EXO’s Official Book (EXO-L Japan Magazine)
EXO has released EXO Official Book, known as EXO-L Japan Magazine, up to 9 volumes. It contains exclusive interviews with EXO members about their likes/dislikes, relationships with other members, music, and many other topics including fun facts. In Volume 6, when asked about their favorite gift from the members, Xiumin answered that he liked the ice cream cake from Suho. He also said, the same as Baekhyun and D.O, that Suho is the most hard-working member inthe group. Later on, he and other members (except Kai and Chen) also said that Suho is the most anxious one.
In Volume 9, there is a page labeled “About Your Buddy”, and the members were paired to answer some questions about each other. Suho and Xiumin happened to be paired, so they had to make comments about each other. Let’s check about their answers! (credit to @BUNNYMYE0N on Twitter)
| No. | Questions | Suho | Xiumin |
| 1. | Use a phrase to describe relationship between you two! | Best friend, my lover | My forever/eternal leader |
| 2. | The other person’s strong point | Strong sense of responsibility, most passionate among the others | Self-care |
| 3. | First impression of the other person | Adorable rocker (Reason: long hair and ability to reach high notes calmly) | Cool (Reason: the first time we were trainees, the word “extremely cool” came to my mind) |
| 4. | Unforgettable words/advice from the other person | “The leader that I believe”, hearing this makes me feel really grateful | None. *laugh* I always value all his advice. |
| 5. | Something you would like to attempt with the other person | Travelling (Reason: hoping to talk about topics regarding our future. Since we have different travel interest, I’d like to follow his plan on first day and spend another day following me to heritage sites | Travelling (Reason: Suho enjoys travelling and has been to many places so I feel that compared to anyone else, it would be extremely fun to travel with him) |
| 6. | A promotional phrase for the other person | Agile Sonic (Sonic The Hedgehog) | Shining and Easy-Going Leader |
| 7. | Something you would like to tell to the other person which you are unable to do usually | Drinking Alcohol and Exercising-Maniac Xiumin, other than these two things, what would you be interested in? | Have you been tidying up well recently? |
| 8. | Three daily things which comprise of the other person’s life | Exercising, Practicing, Drinking Alcohol | Healthy Food, Travelling, Exercising |
| 9. | If given a chance to switch identity with each other for a day, what would you like to do | Drinking alcohol (Reason: wish to be able to drink really expensive alcohol) | We are both really similar |
| 10. | A sight of the other person that surprises the other which the fans aren’t aware of | After drinking alcohol, cuteness level increases by 99999999 times | Whatever you see is everything because he is extremely an honest person |
Sense of Humour Level
Suho is known for his bad dad jokes, and most of the members have had enough of it. However, Xiumin actually finds Suho a funny person. The members acknowledge that both of their hyungs have the same sense of humor, which nobody but themselves understand.
In 2016, during their EXOrdium concert, Xiumin saw Suho suddenly stand up and dust off his butt to clean it. Xiumin thought Suho wanted to dance just like the other members behind him. After that, Xiumin couldn’t stop laughing, to the point that he couldn’t sing his part. Chen approached him and seemed to ask him why, then he explained. It confused Sehun, who sat beside Chen, and asked Chen, too, since Xiumin didn’t sing.
In EXO’s own variety show, Travel Around the World on EXO’s Ladder, they were gathered around to start a game, when Xiumin made a dad joke. It started from Chanyeol, who wanted to clarify the punishment for the loser of the ladder game. He said, “So is it where the one team eats and the other doesn’t? That’s cruel!” Then, suddenly, a voice comes from Xiumin, who sings an old tune with the same words that Chanyeol used, “That’s cruel. Cruel!” He was actually singing So Chan-hwee’s song Tears as a joke, but Chanyeol and Kai just froze. D.O opened his eyes wider and Chen seemed like he didn’t want to care. Before Xiumin stopped singing, Chanyeol just put an end to it by asking about the game, followed by the other, uninterested members. However, at the edge of the right side, there is someone who actually laughs, and that’s none other than Suho, the original dad-joke maker.
The clip starts from 3:04 to 3:29.
Well, at least they can make jokes and have a good laugh with each other.
Instagram Updates
On November 3, 2018, Xiumin posted a picture with Suho along with a caption, “EXO-L thank you, love you~💕” Both of them had the same facial expression and were using a heart-shaped hand signature.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpte1zzH4Na/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
On March 26, 2019, Suho uploaded the same photo with Xiumin to celebrate Xiumin’s birthday. He wrote a caption,”Happy birthday, Min-seok ah (Xiumin’s real name), love you.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvcgpvCBHwH/
Bonus!!
Let’s check out this compilation of their moments together!
