f(x): magnets
magnets - pg-13
f(x): luna, amber
prompt by augmenti
original post one | two | three
while the water runs, amber stares out into space. the telltale whoosh sound of the emergency drain calls her back to reality and she turns the hot water off.
she peels off each article of clothing with careful consideration about how the body warmth is leaving her. she shivers once, looks at her naked self in the mirror, then steps into the small tub.
amber tries to lie down, but the tub is way too small. her legs end up doing a weird twisting motion to get into position. her knees stick out of the water and her left shoulder as well.
she finally gets comfortable.
"i have chicken legs" she thinks as she stares down at her legs.
then she says, "i have chicken legs" aloud so that her voice echos on the bathroom's tiles.
she pinches her calves, wondering.
"well, at least they're toned chicken legs" she mutters.
she sighs, sinks her left shoulder into the water because she's cold, and closes her eyes.
the same person starts running across her consciousness again and her eyelids fly open. amber decides it is definitely not good to be thinking of a specific person when one is naked in the bath.
"not good at all" she thinks and twists her legs into a new position.
---
when she gets out of the bath, her legs start to feel funny. as if they're on autopilot, amber's legs start jogging their way to the living room, the rest of her body in tow. amber only has time to get a large shirt over her head to cover her body.
"i'm home!"
there's a cheerful voice at the front door. and though amber already knows it's luna, she finds that her legs are racing there anyway. when amber reaches the kitchen, amber hears luna say, "what in the name of ...!?" and scream.
they crash into each other half way. amber, with nothing but a flimsy pajama shirt on and with luna stumbling over a half-taken off shoe.
luna groans because her nose has just collided with amber's prominent collarbone. and amber says "ow" dully because her boob has just been bruised by luna's shoulder.
---
victoria is gone and amber feels kind of nervous. there's no authority figure around to help them in their time of need. krystal makes the most of the situation and solicits sulli to help and be her sidekick.
"so you guys are saying that you can't physical keep away from each other?" asks krystal.
"yes" says amber calmly. she's learned that panicking will never solve a problem, especially not this kind of problem.
"hmm" says krystal.
"hmm" echos sulli.
"have you tried... you know, staying in different rooms?"
"well" says luna, voice muffled by amber's neck. "we would have tried, but for the past hour we were trying to get my shoes off and amber's clothes on with our necks practically attached so. no, we have not tried it yet."
krystal raises her eyebrows. "trying to get amber's clothes on?" she squeaks.
krystal turns pink and luna is quick to say, "no! that's not how i meant it!"
and while this is going on sulli smirks and whispers, "nice" to amber's ear.
amber sighs for the tenth time that day.
***
with krystal and sulli's help, they disengage. and it's only when luna and amber are on complete opposite sides of the apartment that amber's legs don't try to run off on their own again.
"my tummy's stopped tugging on me too!" shouts luna from across the apartment. "it's a really weird feeling and now i'm just really hungry!"
"right. amber unni, you stay here. i think i'm going to have to call vic-umma" says krystal whipping out her phone. "this problem is a lot more urgent than getting an appa right now."
sulli nods solemnly. "right. getting a khun-appa can wait."
krystal leaves amber's room and sulli trails after her. they leave the door open and from across the living room, amber can see luna sulking in their manager's room.
amber wonders if this is punishment for thinking about luna in the bath. amber leans back in her chair, thinking and thinking again. she concludes that it could be worse. and right as she comes to the conclusion, amber spies luna reaching her arm into the kitchen pantry.
"no!" amber shouts, but it's too late.
her feet get a running start and she smashes into luna's rear with her hip. luna gets sent crashing into the kitchen wall.
---
as it turns out, vic-umma as an authority figure doesn't really help at all. when the situation is explained to her, she suggests chinese herbs.
"there must be at least one that cures this" says victoria helplessly.
"yeah, and what is this exactly vic-umma?" asks amber gently. "we don't even know and we can't even really tell someone."
"and now, we can't eat when the other is in the apartment" says luna forlornly. her stomach grumbles soon after as if underlining her point.
---
when they go to their manager, she is kind of disbelieving.
"what you mean you guys are like magnets or something?" she asks.
krystal and sulli exchange glances and victoria pats her fist in her palm.
