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ksyohan:

Even though Yohan knew his share of people in the gym, there were some that he was eager to see but a certain ex-brainiac was the one he wanted to see the most since even with his travels to Japan, it didn’t seem like he spent enough time with his friend.  Of course, finding Aeri seemed to be harder than he expected but when he spotted his friend’s husband, he began to make his way towards him.  He had only taken a few steps when he heard a very familiar voice and without too much trouble he spotted the other sitting down at one of the tables with one of his two daughters in his lap.

A bright smile appeared on the ex-rebel’s face and spotting the person Aeri was talking to, he dashed to his friend’s way until he was able to sit on the empty chair.  “Sorry, it’s no longer free.” With a shrug, he turned his attention to his friend before he switched his attention to Misaki.  “How is she sleep? Will she wake up if I scream? And no, I am not actually going to do it, I am just curious.” He wasn’t sure if he needed to tell Aeri that he was not serious but just in case, he did it.  “Not that I don’t love your daughters but why did you bring them? Shouldn’t this be a time for you to take a breather or something?”

aeri was actually surprised when yohan stole the spot that he was offering up to the passing stranger, but it didn’t take long for him to laugh at the elders quick actions in snatching the seat up while it was there. it made him smile as well, because as much as he tried to see yohan as much as he could when they were both free, it still wasn’t too often. though aeri did manage to keep in as much contact as he could with the other. 

“long flight paired with a lot of people, she’s probably tired herself out. kind of wish i could do the same actually.“ he chuckled a little in reply, though he threw a half glare, that was more playful really, at the screaming comment. “she probably would, yes, but only if you screamed like right next to her. but if you screamed i think you’d both draw a lot of attention to yourself, and i’d punch you for waking my sleeping daughter.“ his smile was bright, but it was still a warning, because if misaki was finally asleep, then he was happy with that. “where else would we leave them, yoyo? we’d never leave them alone in japan with someone, even if we’re close to a few people, and we don’t exactly have anywhere to leave them over here considering that joon and ryosuke normally baby sit when we really need it. and honestly, i don’t really mind. i feel more comfortable when we have them with us over going out without them. the first time we left them alone with a friend to even just go out for dinner had ended up in us bailing after an hour and going back to check up on them instead anyway.“

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ksxhui:

Hui had been knocked flat on his ass many times before, and it was always nice when someone was there after to help him stand up again. So, knowing what it was like to have to try and pick yourself up again afterwards, he couldn’t let someone else deal with that. He smiled a little as he was hand was taken, pulling a little to help him stand up again. “Your welcome,” he responded at the thanks, waving his hand like it wasn’t any bother. And it wasn’t, he had been around and it wasn’t much effort just to offer a hand and make sure someone was alright. “Hui,” he gave his name with a brighter smile, “Cheng Hui.” Though he didn’t ask for the other’s name, truth was, he already knew it, so it would just be a pretty pointless question as he knew what he was going to be told. “Are you alright?” He asked instead, frowning a little as he inspected the injury, “Do you want me to take you to the nurse?”

aeri offered the smile back a little when he was helped up, still at least comforted that some people in the school weren’t dicks and would actually help. but then again, aeri himself could be a dick when he felt like it, but he’d still help someone hurt up-- “it’s nice to meet you, hui. i’m aeri.” he nodded, still thankful and at least now he knew the boys name, and paired with the name and accent-- “assuming here you’re chinese and aren’t one of the one’s that were raised here, but, do you prefer mandarin over korean? because i know enough to people to speak it, if you’re more comfortable?” he knew enough both chinese idols and students anyway, and he’d found that to be ther more comfortable option for a lot of them. aeri wasn’t exactly fluent, but he’d been learning for a good few years now anyway, just like he was doing with japanese. “i’m fine though, just gonna have a bruise and maybe a headache-- but no, it’s cool, the nurse’ll just give me an ice pack and send me on my way so really, what’s the point?” he shrugged a little bit.

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ksyuna:

“thanks,” yuna said earnestly, taking a seat. “my seat was taken earlier and it’s hard to find another place to sit.”

she cleared her throat, studying the families and groups of friends around her. it almost felt like she’d been the only one to come to the reunion by herself, and in all honesty it was a little embarrassing. she glanced at aerie from the corner of her eye. his daughter was sleeping in his lap, and her heart warmed in her chest at the sight.

