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eventuallyaugust · 1 year

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4. pretty elevator girl (kinda half written)

"hey, kai kamal huening, get back here!"

yeonjun's loud voice booms around the first floor as he chases after the maknae who stole his bag and dashed around the area. beomgyu and taehyun join the fun, throwing the bag around while the second oldest chases after his belongings, failing to grab his stuff from the ever-energetic maknae line.

soobin sighs in exasperation as he turns away from the sight and massages his temple before he turns to the oldest, muttering. "it's too early to deal with this mess."

hyunseol chuckles with a shake of her head as she adjusts her hold on a paper bag filled with fresh takeout. "they need to let out of that energy somehow, soobin-ah. we're lucky they decided to pester yeonjun, instead of us."

"i can never understand how they're so hyper at this time."

the oldest shrugs, placing her left hand under the paper bag. "perks of being part of the maknae line, i guess." she then looks at the lobby to see the receptionist busy with her work on the company computer. "you guys can go ahead, i'll just bring this paper bag over to mrs. yoon."

soobin nods as he follows their manager to the elevator before hyunseol walks over to the lobby with a huge grin over her lips. "hello, mrs. yoon. good morning!"

the middle-aged woman looks up from her computer and returns the idol's smile, adoring the energy the big hit idol possesses. "good morning to you too, seol. considering the energy you have today, i take that you have a good night sleep?"

hyunseol could nod, her grin impossibly getting wider. mrs. yoon always comments that if the idol was a dog, her tail always would be aggressively wagging every time the 5'11 foot girl greets her. the receptionist giggles, unable to resist the cuteness of txt's oldest.

hyunseol is known for being a huge sweetheart in big hit and now that txt's company is now joined into one huge company, she is determined to meet every staff there is in hybe. it makes her look cuter than ever before in mrs. yoon's perspective.

"good morning, mrs. yoon!" hyunseol's ears perk up at the incoming voice and turns around to see a beautiful woman running up to the lobby. their eyes meet for a moment before the idol forces herself to look away as she tries her best to keep her heartbeats at bay.

the interaction doesn't go unnoticed by the receptionist's observant eyes, but decides to remain oblivious. getting in an awkward situation isn't what she wants for these two women's first impressions of each other.

smiling with a slight bow, mrs. yoon greets while noticing the 5'7 ft woman's stare on the bighit idol. "good morning, yunjin. what brings you here?"

the trainee blinks and looks at the receptionist, scratching her nape. "uhm, i was going to ask if you could help me find my practice room again, mrs. yoon."

hyunseol slowly steps away from the conversation and grabs her phone when she felt the device vibrate in her pocket.

she bites her lip and muffles a giggle, shaking her head at her members' chaotic tendencies before shoving her phone back in her pocket. she then meets mrs. yoon's eyes, takes a few steps back, and says, "i'll see you around, mrs. yoon!"

the receptionist motions the idol to come back. "wait, honey. what floor is your practice room?"

"uh, on third floor. why?" hyunseol could sense where this conversation is going. please, please, god no.

"could you escort yunjin to her practice room? she's on the same floor as yours. her room is c-225."

hyunseol shrugs and shoves her hands inside the pocket of her jacket. "that's a few doors down from ours, so i guess i could escort her there."

"y-you don't have to, i can-"

"yunjin, let her. your practice room is near hers, so it's better if you'll let this kind woman escort you. that way, i know you arrive in the practice room." the txt member notices a mischief in the way the receptionist talked and meets mrs. yoon's eyes to see the latter smirking. the idol's eyes widen with her eyebrows, wordlessly asking the middle-aged woman a question and the receptionist's smirk gets wider, making hyunseol roll her eyes.

"i guess..." yunjin thinks to herself, unable to meet the stranger's eyes. why do you like to see me suffer, mrs. yoon? especially when you know i'm gay?

"are you ready to go, yunjin-ssi?" the trainee nods, not trusting her voice to speak and walks beside the tall stranger, heading to the elevator.

the receptionist then watches the two women walk away and gently slaps herself on the cheek. "you really are evil, yoon. i can't believe you just get those two together."

the pair then enters the elevator and the idol pushes the floor 3 button, the air between them beginning to be suffocating. hyunseol decides to break the silence despite not knowing if her action will make things between them more awkward.

"hey, sorry about mrs. yoon. she tends to be so persuading sometimes."

"it's okay, it's my fault for forgetting the room number of the practice room. i still haven't get used to this huge building despite being a trainee under hybe for 2 years." yunjin gently shakes her head and slowly looks up from the ground, her nose getting a hold of a perfume smell inside the elevator.

she turns her head a bit to the tall woman's direction and looks away once she confirmed her suspicions. so the smell was coming from the tall woman. she smells like jasmine.

hyunseol turns her head and looks at the woman beside her, her eyes filling up with an explicable glint in them. "wait, you're a trainee? what's your sub-company?"

"source music."

"oh, i see." hyunseol raises a brow and throws the woman a look before nodding as the elevator doors open, revealing the third floor hallway. "it's the same company gfriend sunbae was in, right?"

"yeah. you know, i'm still bummed out that they disbanded", yunjin shares as she and the tall girl walk out of the tight canopy with the latter leading the way.

"it looks like we're on the same boat. gfriend sunbae could have a potential, but it's a shame source music didn't promote them better." the pair then arrives in front of the practice room and hyunseol turns to the trainee with a small smile, her eyes meeting the latter's.

"and here we are. looks i'll be seeing you around, yunjin-ssi. good luck on your training, have a great day."

"y-yeah, y-you too."

yunjin could only nod as the fear keeps holding her back from asking the tall girl's name. the latter bows and the trainee eagerly returns the gesture before she watches the 5'11 foot woman walk away from her, unknowingly got her heart stolen by the stranger whose name is still unknown.

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4:00 p.m.

yunjin sits on the couch settled in the practice room, resting her body. the practicing hours have just ended and she is the only one in the room.

i lied to her. i'm not a trainee anymore. i should've told her i'm going to debut, ugh. is this why i didn't get her name?

(no, yunjin. you're too busy ogling at hyunseol.)

her members, gosh. she feels weird calling those other five girls that term. her members already left and she decided to get left behind to clear her mind about earlier's encounter with the tall beautiful woman.

she sighs with a ruffle of her hair and grabs her phone, hoping to rant her experience in her private account.

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the photo attached in yunjin's reply:

soobin will never get a break from the chaotic mess of his members. (50/50 on hyunseol bcs he knows the oldest can be chaotic sometimes)

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summary: txt's oldest member, oh hyunseol just want a peaceful life after pandemic with her members, but it seems like fate wants to shake things up.

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27. haters gonna hate

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summary: txt's oldest member, oh hyunseol just want a peaceful life after pandemic with her members, but it seems like fate wants to shake things up.

