Opening Author's Notes
Whew, finally ready! I know this one is going long, but this is something of an SM Town Special, so I'm allowing myself to let it go for a bit in terms of length. Still been an interesting season for sure even though last week was abysmal (0-4 combined for C9 and FlyQuest and it's up to them to get back on track.) Also wanted to say thanks a lot to you guys because this has hit 6,000 reads, 500 votes and 3,000 comments since I last posted – you guys helped make it happen!
Dedication goes to Kurai_Sen – her supporting this story and challenging herself to write Taeyeon into What If? were definitely factors in me wanting to challenge myself to write an EXO scene. I hope I can get it right for her and the EXO-Ls out there! Also wanted to introduce you to the author who's the recipient of the co-dedication (even though Wattpad only allows me to make one official one per chapter)...
Jaycee_Tan – A London, Ontario native who is not just a K-Pop and League fan but also a SONE and someone who knows some C9 history. Fittingly, her favorite group is Red Velvet and her primary bias is Wendy – who studied in Toronto. Her stories include Once Upon A Time, a Valentine's Day special starring Sana, and Melody, which stars Lay and Irene. (She also has It Started With You, which stars BTOB, Girls' Day and GOT7 and which she is rewriting to make even better.) Incidentally, there is also a Red Velvet scene in here that I hope I get right for all the Velvets / ReVels / Cupcakes out there!
Also keep a look-out for another scene including Mikki110797 involving a pairing that she ships (she even named the ship) and something in both SNSD's and C9's future.
Glossary (for those new to K-Pop)
TTS – The all-main vocal subunit of Girls' Generation, also called TaeTiSeo after the first letters in Taeyeon's, Tiffany's and Seohyun's names. They have released a record that includes a hit single, Twinkle.
Sunbae / Sunbaenim – A Korean honorific for seniors (meaning more experienced people) at the same company. Often used by K-Pop idols when talking to other idols from previous generations.
The celebration dinner was a steak dinner for all seventeen of us, plus Jack and Heechul. We were all roughly about halfway finished with our entreés when Jack told us, "We do have bit of business news we need to share with you guys."
"What's that?" Lemon asked, in between bites.
"We're dropping G2A as a sponsor." Jack revealed.
"That's just fine by me – I'm actually kind of surprised we didn't do it even sooner." Meteos said frankly.
"I think that's a good call. Not like we'd be hurting financially anyways." Hai agreed.
"What's G2A?" Sunny asked.
"It's been C9's main/title sponsor since the start of the Spring Split. It's a website where people can buy and sell games, including online ones via game keys. Recently, information has surfaced that indicates a bunch of the game keys they sell are stolen." Jessica explained.
"Oh, I see. That does makes sense why you guys would be dropping them." Sunny said, nodding.
"Have we been talking to someone to replace them?" I asked.
"We have, actually. It literally only started today." Jessica replied.
She and the other Soshis exchanged looks, and their eyes lit up.
"Uh-oh." Balls said, seeing those looks and grinning.
He was right. Jessica then turned back to us and asked, "What would you do if I said our company wanted to sponsor Cloud 9?"
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Brioso
FanfictionA tale of two groups' unlikely friendship, which starts over a lost wallet at KCON in Los Angeles. One is the legendary Girls' Generation, beloved the world over, while the other is Cloud 9's League of Legends team, carrying North America's hopes on...