“you know,” yuna said suddenly, looking up at the former idol, “i never really got a chance to tell you this in university but i thought you were really cool. really. it always seemed like you knew exactly what you wanted, and back then i was such a mess. not to mention you had keito and your idol career and all that…” yuna smiled wistfully. “i’m kind of jealous!” she laughed. “i probably was back then, too. and now you have such a beautiful family. i’m happy for you.”

“i think most seats are getting taken unless someone has a jacket over it,“ aeri shrugged a little, it was why he and keito had made sure to leave some things on their seats because aeri certainly didn’t want to deal with not having a place to sit.

aeri was surprised though had her next admission, eyes a little wider then when he looked over at her. yuna, if he was correct. “i don’t think cool is the right word,” he laughed quietly. asshole, irritation, smartass; were more common words to have been associated with him then. “and i definitely didn’t have it all together, it was just easy to pretend that i did in front of everyone.” which was an admittance he’d have never made back then to anyone but keito who could read him like a book. “i left my idol career a long time ago now anyway, i do more behind the scenes work in the japanese music industry instead.. i was never fond of being an idol.” he’d never wanted to be one-- but he laughed a little at her jealousy comment, still surprised at it. “i guess i’m just lucky, but thank you. back then i didn’t think i’d get this far or even want kids.” because he was scared of them-- “how have you been doing? we didn’t exactly talk much in university, but doesn’t mean we can’t now after all.”

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ksxhyuksoo:

Hyuksoo hasn’t seen hide nor hair of any of his former clique since he arrived at the party. Most of who he saw were from the cliques that he was just not fond of talking to. Not that he minded some of them—hell, his best friends came from different cliques—but he also couldn’t be bothered to even do social interaction when he hasn’t gotten over his jetlagged state yet. But all the seats were already taken and the young diplomat was ready to leave.

At least until someone offered a seat and he finally sighed in relief. He didn’t think there would be a lot of people attending the event considering everyone was ready to leave campus when they had the chance to. “Thank you—oh. Aeri? How have you been?” He hasn’t seen the younger male since he graduated from Keisung, considering whenever he visited, it was always Daewon and C that he looked for. His eyes fall on the sleeping girl on his lap and his eyes soften as he is reminded of Tristan’s otherwise overzealous daughter. “Your daughter? Where’s Keito?” Hyuksoo’s pretty sure that Aeri and Keito had gotten married—or at least adopted together—mostly because they were already together before they even got to Keisung. It was that couple that he at least knew were going to last even beyond graduation.

seeing it was hyuksoo now that the elder had actually turned around, aeri offered a small smile to his ex clique mate. he might never have been the closes to the other, and more often than not just witnessed him fighting a rebel at some point, but it was still a welcomed thing to see the other again and see how he was doing, given that aeri didn’t keep touch with many people anymore. yohan being an exclusion to that because he was still his best friend, as well and joon and ryosuke. 

“pretty well actually. i moved to japan not long after keito graduated actually,“ he hummed out, because like aeri would stick around the shit hole longer than he needed to. he’d graduated at one of seoul’s top universities instead given that he actually could do that anyway. aeri smiles a little more though and nods as he looks down at the sleeping girl. “youngest one, her names misaki. she’s still tired from flying and the amount of people.“ looking around though, he couldn’t stop keito or their daughter for the moment, but he was assuming he was showing the girl around their old school by now. “with sooyoung, our oldest daughter.. somewhere, i’m not actually sure. i’ll find them later.“ he shrugged, trusting that keito at least could handle the give year old. “what have you been doing since you left?“

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as much as it was probably surprising, aeri actually didn’t really like coming back to korea much when they did. realistically, it was probably for the fact that he had so many bad memories here in a way, and good, but it also gave with the fact that he was still recognised as an ex idol even if he was instead now working behind the scenes in music in japan, occasionally korea. it just wasn’t something he was fond of-- and even less fond of being back in keisung. but the prospect of seeing old friends again was nice. 

now with misaki sleeping in his lap and sooyoung, as far as aeri was aware, off trying to make friends with other kids while keito kept an eye on her, the ex brainiac was just observing the people in the room. it wasn’t like he could really move anyway, though he also still couldn’t grasp how his daughter could sleep through the loudness in the room. after a few moments of people watching though, aeri noticed someone probably trying to find a seat, which was hard when the tables were practically filled with either groups talking, or families really. “there’s a seat free here,” he called out to the other. technically it wasn’t free but the others that had been at his and keito’s table had been sitting at another one for the past half hour. and well, aeri maybe felt like being helpful, a very rare thing honestly.

