Thumps in the Night

Our House [One-Shot/Drabble Collection]

Baekhee scouts the dark hallway for any intruders before dipping back into the kitchen and making her way over to the dining section. She stands at the head of the table, hands properly placed to balance her weight, and speaks with a dramatic deep voice, “I gather you all here tonight—”

“Baekhee,” Junghae cuts with a loud yawn, “it’s three in the morning—”

Seyun slams her hands onto the table, startling the bunch. “Witch hour!”

Jungin squeaks in fright, “Don’t say that!”

“Ey, she’s just pulling your leg, Jungin.” Chanyoung cackles and pats Jungin’s shoulder.

“What?” Seyun looks at Chanyoung as if she told her she is a man. “No I’m not. in’ Yi—”

“Invalid. Legs.” Chanyoung snaps with a sharp look directed to silence Seyun. She will not have Jungin up late tonight because of the reckless, spooky things Seyun always tells her.

“Listen! To! Me!” Baekhee slaps the table for attention. “Y'all need to untwist your with each other later because this is more important than Jungin’s fear.” Baekhee tosses a quick apologetic look Jungin’s way who only sighs.

“Offended, even if it’s not targeted at me.” Chanyoung chimes in.

“When are you not offended?” Seyun tries to rally up Chanyoung again but fails when Junghae groans loudly.

“Shut up. Let Baekhee talk her so that we can all go to sleep.”

Baekhee gives Junghae a questionable look because does she thank her or feel offended? She shrugs as an afterthought. “Anyways, I’ve called you all here tonight since we've missed the last three meetings because of classes and work—”

“Are you still on about this?” Junghae is in disbelief. She thought the reason that Baekhee hasn’t called for these meetings were because she no longer believed in them. “Baek, listen, you’re a smart girl, really. But they’re not al—”

“But how do you know?” Baekhee counters with her fist thumping the table to make her voice vibrate.

Junghae blinks. Are they about to have an argument about whether or not Kim Misook and Do Kyungri are aliens with Baekhee and company? Yes, yes they are. “Because aliens don’t—”

“Non-believer be silent!” Baekhee shouts in a whisper, a finger pointed to the ceiling.

Junghae’s jaw slacks to a point that it does just fall agape. She looks stupid but honestly feels more stupid for even climbing out of bed for this.

Jungin and Chanyoung, on the other hand, have long forgotten the witch hour and are intrigued by where Baekhee is going with this. Do they also agree with the two woman in question being aliens? No, of course not. The only thing they really agree on with Seyun and Baekhee is that the two are very strange when left alone. Being here for the alien talk, though, is fun to them and why they never miss them.

Seyun slaps her knee. “I’ve came across info today.”

“Yes! Speak young one!” Baekhee takes a seat next to Junghae (but makes sure to give her a look).

“Okay, so S and G—”

“These codenames are so stupid…” Junghae says loud enough for everyone to hear but quiet enough for Seyun to talk over.

“—were in charge of dinner tonight, right? So I thought—thinking of when the next meeting is—that I should observe them to see if anything different comes up. Nothing does, though, until I realize something… weird.” Seyun pauses for someone to speak.

“Like normal weird, or weird weird?” Chanyoung bits the bait.

“Weird weird.” Seyun’s eyes grow with the pronunciations of the word. “We all know they don’t, like, talk when it’s just the two of them, but I’ve never noticed, like, how they do communicate. It’s so different and it’s with the feature they both share.”

“Round eyes?” Jungin questions.

“Height?” Chanyoung adds.

“Large !” Baekhee claps as if she found the answer.

“You would notice their s, wouldn’t you?”Junghae sighs, rubbing the sleep away from her face.

Baekhee leans back and holds a very sassy finger towards Junghae. “Seems like a question targeted at Lu.” The whole table laughs at that, including Junghae who lets out a small chuckle.

Seyun sits up straight from laughing. She clears , “Okay, they’re all true but not what I was getting at.”

“Then stop pausing and just tell us.” Junghae complains.

Seyun frowns at her and glares. “Eyebrows.” Seyun looks away from Junghae and glances to everyone present in the room. “They hold conversations with their God forbidden bushy eyebrows.”

Everyone goes silent as they picture the two in question. In unison, they gasp.

“Dude! You’re right! They have super thick eyebrows.” Chanyoung slams her fist against her eyebrows.

“They’re like cute, hairy caterpillars.” Jungin adds with a smile. Seyun side-eyes her but doesn’t comment. She’ll let it slide since she can only assume Jungin said that because she’s sleep deprived.

“Oh! Oh!” Baekhee’s sounds are too her Jungin’s pure ears. “They always raise their eyebrows oh, my God, why haven’t I noticed this before?” She rises up and holds her hand out for Seyun to take. Seyun does. “Good find, Seyun.” They shake.

“Wait though, Misook and Kyungri aren’t the only ones with bushy eyebrows.” Junghae says with a strain voice as she stretches. She moves away from her chair, pushes it in but stays at the table.

“Uh, yeah they are.” Chanyoung leans back in her chair, face scrunched up.

“Uh, no they aren’t. Are we forgetting about Junhee?” Junghae shakes her head a bit for effect.

The table goes quiet.

