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chapter 05 | hola hola

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youngjae didn't recognise the boy that stood next to yugyeom, though he was relatively tall, his cheekbones were soft and a guitar case hung on his back.

"this is brian-hyung," yugyeom motioned to the boy who immediately protested.

"—who's brian? i'm youngk!"

but yugyeom didn't even budge to correct himself as he continued to talk to youngjae, "we're still on break, want us to give you a tour?"

once more appalled by the stranger-boy's friendliness, youngjae couldn't hold back the smile that plastered itself onto his face. "i'd really like that, and nice to meet you — brian-hyung."

brian let out a whimper, but he was used to this, no one ever called him by his stage name anyways. "nice to meet you too youngjae-ah," he sighed instead with a goof laugh. "yugyeomie was just telling me about your audition earlier on—"

"—honestly youngjae-ssi you were amazing!" yugyeom interrupted him.

youngjae blushed, flustered by the compliment as the trio started walking down one of the corridors.

"keep you fanboying to yourself yugyeomie," brian laughed, "or else you'll lose your 'jj project number one fan' title."

yugyeom ran a hand through his hair, "don't even get me started with the jj project, they deserve a religious shrine—"

brian laughed again, brushing the younger boy off as youngjae tagged along. "do you get to see them around here?" he asked timidly.

"who?" yugyeom faced him, "jaebum-hyung and jinyoung-hyung? oh well, i'm actually dorm mates with them—"

youngjae's jaw gaped open.

"—since we're in a group. there's three other guys too, and we're planning to debut next year."

"that's so cool," youngjae whispered, "oh, what about you, brian-hyung?"

brian shrugged his shoulders, "nothing is definite for now. there's propositions to become a band, like with actual instruments—" he motioned at his guitar case, "—called 5live, and suggestions to debut next year too."

youngjae nodded his head to himself, wondering about his own future that now belonged to the hands of jyp. not being oblivious, he recalled the mentions of 'your group is very strong on choreographies' and 'he'd be excellent with another main vocal in pair'. but he was too scared to get excited, in fear to be disappointed in his misunderstandings.

"oh look youngjae-ssi," yugyeom pulled him out of his head, "this is where the practice studios are. all the recording studios are on the opposite wing," he pointed at the doors along the hall as they continued walking.

deeper into the building, brian entered one of the rooms, "now here's where me and my bandmates almost kill each other every day—"

this studio was different from the other ones that youngjae saw beforehand. it was absolutely drowned in amps and cables and drum parts everywhere. "it's kinda messy," brian tripped over a keyboard.

"kinda," yugyeom pointed out.

brian ignored the younger's comment and shuffled into the room, leaving his case by the rack along with the other glowing instruments.

"you play-guitar?" youngjae wasn't sure.

"i'm a bassist," brian winked and clicked his fingers in achievement.

"brian-hyung that's amazing, now let's get moving before i lose you and youngjae-ssi in this chaos," yugyeom joked, running out as brian started to chase him; but ended up tripping on a set of drumsticks and falling onto the ground.

a laugh broke out as yugyeom panted with a grin and youngjae couldn't hold back a stiffle. brian just lay there for a silent moment before cursing his bands' habits.

yugyeom ached from laughter by the time the older boy got the willpower to stand back up, "shall we continue with the tour?" he rubbed the back of his neck.

a set of nods, and the trio walked out back into corridor. brian waved goodbye to his bass guitar and closed the door behind them.

"are you hungry, youngjae-ssi?" yugyeom looked at him, his dark hair flipping along.

"actually," youngjae thought, "no, not really. the audition nerved me out too much, i guess."

"that's alright, it happened to all of us," brian chuckled, then he turned to yugyeom with a puzzled face, "by any chance, d'you know where jaebum-ssi is?"

"hm—" the younger pondered, "maybe taking a nap, or maybe he's giving out to bambam for being a living meme, again—"

brian looked unimpressed.

"—oh! he did mention that jyp-nim wanted to talk to him about something important," yugyeom recalled, "why'd you ask?"

"i guess it doesn't matter, i just thought sungjin-hyung would be with him, you know — since they're close, but i guess he's not with him right now if jaebum-ssi is with jyp-nim."

"let's go look for him then, besides, i've still gotta show youngjae-ssi our cafeteria and the rest of the rooms," yugyeom clapped his hands in excitement. with that, they set off further into the building as youngjae continued to stare all around them in awe.

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almost there

written: august 2, 2017
published: august 20, 2017

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