Dejun x Joohyuk

@☭ Nam Joohyuk Joohyuk probably didn't know where Dejun was trying to go with his aquarium inquiry, but he supposed that viewing the fish displays inside a building would be something akin to a date ambiance too. Joohyuk eventually let go of his hand and upgraded to gripping his shoulders instead. Dejun was eager to act as a puppet on the string stepping forward in line whenever he felt the little pressure from Joohyuk, though he had no clue what the cause for the sudden intimacy could be other than the fact that they were getting more comfortable with each other. Taking the ball and rolling with it, he tilted his head back and looked up at Joohyuk from behind him, "Western food! Hyung let's get pizza!" he exclaimed, "And mint choco ice cream!"

@☭ Xiao Dejun "Mm, I think so. I remember there's a really big viewing glass inside the building, so we won't have to line up for the ride again. We can go take a look after this." Each time the line shuffled forward, Joohyuk noticed the family behind them trying to sneak up, as if trying to get ahead of them in line. Joohyuk stopped leaning on the railing and pulled Dejun to walk in front of him, using his own body to block the entire walkway as he held onto Dejun's shoulders and propelled him forward each time. "Later, we should try to get a lunch spot early. It gets so busy a bit after noon. Let's see... do you want Korean food, Chinese food, or Western food?"

@☭ Nam Joohyuk "I dunno~" Dejun chirped in response to Joohyuk, "I've never been inside a submarine ride before!" And that much was true. Unlike the rollercoasters and other normal rides, the submarine seemed to hold a larger capacity of passengers, but each voyage also took much longer. From what Dejun could see, there were two submarines at work, each one coming around every 10 minutes or so, which made the length of the entire experience more than 20 minutes in total. The more that he thought about it, the more excited he was to be in an enclosed space with Joohyuk. "Hyung, you said they have an aquarium? If we want to see the fish again, we have to get back in line?" he asked, eager to return if things worked in his favor.

@☭ Xiao Dejun Joohyuk felt Dejun touch his hand, and he knew the right thing to do was shake it off or shift so Dejun was only touching his wrist. He did neither—he did nothing but close his fingers a little tighter around Dejun's. He just didn't want to lose Dejun in the crowd, he told himself. It wasn't romantic or anything, although if others looked at them and saw a mated couple, Joohyuk wouldn't think to correct them. Even when they joined the line for the submarine, Joohyuk didn't let go, and this time his excuse was that it was quite dark inside the building they queued for the submarine ride in. "I don't think we'll get wet... it's a submarine," Joohyuk said. "Do you normally get wet in subs?"

@☭ Nam Joohyuk Lotte World had so many attractions that even if they spent their entire day here, it was going to be difficult to cover everything they wanted to. Dejun didn't want to waste any time planning on where they should go, so he snagged any suggestion that Joohyuk threw his way. "That sounds fun!" he agreed readily, turning frantically to find a sign that would lead them to said submarine ride, "Are we gonna get wet in there hyung?" he asked, knowing that some rides liked to incorporate the 3D experience and spray the guests with water when they were inside. "Ahh whatever, I guess it's still early so we can dry off by walking around after." Letting Joohyuk lead the way, Dejun bashfully gripped onto the older's hand again. His excuse was that there was too big of a crowd that could separate them, though he wished that soon, he'd just take hold of Joohyuk's hand without needing any good reason to.

@☭ Xiao Dejun Dejun didn't even give him a chance to recover before dragging him off, practically running toward the next attraction. Joohyuk was pretty sure he tore something in his shoulders during that vigorous twisting, but he didn't let anything on, jogging along with Dejun to avoid the crowd streaming out of the teacup ride. "How about the submarine?" Joohyuk suggested, trying to keep his panting to a minimum. "It goes underwater! And they have a real aquarium that the ride brings us through, like a real submarine. It's super immersive. You wanna do that?"

@☭ Nam Joohyuk When Joohyuk took over, the wheel actually started to spin! In his excitement, Dejun pushed even harder against the wheel, though he could tell that it wasn't moving so much because of his contribution. But still, the wind in his face and the slight dizziness that came with the spinning made him giggle and cheer loudly to set the mood. Joohyuk looked like he was doing just fine too, which was probably because of his training as a cop. Once their three minutes came to an end, Dejun pushed the door open first and got off, grabbing Joohyuk by the wrist, "You okay hyung? Are you dizzy?" he asked, his face lit up with a smile, "What should we do next!"

