bathroom politics
rating: pg
pairings: just a little background rabin.
wc: 840
an exercise in dialogue i watched their hyde mnet performance way too many times and started noticing some things.
"Jung Leooooo, hurry up! Other people need to peeeee!" Jaehwan plasters himself against the bathroom door and whines obnoxiously, nearly toppling over when it suddenly jerks open to reveal a cloud of steam and an annoyed-looking Taekwoon, clad in nothing but a towel around his hips.
"Yah! So indecent!" Jaehwan cries, throwing a hand over his eyes in mock scandal. "I need to pee," he repeats.
Taekwoon just stares, unsympathetic. "I'm using the bathroom."
Jaehwan groans and writhes, but decides to cut his losses. "At least let me brush my teeth?"
Silence. Jaehwan makes puppy eyes. Taekwoon sighs quietly and turns back to the mirror, but he leaves the door open. Jaehwan moves quickly, in case the other vocalist decides to change his mind, pressing up next to him at the sink and grabbing his Spongebob toothbrush (purchased from the children's aisle) from the holder. Taekwoon picks up his razor and continues to study his reflection intently.
Hakyeon notices this on his way back to the bedroom from the kitchen. "Oh, Taekwoonie, are you still trying to decide?" he asks between sips of banana milk.
"Dethiwha?" Jaehwan slurs around his toothbrush.
"Hakyeon," Taekwoon warns, but the leader ignores him in favor of poking his head in to check his complexion over Taekwoon's shoulder.
"He's trying to decide whether to shave his armpits for our comeback. Yah! Jaehwan, over the sink please."
"Mornin'," Wonshik mumbles as he plods out of his room, followed closely by Hongbin, who's using the hem of Wonshik's beater as a guide to avoid opening his eyes. The rapper pauses and blinks at the congregation. "Who's using the bathroom? I have to pee." He wobbles slightly when Hongbin bumps into his back.
"Oh, Ravi-goon!" Hakyeon exclaims cheerfully. "Ken-ken is brushing his teeth and our Taekwoonie is debating on his hair."
"Aish. I'm gonna brush my teeth too, then." Wonshik carefully detaches Hongbin's hand and proceeds to squeeze himself between the other two at the sink.
"Hyung, didn't they just do your hair, like, a week ago?" Hongbin asks, leaning against the wall, eyes still firmly shut.
"No no no, his armpit hair," Hakyeon corrects.
Hongbin yawns quizzically. "Hah? Oh, because of the sleeveless outfits. Just do it, hyung. Hyukkie and I already do."
"I don't," Wonshik says. He grips his toothbrush with his teeth and raises both arms to show.
"That's because you don't have anything to shave," Hakyeon teases. "It's like all your testosterone went into your voice and abs now there's none left for the rest of you." He reaches past Jaehwan to poke the faint strip of baby-soft hair; Wonshik yelps and swats at him.
"I know what he shaves," Sanghyuk calls over from the couch.
Wonshik slaps Hakyeon's hands away from his equally smooth legs. "Maknae, shut," he says.
"Then don't leave your pubes in the drain!"
"Ewwww." Jaehwan spits his mouthwash and turns to Wonshik, wrinkling his nose. "You shave down there?"
Wonshik shrugs defensively. "Kongie likes it."
"Ravi." Hongbin opens his eyes to shoot him a look, cheeks coloring slightly.
"Then hyung can be the one to clean up after you next time," Sanghyuk says. "And hurry up and brush your teeth! I've been waiting to pee before any of you even woke up." He crosses his legs impatiently in the other direction and bounces in his seat (at which Hakyeon coos, "oh, kiyo~").
Jaehwan drops his toothbrush back in the holder but doesn't vacate the bathroom. He raises an arm and pulls down the sleeve of his t-shirt with his other hand. "Maybe I should shave my arms too," he muses, leaning over the sink towards the mirror and blocking Wonshik's attempt to spit his mouthful of foam.
"Your outfit has long sleeves though," Hongbin points out from the floor, having graduated from leaning to sitting with his back to the wall since it doesn't look like he'll be getting his turn in the bathroom anytime soon.
Hakyeon leans in again to check his hair. "He can still shave if he wants to." He tilts his chin up. "Oh, what if I grew a goatee?"
"Don't." The chorus of replies is instantaneous.
Hakyeon curls his lip. "Chop! Chop!" He swipes the blade of his hand against Wonshik's and Jaehwan's necks.
"Hyung, I still need to pee," Sanghyuk interjects loudly, bouncing even harder now.
"I still need to pee," Wonshik says.
"Yah, me first! I'm oldest and I was here first!" Jaehwan shouts. "Taekwoon-hyung, hurry and shave your pits!"
"I did," Taekwoon says from the kitchen, fully dressed and halfway through a bowl of Special K. There's a pause as the others turn to gape in confusion, and then--
"Everyone out! Shoo shoo shoo!" Jaehwan shoulders Wonshik, who goes crashing into Hakyeon, who narrowly misses tripping over Hongbin's outstretched legs. Sanghyuk takes the opportunity to sprint from the couch and duck in behind the chaos for the toilet.