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ksyohan:

Too angry to care who he had bumped into, the rebel didn’t even glance at the other person and it was only when he heard his friend’s voice that he stopped.  Of course, right now even the nickname that almost everyone used for him seemed annoying and turning around to face his friend, he was about to snap at Aeri when he remembered the dare.  Cursing in his head, he pulled out his phone and as quickly as he could he wrote his message before showing it to the brainiac.  don’t call me that! i am not in the mood for that stupid nickname and nothing, i just can’t speak for the rest of the day because of those stupid dares!  When he was sure his friend had read the message, he began writing something else with a pout on his lips.  why didn’t you stop me?! this is torture but i am winning, mark my words. I am winning no matter what!

if aeri was confused before, he was even more confused now as his frown deepened as the phone was held up to his face for him to read whatever was written on it-- which explained really nothing about anything, and he didn’t really understand why yohan hadn’t just said that.. but he did mention the dares. “they dared you to shut up for the day?” their was a smirk growing now though, a snicker forming until aeri was laughing because of all things to dare yohan, he could understand why that was picked-- and sure he was supportive of the other, but well.. how could he not laugh? “how could i stop you when you didn’t even tell me properly you were entering-- but this is great, oh my god.” he laughed, “don’t worry, i’ll keep you company the rest of the day then and make sure you don’t speak-- if you can stop yourself all day that is. but come on, lets go get food.” he grinned, linking his arm with yohan’s then and pulling him in the direction of the cafeteria. “and you know, if you really wanna win then i’d start telling people you lost your voice instead because otherwise they’re gonna try and make you talk and it’ll make your life all the more harder, yoyo.”

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ksjaekyung:

“i honestly don’t get why the fame chasers are always in the dance studios. half of them ruined their own careers already, and half of them are just trainees. shouldn’t they have a practice room at their company anyways?” she paused, pretending to have a conversation with another person, but in reality, she was sitting alone in the radio broadcast studio, sweating nervously. after a few more seconds, she continued.

“apparently suki was seen clubbing and doing drugs, according to the media, anyways. it’s not a shock that she left her group after that; her company probably forced her out. i’m surprised she didn’t get jail time. what i really don’t get is how she’s so proud when there aren’t many fans left to shield her. if anything else goes wrong, people will just believe any rumor about her because of her past.” another pause. she was reading from a piece of paper in front of her, everything she was saying were rumors that she had heard but didn’t know to be true herself. however, she took a deep breath, waited about 20 seconds, then began speaking again.

“those olympus kids, the ones with the mythology concept? what happened to them? i actually had no idea they even existed until recently, let alone the fact that they were on tv. one of my classmates was talking about how some of the members got sent here, so i looked them up on naver, but i would never really spot them as celebrities if you didn’t point them out. and you know what else i heard? someone saw one of them the other day wearing a skirt, and it wasn’t for a special stage.” she trailed off, swallowing hard, feeling especially terrible at this point. “it’s not that strange overseas, but for a boy group member? if that kind of thing gets out, who knows what’ll happen to the rest of the group members?” she just couldn’t bring herself to name him specifically, but he would know jaekyung was talking about him, and that was bad enough. it was time to stop this mess for now.

“……wait… oh god, we’re still on? why isn’t the music-” she gasped, pretending that she had made a mistake by forgetting to play music. by now, anyone in the school who had been listening to her broadcast would have heard her remarks, and the last two years she had spent at keisung trying to make friends despite the clique barriers were all ruined. how could she look her classmates in the face and continue to say that she just wanted to be friends and that she didn’t care about their pasts when she betrayed them?