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eventuallyaugust · 11 months

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matchmaker masterlist reality show [DISCONTINUED]

starring oh hyunseol of txt and yoo jimin of æspa; directed and produced by gong daejung

summary: follow oh hyunseol of txt and yu jimin of aespa on their journey being two young adults entering the new horizon of their lives, the dating life.

status: discontinued; focused on the smau

episode 1: bonnie & clyde in action 🎥

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episode 3: home is wherever with you 🎥 (writing)

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episode 4: when the stars and planets align 🎥 (soon)

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playing... matchz playlist

disclaimer the dialogues happened in this show isn't based on true life or the idols' life. this is for entertainment purposes only. this show is inspired by we got married.

bbtr taglist (open!!): @curly-fr13s , @neuftaeng , @mightymyo , @yoontoonwhs , @nasyu-kookies , @awkwardtoafault , @osakis-gf , @dream-chasers-things , @woonie57 , @juhyunsthirdwife , @sewiouslyz , @yerevies , @asp-no , @kimsgayness

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eventuallyaugust · 11 months

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21. be careful what you wish for (written)

note: i'm writing this while listening to this (its a filo song & idk what the english song could measure up to the vibe that song gives me)

warning/s: too long chapter ahead, yunjin js too detailed when it comes to seol, and usage of unofficial uno rules; no beta

"are we really going to do this, unnie?"

"yes, and besides, it's about time to shut yunjin up. so why can't we grant her wish with seol?"

two people huddle together while talking in hushed whispers, one looking around for unsuspecting passersby.

"uh, hi? may i ask what you're planning to noona?"

the pair jumps startled and turns around to see a 5'11 foot guy with a knowing glint settling in his eyes. behind him are his two members who are looking at the pair with curiosity. "please tell me you're doing what i'm thinking you're doing. if you need help, my members and i can step in."

the pair looks at one another before looking back at the tall guy. "and what are you thinking exactly?"

he tilts his head, raising a brow at chaewon and sakura. "you're going to trap those two in noona's studio, right?"

sakura asks as she raises a brow back, "how are we even going to do that without getting it opened from the inside?"

yeonjun, taehyun, and beomgyu look at each other before they share a laugh, a mischievous smirk appearing over their lips. "just do one thing and leave the rest to us."

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"love is sour, love is sour grapes ~"

hyunseol nods, her right hand spinning a ballpoint pen with her eyes trained on the lyrics sheet and her blank expression makes the six girls nervous. "thank you, girls, but i noticed something." she then looks up from the paper, looking at yunjin. "why are you nervous, yunjin-ah?"

the tall girl blushes as she looks away, her fingers finding the hems of her shirt. "uhm, i'm sorry. i didn't mean to."

"may i ask what seems the problem? your voice really seems nervous earlier unlike what we had practiced last time, so we can address the problem." hyunseol leans against her seat and trains her eyes on the 5'8 foot girl who is still fiddling with the hem of her shirt. "yunjin-ssi?"

"i-i just want to be perfect for you, sunbaenim."

surprised, hyunseol's head jerks back with a blink. what? she said what?

the eyes of some le sserafim's members widen before turning their heads to their tallest member while chaewon and sakura keep their attention on the 5'11 foot idol, holding themselves from smirking by how taken aback hyunseol was at what had happened.

you're so stupid, yunjin! what did you say that?! 'i just want to be perfect for you', ugh! stupid stupid stupid!, yunjin mentally reprimands herself as she turns impossibly redder. hyunseol then gets flustered once what the american had said finally sinks in her mind.

"p-perfect? for me?" hyunseol repeats, sounding a bit in disbelief and clears her throat, shaking her head. "what do you mean by that, yunjin-ah?"

"w-what i mean is that, i'm nervous to mess up parts, sunbae. you're just so cool and i just don't want to mess up in front of you. it's too embarrassing."

you're such a simp, yunjin, chaewon thinks to herself as she shakes her head. good thing we'll be doing you a favor.

"please, don't call me sunbae. i would like to be called as seol unnie or unnie. not sunbae or sunbaenim because that honorifics make me feel old", the txt member addresses. "yunjin, we're on the same level. we're equal, so please don't think highly of me. i'm just seol from txt.

"and please, don't be afraid to mess up. that's why i'm here to help whenever you have any trouble. just because we're idols doesn't mean we lost our humanity. you're allowed to fail and try again and most importantly, you're allowed to have feelings, yunjin. don't let others make you think otherwise."

fuck you, hyunseol, yunjin thinks to herself as she tries to contain her raging heartbeats at bay, her ears joining the flustered fest. for raising my standards higher. fuck, god, why did you make her to be so so perfect? and my type too?

"o-okay, su— i mean, seol unnie. i'll remember your words."

the big hit idol nods and grabs her pen, smiling. "all right, let's try that again."

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do the plan, sakura noona!

the oldest le sserafim member eyes hyunseol's phone laying on the table and remembers what yeonjun told her earlier.

"you need to grab seol noona's phone, sakura noona. seol noona has two phones, okay? one is for personal use while the other is for business use. i heard from noona that she left her business phone charging in the practice room because she rarely uses it nowadays. so, you need to take the other phone, it's the one in the black phone case and believe me when i say she keeps her eyes on that phone. you need to create a distraction for her before you grab the device, or else, she'll catch you."

le sserafim just finished practicing for their vocal practice (yunjin asked the txt member if the group could have a vocal practice doing the final recording) and now, they're ready to head to the cafeteria. chaewon and sakura share a look before their eyes fall on the unguarded phone. it's now or never.

"unnie", the bighit idol looks up from the music sheet and meets chaewon's innocent eyes. normally, hyunseol would question the behavior of the '00 liner, but she has no energy to ask.

"yes, chaewon?" the said girl then moves to shield the phone from the 23-year-old idol's sharp eyes. "do you need something?"

while chaewon talks to hyunseol, sakura immediately makes her way to the phone and grabs the device, stuffing it inside her pocket. when she looks up, she meets the eyes of her members: kazuha, eunchae, and garam. yunjin, on the other hand, is too engrossed on gathering her things to notice sakura's odd behavior, her thoughts still about txt's oldest.

sakura raises a brow at the maknae line and the trio raises their brows back, their eyes focused on the phone as if they're asking their oldest member, what are you doing?

trust me, sakura mouths and walks away when chaewon gently tapped her back, a signal to get away from the txt oldest. the leader then taps yunjin's arm, catching the latter's attention. "come on, let's go. it's time to eat."

"it's okay, unnie. i'll catch up with you guys. i just need to talk to seol unnie."

hearing that, chaewon almost cheers and scream, but she holds herself back and softly smiles at the '01 liner. "okay, we'll wait for you in the cafeteria."

she then meets sakura's eyes and smirks before gathering her members, knowing very well she and the oldest succeeded. the five out of six members walk out and are surprised to see the people outside the studio.

on the other side, yeonjun and the rest of txt members stand patiently. chaewon makes sure to close the door behind her before sakura gives hyunseol's phone to yeonjun.

huening kai, confused on what's happening asks as he crosses his arms in front of him, raising a brow at the pair. "why do you guys have seol noona's phone?"

uh-oh, yeonjun thinks to himself as he starts sweating. i didn't think ahead, fuck. we forgot to tell huening kai. shit, we're doomed.

while yeonjun starts having a mental breakdown, beomgyu immediately jumps into action, leaning against the maknae's 6'0" figure. "please, just this one, hyuka. help us trap seol noona and yunjin in the studio."

sakura starts off as she tries to support the oldest of txt's maknae line, "uh, yes, you see, yunjin likes-"

"- seol noona? we know. she isn't exactly hiding her infatuation very well." huening kai cuts le sserafim oldest, looking unimpressed.

the le sserafim members look at txt's maknae in shock, blinking. "what-?"

chaewon immediately covers eunchae's mouth before the latter could scream and asks, "how do you know?"