"so that's what they reminded me of!"
amber rolls her eyes and she imagines luna doing the same. except, amber can't really see luna's eyes right now because her hip is still glued to luna's ass.
their manager in turn goes to their other manager who escorts f(x) to schedules. and that manager goes to his boss, who ends up telling mr. lee soo man himself.
"let me see it" says mr. lee soo man when the four are gathered at the office (luna stays in the car.) "how does it work?"
and the look on his face is like that of a man finding a new gadget to play with. it angers amber to no end and her face gets beet red.
"well, it's really hard to separate them once they stick so..." says victoria.
"show me" says lee soo man again.
krystal looks at victoria and victoria looks at their manager, who silently nods at them.
everyone ends up looking at amber.
amber sighs and mumbles, "fine" and whips out her phone.
"hello?" comes luna's voice.
"hey luna?"
"yeah?"
"they want you to come up here."
"oh" says luna. her voice is nervous. "okay. see you soon."
***
mr. lee soo man's solution is temporary isolation.
"but!" says victoria. "we're a team."
"yes" lee soo man says calmly. "a team, who is not promoting much at the moment. and the member who promotes the least is..."
everyone looks at amber again.
amber wonders where she's supposed to stay when she has no one she knows in korea. she figures she'll be living out of a fancy hotel or something and that she won't mind if she can order room service, but something lee soo man says pops her out of her dream.
"for the mean time, amber should go back to america."
---
in the van, things are somber. luna bawls and keeps repeating apologies. amber thinks there's no one to blame but herself. she can think of no other reason than the day she fantasized about luna in the bath. it seems stupid and juvenile to pin point the cause of all this to that one moment, but amber can think of nothing else.
amber hasn't stopped thinking about it since that moment.
"it's because i... because i..." cries luna.
but amber shushes her with a gentle hand to the top of luna's head.
"it's okay" amber tells her. "it's not your fault. and ... it might be for the best."
luna stops talking and the rest of the members quietly go back home.
---
when amber's in the middle of packing, there's a knock at her door.
"come in" says amber, but she can already feel who it is.
her feet get her to scramble up and she ends up doing a chest bump with luna, who's been belly rubbing the other side of amber's door.
"sorry" says luna, eyes downcast. "i had to tell you something."
"it's okay" says amber. "but help me with packing okay?"
luna agrees and they start pulling clothes from amber's closet together.
"you know, i...i have something to confess" says luna suddenly.
amber looks into luna's eyes because it's hard not to when two people are attached chest to chest.
"that day. when i was out with my friends watching a movie, i...i was actually thinking of you" luna blurts out. her cheeks turn pink and amber's heart kind of jerks inside of her.
"what?"
"we were watching a romantic movie" says luna. "and... i sort of... imagined you and me kissing like the main leads do."
luna's verbal speed has gotten faster, but amber surprisingly gets all of it.
"ah, so..."
"yeah, so..."
"i'm sorry" says luna in a small voice. she's on the verge of tears and amber quickly hugs her.
"it's not your fault" says amber. "i...me too. i sort of...thought about you in the bath..."
luna gasps and amber clears her throat.
"sorry" mumbles amber.
luna looks up and smiles.
"then, can i...?" asks luna going on her tip toes.
"huh?"
but before amber really gets it, luna closes her eyes and presses her lips to amber's. it's amber's first kiss and she expects herself to be nervous when she finally realizes it's happening. but instead of getting nervous, she feels relaxed. her heart stops beating so fast and everything around her melts away.
just when amber's starting to close her eyes too, the door opens with a bang.
"amber unni!!!" come the cries of both krystal and sulli. "we're going to miss youuuu!!!"
the force of their tearful hug pushes luna out of the way and onto amber's luggage bag.
"alright, alright" says amber, embarrassed from being caught kissing luna.
but then something dawns on her. she looks to luna, who's on top of amber's clothes on her luggage bag, looking dazed.
"you" says amber. "you..."
