karaoke machine | p.js

1.01

━━ April 2020

It was a nice day. A really really nice day. The spring wind swept through Seoul and it made Jisung even more upset that he had a packed schedule that day. It came as no surprise to him seeing as the promotional period for their first album was just getting started. Even still, Jisung felt his energy dwindle whenever the cameras turned on.

"Everyone!" Haechan started off filming for their promotional vlog with an upbeat smile, "How are we feeling today?"

The members cheered loudly as Haechan did their introductions. That day they were filming a short vlog at an arcade for their Reload EP promotion. It gave the members some time to play games and relax, though Jisung admitted that he wished he could have been back at the dorm relaxing instead of at an arcade.

Jisung nodded along gently with what his members were saying, not really paying attention much until one of the staff members passed him a tripod stick and camera. Renjun stepped up next to Jisung and linked arms with him.

"Let's go to the claw machines," Renjun said, pulling the younger boy along.

Without much will to argue with his hyung, Jisung let Renjun lead him around the arcade to the claw machines. Watching his friend attempt to get a stuffed animal from inside the claw machine proved to be more entertaining than Jisung had expected.

"No!" Renjun exclaimed as the small plushy dropped out of the claw. He dropped to the ground in defeat. Jisung laughed and turned the camera to face Renjun.

"Hyung, I'm going to go explore," Jisung said before turning away from Renjun, who just nodded and gave a brief wave to Jisung before turning back to his claw machine game.

Jisung turned away and walked through the arcade, his eyes drifting to the other members as he did. Off in one corner, Chenle was playing air hockey with Haechan while Jaemin, Mark, and Jeno were collected around a shooting game. Jisung smiled gently and kept walking. He glanced up at the camera in his hand and gave a gentle wave before continuing to walk.

Over on one side of the arcade, a bunch of doors was lined up with a large light-up sign that said: KARAOKE. Jisung started making his way over, his hand hovering over one of the door knobs when heavy footsteps caught his attention.

As he turned to see who was running toward him, Jisung let out a grunt as the person slammed into him. There was a loud gasp from the person as they both tumbled to the ground. Jisung dropped his camera as his head bumped into the ground. A heavyweight now held down Jisung's lower half of his body.

With a groan, Jisung reached up to rub his head as he tried to sit up.

"Ah," Jisung said as he felt a bump starting to form on his head.

He turned to the person who ran into him and his eyes connected with hers. She held herself up with her arms but her body leaned over Jisung's. Her dark hair fell into her face as she stared at his face. Her dark eyes danced with gold swirls and Jisung couldn't bring himself to look away.

A warm feeling erupted from Jisung's chest and spread across his entire body. He could feel his heart pounding against his chest and he could sense that hers was as well. There was almost an overwhelming sense of calmness that came with her presence. Jisung felt as though he had never experienced true happiness until he met her.

From under her cropped jacket, Jisung could see something glowing gold. The girl followed his gaze to her left collarbone and she gently pulled aside her jacket. Just under the strap of her tank top, sitting there on her collarbone glowing a brilliant gold was her soulmate tattoo.