9th member of Stray Kids // y/n

chapter 6 ~ the bad decision

"Soobin what the fuck is happening?"
You're in disbelief about this whole rumour that has been blown out of proportion. He replies with a distressed tone.

"I don't know Y/N. I-I think they are gonna terminate my contract. Yeonjun is shouting and Park Jiwon-nim and it's not looking good."
Your jaw drops and you are nothing but shocked at the fact Soobin could loose his whole job simple because the two of you had food together.

"TERMINATION? There's no way they can do that."
He sniffes through the phone, on the verge of tears.

"Look, they are trying to put me on hiatus and completely wipe me from our upcoming comeback. They are even suspending the ambassadorship with LV. Soobin, there is no way they are terminating your contract. You are the leader of the group."

"I know, everyone keeps telling me that, but they really think I'm dating you. They won't listen to me."
You sigh, indignant at these people who want to cause drama and ruin idols life so desperately.

"That's absurd. If they followed us the whole time, they would know all we did was buy food from a shop."

"Try telling them that. I'm too shy to shout."

"I wish I could come over and give them a piece of my mind, but it's almost as bad for me, and the public seeing me will stirr things up even more."

"Ugh, I know its so annoying... wait I have to go, my manager is calling me, sending love."

"Okay, we will get through this. Love you."
You hang up the phone and immediately throw it across the practice room onto the sofa in the corner, but it bouncers off and lands on the floor, producing a concerningly loud sound.

"Oh my days, can my life get any worse."
You drop the duffle bag on the floor and walk out of the room to go back to the office. Storming in, you march up to the meeting room and swing open the door. Everyone snaps their head towards you, and a few people scoff. You take a seat in a spare chair next to your manager. A woman who you recognise as head of marketing starts yelling at you, throwing insults.

"Do you realise what you have done? Do you realise how much work goes into one comeback? Do you realisehow much work will go into taking you out of the comeback?"
This immediately acts as a catalyst for others to shout complaints at me, and you try to sit without flipping out or break down crying. After a minute, JYP raises his hand up, and everyone in the room goes silent.

"Y/N, Friday 11:46am you slipped out with leader of Tomorrow By Together and went on a date without telling either of your managers or any staff. Do you realise your mistake? It doesn't just end there, though. After slipping out, you went walking around with no staff or protection, to say the least. Then, lastly, you went back to his dorm on a public bus."
All you can do is scoff at the fact he calles it a 'date'. Jiwoo speaks up to him.

"Park Jinyoung'nim in her defence she was trying to have a normal day out with her good friend. You know they were both trainees when she was still at HYBE. Although she did make a mistake by not telling anyone, I believe her going on hiatus is unreasonable."
A man on the other end of the table exclaims.

"Do you know how many emails I have received asking to confirm their relationship and dating rumors, not to mention the calls and letters too?"
She turns to him.

"Yes, but I dont see why we can't just deny the rumours and say that male female friendships can exist amongst idols."
JYP clears his voice and begins to speak again.

"I know to some this my seem out of hand and a overreaction but as a company we have decided that the best thing for her is to stay out of this comeback and to primarily focus on the boys. I'm sure you know how much backlash we receive as it is with having a female in a boy group. And thats the end of the argument. As for Y/N, please may the people who I mentioned before the meeting stay."
Half the staff gets up, collecting their stuff and leaving the room sighing and not-so-discreetly flashing you dirty looks. Once the door is closed again, you lean forward and grab the bottled water in front of you, and take a sip. JYP starts talking again. He turns to our choreographer and starts telling him to remove me from dances and make a ot8 choreo. He stands up, shakes his head, and walks toward the door, patting your shoulder before leaving. Jinyoung then starts talking to the marketing lady from before about removing me from all campaigns. You turn to look at Skzji with a raised eyebrow.

"There is no way this is happening right now."

"Believe me, if I could do something right now, I would, but I'm pretty much as helpless as you are."
He leans forward and begins sifting through a large pile of papers in front of him.
"Do you know how long the hiatus will be?"

"I really hope it's not long. But I heard someone mention a solo album, so don't be surprised if someone tells you about that."
You slump into your chair and rub your face in your hands, sighing loudly.

"So they are putting me in hiatus so that they can focus on my solo career or because some stalkers saw me with Soonin and assumed I was dating him?"
You stare out of the window opposite you.

"I'm going to go today the toilet, I'll be back soon."
Piqued, you rise up from the table and walk out of the room. Everyone looks confused as you walk out from the meeting room and go through the office. Once the way back to the practice room, you bump into Chan who looks distressed.

"Fucking Lord I was looking for you, I just heard what happend and rushed to the company."

"Move."
You say bluntly and push past him so that you can get out of there as soon as possible. He tries to grab your arm as you walk away, but you dont let him and completely igore any attemts to get your attention. Leaving him standing in the corridor, you go back to the 9th floor, trying to avoid everyone and lock yourself in the practice room. You walk up to your phone that now has a crack on the screen but you don't care and pick it up, pushing the duffel bag out of the way and set your phone up against the mirror. Turning on Vlive, after a minute, you see 40k people have already joined, so you decide to start by clearing your throat.

"I just want to firstly address that Stays are going to be receiving some bad news soon. And that I did not have a say in these decisions. Secondly, I want to take this time to say that I am denying any dating allegations there are with Soobin, we are just good friends, and as some Stays may already know, I was a trainee with him for two months when I was still in hybe, so I've known him for a long time."
You sigh, trying not to cry or look at the comments, knowing they will be filled with hate. You look into the camera, fixing a piece of hair in front of your face, and continue.

"Again, this was the decision of JYPE and had no say in this, but it has already been done and decided..."
You check at the number of people watching the live, which has reached 75k and take a deep breath.

"...and I hope everyone can reapect this decision. Finally, I'm sorry to those of you who thought this would be a lighthearted live, but right now, some things are inevitable and have to be addressed."
You look at the comments to see mixed reactions and everyone confused about what you were implying the whole time. You sigh again and end the live abruptly staring at yourself in the mirror. What are you going to do now? You send Soobin a quick text asking if everything is going well at BigHit and flop down on the floor, spreading your arms and legs. You close your eyes, trying not to look at the atrocious ceiling light spelling out JYPE and wonder if the company will really begin my solo career, which could mean they might not allow me to re-new the contract later on in the year.