𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉? 𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉! || 𝘖.𝘥𝘦

A new chance

I bring my hand to my mouth, looking at Maya. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN SEUNGMIN GOT CANCELLED ON TWITTER?!"

"Take a breath, the company denied everything. He's safe." She reassures.
I search for his name and look at every post. "So an hacker spread our chats... how did they find his account so quickly?"
I look at our last chat, his account is deactivated.
I bite my nails. "He must be feeling so nervous... I hope he's okay."
Maya hugs me. "I'm so sad that this happened, it was all going well!"
Tears start forming in my eyes. "What can we do... I don't have any other way to contact him... and also I don't want him to risk again because of me."
We stay silent, not knowing how to resolve the situation.

"We'll never be together again, right?" I sob.
"Don't say that! He won't forget about you."

I kept sending messages on Bubble, saying that I miss him and telling him about my days.
Seungmin never quoted fans' messages again after the incident. He kept writing his usual messages like nothing happened.

As weeks pass, I start to feel sadder.
"Is he sad too?"
"Is he seeing my answers?"
"Does he want to forget me?"

In the dream we were a couple, officially only for a day, but we already kissed a lot of times before that day.
I slowly let go of those memories. "I'm back to reality, I'm a fan like others."

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Seungmin returned back to his idol life, doing events and lots of hours of practice.
His heart hurts every time he catches some of Moon's replies to his Bubble, but he has no choice but to ignore her.

Every night he comes back home, closes his door behind him and lays down on his bed, staring at the empty bunk bed above his.
He likes having a room all for himself, since Gaon is now Jungsu's roommate, but at the same time he feels a bit lonely.
He got used to the big beds in his dream and to Moon's company, now he's all alone in a narrow bed.

In the previous weeks he couldn't help but cry every time he had a chance to be alone. Now he's slowly accepting that they won't talk again, but he still thinks about her constantly.
He glimpses at the window and gets near it to look at the night sky. As he sees the full moon he takes a picture of it and send it on Bubble.

🦊 [picture] I love the moon.

"Will she get the hint?"

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I open his chat and smile shyly as I see what he sent.
I jokingly respond.

Moon: — I love you too, my star 💜

Maybe it was a coincidence, but deep down I have a feeling that he was really thinking about me.
Of course I wish he was here with me or that I could call him, but at least I have Bubble. It might be difficult for him to see my replies among the others but I hope he will try.

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A few days after the members had a meeting with their manager. "As I told you some months ago, we're going on tour this year. I talked with the ticketing companies and we finally have the list of all the countries we'll visit."

The Heroes look at each other with excitement, wondering which places they will visit this time.
The manager begins to list the tour stops, Junhan's eyes widen after hearing a country's name. "Wait, isn't it-" He whispers to Seungmin.
He pauses, hiding his smile. "Yes, it's... her country!"
Seungmin tries to contain his happiness, hearing that they will have a concert in Moon's country.
He can't spoil the tour stops yet, so he tries to stay calm and doesn't write anything too suspicious on Bubble.

🦊 I'm so happy!
🦊 We got good news, I can't say more!

As soon as they stop to have lunch, he sits with Junhan.
"She will come right? Right?"
Junhan giggles. "Of course she will. It's an unique occasion!"
"When is the concert? I need to practice hard, wear the best outfit and-"
"Seungmin."
"Hm?"
"I'm happy to see you smile again." Junhan says. "Buuuut, it's the fifth stop and we don't even know the dates yet. So you should relax for now."
"You're right, but I can't wait!"

After the news, the band starts to practice the new songs of the album, together with the old ones.
The members notice Seungmin's enthusiasm during a certain song.
Gaon goes to him after the practice. "What's with that song? You're more energetic than ever."
Seungmin looks away, stretching his arms in his pockets. "I've always loved this song."
"I know but-"
Gunil interrupts them. "Are you ready for the next song?"

Xdinary Heroes World Tour!
Stay tuned for dates announcement!

The members wake up and quickly open their Twitter account.
"They posted the first announcement!" Jungsu says.
Seungmin look at his phone. "When are they going to announce the stops?"
Gunil thinks. "If I'm not wrong, the manager said the tour will start in fall. So I think they will announce them one or two months before."

Gaon looks at Seungmin and Junhan exchanging knowing glances and starts to feel suspicious.
He gets between them, putting his hands on their shoulders. "What are you two hiding?"
"Huh? Are they hiding something?" Jooyeon wonders, getting close to hear better.
Seungmin clears his throat. "Ehem, what do you mean?"
"You getting excited over a love song, you being excited over a specific country... Not to mention the scandal, even if the company denied it doesn't mean that we believe it~"
Seungmin scratches his cheek, not knowing how to respond. "Well, the chats were real but what are you insinuating?"
"Don't act dumb, we know that you have a girlfrieeeend!" Gaon teases.
Seungmin fails to lie about it and finally admits it. "Listen, yes I technically have a girlfriend. But I can't talk with her, so what are we?"
"How can you two be a couple if you don't see each other and don't have your phone numbers?"
Seungmin sits on the sofa. "Ahh, how can I explain this..."
"They saw each other in the past. Now she changed number but when he contacted her on Insta... well you know what happened." Junhan affirms.
Gaon punches Seungmin's arm. "Why don't you tell these things to us too? Mean."
"Don't worry, I'll make you meet her when it's time. Talking about that..."

Seungmin explains that they're having a tour stop in her country.
"I knew it! You were tooo excited." Gaon exclaims.
"I need your help, we need to make the best performances and also I need to talk with her." Seungmin adds, seriously.
"Did you tell her about the tour? Will she come?"
Seungmin pinches his shirt, feeling hot. "How could I have told her if we can't talk? By the way, I hope she sees the date and comes."
Junhan sits next to him and whispers to his ear. "Should we tell Jiseok about the dream? He was Moon's best friend too..."
Seungmin looks down, thinking if they should. "It's too confusing, let's not talk about the dream to them for now."
"Stop telling secrets to each other!" Gaon pouts, pointing his finger at them.
All the members laugh. "Don't worry, soon I'll tell them to you too, okay?" Seungmin pats his shoulder.

The seasons change, practices gets even more intense but the tour is getting closer.
On a random day in October, a picture appears on the Heroes' socials.

Xdinary Heroes World Tour
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November 20 [...]
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"Seungmin!" Jungsu hurries to Seungmin's practice room.
"I saw, it's the fifth stop. November 20!" Seungmin smiles, still looking at the picture.
"We prepared hard for it, it will be perfect." Jungsu responds.