#he was one of the first people to get me into ninepercent & the world of cpop in general

[staryinghao]

林彦俊等你好久了 真的就这样吗

[peanutpinet]

Lin YanJun x Reader (secret agent au) part 1

So it is a special day today. It’s YanJun’s 25th birthday!!!! Happy birthday to Lin YanJun. I wish you the best for your future!! Don’t worry, I don’t mind your lame cold/dry jokes even though sometimes I would just sigh. Also thank you for those pick-up lines because it will definitely be useful. Anyways, I had this dream of Yanjun almost 3 weeks ago and well, it’s his day so why not just post it.

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It was another typical day at work (MIB, because in my dream there are aliens and all). You were just another one of the workers, not agent, just a normal worker who helps assign the mission to the agents, bring coffees/teas to the head directors and basically anything but the main field action. While you may not be an agent, you learn a thing or two by being close with the top group of the agency, NinePercent (because why not). The boys teaching you all sorts of things if worst comes to worst something bad happens and they were not able to help you. Though you were always joking around with them saying that ‘it would never happen’ or ‘I’m sure that you guys will be able to stop it before it goes south’, today was not those days.

You were practising with YanJun, one of the top class agents in the agency. How did you become close with him and the other 8 boys is a story for next time. But the main problem was that, as the two of you were practising and joking around, the alarm of the agency went off. An announcement indicates that slenderman-like creature has invaded the agency and all agents are required to get as many staff to safety as possible.

Immediately, YanJun’s eyes diverted towards you. Worry can be seen in his pupils as he went over to you, grabbing your arm gently, your attention was now towards him. While YanJun’s eyes were filled with worry, yours were filled with fear. You know about the jobs the agents do everyday; but not once did you ever see go to scene during the aftermath, let alone see the actual action first hand. Which worries both you and YanJun.

“w-what’s going on? Someone bypassed our security?!” you asked YanJun as he gently grabbed your hand

“I don’t know what happened either. But what I do know is that we have to get out of here and get you to safety. Come, follow me” YanJun said, basically dragging you along with him

YanJun first checked the outside of the room, making sure that there were no creature in the hallway. When the coast was clear, he then told you to head out first, with him following closely behind. Despite wanting to cling onto YanJun because you were scared, you didn’t think it was a good idea. Sure you had a crush on him, but who wouldn’t? You were one of the only girl workers in the agency that he actually talked to quite often. You didn’t want to ruin the friendship the both of you have. Especially in a situation where both of your lives were on the line.

As you were lost in thought, someone tapped on your shoulder gently. But because of the situation, you couldn’t help but be shocked and scream a bit. Turning around, your eyes met with YanJun’s. Basically both your face were now only inches away from each other. YanJun apologised for startling you and you said that it was alright. He asked you if you were alright, mentally. He knew that you had never experience anything like this and wanted to make sure that you were alright. You nodded gently and just told him that you’re scared of all the possibilities that can happen. YanJun shook his head and patted yours, telling you that as long as he was alive, nothing will ever happen to you. You thank him, basically a blushing mess.

As selfish as it seems, you wanted the moment between the two of you to last longer but unfortunately, the two of you were interrupted by a loud scream, piercing through the hallway. Immediately, YanJun grabbed your hand and ran. The two of you ran towards one side of the hallway as YanJun heard many footsteps coming towards the two of you from the other hallway. However, YanJun stopped his tracks right in the middle of 4 different paths. You questioned him why he stopped but he didn’t answer. Instead, he jumped to the nearest wall and up towards one of the air ventilation, making his way into the ventilation. He then called out to you, extending his arm. You were scared but YanJun just told you to jump as high as you can and try your best to reach out to his hand. You did as he told and thankfully in the first try, you managed to grab his hand. In a swift motion, YanJun pulled you up then closed the ventilation then telling you to be quiet.

YanJun kept a serious watch through the little slits of the ventilation door. Finally getting to see the slenderman-like creatures. They were like dogs, black colour covered their whole body except for the face. Just like slenderman, their faces were white but it doesn’t have a complete face. What caught YanJun’s attention was how well those creatures react. They may not have eyes nor nose. But their hearing and touch senses were definitely something to keep in mind. One little noise, diverted their whole attention.