"oh luna unni, what are you doing down there?" asks sulli.
and it's then that luna starts to scream happily. victoria runs in when she hears it and krystal starts clapping her hands. when sulli gets it, she starts squealing too.
amber just smiles.
because really, everything is her fault.
f(x): luna, amber
prompt by augmenti
original post one | two | three
while the water runs, amber stares out into space. the telltale whoosh sound of the emergency drain calls her back to reality and she turns the hot water off.
she peels off each article of clothing with careful consideration about how the body warmth is leaving her. she shivers once, looks at her naked self in the mirror, then steps into the small tub.
amber tries to lie down, but the tub is way too small. her legs end up doing a weird twisting motion to get into position. her knees stick out of the water and her left shoulder as well.
she finally gets comfortable.
"i have chicken legs" she thinks as she stares down at her legs.
then she says, "i have chicken legs" aloud so that her voice echos on the bathroom's tiles.
she pinches her calves, wondering.
"well, at least they're toned chicken legs" she mutters.
she sighs, sinks her left shoulder into the water because she's cold, and closes her eyes.
the same person starts running across her consciousness again and her eyelids fly open. amber decides it is definitely not good to be thinking of a specific person when one is naked in the bath.
"not good at all" she thinks and twists her legs into a new position.
---
when she gets out of the bath, her legs start to feel funny. as if they're on autopilot, amber's legs start jogging their way to the living room, the rest of her body in tow. amber only has time to get a large shirt over her head to cover her body.
"i'm home!"
there's a cheerful voice at the front door. and though amber already knows it's luna, she finds that her legs are racing there anyway. when amber reaches the kitchen, amber hears luna say, "what in the name of ...!?" and scream.
they crash into each other half way. amber, with nothing but a flimsy pajama shirt on and with luna stumbling over a half-taken off shoe.
luna groans because her nose has just collided with amber's prominent collarbone. and amber says "ow" dully because her boob has just been bruised by luna's shoulder.
---
victoria is gone and amber feels kind of nervous. there's no authority figure around to help them in their time of need. krystal makes the most of the situation and solicits sulli to help and be her sidekick.
"so you guys are saying that you can't physical keep away from each other?" asks krystal.
"yes" says amber calmly. she's learned that panicking will never solve a problem, especially not this kind of problem.
"hmm" says krystal.
"hmm" echos sulli.
"have you tried... you know, staying in different rooms?"
"well" says luna, voice muffled by amber's neck. "we would have tried, but for the past hour we were trying to get my shoes off and amber's clothes on with our necks practically attached so. no, we have not tried it yet."
krystal raises her eyebrows. "trying to get amber's clothes on?" she squeaks.
krystal turns pink and luna is quick to say, "no! that's not how i meant it!"
and while this is going on sulli smirks and whispers, "nice" to amber's ear.
amber sighs for the tenth time that day.
***
with krystal and sulli's help, they disengage. and it's only when luna and amber are on complete opposite sides of the apartment that amber's legs don't try to run off on their own again.
"my tummy's stopped tugging on me too!" shouts luna from across the apartment. "it's a really weird feeling and now i'm just really hungry!"
"right. amber unni, you stay here. i think i'm going to have to call vic-umma" says krystal whipping out her phone. "this problem is a lot more urgent than getting an appa right now."
sulli nods solemnly. "right. getting a khun-appa can wait."
krystal leaves amber's room and sulli trails after her. they leave the door open and from across the living room, amber can see luna sulking in their manager's room.
amber wonders if this is punishment for thinking about luna in the bath. amber leans back in her chair, thinking and thinking again. she concludes that it could be worse. and right as she comes to the conclusion, amber spies luna reaching her arm into the kitchen pantry.
"no!" amber shouts, but it's too late.
her feet get a running start and she smashes into luna's rear with her hip. luna gets sent crashing into the kitchen wall.
---
as it turns out, vic-umma as an authority figure doesn't really help at all. when the situation is explained to her, she suggests chinese herbs.
"there must be at least one that cures this" says victoria helplessly.
"yeah, and what is this exactly vic-umma?" asks amber gently. "we don't even know and we can't even really tell someone."
"and now, we can't eat when the other is in the apartment" says luna forlornly. her stomach grumbles soon after as if underlining her point.
---
when they go to their manager, she is kind of disbelieving.
"what you mean you guys are like magnets or something?" she asks.
krystal and sulli exchange glances and victoria pats her fist in her palm.
