The Trouble with Being "Gay"
Title: The Trouble with Being “Gay”
Author: Me! (2theChangmin)
Characters: Super Junior M & Kibum! (With a small dash of Heechul as well) >.<
Pairings: No pairings, unless you count ‘Awesome’; in which case, ‘Awesome’ is paired with everyone. (Wow, ‘Awesome’ is kind of a slut… ok, ignore this. ^.^)
Rating: PG-13 (for language)
Summary: Super Junior M
For Cate_monster who ordered asked me to write her something with a lot of Donghae. >.<
Author’s Note: The italicized words are spoken or written in English! XD
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Is your screen name supposed to mean something…?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
If you have to ask…
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
. . .
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Why am I friends with you?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Because I am too awesome to resist.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
And you know it.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Right…
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Seriously though
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
I did not teach you everything I know just to see you perform unlimited hip thrusts… How does this make me look?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Forget that. How does this make you look?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
0.0
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Think about it.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
What’s that supposed to mean?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
And I am not in charge of our choreography!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Besides the girls go wild for the hip thrusts! v^^
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
. . .
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Does Ryeowook go wild for them as well?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
What?!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Ur not making sense
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Aren’t I?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
. . .
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
No.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Dude.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
I saw that last interview you guys did last week.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
And…?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
And you looked so gay.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
. . .
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Again. Why am I friends with you?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Don’t try to deny it.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I’m not gay!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
It’s called fan service.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
There you go denying it
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
. . . You are so predictable.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
At least I’m good looking. XP
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Yeah.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
You must be beating the men away with a stick. ;-D
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Not cool. >:|
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
^^
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
You might want to tone the gayness down though.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I still don’t even know what ur talking about…
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
You know I’m not into guys.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Who said anything about guys?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
. . .
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Are you going to make sense soon?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Hm… Maybe. :P
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
. . . :|
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
I’m talking about Ryeowook.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
What about him?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
. . .
Ryeowook_turned_my_best_friend_gay:
Need I say more?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
?!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
That is not true!
Ryeowook_turned_my_best_friend_gay:
So you were gay already?! I’m shocked… How come you didn’t tell me?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Aliht4eoihtoiaeht!! I mean that I’m not gay!
Ryeowook_turned_my_best_friend_gay:
… Denial.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
… Idiot.
Ryeowook_is_not_a_woman_no_matter_how_much_Henry_wishes_he_was!:
Gay.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Stop changing your username!!
Ryeowook_is_not_a_woman_no_matter_how_much_Henry_wishes_he_was!:
Frustrated much?
Ryeowook_is_not_a_woman_no_matter_how_much_Henry_wishes_he_was!:
Kekeke…
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I hate you…
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
And you are so wrong.
Ryeowook_is_not_a_woman_no_matter_how_much_Henry_wishes_he_was!:
You are so gay.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I’m not gay! I like girls!
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial:
… And Ryeowook.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Not like that.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
And if you don’t drop this it will be EX best friend.
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
Hey I don’t care.
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
I’m happy that you’re gay.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I’m going to ignore you now.
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
T.T
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
. . .
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
Dude…
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
Harsh.
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
Happy?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Much. ^^
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
I still say you’re gay for Ryeowook. :D
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I hate you…
“Hey Henry…”
Henry spun his head around too quickly, fast regretting the move as his neck let out a resounding ‘crack’. Ouch… He rubbed the sore muscle and blinked at Donghae, who was standing very close to him, looking over his shoulder and frowning at the computer screen that Henry had just been typing on.
“What is it hyung?”
“What does…?” Donghae frowned as he tried to sound out the word on the screen. “‘gay mean?”
“Uh…” Henry had to have heard that wrong. “What?”
Donghae repeated his question. “What does ‘gay’ mean?”
Nope. Henry hadn’t heard him wrong. Crap. How was he going to explain this? Okay, it wasn’t that bad… He should just tell the man. Well, this was going to be awkward. “Uh… it means-”
“I still say you’re gay for Ryeowook…” Donghae sounded out the sentence slowly and in broken horrendous English.
Well fuck! Henry couldn’t very well tell the man what gay meant NOW! Okay, so Donghae didn’t understand English all that well, but he was smart enough to put you, Ryeowook, and gay together!!! Not that Henry was gay for Ryeowook, but that sentence still did not sound good. And Donghae was not known to keep information to himself all that well; if Henry told him what gay meant than by tomorrow afternoon all of SJ M would hear about his being gay for Ryeowook and regardless of it being not true he would be hounded and teased without mercy for possibly forever. And Kyuhyun did not go easy on the teasing! So, no, Henry couldn’t really tell his hyung what the word meant, could he?
Could he?!
No. He couldn’t. Curse Donghae’s poor ability to sound out English!!
