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cute username :)

aw, thank you! as you can tell by my pfp it was heavily inspired by jisung lmaoooo but I also wanted my blog to be a happy safe space! 

- Sunny

Something???

Hi everyone! 

I haven’t posted in a really long time, i know. I’ve made so many excuses for my absence and if this one just sounds like another excuse, i honestly don’t blame you. 

Recently, my mental health has not been the best. It’s so hard to focus on anything, and I don’t have the energy to get up and be productive. School has also been really stressful recently. 

I’m really sorry for my absence, and to be honest, i don’t know if i’ll post at all anymore. Feel free to hang around, or unfollow if you want. Maybe i’ll post again or give you an update when I finally feel better and have my shit together, but for now, I’ll be taking a really, really, really long break. Maybe a few weeks, or even a few years, and I can’t even promise that I’ll be back, but I can say that I’ll try my best to.

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me; every like or follow truly does mean so much. I hope that maybe one day I’ll show up on your fyp again.

Love,

Sunny

Fic Rec of the Week

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the first fic rec of the week in a long time! I hope you enjoy my recommendations today! :)

under the sky in room 553 i discovered you and i by spellfire (Teen and Up Audiences)

Summary (borrowing author’s summary because I can’t put this beautiful masterpiece of angst into words) : “Have you ever heard about the origami hearts tradition in the hospital?” 

Taking the heart, the child excitedly inspected it, nodding in glee. “Yes! My mama told me that when someone leaves the hospital to go to heaven, we all fold a paper heart for them! Like this, like this!” 

“That’s right,” chuckled Soobin. “But do you know how it started? It started here, in this room. From a boy who used to fold a paper heart every day for his lost love, hoping each one he makes will take him closer to the day those eyes would open again.”

"Unfortunately for him, the day never came."

In other words, a hopeless love story of two childhood best friends who didn't realise what it meant to have each other until it was too late; compiled of yearning, loss, forlorn hope, unrequited love, and every tragedy in between.

Additional Tags: Angst(like really angsty), death, friends to lovers, unrequited love, flashbacks, hospitals, car accidents, suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts.

Personal Note: First, let’s welcome our very first TXT fic. Second, you might have seen this fic blowing up over tiktok, and let me tell you, it is so worth the hype. This fic almost made me cry, and it takes a lot to even make me almost cry. So yes, it’s very angsty, but I love it.

Rating: 10/10

Blue Neighbourhood by polaris_dreams (Teen and Up Audiences)

Summary: One place can often carry boatloads of memories. For Felix, this blue neighbourhood carries his childhood, best friends, first love, a broken heart, and Lee Minho.

Additional Tags: Angst, Implied/Referenced abuse, Childhood Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Growing Up Together, Lost Love, First Love, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Pining

Rating: 9/10

Struck by your Electric Love by RosePetalsAndRain (General Audiences)

Summary (borrowing author’s): “Baby, you’re like lightning in a bottle,” the singer smiled into the night air, voice sweet as candy in Jisung’s veins and leaving him breathless, needing to hear more, the more he heard. Addictive.

Goosebumps prickled at Jisung’s entire body; every hair standing on end as he drank in the sound; the sweetest he was sure he’d ever heard… maybe love was possible at first sight.

Tags: Fluff, meet cute, love at first sight

Rating: 8/10

*furiously takes notes*

asserting dominance over my gen x bosses by using gifs in the microsoft teams chat

Announcement

Hello everyone!

As you know, I mostly do fic recommendations on this blog.

However, as I’ve enrolled in summer school, I’ve had less and less time to read fanfictions to recommend, and the ones I do read, I find myself rushing through them for the sake of finishing it instead of enjoying it to give a genuine review, which is unfair to you guys.

So, to give myself somewhat of a break, I’ve decided I’ll start writing as well. I’ll try, from now on, to upload every Thursday, and what I’ll do is alternate weeks, so one week I’ll do writing, the next I’ll do fic recommendations.

