My I「Junhao」

Epilogue (1)

I'd suggest reading at least the end of the previous part to have a refresher on what happened because it took me so long to write these. This one (1) and the other (2) are alternate endings to the epilogue, one is more angst related (although it's honestly not that angsty) and the other is soft and happy and uwu and it is the epilogue which goes on as the origin for all of the positive special chapters. I ... I have been rambling too long pls enjoy

We all watched for the CEO's reaction, dead silent, not even Soonyoung and Seokmin were muttering things to each other under their breaths anymore. I had known that most of my friends had clearly been waiting for someone else to ask that question and having been in front of important people in the entertainment industry before, I had decided to be the one to ask it.

The time between when I had asked the question and when he finally answered felt like it went on forever. When he finally answered it felt like a huge tension was lifted from the room. "Of course not, you can date whoever you want, we're not going to force you to date anyone and if you happen to be in love with one of your members, so be it, love is love. You may lose fans when you come out and you may gain fans when you come out, but we won't do anything against any of you if you come out while you are under us."

I felt like I could cry at that moment, I was overjoyed because I knew that other companies may not have the same views. "Thank you so much for accepting us Sir. This is really... this feels like a dream." I let out a breath as I said that. "Are any of you..?" He trailed off, but we knew what he meant.

I held Minghao's hand and looked at him before I held our intertwined hands up for him to see. He nodded at our confession, eyes twinkling with interest. Seungcheol and Jeonghan did the same afterwards, followed by Seungkwan and Hansol, Wonwoo and Mingyu and then Jihoon and Soonyoung.

"I'm not surprised, based on what I've seen of you boys so far, but I'm impressed that you boys are so open about this without fear." He complimented. "Even more so now, we'd love to have you in this company. Your trainee contracts... Mr Kang..." the scout placed a large file on the table and the CEO took out several small piles of paper and he stood up, setting one in front of each of us.

Seungcheol read out all the terms and rules listed in the contract and I was pleased to hear that it was almost exactly the same as what he had told us. Having seen the photocopy of my old acting contract, I knew what a legitimate contract should include in it and because of my old manager's training (back then I didn't really care, but thankfully his advice did stick with me), I knew of many things companies used to trick aspiring artists into signing a slave contract.

I picked up a pen that was in front of me and signed at the bottom of the contract, passing the pen to Minghao so he could do the same. I watched as he signed it, excitement growing more and more as he signed his name. After he had signed his contract, he looked up at me, the same amount of excitement reflected in his eyes.

This was it. Our dream had come true.

-Five years later-

This time three years ago, we had our debut showcase. Now, we are celebrating our third year. During our first year, as per our CEO's recommendation, we stayed closeted, hid our relationship from our growing fanbase. The first relationship our fans became aware of was Seungkwan and Hansol's, the boys ~accidentally~ kissed each other after we got our first win.

Our fans screamed, articles came out, people wrote hate comments, people stopped supporting us, we got a surge of international support, all while people thought it was accidental.

It wasn't accidental. The boys shared a post explaining that same fact. There was more negativity, more homophobia, there was also a surge of positivity. There were calls for Pledis to remove the boys from the group, there were anonymous death threats, but there were also internationally trending support hashtags and the never-ending support from our company.