Royal Colors (OPEN APPLY FIC)

Chapter 90: Members' Rocks/Safe Spaces & Grey's Last Performance

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-Saturday, September 28, 2024~5:40PM-

~Scout's POV~

I finished practice for the day and exited the practice room. I looked at the time to see it was close to six and decided to go get something to eat on my way home. I stopped by a convenience store to get some ramyeon and decided to cook it and eat at the restaurant.

By the time I was ready to eat, it was six. I didn't exactly like the feeling of eating alone so I thought about calling the one person I tend to call in these moments, James. I looked at what day it was to see if he'd be available. Seeing that it was Saturday, I knew Show! Music Core would already be over so he was most likely done with his schedules for the day. I decided to call him to see if he'd answer. Little did I know, he did.

"Hello?" James answered.

"Hey oppa." I said. "What are you doing right now?"

"We just got home. I'm about to eat. How about you?"

"I am eating. I felt lonely so I called you."

James let out a big laugh and it made me smile wide. His laugh was one of my favorites in the world.

"What are you eating?" He asked.

"Ramyeon." I stated.

He tisked. "You need to eat better."

I tisked back. "I've been dieting so much lately to prepare for the comeback. Give me this one."

"Oh yeah!" James exclaimed as if he suddenly remembered something. "How has practice been going?! It's been a while since we've talked."

"Good." I nodded. "At this point it's just repetition to get it stuck in our minds. Everyone knows the choreography."

"That's good." James said. He let out a long sigh but even though I couldn't see him, I could somehow hear a smile in his sigh. "I'm so happy we'll get to promote together during the full album."

I couldn't help but smile and blush. I used to be so good at hiding these things from him, but right now that didn't matter because he couldn't see me anyway.

"You are?" I asked.

"Yes." He said. "You're my rock here at RC. My closest person."

While he didn't exactly make my heart swoon, I noticed he never said friend which gave me hope.

"I feel the same about you." I muttered.

"You better." He joked.

I couldn't help but laugh. I continued to talk to my best friend while I ate my dinner, him doing so as well. I've known James for a very long time, even before Royal Colors and we've always been close. But over the past six years, my feelings for him have grown so much as I've watched him grow and take care of not only me, but everybody. I looked up to James a lot so to hear him say that he finds a safe space in me made me the happiest person on the planet. I just hope I never let him down.

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-Tuesday, October 1, 2024~11:12AM-

~Hugo's POV~

My birthday party started a little over ten minutes ago and I was just trying to get used to it. I couldn't let go of Simi's hand as I was afraid I would feel lost and overwhelmed if I did. I was outgoing and not afraid of big crowds, but this was a major change so it was still a little overwhelming.