𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚

part 9

About a week and a half has passed since the photos on Dispatch were released. As I should have expected, Taehyun payed the full amount to get them off after he left the dorm. I just finished getting Yeonjun ready for their live performance. Taehyun completely ignores me. It's like I'm not even here, he's so unaffected by me. Which I guess is good? We're not supposed to like each other anymore, but it's gonna be harder for me to just forget him. I mean, I've known him a lot longer than he's known me. I guess that's the price you pay for liking  someone famous. The longer he ignores me the more distant I feel from him. I'm starting to lose all the feelings that I had towards him and now I'm just focusing on my job and school.
"How do I look?" Yeonjun comes sauntering out of the dressing room and spins around, winking. Lately him and the members have been trying to cheer me up.
"You look good!" I say.
"You think so?" He looks in the body length mirror and pulls out his phone. "I'll see what Moa think."
I move out the way so he can take a selfie
I watch as he uploads it on Weverse. Instantly he gets a lot of feedback.
He laughs. "They like it!"
"Showtime everyone! Let's go!" Their stage manager calls.
"Good luck Yeonjun!" I say as he walks out.
He flashes me a smile and a finger heart.
The other members file out, Taehyun sliding through the door first. "Good luck guys!" I say.
"Thank you y/n!" Hueningkai calls.
"Yeah thanks!" The others say, except Taehyun of course.
My job is done and I have the rest of the day off so I call Yoon and we meet up at my house.
"Wanna go somewhere?" Yoon asks, laying on my bedroom floor throwing his phone in the air.
"Where?" I inquire.
"I don't know." He sits up. "Maybe a theme park.."
"We went there the other day."
"No we didn't! That was last year for spring break!"
"Well it was recent enough!"
"Come on Y/n. Pleaseee?"
"Ugh. Yes I guess."

45 minutes later I'm here sitting at the top of the Ferris wheel, stuck. And the worse part about it is that I can see the city of Seoul. Let me rephrase that, I can see the HYBE Entertainment building. It just reminds me of the very thoughts that I wanted to get rid of. "Don't look at that building!" Yoon scolds me.
"How did you know?"
"I'm your best friend, I know what you're thinking." He says.
I roll my eyes. "Well I wouldn't be looking at it if we weren't up here right now."
"Well I didn't know we were going to get stuck." He says.
I look down over the side of the seat. I see a repair guy talking to the ride operator.
"I can't tell anything." I tell Yoon.
"I'm going to call Sunoo." Yoon says.
"Why? What is he gonna do?" I ask.
"Nothing. I just want to talk. Hyunjin is in class." It's silent as he calls Sunoo.
"Hello?" He answers.
"Hey. Me and Y/n are stuck on top of a Ferris wheel."
"Really? Are you guys okay?"
"Yes. Y/n is mad at me for who knows what. I decided to call you. What are you doing?"
"Nothing. I'm just sitting with Jake and Jungwon in the practice room."
"Oh."
"Yeah. Is Y/n okay? News about Dispatch is all over the place; even at my school."
Yoon looks over at me. "Yeah she's fine....have you seen Taehyun around?"
"Not really. He doesn't talk to anyone anymore. Used to, him and the members would occasionally drop by and say hello. Now it's just the others. I heard Yeonjun and Soobin talking in the staff kitchen. They're worried for him. He doesn't even talk to the members. After practice he goes straight to the gym and then to the dorm. He stopped eating as much. I hope he's okay..."
I feel my eyes start to tear up again. This is all my fault. Yoon looks over at me.
"Sunoo, I'll call you when we get down from this stupid ride."
"Okay. Bye!" He hangs up.
"Please don't cry. It's okay." He says.
Taehyun said the same thing to me a little more than a week ago when we were sitting in Mr. Bang's office.
Please don't cry
Please don't cry
It's okay.
"We're moving!" Yoon snaps me back to reality. My mood gets lifted at the thought of us finally moving.
"Yay!"
When we get down we go to my car. "Well that was fun!" Yoon says hopping in the passenger seat.
"No, it was hot and we got stuck." I say turning the AC on.
"You need to cheer up. You were happier when you were with Taehyun. And by the sound of it he was happier when he was with you."
"Don't go starting things Yoon." I warn.
He throws his hands up in defense. "Hey, I'm just saying what I'm observing."
"The last time we talked he yelled at me to never have anything to do with him again." I remind him.
"That was in the moment. Now, he probably regrets it. Just try and talk to him."
"I can't. He literally ignores me."
"He won't ignore you if he can't ignore you."
"What?"
"I just came up with a brilliant plan!" Yoon says.
"What?"
"You and Taehyun somehow get trapped somewhere and you're forced to talk."
"And how will that work? The only rooms with locks are the bathrooms, dorms, and Mr. Bang's office."
"You're right. I'll think about it."
I pull out of this horrid theme park and we decide to get ice cream and go to the Han River.
"I got it!" Yoon says licking his ice cream.
"What?" I ask as we sit down at a picnic table.
"My plan. You and Taehyun will get stuck on the elevator."
"Really Yoon? I don't know about this." I'm usually on board with all of Yoon's crazy ideas, but this one.... it hits closer to home.
"Just listen. You will get on the elevator and then I'll call Sunoo and tell him you're on. Then, Sunoo will get Taehyun to get on on the next floor. From there he'll signal to someone else to cut the power. Then viola! Taehyun can't ignore you now!"
"Yoon I don't know. That's a lot of trouble to go through just to talk to somebody."
"No, it's perfect. I'll call Sunoo."
He whips out his phone and calls Sunoo, telling him the plan.
"But who'll cut the power?" He asks.
"I don't know. That's the riskiest job. We need someone who will get out of trouble easy if Mr. Bang catches them."
"I know who!" Sunoo says excitedly. "Jimin hyung!"
"That's perfect! Can you get in contact with him? I never see BTS around."
"You don't just see BTS around. They're hard to catch." Sunoo says. I've only seen one BTS member while working at HYBE. It was J-hope. I only caught a glimpse of him before he got on the elevator. I don't know what floor BTS are on. Actually, the only people that know are themselves, Mr. Bang, and their staff.
"I'll ask Jungwon, he has RM' s phone number." Sunoo says.
"Thank you!" Yoon says and hangs up. He turns towards me. "Step 1; complete."
I roll my eyes. This is not a good idea.