“Henry?”
Henry blinked to see that the older man was looking at him expectantly. Oh… right. Again: crap. “Gay means…” Think, Henry ordered himself. Think! Wait! Yes! Genius!!!! “Gay means happy!” He gave himself a pat on the back for such swift utterly brilliant thinking. And it’s not like he lied to the man, because the word did also mean happy, so… he was saved! Another fictitious pat on the back for him.
Donghae frowned. “I thought happy meant happy…”
Aw, crap! Donghae just had to know what happy in English meant, didn’t he?! This was not good. “It does… they both mean happy! Gay means… er… Super happy! Really, very happy!” Please let Donghae believe this, he prayed.
Donghae’s forehead smoothed out. “Oh! Okay then; thanks!”
“Sure… anytime hyung…” Henry sighed in relief as the hyper man left the room. He turned back to his computer screen to see that his friend had sent him more messages.
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
You love me.
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
XD
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
…
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
Henry?
HenryLau_is_being_annoyingly_emo:
Henry?!
HenryLau_is_being_annoyingly_emo:
Fine. Be emo.
HenryLau_is_being_annoyingly_emo:
See if I care.
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
Muahaha!
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
Henry~!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Dude, stop being a woman.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
And you are so dead! Do you have any idea what you just caused?!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
>:|
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
…
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
No.
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
But I’m intrigued. What did I do?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I really hate you, just so you know.
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
I didn’t buy that sorry excuse for a lie last time, and I’m not about to this time.
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
Now spill.
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
What happened?
Henry sighed and began telling the story. It wasn’t like he could keep anything from the man anyhow.
**…..**…..**…..**…..**
Donghae woke up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes before lazily reaching out to turn off his alarm clock. He yawned and tossed back the covers before swinging his legs out of bed and stretching into a standing position. He looked down at his messy bedding before deciding not to worry about making the bed until after he was showered and dressed. And by then, if he was lucky, maybe Ryeowook (who was already up and gone from the room like the always prompt and ready magnae he was) would have come back to their room and made it for him? He wasn’t lazy, really… okay, maybe he was a little bit at this time of the day but that was only because he was still so tired! And was it his fault that Ryeowook was a compulsive neat freak?
After he got out of the shower the first thing he noticed was that, no, Ryeowook hadn’t come back to the room. Damn. He sighed and pulled out a change of clothes for the day.
His phone buzzed. Noting the ‘five minute warning’ text he had received from Hangeng, he put the phone back down and proceeded to get ready for the day at record speed. He even managed to make his bed. Okay, it wasn’t as pristine as Ryeowook’s side of the room but did he have to repeat the ‘compulsive neat freak’ part?
He smiled when he met the other members down stairs for breakfast and ruffled Henry’s hair before plopping into an empty seat. Henry groaned sleepily and tried to flatten his hair again. Donghae grinned more. He was now, officially wide awake and ready for the day.
As they ate, Hangeng went over their schedule. Donghae half paid attention as he tried to remember all of the new Mandarin words he knew and tried to think of how he could slip them in at the interviews. Hm… he didn’t think he’d be able to slip ‘watermelon’ in… but the others were probably doable. Hey wait… didn’t he learn a new word just yesterday?
… Yeah, he did! He pursed his lips in thought as he tried to remember it. He had been talking to Henry and… Oh right! Gay. It meant really, very, happy, he remembered Henry telling him. He should make sure to use this word today too so that he was certain to remember it. Though he wasn’t sure how he would fit that into an interview either…
Donghae’s first opportunity to use his new word came sooner than he thought it would. As the members were waiting for their van to pull up to the front and take them to their first schedule, Donghae saw that Zhou Mi, Henry, and Kyuhyun were talking amongst themselves about something or other; he wasn’t really listening. But what he did notice was that Zhou Mi was wearing his usual smile, only it looked especially big and bright that morning. Hm… Perfect!
“Zhou Mi~!”
Zhou Mi looked over at Donghae, smile still in place. “Yeah, Hae?”
“You look so gay today~!” Donghae shouted.
Zhou Mi froze. Actually, all of them froze, including their manager who, yes, understood English. Well, technically, Donghae didn’t freeze… and Henry had hit his forehead with his hand in what sounded like a rather painful way before he froze too.
Zhou Mi blinked a few times before finally coming out of his shocked state. “What?!” A lot of people may not know this about Zhou Mi, but the man knew his fair share of English. He probably knew more English than Korean when they had first debuted, despite his training in Korea. And it wasn’t like the other members didn’t know what gay meant… They did, after all, live with Heechul.
Donghae just smiled, oblivious to the ‘what the fuck’ looks the others were giving him. “You look really gay today,” he repeated. “Did you have a good dream?” Good dreams always made him happy the next morning. “They make me feel gay the next morning too.”
