High School Music/Language Teacher.
Gay.
Dating Theo.
01/29/1992.
30.
Sheep (WA)
Authored by Etienne.
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Post by Yunjin Lin on Sept 1, 2017 18:22:13 GMT -8
Yunjin was a little bit nervous about the whole thing. He'd finally gotten to the point where he'd been dating Theo long enough and regularly enough that he figured their families should be getting used to each other. He already knew Theo's brothers. In fact, Thomas had been to his house a fair number of times, helping Kangwan babysit, or studying with him, or more recently a few times over the summer babysitting for Tai in his stead. More than Theo's brothers meeting him, it was Theo getting to meet all of his strange extended chosen family. He knew that Sungyong and Hwangjung would be watching Theo to decide what they thought, though both of them were grudgingly positive about it.
He'd figured out that take away Thai food would probably be the best bet, and after consulting with Theo, he'd figured out orders for everyone. Everything was ready. The food was set to arrive shortly after Theo and his brothers did, and everyone was home. Hwangjung and Jiuk were downstairs, but he Hwangjung had promised that they would be up one Theo and his brothers had a chance to settle in a little bit. Yunjin didn't want things to be too overwhelming all at once. Tai was following Sungyong around, helping him with little things, but Tai already knew and liked Thomas, so he wasn't too worried about him. Sungyong was honestly the person that Yunjin was the most concerned for, though at least Sungyong had made a friend outside their little circle recently, so he wasn't being entirely left out of the change.
He glanced at his watch again. It was five minutes until the official arrival time, but that meant that they could be there any minute now.
Theo Fan, Thomas Fan Qiwang, Sungyong Han, Hwangjung Lee, Taijia Lin, and Jiuk Robertson
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 12:13:45 GMT -8
Theo looked at the house, suddenly nervous. This was a big step. Meeting the families was a huge step. And yeah, he and Yunjin had been talking about doing this for a while, and entertaining the thought even longer, but now that the day was actually here, he was nervous. He was a bit put off that Thomas knew what to expect more than he did, but he was trying not to let that affect his already active nerves. He finally turned off the car, opening the door. He knew his brothers were with him, but he felt like there was no one else but him and this house. Without checking to see if his brothers were following him, he went up to the door and knocked. This felt like a moment of truth, and suddenly Theo didn't want to do this. If it weren't for Thomas and Teagan holding him accountable for this, he probably would've tried to bail. He'd never been more nervous to meet other people, but these people would be judging him and everything about him.
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High School Music/Language Teacher.
Gay.
Dating Theo.
01/29/1992.
30.
Sheep (WA)
Authored by Etienne.
Offline.
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Post by Yunjin Lin on Sept 13, 2017 22:44:33 GMT -8
Thomas sighed when his older brother was stalling as they walked up and reached around him to ring the doorbell, jabbing Theo in the side lightly and saying, "Seriously, they're cool gege, it's not a big deal. Hwangjung will like you because he's easy to get along with, and his boyfriend will probably be glad that there's another boyfriend in the house. Sungyong will be quiet and awkward because he's like that, but he's easy to talk to if the two of you are interested in something in common. Tai's a little kid, but ridiculously smart, and if you are interested in his dancing you will be on his good side pretty much immediately."
Yunjin hurried to the door when the doorbell rang, and he opened it, smiling and saying, "Welcome! Come ahead on in. Food is on it's way, but you've got a little while to settle in before it gets here. Shoes go in the rack next to the door, and then we can hang around in the living room until food gets here."
Thomas nudged his brother, resisting the urge to mutter, go on, at him, but waiting for him to actually walk in and get this started. He could hear Sungyong and Tai talking in the living room probably, and he kind of just wanted to go up there and hang out with them, so that his brother could do the awkward dating side of things.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 19:54:45 GMT -8
Theo knew Thomas was probably right, but he was still feeling anxious. He was a bit relieved to hear there was another boyfriend already living with them, so meeting the others hopefully wouldn't be too awkward, but still it was daunting. He nodded as Yunjin gave them instructions, pulling his shoes off and then fidgeting with the bottom of his shirt.
After a moment of trying to pull himself together, he finally felt like he was coming out of the nervous fog of meeting people that would be so obviously observing if he was a good person for Yunjin. "Is... Is there anything I can help with, for food prep or table set up... or something?" He asked Yunjin, his voice still a bit soft.
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High School Music/Language Teacher.
Gay.
Dating Theo.
01/29/1992.
30.
Sheep (WA)
Authored by Etienne.
Offline.
