June 1, 2013 ❝ the start of the party ❞ ❀❀❀❀❀❀ * first attempt at partying till dawn *   Kai smiled as he threw open his door, only to burst out into laughter at what he saw, “My annoying brat of a best friend, what in the world are you wearing?”   Sehun glared back at the other, wearing a tuxedo, before putting up a hand and pointing with his thumb to the person hiding behind his back, “Noona.”   “Noona?” Kai laughed out, tilting around the other to see Jaemi smiling and waving at him. He smiled brightly and waved back, “Hi, noona!”   “Hey, Jongin!” Jaemi responded back, walking around Sehun to look up at her baby cousin again, “You’re so cute like this!”   “Go away, noona!” Sehun blurted out, blushing as he tried to push her away from him, “Go to that panda of a-”   “Sehun!” Jaemi hissed out, giving him a reprimanding look, “Don’t talk about Minhi like that.”   Kai looked at them as Sehun just glared at his cousin, “I thought he was talking about Tao-hyung.”   Sehun waved a dismissive hand in the air, “He’s probably with Melody-noona or Kris-hyung or somebody.” He glared back at his cousin before pushing her away again, “Now, go! We have manly things to talk about!”   Kai watched amusedly as Jaemi laughed and successfully pinched the youngest worker’s cheek again before walking away quickly to go see how her friends were doing and what they were wearing. They waited as she disappeared down the hallway where the elevator was before Sehun frowned at his best friend, pushing him in and making his way into the room.   Kai just laughed again, eyeing his friend’s outfit, up and down once, “Why in the world did she make you dress up in a tuxedo?”   “Don’t ask me,” Sehun frowned, quickly shoving off his jacket and throwing it on his friend’s couch. He walked over to the full-length mirror before pouting, “Help me fix this.”   The other just chuckled, eyeing his friend with gelled hair, neck tie, and vest, before pulling out his phone and pressing one of the numbers on his speed-dial, “This requires an expert.”   Sehun scowled at his best friend, looking over his shoulder to see what the other was wearing, “How in the world did you dress up like that?”   Kai looked at the other, waiting for the other person to pick up, “Oh. Hwayoung and Sunli-noona- Oh, hello?”   The other frowned, turning to eye his best friend up and down before looking down at himself, “Of course.”   xxx   “I’ve called you here today-”   “You need help with what to wear, right?” Kris deadpanned, cutting off his boss before looking to Lay next to Eunmi, “You too?”   Lay shrugged, “I have a general idea of what I wanted to wear.”   Kris eyed both of them before turning to his companions who consisted of Tao, Jia, Hwayoung, and Luhan, “So, who knows fashion?” He didn’t question Tao about the frown on his face as Hwayoung, Jia, and Luhan raised their hands. He nodded, “Then let’s see what they have in here,” before moving over to the closet to see what the boss and boyfriend had while Jia went to the dresser.   “I was thinking of wearing this,” Lay mumbled, walking over and pulling out various clothing to show his friend, “Yes?”   Kris frowned, eyeing the clothes before picking it out of the other’s grasp and inspecting it some more. He turned to Hwayoung, “What do you think?”   Hwayoung quietly went up to him and peeked over his arm to immediately nod at what she saw. She smiled at Lay, “Go try it on, oppa. We’ll see.”   Lay beamed back a smile at her before going to the bathroom, patting Eunmi on the shoulder comfortingly on his way there. The latter sighed, going to sit down on her bed as she watched Jia rummage through their dresser and Kris and Hwayoung ransack their closet. She looked curiously to Luhan who was awkwardly standing in the middle of the room, “Luhan-oppa?”   Luhan looked to her as a blush and a bright smile took over his face, “Yeah?”   “Why are you not looking through our stuff?” the other questioned, patting the spot on the bed next to her.   The elder bit his lip before going over to sit in his designated spot, “You didn’t give us permission to.”   