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"Hyung. That was really great. Can we try something sensual now?" Han inquired the model in front of him.

"Okay. What vibe do you want? Any scenario on your mind?" Jaebum, the model asked.

Han looked up thinking about the vibe he wanted.

"Give me a second."

Han went aside while the makeup artist helped the model with some touch up. He logged into his Instagram account and opened his chat with his bestfriend, Wooyoung. He scrolled upwards hoping for some aesthetics from the reels or photos of hot men he may or may not have shared with Wooyoung.

"Found it." Han said excitedly and went to the staff to ask something.

The staff went back and brought a black stool and kept in the the centre of the photoshoot arena. Meanwhile Han asked the lighting staff to turn off certain lights and dim the others.

"Hyung, can you please open one more button of your shirt. Only if you don't mind." Han quickly added to ensure that he is not offending the elder.

"It's okay, Hannie. I've posed shirtless as well. That's a really small request." Jaebum said chuckling.

Han peeked at Jaebum's clothed tummy unconsciously and found the elder catching him do that.

" Isn't it hot in the room? I'll g-get the AC checked." Han said while pressing his eyebrows together and looking around to fight his embarassment.

"The temperature is alright to me."

"Y-yeah?? Then we can go on with the shoot, I guess." Han said chuckling nervously.

Jaebum chuckled once again seeing his effect on the younger.

"Hyung, you need to sit on this chair with you know, spreading your legs. Like very comfortably."

Jaebum noticed that Han was trying his best to explain him the posture with the help of hand signs and appropriate words.

'He's relatively new in this business.' Jaebum sat on the chair thinking.

It was probably his first time working with a fresher designer. He was amused with Han's continuous effort of being respectful. It was rare for him. The designer he had worked with previously were straightforward. They knew and spoke the exact word they would want to say. The words would sometimes objectify him but that was his job. As per the need of the clothing he modelled for, he had to act and behave in a particular manner and for the job to be done perfectly and on time, designers had to be clear with their requirements.

He was lost in his thoughts until he heard Han continuously calling him. He was caught off-guard when he saw Han crouching on the ground between his legs looking at him rather innocently. His heart skipped a beat.

"W-What?" Jaebum stuttered. Han looking at him with those doe eyes fluttering his long lashes did something to him. He blushed.

"I'm asking you to put this leg on the back." Han pushed the elder's right foot behind his left one creating a triangle.

"Hannie??"  A familiar voice was heard from the dim lit area.

"Minho hyung?"

"What are you doing?"

"I was helping him with the poses. How come you're here?"

"Can't I come to my own magazine's shoot?"

"Hyungie!! You know I don't mean that. It's just you've never come to one ever after I've joined."

Han was so excited to see the elder on the set that he forgot the model for a brief second. A cough brought his attention back on him.

"Fancy seeing you Mr. Lee" Jaebum smiled but his voice seemed hostile.

"Same here, Mr. Park" Minho responded in an equal combative voice.

Unaware of the tension between the two, Han chirped," Hyung, you can sit there. We are about to start with the second half of the shoot."

The shoot began with Han guiding Jaebum every now and then with the poses. Time went by and only the last outfit was pending.

Han was awestruck seeing the model in that outfit. The man was oozing charm in such basic colours that Han had to take a moment to thank the stars for making this many models his clothes.

The veins, the abs, the hooded eyes, the aura..... Everything put everyone in the room in a spell. That man was HAWTTT!!

"Hannie!! I would let you stare for the entire day but I have an appointment after this."

"No, I - um- I am so sorry, hyung. I swear I didn't mean to-"

Han stopped his nervous blabbering on hearing the hearty laugh coming from the model. He heard from everyone, that including Minho, that Jaebum wasn't the nicest guy out there and would never talk politely but here he was laughing at his antics, talking ever so softly with him. Han was happy that he didn't believe the rumours.

" You're so adorable. I want to just chomp on these cheeks" Jaebum said patting his head.

"Hyung!! What the hell!!" Han covered his cheeks in embarassment and fear of Jaebum actually biting them.

"Okay okay. Let's get the work done. We can talk later. I can't afford to miss the appointment."

The shoot completed successfully with Jaebum making remarks here and there making Jisung blush. After the wrap up, Han thanked the team and the model for their hard work. This was something he learnt from Minho. Minho had the habit of thanking his team at the end of every meeting.

"Thank you, hyung. You look great in all those pictures. I'll arrange the meeting for review once the editing and everything is done although not a lot is needed."

"All thanks to you. I really enjoyed working with you. Do you have time this weekend? If you don't mind, I want to take you out on a lunch."

"No, he doesn't." Minho was getting annoyed by Jaebum by now. Not that he liked him before this, but the way he was trying to flirt with his man was getting on his nerves.

"Huh??" Han looked at him with confused eyes.

"I- I mean mom asked us to come for Christmas, right? You wouldn't be available." Minho covered up with a fact actually.

"Oh yes! I totally forgot. Sorry hyung, I'll be busy. Also, You don't need to get me anything. You helped me more than I did anything for you."

"Exactly. We are thankful for your hardwork, Mr. Park. Hannie, let's leave now. Dori would be hungry." Minho added before Jaebum could say anything else.

"Who's Dori?" Jaebum got curious with the name.

"Our baby." Minho said proudly with a tint of smirk on his face.