Henry wanted to transport the ten feet away to where Donghae was and clamp his hand over the older one’s mouth to get him so shut up! How could Henry have forgotten the fact that Donghae tended to spout whatever none Korean words he knew at all moments despite not having the best knowledge of the other language?! Oh… he was doomed.
“I… er…” Zhou Mi sputtered, looking at Kyuhyun for help with what the Hell he was supposed to say to Donghae. Kyuhyun knew Donghae better so he should have an answer right? Kyuhyun shrugged in an ‘I have no idea how the fuck to respond to that, so you’re on your own’ kind of way. Great. That was not helpful.
Thankfully, before any of them could say anything to Donghae, the van arrived and they all suddenly found it very important to be the first to board.
Donghae smiled bigger once they were on their way to the studio where their first schedule was. He had successfully used his new word a grand total of three times so far and the day was still early! Yes! Go him! He rocked!
Though… he looked around and noticed that some of the others were a bit tense. He wondered briefly why they all were pointedly not looking at him and why Henry had seemed to be the only one willing to sit next to him… Hm… odd. Oh well. He shrugged the thoughts away and put in his iPod headphones and watched the road as they drove.
**…..**…..**…..**…..**…..**
The other members had relaxed again by the time they arrived to the studio and were ushered into hair and makeup. By then they had shrugged off the earlier odd conversation as a random joking ‘Donghae’ moment. Even Henry had begun to relax as they adjusted the small microphones pinned to their shirts and got ready to go on stage.
Of course, everyone’s good mood was immediately ruined when right before they were called out Donghae decided to turn ‘weird’ again.
“Hey guys, let’s do a great interview! And remember to smile really big and be very gay out there~!”
Henry wanted to kick something as their band name was announced and Donghae walked on stage to loud screams. Why him?! Oh crap; they were all supposed to be out there! Hangeng and Siwon seemed to realize this at the same moment he did and both men quickly ran on stage to more screaming fan girls and the others following them slowly.
It had to be a record for the least about of fan service, or indeed touching in general of any kind, that they had ever done in an interview. Ever. The only exception was Donghae, who didn’t notice anything was wrong and who would laugh at something the MC said and sling an arm around Ryeowook’s tense shoulders in a carefree manner.
**…..**…..**…..**…..**…..**
Thankfully Donghae didn’t release any more shocking statements for the rest of their day’s events. This didn’t mean that Henry was letting his guard down. Oh no… he knew that it was only a matter of time before Donghae used the ‘G’ word again.
Yep. What did he say? He saw this coming.
What he hadn’t foreseen coming was the horrendous look on Kyuhyun’s face. What? Was Kyuhyun sputtering? Henry had never seen Kyuhyun sputter before. Bahaha! Okay, maybe it was wrong for him to laugh internally about this; especially since it was his fault. But it was a bit funny.
What had happened? Well…
Henry had just entered the living room and sat down on the couch ten minutes ago to watch Kyuhyun, who was sitting cross-legged on the floor, defeat the last level of his video game. Donghae had entered the room three minutes after Henry and joined him on the couch. Kyuhyun had finally won the game and shouted in glee as he punched his fists into the air. This was when Donghae proclaimed, “yay! Kyuhyun I’m so gay for you!!” And hugged the younger man from behind. And this was where Kyuhyun turned into a shocked sputtering mess.
“Wh-wh-what?!” He shouted as he de-Donghae-fied himself.
“I’m so gay for you! I know you’ve been on that game for forever! Congratulations~!”
“Um… thanks hyung… but, uh… I think I hear Geng calling me,” Kyuhyun lied as he darted out of the room at light speed with a ‘coming Geng’ yelled from his lips.
Donghae shrugged off Kyuhyun’s weird behavior and turned towards Henry. Why was Henry trying very hard not to laugh? … “Hey Henry, wanna play a game?”
“Sure,” Henry smiled. “What do you wanna play?”
Donghae thought about this… “Why don’t we see if Zhou Mi and Ryeowook want to play a card game with us?” He asked excitedly. He hadn’t played cards in what felt like a lifetime.
“Okay,” Henry agreed as he stood up and they left the room in search of Zhou Mi and Ryeowook.
**.....**.....**.....**.....**
“I guess it’s just going to be the two of us,” Donghae frowned as Henry and he entered the kitchen to play cards at the table.
“Yeah, I guess so,” Henry smiled nervously.
For some strange reason Ryeowook and Zhou Mi had looked almost frightened when Donghae had asked if they wanted to play cards; each gave some ridiculous excuse as to why they couldn’t. And then when they had asked Siwon, he too had blown them off, though in a more polite manner. Hangeng’s excuse had probably been the worst and Kyuhyun couldn’t even be found. It was almost like Kyuhyun was avoiding him… Donghae actually hadn’t realized how weird it was until now… Who needed to wash their hair after just taking a shower anyhow?!
