WHEN SEOK MIN WAS finally called onstage, Eun Ha's heartbeat thundered in her ears.
He was Contestant 17, which meant she'd had to sit impatiently through sixteen other performances of different kinds just in anticipation of the moment. She cheered along with the crowd as he ambled onstage, that magnetic, contagious smile of his drawing her – and everyone else, she knew – in.
His parents were sitting somewhere in the crowd, and she could see the top of his mother's pink hat amongst the generally black-haired audience.
"Good afternoon, everyone! I'm Lee Seok Min from Yuncheol High School, and I'll be singing an original piece written by my girlfriend, Park Eun Ha." He bowed, and the crowd erupted in supportive clapping, even catcalls. Who's the lucky girl? someone hollered, and instinctively, she shrunk back in her seat out of embarrassment. She blushed at the uncalled for, albeit special, mention, wondering if his parents approved of the unprecedented shoutout.
She cast a sideward glance towards the formally dressed men and women at the long table. There were representatives from SM, BigHit, YG, Pledis, JYP – and they all sat stone-faced and seemingly disinterested, waiting for Seok Min to perform.
After a signal was given, the music began to play. The lights dimmed.
Lee Seok Min opened his mouth, and the whole world held its breath.
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Stardust || Dokyeom ✔
Fanfiction[ highest ranking: #371 short story ] in which a girl helps a boy live out the dreams she can never reach.
