Sailor Mars, and a Stupid Situation

17:19, Oct 30

Minseok

Happy early halloween

baechu 💗

yeah you too

working tomorrow?

Sadly

And you

ill see

yeri wants me to take her trick or treating

have any plans

you’re welcome to join us

Thanks

Im just going to decorate the cafe and hand out candy

im serious we need a sailor uranus

Nobody wanted to be sailor uranus?

yeah

Cause they didn’t want to become the of the joke

or should i say

🖕🖕🖕

Hehehe

ill stop by later that night

don’t get jumped

20:56, Oct 30

Chanbaek and the Third Wheel

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - i found it i found the perfect costume to wear online

Baekhyun_and_Eggs 🥓🥓🥓 - send a pic

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - like a ?

YeollieOllie ʕ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°ʔ - of the costume

Baekhyun_and_Eggs 🥓🥓🥓 - send ∩ပɗ୧ऽ as well

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - gross

Baekhyun_and_Eggs 🥓🥓🥓 - worth a shot

YeollieOllie ʕ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°ʔ - did you buy it already?

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - oh yeah i sent the pic

YeollieOllie ʕ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°ʔ - you’re not wearing that

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - its a butterfly and entirely appropriate

YeollieOllie ʕ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°ʔ - you look like a discount winx fairy

Baekhyun_and_Eggs 🥓🥓🥓 - you look like a dollar store victoria’s secret angel

jongdae always has costumes

YeollieOllie ʕ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°ʔ - correct you were a vampire two years ago

and that scooby dog a year ago

Baekhyun_and_Eggs 🥓🥓🥓 - your styling sense is ing terrible

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - stfu im wearing this

YeollieOllie ʕ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°ʔ - the orange wings and black jumpsuit should be illegal

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 has left the chat

21:02, Oct 30

Redeu Belbet

JumpwithJoy - help i forgot which costume im supposed to buy

the store is closing in half an hour

and i forgot

plz help

sos

YerianaGrande - i wrote this down somewhere

okay

irene is sailor mars

seulgi is sailor venus

wendy is sailor mercury

im sailor saturn

youre sailor jupiter

JumpwithJoy - got it thx

olaf ❄ - why is joy’s username jumpingwithjoy one moment and jump with joy the next

JumpingwithJoy - i use all my tenses

this girl dont discriminate

Ohgoshnalliya 👌👌👌 - ???

baechu 💗 - don’t question it

i plotted out the map for our trick or treating route

we’re going to weave around the new neighbourhoods and if we have time we can go to the rich houses

Ohgoshnalliya 👌👌👌 - sounds good

baechu 💗 - i’m only taking yeri if more people show up

YerianaGrande - ill call my school friends

olaf ❄ - the guys from your culture technology club?

YerianaGrande - actually its neo culture technology

NCT

baechu 💗 - no boys

i hate man babies

13:17, Oct 31.

Golden Groves Group Chat(GGGC)

YerianaGrande - come trick or treating with me

come trick or treating with us guys please

irene says i need more people to come

and maybe she’ll consider chaperoning me

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - arent you a senior in high school

why do you still need a chaperone

YerianaGrande - my sister doesnt trust me to go out with a bunch of boooooys

stanluna - well how many

YerianaGrande - they keep on adding more to our friend group without telling me so idek at this point

21 ish maybe

i think

findamberschest2019 - holy forget suhoe yeri is a player

baechu 💗 - ahem

i still think it was a better idea to go as strawberry shortcake characters

junmyeon would make an excellent raspberry torte

olaf ❄ - he’d make a better sailor uranus

Suho - fyi my fave girl is cherry jam

LayZhang - i liked lime chiffon

Ohgoshnalliya 👌👌👌 - who dat

LayZhang - the green one before the reboot

stanluna - there was a green one?

LayZhang - lime deserved better

baechu 💗 - why did i not know about this

joy couldve gone as the green one

yeri = plum pudding

wendy = blueberry muffin

seulgi = orange blossom

and id be strawberry shortcake ofc

findamberschest2019 - clever

i have a sheet with holes for eyes

Suho - they take it really seriously every year

last time they went as scooby doo characters

seulgi was fred

wendy was velma

joy was shaggy

irene was daphne

yeri was the scooby snack

baechu 💗 - dare i say jongdae was scooby?

