"Where there is hope, there is always pain."
When you were young, there was one thing you wanted more than anything in the world. One thing you would give your very soul up to achieve, if only it meant you would finally be able to make your mark in...
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How was Jongho supposed to know two words would send everyone into a panicked chaos? After all, he tried hard to stay out of his member's drama. All he wanted to do was have a peaceful morning, enjoy his chips in peace, and relish the limited free time they had that day.
How was he supposed to predict an outcome like this?
He should've known better than to break the ice, however. Because now that he has, he's the one who has to bear the consequences of whatever happens next.
And he is the last person that wants to do that.
Melody screams as soon as Jongho speaks, realizing that she is not dreaming and that the eight members of Ateez are really here, peering down at her in curiosity as she sleeps.
It's a sudden scream, and a continuous one, that once she starts she does not stop. It startles the members as soon as it's released from her lips. They scream in different levels of sudden shock as a response, darting quickly out of Mingi's room as Melody rushes to close and lock the door behind them.
Melody only stops screaming once every member is out of the room, all eight clustered tightly together in the narrow hallway, and the door is firmly closed and locked behind them. She pants heavily, holding tight to the doorknob as she leans against the lacquered wood, an equal measure of shock and fear pushing adrenaline fast and steady through her veins.
"This can't be happening." She whispers, shaking her head violently as though she were still stuck in a dream. "I must be dreaming. This can't be real.
Melody slides down the door, her head held in her hands as she violently tries to remember what happened last night. And on the other side of the door, making no moves to get out of the crowded hallway...
"She's insane!"
...Wooyoung is in a similar, much more dramatic, state of distress.
He clings tightly to San's side, his eyes wide and pupils heavily dilated as he stares at the door as though it were going to come alive and attack him at any given moment. Seonghwa rolls his eyes at the sight.
"She just woke up to eight men staring at her while she slept, how would you react?" Yeosang scoffs at Seonghwa's sharp words, nudging Yunho's side gently.
"I'd reckon he'd love that scenario," he mutters, under his breath, earning a satisfying snort out of Yunho at the sudden, albeit not as bizarre as you would hope, image that comes to mind. He purses his lips tightly together, trying his best to stifle what would no doubt be an uncontrollable laugh. Turns out, he doesn't have to try that hard because as soon as he sees the chilling look on Mingi's face, all his laughter dies out and he smiles sheepishly.
Mingi rolls his eyes at the pathetic cover-up, promptly pushing past the two as he tries his best to shimmy his way back to his bedroom door.
"Would you all get out of my way?!" He snaps, and eventually, manages to push his members aside, with a few disgruntled groans and snide comments sent his way. He pays no mind to them as he reaches the door. He hesitates, taking a deep breath to steady himself and his nerves before he wraps his hand around the doorknob and opens it.
