#replay :: jinhwan

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FAMILY TIES !

SUMMARY :: In which Jinhwan's life takes a turn when he finds out the truth about his father. CHARACTERS :: Jang Jinhwan, Jang Jinhee, Maisie Park, Della Jang WORDS :: 3.3K WARNINGS ::  implied infidelity, family issues, implied sexual content, fighting, yelling, drinking ( if i missed anything let me know ! )

2015 !

Jinhwan wasn’t sure when the bitterness started to set on every time his father would come and visit, though he knew that it was one of the more recent developments. His father was something like an enigma to him, though it wasn’t like he really got to know much about the man that would show up on their doorstep whenever he was in town, leaving just after getting everyone’s hopes up. Maybe the bitterness set in when he was finally old enough to read his father’s patterns, maybe it was the protectiveness that he felt over his mother and sister that set it off.

Ever since Jinhwan was little he had been protective of Jinhee, even if she was ten minutes older than him. Jinhee was too kind, too optimistic, and gave everyone the benefit of the doubt, it was only natural for Jinhwan to want to protect her, to make sure her fragile heart didn’t get broken. It was no surprise that Jinhee, sweet and kind Jinhee, would get excited and giddy whenever their father was in town, hoping this would be the time he actually stayed. Every time, Jinhwan was left to pick up the pieces of Jinhee’s broken heart in their small shared bedroom, under the nightlights, careful to not let their mother see. Maybe Jinhwan knew when the bitterness set in, and maybe it was after he was left to pick up the pieces of a broken family who hoped for something more every time, and every time got disappointed yet again.

Jinhwan wasn’t surprised when his father showed up again just after his and Jinhee’s birthday, just a year and a few days after the last time he had walked out, going back to whatever life he lived without them. Jinhee had been ecstatic when their father showed up, a set of high end makeup for her, and a PS4 for Jinhwan in his hands, like one gift would make up for all the time pushed them to the side. Jinhwan, on the other hand, had been sitting on the couch, glaring at the way his mom and Jinhee hung onto every word of their father’s travels, things that Jinhwan were sure never even happened. He could see them get pulled into their father’s orbit once again, falling back into the feelings they said was over the last time he walked out on them.

Jinhwan, at only fifteen and a few days, wanted nothing more than to go up to their father and tell him to leave, but he knew his mother would be upset. He couldn’t stand the little sparkle in his mother’s eyes as she looked at their father, the only man she ever truly loved, as she had mentioned right after he left the last time, her mind full of the alcohol she drank to forget the pain that night, not sure of the words coming out of her mouth. Jinhwan had almost cried with her that night, but he held strong, helping his mother to bed that night before venturing into his and Jinhee’s shared room, which fared no better. The gifts their dad left them were strewn across the floor, Jinhee left laying on her bed, her cover pulled up over her head, but that didn’t stop Jinhwan from hearing the faint sniffles coming from her side of the room. That was the worst of his father leaving and he vowed from that day that he wouldn’t let this man ruin their lives again.

He knew there wasn’t much he could do, other than sit back and wait for their father to finally leave again. It hurt knowing that no matter what, his family would get hurt. Jinhwan sighed, pulling himself off the couch, at least if his mother and sister were fawning over the man in front of them, he didn’t have to be around to see it. He made his way through the small apartment, into the kitchen where he wanted to get a glass of water. Jinhwan shuffled his way into the room, kicking his father’s jacket along the way, his small brown wallet falling out of it and sliding across the tiled floor. Of course, he thought with a sigh, leaning down to pick up the cursed object, a small piece of paper falling out as he did so. Jinhwan reached out, his hands curling around what looked to be a small worn picture that had fallen. The picture held three people, all gathering around a camera for a selfie. One was Jinhwan’s father, who had his arm around an older woman, leaning in to kiss her on the cheek, the last girl looked much younger, smiling brightly into the camera where she was taking the picture.

He has another kid. The thought flooded his mind immediately, looking at how the younger girl, who couldn’t be much older than Jinhwan himself, looked like a perfect mix of his father and the other woman.  He felt his stomach dropped as he flipped the picture over, looking at the neat scribbling on the back.

Dad! Make sure you keep this with you at all times when you’re gone, we don’t want you forgetting what we look like! Love, you favorite (and only) daughter, Della! 

Jinhwan let out a shaky breath, putting the picture away in the wallet and tucking it carefully into the jacket it had fallen out of. He knew his dad was a piece of shit, but he didn’t expect him to have a full double life. He knew in his mind he had to tell them, even if it broke their heart. He couldn’t let his mother and his sister fawn over this man that only had them in a quarter of his.

He set his jaw, walking through the winding hallways of the old apartment, into his shared room. He would tell Jinhee when she came to bed tonight, he couldn’t ruin their fun now, not right in front of their father. Though, when Jinhee walked through the door that night, the light sparkle she got in her eyes whenever she so much as thought about their father was very much present, Jinhwan knew he couldn’t do it. He couldn’t be the one to break her heart like that.

2018 !

Jinhwan wasn’t sure what possessed him to sneak into Jinhee’s dorm that night, but he knew he could never say no to his sister when she was feeling a bit down. He had snuck past the rest of the girls in her dorm many times before, careful to keep himself out of the sight of the manager who lived in the dorm with them. It was a practiced science he was used to.

Jinhee was curled up on the top of her bed, her eyes still red from crying over some guy who didn’t deserve to even have had a chance with his sister. She was focused on the small computer in front of her playing some new Mnet survival show that Jinhwan had no intention of paying any attention to. Anything to keep his sister happy.

The show was slow, much like many other survival shows that Jinhwan couldn’t even bear to watch, and it relied on far too much drama to even make any sense of what was going on. Jinhwan was just glad that Banana Culture wasn’t putting them through a stupid survival show for their debut, he’s not sure he could have stood that.

Jinhee, on the other hand, loved the drama. She was always watching over dramatic shows and she watched any survival show she could get her hands on. Jinhwan’s almost surprised he didn’t get herself on some sort of survival show, just so she could live out the drama herself.

“She's really pretty,” Jinhee spoke, mostly to the room at this point, probably being able to tell that Jinhwan was paying little attention to the show in front of them.

Jinhwan snapped his head up from where he was staring at his hands, catching a glimpse of the girl that Jinhee was talking about. She was lanky and tall, her hair cut in a short dark bob, which really showed off her facial structure. The girl might have been the prettiest girl Jinhwan had ever seen, and at the ripe age of seventeen, Jinhwan had seen lots of pretty girls.

Movement in the corner of the screen caught his eye, and he looked over at the girl that was sitting next to the pretty goddess he could barely take his eyes off of. His heart skipped a beat as he looked straight at the girl he had seen once before. It wasn’t like he had seen the girl in passing at school, which happened to quite a few of these girls that were wandering around the screen. No, Jinhwan had only seen that face once before, three years ago. That was the face of their father’s other daughter.

“Who are these guys?” Jinhwan asked, his eyes still locked on the screen, not being able to tear them away from the girl that is his sister.

“Why does Jinhwan have a little crush?” she nudged him. “Honestly, she’s a bit out of your league, but-”

“Jinhee, who are they?” he cut her off, and maybe if it was any other day he would have felt bad about it, but today he couldn’t care less.

“Jeez, okay,” Jinhee put her hand up in mock surrender. “They’re the KQ trainees, Jinri, Maisie, and Della. We don’t know much about them but they’re about to actually perform.”

Jinhwan just nodded, but said nothing else. Della was here, she was in Korea and far too close to home. He had barely thought about her since the last time their father had walked out on them. He watched the rest of the episode, unable to keep his eyes away from his sister every time she came across the screen.

2020 !

Jinhwan wasn't sure how things fell into place. Maisie was basically everything he had hoped for when he had seen her on Produce 48, trying his best to gauge the personality of Della. He would never admit it, but Maisie was the reason he kept watching even after Della was eliminated. 

Jinhwan hadn’t expected anything to happen between him and Maisie when they ran into each other backstage at a music show. They hadn’t talked long, Maisie having to rush off and perform, but they kept running into each other again and again. Jinhwan still remembered the way that his eyes bugged out of his head when Maisie had asked him out on the last day of their promotions together, though it wasn’t as bad as the way Jinhee’s jaw dropped when Jinhwan had told her about it.  

‘There’s no way someone like her asked someone like you out! You have to be lying!’ she had said, hitting his arms light enough that he could barely feel it, though that might have been due to him feeling like he was on cloud nine at that moment.

Maisie was perfect, all except for one thing. Della. Jinhwan knew what he was getting into when he started dating someone who was slated to be in the same group as his new sister, but he hadn’t expected them to be best friends. Della, for some reason, also knew how to call at just the most inopportune time.

Which left Jinhwan laying back on his bed, his whole body flushed with the way Maisie had been hovering over him just minutes before when her phone started ringing. His girlfriend had taken the call right away, telling Jinhwan that she would be back soon, but Della had just gone on a date that night and she needed to be on call. Jinhwan wasn’t mad, in fact he thought it was sweet that Maisie cared so much about her friends, but he was annoyed that it was Della of all people. Jinhwan wanted to push Della to the back of his mind and forget about her, just like how he did once all those years ago. 

“Okay, Dells, I’ll talk to you later,” he heard his girlfriend say from the other side of the room he shared with Donghan. He didn’t look over, but he could practically feel Maisie glancing over at him every second. “Bye.”

Jinhwan kept his eyes trained on the ceiling as he heard Maisie’s footsteps across the room. Her leg swung over his body in a matter of seconds, straddling the younger man, quickly leaning down to press a quick kiss to his lips.

“Now, where were we?” she smiled, leaning back down to kiss him again. Jinhwan let his hands travel up her bare sides, trying to put his mind back into where it was before the phone call had interrupted them, though his mind kept wandering.

“How’s Della?” he asked suddenly, looking up at the ceiling again as Maisie started to kiss down his jaw.

He felt her still, looking up at the younger with a raised eyebrow. “You want to talk about Della while you’re half hard?”

Jinhwan didn’t answer, he just continued to stare at the ceiling, annoyed that his brain wouldn’t let him enjoy one of the few moments he can spend with his girlfriend. Maisie waited a second, but she didn’t get a reply she sighed, leaning back.

“What’s up with you? Every time I so much as mention Della you get this weird look on your face like you’re constipated or something.” Jinhwan finally looked over at his girlfriend, only to see a confused look on her face. “And I know you don’t actually know her because I asked her, so spill.”

Jinhwan sighed, wondering how he was going to explain this to his girlfriend, who he had only been dating for a few months at this point. He didn’t want Maisie to have to be in the center of whatever weird shit he had going on with Della, but he also didn’t want to keep secrets from her.

