Between Spotlight and Shadows (NewJeans x M!Reader/OC)

Chapter 1 - Pruning

Hi so uhm, this is my first ever story lol so bear with me if it's kind of eh, I'm just trying to see what works.

Also this work is obv a work of fiction and I don't personally know the idols involved or the industry and everything in this story does not reflect people in real life :P

One last thing, this story is a Male OC story but if people want I can change it to a Y/N insert.

Anyway Please enjoy and any feed back is welcome :)

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30th June 2022 3:23pm

I sat there, just staring it at her, shocked at what she just told me.

"I-I-I just don't think we're fit to be together, there's nothing else to it really." She struggled to make eye contact, afraid of looking at me, like the guilt was eating her up. I could see the tears in her eyes start to well up.

"I'm really sorry Taejin, but this is where we end things." She got up, and started to walk away. I could hear her sniffling as her tears started to run. I wanted to call out to her, grab her arm and pull her into an embrace, ask why she was doing this, but my body wouldn't respond to me. I was just left there, alone.

8th July 2022 1:32pm

"Stop, stop, STOP!" The music turned off.

"KANG TAEJIN!" My instructor yelled out, "Are you not going to take this seriously? I thought you were just having a bad day, but this has been going on for a week." I stood there with my eyes glued to the floor, the pain of losing her had been eating me up.

He walked up to me and put his hands on my shoulders, "You either need to pull yourself together, or get out of my studio. I'd hope it's not the latter." I looked up to see him looking at me, as hard as he was, I could tell that he had a look of worry mixed in with the frustration.

"You're a talented kid, so I really don't want you to wash out, but if this is gonna be your new attitude, give up being an idol." He then walked back and took his seat again.

"Now, from the top."

8th July 2022 4:15pm

Training had ended maybe an hour ago but I was still here, dancing was kind of the only way I could let out my pent up feelings. The music played loud, the timing of our evaluation song this month was ironic,

"거짓 사랑에 데이지"  My hands raised, i stomped throwing them over, "거짓말에 눈물짓는 사랑" My breath grew heavier, the emotions I'd been feeling, the weight of my heart pulling me down, "구슬피 우는 파랑새야야야 멀리 날아가 ya ya" I ran forward, preparing for the next part "거짓말에 눈물짓는 사람" The stomps on the lyrics, resonated throughout the studio, I stared at my reflection "거지 같아도 난 그냥 살아" Holding the 'flower' in my hands a second longer than the choreo as tears welled up in my eyes, "넌 밝은 빛을 띄는 해, 그대여 결국엔"...

"행복해야 돼" I said as the tears started to flow, "새하얀 꽃잎의 데이지"

"이젠 그만 don't hate me" I sung out as i jumped, my voice cracking as it carried the weight of my emotions, all the sadness, anger, longing, regret, piled into one outburst. Landing on the floor with a loud thud as the muscles in my legs held me up. "얼간이처럼 너를 죽도록 너를"