“Do you think the others are avoiding us?” Donghae asked.
Henry choked on nothing. “What? Why would they do that?” He chuckled guiltily.
Donghae shrugged. “I don’t know… It just seems like they are…”
“Well… uh… I’m sure they aren’t meaning to?” Henry hit himself on the back of the head mentally. That was great; really smooth. Aish; he was so dead.
Donghae shrugged again and started dealing.
**…..**…..**…..**…..**…..**
A few hours later and Donghae was almost positive that the others were avoiding him. Hell, Zhou Mi had ‘eep’ed when he saw him in the hall and back pedaled into Kyuhyun’s room faster than it took him to blink.
Donghae frowned and wondered what he had done to make the others avoid him. Did he smell or something? He lifted an arm and smelled underneath. He smelled no worse than normal so… He sighed. He didn’t get it. Everyone was acting so weird! Even Henry, who though at least wasn’t avoiding him, kept fidgeting and looking nervous.
His phone rang and he picked it up without checking the caller ID. “Hello?”
‘Hey Hae,’ Kibum chuckled from the other line. ‘How are things in China?’
“Kibum!” Donghae exclaimed happily as he entered his shared room to find it empty. Figured, Ryeowook was avoiding him after all, so naturally he’d avoid their room. “Things are good… a little weird… but good. Anyhow, you called so I feel so gay right now~!”
‘. . .’
Donghae frowned at the sudden silence. “Kibum?”
‘Uh, Donghae… what did you just say?’
“I feel so gay now?” Donghae questioned. “I learned the word last night, isn’t it great! Soon I will know more English than you do,” he joked.
Kibum chuckled. ‘Yeah, sure you will,’ he didn’t sound as if he believed Donghae. ‘But uh… where did you hear that word?’
“Gay?”
‘Yeah.’
“Henry was IMing last night and it was a word his friend had used.”
Kibum ‘ah’ed on the other line as he began to get what had happened. ‘And did Henry tell you what the word meant?’
“Yeah,” Donghae said. “It means happy. Really super happy.” Kibum started laughing. Donghae frowned. “What?”
‘Hae, that’s not- Well it is… um…’ he stopped laughing. ‘That is what the word means but… it isn’t the more commonly used definition.’
Donghae’s frown deepened. “What does it mean then?”
‘Yah! Kibum!’ Donghae heard Heechul’s voice floating through his end of the phone before other muffled voices all started talking at once.
‘Okay, okay,’ Kibum told Heechul before turning back to his conversation with Donghae. ‘Hae, I have to go. But ask Henry to tell you the other definition tonight before you cause any trouble.’
Trouble? Donghae was confused as he pocketed his cell. What trouble could he cause with ‘gay’?
**…..**……**……**……**…..**
“Henry?”
Henry looked up from the movie he was watching with the other members. “Yeah hyung?”
“Uh,” Donghae hesitated in the doorway when he saw how everyone aside from Henry suddenly grew tense. “I was talking to Kibum just now and… um… He said that the definition you gave me isn’t the only definition.”
Henry tensed too now. “Oh…”
The other members looked between Donghae and Henry in confusion. “What definition?” Siwon asked.
“Uh…” Henry stalled. Crap. He was so screwed.
“The definition for gay,” Donghae told them.
Every head in the room aside from Donghae himself blinked before turning hard looks to Henry. Henry gulped. “What did Henry tell you gay meant?” Kyuhyun asked, still drilling holes into their violinist.
“He said that gay meant happy!”
Zhou Mi burst into a sudden fit of hysterical laughter.
“You mean to tell us,” Hangeng clarified. “That this whole day was because Henry gave you the wrong definition for gay?!”
“Well… I mean, it does mean happy…” Henry defended as he started to turn red.
“… What does it mean?” Donghae asked.
Everyone looked expectantly at Henry. “Um… it means…” he mumbled the answer.
“What?” Donghae asked. Henry repeated the answer louder. There was a moment of stunned silence as Donghae’s eyes widened with realization. “Wait… You mean I said… and then earlier…” Then a sudden idea struck him and he decided that instead of becoming indignant it might be more fun to do this. “So when your friend said that you were gay for Ryeowook was he using this definition or the other one?” He smirked.
Ryeowook coughed on the snack he had been eating. Zhou Mi hit him lightly on the back to help clear his airways. “What?!”
Henry glared at Donghae. He officially hated the word gay; it was nothing but trouble.