“Della’s my sister,” Jinhwan blurted out, looking anywhere but Maisie’s eyes. “Well, half-sister, we share a dad and nobody else knows but me.”

“Oh,” she said quietly, her voice small, almost like she didn’t mean for the words to come out. 

They stayed quiet for a bit, Jinhwan biting his lip waiting for any sort of response, and Maisie processing the words that Jinhwan had just said.

“So, you and Della are siblings?” she finally said after minutes of sitting in silence. Jinhwan just nodded in reply. “And she has no idea that you two are siblings?” another nod. “How did you even find out?”

“I saw a picture of her in my father’s wallet a few years ago when he came to visit.”

Maisie nodded but stayed quiet again, looking around the room and biting her lip lightly. Jinhwan knew she had something she wanted to say, but she was second guessing herself.

“Were-” she started, cutting herself off like she was thinking better of the words she was about to ask, then she closed her eyes and sighed lightly. “Were you only with me to get closer to Della?”

“What?” Jinhwan shot up, sitting face-to-face with Maisie, who was looking anywhere but Jinhwan’s face. “No, of course not. In fact, I half wish you weren’t so close to Della so I could forget all of this even existed.” his words didn’t seem to make Maisie feel any better, with the awkward look on her face. “Look, Maisie, I love you so much and I really don’t want to have to put you in the middle of this situation because she’s your best friend, but I didn’t feel like it was fair to keep it from you.”

Maisie smiled a bit, wrapping her arms around Jinhwan’s neck. “I also don’t think it’s fair for you to keep it from Della either.”

Jinhwan sighed, shaking his head. “I haven’t even told my own sister, I don’t think it would be fair for me to go up to a girl I don’t even know and ruin her whole family.”

“Is it fair to let her keep thinking her father is the best person in the world when he had a whole double life going on?”

Jinhwan bit his lip, but didn’t reply.

Maisie let out a small sigh. “Look, it’s up to you, it’s your family, but that’s what I think.”

Jinhwan just nodded, leaning forward to hug his girlfriend tightly, not wanting to think about any of this anymore.

2021 !

Jinhwan bit his lip nervously, looking across the small room that he recognized so well. He hadn’t been to Jinhee dorm for a while, the older girl had been working hard on the final preparations for their debut and she was far more excited about that then spending time with her brother.

“Hwannie, guess what?” she bounced around the room, going no particular place.

“Hmm,” he contemplated, looking up to the bottom of the bunk on top of her’s. “You tripped on your way out of the practice room and everyone just stared and laughed at you.”

“What? No.” Jinhee gave him a confused look, before she went back to her bouncing. “I texted Dad about my debut coming up and he responded saying he was proud of me!”

Jinhwan tried to smile, but it didn’t reach his eyes and Jinhee could tell in a second. “Oh, come on Jinhwan! I know you don’t really like Dad, but it was nice that he actually responded!”

“Jinhee, I need to tell you something about Dad,” he sighed, leaning forward and resting his elbows on his knees.

“No, you’re not ruining the first thing I’ve heard from Dad in months, I-”

“Dad has another kid!” Jinhwan blurted out, knowing if he left it any longer, he would chicken out.

Jinhee’s face dropped, looking back at her brother with wide eyes, which already looked like they were filling up with tears. He cursed himself for bringing it up so carelessly with Jinhee’s sweet, fragile heart. “What?” her voice was small and quiet, filled with many emotions Jinhwan hadn’t felt about this situation in a while.

“Dad has another kid, and a whole other family,” he shrugged, not being able to look Jinhee in the eyes.

“How do you know?” Jinhwan knew Jinhee didn’t want to believe it, she didn’t want to believe the man she looked up to could be anything like this.

“I found a picture of her in his wallet when he came to visit a few years ago,”

“A few years ago?” she questioned, her voice now angry. “You knew for years and you didn’t think to tell me? Not even all of those times when he left and I was upset about it?”

“I didn’t want to pile onto the hurt you were already feeling and every time he left I was hoping he would never come back!” he countered, looking up to see his sister’s angry face. The one he had only seen during the times that they were fighting when they were younger.

“Get out,” she said, her voice dangerously quiet and low. “I don’t want to see you right now.”

Jinhwan just sighed, knowing he needed to let his sister calm down. He got up from the bed and made his way to the door before turning around to look at his sister one last time.

“By the way,” he started, seeing his sister's teary eyes meet his. “Dad’s other kid is Della, the one from Blue Moon.”

He didn’t wait to see her response, knowing she was going to be even more mad that it was someone that they knew over. He let himself out of the room, giving her all the time she needed. He knew her and he knew she would call by tomorrow anyway.

[aegissi]

jinhwan: show ur ass

me: the little man has a point

[loverosierosie]

brb on my way to give jinhwan long black hair for replay’s next comeback

[prettywordsyouleft]

Drabble Game Masterlist

This masterlist has all the prompts from the @youxidol​ drabble game I started back when I first made this account. Thanks to the help of others, and my constant checking back to this list, I’ve completed this entire list! 

“I’m not crying, my eyes are sweating” - Dance Practice Jaebum (GOT7)

“Deal with it.” - Worse Than A Wink Jihoon (WANNA ONE)

“This was my mother/father’s” - Someone Special Mingyu (SVT)

“I’m not angry it’s just my face” - Smile For Me Taekwoon (VIXX)

“You’re cute, can I keep you?” - Aren’t I Yours? Sungwoon (WANNA ONE)

“Can I borrow a kiss? I promise I’ll give it back” - Aren’t I Yours? Sungwoon (WANNA ONE)

“Live, Laugh, love. If that doesn’t work then load, aim, fire” - Mission Kang Daniel (WANNA ONE)

“I’m not going anywhere” - Back For Good Chanyeol (EXO)

“I know I’m a handful but that’s why you’ve got two hands” - Limits Ten (NCT)

“Don’t make me laugh I’m trying to be mad at you” - Charmed Lee Joon (MBLAQ/K-Actor)

“You can stay but your clothes must go” - Torment Seongwoo (WANNA ONE)

“I love you even if you fart in your sleep” - An Unwanted First Mark (GOT7)

”Lets cuddle so I can steal your body heat” - Break Down Jinhwan (IKON)

“I made you a cookie but I ate it” - Consolation Prize Sehun (EXO)

“There was never really anyone else.” - Intrigued Mark Tuan (GOT7)

“That’s starting to get annoying” - Wrong Number Changkyun (MONSTA X)

“Hey, hey, calm down. They can’t hurt you anymore.” - Nightmare Daehwi (WANNA ONE)

“You can’t just sit there all day.” - Your Neighbour Jaebum (GOT7)

“I’m too sober for this.” - The Morning After Jaebum (GOT7)

“I’m not here to make friends.” - An Exception Jinyoung (GOT7)

“I need a place to stay.” - Call the Shots Seongwoo (WANNA ONE)

“You can’t banish me! This is my bed too!” - Banish Minhyun (WANNA ONE)

“I lost our baby.” - Broken Baby Minhyun (WANNA ONE)

“You’re getting crumbs all over my bed.” - Remind Me Minseok (EXO)

“You’re Satan.” - Havoc Jaebum (GOT7)

“Did you just hiss at me?” - Love Bites Jeonghan (SEVENTEEN)

“Do you really need all that candy?” - Be Mine Daehwi (AB6IX)

“It’s six o’clock in the morning, you’re not having vodka.” - Excessive Taekwoon (VIXX)

“Take your medicine.” - Caught You Minhyuk (CNBLUE)

“Welcome to fatherhood.” - Finally Jisung (WANNA ONE)

“It’s your turn to make dinner.” - Chef’s Kitchen Song Yunhyeong (iKON)

“The kids, they ambushed me.” - A Simple Question Minhyun (WANNA ONE)

“Stop being so cute.” - Dance Practice Jaebum (GOT7)

“I feel like I can’t breathe.” - Thankful Jinyoung (GOT7)

“You need to see a doctor.” - Finally Jisung (WANNA ONE)

“Dogs don’t wear clothes!” - The Special Outfit Sehun (EXO) 

“You smell like a wet dog.” - Hair Attack Jinyoung  (GOT7)

“I could punch you right now.” - Bloom Hakyeon (VIXX)

“Are you going to talk to me?” - Sweeter Daehyun (B.A.P)

“If you can’t sleep…we could have sex?” - An Offer Chanyeol (EXO)

“Here, take my blanket.” - Friday Night Sungjin (Day6)

“I don’t want you to stop.” - Magic Touch Hanbin (IKON)

“How could I ever forget about you?” - Unplanned Mark (GOT7)

“You’re bleeding all over my carpet.” Entangled Hearts Taekwoon (VIXX)

“We need to talk.” - Unplanned Mark (GOT7)

“I want a pet.” - Pawsed Shownu (MONSTA X)

“Just smile, I really need to see you smile right now.��� - Just Smile! Onew (SHINee)

“Don’t argue. Just do it.” Sickeningly Sweet Park Hyungsik (K-ACTOR)

“Does he/she know about the baby?” - Unplanned Mark (GOT7)

“I’m not going to be sympathetic until you go to a doctor.” - Out of Options Bobby (IKON)

“Tell me you need me.” - Fluster Xiumin (EXO)

“I don’t love you anymore.” - What If Junhoe (IKON)

“Why do you hate me?” - Flutter Baekho (NUEST)

“You’re a monster.” - Reading Abilities Wonwoo (SVT)

“Don’t leave me…” - Voice of Reason Jinyoung (GOT7)

“Don’t die on me– Please.“- Testing Taekwoon (VIXX)

“I never meant to hurt you.” - Kiss It Better Jun (SVT)

“Are you upset with me?” - Loyal Jung Haein (Actor)

“Why did you spare me?” - Forsaken Park Jinyoung (GOT7)

“I’m dying.” - Testing Taekwoon (VIXX)

“I wish i’d never met you.“ - Human Nature Jeonghan (SVT)

“There was never an us.” - An Opportunity Ten (NCT)

“I’m sick.” - Love Sick Namjoon (BTS)

“I came to say goodbye.” - Human Nature Jeonghan (SVT)  

“I don’t deserve to be loved.” - Worthy Kihyun (MONSTA X)

“I wish we could stay like this forever.” - Destination Jongin (EXO)

“I need a hug.” - Lost and Found Minhyun (WANNA ONE)

“Can I kiss you right now?” - Lip Treatment Sehun (EXO)

“Lets have a baby.” Don’t Forget Me! Jihoon (WANNA ONE)

