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Where We Are The Convenience Store Incident
It was rare to find myself alone at the dorm. Given that we were five of us and that we weren't the kind who had much going on individually, someone or the other was always around when I was.I checked the time in between playing the soccer game on my phone. It was about 07:24 pm.I was starting to get hungry.Yeojun and Mingyu were the only other ones who had been home initially. Jaehyeon and Hanseol had gone for a guest appearance on a game show. From what I knew, they would be late in returning. Mingyu had gone to meet his sister who had suddenly called and said that she was in the area and Yeojun had run down to the convenience store after losing at Rock-Paper-Scissor against me to buy something instant to cook for dinner since neither of us was really in the mood for cooking anything extensive. Manager Park had gone with Jaehyeon and Hanseol and so it was Manager Kim who had dropped us home by around 06:40 pm.I sighed and got comfortable on the couch in the living area again. I
Where We Are Dealing With Trouble
Surely enough, the video of the incident at the convenience store turned up on the internet the next morning. What was infuriating was how it had been cut and edited to show only the parts where Yeojun was being a little aggressive, like when he shoved the man. Moreover, the guy's face had been conveniently censored out. By the time DayBreak could do anything about it, it had done the rounds on Twitter and other SNS platforms. It was really difficult for DayBreak to contain it and they couldn't quite pin the account from which it was first shared.'S.T.A.Y Jun's real personality?''Kim Yeojun- not so sweet anymore.''Yeojun vs. Jun.''The Evil Maknae.'"This is too much!" Jaehyeon huffed as he dropped heavily into the nearby chair. We were in one of the meeting rooms in DayBreak's building. "That video is hardly anything to go by!""No one knows what happened." I frowned and leaned against the big table in the middle of the room. "We should just release a statement clarifying what had
Where We Are The Least That I Can Do
Thailand got confirmed.2 weeks after the scary run-in that Yeojun had had, things had died down quite a bit. Comments were still doing their rounds online but I had also consciously stopped following up on what everyone was saying on Twitter and other such platforms. I read what I needed to and then backed away.However, there was one thing that popped up in between that made even me pause and falter in my resolve to stay unaffected.'S.T.A.Y's popularity seems to have more to do with 04:00 am than S.T.A.Y themselves.'That was more of a personal attack for me though, given my history with 04:00 am and its members- or rather, member. Ever since debut, we were seen as 04:00 am's Hoobaes. We were always their little brothers, especially after they became so popular.Even though the extent to which our friendship goes has not quite been made public, people knew that we were closer than other groups within DayBreak itself. That made them pitch us together often.To say that S.T.A.Y becam
Where We Are 'Your Turn'
"15 minutes." Mingyu said, turning his attention to the food before him. We were in the recording studio on the first floor of DayBreak Entertainment's building. We had all gathered there for lunch since the room was empty.That was when I had gotten the text message."I'll buy you ice cream. 20 minutes." I smiled as sweetly as I could have."Manager-nim wants us to be ready to leave in 15 minutes." He shook his head. "You'll get 15 minutes.""That's hardly much." I thought about it for a moment. "You had said that your headphones were not working? I'll buy you a new pair.""This is bribe. Hyung, you're bribing me. Won't work." He shook his head yet again. "15 minutes.""17 minutes.""What sort of number is that even?" He gave me a weird look."It'll take you 3 minutes to actually go there and come back." Yeojun calculated. "Mingyu Hyung, just let him have his 20 minutes.""Yeah. I mean, what kind of a leader are you if you can't even buy me five more minutes?" I clicked my tongue at
Where We Are Blue Ink
I could never get used to Thai.Given that there were a lot of Thai True, in the little time that we had, I had tried to pick up at least a little bit of the Thai language but I had failed miserably. I couldn't get past the first few words. Hanseol, on the other hand, turned out to have a hidden talent for learning foreign languages. He could make at least basic conversation. The others were doing slightly better than I was.Thankfully for us, the male anchor of the show that we had been invited to go on could speak Korean decently well, mixed in with some English. "You've been doing a lot of promotional work off-late. Thailand has just loved having you here too! How has your experience been so far?"We were all seated at a long table in an outdoor setting. It was pretty warm out and we were all dressed rather lightly. We had finished most of our live performances in Thailand. There was only one more left and that was on a show 2 days later. Our trip had been extended to 20 days to ac
Where We Are Being the Hyung
"Oh, Hyung." I looked up from tying my shoelaces when I noticed Jaehyeon approaching me. We were at a beach. For work. We had finished filming just about half an hour ago. It was already past 08:30 pm. Since we were done with our schedule for the day, we had been allowed some time to ourselves. 'Have fun. You won't get a chance like this again for quite some time,' our Manager had said. Everyone had wanted to play in the shallow waters or take a walk but I was really feeling tired and so, I just took to sitting on the sand near the spot we had filmed at. Other staff members and Manager Park were nearby. It actually felt good to just be sitting quietly for a bit."Why are you alone? I thought that Manager-nim was with you." Jaehyeon came to sit next to me."I'm fine. This feels good." I motioned towards where Manager Park was standing and laughing with the other staff members. "He was with me for a while. What about you? Done with your walk?""Mm. I missed my Jeongwoo." He bumped his s
Where We Are "Let's Remind Them"
"Ugh. I would not have recognised you had I not already known that hoodie of yours." I grimaced on walking up to the young man who was waiting at DayBreak Entertainment's main entrance. "And where did you get that cap? It's got a hole in it.""It's a style statement. Shut up, you." Changmin laughed and gave me a big hug. "Welcome back home!""I've been home for a week already though." I gave in and laughed softly, patting his back. We had not quite been able to meet since I returned from Thailand. We were forced to schedule this drinks' date on the phone too. I could understand why he would say that to me now. "It's good to be back."I had missed you too. Yes.We let go of each other and I asked, "Won't it be weird if the both of us wear caps and masks on? And that too at a bar.""I'll take it off once we get there. You have to keep your beanie on though. Your hair will attract attention. My hair's black so I'll fit right in." He was wearing an open green hoodie over a grey V-neck T-s
Where We Are "You're Making Me Weak"
"We'll share a cab." Changmin said when we left the pub, all covered up with our masks and caps again. "Your dorm comes before mine anyway. It'll be easier."I agreed, then smiled to myself. "If we were normal people who went drinking- as in, not Idols with schedules like ours and not living in dorms- you could have come and stayed over at my place since it's closer.""You want me to?" He asked as he stepped towards the road to hail a cab. I couldn't help but smile while watching him."It's nice to have Hyung taking care of everything."He chuckled, managed to flag down a cab and looked at me as the driver brought it to a slow stop. "Do you want me to, Jeongwoo? Stay over, I mean.""It's not like you can, even if I want you to." I said bitterly and got into the cab when he opened the door. He got in after me and shut the door. After giving the driver directions, I turned to him again. "You have places to be tomorrow morning just as do I, Hyung.""It would have been really nice if we w
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