Author: Me! (2theChangmin)
Characters: Super Junior M & Kibum! (With a small dash of Heechul as well) >.<
Pairings: No pairings, unless you count ‘Awesome’; in which case, ‘Awesome’ is paired with everyone. (Wow, ‘Awesome’ is kind of a slut… ok, ignore this. ^.^)
Rating: PG-13 (for language)
Summary: Super Junior M
For Cate_monster who ordered asked me to write her something with a lot of Donghae. >.<
Author’s Note: The italicized words are spoken or written in English! XD
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Is your screen name supposed to mean something…?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
If you have to ask…
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
. . .
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Why am I friends with you?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Because I am too awesome to resist.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
And you know it.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Right…
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Seriously though
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
I did not teach you everything I know just to see you perform unlimited hip thrusts… How does this make me look?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Forget that. How does this make you look?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
0.0
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Think about it.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
What’s that supposed to mean?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
And I am not in charge of our choreography!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Besides the girls go wild for the hip thrusts! v^^
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
. . .
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Does Ryeowook go wild for them as well?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
What?!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Ur not making sense
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Aren’t I?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
. . .
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
No.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Dude.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
I saw that last interview you guys did last week.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
And…?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
And you looked so gay.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
. . .
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Again. Why am I friends with you?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Don’t try to deny it.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I’m not gay!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
It’s called fan service.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
There you go denying it
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
. . . You are so predictable.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
At least I’m good looking. XP
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Yeah.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
You must be beating the men away with a stick. ;-D
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Not cool. >:|
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
^^
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
You might want to tone the gayness down though.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I still don’t even know what ur talking about…
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
You know I’m not into guys.
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Who said anything about guys?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
. . .
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Are you going to make sense soon?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
Hm… Maybe. :P
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
. . . :|
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
I’m talking about Ryeowook.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
What about him?
Hipthrusts_are_not_dance_moves:
. . .
Ryeowook_turned_my_best_friend_gay:
Need I say more?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
?!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
That is not true!
Ryeowook_turned_my_best_friend_gay:
So you were gay already?! I’m shocked… How come you didn’t tell me?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Aliht4eoihtoiaeht!! I mean that I’m not gay!
Ryeowook_turned_my_best_friend_gay:
… Denial.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
… Idiot.
Ryeowook_is_not_a_woman_no_matter_how_much_Henry_wishes_he_was!:
Gay.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Stop changing your username!!
Ryeowook_is_not_a_woman_no_matter_how_much_Henry_wishes_he_was!:
Frustrated much?
Ryeowook_is_not_a_woman_no_matter_how_much_Henry_wishes_he_was!:
Kekeke…
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I hate you…
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
And you are so wrong.
Ryeowook_is_not_a_woman_no_matter_how_much_Henry_wishes_he_was!:
You are so gay.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I’m not gay! I like girls!
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial:
… And Ryeowook.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Not like that.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
And if you don’t drop this it will be EX best friend.
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
Hey I don’t care.
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
I’m happy that you’re gay.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I’m going to ignore you now.
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
T.T
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
. . .
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
Dude…
My_bestfriend_is_in_denial!:
Harsh.
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
Happy?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Much. ^^
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
I still say you’re gay for Ryeowook. :D
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I hate you…
“Hey Henry…”
Henry spun his head around too quickly, fast regretting the move as his neck let out a resounding ‘crack’. Ouch… He rubbed the sore muscle and blinked at Donghae, who was standing very close to him, looking over his shoulder and frowning at the computer screen that Henry had just been typing on.
“What is it hyung?”
“What does…?” Donghae frowned as he tried to sound out the word on the screen. “‘gay mean?”
“Uh…” Henry had to have heard that wrong. “What?”
Donghae repeated his question. “What does ‘gay’ mean?”
Nope. Henry hadn’t heard him wrong. Crap. How was he going to explain this? Okay, it wasn’t that bad… He should just tell the man. Well, this was going to be awkward. “Uh… it means-”
“I still say you’re gay for Ryeowook…” Donghae sounded out the sentence slowly and in broken horrendous English.
Well fuck! Henry couldn’t very well tell the man what gay meant NOW! Okay, so Donghae didn’t understand English all that well, but he was smart enough to put you, Ryeowook, and gay together!!! Not that Henry was gay for Ryeowook, but that sentence still did not sound good. And Donghae was not known to keep information to himself all that well; if Henry told him what gay meant than by tomorrow afternoon all of SJ M would hear about his being gay for Ryeowook and regardless of it being not true he would be hounded and teased without mercy for possibly forever. And Kyuhyun did not go easy on the teasing! So, no, Henry couldn’t really tell his hyung what the word meant, could he?
Could he?!
No. He couldn’t. Curse Donghae’s poor ability to sound out English!!
“Henry?”