“It’s lonely here without you.” - Do It All Minseok (EXO)

“Shut up and kiss me already.” - Always Jihoon (WANNA ONE)

“Is that my shirt?” - Striped Shirt Sungwoon (WANNA ONE)

“They’re going to love you, don’t worry!” - First Impressions Onew (SHINee)

“Oh, Are you ticklish?” - Sensitive Jaebum (GOT7)

“I could kill you right now!” - Compatible Hakyeon (VIXX)

“Just pretend to be my date.” - Fake Date Jaehwan (WANNA ONE)

“This is, by far, the dumbest thing you’ve ever done.” - Sophie’s Moving This Castle Taeyong (NCT)

“How long have you been standing there?” - A Simple Question Minhyun (WANNA ONE)

“When I picture myself happy… It’s with you.” - The Distance Daehwi (WANNA ONE)

“I may be an idiot, but I’m your idiot.” - Clumsy Taekwoon (VIXX)

“I fell in love with my best friend.” - Replay Hakyeon (WANNA ONE)

“I’m sorry, what? I keep getting lost in your eyes.” - Power Suit Sehun (EXO)

“We finish it the same way we started—together.” - Building Memories Jongdae (EXO)

“You are the single best thing that has ever happened to me.” - Made With Love Mark (GOT7)

“You fainted, straight into my arms. You know, if you wanted my attention, you didn’t have to go to such extremes.” - Stubborn Jinyoung (GOT7)

“You need to wake up because I can’t do this without you.” - Test of Love Daniel (WANNA ONE)

“I don’t want to think about what I’d be like without you.” - Not Thinking Jaehwan (WANNA ONE)

“Can I hold your hand?” - Kiss Me Again Youngjae (B.A.P)

“Let’s move in together.”- Escape Ravi (VIXX)

“Bite me.” - Compassion Yongguk (B.A.P)

“Do you like it when I touch you like that?” - Tune Chanyeol (EXO)[mature]

“Want to head back to my place and have a little fun?” - Deal Hakyeon (VIXX)

“The food looks great but.. There’s something much more delicious I’d like to eat right now.” - Delicious Jaehwan (WANNA ONE)

“You have no idea what you do to me.” - Fluster Xiumin (EXO)

“Car sex looks so much more easier in the movies.” - Movie Night Seongwoo (WANNA ONE)

“Come here, I’ll give you a hug.” - Kiss It Better Jun (SVT)

“Don’t let me go.” - Hugs Hongbin (VIXX)

“You seemed sad, so I bought you flowers.” - Eyes For You Daniel (WANNA ONE)

“I will sit here all day if I have to.” - Out of Options Bobby (IKON)

“Don’t make me say it.” - Kiss Me Again Youngjae (B.A.P)

“Do you want to leave?” - The Book That Started It All Jungshin (CNBLUE)   

“I made your favourite for tea.” - Cooking Duties Minho (SHINee)

“It’s okay, I’m here.” - Do My Best Namjoon (BTS)

“Would it be okay if I kissed you?” - Power Suit Sehun (EXO)

“I never cared about anyone as much as I care about you.” - Love Sick Namjoon (BTS)

“Now, now, I’m here, it’s alright.” - Lost and Found Minhyun (WANNA ONE)

“Come for a drive with me.” - As Long As It Takes Jaebum (GOT7)  

“I swear to God, if you start singing.” - His Vocal Promise Jaehwan (WANNA ONE)

“Will you ever stop looking so gorgeous cause I think it’s gonna be the cause of my death…” - Torment Seongwoo (WANNA ONE)

“If I could pick on person in this room to put through a wall right now, it would be you,but I would do it with love.” - Like Me Hyuk (VIXX)

“If I got paid for everytime I caught you staring at me then looking away, I would be Tony Stark by now.” - You Know Me? Chanyeol (EXO)

“But what if we wake someone up?” - Another Game Baekhyun (EXO)

“I wish I could just build a couch right here right now and watch movies with you while cuddling.” - Best Seat In The House Daniel (WANNA ONE)

“You remind me of the grouch from Sesame Street because you are a grumpy asshole but I still love you.” - Love Standards Kihyun (MONSTA X) 

“Is that a pile of my t-shirts I see in your room?” - T-shirt Thief Youngjae (B.A.P)

“I get jealous easily,okay? You can’t blame me for it!” - Jealousy Jihoon (WANNA ONE)

“Don’t bite that lip.” - Kiss Me Jackson (GOT7)

“Make a portrait of me.” - Artistry Yongguk (B.A.P)

“I just really need to talk to you.” - That’s It? Changkyun (MONSTA X)

“Are you sure this is legal?” - Under The Stars BamBam (GOT7)

“You’re so infuriating.” - Demanding Minho (SHINee)

“Promise me, that you won’t tell anyone.” - You, Idiot Minhyuk (MONSTA X)

“You look good in my clothes.” - Demanding Minho (SHINee )

“I hate that I can’t hate you.” - An Exception Jinyoung (GOT7)

“It’s over!” - The Book That Started It All Jungshin (CNBLUE)

“So, that’s it? You’re just going to walk away?” - Fool of Compromise Sehun (EXO)

“I can’t lose you. You’re all I have.” - Rainbow Taekwoon (VIXX)

“I don’t think I can do this anymore.” - Just An Hour More Jungkook (BTS)

“Please, forgive me.” - Bothered Scoups (SVT)

“Why? Because I love you. That’s why!” - Love Diet Bang Chan (Stray Kids)

“I get tired of waiting.” - Boys and Girls Daehwi (AB6IX)

“I miss you, so much. It hurts.” - Two Year Wait Jaejoong (JYJ)

“I’ll never forget you.” - Just An Hour More Jungkook (BTS)

“You are safe in my arms.” Secure Sehun (EXO)

“You are as radiant as the sun.” Radiant Minhyun (WANNA ONE)

“Stop being so adorable.” - Made With Love Mark (GOT7)

“Let me take care of you.” - Be Mine Minseok (EXO)

“Are you taking another picture of me?” - Photos Seongwoo (WANNA ONE)

“I love the way you laugh, it’s cute.” - Cute Jonghyun (CNBLUE)

“How about some breakfast in bed?” - Birthday Cheese Changmin (TVXQ)

“Come on, I’ll take you home.” - One Day Daniel (WANNA ONE)

“My favourite person in the world is standing right in front of me.” - Worthy Kihyun (MONSTA X)

“You make me feel the happiest I’ve ever been.” - Back Again Mark (GOT7)

“I am so lucky to have you.” - Back Again Mark (GOT7)

“Come and dance with me.” - Not Just A Wallflower Yugyeom (GOT7)

“You are as beautiful as the night sky.” - Universe Hyunsik (BTOB)

“Is it a bad time to say that I really want to kiss you right now?” - Schedule Chen (EXO)

“I like to think we’re more than ‘just friends’.” - More Than Park Hyungsik (K-ACTOR)

“I’m trying to cheer you up.” - Reconciliation Jaebum (Got7)

“They may not understand you, but I do.” - Cloudy With A Chance Of Sunshine Youngjae (GOT7)

“Scoot over. I wanna sit next to you.” - This Seat’s Taken Jackson (GOT7)

“I will fight you.” - Love and War Shownu (MONSTA X)

“If they mess with you, they’re messing with me.” - Enjoying the Summer where your lives changed (NU’EST)

“I don’t want to hurt you.” - Invested Baekhyun (EXO)

“It’s 3 am, what do you want?!” - Rested Taemin (SHINee)

“I think it’s time for you to go to bed.” - Who’s Surprised? Baekhyun (EXO)

“You’re not scared of the dark are you?” - Birthday Horrors Mark (GOT7)

“You’re not alone, I’m right here.” - Always Here Jihoon (WANNA ONE)

“Why are you on the floor?” - Well Played BamBam (GOT7)

“Those things you said yesterday… Did you mean them?” - Drunken Confession Jaebum (GOT7)

“Stay in the dark.” - Down By The Lake Daehyun / Yongguk (B.A.P)

“Come into the light.” - The Devil Contained Jaebum (GOT7)

“Oh I didn’t realize you’re dead.” - Heaven Jinyoung (GOT7)

“I just got out of the shower and you want me to dance.” - Premature Jackson (GOT7)

“I wasn’t gonna offer anyway. It’s all for me.” - All For You Taekwoon (VIXX)

“You’re calling that jealousy? Believe me, if you can still use your legs, I’m not being jealous.” - Mixed Signals Jinyoung (GOT7)

“Before I do this, I need you to know that I have always loved you.” - Birthday Kiss Jinyoung (B1A4)

“Nothing’s wrong with you.” A Dramatic Start Minhyun (NUEST)

“Please open the door and talk to me.” - Fundamental Mark Tuan (GOT7)

“What if I told you I felt the same way?” - Still Constant Park Hyungsik (K-drama actor)

“You’re mine. I don’t share.” - Be Mine Minseok (EXO)

“Don’t I know you?” - Reconnected Taekwoon (VIXX)

“I’m going to ruin your fucking life.” - Fundamental Mark Tuan (GOT7)

“You are as radiant as the sun.”

