[Title] My Neighbours 2PM
[Rating] PG-13 for some swearing
[Disclaimer] I don't own any of the One Day boys.
[Pairings] Channuneo, Khunyoung, Jinwoon/Kwon
[Summary] Three times 2AM thinks their neighbours are crazy and one time they (sorta) don't.
[Notes] Too much Avengers = short & silly One Day superhero AU. Have fun guessing the boys' abilities/superpowers! Some are really obvious; others, not so much. Guess four out of six, and you might be rewarded with a quick drabble of your favourite 2PM superhero. ^^ Hope you like it. ♥
1.
When the fire alarm goes off for the eighth time that month, Seulong throws on a bathrobe and storms to the apartment across the hall.
"It's two fucking am in the morning!" he shouts over the piercing alarm. "Show some self control!"
The door opens to reveal a disheveled Junho, his hair and clothes more than a little singed. Folding his arms across his chest, the smaller man levels a sharp glare at Seulong. "How would you like to have your boyfriend combust every time you go down on him?"
"But you make me so hot!" says a voice from inside the apartment. Seulong claps a hand over his ears and groans.
"Not funny, Chansung," Junho yells back. "And do something about our bed sheets!"
"I've put out the fire, but you know I can't control smoke!"
Taecyeon pokes his head out of the apartment next door, somehow managing to look maniacal despite the sleepy glaze in his eyes. "Still blowing that torch, Junho?" he asks, waggling his eyebrows.
"Don't make me put an arrow through you, y'meathead," Junho says, ears flushing pink.
"Not if I snap you like a twig first," says Taecyeon cheerfully.
"Are you sparring, Ho? You know it heats me up when you move that ass!"
"Watch the couch," Junho yelps.
They never make any sense, thinks Seulong, as sirens sound in the far distance. Shaking his head, he shuffles to the nearest stairway as quickly as he can. It's too early in the morning to listen to another tedious back-and-forth about mood-inducing fuck candles.
2.
Nichkhun's always covered from head to toe, even on the hottest days. Kwon thinks it's a waste; skin so fair shouldn't be concealed. When Kwon tries to ask why, his neighbour just smiles and cites some vague reason about the sun. It's not pretty Nichkhun, however, who baffles Kwon the most. No, it's the other neighbour, Wooyoung. That one always has an all-knowing smirk on his face, along with a terrifying ability to sneak up on him completely unaware.
Kwon knows they're hiding something.
He catches them once in a while; whispers of conversations in the shadowy corners of the stairwell. At first he thinks they're lovers, but lovers would choose to keep the relationship within their apartments. (Or should, as Jinwoon keeps telling him.) He hears snippets of names and places, but none of it makes any sense. And sometimes, just sometimes - perhaps a trick of light - Kwon swears that Wooyoung almost seems to fade into the background.
"Who's Chansung?" he asks one day.
They break apart, Nichkhun betraying a look of surprise for a split second.
"Eavesdropping?" says Wooyoung, lips curling. "Not very becoming, Kwonnie."
"I hate secrets," Kwon says with a huff.
"Some secrets are best kept that way," Nichkhun says, before he takes Wooyoung by the wrist with a gloved hand. Wooyoung flushes, but follows Nichkhun down the stairs without a word.
Definitely lovers, Kwon concludes.
Now that other secret is going to drive him absolutely crazy.
3.
"Boyfriend?"
"Yeah." Jinwoon stuffs his cellphone into his pocket, laughing softly. "Something about his neighbours again."
"Batshit?"
"Secretive."
Snorting, Junsu refills a cartridge and pops it back into a pistol. "What does that make me?"
"Obsessed," Jinwoon says. He gestures to the display in front of them. "You've got every handgun possible."
"Everything but a Jericho 941. Importation ceased two years ago, though rumour has it a new model's coming out."
"And how reliable are rumours?"
Junsu spins the pistol and slips it into holster on his waist. "Pretty damn reliable."
"Nice," whistles Jinwoon.
Junsu flashes a cocky grin. "Russian roulette?"
"Kwon would kill me."
"Not if you're lucky." Junsu winks. "Or unlucky, 'cause then you'd be dead anyway."
Jinwoon shoves at the older man. "You're crazy."
"'Least I'm not secretive."
4.
The aliens descend and all hell breaks loose.
Seulong wakes up to discover that he's hovering hundreds of feet off the ground, carried bridal-style by a flaming, humanoid creature. Around them, aliens are dropping like flies, struck either by arrows or the bodies of their own comrades, hurled from down below. Seulong takes a deep breath and screams like a little girl.
Scrambling behind a piece of what used to be his apartment building, Kwon decides to stay inside the barrier. Barely visible, it keeps out the aliens and flying debris, so Kwon isn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth. He thinks he spots a glove on the ground that looks familiar, but he can't say for sure. An alien prods at the barrier, before it's thrown by some invisible force. Flipping his cellphone open, Kwon makes a call.
"Time of my life!" Jinwoon shrieks into his phone. He laughs wildly as the Harley careens round a bend. Gunshots reverberate; bird-like screeches of rage follow. Jinwoon's terrified, but the thrill of the chase - of being chased - sends a rush down his spine and right to his toes. This is the epitome of rock culture; the very essence of rebellion. He cheers as a grenade soars past his head and into their pursuers. You only live once.
5.
In a little rural town far from the city, Changmin cooks his lunch, idly wondering what his friends and their crazy neighbours are up to today.