"we've noticed from our last vlive", taehyun answers before continuing. "and if we noticed, i'm sure seol noona did too, even before we did."

"yeah, she isn't exactly dense like she usually shows", soobin voices out.

"so...", yeonjun trails off as he looks at '02 liner hesitantly, knowing the success of their plan will depend on the maknae's decision. "are you going to help us, hyuka?"

the txt maknae looks at the phone adorned in a black phone case, thinking over the options he has before smirking.

"give me the phone."

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"thank you again for the kind words from earlier, i guess i need to hear that. it's been a hard month for us."

the '99 liner smiles, as soft as the pillow and as warm as the rays of the first peak of sunrise. "you're welcome, i can tell that you guys start to feel the pressure. being in the industry is hard, i'll tell you that. you girls will be needing a friendly face amidst of the chaos. you're lucky because i'm willing to be in that role."

"i guess we girls lucked out when it comes to you."

"yeah, i guess so..." an awkward silence ensues as yunjin tries her best to save the conversation, but came up with nothing.

"i better go now, my members might be waiting for me."

"yeah... i hope you and your members eat well."

"you too." yunjin eyes the huge paper bag near the 23-year-old idol's work station and tears her eyes away from it. i really have no game against karina when it comes to seol. she's just confident, cool, and pretty and i'm just me. what do i even have that she doesn't? there's nothing, might as well give up.

"see you later, yunjin."

"see you later, unnie." the 5'8 foot idol bids a greeting and heads to the door. when she grabs the door and twists the handle, she blinks when she didn't hear a small click.

she takes a deep breath and decides to try again, calming herself down because if she didn't, she'll end up embarrassing herself more in front of her crush. let's not panic immediately, i must have just done something wrong.

"fuck", yunjin curses in english under her breath as the realization finally settles in. she's stuck inside with seol, the current subject of her infatuation. her hold on the door handle loosens until her arm comes back on her side. god, why now? why?!

hyunseol, on the other hand, turns her seat around when she still sensed the le sserafim member's presence in the room and tilts her head at the latter's back, the music sheet now thrown on the table with abandon.

"are you okay there, yunjin?"

"k-kinda? i-i don't know." hyunseol frowns at the reluctant response from the american before standing up from her swivel chair. when she approached the soon-to-be idol,

she notices the latter avoiding her eyes which is unlike what yunjin was earlier when they were practicing. flirty, attentive, and confident. her sudden change of behavior confuses the bighit idol even more.

what's gotten into her?, hyunseol thinks to herself and decides to grab the door handle and open it. just like when she welcomed le sserafim in her humble abode.

but except this time, it doesn't open. like she usually expects it will.

hyunseol blinks and tries again, but to no avail. surely the door is sealed shut, leaving her trapped inside with yunjin who is undoubtedly one of the pretty girls the txt member ever met in the industry.

oh fuck.

get yourself together, hyunseol. where's your phone?, her mind reproachfully speaks as she immediately springs into life and looks around the studio, her eyes desperately looking for her personal phone.

the very one sakura just stole minutes ago.

"wait, it can do that?"

"yeah, seol noona showed it to me some time ago. apparently, there are times she likes to be alone, so she often locks herself in her studio while she does songwriting. i remembered her saying that the door could lock someone in and out using her phone."

the five txt members and five le sserafim members take shelter in txt's practice room. on hyunseol's stolen phone shows a live footage of txt oldest member looking for something, but txt knows she's looking for her phone that was in huening kai's hands.

"aw, now i feel bad for unnie", chaewon voices out when she caught the distraught expression over hyunseol's face.

"me too, but it's already done, chaewon-ah."

"so that's why you asked something from seol unnie while sakura unnie stole seol unnie's phone", eunchae remarks as she looks at her leader and her fellow member in realization before she throws one piece of french fry inside her mouth, her eyes trained on the phone screen.

"yeah, that's why", chaewon comments before she takes another sip from her drink. "sakura unnie needs to grab the phone without getting seol unnie suspicious, so i stepped in."

le sserafim and txt have agreed on eating their lunch inside the latter's dance practice room to spy on their fellow members trapped in a studio. it sounds weird and creepy, but chaewon and sakura deemed it being the only way for yunjin to slowly adjust being around the txt member, knowing hyunseol having the nation's best friend persona only need several minutes to strike a conversation with yunjin.

hyunseol sighs as she sits back down on her swivel chair. she's certain now if she wasn't minutes ago. there's no way out of this room without her phone.

she then looks at yunjin who is starting to space out on the couch inside her studio before rummaging the paper bag her manager had dropped. she scowls when she saw two takeout containers inside and two sets of plastic utensils with two bottled colas on the plastic bag near it.

she mentally sighs in exasperation and rolls her eyes when she realized something. her phone is on the table earlier, but after chaewon asked her about something, it just disappeared.

is it magic? no, she strongly believes there is no way it just magically went missing before she got trapped with yunjin because she knows it's possible huening kai is an accomplice of chaewon and sakura with a few bribes being made. the maknae is the only one who knows about the studio door.

hyunseol then turns to the cctv camera she installed in her studio that overlooks the whole room and narrows her eyes while crossing her arms.

huening kai immediately drops his hold over the phone, his action catching everyone's attention. "uh-oh."

yeonjun asks, looking at the maknae, "what? what?"

the maknae meets the second oldest member's eyes and scowls, "we're doomed, noona finally realized what's happening."

hyunseol throws yunjin a glance and immediately returns her attention to the cctv camera when she saw the latter in the state of spacing out. with a disapproving shake of her head, the txt oldest member signs as she clenches her jaws, you shouldn't have done that, huening kai. chaewon and sakura, is this why you stole my phone for? to trap me and yunjin inside? you guys better sleep with an eye open tonight.

huening kai whines as he gives the phone to soobin. "you hold the phone, hyung. i cannot hold it while watching."

"what did she say?", sakura asks curiously, looking at the txt members.

"she's asking you and chaewon if trapping her and yunjin is the reason why you stole her phone, noona", yeonjun shares and gulps. "she also said that we better sleep with an open tonight."

"i don't know if i should be scared or not by how much she is glaring at us right now", chaewon mutters, her eyes trained on the idol.

"it's okay to be scared of seol noona, chaewon noona.", huening kai comments and frowns. "you're luckier than us, though. you guys don't share a dorm with her."

hyunseol then rolls her eyes and turns away from the camera, massaging her temple. getting annoyed isn't going to help. focus, seol. you're not the only one who's trapped inside. you're with yunjin, think about her. she must be starving.

"hey." the txt member's raspy voice brings yunjin out of her thoughts and they share a look for a moment before the korean smiles warmly at the american. "come on, let's eat. it'll take us centuries before we bust out of this room and believe me, there's no way we could leave the room if i don't have my phone with me."

the former opera singer tilts her head with a frown, her brows creased together. "but your phone was here moments ago."

yunjin noticed it, the device laying within the txt member's reach while she and her members have their vocal practice. it couldn't possibly just disappeared, right?