“What if i just break his nose a lil’?” - Who Told You To Protect Me? Haechan (NCT)

“Stop pretending you’re okay, because I know you’re not.” - No More Goodbyes Donghyuk (iKON)

“You can’t keep pretending it didn’t happen, cause guess what? It did!” - Mistaken Mark (GOT7)

“You’ve never been touched?” - Under The Stars BamBam (GOT7)

“Please, just breathe.” - Are You Annoyed? Ahn Hyoseop (Actor)

“Have you been crying?” - Are You Annoyed? Ahn Hyoseop (Actor)

“Just please be my best friend right now, not the person I just confessed my love to.” - Clarity Jinyoung (GOT7)

“We’d make such a cute couple.” - What Happens Next? Namjoon (BTS)

“It’s been three weeks, let it go already.” - Petulant Jinyoung (GOT7)

“First one to make a noise loses.” - Challenging Silence Sehun (EXO)

“We can’t have one nice moment can we?” - Down By The Lake Daehyun / Yongguk (B.A.P)  

“You don’t have to answer right away, I’d wait an eternity for you.” - To Be Continued Brian (Day6)  

“Yup, your ribs are broken.” - Well Played BamBam (GOT7)

“I literally expect nothing and that’s still too much.” - A Little More Than Nothing Kihyun (Monsta X)

“You’re gone… I watched you disappear…” - The Price of Freedom Taekwoon (VIXX)

“You didn’t text me back, so I’m here” - Working Together Lee Jong Suk

“Why won’t they wake up?” - More Than A Lifetime Shownu (MONSTA X)

“Please don’t look at me…” - Do My Best Namjoon (BTS)

“You come to my room and wake me up at 4am, to cuddle?” - Reassurance Hyunsik BTOB

“I don’t want to live in a world where I’m not with you.” - To Be Continued Brian (Day6)

“Join me in the shower?” - Warming Up Jaehwan (WANNA ONE)  

 "I’ll hunt you down if I have to.” - Ample View Bobby (IKON)

“I had a nightmare about you, and I wanted to make sure you were alright.” - Too Vivid Jaehwan (VIXX)

“So… we just did that.” - Warming Up Jaehwan (WANNA ONE)

“Sorry if I made you cry.” - The Catch Jaebum (GOT7)

“Pardon my french but who the fuck is that?” - Uninvited Himchan (B.A.P)

“We should go somewhere. Just the two of us. How does that sound?” - Destination Jongin (EXO)

“This is where I belong, it seems.” - Home Yoo Youngjae (B.A.P)

 “Do you expect me to carry you all the way?” - Maybe Park Jinyoung (GOT7)

“Mine.” - Warming Up Jaehwan (WANNA ONE)

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(iKON) Caramel Kiss - Jinhwan

Title: Caramel Kiss

Pairing: fem-oc/reader x Jinhwan (third person pov)

Rating: Fluff with a smooch ♥ 

Length: 2.5k

Summary: She works as a barista in a coffee shop, and he comes in with his friends as her regulars. The romance stirs up as he starts visiting her alone, trying to make his crush on her a little more obvious.

a/n: HI THIS WAS A REQUEST AND I’M SO SORRY IT TOOK ME LIKE A MONTH IT’S EXAM SEASON FOR ME but it’s here now and I tried doing something a little different with the third pov! I quite liked it as a cute fluff instead of going in to some heavy stuff, so I hope that’s okay!! Please enjoy~

He told her his name but she was already writing it on his coffee cup. Jinhwan. This was the second time he had visited her little coffee shop with his friends, and he hadn’t escaped her mind since. The first time he ordered a caffe macchiato, this time he wanted a green tea latte.

He smiled at her as he tapped his card to pay for his drink, but she turned her gaze away to hide the blush that crept onto her cheeks.

The laughter of long time friends filled the otherwise empty shop as she made their orders behind the counter, grateful it could hide her ever-growing smile. It brought a feeling of warmth to her as she noticed they sat in the same 7 chairs they had the first time. This was their spot now, and she was happy to bring that feeling of comfort to them.

But she couldn’t look into his eyes as she handed him his green tea latte. She could only watch his slender fingers curl around the cup, brushing over hers as he thanked her. She smiled at the ground, making her way back into to the protective arms of the coffee counter.

The next time he and his friends came in, he asked her what her favourite kind of drink was.

“Lattes.” she replied, still unable to look into his eyes or calm her beating heart. His stature was small but his presence was large and his gaze piercing.

“What’s your favourite kind?” Her eyes became adventurous and wandered away from the register screen, locking onto the heart-shaped mole on his cheek.

“Caramel.”

“Then I’ll have a regular caramel latte please.”

She watched him tap his card as he paid for his drink, her breath stuck in her throat when his lips curled into a soft smile.

In truth, her favourite kind of latte was not caramel, but peppermint; A hot drink that was in some such way, cold and refreshing in the same moment. The same feeling of the breeze brushing up against skin when the door to the coffee shop opened, then swiftly embraced by the warm scent of roasted coffee beans.

Caramel, however, was a pleasantly sweet taste that melted in your mouth. It was warm, familiar and more importantly, the colour of Jinhwan’s charmingly curly hair. He reminded her of a mild autumn afternoon; red, orange and yellow leaves scattered about while walking through a forest, wearing large oversized cardigans, caramel lattes in hand.

She mustered up any courage she had and looked into his eyes as she handed him his drink. His eyes seemed to smile back as he replied, “Thank you”.

He thanked her again when he and his friends left, waving goodbye. She put her hand up slowly in response, but she doubted they had seen it.

She noticed some of them had left their coffee cups on their table, so she cleaned it off while waiting for more customers. If she had only been paying attention to which cups had been left, she would have noticed her name and a phone number that had been written on Jinhwan’s cup before she threw it in the trash.

It was a whole week until he came in next, this time alone. She was so focused on the textbook in front of her she had not heard the bell ring as he entered.

He stood in front of the register, debating on how to get her attention, until he called her name softly.

She didn’t respond.

He called her name again, a little louder this time, extending it as if he was singing. She sang her ‘Yes?’ back almost reflexively, blushing when she finally looked up and caught his gaze.

“Oh, sorry!” She wanted to hide in embarrassment. “You’re alone today?”

“Yes, just me today.” If she hadn’t been obsessing over her own actions, she would have noticed the slightly pink tinge that covered his cheeks. “Can I have a regular caramel latte?”

She took a cup out of the stack and began writing on it, and he couldn’t help but smile as he watched her. “You still remember my name?”

“Of course. How did you know mine?”

“I looked at your name tag the first time I came in.”

She had to admit to herself, she may have forgotten she wore a name tag in the first place, but she was more amazed at the fact that this had been their longest conversation so far and she wasn’t a complete mess.

Usually he sat down after paying with his friends, but as he was alone this time, he stayed at the counter. She could feel herself turning red under his gaze, trying to focus solely on making his caramel latte.

“What were you reading?”

“Oh, It’s just a text book from my history class.”

“So you’re not just here all the time then?”

Her laughter eased both of their tensions. “It seems like I am, doesn’t it?”

She flashed him a smile and he felt his cheeks begin to burn again. On the outside, she gave off an aura of confidence that he hadn’t seen on her before, but on the inside, she was chanting to herself over and over to not drop the latte as their continued conversation made her more and more nervous.

She managed to hand him his latte successfully, and he thanked her.

“See you later!” He waved as he left the cafe, while she made sure that he could see her wave back this time.

He tried to hide his smile as he walked through the streets with his latte in hand. It wasn’t until he started to sip from the cup that he noticed how she had written his name in English and dotted his i’s with little hearts.

She had no idea the effect she had on him. His initial plan had been to flirt, to get her flustered, but the way she looked at him made his heart stop and his confidence waver, something that Jinhwan had never experienced before.

Seeing the hearts in her handwriting gave him a new resolve. Next time he saw her, he was going to be more bold, more out there. He wanted her to know the effect she had on him. He also wanted to make sure she was interested as he had cowardly left his number on one of his cups, but never got a message, so he was hoping she just never saw it in the first place.

And so he came in again, alone, 2 days later. She was cleaning off her serving counter when he approached her.

“I thought you said you weren’t here all the time?”

Her laughter seemed to light up the store and fill his heart.

“Maybe you just happen to walk in whenever I’m here.” She was feeling a little bolder this time too, no longer avoiding his gaze but looking at him straight on, making her hands tremble slightly at their eye contact.

“I’ll consider myself lucky then.” He wanted to make it obvious. He made sure she was looking at him when his eyes dipped down then back up to her face as he settled his elbow on the counter and rested his head in his hand.

She was a little intrigued at his actions. Their previous encounters had been innocent, almost pure. But his gaze now told her something different, and it fuelled her with a little bit of fire.

“Will you be ordering anything today?” She was grateful that her store never got busy, otherwise she’d feel embarrassed about the obvious growing tension between her and her regular customer.

“Oh, just your favourite latte, and your number?”

“Hmm, I don’t think we sell that here.” She teased, filling his order out and slyly writing her number on the cup.

She thought about making another caramel latte, but he had asked for her favourite, and she wanted to be truthful now instead of bashful, so she made a peppermint latte instead.

“Jinhwan? Your latte and phone number are ready.”

The sound of her saying his name made his heart race, and he couldn’t help but smile as he took the drink from the counter and looked at the phone number written on the side of the cup next to his name.

“Will you be here tomorrow?” He asked her as he was on his way out.

“Text me and you’ll find out.”

She waited until he was out of her sight down the street when she sighed, leaning on the counter behind her. Her cheeks were burning red and she fanned herself to cool down. She was thankful she didn’t have any other customers to serve so she could calm herself down.

She giggled, replaying their conversation in her head. The thought of him had her excited. He had seemed like an innocent crush at first, but the new tension they had found between them as they both equally got bolder was almost suffocating. She had found herself pressing into the counter during their conversation, wishing it was him instead.

She waited the rest of that afternoon for a text, but she received nothing.

She was lying in her bed, staring up blankly at her ceiling fan going around in circles when her phone buzzed. She reached for it unenthusiastically and almost dropped it on her face when she saw the contents of the message.

“Hi, It’s Jinhwan.”

She stared at her phone, her heart beginning to pound in her chest. What did she say back? Just hi? Or should she try and come up with something witty? Before she had a chance to decide, another text arrived.

Him - “Did I make you so nervous today that you made the wrong latte?”

Her - “Nope, Peppermint is actually my favourite. I said caramel that day because it reminded me of you.”

Him - “Is it because you think I’m sweet?”

Her - “Oh, how smooth of you.”

Him - “Perhaps as smooth as caramel?”

Her - “Perhaps.”

Him - “I messaged you, so will you tell me if you’re free tomorrow night?”

Her - “I’m not, I’m going to be closing the shop and I didn’t have the heart to tell you to your face :(“

Him - “Maybe I’ll surprise you then. You’ll never know if or when I’ll show up.”

Her - “That’s not very caramel-like of you!”

Him - “It’s almost peppermint-y don’t you think?”

She was nervous throughout the day, finishing her classes and heading to start her shift at the coffee shop. Every time the bell rang she looked to see if it was him, but it never was. She swore her phone was buzzing with a message, but it wasn’t.

She eventually lost hope that he would show up. Maybe he had just been playing with her. Maybe he didn’t like the peppermint latte. Maybe she had misread their conversation.

It was two minutes until official closing time when the bell to the store rang as the door opened.

“Excuse me, we’re closed-” Her voice trailed off as she turned towards the sound.

“Hi.” He was smiling, with a hint of mischievousness that she could see in his eyes.

“I was beginning to think you weren’t going to show at all.” She sighed, trying to hide the exasperation in her voice but failing.

“Did I worry you?” He tilted his head, the small action making her heart leap out of her chest. “I’m sorry. I wanted to walk you home.”

“And what if I had a car?” She wasn’t going to admit to him that she was elated at the idea of him walking her home, even though she only lived 10 minutes away.

“I took my chances.” He shrugged, a little embarrassed but grateful she didn’t have a car, and that his hunch about her walking home was right.