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - blocked and reported

we dont talk about that

baechu 💗 - dont be like that

LayZhang - im still upset that you guys didnt know about my girl lime chiffon

Suho - im sorry baby

ill make it up to you later

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - also blocking and reporting THAT

Ohgoshnalliya 👌👌👌 - a good whiff of couple cheese

i thought you were single last time like three days ago

Suho - im a taken man and for good reason too

LayZhang - <3

YerianaGrande - awwwwww

now whos going trick or treating with me

i convinced baekhyun and chanyeol to come

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - hah they don’t even have costumes this year

yeol wanted to save up money

he couldn’t eat properly for a month after buying his iron man suit

stanluna - aw i feel bad

im going as groot though

olaf❄ - thats pretty cool

stanluna - haha thanks

Suho - i think ill just have a nice halloween at home

burn a few candles

eat a pumpkin pie and maybe watch some horror movies

baechu 💗 - for the last time guys say it with me

olaf ❄ - coraline

YerianaGrande - is

Ohgoshnalliya 👌👌👌 - not

JumpingwithJoy - a

stanluna - horror

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - movie

Suho - have you seen it

its pretty damn scary

think i my pants actually

i might just burn some candles and have a relaxing evening

LayZhang - i’ll come over and help you unwind ;)

baechu 💗 - lets take the time to remind everybody my baby sister is still here

YerianaGrande - and jongdae?

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - idk i might be busy

YerianaGrande - please pretty please with a cherry on top

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - nah

YerianaGrande - i just need a few more people

kim jongdae

mr jongdae kim

jongdae kim go trick or treating with me

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - not after last year

Ohgoshnalliya 👌👌👌 - still salty?

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - shut up

olaf ❄ - for real imagine jongdae as chibiusa

his favourite color is pink

Ohgoshnalliya 👌👌👌 - yasssss J

ongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - i already have a costume

baechu 💗 - oh my god dont tell me

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - i bought the amazon one

baechu 💗 - not that one

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - its that one

baechu 💗 - its ing scary

the monarch butterfly

i told you no

YerianaGrande - are you coming or not

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥 - ill think about it Y

erianaGrande - noted

JumpwithJoy - happy halloween guys

findamberschest2019 - happy halloween

baechu 💗 - happy halloween!

Call Transcript (13:42, Oct 31)

Minseok Kim - Boss?

Sunny Lee - I’m flattered. What’s up?

Minseok Kim - I can’t find the Halloween streamers.

Sunny Lee - Did you put up the jack o’lanterns yet?

Minseok Kim - I did.

Sunny Lee - They should be there. I’m driving right now. Look, I’ll text you later.

14:02, Oct 31

Sunny(Soonkyu) 🌞 did you find it

i left the decorations in the mop bucket

under all the dish soap

Minseok

Yeah

Hold on

it’s a bunch of orange and black

tell irene to help you

Minseok changed his username to Minseok (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ !

She’s not working today

yeah?

ok then

You should hire another employee

i’ll think about it

Okay i found it

alright

remember to blow up the inflatables

I dont have a pump

borrow somebody’s hair dryer

i did that last year

i gtg

see you tomorrow

happy halloween

Yeah you too

15:11, Oct 31

Minseok (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ Help me

baechu 💗 what

I need a hair dryer

why?

I’m trying to blow up casper the ghost

Is that a yes?

no im sorry

i just cant find it

ok no problem

have fun trick or treating

16:02, Oct 31

LuHan鹿晗 hell no

Minseok (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ Stupid chinese

i don’t own one

16:14, Oct 31

Minseok (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ Yixing

Yixing

tf?

Are you there

LayZhang

wait

16:18, Oct 31

Minseok (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ Yixing Its been 4 minutes

Are you dead

Should i call the cops

I have 911 on speed dial

LayZhang has denied your request for a call

Minseok (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

wtf?

Do i have the wrong number?

LayZhang has denied your request for a call

LayZhang

stop calling me

What is your problem?

Are you okay?

im busy rn

I bet you are

im at myeon’s place

17:05, Oct 31

(+1-303-555-0166)

Hello?

do you happen to have a hair dryer?

Jongdaebak 🔥🌠🔥

who is this?

(+1-303-555-0166)

Minseok

baekhyun istg if it’s you trying to catfish me again

our friendship is over you hear me?

(+1-303-555-0166)

No it’s just Minseok

oh really off

18:56, Oct 31

baechu 💗 i found my hair dryer

its kinda beat up

still need it?

Minseok (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ I texted jongdae with the number you gave me

He told me to off

what did you do?

smh

Nothing!!!

He mentioned something about baekhyun

his ex-roommate

the little

call him or something

19:01, Oct 31

Golden Groves Group Chat(GGGC)

findamberschest2019 - you guys look amazing in your costumes

i saw you guys walking down the street

10/10

stanluna - ditto

all we need is sailor moon

olaf ❄ - <3

findamberschest2019 - guess what

i shouldve come with you guys

guess what

Ohgoshnalliya 👌👌👌 - i’ll do you guys a favour and ask anyways

what

findamberschest2019 - i opened my window for some fresh air right

guess what i ing hear next door

loud

its been going on for two hours

idk how to make it stop

i should complain about it to junmyeon but i dont wanna get evicted so

baechu 💗 - typical

typical

Call Transcript (19:02, Oct 31)

Minseok Kim - Hello? Is this Jongdae?

