BRAINWASHED ~ Jisung

02

Eight days ago. 7.00am

Jisung woke to the tune of Simon Says running through his mind.

Simon says we're a real vibe killer

You think you know it all

He grinned and yawned, then stretched out his muscles before flinging back the bedsheets as he sat up. Excitement fluttered in his chest, giving him a fresh burst of energy and he quickly switched his phone on and waited impatiently for it to hum into life. Once it did he opened his recent searches and clicked on the Simon Says MV link.

He watched, eyes transfixed to the screen as Taeyong walked into frame, pulling off his mask and dragging a chair along the ground before slumping down onto it. Then his new favourite tune started to play and he upped the volume. Not even the residual pangs of sleep could hold him back from focusing every ounce of energy on his beautiful idols performing the new song he just couldn’t get enough of, and he grinned.

Unfortunately, not even halfway into the song, his mother shouted from the kitchen.

“Jisung! Are you up yet? Hurry up or you'll be late for school again!”

Jisung huffed in disappointment and paused the video. 

“I'm up Mum! Just going for a shower now!” he replied.

He forced himself out of bed and grabbed his school uniform but paused at the door to glance longingly at his phone before making his way to the bathroom.

After the fastest shower he'd had in a while, Jisung hurried back to his room and checked the time: 7:23, he still had enough time to finish watching the video. Grinning from ear-to-ear, he jumped back onto his bed and rolled over to lie on his stomach.

The video had just finished when his mother called out to him again.

“Jisung! Are you having breakfast at all? You need to leave soon!”

Jisung badly wanted to watch Simon Says again but he also needed to leave very soon if he was going to catch the bus on time. He rolled off the bed, stuffed his phone in his pocket and grabbed his backpack before running down the hallway and into the kitchen.

“Here's your lunch hun, and please take this for breakfast, you need to eat something.” his mother said, handing him a small box that contained his lunch and a slice of freshly buttered toast.

“Thanks Mum!” Jisung planted a kiss on his mother's cheek and then rushed out the door.

He jogged to the bus stop and got there just in time. Some students from his school were stepping onto the bus just as he arrived and he jumped in behind them. He found a free seat towards the back of the bus and slumped down onto it, relieved that he wouldn't have to run all the way to school like he had the other day.

Now, having some extra time to spare until the bus arrived at the stop closest to school, Jisung pulled out his phone, plugged in his headphones and played his new favourite music video again. He knew doing so would probably burn through his data but he didn't care. He wanted, no, craved to see his favourite idols again.

Taeil was just too spectacularly amazing, he was Jisung's ultimate bias. Although another one of the members was catching his eye and Jisung couldn't stop looking at him. It was the one and only Takoyaki Prince, Yuta Nakamoto. Jisung had to watch the video all over again, just to watch Yuta in every frame he was in. That's when he noticed a blessed shot three minutes and sixteen seconds into the music video where there was a flash of Yuta's fit stomach as his shirt lifted up while he danced.

Jisung swooned at the perfectly paused frame and almost forgot to get off the bus. Luckily, the other students' loudness stirred him back into reality and he scrambled off the bus after them.