Love Ain't A Science

Chapter 13: (Tzu)-IDLE

TWICE Story
[August 16, 2021 3:44pm]

"Yeorobun, please gather over here." Hyejoon said. "So as you know, we had a little situation with Jeongyeon and her anxiety recently. Starting tonight, Jeongyeon will move back with her parents and halt all of her activities."

There wasn't much reaction from the TWICE members as it was pretty much expected. Nayeon and Jihyo knew about Jeongyeon's physical pain and Mina was in close contact with Jeongyeon talking about anxiety and mental struggles in the last while. Another person Jeongyeon spent a lot of time talking to on the phone was surprisingly, YN. Both Mina and YN understood what she was going through and both of them provided guidance and support to Jeongyeon. After lots of turmoil, anxiety and back and forth internal battles, Jeongyeon made the decision along with her psychologist to halt her TWICE activities for the second time.

"So yeorobun, we will continue activities as 8 members. We hope she will be back for The Feels promotions, but it seems unlikely." Hyejoon continued. 

YN Story
[August 17, 2021 6:15pm]

*bzzzt bzzzt bzzzt*
Incoming Call: Jeongyeon

"Yeoboseyo?"

"YN-nie...." A shaky Jeongyeon called.

"Are you ok, Jeongyeon?" You asked. There was a little bit of silence. Instinctively, you understood the situation and said "deep breaths, noona. Inhale...exhale...inhale...exhale...." you heard on the phone Jeongyeon following your rhythm.

"YN...." She started.

"Take your time, noona..."

Out of nowhere she chuckled in between heavy breathing. "I'm not that much older, stop calling me noona."

You sighed with relief that she's feeling better. Her voice was less shaky. "Alright. Are you feeling better, Jeongyeon?"

"I guess. The hardest part of the journey is over now." she said. "I am taking a hiatus from TWICE. Say YN, will you think of me differently if I leave TWICE?"

"What? No. Why would I do that?"

"I don't know. TWICE is all I have and I feel like I shouldn't be throwing them away like this.." Jeongyeon said.

"Absolutely not. You know, I have a friend that got into a freak accident that took her out for months. She is a workaholic but all of a sudden everything just stopped. She couldn't work, or do the things she love. Do you know what she realized? Her greatest growth came from the time when she thought she was at her lowest." You said with a smile. Seung Wan, you are an Angel of Inspiration. You thought of Wendy and how she never gave up. She never stopped working, but instead embraced the temporary setback and just went along with it. At the end, she came back stronger than ever and learned a lot about herself and life in general.

Jeongyeon was silent.

"It's probably really stressful for you right now. Thinking of the members, the fans and things you're going through, but take a breather Jeongyeon. Everything will be ok."

"I hope you're right." Jeongyeon said.

"I'm a science nerd. I'm always right." You joked. Jeongyeon chuckled. For the next hour, you continued talking to Jeongyeon about things in general: life, work, relaxation, movies and food. Anything that came up became a topic and her anxiety seemed to have subsided for the night.

"Thanks YN. I want you to know that you are an extraordinary person." Jeongyeon said with gratitude. She then became silent for a while and took a deep breath. She then continued "I hope we can keep this relationship forever."