@☭ Xiao Dejun The teacup was much more bearable than Joohyuk thought it was going to be. He assumed he would be knocked out from the first spin, but when Dejun gave his distress call, Joohyuk jumped into action. He grabbed the wheel, one hand on the left, the other on the right, braced his feet against the ground, and gave it a big wrench. It was indeed hard, and it took nearly all of Joohyuk's strength to rotate the wheel. A quick glance at the other teacups in their vicinity with children spinning the wheel like tomorrow told Joohyuk their wheel was probably busted, but that didn't mean he could stop. Since Dejun wanted the wheel to be spinning the entire time, Joohyuk spun it the whole ride for him, enthralled by Dejun's whoops and cheers.

@☭ Nam Joohyuk "It's an iconic ride!" Dejun reasoned with Joohyuk, pouting at the older when he was called a child. As if he wanted to disprove his point, he looked around them and scanned the other people in line, "There's other adults too! And they're older than both of us too!" he quickly reached the conclusion, though he didn't acknowledge that most of the other adults in line were with their children. Dejun eagerly moved forward in the line until it was their turn again, and once again, they were one of the earliest of their group to be admitted inside. Joohyuk was so thoughtful to pick out a color that he liked, and Dejun beamed as he took one side of the teacup, "Yes! The entire time hyung!" he exclaimed, putting his hands on the spinning table in the middle, ready to push. After the operator examined their safety restraints and closed their door, the loud carnival music came on in the background and they began to move. To his surprise, the spinning disk was heavier than Dejun expected, and his arms started to get sore right away, "Hyung! It's hard!" he uttered while straining to move it.

@☭ Xiao Dejun "Well, I'm sure if you told me quietly, the wish gods wouldn't hear," Joohyuk said. Still, since Dejun said no once, he dropped the topic. It wasn't like Dejun had much to wish for other than good grades and a flourishing social life. He looked in the direction of the ride Dejun pointed at. "Spinning teacups? Are you a child? Ah, wait- you are." They joined the line, which was quick moving considering the set up of the ride. Picking out a mint-green cup, Joohyuk dragged Dejun through a sea of running children to get in their cup, spreading out so they each sat on one side of the wheel. "Are we spinning this or no?"

@☭ Nam Joohyuk "You never know hyung, it could!" Dejun said, shrugging and smiling secretively once they were headed away from the fountain. Vaguely aware of how close their bodies were to each other and how Joohyuk's arm was out to shield him from the crowd around them, Dejun wondered if he was receiving special treatment or if Joohyuk was acting like a cop on duty. "Now hyung, you know the first rule of making a wish is that you can't tell it or else it won't come true!" he scolded Joohyuk when the older started to pry. He beamed at Joohyuk's confidence in his dance abilities though, and he nodded, "If you're there to watch me hyung, I'm going to win for sure." Realizing how cheesy he sounded, Dejun cleared his throat and looked up at the arrows that showed them different directions, "Ooh! We should go on that one next!" he said, pointing at what looked like a spinning ride, "Looks so fun!"

@☭ Xiao Dejun Joohyuk couldn't help but laugh again when Dejun wound his arm up and pitched the coin like a baseball. "Aigoo, does throwing it farther make the wish more likely to come true?" Joohyuk guided Dejun away from the gathering crowd at the fountain, his hand light over the small of Dejun's waist. "What did you wish for?" he asked, giving Dejun a nudge against his side, wondering if he could dig up anything to embarrass him with now. "Let me guess. Winning the council position on the dance club? You know you don't need a wish to do that." As cheesy as it was, Joohyuk knew Dejun would appreciate hearing the encouragement.

@☭ Nam Joohyuk Dejun's mind had gone in a direction that he wasn't used to -- as they fixed up their appearances and made their way towards the next attraction, he wondered: What would Joohyuk sound like...if he were in the bedroom? Of course, Dejun had no prior experience or expectations to compare Joohyuk to, but he'd consumed enough media and learned well enough in school that making noises as part of was normal. But maybe he was getting a bit too ahead of himself when Joohyuk handed a coin to himself. Above all else, that was what had to go well first: his confession. Accepting the coin from the older, Dejun nodded and held the coin with both hands, bringing it to his chest. He closed his eyes and lowered his head to think of his silent wish, /"Please, please, let him accept my feelings today. I wish he returns the feelings as well."/ After wishing it thrice, Dejun opened his eyes and chucked the coin as far as it would go, landing it in the middle of the fountain.