“You’re going to have to wait outside while I close, but it will only take 5 minutes, okay?”

He leaned his back against the outside window as he waited for her to finish up. He played nervously with the ring on his index finger, waiting, hoping that he wasn’t a fool and she wasn’t going to walk out the back door and leave him there alone.

He was relieved when the door to the shop opened and she handed him a cup full of liquid and then she locked the door behind her.

“What’s this?” He asked, noticing she had a cup in her hands as well.

“My treat. For getting your order wrong yesterday.”

He brought the drink to his lips and the sweet taste of caramel washed through his mouth.

“And let me guess, yours is peppermint?”

She pretended to gasp. “How did you know?”

“You remind me of peppermint.” He shrugged as she laughed and motioned for him to start walking with her.

It was the most enjoyable time she’d ever spent walking home, she almost didn’t want to stop and even considered walking past her building just so she could keep spending time with him.

Instead, she halted at the steps and sighed. “This is my stop.”

They found it incredibly hard to part ways once their walk had ended. They hovered close to each other, feeling the tension between them rise again.

“Can I be honest with you?” His voice was low, almost a rumble in his throat. She nodded, nervous as to what he might say.

“I really want to kiss you right now.”

If her heart hadn’t been racing before, it sure was after his confession. He leaned in slightly, watching her carefully. He did not want to overstep a boundary, he had confessed what he wanted to do, and he hoped she would feel the same.

They stood still for what seemed like forever, until she gingerly took the collar of his jacket in her hands, pulling him closer and pressing their lips together. The kiss was soft, gentle, and still a little unsure.

She pulled back slightly, their foreheads pressed together, their breath still tickling each other’s lips.

“You taste like caramel.” She whispered and he chuckled.

“And you taste like peppermint.”

She giggled and they pulled each other in for another kiss, this time deeper, and a little more heated. He held her waist, pulling her hips to his while she wrapped her arms around his neck.

It was almost intoxicating, the taste of the caramel latte still lingering in his mouth, mixing with the freshness of her peppermint. Hot mixed with cold as their mouths working together produced a heat that contrasted the chilly night air.

They pulled away for breath as a gust of wind blew past them. “It’s a little cold,” She backed away from him, one hand reaching behind her to grab the door handle to the entrance of her building. “Do you want to come inside?”

He breathed out deeply, putting his cold hands in his pockets. She giggled as she saw his nose and ears were red, probably both from the cold and their heat.

“Is that okay?”

“Yes.” She nodded, holding the door open for him to follow her inside.  

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iKON reacting to you being drunk and confessing

Request: Hi angel!!! could I possibly request how would iKON react to you being drunk after a night out with your friends and whilst he's picking you up to make sure you're okay, you accidentally admit that you're in love with him (you could either be already dating, but shortly, or not at all, whatever you like the best!💗) thank you!!

Note: I made the scenario that you were out with your friends, got drunk, couldn’t find your friends so called them to come and pick you up. 

Kim Jinhwan

Jinhwan would be annoyed with your irresponsibility but not show it since you were drunk and there would really be no point at giving you a lecture of the dangers of being drunk and all alone late at night. He hauls you off the cold ground in the back alleyway of the club and as you wrapped your arms around his shoulders you whisper “I love you”. He asks you what you said, since the music is so loud that he can’t hear you properly. This would lead to you practically shouting “I love you” and him becoming a bit surprised and flustered. He would chuckle to himself and tell you that he loves you too, but kind of think that your sudden outburst was due to the fact that you were drunk. He wouldn’t bring it up the next morning in fear that you wouldn’t remember and don’t really love him, but replay the scene and over and over again in his head and smile at the possibility that you could actually love him. 

Song Yunhyeong 

Yunnie would laugh when he heard the words as he knelt down beside you and tried to get your hair into a ponytail since you had told him that you wanted to throw him. He would ask, “is this because I’m tying up your hair?” you would just nod, not wanting to talk because of that horrible sick feeling you felt in your stomach. Little would he know that you do actually love him, especially because of the sweet and small things he does for you without even thinking about it. “Well I love you too” he would mumble, making sure that you didn’t hear in case you remembered in the morning. The next morning he’d probably make a joke and tie up your hair again and when you ask him why he’d say something like “I thought you love me because I tie up your hair?”

Kim Jiwon

Jiwon would be really concerned and worried about you, and probably really angry with your friends when he finally found you on the floor in the dark alleyway outside the club. He’d have a go at you without thinking and tell you how irresponsible and dangerous this is. You’d put a light finger on his lip to reduce his loud talking to low murmurs and say “I love you”. He would freeze and finally shut up much to your satisfaction. He would ignore your supposedly drunk comment and carry you to the car. The next morning he would ask you if you were telling the truth. He’d have to remind you what you said, and his eyes would be so sincere and serious and not mischievous like they usual are. When you say yes, he’d smile and tell you that he loves you too before making fun of you and how you needed alcohol to say it which would probably lead to a playful argument. 

Kim Hanbin

Would be similar to Jiwon, with loads of nagging. He would tell you off so much, it would be so hard to get him to be quiet. He wouldn’t shut up until you overpower his tone with a loud “I love you”. Once he finally shut up you would say, “I love you so please stop talking.” You would mumble as you helped your self up and stumbled. He caught you just before you fell on the floor and would pick you up in silence and take you to the car. He would not say a word to you until the next morning and be so awkward about everything, leaving you to wonder what on earth went on last night.

Kim Donghyuk

Being the sweetie-pie he is, he would say it back immediately to put you at ease in case you were saying it because you were scared. He wouldn’t really be mad, just sympathetic that you lost your friends. The next morning he’d have to leave you put he’d leave you a cute message alongside breakfast he made you saying “eat well because I love you” and this would just melt your heart away. 

Koo Junhoe

*you’re Hanbin* He would be angry with you. He wouldn’t say anything to you until he got you back to your house and tucked you into bed. He would be about to leave, too angry to say with you until you lazily took his hand, making him turn and back and said, “please don’t leave. I love you.” This would confuse him a bit, he wouldn’t be able to remain angry but would want to. He’d agree to stay and cuddle you to sleep. He’d probably be gone by the time you wake up and text you later to see how you were. 

Jung Chanwoo

Chanwoo would have know idea how to handle the situation. Whether to take you home or to a friends house or back to his dorm?? He would just be so confused and end up asking you what you think he should do. You would just reply with “I love you”, not being any help by making him even more confused and just flustered. He’d shake his head, figuring that he’d better ignore you and just call one his members (probably Yunnie or Bobby) before you end up distracting him. However, from the next morning onward, he’d never let you live down the moment and just laugh at your random confession. Don’t expect him to not use it against you! 

I hope you liked this anon xx

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Just U [3]

Pairing: Jinhwan x Reader (Other iKon members)

Genre: I literally have no idea. You tell me.

Words: 1341 

Pt [1]  [2] 

You were exhausted. The bed was so comfortable, and the cold breeze from the window on the left side of your bed made you want to stay in bed even longer. It was already 12.45 p.m., You decided you could stay in bed for some more minutes, but you had to get up and freshen up soon. While lying there you thought about yesterday’s awkward event, replayed it, but at some point you just blew it away. That was something you did not want to think about today, especially since you promised to hang out with them.

Pulling your feet out form the comforter and onto the floor, you got chills. Before you knew it you were running to the bathroom because of the thought of even colder feet. Jumping into the shower, singing some of your favorite songs while washing your hair, and getting out, putting on your bathrobe.

Makeup was done fast, and hair dried in minutes. You felt you were in a rush, but you checked your phone, 1.37 p.m., you had more time than you thought. Walking out into the living room, and sitting down on the couch, you started to think. You really wanted today to go well, and you decided not to do something stupid like last night. You just had to maintain your feelings, and not show any kind of affection, otherwise it would be hard to stay normal.

While being in your own world inside your head, time went by, and before you knew it you got a text form Bobby.

“Y/N! Where are you? B.I told us you promised to hang with us today, and everyone is getting inpatient since you’re not here yet… :((“

Shoot, you did it again. You did not even answer before you jumped up, running around the apartment to find your shoes and bag, and what felt like seconds later, you were out the door.

Their dorm was only blocks away from your apartment, so you texted Bobby when you were around 3 minutes away, saying that you would be there in minutes. He replied with a picture of himself smiling, and you could not help but smile yourself.

Walking up to the door, you tried to collet yourself and thought “just act like nothing happened.”. When you stood in front of their dorm door, you could already hear how intense it was in there with the loud music and the usually screaming Bobby and B.I.

Yo did not even bother to knock on the door, and walked straight in. You were greeted by 6 members turning around and screaming at you while you walked into the living room. You placed your bag on the side of the couch, while laughing.

“Well hello to you too.” Cracking a smile, still laughing.

They still laughed while jumping around, screaming again. While they were doing their thing, you just realized there were only 6 in the room. You studied every person to try to connect who wasn’t there. Before you knew it, and you knew you should not ask to maintain the aura, but you could not keep your mouth shut.

“Where’s Jinhwan?” You looked at all of them, since you did not know who would answer.

“Sleeping.” Chanwoo answered in between the screaming.

“What? Still? It’s like 2.26 p.m. on a Saturday.” You looked over at Bobby and B.I who shared a room with him.

“We did not want to wake him up, he slept so peacefully.” B.I looked at you while talking, and everybody stopped screaming because of the looks you gave everyone since you could nearly not hear what B.I was saying.

After you heard his answer you rolled your eyes and sighed. You could not believe they let him wreck his sleeping schedule, even tho he needed to sleep in.

“If you want to wake him up you have our approval to approach the room, but don’t complain to us if he gets mad.” Bobby sat down beside you in the couch, relaxed and chilled.

“I know how he is when he wakes up.” You immediately regretted letting that sentence out of your mouth.

“OH??” Yunhyeong started, while the others jumped on, except form B.I and Donghyuk who just stood there with wide eyes.

“I’ve woken him up before…?” You tried to save yourself from the damage that was about to be made, and you sent all of them a piercing gaze, in hope of them understanding to let it go.

“It’s true, I was here. She came to visit, and he was still sleeping, so she woke him up.” B.I was the first one to get it, and he literally saved your ass. All the boys shrugged like it was okay, and you mouthed a thank you to B.I. He just smirked and winked at you.

You did not want to wait for him anymore, so you stood up and walked over to the room to wake him up, and all the boys followed, but B.I blocked them with his arms who were all over the place, and they pulled back with curious faces.

You knocked on the door, no response. You opened the door carefully, and walked in with baby steps to not make any noise. You could not help yourself, but he looked so cute lying spread out over the whole bed, with the pillow curled nearly over his face. Your instincts told you to go lay beside him and hug him, but you held yourself back.

