like me. So I’m just so incredibly grateful for our incredible writers and the readers (sometimes the same people), supporting each other, showing some love.
We really do have something special going on here, and I hope you feel it too.
I’m never going to be able to thank you guys enough, but here is one more try:
I thank you, and I love you.
2PM fighting!
Hottest forever!
Saranghaeyo ❤
2PM2PM2PM
The Stories
This blog would not be complete without the stories....
I have to admit that when I finally got some time to start reading them, I slightly panicked, because it was obvious I would never be able to finish them in a day... And since I had this work trip I was so so so busy, that I really started worry I wouldn’t be able to finish them within a week (not needlessly because I couldn’t)...
So I started feeling guilty, people writing me all this wonderfulness and not getting a response right away... And I worried that people would just think I didn’t like it or was ungrateful and didn’t just love these stories with every piece of my heart.
But then I said to myself “2PM2PM2PM,” except I don’t call myself 2PM2PM2PM in real life, cause I’m not *that* obnoxious, lol...
But it went something like:
“2PM2PM2PM, all those people have worked so hard at making you happy, and I’m sure they wouldn’t want you feeling guilty or worried, so you’re not going to ruin all their effort with a silly thing like that. Just take your time and trust that all this wonderful people will understand.” Besides, I didn’t want to rush through the stories, but be able to read a scene 2‐3 times if I liked it, and leave some room to thinking about them... lol...
My final shock came when I actually read the stories, because they are just so good.
And it’s not just my Chanwoo‐biased self talking, but other people have come up to me, simply amazed by the awesomeness of these stories. So here is a list of them, if you haven’t read them already, please do. And don’t forget to show the love, comment and subscribe and upvote the ones you like *pretty‐please*...
These people diserve so much more love than I will be able to give them on my own. If you’re not used to commenting and afraid of being awkward, don’t worry, I’m sure your comment will put a smile on the writers’ faces anyways.
Awkward love is also appreiciated.
So here are the stories (in alphabetical order of the author):
Actually I don’t think she posted this story in any relation to me lol, it was just a coincidence that this was posted on my birthday. But it’s not every day a chanwoo gets posted (especially not by a writer other than myself lol), so I will just selfishly accept this as a present too lol. Her one shot is about normal-boy-Wooyoung that get's excited and curious as a circus comes to town! So check it out!
The head behind the birthday project came up with two stories for me that look adventurous and fun to read. I haven’t managed to read them yet, because I know she wanted me to read your guys’ stories first.. But they look amazing and I’m really looking forward to reading them and see how she sees chanwoo LOL...
And the best part of all... After writing them, she said to me about chanwoo:
“...Maybe I am starting to see them a little bit together.”
Me: *yells‐in‐victory* “My precious precious pairing!!!!”
My fellow Chansung‐biased hottest came up with a chaptered story for me (yay!), that is about a Wooyoung that usually doesn’t take a lot of risks, but spontaneously decides to do something different that will probably have a huge impact on his life. Definitely looking forward to reading more in this story!
This Woo‐biased girl and chanwoo‐friendly wrote a very wonderful rated one-shot where Wooyoung and Chansung do something they shouldn't (or maybe they should kkkk).
This lovely girl came up with a chaptered story for my birthday, even though she wasn’t asked for it, but just decided to do so on her own. It is a chanho/chanwoo/wooho story, which is awesome cause all those pairings are among my favorites! Go check it out, just by reading the forwords it's already super interesting!
This is a slightly sad, but beautiful one shot about a very lonely Wooyoung. Very heartfelt and lovely.
This is another chaptered story (yay yay!) where Chansung and Wooyoung have this precious relationship that maybe Wooyoung always took for granted and didn’t give a second thought until something unexpected happens... I don’t wanna spoil, but this story seems to be headed in a slightly sad but beautiful direction, so do read.
The girl that wrote chanwoo when almost nobody else did, lol, comes up with a chaptered chanwoo!!! So Excited! This is a supernatural story about human/animal hybrates. It’s already amazing after the first chapter and reads like a book. I’m not going to say anything else, because she describes everything much better than I ever will, lol... But this story is awesome, and I’m so looking forward to more :)
Posted a whole story! Where Chansung is a super‐spy (Soooo liking that) and where Woo is a pretty blonde lol (definitely not hating on that either!)... An action filled and exciting story!
A supernatural one shot that is just as unique and perfect as the writer herself. I don’t want to spoil anything more, but it’s definitely a must‐read!
The talented nuneokcat is writing us a comedy one shot (possibly in more than one parts *hoping*) that seems to be about an annoyingly irresistible Chansung at the gym LOL...
This very productive writer brings us a really hot and sweet chanwoo one-shot! Where the two of them are just.... Well you should read to find out ;)
Our lovely panda‐girl is writing us a very intriguing and mysterious chaptered story (yay!) in the 2PM‐verse with supernatural elements where Chansung’s reality and illusion are mixed together, making us all dying to know what happens next... At least I’m definitely hooked!
Here is another Chan-biased friend, who came up with a sweet one shot where Wooyoung has to deal with an ultimatum. And it simply is beautiful *sigh*
An all around K‐pop girl and a dear friend of mine, that lately has been falling more and more for 2PM’s charm, is writing me a chaptered chanwoo horror story! And I’m so grateful she wrote me a chanwoo, even though she already had written a wonderful chanwoo oneshot, and taecho is actually her 2PM OTP... This story is spooky and scary, and I have No idea what will happen next! But I’m definitely looking forward to it! And I love her writing style so I hope we can keep her writing for 2PM!
A chaptered story in the 2PM‐verse where Wooyoung has overflowing feelings that he needs to gather up some courage to confess... Aigoo, all my chanwoo feels... Can’t wait to see where this is going :)
My AFF‐bestie wrote me this wonderful and super flail‐worthy story in the 2PMverse, about Wooyoung that wants to be left alone, but gets interrupted LOL... Sweet and wonderful, and so appriciated by all my chanwoo feels ❤
But one was not enough! So she posted the prologue to a chaptered story that will be continued in december and is a chankhun/chanwoo story, so many fun months ahead for me :)
Wow, this blog post was longer than I meant it to be... Is anyone still with me?
Hello... hello... hello..
Aish, I wrote it on the train, overwhelmed with gratitute, so I guess I got carried away... Probably I should cut something out, but honestly I'm just too tired LOL... I need to take a nap, this week was just too damn busy LOL...
I guess now you know why I so admire those authors that can say everything with just a few words, cause I definitely can’t LOL.. But just so you’ll forgive me for being longwinded, I’ll end this with a picture...
Because like my birthday wasn’t already like the awesomest day ever, Chansung-baby
tweeted this picture of himself on my birthday:
Now isn’t that just the sweetest, cutest (& tiredest) thing you ever did see!
(and because it was my birthday I named the puppy wooyoung LOL!)
Thanks for reading until here! (if anyone did), and I hope you do check out the stories, because they are awesome *nods*
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