@☭ Xiao Dejun Picking up Dejun’s headband, Joohyuk slid it smoothly over his hair again. He grinned, not at all embarrassed by Dejun’s observation. “Was I very loud? It was just the sound of joy.” Following the path, their next point of interest was a little fountain that people turned into a wishing well. It was a complete change of pace, but Joohyuk pulled Dejun over to watch the dancing streams of water and multicoloured lights. “Do you want to make a wish?” Joohyuk knew of this fountain, of course. This was where Sungkyung visited five times in one Lotte World visit to pray for their pup. He had prepared a coin for Dejun, too, and he passed it over now. “It’s a Lotte World tradition.”

@☭ Nam Joohyuk The ride was over much too quickly - Dejun had just began to lean into the thriller aspect of plummeting down the slopes. When they approached the platform again, he cheered loudly, both to let Joohyuk know that he was enjoying himself and also to catch his breath after such an exciting experience. He didn't realize that his legs had gotten a little weak after being on the ride, which led to gripping a handful of Joohyuk's shirt as he stood from the cart to exit. By the time they were off, Dejun felt the world spinning around him. "Oh my goodness-" he gasped, holding his head and turning to beam at Joohyuk as the alpha fixed his hair for him. "Ahhh...I dunno hyung! I paused to take breaths!" he admitted shamelessly, then patting his chest, right over his heart, "That was so fun though! If there's time later, we should ride it again!" He giggled as he added, "I didn't know hyung's scream could sound so...so loud!"

@☭ Xiao Dejun “Don't laugh at me if I scream okay?"

“That depends on how you scream,” Joohyuk said, doing a tug on Dejun’s seat restraints himself after the crew member came to put them down. The coaster set off with a jolt, rumbling on its wooden tracks as they were carted up to the tallest drop and dangled in the air before plummeting without warning. Joohyuk cheered with Dejun, throwing his hands up for a second before deciding he needed to hold the bar to ground him—he couldn't handle as much as he used to, it seemed. By the time the rollercoaster jerked to to a stop, Joohyuk's hair was windswept and his legs were buzzing from the adrenaline. He pushed his headband back over his ears, laughing harder when he saw Dejun's even messier head. Once they got off, Joohyuk reached out to sweep Dejun's hair back into place. "I heard one single, long scream the whole time. Want to make a guess who it was?"

@☭ Nam Joohyuk "I'm scared, but I'm going to do it no matter what!" Dejun reassured Joohyuk. Overcoming the fear of the ride was also part of the experience for Dejun, and he wanted to feel the rush of a rollercoaster with none other than Joohyuk by his side anyways. Once they weaved through the many guiding fences to get to the front of the line, Dejun entered the cart first. Seeing that it was a lap bar instead of a full on restraint that they had to put on for safety, he knew that this wasn't going to be too bad to handle. And with Joohyuk taking the outermost seat next to him, he had every reason to push himself closer to the older. "Hyung, are you good at rollercoasters? Do you scream? Don't laugh at me if I scream okay?" he haggled at Joohyuk, rubbing his hands in excitement as the intercom went off with safety precautions. Then, the sound of the breaks went off, and they were on their way up.

The rollercoaster had a few hills to climb, and the drops were fast, but they were all incredibly fun. Dejun screamed at the top of his lungs just as he warned Joohyuk he would, and the feeling of wind against his face and his heart racing was absolutely exhilarating. Anytime they slowed before being jerked forward again, he would glance over at Joohyuk, giggling in all his excitement.

@☭ Xiao Dejun "You're so scared? Look at the kids around you," Joohyuk said with a laugh, reaching out to pull Dejun back in when he was practically bouncing about now. "Let's sit in the front, obviously. I didn't bring you all the way here so we could cop out on a children's coaster." It wasn't fully a children's coaster, per se, but it was definitely on the mild end to start off with. The line wasn't too long, with them only having to wait for one additional train to sit in the front. As promised, Joohyuk let Dejun slide in first so that Joohyuk would take the very last spot on the outside.