"i have a feeling on what had happened to my phone." yunjin looks at the bighit idol.

the '01 liner then stands up and helps hyunseol setting the big foldable table up. "what's happened?"

hyunseol carefully takes out the two bibimbap-filled containers with bulgogi meat draped on the side, drinks, and utensils before laying them on the table. "chaewon distracted me while sakura unnie grabbed my phone and used the chance to run away when you told your leader you'll catch up with your members in the cafeteria before trapping us inside."

the le sserafim member throws hyunseol a look. "eh? did they really steal your phone?"

"i believe so, because we wouldn't trapped right now." the txt immediately corrects herself, not wanting yunjin to misunderstand her statement. "n-not that i don't want to be with you, of course. j-just..."

"oh, hyunseol's stuttering."

"wait, what?" the txt and le sserafim members huddle together, their eyes glued on the phone screen. and there hyunseol is, stuttering and blushing like a madman.

"j-just that... it's too coincidental for us to get trapped here, right?" hyunseol succesfully plays it cool with a chuckle and a shake of her head. great quick thinking, seol.

"and besides, think about it, yunjin-ah. they wouldn't trap us here if they have no reason, right? there must be something they want to achieve for them to drag my members in this shenanigan."

there must be something they want to achieve..., yunjin lingers on the thought and her eyes widen when she remembered her tweets from the night before. fuck, chaewon unnie and sakura unnie must've seen my tweets about seol, and now i'm stuck with her. great, good job, yunjin.

"hey, you good?" the 5'8" foot idol blinks and meets hyunseol's eyes before they share a small smile and look away, blush adorning their cheeks.

"i swear to god, they're so gay for each other", sakura fake gags. "like you can see how they look shy around one another and it makes me puke."

"y-yeah, i'm good." yunjin clears her throat and looks away.

"all right, here's your utensils. let's eat, yunjin-ah." the txt member then drags her swivel chair closer to the table.

despite being awkward at first, the pair slowly adjusts in the silence and enjoy the food manager yongsun had dropped off before yunjin gasps and the bighit idol worriedly looks at the soon-to-be idol only to see the latter looking at the food in amazement.

"wow, this is so good." yunjin takes another bulgogi meat from her container and immediately sighs in delight. "where did you buy this food, unnie? it's so good."

"manager unnie bought it from a friend of mine. i'm glad you enjoyed it." hyunseol chews and adjusts herself on her seat, throwing yunjin a look and noticing something on the latter's face. "hey."

the former opera singer stops chewing and looks at the tall girl, her awaiting eyes trained on the bighit idol.

she looks like a puppy, hyunseol thinks to herself. she'd make a cute puppy.

the american's action makes the txt member giggle before the latter grabs a napkin laying discarded on the table and stands up from her chair.

"hang on, you have something on your...", hyunseol trails off as she leans closer to yunjin, her free hand holding the latter's chin in place. the soon-to-be idol's breath hitches at the close proximity of their faces, the gentle hold the tall girl has on her chin, and the concentration looming over the txt member's face.

yunjin isn't certain if she caught hyunseol's eyes darting back and forth from the mess on her jaw to her lips. on top of that, she notices the latter subconsciously licking her own lips while wiping the offending smudge on her face.

the pair then locks eyes for a moment, the humming coming from the a/c being the only sound in the room. the '99 liner's voice rings in yunjin's ear, noticing a hint of softness laced in them. "hey, you okay? you kinda... spaced out there."

"yeah... i'm good..." are the only words yunjin could say at the moment, her voice a bit slurred from the moment.

"okay, there you go. your face are all cleaned up." hyunseol subconsciously runs her thumb over the former opera singer's jaws and immediately lets go when she realized what she did, turning her face away with blush dusting her cheeks.

"uhm...", yunjin stutters with a flustered face when hyunseol finally moved away and sat back down before she looks away as her hands cover her face, immediately missing the warmth over her jaw. "t-thank you, you didn't have to. that was so embarrassing, i'm sorry you have to see me like that. i don't normally eat like that, i'm usually—"

"no, no, don't do that. it's okay, it wasn't embarrassing at all." the bighit idol giggles and waves her dismissively. "trust me, you're cute from where i'm seeing you, yunjin. there's no need to be embarrassed and besides, you're a pretty girl, yunjin. i hope you can see that."

"ahhh, seol noona!!!" the txt members loudly squeal and runs around their practice room with huening kai being the loudest while the le sserafim members sit on the couch, stunned.

"t-they are flirting, right?"

huening kai's loud voice fills the room. "yes! seol noona is flirting with yunjin noona! we told you, they only a nudge to start talking."

yeonjun and beomgyu then throw each other a look and share a knowing smirk.

"t-thank you, you're kinda pretty yourself too", yunjin mutters before immediately stuffing her mouth with food, hoping the food will ease her flustered mess.

hyunseol chuckles as she opens her drink and takes a sip. "thanks, i'm glad you found me attractive."

the le sserafim's opera singer lets out a yelp as her face turns redder than any existing red color in the world, hell even redder than the nose of rudolph the red nose reindeer.

the txt member chuckles, her eyes looking at the 5'8" foot girl. "okay, okay. i'll stop now. let's continue eating in peace."

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"no fucking way."

chaewon and sakura have their hands over the ears of their minor members, garam and eunchae who looked at the two oldest members innocently while txt chuckles at their oldest's reaction.

hyunseol whines as she takes another two cards from the deck, her five cards in her hands becoming seven while yunjin smirks triumphantly, holding up four cards.

the pair just finished cleaning up the mess they made with their trash stacked on one corner, waiting to be fetched. now, they're playing uno with the uno cards the bighit idol always carry with her once they decided that their members won't be coming to free them sooner or later.

and now, from where yunjin is looking, hyunseol is losing at the game.

"fuck, how come you're so good at this?!", the txt oldest groans as she sighs before taking another two cards from the deck.

the txt members look at one another at their oldest member's questionable choice of words with mischievous smirks before bursting out in a laughter while sakura and chaewon facepalm with a shake of their heads, leaving le sserafim's maknae line looking at the phone screen confused.

"i'm a pro at this, unnie. my little sister could tell you that." yunjin then puts down two of her cards which is both 8 from red color before holding up her two cards. "i'm closer and closer to winning, unnie. you better catch up."

"oh, i'm gonna catch up all right." hyunseol grumbles as she places two cards down, still on the losing side.

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"they're so gay for each other", chaewon comments as she watches hyunseol and yunjin entertain themselves with uno cards.

"what's the meaning of this?"

both members of txt and le sserafim tense up at bang si-hyuk's terror-filled voice before slowly turning around to see the producer himself with their managers, moonbyul and yongsun standing beside him guiltily. the producer looks at the two groups with raised brows and arms crossed.

"i'm sorry, guys. he asked me where hyunseol is and i tried to lie to him, but he doesn't believe me", yongsun apologizes as she meets the eyes of the txt members.

"that's okay, noona. at least you tried."

"where is hyunseol, huening kai?" si-hyuk knows that the txt maknae is aware of the door mechanics of hyunseol's studio and seeing the phone of the txt's oldest in huening kai's hold, he has a hunch on what's happening.

he also notices that yunjin is nowhere to be seen with her members and realizes what the two group did, narrowing his eyes at the phone. "did you two try to play matchmaker on them?"

"yes, pd-nim. we're sorry."

si-hyuk sighs and massages his temples. "it's okay, but you guys need to apologize to those two, not me. i'm not the one who was trapped in there. come on, let's fetch them."

