My I「Junhao」

Epilogue

Part 1 of the epilogue because it's my 18th today

Seungcheol called the number provided on the business card and put the phone on loud speaker. We shushed the loud members as the dial tone sounded and then fell completely silent when we heard a voice.

"Hello? Pledis Entertainment scouting unit here."

It was the same man we had talked to after the competition. Excitement bubbled in my body and I couldn't help but shiver in anticipation.

"Yes hello, I'm Choi Seungcheol, from Seventeen? I'm calling to get back to you on the offer to become artists under Pledis?"

"Ah yes, hello Mr Choi. What have you and your friends decided?"

Seungcheol looked up and smiled at each of us before he answered.

"We've decided to accept your offer sir." He spoke and there was a momentary pause from the scout

"Magnificent. I shall organise an appointment with the CEO to discuss your contracts. Please hold for a moment as I call the CEO to discuss a time." There was a beep and then the faint sound that indicated the phone call being put on hold.

Seungcheol looked up, eyes bright and then in late realisation, our friends all began to react. Seungkwan squealed, Seokmin screamed, Mingyu started crying (even if he claims that he wasn't crying, he was, I saw it), Chan started shaking Hansol's shoulder and the boy's head flopped from side to side, in too much shock to do anything else.

Samuel was jumping up and down before he suddenly ran up to Jeonghan and gave him a huge kiss on the cheek, rendering the second oldest speechless, Wonwoo's jaw dropped, Soonyoung hugged Jihoon extremely tight, Jihoon seemingly had tears in his eyes, which in itself was very rare and Jisoo looked around at all of us with a huge smile on his face.

I turned my head to face Minghao and I saw that my boyfriend's eyes were wide and teary. I wrapped my arms around his body and hugged him tightly but he reached for my face with his hands and once he had a grip on my face, he pulled me into a kiss. "Gēge... We made it. We're finally going to become idols. We get to follow our dreams." he whispered to me once we pulled away.

We sat there for a few moments, staring into each others eyes and wiping away our tears with our foreheads touching, before our attention was brought back to the phone.

"I've just talked- oh hello boys," The scout's voice made us all quiet down abruptly and as Seungcheol stuttered an apology, he laughed, "Please don't apologise, it's understandable that you are all excited. Now, as I was saying, I have organised an appointment with the ceo of Pledis,  Mr Han Sung-Soo for the upcoming Sunday, is that alright with you all?"

Without thinking I responded to his question, "Well, if anyone had anything on Sunday, they'd have to put it off if they want to take this chance, because becoming an idol doesn't come easy, sometimes you have to make sacrifices." I spoke. When Minghao pulled away from me to stare, wide eyed at my wise words, the scout responded.

"That is absolutely correct, who said that? Identify yourself please." I put my face in my hands in embarrassment, finally realising I had spoken even though Seungcheol had requested that only he spoke. "It was Jun." Seungcheol answered for me and because his voice didn't seem particularly angry, I looked up and saw that he was looking straight at me with a smile on his face.

"Junhui, you are quite wise. You have the mindset of an idol already. Have you ever been in the entertainment industry?" He asked and I realised that he was actually talking to me and screamed inwardly at myself because I shouldn't have talked and I'm a dumbass.