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Post by Yunjin Lin on Oct 18, 2017 0:31:31 GMT -8
Once Theo was actually talking to Yunjin, Thomas abandoned his brother to go sit with Tai and Sungyong. It was a familiar enough thing, though Sungyong wasn't home all that often when he was there, since he had taken over some of Kangwan's babysitting time when his boyfriend was away over the summer, he'd seen more of Sungyong and quite liked him. He pulled out a book of math puzzles that he'd found that he thought that Tai would like, and the two of them ended up settled in a corner looking at some of them.
Sungyong drifted his way over closer to the stairs, not quite eavesdropping, but hoping that he would get a better feel for what Theo was like. He'd asked Thomas at one point, but most of what the boy had said had boiled down to leaving Sungyong still unsure of what he thought of Yunjin's first serious boyfriend in forever.
Yunjin smiled at Theo and told him, "Everything's pretty much ready. That's part of why I went for delivery. It means that there wouldn't be much clean up or set up."
He offered his hand, carefully taking Theo's in his, and said, "Come on, let's go upstairs and get everyone settled. How has your week been?"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 14:02:37 GMT -8
"Ah, that's smart." Theo muttered as he looked to the table his brother went to. He glared at Thomas, not really for any reason except how comfortable his younger brother seemed. He broke out of the daze as Yunjin grabbed his hand, and he smiled and nodded. "Uhh... My week has been... good?" He scrunched up his face before letting out a laugh. "Actually it's been pretty mundane, honestly. How about yours?"
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High School Music/Language Teacher.
Gay.
Dating Theo.
01/29/1992.
30.
Sheep (WA)
Authored by Etienne.
Offline.
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Post by Yunjin Lin on Dec 11, 2017 4:19:27 GMT -8
Yunjin led Theo around, showing him the place, watching with amusement as Thomas settled into talking with Tai about something or other. He saw Sungyong hesitating over by the edge of the common area, no longer sitting and talking with Tai now that he was entertained. When Thomas pulled Teagan away to go see something that Tai had, Yunjin was grateful, it meant that the only hurdle really was Sungyong and Theo meeting.
He smiled at his best friend, hoping that the please be nice and don't grill him right away thought was clear enough on his face, and he smiled at Theo, "This is my best friend since we were tiny children, Sungyong. And Sheng, this is Theo Fan, my boyfriend."
Sungyong smiled tentatively at Theo, hoping that he wouldn't be strange about how close Yunjin and he were, and he said softly, "I've heard a lot of good things about you. Some of them were even from Thomas. It's nice to finally meet you."
Yunjin was relieved when the doorbell rang, and Sungyong smiled again and then headed towards the door saying, "I'll get the food."
He turned to Theo and said, "Let's get all settled at the table and then we can distribute food. I hear Sungyong calling the others up now that the food is here."
Thomas was helping organize the kids, and Yunjin couldn't help but smile, for all that Thomas had grumbled a little bit about this the last time he and Kangwan had been studying while babysitting Tai, he'd also said something to the effect of finally and seemed like he was trying to orchestrate a successful dinner.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 19:23:40 GMT -8
Theo kept an occasional eye on his brothers, but they seemed to fit in perfectly fine with everyone, and especially Thomas seemed like he was already at home here. He returned his attention to himself and Yunjin when someone else was being introduced. He reciprocated the smile Sungyong gave him, along with a nod. "It's good to meet you as well." He said politely. It felt a bit weird to be meeting Yunjin's best friend, when really he knew it probably shouldn't be weird at all. But if they had truly known each other that long, he may as well have been meeting Yunjin's brother.
Theo turned his attention towards his brothers again for just a moment before nodding at Yunjin, "Yeah, I'm getting pretty hungry." He said with a small laugh. He looked at the people currently getting situated. "Is your other roommate and his boyfriend joining us too?" He asked, recalling Yunjin mentioning them.
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High School Music/Language Teacher.
Gay.
Dating Theo.
01/29/1992.
30.
Sheep (WA)
Authored by Etienne.
Offline.
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Post by Yunjin Lin on Jan 8, 2018 9:05:52 GMT -8
Yunjin smiled at Theo and reached out to squeeze his arm lightly, trying to convey that he was doing fine so far. He smiled and nodded to Theo's question, saying, "Yeah, Sungyong was calling them up. I think that Jiuk especially wanted to wait until you were a little bit settled. Jiuk is Hwangjung's boyfriend, and he moved in with the lot of us relatively recently."
Yunjin left the, so he knows what it's like being the boyfriend meeting the group of us, as an implied idea, but he hoped that Theo would catch on to the fact that it wasn't just him. Sungyong came up the stairs with a few bags of food then, and said, "They're on their way up."
Before Yunjin could go over to help with the food, Thomas had intercepted Sungyong and taken one of the bags from him, asking softly, "I know what's mine, but what goes to who? I can help give things out."
He looked over and winked at Yunjin and Theo. Yunjin laughed a little bit and told Theo, "I think that if nothing else, this is a sign that Thomas approves."
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