I know I tend to disappear for long periods of time, and I promise I’ll try to to better.

Sincerely,

Sunny.

Forget Me Not

Word Count: 1.06k

Tags: angst 

A/N: I know I’ve been inactive recently, and my most recent posts all contain excuses of being busy, and I’m genuinely really sorry about that, but summer school has been giving me a lot of stress, as well as I don’t have a lot of time to read fics and when I do, I feel like I’m just rushing through the story for the sake of finishing it, instead of actually reading it to give a genuine review, which is unfair to you guys. However, on a brighter(ish) note, after a month of summer school, I’ve finally gotten the chaos somewhat under control, so I decided to write something instead of the typical fic recommendation. I’ll make an official announcement post to detail out more of what I want to say, because you probably want to read the story, so to that I say enjoy! 

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“Yah, Han Jisung!“

The sound of Minho’s voice snapped him back to reality. Jisung knew Minho wasn’t here; it was only a video after all, but in a half asleep daze, he almost believed his best friend was right beside him. Blinking several times, he paused the video he’d been watching on his laptop.

“Cleaning, eh?“ 

Jisung whipped around to see his roommate, Felix, standing at the doorway. 

“Yeah, cleaning, I, um,“ he scratched the back of his neck. “I was, but then I found my old laptop and got......distracted.“

Felix let out a laugh. “Well, why don’t you take a break? Changbin hyung, Hyunjin, Seungmin, and I are going to the arcade. Wanna come?”

Jisung paused to think about it. “Actually...I’ll pass this time. There’s a lot to go through anyway.” It probably would have been fun to go out to the arcade, but tonight, he’d much rather go through his old stuff, as much as some of it hurt.

Felix opened his mouth as if to say something but seemed to change his mind. “Call me if you need anything,” he said instead. Jisung gave him a thumbs up, and turned back to his laptop. 

As soon as he heard the telltale click of the door shutting, he un-paused the video, eager to re-live old memories from his high school days.

“Stop filming me!“ Minho’s voice continued. 

“Why not?” Video Jisung asked. ”You consider yourself her parent, and Doongie’s still young, plenty of parents video tape their babies! You can keep this video to rewatch when she’s older.“ 

Minho snorted. “She’s not exactly happy right now, I’d rather not have video evidence that my cats scratch me.”

Video Jisung laughed. “Fair enough. Want me to stop filming?”

“Yes, and help me get her out from under the bed.“

Video him laughed again and the video ended there. Jisung let out a quiet chuckle before closing his laptop, deciding that he was done going through his stuff for now. He picked up the the bin containing his old belongings, and shoved it in the corner, telling himself that he would come back to it later that night. He sent a text to Felix, letting him know that he was going to go out for a walk then picked up an umbrella and headed out the door. 

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In Jisung’s opinion, rain was a beautiful thing. It gave life, and if it wasn’t for rain, he wouldn’t have met his best friend. 

Seven year old Jisung sat on the swings, pumping his legs as hard as he could to move the swing higher. He felt something fall on his head, but ignored it, but then there was another, then another, and another, until he realised it was raining. 

Quickly stopping the swings, he looked around for somewhere he could wait for the storm to pass, deciding to wait at the playground for the rain to stop instead of running all the way home, where he could potentially slip and fall or catch a cold. 

“Hey, you!“ a voice called. Jisung looked up to see a boy, maybe a year or two older, standing there with an umbrella. “Need an umbrella?“

Jisung nodded. “We can share mine,” the boy said, moving to cover Jisung. “I’m Lee Minho, by the way, what’s your name?”

“Han Jisung,“ He replied, somewhat timidly. “How old are you?“ Minho asked. “I’m nine.“

“Seven,“ he said. “Then you should call me hyung,” Minho replied. They stood there until two mothers, each frantically searching for her own son, found them huddled under an umbrella.