"so that's what they reminded me of!"
amber rolls her eyes and she imagines luna doing the same. except, amber can't really see luna's eyes right now because her hip is still glued to luna's ass.
their manager in turn goes to their other manager who escorts f(x) to schedules. and that manager goes to his boss, who ends up telling mr. lee soo man himself.
"let me see it" says mr. lee soo man when the four are gathered at the office (luna stays in the car.) "how does it work?"
and the look on his face is like that of a man finding a new gadget to play with. it angers amber to no end and her face gets beet red.
"well, it's really hard to separate them once they stick so..." says victoria.
"show me" says lee soo man again.
krystal looks at victoria and victoria looks at their manager, who silently nods at them.
everyone ends up looking at amber.
amber sighs and mumbles, "fine" and whips out her phone.
"hello?" comes luna's voice.
"hey luna?"
"yeah?"
"they want you to come up here."
"oh" says luna. her voice is nervous. "okay. see you soon."
***
mr. lee soo man's solution is temporary isolation.
"but!" says victoria. "we're a team."
"yes" lee soo man says calmly. "a team, who is not promoting much at the moment. and the member who promotes the least is..."
everyone looks at amber again.
amber wonders where she's supposed to stay when she has no one she knows in korea. she figures she'll be living out of a fancy hotel or something and that she won't mind if she can order room service, but something lee soo man says pops her out of her dream.
"for the mean time, amber should go back to america."
---
in the van, things are somber. luna bawls and keeps repeating apologies. amber thinks there's no one to blame but herself. she can think of no other reason than the day she fantasized about luna in the bath. it seems stupid and juvenile to pin point the cause of all this to that one moment, but amber can think of nothing else.
amber hasn't stopped thinking about it since that moment.
"it's because i... because i..." cries luna.
but amber shushes her with a gentle hand to the top of luna's head.
"it's okay" amber tells her. "it's not your fault. and ... it might be for the best."
luna stops talking and the rest of the members quietly go back home.
---
when amber's in the middle of packing, there's a knock at her door.
"come in" says amber, but she can already feel who it is.
her feet get her to scramble up and she ends up doing a chest bump with luna, who's been belly rubbing the other side of amber's door.
"sorry" says luna, eyes downcast. "i had to tell you something."
"it's okay" says amber. "but help me with packing okay?"
luna agrees and they start pulling clothes from amber's closet together.
"you know, i...i have something to confess" says luna suddenly.
amber looks into luna's eyes because it's hard not to when two people are attached chest to chest.
"that day. when i was out with my friends watching a movie, i...i was actually thinking of you" luna blurts out. her cheeks turn pink and amber's heart kind of jerks inside of her.
"what?"
"we were watching a romantic movie" says luna. "and... i sort of... imagined you and me kissing like the main leads do."
luna's verbal speed has gotten faster, but amber surprisingly gets all of it.
"ah, so..."
"yeah, so..."
"i'm sorry" says luna in a small voice. she's on the verge of tears and amber quickly hugs her.
"it's not your fault" says amber. "i...me too. i sort of...thought about you in the bath..."
luna gasps and amber clears her throat.
"sorry" mumbles amber.
luna looks up and smiles.
"then, can i...?" asks luna going on her tip toes.
"huh?"
but before amber really gets it, luna closes her eyes and presses her lips to amber's. it's amber's first kiss and she expects herself to be nervous when she finally realizes it's happening. but instead of getting nervous, she feels relaxed. her heart stops beating so fast and everything around her melts away.
just when amber's starting to close her eyes too, the door opens with a bang.
"amber unni!!!" come the cries of both krystal and sulli. "we're going to miss youuuu!!!"
the force of their tearful hug pushes luna out of the way and onto amber's luggage bag.
"alright, alright" says amber, embarrassed from being caught kissing luna.
but then something dawns on her. she looks to luna, who's on top of amber's clothes on her luggage bag, looking dazed.
"you" says amber. "you..."
"oh luna unni, what are you doing down there?" asks sulli.
and it's then that luna starts to scream happily. victoria runs in when she hears it and krystal starts clapping her hands. when sulli gets it, she starts squealing too.
amber just smiles.
because really, everything is her fault.