“Jinhwan?” moving in a little closer and watching for a response. He just grunted, and turned his body towards the wall. You really wanted to let him sleep, and you wanted to hug him even more now. You moved over to the bed, and sat down at the edge, just watching him sleep peacefully.

Your feelings were messing with your head. You knew you had to get out of there before you did something stupid. Standing up and walking over to the door, you could hear some him toss around in the bed.

“Y/N?” His morning voice caught you off guard, but you spun around fast and looked at him.

“Yes?” you could se his eyes not even halfway open, while he sat up and placed his back against the wall.

“What are you doing here?”

“I promised to hang out with the boys since I just left yesterday.” You looked around the room, trying to not get eye contact.

“So what are you doing in here?” He rubbed his eyes and yawned, then nearly drifted off to sleep again.

“The boys said you were sleeping, so I thought I would wake you up.” To try to make the situation a little less awkward you gave him a little smile, hoping it would make him forget.

“That’s why are in here? I thought you were getting something for Hanbin or something.” He laughed a little while wrapping the comforter a little more around himself.

“Oh, no….” walked a little around the room.

“I will be out in a bit. Just let me get dressed and all.” He removed the comforter and stood up and walked over to the closet to find something to wear.

You just stood there, looking around the room, like you had not been there before. You were in your own little world, looking over at Jinhwan occasionally, but still trying to take in the room.

“Uhm Y/N? Could I get some privacy?” He asked while looking down at the floor, nearly blushing.

“Oh yeah, sure.” You felt so embarrassed, and you got out of the room as soon as you could, closing the door after you. The other boys were casually sitting on the couch playing video games, while B.I came over to you and nearly whispered.

“So?”

He thought I was getting something for you…” You looked down at the floor, confused and overwhelmed.

“What? Why would he think that?”

“You know…”

“Ohhh…” He rubbed his neck and looked down, and suddenly you felt his warm arms wrapped around you.

[everythingbobby]

So I’m watching babies’ video taken in Jinhwan’s room in CH+ replay now and oh my gawd Bobby can’t stay still! First he eats, then he arranges the lighting, then he stands up to put on lotion, then he gets some snacks for everyone, then he eats chips again. *inserts Hanbin singing the tune of ‘Samba de Janeiro’ – omg it’s killing me. *back to Bobby – he is still eating those chips omg, he just basically sat in the side of bed and eating, eating until the video ended. I hope he did not scatter crumbs on Jinhwan’s bed. 😂😂😂

I’m still anticipating the 'sleep video’ of Bobby in CH+. Urrrgh! And that “Bye Children!!!” 😂😂😂

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INTRODUCING ... JINHWAN !

BASICS !

FULL NAME :: jang jinhwan

BIRTHDAY :: october 29 , 2000

SIGN :: scorpio

BIRTHPLACE :: gwangju , south korea

HOMETOWN :: gwangju , south korea

ETHNICITY :: korean

NATIONALITY :: korean

HEIGHT :: 5′11″

WEIGHT :: 65 kg

BLOOD TYPE :: ab

FACECLAIM :: hwang hyunjin

FAMILY !

MOTHER :: hwang injae

FATHER :: jang dowon

SISTER :: jang jinhee ( twin )

CAREER !

COMPANY :: banana culture

GROUP :: replay

POSITION :: main dancer , vocalist , rapper , face of the group

DEBUT DATE :: july 4 , 2019

TRAINEE YEARS :: four years ( 2015 - 2019 )

YEARS ACTIVE :: 2019 - present

SURVIVAL SHOWS :: road to kingdom

PERSONALITY !

POSITIVE :: passionate , loyal , charismatic , independent

NEGATIVE :: secretive , loud , disorganized , forgetful

TRIVIA !

he’s half of the twin line as both him and donghan were born on the same day

he has a twin sister, jinhee, who is also an idol under sm ( where he trained for two years before moving over to banana culture )

he started dance when he was three years old and was trained in ballet for a while

he’s known for being one of the louder members of the group, especially when the maknae line gets together

his family always had cats growing up, but once he moved into the dorms he found out that he’s mildly allergic to them ( he still loves his cats anyway and visits often )

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SMALL GOODBYES !

SUMMARY :: In which Replay says goodbye to the place they called home. CHARACTERS :: Noh Jiwon , Jeon Sunwoo , Jang Jinhwan , Han Donghan , Nico Matsui , Lee Felix WORDS :: 1.5K WARNINGS ::  none ( if i missed anything let me know ! )

“You good?” 

Jiwon jumped slightly at the sound of Sunwoo’s voice coming from across the room where he thought nobody was there. He looked up, noticing his best friend staring down at him, his arms crossed as he leaned against the door to their room. Jiwon had been trying to pack, key word is trying. Ever since he pulled out all of his clothes he had gotten a strange tight feeling in his chest that wouldn’t go away no matter how hard he tried.

“Let me guess,” the slightly younger man said, pushing himself away from the door and sitting down in front of Jiwon and his heap of clothes. Sunwoo grabbed the shirt Jiwon had been gripping tightly, folding it into a neat little pile, placing it in his suitcase, never once looking up to meet his eyes. “Packing up this little shithole is harder than you thought it would be?”

“How did you-” Jiwon started, but was cut off by a look from the blond haired man in front of him shooting him a look of disbelief.

“Jiwon, I’ve known you for how long now? I can read you like an open book.”

Jiwon let out a small chuckle, watching the way Sunwoo’s hands folded his clothes expertly, not able to stop the feeling of uselessness at that moment. Sunwoo had always been the one that was good at reading people, and sometimes Jiwon wished that he could have that power. Even with Sunwoo, his best friend for years now, he had the hardest time knowing what he was thinking.

He shook his head lightly, pushing any other thoughts out of his head, picking up a shirt to fold. “I guess I just thought it would be easier to close this chapter, but it’s really hard to see everything all packed up and empty.”

“We still have all the memories from here, I think that’s what makes it harder, no matter how much the water pressure sucks and how much mold we find around here.” Sunwoo nodded along, watching as Jiwon placed a shirt down, looking much more haphazard than any of the ones Sunwoo had folded.

“We also have all the memories with Dosan,” Jiwon spoke quietly, feeling tears prick at the corner of his eyes, quickly blinking them away.

Sunwoo chuckled. “You make it sound like he’s dead or something,” the younger one shook his head. “We can still make more memories with him at our new dorm.”

“But they won’t be the memories of him in the group.”

“Yeah,” Sunwoo sighed, looking down at his hands. “But leaving here means we still have the opportunity to be in the group. It sucks leaving, but it’s for the best.”

Jiwon looked up, meeting Sunwoo’s eyes, which were much softer than he expected. Jiwon was hard at reading people and Sunwoo’s gaze was no exception to that rule, though he could tell it was much softer than any gaze the younger had given him before. It was almost unbearable to look at, having that much emotion in one gaze towards him, causing him to look away and back down to his clothes. 

“How have the rest of the kids been taking it?” he asked, his throat suddenly feeling dry. “You’re always much better at reading them than I’ll ever be.”

“I think we’re all feeling a bit emotional about the move,” Sunwoo spoke after a moment. Jiwon couldn’t help but notice the disappointed tone to his voice. “Well, maybe except for Donghan, he’s always been a strange one to read.”

Jiwon nodded, busying himself with his pile of clothes. The two stayed there for a long while, sitting on the floor of their room, packing up their clothes in near silence, both lost in their own thoughts.

Donghan stared at the room around him, all packed up in brown paper boxes, little words written on the sides so they knew what belonged to who. It felt surreal, he thought as he tore his eyes away from the boxes that seemed to be everywhere and tried to focus on Felix’s steady heartbeat under his ear. He wasn’t nervous for the move, sometimes it felt like he was the only one that wasn’t nervous or sad about leaving this dump, but he couldn’t help the small voice in the back of his head that told him it was strange.

“You want to talk about it?” Felix’s deep voice broke out of the silence as a soothing hand ran over his arm.

Donghan just smiled softly. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” he stated, no room for question in his voice as he raised his head from Felix’s chest, resting his chin on it to look at the slightly older boy, lifting one eyebrow. 

Felix just fixed his eyes on Donghan, raising an eyebrow in return. He didn’t say anything, but he didn’t have to in order to get Donghan to sigh, looking away back towards all the boxes.

“What if we go through all this trouble and we still don’t make it?” Donghan said after a moment, keeping his eyes anywhere but Felix’s. The one thing that was eating at him, making everything feel wrong finally coming up.

He had these thoughts for a while now, but he couldn’t bring himself to actually tell any of the other members these thoughts, he didn’t want to ruin their fun, their hope. Hope was a funny little thing, pushing all of the boys to work harder and harder, the hope of better days ahead of them keeping them going. Donghan wasn’t one to be hopeful.

“You will make it,” Felix’s voice was nothing if not certain, causing Donghan to look back, questions evident in his eyes, but Felix’s were strong, certain. “You guys are a talented group, you just need someone to see that. Besides, if there’s one thing I know about Jiwon it’s that he doesn’t give up, if P Nation doesn’t work, he’ll find something that will.”

Donghan smiled lightly as he looked down at his fidgeting hands. “Yeah, he’s kind of annoying like that.”

“It’s a good thing,” Felix said lightly, smiling as he ran a hand through Donghan’s messy hair. 

“It is,” Donghan nodded.

He leaned back down, resting his head back on Felix’s chest. Felix’s words help a bit, though he couldn’t stop the small nagging voice that was telling him they would never make it, that everything they were doing wouldn’t matter. He tried to push them out of his mind and focus on the small moments he had with Felix before they both had to get back to their busy schedules.

Jinhwan sighed, looking around the now empty dorm, all of the cracks and crevices shown much more now that there was no furniture to cover it. It was officially move out day and part of Jinhwan wanted to run around and jump off the walls at finally being out of this shitty dorm, but the other part of him felt like he was leaving something big and important. He hadn’t felt like this since he moved out of his home and into the dorm for the first time.

“Jinhwan, do we have everything?” Nico’s bright voice came from the front door as he looked into the room for one last time. “You good?”

“Is it weird that part of me is sad that we’re not gonna be in this dorm anymore?” Jinhwan asked not looking over at the younger boy, but staring around at the blank walls.

“You’re gonna miss the mold that’s starting to show up in the bathroom?” Nico questioned causing Jinhwan to let out a small laugh.

“We should probably tell someone about that,” he laughed, shaking his head to look over at the younger, who was leaning against the open door. “But, I don’t know, it just feels strange to be leaving.”