Jisung smiled at the memory, and decided to go to the playground where they first met. 

Walking at a brisk pace, he wondered how long it had been since he had seen him. It had to at least have been a year or two. He knew they’d stop contacting each other the first year after Minho left, both becoming increasingly busy with their current lives. Video calls everyday became video calls once a week, quickly becoming once a month, which turned into eventually losing contact. As much as it pained him to admit, Minho was slowly becoming a distant memory, no longer an active part of his life. 

Jisung shook his head and walked faster, not watching where he was going. “Oomph,” he muttered, feeling his head hit something. When he realised he’d walked into someone, he quickly apologised. 

“Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry! I wasn’t watching where I was going.”

“No worries,“ The person said. “Are you okay?“

“Yeah, I’m fine-“ Jisung looked up at the person, the familiar eyes of Lee Minho staring back at him. “M-minho hyung? Is that you?“

Minho blinked at him. “I’m sorry, do I know you?”

Jisung wanted to laugh. This was a joke, right? It was only two years since they last spoke, he couldn’t have already forgotten him. One didn’t forget their best friend of 11 years that quickly. He shook his head. “Oh, um, I must have mistaken you for someone else.” He dipped his head in apology, holding back panicked tears. “I’ll be going now, have a great day!”

“You too!” Minho chuckled, before walking past him. Jisung stared at his back, slowly becoming smaller as he disappeared into the distance.

“Hyung! I’m so sorry, I’m late!” 

Minho rolled his eyes. “You’re always late,” he teased. Jisung pouted. “Hey, it wasn’t my fault that traffic was bad today!”

Minho stuck out his tongue. “Anyway, now that you’re finally here, I have something to give you.“ He reached into his bag and pulled out a carefully wrapped bouquet of blue flowers. “For you,“ he said handing them to Jisung. 

“Well that wasn’t a very you thing to do,“ Jisung joked. “Who are you and what have you done with my hyung?”

"If you don’t want these then I’m taking these back,” Minho reached for his bag. 

“Wait, no, hyung, I was kidding!“ Jisung reached out to take the flowers. “Forget me nots,“ he observed. “Interesting choice of flowers.” 

“Yeah, well, I...“ Minho’s cheeks felt on fire. “Just....don’t forget me when I’m gone.“

Jisung laughed. “I could never forget you, hyung.”

There was a moment of silence between them. 

“So....”

Suddenly, Jisung pulled Minho into a tight hug.

“Don’t forget me either, yeah?“

“I promise.“

How ironic that Minho would forget him first.

*pretends to be surprised*

*actually is somewhat surprised*

(didn’t say anything of what this was abt but I took a quiz on what trope I would be quiz linked here)

Fic Rec of the Week

Right so ik I keep making excuses for being busy but it’s also partly because I have no time management skills-

but this week was not due to me having bad time management skills it was cuz I started summer extracurricular math classes (why did I agree to it again) and because I now have metal attached to my teeth so if you get braces just know it’s very painful.

anyway, on with the fic recs!

We Hope You Enjoy Your Time Playing Phantasm by Stray_Anpanman (Teen And Up Audiences )

note: I haven’t finished reading this fic, it’s 50 chapters and I’ve been busy recently, so I will be enjoying this fic alongside you, if you so choose to read this

(using author’s summary): Welcome new player.You have been assigned the class of Knight. This class is a reflection of your personality and actions in your life. Your statistics and abilities depend on the class you have been allocated. You have been gifted 500 coins to spend as you wish as well as some items you may find useful during your time here. Be warned that if something happens to you within this world, it will happen to you in the real world too. In other words, if you die within the game, you die in real life. Your only way to leave is to complete the seven levels of the Rautaja Fortress. You will not be able to do this alone. We hope you enjoy your time playing Phantasm. 

