Life as a K-Artist <HIATUS>

Chapter 20

•Location skip•
•KQ Entertainment•

The rest of the members of Ateez are currently on a break after practicing for a few minutes. They were going to continue rehearsal but they stopped after a few minutes since they were down two members. They are all sitting at a table near the entrance, talking about how much they miss Atiny and stuff like that until Yeosang's phone went off. They all stopped talking and look over at him, causing Yeosang to get a little flustered by the sudden attention.

"Stop looking at me like that! Just keep talking!" Yeosang exclaims, while covering his face with both his hands.

"Sorry, Sangie. We just wanna know if one of the guys texted you. They've been at JYP for a while." Seonghwa apologizes, while a little chuckle. Yeosang removes his hands from his face and slips his phone out of his pocket and checks his messages.

"Wooyoung said that they're on their way back. They're bringing Y/N too." Yeosang reads, before texting the younger back.

"Huh?!" Hongjoong exclaims, a slight crack in his voice.

"Wooyoung said that they're coming back with Y/N." Yeosang repeats, a little more slowly. A slight gasp escapes Hongjoong's lips as he slips out of his chair and plops onto the cold floorboards, his mouth still shaped into a perfect "O".

"Hongjoong, you alright?" Mingi asks, with a little laugh.

"Y'all don't know about his crush on-" Seonghwa gets interrupted by Hongjoong tackling him off his chair, causing a little scream to escape his lips. "Joong! What the heck!!"

"HONGJOONG HAS A CRUSH ON Y/N?!" Yunho exclaims, his jaw dropping.

"Damn it.. I see why you tackled me. I'm just gonna..." Seonghwa starts.

"Run? Please do so before I kill you." Hongjoong suggests, with a little smile. Seonghwa slips out from under Hongjoong and runs back upstairs to ATEEZ's practice room.

"Joong, you have a crush on Y/N?" Jongho asks, with a little smile. Hongjoong looks up at all the members looking down at him and he nods his head slightly, causing the members to smile at him.

"So, she's coming?" Hongjoong asks, unable to control the smile appearing on his lips.

"Yes, she's coming." Yeosang confirms, with a little chuckle. Hongjoong scurries up off the floor and does a few happy hops as the smile on his lips becomes bigger.

"Okay! Everyone act natural!" Hongjoong exclaims, while running back to his seat.

"Oh my gosh, I love this Hongjoong." Yunho says, with a smile.

"I do too. Fwi.. you're blushing Hongjoong." Yeosang adds, while putting his phone away.

"Sorry?" Hongjoong asks, while looking over at the younger.

"Your face is like... Reallyyyy red." Yeosang replies, with a little laugh. Hongjoong quickly covers his reddening face, causing the rest of the members to giggle at their flustered leader.

"Hongjoong look! It's Y/N! She's looking at you from the door!" Mingi exclaims, while pointing at the front door.

"WHAT?!" Hongjoong exclaims, with another crack in his voice. Hongjoong goes to turn around but instead, he slips off his chair again, this time his bottom half still on the chair. As the members start laughing, you, San, and Wooyoung, walk up the side stairs and push open the front doors of KQ.

All the members greet you with smiles once y'all walk up to them you wave at them before your attention turns to Hongjoong. You can't help but laugh a bit when you see him on the floor and you carefully slip off San to go up to him. When you hover over Hongjoong, he looks up at you with a nervous smile plastered on his lips.