Hwayoung was pretty sure her heart did an illegal flip at the soft voice of the other. She paused in what she was doing before Kris noticed her stiffness. He raised a brow but didn’t question it as he noticed a blush on her face.   Eunmi shrugged, “It’s fine,” before tilting into Luhan’s personal space and whispering, “Found a girl you like yet, oppa?”   Luhan’s blush intensified at the usage of ‘oppa.’ He really was a er for it. “I don’t know, Mi.”   “Really?” Eunmi questioned, eventually leaning her head on his shoulder, “I think I found a girl who likes you.”   “Eunmi,” Jia called out, not bothering to look over her shoulder, “We need to go shopping.”   The other pouted, sitting back up and letting Luhan recompose himself, “I go for the comfy and tomboyish style.”   “Well,” Kris interfered, pulling out a hanger with a skirt being pinned to it, “You’re wearing a skirt tonight.” He looked at it a bit longer before going back into the closet, “Maybe shorts.”   Eunmi frowned, turning to him, “Do I have to?”   “You’re not wearing jeans,” Hwayoung firmly stated, pulling out a shirt to match the skirt or shorts, “Unni, did you find something else?”   Jia sighed, closing the drawer, “Just a bunch of ‘Eunmi’ stuff.”   “Hey! What’s that supposed to mean?!”   Luhan laughed as he sympathetically patted her on the back, “I’m sorry.”   “Xing!” Kris barked out, walking over to the bathroom to bang on the door, “What’s taking you so long?!”   “These straps are difficult to put on!”   “Well, if you work it, that’s our theme for tonight!” Kris called back before walking back to the others who were giving him a questioning look. He shrugged, “Sunli told me that Jongin is wearing something similar to that.”   “Jongin asked Sunli for help?!” Eunmi exclaimed, appalled that her ‘baby’ asked somebody else for help who was not her.   “You’re not good in fashion, unni,” Hwayoung reminded, going over to her to show her the outfit they chose for her, “We’ll see what shoes go with it. Anything should go with this outfit.”   Luhan eyed the outfit and nodded, approving it, “It’ll look nice on you, Mi.” He shifted his gaze up to smile at Hwayoung before throwing a quick smile to Kris who was too busy arguing with Jia about shoes, “This is good.”   Hwayoung blushed, giving a bright smile back, “Thank you.”   “Finally,” Lay breathed out, walking out of the bathroom and making it to where Jia and Kris were currently sitting in front of the closet with the former slapping the latter’s arm. He raised a brow, “Why is jiejie hitting gege?”   “Stop it!” Kris growled out as Jia punched him on the arm once, “Ow! These shoes don’t go with the outfit!”   “Yes, they do!” Jia shouted back, pulling the shoes out of the other’s grasp.   Lay rolled his eyes before making his way to where his girlfriend was eyeing Hwayoung who kept glancing at Luhan every few seconds while the latter just kept inspecting the outfit for his boss. He hummed, walking up to his friend and randomly glomping him back onto the bed.   “Xingie!” Luhan gasped out, completely caught off-guard. He laughed, hugging the other back, “What was that?”   Lay shrugged as he got off of him and gave him a bright smile, “Not sure.”   “Whoa,” Hwayoung mumbled out, finally getting a good look at Lay’s outfit, “Nice.”   “Hmm?” Lay questioned, standing back up to look at himself, “Really?”   “That’s definitely our theme,” Kris decided, getting up from the ground and having red marks all over his arms. He sighed, “Now, we need to go find our own, Luhan.”   Luhan waved a hand dismissively, “I’ve got something on hand.”   Eunmi finally removed her eyes from her boyfriend to eye the man lying on her bed, “Really?”   Lay nodded in confirmation, “We all kinda took a huge shopping trip last year.”   Hwayoung and Jia just stayed silent, the latter getting up and throwing shoes to her best friend, “Well then.”   Eunmi sighed, catching the shoes and getting up from the bed, “My turn then, I guess.”   “Hurry up!” Hwayoung happily said, taking the other’s former place on the bed next to Luhan, “I still need to get ready too!”   “What time does the party even start?” Lay questioned, sitting next to Luhan on his other side.   “Ten!” Eunmi shouted back, “Since most of the shops closed around seven or eight.” She paused in her steps before looking around, noticing Kris’ and Jia’s questioning looks towards her.   “What is it?” Jia asked, looking around as well.   Kris’ eyes widened in realization before Eunmi even had a chance to ask. “Where’s Zitao?”   “Crap,” Kris whispered before getting his things and quickly leaving the suite, “I’ll see you guys at the party. Just shoot me a text or call if you have any more questions!”   Everybody who stayed watched with confused looks as the door shut closed behind the tall man. Eunmi frowned, looking to Lay and Luhan who gave her looks of uncertainty back, before giving them a soft smile and turning to go into the bathroom, “Yifan will take care of it.”   Hwayoung and Jia looked confused as they tried to get answers from the other two men in the room through silent questions.   “Why don’t you girls go get ready?” Lay softly suggested, looking to Luhan who nodded and stood up.   “I’ll walk you girls back.” The other two frowned as they looked to each other. Luhan gently grabbed Hwayoung’s arm and pulled her up, gaining her attention as she followed him to Jia as he put both of his hands on each of their backs to lead them out of the room. “We’ll see you at the party,” Luhan called out as Lay simply waved at them, now waiting for Eunmi to finish changing.   xxx   “Are we too early?” Jongup questioned Yongguk, looking around only to see Eric and Chihoon just relaxing around the room with Chanyeol lying down on top of a table, “What is he doing there?”   Yongguk shrugged, taking out his cell phone to take a picture of Chanyeol before calling up Himchan who promptly ignored him after the third ring. He scowled, “Of course.”   The younger sighed, looking to the elder, “You tried calling Himchan-hyung, didn’t you?”   Yongguk sighed in return, “Well, you should’ve known what time the party started.”   “How would I know?”   “Because Jongdae would have known.”   Jongup pouted, looking away from him, “Well, we didn’t exactly converse about the party. Just about the food that was going to be at the party.”   “Chanyeol! Get off the table!” D.O. suddenly yelled out through the kitchen doors, causing the said member, Eric, and Chihoon to jump at the sudden shout. Well, Chanyeol flinched violently and landed on the floor with a thud.   The other two stared at the poor guy, watching as he groaned. “Should we help hyung up?”   Yongguk continued to eye the other before shrugging, making his way into the kitchen to see if they needed any help in there, “Nah. He should be good. He’s the one supposedly saving lives anyways.”   “But that doesn’t mean he can save his own life.”   “That’s his problem.”   Jongup frowned, leaving the other to go to Chanyeol instead, “Hyung’s so mean.” He walked up to Chanyeol who just decided to make himself comfortable on the floor, “What are you doing here so early, hyung?”   Chanyeol sighed, placing his head on his folded arms and turned to face his general direction, “I already got dressed and everything. Then Jihoon-hyung made me take his spot so he could get ready even though everything is already done.”   “Chanyeol!” D.O. shouted out again, causing the other to flinch and immediately stand up, Jongup jumping away to avoid being hit under the chin.   “How do you even know?!” Chanyeol shouted out exasperated, glaring at the closed double doors.   Jongup looked up at him with wide eyes before looking over to the door, “He’s amazing.”   “Amazingly creepy,” Chanyeol muttered out, going to sit properly in a chair.   “You!” D.O. exclaimed, slamming open one of the doors wearing a blue apron and holding a spatula in the air, “Come in here! You’re good at making snacks, so be useful for once and help us!”   Jongup stared at him with scared eyes before quickly pulling Chanyeol up and pushing him in the direction of the kitchen, “I’ll see you later, hyung!”   Chanyeol pouted at him before dragging his feet to the kitchen, “See you later, Jonguppie~”   “Scary, right?” Eric suddenly commented, making Jongup jump again in fright.   