Henry blinked to see that the older man was looking at him expectantly. Oh… right. Again: crap. “Gay means…” Think, Henry ordered himself. Think! Wait! Yes! Genius!!!! “Gay means happy!” He gave himself a pat on the back for such swift utterly brilliant thinking. And it’s not like he lied to the man, because the word did also mean happy, so… he was saved! Another fictitious pat on the back for him.
Donghae frowned. “I thought happy meant happy…”
Aw, crap! Donghae just had to know what happy in English meant, didn’t he?! This was not good. “It does… they both mean happy! Gay means… er… Super happy! Really, very happy!” Please let Donghae believe this, he prayed.
Donghae’s forehead smoothed out. “Oh! Okay then; thanks!”
“Sure… anytime hyung…” Henry sighed in relief as the hyper man left the room. He turned back to his computer screen to see that his friend had sent him more messages.
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
You love me.
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
XD
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
…
HenryLau_is_not_gay:
Henry?
HenryLau_is_being_annoyingly_emo:
Henry?!
HenryLau_is_being_annoyingly_emo:
Fine. Be emo.
HenryLau_is_being_annoyingly_emo:
See if I care.
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
Muahaha!
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
Henry~!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
Dude, stop being a woman.
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
And you are so dead! Do you have any idea what you just caused?!
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
>:|
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
…
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
No.
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
But I’m intrigued. What did I do?
Lau_masteroftheuniverse:
I really hate you, just so you know.
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
I didn’t buy that sorry excuse for a lie last time, and I’m not about to this time.
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
Now spill.
HenryLau_is_sohardcoreinlovewithRyeowookthatitisn’tevenfunny!:
What happened?
Henry sighed and began telling the story. It wasn’t like he could keep anything from the man anyhow.
**…..**…..**…..**…..**
Donghae woke up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes before lazily reaching out to turn off his alarm clock. He yawned and tossed back the covers before swinging his legs out of bed and stretching into a standing position. He looked down at his messy bedding before deciding not to worry about making the bed until after he was showered and dressed. And by then, if he was lucky, maybe Ryeowook (who was already up and gone from the room like the always prompt and ready magnae he was) would have come back to their room and made it for him? He wasn’t lazy, really… okay, maybe he was a little bit at this time of the day but that was only because he was still so tired! And was it his fault that Ryeowook was a compulsive neat freak?
After he got out of the shower the first thing he noticed was that, no, Ryeowook hadn’t come back to the room. Damn. He sighed and pulled out a change of clothes for the day.
His phone buzzed. Noting the ‘five minute warning’ text he had received from Hangeng, he put the phone back down and proceeded to get ready for the day at record speed. He even managed to make his bed. Okay, it wasn’t as pristine as Ryeowook’s side of the room but did he have to repeat the ‘compulsive neat freak’ part?
He smiled when he met the other members down stairs for breakfast and ruffled Henry’s hair before plopping into an empty seat. Henry groaned sleepily and tried to flatten his hair again. Donghae grinned more. He was now, officially wide awake and ready for the day.
As they ate, Hangeng went over their schedule. Donghae half paid attention as he tried to remember all of the new Mandarin words he knew and tried to think of how he could slip them in at the interviews. Hm… he didn’t think he’d be able to slip ‘watermelon’ in… but the others were probably doable. Hey wait… didn’t he learn a new word just yesterday?
… Yeah, he did! He pursed his lips in thought as he tried to remember it. He had been talking to Henry and… Oh right! Gay. It meant really, very, happy, he remembered Henry telling him. He should make sure to use this word today too so that he was certain to remember it. Though he wasn’t sure how he would fit that into an interview either…
Donghae’s first opportunity to use his new word came sooner than he thought it would. As the members were waiting for their van to pull up to the front and take them to their first schedule, Donghae saw that Zhou Mi, Henry, and Kyuhyun were talking amongst themselves about something or other; he wasn’t really listening. But what he did notice was that Zhou Mi was wearing his usual smile, only it looked especially big and bright that morning. Hm… Perfect!
“Zhou Mi~!”
Zhou Mi looked over at Donghae, smile still in place. “Yeah, Hae?”
“You look so gay today~!” Donghae shouted.
Zhou Mi froze. Actually, all of them froze, including their manager who, yes, understood English. Well, technically, Donghae didn’t freeze… and Henry had hit his forehead with his hand in what sounded like a rather painful way before he froze too.
Zhou Mi blinked a few times before finally coming out of his shocked state. “What?!” A lot of people may not know this about Zhou Mi, but the man knew his fair share of English. He probably knew more English than Korean when they had first debuted, despite his training in Korea. And it wasn’t like the other members didn’t know what gay meant… They did, after all, live with Heechul.
