"We should have partners for costume hunting," Jisung had recommended a few minutes prior. Outside a Halloween store, the group gathered around Woojin's phone the eldest entering all their names in an online spinner, clicking the button.
Everyone anticipated on their partners, especially Hyunjin and Jisung who had this similar tension between them, glaring at each other. Really, everyone besides Minho wondered why invite one if the other was coming. They hated each other's guts, which would turn violent and Jisung loved to tease and mock the older.
Felix didn't have a preferred partner as he was comfortable with all of them, but glancing to Changbin who was right next to Woojin, tilting his head slightly to see the screen, he grew a very slight, quite slim preference. Very slim.
"Okay, the first group is-," Woojin said. "Chan. Minho. and. Me."
"Oh, thank God!" Minho gasped out, holding his chest as he runs to hug Chan, the two skipping and circling each other. Guess he really didn't want to be with Jisung and Hyunjin.
"Next is Jeongin, Seungmin, and Felix-"
The three youngest cheered, running to each other and already bickering who could try on a costume first.
"Which leaves Hyunjin, Jisung, and... Changbin..."
Jisung dramatically falls to the floor, Changbin staring off in a miserable gaze at something obscure in front of him, Hyunjin yelling out a really loud "FUCK!" as a child and her mother exited the store.
Excited, and hopefully leaving before the upcoming turmoil to ensue between Hyunjin, Jisung, and Changbin- mostly Hyunjin and Jisung- the other two groups enter the store, splitting up to different sections.
Felix, Seungmin, and Jeongin sift through a random aisle of costumes, picking out a few for themselves before rushing to the changing rooms.
The first Felix tried out was a koala onesie, turning around in the mirror as he bounces up and down excitedly.
"Alright, are you guys ready?" Seungmin called out from the room next to Felix's Jeongin and the Australian both replying a cheerful yes. "One, two, three!"
The three walks out, doubling over at their choices.
Jeongin wore a rather long dress, sleeves ending at mid-length but with frills decorating the ends. The kid was on his tippy toes, suggesting heels, a glimmering crown in his hair and he twirls and bows to the other two.
Seungmin wore a demon costume, all black with a horn headband on his head, a demonic fox-like mask hanging from his neck- however with a small twist. Turning around, he had a hot pink tail he found on the floor tied to his hip, the two falling to the floor in breathless laughter, holding their sides and hitting the cold tiles.
"Yo, y'all so loud!" Chan exclaimed as he, Woojin and Minho enter, seeing Seungmin with the hot pink tail and all.
The three return to their booths- after they calmed down enough- changing to their next costumes.
They had all chose a scary costume just to try it out, even though Felix had some sort of trouble walking past the masks as he felt as if they were staring him- and not trusting his friends to not sneak up on him and scare the living shit out of him. He ended taking one anyway, yanking the nearest one he could find. He couldn't really find a costume, deciding to just go with Changbin's hoodie he retrieved after tracking the older down across the whole store and a small prop, a gun, and a bloodied knife. Felix puts on the smiling mask- almost clown-like but not really, as it only had a red nose and red lipstick.
Pulling on a hood, he waiting for Seungmin's countdown as he gently kicks open the door, the hinges creaking as Jisung- who had been standing in front, leaning against Woojin, began to stagger back, eyes widening, stuttering out broken words of "Ooh- Ooh- ooh-"
"Felix, that's you right?!" Jisung questions, peeking from behind Woojin. Felix kept his head down, tilting it to the side before bringing the fake gun to his head and acting as if he just pulled the trigger, staggering from side to side before he chases Jisung who screamed and squeezed past the others, the rest of the group bursting into laughter, including Felix.
"Sorry, Hyung," Felix laughed, lifting his mask smiling wide, returning to the front of his booth.
"Lix, that was fantastic," Changbin perks up, everyone teasing and mocking him for praising Felix, the dark-haired rapper telling them to shut the fuck up.
"I agree, it looked really fucking good," Minho wraps an arm around Jisung, who pushed him away with a glare and a huff. "You should wear it, give Jisung a heart attack too, while you're at it."
"Yah- Yah! You shouldn't do that to your hyung, you little- Yah! Stop laughing!" He points to the group who doubled over.
"Okay, next- Seungmin-" Chan tried to stifle his laughter, Jisung scowling as he hunches over, crossing his arms.
Seungmin wore a zombie costume, leaning onto one side, his other hand lifted slightly, making groaning noises as he approached Jisung, the other throwing Felix's fake prop at him as the group laughed again, Seungmin and Jisung getting involved in a chase. They eventually stop, breathless from laughing as they turn to Jeongin.
Jeongin, their little maknae, wore a torn costume of black gloves, torn bloody overalls and a dirty bloody tee under with a pig mask covering his face.