“It’s the thought of change,” Nico said after a small pause, pushing himself off the door frame. “Nobody likes change, even in this case if it’s a good one like this.” he shrugged, pushing his hands in his pockets. “And it could be reminding you about the passage of time and all of that stuff since we’ve been here for so long or something like that.”

Jinhwan paused, thinking over the words that Nico had said. It made sense, all of their memories, their firsts as a group, were all in this shitty, run down dorm, with mold starting to grow in the bathroom. It made sense that he would feel a little sentimental about the place.

“When did you get so smart?” he asked with a smile, throwing an arm around Nico’s shoulders and bringing his other hand up to ruffle his hair. “I thought that was us old folks' jobs.”

Nico let out a small huff, trying to push Jinhwan away with only a small amount of his strength. “I’m just trying to give you guys a break, you’re getting wrinkles from all of that thinking!”

Without another word Nico slipped out of Jinhwan’s grasp running out the door and down the stairs. 

“Nico!” Jinhwan yelled out, the sound echoing off the empty dorm walls as he followed the younger down the stairs, meeting up with the rest of the boys waiting to go to their new dorm.

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LET ME BREATHE ! is the first full album of the south korean boy group REPLAY. it consisted of nine tracks including the title track BREATHE and was released both digitally and physically on february 19, 2021.

TRACKLIST !

01. NIGHT VIEW  |  03 : 09 02. BREATHE  |  03 : 37 03. DANCE WITH US  |  03 : 24 04. PHOBIA  |  03 : 32 05. TWILIGHT  |  03 : 45 06. AFTER MIDNIGHT  |  03 : 39 07. WHIPLASH  |  03 : 22 08. FOOL  |  03 : 41 09. 00:00 ( ZERO O’CLOCK )  |  04 : 10

PHOTOCARDS !

STYLE !

PROMOTIONS !

the promotions lasted for five weeks from february 19 , 2021 to march 26 , 2021

they performed WHIPLASH for the first week of promotions and then had a few stages towards the end of promotions with TWILIGHT

they received no music show wins

they didn’t really promote on variety shows this comeback, aside form some small ones

they had many vlogs that came out during this time, but they did a lot less vlives than they normally did during promotions 

FACTS !

the album charted on the gaon album charts at #2, which was their first time appearing that high

though they didn’t receive any music show wins, they did get nominated for number one on a few music show, coming in second each time

the fans were quick to notice the sad looks on the boys face’s with each second place they got

they tired their hardest to stream and vote, but they just didn’t have the numbers that other fandoms had

banana culture didn’t promote the boys either, which didn’t get their name out more

jinhwan was center this comeback and fans loved getting to hear his pretty singing voice and he gain a lot of attention on twitter for his fancams

their sound was pretty different from the usual sound that they went for and their fans thought that it was going to be their big break

they did gain a good amount of new fans this comeback, and it is considered a big break, but they didn’t get any wins

jiwon wrote lots of lyrics this comeback and donghan was also credited on most songs, since he started to write his raps

nico had a few credits this comeback, though he did say that he only wrote a few lines

some fans could tell that the boys were a little out of it this comeback and many tried to make up theories as to why

there were many threads on twitter but most of the fans just wrote those off

overall it was a nice era and fans loved the new sound ( well most of them ) and they gain a lot of new fans

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REPLAY ( korean : 복창하다 ) is a south korean boy group formed by banana culture. they are most well known from being on the show road to kingdom, where they placed second overall. the group debuted in 2019 and currently consists of five members : jiwon , sunwoo , jinhwan , donghan , and nico. 

BASICS !

COMPANY :: banana culture

MEMBERS :: jiwon , sunwoo , jinhwan , donghan , and nico

PAST MEMBERS :: dosan

DEBUT DATE :: july 4, 2019

DEBUT ALBUM :: baby, play it back !

DEBUT SONG :: baby

FANDOM NAME :: playbacks

FANDOM COLOR :: bright red ( #aa0000 )

SOCIALS !

WEBSITE :: replay.bananaculture.com

INSTAGRAM :: @replay.official

TWITTER :: @replay.official

VLIVE :: replay

YOUTUBE :: replay

DISCOGRAPHY !

baby, play it back ! [ 07 . 04 . 2019 ]

my crown ! [ 12 . 06 . 2019 ]

i’m getting sentimental ! [ 03 . 01 . 2020 ]

the answer ! [ 06 . 26 . 2020 ]

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NEW PATH !

SUMMARY :: In which Jiwon fights for his team. CHARACTERS :: Noh Jiwon , Jeon Sunwoo , Jang Jinhwan , Han Donghan , Nico Matsui WORDS :: 2.0K WARNINGS ::  fighting ( but like not really , just to be safe really ) ( if i missed anything let me know ! )

Jiwon took a deep breath, rubbing his now sweaty palms onto his pants as he looked back at the door in front of him. He knew this was coming, ever since their last day of promotions, when they walked away empty handed yet again. He knew their time was coming and that Banana Culture just had to pull the trigger and actually disband them. 

Jiwon had shoved himself into his work in the days following the end of their promotions. First, he had tried to make new songs, hoping that if the company heard some promising tracks, they would think again about letting them go, but it felt like every track he made just felt more wrong each time he tried. Once he gave up on making music, he looked more into other companies around them, hoping that he could find something, anything that would let him stay together with the group of people he had grown so fond of. He scrolled and scrolled, debating with himself on emailing some places when Sunwoo burst through one of the practice room doors, telling him that enough was enough and pulling him all the way back to their dorm. Sunwoo had thrown Jiwon’s tired body onto his bed, sitting on top of him until he had slipped into one of the best sleeps he had in a while.

It was all nice until he woke up to a message from their manager, telling him that the CEO wanted to see him, his heart sinking instantly in his chest at the conversation he knew was going to come. He had slipped out of bed that morning, careful not to disturb anyone in the dorm in the early hours of the morning. It was almost peaceful walking around the dorm with nobody milling about and he couldn’t help but hope that the rest of the boys would sleep peacefully, without any of the stress Jiwon was currently facing.

That brought Jiwon to standing in front of their CEO’s door, wondering how he could wiggle their way out of disbandment, how he could keep this group going as long as he wanted. He let out one last sigh, knocking on the door with a firm knock that surprised him. He waited until he heard a small, deep voice on the other side telling him to come in, before he made his way into the room, instantly sitting down in front of the man.

The older man let out a sigh, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning back in his chair. “I’m sure you already know why you’re here,” he sighed, looking Jiwon straight in the eye. “We’re disbanding Replay and we’re going to have a formal meeting with everyone later, but I wanted to give you the rundown on how this would work before we move forward.”

There was a pause as the man waited for Jiwon to nod or show any sort of approval. It was dead silent in the room, but Jiwon had never felt like it was so loud before. He started at his hands for a moment, biting his lip to keep him from saying something, no matter how much he wanted to. The man in front of him sighed lightly, about to continue, but Jiwon couldn’t hold it back anymore.

“Sir,” Jiwon’s voice broke out into the silence, much louder and stronger than he thought it would come out, considering how scared he was inside. He watched as his CEO’s eyes widened at the sudden intrusion, but Jiwon continued before he could stop him. “With all due respect, I think it would be a mistake to disband our group.”

“Jiwon, you’re group hasn’t been gaining much attention,” the man started, looking frustrated. “We sent you guys onto Road to Kingdom, hoping it would gain you guys attention, but you didn’t win, so nothing happened. We can’t keep wasting money on a project that isn’t giving us anything in return.”

“But we’re getting bigger each comeback!” Jiwon protested, looking into the older man’s eyes as he raised his voice lightly. “I’ve seen the album sales and we’ve been nominated for number one multiple times! If you would just give us a few more comebacks I’m sure we could get bigger!”

“The answer’s no, Jiwon, and that’s final.” The patronizing tone of the man’s voice only served to frustrate Jiwon even more. 

“If you won’t let us continue, then let us find someone else that will,” Jiwon’s voice was deep as he glared at the man in front of him.

The man barked out an ugly laugh, throwing his head back as if it was the funniest thing in the world. “And who would want to take in a group like you? No wins, bad sales, barely any production credits? You guys have nothing going for yourself as far as I’m concerned.”

“One month,” Jiwon said, closing his eyes and breathing through his nose to calm him down. “Give us one month to look for a new place, if we don’t get it by then, then you can disband the group.”

The man smirked, leaning forward. “Fine, one month and when you don’t find anyone to take in your group, you guys will disband without any more of a fuss, got it?”

“Yes,” Jiwon said, getting up from his seat and leaving the room, without another glance back at his CEO.

“We’re doing what now?” Donghan’s voice filled the small dorm, his eyes wide with confusion and his mouth hung open. The other boys stared back in similar states of shock, though Donghan had always been the more vocal of the younger members of the group.

“We’re going to find another company to take us in,” Jiwon shrugged simply, looking over to Sunwoo to see if he was as confused about the situation as the rest of them. He didn’t seem to be, but Jiwon noticed the small, scared look on his face, unsure of what to make of the situation.

“And how exactly are we going to do that?” Jinhwan said, his voice much more quiet than normal. He had his legs pulled up to his chest and his long black hair was messily thrown into a ponytail, or as much of one as he could get. He was clearly worried, and Jiwon wanted to do nothing more than to console the younger one. 

“We email companies and just hope that they take a look at us?” Sunwoo suggested, causing all eyes to turn to him. “Look, I know it’s not ideal, but I’d rather do anything than actually disband.”

All the other boys nodded, looking more solem than when they started this conversation. “How do we know that the companies will even look at anything we send?” Nico’s soft voice broke the small silence, asking the one question that they were all wondering.

“We don’t” Jiwon shrugged, running a hand through his hair. This was going to be a lot harder than he thought, but Jiwon was determined to make it through and keep this group together.

“I can talk to some of my friends from when I trained at SM and see if they know anything,” Jinhwan suggested. “Worse come to worse, we could always look at Jinhee’s company.”

“That would be great, Jinhwan,” Jiwon said, his voice tired as he rested his hands on the back of his neck, the worry finally starting to catch up with him.

“Why don’t we take a break, it’s been a long day,” Sunwoo interjected, seeing how Jiwon was close to losing it, knowing when he needed to stop Jiwon from going too far. “We can pick this back up later.”

The boys nodded, getting up from their position on the floor and making their way into their rooms, leaving the oldest two alone. 

“I’m worried,” Jiwon said after a moment, not looking at the younger man next to him. “What if we don’t get anywhere to pick us up?”

“Then we’ll disband anyway, you’re at least giving us another shot we wouldn’t have had.”