Additional Tags: Video game au, magic, angst, mentions of neglect, drugs, alcohol, torture, abuse 

Rating (as of what I’ve currently read): 10/10 (after the tags ig that makes me seem sadistic, but I rate based on how captivating the fic is, and how well written it is)

The life of Mark Lee by tsukitachinu (Mature)

(Borrowing author’s summary): Mark Lee is starting university, he has a whole life ahead of him and big dreams. He is smart, loves bad puns, believes in the supernatural and is easily convinced to do stupid things. He is also really strong at trivia, but is weak for beefy boys.Mark Lee is you video game character, you have to play with his life, pick the right path in order to make him live the best life possible. Player One, do you want to play?

Additional Tags: Choose your own adventure, romance, friendship, College au

Rating: 10/10

Also should I start writing fics or no? I’m horrible at updating, but I have quite a few plot ideas. If yes, should I post on ao3 or tumblr or both?

Felix, sweetie, I’m no expert on driving but I think you’re supposed to hit the brakes-

Changbin: okay Felix.. Jeongin and Hyunjin is in front of you what do you hit?

Felix: Oh Hyunjin for sure I would never hurt Jeongin

Changbin: *bangs head on the dashboard* FELIX NO-

Fic Rec of the Week

HQSHDGAHGDJAG I MEANT TO ONLY MISS ONE UPDATE FOR A TEST SOMEHOW I SKIPPED THREE I AM SO SORRY

anyway-

okay, but seriously I am so sorry for missing updates this is what procrastination does to you DON’T PROCRASTINATE GUYS (but in my defense the last few weeks have been pretty busy and also I was reading a 70 chapter fic)

now that that’s done with, here’s this week’s recs! I’m only doing two this week because 1. the past weeks have been bust af, and 2. one of the fics is the 70 chapter one and the chapters are pretty long

Saudade by Stray_Anpanman (Teen And Up Audiences)

Seungmin can only remember the last 10 years of his life. Anything before the ‘incident’ is totally blank. But when chance encounter with people from that unfamiliar past drags him into a brand new world, will he finally be able to remember those missing years?

Additional tags: Lots of romance, angst, humour is there, some gore and violence, faeries, werewolves, vampires, Shadowhunters AU

10/10

vermillion bones (slither through my veins, make a liar out of me) by princepixel (Mature)

Note: First non SKZ recommendation! This is an NCT one :)

Taeyong brings NCT to a horror fest, only for things to go horribly wrong. 

Additional tags: Horror, blood, angst, major character death, choose your own adventure, supernatural elements, NCT OT18 times but cameos made by Xiaojun, Hendery, and Yang Yang

9/10

Personal notes: This is really good, but also kind of horrifying too. Kinda like dollhouse, but not just gory horror movie horror, but also psychological horror too. Not for the faint hearted.

HEY EVERYONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

sorry had to get the extra energy out of my system. anyhow, I just wanted to say not to expect an update this weekend because I have an exam, so I didn’t exactly have time to read that many fics. sorry! I promise next weekend will have an update!

- Sunny

Fic Rec of the Week

Meant to upload this yesterday but the day had different plans. Hope you didn’t wait too long! I’ll try to stick to Saturdays as much as possible.

catch a glimpse of the hollow world by the24thkey writes (the24thkey) (Teen and Up Audiences)

Lee Minho moves to the countryside to live with his cousin, solves a murder mystery, meets new people, and learns to face himself.

Additional Tags: Action/Adventure, Murder Mystery, a little bit of angst? Persona 4 au

9/10

It Takes Three by dyoityourself (Teen and Up Audiences)

(borrowing author’s summary) Kim Seungmin has a gigantic crush on his childhood friend and roommate, Yang Jeongin. Too bad he's sure Jeongin doesn't feel the same way, but maybe it's for the better, he wouldn't want to ruin the best thing he's got. Not to mention there's something else weighing on Seungmin's mind, a secret not even Jeongin can know.Hwang Hyunjin is the boy he didn't expect to come into the picture, but perhaps its all the better that he did.

