traitor | yang jungwon

01- 첫날...the first day

🔴recording...
yerim set her camera timer to 5 seconds while shuffling back into her position. she was filming a dance practice video of next level by aespa in preparation for the next monthly evaluation, in the HYBE practice studio. choi yerim is a 10 month trainee under BE:LIFT and is training to debut with her group after winning 3rd place in the female version of iland. she always looked up to her seniors, but hasn't met any of them in person yet.

after revising and cleaning up the moves to her satisfaction, she was drenched in sweat and was exhausted from the hours of practice, finally able to go back to the dorm. her roommate and groupmate wonyoung, who was also her best friend, was waiting to do a face mask with her.

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yerims pov
"wonyoung the sheet is going up my nose!" i blew out air from my nostrils and fixed the mask that wonyoung slapped onto my face. "LOL sorry" she laughs as she hangs her head back.

we giggled and also did our nails while our other members, yujin, who is also my closest member, yuna, chaeryeong, yoon, and gyuri were already sleeping in their rooms.

"hey, don't we have school tomorrow? it's our first day back that's probably why the other girls are sleeping." i said yawning, trying to not mess up my mask.

"you're right, let's get these off and go to sleep early." i nodded in response. we drifted off into dreamland making sure to turn on the alarm on beforehand.

the next morning, me and the younger members were getting ready for school. i go to hanlim arts school, with wonyoung and yujin so we always hang out together there, being part of the big attention as a group because our debut was coming and we were quite known, little after the survival show ended.

i hastily walked inside, going to my first class with yujin since we were in the same grade. we said our goodbyes to wonyoung and our teacher immediately started class. once it was over, i told yujin i had to go the washroom quickly, so she went to the cafeteria first.

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jungwons pov
it was finally the first day of school and we had just ended our promotions for drunk dazed, so i was still worn out from all the soreness, but had enough energy to go back to school again. heading to the washroom to go wake myself up with water i bumped into this girl who seemed to be in a rush. "a-ah are you okay?" i asked in concern cause it took her a while to stand back up.

"it's fine. i'm really sorry"

she said as i let out a relieved sigh. once i saw her face, she seemed familiar...

"wait, are you choi yerim by any chance? i remember going to the finals of the survival show with the rest of my members to congratulate you on your debut! you did amazing on your last performance i'm happy for you." she gasped in surprise.

"yes! oh wow i really look up to you. you are an admirable senior jungwon..sunbaenim? anyways thank you so much! i'll see you around soon."

it felt a tiny bit weird to be called a senior when she was older than me by a year. i nodded and smiled to her as we parted our ways into the washroom. the bright smile she gave while being confused what to call me came to my mind again as i let out a little laugh, continuing to wash my face lightly. i found her quite cute, but didn't think too much of it after cause i never was interested in girls, except for her.

i walked out of the washroom when another girl ran up to me. "jungwon-ah! h-here. its for you." she gave me a box of heart-shaped macarons.

"um thanks, but why?" "well, because, i just wanted to say i like you, jungwon, you don't have to respond and give me your answer yet, so-" i cut her off.

"i'm sorry, but no. i cant accept this, please don't like me. i'm not interested." i said coldly. the girl started tearing up, and i started to feel guilty.

"i'm sorry. please, don't cry-" before i could finish she ran away crying down the hall. i let out a big sigh, knowing she was the third girl i rejected this week.

i genuinely felt bad every time, it just wouldn't be a good idea for my image and i genuinely had no feelings for them back when we barely even talk, i feel like they just like me because i'm an idol. i shook it off and continued with my day.

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yerims pov
"wow, what a cold jerk." i hid behind the wall leading to the washroom as i just saw a sweet girl get rejected, and she was pretty too, my heart hurt for her seeing her run down the hallway with her macarons that seemed to be expensive. he turned around and i quickly ran back into the bathroom, trying to not get caught.

thankfully, he didn't see me. or thats what i thought. i felt a hand grab me before i reached out for the door handle, turning my head back to see him there, glaring at me. "you didn't have to call me a jerk, i have my reasons." he let go, un furrowing his eyebrows in case he looked too threatening.

"sorry, i didn't mean to scare you, i just kind of felt hurt." he pouted. "no no, sorry i called you that, i just felt really bad for the girl because she looked so nice, if i was rejected like that i'd feel embarrassed my whole life." he stood there, nodded a bit, then hesitantly showed his cute smile that caught me off guard. "well to be honest..."

"saying yes to meaningless confessions aren't worth it." he started leaning in closer to my face, me on the other hand not blinking one bit. "don't you agree?"

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a/n: THIS IS ALREADY BAD ISNT IT- idk i'm so boring i haven't wrote properly in so long so i'm really just writing off from my head, i'll start planning things beforehand buttt yeah uhm we all know jungwon be a player in school- like we know everyone comes up to him to ask his number yet he rejected three gorls 😩🤪😭😵🥱🤲🏻