no matter how many people said it was only logical for her to stop protecting others and to protect herself instead, she still felt like a coward, like trash… she was more scared of the anonymous campus gossiper than she was of hurting her classmates. she quickly set up a playlist so the music would keep going, grabbed her things, locked the studio door, and ran out of the studio to the rooftop, sitting against a wall, trembling. “i should have… i should have just kept my mouth shut and taken whatever they dished out at me. what kind of game is this?” the evening breeze was picking up, shaking up the wind chimes and bushes that decorated the rooftop, so jaekyung didn’t hear the person that had already been sitting on the rooftop before her stand up and move towards her. 

if there were some things aeri wasn’t counting on dealing with that day, was his best friend being mute, hyuksoo hugging everyone (and aeri avoiding the situation), a rumour being spread about his boyfriend-- and a radio broadcast attacking the fame chasers. now, aeri might not have been a fame chaser himself, but he was an ex idol and he did like a fair amount of the clique, including the fact that his boyfriend was the leader. so it infuriated him a little (which was probably fuelled more so by the fact of the events of the day honestly) to have to hear that.

it was why he was on the roof now, deciding to let our his frustrations by spending some time alone, though he hadn’t counted on hearing the door open and watching none other than the cause of drama appear, seemingly oblivious to his presence.

with a glare slowly darkening his face, he turned on the ledge to look at her, getting up after hearing her words and almost snarling a response. “that was a fucking dare?” it made it worse, and he didn’t even really know the girl, but he knew it was her, he knew a lot of people in the school at least anyway just not personally. “the fuck did suki do to you, the fuck did her clique do to you-- the fuck were you even thinking because even i’m not irresponsible enough to accept that dare and say shit like that on broadcast.” maybe he was harsh-- but fuck, aeri had had a hard time. “and do you think someone’s gender is a game you can spread on air? he’s an idol, that’s his life you’re trying ruining and that kid has been through enough this year. you might have saved his fucking name from being said, but it doesn’t take a genius to know which one of the six of those kids you’re talking about-- and it was a mistake to even mention them at all. it was a mistake to do any of this, and karma is going to come for your ass.”

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ksxdara:

the rebel looked at the sender. shit. not his boyfriend.

she sighed. she’d pretend she didn’t know who he was.

“ah well, my reputation is already shit, why not make it worse”

[idol w/ the hair] so you know the fame chaser leader? the actor?

[idol w/ the hair] i was bored scrolling through my phone and i found out something kinda worrying idk what to do with it tho?

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[idol w/ the hair] its’s a news article it’s really weird

[idol w/ the hair] it says he ran away from japan because of a debt he couldn’t pay? apparently the revenue is after him

[SMS - rebel idk ] who the fuck is this? [SMS - rebel idk ] seriously what the fuck are you trying here. who the fuck are you  [SMS - rebel idk ] your life must be pretty damn pathetic if you have the nerve or the need to try some bullshit like this, bitch. [SMS - rebel idk ] the fact you’re trying to spread this is fucking pitiful too, and you don’t know shit about keito do go get yourself a life. and watch your fucking pathetic ass because i’m going to find out who you are and you’ll fucking regret it.

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ksxdara:

[SMS] dude [SMS] mate [SMS] so… I just found out something and its kinda worrying idk what to do?? [SMS] will you keep this as a secret?

[SMS - rebel idk ] idk really who this is or if it was supposed to go to me or why i have your number tbh  [SMS - rebel idk ] but i’m intrigued  [SMS - rebel idk ] tell me

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ksxnari:

[ ✉️ ➡️ open ] okay so ik I just got back [ ✉️ ➡️ open ] but I just heard something interesting if you’ll swear to secrecy

[ ✉️ eh nari? ] what’s up? [ ✉️ eh nari? ] please i live for gossip, what’s the latest?  

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ksyuna:

( ✉ → 👤 ) um… ( ✉ → 👤 ) do u kno the brainiac leader??

( ✉ → idk who this is ) i do yup ( ✉ → idk who this is ) why what’s up with him?