Additional Tags: College au, fluff, humour, light angst

8/10

In Your Dreams by dyoityourself (General Audiences)

Jisung gets continuously sucked into Hyunjin’s dreams, and when they go from violent and stabby to romantic, the line between dream and reality becomes unfortunately clear.

Additional Tags: Dreamsharing, fluff, minor violence, canon, mutual pining

8/10

CONGRATULATIONS STRAY KIDS FOR WINNING KINGDOM! YOU WORKED HARD! 

*insert me screaming with excitement*

Rating System

So I think I’m gonna start rating the fics I recommend just to give you an idea of what I would recommend the most, so for my previous posts I’ll just edit my ratings in (which I edit my posts a lot sometimes I’ll notice a spelling error and just go dhbwhbfherhfbehrbfh NO). Anyhow, let’s get down to business!

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RATINGS OUT OF TEN

1 - 5 (probably will never see)

1 - 6 are the ones I wouldn’t really recommend, although I doubt you’ll ever see them on my page. Kinda self explanatory too, I guess?

6 - 8

Good, but they didn’t really stick with me and I had to re-read them to actually rate them. (I have like, 57 fics bookmarked on ao3, and that’s just for SKZ, so sometimes storylines and whatnot get jumbled in my head, and I’ll be like oh this fic is the one where such and such happens, but it’s actually another fic. Or I’ll click on it and be like “what was this fic about again”)

9 - 10

Again, as I mentioned, I have 57 fics on SKZ bookmarked on ao3, so if it’s rated 9 or 10, definitely worth reading because I looked at the title and went “oh yeah that was a good one” (good time to mention my memory is absolute shit.)

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anyhow, just refer to this rating system when going through my fic recs. Have a great day! 

- Sunny

Imagine your icon helping you with exams

Fic Rec of the week

Hi so I’m gonna start doing this thing where I’ll post 3 fic recs a week to force myself to post (I have procrastination issues and also school sucks so I can’t read fics as much as I used to), so here’s the recs of the week! Enjoy!

Stay With Me (I Never Left) by disgruntled_daisy_111  (Mature)

(borrowing summary by author) Chan is confused because one second Felix had a nightmare about him dying and the next he didn't remember it.Felix is confused because one minute, Chan died from an overdose, and the next he's sticking his head into his room and asking him if he wants hot chocolate.

TW: Mentions of overdosing, depression, eating disorders, and PTSD

Additional tags: Major character death(Kind of), Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Grief/Mourning, Time Travel

9/10

Happier by Irrelevantaverrageteen (Teen and Up Audiences)

Minho’s trying to get over his and Jisung’s breakup, but now he has to watch him fall in love with someone new. (Songfic based off of Happier by Ed Sheeran)

TW: mentions of self harm, suicide attempts, panic attacks 

Additional tags: angst, breakups

8/10

10 things I (still) love about you by polaris_dreams (General Audiences)

(borrowing summary by author)  As a last attempt to revive their relationship, Changbin's lawyer asks him to write a letter with 10 things he loves about Minho and his husband of 5 years will do the same.

Additional tags: angst. 

9/10

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now that the recs are done, can you tell I love angst? 

P.S. for y’all fluff lovers out there, I’ll try to include some more fluffy stuff next week, but for you angsty ones; this is for you.

Fic Recs

Scavenger Hunt by Heavens_Wheel  (General Audiences) 

a cafe/coffee shop au where Seungmin, working at his adopted parent’s cafe, meets Jeongin, who is living abroad. Fast forward to a few months later, his parents leave him a peculiar birthday gift, sending him on a scavenger hunt from point A to point B, with some stops in between. What he doesn’t know, is that something can end exactly where it began. 