@☭ Nam Joohyuk Since the background wasn't the most attractive right outside the headband store, Dejun made a mental note to pull Joohyuk in for a selca at a more suitable location later. Knowing that they had the rest of the day to get the perfect picture also put him at ease, and he didn't linger too much longer in the store in favor of going out to explore the amusement park. It was much, much bigger than Dejun expected it to be, and he marveled at all the different options they had. Dejun didn't usually go for the common rides like the carousel, but since Joohyuk brought it up first, Dejun assumed that the older must've wanted to ride it. "Mm, alright hyung!" he agreed, wanting this day to be as meaningful for Joohyuk as it was for himself. Since they hadn't eaten too much yet, and the lines were manageable, he agreed to the rollercoaster ride. "Let's go hyung, I'm so scared!" he giggled as they got in line, "Should we sit in the front or the back? Hyung, you sit on the outside okay? I'm gonna be too nervous!"

@☭ Xiao Dejun "I already saw them when we were walking up," Joohyuk said, feeling extremely proud that he managed to pick something that Dejun really liked. "It's cute," Joohyuk said, watching Dejun pose this way and that. Once Joohyuk paid for their ears, they headed back out to the playground, following the flow of people to the first point of interest—carousel. It was a must-do for couples to take their photos at the carousel, according to Sungkyung, but it had to be at night, with a balloon. Joohyuk reached for Dejun's sleeve and pulled him past it. "Let's come back to this last. Want to do on that rollercoaster first?"

@☭ Nam Joohyuk Dejun's heart fluttered when Joohyuk got so close to him, but then his stomach flipped over twice when the older straightened up and put the headband he chose on Dejun's head himself! Dejun searched for himself in the mirror, then gasped when he realized why Joohyuk had refused him in the first place. "Hyung! This is the first pair I chose for you! Now I know why you didn't want it!" he laughed, adjusting the ears so they were tilted slightly on his head, appearing even more cute, "I like them~" he confirmed, turning to Joohyuk and cupping his hands under his chin in a 'V' shape, "What do you think? It matches with my outfit too huh!" Dejun was going to keep these headbands as an artifact of the most magical day of his life. "I think we decided then, let's get these two!"

@☭ Xiao Dejun While Dejun was busy with picking his ears, Joohyuk inspected the pair he was holding for damage. When he was summoned, he obediently bent at his waist until he was eye level with Dejun, their faces inches from each other, his gaze steady on Dejun's pretty face when they were so close. Dejun had pretty, smooth skin, and even up close, they looked flawless. No, up close, there was something else that caught Joohyuk's attention—he smelled /heavenly/. Once Dejun jammed the ears on him, Joohyuk was stuck for a moment in his position before he straightened to check his reflection in the mirror. They were nothing special, but Joohyuk liked them because Dejun chose them. In return, he stepped up to Dejun and carefully positioned 'Gaeul's ears' over his head. "Now check yours."

@☭ Nam Joohyuk "Why do you say it like it's a bad thing~" Dejun teased Joohyuk when the older listed a bunch of his faults. He giggled, accepting that he was indeed always thinking of something sneaky (like how to finesse Joohyuk's phone number) when the alpha came to mind. Unexpectedly, Joohyuk /didn't/ agree with Dejun's evaluation of him though. "Why not? You're warm and cute and a good boy!" he laughed, though he went back to scanning the ears again. He didn't want to pick a ribboned one for Joohyuk, since he could already see the resistance Joohyuk would have when trying to convince him to put it on. "How about!" he gasped, finding a grey headband with wolf ears. It was perfect for Joohyuk, since he assumed the dog ears were rejected because the other didn't like cutesy stuff. "Hyung come here!" Dejun commanded, "Get lower!" He took the initiative to fit the headbands over the alpha's head, careful not to ruin his gelled hair. "Oh! It's so good on you! Go look hyung!" he cooed.

@☭ Xiao Dejun "Sure you are. Sly, cunning, always thinking of something sneaky." When Joohyuk looked at the headband Dejun was showing him, he was completely flabbergasted that it was exactly the one Joohyuk mentally chose for Dejun. He hurried to snatch it from Dejun, stammering, "Not even close. Pick another one. Hurry." Holding on to 'Gaeul's ears', Joohyuk ducked to the other side of the display, hiding while trying to peek around and see if he had successfully thrown Dejun off his trail yet. "Found one yet?"