Once the creatures left, YanJun then asked you if you were alright. If you were hurt anywhere. But you reassure him that you’re physically fine; just have a slight heart attack. YanJun then told you to go crawl first, directing you every crawl of the way. Until finally, the two of you reached another ventilation. YanJun slowly opened the ventilation. You questioned him why on earth would he do that but he didn’t say anything. Once the ventilation was opened, he just dropped down, making a loud sound as he landed on both his feet. Both of you then heard many footsteps heading towards where YanJun was standing. You were now basically almost shouting at YanJun; asking him what on earth is he doing. He took his gun out, looking back at you and smirk, telling you to keep going straight and at the first four path you see, go left then the next fourth path, go right up until you see another ventilation. He said that he’ll meet you there.

You wanted to shout at him, you wanted to yell and nag at him, telling him to come back and stick together. But this was the Lin YanJun we’re talking about. He’s in top 9 of all the agents across the world. He and 8 others are in a league of their own that the agency made them into a group of their own. No matter what creature they were facing, what weapon is in hand, whatever setting or person they were with, he and the other 8, never failed a mission. This is what made you trust him. Trust his instincts and direction. With a heavy heart, you closed the ventilation and made your way, following YanJun’s direction.

Seeing that you have made your move, YanJun’s gaze changed. The warm smile that would reveal his dimples were gone. It was now replaced with usual cold stern gaze when he would be doing his job. Checking his phone and texting in the group of 9 people, YanJun looked back up, hearing the footsteps coming closer and closer. He put his phone back into his coat, cocking his gun and stood his ground, getting ready for whatever is coming towards him.

Note: both pictures are not mine

But also, I will make a pt 2 for this. I just decided to split it because it was quite long

[chirpinchikadee]

Sina Entertainment Exclusive Dialogue – Xiaogui Wang Linkai [Trans]

Hello everyone, I am Xiaogui ✌ 

Q: As it is the last concert, how are you feeling now? XG: I’m a little nervous, and a little excited, and looking forward to it.

Q: Will you bet on who will crack and cry tonight? XG: I think most of us won’t be able to hold it in, because actually the mood has reached that point. I think it will be a very sad scene.

Q: I saw your preview (More Than Forever) two days ago. You were in the car saying “I feel regretful towards NPC, very regretful. I wanted to work harder but realized there was no time left”. What made you say it at that time? XG: Because after we became a group, the time that we truly spent together was actually very little. I wanted to be with my brothers. I especially missed the time when we were touring for fan-meetings, the feeling of that time and also the training. There weren’t many chances to gather together later on, so I felt it was a pity.

Q: Everyone seemed to have a feeling towards the group like “we can become the number one boy group”, but it seems like this advantage was not fully maximized. XG: Actually, being the number one boy group is not important. What’s most important is during the time we were a group, everyone grew and found their goals and direction. I think the most important thing is having a group of brothers like these by your side. And also the quiet support of our fans, I think this is most important. Being the number one boy group does not matter. 

Q: Particularly when the competition just ended, the attention from the outside world towards you guys may say it’s just popularity, only about things that are more superficial. When you just debuted, as you are also a newcomer, was there a process where you were a little confused or did not know which way to go? XG: At first, there will definitely be some dispute and public opinion. They will feel like… because actually they don’t know what kind of person you are. But I think all answers will be revealed in time, and NINEPERCENT will definitely become even better in future.

Q: As far as you are concerned, are you clear about your own path? Or was there a period when perhaps you felt the workload is a lot, asked ‘what am I doing’, or something like that? XG: Actually there are times when I was confused, when I encountered problems, when the pressure was huge. But I think this is a process that I must go through. Without experiencing this pressure, you won’t grow. So to me, I think this a way for you to grow, so going through this is inevitable. 

Q: For example, when you (encounter) some problems in your career, will you share it with these few brothers? Some of the troubles. XG: Yes, of course I will share it. But I know that even if everyone doesn’t say it out loud, we have definitely gone through a lot. We can sense it the next time we see each other, the look in our eyes is different. We can gradually sense the other person is becoming more and more mature. Maybe others have the same thoughts, which is the feeling that everyone has an indescribable mutual understanding. But we can feel one another slowly growing up.

Q: Regardless of how highly the outside world thinks of you guys, how do you guys perceive the outside world among yourselves? XG: To the outside world, I think it’s more of doing our own part well. I feel that NINEPERCENT is not a group which one can simply appraise or determine its nature. The group means a lot to me, it is not what it looks like on the surface. It has a lot of value and many important things. So its nature is not something that can be easily affected by a couple of sentences. 

