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"What the heck is this?" Hyunjin threw the question out, not expecting a reply.
"It's a reality show, of course!" Somi chimed in, grinning before hopping off the seat and moving to the group that had congregated in the center of the room.
"No, seriously." He turned to his sister who was eyeing the group. The boy had never met most of these individuals in person, he only recognized a few from magazine covers.
"It's obviously more than a simple reality show. Heck, I don't even know if there are legit cameras in here."
"Hey, let's all quiet down." The timid blue-haired boy from before had straightened his back, which only offered him a centimeter or so. Unsurprisingly, he was ignored by the crowd.
"Ey, yo listen up!" The muscular man called out from behind the boy, voice immediately quieting the crowd. From his position at the back, Hyunjin tried to match names to faces.
"Yes, right. Um. Let's do quick intros. I'm Jae Park and I work for Day6 Times." Ah. Hyunjin knew where he recognized the boy from. He's that part time detective.
"Alright! I'm BM, number 17 on the DSP Hidden Kards." Oh the basketball player. Hyunjin eyed his sister, finding her eyes filled with stars. Of course.
"You think I could get Somin's autograph?"
"Now is not the time or place." He rolled his eyes at her questions. Yeji had a massive "girl" crush on the man's girlfriend, not that she would admit it. Too many times had he caught her gawking at the cheerleader's fancams.
"Jackson Wang. CEO of Team Wang, though I hope some of you already know that." The dark haired man nodded to Hyunjin. In confusion, he looked down to his chest. Only to find the brand name sprawled across it. Oh yeah.
"Hey everyone! I'm Somi, your sunshine!" The girl winked, blowing a kiss to no particular person.
"San Choi, I run Sannie days." Hyunjin wanted to groan. Sannie days may have been a popular influencer, but he was self centered as fuck. As if just noticing the girl, he sauntered over to Somi, a grin plastered across his face.
"Momo Hirai." The tall woman didn't care to elaborate, merely gesturing to the next person. Lucas introduced both himself and his sister, the younger the lead dancer of some girl group. A petite green haired girl was next, introducing herself as the CEO of alien skin, causing Yeji to squeal at the mention of the cosmetic brand. Hyunjin internally did the same, but he would never admit it. Hyuna and Dawn came next. Or rather just the racecar driver since Dawn appeared to be rather intoxicated, eyes half shut. Yeji took it upon herself to continue.
"I'm Yeji Hwang and this is Hyunjin. We're next in line to JYP Games."
Another quiet man stood up, introducing himself as Korea's number one pianist, Chanhyuk, before seeming to fade into the background.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Doyeon Kim, and this is," The woman turned to the other sitting beside her. Short hair framed the nervous expression filling the girl's face.
"Oh. uh yeah. I'm Sookyung Kim." With that, introductions finished and an awkward silence filled the room.
"I think it's Momo." Hyunjin turned to Somi's voice, frowning as he followed her gesture to... Hyuna.
"That's Hyuna-" The woman in question raised an eyebrow, unamused. Her casual demeanor from before had vanished, replaced by an icy stare.
"Well I still think it's Momo. She's been glaring at me this whole time!" Momo herself was busy examining the doors on the other side of the room, seemingly in her own world.
"How could you tell? You literally just pointed to the wrong-"
"This is really, really scary, okay! I'm going to cry!" The girl teared up as if on command, the bright lighting reflecting off her eyes. She adjusted her stance, appearing even smaller than before.
"Alright, alright. Let's just calm down."
"I don't wanna die..." Her voice trailed off and Hyunjin could practically feel Yeji rolling her eyes beside him.
"Playing the victim I see." Hyunjin snickered at her comment, unintentionally drawing the group's focus.
"What are you talking about?"
"My brother's whining that he's hungry." He opened his mouth to protest before the girl promptly stomped on his foot.
"How about we split up and explore?"
"Don't pair me with Momo! She's too scary!" Everyone was steadily raising their voices, tension filling the room.
"Oh my goddd-" Yeji climbed onto her chair beside him. "HEY! Listen up. Let's go in groups of five. And I guess a group of six." Hyunjin stepped behind her ready for the girl to topple off.
"Why?" BM echoed Hyunjin's thoughts. Oh wait.
"If there are two killers, even if they end up in the same group, it'll be hard for them to kill someone without getting caught." He spoke up immediately.
"I wasn't done explaining!" Yeji glared at him. "But yeah."
"In that case we should split up all the duos, right?" Yuqi volunteered, despite her brother's protests. With the help of BM, Yeji sorted everyone into groups.
"Thank me later!" She winked as she moved Somi to his group. Hyunjin rolled his eyes and sighed, watching her sort herself into BM's group.
He looked at the groups, memorizing names. Chanhyuk, Jae, San, Jackson, Suhyun, and Momo. Yuqi, Doyeon, Dawn, Yeji, and BM. Then that leaves me with Lucas, Hyuna, Sookyung and...Somi.
"Let's meet back in two hours-" BM paused, "does everyone have someone in the group with a watch?" Hyunjin glanced at his own wrist before watching Jackson and Doyeon do the same.
"We'll take this hall." Hyunjin took lead of his group, assuming that no one else would. Somi latched onto Sookyoung's arm, claiming that she felt faint. The taller woman peered down at her, green bangs hiding her expression.
"Aren't you older than me?" Somi flushed as Hyuna cackled in response.
"Dawnie-ya! Stay safe, okay~" The dark haired woman practically sang before following Hyunjin down the hallway. What a group of oddballs.
The halls themselves were uninteresting, Hyunjin noted as he caught his reflection on the metal. I, however, look really good considering the situation. As they wandered down the never ending hall, the boy took the time to think. How did we end up here? The last thing I remember was planning a get together with Chan and Felix. I must've fallen asleep?
"Hey." Startled, he turned to the man beside him.
"What's up?"
"You think Yuqi is okay?"
"She's with Yeji so I would assume so. If anything she'd want to-"
"Yah! Pretty boy~" Hyuna had stopped in front of them. She inched closer, to the point Hyunjin noticed that her eyeliner was crooked. The left side seemed to angle down, the point nowhere as sharp as the other. He backed up, uncomfortable. "Are we going into the room or nah?"
The group had reached a door on the right, glass doors hiding whatever was inside. Somi skipped over, swinging the door wide open. A look of disbelief came over her face, as she squinted at the bright light.