@☭ Nam Joohyuk The sheer amount of ears that they had to choose from meant that Dejun had to be very diligent when scouting through the options to make sure that he chose the most fitting one for Joohyuk. At first, his eyes landed on some cute fluffy bear ears, but the white color wouldn't hold up well to all the activities they were doing that day. He saw some pink bunny ears next, but out of consideration for Joohyuk's pride, he didn't choose those adorable ones. As he ran his fingers through the rows of ears, he suddenly stopped upon a pair of headbands that looked like they were fluffy dog ears, but not just any fluffy dog ears! They were Gaeul's light beige color! The two ears were puffy and not too big, which meant they wouldn't graze against overhead ceiling decorations or be blown away by the wind. Picking them out, he held it out to Joohyuk, "Hyung! These are for you!" he said, turning right into the older's suggestion of the fox ears. Without being able to see his appearance with the fox headband yet, Dejun tilted his head, "Am I like a fox to you?" he asked, trying them on over his head. Finding a mirror to examine his appearance, he pursed his lips and nodded slowly, "They look...not bad."

@☭ Xiao Dejun "Haha. Sure," Joohyuk said, already zeroing in on a pair of ears before they even entered the gift shop. It was a pair of long, fluffy brown puppy ears, which matched Dejun's puppy-like personality perfectly. In fact, it kind of looked like Pompompurin's ears, but a much more tame light beige. Joohyuk pretended to shop around first, since it was Dejun's first time, and Joohyuk wanted him to have the full experience. Without picking up the one he mentally chose, Joohyuk picked out a pair of fox ears instead and held it up to Dejun's head. "What do you think?"

@☭ Nam Joohyuk Dejun was inclined to accept everything that Joohyuk said, and he wholeheartedly believed in it. "You're right hyung, we're going to have so much fun!" he echoed the older. Once they were inside the park, Dejun could see that it was big enough for everyone here to make their rounds and still be somewhat spaced out enough so that the lines wouldn't take too long. Dejun tried to read over the map, though his sense of direction was admittedly not the best. "Well, I want to go on Atlantis and the Bumper Car ones, but it doesn't have to be first!" Dejun said, just leaving it up in the air for now, "Whenever we pass by them is fine with me." Joohyuk was such a genius though, since it would make the entire vibe different if they had the matching ears to remind them of their special day. "You're right!" Dejun exclaimed, taking Joohyuk by the wrist and pulling him in the direction of the little bodega with the different headbands on display, "It's there hyung! Which one should we get? You pick one for me, and I'll pick one for you!"

@☭ Xiao Dejun "It's alright," Joohyuk said, not wanting his discomfort with crowds to ruin Dejun's excited mood. It wasn't the end of the world if they had to wait a little longer for rides—when Joohyuk was with Dejun, time seemed to fly by no matter what they were doing. "There's going to be a lot of people regardless of the day. It will still be fun." He found a spot not too far from the entrance, and once they made it into the park, Joohyuk did the very responsible thing of grabbing a map and flipping it open to plot their route. "Well, we're here. What do you want to do most? Ah, you know, we should get the ears." All omegas liked that. "There's usually a shop near the entrance here."

@☭ Nam Joohyuk “We can eat together later too,” Dejun explained to Joohyuk, letting the alpha know that he intended for this to be a well-rounded date for them, complete with fun and food. As they got onto the road, Dejun couldn’t help but steal glances at Joohyuk’s hands while he drove. Wishfully, he imagined what it would be like to grab Joohyuk’s hand in his own and hold onto it like real couples would in the car. Dejun recalled seeing his Mama and Baba reach for each other’s hands when they sat up front, and the sweet image made his heart swell with joy. Luckily for him, Joohyuk was also the type to drive with one hand, leaving the other one in his lap easy for Dejun to access. And, if his confession went the way that he was hoping for it to, then perhaps their hand-holding days were coming very soon. As they arrived at the park, the sheer amount of cars in the entrance shocked Dejun. “What! There’s so many people!” he gasped, trying to find where the line started, to no avail. “Well…I guess it’s because it’s Saturday. Kids don’t have school…so it makes sense.” He frowned, almost pressing his face to the car window as he tried to help Joohyuk find an open parking spot.

@☭ Xiao Dejun "Don't worry, I ate," Joohyuk said. Being an early riser had its perks, and that included a calm breakfast before the world was awake, before Joohyuk had to deal with the day. "You should've had more than just a croissant. You're going to need energy for today, right?" Being so early on a Saturday morning, the streets were still quiet and peaceful to drive through, leaving a smooth ride for them all the way to Lotte World. The amusement park itself was another issue, though—cars were already lined up out of the parking lot, and many families and couples were already at the entry gate despite the park having just opened minutes ago. Joohyuk frowned. "I didn't think people would be getting here any earlier than this."