Donghae just smiled, oblivious to the ‘what the fuck’ looks the others were giving him. “You look really gay today,” he repeated. “Did you have a good dream?” Good dreams always made him happy the next morning. “They make me feel gay the next morning too.”
Henry wanted to transport the ten feet away to where Donghae was and clamp his hand over the older one’s mouth to get him so shut up! How could Henry have forgotten the fact that Donghae tended to spout whatever none Korean words he knew at all moments despite not having the best knowledge of the other language?! Oh… he was doomed.
“I… er…” Zhou Mi sputtered, looking at Kyuhyun for help with what the Hell he was supposed to say to Donghae. Kyuhyun knew Donghae better so he should have an answer right? Kyuhyun shrugged in an ‘I have no idea how the fuck to respond to that, so you’re on your own’ kind of way. Great. That was not helpful.
Thankfully, before any of them could say anything to Donghae, the van arrived and they all suddenly found it very important to be the first to board.
Donghae smiled bigger once they were on their way to the studio where their first schedule was. He had successfully used his new word a grand total of three times so far and the day was still early! Yes! Go him! He rocked!
Though… he looked around and noticed that some of the others were a bit tense. He wondered briefly why they all were pointedly not looking at him and why Henry had seemed to be the only one willing to sit next to him… Hm… odd. Oh well. He shrugged the thoughts away and put in his iPod headphones and watched the road as they drove.
**…..**…..**…..**…..**…..**
The other members had relaxed again by the time they arrived to the studio and were ushered into hair and makeup. By then they had shrugged off the earlier odd conversation as a random joking ‘Donghae’ moment. Even Henry had begun to relax as they adjusted the small microphones pinned to their shirts and got ready to go on stage.
Of course, everyone’s good mood was immediately ruined when right before they were called out Donghae decided to turn ‘weird’ again.
“Hey guys, let’s do a great interview! And remember to smile really big and be very gay out there~!”
Henry wanted to kick something as their band name was announced and Donghae walked on stage to loud screams. Why him?! Oh crap; they were all supposed to be out there! Hangeng and Siwon seemed to realize this at the same moment he did and both men quickly ran on stage to more screaming fan girls and the others following them slowly.
It had to be a record for the least about of fan service, or indeed touching in general of any kind, that they had ever done in an interview. Ever. The only exception was Donghae, who didn’t notice anything was wrong and who would laugh at something the MC said and sling an arm around Ryeowook’s tense shoulders in a carefree manner.
**…..**…..**…..**…..**…..**
Thankfully Donghae didn’t release any more shocking statements for the rest of their day’s events. This didn’t mean that Henry was letting his guard down. Oh no… he knew that it was only a matter of time before Donghae used the ‘G’ word again.
Yep. What did he say? He saw this coming.
What he hadn’t foreseen coming was the horrendous look on Kyuhyun’s face. What? Was Kyuhyun sputtering? Henry had never seen Kyuhyun sputter before. Bahaha! Okay, maybe it was wrong for him to laugh internally about this; especially since it was his fault. But it was a bit funny.
What had happened? Well…
Henry had just entered the living room and sat down on the couch ten minutes ago to watch Kyuhyun, who was sitting cross-legged on the floor, defeat the last level of his video game. Donghae had entered the room three minutes after Henry and joined him on the couch. Kyuhyun had finally won the game and shouted in glee as he punched his fists into the air. This was when Donghae proclaimed, “yay! Kyuhyun I’m so gay for you!!” And hugged the younger man from behind. And this was where Kyuhyun turned into a shocked sputtering mess.
“Wh-wh-what?!” He shouted as he de-Donghae-fied himself.
“I’m so gay for you! I know you’ve been on that game for forever! Congratulations~!”
“Um… thanks hyung… but, uh… I think I hear Geng calling me,” Kyuhyun lied as he darted out of the room at light speed with a ‘coming Geng’ yelled from his lips.
Donghae shrugged off Kyuhyun’s weird behavior and turned towards Henry. Why was Henry trying very hard not to laugh? … “Hey Henry, wanna play a game?”
“Sure,” Henry smiled. “What do you wanna play?”
Donghae thought about this… “Why don’t we see if Zhou Mi and Ryeowook want to play a card game with us?” He asked excitedly. He hadn’t played cards in what felt like a lifetime.
“Okay,” Henry agreed as he stood up and they left the room in search of Zhou Mi and Ryeowook.
**.....**.....**.....**.....**
“I guess it’s just going to be the two of us,” Donghae frowned as Henry and he entered the kitchen to play cards at the table.
“Yeah, I guess so,” Henry smiled nervously.