The younger looked to the elder before nodding frantically, “Oh yeah.”   xxx   Zelo stared at his two hyungs in front of him, analyzing the problem presented in front of him, before he softly started speaking, “Hyung?” He eyed the gelled hair and then the vest and tie and button up shirt and black pants, “There’s something wrong.”   “No duh,” Sehun deadpanned, crossing his arms in front of his chest defensively, about to burst out and punch Kai’s amused smile off of his face. He turned to his best friend, “He is your speed-dial?”   Kai nodded, looking back to Zelo, “He’s actually very good.”   “Do you want to be dressed similar to Jongin-hyung?” Zelo asked innocently, still keeping his distance as he assessed the situation and thought of what to do. He was already in his own outfit, but it was clearly different from what Kai was wearing.   Sehun shrugged, his annoyance level slowly going down in the presence of the other, “As long as I look better than I do now.”   Zelo nodded, taking one last look at his hyung, up and down, before looking to Kai, “He needs to wash his hair.” Kai nodded as he looked back to Sehun, tilting his head to the side, “And he’ll need a hat, probably a snapback or something.”   “Got it,” Kai immediately said, quickly going in search of a hat in his collection, “Color?”   “Preferably black.”   Sehun stared at the younger male, completely shocked, “What?”   “Come on, hyung!” Zelo happily said, bouncing over to him to grab his hand and drag him to the bathroom, “We need to wash your hair!”   “But my shirt?” Sehun asked, sounding severely confused, in which he was.   Zelo stopped mid-step, turning to eye him before shifting his eyes down to the shirt, “Right,” and then turning back around to pull him to the bathroom, “It needs to come off, so it doesn’t get wet.”   “But my pants?”   “There’s not enough time!” Kai called out, only the lower half of his body visible since the other half was in his closet, “We can’t be too late!”   “Then he’ll wash his hair in the sink,” Zelo decided, going into Kai’s bathroom to grab his shampoo.   Sehun scrunched his nose, “I’d rather shower.”   “No! Late!” Kai shouted out, “Ow!” before hitting his head on something.   “Shower!”   “Hyung!” Zelo yelled out, pouting as he forced Sehun to come back to him by the sink. He held out the bottle for him, and once Sehun snatched it from him, he quickly went to work on ing the other’s shirt.   “Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Sehun mumbled out, stepping back from the other, “What are you doing?”   Zelo bounced up and down in annoyance, “Hyung! Stop being difficult!”   “I’m not being difficult!”   “Oh my God, Sehun!” Kai exclaimed out, walking up to him and throwing the hat at the back of the other’s head with a thud, “Get to washing your hair so Junhong can fix your train wreck of an outfit!”   Sehun frowned at them, eyeing each of them before shoving Zelo out of the area so he can wash his hair, “You guys .”   “Hurry up, hyung!” Zelo called out again after catching Sehun’s vest and button up shirt, “The party is already starting soon!”   xxx   “You did a good job,” Sunli commented, her and Jihoon the first to show up besides Jongup and Yongguk.   Jihoon smiled happily as he threw an arm around her shoulders, “I know, right? Awesome job.”   “We did most of it!” Eric shouted out, popping out from behind a table.   Sunli gave him a stare, “What were you doing back there?”   The other gave her a cheeky smile, “Hiding.”   “From,” Sunli started off slowly, eyes scanning the room, “What?”   “There you are!” Minhi suddenly yelled out, tackling Eric and making them fall over to the side with an ‘oof.’   Sunli’s and Jihoon’s mouths dropped at what they just witnessed, “Wha~t?”   “Dangit, Minhi!” Eric shouted out in English, pushing the other off of him, “Not fair!”   “Let’s sneak away?” Jihoon whispered into Sunli’s hair, completely transfixed with Eric and Minhi now freely talking to each other in English, “I don’t know what they’re saying.”   “I do,” Sunli muttered, seeing something move out of the corners of her eyes. She looked to her side to see Chihoon rearranging some snacks, “Chihoon-oppa?”   “Yo,” he c