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"ha, i win! take that, yunjin. i told you from the start, i'll win."

"aww, i lost. that's too bad."

truthfully, yunjin was supposed to win, but seeing the determination burning in hyunseol's eyes make yunjin change her mind and let the tall idol win.

normally, her competitive side always aim to win every game, but her infatuation on hyunseol won over her competitiveness. with the txt member, she doesn't mind losing—no, scratch that, she will never mind losing. as long as she gets to see that wide smile appear on hyunseol's face, losing to her in will always be worth it.

although she and hyunseol only spent almost an hour inside the studio, it gave yunjin an idea as to why people adored and befriended the txt member. the perfect person to be with, why?

hyunseol is open-minded to several topics whether it may be controversial or not. she isn't quick to turn down other people's opinions, but instead, she listens attentively because she said that people's thoughts are what makes people people, giving a glimpse of what kind of person they are.

the txt member is also kind and understanding because like what happened earlier, she addressed the opera singer's thoughts about herself of not being good enough or the fear of messing up. she understood yunjin's fears and made it like it was okay to be in that state because at the end of the day, they are humans first, idols second. idols have to look out for each other in the cruel innerworkings of the industry they work in. it's natural to think like that, but they shouldn't think like that all the time.

the bighit idol is funny too because surprisingly, she has a sense of humor that align with yunjin's and share laughter at the jokes they throw each other as if they share one braincell. as if they made the inside joke together.

and at last, she is a people person. she was warm as the first peak of sunrise, easy to make friends, and an excellent listener because hyunseol makes sure to stop whatever she is doing to listen and lend her ears to the person talking. like the idol did when yunjin shared a few tidbits of her life.

if those qualities didn't make yunjin fall for hyunseol before, it surely did now. not only the 5'11" foot idol is her type, but she also became the opera singer's standard.

like people said, why settle for less when you know you deserve more, right?

"that was a good game." yunjin giggles at the bighit idol's words before she helps the latter gather the discarded cards on the couch. "although i was so sure you would win minutes ago, yunjin."

"i didn't think it through, unnie. i thought i could do a miracle in the game, but i suppose you immediately noticed my bluff and won."

"probably—" the door of the studio opens and the pair immediately gets on their feet when they saw bang si-hyuk standing on the other side.

"pd-nim", hyunseol politely regards the producer with a greeting before she sees her members and the rest of le sserafim standing behind him. she then returns her gaze on the producer. "uhm, good afternoon?"

"i was informed that you guys have been trapped in here." si-hyuk motions yongsun beside him before looking back at the idols. "we've come to fetch you. i hope you guys are okay while being trapped inside."

hyunseol and yunjin share a look while si-hyuk notices the way the pair immediately look at each other. the two idols then look back at the producer with smiles plastered over their faces. "no, pd-nim. we are okay. manager unnie managed to drop off some food in the studio before we got trapped, so..."

"we ate well and played some cards to pass time. it was good, despite getting trapped against our will", yunjin adds to hyunseol's statement, smiling at the thought of the interactions she shared with the txt member.

"okay, that's good to hear. also, hyunseol." si-hyuk nods and looks at hyunseol who flinches at the producer's gaze.

"y-yes?"

"come, i need to talk to you about something in my office." the six members of txt look at one another before the oldest looks back at the producer.

"solo schedule?"

"no, it's code oh." the five txt members look at hyunseol with wide eyes.

"c-code oh?"

"yes, now, come on."

"but the trash, pd-nim." the 5'11" foot idol motions to the neatly stacked paper bag in the room and si-hyuk looks at the five members of txt, the latter immediately realizing what the producer will say.

"your members will take care of it as their punishment of trapping you and ms. huh here. right boys?"

"yes! we'll do it!"

"it's okay, noona. we'll take care of it", huening kai states as he gently drags the oldest out of the room. "bang pd-nim needs to talk to you."

"okay, okay. i'll go." hyunseol then looks at yunjin and smiles with a slight bow. "i'll see you around, yunjin-ssi."

she then looks at the rest of le sserafim with a smile. "good luck on your debut, okay?"

"see you around, seol unnie." chaewon waves with the rest of her members.

si-hyuk then leads the txt's oldest member away from the group and yunjin's eyes follows hyunseol before the pair disappears around the corner.

"you girls really are evil." yunjin finally speaks up as she meets her fellow unnie line members before a smile breaks out on her face. "i can't believe you guys did that."

"so, yunjin noona." the former opera singer the turns her head to meet the eyes of txt's maknae. "what do you think about seol noona?"

"well..."

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summary: txt's oldest member, oh hyunseol just want a peaceful life after pandemic with her members, but it seems like fate wants to shake things up.

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taglist (open!!): @curly-fr13s , @neuftaeng , @myothegreat , @yoontoonwhs , @nasyu-kookies , @awkwardtoafault , @osakis-gf , @dream-chasers-things

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26. seol & umji?? seolji?

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25. 0 7 . 3 0

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summary: txt's oldest member, oh hyunseol just want a peaceful life after pandemic with her members, but it seems like fate wants to shake things up.

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taglist: @curly-fr13s, @neuftaeng, @myothegreat, @yoontoonwhs, @nasyu-kookies, @awkwardtoafault , @osakis-gf , @dream-chasers-things , @woonie57 , @juhyunsthirdwife , @sewiouslyz , @yerevies, @kimsgayness , @jeindall777 , @notodayeli

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3. birth month twinnie (half written)

hyunseol types on her laptop while on her bed, trying to cure her boredom by writing a song. her members aren't in the dorm with her, probably out with their idol friends or visiting a family. she just finished doing her weekly clean-up in the whole dorm, including the members' room (she asked for their consent first).

now, she is currently taking a rest before she goes out for her daily afternoon walk.

she has been staring at her laptop for a few minutes before she lays down with a grunt, experiencing a writer's block. looking up on the ceiling, she breathes out as she runs a hand through her hair. out of nowhere, the memory of interacting with minjeong from the other day floods her mind.

suddenly, she finds herself sitting up on her bed and searching for minjeong's group profile on her laptop with her fingers aggresively typing on the keyboard. several websites pop up before she clicks one of them, the site looking a bit promising.

the picture of four girls pop up on the screen with the words æspa above it. she scrolls down a few minutes and arrives at minjeong's part of the group profile. the txt member raises a brow when her eyes read her new friend's birthday.

birthday: january 1, 2001

we're born in the same month, and i just had my birthday, so that means...

hyunseol immediately exits from the website and grabs her phone in her nightstand, dialing a number.

"hello, is your service available today?"

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"minjeong, did you order something?"

the said girl stops playing her mobile game for a moment and blinks, trying to remember if she did order something from the previous days. she then looks up from her phone and meets the leader's gaze, shaking her head. "no, i didn't. why?"

"a package and a bouquet arrived in the front porch just now. the surprising part is that, it's addressed to someone named azrael?" karina points to the front door.

"what?!"

minjeong approaches the items, one gift-wrapped box and bouquet and crouches before she inspects them carefully. she then opens the box and sees the jacket, a black designed with smiley emojis in a light yellowish color.

she takes the apparel out and a note drops on the box before she grabs it and examines the writings.

curious, ningning asks as she looks over her fellow maknae's shoulder. "what does it say?"

the second youngest starts to read the note, "'dear minjeong,

happy belated birthday !! i just found out that we were born in the same month and would like to greet you as a gratitude for being my new friend.

signed, azrael'"

"who's that?"

