aftermath | jinseob [discont.]

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hyungseob's life is filled with coincidences. it was a coincidence for him to be the only one to have the guts to dance to pick me alone. it was a coincidence for him to meet park woojin. but this— this was too much. all he wanted was his macaroons.

his first instinct was to get out, but that was pretty unlikely as the photoshoot crew were already setting up the place and there was no way out (unless he runs for it, but he'd definitely be seen by the members). can he pretend not to see them? yet again that's impossible — everyone would notice when wanna one's around. and they'd probably notice him too—

except for woojin. he barely even noticed hyungseob's desperate signals.

maybe he could just hide under the table; yeah, that's a good idea. if the woman asks why he's crouching down the table, he could say that he's fixing his shoelaces. finish your macaroons: fast. don't do eye contact. act normal. prevent yourself from laughing at minhyun-hyung's ahjussi jokes. and most importantly:

pretend as if park woojin never existed.

hyungseob kept his gaze straightforward, distracting himself from the chatters at the back that seemingly is getting louder. he could hear jaehwan-hyung's high-pitched laugh. sungwoon-hyung is singing. jisung-hyung is too busy coordinating his dongsaengs. woojin is yet again, exposing his so-called seoul accent. daehwi was talking with.. daniel? whoever he is, there were more shrieking than having an actual conversation. hyungseob certainly misses this atmosphere; everyone being themselves, not care whether they're being filmed or not.

there were no signs of park jihoon.

i could just spoil myself with a teeny tiny peek, hyungseob thought to himself. he was about to do that before someone whispered something to his ears, "did you miss me?"

hyungseob jolted and jumped off his feet. he looked to his side to see no other than park jihoon (apparently, his same liner friend) wheezing in satisfaction, and baejin, who was filming everything like as if it's a vlog. "ahn hyungseob, are you stalking us?"

hyungseob shushed them, hoping they'd realize that he doesn't want to be there and they were certainly not helping with the situation. he whispered softly, "i was about to ask you the same question— why are you here?"

"it's for a photoshoot." baejin raises an eyebrow as he brought the camera closer. "hey, seobie hyung, say hi!"

hyungseob wavered away the camera and gestured them to leave. "guys, please-"

"are these macaroons?" jihoon's eyes lowered to hyungseob's untouched meal. "can i have some? i haven't had any for weeks."

hyungseob was about to say no, but he payed attention to the boy's eyes and he didn't look like he was joking. he also looked skinnier than the last time he saw him. what has ymc done to him, exactly? "sure, have some."

jihoon and baejin shoved some of the macaroons into their mouths, eyeing their manager once in a while, not wanting to be scolded at any moment. for a second, hyungseob felt bad for them. the way ymc has treated them must been harsh to the state where even they're scared of consuming sugar.

"so, who are you ignoring?" baejin asks coolly, examining hyungseob closely as he hasn't been able to meet him for a long time.

"i'm sorry?"

"of course you're ignoring somebody if you're ignoring all of us. who is it?"

"i-"

"are you ignoring me?" a new voice interrupted them. it turned out to be minhyun, the man with never-tiring visuals, with guanlin by his side.

"minhyun-hyung!" hyungseob smiled.

"ahn hyungseob, how could you dare not greeting your hyung? you're preposterous."

"you didn't greet me too." daniel stepped forward. "did you forget me?"

hyungseob's gaze immediately met woojin's who was standing behind daniel. he didn't look relieved, that's what hyungseob sees. hyungseob just paused, awaiting for his mouth to involuntarily answers the question. "... it was supposed to be a surprise?"

daehwi grinned innocently. "good thing you're now here; woojin-hyung wouldn't stop talking about you!"

oh.

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i love daehwi??? i'm so salty by the fact that ymc doesn't promote him that much while he's in wanna one and he doesn't get that much screentime i cri

a pretty long ass chap, hope y'all like it!

– yuehwa