laying in bed at night, trying to find something to do, i received a call from yejin, my all-time best friend. as i furrowed my eyebrows, i wondered why she would be calling me so late at night.
"yo, yejin," i greeted casually, as always. i was about to question why she was calling me so late, until she cut me off.
"haera! guess what's tomorrow!" she chirped excitedly.
"uh," i let out, diving into my thoughts. her birthday passed weeks ago, i thought to myself, what could it be? finally, i said, "i don't know. i give up. tell me."
"tomorrow, it'll be the almighty hansol vernon chwe's eighteenth birthday!" she cheered, follwed by a squeal of happiness.
yejin had been obsessing over the band seventeen for months since they debuted, just like all the other girls at my school. however, i was not much of a big fan. they were good, i'm not going to lie, but i usually chose to stay away from getting sucked into boy band fandoms. it was too much stress.
i groaned, rolling my eyes. "man, i thought it was like your dog's birthday or something. you got me excited," i joked.
"excuse me, hon, but my baby vernon is much more important than brad!" she argued.
i chuckled at her reaction. "chill, i'm only kidding," i said in attempt to calm her down. "anyways, it's not like vernon's going to notice you or anything, so why even bother celebrating his birthday?"
yejin sighed. "first of all, it's not celebrating, and second of all, i heard he'd be responding to his fans' tweets on his birthday!"
"then tweet him something," i suggested with not much excitement in my voice. i was quite uninterested, but i put up with it because she's my best friend. also, she always put up with my exo and bts obsessions, which i swear i did not purposely get myself into.
"no! are you crazy?!" she barked.
then why bring it up? i wanted to say, but i held it back, in fear of receiving a yelling from her.
"what if he doesn't reply, or what if I say something weird, or what if someone else replies for him, like joshua or something?!"
"at least someone replied. but i doubt that will even happen. it's his birthday," i stated. "if you want, i'll do it for you. i'll say something weird as a birthday joke or something. what's the worst that could happen?"
"oh my god! you should," yejin agreed, followed by a snicker.
"i shall."
"what will you say, though?" she asked.
immediately, i began to brainstorm. i was usually very clever and witty, but this time, i was unsure of what to do.
after minutes and minutes of thinking, i finally got it. "i know! how about i make a fake account and make him believe i'm his long lost relative or something?!" i exclaimed.
"that... that's odd," yejin muttered. "but do it anyway! say you're his cousin! it's more believable."
"okay! i'll do it now, then. bye, fam!" i said.
"bye!"
after quickly hanging up, i rushed to the twitter app and felt excitement run all around my insides as i signed up for a new account, which i had named @vernonscousin.
after verifying the fake email i had created for the account, I set my name as 'vernon's cousin' and made the profile picture a picture of vernon. once my profile was set, i went to seventeen's official twitter page, @pledis_17, and i began to type my tweet.
vernonscousin: @pledis_17 happy early birthday to my cousin vernon ily cous
i giggled to myself at the thought of where the whole thing would go.
hansol vernon chwe, if you believe this, i'm so done.
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this is just an introduction so its like ew but i promise it'll get better omg also i dont proofread cause im lazy so if theres typos or smth then oops lol