"i don't know?" minjeong shrugs and looks at her members before looking back at the two items and grabbing her phone.

"hold on, i'll ask around."

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summary: txt's oldest member, oh hyunseol just want a peaceful life after pandemic with her members, but it seems like fate wants to shake things up.

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24. matchz? it's a matchz!

yunjin get away from ur phone and go touch some grass challenge

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summary: txt's oldest member, oh hyunseol just want a peaceful life after pandemic with her members, but it seems like fate wants to shake things up.

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taglist (open!!): @curly-fr13s , @neuftaeng , @myothegreat , @yoontoonwhs , @nasyu-kookies , @awkwardtoafault , @osakis-gf , @dream-chasers-things , @woonie57

a/n: one last update before i write matchmaker day 1 with matchz

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15. alexa, play drama by txt (written)

warning/s: mentions of alcohol consumption (seol)

wasted. that's the word hyunseol would describe her state right now. sprawled on one couch of her group's practice room, her body and brain just experiencing the effect of the alcohol from last night's party.

it's eight in the morning. normally, txt would take this opportunity to sleep in for the whole day, especially now that txt has nothing scheduled in their group activities for the week. but for some reason, they decided to go to the building because they are starting to get bored in their dorm and because they (mostly yeonjun and huening kai) are in need of exercise that also involves doing a vlive. like hitting two birds with one stone.

the group came up with the solution of doing a random kpop dance challenge in the vlive (yeonjun's idea) and the members have no complaints against the idea. but for now, they are enjoying the comfortable silence enveloping the room with the cool air coming from the a/c filling the wide space.

hyunseol softly snores on one of the couches inside the room, her height taking the three seats with her jacket becoming her blanket at that moment while the rest of the txt members claim the second and third couches. yeonjun blasts some kpop music to fill in the silence at the lowest audible volume possible, not wanting to disrupt the oldest member's sleep.

huening kai stands up and starts dancing the choreo when psy's new face comes on, yeonjun and beomgyu dancing along with him. taehyun and soobin watch with a giggle and a small smile, noticing a hint of a small exaggeration in their moves.

the door of the practice room slowly opens, catching the five members' attention. their manager, yongsun then peeks her head inside and her eyes fall on the snoring hyunseol before she looks back to the five boys, the music now paused.

"i'm going out to buy something. what snacks do you guys want?"

the boys' eyes light up as they immediately talk over each other about what snack they want, making yongsun smile at their behavior. she then walks in and closes the door behind her. soobin stands up, walking up to the manager and yeonjun finds himself following the leader. "can i tag along, noona? i can help you carry the food and drinks."

"me too! i can help you choose the snacks if that's okay, noona."

"sure, you can tag along, yeonjun." yongsun then throws the maknae line a pointed look like that one look whenever a mother tells her children to behave. the three members flinch under their manager's gaze, the woman's demeanor being a terrifying sight to the trio despite being shorter compared to them.

"you three better be on your best behavior. don't cause trouble to seol-ah, she's not currently in her best state of mind to supervise you guys. do you understand?"

"yes, noona!" hyunseol stirs in her sleep at the sound, letting out a drowsy whine as she rests an arm over her eyes, protecting them from the harsh fluorescent lights in the room before falling asleep once again. yongsun then raises a brow at the maknae line and the trio pouts, looking away from her.

"we're sorry", huening kai's hands make a circle as he whispers, looking apologetic. "we didn't mean to do that."

"you can count on us, yongsun noona." taehyun nods at beomgyu's words. the maknae then puts his arms around his fellow maknae line. "don't worry, noona. we'll look after the room, each other, and seol noona."

"all right, we'll go now." the maknae line waves the trio away with the door closing on the latter's way out before they slowly look at each other.

huening kai suggests while looking at his fellow maknaes, "do you wanna play cham cham cham? the winner can do whatever he wants for the whole day."

"oh, you're so on."

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"it seems like the practice room is deemed unusable right now."

the practice room door opens and the members of source music's upcoming group, le sserafim turn their heads and immediately start bowing to the person who walked inside, greeting the man. the person is the one and only bang si-hyuk, carrying a laptop bag, and beside him is a big hit staff.

"i was informed that there is a problem in your practice room. what is it?"

"the lights are not working properly, mr. bang. we didn't know what it caused that." moon byulyi, le sserafim's manager steps forward and turns the light switch, the flickering lights supporting her statement.

the producer looks at the lights with a hum and speaks up again, "i see." he then looks back at the manager. the girls are in need of a practice room for their upcoming debut, right?"

"unfortunately, yes, pd-nim. this is the girls' assigned practice room and i'm afraid we'll be left with nowhere to practice."

"how many songs do they need to practice again?"

"three songs, pd-nim." si-hyuk nods and pulls his phone out of his pocket, calling a number. the soon-to-be girl group watches him in a combination of awe, amazement, and curiosity. "hello, beomgyu. are you guys still in your practice room?"

chaewon's ears perk up at the name and gently nudges the member beside her which is sakura. the oldest nods, immediately understanding the message. the two members try to focus on the producer and not look at yunjin which was a huge task, but they successfully did it anyways.

"okay, okay. thank you." si-hyuk puts his phone back inside his pocket and faces the six girls with a smile with a clap. "i manage to get a practice room you can continue practicing your dances in. come on, i'll lead the way."

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"noona, noona. you need to wake up."

hyunseol slowly stirs in her sleep as she flutters her eyes open, seeing the maknae line curiously looking down at her. she then furrows her eyebrows before looking around the room. yeonjun, soobin, and txt's manager aren't here, which means it's now her responsibility to look after the kids.

hyunseol sits up on the couch as her jacket falls on her lap and whispers, her voice raspy. "what's happened? why did you guys wake me up?"

before beomgyu could answer, the door of their practice room opens and the attention of four txt members shift in that direction before their eyes widen when bang pd-nim sticks his head inside the room.

seeing the producer immediately sobers hyunseol as she sits upright, putting her jacket on. she then runs her hand through her hair, hoping to fixing them before straightening her jacket. the female idol and the producer meet each other's eyes and the latter raises a brow when he noticed something odd from the former before he realizes it as he narrows his eyes at the 5'11 foot idol.

"were you drinking last night, seol?"

"no, noona is—" huening kai immediately comes to the rescue, but beomgyu and taehyun immediately cover his mouth. the oldest intervenes as she looks at the youngest with a shake of her head before facing the producer.

"huening kai, don't. you're right, pd-nim. i was drinking last night, sorry."

hyunseol may be taller than si-hyuk, but it doesn't help her gain an advantage regarding everything over the latter, considering he knows her inside and out. like the back of his hand.

lying to the 50-year-old man is unnecessary since the txt oldest knows he can see right through her. "i'm sorry, i just needed to wind down with my other friends and we didn't get to celebrate my birthday, so it's kind of my belated birthday celebration. but despite that, i'm still sorry."

