Supernova||Book 1 [Wattys 2024]

Episode 4.2 Confrontation

Ugh! Jorah sat up in bed, tossing and turning for what felt like hours. He grabbed his phone with a huff and reflexively opened Instagram.

Within seconds, a handsome face with an eyebrow piercing appeared on his feed. Beside him stood someone unexpected.

"What the hell?" Jorah's brows furrowed at the sight of Ainu next to Nine, her waist encircled by his arm. Though there were others in the photo, Jorah's focus was laser sharp on them.

The post was on Ainu's page with the tags of the other people.

Jorah's eyes flitted to the comments. Though the photo was on Ainu's page, many of the comments seemed to be celebrating Nine's aesthetics.

"Omg. So handsome."

"Nine is so handsome."

"But why is he prettier than everyone else in the picture?"

Tch. Jorah clicked his tongue. "Aren't they exaggerating his looks?" Yet as he stared at the photo, he knew they weren't

Still frowning, Jorah tapped on the picture's tag which led him to Nine's page. The first photo he saw was the one from Ainu's page with the caption " A beautiful night.#NineNation"

"Bastard."

Wasn't it bad enough that he had to work with him? Why the hell was his presence also oozing out in his personal life?

He was like a virus.

With a shrug, he unfollowed her and deleted her number.

Jorah was just about to put his phone away when he saw the live notification on Nine's profile.

Curious, he clicked the button and Nine's face appeared.

There were already thousands of viewers, the numbers climbing by the hundreds every few seconds.

Nine had yet to speak, but comments and emojis flooded the screen.

"Hi guys," he began. "I just wanted to hop on and say goodnight." He ran his fingers through his hair. "I had my listening party tonight for my new single." He blushed slightly. "I was super nervous. Thank you so much to everyone who came tonight."

He paused, reading the comments.

"Gena 1201, thank you so much.."

"Aww IloveNine101, thank you. You're sweet."

Jorah realized he was reading the comments too.

NextlevelNine: Marry me pleaaasseeeee

Jordy: I love you so much

The comments continued, with the hashtag #NineNation punctuating the stream.

Though the overwhelming desire to leave swelled within him, Jorah kept watching. Inexplicably,he watched for the whole hour as Nine talked about everything and nothing in particular while preparing for bed. During that time he constantly acknowledged his fans and answered questions.

As he watched, Jorah was once again confronted with an undeniable truth - He was as handsome as everyone said he was.Having removed his makeup, his hair was pulled back by a ridiculously cute Bunny headband.

Rather than a celebrity, he looked endearing and approachable, like the guy next door.

Nine was moving his phone when his hand accidentally hit a bottle on his desk.

"Oops." he laughed with a blush. "How clumsy."

Rather than the comments, Jorah was focused on Nine. His laugh was kind of cute and his voice was so soothing.