The neighbors get a dog. 

They think... 

Hyukjae can smell something gross in the air and no matter how many candles Donghae scatters around the house, how many bottles of air freshener he goes through, or how much sage he burns, Hyukjae still wakes up every morning complaining about it smelling like wet dog. It's gotten to the point where Donghae is starting to think it's him that stinks.  

"My beautiful little flower petal, it's most definitely not you or I would've probably killed you in your sleep and buried you out in the tulip garden two weeks ago." 

Donghae pops up from under the kitchen sink with a concerned look. "Why would you uproot the garden for that? That's so disrespectful to all the time I've invested in that thing." 

"My bad love. I'll bury you right next to it, how's that?" 

"Much better," Donghae says, sliding back under the sink to screw a loose pipe. He's always working on the house. Hyukjae thinks it's cute.  A little psychotic at times, but cute. 

To be quite honest, they're not even sure who the next door neighbors are. Their street is filled of rickety old houses desperately needing some TLC, and most have remained empty since Donghae first bought the place. Up until now it seems.  

And then there's also the fact that they're never seen the dog. Or any evidence of one other than Hyukjae's nose.  

That is until one morning when Donghae wakes up to find his tulip garden has been rampaged, yellow and pink buds scattered everywhere, little holes in the dirt nearby, and what appears to be a piece of fabric snagged on a bush. 

“Avenge me, Hyuk”, he says with little tears in his eyes, and Hyukjae promises to do just that. That damned dog must pay! 

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Hyukjae sets up his little outpost for the night. It's essentially a penguin blankie that Donghae claims keeps ghosts away, a few of Hyukjae's favorite fruit jellies, and a decently sized but cheap old telescope that Donghae got him for Christmas so he could see the stars up close. Right now the telescope is aimed at the neighbor's backyard, right where the rotted old apple tree is. From this angle, squatting on the kitchen tile staring out through their own backdoor, Hyukjae can see the neighbor’s backdoor, and he's sure that he's going to see that damned dog tonight.  

He's going to find out where that god awful smell is coming from and put an end to it.  

… Ok that was a little dramatic. He just meant that he'll probably set the damn dog loose so it can run away to greener pastures and stop terrorizing Hyukjae with it's horrible stench and also avenge Donghae’s baby tulips. Donghae would be his partner in crime but he needs his beauty sleep and gave Hyukjae his blessings before popping two sleeping pills and almost instantly falling asleep as his head hit the pillow.

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Hyukjae only has to wait a little after midnight before he hears the tiny screech coming from the neighbor’s. It’s the backdoor being opened. Hyukjae looks through his telescope (a little unnecessary since Hyukjae has spectacular night vision) just in time to see a tall man step out onto the grass. He yawns deeply for a second, glances around, looks up at the sky, and then flops on the grass. 

Um… okay. Maybe the dog will show up soon. 

Hyukjae waits for about thirty mins and still no dog. Just the man laying in the grass. Somewhere along the line he’d taken off his shirt so now it was almost like he was moonbathing. Strange neighbors. 

Then, a squirrel appears. 

And the strangest thing happens. 

The man jolts up, eyes fixed on t