Additional tags: Non-idol au, fluff, mild angst, takes place in Oakville, Ontario, Canada 

9/10

You got me feline some type of way by bluecalicocat (General Audiences)

a supernatural au in which Jisung turns into a cat and his first instincts are to go to Minho.

Additional tags: Non-idol au, fluff, humour, minsung

8/10

Cookies & Cats by rosemarypasta (General Audiences)

A cafe au where Jisung works at a cat cafe, meets Minho, and some minor shenanigans (and confessions) ensue. 

Additional tags: Non-idol au, fluff

8/10

Of Heaven and Hell by dyoityourself (Teen and Up Audiences)

an Angel and Demons au in which Minho has a demon, Jisung, assigned as his guardian rather than an angel. Things happen, and they go to hell (quite literally) to try and fix things.

Additional tags: Non-idol au, Angst, Violence, Secrets, Major Character death but don’t worry he comes back, kinda plot twist? Maybe?

Personal opinion: HASDKHAKDHAHk istg I love this fic so much it’s so so so so so so good, if you’re gonna read any fics from this list THIS IS THE ONE YOU MUST CHECK OUT. I PROMISE YOU, IT IS SO SO SO GOOD.

10000000000/10

Of Angels and Demons by dyoityourself (Teen and Up Audiences)

sequel to Of Heaven and Hell. Will not say anything more.

Additional tags: genderswap, mentions of BTS, Angst, Cults, Time Travel, Violence, also the ending might make scream in a what the fuck omg wait what but in a good way

TW: Mentions of Sexual Assault

10000000000/10

Broken Compass by luway (Teen and Up Audiences)

a pirate au where Jisung is the son of merchant and Minho is a baker. Jisung is lost at sea and Minho holds onto the last reminder of him until a ghost from his past returns with a new family and a chance at a new start.

Additional tags: Kinda angst, some non graphic violence thrown in there too.

Dollhouse by SaltandJinJin (Not Rated, but in personal opinion, I’d say Teen and Up Audiences)

idols from all different groups are invited to a mansion, where they find themselves trapped. They’re quickly thrown into a real life game of Murder Mystery, and they won’t be allowed out until they killed the killer. Will they make it out alive? Who will be blamed? And most importantly, who’s the murderer?

Additional tags: Horror, Blood, Murder, Angst, Definitely not for the light hearted, Major plot twist

Personal opinion: I liked this one, but it’s definitely not for someone who can’t stomach these kinds of things. For people who like true crime and murder mystery, maybe? 

9.5/10

First Greetings

Hello! I’m Sunnyside Squirrel, but you can just call me Sunny. Sunnyside Squirrel is a mouthful. Unless you’d prefer to call me that, I don’t mind!

Anywho, I run this blog, (as you can probably tell) and in this post I’ll just be explaining what you can expect. 

Some people find fics of real life people weird; I suppose it is strange, but I’ve gotten good at separating people and characters. After all, it is a figment of someone’s imagination, and I’m pretty good at keeping it that way! 

So, in this blog, I’ll just mostly be recommending SKZ fics, and maybe a few BTS or NCT ones, and I’ll also take requests from people to find fics, if that makes sense. For example, if you’re just too busy to go delve into the depths of AO3, or have delved into the depths, but just haven’t found anything good, you can just send a little request for any tags, characters, ships, au’s, you know, all that, and then I’ll try to find some fics for you that you might like. 

However, warning, do not, under any circumstance, request explicit fics (and by explicit, I mean that kind of explicit), as I’m uncomfortable with reading those. 

But other than that, anything’s fine! (I’ll suffer through any nightmares I get from fics like the chicken I am lol)

Oh, and before I forget, groups I stan are Stray Kids, BTS, and NCT. I do want to get into more groups, but school’s being an ass, so I’m kinda busy. Anyhow, just keep in mind, I can find fics outside these 3 groups, but they might not be as good as the SKZ, BTS, and NCT ones. 

Now that that’s finished, I hope you all have an amazing day! Love you!

- Sunny