Taekwoon sighs and keeps on eating. Maybe if this comeback is really successful, they can move into a dorm with a second bathroom.
pairings: just a little background rabin.
wc: 840
an exercise in dialogue i watched their hyde mnet performance way too many times and started noticing some things.
"Jung Leooooo, hurry up! Other people need to peeeee!" Jaehwan plasters himself against the bathroom door and whines obnoxiously, nearly toppling over when it suddenly jerks open to reveal a cloud of steam and an annoyed-looking Taekwoon, clad in nothing but a towel around his hips.
"Yah! So indecent!" Jaehwan cries, throwing a hand over his eyes in mock scandal. "I need to pee," he repeats.
Taekwoon just stares, unsympathetic. "I'm using the bathroom."
Jaehwan groans and writhes, but decides to cut his losses. "At least let me brush my teeth?"
Silence. Jaehwan makes puppy eyes. Taekwoon sighs quietly and turns back to the mirror, but he leaves the door open. Jaehwan moves quickly, in case the other vocalist decides to change his mind, pressing up next to him at the sink and grabbing his Spongebob toothbrush (purchased from the children's aisle) from the holder. Taekwoon picks up his razor and continues to study his reflection intently.
Hakyeon notices this on his way back to the bedroom from the kitchen. "Oh, Taekwoonie, are you still trying to decide?" he asks between sips of banana milk.
"Dethiwha?" Jaehwan slurs around his toothbrush.
"Hakyeon," Taekwoon warns, but the leader ignores him in favor of poking his head in to check his complexion over Taekwoon's shoulder.
"He's trying to decide whether to shave his armpits for our comeback. Yah! Jaehwan, over the sink please."
"Mornin'," Wonshik mumbles as he plods out of his room, followed closely by Hongbin, who's using the hem of Wonshik's beater as a guide to avoid opening his eyes. The rapper pauses and blinks at the congregation. "Who's using the bathroom? I have to pee." He wobbles slightly when Hongbin bumps into his back.
"Oh, Ravi-goon!" Hakyeon exclaims cheerfully. "Ken-ken is brushing his teeth and our Taekwoonie is debating on his hair."
"Aish. I'm gonna brush my teeth too, then." Wonshik carefully detaches Hongbin's hand and proceeds to squeeze himself between the other two at the sink.
"Hyung, didn't they just do your hair, like, a week ago?" Hongbin asks, leaning against the wall, eyes still firmly shut.
"No no no, his armpit hair," Hakyeon corrects.
Hongbin yawns quizzically. "Hah? Oh, because of the sleeveless outfits. Just do it, hyung. Hyukkie and I already do."
"I don't," Wonshik says. He grips his toothbrush with his teeth and raises both arms to show.
"That's because you don't have anything to shave," Hakyeon teases. "It's like all your testosterone went into your voice and abs now there's none left for the rest of you." He reaches past Jaehwan to poke the faint strip of baby-soft hair; Wonshik yelps and swats at him.
"I know what he shaves," Sanghyuk calls over from the couch.
Wonshik slaps Hakyeon's hands away from his equally smooth legs. "Maknae, shut," he says.
"Then don't leave your pubes in the drain!"
"Ewwww." Jaehwan spits his mouthwash and turns to Wonshik, wrinkling his nose. "You shave down there?"
Wonshik shrugs defensively. "Kongie likes it."
"Ravi." Hongbin opens his eyes to shoot him a look, cheeks coloring slightly.
"Then hyung can be the one to clean up after you next time," Sanghyuk says. "And hurry up and brush your teeth! I've been waiting to pee before any of you even woke up." He crosses his legs impatiently in the other direction and bounces in his seat (at which Hakyeon coos, "oh, kiyo~").
Jaehwan drops his toothbrush back in the holder but doesn't vacate the bathroom. He raises an arm and pulls down the sleeve of his t-shirt with his other hand. "Maybe I should shave my arms too," he muses, leaning over the sink towards the mirror and blocking Wonshik's attempt to spit his mouthful of foam.
"Your outfit has long sleeves though," Hongbin points out from the floor, having graduated from leaning to sitting with his back to the wall since it doesn't look like he'll be getting his turn in the bathroom anytime soon.
Hakyeon leans in again to check his hair. "He can still shave if he wants to." He tilts his chin up. "Oh, what if I grew a goatee?"
"Don't." The chorus of replies is instantaneous.
Hakyeon curls his lip. "Chop! Chop!" He swipes the blade of his hand against Wonshik's and Jaehwan's necks.
"Hyung, I still need to pee," Sanghyuk interjects loudly, bouncing even harder now.
"I still need to pee," Wonshik says.
"Yah, me first! I'm oldest and I was here first!" Jaehwan shouts. "Taekwoon-hyung, hurry and shave your pits!"
"I did," Taekwoon says from the kitchen, fully dressed and halfway through a bowl of Special K. There's a pause as the others turn to gape in confusion, and then--
"Everyone out! Shoo shoo shoo!" Jaehwan shoulders Wonshik, who goes crashing into Hakyeon, who narrowly misses tripping over Hongbin's outstretched legs. Sanghyuk takes the opportunity to sprint from the couch and duck in behind the chaos for the toilet.
Taekwoon sighs and keeps on eating. Maybe if this comeback is really successful, they can move into a dorm with a second bathroom.