title: Turned Upside Down
fandom: Kpop
pairing: Tae7en
prompt: Smiles (for
am_100)
summary: What's the best way to turn a frown upside down?
notes: Double drabble. Real people depicted without knowledge or consent. In other words, the fiction's mine, the people aren't.
Se7en loved being in America.
Choi Dongwook loathed every moment of it.
For Se7en, being in America, working with American artists and American execs was a logical next step in his career. It sucked when the delays kept piling up, but for the most part he was moving forward into this strange new arena and expected to do well.
For Choi Dongwook, being in America meant being away from his best friend, his closest confidant, his soulmate. And it didn't matter that he was seeing places where Taebin had grown up, because Taebin wasn't there to share them, to point out his school or where he'd first kissed a girl or the best places to get takeout.
Se7en was elated. Choi Dongwook was lonely.
“You're such a baby, Wookie.”
Blink. That sounded like Taebin's voice.
“When YG said you were miserable here, I was sure he was exaggerating. Looks like I was wrong. For the record, you're the only person I know who could look like someone had shot his dog while walking around Disneyland.”
“Tae! What are you doing here?”
“No one'll buy pop music from a guy who can't smile. Come on, Wookie, show me that stupid smile.”