Fame or Fortune - Choi Beomgyu

9

November 2022

"And then I met TXT, isn't that crazy?"

"You've met half the industry by now, I wouldn't be surprised if you met BTS while they're in the military." Chaeryeong replies.

Youngie roams around, phone up to her ear as Galaxy is preparing for a show that Itzy didn't get to attend. Usually before or after shows Youngie stops room by room saying hello to all her friends and makes new ones in the process, but the one time her bestie isn't there, she's the only person Youngie wants to talk to.

"You know what, that's not a bad idea. If FNC won't promote us I sure as hell will."

"I like the spirit but I gotta go, I'll text you later okay?"

"Okay... " Youngie says, pushing out her bottom lip.

"Cheer up, I can hear your pout through the phone. Bye bye!"

Youngie hangs up and tries to assess where she is. She thought she was pacing back an forth in front of her dressing room, but it seems she's a far way from there.

Her thoughts are cut off when she hears a scream from behind her. It wasn't one of terror, more like someone being loud just to be loud.

'I recognize that voice.' She thinks, turning around.

"Hi Beomgyu!" Youngie chirps loudly, gaining strange looks from the others in the hall. She takes note and lowers her tone to a whisper. "Hi Beomgyu... "

"Hey Youngie." He chuckles, whispering back.

"What are you guys up to?"

"We have a special stage tonight so we're going through our dance one more time."

"Oh that's cool! I think we get to perform one song tonight, well 1 minute of one song... " Youngie trails off gaining sympathetic looks from the members. "We might have a chance to play on a late night TV show tomorrow though! We're not sure yet."

"How come you don't know about your schedule for tomorrow by now?"

"Well our company kinda... how do I put it... sucks?" They both chuckle. "Well, I should get going." She turns around to see the other 4 members of her group walking up, assumedly looking for her.

"Exactly right Youngie. You standing around wasting time is the reason we can't book TV shows." Mi-sun snaps making the younger girl roll her eyes. She bites her tongue to avoid starting an argument, not wanting TXT to have to suffer through her leader's temper.

"Bye Beomgyu! Bye TXT seniors!" Youngie bows, looking back up to notice Taehyun deep in thought.

"No need to be so formal, we're your friends too Youngie!" Taehyun chimes.

"Really?" Youngie smiles and faces her group once again. "I did it." She softly says to Jia who smiles with her. "Well bye Yeonjun and Huening Kai and Soobin, bye Taehyun!"