The mask slightly muffled Jeongin's squeaky voice, and even with the scary attire, the youngest somehow still pulled off being cute, leaning on one foot to another, playing with his gloved fingers. "I- I thought that because I look too cute, I can't show my face or I can't be scary."
The next and final round of costumes were nothing special, Jeongin wearing a rather red fancy hanbok, conjoining his hands together as he spins around, the group ooh and ahh-ing.
"Hyung! Match with me!" Jeongin skips to Hyunjin, taking hold of his hands as he jumps around. With a smile, Hyunjin agrees, never able to resist that cute smile, those narrowed innocent eyes- aish, this brat gets whatever he wants.
Seungmin wore a simple blue hanbok, quite unsure at what it was. It was a pass from all of them.
Felix wore a lumberjack outfit with a headband, a red cardigan and baggy pants with an ax.
"Welcome to the Halloween costume pageant! I'm your MC Han and I would like to welcome our contestants Jeongin, Seungmin, and Felix-" The group bursts into laughter. "We would like to go up to our sweet, cute maknae first-" he wraps an arm around the younger, bringing an imaginary microphone to his lips.
"Hello!" Jeongin bowed flashing his braces and waving, the group bursting into awes.
"How many votes for the first, second, and third costume? One, two, three, four- Sold! The first costume wins!" The group cheers, clapping as Jisung moves on to Seungmin.
"We have Kim Seungmin- and first, second, third costume? It seems like the first one wins! Yeah!" They all clap, laughing as Seungmin bows, taking the imaginary microphone from Jisung's hands.
"Ah, eomma, if you're watching- Your son has made it!!!" He waves, clapping as a laughing Jisung stumbles to Felix.
"And our Aussie Angel, Felix! Say hello, Felix."
"Hello, my name is Lee Felix, please take care of me well," Felix bows, the group fighting over the blushing deep-voiced Australian. Felix glimpsing Changbin smiling wide at him. Hyunjin trying to shake his shoulder as he only crosses his arms, hopelessly in love with the taller Australian. Felix sticks his tongue out at the guy, making a teasing face as Changbin scrunches his nose, lips into a thin smile- yelping as Hyunjin hits the back of his head.
"First, second, or third costume- Go! Alright- Ha, you guys are cruel- Second costume it is!" Jisung claps. "And that concludes our first round of contestants. As they change, let's bring in our next round, Chan, Woojin and Minho, after this short message!"
The three youngest return to their booths as the three oldest change into their costumes. The youngest return the costumes that sadly didn't win, running back to the changing rooms just in time for the showing of the first costumes.
Chan was out first, the whole group of eight college boys screaming as Chan, who was in a Gorilla suit came running out, skipping from one side to another, making loud-ass grunting noises.
Woojin came out with a black suit with white thin stripes, a red fake rose on his breast pocket, a black undershirt with a white tie, a fedora with similar colors and a black thin trench coat loosely on his shoulders as he held a machinegun prop.
Minho exited his booth as a cowboy, clicking his tongue as he winked and pointed a finger gun at Jisung, the makeshift MC holding his heart as he falls backward into Seungmin, who pushes him off.
The horror round was quite interesting...
Chan walked in all white and a long black wig, head down as he slowly crawls from the floor.
It was quite scary until Minho yelled from his booth: "Look! It's professor Heechul when he gets out of the shower!"
Everyone burst into laughter, Chan has no chance in this costume anymore.
Woojin dressed up as a bear-clown thing, wearing an empty-eyed, scary as hell bear mask with a clown outfit on, a fake chain around his neck.
Minho walked out with a penguin outfit.
"Looks like someone didn't get the memo!" Jisung called out, everyone giggling.
"Hey, hey- guys- haven't you watched that American movie: happy feet? That shit was scary as all hell."
The last round.
Chan walked out with a goldilocks outfit, a little too small in him as he still wore his jeans underneath, skipping about and faking a giggle as Seungmin, who sat at the front of the groups, scrambled back, screaming and trying to hug Hyunjin.
Woojin wore a white hanbok with a long white wig, like a ghost more of.
And while everyone waited for Minho to finish changing, they chatted with one another, talking about the nearing haunted holiday, and what they were looking most forward to in Itaewon- until Minho kicked open the door, everyone jumping out of their skin. Minho, standing tall with spotted costume, a tall giraffe head, hooves, and shaking his ass as he dances out the booth.
"And the second round of the pageant begins!" Jisung cheered. "First up we have Chan, an Aussie Atrocity- Ugh! You have anything to say?"
"Yeah- I would just like to say I'm glad to be here and I'll do my best, thank you!"
Everyone booed, Chan standing in the corner hugging himself.
"I say third costume was the best- we don't even a vote here-" Jisung asked, everyone agreeing.
"Yah!" Chan yanks his blond wig off, throwing it to the floor as he points an accusing finger at the group. "You just want to see me as a girl- perverts!"
Everyone shook their heads, turning to Woojin who waved and smiled, bowing.
