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the one rule

Hongjoong's POV:

"I HAD ONE RULE BOYS! THAT YOU DONT GET EXPOSED" our manager says while pacing the office. "we don't know that it'll even be us" i say, standing up for us as he simply ignores anything we have to say.

"you boys better act right from here on out, we don't need any speculation" he says before getting interrupted by the door opening.
In walks out CEO who calmly walks in and sits down at the head of the table as our manager sits down next to Mingi.

"hello boys, you must be wondering why i called you in here" he says while his assistant sets drinks down in front of us. "um yeah, what is this about?" Yunho asked with a raised eyebrow.

"if it's about them being exposed then-" our manger starts to defend before being cut off by the ceo. "it's not, calm yourself" he says with a roll of his eyes.
"we were hoping you boys would be happy to hear that you've been invited to do a festival in America" he says making Yeosang grab onto my hand.

"wait really?" i say, sitting up in my seat more as soon as the words leave his mouth. "yep, coachella in fact" he says making us all let out gasps of excitement, "you're lying!!" We all let out together as he looks at us with amusement.

"so i take it you boys are happy about that" he says with a smile as we all nod our heads. "of course we are oh my god" Wooyoung says with wide eyes.

"glad to hear it, now on the topic of the possible exposure... we don't care" he says with a soft smile making us all look at him in confusion.

"so you aren't worried about them being outed as fags?" our manager says with. disgusted look on his face. It's a good thing he isn't our main manager...

"no... they can be with whoever they'd like, you know this so IF they happen to be outed we simply ignore the rumors, like we do any other time" he says making us nod our heads.

"what if there's proof?" Jongho smartly asks  making him shrug, "don't comment on it if you don't want to, it isn't anyone's business but your own" he responds kindly making a smile form on our faces.

the rest of the meeting is spent with our managers huffing and puffing as we speak about coachella and the plan for it.
When we walk out of the conference room we all pull each other into hugs.

"that was fucking crazy" Mingi mumbles as he pulls Wooyoung into his arms. Hajoon stays quiet from beside them as Yunho locks their hands together and gives them a squeeze.
"it'll all work out boys" i state before we leave the building to head to our dorms for the night.

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