Jongdae Kim - No, it’s Irene. Yes, it’s ing Jongdae. I’m tired of your bull, Baekhyun. Go and Chanyeol or something. I’m trying to put on my Halloween costume. *slamming sounds, and something being dropped on the floor*

Minseok Kim - Um. Sorry, what?

Jongdae Kim - You heard me. I’m going to hang up now.

Minseok Kim - WAIT! It’s me, Minseok.

Jongdae Kim - …..Huh?

Minseok Kim - It’s Minseok. From the cafe. Your friend, remember?

___

Hello? Are you still there?

Jongdae Kim - *laughter* I thought you were never going to call me. You’ve had my number for at least a week now, and not even a text?

Minseok Kim - To be fair, you told me to off.

Jongdae Kim - I’m sorry, okay? Why’d you call?

Minseok Kim - I need a favour.

Jongdae Kim - Of course.

Minseok Kim - Was that sarcastic, or not?

Jongdae Kim - Depends. I’d do most things for you.

Minseok Kim - Most? *rustling sounds*

Jongdae Kim - Don’t push it.

Minseok Kim - Does that include letting me borrow your hairdryer?

Jongdae Kim - Sure. I’ll run it down to you, once I get my Halloween costume on.

Minseok Kim - Thank you. You’re a lifesaver. Sunny wanted me to blow up these dumb inflatables, and I don’t know how I’d do it without you.

Jongdae Kim - Working on Halloween night? You’re no fun.

Minseok Kim - WHAT’S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!

Jongdae Kim - Even Yixing’s getting , and you’re out there taping up paper bats and whatnot.

Minseok Kim - I tried, okay? I’m kinda in the Halloween spirit?

Jongdae Kim - Oh, Minseok. You’re a lost cause.

Minseok Kim - I’m hanging up on you.

20:05, Oct 31

The first trick or treater who had rung the doorbell was dressed as Emperor Palpatine, and Minseok seriously considered holding back the candy when the teenage boy had the audacity to torment him with a bee pun.

“You look like the bee’s knees,” Palpatine had said, winking. It wasn’t Minseok’s fault that he was dressed like a bee.

It’s fun and lighthearted, was what he thought, when he purchased it from the store. His back was aching, and the rounded black-yellow striped midsection made it nearly impossible for him to sit down without being swallowed whole.

The headband dug into his head, and he pulled it off, smoothing down his flattened blonde hair.

Minseok sighed, and sent the man off with a handful of Sour Skittles.

“Thanks, Beeutiful.” Palpatine made a show of his lips, and disappeared down the block, much to the unamused bee’s relief. Minseok pushed the candy bucket to the side and laid down, enjoying some much needed rest.

He got up, walked to the washroom to coat his cheeks in another layer of watermelon-colored blush, and answered the door again for two young girls, dressed in matching vampire costumes.

“Happy Halloween,” they replied, smiling when Minseok dumped a handful of candy into their plastic pumpkin pails. The bee repeated the sequence over and over again; answering the door for the occasional trick-or treater, silently judging their costume, and offering the candy as generously as he could.

Fifteen minutes had passed by the time Jongdae stepped through the entrance, a hair dryer wound tightly in his hand, and an expanse of orange sparkle fabric sticking out of a bag held in the crook of his elbow. Wordlessly, he pressed the hair dryer into Minseok’s hand, and the bee graciously took it to the broom closet, setting it beside a deflated Casper and a rather-floppy Frankenstein.

“I believe,” Jongdae sat down in the nearest chair, throwing his bag beside him, “I deserve a reward for my efforts.”

Minseok rolled his eyes, and begrudgingly showered him with candy, tossing it onto the table in fistfuls.

“Happy Halloween, idiot.”

Jongdae laughed-no, he giggled like a toddler as he unwrapped a Snickers, swallowing it in one bite. He peeled the black wrapper off a Mars bar, and ate that too.

“Aren’t you going to join me?” he asked, mid-bite.

Minseok shook his head and pointed to the bloated midsection of his bee costume. “I should take it off, I can barely move.”

“Keep it on.” Jongdae swallowed with some difficulty, wiping a smear of chocolate from the back of his wrist. “It looks good. It looks cute.”

“It looks cute.” Minseok kicked his feet up onto a stool, facing his friend.

“It’s adorable and endearing and precious and everything, and you know it.”

“Do you like it?”

Jongdae didn’t reply. “You should see my costume.”

“Oh yeah? I’m guessing, total colorful disaster.” The doorbell chimed, and Minseok leapt up mid-sentence, pawing a few KitKat’s into the open bag of a pirate.