"no, it's okay. i understand and besides, you're an adult now, seol. just next time, don't go here if you're drunk. the netizens might make something out of it. i don't want something to happen to you." si-hyuk nods and turns to the door, making the four txt members follow his gaze. by the door is a woman standing with six other girls behind her.

hyunseol holds herself from raising a brow when she recognized the three girls. si-hyuk then motions the woman to walk in. "come in, moonbyul. it's okay."

the woman, who was called moonbyul (what kind of name is that? maybe it's a nickname?) walks in with the six other girls following behind her. like a mother duck with her kids.

cute.

feeling a bit shy, moonbyul greets a small "hello" while bowing at the four big hit idols before standing beside si-hyuk. the producer then turns to the four txt members, six girls looking over the idols as well. "these girls need a practice room to use. theirs had a problem with the lighting and i decided not to let them continue that room to avoid an electrical fire."

hyunseol nods, slightly slouching on the couch. "they can use ours in the meantime since we don't have any group schedule coming up, anyways."

"thank you, seol."

the txt oldest then stands up with a hand covering her yawn, slightly stretching with her shirt slightly riding up. "the maknae line and i could stay at my studio if the girls find it intimidating to have an audience right now."

"i'm afraid you have to stay, hyunseol." the oldest blinks.

"ehhh?" the maknae line immediately reacts as the oldest freezes, throwing the producer a questioning look.

huening kai steps forward, his stubbornness coming out. "i'm sorry, pd-nim, but noona will stay with us. yongsun noona made us look after seol noona. you see, she's still a bit drunk from last night."

si-hyuk looks over towards hyunseol and the latter shrugs, stopping herself from yawning. he then looks around the room and notices something. "where is your manager? is she with yeonjun and soobin?"

"yeah, they went out to buy some snacks and drinks. but bang pd-nim, noona will have to stay with us", huening kai insists as he shields the oldest from the producer, meeting the latter's eyes.

this kid will really defend my life with his life on the line, and i don't know if that's a good or bad thing, hyunseol thinks to herself and holds the arm of the youngest, gently shoving him out of the way and the maknae looks at her with a pout.

hyunseol knows how to convince the maknae to let her go and that is talking about herself and her members in the third person. "hyuka, don't be stubborn, okay? pd-nim needs help from seol noona, it's okay. seol noona can manage herself. she is getting sober, okay? she's not too drunk right now."

"but noonaaa", the maknae whines, dragging his words out as he cutely stomps on the floor.

hyunseol then throws beomgyu and taehyun a look, her eyes looking at them for help. the pair immediately understands what she was doing. the oldest of the maknae line then put his arm around the maknae's shoulder, catching the latter's attention. "it's okay, hyuka. seol noona said she'll be all right. txt knows they can trust her, right?"

the maknae nods and taehyun speaks up, gently nudging huening kai's side with a smile. "then beomgyu hyung, taehyun hyung, and huening kai can leave seol noona here with bang pd-nim, right?"

huening kai then nods in defeat, still pouting and his shoulders falling. beomgyu and taehyun look at the oldest to deliver the final blow, but hyunseol doesn't need to be reminded as she holds the maknae's face in her hands using her baby voice on him.

"seol noona will be okay. she also said don't be sad, huening kai. seol noona will be with the members later, okay?" embarrassment runs boiling hot in hyunseol's veins from this interaction, but bang pd-nim sounds urgent about her staying in the practice room. and that means she needs to convince the maknae to let her go.

"can seol noona pinky promise?" the maknae holds up his pinky finger.

mission accomplished.

"seol noona pinky promised." the oldest intertwines their pinkies with a smile. "now, the maknae line needs to go. bang pd-nim wants to talk to seol noona about something."

"okay." the maknae responds in a whisper, still pouting. hyunseol could feel her heart getting squeezed at the sight in front of her, but she stayed strong. beomgyu and taehyun loop their arms with the maknae's and walk to the door. before huening kai could walk out of the room, he throws the oldest final look as hyunseol waves at him.

once the door closed, hyunseol lets out a slightly exaggerated shaky breath as she plops down on the couch with her hands covering her face and si-hyuk chuckles at the reaction, shaking his head.

"how did you find out about that method?"

the oldest leans against the couch, still feeling embarrassed. "i caught him watching an animated show, and the scene was two parents trying to convince their child to go to the dentist while talking in the third person. i told the others about that and we tried that method one time and it worked.

"he's still protective of every member. you know, he's the maknae, pd-nim. he tends to act like that around us sometimes." she runs a hand through her hair.

(a/n: there's no particular show in mind behind that moment)

hyunseol lets out a breath before she turns her serious mode on, looking up at the producer. "but enough of that. the reason you wanted me to stay behind better be good, pd-nim. beomgyu, taehyun, and i sacrificed our dignity convincing huening kai to let me go."

si-hyuk sits beside the 5'11 foot idol and before he could say anything, hyunseol looks at the six girls and stands up. "hang on a second, pd-nim."

the big hit idol grabs seven monobloc chairs that were stacked in one corner and drags them to moonbyul and the six girls, offering seat to the seven. the manager and the six girls then thank the idol, clearly taken aback by her kindness.

si-hyuk smirks at the idol who raised a brow at her. "once a gentlewoman, always a gentlewoman, huh?"

"you could thank my grandfather for that. anyways, what work do you have for me, pd-nim?"

"why don't you take a guess first?" hyunseol narrows her eyes at the producer's words. usually, when the latter says those words, it's something related to…

take a guess first.

the big hit idol's eyes widen when realization dawns on her as she slowly turns to look at si-hyuk who was innocently looking back at her. "oh, no."

si-hyuk then smirks with a hint of teasing in his voice. "oh, yes."

the idol takes a deep breath before groaning and the producer chuckles, laying his laptop bag on his lap.

the six girls watch the interaction between the two and wonder how their bond with one another formed and how long it took them to be close, just like what they are seeing now.

"do i even need to call soyeon unnie for this?" hyunseol sighs with a scowl. you're lucky i'm not the type of person to turn you down, bang pd-nim. or else i won't help you in producing—

"if you need to call her, then i suppose you could. also, hyunseol." the said idol looks at the producer. "we won't be producing songs today."

"then what am i needed for?" the idol tilts her head.

"i need your help in recording their songs." si-hyuk motions to the six girls sitting beside moonbyul and the idol jerks her head back.

"me?" hyunseol points at herself in disbelief. "you know that's not my department, pd-nim. besides, you know that i would only help my members when it comes to recording songs."

"i know, and i'm asking you a favor, hyunseol. please, you're the only i trust in helping an idol group. i know this is the first time i'm asking this kind of favor of you, but please, this is important." si-hyuk then clasps his hands together, pleading to the idol. "mrs. kwon is on maternity leave. her baby is due soon, and she's the only staff i can trust when it comes to the idols recording their songs. i know you know that fact and you're the only idol who understands how she works."

hyunseol groans and sighs, ruffling her hair. "fine, i'll do it. you know, you're lucky you're the one who's asking the favor, not someone else."

"i know, and thank you for that, hyunseol."

"you're welcome, although if you can remember, i never turn down any favor you asked of me. anyways, can i listen to the songs? so i can know what i'm dealing with here."

"sure—"

the practice room door suddenly bursts open and hyunseol raises a brow when yongsun and moonbyul share a look before her manager looks away and struts towards the big hit idol and the producer holding a plastic bag. "i'm sorry for intruding, bang pd-nim."