"Our silent huggable giant has come to the stage! Do you have anything to say?"
"I would just like to thank my friends for supporting me in all I do and- Thank you guys! Hi mom! Hi dad!" He waves, the rest of the boys laughing.
"Alright! Let's see first, second, third? The second costume wins!" They call clap Jisung standing to a dancing giraffe, shaking his hips and waving his arms around in the air.
"Lee Minho! Our Mean Minnie What's- I-" Jisung couldn't stop laughing, having to wrap an arm around the older to stop him from dancing. "Do you have anything to say?"
"I hate every single one of you- Take care of me well!"
The group wheezed, out of breath from laughing.
"Okay- Okay! First, second or third costume? The third one wins!"
"We'll have our third round of contestants but I'll be handing the role of MC to our good friend Seungmin over here, see you guys!" He gathers his stuff, running into a booth as The previous group return to their booths to change back.
"G'day mates! My name is Seungmin and I'll be your MC for the next and final round of our exciting pageant, comprising the rappers- Hwang Hyunjin, Han Jisung, and Seo Changbin!" Everyone clapped, taking seats on the floor in one side of the room, Chan, Minho, and Woojin joining the youngest on the floor after returning their costumes.
"Who'll go first?" Seungmin asks, Jisung not even bothering to let anyone open their mouth until he screams to go first.
Jisung walked out as Peppa pig, everyone yelling in absolute fear or absolute laughter. Either way, it was loud as all hell in that room, like donkeys honking at each other.
Hyunjin walked out next as Jack Sparrow, turning and everyone amazed at how well Hyunjin pulled it off.
Now- Changbin hesitantly walked out and as soon as he did, it became anarchy. Woojin had fallen backwards, Chan and Felix started screaming, Seungmin, as an MC threw the imaginary microphone at Changbin and Jeongin, started fake crying.
Changbin, an absolute monster that he was, dressed up as a minion...
The scary round, Hyunjin walked out first, dressed up as Jason from Friday the 13th.
Jisung was next as a vampire.
Changbin just walked out with his normal clothes.
Before the last round began, Jeongin had pushed a mysterious costume into Hyunjin's booth, begging him to wear it.
Same goes for Felix, who had crouched and handed Changbin a pink Costume, asking Changbin, softly to wear it, Woojin smiling at him and punching his arm as he promptly returns to his seat.
Jisung walked out first as a wolf in a grandma outfit, Chan shooting up, pointing at him.
"Yah! You just wanted to match with me didn't you?!"
Jisung shrugged, smiling wide as Chan gestures to Seungmin.
"Hey! Don't let him choose that one!"
"I'll think about it mate!" Seungmin replied in his squeaky English.
Hyunjin was the next to walk out, in a fancy red and green hanbok and a neat wig, gently twirling and lifting his skirt and- everyone freaked out at Hyunjin blew them a kiss, Jisung falling to the floor on his ass.
Last, was Changbin. Everyone was pretty nervous what he would wear as the older appeared to not really care about the dressing up thing. First the Minion- should've been part of the scary round- then not taking part in the scary round- this dude was a loose cannon, and everyone feared to whatever scheme he had next.
Felix, however, bounced, expecting, on the floor, Hyunjin sitting so elegant beside him, tucking his skirt under his legs, bowing gently to Felix.
The door opened, the dark rapper standing with feet apart, hands behind his back.
He pulls out two heart-shaped props from behind him, twirling and skipping out of the booth as he smiles small at Felix who kept on laughing, leaning into Hyunjin. Everyone screamed, the workers finally entering to check up on them, staring at Changbin for a minute and to the screaming group before slowly slipping back out.
"Okay! Our first contestant, Han Jisung!" Seungmin grabs Jisung's shoulders. "He already talks too much I don't think we want to hear what he has to say- first, second or third costume! Third it is! Sorry Aussie Atrocity! Better luck next time mate!"
He spins to Hyunjin who stood up from his seat, curtsying as he bows gently.
"We have our ooh! Our Princess! Sorry, your majesty!" Seungmin bows, Hyunjin smiling small. "First, second or third? Ooh! First it is!"
"Hyung you said you would match with me!" Jeongin whined, Hyunjin clearing his throat gently before speaking.
"Yah! We are matching! You're Elizabeth, I'm Jack Sparrow!" Hyunjin spoke in the deepest voice he could muster, everyone bursting into fits of giggles and choked laughter.
"Next is our Cynical Changbin! Would you like to say something, hyung?"
"Yeah uh, I don't want to do this."
"Okay! That sucks and first, second or third? Everyone seems to choose third!" He claps, the group yelling and cheering and screaming until the manager walks in, telling them to leave as they were bothering the customers outside.
Seungmin looks to the imaginary camera, smiling and waving. "And that concludes our Halloween costume pageant! I hope you all enjoyed and we'll see you this Halloween!"