“Go change,” the bee urged, looking over his shoulder at Jongdae, and the growing pile of candy wrappers. “I want to see.”

Shuffling upwards, the florist disappeared into the cafe washroom, dragging his canvas bag behind him.

There was the soft clip of a swinging door, and Jongdae emerged from around the corner.

Minseok dropped to his knees, laughing.

“Hey!” Jongdae wailed, doing a full spin. The glittery orange wings smacked a hanging spider decal clean off the wall, and Minseok cackled even harder. The sight of his friend, decked out in four foot long wings and clad in gaudy black jumpsuit painted to look like a monarch butterfly was too much for him to handle, and tears pooled in the corners of his eyes.

“Is it really so bad?” Minseok picked himself up from the floor, muffling his laugh in his sleeve.

“No, it’s fine.”

“Then why are you looking at me like that?”

“I’m just jealous of your amazing costume.”

“You’re a terrible liar, Minseok.” Jongdae pulled a headband, with two pieces of curly wire affixed to the top.

“You look fine. It’s just so extravagant….I was a little shocked, is all.” Minseok grinned, and his fingertips brushed the back of Jongdae’s knuckles. “Here, let me help you with that.”

Jongdae bent his head forwards, smiling shyly, and Minseok, as gently as he could, brushed the stray locks of black hair back from the butterfly’s face. Then, he wiggled the headband on, his hands lingering for more than a split second.

“Am I interrupting something?” They both turned, startled, and jumped to the sound of a plastic staff being slammed on the ground. The plastic scepter bounced, signalling the arrival of Sailor Mars.

Irene’s wig s down to her waist, and the purple bow on her chest jolted with each step that she took. She pulled her while gloves snug over her elbows, and smirked.

“You could have at least given us a warning,” Jongdae complained nasally.

“I stood outside, waiting for one of you two to open the door. But no…..you would rather stare into each other’s eyes than prevent me from freezing to death-”

“We weren’t staring-” Minseok made eye contact with Jongdae from the side, and they both gave each other a wide-eyed look; a secret understanding.

“Do you know how hard it is to keep warm in this tiny dress?” Irene gestured to her outfit, equal parts red and white; schoolgirl and scandalous.

“I can imagine.” Minseok pursed his lips, and watched as Sailor Mars sat herself down, throwing the stray candy wrappers on the floor. “Yeri had a field day today. She filled up an entire garbage bag.”

“An entire garbage bag?”

“She robbed a few kids.” Irene unwrapped a bruise-colored lollipop, and rolled in around in . It was blackberry-flavoured, and tasted like a sweeter version of the Starbucks purple drink.

“Did you guys plan this?” Her tongue was violet.

“Plan what?” Minseok asked innocently.

“Your costumes.” Irene narrowed her eyes and threw her wig to the side in a sudden, unexpected movement. Jongdae dodged the lengthy bundle of hair, and the girl shook out her tight bun underneath, letting her hair fall into loose, dark strands.

“Is this some sort of cheesy couple costume scheme?”

“What do you mean?”

“He’s a bee, and you’re a butterfly.”

Irene crunched the rest of the candy between her teeth and tossed out the stick.

“You both won’t stop bugging me, eh?”

The two simply looked at each other, unimpressed by the pun.

“Get it?”

Jongdae made a face. “Please, never do that again.”

Irene smiled apologetically. “Come on. I’ll take a photo of you two.”

Closing the distance, Minseok leaned into Jongdae until his chin was nestled into the crook of the younger’s neck. Jongdae threw his hand up over his head, and Minseok followed, making the other half of the heart.

“Smile,” Irene ordered, as she quickly snapped a picture.

The two boys rushed over eagerly to take a look.

“We look so good together!” Minseok said thoughtfully, and Jongdae grinned from ear to ear.

“Send it to us,” he demanded.

After a quick tap of her screen, Irene tried to slide the phone back into the waistband of her dress. “There’s no pockets on this,” she complained, patting the pleated layers of her costume.

Jongdae ignored her, too focused on the photo. “Damn, I’m setting this as my background!” The bee flushed red in return, saved only by the fact that his cheeks were already covered in blush.

“I feel like I’m being third wheeled,” the Sailor grumbled. Jongdae proudly displayed his new lock screen to Minseok. The photo was almost sickly sweet, and stank of cuteness, especially since Minseok looked almost younger than Yeri.

“I’m going home now,” Irene mumbled.

“It’s only eight,” Minseok protested.

“I need my beauty rest.” It was difficult to tell when she was being serious.

Irene picked herself up anyways, grabbing her staff and the wig bundle from the floor. She poked her head out and shivered, before stepping out into the night air. The door closed with a satisfying smack.

“Happy Halloween, Jongdae,” Minseok said, after the girl had disappeared down the street.

“Happy Halloween.”