Jiwon had to admit that Sunwoo was right, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that it would be his fault if nobody picked them up. The thought kept playing over and over in him mind and he couldn’t help but worry.

“Whatever happens, you know it’s not like we won’t see each other again, right?”

“Will we, though?” Jiwon questioned, turning to finally look at Sunwoo. “Yeah, you and me will still see each other, and we can probably see Jinhwan and Donghan too, but Nico will probably move back home, what’s keeping him here other than being an idol? He can go back to his youtube channel and we would barely ever see him again. I just don’t want to lose any of them.”

“I know,” Sunwoo nodded, his face falling slightly at Jiwon’s words. “But, we’ll make it work, okay?”

Jiwon just nodded, not trusting himself to actually talk with the lump that was beginning to form in his throat. He just wanted everything to turn out okay.

It was two weeks before they heard back from anyone that they had sent anything out to, and all the boys could feel their heart start racing with excitement before Jiwon opened the email. They could also feel their hearts drop at the sight of the rejection.

That one was only the first, but many more rejections kept flooding in after the first one, making the boys less and less hopeful as the days went on. Slowly, every company they had reached out to came back with the same answer. No.

There was only one company left and all the boys knew it was a long shot. P Nation. It had started out as a joke between the boys about how Psy was constantly picking up stray singers and that maybe, just maybe, he would actually look into them just a bit. Then, Jinhwan mentioned how he used to train with one of the promising trainees back under SM and how he could probably give him a call and see what could happen, if he could plant any seeds in any higher ups mind. 

They all knew it would probably be a no, but seeing the email rolling in had all the boys at the edge of their seats, waiting for Jiwon to open it and read out the email. Jiwon looked around at the boys one last time before he took a deep breath and opened the email. He scanned it quickly, not wanting to read it to the boys if it was bad news, but he couldn’t help teh way that his eyes lit up at the words.

“We got in?” Nico asked, noticing the way their leader’s eyes lit up, his smile bright and hopeful.

Jiwon smiled. “They want to meet us!” His voice was bright and happy and he could see the way all the other boys lit up at the words.

Screams filled the small dorm as all the boys jumped up, hugging each other tightly as if they had just won the lottery and in a way they had. Jiwon couldn’t stop the smile from spreading into a big, full-blown, teethy smile. They could say no still, but Jiwon couldn’t find it in him to care about that right now. Right now they had hope, they were safe for another moment and they might have a new label to take them in. It wasn’t perfect, but for Jiwon it felt as close to perfect as it could get in that moment, and Jiwon was prepared to savor every moment of it.

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ULTIMATUM !

SUMMARY :: In which Jiwon gets some bad news. CHARACTERS :: Noh Jiwon, Jeon Sunwoo, Jang Jinhwan, Han Donghan, Nico Matsui WORDS :: 1.3K WARNINGS ::  swearing, fighting ( if i missed anything let me know ! )

Jiwon was nervous as he walked through the unfamiliar hallways of the offices of Banana Culture. There weren’t many times that Jiwon had to go and meet the higher ups in the company, that being Dosan’s problem for a long while until he  left the group, but things had been slow since then, barely giving Jiwon a chance to need to talk to anyone.

This time felt different, he could feel it in his bones when their manager told them that the CEO wanted to see him. It was never a good thing to have to see the CEO, or at least that’s what Jiwon could tell, and he would much rather be living under the radar of the company instead of having to do these meetings. 

His feet carried him towards the office he was supposed to go to, seeing the assistant nodding him towards the room without another word. He took a deep breath before knocking on the door, hearing a small noise which Jiwon could only assume was letting him know to come in. Jiwon steeled his nerves, opening the door just a crack to look into the room, seeing his CEO sitting at his desk, ushering him into the room.

The CEO was a big, unsuspecting man. He never looked truly mean, though Jiwon had seen him acting seriously before and it was something that scared Jiwon a lot more than he liked to admit. Jiwon wasted no time walking into the room and taking a seat right in front of the man, trying his best to not look like he was nervous.

“How’s everything going with the comeback?” the older man questioned, not even bothering to look up from the paperwork that he was paying much more attention to. 

“Um,” Jiwon started, quickly shutting his mouth before he continued to make it look like he had no idea what he was doing still, even after almost a year. “It’s going well,” he continued after gathering his thoughts together. “The other boys are working really hard and we just finished recording most of the songs.”

“Good, good,” he nodded, finally looking up to meet Jiwon’s eyes. 

He smiled a bit, but Jiwon could tell that it wasn’t reaching his eyes, before he let out a small sigh and leaned forward in his chair, hsi face becoming much more serious in a matter of seconds, making Jiwon’s heart race.

“Look, I’m not going to drag this out,” the older man started, Jiwon knowing that nothing good could come out of what he was about to say. “We both know that your sales haven’t been where we need them.” Jiwon closed his eyes, trying his best to keep tears from falling out of his eyes. He knew where this was going and he didn’t want him to say it. “So this comeback will be very important for you guys because I’m going to need you guys to get your first win this comeback.”

Jiwon swallowed hard, opening his eyes to look at the older man in front of him. “And what happens if we don’t get our first win?” He already knew the answer, but he needed him to say it out loud, to make it real.

“Replay will disband.” It was a final statement, no room for negotiation. The words struck Jiwon’s heart, but he couldn’t find it in him to let the tears fall, knowing it wouldn’t help anything, so he just nodded letting the man continue with the details of everything, Jiwon’s mind running through what he needed to do next.

Jiwon was stressed as he looked over the rest of the boys practicing their dance for their comeback. Today was a bad day, all of the boys being off for some reason, but Jiwon couldn’t really blame them, he had been far harder on them recently, it was bound to make them tired. 

Jiwon crouched in front of the mirror, watching each of the boys intently, looking for any minor mistakes in any of their movements. They had been doing okay today, no major mistakes in the choreography, though their movements looked slow and sluggish. It wasn’t until Jinhwan’s feet tangled, sending him flying onto the floor, that Jiwon stopped the music, glaring at them with tired eyes.

“Sorry,” Jinhwan spoke quietly, his voice out of breath and tired as he avoided looking Jinwon in the eyes, his long black hair acting as a barrier between them.

Jiwon didn’t respond, just looking over the rest of the boys, all tired and out of breath. He wanted nothing more than to give them a break, but their comeback was in about a week and they barely got through the choreography without making some sort of a mistake. 

“Let’s try it again,” his voice was steely and final, showing no emotion as he opened his phone to restart the music.

“Can’t we take a break? We’ve been at this for hours,” Donghan’s tired voice broke through the silence, causing the older boy’s head to shoot up and look at him.

“We can take a break when we get it right,” 

“How will we be able to get it right if we’re moving like the walking dead?” he questioned, crossing his arms over his chest. A small ‘Donghan!’ broke through the small silence, but nobody acknowledged it, just staring at the two boys glaring at each other. “Jinhwan just fell and you didn’t even seem worried about it, you’ve been pushing us super fucking hard, even harder than any other comeback, and you’ve kind of been acting like a huge dick for months now. What’s going on?”

Jiwon tore his eyes away from the younger, instantly meeting Sunwoo’s eyes, who just shrugged, giving him a knowing look. Sunwoo knew everything about the conversation he had with the CEO, talking off the ledge of having a panic attack at the mere thought of disbanding their group, helping him figure out what to do, there was no way Jiwon would have gotten through it without telling him. The one thing they disagreed on was if they should tell the little ones or not, Sunwoo thought that they should tell them, but Jiwon was worried about how it would affect their performances if they knew it was going to be their last ditch effort.

“This is what I’m talking about!” Donghan’s voice cut through the room, pulling Jiwon’s eyes away from his best friend. “You and Sunwoo have been so fucking secretive recently! I know you guys call us the little ones and we play around that you guys are our parents, but we’re not kids, you don’t have to keep stuff from us!”

Jiwon sighed, bringing a hand up to rub at his forehead. “We need to get our first in this comeback.” he said quietly, not looking up at the other boys.

He could practically hear the gears turning in Donghan’s mind as he tried to understand the words coming out of Jiwon’s mouth. “Yeah, of course it would be nice to get our first win-”

“No,” he cut the boy off, looking up at Donghan who looked confused. “We need to get our first win this comeback or else the company is disbanding us.”

“Oh,”

“Yeah,” he continued looking at the other boys. “I didn’t want to tell you guys cause I was worried it would make everything feel so much more forces on stage and it would affect our chances of getting a win.”

“I guess it makes sense why they made us change our sound now,” Nico was quiet, his arms wrapped around his stomach and Jiwon was sure he could see the tears forming in his eyes. Sunwoo wasted no time putting an arm around the youngest, comforting him as much as he could.

“I knew they were desperate for a new money maker after EXID left, but I didn’t think they would disband us,” Jinhwan spoke out, pulling his long legs up to his chest, Donghan reaching down to rub his shoulder soothingly.

“Me too,” Jiwon responded, his voice hollow and sad as he put his head back, leaning it against the cold mirror.

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MY CROWN ! is the second mini album of the south korean boy group REPLAY. it consisted of four tracks, including the title track CROWN and was released both digitally on december 6 , 2019.

TRACKLIST !

01. CAT’S EYE  |  02 : 50 02. CROWN  |  03 : 50 03. 20 |  03 : 23 04. BEAUTIFUL TIME  |  03 : 27

STYLE !

PROMOTIONS !

the promotions lasted for six weeks from december 6 , 2019 to january 17 , 2019

she received no music show wins

they performed both crown and cat’s eye on music shows for the first two weeks, but then only started performing crown.

there were many videos on youtube about them during promotions and getting ready to perform

they did a few group vlives, but this era they started to do solo vlives and some unit vlives

they appeared on more variety shows this era, even appearing on weekly idol for the first time

FACTS !

this comeback was bigger than baby and it seemed like they were gaining more and more fans with each comeback

it was announced one week before the comeback that dosan would not be participating due to a knee injury he sustained during practices

he was still included in the music video and in the album, but new would not be performing with the rest of the boys

jiwon became the temporary leader during the comeback and all the boys seemed to be a little down during the promotions because they missed dosan

the boys were becoming more known due to their dances and performances, but they were still quite unknown

jinhwan was the member that was getting the most attention out of the group

all the hosts on every show that the boys went on would comment on how cute and sweet nico was

they had more and more variety show appearances this era

the boys would often be asked about dosan and they would get sad when they responded

though the boys made sure to reassure the fans that he would be trying to come back as soon as possible and that he was cheering them on all the time

dosan even posted a few times on instagram to make sure that the fans knew he was still there