WHEN THE KEY LIGHT GOES OFF [chanbaek]

LOVE AT THE END OF THE SUMMER

"We'll now give you the scripts and then we'll pair you all according to the scripts you got." the head of the production team announced at the podium and every contestant who was present to give their audition kept their fingers crossed in anticipation of a good partner.

Most of them wished not to get paired with a certain person who was standing at the corner of the auditorium. He was handsome; probably the most handsome of all, multi-talented, sweet, down to earth and above all he has already played a lead part in a similar project which got huge recognition. So, everyone was a little afraid to act with him as he seemed a level up than any other.

"I never thought I would be doing something like this." a person in the crowd muttered turning the pages of the script given to him.

"Me neither bro." an unexpected reply came from the person beside, as the latter happened to hear his words.

"Hi, I'm Sehun." he introduced himself and initiated a handshake to the person who replied to him.

"Hi, I'm Kai." the shorter one shook his hand and smiled. "First time?" he further asked.

"well, for a BL, yes, it's my first time." Sehun answered, "is this your first time as well?" the obvious question followed.

"No bro, probably third." he let the exhaustion he was feeling to be heard.

"Really?" the disbelief Sehun felt was immense, "You look so handsome. How can someone not select you."

"Looks alone doesn't fetch you anything here." senior's words are more precious than gold during situations like this and Sehun was all his ears while Kai delivered some valuable words, "they are hunting the natural actors now."

"Natural? For something this awkward?" The taller one uttered showing a paragraph in his script which read, 'he looked at the drunken guy in front, eyes blinded by the lust and the unquenchable thirst drowned him.'

"Man, that was intense. I'm looking forward to seeing you act." Kai commented.

"Intense my ass. Who'll even write stupid scripts like this." Sehun was clearly pissed off reading his storyline.

"Fangirls bro. They don't have any other work except to flood the Internet with their wildest fantasies."

"Girls nowadays are getting wilder than wild animals," Sehun commented and both the guys sighed loud at the same time.

"True, this BL and everything is all their doing." A stranger who was hearing their conversation since the start, finally pulled the nerve to join them. Though Sehun and Kai were a little surprised initially, they agreed with the new stranger.

"Hello, I'm Chen." he introduced and all the three exchanged their names. "Sorry to interrupt your conversation." he apologized before the other guys consider his act a little off manner.

"That okay." they smiled.

"You look familiar to me, have we met before?" Kai asked scanning the new guy up and down.

"Well, I don't think we've met before." giving an awkward smile Chen answered, "maybe you've seen me on screen." he further added.

"So, you've already worked before?" Sehun asked out of curiosity.

"Yes, fortunately. You know the series, A Friend of mine?" he asked. Sehun remained silent but Kai blurted out saying yes. "I've played a supporting role in that."

"Now I remember. You were amazing in that bro." Kai complimented. "And that series was a bomb." Chen smiled and thanked him. "You haven't got any other chance after that? That's strange. Your character added a lot to the drama."