eternally // yeonbin

maze in the mirror

"what the hell are you doing here?" soobin's smile dropped as soon as he saw yeonjun come into the room, of course he knew he worked there but he wasn't ready to see him yet. he first had to prepare himself mentally, but unfortunately there yeonjun was. standing there. soobin cursed in his head, he was about to say something but bang-pd was the first one to talk.

"oh, yeonjun-ah! welcome, come sit with us. you remember soobin, right?" yeonjun laughed, but it wasn't a real laugh. it was more of a you-have-to-be-kidding-me laugh. he simply approved his boss with a nod, didn't say a word. they were both so shocked to say anything.

"so, we were just talking about soobin coming back to our company, since he's fully healed and back in korea now. but the thing is... it's been almost two years since you guys debuted, and a new boy group isn't in our plans for like at least 2-3 years. i don't want to have you wait that long... what should we do?" yeonjun grabbed a bottle of water from his bag while listening to bang-pd's words. he had no idea that soobin had left korea or he'd fully healed now, but if he'd fully healed how could he not know who yeonjun is? it still didn't make any sense in yeonjun's brain.

meanwhile soobin had started to panic because the way bang-pd was explaining everything to yeonjun, his lies could easily get exposed. and if they did, soobin would probably never gather the courage to look at yeonjun's face again. the shame would be unbearable.

as for the training, he could train for a couple years, it didn't matter to him. as long as he got to debut someday, he was fine with it. but the way bang-pd was thinking made him think that there was something else he was planning for him.

when yeonjun was about to drink his water, the boss started talking again.

"ah, i found it! why don't we add you as a fifth member to txt?" yeonjun couldn't believe what he had just heard, that's why he started choking on his water. soobin, as a reflex, started tapping on his back, yeonjun didn't like this though. he gave soobin one of us his death glances then turned to his boss, apologising and bowing to him.

"what do you think yeonjun, as the group's leader i figured i should also ask for your opinion. of course we'll talk about this more, soobin-ah, don't worry."

"i- i'm... i mean, soobin is very talented but... are you sure he's fully healed and ready to debut?" soobin could easily tell that yeonjun was suspicious of him and still found it hard to believe what he'd said one week earlier, he had no other choice but to make him believe one way or another.

"yes! yes. we've checked his medical reports and everything else, he seems totally okay actually. also, you guys just had a comeback, so the next comeback won't be for like another 4-5 months. until then i'm sure we can prepare everything for the 'new member reveal.' oh, soobin-ah, i heard you came back to korea two weeks ago and we've been trying so hard to contact you! but man, did your parents hide you well. hahaha! anyways, our leader seems to approve! what do you think soobin? do you want to do it?"

soobin was conflicted. as much as this is what he wanted since the beginning, joining their group would also mean that he would have to act 24/7, probably receive a lot of hate due to being added as a new member, and also for some reason him and beomgyu never had a good relationship.

but this was yeonjun. him and yeonjun being in the same group. just like how they imagined when they were little. the one dream that they shared, finally could be a reality. they could make new memories instead of getting sad about the old ones, and maybe everything could be better for the both of them. maybe the fans would like him, maybe eventually beomgyu would like him as well. there was no reason to be such a pessimist about this, everything could go so much better expected. and he couldn't have known if he didn't do it.