“Oh...” Seyun whispers, afraid of the information Junghae has just given them. “Junhee also talks with her brows. To Kris who understands.”

Baekhee shivers with her arms hugging her. “I’m getting goosebumps we have aliens.”


a/n:
a really cracklike one-shot which i enjoyed because it makes no sense.
also inspired by a convo with MissMinew :D
i'll be up posting for several weeks, so look forward to that.
no holiday specials this year, sorry!
until next Monday o/

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MissMinew
#1
Chapter 32: Poor Kris, lmao. <3 I didn't think Junghae would be such a scaredy cat but it's cute. It's ok, Junghae, Lu will protect you. And sure, if Kyungri and Yixin don't up by telling scary stories on Halloween, something's wrong. <3

Also, you should just take however long it takes you and if that's forever, that's also ok. I love you for writing this far and there's no reason to feel guilty. Motivation comes and goes and nothing wrong with that. <3
ChiaToma
#2
Chapter 32: Aww i know that feeling and sometimes its best to leave it well enough alone until you get your motivation back
Though this one was great and seriously these girls are idiots
I hope Kris really gives them a hard time for hitting her with her own bat
I know i would
ChiaToma
#3
Chapter 31: Eww just what the hell
That's horrific indeed and just even more eww
Jeeze
Seyung your would be mine if you did that to me
So so gross
But funny
Looking forward to more
MissMinew
#4
Chapter 31: the ending of seyun’s period drama! and oh my god is it childish as hell lmao
seriously though, that is beyond childish and i wish i could see the fun in pranks but i generally cant (im just a party pooper like that in general tho so it’s nothing on you) uwu
i honestly feel like misook is me, so relatable. her squabble with kris is beyond understandable lol. jungin is ridiculously sweet to film all this. junghae’s reaction surprises me a little uwu idk, i just thought she would’ve thrown it back at seyun like “disgusting” *sticking her nose in the air like she isn’t affected* and then she’d take a loooooooooong shower afterwards.

by god do i understand chanyoung’s reaction tho, fish sauce and vomit? yikes ;;

(is fish sauce yellow?? i always assumed it was a light brown >.< otherwise the origin of the lemonade is beyond questionable uwu)

love you! you’re the best <3
MissMinew
#5
*regarding your authors thoughts*
post them as new uwu or at least make it clear that the old chapter has been updated uwu i want to be able to read the new chapters ~
ChiaToma
#6
Chapter 30: Oh Kris
So whipped.
Squeee
My ship sails
If they would just stop being idiots and get together
Though what creative project where Minxing up to? It sounds fun
Looking forward to next Monday...even though it'll be a few days after for me actually reading
MissMinew
#7
Chapter 30: i honestly never ever thought id say this but wow junhee, that was a big jerk move and kris deserved better. i know i dislike kris and all and kris can be a jerk but this?? this is so not ok. this is so so so important to kris, a meeting that could determine her ing career in sports and junhee finds herself worth more???? no.

this is so manipulative and wrong. i do not condone. shame on yixin for being in on this. as if junhee’s blind dates were more important? she could’ve brought any of the girls along but knows she can manipulate kris because kris likes her. that is just so awful. not a good friendship move at all. i feel like scolding her so bad. and yixin too.

they should be grown-ups. this is ... disgusting. misook at least were on kris’ side, thinking it wouldn’t work but she should’ve stopped them before it got out of control like this. ugh.

love the chapter as always. love you as always. just - you told me to be honest and their actions in this chapter is just not ok ;; sorry girls, they’re not.

(also, you really need to tell us more about misook and her art because you hint at it so often and it’s making me ridiculously curious. how talented is she? do the others know? is it something she hides from her or something she displays? curious curious ~ <3 )
ChiaToma
#8
Chapter 29: Aww so cute A chapter
Oh so Kris saw something personal about Min without permission
Interesting and that explains a lot
Why do I think that these girls at the park would just be madness mixed with cuteness and lots of ice cream even though they're supposed to be getting fit lol
MissMinew
#9
Chapter 29: im not saying im in love with your misook but im in love with your misook. uwu she’s so sweet! innocent and cute, kind and intelligent, looking for knowledge and still vulnerable and learning. she never wants her way in a bad way (cough like a certain someone it isn’t only misook who has beef with). and she’s insecure. it’s so adorable. i wonder what she won? ;;
anyway, i love her, hello, thank you for listening to my ted talk about why misook is perfect.

also i know lu agrees so high five lu! besides i really like this chapter from lu’s POV. it makes her soft. i know she says that about misook but honestly, she’s a bit ashamed of her thoughts, she’s shy around misook and she just ... feels so much.

this is an amazing chapter! genuinely uwu (and it’s not just because im xiumin-biased in all forms)
MissMinew
#10
Chapter 28: i kinda laugh-cried when they talking about Kyungri because i can just imagine the window was open because she snuck out and now that kris has closed it, she’s gonna be standing in the cold winter morning when she comes back and she’ll be like “im going to kill whoever snuck into my room my god”. it’s a good vision uwu

also, don’t change the name of junhee’s bunny. there’s a story behind it so it should stay. and don’t feel bad about it! <3

kris and junhee always seems like ... idk, it’s cute when you write it but uwu <3 thank you. sorry this comment TvT