"it's okay, yongsun. but may i ask what you're doing here?"

"i was not supposed to be here, but huening kai insisted that i should go here to look after seol, just in case something happens. i keep saying to him that i might interrupt something, but he was so determined to make me obey him." hyunseol sighs at the response and pats the empty seat beside her, motioning the manager to sit down.

"let her stay, pd-nim. you know how huening kai will keep insisting if i was left alone. you of all people should know that he's stuuborn." yongsun scoots closer to the idol and pulls her phone out, hoping to make herself busy. wishing to the stars in the sky hyunseol didn't notice her odd behavior.

but she is aware of what she is wishing for is impossible.

as txt's manager, yongsun knows nothing can escape the txt oldest member's ever-observant eyes, especially if it involves her and the rest of the txt members.

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summary: txt's oldest member, oh hyunseol just want a peaceful life after pandemic with her members, but it seems like fate wants to shake things up.

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7. meeting for what?! (mostly written) no beta

hyunseol just dropped off ryujin and winter in their dorms when she feels her phone vibrate in her jacket before pulling it out and seeing a message from their manager. (please refer to the message from the last chapter)

she blinks, not knowing how to respond to the message.

she then turns her phone off and shoves the device inside her pocket before driving to the hybe building with a sudden feeling lingering inside her chest. she doesn't know what emotion she's feeling, but she hopes it's not what she had in mind.

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karina wipes her hands on the wash cloth tied to the handle of the refrigerator door, her ears perking up at the sound of the front door opening. she peeks her head out to the hallway to see minjeong closing the door behind her before she goes back to the kitchen and takes her apron off.

"how was it?", the leader asks when the second youngest enters the kitchen, a soft smile adorning her face.

"we have a good time. seol unnie was fun to hang out with." minjeong beams, an infectious smile appearing on her lips.

jimin nods as she then watches the second youngest walk away and head to the living room where giselle and ningning are watching a movie.

the leader then feels her phone vibrate in her pocket and takes it out, catching a glimpse of a notification from her manager.

jimin tilts her head upon reading the message but immediately turns the device off and starts heading to her room with a shake of her head and a frown on her face.

what does ceo-nim wants this time?

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"you want us to do what?!"

hyunseol exclaims, unintentionally raising her voice as she blinks with her mouth goes ajar. the two men remain calm, expecting such reaction from the 5'11 foot idol.

"it's your choice whether to accept it or not, hyunseol. we are not forcing you to be part of this show." bang pd-nim intervenes, his soft voice bringing her back into a sense of comfort to the idol. seated across the tall idol, he leans against his seat and places a gentle hand on the idol's knee, meeting hyunseol's eyes. "don't worry about upsetting me or mr. park; think about yourself. we only want you to know that you have a choice in this matter and choosing either of the two will not make us think of you otherwise."

"mr. bang is right, miss oh. you're an artist under hybe and i want to make sure you know i appreciate and value your decision regarding your group and yourself, specifically your participation in this upcoming reality show. if you want to reject the invitation, we'd understand. after you made your decision, we'd never ask you again", mr. park adds with a gentle smile gracing his lips.

hybe's ceo, park jiwon is acquainted to the reaction the txt member will have once he told her the reason they hold a meeting due to the small talk he had with mr. bang and also knows that bang si hyuk, big hit's former ceo has high regards to the idols the latter once managed, which he means he should follows the latter's footsteps. taking advice from the known producer is one of the best thing jiwon ever did because he can already see what mr. bang meant as regarding hyunseol as a "special case".

with the help of the calm atmosphere in the ceo's office, hyunseol immediately recovers from the shock and falls into her thoughts. si-hyuk looks at the idol, patiently waiting for the idol to make a decision.

"i can't make this decision alone", hyunseol starts as she throws the two men a look, a sudden air of professionalism enveloping her. "i'm flattered that i got chosen for this, but i also need to know what the other idol's opinion on this matter because i'm not the only one who is involved in this."

the txt member leans against her seat, running a hand through her hair. "for all i know, she may get forced to accept the invitation because this show would increase her group's popularity along with mine."

si-hyuk softly asks, minding his tone when speaking with the idol. "then what is your final decision, hyunseol?"

a few minutes of silence ensues as si-hyuk watches the idol like a father watching a kid choose an ice cream flavor with a small smile decorating his face. jiwon, on the other hand, sees the interaction between the two and couldn't help but to smile, finally realizing the affection the latter has for the idols he personally trained and witnessed growing up.

he treats bts and txt like his own kids because he was the only one who believed in them from the beginning.

"uhm, i want to do something, but i don't know if it's allowed."

"it's okay, you can tell us. we'd like to help you if it'll ease your worries." mr. park immediately speaks up, urging the txt member to share her thoughts.

"well, could we hold another meeting? but this time, all of us are present? it'll make my decision-making efficient and worthwhile. also, i need to have a talk with the other idol too because knowing that she got forced into appearing in this show would make this situation even worse." si-hyuk nods, fighting off a smile. hyunseol really grew up and i couldn't be prouder of her.

"that can be easily arranged", jiwon states as he writes the decision hyunseol came to in a notepad in a quick motion, hyunseol getting slightly entranced by the ceo's hand. he then looks up and looks at the idol, unable to contain his smile when he sees the pout forming on hyunseol's lips. "when do you want to hold the meeting?"

the idol snaps out of her reverie and her eyes dart around the room, scratching her cheek. "uh, whenever she's free. i don't want to interfere with her schedule."

"noted." jiwon nods and stands up, making hyunseol slightly flinch. "thank you for lending me your time. that's the only i want to discuss with you, miss oh."

"oh, t-thank you too, for being patient with me." hyunseol quickly stands up and bows in ninety degrees to the ceo and bang pd-nim.

"you're always welcome, miss oh." mr. park nods with a smile as si-hyuk stands, a proud smile on his lips.

si-hyuk and hyunseol then walk out of the room after exchanging goodbyes. once the tall idol closes the office door, the producer gently nudges her with a smirk.

"i'm proud of you for speaking your mind out there, hyunseol-ah."

"t-thank you..." the idol doesn't know how to respond, despite being occasionally praised by bang pd-nim.

"no matter what happens, i'm always proud of you. whether it may be small or not. i know you've always struggled with saying anything you want to say to me, but i want to let you know that i appreciate your efforts. i'm proud of the person you've become."

hyunseol avoids the producer's eyes, getting too overwhelmed with the praises and si-hyuk notices as he pats the latter's arm. "see you around, hyunseol-ah."

the idol nods and watches her second father walk away, heading to his studio. i'll never get used to him praising me.

she then grabs her phone as she heads to the elevator.

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jimin walks to the front porch, clicking her tongue and shaking her head. her manager just dropped her off in the dorm after meeting with lee soo man. and in jimin's perspective, it's pointless if that man will always get his way with her decisions.

taking her coat and shoes off, she then darts towards her room and slams the door close, accidentally doing it too hard for the noise to echo in the whole dorm. but she was too preoccupied with her thoughts to care.

her members peek their heads out to the hallway and slowly walk out of their rooms, seeing the 'do not disturb' sign hanging on the door handle of their leader's bedroom door. the three aespa members look at another and back to jimin's closed bedroom door, not wanting to confront the leader on what happened with her meeting.