Q: Out of good intentions from the outside world, probably when NINEPERCENT is brought up, most of the comments are regrets. But like what you said, do you feel that NINEPERCENT still left something for everyone? XG: We left precious memories and friendship. I think this friendship is more important. Actually for our age group, we have experienced things that perhaps children in the same age group as us have not gone through. So I think this is the most valuable fortune.

Q: I saw that all of you posted a Polaroid on the 6th, and felt that these boys had a sense of ceremony. Apart from this and the promise made among your team, did you show a sense of ceremony in other ways? XG: Actually, I won’t say that we had a sense of ceremony, but we really value our friendship. To express it in other ways, we’ll joke around but we absolutely won’t be sentimental. Even if we say our farewells in a joking manner, we won’t seriously and sentimentally say those kinds of words. We’ll do it our own way.

Q: That time when you guys were rehearsing in Beijing, how long has it been? (Since) Everyone was together? XG: A very long time, actually. It feels like….a few months? Anyway it was quite long.

Q: During the reunion, was there anything fun in the process of rehearsal? XG: Everyone is still mischievous like before. During rehearsal some are still playing around and not being serious, and then there are also times when they get serious. It feels like our understanding of each other is still there.

Q: I saw some posts online again today. There’s a lot of hardworking delivery guys sending takeout after takeout. How many things did you guys order at that time? XG: I was actually always in the process of practicing the dance. I keep going into the lounge and see another pile of takeout. I go into the lounge again and I will see another (takeout) again. But I don’t know who ordered it, specifically. Anyway there were quite a few meals, different kinds of dishes, hamburgers, everything was there. In the end we couldn’t finish it and felt it was quite a waste. 

Q: As you will really be saying farewell soon, what does NINEPERCENT mean to you? XG: As I mentioned, precious memories, precious experiences, friendship, the friendship between brothers, and the most valuable growth.

Q: Everyone felt that your workload was quite heavy this year. Do you feel that with the things you are doing, it is in the direction which you really want to advance? In our industry, there will definitely be a lot of things not within our control. XG: In terms of direction, I feel that I like my current identity. I also like what I’m doing now. I also like everything NINEPERCENT has for me. I feel honored with this identity, and also very thankful. To be able to work on the music I love, to make more people like me, I think this is enough. In future, I will use my own way to create a path that belongs to me.

Q: At the present stage, do you have any big confusion? XG: Actually I think there are still a lot of things (I am) lacking and I still need to continuously work hard to learn many things. I don’t consider myself as someone who is good at having a conversation with others, maybe because my personality is more direct. I think I need to make more effort to be considerate of others. I need to work on this, and also in terms of my music, including my stage, including all kinds of lighting and so on. Actually in terms of the stage, there are quite a lot of things lacking. I hope to work even harder, to have more time to film, such as some MVs will be good.

Q: On account of questioning by the outside world, everyone will think that idols have a very strong possibility of being replaced. Even in the market now, as you know, (idols) come in batches. Do you have any concerns on this? XG: I don’t mind whether I am replaced, because I am myself. There’s only a character that belongs to me, a personality of my own. He can take over your position, but he will never be able to take over your name is Xiaogui, that’s how I’ll put it. Which is why I feel Xiaogui is Xiaogui. Like I said, Xiaogui will use his own style to create a path of his own. So I’m not afraid of anyone replacing me.

Q: When you first debuted, everyone seemed to give you guys many titles, such as “redefining boy groups” or “opening up this generation”. After these 18 months, do you think the results produced lived up to the expectations and titles given to the group? XG: NINEPERCENT’s existence in itself is the best (result) in my heart.

Q:  What would you like to say to Xiaogui, the NINEPERCENT graduand? XG: Graduand Xiaogui, you will soon be wandering by yourself, running towards your goals, the true meaning of ‘go it alone’. I hope you won’t be afraid to face all the coming challenges and pressure. Be sure to cherish, be sure to remember all the friendship and all the precious memories left to you in these 18 months. These will spur you on to solve all the challenges in future. Remember the things that NINEPERCENT taught you and everything given to you. Be thankful to everyone.

Q: Lastly, whether using lyrics from your own songs or older songs, express your feelings towards your brothers. XG: *singing* “Let time return to that first moment, when I first stood on stage”. Let time return to that first moment, when we first stood on stage. I want to return to that time the most right now.

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