For some strange reason Ryeowook and Zhou Mi had looked almost frightened when Donghae had asked if they wanted to play cards; each gave some ridiculous excuse as to why they couldn’t. And then when they had asked Siwon, he too had blown them off, though in a more polite manner. Hangeng’s excuse had probably been the worst and Kyuhyun couldn’t even be found. It was almost like Kyuhyun was avoiding him… Donghae actually hadn’t realized how weird it was until now… Who needed to wash their hair after just taking a shower anyhow?!
“Do you think the others are avoiding us?” Donghae asked.
Henry choked on nothing. “What? Why would they do that?” He chuckled guiltily.
Donghae shrugged. “I don’t know… It just seems like they are…”
“Well… uh… I’m sure they aren’t meaning to?” Henry hit himself on the back of the head mentally. That was great; really smooth. Aish; he was so dead.
Donghae shrugged again and started dealing.
**…..**…..**…..**…..**…..**
A few hours later and Donghae was almost positive that the others were avoiding him. Hell, Zhou Mi had ‘eep’ed when he saw him in the hall and back pedaled into Kyuhyun’s room faster than it took him to blink.
Donghae frowned and wondered what he had done to make the others avoid him. Did he smell or something? He lifted an arm and smelled underneath. He smelled no worse than normal so… He sighed. He didn’t get it. Everyone was acting so weird! Even Henry, who though at least wasn’t avoiding him, kept fidgeting and looking nervous.
His phone rang and he picked it up without checking the caller ID. “Hello?”
‘Hey Hae,’ Kibum chuckled from the other line. ‘How are things in China?’
“Kibum!” Donghae exclaimed happily as he entered his shared room to find it empty. Figured, Ryeowook was avoiding him after all, so naturally he’d avoid their room. “Things are good… a little weird… but good. Anyhow, you called so I feel so gay right now~!”
‘. . .’
Donghae frowned at the sudden silence. “Kibum?”
‘Uh, Donghae… what did you just say?’
“I feel so gay now?” Donghae questioned. “I learned the word last night, isn’t it great! Soon I will know more English than you do,” he joked.
Kibum chuckled. ‘Yeah, sure you will,’ he didn’t sound as if he believed Donghae. ‘But uh… where did you hear that word?’
“Gay?”
‘Yeah.’
“Henry was IMing last night and it was a word his friend had used.”
Kibum ‘ah’ed on the other line as he began to get what had happened. ‘And did Henry tell you what the word meant?’
“Yeah,” Donghae said. “It means happy. Really super happy.” Kibum started laughing. Donghae frowned. “What?”
‘Hae, that’s not- Well it is… um…’ he stopped laughing. ‘That is what the word means but… it isn’t the more commonly used definition.’
Donghae’s frown deepened. “What does it mean then?”
‘Yah! Kibum!’ Donghae heard Heechul’s voice floating through his end of the phone before other muffled voices all started talking at once.
‘Okay, okay,’ Kibum told Heechul before turning back to his conversation with Donghae. ‘Hae, I have to go. But ask Henry to tell you the other definition tonight before you cause any trouble.’
Trouble? Donghae was confused as he pocketed his cell. What trouble could he cause with ‘gay’?
**…..**……**……**……**…..**
“Henry?”
Henry looked up from the movie he was watching with the other members. “Yeah hyung?”
“Uh,” Donghae hesitated in the doorway when he saw how everyone aside from Henry suddenly grew tense. “I was talking to Kibum just now and… um… He said that the definition you gave me isn’t the only definition.”
Henry tensed too now. “Oh…”
The other members looked between Donghae and Henry in confusion. “What definition?” Siwon asked.
“Uh…” Henry stalled. Crap. He was so screwed.
“The definition for gay,” Donghae told them.
Every head in the room aside from Donghae himself blinked before turning hard looks to Henry. Henry gulped. “What did Henry tell you gay meant?” Kyuhyun asked, still drilling holes into their violinist.
“He said that gay meant happy!”
Zhou Mi burst into a sudden fit of hysterical laughter.
“You mean to tell us,” Hangeng clarified. “That this whole day was because Henry gave you the wrong definition for gay?!”
“Well… I mean, it does mean happy…” Henry defended as he started to turn red.
“… What does it mean?” Donghae asked.
Everyone looked expectantly at Henry. “Um… it means…” he mumbled the answer.
“What?” Donghae asked. Henry repeated the answer louder. There was a moment of stunned silence as Donghae’s eyes widened with realization. “Wait… You mean I said… and then earlier…” Then a sudden idea struck him and he decided that instead of becoming indignant it might be more fun to do this. “So when your friend said that you were gay for Ryeowook was he using this definition or the other one?” He smirked.
Ryeowook coughed on the snack he had been eating. Zhou Mi hit him lightly on the back to help clear his airways. “What?!”
Henry glared at Donghae. He officially hated the word gay; it was nothing but trouble.