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ksyohan:

If there was something the rebel couldn’t resist was a dare and that is how he ended up here as he stared at everyone with a pout on his face.  The people that came up with this dare were cruel but there was nothing he could do besides winning this dare and show them that the joke was on them.  With his phone in hand, he forced himself to not text anyone about the dare and pocketing his phone since it has become so important today, he focused on what the professor was saying.  It was boring but not as boring as he thought it really was and although he would never admit it, he did learn a thing or two.  When the class finished, he almost ran out of the classroom with a grin as he thought about the ways he could annoy people but before he could reach his target for the day, he remembered that his hands were figuratively tied.  Turning around with a frown, he bumped shoulders with the nearest person and without a word, he continued on his way.

having no classes anymore, at least glad that his own hadn’t ran overtime with the school year that was, aeri was mostly free to do whatever he wanted. today he was seeking out his rebel friend though, whom hadn’t been in his dorm when he’d checked but well aeri had figured if he thought hard enough then he’d find him. and he had, only he didn’t expect to be greeted with a frown and shoulder bump before the other, almost obliviously he supposed, headed the other way and aeri was left a little confused. but it didn’t stop him from following after the other. “hey-- what’s got your dick in a twist, yoyo?” aeri’s head tilted, his own frown mirroring the others he supposed.

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ksxhyuksoo:

Hyuksoo has tried his best not to get involved in any more fights. Tristan and Daewon always hounded his ass for it, and it really was a hassle getting himself treated at the hospital right after. God, he was starting to hate the smell of that sterile environment. But Yongjoon just pissed him off to no ends and he didn’t even care about the rebel’s threats. And his annoyance had climbed to new heights when he just witnessed what went down between an older student—a rebel of all cliques—and Aeri. And while he knew the brainiac freshman had a personality (his mouth especially) that would get him in trouble, Hyuksoo still got angry that someone had gotten physical with him. Without another thought, he walked past Aeri and straight to the rebel, “hey asshole!” He threw a punch to the male rebel’s face before clenching his collar and pushing him to the wall. “Couldn’t take the blow to your ego so you went and hit a freshman? You’re garbage just like your fucking leader.” Hyuksoo threw the rebel on the floor, ignoring the hiss of pain from the other that came after, before turning back to Aeri and made them walk to the other side. “Come on, let’s get you cleaned up before your boyfriend freaks.”

aeri wouldn’t lie, he wasn’t too fond of others fighting his battles, and especially in this case as he watched hyuksoo, who even aeri couldn’t turn a blind eye to in terms of his fighting lately, go off at the guy that had thrown the punch. the younger just.. liked to be able to stand up for himself, and the fact that the other was going after him kind of bummed him out a little even if he was grateful in some respect that hyuksoo cared enough to go after the other for him, and it was somewhat amusing to witness. still, he let himself be let away, half rolling his eyes as his defensive personality returned again. “he wouldn’t fre--” he cut himself off, “okay, maybe he would, but oh well.” another eye roll. “i’m not saying thanks, if that’s what you want. i could’ve handled that myself and you keep fighting them already.. i was handling it as well-- i just didn’t expect that. hmph..”

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ksxhui:

It is not the first time he has seen someone in this school getting punched. For a change, it wasn’t him who was getting decked, but someone else, but the Chinese boy still felt bad that it was happening. And it was equally surprising that he recognize the person getting themselves hit. Hui was a dancer, he had covered some Spotlight songs before in the past, but there was one of the members actually in front of him… being punched in the face. Not really how he expected to meet an idol, but he chose not to say anything about it as it was probably pretty embarrassing. Hui waited until the guy doing the punching has left and had walked off before he made his arrival, slowly walking up to the idol on the floor before wordlessly standing in front of him, offering out his hand to help him stand up again. 

aeri wasn’t a stranger to a situation like this, but at the same time, it had been years since anyone had physically hurt him. it used to happen when he was a trainee at his first company, where the kids with the red and purple voices would attack him for being different and outcast him. and then when his group was starting to fight between themselves, he’d been in at least two or three physical fights there too. the only difference was, that none of the times before had anyone stuck around to help him back up, so when a figure appeared in front of him with an outstretched had.. aeri was confused. but still, he took the hand and pulled himself up, trying to ignore the throbbing pain behind his eye. “thanks.” wasn’t a word that slipped out too often from him actually. tucking his hair behind his ear then, he looked at the other for a moment. “what’s your name?” then he could at least say a stranger hadn’t helped him then ran off and he’d never know who, right?

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how do you even stand your clique

“what can i say, i’m a snake too. and i’m smarter than you, so whatever.“

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ever get overwhelming being so multi-skilled?

“a part of me can’t tell if this is a compliment, or an insult. but well, to answer; no.“