"Oh right! What's wrong with me these days. I  can't remember shit these days. Sorry hyung, I gotta leave. Bye." Saying this Han rushed and started packing up his things.

-

"You didn't need to get so many gifts, Sungie!!"

"Come on, Dad. It's not much."

"Hun, look at this. My baby got me such a pretty bag." Mrs. Lee chirped.

"It would look pretty with the dress you bought last Saturday."

"You remember? Oh my god, Sungie. Come here. " The elder lady brought Han into a warm hug.

'She hugged me. '

"I'm offended. I got you one on your birthday also butyou didn't react like this?" Minho said to make the lighten the mood as Han got a bit sentimental from the hug.

"Because Hannie Hyung didn't get her

a black bag. Her wardrobe is literally filled with black and blue bags all thanks to you courtesy." Minho's cousin interrupted.

"Shut up." Minho threw a pillow towards his cousin who dodged it successfully.

"Ok. Ok. I was here to call all of you for the pictures. Everything is set up."

"Atleast one benefit of your existence. We don't have to pay for photography."

"Tchh... Stingy!!''

Minho just shrugged at it and headed towards the lawn where his maternal family was gathered to celebrate Christmas.

"Sungie! I got something for you. Can you please wear it for the family photo?"

"You don't have to ask, mom. Order me and I'll get it done."

"No. I wasn't sure if you'll like it. Also, you don't have to do anything you don't want to just to satisfy me. It's okay to have an opinion, you know." Mrs. Lee chuckled warmly.

-

"That is too high, hyung! Attach it on a lower branch."

Minho was helping in setting up some fairy lights on the tree for the aesthetics of the video.

"Dude. How does that even matter?" Minho rolled his eyes.

"Shut up. I'm the photographer. I know better."

"Excuse me?" Minho raised his brow scaring the younger one.

"Hehe. I mean I just want the pictures to look good." Wonwoo scratched his neck.

"Hannie Hyung!! You're here" Minho's other cousin shouted.

Minho turned to look at the boy entering the lawn and was mesmerized with the view. Han was entering from the path between the trees that were lit up with fairy lights. His expression looked awkward but his appearance was breathtaking. He wore a white button down shirt and grey pants layered by a long grey blazer. His now golden brown hairs were styled in a simple and neat look.

"Oh my god! Sungie. You look so handsome." Mrs. Lee complimented.

Han blushed and thanked the lady with his head down. He was shy and bottom-line embarassed. According to him, he didn't have the body proportions for such a suit. He had his fair share of times when he wore a tuxedo but he never felt confident in them. His dad, once complimenting him for a tuxedo he wore on his birthday party, said that the suit would look better on him if he had broader shoulders and that stayed with him. He tried working out to get those but it wasn't sufficient for him.

Han looked around to find Minho. Maybe he wanted to hear something from him. Minho got flustered when Han found him and looked him in the eye. The younger's doe eyes looked at the the elder's cat like eyes. Han bit his lips looking at Minho expectantly trying to decipher if the man liked his looks or not. Minho's eyes went to his lips and a sudden urge came inside him which he couldn't handle and he fell down from the stair he stood upon.

Han's eyes widened and he rushed to the elder.

"Hyung, you okay?"

Minho couldn't form a word with Han's face so closer to his. Even with a frown on his head, he looked gorgeous.

"Y-yeah."

"You fine, Min?"

Minho came out from his trance on hearing his dad's voice.

"Yeah, don't worry.''

"Yeah, he just fell for someone, quite literally." Seokmin, who witnessed the entire thing, whispered earning a glare from Minho.

Minho stood up at fixed his clothes. He then took a quick glance at Han and was caught doing so by his man himself.

Embarassed, he walked to the centre of the chairs lined up together for the photograph.

"No hyung, we're all crouching in front of the chairs for the first photo. Chairs are for grandpas and grandmas."

"We can stand at the back of the chairs." Miyeon said dissatisfied by the idea of crouching down in a dress."

"Mom, dad, uncles and aunts are gonna be there so no." Wonwoo said.

"But we can't crouch in a dress." Boyoung said.

"Then you and Miyeon Noona can stand at the sides." Wonwoo said after a lot of pursuing.

Han chuckled at the bickering of the cousins while everyone settled down and went in the centre of the chairs and crouched in front of them.

Minho crouched next to him facing him.

"Say cheeseeeee!!" Wonwoo commanded.

Seokmin, who thought it would be funny to do so, pushed the cousin in front of him which had a domino effect on Han  making him disbalance and take support of Minho's palm who had already extended it instinctively. The picture clicked with Han and Minho looking at each other with wide eyes while both of Han's hands were in Minho's.

"You know, I couldn't relate to Taylor Swift's  songs until now." Minho whispered in Han's ears.

"Huh??" Han said genuinely confused with Minho's no-context statement.

"I'll share something on message later. Check that and you'd know" Minho said and went inside the house to get some things from kitchen. They planned on having a barbeque night.

"What is he on?" Han thought that Minho went crazy after falling down. He shook his head and went to the people near the barbeque to help them out.

The night went by with loads of laughter and silly stories. The family had their best time enjoying each others presence. It was quite late when everyone went back to their places. In the car, Han checked his phone to see if Minho sent anything but there was nothing.

As soon as he entered his room, his phone chimed with a voice note from Minho singing chorus of Taylor Swift's gorgeous.

Thoughts?